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About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1951)
14 ''Coffee Time” Stage Show Stars Over a Hundred Employes We need a stage to be used at our District No. 2 picnic, so let^Rassess' each chapter so much to build it. No thing causes members to lose interest in their chapter more than'^assess for this or that. Give him a chance to work for a project and you wii|* get more than expected. This was the start of District No. 2’s “Coffee Time.” In less than two months a committee of six, Frank Hutchinson, Robert Clark, Doris; Marsh, Allen Lee Wes Zellner and George Verzatt, planned and produced a 30 act variety show at the Salem high school auditorium on June 18, 1951. The ticket sales were under the capable direction of Ed Bamford and because of the wonderful sales cam paign, ticket sales were halted the day before the show because we could not sell “standing room.” There were over one hundred people participating in the show. Only four of the thirty acts were by non-mem bers of OSEA- They all did a won derful job. Frank Hutchinson, president of Chapter No. 18, conceived the idea, then produced the show. Thelprogram was: Card man, Mel Ingram (who lost, his pants): Robert Ashby, announcer; Frank Hutchinson, master of ceremo nies; a 40 voice OSEA choral group; Mr. Epley, the super highway king; Mrs. Marsh and Maureen Anderson, as attendants; Desco Blunt, plant man; Bud Ramus, vocalist; Mr. Sayre, the fake queen; Norman Reynolds, pi anist; piano trio, Irene McKenzie, epi- list, Betty Kuhlman, i violinist and Glennis Alleni, pianist; Edith Fair- ham Gunnar, vocalist; Marjorie Ma- solf, tap dancing; Bussell Prop quar tet, Lourene Karsten, Wilma Karsten, Joan Wager, Reva Tibbets; “Harmona Joe,” Herman Johnsrud; Vivienne Me- ola, vocalist. Presentation of Mrs. Het ty Kreikenbaum, the queen of the slioy; the.JNot - Withholding Girls, Emma Lou C a rro ^ Melba Edy |jl|l| Alice Kaneski, Ardith Holt, Betty Da vis, Mrs. McDonald; trombofg ! » 3$S, Wiky Winslow; the printers devil, Cy ril Parker, ‘Mideon Klein, Russell Stone, Boyd Babbitt; baby buggy skit, James Francis;;Laurence Cooley; sing ing duet, Angela Schnider, Anabl j j e ¿E)ay;-; -banjo virtuoso, Merle Craine; Samoan dance’land hula by , Julia Mc Kinney; Ethel Mae Gil|nan, vocalist; A1 Finn and MenlAbout Town; Strol ling Troupador, Keith Hodof; Mrs. Mabel McDonald, Mrs. James Francis* and Mary Bartin accompanied on the piano and electric organ. The success of our show is best ex pressed in the following Statesman’s editorial of June 19: “COFFEE TIME” “Frank Hutchinson put the state employes through their1: paces in a ‘Coffee Time’ revue Friday night. It really was a home talent show, un covering quite a pre^ ^ ^ bl^ array^ lf musicians, vo calgri^dancers£r.ffiae va riety ran from the sublime to the comic, the high quality ,stuff being in terspersed with' numbers prpved that Iowa has nothing on Oregon. The backdrop of coffee guzzlers provided atmo^here,Who wing the; addiction of modern office workers to the coffee hour- The OSEA takes a high moral stand on this question: don’t abuse the privilege lest the state take it away. Hit of the show, was the ‘not- withholding’ girls frotn the tax de partment with a^ W skit that wound up with afplea|t;o the governor to give them ‘moonlight saving time.’ ; It was a good start for an OSEA ‘amateur hour’ ( S k i » only Maj. B oW slgong« and the appreciation shown go l the big. audience doubtless insures its re petition in future years.
