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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS.. OREGON
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1954
Ifn Orient Fascinating
merican Librarian
Mean woman, utuii
Litis, sister of Mis.
tie, Bonanza, writes an
I .Mount of her work
Lol library development
h japan. ic ucim.su
Cr worlf was sent Mrs.
, mimeoBruyncu
idtoH here freauently
any friends in Klamath
U-tr fins heen In the
ie months, found that it
time to earn mo -
j.iMlnra thpri.. and
m understanding of their
Emmer, the National Diet
the Japanese otmwi aji
kn passed a nuuuuui
L..n hill in Rrpnte a li-
111 of Japan's 40,000 pub-
I. .
Less of the bill deter-
L nM nlniirti at. tllA Jfin-
I school, Keio University.
her mieiesuiiB wuc, u,-
t am today. November
nn a cushion in a lovely
Bnn a few feet away irom
capped waves 01 vne in-
(Seto Nailcai) at Deppu
prefecture on Kyushu
Preparing my speech for
' 01 Hie dltpU" ouuuui
inriation convention to-
horning. Two thousand 11-
(university educators, aim
Board of Education
E nvnpcted.
I beautiful and scenic
f hour train trip from To.
(Fujikawa, the young man
(enlacing the first of the
I faculty, and I are happy
h look out at the soa, to
heals served by two pretty
Eds. My futons will be
Et for me tonight here In
Etiful room where the
th,ni- nzalnst the bulk-
h lull me to sleep. (I shall
(to be tucked 1" early be
Hind the charcoal fire in
ihibachi not quite adequate
ening s cnni).
I LIFE
Ijikawa will interpret for
irinw. Tonight he plans to
f mv speech as he has
Iterareted for me before.
ied in the United States
t, we had much to talk
trine the trto southward
Ids were full of family
tutting rice and harvesting
jrm crops. Small hand-run
rs were set up in rice pao
fermbouse dooryards. Much
i thresned rice was
ut on rush matting to dry.
MiL-.tre I saw eleven oxen-
(arts piled high with bags
Igovernment quota deliver-
.nearea Kyoto we saw zarm-
tag mulberry leaves, cum
ica farms, picking mikans
oranges) and golden
ions. Although it was sun.
ire was no work stoppage
communities. (In cities,
isiness suspends on Sun-
ie sees no tractors, only a
,es and oxen to lighten the
.tor of the women and
who work side by side
men folks.
naga-san brought five year
Jo-chan to the train to say
wearing his new shoes,
and big-boy tie instead of
itional ceremonial togs for
san (s e v e n-flve-three)
ivember 15. The cost of
ilal costume is about $40.00,
ive to ninety per cent of
family budgets. .
nt through Hiroshima In
t. For two days on return
all be the guest of Shizue
e) Matsuda, one of our
:s who is in charge of the
Library at the Atomic
usually Commission.
difficult to keen my mind
letter because of the street
! below my window. Right
Bozen men in padded winter
(tanzen) with Japanese
gtmbrellas are walking along
on the way to a hot springs
there are almost 400 inns
hd many hot springs dot the
. As yet I haven t man
get to the bath before any-
N-i still shudder to get in
untold numbers and since
per is always far too hot for
rcontent mvself bv murine
light small wooden tubs full
happy that I can now eat
pe food three times a day
pek, even raw fish and other
foods. It is monotonous.
ras it falls Into a pattern
few days. More cold foods
lot make the hot tea taste
fUy nice. Poor cooks can
ppoil Japanese food.
DAY
pe a large gymnasium with
I chairs for 400, the other
len (only about twenty-five
were in tne audience) slt
tho floor for a three hour
professional meeting. As a
gUeSt. T Wn trlvcn a lovrro
fk rose to pin on my bosom
I wenrlng a reH hln,,pi a
N the platform. Fifth on the
P". i delivered Mr. Oltler's
fg and then spoke with Fu-
r iraaing tne translation. I
Filiated them nn tholr ,i.
fi achievements made since
Png with som hite i
PMacuallcngeto carry
out the aims of the new law.
The study meetings went on for
the three days with one long din
ner and fun frolic sake and too
much food took the usual toll.
But all in all it was a very suc
cessful meeting. I can truthfully
say that the Japanese educational
circles accept me as a friend
they are eager for my advise and
shower me with kindness and
respect. Many claim that the school
library' is the healthiest of all the
American educational practices in
troduced during the Occupation,
and I believe that may well be
true.
THREE DAYS LATER
The Inland Sea la beautiful. If
you will turn to the article bv Wil.
lard Price in the November issue
of National Geographic In which
he records the trip he and his
wife took in the fall of 1652, you
will understand how fortunate I
have been the past eight days. At
Hiroshima, Matsuda-san gave us
personal tour or the whole
A.B.C.C., including laboratories. We
watched casualty victims arrive
lor their regular examination, ob
served a monthly meeting of the
mid-wives or Hiroshima who are
cooperating with the A.B.C.C., etc,
She took us on a tour of the cily
nothing Impressed me as much
as the sight of the rebuilt city from
A.B.C.C. high up on a hill. It is
amazing that almost 400,000 peo
ple eat, sleep, work, attend school,
go about their busy lives serenely
once again where all was chaos
in 1945. We visited the two chil
dren's libraries; at one, I talked to
a group of librarian-teachers eager
for advice and encouragement.
The secend night we went to
Itsuku Island and stayed at an
inn in Miyajima where I could look
out the window at the red Tortl ris
ing out of the sea and the pagoda
alight in the full moon. It was the
special week-end for viewing the
gold and crimson maple leaves.
Also festival time with Noh Play
on the stage built out over the
water the surrounding hills
alive with color.
NOVEMBER 25
Tonight I shall finish this letter
and post It tomorrow by airmail.
The addressed envelopes and
hand-blocked cards made by Kono
san have been sent on ahead by
sea mail. It is good to be back
at work with our students eager
for reports on the convention.
This afternoon the faculty were
guests of the Ambassador, John M.
Allison at a reception honoring the
re-opening of the Tokyo American
Cultural Center, closed for over
eleven months much to our cha
grin. During the past year I have
visited libraries on Hakkaido the
northern island, on Kyushu the
southern Island, and all over Hon
shu. I have taken trips on book
mobiles, busses, trains, and boats.
I shall be happy to return home
next August, yet sorry to lose con
tact with so many wonderful new
friends and associates.
I should like sometime to tell
you about my many, many unique
experiences, the joys of new
friends, the personal touches of
working with my students. Such
words would be heart-warming to
vou and reassuring. If big power
politics and big business behaves,
Japanese youth snouia be aDie to
make a new and better world.
Women must be given more op
portunities and security, children
better food and housing.
We worked on Thanksgiving,
November 6. We had a holiday
on November 23, the Japanese
Labor Thanksgiving.
Garden
Gossip
Juniper Branch of the Evergreen
Garden Club will meet Monday,
Jan, 18. 1 P.m. at Joan's Kitchen.
Mrs. Earl Epoch, 2603 Kane Street
will have a round table discussion
on "Starting Annuals and Peren
nials.
Cultivate this graceful stance:
Put heel of right foot to inner
side of left foot, turning the left
toe out a bit. This stance, em-
ployed by models, slims both hips
and legs.
i Give your Portrait
LpeJifecfc
ij The heartfelt way
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... the lasting remembrance for this f
day. Pleasant sittings arranged
at your convenience... .
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Broiled Lobster
Cocktails Dancing
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All Women Should Study Stake In FOA
Editor's Note: This Is the sev
enth in a series of articles oon the
benefits of social security, slanted
for women and written by Everett
Eaton, manager of the local Social
Security Office.
When does a person retire? Trie
popular conception of retirement
visualizes most workers retiring
more or less voluntarily as soon
as they reach the magic age of
However, various studies con
ducted by the Social Security Ad
ministration Indicate that you or
your nusoana wui prooaoiy not me
your claim for old-age insurance
benefits until you are between 68
-eWssi n sTil msira ; 1
TWO BRIGHT-EYED, BLONDE BROTHERS sons of Mr. end Mrs. Charles Blumenthal, Tulelake,
are "practically" the same age, there being just three months between their birthdates.
Steven Louis (left) was born Oct. 8 in Alturas and Gary was born Jan. 12, thousands of miles
away in Starnberg, Germany. Both are four years old. Now they romp happily together as boys
will do, cherished by Mr. and Mrs. Blumenthal who have no children of their own. The family
has had Steven since birth but laughing, happy Gary came by way of the Displaced Persons
Commission, Washington, D. C with the aid of Senator McCarran, Nov., personal friend of the
family, who arranged the visa and passport for the little boy on the very last day the commis
sion operated, h e was then 2J4 years old and was flown with several other children from
Europe to his foster home here. Mr. and Mrs. Blumenthal met the plane at San Francisco and
promptly gathered to their hearts the lad in the red leather shoes who spake only 12 words of
his native tongue. His name was changed from Yohann Hansel Winters to the simpler Gary.
He weighed only 20 pounds upon arrival and had advanced only to the age of a year-old child.
Today he is a normal four-year-old. Mrs. Blumenthal, a Texas girl, met her husband, a Tule
lake potato grower and shipper, while he was serving in the Air Corps and returned here to
raise these two future potato producers. v
, "FOOL THE EYE"
That's what cottons do today
with new textures, weaves and fin
ishes which make them hard to rec
ognize as cottons. Cotton honan, in
plain colors, bold plaids and clear
tinted checks, has a crisp hand
and slub texture that gives new in
terest to the classic lines of the
daytime coat dress. There are tap
estries, navy cotton damasks, em
broidered cotton satins as well as
cotton honans in the new cottons.
They are designed in costumes
ranging from sun togs to evening
frocks.
Ore. Council
C. F. Leaders
Mrs. Warren o. Hunter, national
council president, will be guest
speaker at the annual Camo Fire
wins council, to be held here Fri
day, Feb. 5, 6:30 p.m. In the Wi
nema Hotel.
Mrs. Hunter was elecLed nresi.
dent at the national meeting in
Omaha, April, 1953. She has
served as a national board mem
ber and in 1953 was elected vice
president.
A daughter, Ruth, started Mrs.
Hunter on her career in Camp Fire
as group lender in Portland.
Later she served as nrpsirienf. nf
the Portland Leader's Assn., presi
dent 01 me Portland council and
chairman of region five.
For her tireless efforts and her
outstanding contributions to youth,
Mrs. Hunter was presented the Wo.
helo Order in 1949. This is Camp
nre s highest order.
Mrs. Percy Murray has been an
pointed chairman for the annual
meeting, and will be assisted by
council president Charles Mack and
Mrs. John Heyden social chairman
and her committee.
This will be a dinner meeting.
Since the Winema dining room can
accommodate only 100 persons, res
ervations should be sent in early.
and 69.
That is the averace ace at which
workers aave claimed their benefits
during the past few years; loss of
work at an early age due to ill-1
ncss, company retirement policy
lack of job opportunities in indi
vidual cases causes some people
to file their claims as soon as they
reach age 65. We find, however,
that relatively few workers volun
tarily retire as soon as they be
come 65, even though they do not
need the income from their job to
live comfortably. After working a
lifetime they feel the need of con
tinued activity so long as their
health permits. Some, of course,
develop hobbies in their later years
to occupy their working hours.
Just what is meant by the term
"retirement" You may recall
from one of our earlier discussions
that in order to be eligible for
old-age insurance benefits you must
be retired from gainlul employ
ment within the definition contained
in the- Social Security Act. This
does not mean that you have to
quit working entirely; you are al
lowed to earn as much as 975 per
month in wages or have net self
employment income averaging $75
per month and still receive your
old-age insurance check. Please
note that the wage limit is $75
cross wages per month, that is, be
fore any deductions. When you be
come 75, the retirement test no
longer applies and you can earn
any amount of wages and still re
cieve your monthly insurance check.
If your earnings exceed $76 in
any month you are not entitled to
your check for that month unless
you are 76 or older. Also, if your
wife is receiving wife's insurance
benefits she isn't entitled to her
check for any month in which
your earnings exceed the limit.
However, the fact that you earned
over $75 in any given month does
not mean that your benefits are
permanently cut off; they will be
resumed with the first month in
which vnm' earnings drop back to
$75 or less.
I The procedure for starting and
stopping benefits in this manner is
not at an compiicaicu unu l-uk.cs
only a few minutes. For this rea
son we urge all workers to ir.quire
about their ocuems during the first
month after they become 65 in
which they don't earn over $75 even
though they expect to be working
regularly again in the near future.
Failure to apply at that time may
result in losing one or more bene
fits to which they are entitled.
The retirement test also applies
to the self-employed as was men
tioned above. If you operate your
own business and are receiving
your old-age insurance checks you
should contact our office if you de
termine that your net earnings
from the business will average over
$75 per month for the year. Your
monthly checks will then be tem
porarily suspended but at the end
of the year when you have deter
ined your net income, an adjust
ment will be made for any bene
fits which were incorrectly with
held during the year.
A widow and children receiving
monthly survivors insurance bene
fits are also subject to the work
clause. If the widow earns over
$76 per month she must report that'
fact and have her own benefit sus
pended. Such action will not affect
the children's benefits; however, if
a child works for over $75 per
month his mother or guardian must
report the fact and have the child s
benefit suspended. In all cases ben
efits are suspended only while the
beneficiary is working; they will
be resumed as soon as we are noti
fied that the Individual is no long
er earning over $75 per month.
Next week we will discuss Insur
ance benefits for the self-employed.
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LATHE NOT NEW
Probably the first machine tool
for woodworking was the lathe,
which was in use approximately
1600 B. C, according to the West
Const Lumbermen's Association.
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f'i It Smart and I tun
lor MILLER'S . . grab your CASH, then OFP
AWAY . , watch the curves, don't skid on
corners . . plan to make that SALE today . .
THIS is IT . . that WHOPPING, big January
CLEARANCE sale that
fliiSJ wiu Put a CAT In ev-
l S i r ery cl05et" A SHOE on
' Jvl every tootsie at the
VATS LOWEST prices since
gramfa wore a goa
tee . ,
We'll tell you a LIT
TLE , . can't tell you
ALL for TOO much
copy is sure to FALL
. . BUT . . at MIL
LER'S on the second
lloor in the FASHION
SALON, prices on suits,
coats, dresses have slumped to the basement,
really TOP bracket merchandise, not holdov
ers . . BRANDS you KNOW, wonderful win
ter wearing . .
Girls SKIRTS, gabardines, orlons, cordu
roys, VALUES to S9.95 at $3.98 . . WHITE
STAG sport BLOUSES Sizes 10-18, $3.99 . .
warm JACKETS, way down . . . TOMMY
LOUNGE sets, warm, winsome, $7.95 'n $9.95
, . cuddly little PRAM SUITS in the "cherub
dept." 12 to 18 months, long zipper opening,
SMART BUYS for Mommies, J3.95-J5.95 . .
FIRST FLOOR SHOES . . more than 800
pairs, quality DRESS shoes, casuals, sports,
starting at $5.90 . . HOUSE SLIPPERS down
to $3.99 . . you-won't-believe-'em values In
men's corduroy SPORT SHIRTS regular $7.95
GOING at $4.88 . . DRESS SHIRTS, famous
name only, $3.49,
Trip to the DOWNSTAIRS store for those
fabulous buys in DRAPERY FABRICS, special
group, DISCONTINUED patterns that will
SHOCK you when you see the PRICE tags . .
those happy-idea REST FOAM PILLOWS, zip
pered covers, CHLOROPHYLL treated, reg
ular $6.95, on the way out at $5.99 . .
We're through, BUSHED for breath, but
there's STILL more to see during these BAR
GAIN DAYS at the store you dote on shoppln'
512 MAIN,
MILLER'S
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The newest play suit out Is the panty
ult, dlvllsb, divine, derlvltlve of your hubby's
or your boy friend's conventional shirt whose
tails are sewn together to make the brief
pants ... be brave and leave the belt at
home ., . wear It In Pacific sun pink , . .
you'll find it soon In one of our own home town
shops ... be watching for It.
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Hats m dears are getting smaller and
smaller and your Spring chapcau will fit Into
a hatbox no larger than a biscuit ... If yon
doubt, drop Into WHYTAL'S where we found
the first breath of Spring on Main Street and
take a look , , straws are lesion .. . these
tiny styles will put your hair In the limelight
. . . they sit here, cling here, cover ... ex
actly nothing but your bangs or the crown
of your curls, but you'1'1 love 'em.
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Knitted swim suits will be on this season's
beaches, bringing back the COMFORT of a suit
that flows with your body, that Is WARM
when you dash from the water, that dries
wlhout wrinkling. Knit with Lastex, these swim
beauties will give yon the smartness of the
stlffer failles, satins, with immeasurably more
flexibility.
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Western women will continue to cling to
one and two piece knits this spring ... will
wear silk prints dotted with rhinestones . . .
choose on color In several shades for travel
. . . wear packable hats . . . will be seeing
pink-mauve, gold tones, pepper red and
greens, deep brown worn with black.
. ill;....
-f-AW 171 lAl
The Sea Is An Blue
as a peacock lei and the sands are warm at
Waikiki , , the desert calls, there's a summer
sun, there's a fiesta there and the ponies run
. . the ship glides on through the salty
brine (and YOU, dressed up
by WHYTAL'S) are THERE
in line for a fun-filled va
cation in fun-fashions.
Gosh I It was SIMPLY
wonderful this week to drop
in and find SPRING at
WHYTAL'S . . forget lor a
while the WINTER . ,. to
reveal in the heavenly new
COTTON FROCKS, perky
as love-birds, like fresh, "field
flowers, enchanting PRINTS,
bare backs and jackets, one
niece "suave" LINENS with
"maddening" decor , , utterly fetching, a
striped silver and bluo POLISHED cotton,
a black DENIM with the WICKEDEST, kick-up-your-heels
SHEPHERDESS pettlsklrt, black
and white stripe . . flashly-splashy, whiiiy,
huge SKIRTS with South-of-thc-Border look,
BRILLIANT, beautiful, bidding for action . .
matching or contrasting BLOUSES . at
WHYTAL'S where waiting are . .
IMPECCABLE additions to your CRUISB
wardrobe . . FROCKS you go to dinner in . .
FROCKS you wear to flit through a rhumba
. . FROCKS you feel PERFECTLY at ease in
when you're waved to the CAPTAIN'S table . .
For night-blooming ladies . . a navy peu de
sol with deep bosom band of handsome WHITE
handmade HEAVY lace, fetching little, long
sleeved jacket . . a STUNNING, two-plcc
navy PEGGY HUNT original, navy WOOL,
with HUGE, white Queen Elizabeth, FAILLE,
collar to cup your pretty shoulders . . IM-
PORTED silk SUITS . . COATS at WHYTAL'S
that will melt your heart and little "cafe"
HATS that mark you DEFINITELY 1954, flat
little pancakes, held on by a velvety clamp , .
TINY pillboxes to poke on your pompadour
. . witching hats to wear EVERYWHERE
at 901 MAIN,
WHYTAL'S
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The "empire" is everywhere ... In silks
and worsteds and suits and coats and cottons
and skirts and tho ONLY way to wear them Is
to SLIM that midriff , . . stretch and stretch
those muscles that bulge, You simply CAN'T
bulge this Spring if you hope to wear the new
styles.
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Theresa a lleuson
WHY you're the center of attraction where
smart people gather . , WHY you have polsa
and confidence . , WHY you are always ex
quisitely groomed . . you'vo been to CUR-
RIN'S for one of thoso "quick
tricks to beauty," a COTY
deluxe "PARISIENNK VAN
ITY," for your PURSE.
This eye catching little
dream-deal, caught OUR eye
this week, the moment wa
breezed In . . all "done-up"
In white and gold. It's a clas-
Ml with CREAM POWDER,
ICi (your OWN shade for ask-
J U ing) mirror In top and non-
11 smear, sub-deb matching
.4 ri LIPSTICK that comej right
out of the handle . . looks like a tiny "bad
minton racket" wrapped up pretty, at CUR
BIN'S, for $1.85 plus tax.
THIS will keep your purse CLEAN, no
spilled powder, no lip-stick stain, no "digging
down" for a "touch-up" . . 'Us easy to clutch,
won't pop open , .
REFILLS? , , You bet at 65o plus THAT
tax . , there's good news, the rest la up to
you . . you'll carry this little "PARISIENNB
VANITY" by COTY, "proud as Punch," tell
every gal you meet It came from Ninth and
Main,
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