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THURSDAY, Fire Claims Late Comedienne's Kin PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (UPI) Four members of the late comedienne Joan Davis family her mother, daughter and two grandsons were killed today when fire swept their home. The victims were Nina Davis, 72, Mrs. Beverly Colbert, 29, and Mrs. Colbert's two sons by a former marriage, Guy Gross man, 7, and Larry, 4. Neighbors were awakened shortly after midnight when windows in the modest home began "popping" out under pressure built up by the inter nal fire. Firemen controlled the blaze and found the four bodies all in the master bedroom where the fire apparently originated. In vestigators said the blaze may have been started by a smol dering cigarette. Flames were contained in the structure until the windows exploded outward from the heat. Mrs. Colbert's husband, Mar tin, was in Los Angeles at the time of the accident. Miss Davis died at Palm Springs May 23, 1961 of a heart attack. The comedienne left her million dollar estate to a for mer husband in a will made 20 years earlier. But in a court battle over the estate Mrs. Col bert was awarded the bulk of it and the former husband, Si Willis, received a package set tlement of $52,000, including cash and a Palm Springs home. 51,020 Attend Festival Plays ASHLAND A new figure released by William Patton, gen eral manager of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival Associa tion, brings the total attendance for the 1963 season to 51,020. Final and revised figures in dicate that the 1963 season was the most successful since open ing of the festival in 1935, Pat ton stated. The Elizabethan theater was filled to 98.2 per cent of its full run capacity during the 46-night season. The previous season high was reached in 1961 when attend ance totaled 47,734. During the 1963 run "standing room only" records also were established. The SRO sign was displayed at the box office for 23 consecutive nights, Aug. 13 through Sept. 4. Friends of Library Sef Monday Meeting The Friends of the Library of Jackson County will meet at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, at the Public Library. The program will be on the library building programs of Josephine County, completed in 1959, and the present major ex pansion program at the Ash land Public Library, according to Harry Chipman, president of the Friends. Mrs. Florence Moherly, libra rian of Josephine County, will discuss the headquarters build ing in Grants Pass, and Cora Mason, librarian of the Ashland Public Library, will be guest ! The Public Library of Med fnrd and Jackson County is fast I approaching the need for a larger building for both its books and students, according to Librarian Omar Bacon. Committees Named By Ashland Chamber ASHLAND T w o nominating committees have been appoint ed to select candidates for the board of directors of the Ash land Chamber of Commerce. President Bill Patton an nounced the names of the com mute members Tuesday. How ard Pierce will head one com mittee, assisted by Floyd Vo gel and Gene Lcidigh. L'inrence Bell will head the other one, as sisted by Archie Fries and Dom Provost. Each commitlee will nomi nate a slate o( six candidates. The nominations will be an nounced next Tuesday, at which time other nominations may be made from the floor. Six directors will be elected in November. Dr. Bornet Included In New Directory Ashland Dr. Vaughn D. Bor net, chairman of the Southern Oregon college social science di vision, has been honored by the inclusion of a biographical sketch of his career in the new British director)-. The Diction ary of International Biography. Described as a biographical record of contemporary achieve ment, the volume will be an useful adjunct to research. It will be published in April of the coming year in London, it was announced. 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