a a a a a a a a a a awon 88W 80010 4, Section Belleville (III.) News-Democrat Sunday, September 2,1990 For the record Deaths Death notices that include name, died Friday, Aug. 31, 1990. Visitation 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral LOWE, Marvin L.
"June," 71, of Funeral Home, East St. Louis. age, community, date of death and fu- after 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home and 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Tuesday at Belleville died Friday, Aug. 31, 1990. SHIPP, James 70, of Belleville neral home are published free. Tele- home. Funeral at 10 a.m.
Monday at the church. Funeral at 11 a.m. Tues- Visitation after noon Monday at the died Friday, Aug. 31, 1990. Visitation phone 234-1000, ext.
500, 9 a.m. to 8 St. John's Catholic Church, Red Bud. day at St. Paul United Church of Chr- funeral home.
Funeral at 1 p.m. Mon- after 4 p.m. Monday at the funeral p.m. Monday through Friday. Tele- Burial in St.
Boniface Catholic Ce- ist, Lebanon. Burial in College Hill day at the funeral home. Interment in home. Funeral at 1 p.m. Tuesday at phone 234-5578, 2 to 8 p.m.
Saturday metery, Evansville, Ill. Koch-Liefer Cemetery, Lebanon. Meyer Funeral St. Adalbert's Cemetery, Fairview the funeral home. Burial in Jefferson and Sunday.
Further information Funeral Home, Red Bud. Home, Lebanon. Heights. Kassly Colonial Mortuary, Barracks National Cemetery, St. may be published for a standard $25 BRAY, Lawrence "Larry" 47, of KNIERIM, Terry 31, of Bellevil- Fairview Heights.
Louis. George Renner and Sons Funefee under "Obituaries." Photos and St. Louis, formerly of Cahokia, died le, formerly of Decatur, died Friday, MOORE, Michael J. "Mike" 44, ral Home, Belleville. funeral notices are $6 each.
Paid obi- Wednesday, Aug. 29, 1990. Funeral Aug. 31, 1990. Visitation 6 p.m.
to 8 of Fairview Heights died Friday, Aug. WEISS, Anna Mae, nee Landa, 62, tuaries are accepted by telephone at was held Saturday at Braun Colonial p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Fu- 31, 1990. Visitation after 3 p.m.
Mon- of Caseyville died Saturday, Sept. 1, 234-5578 from noon to 5 p.m. Monday Funeral Home, Cahokia. Burial in neral at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the fune- day at the funeral home.
Funeral pro- 1990. Visitation after 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 2 to 5 p.m. Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belle- ral home. Brintlinger Funeral Home, cession to leave funeral home 9:30 at the funeral home.
Funeral at 11 Saturday and Sunday. ville. Decatur. a.m. Tuesday for 10 a.m.
Mass at Our a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. BOYLAN, Rose 83, of Swansea, FLUCK, Irma nee Fiegel, 99, LARSON, Agnes, nee Johnson, 86, Lady of Assumption Catholic Church, Burial in St. John Cemetery, Collinsformerly of East St. Louis, died Satur- died Friday, Aug.
31, 1990. Visitation of Belleville died Saturday, Sept. 1, Fairview Heights. Burial in Mount ville. Herbert A.
Kassly Funeral day, Sept. 1, 1990. Visitation after 11 after 3 p.m. Monday at the funeral 1990. Interment in Valhalla Gardens Carmel Cemetery, Belleville.
Kassly Home, Collinsville. a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Fu- home. Funeral procession to leave fu- of Memory, Belleville.
Pete Gardner Colonial Mortuary, Fairview Heights. Betty, nee Simpson, 52, of neral procession to leave funeral neral home 9 a.m. Tuesday to St. Funeral Home, Belleville. NAVE, Velma, nee Pruitt, 73, of Collinsville died Friday, Aug.
31, home at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday for 1 p.m. George Church, St. Louis, for a 9:30 LEONI, Vincent, 93, of rural Free- East St. Louis, died Wednesday, Aug.
1990. Visitation after 5 p.m. Tuesday Mass at St. Henry's Catholic Church, a.m. Mass.
Interment in Calvary Ce- burg died Friday, Aug. 31, 1990. Pri- 29, 1990. Visitation 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
at the funeral home. Funeral at 1 p.m. Belleville. Burial in Mount Carmel metery, St. Louis.
Kutis Funeral vate family services were held Sept. 1 Tuesday at the funeral home. Funeral Wednesday at the funeral home. InCemetery, Belleville. Kurrus Funeral Home, Afton, Mo.
at George Renner and Sons Funeral at noon Wednesday at Friendship terment in Lake View Memorial Home, Belleville. KLEIN, George 81, of Lebanon Home. Burial in Green Mount Catho-16 Baptist Church, East St. Louis. Burial Gardens, Belleville.
Herbert A. KasBRAUN, Henry 89, of Red Bud died Friday, Aug. 31, 1990. Visitation lic Cemetery, Belleville. in Sunset Gardens, Millstadt.
Nash sly Funeral Home, Collinsville. Teachers make trip to Japan BLOOMINGTON (AP) While Japanese teachers' intensity may give them the edge on their American counterparts, instructors in the two countries are similar, say U.S. teachers who recently visited five schools in Japan. "The quality of teaching and intensity of education was immediately evident," said Bettie Polites, an art teacher at Bloomington Junior High School. "They approach education with great purpose." The three teachers recently returned from a two-week tour to Japan, sponsored by Mitsubishi Motors Corp.
and Diamond-Star Motors in Normal. Mitsubishi has underwritten the trip for the past two years to thank the community for educational services Obituaries George Klein George Henry Klein, 81, of Lebanon, died Friday, August 31, 1:90 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville. He was a retired custodian at Horner Park in Lebanon and St. Paul United Church of Christ; member of St.
Paul United Church of Christ in Lebanon. Preceding in death were his parents, Paul and Elizabeth, nee Richenberg, Klein; a son Donald G. Klein; three brothers and two sisters. Surviving are his wife, the former Amelia Marie Frey; two daughters, Mrs. Harold (Shirley) Weil of Troy, Ill, Mrs.
Ernie (Norma) Uhles of San Antonio, Texas; a daughter-in-law, Lois Klein of Trenton; a brother and sister-in-law, Wilbert and Dorothea Klein of Lebanon; a sister-in-law, Emma Klein of Mascoutah; nine grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Lebanon with Rev. Dr.
Dwayne Dollgener officiating. Burial will be in College Hill Cemetery, Lebanon. Friends may call between 6 and 9 p.m. Monday at the Meyer Funeral Home in Lebanon and at the church on Tuesday from 9 a.m. untill time of service.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Southern Illinois of St. John United Church of Christ in Lebanon. Bettie Cox Bettie Jolene Cox, nee Spicer, 67, of Dupo, born on April 7, 1923 in Fisk, died Friday, August 31, 1990 at her residence. She was a receptionist in Dr. Guerra's office; member of 1st Congregational Church in Dupo.
Preceding in death were her parents, Herbert and Margaret Marie, nee Beckham, Spicer. Surviving are her husband, George D. Cox; a son, Douglas E. Hankamer of Dupo; a daughter and son-in-law, Paula and Ken Kelsey of Affton, Mo. and four grandchildren, Jason Matthew and Tyler Montgomery Kelsey, Clayton Dean and Molly Marie Hankamer.
Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday September 4, 1990 at 1st Congregational Church in Dupo with Rev. Sue Abbott officiating. Burial will be in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis Conniends may call between 4 and 9 p.m.
Monday at the Dashner Funeral Home in Dupo. The family requests donations to Hospice of Southern Illinois. Michael 'Mike' Moore, Sr. Michael J. 'Mike' Moore, 44, of Fairview Heights, died Friday, August 31, 1990 at Memorial Hospital in Belleville.
He worked in maintenance for Facility Maintenance and Management at St. Clair Square; member of the 3rd Degree Knights of Columbus Council No. 6996 in Fairview, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks No. 664 in Fairview, Bingo Captain, Lector and Eucharistic Minister for Our Lady of Assumption Church in Fairview Heights. Preceding in death were his grandparents, Aubrey D.
and Catherine Moore, Lester and Louise Pfeiffer. Surviving are a son, Michael J. Moore, Jr. of Collinsville; a daughter, Michelle Lee Moore of Godfrey, son of Aubrey K. and Thelma, nee Pfeiffer, Moore, of Fairview Heights; a brother and sister-in-law, Thomas J.
and Joanne Moore of Kingwood, Texas; two sisters, Patricia Rettig of Washington Park, Sister Helen Moore, A.S.C. of Mount Vernone, dear uncle of Audrey Rettig and Timothy Moore. Dear Friend of Carol Smith. Our dear nephew and cousin. Funeral procession to leave at 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday from the Kassly Colonial Mortuary Fairview Heights to Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church for a 10 a.m. funeral mass with Fr. James Jansen officiating. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery in Belleville. Friends may call after 3 p.m.
Monday at the mortuary. There will be a recitation of the rosary at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Kassly Colonial Mortuary in Fairview Heights. Donations preferred to Our Lady of Assumption Debt Reduction Fund. Funerals Rose Boylan Rose Josephine Boylan, 83, of Swansea, formerly of East St.
Louis, died Saturday, September 1, 1990 at Castle Haven Nursing Home. She was a retired attorney; member of St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Honorary life member of St. Clair County Historical Society, Legion of Mary, 3rd Order of St. Francis, Cahokia Mounds Chapter of D.A.R.
Preceding in death were her parents, Robert J. and Rose Anne, nee Marion, Boylan. Surviving are a sister-in-law, Margaret Kerr Boylan, of Washington, D.C.; nephew Robert J. Boylan IV of Alexandria, two nieces, Ann Boylan, Oxon Hill, Elizabeth Boylan of Washington, D.C.; great nephew Anthony Boylan Drewry of Los Angeles, Calif. Funeral procession to leave at 12:45 p.m.
Tuesday from the Kurrus Funeral Home in Belleville to St. Henry's Catholic Church for a 1 p.m. mass with Fr. Bernard Voss officiating. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Friends may call after 11 a.m. Tuesday until time of service at the funeral home. Betty Young Betty Young, nee Simpson, 52, of Collinsville, died Friday, August 31, 1990 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville. She was a machine operator for Sealtight Corporation for eight years.
Preceding in death were her parents, Charles and Anna, nee Allen, Simpson; a brother Charles Edward and a sister, Marilyn Sue Simpson. Surviving are three sons and a daughter-in-law, James Michael and Amy Young of Belleville, Victor Lee Young and Eric Alen Young, both of Collinsville; step daughter of Herman Mewes; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Melvin and Betty Simpson of Belleville, Francis and Donna Simpson of Wolfboyeu, Donald and Mary Simpson of Collinsville; four sisters and three brothers-inlaw, Mrs. Alma and Calvin Penrod of Mascoutah, Mrs. April and Tom Rogers of Wolfboyeu, Mrs. Mary and Dean Rogers of Houston, Texas and Joan Black of Wabash, step sister of four sisters and a brother, Mrs.
Rose Marie and Russell Bailey of Collinsville, Joyce Rogers of Granite City, Mrs. Bernice and Ted Tedesco of 0'Fallon, Mrs. Pat and George Gibson of Plainsville, Melvin Mewes of Collinsville. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the kassly Colonial Chapel in Fairview Heights with Fr.
Bernard Voss officiating. Interment will be in Lake View Memorial Gardens. Friends may call after 5 p.m. Tuesday at the mortuary. Lake View Memorial Gardens Mausoleum Crematorium "Where Someone Always Cares" (Hwy 159 South of St.
Clair Sq.) 233-7200 Holten Funeral Home 7711 W. Main St. Belleville 397-1323 or 235-1508 (Prearranged Funerals) -JohnBarnes FUNERAL HOME 8501 West Main St. Belleville 397-3350- Marvin 'June' Lowe Marvin L. 'June' Lowe, 71, of Belleville, died Friday, August 31, 1990 of St.
Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville. He was a retired Superintendent for the East St. Louis Water and in death were his parents, Marvin and Bessy, nee Tidwell, Lowe. Surviving are his wife, the former Julia Broda; two daughters and a son-in-law, Nancy Lowe, Linda and John Kollenberg, all of Belleville; a brother, James R. Lowe of New Mexico; a sister, Lorraine Mobley of St.
Louis; a grandson, Thomas Kollenberg; dear brother-in-law of Bill and Ann Broda of Collinsville, Rudy and Amy Broda of Knoxville, John Broda of Wantaugh, N.Y. and Loretta Taraska. Dear uncle and great uncle. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Kassly Colonial Chapel in Fairview Heights with Deacon Al Dubois officiating.
Interment will be in St. Adalbert's Cemetery in Fairview Heights. Friends may call after 12 noon Monday at the mortuary. Donations are preferred to Alcoholic Anonymous. Donald Goldsmith Donald Goldsmith, 18, of Belleville, died Friday, August 31, 1990 at Memorial Hospital.
He was a student. Surviving are his father, Harley Goldsmith and mother Donna Lewis, both of Belleville; two brothers and a sister, Michael and Kathleen LaBlance both of Florida, Roger Everts of Belleville; maternal grandparents, Kathy and Vern Porter of Swansea; paternal grandmother, Edna Goldsmith of Freeburg; aunts and uncles. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Pete Gardner Funeral Home in Belleville. Burial will be in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call after 4 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Vincent Leoni Vincent Leoni, 93, of Rural Freeburg, died Friday, August 31, 1990 at his residence. He was a retired coal miner and farmer; a World War I Army Veteran with the 23rd Artillery with the Italian Army. Preceding in death were his wife, Florentine, nee Barberi, Leoni, whom he married on September 8, 1925 in Johnson City, Ill, she died on June 30, 1986; two brothers; two sisters; a niece and a granddaughter, Paula Klein.
Surviving are a daughter, Pauline (John Paul) Klein of Rural Freeburg; a son, Angelo (Audrey) Leoni of Belleville; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Bruno and Frances Barberi of St. Louis; three grandchildren, Barbara Klein of Rural Freeburg, Vicki Busch and Sharon Bible of Belleville and two great grandsons, Justin and Jerod Busch. Private family services were held at 1 p.m. Saturday, September 1, at the George Renner and Sons Funeral Home in Belleville with Fr. Henry Fischer officiating.
Burial was in Green Mount Catholic Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the donor's choice. Terry Knierim Terry Knierim, 31 of Belleville, formerly of Decatur, died Friday, August 31, 1990 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville. He was manager of Financial Systems, Edison Bros.
Stores in St. Louis, Mo. He was a CPA and CMA. He was a graduate of Illinois State University; member of AICPA, ICMA, National Association of Accountants and Illinois CPA Society. Surviving are his wife, the former Tammy D.
Hooker; parents, John W. and Sue H. Hinton of Decatur and James E. Knierim of Blue Mound, sisters, Suzanne C. McNeely of Decatur, Kim M.
Woods of Springfield, maternal grandfather, Leo E. Harding of Decatur; paternal grandmother, Vera Knierim of Decatur; a step sister; step brother and two half brothers. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, in Brintlinger Funeral Home in Decatur, Ill. Visitation 6 to 8 p.m.
Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Leukemia Society, Gateway Chapter, 77 Westport Plaza, St. Louis, Mo. 63146. Oriana Wilson Oriana R.
Wilson, nee Colona, 67, of Washington Park, died Thursday, August 30, 1990 at her residence. She worked for School District 189 in East St. Louis for 11 years, employed at Sav-Mart Department Store in Collinsville for 13 years; member of Local 534 Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen of North America of Belleville and Canteen Township Democratic Club. Preceding in death were her husband, John L. Wilson on June 22, 1990; parents, Louis and Louise, nee Ross, Colona; a brother, James T.
Colona in October 1979. Surviving are a son and daughterin-law, John L. and Sheila Wilson of Caseyville; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Janice L. Penn of Belleville, Dolores J. and Walter Miller of Collinsville, Kathleen and Kenneth Waligorski of Belleville; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Dolores Lemansky of Caseyville, Shirley and Marvin Feegle of St.
Louis; seven grandchildren Kevin and Kristin Wilson, Kristopher Waligorski, Andy, Tracy and Daniel Penn and Skip Miller; dear niece of Lydia Ross of Collinsville. Dear sister-in-law, aunt, great aunt and cousin. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at the Kassly Colonial Chapel in Fairview Heights with Rev. Fr.
Walter MacPherson officiating. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Friends may call between 2 and 9 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary. Memorials may be made to Mamie 0.
Stookey School for Handicapped Children, 1603 Wabash, Belleville, Ill. 62221. Lawrence "'Larry' Bray Lawrence "Larry" A. Bray, 47, of St. Louis, formerly of Cahokia, died Wednesday, August 29, 1990.
He a operator for Phillips Pipe Line; a member of International Operating Engineers Local 2 and Maplewood Baptist Church in Missouri. Preceding in death were his parents, Henry L. and Melvina, nee Northcutt, Bray. Surviving are three brothers, Robert Bray of Fort Worth, Texas, Donald Bray of Dupo and Stanley Bray of Cahokia; dear brother-inlaw, uncle, nephew and cousin. Funeral services were held Saturday at Braun Colonial Funeral Home in Cahokia with Rev.
Kenneth Hall officiating. Burial was in Valhalla Gardens of Memory. Irma Fluck Irma nee Fiegel, Fluck, 99, was fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church Friday, August 31, 1990. The loved wife of the late Richard J. Fluck, dear mother of Charles and Anna Mae (Mrs.
Albert) Schneider and the late Richard J. Fluck, dear mother-in-law of Marion, nee Schmidt, Fluck; dear sister of, Minnie Stroeher and the late Georgina Riff; dear grandmother of nine; great grandmother of 17; great, great grandmother of one; our dear sisterin-law, aunt and great aunt. Funeral From Kutis Afton Chapel, 10151 Gravois, Tuesday, September 4 9 a.m. to the St. George Church for a 9:30 a.m.
mass. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. In Parlors will be Monday at 3 p.m. Accident reports Belleville Police Department FRIDAY 4:10 p.m.; 1318 W. Main; Allen Bernhardt, 23, New Athens, no damage; Jeff Pfannebecker, 20, Belleville, rear damage; no injuries.
5:10 p.m.; Intersection of South 10th Street and West Washington Street; Sandra Stone, 36, Belleville; Geraldine Munie, 62, Belleville, injured and taken to St. Elizabeth's Hospital; front-side damages. 8:57 p.m.; Intersection of Route 13 and Highway 159; David Lax, 21, Belleville; John Tepe, 19, Okawville; front-front damage; no injuries. SATURDAY No reports available. Marie (Mary) Stemler, of Columbia.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Columbia with Pastor William Groennert officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m.
Monday at the Lawlor Funeral Home in Columbia. Memorials may be made to St. Paul United Church of Christ Roof or Building Fund. Sandra (nee Vogel) Hoock LePes, of Millstadt. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m.
Tuesday at the Strauss Funeral Home in Millstadt with Rev. Tim Ritzel officiating. Burial will be in Valhalla Gardens of Memory. Friends may call between 2 and 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
The family request in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Sandra Hoock Memorial Trust Fund lst National Bank of Millstadt, 3 E. Washington, Millstadt, Ill. 62260. Joseph Fred Belleville. Funeral procession to leave at 9:40 a.m.
Tuesday, from the George Renner and Sons Funeral Home in Belleville, to St. Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Church for a 10 a.m. Mass with Msgr. Urban Kuhl officiating. Burial will be in St.
John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery in Smithton. Friends may call between 4 and 9 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. to 9:40 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
There will be a Vigil Prayer Service at 6:30 p.m. Monday the George Renner and Sons Funeral Home in Belleville. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Southern Illinois or St. August of Canterbury. Fire calls Belleville Fire Department FRIDAY 9:36 p.m.; alarm at 4501 N.
Park Drive. SATURDAY No calls available. community for educational services provided to Japanese families, who have relocated to the area to work at Diamond Star. The teachers said similarities exist between the two systems, but they were impressed by Japan's strong emphasis on education. "There is the same commitment, love and care as in the United States, but Japanese students spend more hours in school and doing homework," said Marilyn Mapes, a developmental educator at the Metcalf Lab School in Normal.
"They are very disciplined and dedicated and work very hard." Japanese schools hold classes yearround, with students generally in class from 8:30 a.m. through 3:30 p.m. Many students also enroll in "Juku" schools from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., a private extension of the public education system. "Students who don't attend Juku schools participate in after-school activities until 8 p.m.," said Pamela Eaton, a physical education teacher at Sugar Creek Elementary School in Normal.
"Different schools will specialize in sports such as badminton or ping pong, with classroom teachers assigned to handle instruction." Japanese students also go to school until noon on Saturday. "They firmly believe that to have a strong nation, must have strong Eaton said. "For that, they must have respect for their educators," she said. "This national attitude may help explain the high percentage of males and older teachers we saw in Japanese schools." The teachers noted, however, that Japanese schools are less creative than their American counterparts. But both countries' school systems have the same overall goals, they added.
"Their teachers are dedicated and enthusiastic and hold the same goals for their students as do the teachers in our schools to prepare our children for a global future," Eaton said. Deaths elsewhere Edwin O. Reischauer dies; scholar, envoy to Japan Edwin O. Reischauer SAN DIEGO (NYT) Edwin 0. Reischauer, a scholar who specialized in East Asian affairs and who served as United ambassador to Japan from 1961 to 1966, died Saturday at Green Hospital of the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in the La Jolla section of San Diego.
He was 79 and lived in Reischauer Belmont, and La Jolla. Dr. Paul J. Pockros, a gastoenterologist at Scripps Clinic, said Reischauer had died of complications from chronic hepatitis that he contracted from a blood transfusion some years ago. Although he had been hospitalized several times in the last year, Reischauer had continued to work on his 13th book.
Edwin Oldfather Reischauer had two lifelong attachments: Harvard University and Japan. At Harvard his famed course on Japan, once familiarly known as "rice paddies," removed much of the mystery from a far-off land for a generation of students. His influence as an expert on Japan and a wider sphere of Asian affairs extended nationally for more than a quarter of a century. In Japan, where he spent years as ambassador at a critical time in Washington-Tokyo relations, he was regarded as an ideal spokesman for United States who could address the Japanese in their own tongue and with a deep understanding of their society and culture. Reischauer was named to the post after he wrote an article for Foreign Affairs in 1960 about what he termed the "broken dialogue" with Japan after a crisis over the two countries' security treaty.
The article came to the attention of President John F. Kennedy, who appointed him as envoy in Tokyo. The professor acknowledged that he had some doubts about moving into the world of diplomacy and administering one of the largest American overseas missions. "But I felt I had written a good deal of criticism of our Asian policy," he said later, "and it was almost a case of put up or shut In Tokyo the lean, blue-eyed scholar quickly became a celebrity. He set something of a precedent by bringing into the embassy a staff of experts on Japan; he established good working relationships not only with leaders of the governing conservative party but also with members of the leftist opposition and the bureaucracy; and his name and face became known to almost everyone as a result of his extensive travels and public appearances throughout the country.
At a time when Japanese opinion was strongly critical of the United States involvement in Vietnam, the ambassador deflected anti-American feelings by reproving the Tokyo press for what he said was a lack of objectivity. To idealistic exponents of pacifism he would say: "To be neutral you must be ready to be highly militarized, like Switzerland or Sweden." Despite his natural affection for Japan, where he was born and spent his early life, he did not hesitate to speak out frankly on American policies were often at variance with Japanese views. To a people with vivid recollections of World War II and hesitant about their new international role and responsibility, the energetic ambassador, with the traditional prestige of the sensei, or teacher, preached encouragement and.
