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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1953)
SATURDAY AUGUST 1, 1953 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON FAGS MINX MRS. J. B. EUE, announces tht engagement of her daughter, Jacqueline, to Ambrote Purkett, ton of Mr. and Mr$. Paul Purkett, Williiton, N. D. Bride-elect is a graduate of Sacred Heart; her fiance attended school in North , Dakota, and i presently stationed at Fort Rijey, Kans. No wedding date has been set. . Photo by Guderian It Happened This Way ' in New Pine Creek By IRVIN FARIS Over 300 Dredatory birds have fo far been disposed 01 Dy mem iters of the Goose Lake Sportsmen's (Club, according to Art Lenkcit who heard the report at the recent sportsmen's picnic up Pine Creek ' Canyon week ago last Thursday. The variety of birds that were eith er shot or caught In traps by the two learns that were contestine each other Included hawks, mac pies, crows and owls. The winning iofh was rantalned by Roy Mark- V strom, called the Magpies and the Y "Crows" captained by Elmer Har ris were the loosers who had, to treat the winners to the picnic. There were 29 members on each team. . Mr. and Mrs. Jack Atkinson and daughter, Lynda Lee, of Sacramen to arrived week ago today and have been spending mosi of their time r-omnine and fishing up at LilV SLake. Yesterday while talking to Sack, formerly, a resident of Wil- flnw Ranch, and his wife, the for &ner Thais Smith of New Pine Creek, he said fishing had been ieal aood for him up at the lakes. He has caught 38 nice sized fish the largest measuring 15 incnes. ;i Alfa camped at the lake is Mrs. Durily Brown, widow of the for mer highway maintenance fore Hian at Davis Creek: her dauchtcr. Frances Anne Smith and her girl tfiiends and husband who have keen at the lakes for the past week, fishing, swimming and laving a general good time at .that plav ft round Just seven miles up on Iod At thi mountains. S Word was received by Mrs. Nada Fox at 6 o'clock Monday morning that her mother, Mrs. Edith Storv. had suffered a stroke She wr ifushed to a hospital at Orville for hicdical care. Mrs. Fox had Just returned the day before from a few days visit with her mrther and left her in normal health. The news Was received with considerable con sternation Monday, and Mrs. Fox left immediately. The Needle Club met last Satur iay afternoon at the home of Mrs. Myra Robnett. There were 13 mem bers, three guests and 12 children present to enjoy the convivial get together some doing their fancy work and all visiting.' Strawberrv sundaes, cake, coffee and punch were served. ! i Plans were made for the annual JJeedle Club picnic to be held at the old picnic grounds up Pine Creek canyon on August 16. i It never rains but what 11 pours Former Resident Returns After One and One-Half Years in Japan (Mrs. Merle Sleeper Is the former Vlrglnfe Fie, who taught school here some time age. She went Irom here to Portland where she was a pereetusel director in a war plant. It was . while she iu there that Vegwe Magaslne ran a picture of her as one of the nation's eatateodrag yearn executives. . Mrs. Sleeper has last returned Irom a year and a half resi dency In Japan where she went with her hnsband, a civil engi. neerf who was amlfnment with National Bulk Carrier, Priori to the Japan alignment the, had lived to Bend for five years. She returned hut week and he Is expected the middle ef this month.) .".. ly during their year and a halt stay. Living in a completely Japanese area.- they made a special effort to learn native customs and they both studied the Japanese lan guage far beyond the placlng-a-phone-call stage. She said . that learning Japanese was the biggest academic challenge she'd ever laced. rs. Sleeper also studied flower arranging and Japanese dancing. She soon learned how "un-slmple" it ls to create the simple and beau tiful lloral compositions for which the Japanese are world-famous Kure was also the British Com monwealth headquarters and the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commis sion had sent 25 scientists and doc tors into .that area to study the ett'ects of the Hiroshima bombing; and their personimel comprised most of the social contacts of Mr. and Mrs. Sleeper. Although they were not "army" and had no ambassadorial connec tions, Mrs. Sleeper said that never had she so cherished her United Vacation? a quick TRAVELOAN makes it easy In 30 minutes you can arrange o loon for $50...$500...$150O or morel Firil payment won't be due for 45 doys-ond you have 24 months to repay! See vs NOW then really enoy your trip. COMMERCIAL FINANCE CORP. through our Indmtriol Loon Litem. Loons above Moo.uu ere tended to attend . the Pomona Orange picnic over at Round Orove, bad their plans frustrated by a coincidence of too many at tractions occurring on the same day of more or less a vital nature a must. There was a sogt-ball attraction at the Willow Ranch Softball dia mondWillow Ranch Fire Dept.. team vs. the Lakevlew Rose Clean ers' nine in an exhibition 'game. A mustA-of course as son Robert plays first bag for the lire boys and wifey had to represent the family there while I kept store. Incidentally It was a whale of a game even if the fire boys got out- flred by two points, 11 to ft Don't forget this these soft-ball league games that have been going on dur ing the week-day evenings for the past month and the extra-league games at Willow Ranch and Davis Creek are a real attraction and a first class release from the hubbub. You see one game and you want to see more. It's good clean sport diversion. Then there was a local cattle men's meeting Sunday afternoon or the Warner Range Stockmen'a association held at the Grange Hall which took several Grangers out of the running to the Pomona olc nic. Just what ,was accomplished at this meeting was not alvulged so we'll let it ride shrouded in mystery. Then many wanted to see the Lakevlew Gems play, the Alturas hard-ball team at Alturas Sundav afternoon. One stockman who fore went this pleasure said he wish'd he'd a gone nothin' happened much at the meeting. Incidentally Lakeview won. By MILLT KAMSBY When I asked Virginia Sleeper what kind of a house they found in Japan she said that they lived in a "doll house, and added that before they remodeled it "about as con venient!" . ' ' ' . No water, no electricity, no heating system, no stove and no phone. According to Mrs. Sleeper, it is almost im possible for the Occidental mind to imagine a tqwn of 250,- UUU, me population 01 iuuc, w rpi States citizenship. It was an "open a half, to be so completely native. It is (partly explained scaamc.. w all doo ordlnarlly by the fact that Kure, since it was the "Annapolis of Japan, closed to a "foreigner" without would naturally be Isolated from any infiltration of wes tern customs long ago adopt ed by the larger cities. Other than the remodeling cost a "moat liveable" shelter was achieved through the simple ex pedient of paying $600 (American) for a transformer for electrlolty; and a telephone was Installed (or another paltry $100. , . They soon found out that some practical knowledge of Japanese was most essential If they wanted to use their telephone (The tele phone operators were all Japa nese with NO knowledge of mi lish.; There was no electricity on Sundays "repair dey'V-ai least none until bedtime, 7Irglnla and Merle Sleeper ate .out.. In the entire area there was not ONE .western house. And Virginia Sleeper didn't mean "ranch house" style by "western", eith er. The ."doll house' was Just that.' Small, but Ideal for two fugi tives from non-modern Japanese hotels. The bathroom, tl by IS feet was the biggest room In the house. V i It. wax unlaue' in that it was high on a hill, not roof-to-roof with other dwellings, as tne rest ox me town; it commanded a . sweeping view of the Inland Sea from lta setting above the terraced hill- side, planned for beauty, with ex pert and typical dapaneec planting achieving a perfect back ground for each flower, or shrub. No lawn at an. Tney are a rarivy in Japan. The over-all effect, according to Mrs. Sleeper, was a living Japanese print even to. the finishing touch of fish ponds, with diminutive -bridges crossing them. . They were fortunate to. find Cheoko. who was their "number one girl"; intelligent,' and eager to learn to cook "American"; she served beautifully: was an excel lent seamstress, and sewed for Mrs. Sleeper; she was also an "at home" beauty operator, skillfully shampooing and dressing Mrs. Sleeper's hair. Her father had been a captain In the Japanese Navy. Moreover, she negotiated for "number-two girl," Okeko. who aid the heavy work. Merle Sleeper was sent to Kure by National Bulk Carriers (a New York firm, builders of the largest tankers in the world) as one of three specialists assigned totescb the Japanese American methods of construction. The shipyard at Kure Is one hour by air from Pu can; and the threat of evacuation was ever present. They were IT hours frsm Tokyo and covered Japan fairly thorough- official recognition. Even when their civilian status was revealed when the replied that she WASN'T an army wife the warm welcome was, "But you're an AMERICAN, arent you?" and tney were admitted to the social life In the colony to the extent of being social chairmen of the entertainment committee of the British Officers Club a decided privilege, since most el (he social life revolved around the club. The membershlD included Brit ish officers-from all over (be Em pire and Virginia end Merle Sleep er learned much of their various backgrounds and beard details of Red oppression experienced by British subjects. One man associated with a larse shipping firm was caught in Shanghai when it fell, and was confined within the city under con stant- surveillance vita rigidly limited freedom; and was released from Shanghai ' only after his firm had paid the Chinese Com munlst government 36,000 AMER ICAN dollars. This was only I months aeo. an example of the many refined forms 4 ipiaM tkt ultimate in fastidioutnou SpUuhl . t to tntinglidt your skin to highlight your hoir to lunuriato your bath Splosh! for good grooming for afttr shoving , 4. MS l.US UM.1SJS rut Til t:r. MliwSwMieaBHHMmaHHeUaai MR. AND MRS. C. A. SHOOP ... 2021 Reclamation, an nounce the engagement of their daughter Diane, to Wilbur Walker,, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Haley, Dairy. A late Sep tember wedding is planned. of extortion. An individual wlUv no financial connections had little or no hope of liberation. Even people of means trapped In the Red areas were subjected to a con stant turnover of household ser vants, all thoroughly trained In spying. They- had no social life; and their private life (as we live) was nil, . Mrs.. Sleeper said that she played the organ for Sunday Serv ices in the army chapel, to show in a small way their gratitude tor Uiewarm hospitality shown them. Another aside, was that In retrospect, she considers their electric blanket as their most treasured possession. Flimsy con struction and inadequate heat were no match for cool nights. . Mrs, sleeper flew by Pan-Amer lean on the trip home; and stopped in the open city of Kowloon, 10 minutes by ferry to Hong Kong. She said that she had been warned by friends to stay oft the streets at night, because Reds and -other marauders prowled them after dark and in general she was warned against the communists. The first sign she saw was hi English with lane latUr. ' tag: "BEWARE OF FICCFOCK. ETSl" and directly btmSTZl irrelevant words,- "DON'T ami" In Hong Kong she tried to". tabHsh any sort of contact with Dick Applegate, MedXord man who was taken prisoner oft his boat when he inadvertently went Into enemy waters.. She found "no trace" of him at least no one would "talk" and from moun- lnformatlon given her, the con sensus of opinion was that he had necn spintea lurtner into Red China. , Possessing a keen Interest in "things Chinese". Mrs. Hun, went shopping, and found shopping conditions perfect; exceeding all her expectations and CHXAPI airt cneap oy our standards. Frustrating fact, however, la that while making purchases is simple, you can't get past the first TJ. s. Customs officer with them. The United States embargo Is abso lutely enforced to curtail.' any purchase funds welling the corn munlst coffers, since goods sold In Hong Kong is Communist con- (Continued page U) Glamourous fashion to stt your beauty apart I It'c : M illinery, Second Floor OURS ALONE bringing you advance news in luxurious t1uri,i dramatic accent! 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