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Show Mrs. Ella Treet 'Rescued' After Cold Night in Hills A Milford lady spent an uncomfortable un-comfortable night alone in a stranded ear, last Sunday, and was the object of an intensive search by members of the Milford Jeep Patrol, law officers, offi-cers, and individuals. Mrs. Ella Treet, 68, drove into the mountains east of Milford Mil-ford about noon Sunday, seeking seek-ing rocks for a flower garden, and near the opalite outcrop-pings outcrop-pings 1 1 miles east, her car became mired in mud, sinking to the running boards. She was not missed until about 4 p. m. when her husband, hus-band, M. M, Treet, awoke and began inquiring of neighbors neigh-bors nrir friends. Mr. Treet a Union. Pacific engineer, "had slept through the day after re-turnnig re-turnnig from a run. After dark, when unable to find his wife, Mr. Treet notified noti-fied City Marshal Wallace Fotherhigham, and together they searched throughout the night. At daybreak, eight members of the Jeep Patrol, under direction di-rection of R. H. Ruth, commander, com-mander, took up the search, augmented by two airplanes with two-way radio communication communi-cation with the jeeps. A. L. McDonald, en route to some mining claims in the Minerals, learned at the airport air-port that Mrs. Treet was missing, miss-ing, and checked the tread on the tires of her car. When he saw tire tracks with similar tread leaving the road near the entrance to Bailey's, he investigated and found Mrs. Treet's car, less than a quarter quar-ter mile from where Mr. Treet had searched during the night. Mrs. Treet had spent the night in the car, starting the motor and turning on the heater heat-er when she became cold, and had had no food since early Sunday morning. It was about 10:30 Monday morning when Mr. McDonald located her. She was "too tired to eat" any of Mac's lunch, but drank some coffee from his thermos, and Mr. McDonald brought her to town. He alr.o returned to the car, accompanied by J. E. Moore, and when Mr. Treet arrived at the scene the car was jacked up and ready to be pulled from the mire. |