Evening star., 1955-08-17
President Gives
Fishing Lesson
To Grandson, 7
BY GARNETT D. HORNER
star stan Correspondent

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FRASER. Colo. Aug. IT,
President Eisenhower brushed
aside the cares of office today
to introduce his 7-year-old
grandson, David. to the art Of dry
ny casting for rainbow trout.
1t was q relaxed and grinning
President who came back to his
favorite fishing spot on the Ak
sci Nielsen ranch in this cattle
and dude ranch country high on
the western slope of the Rocky
Mountains late yesterday.
David Joined him a couple of
hours later. in time for a supper
Of savory vegetable soup which
Grandpa" Eisenhower brought.
nearly done, up from Denver IN
a big pot
Mr.. Eisenhower found some
nice things mad been added at
the Nielsen ranch. where he has
been coming for part of his an
nual Colorado vacations since
1852.
New Fish Pond
There was q new fish pond
covering about an acre and newly
stocked with 412 rainbow trout.
Before. he had only st. Louis
Creek to fish In. And there was
a new three-bedroom prefabri-
Gated house. complete with two
bathrooms and an all-electric
kitchen-eyen to garbage dis
posal and dishwasher. This was
big advance from the separate
log cabin sleeping quarters,
kitchen and shower room in
which the President and his
friends had roughed 1t in pre-
vious years.
But the big new thing for
Mr.. Eisenhower was David's
presence. It was a rare treat
to have his grandson to himself
in a mans world and without
a lot Of work to interfere with
their companionship.
David has been staying for
the last two weeks at a boys
camp near Estes Park, Colo, run
by MIR. and Mrs. Jack Th0mp-
son. Mr.. Thompson is an uncle
lof the Presidents daughter i'm
law. Barbara. A secret service
agent who was guarding David
lat the camp drove him over to
Join his grandfather.
Greeted by Banners
Nearly 500 persons-consider-
ably more than Fraser's normal
population of 800 - crowded
around the Presidents limousine
as 1t stopped under q big ''Wel-
come Ike to Fraser" banner hung
across the graveled main street
between the general store and q
pool hall.
Wearing q green sports jacket
and q wide grin, Mr.. Eisenhower
stepped out Of his car. waved
heartily and shouted Hi, folks. "
Ignoring ropes that had been
stretched along both sides Of the
street to hold them back. Fraser
ties and vacationing Fasteners
Iclustered close around the Pres
ident to shake his hand or give
him something.
| F6tlr-year-old Chris Hawver
was pushed forward by his vaca-
tioning parents from Tulsa,
Okla. He gave Mr.. Eisenhower
a new net with which to pull
in hooked fish.
"Oh. thank you very much. F"
the President told Chris. He said
something about letting his
grandson use it.
Receives Painting
Then he had to flnd room to
stand behind the front seat Of
his car a big oil painting of
nearby Grand Lake. presented by
Mrs. Elsie Patty who runs an
art studio there. Wonderful. :"
he told her.
Waving his new trout net out
his car window at Chris. Mr..
Eisenhower rode on across the
railroad tracks to the Nielsen
ranch a couple of miles away.
There with him besides David
are Mr.. Nielsen, Denver banker;
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty, Assistant
white House Physician Mai.
Walter Tkach, and Maj. Tkach's
ll2-year-old son Jack.