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g SUNDAY. OCTOBER 14. 1962 muroBO hail ihiuunt,, Mtuiunu, . . . . Japanese Merchant Marine Officers Visit in Medford, Jacksonville Area Bv JOE COWLEY home, the renovated Max to take on a load of logs and The Japanese officers, the Coos Bay High school j on telebishun"-the stageeoMh. nr )rjJCTr't'',',',v-'"v'lP.''l''1?' wvr-tifyMryHwr'Tr - Mail Tribune Staff Wriler Mueller house (Mr. and Mrs. Kivc gentlemen form Japan j George Brewer's home) and visited the Rogue valley ccntly. Five merchant marine offi cers from the Japanese freighter, Ryuyo Maro, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Webster, 810 South Oakdale ave., Medford. They toured Jacksonville in a stage coach visited the C re- i the Jacksonville museum. The officers were Chief En gineer Mura, Chief Radio Op erator Tsujimura, Dr. Suzuki, ship's surgeon, Assistant Ra dio Operator Ichimomiya and Purser Nakajima. Guests in Coos Bay Soon after the Japanese C. Bcekman freighter docked in Coos Bay timbers, the officers were guests of Mrs. George Larsson and Mrs. Edna Going in Coos Bay. At the Larsson home they had a sukiyaki dinner from ingredients brought by the Japanese officers. (The two Coos Bay women are friends of Mrs. Webster, the former Mrs. Eve Prentice, once head of an accordion band here.) 7 i acJ ill f 'jm . ;S3 b fci; lip each trip and walks the eight- Pioneer Village, the ancient mile round trip to his class. muskets and gold pans in the I His hometown is Hiroshima. (Jacksonville museum. And! The Websters became ac- i they will return in 10 weeks' quainted with the Japanese f'me when their ship is again officers when they asked to , in i-oos Bay pori. tour the freighter at Coos Bay while visiting friends there. The Japanese gave them a party in the stateroom and presented them with gifts. One of these was an oil paint brought gifts as is the Japa nese custom when renewing friendships. The Japanese officers, rang ing in ages from 2'i to about 34 years, chattered excitedly as they clambered up on George McUne's stagecoach at his Pioneer Village at Jack sonville. They toured the vil lage before they climbed into the stagecoach with Jackson ville Mayor E. O. Graham and i ing of a vase of flowers made the Websters. The mayor act ed as official grcetcr. Glance at Stagecoach Jacksonville residents glanced at the stagecoach with bored curiosity then open sur prise when they spotted the gold-braided uniforms of the Japanese. Camera shutters clicked furiously in Japanese hands as a "hold-up man" rode up brandishing a rifle and de manding the "money satchel." The merchant marine offi cers examined the contents of the Bcekman house with in terest, signed the guest regis ter e'ooratcly in English and put Japanese characters after their names. Articles pointed out to them by Mrs. Brewer as being 100 years old seemed almost brand new in terms of the many centuries old Jap anese civilization. Ranch Manager Eddie Meek er took the group on a tour of David Holmes' Arrowhead ranch on the Phoenix-Hill-crcst id. Size of Farm Dr. Suzuki noted that the smallest pasture on the Ar rowhead ranch is about the size of a Japanese farm. He has been studying English by the chief radio operator. Upon tearing the Japanese seldom went ashore in Coos Bay because they were not in vited, the Websters offered immediately to take them to the Rogue valley. "We expected to take three or four officers, but before we knew it we had five," Webster laughed. Captain Takai made the trip to the Webster home about a month ago, but had to remain behind this trip. Plan Trip To Japan During the earlier visit, the Websters' guests insisted they return to Japan with them as soon as the Japanese freight er's stateroom could be pre pared. However, company reg ulations have intcrefered tem porarily. But, if the Websters can't go by freighter they plan to fly to Japan later this year where they will be guests in Tokyo of the ships' officers. As the Websters took their guests back to the ship, tney noted the Japanese were much impressed by the new super highways and scenery, but most impressed with Jack sonville where many things 1 1 minded them of "what we see Be Choosy . . . Get Jacuzzi PUMPS! Vi H.P. DEEP WELL PUMP With 42 Gal. Tank and Air Charger $15.95 down, $13.15 per mo. Irrigation Pumps Centrifugal 29" ond up Siskiyou Hardware 225 W. Main Ph. 772-2939 S&H GREEN STAMPS SIGN REGISTER Purser Nakajima, left, and Assistant 'Radio Operator Ichimomiya, right, sign the register in Jacksonville's C. C. Beekman house as Mrs. Dwight Hough ton, Medford, member of. the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites Found ation, looks on. The Japanese were impressed with the furnishings of the early day Jacksonville home. PRISONER RELEASED SI. Jn.srph, Md. - inrii - Har lan Lee Akes, 25, was released from jail Friday when police learnpd burglary suspect Don ald Cox had lied about Akes being an accomplice. "I didn't want to go to the penitentiary by myself." Cox explained. 20 SOLDIERS INJURED Sollau, Germany - UTO -More than 20 West German soldiers were injured Friday night, 10 of them seriously, when an Army car ploughed into a marching column near here, police announced. T3 . r Adult Course in Woods Survival To Start Monday A nine hour adult - level course in wilderness survival, conducted by Naturalist Odd Bjerke, will begin Monday evening at Medford High school. The course, particularly for the benefit of sportsmen, pilots and camping families, will cover all phases of wild erness survival, including rec ognition of edible wild plants, primitive shelter construction, improvised fishing and hunt ing methods, (without fire arms) and the psychological effects on persons "lost" in the woods. Bjerke, who has lived as long as 40 days in the wilder ness without food, feels that every American should be come acquainted with at least the basic principles of sur vival. He said such knowledge could be compared to a life insurance policy. Registration for Course ' Registration for the course, to be held in room 249 at the high school, will be accepted Monday evening prior to the first class session, which be gins at 7 p.m. Fee for the course, which will run for three consecutive evenings, is $10 per person. " 1T MP i k I jf '4 - 9 -t I -in ".fiHfyal t tl. I ill JAPANESE PAINTING Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Webster, 810 South Oakdale ave., are shown standing beside a painting presented them by an officer from a Japanese freighter. The Websters met five officers during a tour of the freighter at Coos Bay, brought the Jap anese back to Medford with them, took them on a one-day lour of the Rogue valley and drove them back to Coos Bay. 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