SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, January 15. 1938
started on one "because I
never could find a subject, a
story, format I liked." This
time, Menotti had the story
idea and offered to write the
libretto. The locale of "Vanes
sa" is a northern European
country, around 1905.
"We are going to io 'Vanes
sa' at the Salzburg Festival
next August," Earber said. "It
will be the first opera written
by an American ever to be
given there. There are many
American composers who
should be having the same
experience I am having, of
writing an opera.
In Germany there are some
thing like 40 opera houses,
all subsidized, and I wish our
country could have one in
each state, with federal and
state support. That's the way
to bring opera to the Ameri
can people."
American Opera Composer Is Calm
On Eve of Debut of Latest Endeavor
By DOC QUIGG
United Press Correspondent
New York OP The cur
tain at the hallowed Metro
politan Opera house rises to
night on the first full-length
opera by a native American
to be staged at the Met in
24 years, and the composer
a West Chester, Pa., boy
says he's not nervous.
-He sounds convincing, too:
"Nervous? No. No more than
normally so. It has been go
ing very well in rehearsal."
Although the world pre
miere tonight of "Vanessa," a
four-act opus, will be Samuel
Barber's first staged opera,
he is a veteran of musical
premieres. For 40 years he
began coming when he was
seven he has been turning
out songs, symphonies, bal
lets and other works.
Barber's Second Opera
This is his second opera.
He wrote his first as a boy
of nine. It concerned Gypsies
In his native Chester county
and a Metropolitan Opera
tenor. The boy composer al
ready was steeped in Met
GOLD HILL
Meeting, Program Set
By MRS. CLYDE KELL
Gold Hill Mrs. George
A.'Loftin will be hostess for
a meeting of the Sams Valley
Home Extension unit at her
home in Sams Valley begin
ing at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday,
Jan. 21.
Members will take a sack
lunch. Coffee will be served
by Mrs. Loftin.
Consumer buying was the
title of the lesson presented
at the December meeting in
the home of Mrs. Milton San-
lore because his aunt was that derson. Leaders were Mrs.
company s famed contralto, banderson ana Mrs. j,ouin.
j Visitors at the December
meeting were Mrs. Donald
er rd., is among those from
here attending the winter
quarter at Southern Oregon
college at Ashland.
T.Aiiico Wnmpr I
Turning out the words to
young Sam's opera was the
family' cook, a musical char
acter from Ireland named An
nie Brosius Sullivan Noble.
Unfortunately, she departed
the family kitchen before she
finished the libretto, and
only the first act of the thing
has words.
Sitting at rehearsal of
"Vanessa," in the dark and
empty opera house, while the
soprano voice of Eleanor Ste
ber (a Wheeling, W. Va., girl)
swelled above the softly drip
ping orchestra music, he told
rre about hi3 boyhood opera
venture:
- "Aunt Louise had got me
' Interested in opera. Annie,
the cook, had been sent over
here by my grandmother.
When she wasn't busy chasing
me out of the kitchen, she
would work on the libretto to
my first act. She had other
talents, too a remarkable
collection of Irish songs and
a habit of naming new dishes
she had concocted.
Words by Menotli
-All four acts of "Vanessa"
have words a-plenty, written
by an old hand at opera
words and music. Barber's
longtime friend, Gian-Carlo
Menotti. Menotti also is its
stage manager.
Barber has been commis
sioned several times before
to write an opera but never
Elder, Mrs. Elmer Korner,
and Mrs. A. Stevens, all of
Sams Valley, and Mrs. L.
Wiley of Medford.
A program on hunting safe
ty will be given by the Ore
gon State Game commission
at a meeting of the Gold Hill
Explorer Post 43 Wednesday,
Jan. 15, according to Willard
Waterhouse, senior crew lead
er of the post. He said the
program will consist of a
movie and short talk.
Officers for the ensuing
year, of the Gold Hill Odd
Fellow and Amethyst Re
bekah lodges will be installed
at a joint installation cere
mony Tuesday, Jan. 21, in the
local Odd Fellow's hall. In
stalling officers will be Mrs.
Clarence Parsely, Gold Hill,
district deputy president, and
John Black, Jacksonville, dis
trict deputy grandmaster. The
installing team is from the
Jacksonville Odd Fellow and
Rebekah lodges.
Mrs. Paul Thompson is
noble grand elect for the
Amethyst Rebekah lodge and
Jerry . Herrington is noble
grand elect for the Gold Hill
Odd Fellows lodge. Retiring
noble grands are Mrs. Lester counties
Parker and Wilbur Martin
Mrs. Bessie Henderson, Pa
cific Highway 99, north, was
hostess Jan. 10 for a meeting
of the Women's Missionary
Group of the Gold Hill Chris
tian church.
Mrs. Rex Allison, president
of the group, presided at the
business session and read an
article on Israel. Mrs. Alfred
Castillo gave a reading.
Plans were made for a
work day at the church on
Wednesday, 'Jan. 15, begin
ning at 10 a.m. Painting and
decorating in addition to gen
eral clean up work will be
done at this time.
Two visitors were present
at the meeting. They were
Mrs. Nick Giesch, Blackwell
Hill, and Mrs. Alfred Castillo
of Medford.
The next meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. Wal
lace Neece on Lampman rd.,
Feb. 14. Mrs. H. V. Munday
will be in charge of the program.
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ILLINOIS VALLEY
Fire Destroys Home
REUNION Air Force MaJ. Howard E. Curran, who w.as
secretly detained in Communist Albania for 19 days after
making a forced landing, is shown as he was reunited with
his three motherless children in Chateauroux, France.
Children are, left to right: Patricia, 8; Mary Lou, 4. and
William, 12. Maj. Curran plans to make an issue of the
detainment because the Albanians had played a cruel
trick on his children, who believed he was dead.
TL. U.ll J C Br VERNON SCOTT
lie I lUliyTTUUU United press Writer
By HELEN BOTTEL
Cave Junction A four-
room furnished house at Fos
ter Court on the Redwood
highway south of Cave Junc
tion was destroyed by fire
late last week. Loss was esti
mated by owner Hugh Foster
at 55,000.
Occupants were Mrs. E. T.
Grubbs and her two children,
Terry, 10, and Laurie, 8,
daughter and grandchildren
of Mr. and Mrs. Foster. Mrs.
Grubbs' husband died Oct. 23,
following a long illness, at
Portland Veterans hospital.
Mrs. Grubbs and the chil
dren were at the Foster home
when a neighbor, Jimmy Mc
Kinnon reported the blaze.
Fire trucks and volunteers
from Cave Junction and
O'Brien arrived in time to
save other buildings in the
court, but everything in the
burning building, including
the family's clothes and per
sonal belongings were lost.
4
Mr. and Mrs. Eroll Miller
and Mrs. Blanche Merriman
have returned to their homes
here following the holidays
spent in Fresno, Calif., where
they visited Mr. and Mrs. L.
L. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Don
ald Piening and Mrs. Flor
ence Piening. Mrs. Miller,
Mrs. Merriman and Mrs.
Florence Piening are sisters.
Of interest to many people
in southern Oregon is the pro
motion of Mrs. Vernon (Doro
thy) Taylor to district man
ager of Avon products. Mrs.
Taylor is the former Dorothy
Smith, who attended the Gold
Hill school. Her territory will
include Jackson, Josephine,
Douglas, Curry and Coos
Airman Third Class Rose
Walter Doherty, Upper Riv-1 Drake of the Women's Air
Hollywood 0PI - Affable
Art Linkletter is the nation's
Number One matchmaker,
determined to
marry a
couple on his
show at any
cost even if
it means sup
plying a step-
Is ladder for an
. ClUCIUCIil.
When his
Vernon Scott Univac g i m-
mick for bringing "ideal"
couples together on his "Peo
ple are Funny" show failed to
ring the wedding bell, Link
was beside himself no mean
feat for a man .his size.
In a frantic attempt to lure
a couple to the altar, Art im
ported a hypnotist to mes
merize a couple into tying the
knot.
A Little of Barnum
Linkletter has taken to
heart the saying "All the
world loves a lover" and com
bined it with Barnum's phil
osophy about the birtji rate
of suckers.
"Most people are incurable
romantics," he said. "When
we started introducing young
couples on the show we ex
pected abuse and criticism.
Force left Monday, Jan. 13,
for Sheppard Air Force base
at Wichita Falls, Tex., follow
ing a visit here with her par
ents and brother, Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Drake, and
Mike. Before her arrival
home on Jan. 5, she completed
basic training at Lackland
Air Force base, San Antonio,
Tex.
But there have been remark'
ably few letters complaining
about 'nothing being sacred.
Millions of lonesome people
get a lift from our little TV
romances."
The odds are one couple out
of ten brought together by
Univac will be married, ac
cording to Art. He vows that
contestants aren't bribed or
pressured into off - screen
hand-holding.
His eyes light up like a
short circuit in a pinball
machine when he talks about
a recent pair of Linkletter
love birds who became en
gaged via the program.
Positively in Love
"They are Shirley Saunders
and Bob Kardell," he gloat
ed. "Of the 20 or so couples
we've teamed up I'm positive
they're really in love. They
have ben dating five or six
nights a week.
"Some of the other couples
continued to see one another
desultorily, but Bob and Shir-
ely have set the wedding date
for some time in May or
June. They won't be married
on the show. The kids thought
it wouldn't be in good taste.'
Doesn't that louse up Art'
big finale?
"No," he frowned. "We'll
have pictures of the cere
mony. And they've promised
to visit us after they settle
down. Don't worry, there will
be plenty of excitement about
it on the program.
"The high point would be
if they name their first baby
after me," Art grinned, "un
less, of course, it's a girl!"
agriculture instructor at the
high school, gave an informal
talk on fitting students' for
life at the Illinois Valley
Farm Bureau meeting Thurs
day evening.
Colored slides of Hawaii,
taken by Mrs. Fred Nelsen,
and pictures of the southwest,
taken by Mr. and Mrs. Harry
O. Smith, were shown by
Smith.
Dr. Joseph Meyer, Cave
Junction dentist, showed two
films on fluoridation of water
as a tooth decay preventative
at the joint meeting of Illi
nois Valley Parent-Teacher
association groups Thursday
at Evergreen school.
Laurence Cushing, Cave
Junction attorney who is do
ing the legal work in connec
tion with the Illinois Valley
Irrigation district election,
plans an early meeting with
bureau of reclamation Engi
neer Lee McAllister to make
further studies on descrip
tions of properties within the
proposed district.
A potluck dinner and be
lated Christmas gift exchange
was held by 20 members and
guests of the Illinois Valley
Mineral Hobbies club recent
ly at the Selma cafe building.
Dale Tucker was reelected
president; Frank Loosley,
vice president; Sophia Bunch,
secretary, and Doris Boyd,
treasurer, at a business meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Spitz en
tertained as dinner guests last
Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Boyd and Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Smith.
Visiting in the valley
Thursday were Air Force Lt.
and Mrs. Bill Kaster and chil
dren, Kim and Bill Jr., who
had been in southern Califor
nia to spend Christmas with
Bill's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ira Hall at Claremont.
Joyce Riblett, of the Del
Rogue Veterans of Foreign
Wars auxiliary, was a visitor
at the local VFW auxiliary
meeting Thursday nieht. As
district chairman for poppy
sales, Mrs. Riblett outlined
preparatory work necessary
for Poppy Day in May.
Court Records
MUNICIPAL COURT
William Richard Edwards, dis
obeyed stop sign, S5.
Barbara Jean McCormick, dis
obeyed stop sign. $5.
uiue Hover Hover, Violation of
basic rule. $10.
Sarah D. Phillips, failure to
maintain proper lookout, S10.
Helen Irene Mandie. violation of
basic rule. 10.
Theodore Lincoln Reaves, dis
obeyed traffic signal. $5.
Anna Mae Scalberg. violation of
basic rule, S10.
William C. Piper, failure to yield
the right-of-way. S10.
i-ioya oroy iMiKoaym, violation
of basic rule. $10.
James Understeen, violation of
basic rule, S10.
Kenneth Delbert Lawrentz, de
fective equipment. $5.
Marvin Rose, disobeyed stop sign
$5.
Elmer Ellsworth Kyle, violation
of basic rule, S10.
Dennis Perry McCoy, racing
with another vehicle. $25.
Kenneth Gary Woods, failure to
yield the right-of-way. $10.
Ed. H. Day, disobeyed traffic
signal. $5.
Alan James Beaton, disobeyed
stop sign. $5.
Glen Evert Wilson, violation of
basic rule, S10.
Richard F. Arndt, violation of
basic rule, $10.
Imogene Thomas Thoren. failure
to maintain proper lookout. $10.
Irene Clarabelle McGuire, im
proper lane usage. $5.
Kenneth Gene Morris, disobeyed
traffic sgnial, $5.
Mrs. Frank Rauber, as a
member of the steering com
mittee for the Extension Serv
ice leadership classes to be
held Feb. 10-14; is planning
to make up a carload of per
sons to attend from the Illi
nois valley.
New residents of the valley
are Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ack-
erman and family who have
moved from Medford to the
Ira Hall home on Old Stage
rd. Ackerman is employed as
a saw filer for Forest Green
Lumber company.
Gordon White, vice presi
dent and manager of the
Bank of Illinois Valley; was
elected a director of the Illi
nois Valley Chamber of Com
merce at a recent meeting. He
replaces Orville Meredith
who resigned shortly before
he left the valley for the win
ter.
DISTRICT COURT
Eugene Earl Lawson, defective
emergency brake, S6.
Floyd Clifford Evernden, over
width, $10.
Orval Otto Oliver, defective sie-
nal device. $6.
Ernest William Oden, no opera
tor's license. $10.
Chester J. Thomason. driving
without headlights, $6.
Joseph Leroy Cooley, failure to
dim lights.' $6.
Edward Henry Close, overheight,
$15. bail.
Karl Merritt Proctor, passing
when view ahead is not clear, $15,
bail.
Truman Lee Milton, improper
muffler. $15.
Raymond Joseph Cyr, failure to
signal. S6.
William Anthony Cobb Jr., no
brakes, $4.
NO BEAR
Madison, Conn. (in A
frightened woman motorist
telephoned police that a "big,
black bear" was walking
along the highway. Police
found a big, black shaggy
dog. ,
CIRCUIT COURT
Arthur Wliliam Bath vs. Doro
thy Bath, divorce decree.
Lola E. Edwards vs. Roy E. Ed
wards, divorce decree.
Alton L. Crow vs. Aubrey Crow,
divorce decree.
Marvin Gordon vs. Helen Jane
Gordon, divorce decree.
Vonnie T. Bowman vs. Alfred E.
Bowman, divorce complaint.
Judith Marlene Cooley -vs. Keith
Allen Cooley, divorce complaint.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
Marvin Celo Harkey and Mar
garet Ann Townsend, both of Ash
land. Wilbert Andrew Tharp. Ashland,
and Joyce Ann Kiefer, Talent.
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In ancient times the mort
the materia medica increased,
the more complicated the phar
maceutical technic increased,
the more the skilled prepara
tions of medicine became nec
essary . . .
In 1865, the first Interna
tional Pharmaceutical Confer
ence was held in Brunswick,
Germany and in 1912 the first
Assembly of the Internal Phar
maceutical Fe deration was
held at The Hague, Holland.
These two organizations have
done much to further a greater
professional atmosphere and
professional activity in the in
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Frank Knight landed a big
steelhead just below Pomeroy
dam last week, indicating the
fish are beginning to move
into the upper Illinois river.
Several other catches have
been reported.
First meeting of the newly
reorganized Illinois Valley
High school advisory group
will be tonight at the school.
. Ralph Burns, vocational
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