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Viiiing Comedy Said Funny;
Somewhat Below Standard
The Vining Repertory players
opened their spring season last
night in Ashland with a humor
ous but otherwise slightly below
standard presentation of "Arse
nic and Old Lace."
Although the below capacity
audience responded well to the
play's comedy, the production
dragged its feet during the por
tions which were not aimed di
rectly at a laugh. This seemed
to be particularly true in the
first and part of the second acts.
when certain members of the
cast appeared tense and unable
to put any life into their lines.
Exceptions Noted
Exceptions were Clara Mar
garet Daniels and Suzanne La
Marre Hanson, as the lovable but
batty Abby and Martha Brew
ster, and Philip Hanson, in the
minor role of the Rev. Dr. Har
per. Members of the cast who defi
nitely improved as they went
almg were Eddy Barron, as bu-Slt-blowing
Teddy Brewster; El
marie Wendel, as Elaine Harper;
Franklin Reed as Mortimer
Brewster, and H. Paul Kliss as
Dr. Einstein.
Reed, in particular, gave a
rather strained performance
early in the play and then seem
ed to fall more naturally Into his
part later. He relied overly on
the "dramatic gesture" through
out the play.
Brad Curtis, as Jonathan
Brewster, gave an adequate per
formance throughout, but never
quite seemed to reach the sinis
ter black-heartedness one asso
ciates with the part.
Weakest Links
Perhaps the weakest links In
the cast at present are two minor
characters, Officer Brophy, play
ed by William Dawkins, and Of
ficer Klein, portrayed by Hank
Williams. Both lacked stage
presence, a fault which will un
doubtedly be eured by a little
more experience.
In general, the actors were not
up to what they have shown to
be their best in previous per
formances in other plays. It can
be expected that the play will
improve as it goes along until it
reaches the peak set last fall by
the Vining Repertory.
The Joseph Kesselring play Is
directed by Barbara Curtis J.J,
METHODISTS SLATE GENERAL CONFERENCE Method
ists from every state of the United States and from at least 30 other
countries will convene for two weeks, starting April 23, at Civic
auditorium at San Francisco, to plan and legislate for the denomi
nation's next four years. A number of members of First Methodist
church, Medford, will attend the conclave, according to the pastor,
the Rev. Meredith Groves. It will be the first time in half a cen
tury that such a Methodist session has been held in the west. Bishops
of the church, pictured above, will be hosts. Bishops from Argen
tina, India and Switzerland, attending the conclave, will speak at
the Medford church on successive Sundays.
Knights of Columbus Set District Conclave
Grants Pass Oregon Caves munion in a body, 10:30 a.m.
Council 3157, Knights of Colum
bus, will be host to District 5
of the K of C at an all-day initia
tion April 20.
Councils participating will In
clude Roseburg, Coos Bay, Med
ford and Grants Pass. The cere
monies will Include Mass
at St. Anne's Catholic church
at 9:00 a.m. when all knights
and candidates will receive Com-
Communion breakfast at the
Cave shop, 11:30 a.m. Registra
tion of candidates at K of C club,
noon exemplification of first,
2nd and 3rd degrees, and S p.m.
social hour and buffet supper at
K of C club. Harold Desbiens,
District Deputy, Roseburg, will
be in attendance. All knights
are Invited to attend.
Salvation Army Heads
Attending Conference
Capt. and Mrs. Thomas Mack,
commanders of the Medford Sal
vation Army unit, are leaving
this week to attend the western
territorial congress of the Army
at Pacific Grove and Oakland
Calif.
General and Mrs. Albert Ors
born, international leaders of the
Salvation Army, are conducting
the congress with the aid of Com
missioner Ernest Pugmire, na
tional commander, and Commis
sioner Claude E. Bates, western
territorial commander.
Some of the sessions will be
in the Scottish Rite auditorium
in Oakland, and the officer coun
cil sessions will be at the Asilo-
mar Camping grounds at Pacific
Grove.
The meeting will be the first
visit of General and Mrs. Ors-
born to the west since 1946. Cap
tain and Mrs. Mack will be gone
several days.
Rogue Valley Couple
Fined in Yreka Court
Yreka, Calif. A Rogue valley
couple was released from cus
tody here Sunday after the pay
ment of $15 fines in justice court
for disturbing the peace, accord
ing to the Siskiyou Daily News.
The paper reported that Gla
dys Mae Johnson, 41, Rogue
River, and James Franklin Ri
ley, 53, Central Point, were ar
rested by officers on Highway
near the Klamath River
bridge early Sunday. The offi
cers said the two were "working
each other over." and that the
oman suffered a scar over one
eye and Riley had several cuts
and bruises.
The two appeared before
Yreka Judge C.aude E. Gillis,
and were released when Riley
paid the fines and promised to
pay for doctor's bills, the news
paper said. It added that reports
indicated the couple had come
to Yreka to be married.
Early-Day Resident
Visits Jacksonville
Fletcher Linn, former Jackson
ville resident, left today for his
home in Portland after visiting
here for four days. With his fam
ily, Linn lived In Jacksonville
as a child and young man when
his father operated a furniture
factory during the early days of
the old mining town.
While Linn was here this week
he gave the Jacksonville Muse
um a copy of "The Mineral Re
sources of Oregon," a monthly
published in August, 1914, by the
Oregon Bureau of Mines and
Geology.
Very few copies of the publi
cation exist at the present time,
Linn said. The contents of this
issue covers in detail the mineral
and petrology resources of Jack
son and Josephine counties and
includes much of the history of
the mining areas and Information
on mineral water.
Reference material from the
book may be obtained by those
interested by visiting the Muse
um.
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shampooed hair as clean as possi
ble between washings is to tuck
cotton down into the bristles of
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Population per square mile of
arable land is 68 in Russia, 102
in the United States, 500 in Italy,
387 in Germany and 2.430 in
Japan.
Scallops So Gay
Tax Officials To Meet
With Ashland Council
Ashland State and county
tax officials will meet with the
Ashland city council tonight to
explain the tax equalization pro
gram now under way through
out the state, including Jackson
county.
State Tax Commissioner Rob
ert McLean, County Assessor C.
A. Myers, and members of their
staffs will attend the meeting.
The public has been invited to
hear their explanation of the
project.
Milk Production
Increase Reported
A registered Holstein bull
owned by Rene Espourteille,
Eagle Point, has Increased the
milk production of his daughters
over that of their dams by
considerable extent, it was re
ported today by the Holstein
Friesan Association of America
Statistics compiled on the bull
Carnation Governor Madcap
Eminent, indicated that the
daughters' production increased The salt industry of California
by 125 pounds of butterfat and is located mainly along the south
2,980 pounds of milk, based on j east shore of the San Francisco
twice-daily milking for 305 days. bay.
Retired Ashland
Farmer Dies Monday
Ashland John A. Kelts, 76,
of 369 Granite street, died Mon
day at Ashland General hospital.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday, April 17, at 1:30 p.m.
at Litwiller Funeral home with
the Rev. Ross Knotts, pastor of
the Ashland Methodist church,
officiating.
Mr. Kelts was born June 13,
1875, at Sparta, Wis. He farmed
in the Anderson creek area from
1907 to 1913 when he moved to
Ashland. He was preceded in
death in 1920 by his wife, Ida
May. Mr. Kelts is survived by
seven children, Including Glenn
and Marcus and Mrs. Susan
Luchterhand .all of Ashland.
Antwerp Is one of the prin
cipal coffee markets of Europe.
Mount Davidson, 925 feet, Is
the highest point in San Fran
cisco. Geologists have concluded the
deepest portions of the Golden
Gate are floored by bedrock.
BRUISED, SHOCKED
Gail DeRushe, 9, daughter of
Mrs. Lila DeRushe, 332 Mary
street, and Mrs. Juanita Mock of
the same address, sister of Mrs,
DeRushe, received shock and
body bruises Saturday evening
when the car Mrs. Mock was
driving left the highway near
Foots creek. The child and her
aunt were enroute to Grants
Pass where the girl was to spend
Easter Sunday with her grand
parents. The car struck a bump
in the highway and Mrs. Mock
lost control of the car, Mrs. De
Rushe said. The vehicle rolled
over several times and stopped
Just short of going into Rogue
river, she added. Mrs. DeRushe
was not an occupant of the car.
Stricken at Work Herbert
Clevenger, 1132 Court street,
was taken yesterday afternoon
by Conger Morris ambulance to
Osteopathic hospital when he
was taken ill at his work at Med
ford corporation, hospital attend
ants said today. He is hospital
ized for medical attention, they
added. Mrs. Richard Davis, 114
Granite street, Ashland, under
went major surgery at the same
hospitol today, the attendants
said.
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