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2 (Sec. 1) Statesman, Salem, Ore Saturday, Not. 21, 1953 HighFever Follies9 Highly Successful; Ballet, Chorus Line Gain Special Plaudits By JERYME ENGLISH Society Editor, The Statesman (Story also on page 1.) The High Fever Follies" was one of the most successful home talent shows ever produced in Salem. The townspeople respond ed to this benefit show, present ed Friday night by the Salem Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, by selling every seat in the Salem High School auditorium. The entire show was. produced In less than three weeks of re hearsals. The men played just as import ant a role in the follies as the women. In the second act - the men's ballet almost brought down the house with applause throu sh out when State Treasurer Sig Unander, Chuck Claggett, Chuck Clarke, Robert Drager, Emery Hobbs, Sam Haley, Jack McCul lough and Graham Sharkey ap peared on the stage in pastel bal let costumes. The chorus line was high-stepping, snappy and peppy with sev eral aozen young matrons uanc- ing in the Rockettes, Charleston. Can-Can. Boomps-a-Daisy and Samba. The costumes, all brought in from the east, stage settings and lighting all added to give the production a professional finis. There was much applause- for the gossips. Mary Shafcr and Clarabelle Dyer, who appeared Intermittently on the st?ge as the "beaten down secretaries". The stooges, Bill Dyer, Deanne Mc Jlurren and Richard Chambers, should be commended for their part in the show. The dances and skits were too numerous to comment on, but all deserve high praise. Dave Hoss as the sultan in the "Harem Scarum Act" was most effective and colorful with his slaves, his favorites and the the harem. "Flaming Youth, Warmed Over, was the title of the closing num ber in the first act which was climaxed with the Charleston, the girls all dressed in gowns of the 1920's. Sophisticated were the Minx girls, all tall and blonde, City's Patrol Cars Armed With Shotguns Shotguns have been added to city police patrol cars, Chief Clyde Warren said Friday. Six rceular natrot cars and tho captains' car are now equipped with riot guns which are saw- ed-off pump action .12 gauge Winchester shotguns. Chief Warren explained the department has needed the guns for some time and noted that many other departments furnish patrol cars with rifles or riot guns as part of their regular equipment State police, for ex ample, carry rifles in their pat rol cars. "We want to be ready and have the right tools to work with if UFA niH horn " isiil Warn-on The guns are secured in the patrol cars by a locking device which prevents a prisoner from grabbing the gun and turning it on an officer. A heel holds the gun butt on the floor and the barrel points upward. The lock is mounted on the right hand si dp nf thj rar dashboard. rour ot tne guns were pur chased last year and three recent ly. Warren said. They were moun ted in the cars this week. Mexican Evangelist Sets Sunday Sermon Statesman Newt Service TURNERRobert Fierro. Me lean evangelist will sneak at the Turner Assembly of God Church bunday at the 11 a. m. and at the 7 and 7:45 d. m. services. .He also will speak at the 7:45 V. m, service on Monday and Tuesday. The 7 p. m. service on Sunday is for the young people. Coilonwoods Thurs., Nov. 26 .l.,. i; Aim JOIIES And Her All Girl Western Band who sang a clever song with their dance routine. Stan Burnett and Ted Primrose, Willamette University, students, are to be commended on their drum and dance act in the samba sorties. In the Boomps-A-Daisy dance the girls in their gay-nineties dresses left the stage and picked men from the audience to dance the chorus. Climaxing the show was a" fun number entitled "By the Sea", featuring beauties and life savers in costumes of the early 1900's, which brought many a laugh from those who once wore the suits. A few of the humorous skits included "Neurotic Me and Psy chopathic You," a duet by Althea Ferris and Vera Esch interpret ing a doctor and his lady patient Joan Ross and Clifford Ferguson appeared in comedy "If the Shoe Fits," Dick Olson sang "Stranger in Town." Betty Jean Joseph singing "The Blues," Anita Ton ning as the ballerina, Harriet and Bill Bush and Vi Ward and Bill Ross in a numerous song entitled "We Never Talk Much." Bill Ross and Dorothy Arbuckle as "Art and Mr. Williamson." and Seth Smith and Nell Crothers the stars of "Silly Questions." For those who didn't see the show it was an evening worth every bit the price of the ticket What made the production were the participants, all Salem busi ness men and housewives, who have been rehearsing hours, and all the committee members who started working way last summer on the benefit performance. Fire Damages Basement of Salem Home Fire did an estimated $1,000 damage to the basement of the Chester Richardson home at 560 Howard St Friday 'night The blaze apparently started when papers piled near the saw dust-burning furnace caught a- fire, firemen said. Firemen were .called shortly after 9 p.m. when a neighbor spotted smoke pouring from the house. Mrs. Richardson, whose husband, a major, is overseas, was .away at the time. Fire went up a ventilator pipe from the basement and scorched paint in the kitchen as well as doing considerable damage to floor joists and a sawdust bin in the basement, firemen reported. Youth Claims Police Beating Over License PORTLAND un William Wag goner. 19, said he had been beaten unconscious in an umprovoked at tack by a state policeman Friday. But Capt. Vayne Gurdane. cap tain of the Milwaukie State Police office, said the youth suffered his injuries after threatening police of ficer James C. Burns when Burns attempted to push him away. The youth said the officer hit him over the head with handcuffs and threatened him with a crow bar because he refused to sur render the license plates on his automobile which was parked in the yard at his home.. The plates had been ordered seized by the secretary of state's office under the financial respon sibility act. Harry Stillwell, from the secre tary of state's office, said that "Burns did what any officer in the course of his duty would be required to do." Stillwell denied that there was a crowbar involved in the incident. The favorite dinner of the horned owl is skunk. Old Tim DAIICE Every Sal. llighl Orer Western Auto 2S9 Court St DICE'S ORCHESTRA Adm. 60c Inc. Tax PAVILION DANCE Every Saturday Night Nine aiues s. East of baiem at Aumxville Music By IYLE AND THE WESTERNAIRES Broadcast KSLM 7:15 to 7:45 P. M. SfiEIGE 9:00 SLOPEBS HALL IIIDEPEIIDEIICE Western Trio 'WM Seattle Coyote Beats License of LA SEATTLE (A Seattleites who consider themselves somewhat ur ban, sophisticated and - real city folks, felt better Friday night That pesky coyote which has been marauding the pet rabbit and cat population of some .west end homes came from Los Angeles, by cracky. . At least that's what it said on a dog license on a collar worn by the coyote. Plain as anything. "Los Angeles. M2833. Expires 6-30-54." Three kids, one of whom lost 20 pet rabbits, one by one, to the coyote in the past month, captured it after finding it semi-conscious For good measure they whapped it over the head with a wooden tomahawk with which they were play-acting (very few Indians in these parts nowadays). Know what made it semi-con scious? King County Humane So ciety officials said that that Los Angeles coyote had eaten so many Seattle rabbits and cats its neck had grown and grown until - the collar had choked it into near strangulation. Four Finalists Vie in Annual 'Voice' Contest The city-wide finals in the sev enth annual Voice of Democracy contest among Salem secondary school students wil be broadcast today at 11 a.m. over radio sta- tion KSLM, said Douglas Hay, president of Salem Junior Cham ber of Commerce, co-sponsors of the local contest Finalists, selected from some 100 contestants, are: Patricia O'Malley, who resides with her guardians, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moody, 285 S. 16th St, and Sharon Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Johnson, 1490 N. 16th St., representatives of Salem Hisn JSchool: wei'ie uooney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Cooney, 390 S. 14th St, Sacred Heart Academy .and Reynold Neufeld, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Neufeld. Independence Route 1. Salem Academy. The winning talk, based on the theme "I Speak for Democracy" will be entered in the state-wide contest in December in Portland. The nation-wide contest is set for February. Judges for the finals here are Police Chief Clyde Warren. Ro bert Putnam, director of dram atics at Willamette University, and Glen Smith, assistant man ager of radio station KGA.E and contest chairman. Local prizes will be awarded i by Heiders television stores and Prall's TV, contest co-sponsors along with the Jaycees and Sa- lem radio stations. National winners receive $500 j college scholorships and all-ex- j pense trips to Washington, D.C. Sewer Line Caveins Take Lives of Two PORTLAND A series of caveins at , a sewer excavation claimed the lives of two workmen here Friday. One was buried earlier in the afternoon when the sides of the 20 foot shaft into sand gave way. Three more men were covered in a second cavern while rescue squads were digging down to the first victim. Two of them were saved. Father of Nine The dead were tentatively Iden tified by police at the scene as Pat Denmston, about 33, the father of nine children, and Wilburn By- ers, both of Portland. Denniston was the first victim. He was at the bottom of the pit making a sewer connection when a blast jarred the neighborhood. Firemen at the scene said they thought the blast, from a quarry on the other side of the city, caused the cavern. Police and fire department res cue crews were sent to the area and after digging about four hours reached the body of Denniston. Rescue Other Twe LEARN TO DANCE All types of dancing taught 80C Hour Studio Open 10 A-M. to 10 P.M. Jon -Mar Dance Studios 474 Ferry Street Phone 44962 CRYSTAL GARDENS -! & Kl (3 U - BACK AGAIN WITH Two Floors of Dancing Two Bands, Ada. 74c ""Sf. EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT Second Floor OLD TIME DANCING Fire Sweeps At Silverton Statesman Newt Service SILVERTON Fire touched off by an overheated oil stove swept the living room of the home ol Mrs. Ethel Back, 728 W. Main St, early Friday night while she add her children were at the movies. Silverton volunteer i firemen fought the blaze for nearly an hour and confined chief damage to the living room of the one story wooden house. The family's pet dog was dis covered unconscious in a bed room but revived when firemen took it outside. Fire Chief Larry Carpenter estimated damage at between $1,000 and $1,500. Fire burned a hole in the living floor, de- stroyed part of a wall and wentusome relief by Saturday, thus ap through the ceiling into the attic, j parently insuring the area against he said. There was considerable water and smoke damage throughout the house, Carpenter said. Firemen were called about 7:45 p. m. Bidault Near Collapse After Defense Fisht By HARVEY HUDSOX PARIS Iff) Foreign Minister Georges Bidault broke down from fatigue while 'delivering a major speech before the National Assem bly Friday in defense of the Euro pean army plan. His near collapse forced an In terruption of the Assembly's week long debate on foreign policy un til Tuesday. Bidault is expected to be back then Bidault's physician. Dr. Jacques Naggiar. issued a communique saying the foreign minister must go to bed at once following a fainting spell caused by overwork day and night since the start of the week. Absolute rest is pre scribed for 48 hours." From the start of his address, Bidault leaned heavily on the speaker's stand. His words were clear, but spoken at about half the normal speed. As he went on, he spoke more and more slowly. He was hardly understandable and he seemed to be missing words in his text. C0TT0NW00DS Dance Every Sat. Nile Dancing to 12:30 TOMMY KIZZIAH And His West Coast Ramblers A new maple floor for roar dancing pleasure. mm ENDS TODAY! Open 6:00 "INFERNO" "SWEETHEARTS ON PARADE" Starts Tomorrow Cont, 1:45 ALAN IADD RICHARD CONTE ARLENE DAHL PLUS A20TrCOXTELW MRS Hollywood Elds Matinee Today 1:00 to 4:00 P. M. CARTOONS SERIAL Special Matinee Feature: "CONQUEST OF CHEYENNE" Red Ryder & Little Beaver ALSO Benson's Birthday Cake FOR Nancy Marshall, Sharon Ep perly, Carol Jacobsen, Gary Janes, Alan Scheidegger, Jo sephine Mack, Darrell Covert, Jean Powell, Janette Shatruc, Dianna Vanderhoof, David Marsh, Kathy Donkin, Jean Vanderhoof, David Nielsen, Terry McCrackim, David Zeit, Leonard Mossbrucker, John Edwards, Billy King, Gregory Olsen, Therese Schaffers, Dar rell Davis, Glen Vanderhoof, Virgil BicknelL First Floor MODEXN CABARET STYLE CM m )( i libera By ARTHUR EVERETT NEW YORK (flV-The towering skyline of New York vanished off and on Friday behind an eerie, cottony curtain, as the worst smog in years smothered the eastern seaboard. It grounded sea gulls but not planes. The New York Health Department said it was keeping a "close watch" on death reports to see if the smog had reached the killer stage. Death records always lag a couple of days, and a spokesman said there was no sign yet of a rise in the death rate. A "health alert was sounded in New Jersey, warning residents to beware the harsh, irritating smog. The Weather Bureau forecast any smoi as serious as mat wmcn killed 12,000 persons in .Great Brit ain a year ago. Scores Seek Aid Scores of persons in Jersey in dustrial plants sought first aid for i . i - j . i scraituy uiruciis hiiu lrruaieu eyes, bchool children doubled over with nausea, headaches and smog induced irritations. Elderly people with asthma gasped for their very lives. It was the worst smog in mem ory in buzabeth, .. J., where themselves off by tightly closing doors and windows. "Please advise present, smog conditions your respective areas as we have at present a health alert," was the unusual word flashed by Jersey police. Extends over Coast A spokesman said the alert was as much a warning as a request for information to determine just how bad things really were. The smog area extended from New England to Virginia. In New York, hundreds of sea gulls huddled on a paved city park ing lot adjoining Flushing Bay in the eastern section of the city, ap parently afraid to risk flight in the haze. STARTS A FIGHTUf STORY OF U3CLE SOS FOTEf KOH... Tfcdr OTS, GAGS, 13' V IN VIVID COLOR BY ANSCO ADDED ENTERTAINMENT A tribute to the smartest Hunting Dog in the world The wonderful Weimar aner! "THE DOGGOIIDEST DOG" STARTS TOMORROW! Tht Story ( CAR ILAMCA Lost of the Great ApooSe Koiders! TtlftYnrfg-lT n.i, n,L 1 J4-JuU. W im etaKcflT-fcSiliS a wis 4 1 " Early Hours Blaze Chases Three Tenants Three persons were driven j from a small three-apartment house at 560 N. Winter St early j this morning when an overheated j furnace touched off a fire in the I basement The state-owned apartment house is occupied by James Log gans. Miss Beatrice Larson, Mrs. Lettie Spencer and her son, Duane Spencer. v Loggans, whose apartment is in the basement, said he woke up Mrs. Spencer and her daugh ter who was visiting her mother. None of the other tenants were home at the time, he said. Dense smoke filled the entire two-story house, forcing firemen to use masks. The city hall radio operator received a sketchy report of the fires location from a woman who called in, but failed to give a clear address. The radio operator sent a police patrol car to check the fire just as a woman in the Lee Apartments phoned to say there was a fire across the street TODAY! CIS ed CUTS! mm mm IaBI 111 iifinT II 1r ElMi Ends Tonite John Wayne in ISLAND IS THE SKY" Also Abbott and Costelle Meets Dr. JekyTJ and Mr. Hyde BLASTING. BUUDOZJN' THEIR WAY TO GLORY! Cars Damaged By NightCrash Two cars collided at State and 12th streets shortly after 7 o'clock Friday night, but city police said no one was hurt The vehicles were driven by Warren V. Brune, Eugene, and Roger W. Krieger, 1510 N. 19th St Damage to the cars was not extensive, said police. , s - Watch This Space For THE PIKE SPECIALS 1 round i gallon of Ice Cream . . 85c Tufer $1.49 At the Fountain Pig's Dinner, 49 1 Reg. Price, 55c 138 S. Liberty Ph. 3-6828 TOMORROW! THREE GREAT SHOWS! At 2:30 6:30 9:301 1 o REGULAR PRICES! !! Iti -u " j " ar y-4 v!. r I 1 I m AMAZING MllffPtf INCREDIBLE! - HILARIOUSLY FUNNY! f UNBELIEVABLE! -2 hours of entertainment that will be the topic of ' - V ZZ' conversation A TRULY FASCINATING SHOW Above are some of the scene from "Mr. '" last show. Watch your own friends and neighbors as they perform in this hilar ious show! GREATEST STAGE ATTRACTION OF THE YEAR! Acclaimed by the press of 5 countries, fresh from an exciting tour oi his native Canada. "Mr. V." comes to Salem with a great, hilarious show that will am axe and amuse you I HPPP"C A TID. Because we have extra time on the IlCinCi rJ t 11 . matinee, "Mr. VsM Sunday after noon show will be a full 2 hours long. Evening shows Sun day are 75 minutes. So plan to attend the matinee showing at 2:30 you'll laugh till your sides ache and will be amazed at what "Mr. V." can accomplish with your friends and neighbors. AND ON THE GREAT s U U The bayou swamp-cat he made hrs f Qib HE '.Ti j L WV n ------ fremlhe ss::;,..- - .;.,V;., - Warner Bros. Technicolor SALEM'S UNIQUE DINING PLACE Open 6:30 P.M. - 2:30 A.M, LAST DAY Clark Gable Ava Gardner ' "I10GAIIB0" - V. ..... . .i. for year to com THE SCREEN FILM HIT! From aThroue IHTIIC K III 1Mb HE Reighed H3 A rearing rele of fvrr roorin. besMelleH Hi mi mtasm nmrnxm iMOi wg fJ it I nuti
