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SIX BreR (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. March 24, 1957 foreign Families Express Gratitude For Chance to Start New Life Here Newly-arrived immigrants in the Rc4ue valley seem to have one thine, in common they all appear heppy and the adults all expree their deep appreciation for th opportunity to come to th United States. Interview with V.m 'comers last week produce an impression that the ere (rauful, and that they a'js 'ly opportunity to work hr en1 to tarn their way in tht.r 4of4 country. Yftnty-year-old Josef Toth. of the thousands of Hungar 4 ft h caped from the Com- un:' fluriejj the revolution in tt- country lest winter, speaks 'g'mct no tnglish but neverthe 'tit menfos to convey his n,ni5s. ioe, who now makes h hoe with Mrs. Larry Jones, U-'O North Riverside avenue, tided in the interview by f5i)jjri ries, second generation Hungar n living in Gold Hill. The) younfl man, using his few ords ant eloquent gestures, told hct- he walked and hitched rides on trains to make his way th miles from Budapest to tr. Bustnen border. Joe 5id he decided he must Jrav Budapest when one of his comrades, a brilliant young man who spoke five languages, was irrcsted and executed for his part in the revolution. He es caped from the city but after a time was picked up by the Rus--vsians and taken back. He de- :t i i . t Birjucu now me group ne was with made its way through deep snow and old and of the brutal treatment of the Russian sol diers. One soldier casually ran a bayonet through the arm of a young woman when she failed to move quickly enough; anoth er companion, a young man al ready ill with tuberculosis, was stabbed twice through the chest and thrown down to die, which he did in a few hours. Young Toth was brought to this country through the efforts of the World Council of Church R nd he now works at odd jobs crtfted for him at the Double D Lumber company. He is de frribedoas very intelligent. A machinist by trade, he "catches on quickly" and works hard to b yseful. He has purchased a Hungtrian-English dictionary, nd on of his friends at the lumber plant will lielp to find him a tutor later. Josef i father was a former (Jilot In the Hungarian Air r ore His family lived near Budapest; Josef does not know wht their fate was. g'fvt Arrivals Newest arrivals in the valley Mr. and Mrs. Lambertus Trit an their 13-year-old daughter, Rita. The Trieps were brought here by First Presbyter ian church and are sponsored by Mrs. Julie Tummers. Mr. Triep, who knows some English, was a soldier in the last World war and was a prisoner of the Ger mans. He returrted to his home city after liberation by Amer ican troops to find his home de stroyed and living conditions hard. He worked for the city of Rotterdam, but at length decided to try his fortune in a land less crowded and with more oppor tunities than his native Holland, The Trieps, coming across the United States from New York City by the northern route, were impressed by the vastness of the nation, by the hundreds of miles of unsettled land and by the fact that so many homes are sur rounded by much land and gar dens instead of being crowded together as they are in Holland. To explain what the picture taking and interview were about, Mrs. Tummers showed them a copy of the Sunday Mail- Tribune, one which happened to have a page of dance pictures. The three examined it and at length Mr. Triep inquired with a big smile ''Rock and Roll?" He said his young daughter had list ened to American dance records during the trip over on the oc ean liner and had been much impressed by one singer. He couldn't remember the name, but when Mrs. Tummer asked "was it Elvis Presley" teen-age Rita nodded vigorously and beamed. Mrs. Tummers and the reporter decided that Rita, who will enter Crater High school. will probably fit right in. Mr. Trieps had but one re quest to make of the reporter. "Please, he s.iid with great earn estness, tell everyone how grateful we are to be in this country and how kind Mrs. Tummers is to help us." Mrs. Tummers then told how Mr. Trieps, after a long ocean voy age, and a trip across country by train, five days and nights with out being in bed, had arrived at her restaurant at 5 o'clock in the afternoon and asked to be put to work at once. From Indonesia Two other families have come to the Rogue valley from Indo nesia by way of Holland. Forced to leave Indonesia by the wave of nationalism in that country, people of Dutch ancestry scarce ly knew what to do. Born and reared in Indonesia, they were not Indonesian, and Dutch only by tradition and blood ties. Jacobus Leeuwenburgh, his wife and three children went to Holland but after living for more than two years in one 1 5trivel it travel-Nv VtfHhromatic" ( ' ii luggage. Surma, Jl, Oamib, MotddW, Frtf. Mint, All in Mvffer, dirt-fwf Ktnuol' TM L B. I C-ooanct Ca. tl" Wardrobe Special tZi mi'. i Juliet Ounetit Cue $17.94 LAY-A-WAY or TIME PAY! BOOKS GIFTS RECORDS D room, realized that there was little for them in that country. In Indonesia Mr. Leeuwenburgh had worked with his family on their plantation, had served In the Dutch Army during World War II, had been a prisoner of the Japanese. After release and recuperation, he worked first for the Allied Information ser vice and then with the Red Cross both before and after de mobilization. During his stay in Holland he worked with the government in the import-export service. Everything Wonderful Asked if everything was well with the family he said "Every thing is. wonderful here sim ply wonderful." This was echoed by his attractive wife. True, Mr. Leeuwenburgh's hands were covered with blisters, the results of cleaning ditches for the irriga tion company, but this he did not mention. He did say "Most Americans don't know how lucky they are." The Leeuwenburgh's three children are enrolled in Eagle Point schools, and they will at tend Medford Church of the Bret hren, the congregation which is sponsoring their move to the United States. The story of the Leonard Ver neulen family, brought here by First Methodist church, is much the same. Mr. Verneulen, Dutch by ancestry and Indonesian by birth, served in the Army during the last war and was a prisoner of the Japanese. Badly wound ed, he still suffers from the aft ermath of his injuries and gruel ling hours he spent working on the Burma railway as a prison er. Artistic by nature, he is al ready at work putting on can vas his impression of the Ore gon scenery, which he says is '. much like that of Indonesia. The Verneulen's have five : pretty daughters, the youngest ! an appealing infant only 9 months old. They attended the ; Protestant church during their . 7-year stay in Holland after leaving Indonesia, and will at- tend First Methodist church here. Like the others they ex pressed their appreciation and ; said that they had been shown ! nothing but kindness since arriv-1 ing in this wonderful new land, j o.s. ! I Reception Honors I Former Residents I Santa Cruz The Rev. and Mrs. Hugh Burch formerly of' Medford, were honored on their fiftieth wedding anniversary, i March 17, with a supper and' reception by members of the j congregation cf the First Church I of God, Santa Cruz. I Mr. Burcn, until his retire-' ment in 1942, was pastor of the i First Church of God, Medford, for 12 years. They have made their home in Santa Cruz for : the past 15 years." I The Burcfes were married in Spokane, Wa.h , in 1907. The fol-, lowing year he was ordained as ; a minister of the Church of God and served churches in Washing- ; ton until 19! a when they moved to California. They also spent several yearj In Dinuba, Sacra-1 ; mento, and Klamath Falls.. i ' They have one son. Glen Burch of Oakland, and one grandaughte-, Mrs. Barbara Muse of Trail. i Hedrick Parents To Meet Advisors A discussion with faculty ad visors and teachers will feature ! a meeting of Hedrick Parent-: Teacher association to be held I , Monday, March 25, at 8 p.m. in j ; the school cafeteria. i Mrs. Maxine Smith and Wil- j 1 Iiam Ruck, faculty members from Medford High school, will ! meet with parents of students ! who will enter high school next year. Advisors for parents of prospective freshmen will be Miss June Wheaton, dean of . girls, and Bruce Nelson, dean of ; boys of Hedrick school. ! Completing the advisory group S will be Raymond Graves and Don Ferguson, eighth grade, and i Barney Riggs and Mrs. Mary : ! Ann Athanas for entering sev-: enth graders. Election of officers will be held during the business meet ing. Refreshments will be served by parents of children in the eighth grade. James McDonald To Give Program , For Crater PTA Visual aids on the high school : level will be discussed by James McDonald of Southern Oregon college at a meeting of Crater ', High school Parent-Teacher as sociation, Monday, March 25. Mr. McDonald is president of the Oregon Future Teachers' asso ciation, and Wee-president of Na tional FTA. He supervises visual aids in the uffice of the Jackson county school superintendent, and is completing work for his teaching credentials on the Ash land campus The freshman homemaking ( class will present a style review, j 1 New PTA officers will be I elected. ! The meeting will be held in : the cafetorium at 8 p.m. Re freshments wil be prepared by the mothers of seniors. ' 7 - MCl n vV (ft j 1 M lv-J : , ! A cast of about 100 actors, musicians and dancers is busy rehearsing for the "Salute To Bob Stedman" show planned fox March 28-29 at Medford High school auditorium. Pictured here planning a danc number, to ba entitled "McNamara's Band" are (left to right) Miss Coleen Barr, Miss Kathleen Barr and Miss Sue Hall. The show will be a tribute lo Robert Stedman, high school drama instructor who is in a Portland hospital recovering from a serious illness. It is sponsored by Medford Footlighters, with the cooperation of the Medford school system. friction I ma'ies So your laundry irons without friction. Wo can't wash a paper hankie. But if we could, ironing it would be no problem. Our iron can cover the whole paper hankie at one time. It can smooth and dry it without rubbing holes. Isn't it smart to use a laundry where this same ironing that pro tects a damp paper hankie makes your clothes last longer? 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