2 MEPFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORP. OREGOW
Dr. Albert Schweitzer Turns Down Invitation
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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.
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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.
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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
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three years ago," he said
about the possibility of a
third world war.
"President Kennedy and
Mr. Khrushchev must reach
agreement quickly on nuclear
testing and disarmament,"
Schweitzer said. "I fear Khru
shchev's successor may be an
other Stalin."
The doctor regards Africa
as "a child . . . other coun
tries must not help them too
much. They must learn to
work for themselves." The
major problem is a poor diet
and Africans "need training
in simple agriculture," he
said.
Always in Authority
He suggested older people
be assigned to Africa in the
Peace Corps because of tribal
customs whereby "the older
person is always in authori
ty." According to Ramsey, the
doctor begins a typical day
at 6 a.m. with a visit to the
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wards. 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
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in This
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proposed United States trip,
which would have taken him
to Houston, Minneapolis, St.'
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