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Southern Oregon News Review, Thurs., July 10, 1947 “SST new • s r e v ie w Published every Thursday b> THE SISKIYOU PUBLISHING COMPANY Ashland, Oregon 187 East Main Strvi i Carryl H. Wines and Wendell D. Lawrence, Publishers WENDELL LAWRENCE, Editor E ntered as second-class m ail m a tte r in the post office at A sh land, Oregon, F eb ru a ry 15, 1935, u n d er the act of C ongress of M arch 3, 1879. FLYING SAUCERS A friend of our said the other day, “I've always assumed that interplanetary communication would come some time, but I’m not really prepared lor it. We’re not really prepared for it either, and alter giv ing it a bit of thought we wonder just how many folks are. Buck Rogers, and some of Jules Verne's characters can play about the planets all they wish but the maj ority of worldlings are most likely going to be quite happy to keep their feet on terra firma for sonic time yet. A thousand explanations have been advanced for the phenomenon of the flying discs. A former Ashland re sident. Dave Johnson, who is now flying editor of the Idaho Daily Statesman, is out in the wide blue yonder with a high powered movie camera and the gentleman Kenneth Arnold who first sighted the discs. They arc seeking either more discs or disc tracks. Until an explanation of the celestial visitors is made there will be wild rumors ami more rumors concern ing them. We hope someone runs one to the ground pretty soon. This suspense is terrific. BAND CONCERT Like an echo out of the past comes the clear note of the trumpet. Borne on the evening air it carries past the spectators and on out into the far reaches of the park where sit the shy young lovers and the old folks who prefer the clear notes which distance lends to baud music. From the streets of the city, far blocks away, come the muted sounds of traffic, but the sound barely pene trates into the semi-circle of music lovers who sit on blankets on the damp evening grass. TA LE N T NEW S In the bandshell, under the glaring electric lights, is V eterans Celebrate the band. People whom you and I know’, the dentist who1 this morning filled your son’s incisor tooth, this even First Anniversary J u ly 10—T alen t-P h i* - ing is to play a clarinet solo. The girls who during the nix T alent, post of th e V e te ran s of F o r winter attend college in distant towrns and w’ho spend eign W ars w ill c e le b rate then- a n n iv e rsa ry T h u rsd ay ev e n summers at home are there, playing the drums. And first ing, J u ly 10, at th e city hall in many of the faces, the same faces which appear behind T alen t. The v eteran s w ill hold an n iv ersary d m ce S atu rd a y e v the silver and gold instruments at the high school bas an ening, J u iv 10. in th e T alent city hall. ketball halftime pep band shows. Some of the faces are old faces, lined with care, men who during the day are clerks and service station at Tyekson Boy Is In tendants, professional men, and others who find relax-' Medford Hospital T alent, Ju ly 10—T he 11 year ation most pleasant when tempered w’ith music. old son of Mr. and Mrs. K nute This is the city band. It is composed of a cross sec T yekson is in th e S acred Heart in M edford suffering tion of the inhabitants of the city w’ho are seeking only hospital from in ju ries receiv ed F riday the joy that comes from aiding in the creation of mus evening, J u ly 4, w hile try in g to ic. Mr. and Mis. Kay R edm an who have been on a visit w ith rela lives in K entucky, Mrs. R ed m an ’s birth p lace, and m any o th er E a st ern S tates h ave re tu rn e d hom e a fte r being gone a m onth. They rep o rt a v ery gran d trip but glad to be hom e again. Mr. R edm an and son, Billy will o p erate the T alen t G arage T he V alley L ocker plant is i t - ceiving a new coat of w hite p ain t both inside and out Im C u lv er of th e V alley D e im to is of T alen t is do in g Lhc work Mr. and Mrs. C. W B ently have u u rch ased a hom e in tin- new T alen t A d d itio n and have m oved th e ir fam ily h ere from M edford Mrs. Ella M cM ahan left Mon day ev en in g for E ugene to visit h er d a u g h te r and son In law. Mi and Mrs Jo h n M urphy She She died at hei hom e Monday, J u n e 3(1 Mrs. N ixon was horn in ludi ana, OcUilni 17, 1870, and was the last ol t i n ih ild rc u Wii hum and A ndru m ed u C harley, curly pionei i se tile ts of Jackson county. Shi- is s in v n i d by a dau g h ter, Mrs. F rank W Fr.i/cc, ami two g ra n d ch ild ren , Jack ie F razer ami Mis. P atricia K e iio e , all of Hem,. Nevada. Mrs. Jean M. Weems Hies Sai., July 5 Mr». Je a n M sni.iy Weems, ul 373 Vista stree t, who had done n u rsin g at the A shland t iiniim m ity hospital for m any yearn, «la d lu cre Ju ly F u n eral services w ere held for her at tin- Litw il ler F u n eral chapel, M onday, July 7, anil w e ie conducled by lhc R everend G eorge S hum an Mrs. Weems was h m n January 20, 1884 m A berdeen, Scotland S he is su rv iv ed by hi i husband O uarles l ' Wei in ol A sldaiin. a son. C h arles Jr. ol Lebanon. ( h e gun. a d au g h ter. Mrs M artha S m ith of S w eet Home, O rig i n and anothei d au g h ter, Mrs B itty Bush, A shlund tuiu ( ’lull Members go to Med ford Sunday A shland gun i-luh m em bers will p artii'ip ate in an o u tdoor inter club shoot w ith Hu- M edfoid gun club, S unday, Ju ly 13, ut Fum C o rn els on the Cl at i Lake lugli way Max Tin zenbuch w on hqnois for high score M onday evening Ju ly 7, at th e A shland armory Mrs. M inna Evaline Nixon wa; Roy Banta w as second w ith 3(111 b u ried T h u rsd ay , Ju ly 3, alh-i Jo h n Noslei, 351. Al G ahhnrd, ft neral services w ere held ful hi i 340 and Ait H askins. 345 at the L itw ille r funei.il chapi I Monument« and marker«. Sea Burns Memorial». On tha Piala. plans on stay in g sev eral weeks Mr and Mrs. W ayne (' Cow Funeral lor Pioneer Thursday, July 3 drey and children spent the Hh of Ju ly holidays at Fish Laki- Mr. and Mrs. Jot- H arrison I. ft lust W ednesday for Idaho to vi- it relativ es and friends. They it tu rn ed to T alent Monday even ing. T he C h ristia n E ndeavors nl M edford and T alent Friend» ch u rch es held vesper services in th e L ith ia P ark S unday evening at 4 o'clock. Roy P arr visited Sunday w ith lu s o n itin i M i t Roy l ’.iii mi B stre e t w ho is q u ite ill r'»fc’,'t»» ***** Now Available Also Furrowing At tachments Contract Wiring .Ashland Electrical Maintenance Service cross th e road at th e T alen t Ju n ction. He w as stru c k by a car o p erated by W illiam T C appella of 521 S outh G rap e stre e t, M ed ford. T he yo ung boy is suffering from a bro k en leg and head in juries. 415 Liberty At one time in America each crossroads village, each hamlet, each small town, and each city had its band. Today in most of America’s communities the bandshell is all that remains to remind visitors and inhabitants of the city band. The members of the Silver cornet Miss B arb ara T errill w ho has in P o rtla n d a tte n d in g M ed band, the drum tnd bugle corps, the military bands, no been ical school lab o rato ry for th e past longer play in the city park in the majority of the year, sp en t th e w eek end a t hom e w ith h er m o th er, Mrs. P arth en a towns in America. T errill.___________ t |« These cities without a band are the poorer for lack 1 ing their own music. ? The cities w’hich have bands remain the richer. The nostalgia which comes from the sound of a band on the summer night air is a rich sensation The Ashland city band performing in Lithia park is a spectacle which one will not find anyw’here else in the world. Telephone 21216 I Your K a ise r-F raz er Tk-afer Specialist in all types of wiring 93 No. M ain, A shland. Oregon THE FACT IS Have you increased the fire insurance on your home and household pro- jierty to allow for their full insurable value? Don’t guess about your protection, but ask us to * * * pheck up your insurance policies. After a fire, it SUMMER STOCK Dow’n east, from Maine to Vermont, scores of sum Open for yours and will be too late! mer theaters are just opening the season. One “name” i DO IT NOW! • and several hopefuls, comprise most of the casts. A Baby’s business at 75 1 director and a former broadway hit add to the attrac Oak, Specializi n g in tions. The“name,” be it Bankhead or Butterworth, is look Shoes, Clot h e s a n d 1 B ILLIN G S AGENCY , 209 W. Main S t Ph. 7558 ing for a few shekels during the slack summer Broad baby’s needs. Medford .Oregon I way season. The hopefuls are seeking discovery. Main 4 Oak Ph. 8781 For many years summer stock has been confined to Ashland, Oregon Ashland, Oregon the East. The only exceptions were the Central City, ; Phone 3526 Colorado, music festival, and the revivals at the Bird DEPEN D A BLE IN SU R A N CE COUNSELORS cage theater in Arizona. Now, on the West coast, a few stock companies are appearing. One of the most important of these is the Shakespearean theater in Ashland which is being re vived again this year after a period of inactivity brought on by a local fire and a world holocaust. Directed by Angus Bowmer, dramatics instructor at Southern Oregon college, the Shakespearean festi val, as it is called, will draw students and Shakespear ean enthusiasts from all over the North American land mass. Already the ranks of the group which will pre sent this summer series of plays has been swelled by the addition of Canadian actors from Vancouver, British Columbia. The plays are presented in the original Shakespear ean fashion, without any cutting or special adaptation. Bowmer, who is among the few Shakespearean experts to produce plays in this fashion, points out that by following the original manner of presentation the time of production is shortened and the plays are presented much more dramatically and with an authentic Eliza bethan air. When a real repair job is done on your old To add to the Elizabethan air the festival will, this car, you won’t recognize it. It won’t sound year, take place on a newly constructed replica of an actual Elizabethan theater’s stage. the same—act the same—or look the same. Summer stock is spreading to the West Coast and You'll be delighted with our service. It puts Ashland is lucky to be a leader in this, one of the best tourist attractions, of the modern age. new pep into weary cars. Drive in today and Rehearsals are presently being conducted at the old let our mechanics go to work on your car— Chautaqua shell, where, on the foundation of the past, the new Shakespearean theater will rise. right away . . . . 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