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Kiwanians Slaie
Audition Party For
Yearly Kapers Show
Residents of the Rogue River
valley, who sing, dance, play
musical instruments or perform
novelty numbers and who have
stage ambitions, will have an
opportunity Friday, Feb. 3, to
try out for one of the big local
productions of the season.
Medford Kiwanis club is hold
ing a tryout party on that date
to review prospective talent for
its annual Kiwanis Kapers var
iety show. The party is schedul
ed to start at 7 p.m. in the sen
ior high school band room.
Solo or group specialty acts
particularly are wanted for the
show which will be presented
Feb. 29 and March 1, 2 and 3.
All persons interested who are
junior high age or over may turn
out at the party for auditioning.
There are no openings in the
cast for younger performers, Ki
wanians said.
Refreshments Served
Refreshments will be served
at the party. The band quarters
'are in room 32 at the high
school. Kiwanians suggested that
those coining for auditions en
ter the building by the rear en
trance. Dr. Abner Clark is in charge
of the tryout party. Don Hanson
of Lassen Productions, a profes
sional director, will arrive here
Feb. 2, to begin work in the all
local talent show. A casting and
tryout session for Kiwanians and
their wives will be held Satur
day, Feb. 4.
The Kapers, annual and major
fund-raising project of the ser
vice club, will have a holiday
theme this year. Performances
will be in the senior high school
auditorium.
Writer Learns of Earlier Hillbilly
Life While Under Spell of Hypnosis
Former Residents Here
Featured in Article
A former Medford couple,
Floyd and Ella Price, are featur
ed in an article appearing recent
ly in a trade journal. The Prices
own and operate the Elkhorn
cafe and service station, one of
the landmarks of the tiny com
munity of Sumpter, Ore.
The community, high in the
Blue mountans of Whitman. Na
tional forest, was once a bust
ling mining city of 10,000 resi
dents. Price was a logger in Med
ford before Reaving for the
mountain town.
Committee To Study j
Recreation Formed
Salem (U.R) The Oregon
' recreation committee to study
and promote recreational facili
ties in this state organized here
last night and elected Don Jan
uary of Eugene as chairman.
' Miss Dorothea Lensch of
Portland was named secretary.
The committee was created
after the 1955 legislature dis
cussed a study of the state's ov-
G erall recreational situation.
By ALFRED LEECH
United Press Correspondent
Chicago !U.R) It seems I was
a hill billy in a "previous life."
At least that's what my session
with hypnotist Arthur Ellen
would indicate.
I don't believe a word of it,
and told Ellen so. He smiled, but
wouldn't commit himself, either
way.
Ellen, now appearing at the
Black Orchid, is the fellow who
hypnotized a girl on television in
a $100,000 showdown. This tidy
sum, stacked on a table within
arm's reach, was hers if she
could pick it up. But under his
spell she couldn't.
One of the few nightclub per
formers paid to put his audience
to sleep, Ellen works fast.
Within seconds, I was under.
Ellen's voice seemed far away. I
was standing at the time, and he
told me I was falling backward.
I recall his catching me as I
rocked back on my heels.
Seated in an easy chair, I
could not arise. 1 remember
struggling to get up, finally fall
ing back breathless.
Story of 'Earlier Life'
My colleague, Bruce Johnson
of United Press, said I was red
in the face from the exertion.
After that I don't remember
too much, but a tape recording
told the sketchy story of my
"earlier life." It was a weird ex
perience listening to the record
ing of what I had said under
hypnosis.
The first scene I "recalled"
was a bear emerging from the
mouth of a cave. The year was
1870 and I was 21. It was some
where in Kentucky. I didn't
know exactly where-
There were men and women
standing around, and there was
a fat man with an axe over his
shoulder.
I lived in a cabin by the fork
of a river, and I died in bed at
the age of 30. 1 knew I was going
to die because I had a fever.
But there were a couple of im
portant items I failed to recol
lect. I didn't know my name,
and I couldn't tell exactly where
I lived.
Just a Picture
"The scenes you recalled may
have been bits of a story you
once heard and forgot," Ellen
said. "Perhaps the locale was
from a picture or painting you
once saw."
Before the "previous life" ex
periment, Ellen took me through
"age regression" back to my
third year of life. Seems I had
a red automobile, one of those
little cars kids sit in and push
with pedals.
I've always remembered the
little red car, but I did not re
call, the incident Ellen brought
out under hypnosis. A couple of
bigger boys stopped me one day
as I pedaled down the sidewalk
and threatened to take the car
away from me.
I beat it for home, and maybe
I've been frustrated ever since,
I who knows?
Officials Of Ashland
Discuss City Levies,
School District Tax
Literature of County
Distributed At Shows
Attractions of Medford and
Oregon are being shown to some
100,000 vistors from the mid
west during the nine-day Kansas
City sports, travel and trailer
show. Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce literature is being
distributed showing vacation pos
sibilities of this area.
Representatives from the state
also encouraged Oregon vaca
tions at the San Francisco auto-
bile show which closed Jan. 18.
Jackson County Chamber pub
licity and promotion displays
will appear in eight major pro
motional events throughout the
midwest, Texas and California
through its affiliation with the
Pacific Northwest Travel associ
ation.
Airs. McKay Slated
To Leave Hospital
Washington (U.R) Physi
cians at Walter Reed hospital
said Saturday that Mrs. Doug
las McKay would be allowed to
return home early next week.'
Mrs. McKay was reported in
excellent condition following
an appendectomy last Saturday
night.'
Elmer Biegel, city superinten
dent at Ashland, and Dr. Mars
hall Woodell, professor at South
ern Oregon college and a mem
ber of the Ashland school board,
were guest speakers at the week
ly tax study meeting Friday
morning of the legislative com
mittee of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce.
Biegel reviewed the city's bud
get, pointing out that the city's
chief source of revenue is from
its electric utility, and that gen
eral fund levies represent only
a smail portion of the city's in
come. ,
The total budget for the year
is some $960,000, Biegel said,
with revenues of about $869,000,
leaving a tax levy of somewhat
more than $90,000. But, he ex
plained, much of this is in 'the
form of special levies for the
support of the band, and park
and the cemetery, leaving a gen
eral fund i levy of only 'about
$49,000.
Lower Electric Rates
As a result, he stated, the an
nual 6 per cent increase avail
able to the city for raising its
budget io small. A recent raise
in electric rates was approved
to boost city revenues, he said,
but pointed out that even with
the increase, the electric rates
in Ashland are still below those
of the California Oregon Power
company in Medford.
Dr. Woodell spoke of the pro
blems of the school board in
general terms, pointing out that
the rapid increase in school
population is the reason for most
of them. The school population
increase in Ashland is virtually
the same as the national average,
he said, and the trend is strong
ly up in the foreseeable future.
The Ashland school board has
been engaged in a building pro
gram since 1939, and finds it
must construct an average of
two classrooms per year just to
keep even with the increase, he
declared But the major cost in
school operation, about 80 per
cent of the budget, is in salar
ies, Woodell reported. There is a
shortage of teachers, he said,
and there is a competitive mar
ket for them, forcing salaries
up.
Realistic Budget
Because of the rapid increase
in school population and costs,
the school budget long ago out
stripped the permissible 6 per
cent increase, and as a result
approval of the voters has been
needed for each year's budget.
He said this is a good thing, forc
ing the board and the citizen's
budget committee to present a
realistic and economical budget.
The committee will continue
its series of meetings next Fri
day at 7:30 a.m. at the Medford
hotel, . with representatives of
School District 6C and the city
of Central Point as guests. The
final report of the committee
will be prepared only when the
series of study meetings is completed.
Recommend Purchase
Of Mobile Radios
Another move to give Jack
son county more civil defense
protection was made this, week
when civil defense officials re
commended to the county court
that the county procure two
mobile trailer radio stations.
The units, which would cost
approximately $1,125 each,
would function in fires, floods,
or other disasters by making
possible the coordination of all
radio systems in the area. These
would include the Roxy system
of the Southern Oregon Conser
vation and Tree Farm associa
tion and those of the forest ser
vice and state and county law
enforcement agencies.
Maj. Gen. Joseph Hicks,
county civil defense head; L. L,
Simpson civil defense fire mar-
shall; and Dwight Albright,
chief of the control center, made
the proposal.
Simpson said ' the tree farm
association has agreed to oper
ate and maintain the mobile
units for civil defense.
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Minerals Course To
Start Here Tuesday
A three-hour college course in
rocks and minerals will start at
7 p.m. Tuesday in room 25 at
Medford Senior High school.
Max Shafer, field geologist of
the Oregon department .of geol
ogy 'and mineral industry, will
be instructor for the course,
which is being conducted under
the direction of the Oregon state
system of higher education.
The course was scheduled to
start last Tuesday, but Shafer
was unable to get here from
Grants Pass. Enrollment was
held last week, and those inter
ested may enroll Tuesday night
if not already registered.
No Progress Made
In WAL Labor Dispute
Los Angeles U.R) Four
days of separate conferences
conducted by the National Med
iation Board have failed to de
velop a basis for resuming ne
gotiations to .settle the -18-day
strike by the Brotherhood of
Railway Clerks against Western
Air Lines, it was disclosed to
day. Board Chairman Leverett Ed
wards said he was unable to
make any headway in meeting
separtely.with union and man
agement and was returning to
Washington.
More than 850 clerks struck
the company Jan. 9 in a dispute
over wages and a union shop.
The airline suspended operations
on its 5525-mile system in 12
Western states and Canada.
Russia, Yugoslavia
Sign Nuclear Pact
London (U.R) Russia and
Yugoslavia Saturday signed an
agreement on cooperation in
nuclear science development,
official Yugoslav news agency
Tanjug reported from Belgrade.
The agency, in a broadcast
monitored here, said the accord
was on "cooperation in the de
velopment and research in the
field of nuclear sciences and
utilization of nuclear energy for
peaceful purposes."
Meeting To Discuss
District Consolidation
A meeting of residents of Oak
Grove school district will be
held at 7:30 pjn. Monday in the
school to discuss the possibility
of consolidation or annexation
of the district with Medford dis
trict. The meeting was called
by the school board of directors
according to H. Bruce Metzger,
principal.
The Medford school board
previously voted to undertake
a joint study of the possible
advantages and disadvantage
of the proposal at the request
of the Oak Grove board.
DEFENSE MINISTERS MEET
San San Salvador (U.R) The
defense ministers of the five
Central American republics will
meet here Monday to discuss
common defense problems. The
Organization of Central Amer
ican States called the meeting
at the request of Guatemala.
Sunday, January 29, 1958
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