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
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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
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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)
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