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Joint Appeal Produces C hristmas Lull in Cypra Hopefuls Keep Ears Turned To Howell Appling By ZA.V STARK But some who would like to SALEM (UPD Political hope-1 become secretary of state are fuls are anxiously awaiting a ! red hot to Bet into the race, formal announcement-expected I r announcements are expect- as early as Thursday that Secretary of State Howell Ap pling Jr. will not seek re-elec tion. Many observers discount re ports that Appling, a Republi can, has decided against seek ing another four-year term. Survivors Give Praise To Greek Ship's Officers CASABLANCA, Morocco (UPD Survivors of the fire ravaged Greek cruise liner La konia praised the ship's officers today but accused some of the crew of panicking when the go ing got rough. However, rescued members of the crew insisted they bat tled the blaze for more than two hours before it raged out of control and the captain gave the order to abandon ship. The 20,314-ton Lakonia, which left England Thursday night with l,n?7 persons aboard, in eluding C51 passengers, caught fire Sunday night 130 miles north of the Portuguese island of Madeira and drifted aimless ly for almost three days. A spokesman for the ship's agents in London said a tug had secured a line to the smouldering hulk and is towing it to Las Palmas or Santa Cruz de Tcnerife in the Canary Is lands. .Montcalm Arrives The British freighter Mont calm docked in Casablanca Tuesday night with 278 survi vors and the bodies of 15 per sons fished out of the water. There was no panic among the passengers," said Albert Neal Spillcr of Torquay, Eng land, who was rescued with his wile. "The crew appeared to be the panicky ones. "Many passengers had no life belts. The fire alarm bell was so weak that it sounded like someone calling the waiter to ask for tea. A spokesman for Ormos Ship ping Co., Ltd., the ship's agents in London, denied that the La konia's life-saving and fire-fighting equipment was faulty. "The ship had all the valid certificates which are required for operation on such a passen ger run, including all local in spection licenses," he said. EMiuiment in In aianciaru ied, either from Democratic or Republican hopefuls, until Ap pling officially declares his in tentions. Among Democrats mentioned as possible candidates are Sen. Alfred Corbett of Portland, and House Speaker Clarence Barton of Coquille. Mentioned as possible Repub lican candidates are Tom Mc Call, Portland television com mentator; Mel Gordon, Multno mah county commissioner; Rep. Victor Atiyeh, Portland rug dealer; Sen. Robert Elfstrom, former Salem mayor, and Carl Fisher, Eugene radio station owner and unsuccessful candi date in 1962 for the congres sional scat won by Robert Dun can. Corbett, 48, has for months been mentioned as a possible candidate. His brother-in-law, former Federal Power Commis sioner Howard Morgan, an nounced earlier this year he would not be a candidate for governor in 1966 it Corbett was elected secretary of state next year. Momentum Gained On the Republican side, specu lation around Elfstrom as being anxious to enter the race has rapidly gained momentum in the past two weeks. Last week Elfstrom, 59, left for Arizona for what he told acquaintenccs would be an ex tended vacation. However, he visited Appling Monday morning in Salem. There was immediate corri dor speculation that Elfstrom had marshalled strong Republi can backing to run for secre tary of slate. Friends say he will announce his candidacy as soon as Appling's statement is issued. He apparently is courting an endorsement from Appling. But because of the Oregon open pri mary system, it is doubtful Ap pling will endorse any candidate. Two Grass Fires Reported in Ashland ASHLAND Grass fires gave Ashland firemen some exercise Tuesday. After putting one out along the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks during the morning, they were called out again in the early aft ernoon to control another at al most the same location. The first fire was reported at 9:35 a.m. along the tracks near it ii i. ... l-,j.,i. .,j A Cl-nnlc: Thnn at "The life-saving equipment f-'B'"" ""." " T and fire-fighting apparatus were! ', ' ' ' "7 Thp ra Z up to standard and there is no, near the same spot The cause question that the Lakonia was not en" "c e Ihcr tprrokesman said!" burnLsulicd. 972 persons from the ship have ni.i.-in.i nil's been accounted for. Latest re- COAL OJMCIAL ILS ports said 896 survivors had HAVERr ORD, Pa. (UP -C been taken to Funchal. Casa- i Francis Clement, 79 ictired hlanca. and Santa Cruz. He said ; president of three coal compa 76 bodies had been recovered j nies, died Tuesday at his home and 55 are still unaccounted for. I after a five-year illness. Noon Edition MEDFORD Ms 58th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1963 28 Paqes Two Suctions Mi ii m i in iiiii i hi ii i ii f.i i : . , ..... ........ D v W ' J iff I No. 239 Pope Receives Warm Greeting In Roman Slum VATICAN CITY (UPI)-Pope Paul VI got one of the most en thusiastic welcomes of his six month reign today at a parish church in the Roman slum of ices, he appealed to diplomats of the world to knock down walls between peoples such as those m Berlin and Jerusalem "Is not your mission perhaps that of working to knock down Pietralata, where he celebrated j walls which divide peoples, to the second of three Masses on announce peace to those near and far away?" he asked members of the Vatican diplo matic corps tor whom he per formed the traditional midnight Mass in the hislme Chapel. his Christmas schedule. The smiling, 66-year-old lead er of the world's Roman Cath olics was presented with every thing from flowers to a live lamb. With a wide smile on his face, he held the kicking lamb high above his head so the cheering crowds could see it. After saying the Christmas Mass, the Pope paid an un scheduled visit to a house about 300 yards from the church, home of an elderly invalid woman. Waded Through Mud He left his black limousine a short distance from the home of 65-year-old Emilia Proietti, wno nas been bedridden by pa ralysis for 15 years, and waded into the courtyard through mud and water left bv heavy rains. the Don Carlo Gnocchi school "''''n'Rht. Christmas carols for deformed and blind chil- , "r"1 .i 1UUH!'I,RC cn' Pilgrims Flock To Holy Places For Observances NAZARETH (UPD - Chris tian pilgrims flocked to the holy places today for Christmas observances heightened by an ticipation of Pope Paul VPs coming visit to the Holy Land. Carillons pealed a message of peace and joy to the world at Guarantee of Independence Halts Fighting At Least 17 Persons Killed During Week NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPI) - A joint appeal from Britain, Greece and Turkey produced a Christmas lull today in the fighting between Greeks and Turks in which at least 17 per sons have been killed this week. Heavy fighting accompanied by mortar and machine-gun fire raged in the city Tuesday night, but early today a govern ment spokesman said the ap peal from the three nations guaranteeing Cyprus's inde pendence has produced a cease fire shortly after midnight. Sporadic machine-gun fira from an emplacement in the minaret of a Turkish mosque echoed through the pre-dawn aarxness, mit by daybreak the city was quiet. There were no reports of trouble elsewhere on the island. It was uncertain, however, how long peace would endura among a people divided by tra ditional enmity between Turks and Greeks. Order has been maintained here during the three years since Cyprus became independ ent. Fighting flared this week because of reported government plans to amend the constitution in a way which might lead to discrimination against the Turk ish minority. Turks fired Tuesday on the official residence of President Makarios, who is a Greek Cath olic archbishop. Makarios was not in the building at the time. dren. When a 4-year-old boy with only one hand asked whether the children could accompany the Pope to the Holy Land, he smiled and said, "You can come with me in spirit." Lei s make a pad, lite ilIISISTMAS GATIIKIllNG-lt was a happy Christmas for the Andrew Fischer family of Aberdeen, S.D., shown above, with their three-monlhs-old quintuplets and their five other children. Holding the quints are, from left, Dcnise, 3, with Mary Magdalene; Julie, 6, with Mary Ann; Danny, 8, with James Andrew; Charlotte, 7, with Mary Catherine, and Eve lyn, 4, with Mary Margaret. (UPI Photo Copyright 13, The Curtis Publishing Co.) oed from the ancient Judcan hills. Midnight services were held in Jerusalem, Nazareth, Haifa and Jaffa. Thousands of visi tors and residents threaded their way through the narrow, i.ui . i n, in r Kin.- pontiff, added. "You pray for 1 ' - - " " nn, onlnrnH linhle rtum nri Ihn I TlfMlFt THir PnrnM e - . . triutitinn mm in inwn whk iiiim a uinnt- kf pu.ui """"" - i rrv uciuic van mi" Unknown Friends Bring Joy To - Victim oi Cancer WEATHER I-'OlttCAST: Variable rtimdi ncsj, ihrmiRh Thursday. Patchy vnllry (or rarly Tlnirfcriay mm nmc. chance of a friv llchl rain Khoivrr rarly Thurs day. ,nw luniclit 30-35. High Thursday 4X-53. Temp. Iticlicsl Vrslcrday ;1 I. nucst This .Morninc .1 1 Prrc. in 10 a.m. Tmlay .01 Our Skies Tonight Stiiicl tiulay . . . ,4:11 p.m. Stinrisr tomorrow .. 7:M a.m. Moon set tomorrow 3:01 a.m. till .Modii (and Total Kellpsr of the 11110.11 lire, ill) VISlltl.i; PI.ANKTS Jupltrr, hi cli In sniilheasl al miiim'I, will Up inch In sontli wrv . H:U inn. Venus, sets . fi:.v; p.m. Saturn, in suiithucst fi.il p.m. o idav B Tragedy ecomes for Many After the visit, to Pietralata, Pope Paul returned to say .the third oi his three Christmas masses in St. Peters Basilica. In the first of the three scrv- once Jesus' home. Joyous Over Visit mas little Vicki Wrav could only look forward toward a noli- Goldwafer Choice Of Indiana GOP Elderly Man 'Very Glad' To Be Home With Family LOS ANGELES (UPD A upon further examination of the former Dutch tug boat skipper remains in the company of her clasped the hand of each rcla- j sister, Mrs. Margaret Morgan tive and kissed it in a Christ-! of Artesia, Calif., both women mas reunion, remarkable be-1 went to undertaker V. Jay cause for six days his family Spongberg. They insisted a mis thought he was dead. j take had been made. "All is vos," mumbled 92-1 Detective work led to the dis-ycar-old Chris John Wyngaart. covery that an ambulance Long Beach, as he lay on his picked up both Collins and hod in General Hospital where Wyngaart and took them to the H.v L'nilnl Press International Americans by (he millions to day celebrated the year's hap piest holiday, the birth of the Christ child, with prayer, feast ing and family festivities. For most it was a joyous time of children eagerly ripping the gay wrappings of gifts. For much of the nation the Christ- IN'DIANAPOLIS Ind (UPD ' n,as was white, but for some it i highways at the rale of more A poll of 19B2 Republican stale, was a ,lrafic black- , , I "' 1:1 an h?u,r,-. , . , , J.i; j i . u u Al Least iiiii Dead Kansas and Michigan led the convention delegates has shown i T. ,paffj . mn,m,nH 1 ;,,, wiih ninn wri,. rinihs that Sen. Barry Goldwater, R- sharply Christmas morning and 1 each. California and Texas each ! killing 12 sleeping children Ariz., is still lop choice in in-1 climbed well above the totals 1 listed seven and Illinois and i memucis ui unc idmuy. rlianj. fnr iho nariu'. lorj nrmvi. fur a similar norinH in HI57 Ihn 1 Wkrnnsin five aninrp 111 Washington, Pa., one pep dential nomination. 1 last one-day Christmas holiday, ! The National Safety Council 'son died when a (ire destroyed when 224 persons were killed in had estimated that from 2(10 to traffic accidents. 1 250 persons would die during An 11:30 a.m. EST tally by the holiday period in traffic ac Uniled Press International ' cidents. showed at least 1(10 persons I .... ,,. dead in traffic accidents since! "sl ""rfl Ihe start of the holiday at 6, 1hc days worst tragedy oc- p.m. local lime Tuesday. i "nrcd at Charleston, S.C., During one five-hour period wnen a portable oil stove tipped today Americans died on the"L" i'icms m uu- lllllg dUUUl III lilt' lll'-UUW!l UUIK- ness, preparing Christmas sur prises. The stove spread flames through a wooden tenement, all The Indianapolis Times said Tuesday the poll showed the as sassination of President Kenne dy had little effect on Goldwat er's standing. He took 560 of 1.098 ballots tabulated from the last GOP convention delegation. Richard M. Nixon, Ihe I960 nominee, won 2H5 talles and Sen. Thruston B. Morton. R-Ky.. carried 92 to slay ahead of Michigan Gov. George Romncy with 63 and New York Gov. Nci son A. Rockefeller with 52. The poll's big surprise came in the form of "write in ballots." Monday Work Slate Dampens Holiday For Most Senators 200 Take Part in Medford Program The stillness of Christmas eve in downtown from which all morning fog had been dissipated to reveal a star studded sky was broken by the singing of carols by more Ihan 200 voices al 7 p.m. Participating in the program lo bring "Christ back into Christmas," Ihe citizens were led in song by William Johnston, master of ceremonies. Students, ministers and lay citizens from all walks of life entered the area, roped off at Main and Bartlett Streets for the program, and joined the singers. Speakers, repeating the Christ mas message, were the Rev. D. Kirkland West of the First Pres byterian Church, Capt. Kenneth Angel of the Salvation Army, the Rev. Robert E. Cull of the Assembly of Cod Church, Jack L. Willculs of the Medford an old hole! wnere Andrew Jackson onco stayed. At Snrinn I.nkn Mich., s 1 X nnrsnns fnur of them children, i Friends Church, and the Rev perished when flames raced , Kalherine Hosworth of the Unity through a frame home. postponing Monday. the aid vole In Sylmar, Calif., Greg White, 10, insisted the mere fact he tried climbing down a chimney ; on Christmas Eve does not mean he believes in Sanla until Claus. The boy told firemen he was hungry when he returned Church. Hot coffee and hot chocolate were served by Friends of Sa cred Heart Hospital, who moved through (he crowd. Plans for Ihe observance were made by a committee composed of Lindy McCornack of Medford WASHINGTON (UPI)-Pros r - r,.u tnn day '.o spoil their holiday plans ' The 'chief target of their re- 0 ,"trM John Gilbertson of ..- - - ,-iuuillL'lll wicmm uncur, irna. Betty Jean Mcrarlanc, Mrs. chilled the Christmas spirit for marks was absent Sen. Wayne ncy 1SB0 many senators loday espe- u Morse, lJ-urc., wno was re-1 "I don't believe in Santa! .i.. . ....,. miutir ti-ilh thn hnnnilal latl Wnrlnncrla,, Al- 'e PIUM.-..1 u:V 7r ": ' uu " Henrv Cabot Lodce. the contusion o. age am. ...-i H. t m,' fnr vi " rciH, ..;., ,;. ,i mmi,rc .. ' n,,rf i ,,,, n, : flans " Com said when some. into nis na- poncy requiring unconscious or , """"" ,. ; , ., L ,,; '""'' .. , ... ' ,.,; i : senile naiinnU in hav.n ino iHn. wasn t even listed on the ballot niii ian 7. : cratic Leader Mike Mansfield. 1 " ll;kcl WdS l,ynK 10 f 1,1 -inrt U n n 111 OS inOrn Worn nn Cl,..h lane WU.u.lu ii, ,UIW ' l 1,,... r..l,nl..l.l ll.n M..nl at.fl Jnnllh l.inn I n'.ilm. I " ' v DCCHUSC Wi iii "Hl " ...- iiu .3,, w, . .afco : , , -. f. . , OL'Urtu: H'rtui:i .1 .ii- iiumu ii;i vuc muni., nuti i i,.uuiii. nn lAuun t,,ni, vvvnoaari i never be lor Lollins or Wvneaart. At the traditional reception In Nazareth's community center. municipnl leaders spoke Joyfully of Ihe Pope's visit oarly next month. Prayers were offered for the safety of (he pontiff, who will be the first Pope to leave Italy in more than a cen lury and the first who has ever visucd Palestine. an operation was not immedi- In Jerusalem today, church atelv necessary to halt the ail. bells reverberated from the sur- vancinc retinal blastoma. Thev rounding hills as Protestants postponed the operation, at least day darkened by cancer and empiy ot gitt. Two-year-old Vickl, the victim of a cancer which threatened her remaining eye, faced surg ery at Duke Medical Hospital in Durham. N. G. which would leave her sightless. But specialists decided such and Catholics attended midnight services. Many Catholics attending Mass in the Bendictine abby of Dormilion on Mount Zion wero accompanied by Jewish friends. To Visit Ainiey Pope Paul is lo visit the ab bey, situated near the room of the Last Supper and Ihe tomb of King David. The 35-bell carillon atop the YMCA tower in Jerusalem rang out Christmas carols after the inter-denominational carol serv ice which is a traditional Chrislmas Eve event in the holy city. John R. Compagnoni, Mrs. Cc- Fire Guts Hotel In Pennsylvania WASHINGTON, Pa. (UPD- One person was killed when fire gutted an historic hotel in this southwestern Pennsylvania community early today. About 50 residents of the Auld Hotel were evacuated safely, many in their nightclothes. One person was unaccounted for. The fire broke out on an up per floor of the four-story brick building shortly before 4 a.m. Three fire companies battled Ihe blaze for about an hour in freezing temperatures before lapsed frequently live uutcn. lolri the "one-in-a-million story i instead, wyngaart was admit- . of his own funeral, nor how he ted as Collins and Collins as1 Madras Man Killed was mistaken fnr another pa- Wyngaart because of identifica- q c . . Mnrnlnn licnl who actually did die last Hon placed on his stretcher J -"1 nfistmas morning Thnrcriav That was the way i( stood until MADRAS (UPI) Luther Funeral services vnnAuntnA Mnmlav at Snone:- un very U- Mnrlll!in in I.nilP Reach eral Hosnital room Althnnnh Co., was killed about 1 a.m. In- fnr a man admitted to General treated for malnutrition and a ay when his car missed a curve In Tnviifi Prnsirlnnl .Inhnsnn Dirksen, 111., also ! and njs f(1'lniiy spcnl Christmas share of indirect : ai the l.B.I ranch near Johnson Cash, Toys Contributed ..n. Timer! k U'r..., 1 Mnpllirp ahnlll Kn Madras an J r . . In hn nrnsnnl fnr Ihn Mnnrlav The people 01 nuriinginn, c... nr. ..ri'm,.l, .ii i . pmnlnvfw nf I!lah fnnslrnclinn JOhnon administration had lost ihnirhnliilav Iowa, contributed about $123 ....u... J ,,, .. urn- i nn un nrnvinns irin! 'Ihe House promptly passed a Hosnital' Ihe previous Wednes- vitamin deficiency, his condition on a Private road at Round resolution calling for congres- . ' ... . ... t , I nnn..A-i- k; l: Rllltp Dam npar hprP ...nmnnl Klnnrlair nn. c,.nnaart Instpail. the consifprini? his HPP was lair Dune Udn Ileal neie. body was 'that of John Collins, i "I just want to jump up and , McGuire was thrown from the 80 a transient admitted at the down," said Mrs. Tannety Sal-j vehicle, police said. Mme time isbury. the patient's grand-: V,ah Construction Co. is the "That's not our father." two daughter. Mrs. Salisbury said Pnme contractor for the hydro daughters of the "deceased" that unlit a year or so ago. the electric project. Wvngaart said when Ihcy ap- still active Wyngaart often pi'oachcd to pay final respects walked two miles to visit her All Aliens Must Report aftpr ihp funeral. and her family. . a i i n "7rs Elizabeth Walls of l-nng Advancing aee caused the Current Addresses Now Peach was the only member nf family to place him in a res'. PORTLAND il'PI) Aliens ihe famdy lo see Ihp remains homp. however, about s i x were reminded today to report Ihp previous Saturday a(;er months aco. His hearing re- their current addresses during tloath mains poor, but even newsmen the month of January. At the lime, she expressed who witnessed a family reunion Alfred J. Urbano, District rimihic hnraiisp her father an- Tuesday night remarked on how Director of the U.S. Immigra- reared In have chanced beyond powerful his grasp remained. (ion and Naturalization Service Monday session to wind up con- Everett M. grcssinnal action on the S3 bil-'drew their lion compromise foreign aid protests. They loo, were out of City. The President planned .. r- I..1.n fnr It.n I, ..I l.t .. .... .... .Inn.- h I I M I i rt 11 U fl !l i t mi.ncv hi wnicn me nousc n- '""" ""J'' "'. , nally passed Tuesday after the A" members wore requested ill iiu iiit;.iriit iui iiiu mill iirty vote, regardless ol their holiday Iowa schedules. : i.nsi .idj ..... ..,: ,r (i,.i The long-fought-out aid com-! strjckcn tamiim r Whitehall, promise which kept both houses j xCnn. Many Whitehall families in all-night session last Friday - nov not wored since I9M. gives Ihe President the final i children's Hospital officials in say-so on whether the export- j ,os Angeles moved 6-year-old import bank can underwrite oary Byrnes to an area where credit on commodity sales, njs parents and his five broth such as wheat, to Communist Prs and sisters could visit him. nations. The House originally . carv's lea was broken when a cilia Fichtner and Mrs. Arthur I bringing it under control McCornack. City and slate police helped the residents from the burning UYK BANK' AIDE DIES LOS ANGELES (UPI)-Fu- for a while. No Moncw For Gifls A week before Christmas Rob ert Wray, 39-yenr-old father of Vicki who works In a collon mill here, had lo trespass on private land to gel his daughter a Christmas tree. He had no money for gifts for Vicki nor his eight other children. Chrislmas eve was a far dif ferent sight at the Wray house hold here. Unknown friends from across the United States showered Vicki and her family with mon ey and gifts which, at last count, amounted lo more than $11,000. Vicki's five-room home was Utterly carmmcd full of countless toys so many, in fact, that the Salvation Army was Utterly crammed full of the playthings to undcrprivilcge children. There were piles of toys, slacks of cards and letters, and three puppies. Placed In trust The $11,000 in cash was placed in the First National Bank of South Carolina at nearby Clover under the co-guardianship of bank Vice President David R. Bodic and Wray. Bodie said the money would be used to finance the expect ed operation which would leave Vicki sightless and any other expenses of the family. The child had her right eye re moved in July. sional adjournment Monday un-; til the new session begins Jan. i 7. And its joyous members many of whom overcame bad weather and transportation foul ups to get back to (he vote scattered for nunc. Senators Unhappy building The dead man was idcnlificd as Earl Wauoher, about 40. of neral arrangements were being ( Unionlown, Pa. made loday fur Miss Fanny' The cause of Ihe blaze was Schulcin. credited with a part not immediately determined. in establishing the succcssiul I lie hotel is an historic land "pvp hank" in New York. Miss 1 mark in the area. It I worm oi uijs, uinim .,n m Schulcin, who came here 22 served as a casn ami a pu-nup num iu.. vc.lrs m) ,,C( Sunday in her and Andrew Hollywood apartment. stayed there. Idaho Mercury Drops To Five Below Zero NEW YORK (UPI) - The lowest temperature reported lo the U. S. Weather Bureau this once ' morning, excluding Alaska and stagecoach stop , Hawaii, was 5 below zero at Jackson once Idaho Falls, Idaho. Tuesday's I high was 74 at Yuma, Ariz. Kindness of Weed Citizens Annually Remembered by San Francisco Man The Senate, however, had voted a flat ban. but the Sen- car s(rU(i( him Dec. 17. Six other problems including a ale knocked il out. idays earlier. Gary's brother, full Christmas measure of un- i,.(()re approving the aid bill, Mark, was killed in a similar nanny members grumbling hv voj(c V0e Tuesday, the accident, openly over the demand lor iwlsp voted 1(19 (o 15R for (he1 And finally, in Pncalclln, :hrir presence here Monday to controversial amendment giving , Idaho, Snnwflakc, a forlorn lit act on the aid bill. Johnson authority (o underwrite i tic reindeer who had been lied W hat was scheduled as a per- ihe wheat credit. Voting for It j up in front nf a furniture store Ihe point of recognition in the Mrs. Salisbury commenting said the annual address report (unclory, no misincss aenaie were mi ucmocrais ana i ue-in promoic i.nnsimas, maue a six months he had spent in a nn the funeral' Monday, said: requirement usually brings a session Tuesday turned into a publicans. Opposed were 25 j getaway on (hrislmns Eve resthome "Anyway, it was a lovely rise in Ihe number of applica- growling rebellion by Ihp hand- Democrats and 1.1.1 Repubh-j Police reported Snnwflakc ftcr the sCr ice Mmdav. funeral for Mr. Collins " ' tions for naturalization. ful of senators present against cans. ' was last seen headed north. WEED, Calif. (UPI)-For 14 years the chil dren of Ibis little community have received toys from a man they never met. Since I9.VI. Christmas has been brighter for (hem because San Francisco businessman Frank A. McMillan has scnl hundreds nf gills to be distributed by the staff of the city's hospital. It is McMillan's way nf repaying the city fur its kindness In him in December of 1919 when most of his family was snuffed out in an auto crash. The head-on collision took the life of his wife and two of his Ihrec children. His 5-year-old daughter barely clung lo life as she was taken lo the Weed Hospital. As McMillan recalls: "The doctors had just about given her up. The children of the commu nity somehow learned of us and on Christmas Day, they broughl a Chrislmas tree and toys to Ihe hospital and placed (hem beside my daugh ter's bed." "Thai evening Ihey sang carols outside, and the doctors noticed a change for the better in her. Three days after Christmas, she was fully conscious and a month later she was released." "1 think the kindness shown us . , . helped my little girl recover. So every year I send a shipment of a couple of hundred toys as a little token and lo let them know I remember." 1
