MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sundjy, October 5, 1958
Mt. Fujiyama Climb Included in
Events of Williams7 World Trip
(Editor- note: This is the last
of a series of articles by Jeff
Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Williams. Medford, who
late last month completed a trip
around the world.)
By JEFF WILLIAMS
Pacific Ocean, Sept. 20: On
Sept. 3 we left Manila, P.I.,
and depressingly enough the
seas which were rough at the
outset calmed on the second
day and except for a couple
buzzings by Naval Patrol
planes, the trip to Hong Kong
was uneventful.
The day was fresh and
clear, and as we entered Hong
Kong harbor there was a
brisk wind, heeling the junks
over in a rock-a-bye fashion.
Our 9,000-ton freighter sla
lomed its way into the inner
harbor, and no sooner had we
dropped anchor than about
three dozen junks of all .sizes
crowded alongside and Chi
nese peddlers clambored
aboard.
In' a twinkling they had set
up their shops all over the
decks, and in the passage
ways, and if anyone came
within 10 feet of them, they
' would energetically launch
into their sales spiel.
Taxi to Hong Kong
That evening I took a taxi
boat to Hong Kong to see the
sights, and exchange some
Hong Kong dollars for Japa
nese Yen. I wanted to go to
the top of Tram Peak, but it
was raining, and I just
walked around the city, going
from the main shopping dist
rict to the smaller, more clut
tered shops.
A rickshaw driver had been
following me for about 10
minutes, and refused to leave.
change some money, he in
sisted that I come with him
I didn t trust him, but I re
lented, -first stipulating
would pay him only $1 HK,
or 20c our money. He readily
agreed, and off we went at a
trot.
We had left the well lighted
business district when he
stopped and said he would
take me to nice place. I curt
ly refused, and told him to
get on to the exchange. He
stopped a couple more times,
and then said he wanted more
money. I didn't like him, and
this finally got me, so I just
jumped out of the rickshaw
and walked back to town. He
followed at a distance, shout
ing insults all the way, and
calling me a cheap bum,
which I was, but I was also
mad at him.
Gets Bolder
' He kept getting bolder and
bolder, and finally pulled his
rickshaw in front to stop me,
but I just charged, and
knocked it over on its side.
The long handlebars caught
him in the chest and sent him
sprawling. He jumped up,
grabbed the wooden seat and
came at me. We were about
to clash headlong, when he
changed his mind and said
"We go to police." So indeed
we did.
A very understanding Eng
lish officer thought it over
and decided I should pay $1
HK for as far as he took me,
so I did. I returned straight
way to my ship, for we sailed
at midnight.
We sailed through calm
seas and arrived in Kobe,
Sept. 10. Again there were
peddlers. This time the bow
ing, smiling, and ultra-polite
Japanese. I wandered around
the city, buying souvenirs and
such.
Similar to Pin Ball
A game similar to pin ball
is extremely popular here,
and all over town are the
small crowded arcades. The
machines made a terrible
racket, and on top of it all is
a not-so-late "rock 'n roll"
record from the States.
We took on a load of frozen
tuna, then chugged off to Na
gay, arriving and leaving
Sept. 13. On the 14th we
stopped at Shimiz, and, as it
was a quiet Sunday, I took a
stroll around the small town,
looking at their shops, fruit
displays, and watched some
fishermen pulling in their
nets.
I suddenly got it into my
head to climb Mt. Fujiyama,
and tried to disembark in
Shimizu, as it would be clo
ser than Yokohama, our next
port of call, but it was too
late; the immigration office
was closed.
Arrive in Yokohama
'We arrived in Yokohama
early the next morning, but
I didn't get a shore pass until
about 10 a.m. As soon as I got
mine, I dashed off to the. sta
tion and took the first train
to Kozu. It was a pleasant
ride on an electric train, and
as it was midday, it wasn't
too crowded. The countryside
was green everywhere with
rice paddies tucked in between.
In this country of 90 mil
lion people with an area the
size of California, I wasn't
surprised that we never
seemed to get out of town.
From Kozu, I took another
train into the foothills at the
base of Fiji-San. On the way,
I talked with a young Japa
nese Airborne soldier who
gave me a military map of
Fuji.
At a small town about 20
miles from the mountain base,
I took a bus to an even small
er town. Because the climb
ing season was over, there
was no transportation to the
mountain proper, so I began
to walk.
Passes Rest House
It was 2 o'clock and a big
thunderhead was hovering
over the mountain top, and
worst of all, I had to walk up
hill in soft sand. About 4 p.m.
I passed the first rest house,
which was closed. Not a single
soul did I see all day, and
night stay on the mountain.
I had been told that I could
buy food and water on the
mountain.
Finally soft sand began to
give way to black lava and
gravel. Everything was dead
still, no wind, not even a
bird whistling. I knew I wap
in for a storm.
At each station, I would
search , for food that might
have been left, but all I could
find were empty cans of
orange juice, which didn't
help my thirst. I pushed in as
fast as I coufd to get to the
top before dark. The trail was
nothing but an old stream
bed, and sometimes 1 was
walking in a narrow gorge,
12 to 15 feet deep.
As I broke above the tree
line there still remained about
half a mile to go. Everwhere
before me was a great ex
panse of black lava, and at
this inopportune time, dark
ness came on with a rush
Gets to Rest House
Now I mean it was really
dark. It took me half an hour
to feel my way back to the
last rest house. It was all
boarded up, but I found a
loose board and shouldered
my way inside. I had previ
ously found some matches,
but they turned out to be
watersoaked, so I felt around
until I found some straw
carrying bags. I spread them
on the ground, pulled my
jacket closer, and hoping that
nothing would nibble on me!
I dozed off. Within the hour
the rain came, and it thunder
ed like a cannon on the tin
roof all night. With all the
noise and doing exercises all
night to keep warm, I was
pretty tuckered out when
dawn arrived. With the first
light, I dashed off the moun
tain, hiked back to the train
station, and was whisked back
to Yokohama and my ship
We sail on the 17th with
Typhoon Helen giving us a
rough time. But little did I
care, for I was homeward
bound. Now on the night of
the 28th I cansee the city
of San Francisco under a full
moon. Five months ago I left
this city going East, and here
I am again, still going the
same way.
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Political Rally
Planned by PTA
In District 6C
Gold Hill Gilbert Mack,
principal of Patrick and Han
by schools in Gold Hill, and
H. D. Force, president of the
Gold Hill Parent-Teacher as
sociation, have been invited
to be hosts at a non-partisan
political rally in the Central
Point Junior High school gym
nasium in Central Point,
Thursday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m.
Other hosts will include
Principals George Johns and
C. A. Myers of the Central
Point Elementary and Jewitt
Primary schools, respectively,
and Mrs. William Colley, pres
ident of the combined Parent
Teacher association of the two
schools.
Hosts from Crater High
school and its PTA group will
be Arthur Straus, principal,
and Roy Henry, president of
the unit. Others are William
Brewster, principal of Sams
Valley school, and Vic Crox
ton, president of the Sams
Valley Parent Teacher asso
ciation. In Charge of Arrangements
Mrs. C. E. Chamberlain,
program chairman of the Cen
tral Point Elementary and
Primary school PTA, is in
charge of arrangements. The
rally is in conjunction with
the PTA unit's theme, "infor
mation." The plan of the
group is to inform the public,
and to create a closer relation
shipship among all Parent
Teacher associations in school
district 6C.
All candidates seeking of
fice in the November elec
tions, including state, county
and city, have been invited to
take part. Each candidate will
be required to limit his talk
to two minutes. The Central
Point Junior High school pep
band will act as time-keeper.
The public is invited to at
tend. All PTA women attend
ing from each unit in the dis
trict are requested by the
committee in charge to bring
one dozen cookies. A commit
tee will be named from each
of the four PTA units.
KNEE DEEP IN THE WEEDS - Medford Mayor John W.
Snider inspects the cream of the local weed crop recently
as his "Make Medford Beautiful" campaign gets underway.
He has urged residents who own such unsightly, areas to
"mow their own."
County
Chairmen of
Centennial
Seeks Assistance
Groups
City and area chairmen for
the Jackson County Centen
nial association are now com
piling "inventories" of re
sources, events and attractions
in their area. And they need
help, according to Ernie Hood,
Centennial chairman for Jack
son county.
He appealed for residents of
the county, in all sections, to
let their city or area chairmen
know about all community
events which will be taking
place next year, and partic
ularly in the months of June,
July and August the heavi
est tourist months of the Cen
tennial year, 1959.
A master' "calendar . of
events" for the county is near
ing completion, and will in
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To Be Guest Speaker
Dr. Harvey W. Baker of
Portland will speak on "tu
mors of the oral cavity" at a
meeting of the Jackson County
Medical Society at the Rogue
Valley Country club at 7 p.m.
Wednesday.
Dr. Baker was educated at
Columbia university and has
served as an instructor in sur
gery at the University of Ore
gon Medical school. He is a
member of the American Col
lege of Surgeons, the Western
Surgical association, the North
Pacific Surgical association
and the Society of Head and
Neck Surgeons.
He also is consultant in sur
gery at the Veterans hospital,
an attending surgeon at St.
Vincent hospital, and associate
attending surgeon at Good
Samaritan hospital, all in
Portland.
Dr. Baker is the author of
several papers on neoplastic
disease and is coauthor of a
handbook of head and neck
surgery. .
Hosts for the meeting
Wednesday will be Dr. C. I
Drummond, Dr. Edwin R.
Durno, and Dr. Thomas H.
Emmens.
turn be included in the state
wide calendar, and Hood said
he wants any event or attrac
tion to be sure to be included.
He also reported that the
new Centennial office has
been opened at Maple Park
Grove near the south city lim
its of Medford, and that it will
be painted and "fixed up"
within the ne,xt few weeks.
It will be formally dedicated
at that time, he stated.
A telephone has been in
stalled, with the number
SPring 3-2059. Anyone inter
ested in the Centennial, or
wishing to help in any capac
ity, or having any questions,
is invited to call, Hood said.
City and area chairmen
now working on the calendar
of events and area inventories
include:
Applegate, Robert Sorber;
Ashland, Frank Pinnock;
Butte Falls, Darwin Moore;
Central Point, Richard Strat
ton; Eagle Point, Ray Tresh
am; Gold Hill, Neal Smith;
Jacksonville, C. A. Young;
Medford, Ernie Hood; Phoe
nix, Mrs. Kathryn Stancliffe;
Prospect, H eaton Grieve;
Rogue River, Maxwell Thay
er; Sams Valley, Mrs. Albert
Straus; Shady Cove, Bin Duck
er; and Talent, Frank Christian.
Brazil Borrows Funds
For Hydro-Electric Use
Washington -(UPD-Brazil bor
rowed 73 million dollars from
the World Bank Friday to help
build the largest hydro-electric
project in Latin Ameri
ca. It was the second largest
loan ever made by the bank
for a single project.
When completed, the power
project about 200 miles north
of Sao Paulo will have a ca
pacity of 1 million kilowatts
and will increase by 50 per
cent the power available in
Brazil's central and southern
regions.
Six Persons Hurt
In Accidents in
Area Late in Week
Six persons were injured in
a series of accidents Thurs
day and Friday, according to
state police.
Two persons were injured
in a collision Thursday after
noon involving two cars and
a bicycle, officers said. In
jured were Thelma Terry, 36,
Coos Bay, possible broken
arm, and Laurence McGravia,
16, Grants Pass, bruises.
A car driven by Patty
Jean Lynch, 17, of Grants
Pass, was northbound on
Highway 99, one mile south
of Savage creek bridge. She
started making a left turn
into a private driveway when
she was blinded by, the sun,
she told officers, causing her
to turn in front of a south
bound car driven by Clair
Edward Terry 42, Coos Bay.
The Terry car was knocked
! to the shoulder of the high
way, where it struck a bi
cycle operated by Laurence
McGravia.
No citations were issued
state police said. v
Highway Accident
Gwendolyn Spence Caster,
29, of Phoenix, received neck
injuries in an accident near
K i m's restaurant on the
South Pacific highway about
6 p.m., Thursday, state police
said.
She told officers she was
northbound in the outside
lane, signalled for a right
turn . into Kim's when she
stopped suddenly to allow a
car to leave the restaurant
driveway. A car driven by
Berle Bean Leon Lubbers, 29,
of 242 Gibson st., Talent,
struck the Caster car in the
left rear, which was protrud
ing on to the highway, offi
cers said. Lubbers was cited
for following too closely.
Three persons were hurt in
an accident on Highway 62 at
the Camp White entrance
about 6:50 p.mi Thursday,
state police said.
Injured were Bruce Palm
er Fleming, 63, of South
Stage rd., Jacksonville; Mau
rice Noah Harris, 54, of
Camp White Domiciliary, and
George A. Green, 59, of
Camp White Domiciliary.
Fleming received cuts and
bruises and chest injuries,
Harris, and his passenger,
Green, both received cuts and
bruises and possible chest in
juries. All were treated at
the domiciliary hospital, po
lice said. No citations were
issued, state police said.
The Harris car was making
a left turn into Camp White
when it struck the Fleming
car. headon and knocked it
into a car driven by William
Paul Brassfield, 59, of 828
Laurel st., Central Point, of
ficers said.
GalesbuVg Marks
109th Anniversary
Of Famous Debate
Galesburg, 111. - (UPD - Carl
Sandburg returned home to
add poetic tribute to a four
day celebration which started
yesterday to mark the cen
tennial of the famed 1858 de
bate here between Abraham
Lincoln and Stephen A.
Douglas.
The fifth in the series of
seven debates was held here
Oct. 7, 1858. Fighting for a
senate seat, opponents debat
ed basic and blazing issues of
the day.
Lincoln stood firm that
"slavery is wrong." Douglas
held "each state should de
cide." This town took on a festive
look as decorations colored
the business district and the
Knox College campus, site of
many of the centennial activi
ties. A modern note was
sounded by. the cheers of
fans at the Knox-Monmouth
football game yesterday.
Guests at the game were
members of the Illinois His
torical society, holding their
annual two-day meeting in
connection with the centen
nial celebration. Heading . a
list of speakers at the socie-
Bennett Assumes Post
In Dept. of Interior
Washington -flIPD-Elmer F.
Bennett was sworn in Friday
as undersecretary of the in
terior in the office of Secre
tary Fred A. Seatpn. Bennett,
41, of Longmont, Colo., suc
ceeded Hatfield Chilson, who
resigned Sept. 20 to enter pri
vate law practice in Colorado.
Bennett has been with the de
partment since 1953.
Trucks Collide,
Killing Farmer
Ontario, Ore. -' (UPD - Sam i
Llona, Ontario farmer, was ;
killed yesterday in a .head-on j
collision of two trucks on an 1
eastern Oregon bighway. j
His son, Sam Jr., about 13,
suffered injuries. State police
said Llona's pickup truck was
involved in a collision with a
heavy truck driven by Joseph
G. Westbrook, 17, of Salina,
Utah.
The collision was on U.S.
20-26, about seven miles
southwest of Ontario.
Westbrook was cited for
failing to drive on the right
side of the highway. State Po
lice Officer R. L. Cooley said.
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ty's banquet tonight were
two Pulitzer Prize winning
authors, Bruce Catton and
Allan Nevins.
The pageant and debate re
enactment Tuesday will be
televised live. City officials
expect some. 50,000 persons
will crowd the Knox campus
or the affair.
The reenactment, with Ar
thur Barstow as Lincoln and
Richard Sokup as Douglas,
will be an exact portrayal of
the speeches as recorded by
newspaper reporters of . 100
years ago.
Decorations on the Knox
campus included American
flags with 32 stars, replicas
of those hung on the day in
1858. A large flag fluttering
from the college's old main
building was hand-sewn by
the local chapter of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution.
Coal supplies 42 per cent
of the nation's fuel and power
demand, petroleum 25 per
cent, natural gas 27 per cent
and hydroelectricity less than
six per cent.
SHAKING FOR JAMES
Greenfield, Ind.-DPD-A mod
ern touch will be added to
the traditional community
commemoration of the 109th
birthday of native son Jame
Whitcomb Riley next week.
The observance will include
a hula hoop contest. '
More than 82 per cent of
all 1957-model cars in the
U. S. had eight-cylinder engines.
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