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''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.