'Old Reb' Rallies in Pneumonia Battle;
Last Vet of Civil War Asks for Boots
Houston, Tex. -UPD- "Old
Reb" Walter Williams, 116,
the last living veteran of the
Civil War, rallied yesterday
in his fight against pneumonia
and ordered his daughter to
put his boots on.
"He has been wanting me
to put his boots on for some
time now," his daughter, Mrs.
Willie May Bowles, said.
She gently refused for fear
; the boots will scar his feet,
skin of which looks tissue
thin and fragile.
Williams, who was 116 last
November, caught pneumonia
two weeks ago. It looked as
if he had beaten it, but he
suffered a relapse Friday and
he was put under an oxygen
tent in his room in Mrs.
Bowies' home.
Dr. Russell Wolfe, who is
treating him, said after an
'examination that he had ral
lied. His chest had cleared up
"a little" and his temperature
was down from 101 degrees
to 99.2.
Still, Dr, Wolfe said, his
condition is "serious," but not
critical, and he will have to
tay under the oxygen tent.
dmong Oldest Humans
Williams, in addition to be
ing . the last of four million
men who fought in the Civil
Afar, is certainly one of the
oldest human beings on earth.
He is toothless, blind, al
most deaf and has been con
fined to his bed in Mrs.
Bowies' home for three years.
(Ifrs. Bowles feeds him a lit
soft scrambled egg for
breakfast and strained baby
($od for his other meals.
He mumbles rather than
talks. Mrs. Bowles, who sleeps
on another bed in his room,
understands him and answers.
Dr. Wolfe also ordered a
nurse for him night and day.
Made Prediction
The old rebel became the
last Veteran of the Civil War
with the death of John Sail
ing in Kingsport, Tenn., last
March 16. Williams predicted
years ago he would be the last
survivor of the Civil War.
He particularly wanted to
outlive the last Union veter-
Trials Set for
July in Court
Trial of Ira Herschel Im
hausen, Griffin Creek rd., on
two charges was, set for July
9 and July 16 in district court
Thursday.
He pleaded innocent to both
charges before District Court
Judge E. Roy Bashaw. Imhau
sen is to appear July 9 on
charges of failure to stop at
scene of an accident and on
July 16 for failure to forward
a certificate of title to the de
partment of motor vehicles
for transfer, v
The case of Howard Hoyt
Marshall, 18, of Rogue River,
was continued to June 30 for
sentencing on charges of petty
larceny.
Marshall pleaded guilty in
district court to charges of
taking a flashlight and hunt
ing knife on June 16 from the
Magnolia Lumber company,
Ashland.
an, Albert Woolson of Duluth,
Minn., who died two years
ago.
He was 19 when the Civil
War broke out in 1861 and
joined Gen. John B. Hood's
Fifth Cavalry at Corinth,
Miss., as a forage master. He
was in action only once, with
Confederates who ambushed a
group of Union soldiers one
morning and killed about 100
of them.
Williams' second wife and
companion for 60 years died
Nov. 2, 1957. He fathered 19
children, with 12 of them still
living today. He has scores of
descendants running into six
generations. His youngest son
was born when Williams was
89 years old.
The old rebel was active
long after his 100th birthday.
He lived with his wife on a
farm near Franklin, Tex., un
til he was about 110, when he
moved to Houston to live with
Mrs. Bowles. Just before mov
ing to Houston he took his
first airplane ride.
His birthday is Nov. 14.
WAR FINALLY OVER
Cardiff, Wales (DPD Ken
neth Westall finally found the
incendiary bomb he was sure
had been dropped on his
house by the Germans in
1942. A bomb crew de-fused
it Wednesday, in his attic.
Jackson, Miss. -flJPfl- A $125
mannequin was stolen from
a hotel display during a con
vention of 300 Mississippi law
enforcement officers, .Albert
Rosenbaum complained to po
lice Wednesday.
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Carcass of Bear
That Hurt Youth
Found at Glacier
Glacier National Park,
Mont.-flJPD-The carcass of a
200-pound female grizzly bear
that cuffed a college student
Glacier Park employee almost
to death has been found on
Mount Altyn. ,
The injured student was
Joseph L. Williams, 20, of
Hardy Cedars, N. J. He was
reported in serious condition
by attendants at the Cardston,
Alta., Canada, hospital.
The bear was felled by a
bullet in its spine and should
er late Thursday after it at
tacked Williams.
Rushed to Hospital
The youth was rushed to
the Canadian hospital, 40
miles from here, after he en
countered the bear while he
and Robert M. Winter, about
17, were on an after-dinner
hike. Winter is from Grosse
Point City, Mich. He is a
porter at a motel.
The two had climbed about
1,000 feet up 7,9000-foot Mt.
Altyn which towers above the
picturesque Swiftcurrent valley.
Winter said he turned on
the trail to see Williams sit
ting on the footbath-the bear
circling him. Winter attempt
ed to distract the animal, by
browing pieces of shale in its
direction. But park rangers
said later the action may have
only irritated the rare species
of bear, which inflicted lac
erations on Williams' head,
face and leg with its huge
paws.
Winter Treated
Winter was treated at the
hospital for shock and ex
haustion from his run down
the mountain, then released.
Unable to help his friend,
Winter had alerted a party of
five rangers who recovered
Williams from the mountain.
Area Ranger Donald Dayton
shot the animal at long range
but the carcass could not be
recovered until Friday.
Beaver State Boys
Visit Girls in Salem
Salem-flJPD - Beaver Boy's
State moved from Corvallis to
visit Girl's State here Friday.
Girl's State has been in ses
sion since Monday.
The 450 delegates were giv
en a luncheon on the State
Capitol grounds. The states got
together for a dance and then
the boys returned to Corval
lis. Girl's State delegates visit
ed the State Supreme court
Friday. Chief Justice William
McAllister explained the func
tions of the high court.
Announcement of the Girl's
Nation contest winner were
to be made yesterday. The
two winners will represent
Oregon Girl's State in Wash
ington, D.C. in July.
The girl's session was sched
uled to end last night in a
candlelight ceremony in the
rotunda of the State Capitol.
Dam Engineer
Plans To Retire
Portland-TOPD-Ben L. Peter
son, chief of the engineering
division of the Portland dis
trict. Army Engineers, yester
day announced his retirement
after 26 years with the corps.
He will be 65 next Friday.
He said his decision came
on the advice of his physician.
Peterson is recuperating at
home for a heart ailment. -
Engineering chief here since
1951, he played a major role
in planning and construction
of The Dalles, Lookout Point,
Dexter, Hills Creek and Coug
ar dams and in the planning
of Bonneville, Mud Mountain,
Green Peter, Fall Creek, Blue
River and Holley dams.
Court Records
MUNICIPAL COURT
Merly Gorge Harvey, ao rear
registration plate, $2.50.
Earl Burgess Warne, excessive
Boise (tires). $10. !
Claude Walter Waddell. failure
to yield right of way. $15.
Joanne Ruth Wilcox,, violation of
basic rule, $20.
Floyd C. Linhart, violation of
basic rule. $10.
Robert Aubrey Cablery violation
of basic rule, $10.
Lee W. Dodge, violation of basic
rule. $10.
Larry Gene Sweem,- violation of
basic rule,' $10.
Kenneth Elvin Hood, inadequate
equipment (no tail light), $5. -
Nora Anita Saulsbury, violation
of basic rule, $10.
Murwin Fay Bradfield, reckless
driving, $25.
Harold William BartoL violation
of basic rule. $10.
Dwight Lee Friessen, excessive
noise (exhaust), 5.
Ivan Wendell Goble, following
too close, $25.
Douglass Edward Ness, disobeyed
stop sign, $5.
Martha Parkar Brooks, violation
of basic rule, $10.
Kieth David Estes. inadequate
equipment (one headlight), 5.
Cecil C. Clemens, disobeyed stop
sign, $5.
Louise Mildred Hendrickson. fail
ure to yield right of way, $25.
Arthur Edward Carlson, violation
of basic rule, $10.
Gerald Bliss Diets, violation of
basic rule, $10.
George Palmer McClanahan, dis
obeyed red light, $10.
Kipton Dell Marney, failure to
stop before entering street, $5.
Ruth Sophonia Johnson, improper
lane usage. $5.
Marvin J. Starks, disobeyed atop
sign. $5. .
Queen, Philip
Visit U.S. Base
Schefferville, Que. - (DPD
Britain's touring Queen Eliz
abeth H yesterday dropped in
on a U.S. air base in New
foundland and then flew on to
the Province of Quebec to
visit an iron mine.
The Queen, accompanied by
her husband, Prince Philip,
started her busy intinerary
with a flight from Deer Lake,
NFLD., to Ernest Harmon Air
Force base, where she saw a
key segment of the Continent
al Air Defense setup.
The couple arrived in North
America Thursday for a 45
day, 15,000-mile, 100-city tour
of Canada. Their only stop in
the United States will be a
one-day pause July 6 at the
end of a cruise through the
St. Lawrence seaway aboard
the Royal yacht Brittania.
A Royal Canadian Air Force
plane carried the couple to
Harmon Air Force base, which
was . obtained by the United
States during World War II
under the lend-lease agree
ment. ' The couple will cruise
through the Gaspe region and
stop at Quebec City before
going on to Montreal, where
the Queen and President Eis
enhower will open the St.
Lawrence seaway formally
June 26.
Sand and Gravel Settlement Hoped
Corvallis -IUPD- Hope of set
tlement by tomorrow of the
dispute between a number of
sand and gravel companies in
the mid-Willamette Valley and
the Teamsters union was ex
pressed yesterday by a spokes
man for the companies.
Pat Blair, spokesman for
the Cascade Empl6yers asso
ciation, said the firms and un
ion officials have agreed on a
contract. But still unsettled
are two matters, lawsuits filed
by the firms against the
Teamsters and picketing by
the Operating Engineers un
ion. Unless an agreement is
reached with the building
Grades unions, the engineers
also picketing plants - could
keep them closed to union
labor, Blair said.
He said the new contract
BAR OFFICIAL DIES
Lake Forest, Ill.-(DPD-David
J. Hayes, president-elect of the
Illinois Bar association, was
killed Wednesday when his
car was struck by a Chicago,
North Shore and Milwaukee
train. Hayes, a Chicago at
torney who lived at River
Forest, was 59 last Tuesday.
France mobilized about
20,000 dogs for service in
World War I. More than 3,500
were killed and 1,500 missing-
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with the Teamsters called for
a wage increase of 25 cents
per hour retroactive to Jan.
1, 1959. Also included is a 15-cent-an-hour
hike next year.
The Teamsters had asked
for 25 cents an hour each year
for three years and the com
panies had offered 15 cents
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