Around Hollywood
y AUNI MOSIY
(laired Frees Cerreaaaiident
Palm Springs OJ.B Tele
vision is gruelling to many act
tors but TV star Charles Farrell
decided today
it's a breeze
compared to
another job he
holds. -Farrell,
the
only TV actor
who is also a
saloonkeeper,
owns a swank
private tennis
, Aline Mosby
tuvwr lionaires and
movie stars, the Racquet Club,
launched 20 years ago this
Christmas in this cactus com
munity. Looking over the club's his
tory on its anniversary, the
suave TV star reflected that co
starring with Gale Storm in "My
Little Margie" on radio and TV
is "much easier" than catering
to his celebrated guests.
K f
"At the club you have to
greet people even if you don't
feel like it," said Farrell as he
relaxed in his tennis shorts by
the pool. . .
Buy Drinks
: "You have to play tennis, Peo-.
pie want to buy you drinks
he sighed. "A club must have a
personal touch and members ex
pect to see me here." ,
Even when he's working on
the "Margie" show Farrell drives
100 miles from Hollywood to
Palm Springs each week end and
often during the week.
The evolution of Charles Far
rell and his club is an unusual
success story. ' Farrell was a top
matinee idol of the silents and
early talkies. Even the club bar
tender hasn't forgotten when
Charlie wooed Janet Gaynor in
"Seventh Heaven" (he serves a
Seventh Heaven drink).
In 19S4 Farrell and actor
Ralph Bellamy (who later sold
I out) built two tennis courts in
Palm Springs, then whistle
stop on the desert, for their own
amusement. '
"We bought the land for $50
an acre," said Farrell. "Now It
might be worth $40,000 an acre'
Paul Lucas and Charlie Butter
worth were among their pals
who horned in on the courts.
As more friends wanted to play,
the Racquet Club ' expanded
gradually to more courts, a pool,
bar, dining room and rooms and
cottages for 100 guests, i,
Benny Show
Jack Benny , immortalized the
club 1 on his radio show; even
Farrell's program featured the
Racquet Club with another actor
playing Charles iarreu.
OPEN WEEKDAYS
8 a.m. to
12 Midnight
SUNDAYS
10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
We Give
NORTHERN
Trading Stamps
Get Full Value
from Your
Doctor's
Services...
Follow hit guidance carefully. Use the
treatment he prescribes faithfully. Keep
future appointments promptly, and be
a "good patient." ' ,
By so doing, you will get the best results
from your Doctor's services, and the full
benefit of Ms knowledge. It b good
- hidgment and good citizenship to so
help nature restore your full health. To
this end too, we provide complete stocks
of Parke, Davis & Company products
end other quality drugs and pharma
ceutlcals, to supplement our profes
sional services.
Phone
2-7113
FREE
Delivery
y NOe ""f;
f pSCDIPTI0NS '
DRUG CENTRE j
Double Stamp
Prescriptions
The club's 500 members from
all over the country include Bob
Hope, Vic Damone, Ginger Rog
ers, . Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh,
Cornell Wilde and Joan Craw
ford. One recent week end, I
watched Vei a-Ellen swimming
her 100 laps of the pool while
Edward G. Robinson playing
rummy and Dinah Shore and
George Montgomery played tea-nis.
Farrell quit pictures in 1938
because the club was successful
and "I wasn't enjoying my movie
parts." xnree years ago me ciud
helped him to an acting come
back when TV Producer Hal
Roach, a member, talked Farrell
into "My Little Margie."
"I only came back to acting to
take a fling at it," smiled Far
rell. I was only going to do 13
shows. .
"But I'm not quitting the
club. It's insurance. My TV show
may not last forever. But the
club's been going 20 years."
Rebekahs Announce
Friendship Night
Olive Rebekah lodge will ob
serve friendship night Monday,
November 1, at Medford IOOF
nau.
. Ashland, Central Point, Jack
sonville, Gold Hill, Grants Pass,
Kerby and Glendale Rebekah
lodges have been invited, as well
as visiting Rebekahs and Re
bekah newscomers in this area.
Mrs. John Daniel, noble grand,
has -announced that a program
and refreshments are planned to
follow a brief business meeting.
Olive Rebekah lodge officers
and those members who so desire
are asked to wear formal gowns.
t
Here's an idea for a fall des
sert that looks as autumnal as
its name Amber Russet
sounds. Dissolve a package of
orange-flavored gelatin in one
cup of hot prune juice. Add
a dash of salt and one cup cold
water. Pour into individual
molds and chill in your gas re
frigerator until firm. Makes 4
servings.
' J to.
iSm
Sunder October SI, 1954
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUWE SEVEN
The formidable giant Cuchullain, played by Pat Riley, gels
ready to snatch Mr. Meebly. the leprechaun, in one oi the opening
scenes of the play "The Giant of Knoclcmany." The production.
sponsored here by American Association of University women
will be presented Thursday, November 4, at 3:30 p.m. at the
Craterian theatre. , . . .
Children's Play Booked
At Local Theater Thursday
From the lips of the Irish bards have come stories of many
of Ireland's great heroic and legendary figures. The lives of two
of Ireland's great men and one of her legendary characters have
been interwoven into a delightful and humorous story named
"The Legend of Knockmany" and this is to be presented In Med
ford as a children's play Thursday, November 3.
The production is set for 3:30
p.m. at the Craterian theater
under the sponsorship of Med
ford branch, American Associa
tion of University Women.
As both Cuchullain and Finn
Mc'Cool were giants, not in
stature but in deeds of chivalry
and heroism, it is easy to under
stand why the vivid Irish imag
ination has been able through
the centuries to build the physi
cal stature of these two men to
match their personal glories.
In the play Cuchullain has be
come an aggressive giant. He
wishes to become the ruling
giant over all Ireland and can
hardly wait to cross over into
Ireland on the "pad road" which
Finn Mc'Cool, a gentle and
peaceful giant is finishing.
Oonagh, Finn's wife who talks
to the fairies, realizes the tre
mendous danger that awaits
Finn once the road is finished
and does her best to keep him
from finishing the task. How
ever, Finn does complete the
road and then realizes suddenly
the terrible contest which. Cuch
ullain is about to force upon
him.
Veteran Seaman Gives
Lively Demonstration
Detroit (U.R) Herbert Livs-
ly,. a Great Lake seaman for
more than half a century, is a
lively old' salt.
When well-wishers gathered
aboard the steamer Columbia to
help him celebrate his 72nd
birthday, Lively gave them a
demonstration of ladder climb
ing and ship polishing. He is a
second mate, on the vessel.
Lively got his first job on a
Great Lakes ship in 1002. -
"I've been : on water ever
since," he said. :
i
One-Armed Carpenter
Never Hits Finger
Davenport, Ida. U.R) Harry
Klindt, now building his second
house, is one carpenter who
never worries about hitting his
finger with the hammer. He has
"only one arm.
Klindt, a World War I veter
an who lost his left arm in a
threshing accident after he was
out of service, said he has no
trouble hammering nails.
"I just stick the nail In the
wood with my hand, then pick
up my hammer and ppund."
Dead Una for Sunday Classified la
at noon Saturday.
... Apples are plentiful now, tart
and delicious! Why not try to
make baked apples more glam
orous, by making a lemon
sauce to serve with the hot bak
ed apples. The Gas Appliance
Manufacturers association gives
another tip to : dress up this
chopped almonds topped with
whipped creaml Real fancy.
Per capita coffee consump
tion In the U.S. amounts to 19
pounds per year, v . . . . ;
VM7
TAKE
UP TO
IBM
LOANG
BORROW TODAY!
FAST
CONFIDENTIAL
LOANS ON YOUR
SALARY, FURNITURE
OR AUTOMOBILE
24 Months to Repay
American Finance Corp.
126 NORTH BARTLETT
S285
PHONE 2-8886
M362
The "fifteen-minute break" is here to stay!
Fine ....providing it decrtases nervous tension as intended.
Some folia, however, come back from a break
more keyed up than if they'd never left the grindstone.
They ought to twitch to milk
Milk hi always good, always refreshing. So are loti of things.
But only milk builds you up as surely as it relaxes you.
Only milk agrees with you tvtry time, any time.
.v '
MILK PRODUCERS LEAGUE
In the second act of the play,
Oonagh decides to use her wits
to help .her husband and enlists
the . aid of her sister, Granua,
who helps to devise a means by
which Cuchullain can be brought
to his knees.
In addition to the five live
actors who comprise the cast,
one additional and very Import
ant member of the cast is a crea
ture of wood and wires created
especially for this production by
the Lesselli Marionettes.
Named Mr. Meebly, this little
creature has "taken over the
show from the members of the
cast and is rapidly assuming all
of the characteristics of a lepre
chaun," according to reviews.
What is a leprechaun? In Irish
folk tales, a leprechaun is class
ified as a "pygmy sprite" who is
generally supposed to be In mis
chief most of the time, but who
will offer assistance to humans
who are kind to him.
Mr. Meebly is pale green, the
color of the Irish woods from
which he comes. His voice and
manipulation have been assigned
to Walter Murphy who also
plays the role of the cousin;
Tickets are available from
AAUW members and will also
be on sale at the city schools
for two days prior to the play.
Past Chiefs' Club
Schedules Meeting
Past Chiefs club will meet
with Mrs. Joe Cook, 124 King
street, Wednesday, November 3,
at 1 p.m. Mrs. Ida Ireland will
assist the hostess.
Pythian Sisters plan a session
Tuesday, .November 2, at 8 p.m.,
in the Pythian building.
mum i id II. "" .,.- " '
'' '
i ' iftfiimiariiat Whiiftaaaiiiiiiriii
This smart cotton dress was
on of the garments featured in
a special fashion program pre
sented at the International
Dairy show in Chicago in early
October. All the clothing entered
was made from cotton feed
sacks and wfes part of the 1954
"Save With Cotton Bags" sewing
eontest. Thousands of garments
made from cotton feed, flour and
fertiliser sacks war modeled.
Sleep well at the...
PLAZA
Broadway at
Washington
In
Downtown Portland
ATwater 5227
itiMmmniniiittm
r7vn i
A LOW PRICED
QUALITY DRYER
with Features Vswaffjr Fawnd
)
L Only ln"De luxe Model! p f I I
ptowijiamlftnii. ...m Ate . j VTVJL f
Ss(L . Diyra...aoMglvayoioMKfc far aa Mitel I fHZZfrff JA
Hot's w iupon-aaicia baawty wHh I 1 STJgfJ
I l .z iWTJ I I I (9(1 V i pviWM Hw air i . . laaapt
. : Kittm "mtkftnl. Aennesf Petfad drying twnpwotwi tot
aj. er a ai AVfV fubf loVMI DfOClOUl IMVf
-MxrniiZtorz.
SMVCS YOU Hie muMy "Van I Ooy" loaap
Ma vtolaa) ,..ia yewc doth wH hove She fceaav
tweet ama of iMwwar mhhMm oil year long . .
without Mm-fading. HomlHon's fully automatic "Dtat
Control" . . . Fabri-Dlal and 130-Minute Timer . . .
nun parfect drying ol evefy fabric . , . every Hmel
CletkM damp dry m 20 to 30 mbwtoe . . . Mly aVy,
toody to fcW ond pt away In 0 to 40 nitnXiil
1314 . r
1
SUN-C-DAY Lamp
Summer Frethneas all year tongl
Your Hamilton wttRKVioM lamp
pwriflas ma ok ,
woedarfvlly rh taaaHingl
FABRI-DIAL
Tamparotw Control
. synthetics... ilrmrycHd the fob ,
' . rk yoe inland to dry. v
TVrt avarovalood kdriadmctbovt X) .
minutoa, bS yo con telacf up to 130
mlnvtM for special proied like pillows
and shag mat, etc,
O GLASS IN DOOR
' When yoe can tee Dm dome, IhayVe
dry, ready to come eat. Saves Mgvee ,
lug" and itoppmg the dryer to check.
CARRIER -CURRENT
Air Circulation
Ctothea ore oodtod hi a garmV-movlrig
dream of warm, dry ok. No violent
toreed-alr drying. The faded, gentled
drying faiowrtl
V"
ifPfufih 'TaaiaaaloalW'M I B
fTnTfirii 1 mina r 1
TPS . WjvnUton. ''.'j ' fOB 1
X rlYiTl - Uk WaiWr I J '
Also Do Luxa OAS MocMs
from $219.93 up
Hamilton the folks who made worklet washdays possible I
Now...rW k k...HamiHo'a
MocM 242-1. ..a Dryor that has
everything and doos verythlng
yoa'vo (rvor rjt oamexl of, all at
a sortsaHonany law pricol
Hamilton gavo womon ttw first Av
tomatic Dryor...Now Hamilton pea
sants tha first and flnost . . . BwdgoN
Prlcad Dryr...wrrh all tha Important
II
G3EDF0RD E
FREE DELIVERY
ANYWHERE
TOR
E
SIXTH AND BARTLETT PHONE 2-4848 OR 2-4740
v