Dr. Winston James "Jim" Nethery (b. May 19, 1936 - ) lived at Fort Whipple Veterans Administration (VA) Center campus in Prescott, Arizona as a young boy between 1942 and 1946. His father was the only navy medical officer stationed at the Whipple VA Center during World War II (WWII). Jim was born in China and has lived in California, Oregon, the United Kingdom and Texas as well as Arizona. He and his wife, Joyce (right) have raised five children, and have seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
 

Jim currently is retired in Temescal Valley, California, after having specialized in Oral Oncology and Maxillofacial Prosthetics for over 40 years, treating patients with head and neck cancer. He graduated in 1965 from Loma Linda University School of Dentistry with a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS). In 1968, he completed a residency in Maxillofacial Prosthetics at the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute. Jim served the community as the president of the Orange County American Cancer Society and as the president of the California Division of the American Cancer Society. He is the past President of the Clan Graham Society, having held this position from 2012 to 2017. He enjoys history and has written articles about Scottish and Clan Graham history.

Oral History
Interviewee:  Winston James "Jim" Nethery, M. D.  (b. 05/19/1936 – d. xx/xx/xxxx)
Interviewer:  Dr. Jim McCarver
Audio Number:  1630
Duration: 01:06:44
Date:  February 27, 2020
Topics Discussed: Nethery Family, growing up in Prescott in the 1940s and living on the Whipple VA Center campus

Time    Topics
00:48    Father - Dr. Winston Gerard Nethery
01:04    Father born 10/30/1909 – Watford, Hartfordshire, England. Died 06/10/1989
01:29    Mother Queen Marie (Primmer) Nethery - Born 03/19/1910 – Boulder, Colorado. Died 08/09/2002
02:22    1915 - Father immigrated from England with family
02:49    Grandfather was a preacher
02:58    Arrived in Sartoria, Nebraska
03:20    Father graduated from Pacific Union College, Napa, California and graduated from Medical School – Loma Linda College
03:49    Mother – Nursing a Glendale Adventist Hospital
04:01    Mother worked as a nurse
04:10    1933 – Dad graduated Medical School and parents were married. Then Medical Missionaries in China
04:44    1936 – James born in Manchuria
04:51    May 1940 -  Sister born in Manchuria
05:11    Lived in Shanghai, China
05:21    Lived in Central China
05:36    March 1941 – Returned to United States aboard Japanese ship “Donna Maroo”
06:45    Japanese spies on board
07:16    Docked in Honolulu
07:31    Traveled from San Francisco to Los Angeles
07:39    Dad set up General Practice in Burbank. Practice until 1942
07:52    1942 – Dad joined United States Navy
08:07    Dad was only doctor in Burbank
08:30    Dad had orders to report to VA Hospital in Long Island, but orders were changed to Fort Whipple, Prescott, AZ
09:22    1942 – Dad moved to Prescott prior to sending for family. Family arrived in June 1942
10:06    Dad handled Occupational Therapy – leatherworking, beadwork, also had other jobs.
10:48    Dad’s patients were veterans
11:07    Veteran’s Hospital by World War II
11:42    James visited with Tuberculosis patients
12:07    James contracted 3 kinds of malaria while in China
12:47    Dad got off work daily at 3:30
13:27    Picnics in the woods
14:29    Gurley Street  - Aztec Inn
14:51    Train went by Fort Whipple
15:09    Walked on train tracks coming home from school
15:45    Route  to school – Bicycle, Mom drove him in Buick Century
16:13    Dad drove a Packard
16:22    Walked up Sheldon by Citizen’s Cemetery
16:51    Best friend Harley Lee
17:23     Lee home was located north of Sheldon Street
17:40    Power House at Whipple
17:55    Train unloaded coal
18:17    Gate to hospital – Power plant was there
18:47     All houses had steam heat. Nethery home was   4th house from the bottom, closest to the hospital.
19:29     Arrived in Prescott in 1942 and left 1946
19:49    Attended Washington School
20:47    Grandfather’s 3rd wife also attended Washington School
21:21    Dr. James Soderstrom – was also at Whipple during 1940s
21:53    Whipple Families: Stanley & Sonya Smithson
22:09    Jeannette Kettner – Dr. Kettner was a dentist
22:36    Farley family
23:03    21 kittens
23:43    Dad only medical doctor at the VA
24:06    Never got to ride on the train
24:40    Granddaughter - RN – Diabetic Center – VA
24:55    Dad grew beard every  year for Whiskery contest
25:12    Prescott Frontier Rodeo
25:20    Never attended Smoki Dances
25:52    Smoki Dance was an annual event
26:32    2 trips to California
27:15    Took Wickenburg Wickenburg Cutoff
27:32    Camping at Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon
27:48    Fishing for breakfast
28:07    Fruit stands
28:30    Daughter and son-in-law live in Sedona now
28:53    Granddaughter and great grandson live in Prescott
29:14    Swimming at Granite Dells
30:10    Granite Dells Pool was not heated
30:25    Hiking on the rocks
30:35    Highway 89 was paved
31:36    Dad worked in current VA Hospital building
32:46    Joined Toastmasters
32:50    Minister – Binge  Alcoholic
33:30    Prescott life during war
34:00    Folks would pick up tires and burn them in the fireplace
34:51    No shortages
35:06    Ration cards
36:29    New bicycle had wooden pedals and steel handlebars
37:23    1st drunk he saw was on Gurley Street
37:49    Friend Bobby Adams attended St Joseph’s Academy
38:40    Visited Old Governor’s Home
39:41   Spanish American Veterans Home
41:07    Red Light District was gone
41:38    Courthouse was the same
42:00    Hiked Granite Mountain
42:15    Never hiked “P” Mountain
42:56    Aztec Motel
43:13    St. Michael’s  Hotel, Hassayampa Inn
43:25    High School on Gurley
43:46    Candy Store – in same area
44:21    Principal bough the whole candy store out
44:53    School had hot lunches
45:12    Elks Theater
45:52    Movies at the Px at Whipple
46:15    Small Commissary at Whipple
46:38    Parents shopped at Piggly Wiggly
46:55    Sharlot Hall Museum
47:38     Pioneer Home
48:30    “Great glace to grow  up!”
48:44    Base Dump – Found all sorts of treasures
48:57    Wooden Water Tower
49:11    Powerhouse, trains
49:14    Old Fort Ruins, Amphitheater
49:22    Indian Reservation
49:32    Skinny Dipping - Indian girls
49:56    Granite Creek – Indian Privys
50:16    Granite Creek  - ran year round
50:30    No dam at Watson Lake
51:04    No Highway 69
51:22    Bullwhacker Hill
51:40    Yarnell Hill Highway
51:55    Adams Hotel – Phoenix – Self Service Elevators
52:17    Mom grew up in Phoenix and graduated High School there.
52:42    Mom taught nursing in China
52:52    Mom was Dad’s nurse in California
53:20    Later in life, mom renewed nursing license, and also volunteered
53:52    Mom homemaker in Prescott
54:05    Mom collected Kachina Dolls and Navajo Pottery
55:05    Dad reopened practice in Burbank, California after children left home
55:10    Went in to practice with brother.
56:05    1919 – Dad’s parents moved to California from Illinois, had also lived in Michigan
56:14    Took them 3 days to cross the Grapevine/Cajon Pass
56:37    Settled in Riverside California
57:03    Grandfather was an alfalfa farmer
57:23    Grandmother had a stroke and they moved to Glendale/Monrovia, California
58:08    Toured old home with wife
59:53    Dad was World War II veteran but did not serve in Korean War
1:00:33  Uncle took over practice
1:00:57    Dad and uncle got along well
1:01:57    Dad retired at age of 69 and died at age of 70
1:01:36    Had heart problems
1:02:20    Lived a full life –missed China – England 1952, 1953
1:03:08    James loved living in England
1:04:06    Magician, auditorium – got to be assistant
1:05:08    Hendrix Auditorium
1:06:44    VERBAL RELEASE CONSENT