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c "O O O :rGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) Society and Clubs ri. Many Special Events Planned for Shakespearean Festival An hour-long radio adaptation of "Macbeth" in which Dr. Mar ?gory Bailey of Stanford plays Lady Macbeth,-was scheduled at the Ashland public library lec ture hall at 4 p.m. this afternoon, along with a discussion of the production history of , the famous .tragedy. This is one of many special events other -than the plays themselves to which visitors at tending the annual Shakespear All Artists Invited to Enter Show All southern Oregon artiils are invited to exhibit pictures in the annual Jacksonville Jubi lee art show to be held Saturday and Sunday. August 6 and 7 in the old city hall in Jacksonville. A fee of 50 cent3 per artist will be charged for hanging the pic tures. In . addition to awards given by the judges a popular vote will be conducted so that visitors may vote on the pictures O they judge best. 0 Artists should have their pic tures at the Jacksonville city hall at 7 p.m., Friday, and the judging will be done that same evening at 8:30 o'clock. The exhibits will be divided into two divisions, a junior di , vision for young persons through high school age, and the other will be for adults. First, second and third place awards will be given in both divisions. All media will be acceptable including oils, water color, black and white and others. Southern Oregon Society of Artists is in charge of the show, as in the past, though the mem ters stressed that all artists are invited to enter exhibits. John Ahem of Medford Art center is general chairman. Judges will be Warren Wolf, Medford senior high school art instructor; Steve Bayliss, art in structor at Medford junior high school,- and Miss Marion Ady, of the Southern Oregon college art department. 117 S. Central o t ' 1J o .- " w "j"w'is.J SSI I o 98c MEN'S SHORTS o Soxer style chambray short, in 6 attractive ft (colors. A real buy! I OOC ' G REG. 3.98 SPORT SHIRTS O - (Men's guaranteed washable shirts, short M M (sleeves. Choice of eight vat-dyed colors Jk9T9 SAVE ON SCHOOL SHOES Reg. 3.98 Girls' 2-strap oxford. Sizes 8',i to 3. Boys' oxford in sizes 11 to 3. SAVE! MAIL TRIBUNE ean festival this month will be welcomed. Other special events include the first concert of Elizabethan music, on the festival stage at 5 p.m. Sunday, August 7. There will be concerts at the same time and place each Sunday afternoon during the season. The public is invited without charge. Friday, August 12, the second library exhibit of the season will be held, this one featuring a very rare edition of Holinshed's "Historie of Scotlande" and other rare sources of Shake speare's plays. Other library ex hibits will be held on August 23. Both will be held at the Ashland public library and are free to the public. Lectures by Dr. Bailey and other scholars during the month include "The Villain Hero" on August 17 and "Processional of Kings" on August 25. The latter includes readings from the plays. The final lecture of the season will be "The Supernatural in Shakespeare's Plays" on August 30. Small charges will be made for all lectures, and will be held in the lecture hall of the library. Sunday, August 28, a display of festival costumes with ex planatory comments will be held at "The Hollies," the home of Mrs. Rose Robinett and Miss Victoria Tavener on Siskiyou blvd. The special events, with" the exception of the music programs, were arranged by Dr. Bailey, the festival's director of education. Chapter Changes Date for Picnic Central Point A picnic scheduled by member's of Ne vita chapter, Order of the East ern Star, has been postponed from August 7 to August 21, of ficers have announced. The event will be held at 1 p.m., at Casey's park. Plan Dinner Jolly Stitchers will hold a pot luck dinner Friday, August 5, at 6 p.m., at the home of Mrs. Don Robins, 1002 Jasper street, Med ford. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 Drevious day. WASH CLOTHS CUT PRICED 14c Large group regularly priced at 1 8c to 2ic. Ab sorbent cotton terry. Mony colors. Stock up now! 2.47 BIG SAVINGS FOR FRIDAY and SATURDAY Thursday, August 4, 1955 Shakespearean Films Booked; First August 7 Ashland Believing that "good theater is always good for the theater," officials of the Ore gon Shakespearean Festixal as sociation have expressed ap proval of the plan for the Lithia Drive-in theater to show three Shakespearean films during August. William Dawkins, publicity director of the Ashland festival and Jim Selleck, manager of the drive-in, believe that the film festival will be the only one of its kind in the country. The first of the three films will be a first-run showing of J. Arthur Rank's "Romeo and Jul iet" on Sunday, August 7. Others scheduled for the months are "Hamlet" and "Julius Ceasar." "Romeo and Juliet," which be gins the series, will run August 7, 8, 9. Filmed in Italy by an English company," critics have called it one of the "most beau tiful pictures ever filmed." Just recently released, it has not play ed previously in the valley. "Hamlet," produced and di rected by Sir Laurance Olivier, begins at the Lithia on Tuesday, August 16, and plays for three evenings. Like the others in the series, the film will be shown only once during the evening, at 8 p.m. "Julius Caesar" stars Marlon Brando as Mark Antony, and is the only American-made film of the three. It begins Sunday, August 28, and plays for three days. Selleck said that there would be no raise in prices for the films. Students may attend for the spe cial rate of 50 cents. Local CAP Officers Receive Promotions Medford squadron civil air patrol senior members who were promoted Monday to the grade of Warrant officer are Johnny Weber, communications; Harry Lawrence, assistant commandant of cadets and Duard Conway, assistant public information officer. The next meeting will be held Monday, August 8 at Twin Plunges in Ashland. Members are to take their fee for swim ming or refreshments. The giant water bug carries his unborn on' his back where they have been placed by the female. SUMMER FURNITURE REDUCED! Final clearance! Deck chairs, director's . chairs, semi-lounges, umbrellas, others. 3 Oil REG. 45c UTILITY MAT For use in the car or in the home. Black. Buy several now 69c SERVING TRAY Colorful tray, lithographed in 3-dimensional floral pattern. 17xl2" Smooth Performances By 'All's Well' Cast Praised by Reviewer William Shakespeare s unex celled ability to maintain spec tator attention and participation has made his plays comedies, tragedies, and histories live through almost four and one-half centures. This genius is exempli fied in Oregon Shakespearean Festival association's production of "All's Well That Ends Well." From opening trumpets, through Bertram's retreat from matrimony and Helena's determi nation and subsequent capture of the young count, to the final dialogue by the King of France, the delightful comedy held the attention of an almost capacity audience. Periodic dialogues directed to ward the audience, particularly those by Parolles and Helena, revived spectator participation as we'll as being informant re garding progression of the plot. Several Factors A play by Shakespeare must be considered on several factors whether or not lines are good, whether or not those lines are acted as the author meant them to be, and settings. Since the Elizabethan era, there has been added costumes and lighting, which greatly enhance any play. The association's replica of the Elizabethan theater, combined with Shakespearean costumes and highly competent players, has rightly done justice to the great playright. Fine acting jobs by Donald E. Soule as Bertram, Joan Kugell as Helena, Richard Graham as King of France, and Marjorie Schaffer as the Countess of Rou sillon should give spectators of "All's Well That Ends Well" enjoyable relaxation throughout the month. But 23 other players in a fine supporting cast cannot be slight ed. William Oyler, as Bertram's follower Parolles, whose unscru pulous deceiving helps awaken the young , count of Rousillon to the world around him, adds fla vorable comments on virginity. Other fine performances which deserve mention include that of Abe Kalish as Lavache, clown to the countess; Hubert Whit field Jr. as Lafeu; John T. Mac Phee as Rinaldo, steward to the countess; Richard Bacon as Duke of Florence; Eileen Frank as a widow of Florence, and Irene G. Phone 2-6241 CABLE REDUCED 4c ft. Reg. 6'4 non - metallic cable 2 wire No. 14. For indoor wiring in homes, shops. Reg. $15, 250 ft. coils Now 8.88 33c 27c Baird as Diana. It was Diana, daughter of the Florence widow, who so happily cooperated in Helena's intriguing trickery to acquire Bertram as a lawful husband. Smooth Production The production as a whole ran smoothly, and an understanding audience could easily overlook a moment of muffled noises from backstage when the main curtain failed to close tightly in one dialogue when settings were be ing changed. With additions of costumes and electric lighting to his pro duction, Shakespeare would in deed be more than satisfied with the association's version of the play. The closing scene, in which everyone seems to be confused (except the audience), is amus ingly heartwarming when things are straightened out, and Bert ram's Hellena, whom he thought dead, appears, to be accepted by the young count. Robert B. Loper has done an excellent job of direction, but credit also must be extended to those "behind the scenes" for their part in making the play a success. Revived enthusiasm for the Elizabethan playright, and en couragement for continued pro ductions as Shakespeare himself would have the plays produced, have resulted as this reviewer attended his first festival play by the association. The association deserves much praise for its annual production of Shakespeare's genius, and hard work and many rehearsals are rewarded by an ovations such as that shown for "All's Well That Ends Well." E.H.A. A cry of anguish from the publicity department of the fes tival greeted that part of the Mail Tribune's review of "Mac Beth" which said it ran for 23A hours. Actual running time, the department says, is 1 hours. On opening night the festivities started at 8:35 p.m., and the last curtain call was at 10:45 p.m., an elapsed time of 2 hours, 10 minutes. Subsequent productions of the magnificent play should take less than two hours. E.A. 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Veterans of Foreign Wars, sponsored enter tainment for the members at the Camp White Domiciliary Friday afternoon in the Recreation hall. Steelhead auxiliary of Shady Cove had charge of the program. Marilyn Learning, Carol Hale, Cecelia Kee, Donna and Linda Weitman and Sheri Watson ap peared in dances, Sharon Rob erts of Trail played the accor dion, and Ann Sanford gave sev eral solos. Sharon Roberts, Karon Britton, Oveta Walden and Virginia Walters also play ed accordion numbers. Sheri Watson of Shady Cove played two piano solos. At the close Ann Sanford Ipd commun ity singing accompanied by Jim Rea. Refreshments were servec by the auxiliary. Announcer for the program was Mrs. Carroll Wat son of Shady Cove VFW auxili ary. " , CALENDAR Calendar notices and newi tot the society section of The Mail Tribune must be submitted in writing and deadline for the Sun day edition is 1 p.m Friday Dead line for the weekly calendar is 8 a.m of the day of publication and for week day news is 5 ojn the day before publication Thursday 8 p.m. Phoenix NOW, Grange hall. 8 p.m. RNA, Pythian bldg. 8 p.m. FOE auxiliary, lodge hall. . Friday 10:30 a.m. Presidents and secretaries of Siskiyou district, Oregon Federation of Garden clubs, Hawthorne park. 11 a.m. Medford Truth cent er, Unity, Room 203, Holly the ater bldg. No Earthquake Loss Reported in Oregon Salem. U.R) Oregon was a safe place to be last year as far as earthquakes are concerned. Insurance Commissioner Robert Taylor reported that no losses weer paid by insurance compan ies for earthquake damages. A total of $77,730 was paid in premiums for protection against such damages. v Easy Way 7 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. wr- m v i i ca u u u u ii S. - DOZEN Ls India Missionary Speaker at Church The Rev. Don Hillis, mission ary in India sincg 1937, will speak at the Community Bible church. Central Point, at 7:45 p.m. today. The Rev. Mr. Hillis is a twin brother of Richard Hillis, founder and director of Orient Crusades. Both attended the Bible In stitute of Los Angeles and upon graduation went to the mission field. Richard went to China where he spent 17 years, was captured by Communists, and finally released. Don has been in India the past lSDyears. Mr. Hillis will speak on the activities of both Christian and Communist forces in India. The public is invited. . Coffee Probe Saved Money for Consumers' Washington U.R) The Fed eral Trade Corhmission estimates an investigation of coffee price increases It conducted last year saved American consumers $1, 500,000 a day. 0 The investigation, launched in January,1 1954, traced climbing coffee prices to a restrictive con tract used on the New York Cof fee and Sugar Exchange. The contract specified that ill Brazilian coffee bought in fu turs trading had to be shipped from the port of Santos. The FTC said it had the contract can celled early this year through a consent agreement with the ex-Q change. 0 Pendleton Armory Dedication Scheduled Salem (U.R) Pendleton's new $450,000 armoryivic center will be dedicated Aug. 25, ac cording to Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, OregonQadjStant generaL Q Gen. Rilea said he had been q informed that only minortanks remained to be completed in the construction of the building. NEW LOCATION tloderi Plumbing & SHEET METAL CO. 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