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Foollighfers Set Dates for First Play of Season 'Good Housekeeping," by William McCleery, the Medford Footlighters first play of the season, will be presented Tues day, May 8, through Saturday, May 12. Curtain time will be 8:30 p.m. The play is in its third week of rehearsal and has "just about everything to be desired in a family situation comedy," offi cers in charge indicated. Rudi Vest, director, reported that the cast and progress of pro duction are both promising. Mrs. Frankie Burton plays the part of Mrs. Burnett; Frank Buchter, her husband; Shirley Buchingham and Elizabeth Bets chart, their daughters; Clyde Wheaton, a young reporter; Carl McQuig, a student photographer; and Ruth Kilborne as the "Hazel-type" maid. Ticket Sales Tickets will go on sale in a few days. The Fairgrounds theater has been redecorated recently through a contribution from a friend of the group. Footlighter members and friends expressed their gratitude for the help from the donation and two carpenters. The group has appealed for "all kinds' of help for "spring cleaning" Sunday, April 22, be ginning at 10 a.m. The work party will work on the theater interior and set. The building seats 200 people and was recently wired for electricity. SPEEDY SERVICE Top Notch Cafe Next to Crttcriin Beauty Shop mm a YEARS IN THE S "THE CVTDIll 0 DISNEY E A I IIH. L SHORTSl (mmi "ft J MT-mmT . IP IgrjJ first Iriplt Jet Attl 4gA Bring Your Friends - Enjoy Real Fun! AT WALKER'S POPULAR Va Introducina "JACK" STONG on SATURDAY NIGHT EAGLE POINT The Cnly Spring Floor In Southern Oregon DANCE TO THE COMBINED MUSIC OF DICK SPAIN, BILL LIVELY and The Rogue Valley Boys Featuring The BEST In Western Swing TUNE IN BILL'S WESTERN ROUND-UP TIME ON KWIN Cascade Ski Areas Seen Fair on Week End Portland OI.R) The weath er bureau today predicted fair and warm conditions with gen tle winds over the week-end for Cascade ski areas in Oregon. There is a chance of fog or low clouds at low elevations early Sunday. The freezing level will be above 10,000 feet. Weed Boy, Dog Go for Joyride Weed, Calif. CU.R) Police Chief Harold Barnum suffered a bite on the hand here yester day when he attempted to stop a pickup truck being driven through the streets by a six-year-old boy taking his dog on a joy ride. Young Richard Aquila made three roundtrips over a six block route before he was stopped by Chief Barnum who was summoned by three excited women. Barnum arrived to see what appeared to be a driverless 1948 model truck. Little Richard alternated standing in the seat to see over the wheel and sitting on the floor to reach the ac celerator. The streets were lined with a throng of neighbors and children. Barnum leaped onto the run ning board and when he reached inside to turn off the ignition the dog, who was obviously enjoying the excursion, sunk his teeth in the officers' hand. Gideons Camp to Hold Anniversary Rally The 11th anniversary rally of Rogue Valley Gideons camp is scheduled for this week end in Medford. The opening session Nvill be a banquet Saturday at 6:30 p.m., and an inspirational program is planned for the evening.'' State and local cabinet offi cers will meet Sunday at 8 a.m., and conduct a prayer and praise service before going on assign ments for services in various churches in the two counties. The assignment groups will re turn to the Jackson hotel Pio neer room at 1:30 p.m., for a report luncheon. ' TONITE! ST Drive In Run! MAKINGI Alan Ladd June Allyson Afc COPJNHLL. WarnerColo win nov now - "Peter and The Wolf" "Emperor Penguins" ... The Trombone J If r HELPING HAND Walter Reuther, vice president of the A. F. of L.-C. L 0., tries his hand at fixing stalled auto of a news photographer hortly after his arrival in Boston from a tour of India. He fixed the car by discov ering a loose wire. Longview Woman Dies in Brush Fire Longview, Wash. !U.R) Mrs. Mary Kemthorne, 69, died yes terday in a brush fire near her home at Slide Creek about 15 miles west of here. The sheriff's office said it was unable to tell if death was due to burns or natural causes. Dr. D. D. Davenport, Cowlitz county coroner, said an autopsy would be held. - Mrs. Kemthorne's brother, William M. Tappenten, 63, told deputy sheriffs he saw his sis ter collapse as they were fight ing the fire. He said he dragged her put of the path of the flames, then ran for help. . But he, too, collapsed, and it was two hours later before he was able , to make his way through the woods to summon help. By that time neighbors had seen the fire and called forestry department crews. Officers said the flames apparently had pass ed over Mrs. Kemthorne as she lay unconscious or unable to move. State forestry crews halt ed the fire short of the Kem thorne home. Demurrer Sustained In Circuit Court Judge Alfred T. Goodwin of Eugene, sitting temporarily in the Jackson county circuit court, Thursday sustained a general demurrer to the indictment in the case of state versus Bill Fos ter Humphrey, 36, general de livery. Gold Hill. Humphrey was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. In its oral argument and memorandum, the state cited a previous opinion of the resident circuit judge on the same point in another case as its authority in support of the Humphrey in dictment. A new indictment will be pre pared and submitted to . the grand jury, according to Dis trict Attorney Walter Nunley. Jury Choice Resumes In Bombing of Plane Denver (U.R) The defense and prosecution continued to day the slow, tedious task of naming a jury to try John Gil bert Graham on first degree murder charges in the alleged dynamiting of a United Air Lines plane last Nov. 1. " Eleven jurors and the alter nate had been named by the court recessed last night. But each side still has eight peremp tory challenges left, which means the jury might not be completed before tomorrow. . Shortly before yesterday's re cess, John J. Gibbons, one of the 24-year-old defendant's court- appointed attorneys, said the de I fense had a "big surprise" for the trial between the time the jury is completed and the state begins its case. Gibbons refused to give any inkling as to what the surprise would be, however. A baby hippopotamus often rides on its mother's back, even when she is submerged. HOUSE of North of Gold Hill AT ON DISPLAY W1W One of the West's Finest Collections of Gold Dust and Nuggets Winter Hours - 9 to 6 Under Founder's Management Since 1930 EAGLE POINT Couple Back From Journey By PEARL L. HENDERSON Eagle Point Mr. and Mrs. M. Heckenberger , returned to their home here April 13 from a two-week trip into California, where they visited with Mrs. Heckenberger's brother, Charles McClain and family, in Lincoln, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Irene Kinder, and her daughter, in Sacramento. In Gilroy they call ed on an old friend, who Heck enberger had not seen for . 36 years. They also visited a cous in, Walter Monday, at Boulder creek, before going to Eureka for, a visit with another brother of Mrs. Heckenberry, W. A. Mc Clain, on their way home. Three Nebraska Dental Students Perish in Wreck St. James, Minn. (U.R) Three University of Nebraska dental students were killed and a fourth was injured when their speeding automobile rammed in-1 to the front of a brick home I here shortly before midnight i Thursday. The driver of the car, Norris Kemton, 20, Randolph, la., was killed outright, Watonwan Coun ty Coroner Erik Jensen said. The youth first was identified erroneously from papers on his body as Robert A. Simon, Scotts bluff, Neb., and Simon's parents were notified he had been killed. Later it was learned that Si mon had remained behind at the university and Kempton was correctly identified. , The other two victims, who died early today in a Madelia, Minn., hospital of fractured skulls, were Robert J. Baker, 25, Sheridan, Wyo., and William E. Ellison, 26, Waco, Neb. John Nyberg Jr., 28, Omaha, Neb., was taken to the hospital and reported in good condition. He suffered a broken leg and a lacerated arm and ear. Nyberg had crawled into the trunk to sleep and had moved the luggage into the back seat. Police had to use a crowbar to free him from the wreckage. The other three all were sit ting in the front seat. The driver was pinned behind the wheel and the other two were thrown part way out of the car when it crashed. The students were reported en route to Minneapolis to attend a dental convention at the Univer sity of Minnesota. Menlo School Official Sets Medford Visit R. Philler Curtis, director of admissions of Menlo school and college, Menlo Park, Calif., will confer with Medford High school students interested in Menlo and visit with parents of students now enrolled there April 25. Curtis has handled Menlo's relations with schools for several years. He has been at Menlo since 1947 as a member of the faculty and an administrator. He was named assistant to the president in 1949 and made director of admissions in 1955. . CRASH! BANG! Broken windows cost money. Insure your buii ness and home with our Comprehensive Glass Damage policy at a few cents a day. Coll us, for a quotation. Don Edwards District Agent 414 East Main Phone 3-5361 MYSTERY Open Throughout The Year Mr. and Mrs. Orvil Henderson, Eagle Point, drove to Roseburg last Saturday for the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Otho Gosnell. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fransen of Portland, and Mrs. Fransen's sister, J?.ne Payne, Ashland, were callers on Mrs. Gertrude Stanley, Brophy rd., one day last week end. Mrs. Fransen and Mrs. Stanley are girlhood friends and had not seen each other for several years. Mrs. Orvil Henderson, Eagle Point, drove to Jacksonville Ap-J ril 17, to call on Mrs. Betty Kirkpatrick, who is convalescing from a recent illness at the home of her neice, Mrs. Ray Wilson and husband. Mrs. Elmer Hurd of the An telope district called on friends in Eagle Point April 18. Mrs. Don Ashpole, Eagle Point, is recuperating from a recent illness. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fortin, Ea gle Point, moved to the McLeod Guard station for ' the summer season, last April 16. Fortin has been in forest guard service in that locality for several years. Mrs. John Derry and two young daughters, Eagle Point, left April 15 for Los Angeles, where they will visit her par- ents fr about two weeks. Derry plans to join them and proceed to Oklahoma, to the ranch they recently purchased, to make their home. Rummage Sale Sponsored by Bethel No. 55 Jobs Daughters Saturday, April 21 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Fhl BIdg. . 108 N. Ivy ASHLAND VI Itmsd JEFF MORROW XllftJCVfl LEIGH SNOWOEN SliMa REX REASON W PLUS 08m em (Htar4i tiii Illinium nitfttk & tmmtiittto mitt Millions wept unashamedly when they read Lillian Roth's frank revelations in the best selling autobiography "111 Cry Tomorrow". Now, in intimate detail, the story of her life is told on the scren and it is a story of indomitable faith and courage yon 11 not soon forget.. 11 SCREEN PLAY BY DIRECTED BY H HELEN DEUTSCH and JAY RICHARD KENNEDY DANIEL MANN 1 1 Bsed M V Book "I'LL CRY TOMORROW" k? LILLIAN ROTH, MIKE CONNOLLY and 6EROLD Friday. April 20. 1958 Candidates Slate Radio Broadcasts Broadcasts by many of the candidates for office in the com ing primary election will be heard over radio station KYJC today and tomorrow. A half hour candidates' roundup pro gram will be heard at 4:15 p.m., today, with a second half-hour show at 7 p.m. Speakers include candidates for county treasurer, assessor and commissioner, for the state legislature, for convention dele gates, Ashland justice of the peace, and district attorney. The full hour of short speeches will be rebroadcast Saturday from 6 to 7 p.m., and will be followed by an address by President Eisenhower at 7 p.m. The Great Decisions broad cast this week has been moved up' to 7:30 p.m. It is on the topic "How Should the U.S. Deal with Red China." IFREE Show VI i YOUR gRIENDLY MERCHANT'S COMMITTEE OF THE CHAMBER , OF COMMERCE INVITE YOU TO ATTEND YOUR SATURDAY FUN SHOW AS THEIR GUESTS AND IT'S ALL FREE! DOORS OPEN RIGHT AFTER THE PEAR BLOSSOM FESTIVAL PARADE ON SCREEN - A BRAND NEW 1st RUN FEATURE 1 21 ALSO CARTOONS and CHAPTER 3 "PERILS OF WILDERNESS" MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUK2 ELEVKW McKay Continues Criticism of Morse The Dalles (U.R) Douglas McKay continued to criticize Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), here yesterday as he continued his campaign for the Republican nomination for U. S senator. "Why should you hire a man to represent you who is only TURKEY DINNER Benefit of Pythian Sunshine Girll Sat. April 21 5 to 7 p.m. Pythian BIdg. Corner 5th and Grapa Adults $1.25-Children 75c iliINi EI Tomorrow! DOORS OPEN 6:45 P.M. TONITE! BiiS PRODUCED BY . LAWRENCE WEINGARTEN FRANK AN M-6-M PICTURE. irinriitr-Tr I three per cent effective?" he Kiwanis club lunch- asked at a eon. McKay, winding up a week long tour of eastern Oregon, at tended a dinner meeting in Hood River last night and then re-' turned to Portland. 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