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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1952)
V Western Plant Location Groups Study Promotion Seattle U.R) The indus trial plant location committees of Washington, Orefon and Cali fornia were meeting here Thurs day to form a coast-wide organi zation aimed at promoting in dustrial development in the three states. About 120 representatives dis cussed industrial trends, raw material resources, power and related topics at initial sessions Wednesday. The power situation in particu lar took lip most of the after noon. Bernard Goldhammer of the Bonneville Power adminis tration said power shortages which currently face the North west will be lessened greatly by 1954 because of the construction of McNary dam. "But we still will be short about 500,000 kilowatts under minimum water conditions," he said. "There will be no large blocks of power to sell until 1958, and then only if other uerman irama vnnc Likes Valley's Work In Field of Theater ENTEBTAENMENT of Revenue Agent Adrien Ash who was prob ing Universal Pictures $20,000,000 tax refund claim. Is admitted at House inquiry by Charles D. Prutzman, former counsel or Universal. (International) large dams come into produc tion. A dam like McNary pro vides power for only two years of the area's normal industrial growth." A good dinner wine Mrs.Blackf Petri Wine is just the thinql fl a " ' 7 ii 5 - . Petri (Editor's not: Tha following is another in a sorios of arti cIm boing published this weak written by Gunlher Barth. young German newspaperman who is spending the week as guest member of the newt staff of The Mail Tribune. He is a junior editor, in the art. music and drama department of his own newspaper, the Rheinische Post, of Dussol dorf, and in this article de scribes his reactions 4o a rehearshal of the Vining Rep ertory theater in Ashland, and a visit to the new Footlighters theater near Medford.) PETRI WINE CO, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. By GUNTHER BARTH Sub-Editor, Rheinische Post On Tuesday, I saw in Ashland the rehearsal of "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller. The Dusseldorf theater played it two years ago with great success in a translation. In the last few years our audi ences became acquainted with the works of several living American authors. It started with Thornton Wilder's "The Skin of Our Teeth" and "Our Town". Later on followed O'Neill, Maxwell Anderson, Ar thur "Miller, John Steinbeck, and Tennessee Williams. The mod ern authors formed especially a great part of the repertoire of our amateur theaters. Theatrical Boom The unnormal conditions after the last war brought a real boom for the amateur companies. The big theater houses had been de stroyed, the lack of money and equipment limited the activities. Nevertheless, younger people, interested in everything con nected with theater, founded companies. Usually they per suaded a professional actor to be their director. The troupes started to per form their plays everywhere. If they were lucky they rebuilded a destroyed old suburban stage. In most of the cases their per formances took place in a larger living room with audience and actors on the same level. Surprised at Interest I am still surprised about the big interest and the large num ber of people which these small groups attracted. The companies didn't last too long. After one or two performances they had been broken. They had some quarrel about, the selection of the next play or the new stage design. Usually it led to the foundation of two new com panies. The currency reform in 1948, the rebuilding of our economy and the reconstruction of the big theaters with their professional actors ended the era. The choice of the plays is easy to understand. At this time everybody liked it to play what he considered as the theater of tomorrow. Very often such a La 4W 1 i T 1 . I . . . the good word you're hearing all-over town. Yes, indeed! News like this travels fast when folks first try (3165 09(3t The Sensational New lilt Size Ctrtal How about you ? Once you taste this different, delicious Bite Size cereal you'll join the chorus YUM Why not tomorrow morning? Get RICE CHEX at your qrocerSl Ralston Purina Co.. St. Looia. Mo. group of young amateur actors found already a similar spirit in the works of the advanced French and American authors. And they played them. Language More Convenient Last, not least, the language of a modern play is more con venient for an amateur actor than the verse of a classical drama. It was impossible for them to bring a crowd of Ro mans or the army of Wallen stein in their living room theater. Some curtains formed the stage design, if they used any de sign at all. Light effects and the imagination of the audience made the scenery. In this chaotic time everybody was glad that the world of the stage attracted his mind for at least two hours. After a per formance the audience discussed again and again the performance and the problems of the play. Time of Experiments It was the time of experi ments. The different troups play ed sometimes in costumes, some times in suits. Some actors used masks for their performance, others refused to have any make up in their design. It was sel dom real theater, but it was al ways interesting and sometimes even, fascinating. We collected a lot of experiences for our pro fessional theater. When I saw the new stage of the Footlighters on the county fairgrounds south of Medford I remembered all these years. It is always exciting to see an empty stag and a half finished theater and to know there are some people who will give all their energy to banish the chaos and to establish a world of order at least in the theater. Rogue River Rogue River Garden enthus iasts viewed slides picturing tuberous begonias at the Grange hall March 20. The slides were contributed by Ira L. Allyn, a member of the San Francisco branch of the Begonia Society, and were loaned to Mrs. Esther Shock, president of the Rogue River Garden club by the Los Angeles branch of the society. ' Mr. and Mrs. Earl Miller re turned to their summer home on the Rogue, Friday, after spending the winter at their California residence. Hal's Fountain was closed the past week while Mr. and Mrs. Gerstenmeyer vacationed in Portland. While there they at tended the motor show. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Boles of Newburg, Ore., are visiting their daughter and her family, the Frank Marshalls of Wards creek. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Golding have announced they are selling their home on West Evans road to Mr. and Mrs. L. Deeise from Missouri. Deeise is a carpenter. The Kenneth Foster home on Pine street is being purchased by Mrs. Kathleen Mac Swain of Medford, a former resident of this area. Francis Hadley has been con fined to his home for the past week with influenza. Mrs. Grace Kathan, who was a patient in the nospitai at Yreka. Calif., recently returned home Sunday. Numerous cases of influenza or bad colds have been reported recently and among the sufferers are Mayor and Mrs. Fred Deng- ler, Harry Rose. Howard Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Whipple and Mrs. Fred Strietz. Thursday. March 27, 19S2 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Mule Dragging Sink Damages Cars, Sign Ocean Drive Beach. S.C. (U.PJ An amusement concession oper ator tied his exhibition mule to a disconnected bathroom sink in a cottage owner's yard. Some playful boys stung the mule with air rifle shots and the animal galloped down the main street dragging the 60-pound sink behind him. When the mule finally was brought under control, the sink had banged into three parked autos and knocked down a traf fic sign. The damage was more than $100. ON SECTION TWO TODAY FOR GROCETERIA SAVINGS! ISfP IIP! filillPl- TO THE FIRST 50 PERSONS WHO DRIVE IN ON WORN BUT RE CAPPABLE TIRES WE WILL PAY $3.00 EACH REGARDLESS OF SIZE. We need these tires to build up our stock of recapped tires with safe non-skid treads. If your car is on one or more smooth, skiddy tires, cash in on this offer. Drive your car in today. If they can be recapped. SMOOTHIES at?'""' AS LOW AS $noo u DOWN PUTS A NEW SILVERTOWN ON YOUR CAR A SENSATION IN PRICE AND PERFORMANCE! Rotary Electric POWER MOWER 16" cwtting wfcftL Ckop fe eparafe. 0 Ligbtwtght one jfwip. GJL HJ. motor. 5795 m $6.00 DOWN $1.25 WEEK As easy to posh as a baby buggy. Cuts even the toughest grass. 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