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Show Vernal V Tnal YouthWins Youth YouthWins Wins Fame Farne F arne in inWorld inW inWrld W Wrld World Worldof rld rldof of SciencA ScienceA A versatile lad is Dee Nelson Ne1aon 18 18of 18of 1of of Billings Bill1ngs Montana son of ot Mr Mrand Mrand Mand and Mrs Mra Des Nelson , , , formerly tormtrly of ofVernal ofVernal ( ' Vernal and a & grandson of Mra Mrs MraThomas MrsThomas MrThomas Thomas Robblna RobbiIUi Robbins of Vernal "Ne Ne " . ' Nelson Nel- Nel Nelson ; - son sons 8 a Interests encompass encompllBS almostevery almost almostevery almo.every almoevery . St every branch In science and his his10bby hislobby hlobby Stit 10bby lobby is doing the unusuaL tensummer Last Lastsummer it summer h he . , received the Junior JuniorscientUic juniorscientific Junkscientific scientUic scientific award fourth tourth place fordeveloping fcdeveloping for fordeveloping developing the theory tnnt that tiarm- tiarm tiarmless namiless - less bacteria secretions aecreUol18 when in incOU'1binatlon Incombination 1combination cOU'1binatlon cOU1binatlon combination ' form torm a poison po18on Theobject The Theobject Thobject object is to find tind eventually the thecure thcure ie cure tor for - so-called so called - unldentfled unidentfied unidentfled dis- dis diseases diseases difeases - - eases The a award ward was made by the theAmerican theAmerican thAmerican American Scientific committee ot of ofChicago cChicago f Chicago comprised comprlaed of ot represen- represen representatives representatlves - tatlves tatives of ot scientific scienUttc organtzatiol18NtLson organizationsNelson organizations organtzatiol18 organizationsNelson Nelson NtLson : got . his first r1rst . microscope microscopewhen microscopewhen microscopwhen when he was waa ! five lve years old His His.1St His.1st Hi.isi Hiisi .1St 1St . laboratory was arranged WI- WI un- un under WIder under - der a tree at the far tar end of a wheat wheatfield wheatfield wheafield field near Vernal nis his birthol " ' - His ills ' lab 'lab gab " table was a flat fiat rock rockh18 rockhis ; his h18 specimens spec1mens small animals insects insects in insects sects and reptiles reptlles in Jars and andcans andcans d cans His present laboratory's laboratorys laboratory ' Is valued val- val valued . - ued at several thousand dollars dollarsHe dollarsHe He is now completing plans for amoun amountain a moun mountain a1n climb cl1mb that thats s going guing to be berugged berugged rugged to say the least leBt . ' ; With a aparty aparty ; party of ot 24 Including tour four women womenhe womenhe he plans to leave about Decembe December 23 on a mountain-climbing mountain climbing mountain-cUmbing cUmbing - - expldl exptd1- exptd1 expidi- expidi exptd1tion expididon - - tlon tion don to the summit swnmlt of ot Mt Ass1n1- Ass1n1 Assini- Assini Ass1n1boine Assinibolne - - bolne boine in the Canadian Rockies . . The summitt summltt has never been ach- ach achieved achieved ach - - leved ieved In winter ana ano It Is one othe ot of otthe ofthe the oldest olde6i ; places on the North NorthAmerican NorthAmerican NortiAmerican , American continentI continentAnd continent continentAnd I And now just to show his ver- ver verhere vertility ver - - ' tlllty tility here are a few tew more of N Nell- Nell Nellson . - . son s 5 achievements His Interest inastronomy in inIlBtronomy , astronomy IlBtronomy has prompted his to tochart tochart , chart 38 variable stars one super supernova supernova nova one comet and one mina minor minorplanet minorplanet planet or . ' ; asteroid Bteroid He Is i5 now constructing con- con constructing con - structing a six Inch Newtonian Newtoniantelescope Newtoniantelescope telescope the mirror made of Py- Py Pyrex Pyrex Py - - . rex glass an Inch thick and six sixinches sixinches slj sljInches Inches In diameterContinued diameter diameterContinued ( ( Continued on Page five ) - - - Former Vernal Vern l Youth YouthWur Wms Wuis Fame m 1n World WorldOf WorldOf Of Science SClence I Scienceontmu'd Sciencec.ontmu'ii -ontmu'd ontmu'd ontmud c.ontmu'ii c.ontmuii contmuii ( { . ol1 , - J } u ' d > ' from ' pafe 'Palrf Palrf pace ' onp1 onp1He Onl on ' > > ) He has wi rked eked upon light waV:1 waV1 waves wavesand wavesand ! : > and has devised a method of pro pr- pr pro- projecting prjocting projecting ( } - - jecting jocting an image Imaie in m1 mid < 1 air wiln wttn wilnout wttnout witnout out a screen by meaps means of polarized polarizedlight polarizedlight polarizedlight light He has constructed his own ownspectro.scope ownspectroscope ownspectroscope spectro.scope spectroscope . by which he can study studythe studythe studythe the composition composlUon of the stars At Atone Atone Atone one time he was interestea interested to tn In pro- pro proaphy protoaraphy pro-to pro to - - toaraphy raphy aphy as a professionWhen professionWhen profession professionWhen When he returns from the ex- ex expedition expedition ex expedition - pedition to the Canadian Rockle3 Rockies Rockle3he Rockieshe Rockieshe he Intends to go Into the tank tankI tankdestroyers tankdestroyers tankdestroyers destroyers or ! some OIl1e I similar Il1Uar branch branchof branchof branchof I of the army anny if he p pases passes .ases ases . * his phy phy- phy.steal physlcai physical - . sical .steal steal slcai examinations Otherwise Otherwlae Otherwisee- Otherwisee Otherwiseehe - , . he heexpects heexpects haexaects expects to go 10 to Alaska Alaaka and get a . ajob ajob Job as a * a dog driver But whatever whateverhe whateverhe he does you u can depend on Nelson Nelsonto Nelsonto Nelsonto to do It in an unusual way |