Merchants Would I
Support Festival
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Merchants of Ashland are more
than willing to tuke a hand in
the promotion of the Oregon Sha­
kespearean Festival, it wus bro­
ught out at a regular meeting of
Chamber of Commerce members
last Tuesday noon.
The statement wus made by
numerous business men following
a discussion of u recent news
story by Harold Hunt In the
Oregon Journal in which he
stated: ’’ it seems pathetic thut
more Oregonians und tourists are
not more aware of the colorful
spectacle presented every even­
ing except Sunday until Aug. 24.
“Perhups this is due in purt to
an over-emphasis on the purt of
the directors into the realms of
research und acting. Too little at­
tention, possibly, has been paid
to on-the-scene ballyhoo.
"While In Ashlund last week to
review several of the plays, this
lack of locul merchandising was
all too apparent. True, posters
graced shop windows und small
yellow cards mentioned some­
thing ubout a Shakespeareun
Festival—
"But there was nothing of suf­
ficient interest to cuuse the aver­
age tourist gliding through the
town on Highway 99 to ease his
foot off the accelerator to Invest­
igate.
"A good promotion man could
show Ashland merchants how to
capitalize on the now traditional
event, despite its cultural tone.”
Bob Edwards, publicity man­
ager of the Festival association,
suid that he believed Ashland
merchants had not been given
ample oportunity to publicize the
show due to the rupid growth of
the Festival. Edwards said that
the Festival this year has grown
almost beyond the abilities of the
board of directors.
Edwards said that although
travel figures show an increase
of 12 per cent this year, Festival
attendance has jumped 17 per­
cent above that of last year. Reg­
istration books at the gate show
that people from 31 states have
already attended the plays this
year.
Harry Skerry, a member of the
board of directors and secretay
of the association, said that the
board is striving to keep pace
with the rapid growth of the Fes­
tival.
Bill McGee, secretary-manager
of the Chamber, said that he has
received many long-distance calls
from people who have requested
his office to make reservations
for them at the show.
It was also pointed out that
more people have stayed over to
witness additional plays this year
than in the past. Many have
reported the Festival to be the
most finished product, both in
acting and costuming, they have
ever seen.
Tankers Will Represent
Ashland in Softball
The Oak St. Tankers won the
city softball championship Mon­
day as they handed the Ashland
Merchants an 11-1 defeut. With
the city title goes the right to
compete in district playoffs for
the state tourney.
Ashland's entry will draw a
bye the first night, with Andy's
Jewelers of Medford playing the
Grants Pass champion at Grants
Pass on Aug. 23. Ashland will
meet the winner of that game at
their opponent's field the follow­
ing evening.
Police, Alcohol
Lead To Fines
Police this week handled three
cases involving use of demon al­
cohol.
The city judge fined Willard
Edward Lee $27.50, including
costs, and gave him a 20-day
suspended jail sentence for being
drunk and disorderly and fight­
ing on a public street.
Harley F. Byrd was fined $12.50,
including costs, and given a 10-
day suspended jail sentence for
being drunk on a public street.
Charles W. Chamberlain forf­
eited $10 bail assigned him for
being drunk and disorderly.
Other police action this week
included the arrest of three juv­
eniles, ages 15, 15 and 12 for
theft o 12 boxes of shotgun shells
from a private garage on North
Main St. two weeks ago. The
case was referred to the county
juvenile authorities.
Another outbreak of worthless
checks was reported by Chief
Vern Smith. He said that they
had been passed evidently by
itinerant fruit workers.
WEITZEL’S ESCAPE INJURY
Jake Weitzel and family esc­
aped injury when their car rolled
over near The Dalles Tuesday,
according to a member of the
staff at Weitzel’s Dept. Store.
Details of the accident were not
available but the automobile was
reported destroyed. The Weitzels
are continuing their trip to
Canada.
NEWS REVIEW
Voi. 16 No. 24
A S H LA N D . JACKSON C O U N TY . OREGON, TH U R S D A Y A U G U S T 18. 1949
Chamber Of Commerce Busy,
Sets Enviable Activity Record
Over 3600 inquiries for inform-
ation and literature about Ash­
land huve been received and
unswered by the Chamber nt
Commerce since Jan. 1, accord­
ing to an announcement released
this week by Secy. Bill McGee.
These inquiries, coming from
nearly every state, the provinces
of Cunadu, and Puerto Rico, have
resulted in a number of new
families becoming residents of
Ashlund, the chamber official
claimed.
He said that more than 12,500
of the new publicity brochures
which were promoted by the
chamber have been distributed
und are producing results already.
Many viators from other states
huve requested additional folders
to send to friends at home.
McGee pointed out that the
Chamber is continuing Its efforts
to secure new industry for Ash­
lund and reminded that insuffic­
ient funds for the promotion of
this area has been the cause of
achieving only limited results in
this field
The Chamber also protects Ash­
land businessmen and residents
from fly-by-night sales people
who are often petty racketeers,
he said.
During the past 12 months,
McGee declared, the new office
staff has reorganized procedures
and routine and installed a com­
prehensive accounting system so
that financial statements may be
quickly made. Indebtedness of the
Chamber has been substantially
reduced during the year, he
added.
Pointing out that results are
not always realized at once,
McGee said that most of the
Chamber’s activities are long-
range efforts, but he named the
leasing of the golf course, and the
cooperation extended the Shakes­
pearean Festival, Community
Chest, and other civic matters as
evidence that the organization is
providing a year-round service to
z\shland people.
The secretary for the Chamber
of Commerce summed up his re­
port with the reminder that “as
the city grows by Chamber effort,
everyone benefits either directly
or indirectly.'*
Festival Will End
Finest Season
This Week
The final week of the ninth
annual Oregon Shakespearean
Festival will begin Friday, follow­
ing tonight's presentation of the
“Taming of the Shrew.”
Festival directors and drama
critics have proclaimed this year’s
event as the most successful, both
from a financial standpoint and
In the quality of the productions,
since the annual series was begun
in 1935.
Audiences have gained each
week over the previous week as
people tell their friends of the
excellent performances. Nearly
three-quarters of the 48 states
have been represented in the
guest book, as well as visitors
from Hawaii and Canada.
"Romeo and Juliet” will end
its stand tomorrow night, with
advance reservations indicating
the play will continue to be the
most popular.
Saturday night’s presentation of
“Richard II” will be the last pro­
duction of this tragedy-history.
Shakespearean authorities s a y
that some of the most beautiful
passages ever written by the re­
nowned playwright are in “Rich­
ard II.”
On Monday, the Festival play­
ers will offer the final showing
of “Midsummer Night's Dream,”
the fantasy which features many
Rogue valley children in roles as
fairies and stars producing direct­
or and founder of the Festival
Angus Bowmer, in the lovable
portrayal of “Bottom, the wea
ver.”
Tuesday night will ring the
curtain down on “Othello,” the
story of a proud soldier whose
doubts about the fidelity of his
beautiful wife finally drive him
to violence and tragedy. “Othello”
is rated as one of the top Shakes­
pearean tragedies.
“Taming of the Shrew” will
close the 1949 season on Wednes­
day.
'Council Passes Punchboard Tax,
Awaits Mayor Williams’ Action
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Mayor Will Ik* Guest
At Oregon State Fair
Lake County Picnic
Planned For Sunday
Mayor Tom Williams of Ash­
land will be one of the honored
guests at the Oregon State Fair
in Salem on Thursday, Sept. 8.
The day has been set aside by
the fair management in honor of
Oregon’s municipal executives.
Mayor Tom Williams will join
approximately 150 other mayors
from all sections of the state who
will attend the horse races in the
afternoon and the outdoor stage
show during the evening. The
mayors will also meet Governor
Douglas McKay during the day.
All former Lake county resid­
ents now living in this area have
been invited to the fourth annual
Lake County Picnic to be held
at noon in Lithia Park, Sunday,
August 21.
Mrs. Ella H. Leonard, chairman
of the picnic committee, asked
that those coming to the picnic
be prepared to tell the story of
their “most dramatic, unusual or
exciting experience”.
Though coffee and ice cream
will be furnished by the commit­
tee, Mrs. Leonard said, each fami­
ly group is to bring its own
basket lunch and silver service.
Harold Baker and Frank Payne
have been appointed to the food
committee, and Mrs. E. G. Ever­
ett and Mrs. Harold Baker are
on the program board.
Council Discusses
Sawdust, Noise,
Buildings
In their Tuesday night meet­
ing, members of the Ashland
city council and the audience ex­
changed views, complaints, sug­
gestions, requests, denials and ex­
planations on a variety of sub­
jects.
Mayor Williams introduced C.
E. Hope, a Los Angeles engineer
who explained briefly his method
of solving the soaring sawdust!
problem by use of cyclonic draft
action inside burners. As a re­
sult, a nine-man party of the mill
operators, councilmen, the utili­
ties superintendent, the engineer
and an “impartial observer” were
to have left this morning for an BEVERLY FA ITH KRUEGER
Elghteen-year-old girl from The
inspection of similar installations
at Castella, Calif., and possibly Dalles who won the title of “ Miss
Oregon” at the third annual Miss
Redding.
Miss Cora Mason, public librar­ Oregon Pageant at Seaside July
ian, submitted her report and 22, 23, and 24. She will represent
read a letter from the library the state of Oregon at the Miss
board requesting the council to American Pageant at Atlantic City
appoint a committee and other­ In September.
wise begin action leading to an
election on a bond issue for a pro­
posed $31,000 annex to the li­
brary.
The council heard further com­
plaints about the noise at the
Skateway by the proprietor of the
Columbia hotel and the city at­
torney said he will make further
efforts to settle the case out of
court.
SEASIDE,—Final preparations
A new street near the mausol­ for her trip to Atlantic City, where
eum was, on motion of Council­ she will represent the State as
man Phil Standbury, named in “ Miss Oregon ” in the famous
honor of Fred Homes, presently a “Miss America Pageant”, are be­
member of the council and a ing made by Beverly Faith Krue­
long-time civic supporter.
ger, The Dalles, chosen “Miss
Utilities Supt. Elmer Biegel re­ Oregon” at Seaside July 22, 23
ported that paint has arrived for and 24.
the filtration plant and received
Miss Krueger won the coveted
permission to grant the painting title in a contest in which 15 girfc
contract to R. E. Jett, who sub­ from 15 Oregon communities were
mitted low bid of $350. Biegel entered in the third Miss Oregon
told Mayor Williams that the Pageant at Seaside, Oregon’s pop­
plant should be in operation by ular beach resort. She was en­
Sept. 1.
tered in the Seaside event as
Bids on the construction of the ’’Miss The Dalles.”
new fire hall on Third street
Miss Krueger is the third “Miss
were ordered called for. All bids Oregon” to be sent to Atlantic
will be submitted to the council City from the Seaside event. Each
at its next meeting Sept.6.
of the two previous representat­
City Attorney Harry Skerry re­ ives were finalists and won schol­
ported he would tell Henry Ger­ arships worth $1,000 at Atlantic
des that proper sanitary condi­ City. JoAnn Amorde was seventh
tions must begin at the Gerdes at Atlantic City in 1947 and
property immediately. Several Joyce Davis sixth in 1948.
complaints regarding the sewage
Plans for the 1950 Miss Oregon
disposal at Gerdes' home have Pageant are already underway at
Seaside.
been made to the council.
After a discussion on who
should, or who could, pay Tor
special patrolmen to handle traf­
fic at the band concerts, John von
Kuhlmann and C. A. Irwin volun­
teered their services for the two
remaining concerts.
New Elementary
•r
School Divisions
Named By Linn
Bowlers Will Meet
Monday Night to
Talk League Play
The building occupied by the
Belleview Feed Store and operat­
ed by H. L. Ricks and E. H.
Miller, has recently been treated
to a new coat of red and white
paint.
Lady Democrats Set
September Meeting
The next meeting of the Ash­
land Women’s Democratic club
will be held sometime in Sept­
ember, probably at the Civic club
house, according to Mrs Wendell
Lawrence, newly elected presi­
dent of the group.
Other new officers who were
chosen In a meeting last week are
Mrs. Carl Baker, vicepresident,
and Mrs John Doyle, secretary-
treasurer.
The Ashland city council unan­
imously approved an ordinance
Tuesday which would tax all
legal wholesalers and operators
of punchboards being used within
the city.
Mayor Williams has unti mid­
night, Sunday, Aug. 21, to affix
his approval or allow the bill to
be vetoed. If allowed to die, the
bill may become law if the council
members over-ride the veto by a
% vote.
The mayor said that he “uvould
have to sleep on the problem for
a few nights’ before deciding his
course of cction.
He warned
councilmen again that the punch-
board tax is “political dynamite.”
Council aproval of the proposed
ordnance came quickly after its
introduction by City Attorney
Harry Skerry. For several weeks,
the council has been faced with
a problem of securing finances
direly needed to operate the city.
Councilman Harold M e r r i l l
moved that the ordinance be pas­
sed and given second reading
by title only. It was seconded
by Councilman Fred Homes and
approved unanimously. After the
second reading, Homes moved for
formal adoption of the ordinance
and Emil Kroeger seconded the
motion, whereupon the council
members unanimously vote “yes.”
It was pointed out by Skerry
that the ordinance does not “lagal-
ize” any type of board, but mere­
ly levies a tax on the wholesalers
and operators of boards already
considered legal.
Wholesalers selling merchand­
ise boards will be taxed $75, and
cash boards, $250 annually.
Each wholesaler, will in addit­
ion to the above, be taxed for
each board. Merchandise boards
will be taxed $2.50 each, cash
boards where price per punch
does not exceed 10 cents, $3.50
each, and above the 10 cent limit
$5.00 each.
’
Individual operators wiil be
taxed $10.00 annually.
The action of the city council
resulte from ? request that boards
be taxed by Gene Sikes and Aud­
rey Miles at the Aug. 3 meeting
At the same time, the city of
Portland is in the midst of a
punchboard purge after Mayor
Dorothy McCullough Lee lost 15c
on a board that she saw in a
drug store.
Superintendent of Schools Le­
land P. Linn has announced that
boundary lines for the four elem­
entary schools in Ashand district
No. 5 have been established.
Bus students, including those of
Siskiyou, Soda Springs, and tem­
porarily, from Valley View, will
be accommodated at the new
Walker school. A covered loading
dock has been built at the school
to protect students from inclement
weather while waiting to board
the bus.
The balance in enrollment
among the four schools will be
maintained by shifting the bus
students, rather than makng it
necessary for those on foot to
walk unreasonable distances.
Since some of the classrooms at
George A. Briscoe school will not
be finished until late this year,
plans are being considered for
handling those sections until the
new school is completed
Here is a run-down of the new
boundary schedule:
Belleview-Walker — Same as
previously; Down Park St. to the
highway and along the City boun­
dary to the overpass on Highway
66, then down E. Clay St. to E.
Main St.
Walker-Lincoln — Down Ind­
iana St. to the highway and down
to Avery St., then down Avery,
California and Fordyce Sts.
Lincoln-Briscoe — Same as pre­
The Southern Oregon college
viously; Down Gresham S t, acr­ football squad will travel to Port­
oss Main St. and down Third St. land for the opening game of the
1949 schedule, A1 Simpson, coach
of the Red Raiders, announced
today. Lewis and Clark will
provide the opposition in that in­
itial tilt, Sept. 24.
In the first of four games to be
played at Ashland, the Humboldt
Lumberjacks will come here Oct
2 to begin Far Western confer­
The Pageant Committee of the ence play for the co-champion
Josephine County Fair Board has Red Raider eleven. The Lumber­
completed t h e pre-production jacks, with the aid of a murky fog
plans for what promises to be and muddy field, stopped Simp­
the most ambitious show under­ son’s footballers last year, so the
taking in Southwest Oregon. The first home game promises to be
pageant, a mammoth spectacle, a vengeful one.
will be presented on a huge stage
The following Friday, Oct. 7,
to be constructed at the Josephine will find the Oregonians in San
County Fairgrounds in Grants Francisco with another confer­
Pass. It will consist of 16 episodes ence game on tap with Frisco
depicting the history of Southern State’s Golden ’Gators. Two years
Oregon and will be presented ago, Southern Oregon caused a
the evenings of Wednesday and mild uprising in the bay area
Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, when, before a host of Ashland
September 14, 15, 16 and 18. The delegates and the San Francisco
cast will consist of over 500 local fans, the Raiders came back from
participants under professional a seven - point deficit to score
A special meeting of Ashland direction. Costumes and scenery twice with a brilliant 90-yard
bowlers has been called for Mon­ will be supplied by Geller Prod­ dash by Chuck DeAutremont and
day night Aug. 22, at 8 o’clock uctions of Hollywood.
with the much disputed “sleeper
at the Ashland bowling alleys, it
Over 32 service and fraternal play,” Snuffy Smith getting the
was announced today by Jack organizations attended a meeting pass on the sidelines and going
Eaton, manager of the alleys in the high school library of over the goal stripe to give the
here.
Grants Pass last night to pledge Raiders a 13-7 victory.
The meeting has been called their participation in the giant
The Cal Aggies are next on
to discuss league play and arrange spectacle.
the Red Raider list, with a game
Tomorrow night, the initial at Davis, Calif, set for Oct. 15,
a schedule for the coming season
which will start shortly after meeting of the Popularity Contest with a non-conference tilt slated
Sept. 1.
I contestants for the title of Queen with Oregon Tech at Klamath
Eaton said that plans are under Of The Fair will be held at the Falls on Oct. 22.
way to hold league games on Chamber of Commerce in Grants
Chico State’s Wildcats, who
Monday, Tuseday and Thursday Pass at 8 p. m. Girls between shared the title with the Red
nights this year and that the the ages of 16 and 26, married Raiders last season, will be guests
change in schedule will be dis­ or single, who wish to compete at a little get-together to be
cussed.
for this honor should attend this staged here Oct. 29.
Work of refinishlng the alleys meeting. The queen and the six
A1 Simpson’s SOC outfit then
has been completed and they are runners-up who will form her takes on Oregon College of
reported to be in excellent con­ court of honor will receive valu­ Education in a game here on
dition.
able merchandise prizes. All par­ November 5, winding up the reg­
All Ashland bowlers have been ticipants will be eligible for cash ular season with a Nov. 12 en­
bonuses.
urged to attend the meeting.
counter with Pacific Lutheran.
“Miss Oregon”
Preparing For
Atlantic City
BELLEVIEW FEED STORE
GETS FACE LIFTING
Price Five Cents
SOC Announces
Grid Schedule,
4 Home Tilts
Josephine Fair
Will Feature
Pageant