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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.)
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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
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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.
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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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place, where only wild things
can exist, but man, with his
superior intelligence, can
adapt readily to such environ-
Bicrke will use slides and i ment i he is properly trained.
movies to illustrate details of I "J"ke saia.
his lectures. Some of the
slides will be of the recent
survivial trip which he led
into the Three Sisters area,
where 20 persons lived off the
land for 10 days.
To many persons, the forest
is a lonely and formidible
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VISIT RANCH Purser Nakajima. from a and the other five Japanese merchant ma-
Japanese freighter visiting Coos Bay. tours rine officers on the tour were impressed
(he Arrowhead ranch on Phocnix-Hillcrest with the size of the ranch in contrast with
id. with Ranch Manager Eddie Meeker. He the small Japanese farms.
Although the short course
is mainly for adults, Bjerke
plans to start a training school
for young men and women in
the Medford area next sum
mer. The courses will consist
of 10 days of academic and
field training in survival.
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