FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 16, 1978
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C.P.O. Bill Weatherford. his wife Teresa (Wright) and
their eighteen-month-old son Billy Eugene are now visiting in
Heppner before assuming their Navy reassignment at San
Diego where Bill will be attached to the U.S.S. Ranger, C.V.
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The young Weatherford parents, who both grew up here
and had all of their public schooling here, have just
completed three years of duty in Japan. They were
headquartered at Yokosuka. Bill spent much of the three
years out at sea on the U.S.S. Lockwood, a F.F. 10-64. Tess
and littlie Billy kept the homefires burning in a sixth-floor
Navy apartment at the base after she had resigned from
her work as a radioman 2nd class when she reached the last
three months of her pregnancy.
The threesome left Yokosuka on Feb. 9 at 9:30 p.m. and
flew east to San Francisco where they arrived just four hours
earlier than they departed, at 5:30 p.m. that afternoon. After
a quick flight to Portland, where they spent the night, they
came on to Pendleton on Friday where Teresa's mother and
stepfather, Adelle and Ed LaTrace, met their afternoon
plane and brought them to Heppner.
Now I am enjoying catching up on some interesting
details of their Japanese tour of duty. One of their rather
exciting experiences last month was a significant earthquake
on Jan. 14. Its epicenter was just 60 miles from them on an
island in Tokyo Bay. The quake really shook their apartment,
jarring dishes, tilting hanging pictures and setting Billy's
rocking horse rocking. Tess says that friends who arrived for
a visit just after the quake said that they hadn't even noticed
the shaking as they traveled in their car.
In July 1976, the month that Billy was born, there was a
more severe quake which made a deep, rumbling noise; this
recent quake didn't rumble.
The large Navy Base which they just left houses between
6,000 and 8,000 service persons and their families. It has a
large American grade school for grades 1 through 6 and a
high school for dependents in grades 7 through 12. There is a
hospital, an officers club, a C.P.O. Club and two Enlisted
Men's Clubs, 4 exchanges (stores), a library, several
churches, a movie theater, two bowling alleys and a new
Teen Center. A variety of classes are offered in various
crafts and in university correspondence credit.
The Weatherfords tell me that recent regulations only
allow Navy folks five years of oversea duty. Some on that
base had been there from 10 to 17 years but they must now
have a U.S. tour of duty before they can return overseas.
Many of the Navy men they lived near have Japanese or
Philippino wives.
The Navy has certainly helped this couple see quite a bit
of the world. They have traveled across the U.S. several
times. They were married at Bainbridge, Maryland in 1970.
Now they have had a good look at Japan and Hawaii, and Bill
has seen much of the Pacific and Indian Ocean areas. He has
visited Australia several times and was in Iran last fall.
Quizzing them about Japanese life, I learned that they
found the great, modern cities were quite crowded, but that
the agricultural areas were very beautiful and always green.
They report that most Japanses hold family life very dear. It
seems that their little children are spoiled, but that discipline
begins with schooling. In the public schools children are quite
regimented, wear uniforms, take learning very seriously.
Other facts I gleaned are that competition for starting
jobs is rough but after they are employed most Japanses
stay with their first employer for many years. The big
factories build loyalty in their employees by giving them
many extras.
Americans marvel at the fine train system ; they observe
that precise timing is stiessed and if a train is more than one
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expected to return home
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minute late in arriving or departing there is a real fuss. In
fact there was a big lawsuit because one train arrived in Tok
yo more than two minutes late and some important men a
board were so distressed that they were late for important
meetings that they sued.
During their three years in Japan the Weatherfords
constantly watched Japanses T.V. Only two American
programs were offered Sesame Street came in daily and
the Hallmark Specials were weekly events. Some other U.S.
shows were aired with Japanese audio. So Bill and Tess are
now happy to be catching up with our regular T.V. shows that
they had only read about.
They say that food prices on the base are comparible to
prices here. Clothing is somewhat lower. Children's clothing
is better made and better Driced off-base
Not too many Japanese women pursue careers espe
cially after marriage. Americans found household help was
available on the base at $12.25 per day.
Next week I shall return to writing around and about our
county scene but I hope you have enjoyed learning a little
about modern Japan, as I have.
Wheat growers9 problems
focus of AAUW meeting
Wheat was the focus at the
February meeting of the
Heppner AAUW Branch, held
in the Tollefson home.
Tad Miller, Lexington, past
president of the Wheat League
of Oregon presented a few
facts about U.S. wheat produc
tion and marketing problems.
Among the areas included
were the set-aside program,
President Carter's cheap-food
policy, the massive Washing
ton bureaucracy and Public
Law 480. He concluded that
agriculture would remain in
the doldrums until prices
improve.
The second speaker, Don
Peterson, lone, an Oregon
leader in the National Farm
ers Organization, continued to
educate the women about the
wheat growers situation. Al
though few presently live
directly from wheat income,
everyone is affected by the
income of agriculture, Peter
son said. He stressed that only
about 40 per cent of the high
prices that consumers com
plain about actually reach the
farmers the rest being distri
buted among processors,
transporters, storage and
marketing concerns and var
ious levels of labor.
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Anne Doherty, Branch pre-
sident chaired the meeting;
June O'Connor, program
chairman, introduced the two
speakers. Chloe Pearson an
nounced the beginning of a
Heart disease subject
of Alpha Theta program
Pat Wright, Morrow County
Health Nurse, presented a
program on heart disease and
high blood pressure at Alpha
Theta's business meeting on
Wednesday, Feb. 8, at the
home of Bebe Munkers.
The Ways and Means chair
man reported that $55 profit
was realized in the group's
recent doll project. The doll
was won by Wayne Rollis of
Hepner.
. Valentine gifts were pre
pared by the Philanthropic
committee for senior citizens.
The committee announced
plans for a Scotch Doubles
Tournament to be held March
4 with proceeds earmarked for
the Easter Seal School and
Treatment Center.
Alpha Theta plans to pre
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Herbs, how they grow,
recognition contests and a
luncheon of dishes flavored
with herbs and spices made up
the program prepared by
Delpha Jones for the lone
Garden Club's Feb. 8 gather
ing at Delta Huber's home.
Mrs. Jones showed that
meals are more interesting
and more fun to prepare if
cooks learn to use a variety of
seasonings. For people on
restricted diets, herbs can
make bland dishes quite tasty,
and flavorsome.
"Flavor Magic, Growing
and Using Seasonings" is a
bulletin now available at the
County Extension Office. It is
an excellent guide for the
novice.
Many familiar herbs are
new book review group which
had its first meeting in her
home Monday.
Hostess Vicki Tollefson was
assisted by Sandy Holtz and
Monica Jones.
sent the program at the
Eastern Oregon District Coun
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LaGrande April 2.
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easy to grow and do quite well
in this county's soil and
climate. Their propagation is
relatively carefree; most of
them are perennials and are
hardy enough to winter over
with little protection. Several
of the popular annual herbs
re-seed themselves naturally.
Herbs offer an organic way
to deter insect pests from
flowers and vegetables in
gardens, Chives, garlic, basil
and nasturtiums are some of
the culinary herbs that will
keep aphids, cabbage moths
Senior
Tuesday, Feb. 21
Tomato juice
Stew with vegetables
Pear and cheese salad on
lettuce
Corn bread and cheese sticks
Pumpkin squares with topping
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and Japanese beetles at a
distance. While not edible,
marigolds, tansy and south
ernwood are also insect repell
ents and when used as
foundation plantings or near
doors and windows, help keep
down fly invasions.
Several lone Garden Club
members have a variety of
herbs in their gardens and
gladly offer to share cuttings,
seeds and growing tips to
anyone interested. They plan
to offer many herb plants at
their annual garden sale
Menu
Wednesday, Feb. 22
Liver and onions
Parslied potatoes
Buttered carrots
Molded apple and crushed
pineapple molded salad
Bisquits Deep dish cherry pie
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which will be held April 25 in
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Right now, prior to the
annual sale, members are
offering to sell dormant trees,
tubers and plants that need to
be transplanted immediately.
A list of plants available now
and the people who are
offering them is being posted
at Bristow's Market in lone.
For further information
about the plant sales tall
Nancy Miller at 422-7239.
Willows Grange
to meet Sunday
The next meeting of Willows
Grange will be Sunday, Feb.
19, with a pot luck dinner
beginning at 12:30 p.m. and
the business portion to follow
at 2 p.m.
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