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.
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ROBERT STEDMAN
Director of Play
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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.
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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. '
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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.
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