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I TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, Auguit 21, I9S8 'Titus' Said Brutal Play; Opens Friday Ashland Patrons of the Ore gon Shakespeare festival will have one of the rarest treats of this or any other season Friday evening, August 24, when the festival produces one of its two special performances of the seldom-done "Titus Andronicus." The last playing of "Titus" before a large audience was at Stratford-upon-Avon in England last year, and the event was newsworthy because of the num ber of people who fainted at the performance of a play which was a great favorite of Eliza bethans, but which is so packed with blood and horror as to shock modern audiences. The play is so brutal, in fact, that in the 19th century Shake spearean scholars often attempt ed to prove that "gentle Shake speare" didn't write it. Tougher minded critics and audiences of the 20th century have reversed this trend, but the play is still one which is not recom mended for the faint hearted. In addition to seeing a very rare production, however, festi val audiencer will also see two of the season's favorite players William Oyler and Don Gun derson in leading roles. Gun- derson plays the title role, and Oyler plays Aaron the Moor, considered one of the blackest, most evil villains in literature "Titus" is directed for the ' festival by Hal J. Todd, and will be seen in a second performance on August 29. Ceremony Held At Parish Home The home of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley L. Parish. 303 North Holly street, was the scene August 11 of a double wedding ceremony. Married were Miss Lea Etta May Summers, daugh ter of Mrs. Roy Thigpin, Kings burg. Calif., to Claude Maurice Gabbard, son of Mrs. Oscar Mit chell. Corcoran, Calif., and Miss Carole Louise Smith, daughter of Mrs. Isaac Van Gorkom, Gold Hill, to Glenn King. The Rev. W. H. Johnson of the Central Point Pentecostal church read the ceremony and the reception which followed was In the Parish home. Both young couples make their home with Mr. and Mrs. Parish. Simple Crochet THE LORD'S PCHHER iiPPill! ."3 ijferSf -5". i Wl n i i 1 1 In Europe Mrs. Clyde Leonard, formerly of Medford and now of Portland, is currently on a tour of Europe. Mrs. Leonard recently wrote from Garmish, Germany, where she is visiting her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Rosette, and their newly born child. Mrs. Leonard plans to spend some time in Paris and London before returning home. This crochet is simple, the subject is inspiring. The Lord's Prayer in filet crochet comes in the Catholic or Protestant ver sion. Pattern 7288 has chart for Catholic or Protestant version, crochet directions. In No. 50 cot ton, they're 24x33 or 24x38 inches. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins for this pattern add S cents for each pattern for lst class mailing. Send to Medford Mail Tribune, Household Arts Dept., P.O. Box 168, Old Chel sea Station, New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME. ADDRESS and PATTERN NUMBER Two FREE patterns printed in the new Alice Brooks Needle craft book for 1956! Stunning designs for your self, for your home just for you, our read ers! Dozens of other designs to order all easy, fascinating hand-work! Send 25 cents for your copy of this wonderful book right awayl Doing Anything Tomorrow Nighrf Mako An Appointment To Moot MR. ED t MANN'S BEAUTY SALON You'll Bo Prottior Thursday. CALL 2-6434 Dennis Conner Home From Japan; To Enter School Dennis L. Conner, who has been in Japan for more than a year on assignment with the United States Air Force, is ex pected to arrive in Medford to day. The young airman arrived in San Francisco last week and was to have been discharged from the service during the week. He was met in California by Mrs. Conner, the former Marilyn Payne, who has been making her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Payne, Coker Butte road. The couple has a small son, Mark Bradley. Mr. Conner, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Conner, 208 Stark street, will enroll at the Univer sity of Oregon this fall and the couple will live in Eugene. S" V PIER ANGEll j 's "IOMISOOT VP Jr tmi uses mi' jl "''HM : Richard Graham To Give Weekly Trinity Lecture Ashland Richard Graham, actor and staff member of the Oregon Shakespearean festival, will present the Wednesday noon lecture this week in the Institute of Renaissance studies. The lectures are held each Wed nesday in Trinity hall of Trinity Episcopal church, Ashland, at 12 o'clock. Mr. Graham will speak on "English Prose of the King James Bible," and read from the Bible. In addition to play ing many leading roles in the festival the past several years. Mr. Graham has served as a lay reader at Trinity Episcopal church. Last week's Wednesday pro gram was given by Dr. Margery Bailey who read "The Lost Dau phin Struggles with the Bard" from Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. The concluding Wednesday lecture will be August 29 and will be given by Miss Myna Brunton Hughes of the Play house Repertory company of San Francisco. Miss Hughes will read "Second Best Bed" and un published -play on Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway by N. Rich ard Nash. Thursday, August 23, Edward Brubaker of the festival com pany will give the week's "Gresham Lecture" in the As sembly room of the city library. His topic will be "Perspective and Dramaturgy." Sunday afternoon concerts have been a part of the Institute of Renaissance studies this year and the final one is set for August 26. It will be presented by the Samuel Pepys Recorder Consort of Los Angeles at 4 p.m. The group of musicians is being brought to the festival by T. D. Cooke, Los Angeles, festi val patron who has been respon sible for financing the augment ed music program of recent years. Mrs. Myron Root Home After Tour Mrs. Myron Root has returned to her home, 28 North Berkeley way, after spending several weeks in Europe. Mrs. Root left May 9, and toured both the con tinent and the British isles. In Vienna she saw a produc tion of "The Magic Flute," in the lavish new opera house in that city. In Rome Mrs. Root met Mrs. I. E. Schuler and Miss Chloe Fairweather, Medford, by chance while the latter were having coffee at Doney's cafe, and the two women spent two days together. Later Mrs. Root was in Sor rento and Venice, toured Switz erland, made a trip down the Rhine river and spent some time in the Low countries. She also toured through the Scandi navian countries and made a plane trip from Oslo to Bodo "The Land of the Midnight Sun" and experienced the sensation of living where the sun never sets. The trip out was by way of the scenic Sogne Fjord to Bergen. After a stay in England Mrs. Root returned home by way of Montreal, Canada. Recent Meetings Held by Weavers Rogue Valley Handweavers' guild has held two recent meet ings. A dinner and social meeting was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Looff, Grants Pass, August 19. Last night a special meeting was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Clegg, 2235 Oakwood drive, to see an exhibit brought by Russell Groff of Robin and Russ company, Santa Barbara. The next regular meeting of the guild will be at the home of Dr. and Mrs. C. I. Drummond. Ross lane, September 18 at 8 p.m. Society Seeing is believing Pier Angeli must be seen to be believed. She is simply wonderful! Likewise, Hollywood Special Formula Bread must be tasted to be appreciated. An artful blend of 8 choice flours and 8 water-free garden vegetables, you'll sever tire of its luxurious flavor. So sensible, too, especially if your diet is restricted: an IS-gram slice contains only about 46 calories! 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Send Thirty-five cents in coins for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for lst-class mail ing. Send to Marian Martin, care of Medford Mail Tribune, Pat tern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11, N.Y. Print plain ly NAME, ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. Priscilla West To Work With Portland Church Miss Priscilla West left yes terday morning for Portland where she will be minister of music and assist with young peo ple's work at Central Presbyter ian church. Miss West is a daugh ter of Dr. D. Kirkland West, pastor of First Presbyterian church here, and Mrs. West. Miss West was graduated from Lewis and Clark college in Port land, taking a degree in music, and last year attended Westmin ster Choir college, Princeton, N.J. Visitors Arrive From Washington Mr. and Mrs. Dan Doty have arrived from Washington to spend 10 days with Mrs. Doty's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Birdseye. Central Point-Jacksonville road. Both Mr. and Mrs. Doty have been attending Washington State college at Pullman. Next month the couple will take up residence in Colfax where Mrs. Doty will teach school and her husband will continue his studies at the college. Auxiliary to Hold Initiation Thursday The auxiliary to Crater Lake aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles, will hold initiation at a meeting set for Thursday, August 23, at 8 p.m. in Eagles hall. A conductress will be elected. Women attending are asked to take a salad or sandwiches for the refreshments. At the last meeting Mrs. Stew art Forbes was installed inside guard and Mrs. Frank Boyes, as trustee. Officer of the auxiliary will meet tonight at 8 p.m. Tuesday 8 p.m. Crater Lake Post and Auxiliary 1833 VFW, VFW Hall, 42 North Front st. Wednseday: 12 noon Medford Townsend club. Carpenters Union hall, 123'i West Main st. 12 noon Esther circle, Zion Lutheran church, home of Mrs. Irvin Eitreim, 917 South Ivy. August Masting Canctled by Club Phoenix Phoenix Thursday club announces that no August meeting will be held. Next ses sion of the group will be Sep tember 13. Berry-Rum Cake For a festive dessert treat, marinate sweetened berries in rum for two hours and then heap on top of thick slices of pound cake letting the sauce soak into the cake. MHTaitfMJK Only about 46 calories In an 1 8 gram slice. a4 tvth fO YOU by FLUHRER'S Dndtr Lttnie bj Nit'oni! Bikers Servew. Ie., Caf Our low prices mean . Better meals at bigger Savings f MARKET I 1202 North RiVeniJ OPEN EVERY R NIGHT TIL M MIDNIGHT jl Plans Announced By Junior Posse For Week End Ride Junior posse members made plans Monday evening for a week end ride to Willow Creek dam about 10 miles beyond Butte Falls. They will leave Thursday, August 23 at 2 p.m., from the posse grounds and the first night will stay at the Clyde Bunker ranch near Eagle Point. A potluck dinner will be serv ed Thursday evening at the Bunker home and those who at tend should take food contribu tions. Except for the dinner Thurs day, food will be furnished by the Junior posse. Those who were not at the meeting but plan to make the ride may ob tain further information from Miss Marlys Brown, telephone 3-3909, or Miss Nancy Wilson, telephone 2-86S2. Friday at 9 a.m., the riders will leave for the dam where they will stay Friday and Sat urday nights and return home Sunday. Jim Bunker, captain, presided for the special meeting Monday, held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Knips, 753 Oak Grove road, and is in charge of general plans for the ride. Those who make up the food committee are Miss Brown, Scott Philips, Miss Lynda Knips, Miss Wilson and Gary Brown. Chaperones on the ride will be Mr. Knips, Mrs. Mary H. Brown and Miss Montana Emer son. Other adults who will as sist on the trip are Mrs. Knips, Mrs. Stanley Philips. Clyde Bunker and Mrs. Paul Bulkin. Guest Leaves Mrs. Guy Childers left for her home in Fresno, Calif., Saturday after having visited in Medford with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Moran, 924 East Jackson boulevard. Mrs. Childers. who formerly lived in Medford, is a sister of Mrs. Moran. Around Hollywood ly AUNI MOSIY Uaittd Prn Correspondent . Editor's note: Altne Mosbv is with the CPA convention bureiu in San rranrlsro. Todsv's Horn-wood storv Is provided by John Barrymore Jr. BY JOHN BARRYMORE JR. Written for she United Press Hollywood (U.R) The two most important sounds to an ac tor's ears are laughter and tears. The latter sometimes come too easily. The former, not easily enough. I've been fortunate, although I'm only on my sixth picture, to have been around people in show business who've been bless- with a great sense of humor. An Argument One of my favorites was the late Constance Collier, who at the age of 78 could tell a story as beautifully as George Burns at 25. One of her best stories was about the time she rehearsed a play for six weeks with a cer tain actor. At each rehearsal he made his entrance from the cent er of the stage. However, on opening night a young scenic designer informed the actor his entrance should be from down stage left. A violent argument ensued be tween the two. Miss Collier went on stage to open the play with a monologue. Just as It came time for the actor to ap pear, her speech was interrupted by the harsh sound of a knife cutting through the backdrop in the center of the stage. A swift kick sent the slashed part of the backdrop flying. Through the opening stepped the adamant actor. "As I said," he announced tri umphantly. "I shall make my entrance from the center of the stage." Then, there was my father. Once he was dramatically deliv ering the lines from Richard III, "a Horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse." Sudden a balcony heckler broke into raucous laughter. Without stepping out of charcater. Dad looked up, pointed his sword at the balcony and snapped, "Saddle yon bray ing ass." During his performance in Chicago of "My Dear Children," Dad was constantly interrupted by the irritating cough of a pa tron in the front row. Finally Dad walked to the footlights, pointed at the offender and an nounced, "throw that seal a fish." Humor has played an impor tant part in my life. Four years ago my sister introduced me to a girl with a French accent. I thought she was the epitome of Paris charm until we attended a Halloween party. At midnight when everybody took off their masks my French girl took off her accent. Between laughs she confessed being as American as the Fourth of July. But, as you can plainly see, the last laugh was on her, for this charming creature is now Cara Williams, my wife. State-owned nurseries in Wis consin have distributed 23,000, 000 trees for planting in the past year. 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