When 21-year old military wife, Betty Whalen and her
five-month-old daughter, Kim, embark on the 13,000 mile trip from
New Jersey to Taiwan to join her husband, Betty never dreamed the
trip, undertaken in the days before jet travel and disposable
diapers, would take nine days, during which Kim would be hit with
colic and diarrhea.
Adding to the challenges the young mother would face was an
unnecessary two-hour round trip by bus to San Francisco because of
misinformation about her visa given to her by a flight operations
specialist at Travis Air Force Base, California, her first stop.
The error resulted in a tedious three-hour delay which caused Betty
to miss a flight to Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. Two days later
upon arrival at Hickam, she faced another three-day wait. Then
another exasperating four days in the Philippine Islands.
On Taiwan, Betty was the youngest American "Round-eye" to meet
the legendary Taiwanese President, Chiang Kai Shek. While there she
gives birth to her second daughter in a missionary hospital only to
lose this child suddenly three years later. Upon her family's
return by ship, with two babies under two, from Taiwan, the angry
Pacific Ocean brings their ship breathtakingly close to capsizing.
During the voyage, 20-month old Kim faces emergency surgery on a
ship that was bucking so badly, the surgeon was unable to stand
upright without assistance.
Back in the states with a family of four, Betty hones the
shopping practices that enabled her to multiply her dollars and
earn her the designation: Queen of Thrift. Her four basic
principles: never pay the retail price, know the brands, shop the
discount stores, and be patient, have paid off big for her. They
can for anyone willing to try them.
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