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Metropolitan Opera Soprano Sets 'Pinch Hitter' Record By GAY PAULEY UPI Women'i Editor New York-rtJPD-Mary Curtis Verna, young to the Metro politan roster, is an old hand at substituting for ailing divas. The blue-eyed brunette from Salem, Mass., who made her Met debut only four seasons ago, set some sort of record for pinch-hitting a few nights ago when she filled in for Victoria de Los Angeles in a performance of "La Travi ata." "I don't know whether I've done the most substituting," she said, ruefully. "But I'm certainly in the top ten." Versatility Plus In her brief career at the Metropolitan, the soprano has Standards For Food To Be Topic A discussion of proposed standards for food and food products will be held Tues day, January 26, at a meeting of the Natural Food Associ ates. The session will be held at 8 p.m. in Room 30 of the Med ford High school. The discussion will pertain to the promotion and encour agement of principles and standards for food products with emphasis on prevention of disease and the creation of sound health. Following the discussion the group will begin the com piling of a directory of local producers who meet the standards set up by the Nat ural Food Associates. When the directory is completed it will be published, it was an nounced. Individuals who wish to be listed should con tact Miss Anna Streed, SPring 2-8576, immediately rather than waiting until their prod uct is ready for market, it was explained. Little Girl Look Used This Spring United Prats International The little girl look gives a youthful touch to big girls' resort clothes. For example, designer Jeanne Campbell uses checked gingham in a version of a baby's "bishop" dress with smocking around the scoop neck. Kenn Barr of Casino trims a white broad cloth blouse with a pink ging ham jabot and teams it with a full, matching gingham skirt. Ruffled and scalloped full skirts in organdies and ginghams, lots of crinoline petticoats, and ric rac trim are other style notes. Travel clothes are on the sophisticated side this season. Denim becomes elegant in a Chanel-type, brass - buttoned suit with a red and white striped shirt. Sheaths are atraight and come with match ing coats or jackets. Even the cape shows up with a sheath ikirt in cavalry twill. Look for tunics as cover- ups on the beach next sum mer. They come in every length from three - quarter tunics over bathing suits or pants to short and sleeveless types, worn over brief two piece swim suits. One tunic consists of a gingham skirt to be worn under the peplum of a bathing suit. New summer wools feature prints on white flannel. There are all-over floral, snowflake, geometric, and paisley prints in coral, blue, silver, char coal grey, and red, and plaids in metallic shades. The wool is used in blazers, Bermuda shorts and tapered Capri pants. Spring lingerie will blos som out in new color com binations-grey lace on pale pink, beige lace on orange nylon, and cinnamon over bisque. Double layers of fab ric also are used, such as gold nylon tricot over white, bright pink over light pink, and ivory rose tricot under white sheer. Add a Parisian touch to your at-home wardrobe with heel-less gold mesh bootees. replaced Renata Tebaldi, Zin ka Milanov, Antonitta Stella, and Eleanor Steber. One week, she sang in five operas and wasn't even winded. Most divas consider two a full week's work. But she wants no one class ing her as "always the brides maid, never the bride." "I sing my own roles too," she said, in an interview at her Manhattan apartment. She and her husband were packing for a trip to Italy for operatic appearances. "When you are doing Tosca, Aida . and Cavalier ia Rusti cana at the Metropolitan, you've arrived. You're a bride. Steber and Milanov did their share of subbing in their early days with the company. After all, that is part of your job." Miss Curtis-Verna figured that one of the reasons Rudolf Bing, the general manager, calls on her so frequently is not so much her good nature as her extensive repertory. Few sopranos can match her. "I know 37' operas," she said, "and I'm ready to go on with any of them. When I learn a role, I don't need a lot of rehearsing. "Some opera singers build a whole career on five operas. I'm in 15 the Met is doing this season, so the odds are that when one of the other sopranos is ill, I'm called. That was the first time I've sung "Traviata" in five years." MD's Daughter Born Mary Curtis, the daughter of a surgeon, the singer majored in music at Hollins college in Virginia. After graduation, she came to New York to study with Italian-born Ettore V e r n a, whose pupils included Martha Lipton, Grace Moore and Milanov. Verna helped - his pupil launch her European debut- with the Lyric Opera com p'any in Milan, in 1949. He also fell in love with her. They have been married since 1954, and she has followed the Italian custom of keeping her own name and adding her husband's-hence the Cur tis-Verna. She sang with opera com panies in Europe including the famous La Scala, in South America, and with the San Francisco Opera company be fore she joined the Met. v She rarely hears from the divas whom she replaces. But when she once filled in for Steber, next day she said there were enough roses and orchids from her to fill this room. My husband is still im pressed by that gesture." Subbing for other prima donnas bothers this soprano not in the least-she believes it has helped her establish an American following. "Aft er all," she said candidly, "with Met singers, it's like with cheese. If it's imported, it's better." Camp Fire Girls Silver Blua Birds . The Silver Blue Birds group of Central Point held tneir weekly meeting at the home of Mrs. Leo Trautman. For their field trip the leader and assistant, Mrs. Munn took tne children. Diana Barnard, Debra Readnour, De Ann Trautman .ludv Price. Linda Reynolds, Pamela Whitehead, Sharon Munn. Cherry Graves, Martha Middlesworth, Janice Gorman. Pamela . Calhoun to the Crater Rock Museum. They were shown the contents and learned many facts of in terest. The otoud will begin mak ing place mats for their birth day dinner at the next few mpctincs. They enioy tneir monthly singing held in the home of Martha Middies worth. ,'. ' . . . I L t ?: jjr . ti A ....... New York Mary Curtis-Verna, young to the Metropolitan Opera company rosier, is an old hand at substituting for ail ing divas. The soprano, who is from Salem, Mass., made her nown Metropolitan debut in 1956. In one week she sang in five operas. Most divas consider two a full week's work. In this photo Miss Curtis-Verna is shown relaxing on a balcony in Milan, Italy, during a vacation. (UPI Telephoto) National Artists Group To Play for Civic Music The National Artists Sym- phonette which appears in Medford Monday, February 1, under the auspices of the Jackson County Civic Music association is a distinguished ensemble of first-chair virtu osi drawn from major orches tras of the country. William Haaker of the Vir ginia Symphony orchestra is leader and Amparo Iturbi, pi anist, is the featured soloist. Haaker has enjoyed a not able career as both pianist Extension Unit Organized for Foots Creek Area Foots Creek--The recently organized Foots Creek Home Extension unit met January 19 at the home of Mrs. Frank Daily. The business meeting was conducted by the vice chairman, Mrs. E. J. Parsons, in the absence of chairman, Mrs. Hubert Smith. Mrs. Glenn DeJanvier is secretary -treasurer for the unit. Mrs. Letsy Miller and Mrs. Effie Birdseye gave a brief summary on the project plan ning meeting they attended in Medford. Each member was asked to select two projects from a list of suggestions read or present two of their own ideas at lie next meeting. The group will then select five of the projects most preferred to be sent into the program planning com mit ee. The meeting date was changed from the third Tues day to the third Wednesday. Winners Announced Winners of play January 18 at Bartlett Duplicate Bridge club for juniors have been reported. Mrs. F. E. Bowman and Mrs. R. A. Naumes were first-place win ners; Mrs. Joseph Clark and Mrs. William Cowning, sec ond; Mrs. R. B. Thierolf and Mrs. Ralph Thompsen, third; and Mrs. Darrell Miller and Mrs. Laurence Espey, fourth. and conductor since the age of 16, when he conducted a sym phony orchestra for the first time as the protege of Jose Iturbi. He has toured many coun tries, is conductor of the Sym phony of Syracuse, New York, and a regular guest conductor of the Milwaukee "Pops." Amparo Iturbi has been ac claimed on three continents as one of the most gracious and talented pianists before the public. Spanish-born Miss Iturbi has appeared in concert in all of the United States, as well as Europe and Latin Am erica, and has been featured soloist under the batons of nu merous famous maestros, in cluding her brother, Jose. The Symphonette is cur rently on its first coast-to-coast tour. Curtain time for the local concert, to be held at the Medford High school auditorium, is 8 p.m. Grade Teachers To Hold Meeting A meeting of the Medford Grade Teachers association will be held in Jefferson school . Monday, January 25, at 7:30 p.m. The staff of Roosevelt school will present a panto mime entitled "Wild Bill" following a short business meeting. Those in charge of the program report that an unusual act which has re ceived nation-wide publicity also will be presented. Couple Returns From Honolulu Mr. and Mrs. Ed W. Pease, 130 Vernada place, returned Tuesday from a two weeks vacation in Hawaii. The cou ple flew by jet to the Islands from Portland and stayed in Honolulu. Highlight of the trip was a night flight over the erupt- ing volcanoes. There are an estimated 500,000 cases of pneumonia in the United States each year. De Moiay Urder, Mothers' Club Slate Meetings Medford Order of De Molay will hold a stated meeting Wednesday, January 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Medford Ma sonic Temple. Master Council or Robert Baker will preside. Medford De Molay Mother's club will meet at 7:30 p.m. the same evening in the din ing hall. All mothers of De Molay boys are invited to at tend. Election of officers is planned. Janie Smith Receives Incentive Cash Award Janie V. Smith, formerly administrative officer on the Rogue River National forest, has received a cash award of $15 for developing a new time saving accounting form ac cording to Merlin C. Shipley, administrative officer. The cash awards are a part of the Incentive Award pro gram available to all govern ment employees through the Government Employees Incen tive Award Act of Sept. 1, 1954. Western States Nurse Shortage Declared Acute Boulder, Colo. - The 13 Western states must greatly expand their schools of nurs ing and set up a number of new schools to keep pace with the population growth of the West. Otherwise, the people of the West will not receive the nursing care they need and want. This is the major conclusion of a report on nursing needs and resources published by the , Western Interstate Com mission for Higher Education. The report, "Nurses for the West," was prepared by the commission with the assist ance of the West's collegiate schools of nursing. The schools are members of WICHE's re gional nursing council, which endorsed the conclusions of the study. Today, the West has rela tively fewer nurses than it did a decade ago. In 1950, the West had 62,000 nurses. Since that time although the actual number of nurses has increas ed, the population has increas ed much faster. As a result, the ratio of nurses to popula tion dropped from 318 nurses per 100,000 population in 1950 to 275 nurses per 100, 000 population in 1957. This is considerably below the ra tio of 300 nurses per 100,000 population recommended as a minimum for adequate nurs ing care. The outlook for the West's nursing supply in the coming years is gloomy. According to "Nurses for the West." pres ent graduations from Western nursing schools are not even enough to replace nurses leav ing active service, much less to meet the needs of the ex panding population. To maintain the present nurse-population ratio, the West must double its gradua tions of new nurses. For the next decade, the West needs MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Q Sunday, Jan. 24, 1960 A7 5600 new nurses each year, compared to the present grad uation rate oi omy iouu an nually. 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New York-flJPD-Dr. William A. Dilger, of Cornell Univer sity, studies birds in the hope of shedding light on human behavior. As young birds become larger and less dependent on their parents, he reports, they become increasingly aggres sive toward them. It seems to be part of the growing up pro cess, Dr. Dilger said. A method of computing weather patterns for several weeks uses a mathematical model and a computer. Keep the rain off your neck as you unlock your front door. Welcome your visitors and guests under an aluminum canopy, now manufactured right here in Medford for the first time by VALLEY SHADE. Save 20 to 30 on door canopies and aluminum window awnings by ordering right from the manufacturer. And here is an introductory offer. A stand ard size aluminum door canopy, with baked enamel finish guaranteed for five years, is just $22.50 if ordered by Janu ary 31. Regular price is $30.00, and com parable canopies elsewhere cost about $40.00. 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