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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
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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."
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(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
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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.
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