TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, February 26. 1958
States have given recent at
tention to the Oregon Shake
spearean festival in Ashland.
ZDie Xeueren Sprachen," a
j&erman journel published at
Frankfurt-on-Main and Bonn,
jjevoted a full article to the
festival in its midwinter is
sue. In America, "The Travel
3gent," a New York trade
JJiagazine, included the Ore
Son event in an article on
festival tours.
-T Educator Hans P. Guth,
-currently on the staff of San
iose State college Jn Califor
nia, authored the piece in the
German-language periodical.
Its writing was inspired by an
earlier article written by Dr.
Margery Bailey, director of
the Festival's Institute of Re
naissance Studies, and pub
lished in "College English."
Mrs. Roy Cameron
Is Hostess For
Gold Hill Group
T Gold Hill Mrs. Roy Cam
eron was hostess for a meet
ing of the Gold Hill Garden
club at her home. Pacific
Highway 99 North, February
21. Mrs. Ernest Gregory, presi
dent, conducted the business
session.
Mrs. J. G. Southall, Gold
Hill, was a visitor.
Members answered roll call
by giving a name and descrip
tion of one of the many va
rieties of new rose bushes.
Slide pictures of southern
Oregon scenery were shown.
A plant exchange was held.
Jhe flower arrangement in
the living room was of red
camelias.
Mrs. Cameron used the
George Washington theme for
decorations and refreshments.
A flowering cherry tree made
up the table centerpiece in
the dining room. On the side
board was an arrangement of
green moss, branches for trees
and imitation pink cherry
blossoms. Mrs. Millie Walker
assisted Mrs. Cameron with
the decorations.
Prior to the business ses
sion the hostess served indi
vidual cherry pies decorated
with tiny U.S. flags.
The next meeting of the
garden club will be held at
the home of Mrs. Clair Doug
las near Rogue River, Friday,
March 21. Pictures will be
( shown as a portion of the program.
U. S. German Magazines
Publicize Ashland Festival
- Ashland Publications in The writer has also attended
both Germany and the United ; several Ashland productions.
His essay, entitled "Shake
spear unter den Sternen Ore
gons" (. . ."under Oregon's
starry skies"), describes at
length the history and pur
pose of the Elizabethan thea
tre group. Noting that the
Ashland theatre is the first of
its kind in America, the
article attributes much of the
theatre's success to its faith
ful Elizabethan stagings.
After a detailed analysis of
several Ashland efforts, Mr.
Guth concludes his article by
saying:
'The presentations in Ash
land owe their success, not in
the least, to a close coopera
tion between recognized rep
resentatives of Shakespearean
research and researchers in
the field of Elizabethan stage
technique. However, in Ash
land, research is there for the
theatre, not the theatre for
research. The stage belongs to
Shakespeare and to the people
created by him; people who
help us to see the world anew
and to interpret it anew."
The "Travel Agent" article,
by Robert Meyer, Jr., is a re
port on package festival tours
throughout the nation. Festi
val General Manager William
W. Patton's report on special
tours to the Oregon theatre is
quoted in the selection. The
article is slanted toward tra
vel agencies with the object
of stimulating further pack
age tours.
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Orchestra To Give
Ashland Concert
Ashland A concert by the
Southern Oregon Little Sym
phony orchestra will be given
Sunday, March 9 at 8 p.m. in
Churchill Hall auditorium on
the Southern Oregon college
campus.
The orchestra will be under
the direction of Dr. Herbert
Cecil and will feature Dennis
Hannan, violinist, and Vir
ginia Cecil, soprano. Mr. Han
nan will play two movements
of the "Concerto in G Minor"
by Bruch and Mrs. Cecil will
sing two operatic excerpts
from compositions by Mozart
and Puccini, and a song by
Richard Strauss.
There will be no admission
charge although" an offering
will be accepted for the bene
fit of the orchestra scholar
ship fund. The public is in
vited to attend.
T meorofto '
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Women of Moose
To Plan Events;
Music Day Set
Plans for coming events
will be made at a meeting of
Women of Moose tonight at 8
o'clock at Moose hall.
Mooseheart Music day will
be held March 9 at Moose hall
here. Other chapters to attend
and take part will be Powers,
which will conduct the clos
ing ceremony; Marshfield, en
dowment ceremony; Grants
Pass, opening ceremony; Rose
burg, initiation. The hostess
chapter will take charge of
the balloting.
The meeting will be an
open one, with Loyal Order
of Moose members, prospec
tive members and friends in
vited., Mrs J Ray Daniels will
give an address of welcome
and Don Carlon has been
asked to talk on Mooseheart.
Luncheon will be served.
Mrs. Paul Coats, recorder
of the Medford lodge, has
been asked to serve as head
registrar at the friendship
session in Eugene May 4.
Mrs. Leo Webster, senior
regent, and committee chair
men met with Mrs. Harvev
wyatt, general chairman of
the spring festival, to make
plans for the event.
Gold Hill Lodge
Holds Initiation
Gold Hill Amethyst Re
bekah lodge held initiation
ceremonies Wednesday, Feb
ruary 19 in Gold Hill Odd
Fellows hall.
Mrs. Howard Burnette and
Mrs. Florence Stroud became
members of the organization
at this time, with Mrs. Paul
Thompson, noble grand of the
lodge presiding.
Rebekahs attending from
out of town were Mrs. Bertha
Garman, a visitor from the
Jacksonville Rebekah lodge,
and Mrs. George Hammersly,
Yreka, Calif., who is a mem
ber of Amethyst lodge. Mrs.
John Novak, Medford, is also
a member of the local lodge.
Refreshments were served
during the social hour by Mrs.
Wilbur Martin, chairman,
Mrs. John Novack, Mrs. Wil
liam Ferguson and Mrs. Harry
Newnham.
Mrs. Thompson named
members to serve on the
March committee. They are
Mrs. Jerry Herrington, Mrs.
Earl Moore, Mrs. William
Fields, Mrs. Hannah Routh,
Mrs. Norman Gail and Mrs
Harry Quinn. This group will
be responsible for the refresh
ments for the two meetings,
provide a number for the pro
gram and cleaning of the hall
IPottpounirira
Shady Cove Women
Hold Club Meeting
Shady Cove Shady Cove
Home Economics club held
the February meeting at the
home of Mrs. Cecil Kee. Mrs.
Kee read the collect, and roll
call was answered with
"What can I do to make a bet
ter Grange."
Mrs. Lewis Dusenberry re
ported on a meeting of Jack
son County Child Guidance
committee, and Mrs. Ed Hous
ton on the HEC conference
held at Roxy Ann Grange
hall. She reported on the
Grange sewing contest, which
several members plan to en
ter. Two entries last year won
county honors.
Mrs. E. S. Strother, Mrs. E.
N. Vanderlip and Mrs. Kee
were appointed to a commit
tee to examine and revise the
by-laws.
A letter from Mrs. Ida Otto,
Grange mother now living in
southern California, was read.
The Firemen's ball was an
nounced, and members were
reminded to take cakes and
pies.
A program followed the
business meeting, and Mrs. T,
M. Littlefield won a prize.
The March meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. John
Minor.
Don Berry, one of the county agents, dealt our gardening
morale a terrible blow. We read about the speech he made
for Grove Garden club in which he said there are at least a
million different kinds of insects and bugs. Of beetles alone
there are about 30,000 different species. What chance does
a gardener have in a world with that many live creatures to
prey on the flowers, vegetables and trees?
Of course, not all insects and bugs destroy or damage
flowers and trees some eat wood, leather, feathers or the
food in the kitchen. This leads us up to a point where we
can use a wonderful new term gleaned from the pages of the
Wall Street Journal. The Journal referred to food-destroying
insects as "shelf life."
As far as that goes, the entire story in which the shelf
life was mentioned is interesting, too. AU about how an
American business man named Jack M. Dinken who had a
brand new idea. His firm now manufactures Kobu nuts,
thumb-nail sized morsels made of tiny balls of ground rice
sandwiched in between two salted peanut halves all bound
together by a bit of seaweed. They're a cocktail snack. Since
the morsels are manufactured in Japan, but the market will
be largely American, the firm must meet U. S. sanitary re
quirements. This is where the "shelf life" comes in Mr.
Dinkens and his workers have to be sure that there isn't
any in his factory.
The Journal article isn't entirely about Kobu nuts. It also
gives details of how enterprising U. S. business men are
turning to new types of products because there is a growing
opposition in this country to the low-priced, low-quality
goods which have been imported into the U. S. from Japan.
The new emphasis will be on high quality products which
may not meet with so much opposition here, the Journal
reports. This includes furniture, fabrics and Mr. Dinken's
tid-bits made of rice and peanuts.
.
About the time the old folks at home decide to get busy
with cables or a plea to the Red Cross we get a letter from
the Army Wife in Berlin, all unconcerned. The latest one
was preceded by some colored slides which the soldier made
of stores, buildings and other points of interest, and they
also sent along some programs of concerts given by the
"Berliner Philharmonischer Orchester." A penciled note
added to the program by the' soldier was to the effect that
the Berlin Philharmonic has played only to completely filled
houses for the last four years. One booklet is apparently a
list of, musical events scheduled in Berlin during the winter,
and the soldier also noted that "there is more going on here
in the way of serious music than in New York."
The Army Wife wrote that someone in the apartment
house had left, and "we have moved into the big room which
I labeled on the diagram. It is the warmest room in the
house, and is bigger than the one we had. At last I have a
place where I can type without freezing to death. We have
had the weirdest weather the past few days; it changes al
most as fast as it does in Pullman (Wash.) and we have had
snow, wind, rain and sun almost every day. And somehow
it manages to feel as if spring is almost here."
"We have finally gotten our slides packed for mailing.
and if Kenny can get Mr. Lewis to sign the tags, we will mail
them. We are sending you the pictures we have taken here
in Berlin, with a commentary that Kenny wrote to explain
them. We are sending a 'similar package of Berchtesgaden
shots to Kenny's folks, and when you have seen them, you
can exchange.
"We have come to the conclusion that we prefer the
European attitude toward life in many ways to the Ameri
can.. For instance, German children are almost always better
behaved than American children. The German people often
have better manners than the Americans, they take more
interest in international events, and know more about them.
"There are exceptions, of course, but it is very easy to
spot an American, especially an officer or his wife, because
they don't live as close to the Germans as the EMs do, and
consequently don't pick up the little details. Even I am often
mistaken for a German girl when I ride the German busses,
and most of the band wives have had the same experience.
"I have been very interested to observe the way the Ger
man women dress. They are not nearly so particular, for
the most part, to match colors carefully as American women
do. Somehow they express the idea that it's the woman un
derneath, and not her clothes, that is important. They wear
much less makeup, and accent one feature rather than trying
to- accent all of them. It is not uncommon to see a girl with
rather heavy eye makeup, and no lipstick. That, I find, gives
a very striking effect, and I have adopted it to a certain
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extent, minimizing the amount of lipstick I wear and con
centrating more on my eyes.
"Hairdos are either very short or very long, seldom in
between. Women are not at all ashamed to wear heavy, sen
sible shoes and long wool underwear and stockings in winter.
In contrast, they seldom cover their ears except by turning
up their coat collars, which are usually made large for that
purpose. They also aren't afraid to perspire; the atmosphere
in the Eierschale, where many young people are dancing
vigorously in a very small space, could be cut with a knife.
"Speaking of knives, we are collecting a set from open
stock carried in the PX. The. blades are all Solingen steel
except one which comes from Sweden, and can be sharpened
to a razor edge. They have one size which sells for95 cents
which will be excellent for steak knives. I have three so far,
and want at least three more. I also bought yesterday a small
paring knife, a meat fork and a large knife 'to use as a
butcher knife. So far I have spent about $8 and have seven
pieces.
She also wrote that the soldier had applied for leave the
last two weeks of March, and that they hoped to be able to
go to the Army Recreation center of Garmisch in the Alps.
In some countries, drinking water is so precious that it
is sold by the cupful by street vendors. In some places, the
fountain in the village square is the main source of supply.
All most Americans have to do is turn a faucet, and Ameri
cans use the incredible amount of 200 billion gallons of
water every day, or about 1,000 gallons for every man,
woman and child in the nation. O.S.
By GAY PAULEY
United Press Women's Editor
New York HP) Eleanor
Steber may be known as a
prima donna at the Met. But
to opera lovers in Saigon,
Vietnam, she is a "primitive
donna" and to fans in Hong
Kong she is "No. 1 Sing Song
Girl, USA.
Miss Steber, in an inter
view at her apartment in
Manhattan, laughingly recall
ed some of the titles she ac
quired in her recent "barn
storming" tour of the Near
and Far East. The tour was
sponsored by the U. S. State
Department and ANTA Am
erican National Theater and
Academy.
She also acquired a hus
band, but more about ro
mance later.
She's A Sport
"In Ankara," she said "they
dubbed me the 'good sport
singer' because I did a con
cert with a fever of 102. But
like the 'primitive donna'
best ... it sort of expresses
how I feel about opera stars
who throw tantrums" an
indirect reference to soprano
Maria Callas.
"Temperament is of the
spirit," she commented. "Not
something you show. If I had
been a prima donna . . .
someone who has to be car
ried around on cotton batting
. . . I wouldn't have survived
the concert tour."
In three and one-half
months, she traveled 100,000
air miles, gave 33 concerts
in 17 countries to audiences
totalling 50,000 persons.
The statuesque blonde sing
er, one of the Met's sturdier
characters, got used to riding
to concert halls in rickshas,
to singing in competition with
huge fans used to cool audit
oriums, and once in Baghdad
competed with the noise from
Russian circus playing near
by.
Wires and Flowers
"And here in the United
States," she laughed, "I've
been known to ask that drap
eries be removed from the
stage because they interfered
with the acoustics."
It was , at a party for her
in Saigon that La Steber met
a handsome Army major
named Gordon Andrews. An
drews was stationed there as
information officers of a mili-
t a r y assistance advisory
group.
!'We took to each other
right off," said the soprano
The courtship continued, by
wires, flowers, telephone
calls and letters for the rest
of her tour. "He wrote me
he'd show up backstage at
the Met one day soon," she
said. "There he was, in the
dressing room the night of
November 17. We got mar
ried six weeks later."
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Unit Announces
Workshop Dates
Dates of dress workshops
for Lone Pine Extension unit
have been scheduled. The ses
sions will' be held on four
Mondays, March 3, 10, 17 and
24, at 10 a.m. at Roxy Ann
Grange hall. Leaders are Mrs.
W. E. Acord, Mrs. H. B. Mit-
chel, Mrs. D. W. Randall, Mrs.
P. C. Dalton, Mrs. A. R West
and Mrs G. A. Thomas.
Child care "will be avail
able at the home of Mrs. W.
L. Garner for a small fee per
family. Each child should
take a sack lunch.
A small fee will be charged
each person taking the dress
workshop in order to help
pay for the use of the grange
and to buy coffee. Those, at
tending are asked to take' a
sack lunch and own coffee
cup.
The last regular meeting of
the unit was held February
20 at 10:30 ajn. at the Grange
hall. Thirty-two attended
The project "Pastry and
Pies" was given by Mrs. R. J.
Ritchey and Mrs. R. E. White
Mrs. E. M. Richardson was
hostess, with Mrs., Vern Nel
son, Mrs. M. J. Terzenbach,
Mrs. T. F. Grissom and Mrs
G. A. Thomas as co-hostess.
Communion Service
Planned for Women
Holy communion will be
celebrated for women of St
Mark's Episcopal auxiliary at
11 a.m. Friday, February 27
at the church. Following the
service, luncheon will be
served in the Parish house at
12:30 p.m. and a program will
follow
Richard Graham, Shake
spearean festival actor and
lay reader for Trinity Epis
copal church, Ashland, will
speak on the early Anglican
prayer book. ,
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and let vegetables steam 5
minutes. Serve at once.
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with a rich crumbly mixture
of brown sugar, flour, butter
and cinnamon. Bake until
golden brown and pears are
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The Y Knot Twirlers Square
Dance club will hold a dance
starting at 8 p.m. Thursday
in the social hall of the Med
ford YMCA. A busin -ss meet
ing is scheduled at 7:30 p.m.
Kenneth Hood and guest
callers will call. Potluck re
freshments will be served.
All square dancers are in
vited. Ball Held"" .
Rogue River Queen and
king of the recent Rogue
River High school Sweetheart
ball were Miss Karen Lauback
and Edwin Johnson. They
were selected by popular vote
of students attending the ball.
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12:30 p.m. Sojourners
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1 p.m. Christian Women's
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Christian church: circle 1,
Shoemaker, with Mrs. Claud
Haggard, 405 J St.; circle 3,
Edna Gish, with Mrs. William
Preston, 417 South Iw st.:
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