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Philharmonic Society
Opens New
T':e Philharmonic Society of
Southern Oregon opened its
1956-57 concert season yesterday
with a double program- ie in
Medford at 3 p.m. and another
in Grants Pass at 8 pm.'It is
hoped that the size of the aud
iences about 125 in each city
does not really indicate the in
terest in fine orchestral music
about which music lovers in both
cities doubtless boast.
The Grants Pass concert was
planned at this time as an honor
for Xorma Bazett, the orchestra's
first cellist, who was featured
soloist. Mrs. Bazett and her fam
ily make tlioir home in Grants
Pass.j where she is one of the
city's leading musicians.
Opening Selection
Conductor Richard Werner
chose for the opening selection
yesterday Nicolai's overture,
"Merry Wives of Windsor'' with'
G. F. Haendel's "Concerto
Grosso. Op. 6, No. 12," one of
the main offerings of the pro
gram, second on the program.
For the imposing Hendel num
ber, Audrey Brist, first violinist
and concertmistress. Nancy Wal
sted, who plays first chair in
the second violin section and
!Urs. Bazett, were featured as
"concertino" musicians. Their
playing added considerably to
the effectiveness of the composi
tion. .
. Bruch's "Kol JJidre" for ceilo
and orchestra closed the first
hail of the program. This solemn
number, written in the tradition
al manner of Hebrew religious
irii!!c, provided weight' and di
versity for the concert program
but seemed to lack the deep emo
tional appeal which the Hebrew
mufic sometime invokes in the
listeners.
Happy Choice
Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite No.
1 is a nappy choice for a com
munity concert as far as audi
nce appeal goes, for the .color
ful, descriptive music is familiar
to. almost everyone. ' However,
the suite presents difficulties in
execution for the string section
and yesterday's performance by
- trie Philharmonic was somewhat
disorganized, particularly in the
rapid passages.
Mrs. Bazett's solo' numbers
were well received' by the
audience. She opened her group
wtth "Andalucia" by Lecuona
and followed with Faure's
"Elegy" and "Rondo" by Boc
cherini. Mrs. Bazett is an ac
complished and experienced
cellist, whose musicianship is a
decided a set to the Philhar
monic. For yesterday's appear
ance she was accompanied by
Bruno Pellegrini, who has no
equal lr? the valley in this field.
As an encore number Mrs. Ba
hett played Massenet's "Swan."
Even though it makes some
inconvenience for the remainder
of the orchestra, possibly the
effectiveness of the solo num
bers for tlicse community con
certs would be improved if the
Stage could be cleared and the
nlo performer and accompan
ist play from the center. In the
traditional fashion..
From the standpoint of the
audience. "Finlandia" was- the
most satisfying of the concert
A Nkhol's Worth of
Comment On
By HARMAN
Unite J Prcu
Washington CUR) "The
Harines Tiere wonderful!"
That quote comes from an ex
bomber pilot from Derby, la..
who- ust re
turned from
the mess in
Egypt.
My friend,
Donald Snook,
a '33 - year-old
expert of the
U.S. Informa
tion Agency,
w'a s aboard
jrmjr, nicdois ..vaijuus u. o.
rescue ships taking evacuees .out
of Egypt. I talked, with him oyer
coffee at the USIA headquarters.
Ha said .tie got quite a charge
out of " the way the Marines
aboard ship handled the kid$ and
the old ladies from a number of
nations." '
"The kids "were easy for the
Leathernecks." Don said. "But.
they bad a little trouble teach
ing the older folks how to climb
the ladder from the galley tp
the deck and balance a tray
of food at the same -time."
Junior Corps
The Marines 'organized the
youngsters, age three to 13, in a
"junior Marine Corps." They
were taught to salute, to say
"Sir," to "pull your tummy in,"
and to give forth full-throated
and mostly off-key with "From
The Halis of Montezuma."
The Marines, in full battle
gear, marched hoir new "re
cruit?" atout the deck of the
USS General Patch nd gave
them morning drill.
"N'fit only that,", Don said,
"the Marines went "beyond the
call of duty."
They baby sat. They fixed
formulas. They diapered. And
they even camemp with some
thing from Hrahm's elong about
lullabye time.J
. Getting out of Egypt would
not have been easy. Don told
me. if red tape had not been
cuV to ribbor.s.
The first ho was from Cairo
mi
Season
numbers.. This mood-provoking
composition fcy Sibelius never
fails to stir an audience, and the
Philharmonic's playing of the
number yesterday brought an
enthusiastic response.
Almost every follow-up story
which this reviewer has written
for Philharmonic concerts has
ended with a plea for commun
ity support for this' worth-while
cultural venture and so it is
this time. Of course, . the con
ductor and his assistant, the
musicians and their loyal sup
porters realize full well that a
symphony orchestra in a com
munity this size will meet with
many discouragements, but it
would be a great pity if the ven
ture failed.
The orchestra serves many
purposes, and one of these is
that of a training ground for
young musicians. From this
standpoint alone, it should re
ceive the support of all southern
Oregon. O.S.
Response to Drive
Said Good Here
Public response to the Med
ford Thanksgiving March for
Muscular Dystrophy has been
good in the past two weeks, lo
cal committee members reported
today.
About 50 canisters for muscu
lar dystrophy fund contributions
were placed in Medford business
establishments two weeks ago
and many are nearly full now.
The committee has several more
to place before the end of the
Thanksgiving drive. Canisters
will be collected about a week
after Thanksgiving.
Muscular dystrophy is a dis
ease which affects the muscles,
crippling adult victims. Accord
ing to the Muscular Dystrophy
Association of America, Inc., the
disease is always fatal to chil
dren. On the campaign committee
are John Duffy, chairman. Floyd
Courtright and Mitchell Milich.
Heading the national drive are
Mrs. Lou Gehrig, James A. Far
ley, former postmaster general,
and Jerry Lewis, Hollywood film
star.
Tax Writers Probe
List of 'Loopholes'
Washington (U.R) Congres
sional tax writers today began
scrutinizing a list of "tax loop
holes" to determine whether
they should be plugged next
year.
The study was started by a
seven-man House Ways and
Means subcommittee headed by
Rep. WilbUr D. Mills (D-Ark.).
The group opened two weeks of
public hearings on 85 proposed
tax changes suggested by the
Treasury Department and con
gressional staff tax experts.
If enacted, the proposed re
visions would eliminate some of
the special tax relief gimmicks
now available to various groups
of taxpayers.
This and That
W. NICHOLS
Feitura Writer
to Alexandria. A convoy of buses
and about 40 cars were neces
sary. The headlights of the cars
had to be painted blue in case
there was a blackout. There
were a number of them.
Anti-aircraft fire was every
where. There had been a raid on
the Cairo airport.
Don is home now and jolly
well glad to be. The sight of the
misery overseas with hundreds
of Egyptians hoofing over the
rough terrain in an effort to
escape, was, indeed, unnerving.
But mostly Don likes to re
member those kids.
"They were wonderful,'.' he
said. "Nobody had to teach them
anything Americans and non
Americans alike. They hadn't
been aboard the vessel long be
fore they, knew all of the decks,
all of the Marines and were
acting as guides to their elders.
For a small charge, of course."
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Dalles Inmates
Get Brief Taste
Of Outside World
Dallas, Ore. (U.R; Two pris
oners being held in the Polk
county jail here made their sec
ond bid for freedom in two
weeks yesterday when they
threw pepper into a city police
man's face as he was bringing
them breakfast, then fled while
he was blinded.
Officers identified the two es
capees as Eugene Strasbaugh,
18. of Salem and Eugene En
field, 20, of Beaver Creek. Both
were recaptured.
Found in Stolen Car
Police said that Strasbaugh
was apprehended in a stolen
car as he started to cross a
bridge leading into ' Salem.
Enfield, whose escape was his
third in the past two months,
was picked up north of Bonne
ville. Wash., last night and was
held at Stevenson, Wash.
City Policeman Jim Greene
said he was taking breakfast
to the men when one of the
prisoners threw pepper into his
face, temporarily blinding him
while they fled the jail.
Previous Escape Fails
The two men made an abor
tive bid for freedom only two
weeks ago along with 19-year-old
Richard Davidson "of Albany.
All three were recaptured in the
Albany area within 24 hours
of their escape that time.
Davidson and five other pris
oners in the same cell block as
the two escapees did not at
tempt to flee with the two es
capees yesterday.
Strasbaugh was serving a one
year Sentence for stealing a car
in West Salem and Enfield was
jailed on four charges of obtain
ing money by false pretenses,
besides being a Washington
state prison escapee.
Dead Identified
In Crash of Plane
Lincoln, Neb. (U.R) Air
Force officials have identified
three men killed in the crash of
an Air National Guard F80 plane
into a B47 jet bomber at Lincoln
Air Force Base Saturday night.
Pilot of the National Guard
plane was 2nd Lt. Robert L.
Young, Lincoln, who was killed.
Other victims were John De
lancey, 21, A-1C, Chicago, crew
chief of the two B47 bombers
destroyed in the fire that fol
lowed the crash, and Donald R.
Price, 20, A-2C, Easton, Pa., as
sistant crew chief.
The men were refueling one
of the bombers on a taxi strip
when the F80 veered from the
runway and piled into the
parked B47. Air Force officials
said Young was practicing night
landings when the crash oc
curred. 4-H Club News
Achievement Night
Achievement night for all
members of the southwest Med
ford section 4-H clubs will be
held Monday at 8 p.m. at the
Oak Grove school.
All parents are invited to at
tend with their children.
This announcement was made
by Mrs. Ralph Mann at the last
meeting of the Southwest Med
ford 4-H Beef club. Mrs. Mann is
the club leader. The meeting
which took place on Nov. 16 at
2:30 p.m. was called to order by
Matthew Rode, president. There
were six members present.
The next meeting of the club
will take place on Dec. 27 at the
George Rode home and roll call
will be answered by telling facts
gleaned from the project books
of the members.
Heather Rode,
Reporter
COLTS HAVE SPEED
Baltimore (U.R) Cecil Isbell.
former National Football League
great, claims the current Balti
more Colts "have more backfield
speed than any team I have
seen in five years. Isbell once
served as head coach of the Colts
Fifty-eight per cent of male
athletes in this year's Olympics
were over six feet tall, with 50
of them over six feet, six inches.
SPORTS
17 Perfect
Record Clubs
New York (U.R; College
football's perfect-record roster
today numbered only 17 mem
bers 13 of whom already have
completed their regular season
schedules.
Princeton, Mississippi South
ern and Kansas Wesleyan suf
fered their initial setbacks dur
ing the week end. Yale's victory
over Princeton left Oklahoma,
Tennessee and Wyoming as the
only major unbeaten- untied
team.
Wyoming closed out its reg
ular season with a record of 10
consecutive victories. Oklahoma,
which has won its last 38 games,
has two games remaining against
Nebraska and Oklahoma A&M,
while Tennessee must play Ken
tucky and Vanderbilt.
Tennessee A&I and Lenoir
Rhyne play their final regular
season games Thanksgiving day.
Other teams that completed
their schedules with perfect rec
ords include New Haven (Conn.)
Teachers, Montana State, Hills
dais (Mich.), Central Michigan,
Kearney (Neb.), Redlands, Sam
Houston (Tex.), Florida A&M,
Westminster. (Pa.). St. Thomas
(Minn.), Alfred (N.Y.), and Mil
ton (Wis.).
Humez Opposes,
Jones Tonight
Paris (U.R) European mid
dleweight champion Charles Hu
mez of France and hard-hitting
Ralph (Tiger) Jones were slated
to meet in a return 10- round
bout tonight with a possible
world title shot at stake.
Humez is ranked No. 2 among
the contenders for the crown
now worn by Sugar Ray Robin
son. - Jones, although he defeated
Humez on an upset decision, at
New York's Madison Square
garden. March 23, is ranked one
notch below the Frenchman at
No. 3.
BREAKS WEIGHT RECORD
Tokyo, Ja pan (U.R) Chen-Ching-Kai
of Communist China,
a bantamweight weightlifter
has broken his own world clean
and jerk record by lifting 137.5
kilograms (about 302.5 pounds)
Radio Peiping said today.
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Is That So?
Editor's note: This piece, on How
to Feed Your Fish, concludes our
Monday series by Ranger Gene
Burns, which has appeared exclu
sively In the Mail Tribune.
Feeding your fish is the best
part of raising them. You will be
surprised how quickly you can
train them to stop their activities
and swim up to the top for their
meals by simply tapping the
tank gently before each feeding.
It adds to the dramatic effect
if you speak to hem but it is
highly doubtful if fish hear. They
feel vibration.
In feeding, the biggest danger
is overfeeding. Unlike warm
blooded animals, fish need com
partively little food. Feed too
much and your fish will overeat,
which is not good, and the left
over food will spoil and dirty
the aquarium. Limit the feeding
to a pinch of food a day and
make sure they eat all you give
them within, say 10 minutes.
If possible, be regular at the
same time each day, and only by
one person. If everyone in the
family alternates, the fish are
Three Killed in
Florence Triangle
Florence (U.R) Murryhill
Beebe, 44, shot and killed his
wife and her friend and then
took his own life here last night,
state police reported. The other
victims were Mrs. Lorena Beebe,
40. and Harold Titus, 38.
Police said Beebe's 15-year-old
son, Eugene, told them his
father walked in the house about
8:30 p.m. brandishing a 20
gauge shotgun and said he was
going to kill Titus.
Mrs. Beebe jumped in front of
the gun and Titus ran toward
the door, state police were told.
Titus was shot and then Beebe
turned the gun on his wife as
she tried to flee.
The boy said he then grappled
with his father and managed to
knock him down. He fled for
help while Beebe struggled to
his feet.
State police arrived a few min
utes later and found Beebe in
the bedroom where he had fall
en after shooting himself.
A nine-year old daughter of
the Beebe's, Delores, slept
through the shootings.
Police said Mrs. Beebe had
separated from her husband
earlier this year.
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Rjnger-Nlfurilist
bound to get too much. Remove
surplus food frequently by
syphon. Or by using snails and
Brazilian catfish. But even these
helpful scavengers cannot keep
up with constant overfeeding.
Unless you use prepared fish
food purchased from a pet shop,
catch kitchen or fruit flies and
cut them up small. Or scraped
raw beef, uncooked grain cereals
and dried shrimp. All chopped
small.
Egg yolk, hard-boiled, dried
and mashed, is good for fish
especially young ones. But even
better, fish like yeast. Powered,
medicinal brewers' yeast is best
the regular contains foods that
are not good for fish. Take a
small amount of the medicinal
brewer's yeast, moisten it, and
roll it into a small pill then let
it harden in dry air. When you
drop one of these pellets into
the water your fish will cluster
about it and nibble excitedly.
But again, beware: don't give
them more than they can use up.
In this case, within a couple of
hours.
Besides prepared foods, gold
fish will eat ground up dog bis
cuits, a small pinch of oatmeal
or cornmeal, bits of corn, peas
or beans. But mind, only a pinch
of any one at any one meal. And
like most fish, goldfish also like
to nibble at leaves of your water
plants.
Be Sure to Read Label
Small tropical fish should have
finely-chopped prepared tropical
fish food be sure you read the
label; larger fish can use medi
um or coarse food.
And now we come to that al
most universal food: earthworms.
These are among the best for
tropical fish, especially when the
fish are preparing to breed or
don't feel well. Chop them up
fine so that even the smallest
fish can swallow the bits.
The easiest way to have a
steady year-round supply is to
raise 'em. Fill a wooden box
with garden loam and mix it
with dry grass and leaves. Put
in a few light-colored worms and
keep the soil moist. To feed the
worms, pat the solid part of sour
milk mixed with oatmeal, bread
or potatoes just under the top of
the soil; wet it down and do not
disturb for several days.
Watch Ground Closely
If you have trouble finding
them, go out some warm damp
night after a good rain with a
flashlight, step lightly, and watch
the ground closely. If you can't
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find any, drive a stick into the
ground and "saw" the top of it
with another piece of wood. The
vibrations will make them pop
out.
(This concludes the home and
schoolroom, aquarium series. If
it has prompted you to start an
aquarium or helped you with
your own, I am gratified. Now,
if you'd like more information,
I'd suggest the excellent young
people's book. The Care of Water
Pets by Gertrude Pels or How
to Make a Miniature Zoo by Vin
son Brown. Due to many re
quests. I'll write a piece on First
Aid for Fish presently; then
come spring, Water Pets from
Nearby. Any questions?)
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