'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
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Hours: 6:30 A.M. to 11 P.M.
On the Plaza
Near the entrance of
Lithia Park
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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
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