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FEAST OF THE TRIBE Twelve hundred people gathered
in Ashland's Lithia park Tuesday night for the annual
"Feast of the Tribe of Will" to open the Oregon Shake
spearean Festival season. Following the banquet a capacity
crowd with several standees jammed the new $275,000
nrJ o B er-gr-,
ET TU, GOVERNOR-Oregon's Gov. Mark
Hatfield and Mrs. Hatfield were among first
nighters launching the Oregon Shakespear
ean Festival's 1959 season Tuesday-night.
Shown (left to right) at the Lithia - park
5275,000 Elizabethan Theater
Center
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By ERIC W. ALLEN JR.
Managing Editor, Mail
J Tribune
Ashland - About 1,200 peo
ple welcomed Queen Eliza
beth I back to Ashland last
night. , - '. .
The occasion was the open
ing of the 19th season of the
Oregon" Shakespearean Festi
val association. And - agree
ment was widespread that the
event began auspiciously.
Incongruities blended into a
wholly satisfying evening.
There were half-chickens pre
pared by the Oregon Broiler
Commission and served by the
Medford Junior Chamber of
Commerce. There were kilt-
clad pipers, drummers and
dancers. -
There was Oregon official
dom in the persons of "Gov.
Mark O. Hatfield and Secre
tary of State Howell Appling.
There was higher education in
" the persons of the presidents
of four universities and col
leges, a chancellor and a for
mer chancellor- of nigner edu
cation, and in members of the
state board of education.
There, were costumed play
ers and dancers and musi
cians. There were business
suits . and '( sport shirts and
warm outing caps.'
New Theater
Rising over all was the
huge, almost overwhelming
but graceful bulk of the new
$275,000 Elizabethan theater,
a technical and architectural
marvel which, as it is design
ed to do, vanished into unno
ticed background when the
brightly costumed p 1 a y e r s
took the stage. ,
Tying the- incongruities to
gether,; and making sense of
them, was a serio-comic
"Masque of the New World,"
in which the long reach of his
tory was stretched from Eliza
beth's court in Renaissance
London to Ashland, Ore., in
July, 1S59. , . -
The Centennial season of
the festival opened at 6
o'clock on the greensward of
Lithia park in the now-traditional
pre-opening banquet,
"Feast of the Tribe of Wp,."
where an overflow attendance
ate broiled chicken, corn, po
potatoes, salad, rolls and ice
cream, washed down with cof
fee, milk or beer.
ACCEPTS DEED
The county court this morn
ing accepted a deed from the
Shady Cove Grange for a par
cel of land on Long Branch
rd. near Shady Cove. A road
improvement, including the
straightening of a sharp curve,
is planned on the property. ,
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-There -were-many standees
on. the - adjacent hillside, at
tracted by the singing and
dancing of the entertainers.
Some diners found it easier to
eat on the ground, picnic
style than to find places at the
crowded tables. .
At 8 o'clock, .the -Ashland
Kiltie' band led the . way up
the path to the. new theater,
where the crowd rr illed and
talked and looked oyer the in
novations on the grounds until
curtain . time, slightly after
8:30. "
. New seats, a new arrange
ment of the audience area, re
arrangement of the Year of the
theater shell including new
souvenir booths, and the re
moval of the obstructing light
ing poles in the seating sec
tion are among , the changes
patrons noted.
But the stage itself, rising
3V stories tall, and providing
technical and . artistic effects
never before possible, was the
principal topic of discussion.
It was modeled after the For
tune theater of Shakespeare's
London, and was built with
money donated by theater pat
rons in all parts of the United
States. . ' . : - :
Building Designer
Jack Hay, long-time techni
cal director of, the -Festival,
designed the building,- in co
operation with Medford Archi
tect Jack Edson. Frank
Fairweather was the builder.
Archie Fries, president .of
the Festival association, pre
sided at the brief ' opening
ceremonies, introducing Presi
dents O. Meredith -Wilson, of
the University, of Oregon, A.
L: Strand of Oregon State
college, 'Elmo Stevenson of
Southern Oregon college, and
Frank Bennett of Eastern Ore
gon college. .
Dr." John Richards and Dr.
Frederick M. Hunter, chancel
lor and former chancellor, re
spectively, of the state system
of higher education, also were
introduced, as were the Secre
tary of State Appling, Mr. and
Mrs. James -Marino (she was
"Queen f or a Day"), and Miss
Ginger Rogers, of the Rogue
Valley, Hollywood and New
York:, and her mother.
Prolonged Applause
Most prolonged applause,
however, went to' Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred S. V, Carpenter
of Medford, for j many years
patrons of the festival, donors
of Scholarships," hos'ts, to the
company, and co-chairman of
last winter's fund-raising
drive.
As in past years, the audi
ence included a class from
Crater. High school in Central
Point. This year a troop of
Elizabethan theater for the premiere performance of "The
Masque of the New. World" and "Twelfth Night." The
Masque, an original production, salutes the Oregon Cen
tennial and will prologue each "Twelfth Night" perform
ance during the 40 night season which closes Sept: 5. - -'
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banquet preceding the play "Twelfth Night"
were the governor, his wife, and Mr., and
Mrs. Archie Fries Jr. Fries is president of
the festival board of directors. J
2nt Events
Girl- Scouts from -Palo - Alto,
Calif., also attended in a uni
formed group. '
Governor Hatfield made the
brief dedicatory address.
The Centennial year, he
said, - is a time to review! the
past' and to plan for-the-, fu
ture. And he emphasized that
cultural events such as the fes
tival do 'much to improve, the
prosperity, livelihood and
happiness of the people of Ore
gon. , .
The festival he designated
as one of the state's outstand
ing events, and he .said that
it is most appropriate, this
Centennial year, not .only to
pay tribute to the new theater,
now a reality, but .to the vis
ion,' the' challenge, and "the
willingness to meet the chal
lenge,' of people associated
with it. . ,
Behalf of Oregonians ;
"i dedicate this theater," he
said, "on behalf of Oregonians
and the people of the world,
to. the." patrons of years past,
and -to those who. this - year
made this theater what it isl
! "I wish well to the. actors,
whose careers are beginning,
or . which will be enhanced,
this year," the governor con
cluded. ' ' .
" Then the-"Masque" was pre
sented, followed by the first of
the four plays being given in
repertory, "Twelfth Night."
tonight's play is "King John,"
tomorrow it will be "Measure
for Measure," and Friday,
"Antony and Cleopatra." Cur
tain time is 8:30 p.m.
4 A review of the "Masque"
and "Twelfth Night", appear
on page 3 of today's mail
Tribune.
House Committee Approves Plan for
Bonds to Meet Highway Financing
Washington-tDPD-The House
Ways and Means committee
today approved a plan to float
a - billion dollars worth ; of
bonds to' meet ' the federal
highway financing crisis.
' The proposal would be link
ed with a stretch-out in .con
struction' jbf .'.the 41,000-miie
interstate super-highway net
work This stretch-out-would
be 'felt by jthe-states beginning
.with the, apportionment of
federal money for the year
starting-July- 1.1960.- -
- 'cThe'Efcenh'bwer administra
tion is opposed to the issu
ance of bonds as a solution to
the financing muddle. It has
urged instead that Congress
hike the federal gasoline tax
es from 3 cents a gallon to 4Vi
cents. The committee Tuesday
County Judge
Presents Station
To State Board
The Southern Oregon
Branch Experiment Station
(Hanley Research Farm) was
presented by County Judge
Earl Miller yesterday after
noon to the state board of
higher education.' .
The ceremony marked a
high point in the life of the
old farm, which had been in
the Hanley family, for more
than 100 years. Purchased by
the county last year, the farm
-now an experimental station-
will be in the hands of the
state board for as long as it is
used fbr agricultural research
to assist the local economy.
Accepting the physical as
sets of the station in behalf
of the board was Vice Chair
man J. W. Forrester Jr., of
Pendleton. Also on hand were
Chancellor John E. Richards,
Dean of the School of Agricul
ture Earl Price, and President
A. L. Strand, all of Oregon
State college, and other mem
bers of the . state- board of
.higher education.
; - Harold White, superintend
ent of the experiment station,
tirfveiled 'a- cpmmemorativnt
mony
. A tour of the 80-acre - ex
perimental - farm, conducted
by John Yungen, an agrono
mist -at the. station preceded
the presentation of the farm
to the state.
County Commiss ioners
Chester Wendt and Ralpfi
James made brief addresses.
Forest Fire Near
Cave Junction
Grants Pass-Some 80 men
were fighting this morning to
contain a 450 to 500-acre fire
south of Cave Junction, the
state department of forestry
office here reported.
The blaze in brush and
some small timber was touch
ed off when the Earl Sherier
garage and shop burned to
the ground early yesterday
afternoon.
' " Fire fighters had the blaze
trailed today and felt that, if
they could hold it until noon,
they could keep it contained.
They feared, however, that
wind might cause the fire to
spread.
The fire, four to five miles
south ' of Cave Junction and
east of Highway 199, was de
scribed as more than two
miles long, but narrow. It was
reported by a lookout about
1:30 p.m.
Two emergency crews, 40
m.n from Forest Grove and
20 from Camas Valley, were
among those battling , the
blaze. Personnel also included
an "overhead" fire team of 10
men and 8 to 10 employees
of the southwest district of the
forestry department. Four
tractors and drivers supplied
by logging operators were on
the fire at one time.
rejected the tax increase ap
proach.
It was reported to have vot
ed 15-10 at today's closed door
session to approve - the bond
issue plan, which was ad
vanced by Rep. Frank Ikard
(D-Tex.)..
I The proposal would author
ize the -issuance of up to one
billion dollars worth of rev
enue, bonds against the assets
of the , highway trust 'fund.
The bonds would be . repaid
within five years.
To beef up ' the highway
trust fund so that the 'bonds
can be repaid, one-fifth of the
receipts from the existing 10
per cent excise tax on new
automobiles would be shifted
from the treasury's general
fund to the highway fund for
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Three Men Ask
Vice President
Questions on U.S.
Sverdlovsk, U.S.S.R. (DPD
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon flew into this industrial
city of the Urals today after
another of his rough and tum
ble debates with Russian
hecklers.
His greeting here was warm
and friendly, as it was on ar
rival and departure from the
western Siberia city of Novos
ibirsk. But the warmth ran
somewhat cold when Nixon
was subjected to some tough
give-and-take by three men in
Novosibirsk before he left
there this morning.
The three men identified
themselves as workers, but
their technique and questions
reflected the well-indoctrinated
Communist party adherent.
The first and most vigorous
exchange came when Nixon
visited the dam on the Ob riv
er. There, he took on Grigori
Fedoroyitch B e 1 a u s o v, 30,
who identified himself as an
electrician at the Novisibirsk
hydro-electric station.
Belausov challenged Ameri
can foreign policy, demanded
to i know why the United
States had military bases in
many countries . outside its
borders. " ' ;
Nixon Speaks Saturday
Nixon gave as good as he
took. He told Belausov that he
had discussed the question of
U. S. military bases with Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev last
Sunday, challenged the Rus
sian about Soviet domination
utes ana invited nim to listen
to a Nixon speech from Mos
cow Saturday as well as west
ern ' broadcasts from abroad
in order to get information
from both jides on current
cold war issues.
The vice president ran into
a second questioner, this time
a milder one named Antoli A.
Chertgov, a senior engineer,
when he went inside the brick
hydro-electric plant.
When Chertgov asked Nix
on why the United States and
Russia could not agree on end
ing nuclear tests, the vice
president told him it took two
to make a bargain and that
the West wanted to be sure it
was doing more than just sign
ing another piece of paper. He
said tests would cease when
there was agreement on com
plete inspection.
When Chertgov started on
the military bases issue, Nix
on promptly ended the debate
by . saying he already had dis
cussed that with Belausov.
Theh third heckler was a
short, red-faced man introduc
ed to Nixon as a bricklayer.
The blicklayer asked if Nixon
really was for peace.
He told Nixon he had lost
his brother and father in
World War II against Nazi
Germany, He said, therefore,
he was against U. S. policy of
rearming West Germany with
new weapons.
Jo fin Kennedy to
Visit Centennial
Portland - (UPD - Sen. John
F. Kennedy D-Mass.), a pos
sible candidate for president
next year, will pay a two and
one-half hour visit to the Ore
g o n Centennial Saturday
afternoon.
Kennedy will tour the
grounds and be on hand at the
Democratic booth.
four years, beginning July 1,
1961.
This diversion scheme, also
criticized by the administra
tion, "would bring in an esti
mated 250 million dollars a
year for a. total of a billion
dollars in four years.
The proposal contemplates
a stretch-out in the- construc
tion program, now scheduled
to be completed by 1972, to
four years after that date.
There would be deep cuts
in the amounts to be allocated
to the states to get the pro
gram over the financing
hump. These changes would
have to be made through sep
arate legislation, originating
with the House Public Works
committee.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY
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MOPPING UP-Firefighter Donald Marx of
Ft. Jones, Calif., working for the U.S. forest
service, sprayed water on a burning log in
the Rocky Gulch area this morning as the
battle against the Sulphur Ranch blaze near
Miner Arrested
For Causing Fire
Jn Hornbrook Area
" Hornbrook, Calif.-The 2,
800-acre Sulphur ranch fire
west of Hornbrook was con
trolled, by fire fighters at 8
a.m. today, California : state
The total burned area "Was
less than the 3,200 acres esti
mated at the height of the
blaze yesterday - because a
great deal of unburned land
lay within the fire bound
aries. . .. -.," . '- '
A California state forestry
investigator Tuesday cited a
7 6-y ear-bid miner, Charles C.
Smith, ; on two counts for
starting the fire. He pleaded
guilty in Hilts justice of the
peace court to burning with
out a permit and to allowing
a fire to escape to the lands
of others. He received a six
month suspended sentence to
the county jail ca each charge
and was placed on : three"
year's probation.
Smith, whose, hands were
badly 'burned, was treated at.
Siskiyou County General hos
pital. Favorable Weather "
Foresters hope' that .favor
able' "weather will permit
mopping up by fire fighting
crews, now reduced some 500
men from the 1,000 at work
yesterday.
Siskiyou County District
Forest Ranger A. Roy Ban
gard explained that the line
around the fire area held yes
terday through the critical
period with the aid of seven
air tankers dropping borate
solution on the hot spots al
lowing ground crews to work
in close.
Bangard and Fire: Control
Officer R. A. James of the
U.S. forest service called at
tention to 'the fact that the
fire had escaped from an ex
perienced woodsman, indicat
ing the seriousness of the
dry, explosive conditions in
the woods. -
Smith was burning grass
on his mining claim four
miles south of Hilts Monday
afternoon when the fire got
out of control. Smith is a pen
sioner who has spent the
greater part of his life in the
woods and mines.
The fire has cost California
and the federal government
between $40,000 and $50,000
in fire suppression costs, plus
damage to young timber and
grazing lands.
Queen of Jubilee
Selection Tonight
Jacksonville - The queen
who will reign over the Jack
sonville Gold Rush Jubilee
will be announced tonight at
a dance beginning at 9 o'clock
in the Community hall.
Dick Spain's band will per
form and the public is in
vited. The queen and her court
will be honored at a banquet
sponsored by the Jacksonville
Lions club Thursday.
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Committee Favors
Single District for
Ashland, Pinehurst
The Jackson County School I Twenty-three students at-
District Reorganization "; com-
mittee "Tuesday night ' reaf-
firmed its position in favor of schol students are transport-rcorgaaizaiQjioi-4.h-Ashlajid--edUo-Ablardc...
.,
and Pinehurst school districts
into ,one unit. , ...... r.. .
Committee Chairman Keith
Hockersmith- reported today
that the group made the de
cision "after considering in
formation gathered at hear
ings in Pinehurst and Ash
land.; - ,
Residents of Pinehurst's
non-high school district have
protested the proposed reor
ganization and expressed the
wish to keep their elementary
school and' the district's pres
ent status.
City Council Plans
Meeting Thursday
; An ordinance to provide for
trial by jury .. in municipal
court will be discussed by the
Medford city council at a spe
cial meeting Thursday in city
hall:; ' : - - : "
An act passed by the. 1959
Oregon legislature requires
that " all municipal, courts
make jury trials available by
Aug..l. 'No funds for such
trials were included, in the
current Medford budget. '
Also on the council agenda
are plans ior alteration - oi
prior service base for retired
city employees; deed of cer
tain property to the school
district at West Jackson st.
park site, and consideration
of bids for demolition of the
Western Auto building where
Eighth st. will be extended
east.
Marcus Norton Fifes
Delegate Candidacy
Mascus E. (Red) Norton,
Jackson county lumberman,
announced his intention this
week of filing for candidacy
as a delegate to the national
Democratic convention m
1960.
If elected, Norton would
represent the 4th congression
al district in Oregon.
A resident of Phoenix, Nor
ton has been campaign man
ager for Rep. Charles Porter
in Jackson county and is a
central committeeman for the
county Democratic organiza
tion. WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair, dry and
wanker through Thursday. Low
tonight 51. High Thursday 95.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 87-
Lowest this Morning 49
Our Skiet Tonight
Sunset today 7:36 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:01 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 1:01 a.m.
New Moon Aug.4
PROMINENT STAR
Aldebaran, near the Moon.
Venus, low in west .. 8:28 p.m.
Saturn, due south .... 9:49 p.m.
Jupiter, low in south
west 10:05 p.m.
29, 1959
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Hornbrook reached the mopping up stage.
Flames this week swept an estimated 2,800
acres of dry brushland with abandoned gold
mine shafts and second - growth timber
land.
tend . -the . Pinehurst three-
room school and seven high
Petition Received
The reorganization board
also received a petition from
residents -of the area north
of Barnett'rd. in the Phoenix
district asking that that por
tion of the district, be trans
ferred to the Medford district.
Hockersmith said the pres
ent boundary Jine. if extend
ed, would be an extension of
Barnett rd. Committee mem
ber Jack Hoffbuhr, who re
sides in the Barnett rd. area,
took no part in the discussion
of the petition.
The board is still concern
ed with the Applegate com
munity, where some residents
feel they would like the eight
grade school to remain as it is.
Others have, expressed a de
sire to. join with Josephine
county schools, although that
county has indicated it wpuld
accept the . district . only by
consolidation, rather than by
reorganization.
Oct. 1 Decision
Some, decision' must be
made by Oct. 1, Hockersmith
said, because the committee's
preliminary plan must be
turned over to the state board
of education by that date.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry White
and son, Charles, Rogue River,
appeared at last night's hear
ing to express a desire to re
main in the Central Point dis
trict, rather than have' their
property transferred to the
Rogue River district.
Action on that area, which
includes other land near the
Whites, is in the hands of the
boundary board, which has
postponed its decision. .
Latest Victory In The
No. 112
President Says
Time Will Tell
About Tensions
Washington (UPD President
Eisenhower said today Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
has acquitted himself splen
didly on his tour of the Soviet
Union but that only time will
tell whether tensions will be
reduced as a result of the
visit.
Eisenhower said Nixon was
not authorized to invite So
viet Premier Nikita Khrush
chev to visit this country. He
ducked a question as to
whether a Khrushchev visit
could result from Nixon's
trip. "
Reporters a c c o mpanying
Nixon on the trip have writ
ten that they considered it
almost certain the vice presi
dent would suggest a visit to
the United States by Khrush
chev when Nixon returns to
Washington. There has been
no official announcement of
this however.
On other aspects of Soviet-
American affairs, the Presi
dent said he is not ready to
say that the Geneva Foreign
Ministers Conference should
end because of a stalemate be
tween the East and West, But
he volunteered that there still
has not been progress that
would justify a summit con
ference. . . - .
Recess If Necessary
Eisenhower made it clear
he ' believes ; the Geneva con
ference should be recessed, if
necessary, to permit Secretary
of State Christian A. Herter
to attends meeting begumiag
Aug. IS in Santiago, Chile, of
the foreign, ministers of this
hemisphere. . -.' . -
The President said he be
lieves ail could agree that
Nixon has acquitted .himself
splendidly on the Soviet trip.
He said this is what you would
expect from a man in such a
high office of government.
One thing that is clear from
the reception that Nixon has
had so far, Eisenhower said.
is that the - Russian people
continue to have a warm feel
ing for Americans.
As to the reports that a
Khrushchev visit was being
considered by the Nixon
group in the Soviet Union,
the President said that this
was a subject that has been
bandied back and fortyi for a
long time and will be talked
about a lot in the future.
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Queen Elizabeth,
Freighter Collide
New York-(UPD-The Cunard
liner Queen Elizabeth with
1,970 passengers aboard col
lided with a freighter outside
New York harbor today.
Neither ship was in apparent
danger, the Coast Guard said.
No injuries were reported
in' the collision, the Coast
Guard said.
The Coast Guard said both
ships dropped anchor after
the ' collision, but that the
Elizabeth, world's largest pass
enger vessel,. was returning to
its dock with the aid of a tug.
Both ships reported Coast
Guard assistance was needed.
Battle Of The Budget
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