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Left to right Yoshio Takayama, Gene Pierce, Spady Koyama
and Satoshi Hirano
Tim es really have changed
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Morrow County Flection Results
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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 !!
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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
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