Three From Japan,
Three students determined
to travel and see something of
the world while young have
arrived in the Rogue valley.
None of the three are spon
sored by agencies or organiza
tions - all three are here
through their own initiative.
The interesting and ambi
tious foreigners are Toshiko
Funabashi, who has arrived
from Tokyo, Japan; Christel
Nierobiseh, who came from
Berlin earlier in the summer,
and Pedro Banderas of Buena
Ventura, Colombia. Miss
Funabashi and young Ban
deras will attend Medford
High school as seniors, and
Miss Nierobiseh has been ac
cepted at Southern Oregon
college.
Wrote to Newspapers
Of special interest is the
manner which Miss Funabashi
chose to come to the United
States - she wrote to several
papers in this country, includ
I
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Robertson
(Braineid photo)
Robertsons Make Home
In Hayzvard
Gold Hill Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Robertson, whose
wedding was an event of
Saturday, August 10 at Gold
Hill Community Methodist
church, are residing in Hay
ward, Calif., at 1780 A.
street, Apartment 28.
The bride is the former
Miss Erma Lee Governor,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Governor, 575 Sixth
street, Gold Hill, and the
bridegroom is the son of Mrs.
Maitland Pritchelt, San Lo
renzo, Calif., and Henry Rob
ertson. Highway 99 south,
Gold Hill.
The Rev. Lochlen L. Greg
ory, pastor of the Gold Hill
church officiated at the
double ring ceremony held at
2 o'clock in the afternoon.
About 100 relatives and
friends of the couple at
tended. The wedding music was
played by Mrs. John Bruce,
organist. Arrangements of
pink and white gladioli dec
orated the altar. White bows
and pink gladioli were used
at the pew ends.
The bride, given in mar
riage by her father, wore a
white lace over white bro
cade satin gown patterned
with silver leaves. It was
fashioned with a round neck
line, fingertip sleeves and a
bouffant ballerina length
skirt. Her shoulder length
bridal veil was held in place
by a Spanish tiara of white
lace to match the wedding
gown. She carried white car
nations and a white Bible,
gift of the bridegroom.
Aunt Is Attendant
Matron of honor was Mrs.
Theron Boen, aunt of the
bride. Her gown of yellow
lace over gold satin, was
etyled as the bride's. She
wore a short veil held by a
tiara of yellow lace, and car
ried white carnations.
Glen Smith. San Lorenzo.
Calif., served as best man for
his friend. Robert Wilson
was usher.
A reception given by the
bride's parents immediately
following the wedding cere
mony was held in the social
room of the church.
Pink tapers in silver hold
ers flanked the wedding
cake, and arrangements of
summer flowers decorated
the room.
Mrs. Ivan Governor, the
bride's aunt, cut the wedding
cake, and Mrs. Russell Bis
set:, another aunt, served
the wedding cake. Mrs. Les
ter Smith, also the bride's
sunt, poured coffee and Mrs
ing The Medford Mail Trib
une, seeking a sponsor. As
the result of the stories, the
Japanese girl received almost
150 replies, and through cor
respondence she finally select
ed Medford and the family of
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Stockton:
2241 Crestbrook road.
Toshiko, who is 17, arrived
August 4 and already is well
established in the Stockton
family. The Stocktons have
three sons, Darryl, 18, who
will be a freshman at Oregon
State university this fall:
Steven, 14, student at Hedrick
Junior High school, and Da
vid, 10, who attends Hoover
school.
"They already look on her
as a sister and have started to
tease her," Mrs. Stockton re
ported last week.
Wanted Coast State
Miss Funabashi had more
than 100 replies from Chicago
families, where her story and
After Rites
Robert Wilson, cousin of the
bride, presided at the punch
bowl, assisted by Mrs. Cecil
Governor, her aunt.
Miss Julie Pritchett, sister
of the bridegroom, kept the
guest book and Mrs. Ralph
billon, the bride's cousin,
took charge of the wedding
gifts.
Mother in Blue
For her daughter's wed
ding and reception, Mrs. Gov
ernor wore a blue suit with
white accessories. The bride
groom's mother wore a beige
dress with pink accessories,
and their corsages were
white carnations.
Among the guests was the
bride's grandmother, Mrs.
Marie Boen.
The bride, a member of a
long-time Gold Hill family,
had lived in this area ail uf
her life. She is a graduate of
Crater High school and Med
ford Beauty school. Prior to
her marriage she was a beau
tician at the Big Y Beauty
salon.
The bridegroom was gradu
ated from Royal High school,
San Lorenzo, and served a
tour of duty with the United
States Navy. He is a toll
transmission man for the Pa
cific Telephone company,
Oakland, Calif.
Other than the bride
groom's stepfather and moth
er, Mr. and Mrs. Maitland
Pritchett, San Lorenzo, those
attending the wedding and
reception from out of town
were James Robertson, San
Lorenzo; Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Dillon and Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Dillon, Mt. Shasta,
Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Bissett, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Cowger, and Alva Cox, all
Portland; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Governor, Vancouver, Wash.;
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Smith,
Yakima, Wash.; Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Governor and family,
Melrose. Ore.: John Gover
nor. Salem; Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard Governor, Crescent
City, Calif.; Harold Boen and
son. Gary Boen. and Mr. and
Mrs. Glen Leach, Medford.
Upon his arrival in Gold
Hill from San Lorenzo, the
bridegroom was a guest in
the home of his father and
stepmother, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Robertson. 1
The Maitland Pritchetts
continued to Canada to spend
a two weeks vacation after
the wedding and reception, i
Prior to her wedding the
new Mrs. Robertson was hon-
ored at a shower given in the
home of her aunt, Mrs.
Theron Boen. i
Germany,
picture had been published by
newspaper, but she preferred
a small city to a large one,
saying large cities are "crowd
ed and dusty." She also de
cided that she would like a
coast state, rather than one
in the interior.
The attractive Japanese girl
has this story to relate about
her decision to come to the
United States. A few years
ago her father, Tokutaro
Funabashi, traveled in
Europe. Upon his return, he
urged his daughter, an only
child, to see the rest of the
world while she was still
young. Toshiko applied to the
American Field service, dis
cussed her ideas with staff
members of the American Em
bassy in Tokyo, and also visit
ed the United States Cultural
center to read more about this
country, and to seek informa
tion. Because there arc hundreds
of applicants for the AFS pro
gram, she was one of the
many who were turned down,
so she at length embarked on
the plan of writing to U.S.
newspapers. Her letter to The
Mail Tribune ran in March,
and before long Toshiko had
accepted the offer of the
Stocktons to live in their
home for the school term.
When asked why she had
chosen the United States over
other countries, Toshiko
thought for quite some time
and then said "because Amer
icans are not dark." Further
c o n v e rsation revealed that
she meant from the standpoint
of personalities and traits,
rather than skin tones. The
Americans she had met were
friendly, gay and light-hearted
- not too serious or sober,
she said.
Uncle Visits
The visitor's father is the
president of a firm which
deals in commercial art and
advertising. Not long after her
arrival here, an uncle travel
ing in this country on busi
ness, came to Medford to visit
his niece. Miss Funabashi and
her uncle impressed on the
Stocktons the fact that mem
bers of their family were wel
come to go to Japan any time
to visit in the Funabashi
household.
Miss Funabashi likes sports,
popular music, "but not jazz,"
swims a little and played vol
leyball in the high school
which she attended at home.
She is impressed with the
great spaces of this country
and marvels at the big lawns
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Colombia
and gardens. Because Japan
is so crowded, all gardens are
very small and private homes
cannot be surrounded by
large lawns.
The student conferred with
her counselor at high school
Wednesday and has been en
rolled in a stiff course - Eng
lish, algebra, trigono m e t r y,
United States history, chorus,
typing and art. English will
be on the junior class level,
since she is still not complete
ly at ease in the language.
She has already met Micko
Hayashi, who arrived in Med
ford last summer from Japan
to live here and attend school,
and the two were taken to
Crater lake recently by the
Stocktons.
German to SOC
Christel Nierobiseh is mak
ing her home with an aunt
and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Rus
sell Cornelius, 1109 Queen
Anne avenue, Medford. Miss
Nierobiseh also has learned a
great deal about this country
through the American Infor
mation center in Berlin.
After arriving here Christel
visited both Medford High
school and Southern Oregon
college and after conferences,
it was decided that she was
too far advanced in her
studies to return to high
school and she will attend the
Ashland college.
She plans to enroll in Eng
lish and French, among other
classes, because she is particu
larly interested in languages.
Miss Nierobiseh has already
made many friends and early
in the summer was a guest at
a meeting of Medford Zonta
club. The German student,
lively and vivacious, wears
her hair in rather a simple
fashion and during an inter
view mentioned that the bouf
fant, "leased" hairdos which
some young women are wear
ing in Oregon had long since
gone out of fashion in
Europe, where they origi
nated. Earlier this summer Miss
Nierobiseh traveled to Yose
mite National park with Med
ford friends and there met a
Stanford student with whom
she has corresponded as a
"pen pal" for a number of
years.
Student Seeks Job
Pedro Banderas is a guest
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard J. Boyd, who live on
Holt Gulch road out of Talent.
The Boyds and the young Co
lombian met while they were
traveling in South America
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to Study
and through correspondence
he determined to try his luck
in Oregon and the Rogue val
ley. Pedro's English is still
somewhat limited, but the
Boyds, because of years of
travel in Mexico, Central and
South America, speak consid
erable Spanish. This ambi
tious young man, who has
completed high school in hs
native land but feels he needs
further study on the interme
diate level, was already a
newspaper publisher before
finishing school.
His father is a reporter for
El Ticmpo, large daily paper
in Bogata. Colombia, and also
owns a print shop. Using the
facilities of the shop, young
Banderas edited and publish
ed a little neighborhood week
ly paper. He explained in an
interview last week that he
was licensed to publish agri
cultural and literary material,
but no political material be
cause he was a minor.
The young man, who has a
brother, Rieardo, 15, is inter-
Teacher Home
From Spain
Dick Carter, foreign lan
guage instructor at Hedrick
Junior High school, returned
last week to Medford after a
10-week trip abroad.
He spent a month in Mad
rid where he was enrolled in
the Eurocenler Language in
stitute, studying the Spanish
language. He had been chosen
for the language and culture
tour in Spain through the
American Heritage associa
tion. At the close of the course
he left Madrid for Ibiza, the
smallest of the Spanish Ba
learic islands in the Meditor
reanean. Mr. Carter also vis
ited Barcelona, and returned
by way of England, to Can
ada. The teacher made the
trip to the west by train
across Canada.
Philadelphia - born Marian
Anderson recently was given
an honorary Doctor of Hu
mane Letters degree by Hah
nemann Medical college and
hospital. II was her twenty
fifth honorary degree.
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in Valley
ested in agriculture and avia
tion, as well as many other
fields of study. His father is
considered an authority in ag
riculture and has published a
book on the geography, indus
try and agriculture of the
Cauca river valley.
Because the Boyds live so
far from Medford High school
and transportation will be a
problem, Pedro is hoping
some family will be able to
offer him a home and that he
can find part-time employ
ment. He has enrolled in
United States history. English,
chemistry and social studies
at Medford High school.
Mr. Boyd has contacted
Medford Rotary club, hopeful
that some member of that or
ganization. Which liplns In
sponsor the AFS students, can
help Pedro. The student point
ed out that he has done some
technical radio work in addi
tion to publishing the weekly
newspaper.
The student, thrilled at be
ing in the United Stairs and
anxious to work and learn,
said "he would work at anything."
Two Southern Oregon college students, Randy Clark,
(left) Central Point, and Mrs. Jeff Lee, Ashland, are pic
tured above ai they delivered a Portland Symphony orches
tra patron ticket to Alfred S. V. Carpenter. Topsides orchards.
Old Stage road. The orchestra will visit the Rogue Valley
October 16 for two performances in Hedrick Junior High
chool, Medford. Spomori are members of the Organised
Commuters Club of Southern Oregon college.
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Will Be Honored
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Security Benefit club mem
bers whose birthdays are in
August will be honored at
the Wednesday, August 28
meeting of the club in the
Pythian building.
The group meets from 11
a.m. to 4 p.m., each Wednes
day and all interested persons
of any age are invited.
Mrs. Pearl Spacknian and
others of the club have been
furnishing bouquets for the
luncheon tables and the
birthday cake this week will
br furnished by Mrs. Eva
Wright.
The next dance planned by
the club is set for Friday,
September 20 in the same
building.
Identification cards, now
furnished members, are worn
at the meetings.
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