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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 31, 1960 MEOFOBD UMU TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. - : ' " ' 'f - V- , ' "' s '"-"'-'I ft KyiY.---''-- - MUSHROOM CUTIE Mushrooms make Mushroom ol 1861," Bonnie will help the many a delicate dish interesting, but here's American Mushroom Institute of Kennet a delicate dish that's been chosen to make Square, Pa., celebrate National Mushroom mushrooms interesting. She's Bonnie Jones, Week. of Woodside, N.Y., who was named "Miss UPI Telephoto) The Clark Gable Story Actor Looked for Security Throughout Most of Life Editor's Note Ttilf is the iec- ond in a series or three dispatches on the legend and life of Clark Gable dealing with the man behind the myth which made him one of the greatest stars in movie history. By VERNON SCOTT UPI Hollywood Correspondent Hollywood-UIPU-Clark Gable was a paradox - boisterously rough-and-ready to millions of moviegoers, but a quiet, al most introspective man to those who knew him. Though he played self-assured, brash roles in pictures, the handsome leading man desperately sought security most of his life. His two marriages to wo men many years his senior Josephine Dillon and Rhea Langhorn - and his record tenure at Metro - Goldwyn Mayer studio - long after stars of his stature had struck out. on their own - were evidence of Gable's quest for s sheltered, secure life away from movietown's razzle dazzle. The actor played gregarious characters on the screen, but in real life he had few inti mate friends. Fiercely Loyal Those who were close to the handsome leading man were fiercely loyal. He was one of the finest men I have en- Queen o( Silent Film Era Dies Sharon, Conn. - IIM - The death of Phyllis Haver, a queen of the silent films and one of the late Mack Sennett's original bathing beauties, was ascribed today to an overdose of barbiturates. Miss Haver, 60, was found dead Saturday in her plush bedroom by her housekeeper and companion, Mrs. Samuel Graham. State police said Miss Haver took her own life, and the medical examiner blamed barbituate poisoning. Mrs. Graham said Miss Haver deeply mourned the re cent death of Sennett and was depressed because she had been unable to help him when he needed it most. Miss Haver, according to Mrs. Graham, "never knew that Mr. Sennett was living in extreme poverty during the last year . . . She read about it in the obituaries two weeks ago and was shocked." Miss Haver, who was di vorced from William Seeman several years ago, starred in such silent greats as "What Price Glory?", "Chicago," and "The Way of All Flesh." Sennett gave Miss Haver her first big movie role in the Keystone Comedies. Hot Camera foils Photographer's Picture Chance Salem - lli'H - Freelance photographer Joey Tomp kins of Salem could have taken a picture of a fir Saturday night except that it was his cameras which wer burning. Tompkins opened the door of his station wagon about 10 p.m. and the ve hicle's interior was abla. About SI, 000 worth of cam era equipment was desiroy td and damage to iht sta tion wagon was estimated at $500. The Mats may hav been caused by a spark from a eigarsiU accidentally drop ped earlier. countered in or out of the mo tion picture Industry. Though he was married five times, Gable was held in such high esteem by the pic ture industry and the public, he never gained the reputa tion of such flamboyant con temporaries as Errol Flynn and Tyrone Power. As much as possible the rugged star avoided publicity and the limelight. "Heck," he said, "you've got to keep your balance in this business. The minute you start taking yourself seriously you're in trouble." Great Lover Reputation Clark had the happy faculty of being able to kid himself. But whenever possible he channeled conversation to oth er subjects. The man with the great lover reputation was far more at ease among men than with the opposite sex. Only once during his life did Clark leave the shell of self-conscious semiscclusion. That was during his brief marriage to Carole Lombard. The extraverted glamour girl liked parties and people. Gable's great love for his third wife overcame his own reti cence to mingle with the movie colony. They became the king and queen of Holly wood. Fololwing Carole's tragic death in an airplane crash in 1942 the Jaunty Gable of the screen retreated to his soli tude. Private in Army Seven months later he join ed the Army as a buck private and rose to the rank of major before being discharged. In Hollywood fellow work ers gave him a standing ova tion when he returned' to MGM studios, and the moguls cast him opposite Greer Gar son, The country was flooded with ads proclaiming, "Gable's Back and Garson s Got Him, But a series of mediocre pictures did not Hve up to his pre-war record at the box office. The results hurt and contused the actor, causing him to withdraw even more to his estate in Encino, A fourth marriage, to Lady Sylvia Ashley, lasted only a few months, and the king of the movies stiil was without the security he sought. At one time he attempted "tempor ary" retirement. Life Changed Abruptly Then, in 19S5, the man with the big grin and warm appeal changed hts life abruptly. He severed his 20-year-tie with MGM to free-lance, and married Kay Williams Sprec- kles, his fifth wife. At last he found the peace and security he had sought for so long. Kay's children Adolph, 11, and Joan, 9, gave him a ready- made family. "I'm a very happy man," he told me recently, "and for the first time I'm enjoying the wonders of being a father.' The crowning bit of happi ness in the actors life was last summer's news that he was to become a father. Those who know Clark Gable most mourn the fact that his child will never know the warmth of his smile, the gentle good judgment of its father. 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Rayburn also listed a farm bill and medical care for the aged as among "the principal things that we will try to get early in the session and get The veteran House leader indicated he foresaw no chance of a tax cut but said he hoped Congress would close some tax loopholes, lie said he did not look upon the oil depletion allowance as a Summer Home a! Beach Destroyed Depoe Bay - tt'Pii - The sum mcr home of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Woodard of Cottage Grove located on Highway 101 near here was virtually de stroyed by fire Sunday. Loss was estimated at $30,000 to $35,000. Cause of the fire was not immediately determined. The Woodards operate the King Surf resort here. loophole, however. Rayburn, 78, wha has serv ed as speaker longer than any man in history, made the statements in a copyrighted interview with U. S. Kews and World Beport at his home in Bonham, Tex. He predicted that President John F. Kennedy and the Democratic leadership in Con gress would work well togeth er. 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