Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 25, 1955, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextO EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) Top Press Agent Now Has Granddaughter, Six Feet in Height, Worked ?y H. D. QUIGG United Press Correspondent New York (U.R) Jim Moran, the man who brought derring-do to the press agent business, now has his granddaughter in the act. The granddaughter, now two years old, is about six feet tall, She's making her stage debut tonight in a Broadway musical. . She eats half a pound of No. 2 gravel a day and is fond of whole corn, raw green vegetables, . fruits, and ten-penny nails. Record Besmudged The record is dim and be smudged in places, but as near as conscientious historians can make out, Moran is the only human being in the history of the race to become grandfather to an ostrich. Moran, lest we forget and how can we when he keeps remind ing us?, is the man who found a needle in a haystack and sold a refrigerator to an Eskimo, to name hut two of his giant didos. And those of you who remem ber 1946 will recall that Moran skewered that year to history by . sitting himself on an ostrich egg for 23 days. Hatched Ostrich Egg And on the 23rd day it hatch ed. The offspring thus begat was named Ossip. Moran under took the feat for science to see whether there's enough heat in the average human male hatch ing apparatus to hatch an aver age ostrich egg. He proved there is. He resents the implication, which gained some currency in both human and ostrich circles at the time, tha't there was a commercial tieup in his experi ment in that during the period of hatching he was constantly reading a book entitled 'The Egg And I." Ossip now lives in San Bernar dino, Calif., "enjoying life," ac cording to Moran. When Moran learned that the producers of the hit musical "Fanny" were look ing, for someone to play the part of an ostrich in a circus scene, he naturally thought of his own family. r - T MAGS ffCOOS A ' l SELF WINDING WRIST WATCH f 4lHfcWJy .nly; This self winding watch is water and IlryV'-fffsl' shock resistant. It is also anti-magnetic, f " "2 imfhfhyM i? has sweep second hand and the luminous J- I r9y f dri$ 'j'Jw- Js typ dial. The Band is leather. rn i ,s AB,i-Has"e,ic fe-rv tm it I t I ex ',0 ,'loe't water resistant. y- - . m STftVuK f 1 1 His luminous dial, a steel back. I Vsf- J fcvrfHL JLcirT A WSUG jk sis? Injf ' (ff- h- , U", JCrV WEISFIELD'S JEWELERS, 122 Main St., Medford V " " M J IjJ "i I 11 7V Please send me the Man's Automatic Wrist Watch as advertised at 0 A J "l.-J n.l J 29.95 ( ) Man's Witch, at 19.95 ( ). I am enclosing $..... yy and will send $ - per month or $ per week until the Q: JVt iyW entire balance is paid. SSWt' NAME 1 PHONE I ADDRESS HOW LONS . "" CITY : ZONE STATE.. HUSBAND'S OR WIFE'S FIRST NAME ; . :. 122 EAST MAIN ST. - MEDFORD I where employed how long Store Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. credit references , :. Wed. 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Firm Names and Where Located) J MAIL TRIBUNE He went to California. He got l Ossip's daughter They drove back together, Moran in his car and his granddaughter caboosing along in a special $500 trailer with her neck and head sticking up high above the roof, like the periscope of .a submarine on the prowl. The fact that the grandaugh ter is named Fanny, the same as the musical, is purely inci dental. The name is printed in big letters on the sides of the trailer. Any suggestion that Mo ran is publicizing the musical is invidious, and unworthy of you as a moral citizen. Rehearsed for Play "Many people say it's my in fluence, since I know the pro ducers that got her on the stage," Moran said. "That's not true. She got in there on her own merits. She's rehearsed for a week. Now that she has a job, she'll settle down and pay her Portland Traction Hearing Contiued Portland (U.R) A hearing on Portland Traction Company's one-third cut in interurban serv ice to Oregon City and Bellrose will be continued in Salem Nov. 2. - Yesterday, 14 patrons on the line testified against the Aug. 21 cuts. Three persons said the hew schedule affected pleasure skat ing in Oaks park. W. K. Romans, president of the Oaks Social club, said at tendance at the group's meetings had dropped 15 per cent and that he had received many com plaints from skaters that the new schedules were not timed right for skaters. Mrs. Grace Sprague, a resident of the Bellrose line, said the cut affected her "spiritual and so cial life." . - :. Some witnesses indicated the schedule threatened their ability to earn a living because their working hours' did not. corres pond to PTC interurban schedules. - -, i Tuesday, October 25. 195S Into Act own way. Her starting salary is $85 a week, which is- also the starting salary for human be ings." This reporter went with Mo ran and Fanny to introduce Fanny to her new home a stall in the stable of a man named Hoppalong Abramowitz. Not Easy lo Escort There was some to-do in es corting Fanny from her trailer to her stall. Ostriches don't escort easily, especially six-foot ones. Moran, a tower-tall man with a professor's goatee, and Hopalong Abramowitz, a stump-squat man, finally both grabbed her by the neck and the-' seat of the pants, like bouncers escorting a drunk. . Only she escorted them, once underway. Luckily, she headed toward, and into, the stable. The stableside crowd, which had gathered quickly, cheered. Mo ran emerged spent and panting. "An ostrich's grandfather's work is never done," he said. Court Records POLICE COURT Margaret Orthene Phair. violation of the basic rule, $10. Richard Stearne Trites, violation ol the basic rule. S10. Earl Alvin Winchester, violation of the basic rule, $10. DISTRICT COURT James Alanson Lewis, overload, $42; following to close. $15. Thomas Alfred Hicks, failure to stop at a stop sign, $10. Helen Wanda Sowell, violation of the basic rule, $15. William John Cook Jr., truck speed ing, $6. John Arleigh Heath, passing with insufficient clearance. $15. Samuel Russell Wier, failure to stop at a stop sign, $10. William Stanley Avist, falsified application for a hunting license, $15. Henry Markas Christoffersen, fail ure to stop at a stop sign. $10. Oliver Burns Elridge, failure to dim headlights, $6. Lorraine Evelyn Zimmerman, no operator's license, $7.50. Joseph Dwight Zimmerman, no mo tor vehicle license. $5. Kenneth Dale VanAusdall. violation of the basic rule, $15. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Charles Lincoln McWhorter, 28, of 125 South- Oakdale ave. .and Winona Rose German, 24, of 2932 Barbara St.. Ashland. William David Garrett, 29. Rogue River, and Beulah Mae Harkey, 22, of 665 Clay St., Ashland. Harry Gallup Sanford ' Jr., 22, Shady Cove, and Marjorie Jeanne Newman, 18, of 209 Ashland ave. Truman Says UN 'Last Hope' To Avoid Destruction Kansas' City, Mo. U.PJ For mer President Harry S. Truman last night termed the United Nations "man's last hope" to avoid total destruction. The former president spoke in an American Legion hall to 2000 persons observing the 10th anni versary of the founding of the United Nations. No Choice "There is no choice between the. United Nations and some thing better only between the United Nations and internation al anarchy," Mr. Truman said. "We've had to fight to main tain the UN charter,". Mr. Tru man said. "The charter was giv en new life and hope during ag gression. "The most difficult decision I had to make while in the White House was whether to send troops to Korea. I had to make it. It was the right decision and I would make it again today un der the same circumstances." Important Development Mr. Truman said the most im portant development in the UN in its 10 years was the growth and prestige of the General As sembly. . "There is not a veto in the General Assembly," he said, "and the Assembly's votes are more effective than the Security Council's veto. "It was not so in the begin ning. But today the General As sembly speaks with a power and an authority the Security Council cannot ignore." The former president said the charter, from time to time, must need revision. He likened the charter to the' United States Constitution, saying one of its greatest merits was its adapt ability to change. TREE PLANTING DAY Oakridge, Ore. (U.R) The third annual chamber of com merce tree planting day will be held here next Saturday. This year's planting site will be at Old Camp Five, 13 miles north of Westfir. 4- Russian Newsmen Stop at Salt Lake Salt Lake City (U.PJ-Seven touring Russian newsmen took it easy today with hopes they won't have to face any more mobs of anti-Communist demon strators. The visiting , group arrived here from Cleveland last night. They decided to bypass Chicago because the State Department would not give them a "flat guarantee" against anti-Soviet demonstrations. The group had asked for the guarantee after a fist-waving mob of 50 demonstrators con fronted them in Cleveland yes terday. Spokesmen for the newsmen said upon their arrival here that the decision to visit he Utah capitol city , was based on. the fact that there is no heavy con centration of peoples from So viet sattelite nations in the area. Immigrants and displaced per sons from Russian satellite countries were believe respon sible for the demonstration in Cleveland. Today the newsmen will at tend the noontime organ recital in the Salt Lake Mormon Taber nacle as their first official act in the city. Later in the day they will con fer with city officials and go sight-seeing. They are also sched uled to visit San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Washing ton. Owyhee Bishop Hurt In Mishap on Farm Nyssa (U.R) James Peter son, 35, bishop of the Owyhee ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, was injured critically yesterday when he fell into the machin ery of his power potato digger. Peterson was taken to Mal heur memorial hospital with a fractured leg, back abrasions and other injuries. He was harvesting the last of 35 acres belonging to the Mor mon church when the accident occurred. His wife said she saw him apparrently lose his bal ance and topple into the power machinery. AO!) uCD.D C3 W I f I K 1 I- XD U L: I lllVlTtl 13 V3 11 1 " m 1 I I I II I 1 f I Wood anti-tarnish AOfl I WkV 1 l If Storage Chest. ... .1 ' " ' ti !TireiTJrereTi1ia 122 EAST MAIN ST. - MEDFORD Store Hours: 9:30 a. ml to 5:30 p.m. Wed. .9:30 a.nu to 9 p.m., Behind Scenes Br WILLIAM EWALD United Press Correspondent New York (UP.) Random notes on "The $64,000 Question"" after watching it on-the-spot. The convertible, a pale blue job, that's wheeled on stage dur ing the show isn't the same one that's given to contestants as a consolation prize. It's a number that has been specially rubbed down to keep it from glaring in the camera eye. The sponsor says it costs $900 along each week to move the convertible in and out, pay the various union crews that must handle it. wash and Dolish it and drain it of all Pas nnri crac fumes. The fire denartment checks the last process. The chauffeur who sits behind thp wheel of the car actually isn't oxiving it at au the convertible is pushed on - stage by f o.ur brawny crewmen who remain out of camera range. Long Waiting List The studio from which "the $64,000 Question" orieinates seats about 850 persons. At the present time, there's about a one-month's wait for the ducat. It ranks fifth in demand at CBS- TV After Arthur Godfrey, Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason and Herb Shriner. Close friends and relatives of contestants are dared in rentpr row seats downstairs so the cam era can zero in while contest ants are deliberating. The con testants themselves are seated in front, downstairs at the begin ning of the program (when they're on camera), then slipped backstage while the first com mercial is running. L,ynn Dollar is the name of the blonde who escorts contest ants into the isolation booth. She's an actress and model and has been using the moniker for about three vears. Ben Feit, the bank vice-president who unlocks the big ques tions,, has a stand-in-another bank official named .lamps Ae new. Feit, incidentally, has four fan clubs in Los Angeles Miami, Boston and Denver. Three Bank Guards The bank guards who flank Feit are George Etique, George Sullivan and Jim Corcoran. Etique is a regular; the other two alternate. - Hal March, the ' emcee, occu - V.MV of The $64,000 Question' pies a tiny dressing room on the first floor. It's the 'noisiest spot in the joint since it's right off the only water fountain. Before the studio audience files in, March and a couple of production assistants do a screw ball spoof of the show in the dry run before the camera. Sample question: "Who is the manager of the Milan Opera House?" An swer: "Bartolomeo Casey Sten gel." Perhaps the strangest part about the show is that the man who cooked it up, Louis Cowan, never sticks around to watch it the studio. Like 50,000,000 "THE ASTRID" Exquisite 15-DIAMOND WEDDING In a 14-Karat gold mounting NO MONEY DOWN ONLY $1.25 WEEK (liiuxtratioR enlaraed o show detail) Listen to "Weisfieid's Mike" Every Monday, Wednesday, t .Friday, 9:45 a.m. Over KYJC 0 1315 Buy en Weistf tvYi n cm No Interest No Carrying Charge New Version of a Lovely Old Pattern ' Rogers new version of Hie favorite rose motif is framed in a simple, triple line border with the floral design' massed inside a slender panel. EXTRA PLATE In addition to overall plating most used pieces are extra plated, for beauty and rein forced with an overlaid deposit of silver at point of greatest wear to insure years of service. 1 Q0Q6 Qfl (BGSW Weisfieid's Jewelers, 122 E. Main St., Medford Please send me the 52-pc. Set of Charmaine Silver plate as advertised at 14.88. I am enclosing $ and will send $..' ". per month or $ , per week until the entire amount is paid. Name.. i . Phone Address-City Husband's or wife's first name Employed by Credit References- -SDiiDiiiianoomiDi. other Americans. Cowan sweats it out before a TV set at home. !13 '4 1 BAND' I 1 1 Ear. EC 1' ictt ield's Easy Terms Here's What You Get: 8 Dinner Forks 8 Dinner Knives 8 Soup Spoons 8 Salad Forks 16 Teaspoons 2 Tablespoons 1 Butter Knife 1 Sugar Shell How long- Zone State..- How long.. (Firm Names and Where Located)