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, • ,->.r • , • - - ^ • ’ . S ' •• • «V , - • ' - > •• • - • . - mmm F : r B F S S tE U O F Cardinals advance to state W t T 2 E 11 V *\ • * • y \ >• •' • -* « r • * 4 • OHE NEWSPAPER EUGENE OK L IB 9 7 4 C ■* •• 1 w» The Heppner « V . , « ' , i • .. . A,\ w Morrow County’s Home Owned Newspaper ;• ’- V .• ' . *9 . 4 * • • • j -• . 7 • c • S S . *• • Y imes azette 9 25 * f Heppner man reunited with Japanese prisoner NOI 107 N O . 45 » • i V I \ I • llrppnrr Weditrsduy. November Ä, I W Left to right Yoshio Takayama, Gene Pierce, Spady Koyama and Satoshi Hirano Tim es really have changed mi much mv that u W W II prison camp commandant, an inierfogator and a priM>ner of war can meet over lunch The Japanese Am erican inter rogator was Stall Sergeant Spady Koyama of Spokane. Wa Hie IS >W was a Japanese navy petty officer Y o sh io la ka yam a of southern Japan And the commandant was U S Army Captain Ciene Pierce ol Heppner The three met in at a prison camp Hollandia New (iuinea ( Dutch New (ium e.il in the South Pacific in PM4 I arly in I ‘»44 Pierce huilt the camp, w h ich housed around 1.00 0 prisoners, 12 Japanese American in terrogators and an M P (m ilitary police) company " W e had good medicine said Pierce " W e fed them well We even did our own cooking at the camp every Satur day was sports day Tokayama was the wrestling champ ” He was also camp trustee Captain Pierce left the camp in November of '44 lor Taclobun l evte. ITve Phillipmes It was the Iasi time he saw Koyama or Takayama I he camp was disbanded early in I »*4N and the prisoners sent to Australia I akayama remained a POW un til the war was over Koyama had been wounded early in l ‘»45 After a yeai and a halt he was called back into active duty and was stationed in Japan as in interpreter In I ‘»47 he tound Takayam a in T o k y o lakavam a stayed with Koyama and K o vau u was able to find a |ob for I akav ilia's cousin. Satoshi Hirano. then a teenager And that was that, tor twenty souk * years l ntil February ol this vear Koyama had friends that taught in Pendleton He asked them to look Gene up The teachers got in touch with Gene's son. Greg. who lives in Pendleton and teaches ( orrections at Blue Mountain Community College (ireg gave Koyama the Pierces phone number in C alifornia Spady and (iene corresponded until Sept when Koyama and his w ife, Maya, who were on the way home from visiting their daughter who lives at The Dalles, and (iene and his wde. F a y . met for lunch at McNary The Pierces and (he K o vanuís then met Takayama and Hirano in an emotional reunion ai Me Nary on (X t 25 " It was something that wouldn’ t happen very often.” said Pierce " I t was very moving Yoshio said ‘ I wish I could go before the American public and tell how w ell wc were treated by the Americans and apologize for how my people treated the Americans * He had tears in his e yes.” Spady Koyam a. who had been horn in Pasco, had been sent to Tokyo at the age of three to live with his uncle when his parents died He returned to Spokane to live with relatives when he was nine and was raised there Now ’(). Koyama retired in IVbV as a colonel He and his wife had three children, two boys and a girl He is president o f the Washington State Retired O fficers association Yoshio Takayama Photo t>» «»*"• Ham» M Pages lorm Lady Cardinals celebrate district volleyball championship Now it's on to state live lone Cardinals w ill be K ick in the stale volleyball tournament again this year, after defeating Wheeler Saturday 15-3, 15-V to take the District 'B title The victory w ill send the la d y Card* to Eugene Friday and Satur day where they w ill play East l inn Christian, their first game on the quest for the state title The Cards took second in the slate last year, los mg to tirsi place champs Wheeler Wheeler w ill not he back to the state tournament this year, bong eliminated by Culver al the district meet The Cards smashed the I alcons in the tirsi game, but had trouble in the second until Darcee Padberg push M.C.G.G. in good financial condition ed lone over the lop with cx|x-rt ser sing that produced 10 points It lone wins its tiisi game against I asi 1 inn then il w ill advance to the play ihe winner ot the Paislev Ml Veinon contest, with the winner of that game advancing (o ihe finals, which w ill be held al 7 NO p m Saturdav Riverside moves to AA league * now became a farmer He had around four acres of land,sev en head of eat tie ( " A l l co w s.” he says) and rais ed vegetables He had six children. Takayam a'* cousin. Satoshi Hirano (also pictured) is now a Japanese congressman He has no children Pierce had met his w ife, la v . earlier ai Army headquarters outside Sidney Australia, where she was an army nurse The nurses had no sleeping quarters there, so h.ul to i w Ihe kitchen o f the camp where ( iene was siaiioned for (heir dormitory f ay and (iene were married <>n A ugust 4 . I ‘» 4 ' They were separated during the war. bul after ihe war they relumed to Pendleton where (iene worked lor First Na ttonal Bank He has1 worked for I irsi National before the war In I ‘»57 Ciene and his family came to Hcpp ncr where he had a |ob with ihe Bank ot Fasicrn < begun He retired from the Bank ot I astern ( begun as bank president in l ‘»H4 Father & son each bag 6 point elk VI The Riverside High Swing choir performs at Ihe M C G G an nual meeting Monday night ‘ ' This is the best financial condi lion your co op has been in in the 20 years I've been associated with it ." accountant Steve Green reported at ihe Morrow County G rain Growers annual meeting Monday mghl Green said th.it although net in come was down approximately SIM i.h )*) over Iasi sear, all other tianancial indicators showed ihe co op was in good shape Total income tor ihe co-op was up aboui S ' million over last year, reflecting a net income of $52b.5H5, down from S(i‘»',224 m l ‘»KX Earnings in die grain department were down due to the reduced amount ot government owned and farmer owned grain in storage And the farm supply and fertilizer depart ments showed improved results due to ihe increases in commodify prices and planted acres, ihe co ops annual report staled Outgoing president Ken Nelson, who was honored tor If) years ol service on the hoard ot directors, praised c<> op Manager I an v M ills lor ihe wotk his done in the past 20 Police hunt sign thief An engraved sign was lorn troni ihe wall of ihe St Patrick's Senior housing facility It anyone has any information, please call 67b ‘X* I H or contact any Heppner ( it v Police officer vears In 1‘btV your co-op had a net worth of S I n million In l ‘»S‘> ihe net wordi is S5 5 million A lot of that is due to the ability of your manager I feel our co op would not he in ihe shape it is wiihout the ef torts nt our manager 1 atrv M ills Nelson said M ills said the high qualitv stall at Ihe c o o p deserved much ol the credit, and tie also predicted that the challenge ot agriculture in the years .diead w ill be environmental issues, groundwater and the issue ot tnod quality I ntertainmeni tor the annual meeting was provided by the River side High School swing choir, and humorist Jack I ay lor. who kept the crowd laughing with his homespun sto rie s and p o rtra y a l ot the Honorable Timothy (lavs Mayor ot Whoopup Missouri New members to the K u rd ot directors elected at the annual meeting were Charlie Anderson. Dave Maiheny Keith Ra\ and Boh Kiel man Clinic hours reduced Fri. Punicei Me inoliai Clinic will K open troni *> a m to noon only on F rid a s. Nov III because o| the V iic ia n s I >av holitlav Riverside High School w ill he competing in the A A G reater < begon I vague next year, according to RH S athletic director la rry French " I t w ill he d iffe re n t,” said French We ll have ten lim es as much travel, iwo to three tunes as much expense and w e’ ll be com Idling w ith schools iw ice our size a lot tougher competition Riverside has moved into a d if ferent league because o f an increase in student population According to French, A A schools are those which have a population o f 201 to bOl in then top three grades Riverside has 240 in the sophomore, junior and senior classes combined, and a total student population of " 5 m all four grades, said French Riverside w ill now compete with Burns. Madras. Ontario. Baker and Mac Hi al Milton I reewater W ill) the departure ol Riverside, the Col umhia Basin Conference now con sisis ol Cm atilla. Stanfield. Pilot Rock. Weston Me I wen. W asco Co Wahtonka and Heppner According to French, league classification is frozen tor four years Every tour ye.iis school c la ssific a tio n is review ed and schools a fleeted by rises or tails m student po pulatio n w ill be reclassified Schools that experience a drastic change before the four scars are up may |x-ntion for a reclassification, said French f • « » •• sw *, r • • /* ' ■ ! y] «• .. * :• . , 1 '* » ' . , k . v . • . <. ' - V ‘ • - V ,v .* . - *e * . ' s* •¡-«a. * - . •> • ^ ' • A - ' J ' •4 • ” ^ . Û J 1 * T ‘ , ...'• s ' ‘ ‘ -I -7 q -V , J '* -• 4 * . . . V, - ^ • - , '• . - s'* . : •- - J .-q ' * '" * Á J * Á * Cttrrin wins rifle drawing Font ( lim n ol Heppner is the winnci ot the recent drawing al I os Schwab lire Center in Heppner ot a Remington 2 4 ' title Weather Report (K l *i High 1 IIH P m 25 II t 25 .« 51 U «N 0 h 1 0 44 Sfi .0 43 0 «N 5h .0 4: 1 «irs. W rds 1 huis. 1 M S.|| Sim M.ut Morrow County Flection Results Measures November 7, 1989 HfP HARO lUINCTON IONI lOMMM» UMUCON TOMS Tit Yn Ttt Til Tit Yft No No No No No No Prison Flection Results 226 4(i 4HT The Heppner Gazette Times al«*ng with area schools, government of fices and hanks w ill he closed this J-riday, Nov 10 because of ihc Veteran's Day holiday Enter tixlay and you could he the lucky winner of a Thanksgiving turkey Tw elve local businesses w ill be giving away turkeys on November 20th. just in time for the holidays Bui you have to enter to win See page 7 for contest rules and where to enter W E KNOW CARM IN O !! •Equipment I inani ¡ng •O p rr.il • ( It «itilo I mam ing •< ........... ; * ì I5'J 4 2 ‘J 22T 1056 165 Q A N K OF — D ÍZ a ste rn O ' r reqen Arlington • • lone * ' tour ln,lrprn,lrnt (hsnril Ain* f > ► •. • . » 1210 HI It was a good elk season for one father son hunting team from Heppner Tom Wicklund and his son Jered both killed six point elk the past week The elk were taken in the John Day area accorting to Tom Knter to win Thanksgiving turkey ISO 275 \gri«*nllural l.em lor lu Tilt» S ialo ol' Oregon PN>lo by Joyc« Hugh#* C--T closed Fri. 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