'Mid-Sesson Form'
fining Players
In Salesman Play
A small audience witnessed
a good performance by the Vi
ning Repertory company in Ash
land last night in the first show
ing in the current series of Ar
thur Miller's tragic "Death of
a Salesman."
Although the Vining perform
ance possibly lacked some of the
polish it will undoubtedly pick
up in future showings, the cast
individually and as a unit came
through in "mid-season form."
Share Acting Honori
As usual. Richard Graham, in
the role of the blustering but
frightened Willy Loman, turned
in a fine performance. However,
he shared honors with the other
three leading members of the
cast Elmarie Wendel, as Wil
ly's faithful and trusting wife,
Linda; and Brad Curtis and Eddy
'Barron, as Willy's worthless
sons, Happy and Biff.
Miss Wendel in particular gave
a deep and understanding por
trayal of her role. It is possibly
her best part in the spring series,
and last night she took full ad
vantaee of what the part has to
offer, both to her and to the
; audience.
. While the four leading parts,
- particularly those filled by
Graham and Barron, call for a
great deal of physical and vocal
stamina on the part of the actors,
it was notable that the perform
ance maintained a steady pace
and high dramatic level through
out. Charley, Willy's only real
Iriend, and Bernard, Charley's
son, were capably played by
Angus L. Bowmer and Philip
Hanson. Other members of the
cast include Barbara Curtis,
Franklin Reed, H. Paul Kliss,
Suzanne LaMarre Hanson and
Clara Margaret Daniels.
The play is directed by Kliss.
J. J.
SOC Faculty Members
Survive Follies Show
Ashland Faculty members at
Southern Oregon college emerg
ed from last night's opening per
formance at the third annual
faculty follies bearing only mi
nor abrasions and contusions,
Director Leon C. Mulling report-
ed today.
"The audience was very solict
ous and refrained from throwing
anything that would dent the
stage," Mulling said. We 11 try
it again tonight and still again
tomorrow if the staff survives."
Curtain time tonight and Sat
urday will be 8:15 p.m. The pro-
grain win ihsi irom one diiu
one half to six hours depending
on the whim of the actors, Mul
ling explained.
The Grange
Lake Creek Grange
Voting for State Grange offl
cers was held at the last meeting
of Lake Creek Grange. There
were 29 members present.
Morton Bradshaw reported on
an article about the agriculture
conference recently held at Cor-
vallis.
Loyd George read an article
from the December issue of Fish
and Game magazine. The article
concerned the Butte Falls hatch
ery. There were 40,000 spring
Chinook salmon hatched there
last spring. In the winter months
the fish require 500 pounds of
feed a day, in the summer it
is doubled.
Lecturer Willard Cave pre
sented a program which Includ
ed singing. Elizabeth Davidson
read an article on Oregon s Irri
gation problem and Helen Wool-
folk read the ten points on water.
Pomona Grange meets at our
hall on Saturday, April 26, at
10 a.m. All members are asked
to attend. The ladies are needed
to help with the lunch prepara
tions.
The secretary's report showed
all dues paid for the year 1952.
Next Grange meeting will be
on May 8 at 8 p.m.
pa
sed
Strip Saw
Other Misc. Saw Mill and Other Equipment
So. Oregon Machinery House
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HOPF IT DOESN'T RAIN-Reuirnlng to salvage belongings he had stored In his attic, this home
owner had to chop a hole in the roof to retrieve the articles. The house is located near the flooding
Missouri River five miles south of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Hot Coffee, Meals
Served Flood Crews
Omaha (U.R) It takes 100,000
cups of hot coffee, 15,000 hot
meals and 30,000 sandwiches ev
ery day to feed a grimy, exhaust
ed army of 15.000 flood workers.
I ve signed so many food
bills my arm is about worm out,"
said Maj. E. A. Moyer of the
Salvation Army. ,
$150,000 Spent in Week
His organization and the Red
Cross have spent about $150,000
in the last week to feed crews of
men fighting the greatest Mis
souri river flood known.
The agencies, bolstered by
more than 300 volunteers a day,
have been tirelessly preparing
and trucking food to levees in
deserted Council Bluffs, la., and
East Omaha.
Twelve mobile Red Cross units
in Omaha prepare 7,000 hot
meals and 6,000 sandwiches a
day. Across the river the Red
Cross spends $6,000 a day.
Potato Chips Used
The Salvation Army passed
out 10,000 potato chips Thurs
day along the dikes in Council
Bluffs "just to give the boys
United Company Sets
Stockholders Meeting
The annual meeting of stock
holders of the United Company
of Oregon, an oil wildcatting
firm largely owned by southern
Oregon stockholders, will be
held at 10 a.m. Sunday, April
20, In the girls' gymnasium of
the Medford Junior high school
it was announced today by
Charles C. Richmond, president
of the firm.
Richmond said a full report
of the company s operations dur
ing the past year will be given.
He said details of oil discover
ies in southeastern Oregon will
be described, and arrangements
have been made to handle com
pany business rapidly.
The company last week mailed
out notices of the meeting to
stockholders, and solicited proxy
voting authority from them
Richmond urged attendance at
the meeting to protect the in
vestment of stockholders.
Girl Scout News
Visit Post Office
Troop 13, Girl Scouts, made
up of girls in the fifth grade at
Roosevelt school, visited the
Medford post office Wednesday
Mr. Dejarnett showed the troop
what happens to letters when
they reach the post office and
the troop saw the cancelling ma
chine, how postal savings were
kept and how parcel post is
handled.
The girls gave Mr. Dejarnett
a letter written to Girl Scouts
in Australia, and he prepared it
for air mail.
The troop found the trip very
Interesting.
Barbara Nulton,
Reporter.
Machinery
Compressor Tractors
Ore Crushers Shovels
Mine Cars Power Units
Log Loader Gas or Diesel
Edgers Planers
something to nibble on." The
hungry sandbaggers gobbled
them in a few hours.
The Salvation Army in Omaha
slaps bologna on buns like levee
workers stack sandbags on dikes.
Five-thousand pounds of cold
meat, as much cheese and some
chicken and turkey are used each
day.
Female students and evacuated
housewives stand in front of
cluttered work tables and spread
60 gallons of mayonnaise and
40 gallons of mustard on 2,500
loaves of bread a day.
DAR Concludes
61st Convention
Washington (U.R) The
Daughters of the American Revo
lution wind up their 61st Con
tinental Congress Friday with
a White House tour and the tra
ditional closing banquet.
President General Mrs. James
B. Patton was scheduled to ad
journ the convention after a
final report from the DAR reso
lutions committee and installa
tion of seven new vice presidents
general.
Delegates Vole
Of the 2,000 voting delegates
attending the convention, 1,893
voted for the new vice presidents
general and one new honorary
vice president general.
Each candidate needed at least
952 votes to be elected.
One passing that mark was
Mrs. C. Edward Murray, Tren
ton, N. J., who received 984
votes and defeated Mrs. Arthur
Rowbotham, Salem, Va., for the
life-time post of honorary vice
president general. Mrs. Rowbo
tham received 767 votes.
'Lullaby Time' Radio
Show To Begin Today
First presentation of "Lullaby
Time," a new KYJC program
sponsored by the Toy House, will
be heard at 5:45 p.m. today. The
time was incorrectly given as
later in an advertisement yester
day. The program is designed for
boys and girls, and will feature
stories, music, poems and let
ters from listeners. It is sched
uled for 5:45 p.m. as a "quieting
down" time for children before
the dinner hour.
CLUB ELECTS
Ashland Paul Adams, Grants
Pass, was elected president of
the Oregon History club at
Southern Oregon college at a
meeting held this week. Frank
Koch, Central Point, was named
vice president and Madge Bee
son, Lakeview, chosen secretary
treasurer. Dr. Arthur S. Taylor,
professor of social science Is club
advisor.
Dead Una Sunday Clmailflsda U at
noon Saturdays
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SURVIVES AGAIN The pilot of
the Pan American Airways plane
which crashed into the Atlantic
off San Juan, P. R., was Capt.
John C. Burn, shown tbove with
singer Jane Froman just before
their marriage in 1948. Burn res
cued Mist Froman in a wartime
Diane crash off Portugal in 1943.
Eighteen of the 69 aboard Burn's
plane were rescued and 11 bodies
recovered from the sea. Little
hope was held for the others.
Burn was among those rescued.
DEFENSE UNITS OK'd
Portland (U.R) G u y Arring-
ton, Oregon Federal Housing Au
thority director, said Friday
credit controls have been relaxed
for construction of 33 defense
housing units in the Umatilla
Hermiston defense area and 15
units at Astoria. 1
Teen-Age, Adult !
Farmers Conduct
New Experiment
Oklahoma City (U.R) Amer
ica's teen-age and adult farmers
will gather here May 1 and 2 for
a new experiment in farm train
ing. It will be the national land
Judging contest, the first ever
held in the United States.
Requests for entry blanks
have come from 41 states. En
tries will be accepted until
April 21.
Soil Judging contests originat
ed at the Oklahoma Red Plains
soil experiment station at Guth
rie, Okla.. 30 miles north of
here, 10 years ago. The state
contest was also the first In the
nation.
Since that time soil Judging
has blossemed into Internation
al prominence. Other states have
patterned schools after the Okla
homa contest and inquiries on
its operation have come from 43
slates and 17 foreign countries.
In brief, a soil contest sets up
methods for judging soil, similar
to those used in judging live
stock. Contestants study lay of the
land, erosion, and plant growth
They must tell if land is good or
bad, what crops, if any, are best
suited for it and how it can be
improved.
Oklahoma conservationists
have worked out a Judging sheet
that includes eight land classes
Class 1 land Is the perfect farm
That type of soil needs no treat
ment to produce crops.
The other extreme, Class 8, Is
soil considered so poor that noth
ing can be grown on it and lit
tie done to correct It.
The last Includes extremely
steep, rough, broken, perman
ently swampy or barren land
suitable for no agricultural use
other than wild life.
The contest will Include three
division one for Future Farm
ers of America, one for 4-H club
members and one for adults. A
total of $1,050 in prizes will be
awarded.
Contestants will pick up the
latest techniques in land Judg
ing In a soil classifications
school May 1. The class will be
held at the Oklahoma A & M col
lege demonstration farm at the
western edge of Oklahoma City
The following day, contestants
will travel to the farm to be
judged. Its location will not be
disclosed until the time of the
contest.
State and national govern
ment gricultural agencies are co
operating with Oklahoma busi
ness firms In sponsoring the
event. Entries may be sent to the
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KEY TO
Mercury has won in two major gas-economy tests in a row.
But there are other sides to Mercury economy. There's the economy
of a new, stronger body built to a tradition of craftsmanship
that accounts for 92 of all the Mercurys ever built still being on
the road. There's the economy of first price astonishingly low
as you will learn. Biggest of all is the economy of trade-in value, j
Mercury's trade-In value has risen faster than that of any
other car during the last 12-year period.
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MEDFORD MOTORS
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Friday. April 18. 1952
Yiidcat Truck Strike
Halts Construction
Milwaukee (U.R) A federal
trouble-shooter moved Friday to
bring employers and unions to
gether for talks aimed at settling
wildcat strikes in the construc-
ion and trucking industries.
Members of the Construction
Laborers, Cement Finishers,
Iron Workers, Operating Engi
neers and Truck Drivers Unions
10,000 men in all walked off
their jobs Wednesday. Millions
of dollars worth of construction
in the Milwaukee area was
brought to a halt.
soil conservation committee of
the Oklahoma City Chamber of
Commerce.
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ECONOMY
School Administrators Seek SOC Graduates
Ashland Five more school
administrators visited Southern
Oregon college this week to in
terview prospective teachers, ac
cording to Dr. Bill A. Sampson,
placement director. They talked
with seniors who will graduate
Crushed Granite Sand
Crushed Rock Gravel
M. C. LININGER & SONS
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OLD QUAKER DISTILLING COMPANY, LAWRENCEBURG,
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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE
in June and discussed employ
ment possibilities for September.
Administrators who held cam
pus conferences were Ralph
Jones, Otis Johnson and Law
rence Moffitt, Grants Pass; A. E.
Monger, Canyonville; and Bruce
Metzger, Oak Grove.
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