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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1952)
TEMMESSEEj vl S ft i ATTENDS SESSION Senator Estes Kefauver (right), delegate i at-large from Tennessee to the Democratic national convention, suspends his campaign for the presidential nomination long enough 'to attend a session at Chicago. With Him is Ben Gimbel (left) ' of Philadelphia. jjgj&i!L-- Entertainment Said Reason For Festival's Popularity The cultural value of Shake speare is unquestioned, but the continued and increasing popu larity of the annual series of Shakespeare plays at Ashland is rot due to moral values. People return every season, and more come, because of the real enter tainment these plays provide. This opinion was expressed by Prof. Angus Bowmer, who inspired the organization of the Shakespearean Festival associa tion in 1935, in an address Tues day before the Medford Rotary club. Speaking at the Jackson hotel, Bowmer said that "Ham let," for example, offers the same blood and thunder of the most exciting mystery novels and movie thrillers, yet those who see the famous play do not think primarily of its violence. Drama Overlooked It is unfortunate, the speaker said, that high school studies of Shakespeare, in which passages are taken from content for memorizing and analyzing, usu ally overlook the rich drama of human relations and fail to in spire true appreciation of the famous plays. Stage revivals of Shake speare's works are, however, bringing new understanding of timeless excellence of the Bard's incomparable literary master pieces, he said. After 350 years, Shakespeare still entertains more people than any play wright in history, Bowmer stated. The economic importance of the fast-growing Festival asso ciation to this area was empha sized by Bowmer, who pointed out that more than $225,000 was spent here last year in hotels, motels and other fields by festi val visitors. With the funds spent for festival tickets, the as sociation now has grown into a quarter-million dollar business for the Rogue River Valley. Half from Distance Fifty per cent of the people who enjoyed Shakespeare plays at Ashland last year were from outside of the valley; $21,000 was spent for tickets which, in turn, goes into production costs of the association. With an in crease of at least 25 per cent each year in attendance, and 35 per cent in 1951, the festival is one of southern Oregon's fastest growing "industries." Bowmer, who conceived the Shakespeare revival at Ashland, has distinguished himself in many roles through the years. It is not uncommon for him to un dertake three roles in one play. Rotary program Chairman Otto Ewaldson introduced the speaker. Hitch-Hiking Hen Stops to Lay Egg Bolton, Mass. (U.R) A black hen owned by Arthur H. Rock well hitch-hiked 15 miles to Worcester, stopping only long enough to lay an egg on the way. The hen apparently hid on the undercarriage of Rockwell's car when he drove to Clinton and transferred there to the automo bile of Hugh A. Reid. It laid an egg under Reid's car. The fourth deepest producing oil well in the United States is in the Weeks Island Field, La., 15,148 feet, completed in 1950. L. 6. Miles Family Well Represented In National Meet The L. G. Miles family, of 605 Highland drive, will be well represented at the 21st annual National Model Airplane champ ionships next week at Long Beach, Calif. Three members of the family have entered the competition. L. G. Miles and his sons Lloyd and Lawrence all members of the Medford Prop Nuts are the only entrants from the Med ford area. Each of them will fly four planes in the free-flight classifi cation. They will leave here Thursday, as the competition be gins next Monday. It will con tinue through the following Sun day. 1,000 Entrants More than 1,000 entrants from all of the states, Canada, Haw aii and Mexico will compete for the Grand National Champion ship. A special feature of the meet will be a carrier event for gas and jet-powered models. A scale model aircraft carrier has been specially constructed for the vent. Miles said he expects several other entries from Oregon. He added that a Medford entrant, Bob Waterman, was a first prize winner in the competition last year at Dallas, Texas. Foreign visitors entering Ger many may have 200 marks in their possession instead of 100 previously allowed, while the number of marks taken out has been increased from 40 to 100, according to the German tourist bureau. Fire at Prospect Being Mopped Up A fire in slash and timber near the Red Blanket mill at Prospect was in the "mopping up" stage today, District State Forestry Warden Ted Maul re ported. The fire, which began near the mill's burner Monday afternoon, covered about 100 acres. Thirty men were patrolling the fire this morning. It did not burn past the trail put around it by bulldozers yesterday morning. A small mill east of the Crater Lake highway near the Dodge bridge junction north of Eagle Point burned to the ground yes terday, it was reported. The mill was said to have been a total loss. A forest patrol pumper and crew were assigned to the fire to prevent it from spreading. A couple of two or three acre fires were reported in the Ap plegate area yesterday, Maul said. They were put out by wardens from Ruch and Thomp son creek guard stations, and by crews from Williams and Wimer. UAL To Standardize Airplane Propellers Engines and propellers on three major types of Mainliners will be standardized by United Air lines at a cost of more than $2 million, according to Walt Carson, local station manager for UAL. Engines now on 43 DC-6's will be changed to correspond with the new CB-16 engines being put on new DC-16's, DC-6B's and Convair 340's. The propellers Three Candidates Join in Contest For Jubilee Queen Jacksonville Three more candidates have entered the Gold Rush Jubilee queen's contest, raising the total to nine contest ants, according to Dr. Al Grif fin, contest chairman. The new candidates are Miss Janet Walch. 907 South Peach street, Medford; Miss Mary Lou Larsen, 830 Taylor street. Med ford; and Miss Elaine Sorum, 1116 Dakota avenue, Medford. Vital statistics are as follows: Miss Walch is 14 years old, 5 feet 2 inches, 97 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes, a sopho more at Medford high school, and has dancing as a hobby. Miss Larsen is 16 years old, 5 feet 4 inches tall, 117 pounds, blonde hair and hazel eyes, a junior at Medford high school, with horseback riding and swim ming for hobbies. Miss Sorum is 15 years old, 5 feet 2 inches tall, 102 pounds, light brown hair and hazel eyes, a sophomore at Medford high school, and enjoys swimming and ice skating for hobbies. Others Entered Other contestants include Miss Margie Strader, Talent; Miss Kay Marie Fisher, Phoenix; Miss Janice Feldman, Jacksonville; and the Misses Kay Carrara, Donna Schrader and Anne Wea ver, all of Medford. Weekly prizes for the candi- I Wednesday, July 23, 1952 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE on the older planes will also be replaced by new square-tipped props that will deliver a greater thrust per unit of horsepower. The standardization will sim plify maintenance and operating procedures, Carson said. Eagle Point Revote Set on Fire Bonds Eagle Point A $15,000 bond election for new fire equipment for the city of Eagle Point will be held on Tuesday, July 29, ac cording to Sam Coy, city recorder. The whole city will serve as one precinct with a polling place open at the fire hall from 12 noon to 7 p.m. This will be the second elec tion on this question within a month. The first election, which passed by a considerable major ity, was declared invalid by the county assessor's office due to a legal technicality regarding posting of the election notice. Would Amend Charter The special election would amend the city charter to per mit an increase in the bonded indebtedness by the above amount. Election officials will be Char lotte Van Scoy, judge; Jessie Tycer, judge and clerk; and Donna Ashpole, judge and clerk. This is the third time this month that reelections have been held in Jackson county for legal deficiencies. Others have been held at Gold Hill and Rogue River. dates selling the most tickets (each ticket counts 100 votes) are given, and the final top three winners will be awarded $300, $200 and $100 wardrobes, re spectively, from Mann's depart ment store. The annual Queen's banquet will be held Thursday, July 31, according to Griffin, with the queen chosen the day before. 4-H Club News Howard 4-H Club The meeting of Howard 4-H club was brought to order by President Benson Foley at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Barnes. A club tour was decided on for July 20. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Barnes which were much enjoyed, judging by the looks of the members' faces. Allen Swearingen Jr. Reporter. Whale meat is invading Am erican markets. Ten million pounds of it are expected to be imported by the United States from Norway during the next 12 months. Some restaurants are beginning to serve whale mrat and it is appearing in large meat ana iisn marxets. Sams Valley Club Sams Valley 4-H Electricity club met July 18 at the home of our leader, E. L. Fredericks. We varnished our display splice boards. After the meeting we played games. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Fredericks. Lee Sanderson Reporter Dead line on Classified Ads: 5:30 p.m. for following day; 10 a.m. Mon day: noon Saturday for Sunday ajn Theodore Roosevelt popular ized the expression, "pussy-foot er. Cr eamettes MORE TfNDfR.W0RE DEUC10US nIACARONI Experience says: Dead line Sunday Classifieds Is at noon Saturdays. CE3II "Mi GflTR !suSar v " 1 kmmmAJ- We hear tell that there's a Maharajah or something in Asia who is paid as much gold as he weighs. No doubt he has money to burn. But for us more ordinary people money is pretty hard to come by. That's why savings are so important, because when money is put info the Jackson County Federal it earns substan tial dividends. The Maharajah needn't worry about dividends, but we ordinary folks can't let them get away. 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