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'I Remember Mamar Found Excellent Drama; First Performance Tonight Though it fails to attain the near-perfection of last winter's "Street Scene." the Southern Oregon college production of John Van Druten's "I Remem ber Mama," which had its final dress rehearsal Wednesday and opens tonight, is fine entertain ment, well presented. Once more the drama department at the col lege shows its metal and the ex cellence of its direction. Angus Bowmer has taken college stu dents from the local campus and other local actors and turned them into a convincing group of Norwegian immigrants. The cast manages to capture all the home spun poignancy of Van Druten's story with only a few lapses into mediocrity. Actually a striking brunette, Clara Daniels has been turned into a blonde-wigged mama that anyone would remember. No one else in the cast approaches the polish of her performance. Back- Giant Mushroom Found by Local Men While Fishing Two Medford men, H. L. Woods and Dwight Houghton, found a giant mushroom near Williams creek while fishing this week. The big fungus weight 16 and a quarter pounds, was fourteen inches in diameter, and had a circumference of three feet eight inches. The finders believe it to be a calvatia maxima mushroom, or giant puffball. It is edible and said to be delicious when sliced and fried like steak. It is white and grows on the ground in meadows, pastures or forest, and ha? no stem, cap or gills. It has a white meat somewhat similar in appearance to ice cream. Another name for the mush room is "Devil's snuffbox," so called because in the final stages of maturity it becomes dry and brown, and if broken sends out millions of tiny spores. As other fungi, it is related to moulds and yeast. Although the variety Is edible, experts point out that some other varieties of wild mushrooms are poisonous, and that amateurs should not taKe a cnance on eat ing wild mushrooms without ex pert advice Ken Carpenter Okays All-Star Game Role Corvallis, Ore., May 11 U.R) Ken Carpenter. Oregon State col lege's all-coast halfback, said to day he has accepted an invitB' tion to play for the College All Stars August 11 at Chicago. The college team will meet the world champion Philadel phia Eagles at Soldiers field. . He will report to Delafield, Wis., July 21, for practice. Corvallis, Ore., May 11 (U.PJ For the first time night commer cial airplane flights will be pos sible at the Corvallis municipal airport when night lighting in stallations are completed for use by May 20. Delayed arrival of some essential parts has held up completion of the facilities. ing her up is 14-year-old Norma Shell, a Medford high school girl, who plays the part of Catrin, Mama's precocious daughter and narrator of the play. The de manding role keeps Miss Snell on the stage and talking through out the long play and she handles the Job without a falter and with a skill unusual in such a youth ful actress. Anyone who has seen many of Bowmer's productions on the Ashland campus will be shocked to see Trubee Bell, the drama de partment's most noteworthy pin up girl, covered from head to toe In the dowdy garb of an old woman. She whines about in the part of Aunt Cigrid without once disclosing that she is also capable of more eye-appealing roles. Bowmer has taken the part of Uncle Chris, the pugnacious old tyrant with a soft heart and a mistress. No one bu the famed director himself could have made the character so understandable. Juvenile roles in the play, for tunately, were assigned to juve niles. They are well handled by Mary Jane Farr and Vivian btevenson. Competent perform. ances are also turned in by Fred Withed. Ruedi Vest. George Bell, Virginia Perry, Rosemary Ring, Lee Goode, Don Berg, Mil dred Vest, Ruth Pafford, Anne ullerton and Judy Ward. Last night's dress rehearsal went off without interruption except for the untimely disap pearance of Uncle Elizabeth, a seroungy tomcat who also has an important part in the olav. About midway in the perform ance he crawled into the black depths under the Churchill hall stage and has not been heard from since. Theater-goers who attend the play tonight, Friday and Satur day nights will find, in addition to a fine cast, a handsomely de signed set, good lighting and fair makeup. Curtain time for eacn performance is 8:20 p. m and tickets will be on sale at the door. B. F. (Acme Telephoto) FLOOD RESCUE Willard Dubuque hands his two-year-old daugh ter, Ellen, to her mother standing In Minnesota National Guard duck which was used to evacuate the family from their flooded home In Crookston, Minn. The Dubuques had been trapped In the house for two days. Half the homes in Crookston are either flooded or surrounded by water. Pacific University Music Festival To Draw 350 Performers Forest Grove, Ore., May 11 The third annual Music in May festival at Pacific university was expected to draw 350 Ore gon and Washington musicians today through Saturday from 47 communities. Guest performers during the festival include Dixie Whitmore, Washington state champion ba ton twirler, and the Tempo Four, a male quartet from Arl ington, Wash. A mass band will be directed by Wallace Hannah, supervisor of music in Vancouver, Wash., public schools. Ray Clark To Speak At Realty Board Here Ray Clark, manager of the Medford hotel and chairman of the chamber of commerce tour ist and convention committee, will speak at the regular Fri day noon luncheon of the Med ford Realty board. C. Lyall Fidler, president of the local board, accompanied by Mrs. Fidler, will conduct a real estate sales clinic in Klamath Falls Friday for a district meet ing of realty boards in that area. Relief Fund Raised For Canadian Town A $100 relief fund has been raised for people of Rimouski, Canada, which suffered a dis asterous fire last week, by em ployees of three associated lum ber firms here. Workers and management at the Kogap Lumber industries, M and M Planing mill, and Lausmann Lumber company, made up the fund through dona tions during the lunch hour Tuesday. Gene Champaigne, French-Canadian sawmill super intendent, made the suggestion, and collection of the fund was immediate and voluntary. In a telegram to Mayor Marcel Catellier of Trois Pistoles, Que bec, the firms said "All of us send our deepest sympathy to the people of Rimouski." STATE MEN VISIT Camp White, May 11 Bill Gaarenstroom, director, and Ho bart Woody of Oregon's depart ment of veterans affairs, visited at the center Wednesday. Con ferences were held with Man ager Paul Hatton, Roy Ander son, executive officer, and Ralph Ruffln, domicilliary of ficer, in the morning. After fin ishing their business here they left for Grants Pass where they were to attend a lucheon and meet with veterans committees in that district. Gaarenstroom has the entire state under his supervision. Woody is the field man for Lane, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Josephine and Jack son counties. Both are veterans of World War II. Klamath Publisher Speaks at College Ashland, May 11 Frank Jen. kins, Klamath Falls newspaper man, spoke at the Southern Oregon college assembly Wednesrday. Jenkins said that we should be more informed about Russia and Russian poli cies. We've been making many mistakes about that country, he sam. Fear of other countries and of her own inefficiencies is driv ing the Russians in their quest for world domination, Jenkins said, and Russia's fears consist of her industrial backwardness and the fear that communism cannot last, he added. If we in America can forestall the pulling of the trigger, such as Sarajavo in 114 and Pearl Harbor in 1941, a revolt of the communist masses will probably take care of communism, in his opinion. On the other hand, Jenkins warned that we in America must not develop a fear com plex, but must work to become more efficient in government, industry and social attitudes. Cats, valuable mousers from time immemorial, had a ceiling price during the 10th century. The price list was issued by the Welsh king, Howel the Good. It provided that a new-born kitten rated one penny; an inexperi enced one, twopence, and a cat with a mouse already to its credit, fourpence. Salem, Ore.. May 1 1 (U.R) Lewis and Clark won five of seven tennis matches in a dual meet with Willamette university Tuesday. 'Bell' Ceremonies To Be Arranged at Monday Meeting Heads of service clubs, trades unions and other group leaders will meet Monday at 7:45 p.m., at Leonard's Electric store to dis cuss plans for display of the Oregon Liberty Bell which will arrive in Jackson county on May 24. According to Morris Leonard Sr., county chairman of the sav ings bond committee, present schedule for the Oregon Liberty Bell will bring the patriotic em blem to the city of Rogue River at 8:45 a.m., on May 24. After a half hour on display there the truck carrying the bell will pro ced to Gold Hill and Central Point and will reach Medford about 10 a.m. In Medford the bell will visit the various schools for brief pe riods before being hauled to Phoenix, Talent and Ashland. Plan Street Display After spending the afternoon in the southern end of the coun ty the Oregon Liberty Bell will be returned to Medford for dis play on the streets between 6 and 7 p.m. County Chairman Leonard has announced that Col. H. J. Meir ing will be in charge of the guard of honor during its stay in the county. In addition to the guard of honor there will be a color guard and seniors from various high schools of the county will be chosen through County School Superintendent C. R. Bowman to accompany the bell on its itinerary. Drive Starts May 15 The coming of Oregon's Liber ty Bell is in connection with the state's participation in the sav ings bonds drive. The 50-day campaign will open with a tap of the clapper at a special cere mony in Pendleton on May 15. Umatilla county was selected as scene of the formal opening of the drive effort because it had the best sales record among Ore gon's thirteen largest counties in the Opportunity Drive of 1949. After the opening ceremonies at Pendleton the bell will con tinue on its state tour. Jackson county's quota in Oregon's $5. 892.000 E bond drive will amount to $150,000, according to Chairman Leonard. Capitol Building Will Be Open for Tourist Inspection Cnlnm Clm Mnv 11 (1I.P1 Oregon's' capitol building will be open saunaays lor lourisia ue- ninnlnn nnvl SnnHnV. MV 14. James McGilchrist, c a p'l 1 0 1 gume, sain toaay. It's a summer-time practice. The building will be opened Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mary Lee, Willamette univer sity 'junior, will aid McGilchrist on weekends. HOCK NO BARRIER Belmont. Mass. (U.R) A gran ite rock forms one wall of the living room at the home of Carl Koch, a professor at Massachu setts Institute of Technology. An architect, Koch planned the room around the rock when dy namiting the ledge proved too difficult. Thursday. May 11, 1S30 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN William Kittredge Named President of Oregon Cattlemen Klamath Falls, Ore., May 11 (U.R) Delegates to the 37th an nual Oregon Cattlemen's asso ciation cnovention yesterday elected William "Bill" Kittredge of Klamath Falls president and reelected Harry Stearns of Prlneville as vice president. Pat Cecil of Burns was nam ed second vice president. Kit tredge is said to be the largest individual cattle operator in the state. CHAPLAIN COMING Camp White, May 11 Carl R. Pack, Washington, D.C., was to arrive here by plane today. He is chaplain's consultant for the National Lutheran council. Mr. Pack is a former VA and army chaplain. When It rains, most of the moisture goes into the ground, though it may later evaporate and go back into the air. Only a small percentage of the water, in a heavy rain, will go back into the air directly, by evapora tion from the raindrops. Juniors To Appear in New Uniforms Monday Members of Bliss Heine's Juniors organizations will pa rade in their new uniforms next Monday for the first time, and Heine said today that it is im portant that Juniors attend their classes Saturday, Two bug loads of the young sters will make the trip to the Portland Rose festival Heine said, and he reported that 145 persons, from Medford, Port land, Grants Pass and other towns, have joined the Juniors' Booster club. Dud Una on Classified Arti: 5:30 p.m tor following day; 10 a m Monday for Monday; noon Saturday for Sunday a.m 74 1PLA2SA (SAFE Ashland, Oregon Kf W PEN Hours: 6:30 A.M. to 11 P.M. On the Plaza Near the entrance of Lithia Park STOCK REDUCING SALE Final Coat Clearance Suits for Graduation NYLN$4LIPS Regular $19.95 . . . Now $12.95 Wool Sharkskin, Reg. $65.00, Now $49.95 m0W $3 95 Regular $24.95 . . Now $14.00 Wool Gabardine, Reg. $49.95, Now $29.95 - Regular $29.95 .. Now $19.95 Wool Gabardine, Reg. $39.95, Now $29.95 BLOUSES Regular $32.95 . . Now $24.95 Wool Crepe, Reg. $39.95 ... Now $19.98 s.a9 SOqq Regular$39.95 . . Now $28.00 Rayon Sharkskin, Reg. $15.00, Now $11.95 'J" Street Floor j Street Floor REG. $4.95 QUHnpTY Casual SH0ES P,fly SANDALS SHOES to Clear -kiBIM C Oe Red and Wheat Whin and Colon ZOMBIES ?995 $495 $095 1" All Sixes REG. S1 1.95 I I REG. $3.95 I $4.95 liArrACUie tAL'a. LI" LI I white saddle miracle tread arch blue moon nylon MOCCASINS Wh.te H,.HeelS 0XF0RDS S(pport shoes HOSIERY $395 $695 $595 $95 $11S - $35 I Street Floor DRESSES CIRCLE SKIRTS SLACK SUITS NIGHTGOWNS DRESSES ' S099 eroc Short,M and Re9U,,r' summer cottons $100 2 $595 $199 $199 $099 $099 REG. $5.95 to $8.95 REG. $9.95 REG. $2.99 F,!hion, Z ,o HL, Rayon-Oepe.. Cotton, CuJa cVcU Rayon Sn.in , tftfr Basement Dept. Basement Dept. Basement Dept. Basement Dept. Basement Dept. SALE STARTS EVANS 6th and Central MEDFORD An OPEN LETTER To Tony ..... Medford, Oregon, May 6, 1950. Mr. A. A. Lausmann, Kogap Lumber Sales, Inc. Medford, Oregon. Dear Tony, Received your letter regarding "DAVE HOOVER" commit tee for Jackson County, etc., but hang-it-all I am afraid you will have to count me out. I am already on Wayne Morse committee. It is lots of fun crossing swords with my old friends as your self, Bud, Ben and the Colonel and I am going to get a kick out of it and, at that, I hope I am not going too far astray. The fact is, Tony, I have surveyed the situation, I think, pretty well and while I do not agree, as you know, with all the things Wayne Morse has done and -said, still on the overall National Republican situation I am not going to jeopardize what I think are our coming success for the Republican party by placing some unknown per son in the place of one who is highly regarded, in political circles as a TOP MAN. Should Hoover be successful in the coming pri mary election it is a dead sure thing that we will have a democrat in Washington from Oregon in place of Wayne Morse. Morse has helped us in the Rogue River Valley tremendously and can get things done that no one else can. His philosophy of politics, it is time, may be quite different from yours and mine, but in this changing world of affairs, who can say exactly what is the best? No matter what others may say I do know that Morse can help us more than anyone else and I consider him one of the Top Republicans in the Nation, altho, perhaps, somewhat liberal in some of his views. I atill love you, damn it, Sincerely, WALTER H. LEVERETTE, JACKSON COUNTY COMMITTEE FOR WAYNE MORSE FOR SENATOR ASHLAND Low. II I. Ao.r G. Hom.r Billing. Mrl. Geo. Ball Wm. M. Brian Barney Busiey H. nry G. Endere Hsnry C. Gil.y Fed C. Holm. Ban T, Lombard C. A. Pitt W.lt.r R.dlord Harry Sk..ry Donald M. Spencer Phil H. St.nsbury Thornton S. Wikr MEDFORD Mr.. A. W. Ay William A. Barker Mr. C. Re.ie Br.l.y Idward Br.ruMl.ld Howard I. Bulh A. S. Cummin. J. L. D.Armond Mrl. O. A. Idon 'rank t. Parrtll Ron G.nd.a Mark A. Goldy Donald I. H.rrl.d W. V. Jehniton W.lt.r H. L.v.r.rta Mra. Staph. n G. Ny Harvey Rob.rt.on Dr. R. W. ilaator funa I. Thorndik Mn. Shelby M. Tutrla Frank J. Van Dyke Richard Wray CASCADE GORGE Harry H. Hart CENTRAL POINT Arnold Bohnart EAGLE POINT W. H. Youni JACKSONVILLE Otto Heck.rt G. A. Kimball OLD STAGE ROAD A. S. V. Carpanttr PER1YDALE Dr, Gaa. I, Dot PHOENIX art St.ntllffa Mn. Thoma. V. William. PROSPECT I. A. Jkaatart ROSS LANE Rati Kiln SPRING STREET Otto i. frohnmayer TALENT Alton Hart VALLEY VIEW Radnay K.atlna FRIDAY, MAY aid Adr.l
