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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, November 13. 1955
A Nichol's Worth of . . .
Comment On This and That
By HARMAN
United Pr
Washington U.Ri A man in
Chicago has a new gimmick
wherebv the small fry can learn
table manners
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Karman NichoU
2"Wy--fl and play a
i u n e un a
spoon at the
same time.
I wish in
ventor James
Greco well
with Pat. No.
2.722,153.
He call his
brain child a
"mechan i c a 1
eatingutensil."
It will be produced in sets
knife, fork, and spoon, or can be
bought singly.
On the handle of reach is a
hollow tube, equipped with holes
on top, which when blown, can
make a noise like a tin whistle
or a flute. Tunes like "Yankee
Doodle," "The Old Gray Mare"
or "Brahms' Lullaby" can be
made to come out if one is bright
enough to blow hard and old
enough to finger correctly.
Idea is that music can be made
by mama or the kid himself and
is' supposed to put junior in such
a happy mood he will then turn
the instrument around the other
way and dig like crazy into his
mush, grits, or applesauce.
The Introduction
Greco is a little boy in his in
troduction to the description of
his musical eating tools. He says
he is aware of the fact that often
exasperated mothers have a
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devil of a time getting Frankie
or Patty to swallow their spin
ach. Greco let it be known that he
spent considerable time coming
to the aid of all with his brand
new invention.
Inventin' Greco puts it like
this in his prose filed with the
Patent Office: The blowing of
a tune into the tin-horn ends of
the spoon, musical eating device
will "provoke considerable
amusement sufficient in many
instances to distract the child so
that he may go on eating his
meal while somewhat simultane
ously amusing himself with his
noise-provoking spoon, fork or
knife, as the case may be."
Some Pranks
He doesn't anticipate any trou
ble with the high-chair set, but
trouble may come from Mama if
the younguns decide to play
some pranks, along with some
tunes.
Say there is alphabetical soup
on the tray at lunchtime one
day. Junior gives with a little
tune. Then he decides to use the
spoon end to dip into the soup.
Then, with his mouth full of
letters from "A" to "J" he takes
himself a deep breath and blows
real hard.
Not only does he clog up the
musical end of his eating tool,
but out comes part of the alpha
bet and all of the soup on mo
ther's clean dress.
Have you thought of that, Mr.
Greco. It could happen.
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II
Around Hollywood
tited
ALINE MOSBY
Press Correspondent
Hollywood (U.R) Cartoonist
Al Capp is in town today on an
enviable job: To eye bosomy
beauties in his
search for a
Daisy Mae and
a Wolf Girl
for the stage
and movie
version of
" 'Lil Abner.' "
The creator
of the famed
comic strip
Aline Mosby came here to
work on the script with the producer-writer-director
team. Nor-
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Sherry Feng Trial
Postponed One Day
Portland (U.R) Sherry Fong's
first degree murder trial has
been delayed again but this
time for only one day.
Multnomah County Circuit
Judge Alfred P. Dobson said the
illness of a juror in a case pre
ceding the murder trial would
cause postponement until Tues
day of the Fong case.
Sherry and her husband, Wey
Him Fong, were found guilty of
slaying 16-year-old Diane Hank,
but Judge Dobson overthrew the
verdict and ordered another
trial. Judge Dobson declared a
mistrial in Mrs. Fong's second
trial Nov. 1.
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SUNSHINE AND BEAUTY
Barbara Hilgenberg of Tuc
son radiates like the sunshine
in the winter resort of
Phoenix and the Valley of the
Sun after being named Miss
Arizona 1956 at the State Fair
in Phoenix. Barbara is one of
the first named who will com
pete in the Miss America con
test next year.
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Daily's U-Drive
Medford Airport
man Panama and Melvin Frank.
The stage version will splash
on Broadway this spring. The
movie version, in vistavision,
color, fancy sound, etc., follows.
Thus Capp, Panama and Frank
soon must solve the question
that's puzzled lovers of the "Fun
nies" who'll portray the charac
ters? Beauty versus Talent
"The more beautiful Daisy
Maes are out here. But she also
has to be a terrific song and
dance girl, and the talented ones
are in New York." sighed Capp.
'Marilyn Monroe, Mitzy Gay
nor, Kim Stanley and Judy Tyler
already have been mentioned for
the role. 'Lil Abner must be a
"young Henry Fonda who can
dance like Ray Bolger."
As for the Wolf Girl: "why do
you think we're writing the
play? So we can audition wolf
girls!"
Capp may not have to look
far. One sloe-eyed girl who used
to model for the cartoon is a
new Paramount star Carol
Ohmart.
Miss Ohmart Considered
"She's pretty sedate out here,
but muss up her hair and she's
a great Wolf Girl," said the car
toonist.
Fifteen years ago a 'Lil Abner
movie "that aspired to be a B'
was made but Capp shuddered,
"We're trying to buy up that lit
tle horror."
Ten years ago director John
Logan wanted Capp to collabo
rate on a musical. Milton Berle
was signed as Marryin' Sam and
Jose Ferrer as Available Jones.
"But I didn't want to work.
Logan got so mad he gave me up
and made 'Mister Roberts' and
'South Pacific'," grinned Capp.
"I'm more trustworthy now."
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