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TEK MEDrORD (OHEGO!T) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. July I, 1958 fLate Love' Director Weil-Known in Area Robert D. (Bob) Stedman, Medford High school teacher, well-known in community drama circles, is now , directing the Footlighters' summer play, "Late Love." This will be the fifth show Stedman has directed for the local theater group. He worked on "Holiday" and "The Night of January 16th" before the . group, then known as the Civic Theater, had a home of its own. Since, he has directed "Guest in the House" and "Goodbye My Fancy" at the fairgrounds theater. Born Her 4 Born in Jackson county, Sted man attended Phoenix schools. He later attended Southern Ore gon college and the University of Oregon, where he earned both his bachelors and masters de grees. He began teaching and coaching dramatics at Medford High in 1939. World War II interrupted his career for ZVz years, but he re turned to Medford and resumed his post at the high school in 1946. Helped Launch Festival Stedman helped launch the famous Shakespearean Festival in Ashland. He was one of the first four festival directors, and was a technician and actor as well. In recent years he has been in demand as a director and technical director in theater productions for c o m m unity groups throughout the state and in California. He became a "festival hopper" for several summers, working as technical director for local productions in Eugene, Klamath Falls and eastern Oregon and California towns. For the first tryouts in "Late Love" three weeks ago, Stedman had 40 persons reading parts. The play will be presented at the fairgrounds theater of the Footlighters' July 24-28. ' ' 4 7': ROBERT STEDMAN Director of Play Court Records POLICE COURT Hazel Dee Manchester, expired ve hicle license. $5 bail. Wonton Russell Tipton, failure to stop at stop sign, S5 bail. Wilford Randolph Walker, violation of basic rule, $10 bail. CIRCUIT COURT Jack Leroy Vincent, defective light, $6. Norman Jefferson Geary, only one license plate on motor vehicle, $10. tail forfeited. Clinton .Tanell Blithen, failing to stop at red light. $10. John Edmond Godlove. overload. $!)". Georgfe Alford Lewis, overheight. $15. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS J. Roy Branum. Central Point, and Reola Colleen Barnes. 127 !i Almond, Medford. . Commiffee Finds No Cruelly to Animals Portland (U.R) An inves tigating committee has found that charges of cruelty to ani mals in the Portland zoo were unfounded. The committee's re port was made to Don Ostensoe, chairman of the Portland zoo commission. The charges were published last month by the Oregon Team ster, organ of the Teamster union. The charges reportedly originated with Miss Graziella Boucher, who claimed that ani mals were unprotected from the weather; that an electric prod was used inhumanely on the animals; that sharp cruel hooks were -used on the elephants, and that the recent killing of two cubs by adult bears indicated mismanagement. The zoo commission chose a committee composed of a past president of the Oregon Humane society, two veterinarians in private practice, and a biology professor at Portland State college. The committee reported: "We found the animals in good flesh. apparently well fed and well handled." Regarding the death of the cubs, the report stated: "The committee can blanme no one for what happened nor can we see what help could have been given W the time." WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Fair Sun day but fog or low clouds on coast night and morning. Mrs. Green Says Gl's Favor Bill Washington (U.R) Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.) said Saturday she thinks "rank and file" ex GIs favor the $1.6 billion school bill despite the American Leg ion's vigorous opposition to it. Mrs. Green spoke out after the Legion wrote each congressman urging defeat of the big school construction bill now, before the House. She also disclosed tele grams from leaders of three oth er veterans groups supporting the bill. "I think more Important for veterans than pensions is the education of their children, and I think rank and file veterans favor federal aid to schools," Mrs. Green told a reporter. This was a reference to a bill strongly backed by the Legion and passed by the House earlier this week grant ing a $90 a month to all needy veterans of World War I at age 65. In a letter to House members, the Legion set forth a lengthy list of reasons backing its policy stand against federal aid to education. Heading the list was a statement that state nd local governments "ought to, can and should assume" control of the schools. Mrs. Green queried the Ameri can Veterans Committee, Amvets, and Veterans of Foreign Wars about their position on the bill. All three indicated their support. Leonard Scheele Submits Resignation Washington (U.R) Dr. Leon ard A. Scheele, who was sworn in for his third term only three months ago, has unexpectedly re signed as head of the U.S. Public Health Service. The resignation of the 48-year-old Scheele, guiding light of the Salk vaccine program, was ac cepted Friday by President Ei senhower with the "deepest re gret." The surgeon general gave no reason for the action other than to say he found it necesary to provide "mor- properly" for the future security of his family. However, the United Press learned Scheele recently had ac cepted a top executive position with a large pharmaceutical firm in the New York area. Scheele evidently will draw a consider ably larger salary than the gov ernment pay of about $17,000 a year. Use Tribune Want Ads 5 - 5 -W, - : V CELEBRATING forty -second birthday in Galveston, Tex., hospital Babe Zaharias is given surprise party by friends. (International) Your MONEY GROWS at Jackson County Federal Everyone knows the first step in saving money you Just open your ac count. But a lot of people forget about the second step the most important , one. To make your savings really earn for you, you have to leave them in your acocunt. When you put, your money in Jackson County Federal and leave it there you'll be surprised at how much you can .earn. At Jackson County Federal, the current dividend is 3 per annum. SAVINGS 126 East Main Medford LOAN ASSOCUTtON Since IK1 J9 "Where You Are Paid To Save" World's Largest Tanker Is Planned To Be Built Soon New YorK (U.R) A 100,-000-tanker the largest ship in the world will be built by an American company for Aristotle Socrates Onassis, the Greek-Argentine multi-millionaire. The Federal Maritime Board in Washington Friday, announc ed terms of an agreement with Onassis by which he will build the mammoth tanker plus four smaller ones. Permission to transfer registry aboard of 13 vessels already in service will be granted Onassis interests, in return for the agree ment to build the five ships in American yards. It was learned in New York that the supertanker will be 900 feet long, shorter than the S.S. United States, which is 916.8 feet in length. DWARF OTHERS But the 100,000-ton vessel will dwarf all others in bulk. The 30,000-ton tankers considered "huge" 15 years ago will look like rowboats beside the giant. Only three yards in the United States could handle the job, ship ping experts said, the Quincy, Mass., plant of Bethleham Steel Corporations; the Newport News, Va., Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; and the Camden, N. J., yard of the New York Ship building Corp. Two of the five ships included in the Onassis deal must be built on the West Coast, where ship building has lagged considerably since the end of the Korean War. Three of the ships will be of 32,650 deadweight tons and the remaining tanker will be a 46,-000-ton vessel. Meteor Reported in Northwest Skies Seattle (U.R) A big meteor flashed across Pacific Northwest skies Friday night and was ob served in both Washington and Oregon. Ted Miholovich, Northwest Airlines pilot, said the fireball was of monstrous size. "It was a big light and flash ed across the horizon before fall ing apart," said Mav Malonsik, co-pilot. The pair observed the meteor while their plane was over The Dalles Dam on the Col umbia. The man on duty at Boeing Field's control tower in Seattle, Joe Tarrant, said the meteor ap peared from the southwest and seemed to disintegrate within 400 feet of him. ' Reports of the meteor were re ceived from Bellingham to Portland. The meteor was not reported seen in Medford, but one report was received from the Prospect area that a bright object had been seen. This may have been the meteor or a small forest fire that occurred in that vicinity at 11:45 p.m. Cableship To Finish Alaska Phone Line Seattle (U.R) The cable ship Albert J. Myer left here Sat urday to lay the.final 220-mile segment of the first of twin tin riprsea teleohone cables from Port Angeles to Ketchikan, Alas ka. Monday, the Myer will pick up a buoy holding the end of cable already laid, 530 miles from Port Angeles. The vessel will start laving the final sesment into Ketchikan Tuesday and is ex pected to complete the job in sev en or eight days. ' CAP GUNS .PLUS 1000 CAPS C WITH ANY GAS PURCHASE (0) 31 200 Men Retrace Longest Military March in America Salt Lake City (U.R) Two hundred men, wearing uniforms that were stylish more than -a century ago, leave Salt Lake City Sunday to retrace al though in modern busses the longest military march in Am erican history. The men will be serving, for the occasion, as officers and non-coms of the Mormon Bat talion as they visit Las Vegas, Nev., Colton, Los Angeles, Mon terey, Santa Cruz, San Francis co and Sacramento, Calif., and Virginia City, and Elko, Nev. The battalion roles are being taken by members of the Sons of Utah Pioneers, led by Fred E. Curits of Salt Lake City. For the trek, Curtis will use the name of Lt. Col. St. George Cook, commander of the origin al battalion. The battalion was organized in January, 1846, when Presi dent Polk ordered the Mormon pioneers being led by Latter Day Saints Church President Brigham Young on their fa mous westward migration to furnish 500 men to fight in the Mexican war. Formed at Council Bluffs, Iowa, where the Mormons had stopped for the winter, and mustered in at Ft. Leaven worth, Kan., the original battal ion marched more than 2.000 miles to San Diego, Calif., which they reached in January, 1847. Later in 1847, Cook moved his men to the little settlement on the site of what is now Los Angeles and built Ft. Moore, where the American flag was first raised on July 4, 1847. "Records show the Mexicans hoped to capture Ft. Moore that July and figured Independence Day would be a good time be cause the Americans would probably celebrate and be in toxicated," Curtis said. "But the attack was called off when they found the officers and soldiers were non-drinking Mormons." Actually, except for engage ments with Indians on the way, the Mormon battalion never fired a shot in anger because the Mexican war ended and most of the group was mustered out of the Army on July 15, 1847. With each man buying his own uniform, specially tailored as copies of those worn in 1846, and paying his own expenses, the new battalion leaves Salt Lake City Sunday night in cars and busses. The party will stop in Las Vegas on Monday and in Col ton on Tuesday morning. They will be guests of the Southern California Kiwanis clubs at a Tuesday luncheon in the Bilt more Bowl. On Wednesday, the caravan members will join in an Inde pendence Day celebration in downtown Los Angeles on the site of the old Ft. Moore, where a $1,000,000 monument is being erected by the state of Cali fornia. They will motor to Monterey over the old Mormon Battalion trail on July 5th and visit San ta Cruz, San Francisco and Sac ramento on July .6th. At Sacra mento, they will visit Sutters Fort, where six members of the original battalion had partici pated in California's 1849 dis covery of gold. Following the Donner Trail where possible, the new battal ion will return to Salt Lake City on July 9th, after pro grams in Virginia Ctiy, Carson City and Elko. Gino's Diner Opens In Central Point Central Point Foundation facilities were opened Saturday at Gino's Diner, located next to Central Point Cleaners at 40 Pine st., in Central Point. Owner of the new restaurant is Jack Collens, who has operat ed a real estate agency in Med ford for the past two years. He has 11 years of experience as a cook in Italian restaurants. Collens said merchant's lunch es, and menus featuring both Ita lian and American dishes, will be served starting Thursday. Tentative plans have been an nounced on expansion 6f the lo cation and opening family din ing room facilities. Mrs. Rose Turner, Central Point, will assist Collens with the diner. CALL IN HYPNOTIST Trenton, N. J. W.R) Miss Shirley Weiss, 22, cautiously agreed to submit to hypnosis Saturday at, the request of her employers, who operate a radio station. The station sold a safe to 'a Pennsylvania newspaper, but after the sale was complet ed, it turned out Miss Weiss for got the combination, which she alone knew. A hypnotist will probe Miss Weiss' subconscious for the important set of num bers. Moody Testifies At Lane Grand Jury Eugene (U.R) Moses Moody, Oregon state penitentiary con vict, testified Friday before the newly empaneled Lane county grand jury. Moody was brought to Eugene along with Richard Earl Murray and Ben Franklin Collins, his companions who were convicted along with him in ithe Amazon market holdup here last year. District Attorney Eugene C. Venn indicated he was pleased that a new grand jury would hear the evidence of charges he has made in connection with al leged embezzlement of funds of Moody. Moody was the first witness to appear before the grand jury, which Judge Dal M. King em paneled yesterday after dis charging its controversial pre decessor. The other two con victs were expected to testify later. Friday' hearings were attend ed by a large contingent of mem bers of the Lane County Bar Association. In instructing the new jury, Judge King said il was charged with special duties to investi gate Lane county allegations, PILFERER POTTED T Lucedale, Miss. (U.R) When the city fired night policeman Ed Walley six weeks ago, no one asked him to turn in his park ing meter key along with his badge. Walley, 36, was under arrest today for using the key to pilfer coins from the meters. and that District Attorney Venn had disqualified himself from appearing before the jury. At torney General Robert Y. Thorn ton will be the jury's adviser. the JOYFUL LUNATIC He called himself a minister. His parishioners called him a drunkard. Ben Franklin called him a great scientist. What was he? S66 Telephone Time A true-life drama by I f" JOHN NESBITT on Channel I sj 1 SUNDAY: 4:30 P.M. Announcing THE OPENING of Swem's BIG Y RECORD and BOOK SHOP for Your Convenience' NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS Watch For Grand Opening ANNOUNCEMENT Esther Williams says-. "Get in the Swim . . . if 8 Canada Dry Time!" Esther Williams, with sons Benjie and Kim, beside ono of the new Esther Williams Swimming Pools on sale nationally. See your local dealer for the "Esther Williams Swim Fool Pak." ' ft I " ' H , Do like Esther Williams and ff i? f wSji jtffiyPft her family! 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