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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Festival Footnotes With the start, of dress re hearsals, many new problems arise to confront members of the cast. A costume suddenly be comes a stubborn monster that won't go on just when an all important entrance is coming up, a curtain is closed when it has been open all summer, the light in the prompter's box burns out, leaving the prompter and her script in almost total darkness, and a cat comes wan dering out on stage during a dramatic scene. The purpose of dress rehearsals is to straighten cut all these problems, and to insure smooth performances. Although most of the props for the four shows are ready for use, some are not available, and the directors have asked the ac tors to substitute another prop to get the feel of handling some thing. One such substitution during recent "Tempest" re hearsals brought giggles from the small fry seated near the stage. Bill Ball, portraying Ariel came on stage strumming on a huge wooden axe instead of the lute which the script demanded. The latest addition to the fes tival cast is a half-grown gray kitten which followed Dion and Virginia Chesse home from the B and G one night after rehear sal. The Chesses gave the kitten to Jerry LeGrand, the head tech nician, who promptly namer her Katharine after the character Virginia plays in "Henry V." Katharine caused quite a sensation by making an en trance during one of the French scenes in "Henry," and again by jumping out of the prompt box during a picture - taking session after the first dress re hearsal of "Much Ado About Nothing." One of the best-liked actors in this year's cast is Bill Oyler, a quiet young man from the State of Washington. Bill is not new to the festival, having spent last summer in Ashland and one season with the Vining Reper tory company. He is just under six feet tall, has very curly hair that is turn ing gray, weighs about 175 pounds and has gray eyes. Al though a bachelor, he doesn't consider himself very eligible because he owns a '41 Chevrolet convertible, and says, "I can't afford to support both a wife and a car, and the car can't talk bark to me." Bill was born in Washtucna, Wash., and spent most of his grade school and high school years in Colfax, Wash., where he played football and basket ball. The colleges he has attend ed include Washington State col lege, Notre Dame, University of Illinois and Stanford univer sity. He has a masters degree in drama from Stanford. Bill was in the navy from 1942 through 1946, and is a lieutenant (jg) in the reserves. His parents are now living in Sacramento, Cal. Bill first became interested in acting when he was attend ing Washington state studying to be a radio announcer. 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Bill thinks his best part so far has been Tom, in the Palo Alto Community Playhouse pro duction of Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie." His major role this summer is that of Mar cus Brutus in "Julius Ceasar" a part he has always wanted to do. Pistol, the role he has car ried over from "Henry IV, Part 2" to "Henry V," is his best comedy part. "Like most hams, I would also like to do Hamlet some day," he- remarked as he worked on a Roman helmet for "Julius Caesar" in the costume room. A copy of Shakespeare's plays went, through the war in Bill's duffel bag, and he used to read Shakespeare over the ship in tercom at 3 a.m., to calm the nerves of the crew. Bill's main hobby is color photography, and he also has a deep interest in philosophy. He prefers Saint Bernard dogs to children, as they would make less noise when he is trying to study. He acts for fun, and not the money which is occasionally brings, but thinks directing is more challenging intellectually. The productions he has direct ed include "Six Characters in Search of an Author," the Stan ford Gaities and the Vining Rep ertory Droduction of "Anti gone." One of Bill's talents is the ability to ad lib and stay in character, and he has often re lieved tension at rehearsals by this little trick. During a recent "Tempest" rehearsal, which was interrupted by a thundershower, he answered Paul Reinhardt's line, "But one spirit at a time I'll fight their legion o'er." In stead of saying "I'll be your second." it came out "I'll be your parasol." In the future Bill hopes to secure a teaching job in a uni versity or try his luck in Holly wood. If he becomes a teacher, he hopes to spend his summers in Europe studying European ! staging or acting in summer stock. Bill also hopes to receive a Ph. D. from Stanford some day. He concluded the interview Friday by saying, "I would like some-day to become educated." R.S. First Parachute Jump Fatal for Woman : Budd Lake, N. J. 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J2.50 plus tax Monday, July 28, 1952 Medford Girl Wins Conlesl of Week Jacksonville Miss Kay Car rara won the weekly queen's contest for the week ending July 25 for the Gold Rush Jubilee with 45,000 votes, according to Dr. Al Griffin, contest chair man. ... Miss Kay Fisher, Phoenix, was second with 19,800 votes, Miss Donna Schrader, Medford. was third with 15,000 votes and Miss Anne Weaver, Medford, was fourth with 10,000 votes.' .Besides weekly prizes, the fi nal top three will receive ward robes from Mann's department store valued at S3 00, S200 and $100, respectively. Votes are members. - Mrs. Barard was taken up as the only passenger in a Piper Cub for her first jump. Hus band Joseph Barard, president of the Sky Divers, and several hundred spectators watched her bail out from 2,000 feet. The expression of amusement on their faces slowly changed to horror when the parachute failed to open. Mrs. Barard landed in a cabbage patch near the Budd lake Airport. She was killed instantly. Our Is I Flash A Nichols' Worth of Comment On BY HARMAN United Press Washington (U.R) Not so long ago, a new dish called "whale steak" appeared on the Friday menu at the National Press club. The m e m bers, who will argue about anything from politics to ro mance among the tse-tse flies, began to argue about whether the whale is an Harmon Nichols animal or a fish 'and whether Catholics ought to chew it on Friday. ; gained by selling tickets to the Jubilee worth 100 votes a piece. ' The queen will be selected this Wednesday, and together with her court, feted at the an nual queen's banquet . on July 31. She will reign over the two day Jubilee this Saturday and Sunday. Other queen contestanst in clude the Misses Janet Walch, Mary Lou Larsen and Elaine Sorum, all of Medford; Margie Strader, Talent, and Janice Feld man, Jacksonville. usual big trade-in allowance-pjus free Armour hamsf MARINE MARVAIR qP . -:: it if""' tm WW Defrosting Door Shelves Butter Conditioner ' Full 30 NORTH GRAPE This and That W. NICHOLS Feature Writer One husky lugged down the big Webster and quoted that great book as defining a whale as a mammal. The argument went on for some time and finally, whale steaks were stripped from the program, partly because of the controversy and partly because whale is hard to come by in this country. Favored by Vatican But the argument has been settled. Someone found out that the Vatican already has ruled: Cave Junction Logger Injured in Accident Ralph Sowell, 50, Cave Junc tion, was injured in a logging accident . in .the -Illinois Valley Saturday and was reported "rest ing" by Sacred Heart hospital at tendants. No details were available on the accident, but Sowell, who is self-employed, was given first aid at Cave Junction before be ing brought here. Upon admit tance to the hospital, he was suffering "considerable shock" and several fractures, attendants said. Full-Width Freezer - Length Cold STREET "Whale meat may be regarded as fish . . .' underwater creatures may be considered fish, e$en thought they may frequently come ashore for a brief siesta. All creatures that swim atop water . . . shall be considered meat. The dish soon may be back on the press club and other menus. The whaling season is on now in Norwegian waters, where most of the whales are caught. ' A Norwegian businessman and whaler named Kristian Gjiberg says last year he imported 80,- 000 pounds of frozen whale from his homeland. Better Results Hoped "It wasn't nearly enough," he said. "The season in 1951 was the worst in 20 years. We hope for better results with this year's catch. Maybe I can import as much as 2,000,000 pounds this year. The American market eventually may be good for; 5,000,000 pounds a year. It's get-; ting very popular." And what's more it's good. It! tastes something like f i 1 e t j mignon. Whaling today, Gjilberg said, i is about the same as it always! has been. The boat crews ap-j proach a school of whales and 1 harpoon them. ! Most of his steaks come from: the finback whale, which grows j as big big as 80 feet in length, j and weighs about 80 tons, al though the average is somewhat smaller. I Mention 3 fender, delicious ARMOUR STAR When You Buy Any Yes! Take home this family feast ; : ; 3 BIG tender, delicious Armour Star Canned Hams will be delivered for you to your favorite food dealer's. It's our free gift to you when you buy any Admiral 11 cu. ft. conventional refrigerator NOW. A big new 1952 Admiral, with the newest, fastest automatic defrosting ever 7-MINUTE FLASH DEFROSTING! 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