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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
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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-
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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.
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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. .
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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
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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
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