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o o o o o Margaret O'Brien Credits Television fof Change From Child To Adult Roles By WILLIAM EWA.LD' Unitfd Pv9s Corrsepondent New York iIJ The corn ballest of all the cornball images ever manufactured by tije mov ies may well have been the one of Margaret O'Brien, standing lone, solemn - eyed and straw hatted, with a mammoth hollow of a strain station. It was, oh sob, a heart-tugger. It is an image that Miss O'Brien, a lady pushing 20, re gards now with some distaste. It is an image that TV is helping her to bury. "One of the most difficult things about having been a child actress is trying to convince peo ple that you are no longer a child," said Miss O'Brien as she fluttered her dark lashes at a plateful of manicotti. She had ben rehearsing for a "Kraft Theatre" opus, "Come to Me." J the child movie stars who came She said she was hungry. Out of Awkward Age "The wonderful thing about TV," she said between forkfuls, "is that it has given me a chance to get out of the awkward age something the movies couldn't do for me. No movie producer could really afford to take a chance at handing me an adult role. "But TV has changed all that and all within the past few weeks. It started with a 'Suspi cion' show at the beginning of the season in which I played a woman. Then there was a 'Play house 90' and a 'Climax' in which I played wives. In this 'Kraft', I get another chance to act I'm playing an ugly sister who's not quite right in the head. "I'm far more fortunate than ILLINOIS VALLEY Blocdmobile Sets Visit Mr By HELEN BOTTEL Cave Junction The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at Cave Junction Nov. 13 for the first time in more than a year. Mrs. Henry Floyd, Red Cross chairman for the valley, said the local quota is 125 pints. Donors are asked to be at the American Legion hall between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13. Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Stem visit ed Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Saylor and daughter, Allyson, of Scotia They also visited their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Stem, and their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs Joseph Sutton, of Eureka. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Liss were honored last week at a farewell party given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Piper. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Petsch, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Owens, Mr. and Mrs. Don Fulk, Mr. and Mrs. Qrville Meredith, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Steimer, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Mann. Mr. and Mrs. Wes Vahrenwald, Dr. and Mrs. Jos eph Meyer, all Illinois Valley, and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Whitcomb of Grants Pass. Mr. and Mrs. Casey Piller of Kerby were called to Eugene Monday by the death of Piller's step-father, Edwin Schultz, who died of a heart attack, f Mr. and Mrs. George Savage had as Thanksgiving dinner guests their daughter, Mrs. Leroy Welsh and granddaughter, Char lene Welsh, of Mountain Home, Ifo., who will stay at the Savage home in Kerby until after Christ mas. Other Thanksgiving guests were Mr. and Mrs. Bud Savage. Jess Gilchrist of Gold Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baldwin and son, Jimmy, of Crescent City, George Stanley of Gasquet, Calif., and Carl Wieting and his nephew, Jim Billi, who was home from Oregon State college for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Turnbull and son, Darell, were Thanksgiving guests of Mrs.' Hattie Evitt and her son, Jay. The Ed McDonalds spent Thanksgiving with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Silvan Emerson, at Willow Creek, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Skrecky and sons, Douglas and Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. John Wilber and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Wilber were Thanksgiving dinner guests at the Earl Boyd home on Westside rd. At the Cecil Wilhelms' for Thanksgiving were Mr. and Mrs. Bud Hoskins and family. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Boyd and family spent the holidays at San ta Rosa, Calif., at the home of Boyd's cousin and family, Mrs. E. J. Berthaud. Mrs. Jack Spitz, chairman of the child welfare committee for the American Legion auxiliary, said about S50 was gained for local children's aid at the auxil iary card party Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strickland have moved back to the Illinois Valley. They spent several months) in Grants Pass this winter. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Wilson in cluded in their Thanksgiving din ner party at Shadowcroft lake Mr. and Mrs. Bill Burch and son, Jim, of Cave Junction; Miss Lura Black, special education teacher for city schools in Eureka, and Miss Charlotte Thompson, school nurse at Crescent City. (Jtr. and Mrs. Bert Johnson of Siskiyou Mountain camp had as Thanksgiving dinner guests Mrs. Johijsbn's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tfa'Tftone When Your Linoleum and Hardwood Flocs arc Finished with ... ; L o 1 ! o inexpensive, easy to non -slippery, DO IT YOURSELF PP'Yr impervious. Wipes clean with soap and water. Can hm touched -up. Will not crack, chip or become dark. Dries in 30 Minutes Rid yourself of the hard work and expenspr of waxing ... APttY DJU-QUIfc MEDFORD PAINT & WALLPAPER STORE Jewel Brewer was elected No ble Grand of Marguerite Rebek a lodge 111 at a recent meeting. Officers include Edith Heiden reich, vice grand; Sophia Bunch, secretary, and Lena Payne, treas urer. Installation will be in January. before me and all because of TV. Shirley Temple never had anything like TV to make that transition to adulthood. Neither did so many others." Miss O'Brien, who 'won an Academy Award at seven and who earned S5.000 a week at the peak of her career, looks back with some detachment on her roles in such Flickers as "Meet me in St. Louis," "Journey for Margaret" and "Jane Eyre." She did the straw-hat bit in "Music for Millions." Child Acting Half Good "In terms of my career, I think being a child actress is half good and half bad," she said as she worked through some garlic bread. "It's harder to get people to accept the fact you're older, but it's good because it helped me as an actress. "People think because I start ed at four-and-a-half I was a born actress. But there's no such thing as a born actress. You have to work to be any good. I can remember as a child the endless hours and hours of rehearsal just to get a scene or even a line right." She ordered brandy pudding and tea for dessert and tackled both with dainty gusto.. "Regrets. No, I have no regrets at all about spending my child hood as an actress. My mother made sure that I played with the other kids in the neighborhood and I got the same kind of allow ance that they did. "If I had a daughter of my own with talent I'd offer her the same choice my mother offered me. If she enjoyed acting, I'd let her act. If she didn't, she wouldn't have to. But I don't think there's anything neces sarily bad about child actors. I don't think you have to become spoiled. The only important thing in life is not to be pushed into anything. That's what makes the difference." Wednesday, December 4, 19S7 HURRICANE LASHES ISLANDS Royal palms wave wildly in Honolulu as heavy winds and rains lashed the city. Hurricane Nina,. Hawaii's first recorded hurricane, bypassed Honolulu despite the flag warnings flown over this waterfront bulding. PROSPECT 300-Pound Bear Killed Holiday guests at the Paul Glines home in Cave Junction were Mr. and Mrs. Alan Markley and the Glines' son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Holm. Gary and Thomas, and Miss Myrna Kellogg. Mr. and Mrs. Les Henry and son, Jack, spent Thanksgiving at Salem with Mrs. Henry's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Bennett. Mr. and Mrs. James Allen of the Siskiyou Aerial project had as Thanksgiving guests Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tubman of Grants Pass, Bob Scofield of Galice and Miss Nada Derry of Roseburg. Grange Notes CENTRAL POINT GRANGE The Central Point Grange will meet in regular session Fri day, Dec. 6. The recreation committee ad vise low heels for mixers and square dancing which will fol low the meeting. Benton Boyce will furnish the music. JUVENILE GRANGE At the last regular Juvenile Grange meeting held on Nov. 15 the following officers were elected for the coming year: master, Carol Foote; overseer, Russell Frink; lecturer, Frankie Mengel; steward, Jack Arrell; as sistant Stewart, Bobby Kuest; chaplin, Janet Barber; treasurer, Judy Gebhard; secretary, Caro lee Kuest; lady assistant, Judy Frink; gate keeper, Ray Arrell; Ceres, Meredith Jense; Flora, Bobby Jane Darras; Pomona, Elaine Young;- and musician, David Foote. Installation will be held Dec. 15 at 1 p.m. in the Central Point Grange hall. Juveniles will meet Friday, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. They will have charge of the display table for subordinate Grange for this meeting and each Juvenile is to bring a homemade Christmas card or something he has made at school to display. BY GENEIL SPRUILL Prospect Harley Pressley and Chuck Hooper of Prospect and John Galauich of Shady Cove had a successful bear hunt in the Union Creek area Nov. 24. Two hours later the hounds treed a bear. Then what they thought was going to be fun turned out to be quite an ordeal. Galauich shot the bear from a distance of 70 yards below the three. Pressley was at the base of the tree. . f Galauich seriously wounded the bear but the bear came down the tree toward Pressley and dogs. Pressley then emptied his six shooter, but it did not phase the bear. The bear then charged Press ley, but was distracted by the hounds, which were mauled while Pressley was reloading his gun. Galauich rushed in and killed the bear which weighed approxi mately 300 pounds. Jack Ross of Prospect left Nov. 29 for Portland to ac company his brother, Don, of Brookings who has been con fined to a Portland hospital due to a lung ailment. A six-foot culvert three miles south of Prospect on Highway 62 has been completed, and will now take care of flood .water. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Shoe maker and son, Gary, of Yreka, Calif., former residents of Pros pect, were visitors over the Thanksgiving holidays at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mather. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ross and three children spent the holiday week end in Bend at the home of Mrs. Ross's parents. Visiting in Prospect at the home of her parents during holi day week end was Mr. and Mrs. James Martin and son, Billey. She is t he daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Canary. The Christmas party for the Prospect Home Extension Unit will be held at the home of Mrs. Willard Huffman Wednes day, Dec. 11, at 10:30 a.m. A ham dinner will be served. Members are asked to bring secret pal gifts and a 50 cent exchange gift. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Moore and daughter of Lakeview were week end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyde Moore and family. Miss Ladonna Gould went to Woodland, Calif., to be with her parents for Thanksgiving. Wen dell Bates was with his folks in Portland. The Prospect Gun club will sponsor a country store and Turkey shoot Sunday, Dec. 8. The Cub Scouts will be serving food. There will be rifle range, shooting gallery and trap shoot. Clarence Neville, who is at tending college at Corvallis, spent the Thanksgiving holiday at the home of his parents. Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Del Orgain were Leon Love of Trail, Mrs. Myrtly Den ton of Ashland, and Mrs. Dolly Love of Medford. MONEY At Crater Finance you may borrow for any worthwhile purpose on your FURNITURE - AUTO SALARY and repay in monthly Install ments. You may choose the terms most suitable to you up to 24 months. Leans may be paid in advance or in full at any time Crater Finance CORPORATION 135 Pine St. - Central Point Phone NO 4-1273 Frank Wilkinson, Mgr. CLOSED SATURDAYS Open Mondays Until 9 p.m. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE EX-PRISON CHAPLAIN DIES Baltimore (TP) The Rev. Jo seph J. 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