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2 MEPFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORP. OREGOW Dr. Albert Schweitzer Turns Down Invitation ' " DR. ALBERT SCHWEITZER Turns Down Invitation Thespian Troupe Has Good Evening Of 'Angel American audiences love that thriller known both as "Angel Street" and "Gaslight" - one the original stage ver sion and the other the film. So naturally, those who saw the opening performance of the play as given "in the round" Thursday night by the Medford High school Thespian troupe had a good evening. Some of the younger ones could not suppress squeaks of excitement and one bit of stage business had some of the spectators audibly beseeching one of the actors "to pick up the hat!" We had wondered how "Angel Street" would turn out as an arena-type produc tion, but as directed by Mrs. Lcnore Zapell of the school drama department, it works very well. The closeness of the audience to the actors heightens and magnifies the tenseness of the dramatic situ ations. Plays Effectively Jackie King effectively plays Mrs. Manningham as a woman in a fear - induced trance punctuated with oc casional fits of pleading and hysteria. Paul Jenny is well cast as the handsome, cruel husband attempting to drive his wife insane. Tracy Black stone gave a smooth perform ance as the housekeeper, Eliza beth, and Rhonda Farfan gives a pert, lively interpretation of the maid Nancy who is "taken'1 with her employer. Greg Keith, cast as Detec tive Rough, gave a comfort able, casual yet effective in terpretation of the man who solves the mystery of the long lost jewels. Dave Regnetti and Mike De Salvio made brief appearances as policemen. The former is also the stage manager, Dave Billingsly handles the lights, Penny Sage the sound, and Christy Elmore, Pat Long more and Penny Sage are the properties crew. Take Time To Assemble Properties took more time to assemble and include such articles as a smelling salts bottle, a velvet family album, an old-fashioned ink stand, a brooch which opens to reveal nine rubies, a liquor flash and a jewelery's eye glass. Some of the handsome Vic torian furniture and other needed articles were loaned by an Ashland antique store County Receives Beverage Tax Funds Jackson county has received (1,321.39 of the quarterly pay ment of S64.933.95 from the state tax on alcoholic bever ages, County Treasurer Karl Janouch said today. The quarterly payment makes the total collected by the county so far S6.000.75 for the three quarters. The fourth quarterly payment is due in July. The payment is slightly higher than the SI. 139.32 re ceived for the same quarter last year. Medford has received S923 -42: Ashland, S337.17; Butte Falls. $13.31: Central Point, $90.47; Eagle Point. $26.75; Gold Hill. $21.63: Jackson ville. $41.70: Phoenix. $31.09; Rogue River, $18.50; and Tal ent $33.23. Street' and the Victorian costumes were either handmade by members of the cast and local seamstresses, or rented from a costume house. Assisting on the costumes were Mrs. Blanche Martin, Mrs. Ken neth Bowser and Carolyn Bowser, Thespian member; Mrs. A. M. Farfan, Mrs. Charles Goodwin and Tracy Blackstone, also a Thespian. Others on the production staff are Peggy Riechers, Suzanne Lind, Judie Brook man, Carolyn Bowser, Stanley Zapell, who took charge of the set building and decora tion with the help of Heather Rode, Nikki Yahya, and Lind say Darneille. Audiences who attend the arena type productions of the Thespians give every evidence of enjoying themselves very much. There is a friendly, in formal atmosphere and the young people serve coffee and cookies between acts. "Angel Street" will be pro duced again Monday, April 29, at 8 p.m. in Room 61 of the high school annex. Artificial Valves Implanted in Heart Portland-OTD-Three artifici al valves have been success fully implanted in the heart of a patient at the University of Oregon Medical hospital here, marking the first time such a procedure has been accomplished, a school spokes man said Friday. The patient, Virgil Robert 30, Portland, was suffering from a rheumatic disease which had damaged his aortic, mitral and tricuspid valves, the school said. The 8-hour surgical feat was undertaken Feb. 21 by a team of surgeons headed by Dr. Albert Starr, a pioneer in the field of heart valve re placement. Roberts, a 30-year-old fa ther of two daughters, was reported progressing well. FOR BETTER HEALTH I I w No Installation Fits Any Six Bod W Fully Automatic Push Button Control Over 100 Adjustable Doot Not Chang Positions Bod room Docor Southern Oregon Surgical 744 Mddle Reed Phone 773-7436 Bt HENRY G. OWEN United Press International St. Louis - rtJPt - Dr. Albert Schweitzer, the 88-year-old humanitarian - physician of Africa, wants to die in the jungles he has called home for 52 years. This was his reason for turning down an invitation to the United States, according to Lisle Ramsey of St. Louis, who traveled 12,000 miles to deliver it. Ramsey, and his 10-year-old son, Max, flew to Schwiet zer's hospital at Lambarene, Gabon, in what used to be French Equitorial Africa, on behalf of a U.S. Citizens com mittee. The group wanted Schweit zer to participate in a nation wide conference on the Chris tian and American roles in aid to under-developed coun tries. Its members include UN Ambassador Adlai Steven son and Justice William O. Douglas of the U.S. Supreme Court. "I'm like a ripe fruit in the wind," Schweitzer said. "I have much to do to pre pare the hospital so it will continue. I will not leave again." What began at a nearby Protestant mission as a one room infirmary has become a 52-building hospital which, Ramsey said, had 300 - 400 beds. The doctor is a man with a sense of humor and a great compassion for animals, Ram sey said he found during time spent at the hospital. Young Max said Schweitzer once chided him in German for brushing an ant off his sleeve because, "When you do that, it breaks their legs." No swatter is ever raised to a fly in the hospital Ram sey said, rather attendants sweep them into glass bottles for release outside. Schweitzer usually carries food for a myrad of animals around the hospital area. "You should see the crowd of goats that follows him," Max said. The doctor's commentary on the world outside is often humorous, according to Ram sey, Charles de Gaulle, as de Bids for Wafer System Called Klamath Falls - Bids for construction ol a central water system to service the forest service recreation area at Lake of the Woods are being called for by the Winema Na tional forest. The proposed water devel opment will Include a central pumping station, storage tank, and main distribution lines to service the Aspen Point, Rain bow and Sunset Campgrounds on the west side of Lake of the Woods. Sealed bids for construction of the facility will be received by the regional forester in Portland not later than 4 p.m. May 15. Information concerning the proposed development may be secured from the office of the forest supervisor, 411 Main St., Klamath Falls. Other recreation develop ments currently under con tract at the Lake of the Woods area include a water distribu tion line in the Aspen Point Camp and six restroom build ings, also in the Aspen Point area. Work on these projects will be under way as soon as snow melts. Work will be so scheduled as to interfere as little as pos sible with the use of the camp grounds. A Show-Me trip for inter ested bidders will be held Monday, May 6, starting at 10 a.m. The group will assemble at the Lake of the Woods Re sort. The trip will provide an opportunity for interested bidders to review specifica tions of the proposed project. and RELAXATION SELECT-A-REST BED SPRING Fits all beds and Hollywood frames. Simply replace your preMnt box spring with the Select-A-Reit Power Contouring Bod Spring Plug in and um. scribed by Schweitzer, "has a long nose and doesn t know where to keep it." The trou ble with the Congo, he felt, is "everybody's playing poli tics and nobody's working." He expressed regret for be ing unable to join the Ram soys on a river trip to a na tive village because "being a theologian, I never have a day off." Ordained Minister Schweitzer is an ordained Lutheran minister but, in his own mind, "Herr Schweitzer is Herr Schweitzer ... I do not belong to any particular denomination." The Unitarian church counts him as an hon orary' members but, "I am friendly and have the warm est of friendships with all denominations," he was quot ed by Ramsey. The doctor was worried about the state of the world, Ramsey said. "I am much more concerned than I was WHEN ALL AMERICA SHOPS AND SAVES -LOWEST Reg. MISSES 17.98 TOPPERS 130 BIG WARD BOYS' REG. 1.59 SPORT SHIRTS ,38 Save now ! Royal Oak wash 'n wear shirts of DanRiverWrinkl-Shed or Mooresville cotton gingham plaids. 6-18. 15.95 SPRAY IRON Signature steam-spray, 14 off! 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After breakfast at 7:30 a.m. he divides the rest of the day for hospital ad ministration, correspondence and receiving visitors. The hospital is operated to make the most of what train ed help is available and fam ilies accompanying patients to the grounds take over much of the care. The families, "accompanied by dogs, goats and livestock," simply move in for an extend ed stay with the patient, ex cept 1 he is in the emergency warn, Ramsey said. Do All The Nursing "They cook and do all of the nursing," he said. "Re covery time is considerably longer. Nobody leaves until he's completely back on his feet." Ramsey had previously vis ited Schweitzer in 1960, on the occasion of his 85th birth day. He represented the Re ligious Heritage Society of DOWN ON CREDIT AT WARDS Young Juniors $ J DRESSES 4 39 ONLY SPECIAL BUY! SEAMLESS HOSI 3 pm. '10 First quality I Luxurious micro-knit nylons resist runs during normal wear. Fashion shades. Sizes from 9 to 11. 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