Medford mail tribune., April 23, 1963, Image 7

MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD, OREGON
TUESDAY. APRIL 23. IMS
Legislative Session Reviewed for Club :SHENDAR
to this bill will affect many
others. This bill provides
that an employer can arrange
insurance through the state,
through private sources or
set up his own system if he
has the means. In the past the
compensation insurance has
been a "virtual state mon
opoly," he said. The speak
er said that there have been
no major benefit for labor
in this state since 1957 and
that the fate of the bill will. C . Dlic-
whether labor ! L-ic i 3, i iui u
Oregon legislators now in compensation bill is a key
Salem are an intelligent, con- j one and that what happens
servative, hard-working and
long-suffering lot according
to John Y. Lansing, assistant
vice president and legislative
representative of Pacific Pow
er and Light company.
Mr. Lansing, who reviewed
the current session for the
April meeting of Jackson
County unit, Oregon Federa
tion of Women's Republican
clubs, pointed out however,
that the last month of the
sessions are usually when the
"political blood" flows and
said that the evaluations and
predictions he was making at
the luncheon might all turn
out to the wrong.
The speaker outlined the
"musts" in Governor Mark
Hatfield's speech at the open
ing of the session and said
that the bill establishing a
department of commerce as
recommended by the gover
nor would probably pass. He
added that the measure set
ting up a department of na
tional resources, which had
met with less favor at the
first, is now getting surpris
ing support from both par
ties and might be passed. He
predicted that it will pass the
House and then be "cut down"
and passed by the Senate.
Ntw Construction
Speaking of HJRI which
calls for a new Oregon con
stitution, Mr. Lansing point
ed out how much research
and hard work has gone into
this piece of legislation and
said it has a "good chance"
of passing. It will be auto
matically referred to the peo
ple. He said portions object
ed to by members of the Ore
gon Bar association had been
taken out, and that the
League of Women Voters had
been effective in marshaling
support for the measure.
Legislation concerning ed
ucation is always the "most
lobbied" of all, the speaker
declared, and added that the
many education - minded
groups of the state usually
come up with "conflicting
facts." The education commit
tee of this legislature is hard
pressed, he said. Mr. Lansing
predicted that state school
support would be raised $10
per child and that the cen
sus definition of a "child"
will be changed from 4
through 19 to 6 through 18
years. He also believes that
the budget for higher educa
tion will be cut some and
added that this will not be
as harmful as some are say
ing. Conflict Mining
This session has not brought
the usual labor management
conflicts, Mr. Lansing said,
but added that the workmen's
Tuesday
idem Musa as being "quiet j 6 p.m. -Bethel 55, Interna
but effective." tional Order of Job's Daugh-
Mr Lansing was introduc- j ter- Medford Masonic temple,
ed bv Mrs. Stephen G. Nyej 6:30 P-m -IOOF and Olive
and Mrs. Gene Williams pre- Rebekah lodges, IOOF hall,
sided. Mrs. E. A. Littrell an- 8 p.m.-Nevita chapter. OES,
nounced the annual tea of the I Central Point Masonic tentple,
organization to be held next Wednesday
month at Topsides, the home) 10 a.m. -First Ward Relief
of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. V. i society of LDS, at church, 648
Carpenter on Old Stage road.
Jackson PTA
depend upon
wants the bill enough to pay
the increased costs it will
mean. He believes the meas
ure will be passed.
The usual public versus pri
vate power clashes are miss
ing also from this legisla
ture, Mr. Lansing pointed out
and said this is partly due to
the fact that the "political
mileage" is gone from this is
sue. He also noted that there
is "peace on the transporta
tion front."
Turning to tax legislation,
Mr. Lansing said Governor
Hatfield is pressing for net
receipts tax which will pro
vide a broader base for taxa
tion in the state. He men
tioned the cigarette tax which
the House passed, and predict
ed that it will not become
law. Mr. Lansing believes
that the Senate will not "buy"
the House taxation program
and will eliminate from the
legislation the provisions al
lowing taxpayers to deduct
the amount of federal income
taxes paid. He believes that
the Senate will pass the Musa
tax bill.
Constituents Silent
In closing, Mr. Lansing
said that the major complaint
of legislators this year is that
they are not receiving enough
information and spontaneous
letters from constituents.
Voters are not making their
views known as usual.
Questioned further about
the proposed cigarette tax,
Mr. Lansing answered that
since such legislation is sure
to be referred to the people,
this automatically means that
the state would be deprived
of the revenue until the is
sue is settled, and this the
state cannot afford to do. He
added that many opponents
of such a tax believe that it
is fair to tax tobacco, but not
fair to tax cigarettes only.
Early in his talk Mr. Lan
sing praised both Clarence
Barton, speaker of the House,
and Ben Musa, Senate presi
dent. He said that Speaker
Barton, of whom the legisla
tors were somewHat "fearful"
in the beginning, has proven
to be the best presiding offi
cer the body has had in re
cent session. He praised Pres-
'April Frolic'
New officers for the forth
coming year for Jackson
School Parent-Teacher asso
ciation were elected at the
last meeting. They are Mrs.
Davis Shafer. president; Mrs.
James Morehead, vice presi
dent; Mrs. Joanne Sou?a, sec
retary, and Mrs. Ray Hooper,
treasurer.
Mrs. Morehead and Mrs.
Shafer will attend the state
Oregon Congress of Parents
and Teachers convention in
Eugene May 1 and 2.
Plans were discussed for
the school carnival themed
"April Frolic." This is an
annual .event which will be
held at the Jackson school
Friday, April 26 from 7 to
9:30 p.m. Funds raised by
this event are used to cover
the unit's budget for the year,
a portion Is allocated to the
Jackson school student body
and a portion is used to ob
tain additional books for the
school library.
The carnival is for the en
tire family and everyone in
terested is invited.
South Ivy st
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.-West Side
Mothers club benefit party,
Mrs. R. K. Peters, 3188 Ross
lane.
11 a m. to 4 p.m.-Security
Benefit club. Pythian bldg.
1:30 p.m.-AAUW book re
view group, Mrs. William
Cousineau. 1787 Roberts rd.
1:30 p.m. -Oak Grove Neigh
borhood club. Mrs. Walter
Wilson, 232 Janney lane.
Couple Returns
From Missouri
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kahnert,
129 Kenwood avenue, return
ed to Medford Friday after a
trip to New Wells, Mo.
The couple drove east
through Salt Lake City, Utah;
Kansas City, and St. Louis,
Mo., where they visited his
niece. In New Wells, Mo., the
couple were guests of Mr.
Kahnert's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Kahnert, who ob
served their 50th wedding an
niversary on April 6.
Among other relatives vis
ited in the area were Mr.
Kahnert's three sisters and
their families.
En route west they drove
through Kansas, Oklahoma,
New Mexico, Arizona and Cal
ifornia, stopping at Painted
Desert, Grand Canyon and
Los Angeles.
Ashland Library Houses Valuable Collection
A 7
Ashland Libraries have
had much to do with the cul
tural wave that is currently
drawing comment but in Ash
land the wave began many
years ago. It is visible to any
one who steps into the main
rotunda of the building. Op
posite the entrance and on
either side of the fireplace is
the Shakespeare alcove pre
sided over by a bust of 'he
Bard.
In this week set apart for
Special library observance,
Ashland's unique alcove
should draw special attention,
for April 23 marks the 399lh
birthday of William Shakes
peare. (The exact date is a
matter of dispute.)
Beside the fireplace are
glass enclosed shelves filled
with rare volumes and on the
walls hang paintings and
prints of Elizabethan signif
icance. It was through the efforts
of Dr. Margery Bailey, profes
sor of English, emeritus, Stan
ford university, and execu
tive director of the Institute
of Renaissance Studies of the
Oregon Shakespearean Festi
val, that the Shakespeare col
lection was begun.
In the frontispiece of the
first two volumes from the
Stanford Press given by Dr.
Bailey are the illuminated
words "Dramatists Alliance of
Stanford University presents
this work as a nucleus for a
collection of studies en
Shakespeare to honor the
vital accomplishments of the
Oregon Shakespearean Fest
ivals of Ashland and their
founder and director, Angus
Bowmer of the Southern Ore
gon College of Education."
Once at College
For a time the collection
was kept in the college li
brary but as interest grew and
gifts were received it was felt
that a permanent depository
was needed and that it should
be in a more central loca
tion" easily available to the
atre personnel and visiting
students doing research and
attending lectures. So in 1955
the Ashland public library
took custory of the privately
owned Shakespeare collection.
From its small beginning
The three women who chose the "Ten selection laid "This it an utterly impossible
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day luncheon of St. Anne's Altar society president of the Altar society which has
were (left to right) Mrs. Reedy Berg, Mrs. sponsored the party each year for more
D. Ford McCormick and Mrs. Dunbar Car- than 30 years,
penter. Mrs. Carpenter in announcing their
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Visitor Leaves
Talent Clarence Wilson,
Foss road, left Thursday to
take his mother, Mrs. J. O.
Wilson to her home in Port
land. Mrs. Wilson has been
here several weeks. The Port
land woman and her husband
came here to attend the wed
ding of their granddaughter.
Miss Nancy Wilson, to Fred-
crick Mellish.
Talent Visitor
Talent Don Kerby, Cor-
vallis, spent two nights with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Kerby, recently.
While here he gathered mush
rooms and took home a gal
lon jar full.
Week End VUil
Made by Couple
Hornbrook - Mr. and Mrs.
John Shinar spent last week
end at Burney, Calif., as
guests of relatives, Mr. and
Mrs. George Parr.
the Festival library has in
creased to 1418 volumes with
an insured value of more than
$9,000. Miss Cora Mason, Ash
land librarian, and Mrs. June
Pentzer, print curator, are in
charge.
Commentaries, original fo
lios, 16th century works, ma
terials of the Renaissance pe
riod in England, and docu
ments relative to Shakespeare
and his work, writings of his
contemporaries, together with
music and staging of the Tu
dor era provide a research
field seldom found outside of
large specialized libraries.
Volumes Rare
Already the Festival collec
tion in Ashland can boast of
having several rare volumes
not owned by either the
Folger Library in Washing
ton, D.C. or the Huntington
Library in Pasadena, Calif.
Both have great endowments.
The collection here was aug
mented in 1959 by a grant
from the State Arts commis
sion. However, most gifts
come from persons who find
unusual treasures in obscure
shops abroad or who delight
in giving books, as did Mrs.
Nion Tucker, San Francisco,
recently when she presented
"The Great Plays" published
in 1962.
Of a period antedating
Shakespeare but included as
a part of the collection is a
coat of chain mail displayed
in a glass case. The piece of
double-link armor presented
by A. C. Gilcreast of San
Francisco, was dug from the
sands of Q'ait, below the hills
where ruins of Portuguese
crusaders castles remain. It
has been identified as belong
ing to a Portuguese rider of
the 13th century.
Not only does one find
drama, prose, poetry and his
tory of Elizabethan days but
several shelves are filled with
Shakespearean music. This
section is the particular de
light of Bernard Windt, Fes
tival music director and com
poser of special masques, vo
cal arrangements and instru
mental music. He is a collec
tor of ancient instruments and
a master in their use.
Mueical Instruments
Said to be the finest book
of its kind is the "Hipkins
Collection of Musical Instru
ments" with artists' colored
plates. "Instrumental Ellzabe
than Musick": "Woodfill's Mu
sicians in Elizabethan Society
from Elizabeth to Charles I";
"Shakespeare and Music" by
Naylor, as well as scores of
others furnish authentic mu
sical history.
Within the glass protective
cases are books with bind
ings so fragile that they must
be kept in individual glassene
containers. Some of the tooled
leather covers enclose yellow
ed pages illuminated In deli
cate tracery and printed In
strange gothic black lettering
and bearing dates of more
than four centuries ago.
Others such as Sir Waller
Ralegh's "H i s t o r I e of the
World," written in 1614 from
the sombre vantage-point of
the Tower of London, are an
notated in spidery faded hand
writing along the margins of
the two-column brittle pages
- by some 17th century stu
dent no doubt.
History R.lived
One cannot help but feel
an awesome sense of reliving
history with great persons as
he touches the long ago prod
uct of writers and printers
who actually saw and heard
the plays of Shakespeare and
who were alive before the
days of America's coloniza
tion.
In Hall's "Chronicles", Lon
don, 1S48, the frontispiece
reads "The Noble and Illus
trious Families of Lancastre
and Yorke beginning at the
Tyme of King Henry the
fowerth." Hollngshed's Chron
icles printed in two volumes
in 1986 carry intricate wood
cuts and bordered columns
and announce the "alphabeti
cal! table conteining an abso
lute extract of such names
and matters as the descrip
tion of Britaine and England
doth afford, by present view
whereof the reader may judge
what frutefull knowledge is
to be gathered out of the
same: collected by Abraham
Fleming."
Best sellers of the Eliza
bethan period were Bibles
and prayer books, as is evi
dent from the assortment
found in the Festival library.
The comments and criticisms
of Ben Jonson and Ralegh,
contemporaries of Shake
speare furnish endless con
jecture for serious researchers.
Each year additional works
are chosen for supplemental
background to the current
Festival plays. This summer
emphasis will be placed upon
martial affairs, philosophy
and the code of courtly life.
One of the sources is a small
exact facsimile of an Italian
work printed in Venice in
1931. It Is said to be the
basis for "Romeo and Juliet."
Exhibits in the labrary dur
ing the 1963 season will in
clude illustrations by Jost Am
man on costume and horse
manship; reproductions of il
luminations by Jean Fouquet
and the artist of the Manesse
MS; prints of drawings by
Durer, Michelangelo and oth
ers; and knightly figures from
rubbings of English Memo
rial brasses. There will also
be a display of prints record
ing the pageantry of formal
"entries" and court shows
during the Renaissance, in
cluding the famous Triumphs
of Maximilian I.
The Shakespeare alcove
with its treasures of the
Renaissance is an Important
cultural asset not only to the
Oregon Shakespearean Festi
val but to Ashland and the
entire state and as such Is
becoming widely recognized.
-F.M.
From Seattle
Shady Cove Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Weeks and children
of Seattle were recent visit
ors at the home of Mrs.
Week's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Yerxa, Trail.
Miss Casciato
Court Member
Corvallis - Mlsa Judy Cas
ciato, 1088 West McAndrews
road, Medford, was a member
of the Junior-Senior Prom
court at Oregon State univer
sity. The traditional Prom was
held April 20. The five coeds
chosen as members of the
court were picked from a
group of more than 60 nomi
nees by various campus living
groups.
Miss Casciato is a Junior
majoring in the school of education.
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