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8 1 12 I ' THURSDAY. JANUARY019, 1961 Portrait of a Tragedy Fun on Ice Turns Three Girls; Youths Relive VHItar'a note; Jan. 2. a ear carry- , fnl fix teen-aeere plumed .Uirough i the Ice of Little Muikeco Lake near - Milwaukee. Three flrli drowned, and three boya got out alive. The following attempt to capture the I event of the day, the momenta of j the trageny, a-nn '""""" Bv RAY W. DOHERTV ' " Milwaukee. Wis, -TOPI)- Six ' housei and six young people, In one ol the houses, talk ol a Florida vacation. In another Inlans for marriage. Outside 'the dav was bright arid cold, . Before the day was ended "death would take three of the ' teen-agers in what some call a : "senseless tragedy, " It was New Year's Day plus one. A lazy day. Time for late .breakfasts, lootuaii on televi sion. ' The characters: ; Miss Jean Hammernik, 20, : Milwaukee - Miss Helen DeStrampe, 17 . Milwaukee ; Miss Korrine Wellner, Mil -waukee : Dale Olson, 20, Muskego ; - Roger Holtz, 20, Muskego Jerry Hammernik, 18. . Wa Caitina Breakfast '- In the ranch style home In the suburb of Muskego, aummertlme recreation cen ter southwest of Milwaukee Mrs. Norman Holtz was get- tine breakfast. It was 10 a.m On her mind were the many things she had to do that day to get ready for a vacation with her husband In Florida, .Their son was staying home to help mind the family hard ware store In the village. - His girl friend, Korrine Wellman, got up late In her South Milwaukee home. She talked with her mother of her coming marriage to Roger In September. - Next-door, her cousins, the Hammernik family took it easy. A late breakfast, maybe an afternoon nap, or a couple of football games on TV. had a big day ahead of him Tuesday because Inventories Hammernik, a shipping clerk, would start. Laughing and Kidding ' It was now late afternoon, hi-fi: music rang through the Hammernik home. There was laughing and kidding. The six young people were having tun, . Then someone suggested Ice "They had gone on skating parties before. The three girls were especially close having known each other since they were youngsters," Hammernik said. , Helen DeStrampe was Jerrys' girlfriend. Before leaving the house, jean and Jerry told their par ents they would be home late for dinner. ... ; Two of the boys knew the Lake Muskego area, so they headed there. A friend had told them of the fun of "buzz ing", a car on the ice in which the. fast-moving vehicle is braked suddenly . and spins around. ' ; The girls didn't want to go, but the boys egged them on by threatening to leave them behind. , A 10-year-old friend showed them how to "buzz." After 30 to 45 minutes of this, accord ing to their testimony at a coroner's Inquest, they left the ice. Someone suggested getting couple of six packs of beer. Each of the boys had a can, giving the girls a couple of sips. Hammernik drank only half of his. They returned to the lake after dark, because they "wanted to show the girls what it looked like." The boys said they weren't speeding. Suddenly, the car seemed to leap off the ice. It began sink ing. There was panic. : "I hit the glass once and nothing happened," Holtz said. I hit it again and again and it cracked. Then Jean rolled down the window. I climbed out and swam to the Ice. . Hammernik said someone pushed him out a window. Ol son said he remembers getting halfway through a window, then, nothing more until he came to on the surface. He was the driver of the 19S1 Ford. One of the girls got out of the car, but no farther. Bodies FAT OVERWEIGHT Available ta you without a doctor'i prescription, our drug called OD- RINcX. You muit lou uglv tat in 7 days or your money back. No stren uous exercise, laxatives, massage or taking of so-called reducing can dies, crackers or cookies, or chew ing gum. ODRINEX Is tiny tablet and easily swallowed. 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He was telling a coroner's inquest about the tragedy. He chewed his lip and toyed with his face. He spoke in almost a whisper. He was asked why he now says they weren't spinning the The Family Council ' Editor'! Note; The Family Council coming of a ludge, a psychla trlit, three clergymen, three editori and a women'a editor. Each article If a tummary ot an actual cave hiftory. The Council reports on prob lems that have been dealt with by reaponsible agenclea and counaelorf. (Copyright 1961 General Featurea Corp.) Leon M. - He interrupts me whenever he feels like it. Edgar M. - AH I say is hello, but to him it's a big interruption. Leon M. - Am I being un duly sensitive, or am I within my rights? My brother Ed and I each have our own room at home. We live in a large house in Westchester and commute to college in New York. Ed's a junior, majoring in business administration, and I'm sophomore with English as my major subject. I want Ed to respect my closed door, my request for quiet, my right to privacy Instead he bursts in for any trivial reason and disturbs my work and thoughts. And even when he doesn't break In, he lets loose enough sound ef fects outside my door to keep FBI Chief Says Christians Can Learn From Reds Washington - 01PB - Presby terlan Elder J. Edgar Hoover believes that Christians "can learn from the Communists, The FBI director expressed this provocative view in a series of articles written for Christianity Today, a bi-weekly Protestant magazine pub lished here. He said communism "has the power to stimulate in tense, fanatical and sustained effort" by its adherents, whereas many professing Christians are "casual" about their faith, relatively Ignorant of its basic teachings and un willing to make any great per sonal sacrifices for it, Appealing for "Christian re- dedication" as the alternative to "Communist domination" of the world, Hoover said: 'Let us see what we can learn from the Communists by noting the way In which they Inspire their members." For example, he said, "note the Communists' emphasis on returning to the original source of their beliefs to se cure inspiration for their members." The faithful Com munist reads Marx and Lenin constantly ... on a daily or weekly schedule." 'How many Christians set aside time each day or week for reading the Bible or other religious literature?" he ask ed. "The Bible gives inspir ation, zeal and guidance lor life. To neglect It is to reduce our national vitality and strength." Expect Sacrifices The FBI director, who has been for many years an elder of National Presbyterian church here, also pointed out that , "the Communists have no use for a mere ceremonial avowal of Marxism." They "expect from their members a deep sense ol personal sac rifice and dedication." By contrast, Hoover asked, "How many church members today are merely members in name, not knowing or even caring what membership In the church of God really means and entails?" He said history has proved that "the Christian church has the power to capture men and lead them to divine levels." If It Is not doing so today, he said, the reason may be that "we have contented our selves with catering to man's mediocrity, rather than at tempting to bring out the noblest and deepest strands of his character." "The Communists have dis covered that a demand for the very best actually brings forth the very best from the indi vidual," he said. "If the Communists can create such responses on the basis of a cold, cynical ma terialism, Just think of the ac complishment" which can be wrought by Christians with the power of the Holy Splrjt!" Into Death for car the night of the tragedy. In a signed statement then he said they were spinning "I couldn't remember that night, But I kept thinking about it, and thinking about it, and finally got everything straight. I didn't spin. I thank ed God for that," he said. Howard Sake, Muskego, 40, a truck dispatcher, who lives on the south side of the lake, said he watched the car's headlights on the lake through a picture window while he ate supper. He said the car seem ed to be going straight. Jay Fehr, 17, a high school student who was ice fishing, said the car lights seemed to me from concentrating, He'll stand there coughing or shout ing to Mother downstairs or tap-dancing or doing anything to let me know he'd like me to quit , and keep him com pany. , - If he were in a dormitory he couldn't come barging in like that disrupting other boys' studies. How can I make him see how selfish he is? Edgar M. - Talk about self ish, does he? Once he shuts himself in his room, we could all drop dead for all he cares! Telephones and doorbells ring, he'll never answer them, even when they're for him. He uses me and Mother as his answering service. "Take the ' message and tell them I'll call," are his orders. How does Lee think he can live among people and still be a recluse? Either he's ap proachable and human, or he's unapproachable and should build a wall around himself that says Keep Away. With his cranky disposition he'd never get along in a dormitory. From what I know about them, the fellows tear in and out of your room all day and night, All I do Is try to get Lee to relax and act like a regular guy. How will he ever get along in the world if he hits the celling when somebody says hello to him? The Council: An interrup tion can be welcome or un welcome depending upon how engrossed the one interrupt ed is in what he's doing and whether the intrusion can be postponed or not. These are questions for Edgar to con sider at the threshold of Le on's room. Failure to do so is a form of cruelty. To a person wrapped in thought, a casual demand for his attention is mayhem to his progress, Leon and his idea may be like the robin with the worm, to use Phyllis McGinley's simile. Open his mouth to say hello, and in that instant, it slips away! Edgar appears to be an ex trovert who resents his intro vert brother and, in the name of preparing him for "life," harasses him more than life ever would, In an office, a dormitory, even an Army camp, a man's request for prl vacy'is usually respected. Why not In his home? We must assume that Leon Is companionable towards Ed gar at mealtime during per iods of relaxation. We must also assume that he is reoep live to interruptions which are essential and cannot be postponed. So the objection able interruption is the one which Edgar inflicts as an attention-getter for himself. Leon Is within his rights in resisting Edgar's sabotage of his studies. People have had to shut themselves up in at tics and closets to escape those who would rather destroy what someone else is doing than use their own wits to devise something satisfying to do themselves. Coleridge was unable to finish his greatest poem, "Ku bla Khan," because of inter ruptions. Genius or not, though, everyone has a right to protest needless disturb ance. Business Men Hopeful About J 96 1 Prospects New York-IUPn-Buslnessmen are optimistic about prospects for their own companies In 1061, a poll taken by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found. The survey showed that 65 per cent of the 250 company chiefs polled expect their own company's sales this year to show an increase. Only 8 per cent forecast a decline. PROBE CONTINUES Portland - (IPI - Investiga tion Into the slaying of coed Heverly Ann Allan and Larry Ralph Peyton continued todny with authorities remaining close - mouthed about possible new clues. Horror go out for a moment, then came straight towards us. Then it seemed to hit a snow bank and started down. I heard a cracking sound, like the ice." Two witnesses said they saw the car spinning in the afternoon. Seeking Ban What of the aftermath? Authorities were seeking a ban against cars "buzzing" the frozen lakes. The parents wouldn't see anyone for several days after the tragedy. Then they talked some. "With God's help, we'll bear up," Mrs. Hammernik said. "They were good kids most of the time. "But kids are kids. They're carefree and they'll try any thing. Even if told not to, be cause they feel it can't hap pen to us," she said. "We won't forget it, ever," Mrs. Holtz said. LETTUCE Firm Crisp Heads 2 , 25 Pl ROLLED W V-' f m Medium Size Slicers Local Yellow Globe HEINZ PORK & Mb. Cans c: Exercise Said To Be Dangerous For Those Over 35 Years By HENRY J. BECHTOLD UPI Financial Editor New York-IUPD -If you're over 35 put down those golf clubs or tennis racket and H relax in a nammocK. Exercise not only is unnec essary at your age but can be highly dan gerous. This is an other school of thought on Henry Bechtoid keeping ex ecutives alive longer, and is presented by Dr. Peter J. Steincrohn, former heart spe cialist turned author and col umnist. Dr. Steincrohn is against executive exercise and for laziness. He says it's ridicu lous for a man to work at a desk for 50 weeks, then spend two weeks at golf, tennis or other intensive exercise to build health. Such a man, he comments in the latest issue of Management Methods mag azine, usually returns to his IS 1 PORK ROAST ' From Eastern Pork , GRAPEFRUIT Large Size Texas Pinks Heavy With Juice 12 - 99' GREEN PEPPERS 19'! Medium Size Nice for Stuffing lb Cauliflower Nice large Whito Heads EACH 19' TOMATOES 25 lb. DRY ONIONS 6 1 25 FAMOUS BEANS for 80' i MtDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. " a job exhausted. The retired physician does not suggest that people should never exercise, "Normal ex ercise is fine if you like it." He said exercise does have one advantage-it can help to relieve tension. In taking a stand against exercise, Dr. Steincrohn con tradicts the medical opinion of such eminent physicians as Paul Dudley White, President Eisenhower's heart specialist. 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