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74 Salina Journal Sunday, July 10, 1994 9 James W. Mattison James W. Mattison, 66, Salina, died Friday, July 8, 1994, at Asbury-Salina Regional Medical Center. Mr. Mattison was born Feb.

28, 1928, at 'Salina, where he lived most of his life. He was also a resident of Russell for 13 years. He was a retired agent for Prudential Insur- Mr. Mattison ance Company, where he worked for 27 years. He also worked for Lane-.

Wells Oil Field Service Company, Russell. He was a member of United Methodist Church of the Cross, Salina, where he was a "Care Caller" and a member of the Board of for many years. He also was a member of the Wichita branch of the American Diabetes Association. Survivors include his wife, Beverly of the home; a son, Richard W. of Lee's Summit, four daughters, Sandra Arthur of Roland, Iowa, Linda Rayes and Teresa Perez, both of Salina, and Cheryl Horstman of Moore, a brother, Gerald "Gary" of Salina; a sister, Manita Mae Waugh of Radcliff, Iowa; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at United Methodist Church of the Cross, Salina, the Rev. Aully Holst officiating. Burial will be in Gypsum Hill Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the church.

Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m. today at Geisendorf-Rush Smith Funeral Home, 401 W. Iron Salina 67401, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today, and prior to the service Monday at the church. John O.

Kackley John O. Kackley, 79, Salina, died Friday, July 8, 1994, at HCA Wesley Regional Medical Center, Wichita. Mr. Kackley was born Dec. 22, 1914, at Courtland and was a resident of Salina the past 53 years.

He was a retired locomotive engineer for Union Pacific Railroad and was a member of University United Methodist Church, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the. Salina Masonic Lodge. Survivors include his wife, Agnes of Salina; two sons, Jerry of Phoenix and Jay of Edmond, four sisters, Elda Nelson of Idaho, Ruby Johnson of Lindsborg, Maxine Payne of Salina and Ellen Fuller of Missouri; and two grandchildren. The funeral will be at 10.a.m. Tuesday at Roselawn Heights Memorial Chapel, 1920 E.

Crawford, Salina, the Rev. Robert Conway officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society or University United Methodist Church. Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m.

today and from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday at Roselawn Heights Memorial Chapel, 1920 E. Crawford, where the family will receive friends from 5 to 6 p.m. today. Roselawn Mortuary, 1307 S.

Santa Fe, Salina, is handling arrangements. Daphne R. Swenson MARQUETTE Daphne R. Swenson, 86, Marquette, died Friday, July 8, 1994, at Riverview Estates, Marquette. Miss Swenson was born on Dec.

8, 1907, at Bridgeport and was a resident of Marquette since 1977, moving from Bridgeport. She was a homemaker and a member of Bethany Lutheran Church, Lindsborg. Survivors include four brothers, Carl O. Swenson of McPherson, John A. Swenson of Lamar, Raynold L.

Swenson of Lindsborg, and Harold L. Swenson of Bridgeport; and a sister, Verna Roberts of McPherson. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hays Funeral Chapel, Lindsborg, the Rev. Larry Cross officiating.

Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Lindsborg. Memorials may be made to Riverview Estates, Marquette. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, Washington at Lincoln Streets, Lindsborg 67456, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

DEATHS FUNERALS Richard D. Bartholomew LINDSBORG Richard D. Bar- tholomew, 58, rural Lindsborg, died Friday, July 8, 1994, at St. John's Regional Health Center, Salina. Mr.

Bartholomew was born Dec. 18, 1935, at Morrill and was a resident of the Lindsborg area for two years, moving from Kansas City. He was a Navy veteran of the Korean War. He was a retired ranger for Wyandotte County parks and a trooper with the Kansas Highway Patrol from 1959 to 1976 in Kansas City and Salina. He was a former member of the National Greyhound Association and a board member of the Kansas Greyhound Association.

Survivors include his wife, Sue of the home; five sons, Steve and Kenny, both of Salina, Kelly of Centralia, Kerry of Millville, N.J., and Travis of the home; two daughters, Leigh Ann Peck of Beloit and Jackie Tanner of Salina; and nine grandchildren. The funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hays Funeral Chapel, Lindsborg, the Rev. Ron Carron officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Lindsborg.

Memorials may be made to the Oncology Unit of St. John's Regional Health Center, Salina. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until the service Tuesday at the funeral home, Washington at Lincoln Streets, Lindsborg 67456, where the family will receive friends from 1:30 p.m. until the service.

Clara Lindberg COURTLAND Clara Lindberg, 73, Courtland, died Saturday, July 9, 1994, at Republic County Hospital, Belleville. The Tibbetts-Fischer Funeral Home, Belleville, is handling arrangements. Mordith Goldie Lee LINCOLN Merdith Goldie Lee, 95, Lincoln, died Friday, July 8, 1994, at Lincoln County Hospital Long Term Care Unit, Lincoln. Mrs. Lee was born Merdith Goldie Medcalf on Nov.

9, 1898, at Eagle Lake, and lived most of her life in the Simpson area. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church, Ada. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marshall Lee; a daughter, Dixie Collins; and a son, Tom Collins. Survivors include four daughters, Lucille Clemons of Jamestown, Hazel Srna of Ada, Lola Sutton of Hunter and Mary Haines of Neosho, a brother, Ross Medcalf of San Jose, 10 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and 11 greatgreat-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 10 a.m.

Tuesday at Antioch Baptist Church, Ada, the Rev. Robert Turner officiating. The casket will remain closed. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia. Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.

Visitation will be after 5 p.m. Monday at Chaput-Buoy Funeral Chapel, 325 W. Sixth, P.O. Box 606, Concordia 66901. Evea P.

Prickett SIMPSON Evea P. Prickett, 75, Simpson, died Saturday, July 9, 1994, at Mitchell County Hospital, Beloit. Mrs. Prickett was born Evea P. Hansen on Oct.

5, 1918, at Beloit and was a lifelong Simpson area resident. She was a bookkeeper at the Beloit Sale Barn and a member of the First Christian Church and Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, both of Beloit, and the Simpson Senior Citizens Center, Simpson. Her husband, Hollie, died June 30, 1994. Survivors include two sons, Michael and Charles; three brothers, Carson Hansen of Concordia, Kenneth Hansen of Kansas City, and Keith Hansen of Beloit; two sisters, Juanita Thompson of Beloit and Dorathea Carl of El Dorado; and three grandchildren. The funeral will be at 2:30 p.m.

Monday at McDonald Funeral Home, Beloit, Pastor John Grummon officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Beloit. Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Heartland, Beloit. Visitation will be at McDonald Funeral Home, 910 N. Campbell, Beloit 67420.

Henry R. Wideman ELLIS Henry R. Widernan, 79, Ellis, died Saturday, July 9, 1994, at his home. Mr. Wideman was born April 22, 1915, at Madison and was a resident of Ellis for about 23 years, moving from Salina.

He was a veteran of World War II. He was a maintenance worker for St. Mary's Catholic School, Ellis, and a member St. Mary's Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, all of Ellis. Survivors include his wife, Bernadetta of the home; four daughters, Lenora Carmichael of Windsor Locks, Claudette Wideman of Salina, Angela Staab of Jacksonville, N.C., and Marla Pauley of Florence, two sons, Roy Widernan of WaKeeney and Jeff Wideman of Hebron, a sister, Clara McCormick of McCracken; and seven grandchildren.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Ellis, the Rev. Galen Long officiating. Burial will be in St.

Mary's Cemetery, Ellis. A rosary will said at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Wasinger, Funeral Chapel, Mernorials may be made to the church or the Senior Companion Program. Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday and from 8 a.m.

until the service Tuesday at the funeral chapel, 400 E. 17th, Ellis 67637. Mary Viola Rust SMITH CENTER Mary Viola Rust, 92, Smith Center, died Friday, July 8, 1994, at Community Care Center of America, Smith Center. Mrs. Rust was born Mary Viola Beach on March 4, 1902, in Smith County and was a lifelong Smith Center area resident.

She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, William, in 1959; and a daughter, Marie McGowan, in 1971. Survivors include three daughters, Margie Tallent of Belleville, and Peggy Smith and Sharon Kingsbury, both of Smith Center; two brothers, A.C. "Gusty" Beach of Kensington and Kenneth Beach of Phillipsburg; three sisters, Isla Miller of Hugo, Isa Kienzle of Agra and Lillie James of Smith Center; 11 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 2 p.m.

Monday at Simmons Chapel, Smith Center, the Rev. Dale McCain officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center. Visitation will be until the service at the funeral chapel, 116 W. First, Smith Center 66967.

Don D. West PHILLIPSBURG Don D. West, 78, Phillipsburg, died Saturday, July 9, 1994, at Phillips County Retirement Center, Phillipsburg. Mr. West was born Dec.

4, 1915, at Willis and was a longtime Phillipsburg area resident. He was a cafe owner and a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, both of Phillipsburg. He was preceded in death by his wife, Pearl Lois in 1986; a son, Larry in 1949; and a daughter, Dorothy West in 1961. Survivors include a brother, Harland of San Diego; and a sister, Marietta Klint of Whiting. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday at Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, Pastor Joel Hiesterman officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Cemetery, Cedar, with military rites by Myers-Hesler Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1360, Phillipsburg. Memorials may be made to Phillips County Retirement Center, Phillipsburg. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. today, from 8 a.m.

to 9 p.m. Monday and from 8 a.m. until the service Tuesday at the funeral chapel, 1115 Second, Phillipsburg 67661. Lewis W. Schetrompf WICHITA Lewis W.

Schetrompf, 84, Wichita, died Thursday, July 7, 1994, at Sandpiper Bay Nursing Center, Wichita. Mr. Schetrompf was born Aug. 28, 1909, at Buck Valley, and was a resident of Wichita most of his life. He was a retired Continental Trail- Floods took toll on crops, roads FROM PAGE 1 expected to be completed by September.

The Union Pacific Railroad has pulled its tracks on the south edge of town that had acted as a makeshift dike to stop the surging Saline River, and Ayers said townspeople are concerned about who will maintain the berm that held back the water. There's talk of building a dike, or of building up the berm to keep the water out. just talking right now," Ayers said. Lasting reminders A lasting effect of the raging waters, and one that can't be corrected, is the loss of farm- ways bus operator and a member of Bestor G. Brown Lodge 433 Wichita.

Survivors include his wife, Audrey of the home; a son, Patrick of Nashville, a sister, Betty Altman of Tescott; and two grandchildren. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Cochran Mortuary, Wichita, the Rev. Charles J. Chipman officiating.

Entombment will be in Mission Chapel Mausoleum, Wichita. Visitation will be until the service at the mortuary, 1411 N. Broadway, Wichita 67214. Margery Stay CONCORDIA Margery Stay, 93, Concordia, died Thursday, July 7, 1994, at Sunset Nursing Center, Concordia. Mrs.

Stay was born Margery Ostrander on June 15, 1901, at Junction City and was a Concordia resident since 1986, moving from rural Clitton. She worked at a telephone company in Atlanta and was an office manager at an accounting firm in Charlotte, N.C. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Concordia. Her husband, Myron, died in 1986. Survivors include two sisters, Grace Balthazor of Concordia and Georgia Sauvain of Clay Center; and nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Chaput-Buoy Funeral Chapel, Concordia, Dennis Knapp officiating. Burial will be in Clifton Cemetery, Clifton. Memorials may be made to Sunset Home, Concordia. Visitation will be after 2 p.m.

today at the funeral chapel, 325 W. Sixth, P.O. Box 606, Concordia 66901. Alvis Bruner Sr. McPHERSON Alvis Bruner 72, McPherson, died Friday, July 8, 1994, at The Cedars Health Care Center, McPherson.

Mr. Bruner was born April 19, 1922, at Tiger Mountain, and was a resident of McPherson since 1958, moving from Checotah, Okla. He was a retired masonry construction worker and a member of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church, McPherson. Survivors include his wife; Jannie J. of McPherson; two sons, Alvis Jr.

of Checotah, and Don of Amarillo, Texas; four daughters, Maxine Moham and Rosie Hughes, both of Checotah, Marie McMack of Lawton, and Janet Bruner of McPherson; three stepsons, Mike, Tyrone and Earl, all of Oklahoma; three stepdaughters, Carol, Vickie and Edna, all of Oklahoma; a brother, James of Akron, Ohio; 17 grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Glidden-Ediger Chapel, McPherson, the Rev. D.L. Helm officiating.

Burial will be in McPherson Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church, McPherson. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, 222 W. Euclid, McPherson 67460.

Nadine Colver JUNCTION CITY Nadine Colver, 79, formerly of Junction City, died Friday, July 8, 1994, at Crystal Park Nursing Home, Olathe. Mrs. Colver was born Nadine Grady on March 19, 1915, at Kansas City, Mo. She was a Junction City resident for 46 years and was a member of the Catholic Church. Her husband, Harry died in 1980.

Survivors include a son, Charles M. of Tacoma, a brother, James A. Grady of Kaneahe, Hawaii; two sisters, Pat Walling of De Soto, and Monnie 0gg of Overland Park; a grandchild; and two great-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mass-Hinitt-Alexander Funeral Home, Junction City.

The casket will remain closed. Burial will be in Fort Riley Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, 618 N.

Jefferson Junction City 66441. Flood help still available The Community Flood Recovery Project of Dickinson, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Ottawa and Saline counties provides information and emotional support to victims, speakers for community groups and assistance in identifying resources to meet needs related to the 1993 floods. According to officials with the recovery project, victims and those who assisted victims during the floods may experience symptoms the anniversary period. The following tips were given for dealing with the emotions: Anxiety and feelings of vulnerability and sadness are normal. Talk to friends and family about your experiences, and it will be easier for them to talk about their experi- Family says inmate angry when cut off FROM PAGE 1 telephone number so he can't call them so much, the father said.

Hughes said his son has the AIDS virus and wants to hurt the family before dying. "He to go out with a name or said his sister, Trina Hughes, 30. "Ernie has made up stories since he was a kid." Trina Hughes said she remembers seeing Barrett leave school that morning in 1976. He said he was going hunting with family members, she said. "He's upset with us is what it amounts to," said his mother, Ruby.

Bennett said he understands the Hughes family's denial that their son and brother could be involved in a murder. But details that Hughes has given indicate he knows about the shooting because he was involved. More details revealed On Saturday, Bennett revealed more details about the case: The two boys were involved in a fight on March 14, 1976, that was broken up by Ruby Hughes. The next morning, Barrett went to Abilene Middle School but left before school started saying he had forgotten his gym bag. Instead of going home, Barrett met Hughes to settle the previous day's fight.

During the fight, Barrett stabbed Hughes in the back with a metal object. Hughes pulled out an unloaded handgun and loaded it with bullets he was carrying in another pocket. He then threatened Hughes with the gun. The gun fired, and the bullet struck Barrett in the head, killing him. Hughes was afraid so he dragged the body into a nearby field and covered it with sticks and leaves.

He buried the gun in a nearby watershed area. Later, he used a bicycle with a large basket from his father's bicycle shop to move the body. He used the bicycle part of the way and drug the body the remainder of the way to the location north of Interstate 70. As a child, Hughes was afraid the police might link him to the case, Bennett said. He began stealing money and burying it in case he needed to run away.

"He was very scared for quite a few years," Bennett said. After talking with Hughes at El Dorado, Bennett, Brandau and sheriff's investigator John Nachtman visited the Hughes family. Bennett said they first asked questions under the pretense of other crimes their son was linked to. When the family verified details about the bicycle that Hughes told Brandau and Nachtman about, authorities believed Hughes was telling the truth about the murder, Bennett said. The family said the only gun Hughes had access to was an old starter's pistol that couldn't fire bullets.

But Hughes said his parents also had a small handgun, which is the gun he used in the shooting, the sheriff said. Hughes buried the gun in an area that later was filled in and leveled for a new housing development. He returned to the gun twice, once moving it, Bennett said. The last time he checked on the gun was 1986. Trina Hughes said her brother could have known details of the case from hearing others talk about it.

Bennett said that was possible, but Hughes knows too much about the case. "Ernie was here when the body was found. He would have known about Bennett said. "But there's a lot of other little questions asked him that he verified. That's why we believed him." Crimes by children A few weeks before questioning Hughes, Nachtman had attended a law enforcement seminar that talked about crimes committed by children.

Hughes fit the description of a person who committed a crime as a child but never told anyone. "He was a loner and still is a loner," Bennett said. If he had told anyone else about the shooting or another person had been involved, the crime would have come out a long time ago. Bennett doesn't believe Hughes is trying to hurt his family by admitting to the murder. Instead, he's trying to clear his conscience.

"I asked him if he slept any better, and he said he hadn't," Bennett said. When authorities consulted with FBI agents in Quantico, about the case, they were told it was one of the most interesting cases the federal agents had come across, Bennett said. A mystery ends The admission ends one of Abilene's longest mysteries. When Greg Barrett disappeared in 1976, it shocked the small 'town. "It was quite frightening," Dickinson County Clerk Sandy Emig recalled.

"I think it made us a little more aware that things could happen right here in Abilene," said another woman, who asked not to be identified. Worried about the safety of children, parents and teachers told them not to walk alone. Gil Green, who was the gym teacher at Abilene Middle School at the time, said he felt some guilt about Barrett's disappearance. The boy said at the time he was going home to get his gym clothes. "I thought if he didn't have PE that day, he wouldn't have gone back home," Green said.

The murder took a while to forget. He thought about it when he walked past a tree at the school planted in Barrett's memory or drove on I-70 past the area where the body was found. "Everybody had their own idea to what happened," Green said. "Some thought he was kidnapped by a drifter. I don't think anybody ever thought it was someone right in town, especially a younger boy." FOR YOUR INFORMATION Hospital admissions lbs.

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Lonnie and Lisa Hedstrom, Belleville, 6 Powerball: 3 land that was claimed by turbulent rivers. "It took land, and it took parts of roads, and the roads just have to be moved said Janice Davidson, Ottawa County's emergency preparedness director. "It ate farmers' fields. That's lasting, and it's probably not fixable." Devon Walter, who farms with his father and brother along Bull Foot and Elk Horn creeks in rural Lincoln County, said they lost some farm ground to the creeks. "There were cave-offs," Walter said.

"We lost the second and third banks, and the farm ground washed on in." Trees near the riverbank died, and near Walter's home, 20 to 30 feet of a neighbor's driveway and two utility poles were washed away. When the river level rises again, it will claim more land, little by little. "A few areas are repairable, but some areas, you just can't stabilize," she said. And when the water washed out of the farm fields last summer, rock and brush were left behind, to remind farmers for years to come as they climb off the tractor or the combine to pick up yet another tree limb before continuing on of the ravaged summer of 1993. ences.

Recognize that bad weather can make you feel edgy, and be kind to yourself and others. Recognize and appreciate any positive effects the experience has had on your life. Being prepared for future emergencies can lessen your feel. ings of helplessness and bring peace of mind. Discuss concerns and worries.

Have emergency supplies on hand. Learn how to shut off utilities. Know where to go if you must evacvate and know neighborhood resources. Talk to your children about their feelings. Provide simple, accurate information to them.

Many children feel comforted and reassured if the family is prepared for a future storm. Frequently reported anniversary reactions among disaster survivors include memories, dreams, thoughts and feelings about the disaster; grief, sadness, frustration, anger and regret over losses and actions taken or not taken; fear, anxiety, worry about safety, jumpiness, vulnerability; frustration at lack of progress in recover; avoidance of reminders of the disaster; reflection on ways in which life has changed. If you need help dealing with your emotions, or in finding assistance in making repairs or replacing lost items, call the Flood Recovery Project, 1-800-794-8281. The phone is answered 24 hours, 7 days a week..