Florence Matheny of Toddville, Iowa, comes west in 1945 to attend college at Seattle Pacific College (SPC) in Seattle, Washington. She hears that the famous Doolittle Flyer Jacob DeShazer will be attending SPC as well. The two of them meet at social events in the fall, but don't begin dating until the spring. They get engaged in June of 1946 and are married in August 1946. Their first child, son Paul, is born in 1947.

Florence supports Jacob’s goal of returning to Japan wholeheartedly, joining him in taking Japanese language and culture classes while at SPC. They both complete their degrees in 1948, graduating in the summer of that year. While finishing their degrees at SPC, the DeShazers apply to the Free Methodist Mission Board to be sent to Japan. Their request is granted and they, with little Paul, set sail for Japan in December 1948.

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Submissions from 1945

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Letter October 4, 1945, Florence DeShazer

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Letter November 15, 1945, Florence DeShazer

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DeShazer Relates Experiences, Seattle Pacific College

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Letter November 26, 1945, Florence DeShazer

Submissions from 1946

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I Was a Prisoner of Japan, Jacob DeShazer and Bible Meditation League

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Letter May 12, 1946, Florence DeShazer

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Letter May 15, 1946, Florence DeShazer

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Letter May 25, 1946, Florence DeShazer

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Hear DeShazer, unknown

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Letter June 3, 1946, Florence DeShazer

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Letter June 18, 1946, Florence DeShazer

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Letter June 23, 1946, Florence DeShazer

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Letter June 30, 1946, Florence DeShazer

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DeShazer-Matheny Wedding Invitation, Florence DeShazer

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Letter August 6, 1946, Florence DeShazer

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Letter August 27, 1946, Florence DeShazer

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Letter September 7, 1946, Florence DeShazer

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Letter September 29, 1946, Florence DeShazer

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Intensive Instruction in the Japanese Language and Japanese Culture, Seattle Pacific College

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Letter October 3, 1946, Florence DeShazer

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Letter October 31, 1946, Florence DeShazer

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Letter December 4, 1946, Florence DeShazer

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Letter December 19, 1946, Florence DeShazer

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Letter December 25, 1946, Florence DeShazer

Submissions from 1947

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Letter January 4, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Letter January 12, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Girl All-Stars Chosen by Players, Falcon Staff

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Letter January 24, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Girls' Sports, February 14, 1947, Falcon Staff

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Girls' Sports, February 28, 1947, Falcon Staff

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Letter March 2, 1947, Jacob DeShazer

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Letter March 11, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Girls' Sports, March 14, 1947, Falcon Staff

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Looking Back, Falcon Staff

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Letter March 23, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Letter April 7, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Letter April 18, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Letter April 28, 1947, Burton L. Beegle

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Letter May 5, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Letter May 26, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Famous Doolittle Flyer, Seattle Pacific College

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Letter June 4, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Letter June 24, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Letter July 1, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Letter July 8, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Letter July 18, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Letter July 26, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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New Departments Being Featured - Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Radio, Flying, Journalism and Violin, Seattle Pacific College

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Letter August 2, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Letter August 13, 1947, Edward F. Witsell

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Letter September 4, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Letter September 8, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Letter September 22, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Letter September 25, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Letter October 7, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Letter October 13, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Letter October 15, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Dot'N Dash, Dorthea Hurst

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Letter November 8, 1947, Florence DeShazer

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Letter December 11, 1947, Florence DeShazer

Submissions from 1948

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Letter January 2, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Letter January 9, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Letter January 13, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Letter January 15, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Letter January 19, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Letter January 28, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Letter February 11, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Letter February 19, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Letter February 24, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Letter March 11, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Letter March 30, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Letter April 14, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Letter May 25, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Letter circa June 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Fifty-Sixth Commencement of Seattle Pacific College, 1948, Seattle Pacific College

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Letter July 28, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Letter August 12, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Thirty-Seven Summer Session Graduates, Seattle Pacific College

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DeShazers to Sail for Japan Soon, Free Methodist Church

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Letter November 10, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Letter circa November 15, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Letter November 17, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Letter November 23, 1948, Florence DeShazer

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Active SPC Missionaries Today, Seattle Pacific College

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Letter circa December 1, 1948, Florence DeShazer