Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 31, 1957, Image 5

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Newspaper Page Texto r. $Gff!i,ffs Play Has Fantastic Plot Medford Footlighter' 1957 cummer play, which opened last night at the Fairgrounds theater, ii booked as a comedy-fantasy, which it most certainly is. This play by Harry Segall, who must have a fertile imagination in deed, has some exceedingly funny lines and the plot is about as fantastic as they come now adays. , Starting out with the not too exciting story of a highly suc cessful stage couple too busy pursuing fame and fortune to bother with a family, Playwright Segall embellished his plot with numerous angels, including one who "takes on flesh" and lives among the mortals for a time in order to 'carry out the orders of the administration." He added to this the interesting idea of Item, little-girl angel who has been hanging around the stage couple ever since they were mar ried, waiting to be born, and from this he built a play which has some really intriguing situ ations and some really spicy dialogue. Wine at Combination There may be some who will wince a little at the combination of reverence and irreverence, but in the meantime, they will be en tertained, and who is to say, after all, what constitutes real reverence. "Mister Angel" is not exactly an easy play to direct and stage, but it is a challenging one, and Director Frank Buchter and his cast have made a valiant try. Some of the best scenes are between Gary Heilsberg, Whit worth college student who plays the title role, and little Madelyn Buonocore, who is Item-determined to be born to the parents she has chosen for herself. Both are spirited and determined "an gels" not about to be deterred by a few mere mortals. Experienced, Capable Clyde Wheaton and Beverly Johnson play Stacy and Lydia Bolton, the husband and wife stage team. Both are experienced and capable, but last night were a little slow in building up the two roles it wasn't until the third act that these two inter related characters began to be at all convincing. Margaret Dix, making her first appearance with the Footlight ers, is cast as Daphne Feters, so- b &t Bay's Msvs She FIAVK JEVKIfS (atf news: Southern Mexico has been tjiaken by a major earthquake that spread death and destruc tion in cities hundreds of miles apart. Mexico City, one of the most beautiful cities in the vorld 9 hardest hit. As this is writ ten, it is estimated that 50 large buildings, including some of the city's handspmest, collapsed. The shocks came a few min uts before 3 a.m., thaf "dark a?t hour that just precedes the awn," 'hen a maximum of peo- te ar at home asleep and a minimum are out on the streets. Estimates of the number of Killed end injured are still gtchy, but it is feared that the fcital t ill im large. A THOUGHT: Earthquakes have been oc curring since the beginnings of recorded history. But mankind still survives. Nor has man's courage, as displayed in the re building of cities destroyed by earthquakes, been shaken. I think we can say that as long as man retains his COURAGE mankind will go on to new heights of achievement. GOOD news: The National Safety Coun cil reports that highway deaths for the first half of 1957 are DOWN two per cent. And this despite a five per cent increase in the number of miles traveled by America's automobiles. The report adds that if the present trend in driving safety continues a thousand lives can be saved in traffic this year. It is good news because it in dicates that perhaps America's, drivers which means all of us are becoming MORE CAREFUL. Only by better driving can we hope to keep Qdown the tragic toll of highway accidents. MORE bad news. : TRAGICALLY bad news. Little Dale Glawe of Moor head, Minn., CRAWLED INTO AN ABANDONED ICE BOX with a toy telephone and his pet cat. He CLOSED THE DOOR and settled back to play. His parents missed him, and two hours later they opened the old ice box and found him dead of suffocation. THE tragedy arises out of the fact that little Dale's death COULD HAVE BEEN PRE VENTED. Man's carelessness had nothing to do with Mexico's earthquake disaster. But if. be fore this old ice box in Minne sota was thrown away someone had taken the precaution to de stroy all the locks little Dale would still be alive. QUESTION: Why are these ice box tragedies so numerous? The answer is thaj children love playhouses. An old discard ed refrigerator looks to ANY child like a natural in the way of a playhouse. - phisticated and suave female playwright. Mrs. Dix, who looks, beautiful both off and on stage, makes up in personality what she lacks in stage experience and has one especially excellent scene with "Mister Angel." Claire Flickinger plays Gloria, a lady angel who isn't about to disobey orders "from on high" in order to help Mr. Angel with his daring scheme, and Les Boardman does well with his minor role of Tony, Daphne's husband. Late Detectives Donna Nelson, Jerry Jerome and Jacque Colton are also cast as angels, Dick Kline and Direc tor Buchter are two late-appearing detectives who find they can't arrest one of the Lord's emissaries, and Helen Ashley has a small role as 'the house keeper who. takes . time but to Mrs. Santo Honored On Retirement from Telephone Company OPERATOR HONORED Mrs. Verle H. Santo, center, was honored by friends and employees at a retirement luncheon re cently. She retired from 35 years service with Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company today. Shown with her are Warren J. Dunham, district traffic manager from Eugene, and Mrs. Lena Simons, assistant traffic superintendent from Eugene. Mrs. Verla H. Santo, a Pacific Telephone and Telegraph com pany operator with 35 years' service, was honored by friends and employees at a retirement luncheon at the Jackson hotel recently. She retired under the com pany's pension plan today. Mrs. Santo makes her home wih her husband, Ernest, at 204 Lozier lane. She started with the company at Colfax, Wash., in 1922, and has worked in Eugene, Sacramento and Spokane. Medford Service For the past seven years she Sheppard's Attorneys Hope Confession Will Reopen Investigation Cleveland (IF! Two a torneys for Dr. Samuel Shep pard hoped today that a Florida convict's signed "confession" would reopen the investigation into the murder of the - osteo path's wife. - : But their efforts appeared doomed in the face of clains by Cleveland authorities that the signed statement by Donald Joseph Wedlef, like his verbal confession, was a fraud. Attorneys William Corrigan and Fred Garmone obtained the signed statemenl-Tuesday in De Land. Fla., and left immediately for Clevand. They said they felt the confession "certainly" was enoiyjh to reopen the case which resulted in a life senteace for "Dr. Sam." Authorities Not Convinced But the two men who headed the investigation, Cuyahoga County Coroner Samuel R. Gerbef and former Chief of Cleveland Detectives James Mc Arthur. said after examinging Vedler's statement they were convinced he had nothing to do -DAYS Watch... Wait For the Greatest Food Savings Ever! oeono! phone her favorite bookie. Last night's performance seemed over-long, but this often is accountable to first-night jit ters and other troubles, and Di rector Buchter will doubtless speed up subsequent perform ances. Or the fault may be with Playwright Segall's wordy di alogue. i As usual the audience en joyed Footlighters' custom of serving coffee, punch and cookies between acts. This proved par ticularly delightful last night be cause the little under-the-eaves lounge has been newly painted, decorated and re-furnished and is now- a thoroughly pleasant spot. Credit for this is due Mrs. Lawrence Buonocore, mother of little Item in the play, John Raapke and numerous other indi viduals and firms interested in the welfare of this civic theater group. - . Performances of "Mister An gel" continue tonight through Saturday, with curtain time at 8:15 p.m. The theater is aircon ditioned and completely com fortable. O.S. has been with the company In Medford, first as a telegraph op erator and later as a long dis tance operator. At the luncheon Mrs. Santo re ceived an electric coffee maker from employees as a retirement gift. Attending the affair from Eu gene were Warren Dunham, dis trict traffic superintendent, and Mrs. Lena Simons, assistant traf fic superintendent. t The Santos plan to spend part of their leisure time traveling around the country to visit rela tives. with the bludgeon murder of Marilyn Sheppard. They said Wedler's signed confession con flicted with verbal statements he made to them earlier and, also, with established facts in the case. McArthflr said he and Gerber were convinced, on the basis of their talks with Wedler, that he never ha 3 been in Cleveland. Mrs. Sheppard was battered to death in the Sheppard lake front home July 4, 1954. Shep pard, in the house at the time, said his wife was slain by a bushy-haired intruder. Despite his protestations of innocence, the young osteopath was con- V 'J i - ' - r.i A : . i. 'TiTTnVr.Mrt, i Go on! Tell him . . . tell him to coll cm' expert! It's advice you, too, can confidently follow ... to con sult Don Stathos, insuror an expert when you need in surance protection. He is nearby. He's handy when you need . him fast. You can talk to him anytime. He will see that you have the right kind of insurance and the right amount, whether its fire or any other insurance. So for expert in surance service see ... -7? Board of Control Approves Bids for Work al Hospital i Salem Wl The Board of Control Tuesday approved bids covering preliminary engineer ing work at the F. H. Damasch state hospital near Wilsonville. Smith-Phillips Co., Portland, was low 'for the site work at $597,500. Board members said they would would soon announce the date for ground breaking cere monies at- the site. Meanwhile they requested the State High way Department to aid in lay ing out roads at the state hos pital. To Ask Assistance In other business the1 board voted to invite Dr. Mortin Kra mer, head of the department of bio-statistics of the. National In stitute of Health, to visit Ore-' gon and assist in setting up a proposed system of IBM records for state mental patients. The board also vo'ted to meet next Tuesday with members of the tuberculosis advisory com mittee which will , study the feasibility of closing one of the state's TB hospitals or convert it to another use. Aberdeen Plywood Plant Closure To Affect 260 Aberdeen OP) The Aber deen Plywood Corp. plant, faced with-a depressed market and a recent drop in plywood prices, will close for an indefinite period starling Saturday, Manager V. A. Nyman said Tuesday. The firm recently eliminated one shift in an effort to stay open. Nyman said he did not know whether the plant would stay in business. The closure af fects 260 men. 18th Air Force Chief Pays Visit To Portland Portland API Maj. Gen. Chester E. McCarty, commander of the 18th Air Force, paid a flying visit to his home town here Tuesday. Gen. McCarty, who in civilian life is a Portland attorney, was on the West Coast to look over portions of his command. He flew back to Donaldson AFB in South Carolina Tuesday night. 450 Influenza Cases Reported at Fort Lewis Tacoma OP! About 450 cases of influenza, probably the Asiatic variety, were reported at Fort Lewis Tuesday, Dr. C. R. Faraghar, couny health depart ment director, said. - He said the cases first were reported last week. Seattle IW A reduction of from 9,000 to 12,000 in Boeing Airplane company employment will take place in the next six months, according to William A. Allen, president. victed by the jury and sentenced to life imprisonment. Lawyers Map Strategy In his statement, the bushy haired Wedler said he entered the house with robbery as his motive, then battered a woman with a piece of pipe, hit a man asleep on a downstairs couch and threw the pipe in nearby Lake Erie. ' But Gerber and McArthur said the confession was as "phony" as 24 others given sipce the murder. Despite the skepticism of au thorities Corrigan and Garmone said they would call a confer ence of all lawyers connected with Sheppard's defense and map strategy which they hope will free the osteopath. Wedler said he was willing to gc to Ohio to .submit to a lie detector test, privided it was not administred by police author ities or Gerber. "From my contacts with them it would be a waste of time," he said. ION STATHOS, INSUROR Professional Insurance Protection 220 South Central. Medford PHONE SP 2-2677 Children's Home Buildings Destroyed . Corvallis (IB Fire of un determined origin Tuesday de stroyed three buildings, includ ing a hay-filled barn and a milk ing shed, at . the WCTU , Chil dren's Farm - three miles north of here on the Corvallis-Albany highway. The blaze started in what is known as the "loafing" shed, where calves were kept. The children managed to save 20 calves. Officials said it probably would take $30,000 to replace the structures. Dormitories, the church and residents houses were not en Aluminum Prices Will Be Increased Oakland IW A price in crease of 1 per cepfe-a pound on pig, ingot and billet .aluminum will become effective Thursday, Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Sales has announced, v . The report also said that prices of aluminum mill pro ducts will be increased approxi mately 4. per cent Aug. 3. Theft of Racehorse Lands Man in Jail Portland OP) William Frank lin'' Vinson, 39, Pomona, Calif., was lodged in Rocky Butte jail under $10,000 bail for embezzle ment Tuesday - in connection with the theft of a racehorse. Vinson, who is wanted on the charge by authorities in Washoe county, Nev., waived extradi tion before Judge James W. Crawford., v" " '"' Deputies said the owner placed a value of $10,000 on the ani mal. . WARDS OPEN TONIGHT TILL 9:00 10.98 to 19.98 Coals, Toppers Limited Quantities. Not all sizes $4 to 12.98 Summer Dresses Misses, Womens and Half Sies Misses Blouses, Skirls Were 2.98 to 6.98. Hurry for these Reg. 1.98 Cotton Slips 34, 36, 40 only. Some with shadow panels ... Reg. 1.98 to 6.98 Found., Girdles L AnrtpH Wtrl SAVE' ' ' . A Assorted styles. SAVE 1.49, 1.98 Girls' Play Wear 7-14 Shorts, P. Pusher Sets, 3-,5 Sunsuits Reg. 3.98 Girls' Pedal Pusher Sets Bright Summer Colors, 7-14 . Reg. 1.89 Boys' Denim Jeans Double knee, 10 oz.; Sizes: 3-4-5 .'. 1 Reg. 2.49, 2.98 Men's Sport Shirts Reg. 3.98 Shirts'-. . Now 1.97 Reg. 98c Men's Straw Caps 2 Styles, several colors Reg. 255 Wash Cloths Thick fluffy .cotton Terry, colors Reg. 10.95 Rayon-Orion Blanket Printed Design. 50c down holds til Nov. 16. Reg. 7.98 Cotton Chenille Bedspread 77 Attractive floral designs, solid colors. Full and twin ': . Reg. 42.95 Mes All 6 Only in sizes 35 to 40 Doll Assortment Reg. 5.95 to 8.95. Slightly soiled Reg. 21.95 7 Play Gym Set ' 3 Sets only. Sturdy construction , Reg. 1 1.95 Picnic Basket With service for 1 Reg. 263.88 12 H.P. Sea King Ol 977 Standard model with full gear shift Reg. 241.50 12 Ft. Alum. Boat 10077 SF A Krvr. n..t.j j..i ... t,.at M M 39 Pr. Women's 11r no J. r rt n ne 0.30 1(1 0.B 25 Pr. Women's Casuals Were 4.98. White, colors Wednesday, July 31, 1957 Substitute Teachers Ashed To Register ": Elementary and secondary teachers who wish to do substi tute teaching in the Jackson county schools during the com ing year are asked to register with the office of the county school superintendent, according to Mrs. Una B. Inch, rural super visor." Registration blanks will be mailed to persons interested if they will call the county office, SPring 2-4424, she said. Hungarian Refugee Problem To Be Aired Belgrade, Yugoslavia (IB Rep. Francis Walter (D-Pa.) and Joseph Swing, head of the U. S. Immigration Service, began dis cussion today of the problem- of Hungarian refugees still in Yugo slav camps. Most of the 20,000 Hungarians who fled here during the revolt are awaiting resettle ment. Rothchild Building At Portland Sold Portland (IPI Sale of the seven-story concrete Rothchild building for about $200,000 was announced Tuesday. The building was purchased by William C. Murphy from Joe M. Rothchild, - Arthur A. Gold smith" and Wilham Blitz, accord ing to Stoddard & i Co., Proper ties, who represented the' sellers. LIQUID RETALIATION Fond Du Lac, Wis. (IPI A man's best friend is his skunk, Walter Brandt, 36, said today. A judge fined him. $25 for run ning his hot water tap night and day after his landlady ord ered the animal out of the build ing. 1' ' PRICE 1 . PRICE 1 2 price 147 PRICE 50' 1" oo 1" 27 17' 6" Wool Suits 2477 ; 267 lo 472 15" 677 HUGE SAVINGS ON SHOES! Casuals, Pumps 147 1 97 ALL SIZES BUT NOT IN EVERY STYLE HURRY IN! SALE Teamster Official Gets Prison Term New York (IPI A Teamsters Union official was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison Tuesday for extorting $1,700 from two lumber companies -as the price for labor peace. General Sessions Judge John Mullen imposed the sentence on Alfred Reger, 45, secretary treasurer of Local 522 of the In ternational Brotherhood of Teamsters. A jury convicted Re ger June 5 on three felony counts of shaking down the Spe cial Box and Lumber Co., the Bronx, for $1,250, and the Fel ter Coal and Lumber Co., Bogo ta, N.J., for $500. Policyholder Payments By Prudential Increase Los Angeles Payments to Oregon policyholders and bene ficiaries by the Prudential In surance company during the first six months of 1957 amounted to $2,748,000, the company an nounced today. This compares with $2,318,000 paid during ' the corresponding period in 1956. 'Prudential pay menus in the United States, Can ada and Hawaii reached an all time record this year, the com pany said. iinnaiufliimug. i n smjw mi l Top-speed relief for sour stomach, gas, acid indigestion On 10?! FOt IMS TUMMY Were 1 14.95 5 pc. Dinettes, S911 3 Sets only. Chrome or black and bras Reg. 49.95 Salem Finish Rockers 397 Only. Colonial styling. Brown or green Reg. 249.90 2 pe. Liv. Room Suite 1 777 Turquoise nylon cover. Foam rubber cushions Reg. 304.95 3 pc. Bedroom Set 24977 Book case headboard, D. Dresser, Chest Reg. 12.88 Steel Base Cabinets Q77 White enamel with Formica tops .. .-' Reg. 23.95 Floor Lamps 2 Only. Colonial styling. S-way switch - Reg. 234.95 21" Table TV 10095 1 yr. service policy Included Reg. 99.95 Sewing Maehins Console model. Maple finish Reg. 239.95 9 cu. ft. Refrigerator 1 2)977 Deluxe model. Push button defrost . Reg 249.95 Home Freezer 1 5977 3.8 cu. ft. Chest Type. Pastel Interior Reg. 139.95 Gas Range 36 in. Electric clock control . Reg. 62.50 100 pc. Dinner Ware Attractive Platina pattern. Service for 12 Evaporative Coolers All models reduced 32.50 to Reg. 9.95 Thick. Tab u overs luu iq. iu o vuiurs Reg. 1.75 Rock Wool Bag covers 25 sq. ft.;.. Reg. 21 ISO Fir front Sink Cabinet 1 QQ77 85 In. Formica top. Double sink, fittings Reg. 21.95 Hand Mower 1377 5 Uniy. 10 in. cm. Dan Hearing Reg. 7.95 75-ft, Garden Hose a. 4.. 1' I- U.M. Ji.M. 1U yr. UUMmUICC, 72 in. iubiuc Reg. 1 6.95 H.P. Electric Uolor Q77 Split phase type for easy starting jobs Reg. 1 9.95 U in. Electric Drill J4&3 with reared Jacobs chuck X . 60 Pr. Men's Sandalr Reg. 2.98. Cool comfort! 30 Pr. Women's, Child. Slippers q(V Were 1.98 to 3.98 "' ENDS SATURDAYl MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUTE FIVE ALL IN THE EAR What you seem this girl's ear is Soriotone's new hear ing aid complete. IT'S WORN ENTIRELY IN THE EAR no cord, no extra "button." Weighs only half an ounce. Women's hairdos hide it completely.' On men, this amazing hearing aid is barely noticeable from any angle. c comc in, mom on want, rut OfMOMSTMTION-NO OS1IGATION S0N0T0NE C. R. Adamson, Dist. Mgr. 839 E. Jackson Ph. SP 2-5904 Use M-T Classified Ads 69" 8988 39" 25OFF 129.95 Shingles Q95 ...,....f - Insulation 158 ; - 397 uiaui . 1"