Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-31 | Page 17 | Youth, 18, Recovering Here after Having Feet Frozen

Youth 18 Recovering HereAfter HereAfter Here HereAfter After Having Feet Frozen tL cr 4 4 4 W 4 S. S 4 4 i 4 J I 1 l 4 I 5 c P i s m sm sm i s s Ray Ipsen I West High School Graduate Relates How Hov x He Hiked Barefooted Through Snow After Mishap on Trail Ray Ipsen year old West Vest high school graduate was recovering recovering recovering ering at the L. L D. D S. S hospital Friday from a harrowing experience thankful he will not suffer the loss of both feet Young Ipsen taken to the hospital Thurs Thursday ay night told how his lis feet froze while he was walking from Mackay Idaho to the ranch of his parents Mr and Mrs Elvin Ipsen Saturday Ray who has been living with a brother Rulon A. A Ipsen I street was to have been met at the bus in Mackay by a brother Don The Thebus Thebus Thebus bus was late and Don returned to the ranch Ray obtained directions and set setout setout setout out along the highway for the ranch ten miles west of town He borrowed borrowed borrowed bor bor- rowed a horse from another rancher and set out across a field leaving the horse when he came to a fence I 11 1 started to walk and must have gone about a mile or two when I found I couldn't move my feet very fast Ray said I had on oxfords and silk socks I took them of off and rubbed my feet but I couldn't get them warm I tried to put my shoes back on but my feet were swollen and they wouldn't go on Then I got scared seared Ray ran barefoot three miles to toa toa toa a highway where he fell exhausted A motorist took him to Mackay where for a time it ft was thought both feet would have t to be But Salt Lake City doctors said Friday Ray had a good chance to recover fully