Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 05, 1960, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTUESDAY, JULY S, 1000 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD, OHE. a r Medford Couple Write Of Seeing 'America First' Killtor'a Niilni Klulll valley rl- HeitlN, Air. mid Mn, Alitiua I'ruut, Mr, ami Mn, rarnill Miller. Mr. jiitd Mra, Auiua Ittiwinrr, ami Mr, nil Mn. A. Allen, are tiiurlni I'iiintltn thla allltllilnr. 'I'll I'rilllla left MiMlfiirtl lal imilllh travtllna liy trnlii anil itUhp lit New York, lite lluivinara uaveletl via Canada li)iilltK at lite Ntratftirit HIiaMi. alteareall theater, The twit vmliilea met lit New Vurk ami will lluvel tiiKelher to Kitilaml, The Allrna jiml Mllleri left Halt lram-Ui-n liy frelaltler. ailing thriinih the I'alla lita I'anal to Kilriite. The fiinr ruil lilea will meet In the Halite anil will lour Hie einillnenl toialhnr, Mra. I'lulll, itameil "Jiitirnallit" Ittr the annul, la reimrllitii on lltelr Journey, ller (Iril letter, lelllni or their trlt arrima the United Hlatei, U printed today, In luokluit back, we are lomuwhut overwhelmed by our flint trek avruwi the en tlro U.S.A. Wo ciune by bu, truln uiul pinna, mukliiK fur vnrlud linproMlona, nnd prob ably ut the bout time of the yeur, In June, when ull 1b fresh nnd meen, Even nrld outturn Oruilun at nlulit, will) tlio ingcbrufh tiiilhud In while moonlight, )i reived no bunutlful we cuuld lint cko our eyed all nlxlit, and even watched dawn break t'roi the rim rock. We wouldn't luivo mimed u (Initio lleeulciui moment of It. The rcition for our ihort cut night bun trip ncromi cant cm Orcuim wan bccnimc Al liiui and I wanted to Include the Teton mountain! In our lllnerary. It liitti been mild Hint to tte the Toton lit to bo born nilaln, nnd certainly wo can not Improve on tfnit phrnae. Our first Klimpic of the glcnmlng ulaclal crcitta, under pnrtlnK mint, was fantantlcnlly beautiful, During tho ensuing two dny there, we watched the JaKKcd peak undergo nil many varylnii moods us does Crater lake. We marveled at the remark ably unspoiled charm of nil the Jnckson Hole area and felt grateful that tho late John D. Rockefeller Jr. had the foresight and tnsto to buy up thousands- of the bent acres nd give them to tho govern ment for protection. But later, in talking with Jackson resi dents, wo found that they ure very unhappy about this. Ac cording to local sources, Itockefollcr's philanthropy e ultcd In 03 per cent of the taxable land being lost to tho county, resulting In Its near bankruptcy, so tlint the pcoplo cannot build schools, etc. Which, It seems, falls Into the eternal bnttle between scenic conservation and economic "progress," Our argument to this Is that progress, as such, shouldn't be tlirusl upon the few such blessed areas In our country. Surely thoro Is sufficient apace elsewhere for tho pur suits of home, school, town, etc. We were especially Inter ested In this Issue since it closely resembles that of tho Oregon Seashore. Toured Parks We rented a car nnd toured both Teton National pnrk nnd Yellowstone, whero our real treat was the grnnd canyon rather tlinn Old Faithful. The exquisite colors of buff, sien na, and rose staining tho can yo nwnlls seem quite unbelievable. Our final glimpse of the Tutons was during dinner ul famed Jackson lodge. Under the glow of lute sun tho crys tal peaks assumed nil uncanny El Greco sliver lustro, unci as we viewed them Ihrough the UO-fool picture window, we couldn't help remarking "Switzerland will have to be good to cquitl this!" All through Nubrimkii, by train, I associated tho fertile fields mid blowing grasses with the writings of Wllln Gather, Into which sho has projected her deop lovo for tho Nobrasku country, De spite tho monotony of tho level land, 11 docs have power ful beauty. En route to the Chicago air port, our obliging taxi-driver drove us along Lake Shore drlvo, on unexpected treat. During our smooth flight to Washington, D.C, we wore able, for the first time, to look down upon Ohio, the blrthslnto of my father, hav ing, In the night passed through Iowa, my mother's state - which added a person al satisfaction. We cased down over the great green acres of the capi tal city, with such landmarks looming aa tho Washington monument nnd the capltol domo. Thnt Washington per mits no skyscrapers built, which might detract from the capital buildings themselves, makes, wo feel, for a plcnsanl conformity. Wo liked, the wide, clean, trccshnded streets and the musical voices of Negro por ters nnd taxi drivers. The whole atmosphere seems a rich blending of north and south. With our limited time we concentrated on the National Art Gallery, the White House, Lincoln Memorial, regretting that we must forego Mount Vernon. Attend Session During a session of con gress, we watched Senators Lyndon Johnson, Richard Rus sell of Georgia, and Stunrt Symington In action. The capltol grounds with their magnificent elms, mag nolia and cucumber trees wc found lovely. The singing mocking birds stopped us time and again during our strolls. But wo found tho heavy humid beat wilting to the westerner. Only briefly during our two-day stay did a breeze spring up to set In mo tion tho leaves of trees and water in pools to relieve the almost unbearable sultriness. Now York wo find huge and noisy boyond description. Despite tho best of planning In fighting one's way about, particularly In Grand Central station one is forced at times simply to "be a sheep" and follow, hoping all will turn out all right. With sidewalk grills vibrat ing underfoot from the roar ing subways beneath, nnd countless vents . of escaping steam, one feels thnt some gi gantic combustion is about to take place. With Its seething subterranean forces, It re minded us of nothing so much us our recont visit to Yellowstone Wo located tho grimy old Metropolitan Opera limine and Carnegie hull, simply to eyo them, and, like ull tourists, wont to tho top of Empire Stale building, and explored Rockefeller center, After raucous Broudwuy and 42nd streets, such avenues ns Park and Madison seemed refreshingly wide, culm, and cloun, On Fifth avenuo wo ad mired the huge planter-tubs of greenery. Attend Productions That night, after standing in line for over an hour to sco a British film featuring Peter Sellars, whoso popularity Is compared to that of Alec Gulness, wo emerged at 2:30 u.m. to find the streets more packed with crushing crowds than when wc entered the the atre at midnight. Another worldl On our second day we were Joined by the Angus Bowmers who arrived by plane from Stratford, Canada. That night wo had dinner nt Llndy's and went to another British film. At 7 a.m. wc taxied to the pier to attend a fruit auction, squired by u Mr. Wood, fruit broker, who hnndlcs among other fruits of tho country, Oregon pears. This date was set up for us by Carroll Mil ler, one of our traveling com panions, of Pinnacle Packing company. It proved a fascin ating experience, with the staccato cries of the auction eer nnd lightning gestures of bidders seeming quicker than the eye or cur could follow. Afterwards Mr. Wood took us to breakfast. Thnt night we four attended a musical, "Take Me Along," bused on Eugene O'Neill's "Ah Wilderness," starring Jackie Gleason and featuring Walter Pidgeon. A wnstcd evening, we nil fell. Our long-standing dinner in vitation to the Richard Gra hams was cancelled because of Dick's acting engagement In Chicago In a summer-stock package - production of "The Golden Fleecing." Later the play moves to Toronto, Ot tawa, Syrncusc and Konne bunk Port, Maine, where his wife, Jane, nnd daughters will Join him. Former Festival Actors Next morning wc entrained for Bridgeport and there rent ed a cor In which to tour New England, welcoming the Inde pendence of driving our own car again. Wo arrived In Stratford in time for the afternoon per formance of "The Tempest." Angus took pride In tho work of William Ball, one of his for mer actors at the Ashland Festival, who directed. In all, seven former Bowmcr-actors are working this summer at Stratford, Conn., Including Joyce Ebert, who did a lovely Miranda, Ted van Grlcthuy sen, Patrick Hlncs, Claude Jenkins and his wife, Ellen Kay, and Tom Ryan, book holder. The theatre itself is a rather nondescript building of silver gray teak, with bnrn-red doors and white trim. Except for a few llon-shleld-deslgns there Is no Elizabethan touch. One wing rises ruthur in the stylo of u gruln-mlll, As Aliiius quipped, "It has all tho grace and charm of the old Medford natatorlum." Obviously, as In so much mdocrn building, the interior Is designed with little thought of tho exterior; It Is simply left to take care of Itself. But the' grounds ure lovely with plno trees and spacious green lawn sloping down to the Housatonlu river. Following the afternoon performance, probably us entertaining us this dlfflcult-to-glvo play can bc-wlth some purts really out-stundlng-we four were Joined by Patrick Hlncs for a pastra mi picnic on one of the rustic tables near the theater, and enjoyed much theater discus sion and gossip. Twelfth Night Angus was deeply disap pointed in the evening per formance of "Twelfth Night" slurring Kathcrlne Hepburn and Robert Ryan and directed by Jack Lundau. Specific flaws in strcss-which distort ed the entire meaning and which even the director failed to correct-Angus felt were un forgivable. Too, the produc tion tended to play up the ro mantic theme, making it al most saccharine, which cer tainly Shakespeare did not In tend. Both productions were dolled up In the manner of an operetta or musical. There are, of course, many ways to do Shakespeare, and as Angus pointed out, this Is the "mod ern way." It reminded Almus and me of certain arrangers who feel they must "do some thing" with the music of Bach or Beethoven. The result can only be lamentable. Mind you, wc all came to Stratford to enjoy rather than to criticize. For our part, we'll take Bow-mer-Shakespearc. From Stratford we headed for Cape Cod, on the New England jaunt which we four had long anticipated. On East Sandwich we found a beach collage with fireplace, so charming that we stayed a anda we looked out on tha very point where tho Pilgrims first landed In 1020, Later, wo trumped th e misty nurrow streets of Prov- Incelown, peeped into the Playhouse, a remote off-shoot of the early Playhouse to which Eugene O'Neill brought his rejected plays and got his sturt. We munched salt water tuffy and explored quuinl shops, which reminded us somewhat of an earlier Cur mcl. Difficult us It was to pull ourselves away wc pushed on to Plymouth, where we clam bered aboard the replica ship Mayflower II and explored it thoroughly. Its wax figures of the Pllgrlms-dcpictlng their Incredibly primitive mode of life-were touchingly realistic. In Cambridge At Cambridge we walked the Harvard university grounds. In Boston we located famous Beacon slrcet, the Mother Church of Christ, Sci entist which we entered, and scanned Bunker Hill Monu ment. A few miles onward we arrived at Lexington. For brevity's sake we must lump Now Hampshire, Ver mont, and Rhode Island as un forgettably green and lush, and picturesque with their stceplcd churches, green shuttcred, immense houses, and old Inns. But Maine, we felt was, well, out of this world. With its stunning groves of white birches, dra matic "rock-bound coast," and its clear blue watery charm in general-its lakes, rivers, coves, bays, sounds-It is, next to Oregon, our favorite state. Bar Harbor, situated in Acad ia National park, is undoubt edly Maine's loveliest attrac tion. We started back to New York by way of the Berk- shires - green and rolling -not really mountains by west ern standard. Our stop at Tan- glewood, Mass., summer home of the Boston Symphony, lent a pleasant closing note to our tour. We inspected the stage of the huge concert theater there, and admired the unique acoustical decor (which An- Legion Convention To Start Thursday Seaside IUPD - Upwards of 3,000 persons are expected here Thursday for the open ing of the American Legion's throe-day state convention. Featured speaker at this year's convention will be Ste phen M. Chndwlck, a past na tional commander, from Se attle. He will speak at a Joint memorial session Thursday. Other speakers will include Corydon Thomas Hill, a na tional vice commander of the Legion, and William R. Burke, a candidate for national com mandcr. Both are from Los Angeles. Fred E. Bennett of Nyssa Is Oregon commander. Auxiliary sessions will be conducted by Mrs. Jack George of Eugene, department president. gus and Almus busied them selves in analyzing scientifically). We passed through much history-making country, aside from its Revolutionary back- ground-for instance, near the home where Melville wrote "Moby Dick, ' and the house In which William Cullen Bry ant lived. Now we feel happy that we decided to see America first, and very grateful for our ac quaintance with its lovely corner known as New Eng land. After viewing so much, one might ask: "Why go to Eu rope?" But then, we are going to Europe not simply for scen ery but to absorb some of its culture-its theater, art, music, and to study the ways of its people. We sailed on the Liberte Thursday, June 30 at 10:30 a.m., and land in England on July 6, stay in London two days and see two Shaespear- ean plays. We then fly to the Hague to meet the Jim Aliens and the Caroll Millers and take de livery of our German-made bus. Five Injured in Accidents in Area During Week End One person was frlously injured and four others re ceived minor injuries In July 4 traffic accidents in the coun ty. No fatalities were report ed in Jackson county. Donald Lee Coffman, 35, of 170 Wilson rd Central Point, was reported In fair condition In Sacred Heart hos pital today. He is being treat ed for compound fractures of his left leg, a severe cut on his forehead, and possible In ternal injuries, state police said. Coffman's motorcycle was struck by a car driven by uonaia Duffy MacKintosh, 19, Phoenix, at the intersection of Table Rock and Wilson rds. about noon yesterday. Traveling North State police said it appear ed the motorcycle was travel ing north on Table Rock rd. intending to make a left turn onto Wilson rd. when the sta tion wagon driven by Mac tosh struck the motorcycle. Officers said a complaint would be filed against Mac Kintosh charging violation of basic rule. Another accident occurred about 2:50 p.m. yesterday on the Valley rd., IVi miles east of Highway 99. A car driven by Willmae Holt, 25, of route 3, box 236 D, Medford, went off a curve onto the road shoulder and turned over, po lice said. The driver was treated at Rogue Valley hos pital lor minor cuts and bruises and released, officer reported. Passengers Jim Earl Holt, 25, Jimmie Wade Holt, 4, and Laura Diane Holt, 4 monms, all sullered minor cuts and bruises, but appar ently were not taken to the hospital, they added. A one-car accident occurred about 3 o'clock this morning on nignway ua, north of Mill- Oregonian Missing As Vessel Sinks Seattle - fOPD - The 22-foot pleasure cruiser Teresa with an Oregon man aboard sank off Wcstport bar at Grays Harbor Sunday and no trace has been found of the oper ator of the boat. Coast Guard headquarters here said it received a May Day distress message from the Teresa about 5 p.m. Sunday. The message said the boat was sinking fast. A search Sunday and an all night search by a beach patrol failed to turn up any sign of the missing vessel. However, today A. R. Meyers of Vancouver, Wash., reported he had sighted the wreckage of a boat one-fourth mile north of Oysterville approach to Long Beach, Wash. A Coast Guard helicopter investigated and found the overturned Teresa. No body was found. The owner of the boat was Horace E. Eells of Mllwaukie, Ore. RETURNS STOLEN TOOLS Lincoln, England - (WD - A former airman-turned carpenter-turned honest sent the Waddlngto'n RAF Station a package Monday containing eight blades for a carpenter's plane and this unsigned note: "I was stationed at Wadding ton in 1914 and took these things. But I never had any use for them." Three Men Loot Golf Club Safe Portland - (UPD - Three men ' escaped with an undetermin ed amount of money from a safe at the Riverside Golt and Country club early today af ter handcuffing a janitor to an Intake pipe. The Janitor, E 1 d r I d g Brown, told police he had Just finished cleaning behl i the bar In the lounge when one of the three men, wearing a handkerichlef over hla face, approached with a gun and ordered him to unlock the of fice door. Brown said the other two men wore stockings over their faces. One, he said, carried tools and the other a briefcase. er's gulch in the Gold Hill area when the driver appar ently fell asleep at the wheel, state polic said. A car driven by Gary Ver non Lanham, route 1, box 388E, Qold Hill, was north bound when the driver ap parently dozed at the wheel, they said. The car crossed the southbound lane," and went in to a five-foot ditch where it traveled 100 feet. No injuries were reported. How to Get MORE from your Airline ticket to EUROPE for full details, call orvisit George Lewis ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE Wt Reurv and Sell Alrlinl nd Steamship Ticket? PHONE SP 2-6779 111 E. 8th SPEAKING FOR MODERN OIL HEAT... v We Know Oil Heat's the Cleanest, Safest Heat" "Safety and cleanliness are very imporlant to baby and me. We both sleep soundly and comfortably while the depend able oil furnace keeps the bedroom temperature just right. We like the clean, fresh-air comfort of gently circulating air . . . no drafts or stuffy corners in our house. It's a good, secure feeling to have a modern oil furnace working for Us downstairs", In MEDFORD, the finest homes use modern oil heat . . . for safety for dependability for economy for comfort BEST INVESTMENTS YOU CAN OWN ... .... a family . . . a home . . . an insured Savings Account at . i . ST FEB EMI Investment made by the 11th of July Earns Dividends as of the First &sJ10.000.S STATEMENT OF CONDITION JUNE 30, 1960 ASSETS First Mortgage Loans Share Loans Real Estate Sold on Contract Real Estate in Judgment Investments and Securities MaU nn Hnnrl nnct In Ronlti Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment, less depreciation Other Real Estate $4,806,647.52 2,000.00 9,352.15 35,627.72 441,400.00 124,987.90 8,613.86 28,240.00 Total Assets $5,456,869.15 LIABILITIES Members' Share Accounts Advances from Federal Home Loan Bank loans In Process '. Other Liabilities Specific Reserves General Reserves . Undivided Profits ...$329,595.54 16,559.79 Total Liabilities ..$4,636,632.89 .. 265,000.00 206,998.28 582.65 1,500.00 346,155.33 -.$5,456,869.15 SAVINGS and LOAN ASSOCIATION of MEDFORD It is with pleasure that we announce a dividend of 4 per annum for the past half-year. More and more Rogue River Valley folks are joining the family of First Federal investors and enjoying consist ently high returns on their safe, insured investment and savings accounts. Here their dollars are helping to build their own communities in this part of Oregon. Accounts in this fast-growing home institution are insured against : loss of any kind up to $10,000.00 through the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, an agency of the U.S. Govern ment. First Federal's sound and conservative business policies and financial stability further recommend this institution to those seeking a safe, profitable place to save with assurance that their money will be readily available if needed. The last six months have been busy ones here and a glance at First Federal's statement is proof of steady and substantial growth. We believe that it is only by providing the very finest in savings and home loan facilities that we will continue to grow. In the months and years ahead we pledge our best efforts to this end. A HOME OWNED INSTITUTION DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO SAVE 29 North Ivy Street MEDFORD, OREGON SPring 2-6291 OFFICERS and STAFF DIRECTORS Herbert G. Grey, President John Niedermeyer, Vice President Robert F. Kyle, Exec. Vice President John E. Myers, Secretary Mary Jane Myers, Treasurer Jeraldyn Jerome, Cashier Marlys Harsh, Assistant Cashier Herbert G. Grey John Niedermeyer John E. Myers -B. L. Nutting Harry C. Skyrman Robert f. Kyle .a HOAf :umif a.