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Medford and JcKn County
Hl.tory from the files J Th.
Mall Trlb'ine 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
F.b. 13. 1951 (Tu.sday)
Mark -Hatfield last night
warned members of the Jack
son County Lincoln club that
the Republican party must
put Its own house In order
If It Is to win the 1952 Presi
dential election.
A Red Cross blood caravan
left the Medford hotel this
morning for Rogue River
where Jackson county's sec
ond donation of volunteer
blood is to be taken by the
mobile blood unit from Port
land. .
20 YEARS AGO
F.b. 13, 1941 (Thursday)
A box of Williams peari
m the Argentine was put
on display this afternoon in
the show window oi me
ion County Chamber of Com-
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Spring
styles for men are showing
i,n Inhabited. Off-hand It
looks like the coat was too
.. l ,1 Inn Ki It "
smau, ana mc
30 YEARS AGO
Fb. 13, 1931 (Friday)
The Rogue river fish bill,
prohibiting commercial fish
ing In the river, became state
law today.
A bill has been introduced
In the state legislature to ab
olish all property taxes.
40 YEARS AGO
Fab. 13, 1121 (Sunday)
A bill to permit Medford to
appropriate land for auto
camps passed the state legis
lature Friday.
SO YEARS AGO
Feb. 13. 1911 (Monday)
The First Baptist church
Sunday became the first
church locally to have a chll
dren's nursery during Sun
rinv services: It proved so
successful that other church-
es have Indicated they will
follow suit.
The only apropriauuii urn
that southern Oregon has be
fore the state legislature Is
one providing for the estab
lishment of an agricultural ex-
perlment station In the Rogue
valley.
What's Your I Q.7
Nina mi ten terracf Is lupetler
seven ar elaht Is uxell.nt; five
it la iota.
1. Monte Carlo Is located
In the Principality of T
2. Name the three world
leaders who signed the Yalta
agreement In 1945.
3. Name the primary colors
4. Paper was first made by
the Egyptians, Greeks, or Chi
nese?
5. A natatorium is an Indoor
swimming pool, a flower con
servatory, or a burial ground?
6, Does sound travel faster
In warm or cold weather?
7. Does the Bible say that
money Is the "root of all
evil"?
8. Was Casey Jones a real or
fictional character?
9. A son of the late Presl
dent Roosevelt married
daughter of the multimillion
aire Deleware duPont fam
lly; name the couple.
10. Who was commander-la
chief of the American forces
In Europe during WW I?
Answers; 1. Monaco. 2. Jo
seph Stalin, Franklin D. Roo
sevelt and Winston Churchill
3. Yellow, blue and red.
Chinese. S. Swimming pool
t. Warm weather. 7. Not It
says "Lot of money Is the
roof of all evil." I. Real
F. D. R. Jr. and Ethft dtiPont
10. Gen. John J. Panning.
4 A-
FEBRUARY 13. 1961
A Vote for
Groans of anguish
when Dr. Edwin Durno
aries, the lobby groups of the NAM, to try to
stifle any progress in Congress by liberalizing
the rules committee regulations and allowing the
addition of three' new members, have no doubt
echoed by this time in Washington, D.C.
In direct opposition to the feeling of Oregon,
Kep. Durno voted contrary to tne advice oi nun
dreds of his good friends and advisors.
William Tugman, his chief assistant in Ore
gon, who was hired to
what Oregon felt, reported to us by' telephone
(before the vote had been taken) that he had ad
vised the 4th congressional representative of how
the people felt.
THE uproar throughout Oregon to people we
have talked to, and who have talked to us in
no uncertain terms, has been great.
Both Republicans and Democrats have taken
a liking to the fresh vigorous outlook of the Ken
nedy administration. As much as any administra
tion can become non-partisan, the Kennedy ad
ministration has gained respect and hopes of all
people, all walks of life, in Oregon.
Rep. Durno was completely unaware of this
which is a bad thing for, a congressman or he
didn't care about what people thought.
He was more interested in making points
with special pressure groups selfishly dedicated
to blocking all progress for the nation in a time
of great problems.
THE Sentinel backed Dr. Durno when he ran
for congress because we felt that Charles
Porter was too quick to run a separate "state de
partment of his own" throughout the world. We
would still no doubt have backed Dr. Durno
against Mr. Porter, but, Dr. Durno now has one
strike on him in Congress.
He has two more to go.
And the saddest thing of all is the fact that
we can see very little chance of effectual leader
ship in gaining help for the 4th district when he
has put himself on the side of reaction.
He was told. He wavered. He went back and
forth. But he finally cast his vote with Rep. Nor
blad to sign up the 4th district on the side of
stagnation. Coquille Valley Sentinel.
erness
We are gradually coming around to a new
theory about the use of the open land the govern
ment still owns and which is called "wilderness"
because it has a romantic
to some observers that
wilderness is people.
Tfc 1 i. f
reooie uumginn aruunu TjacKinp: we earui,
setting fires; a picked
garbage.
The reason for it the
A stockman who takes
serve has a responsibility to the government
which can revoke his permit: he fears fires for
they rob him of the grass
ger is (in these days anyway) imbued with cer
tain principles about conservation and he leaves
as many small trees as
THOSE who go into the woods or the open
anaiaa urjfVt ns tacrtrtrtaiVti lifir ni-o o f q fliA trtanf-
est damage. Roads are built so that anyone with
an auto and a hunting license can go almost any
where. He needn't leave his name or assume any
responsibility for his acts. If the fire he leaves
burns grass or trees he
home in perfect safety.
longed to some one else.
So now the lovers of
who likes to get away from it all for a day or a
week as well as the professional are coming to
realize that just building
spot or good trout stream isn't the solution to
anything but how to despoil nature. A man who
packs into a fishing place respects it more than
if he drives to it.
The government is doing too much pearl cast
ing. Making the wilderness available to people is
only a part of it; making people respectful of
wilderness is most diiticult. bherman Uounty
Journal.
Ash Wednesday
"Immediately before
astic Institutes, everyone
and confess his deeds, and the confessor shrive
him" (give him absolution or pardon). Thus the
day before Ash Wednesday is Shrove Tuesday,
this year observed on Feb. 14.
' The 40-day abstinence of Lent begins with
Ash Wednesday, so called because of the cere
monial use of ashes. These traditionally come
from the burning of palms blessed on Palm Sun
day of the preceding year. The priest dips his
thumb in the consecrated ashes and places the
mark of the Cross on the forehead of the kneeling
faithful. The Roman Catholic ceremony derives
from the custom of public penance in the early
church.
Similar ceremonies, but without the use of
ashes, are performed in the Church of England
and the Episcopal Church in America.
Not all Ash Wednesday observances are re
ligious, however. In parts of England, the direc
tion of the wind on that day is believed to indicate
how it will blow throughout Lent. In rural areas
of Germany it was the custom on Ash Wednesday
for young men to take girls of the neighborhood
to a pooi,and there "wash them favouredly."
EJUL
Stagnation
in. Southwestern Oregon
voted with the reaction
keep Durno informed of
Bill
sound. It has occurred
the greatest danger to a
J 1 1.1. 1.1.
flower is soon a bit of
Jack or responsibility,
his herds into a forest re
he has bought. A log
possible.
can read about it in his
The stock he shoots be
the outdoors, the man
roads to every pretty
Lent" order the Ecclesi
shall go to his confessor
Dennis the
"Mf?. WlLSOM SAYS 60WEDAY I'M GONNA BfcT A
BIS STRING BEAN UKB VOU''
Foreign News: Algerian Fears;
Berlin Peace; China Trade Talk
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
From the foreign news ca
bles:
Algerian War
Diplomats in Paris doubt
the forthcoming meeting be
tween French President
Charles de
Gaulle and
Tunisian Pres
ident H a b 1 b
Bo u r g u I b a
will lead to
early negoti
ations be
tween French
and rebel
leaders on the
NewEom
war there.
end of the civ
Rebel leaders
have made it clear they are
cool to the Bourguiba mission.
They are friendly with him
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
NON-INTERFERENCE
Washington-The total sanc
tity and rightness in any and
all circumstances of the old
doctrine of "non-interference"
by o n e or
more Ameri
can nations In-
to the affairs
of another
is now being
discreetly re
examined in
Washington
The ap
proach is a
White mixture oi
sympathy and s k e p t Icism,
with skepticism coming out a
bit ahead.
The Latin Americans-those
who run decent governments
as well as those who do not
are all together in regarding
non-intervention as absolutely
indispensable. They remember
with bitterness the old, old
days of "Yankee imperialism"
and of the Marines being sent
in here and there.
It Is, however, becoming
plainer by the day that this
concept, understandably so
revered by the Latins in prin
ciple, Is a most doubtful rule
if applied with no possible
cxeceptlons.
F THE United Slates and
others had not persistently
refused to intervene against
the right-wing excesses of the
old Batista regime in Cuba,
there would today be no left
wing dictatorship under Cas
tro to bedevil and threaten all
of Pan America.
And if the United States
and others had not persistent
ly refused to intervene long
ago against the right-wing ex
cesses of Trujillo In the Do
minican Republic, Castro
would get nowhere at all in
justifying himself now.
In this present world, in
short, actions within a single
American country which men
ace liberty and order there
will menace liberty and order
In all. So they cannot in com-
monsense be treated as the
sole and exclusive concerns
of the country immediately
involved.
In this sort of thing what
is one country's business Is
everybody's business. For
movements which bring In
alien tyrannies to this hemis-
phere-as Castro is bringing in
the mortally dangerous tyran
ny of imperialist Communism
do not stop at national Iron-
tiers for baggage examination.
Nor are they halted by the
immigration authorities for
want of properly stamped
passports.
CVJR all these reasons a most
careful review of the doc
trine of non-intervention is
now going on within the Ken
nedy administration. Every
body Is sympathetically aware
of the sensitivity of the La
tlnos. And there Is not in any
event the slightest intention to
have the United States take
up any "big stick" approach
Menace
but fear his attempt to "ex
plain" the rebel stand to De
Gaulle may weaken the posi
tion of strength the rebels
consider necessary to get the
best terms.
Berlin Peace
The Soviets have cautioned
East German Communists
against provoking any seri
ous incidents in Berlin. The
Kremlin is said to want to
avoid trouble in Berlin while
Premier Nikita Khrushchev
seeks face-to-face talks with
President Kennedy, probably
at the United Nations spring
meeting in New York.
Mora Trade Talk
Pressure Is mounting again
in Japan for increased trade
with Communist China to
counter the "buy American"
S. WHITE
We genuinely wish to help
all of Latin America, if only
to help ourselves.
All the same, reality is real
ity. And the longer the whole
problem is examined the more
difficult it is to see how un
questioning acceptance of all
the implications of a slogan
like "non-intervention, with
out any regard to the circum
stances of particular cases,
can help the Latinos them
selves.
Castro may argue that what
he does in Cuba is a purely
internal matter matter. When
one man sets a torch to his
house In a high wind you may
call it only "self-determina
tion" if you will. But all other
rational house owners on that
street will call it an act of
arson against them all and
they will do something about
it, too.
SECRETARY of State Dean
Rusk has just pledged the
United States to help the
Latin-American countries put
an end to all tyranny, "wheth
er of the left or the right."
Very significantly, he did
ndt speak only of external
tryannles. And even more sig
nificantly he emphasized the
necessity for a cooperative
approach" to perils such as
these.
"These," he said, "are hem
ispheric problems, and they
require hemispheric solution.
This is a deeply important, if
softly stated, declaration of
high America policy. For to
say that something is a "hem
ispheric" problem is also to
say that It is not, and cannot
be so regarded, simply a na
tional problem.
(Copyright. 1961. By United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
A RELUCTANT FATHER was bugged by his wife into
taking 10-year-old Willie (a monster) to a violin con
ceit by the great Heifetz. After watching the maestro
fiddle through two stun
ning numbers, Papa pro
posed, "Whaddya sjy we
blow? Don't tell Mom
and I'll treat you to a
movie instead." Willie,
surprisingly, refused to
budge. "I wanna stay,"
he maintained, "till he
saws that thing under
his chin in half!"
Th height of nonchal
ance was achieved by a
titled book collector in Eng
land recently. Asked by a
library committee if he'd
allow his priceless first edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
I printed by Caxton in 147M to be borrowed for an exhibition,
his Lordship yawned, "Certainly, but for Gawd's sake, don't lose
'the damned thing!"
HUSBAND: The boss acted like a lamb when I hit him for a
raise this morning.
WIFE: Tell me exactly what he said!
HUSBAND; Ba-i-a.-.
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contrary is oit.n th. case.
Hooray for Mr. Tuckerl
To the Editor: Mr. E. M.
Tucker Sr. deserves some
hearty applause for his recent
statements made in regard to
the construction of Emigrant
dam. Since Mr. Tucker's mo
tives were good, because he
has the courage to state his
opinions, and because he of
fered some constructive ideas
on the subject, he should be
rated "head and shoulders"
above those who only cry
"Ridiculous!"
A small person can easily
find fault, but it takes a big
ger person to come forward
with sound ideas to improve
anything. We need mqre peo
ple who have the Initiative
and intelligence to question
matters that involve public
safety and public welfare
especially in those areas
where public money is being
expended.
orders of the previous Eisen
hower administration. But
most of the demand for Chi
nese Communist iron ore and
coal is from small traders
who can get it cheaper from
Peiping than from the United
States. The big companies
such as Mitsui and Mitsubi
shi are not having any of
this; too much U.S.-Japan
trade involved.
Polish Scarcities
Lack of spare parts for ma
chinery is so common in Po
land, according to a Warsaw
newspaper, that people be
lieve "the phenomenon is an
integral part of the building
of socialism." The statement
in Zielony Sztander, mouth
piece of the foinn unitea
Peasant Party, emphasizes
the worry of Polish party
leaders over the development
of agriculture. Observers say
look for a tightening up and
the possible ouster of minor
functionaries responsible. -
Church of Sil.nc.
Observers in Home say
don't be surprised if the Vat
ican has strong words to say
soon on the apparent rise in
church persecution behind the
Iron Curtain. Thus far there
has been little official reac
tion to recent clampdowns in
Poland and Hungary. But
Pope John XXIII may com
ment personally when he has
studied the worsening situ
ation thoroughly.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
From Washington:
P r e s i dent Kennedy's ad
visers have told him that in
stead of inheriting a budget
surplus from the Eisenhower
administration he faces a BIL
LION DOLLAR DEFICIT for
the fiscal year that will end
this coming June 30. Senator
Mike Mansfield, Democratic
leader in the senate, forecasts
also a TWO BILLION DOL
LAR DEFICIT for the fiscal
year that will end on June 30,
1962.
President Eisenhower esti
mated in his January 16 bud
get message that the Treasury
would wind up the 1961 book
keeping year with a 79 million
dollar surplus. The Eisen
hower forecast for the 1962
fiscal year was a surplus of
$1,463,000,000.
TVORE from Washington:
' Senator Mansfield's pessi
mistic assessment of the fed
eral government's budget
status follows Mr. Kennedy's
dark picture (in his State of
the Union message) of an
economy beset by more than
five million unemployed, a
drop in national production
and a widening gap in our in-
Folks who have read a re -
cent article in a popular maga
zine entitled "What we must
do to win the cold war" are
aware of some grave condi
tions existing in our national
"Jungle of bureaucrats" con
ditions that have proven de
trimental to our expensive
program of trying to win (and
hold) the friendship of other
nations. Right here lies the
big difference between our
country and all the nations
under a dictator's heel. In
America a common person can
be heard without risking all
manner of persecution, in
cluding death!
Mr. Tucker has, in previous
articles, made some mighty
good suggestions regarding
conditions that concern every
one in Southern Oregon. I re
fer to our annual fog and
smog problem, and to the
ever-dwindling supply of wat
er resources. His ideas on
these problems seemed proof
of his unselfish motives to do
something of benefit to every
resident.
We who are nt well in
formed on such matters as the
construction of earthen dams
are thankful for all men of
Mr. Tucker's caliber who are
working to protect the general
welfare and safety of our way
of life. Let the searchlight of
controversy continue, without
rancor, to protect us from the
slough of a decaying demo
cracy. Philip Lee Burns
P. O. Box 791
i Ashland, Ore.
Rainbow" Praised
To the Editor: It was my
pleasure Thursday evening to
attend the opening perform
ance of "Finian's Rainbow"
presented by the Medford Sen
ior High school.
I know all who were there
for any of the performances
join me in congratulating the
entire cast and the director,
Mr. Lynn Sjolund, for a thor
oughly enjoyable and profes
sional presentation.
The chorus was outstanding
and their numbers were well
worth anyone's attendance. In
my opinion, the individual
performers demonstrated re
markable stage presence and
ability for a high school ama
teur group. I would urge any
one who has never attended
one of these programs in the
past, to make it a "must" in
the future. I know they will
be wonderfully entertained.
Richard D. Nelson, O.D.
The Mall
East Main st.
Medford.
Ends and Means
To the Editor: Today, Feb.
12th, is community work-day
at the new Eagle Point Boy
Scout headquarters on the 33
acre site between sparkling
clear Little Butte creek and
the steep height of land that
is said to mark where the
pair of eagles had their nest
of pioneer times, giving Eagle
Point its name. Thet big land
mark pine the eagles used is
gone. Only memory remains..
The 40 by 48 Boy Scout
building is nearing comple
tion under the competent
hands of the Hanscom broth
ers, with other willing hands.
ternational balance of pay
ments. Both Mr. Kennedy and Sen
ator Mansfield found the
Elsenhower budget estimates
for the current fiscal year and
the next year UNREALISTIC.
Mansfield called the Eisen
hower budget prediction for
1962 too rosy.
TTMMMMMMMMMM.
Let's concede that in his
budget message for the 1961
fiscal year and In his estimate
of the budget surplus for the
1962 fiscal year Ike might
have been just a trifle over on
the rosy side.
After all, you know, there is
a certain amount of politics in
our system of government -and
it was fairly good politics
for an out-going Republican
administration to suggest that
in view of the sound founda
tion that had been laid for it
the incoming Democratic ad
ministration ought to be able
to show a surplus in both
years.
TJUT-
- Might there not have been
just a trifle of politics in Mr.
Kennedy's dark picture, in his
State of the Union message, of
an American economy beset
by more than five million un
employed, a drop in national
production and a widening
gap in our balance of inter
national payments?
That tended to point out
that he was assuming the bur
dens of the Presidency at a
moment when the Republicans
were leaving things In an aw
ful mess - which could have
been designed to make all the
more brilliant whatever suc
cesses President Kennedy may
have in straightening things
out.
rVO an impartial observer, it
A looks like there may have
been a little politics on BOTH
SIDES.
1 But more hands are neeaeu,
hands trained in carpenuy
and electric wiring especially.
Other and more hands will be
wanted when extensive lana
scaping, including innovations
on the steep height of land as
well as that below, that was
a junk catch-all till a bull
dozer was brought in to initi
ate the transformation.
Wating in the office of Ea
gle Point's burgeoning grade
school building for a go-ahead
from Scout Master Marshal, a
solemn-faced boy and girl were
seated near me with the of
fice woman giving instruc
tions. To my question of who
started it, the girl said: "I did.
I just patted him, on tne
back." To which the boy sot-to-voiced.
"Pretty hard pat
ting." Then the girl answered,
"He hit me and I screamea
cause it hurt." A Boy Scout
in full dress nodded sober as
sent.
The school principal enter
ing his office, the boy was mo
tioned that way. He seemed to
give the girl something more
than a challenging look. To
the witnessing Scout, a sort of
"meet you in church" look.
But sober-faced, he did not
seem much the worse for
"wear" when finally cleared.
The girl, with head high, re
mindful of the Frencn queen
Marie Antoinette who men
tioned somthing about liberty
demanding the supreme sacri
fice, took her turn and re
turned sober faced but unruf
fled. Quite different from how
they told of one teacher who
busted his paddle on a boy's
rear-end (really his "well
filled" pocketbook, 'tis said).
and was presented with one
that wouldn't break. Seems
like Eagle Point school direc
tors believe that if good citi
zenship can't be induced via
the head-end it can be paddled
in via the other end.
The interesting incident
terminated with the arrival of
Scoutmaster Marshal who-out-
ltned today's activities at
Scout headquarters, that in
cluded tribute to Lincoln's
birth anniversary in the day's
doings, and a potluck dinner.
F. J. Clifford,
Route 2, Box 200F,
Central Point, Ore.
Heaven
To the Editor:
Heaven is a land of beauty
Far beyond the sky,
Where birds and planes and
soaring missies
Cannot ever fly.
This land of wondrous
beauty
Where everyone is free,
This land of wondrous
beauty
Is where I wish to be.
Helen Noss (age 14)
207 Haven st.
Medford.
A Lin. in Passing
To the Editor: Just a line in
passing. I have been reading
communications again. As Mr.
L. J. Townsend says, "I got
rocks in my head too.
Regarding the Medco log
ging road controversy: Now
I'm not much for good sugges
tions, but would like to put
this one in the box.
Why not let Medco turn in
all their log trucks for heli
copters. The 'copters can air
lift the logs to the sawmill
(They proved this in Russia
last year). Ha. Ha.
On the way to the sawmill
the pilots (whoops) logging
chopper drivers can drop the
aforementioned logs on the
knotheads who are standing in
the way of lumber progres
sion, namely private logging
roads.
bo come one and all you
good Butte Fallians, Medford-
ites and Eagle Pointities, get
behind the wheel (logging)
and push forward instead of
backwards.
This private logging road is
the safest thing you can buy
with Medco money.
mere you have my say
Hereafter I will rue the day
Because I chipped In on the
fights
All my relations are with
the 'ites.
J. H. Neimoyer
736 W. Lennor
Yreka, Calif.
O
Editor's note: Don't laugh
too loud and long at that heli
copter bit. One major manu
facturer of 'choppers is now in
the process of developing a
copter which could very well
De used in logging operations,
Don't Give Up the Ship
To the Editor: At this time
I am compelled to compose a
panegyric in honor of M. T
and its worthy editor. E. A
seldom gets off the beam, but
he would not be human if he
did not make a few errors. No
one would recognize the per
fect man if met in our imper
fect society. Therefore we be
II... -
ncvc lum a man snould re
ceive praise for a job well
done. What I admire most
aoout him is his ability to ac
quire sucn a fine stable of
writers that contribute to the
best editorial page of any
newspaper that we have ever
read. His is a gift few editors
possess. He calls it "Communications."
We do not always inn.
with such virile writers as L
C. Powell, but there is nn'
doubting his sincerity. Ha
wants to impeach Earl War.
ren from the Supreme Court,
v;hile many people consider
such men as Warren the hope
of America. So while people
are writing to their favorite
Congressman or Senator to
oust Warren, why not in all
fairness drop a line to Wash,
lngton, D. C, approving of the
Judge's wisdom and action.
("Let's have the courage to
keep America free" Thomas
In the sanie issue is Mr.
Radina Tucker of Griffin
Creek. She resents any con
trast or comparison between
the Soviet Union and condi
tions in our land of the frea
and the home of the bravo
This writer sees nothing
wrong in learning what is go.
lng on in the world. We bp.
lieve that she is jumping to,
ui , nail cuuciusion when
she accuses each and sundry
that do not happen to have thp
price of a one way ticket to
some point east of the Iron
Curtain to being a tavern tout
or a ne'er-do-well.
We agree that there ar
people that, when assailed by
misfortune, take it on the lam
while others come to grips
with their problem. Ours is a
national problem and it would
not be patriotic for its citizens
to desert this country in its
hour of peril. These are times
that try men's souls. The na
tion has been a drifting, wa
terlogged derelict. Now is the
time to man the pumps and
keep it afloat. The ume to
desert Is understandable, be
cause our country was settled
by deserters from foreign
lands. The Negro has a valid
reason for being here. He was
forced to settle here. Others
came for various reasons,
from a dearth of eating apples
on the family tree to dodging
the noose. Ours is a dramatic
heritage, a haven for fugitives,
with the proper political pig
ment. The last to seek asylum
are Cubans.
Our heritage does not condi
tion us to come to grips with
political confusion and eco
nomic chaos. Instead of put
ting our own house in order,
we cry for a savior. This writ
er does not believe in running
when the going gets tough. He
has a wife in a nursing home,
Walter Reece,
Galice rd.,
Merlin, Ore.
MHS and Broadway
To the Editor: I feel I must
tell you and your readers
about an interesting experi
ence my wife and I and her
mother had last Thursday
night at the Medford High
school.
With some misgivings, I
must confess, we went to the
first performance of Finian's
Rainbow - our first exposure
to a teen-age threatrical pro
duction. This will come as no
surprise to native Medfordites,
but for three "refugees" from
New York, the entire evening
from beginning to end was
pure delight.
What surprised us most, aft
er years of contact with
Broadway productions, was
the professional smoothness of
the performance. It started
right on time with the over
ture by a fine orchestra of
young talented musicians, and
scene followed scene with a
rapidity that bespoke an ex
pert crew behind the curtain.
The large cast, including an
attractive group of well train
ed precision dancers, moved
around on a rather small stage
with an assurance gained from
hours of rehearsing under ex
pert stage management.
The principals were profi
cient in their various roles,
and some of them showed
promise of considerable acting
ability, with the poise and
stage presence of old troupers.
The costumes and scenery
were fresh and colorful and
the lighting and sound effects
never missed their cues.
Again comparing with
Broadway shows, I doubt
whether any professional cast
could equal the vitality, the
enthusiasm, the terrific
bounce and verve of this de
lightful bunch of talented
teen-agers. I am sure that
they were enjoying it as much
as the audience.
May I offer a suggestion?
Couldn't the micro phones
have been better arranged lo
amplify some of the solos?
Even Julie Andrews, in "My
Fair Lady," needed and was
glad of this help for her rath
er thin voice.
It seemed too bad that rec
ognition was not given (as
on some TV shows) to the or
chestra, the stage hands, and
to the host of unseen and
unsung youngsters who con
tributed so much to the busi
ness end of the production.
And why not a big hand, too,
for the producers of the show,
Messers Dyrud and Sjoland?
Medford is fortunate indeed
to have men of this caliber in
the city's outstanding school
system.
For myself, my wife, and
her mother, last week's enjoy
able experience reminds us
again that Medford must be a
wonderful place to raise a
family, and certainly is a
mighty nice place to retire to.
Harold S. Houston
215 Erie St.
Medford.