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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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