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. His
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Glimpses of Oregon's
Shakespearean Festival
first big role was that of Bene
dick in "Much Ado About Noth
ing,"; Phil Hanson, director of
'Henry V," was Don Pedro in
the same production. Bill and
Phil had a children's radio pro
gram when they were at Wash
ington state together.
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."
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First Parachute Jump
Fatal for Woman
: Budd Lake, N. J. (U.R)
Young Dorothy Barard wanted
to take up her husband's dang
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parachuting.
The 20-year-old hpusewife got
her first opportunity Sunday
when the Sky Diver's club of
Harrison, N. J. an organiza
tion of steeplejacks who hit the
silk regularly for the fun of it
decided to initiate three new
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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.
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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.
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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
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"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
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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
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"Norwegians enjoy whale In
the form of steaks, sausage and I
a sort of whaleburger, which
tastes something , like your ham
burger," he added, but for the
American market, he expects to!
sticks to steaks.
The oil is used to make mar-i
garine, and the bones are ground :
up for cattle feed. j
Best way to prepare a whale,
steak, the expert said, is to fry!
it in a very hot pan.
Gjoberg said that he hjs:
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"Have lost 40 pounds," he
said. He claimed that the reason !
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