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Thur$.. Aug. 1, 1963 The News-Review, Roseburg, Or: 5
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WITH THE OPINING of any stage show, there are always problems, ana Wednesday
nights opening of "Flower Drum Song" had its share. Leading lady Barbara Martin, as
Linda Low, developed a last-minute case of laryngitis. But as they say, the "show must
go on", so Helen Dyhre, the choreographer, took over the part and carried it like-a troop
er. She is shown here in a scene singing "Grant Avenue". Miss Martin hopes to have her
voice back in time for tonights performance. (News-Review Photo).
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By MARION BYRON
News-Review Staff Writer
The sound of last-minute ham
mering back stage ended, and the
curtain rolled back Wednesday
night on the Merely Players open
, ing night presentation of their most
ambitious production to date,
"Flower Drum Song."
Ambitious is the word as the
staging of a full-scale version of
the popular Broadway musical was
a challenge for the talented and
competent persons participating.
The Merely Players were equal
to it.
Telling the story of two scram
bled love affairs and one unre
quited love, laid against the back
ground of a conflict between "old"
and "new" Chinese traditions, in
volved.. . staggering amounts of
scene cfi'ahgTne -which-tarod to the
full the facilities of the Umpqua
West Theater. However, the one
time barn and former square dance
club headquarters is now definitely
"theater." The .difficulties encount
ered were more than compensated
for by the end results.
Presence Good
Throughout, the stage presence
of all participating left little to be
desired. Characterizations were
equally good. Like a rock on which
the rest of the portrayals were
Dorothy Larson Has Carved
A Career In Glass Artistry
8 By GAY PAULEY
UPI Women's Editor
WASHINGTON, N. J. (UPI)
Dorothy A. Larson has carved
her way to a rare career in
glass artistry. She also concedes
that she's carved up quite a bit
of Larson fingers along the way.
Miss Larson, a former potter,
now fuses cathedral glass the
stained glass of the type used in
churches and clear glass layer
on layer with other materials to
create decorative murals, room
dividers, book ends, table tops,
cigarette boxes, ash trays, wall
plaques, and other items.
She designs right from the
glass, without benefit of sketching
in advance, and uses the conven
tional tools sold at hardware
stores to do the cutting.
"I'm a walking ad for adhesive
bandages," she said, in an inter
view, explaining that cu'.ting had
its hazards.
Fusing is done in four electric
aly heated kilns at temperatures
well .over MX degrees fahren
heit. "
Some of Miss Larson's glass
went into the lighting decor for
the cafe of the Lincoln Center
Philharmonic Hall, New York.
Other glass is in museums, or
decorating offices, hotels, motels,
restaurants, show rooms, and
homes where the owners have
discovered her work in retail
shops or through decorators.
wicli liuu.se Pottery School, New
York.
Unique Factory
For 10 years she did ceramics
and jewelry, but for the last five
has worked only in glass. She
said her husband, who is presi
dent and assistant editor of the
Hunterdon (County) Review, boss
es the packing, shipping and bill
ing from the factory, which is un
orthodox as factories go.
A barn and one house on a 10
acre plot 50 miles west of New
York city are the locale. The
couple lives in the third building
a residence dating to 1710.
Many of Miss Larson's designs
are assembled into large murals
two of them, 10 feet tall showing
the New York skyline and the
George Washington Bridge hang
in the banquet rooms of one of
Manhattan's new hotels.
Smaller panels for wall hang
ings are mounted on walnut or
black lacquered wood with a
white felt backing on the glass
to show the colors botte'r. Still
others are mounted on woods to
make book ends, cigarette cases,
table tops.
Employment To Hit
New All-Time Peak
Six-Month Project
The Lincoln Center project vfas
one of the largest commissions
this native of Madison. Wise,
has had. It was for 10 reflectors,
each eight inches in diameter,
done in yellow and amber to
match the color scheme of the
nafp mimnkin-riilored unholsterv. . ... .. ." 11
, ..... mommy 100 tigures.
gold cavpo Eoio swizzle sucks, j Emolovmpnt iKnallv ri.. ,
i mid summer when construction
activities arc providing work that
built was the performance of
Doug Zug as Wang Chi Yang, the
Chinese father who held to the old
ways. He was completely believ
able. Andy rautheree was natural
and engaging as the son who for a
while didn't know what he wanted
in the way of girls. His singing
voice was pleasing. Petite Anne
Saunders, as the "picture" bride
who finally got the right man, was
fragile and appealing. Wayne Wag
ner as the operator of the Celestial
Bar who finally gave up the strug
gle of dodging matrimony was one
of the outstanding characters in
his comedy role, xnc verve and
sparkle of Therese Layton as Ma
dame Liang were refreshing.
Roles Switched
A big bouquet goes also to the
three players who made a last
minute switch, in their roles due
to the laryngitis of Barbara Mar
tin, scheduled to play the role of
Linda Low. In true professional
style Helen Dyhre, the show's
choreographer, assumed the other
feminine lead and was a crowd
pleaser with her dancing and train
ed singing voice. The other two
involved in the switch, M a r a
Youtchas and Carole Geddes, were
also equal to the occasion, the lat
ter giving an unforgettably poig
nant portrayal of the lonely seam
stress. Minor roles were handled com
petently, particularly by Mark Rob
erts as the much-westernized young
Chinese boy and by Bob Robins as
the phony "Commodore." A dream
dance sequence at the beginning
of the second act was effective
and pointed up the attention given
to costuming detail.
Handling perhaps the biggest
chore of all was 16-year-old Peggy
Ostrander who never missed a cue
in accompanying the entire produc
tion on the organ. To say that
she was competent is an under
statement She was terrific.
Scene Changes Many
Behind the scenes, credit goes
to a nameless horde of stage hi. mis
who juggled scenery (probably
built it, too) for a total of 14
scene changes. Credit goes also,
to the original builder of the old
barn and to the Merely Players
who remodeled it, as accoustics
are good in all sections.
The fact that there was almost
no on stage lag does credit to Di
rector Don Baile. The audience ap
parently didn't mind a lew. be
tween scenes waits.
The "Flower Drum Song" will
play nightly except Sunday through
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WASHINGTON (UPD-The La
bor Department was expected to
report today that the number ol
jobs held by Americans stayed
above 70 million in July and
climbed to a new all-time peak. UilImm Hiinrnn
A decline in unemployment-"""" WUHCnn
which stood just below 5 million
in June also is anticipated
when the department issues its
Thp nroieot tnoH" Sijf 'nfltTtfhs.
Miss Larson, in private tii'c
.MI'S, uruce nuiciiMss, wile ui a nn. a..a;tuin nnt,tnr tv,nnt-
newspaperman said she is one And joblcssness sw0en
of the handful of artists in .thojJunc whcn hi schoo and
United States who work in stained ,, students seek summcr
glass. But she believes the tech-, normallv drops off in Juv
nique she has developed i s n,ny yMlngslers stop yg for
unique. It also is top secret. work and ,eavc ,he abor force
The artist produces i numerous. Dcspiie ,lc favorable deveiop.
design effects by working beads, nu,nts ,ast monlh govcrnmont
wire, even leaves and flowers be- economists stressed that little
tween the layers. She never is dcnt nas bsn made in iong.tcrm
at loss for color "There are unemployment. A hard core group
more than 100 colors of catnt-drai . predominantly non-white and
glass," she said. Her supply,, unskilled has been unole to
comes from a wholesale firm in fjnd jobs for months.
New York. Unemployment has been above
The blonde - haired artist was 5 p cenl of tne iabor force or
born on the Oimpuf, of the Uni- more tnan fjve years ever since
versity of Wisconsin1 where her j November, 1957. This means that
father gas a professoro of engi-1 during this period at least 5 out
neenng. sne suiuieu ior iu --.uo! pile y?eij
a scholarship in fine arts at
Mills College, Oakland, Calif.,
where one of her professors was
n..V'cAn...tt.,t.t' nf Ctntn noun
100, persons actively
seeking a job could not find one.
The June rate was 5.7 per cent.
The Labor Department s figures
A, former Douglas County resi
dent. William H. Duncan, 83, died
i Tuesday" in. Hot Springs, S.D., fol
lowing an extehded 'riiTiess.. iKr Tiad
resided in Yoncalla for some time
prior to moving to South Dakota
; 16 years ago.
I He was born in Iowa Sept. 16,
J879. He was preceded in death
by his wife. Ella Ferdig Duncan,
in 1946 and by a son, Vincent,
(Who, died May 30, 1963.
i Survivors include three brothers.
! Lewis and Charles Duncan of
I Yankton, S.D., and Wilford of Ya
.kima. Wash.; four sons, Henry of
! Springfield. William M. of Elkton,
! Richard A. of Drain and. George
I of Hot Springs: three daughters.
I Mrs. Tom (Eunice) Plumb of
I Drain,0 Mrs;5!3bhn Gossel of Eu
; gene and Mrs. Susan Thorp of Hot
Springs: and a arge number of
j grandchildren and gcpatgi'jndchil
i dren.
I Funeral services were held in
Hot Springs today anrj thc remains
will be shipped to Yoncalla vrne
graveside services will be held la
ter at Yoncalla Cemetery.
the now' Secretary f State.0ITgan are estimated from a Osamplc of
Rusk. i 35iO household in all sections
She holds a bachelor of science ; of the country. "
degree in artjom the University j In June the expefts said em
of Wisconsin, is a g?Siduate of the ! ployment passed the "0 million
industrial design department of mark for the first time to reach
Pratt Institute. New York, and 70.319.000. Unemployment was es-
sludicd one year at Green- timated at 4.84b.OO0.
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