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THURSDAY. JANUARY 17. 1983
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
German Instructor Self-Taught
While in Service in Germany
By LEO SOROKA
' United .Press International
; St. Lou - (UPD - Six-foot
Drayton Granville Miller
owes part of his educational
feat to the military, but most
ly to his pretty 24-ycar-old
wife, the former Hannelore
Heil of Germany.
The 28 year old "D.G.'
(first two initials), as he is
known, knew but three Ger
man words "Gesundheit"
and "auf Wicdersehon"
when he first set foot on Ger
man soil with the U.S. Army.
That was before he met Han
nelore. Now, D.G. can out-talk his
wife in German. And this fall
he took his first instructor's
job at the University of Illi
nois at Urbana. He's teaching
first and second year German,
courses he was able to skip
because of his self-taught Ger
man while in the army.
Before D.G. enlisted for his
military requirements, he had
completed a bachelor of sci
ence degree in business ad
ministration. He had planned
to pursue a business career.
Wanis to Teach
"Now, all I want to do la
teach German and settle down
on a university campus," He
said,
Even the couple's 19-months-old
daughter, Paula,
lias a basic German vocabu
lary from listening to her
American fcther and German
mother speak at home.
The army moved D.G. to
Germany in September, 1853
Within six months he was
speaking the language with
out any schooling.
When he met Hannelore he
spoke German so well that
her mother didn't know If he
was German or American.
That was one year after his
arrival in Germany.
The couple married in May,
1957, and it was Hannelore
who suggested that her hus
band change his career from
business to German instruct
or. "Even my family knew he
had a gift for the language,"
Mrs. Miller said.
Wife Helps 1
. D.G. said he couldn't have
earned his master's at Wash
ington university in May
without Hannelore's help.
D.G. wrote his term papers in
English and German, and
Hannelore typed the papers,
sometimes working until 4:30
in the morning.
"She was housewife, moth
er and homework helper,"
D.G. sold. "I couldn't have
made it without her."
Before they were married,
D.G. lew home to Decatur,
III., on a furlough to tell his
parents he hed decided on
marrying a German girl and
returning to school for a Ger
man language career.
The Millers returned to the
states in January, 19S8, for
D.G.'s mustering out at Ft.
Dix, N.J. D.G. worked on a
construction Job to save
enough money and, with the
help ot a G.I. school check,
went back to Eastern Illinois
university where he had earn
ed a business degree before
military service.
Prof. Martin M. Mlcss at
Eastern became D.G.'s bene
factor. The alert professor
recognized D.G.'s advanced
knowledge ot the language.
Mlcss found out that D.G.
wanted a teaching career. He
interviewed the student to see
how much of the language
he knew and then suggested
a proficiency lest from the
school's language department.
Skips Grammar
In a subsequent three-hour
test, D.G. advanced to the
third year German, thus skip
ped German grammar. But
that wasn't all, Mloss said D.
G. was qualified to take third
and fourth year German at
the same time.
D.G. has doubled up in
school work ever since. At
Washington university here
where he earned his master's
in German he won the covet
ed Otto Heller fellowship, the
first such award to a first
year graduate student,
He took a full load of
courses each semester and
earned the degree In nine
months, to the amazement of
colleagues.
What started D.G. on his
German language binge was
the fact that he couldn't
stand being on a foreign
country and not knowing
what people around him were
saying.
He read' signs and adver
tisements on streets and tran
sit vehicles. His first intro
duction to reading German
was in (Donald Duck and
Mutt and Jeff) comic books in
German. '
Next, he bought a text
book on German grammar
and started memorizing
words.
"I had the urge to learn
more and more German," he
said. "In restaurants I would
talk to waiters. I hired taxis
Just so that I could talk Ger
man with the drivers."
in six months, D.G. was
speaking fairly fluently, "at
least well enough," he said.
that people didn't know that
he was an American
D.G. was hired for his first
teaching job almost on the
spot. He went to visit Prof.
Frank G. Brante, head of the
German department at Illi
nois.
"We started talking in Eng
lish, of course," he said. "Sud
denly, the professor started
asking questions in German,
and I answered his questions
in German.
"I felt that's what the pro
fessor wanted to hear Ger
man. We kept up a steady
flow of questions and answers,
and when it was all over, he
told me then and there that
I had the job."
Grenfeirs Wife
Sues for Divorce
Portland - (UPD - Mrs. Kay
Grcnfcll Wednesday filed suit
for divorce from William A.
Grenfcll Jr., former state sen
ator, charging "cruel and in
human" treatment.
The suit asked for custody
and support of the couple's
three children.
Grenfcll, an unsuccessful
candidate for Mult n o m a h
county commissioner last No
vember, recently was acquit
ted of a charge of making a
false police report in connec
tion witb a fatal traffic acci
dent last October. He still
faces a Circuit Court trial on
a charge of failing to remain
at the scene of an accident.
BOARDMAN DELAYED
Washington -(UP0- The Ore
gon congressional delegation
Wednesday postponed until
next Monday a meeting to dis
cuss the space age industrial
park in the Boardman area of
eastern Oregon.
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By HIAWATHA ESTES
Elegance and a simple basic
floor plan are successfully
combined in this example of
good economy and excellent
planning.
Inside, the home is well laid
out for family living. Most of
today's small houses are lack
ing In adequate storage space.
As attics and basements disap
pear, this shortage has become
acute. All of the wardrobes In
this design have a storage
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A guest closet is Just off the
entry while an exceptionally
wide closet plus a broom and
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has not been centered in the
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DIRECTING RESCUE - Cupl. Gerhard
Stuff, S3, arrow, skipper of the German
freighter "Lohengrin," clings to railing
near the bridge while directing rescue oper
ations on his ship near Kiel, West Germany,
lie ship was bound horn from Sweden
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when it was thrown on mud banks by a
Baltic Sea storm and capsized. Stuff was
washed from the bridge by a wave and
died in the ley water, but his crew Viaf
saved, ill body was recovered by a hell
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room as well as the service
so that one bath takes the
place of two.
The family bath is sound
proof from most of the bed
room wing by being nearly
completely s u r rounded by
closets. Both baths feature
pullman lavatories with an
exceptional amount of storage
space.
Separated By Halls
The living room is separ
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walls. The sliding glass doors
opening to the rear patio offer
much to families who believe
that out-of-door living space
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You will find kitchen
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The clean lines of this con
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