Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 23, 1963, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextMONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDKORD, OREGON Mary Martin Observes Anniversary By Gay Pauley Ujl3 NEW YORK (UPI) A quar ter of a century ago on an evening in late fall, a girl who had never been on Broadway before stood on stage wrapped in lynx jacket and little else and sang a song called "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." The song stopped the show and turned into an overnight Cinderella the girl from Wea therford, Tex. who sang it in "Leave It to Me." For Mary Martin, that night started a long love affair with Broadway and one which prom ises to continue for some time to come. "No, I have no plans to re tire," said Miss Martin, a grandmother of two with a third on the way. "Only to retreat," said the star whose luster goes on un dimmcd. To Brazil "Richard and I are seriously considering not doing anything for a couple of years after 'Jennie,' " she said. "That's our dream anyway, just to go to our farm in Brazil and catch up. That's the story of my life. I've never had time to catch up." "But I know what'll happen she smiled. "Someone will ask us to read a script and we won't be able to resist.. Miss Martin's current starring vehicle is Jennie, a musical based on the early life of the actress Lauretta Taylor, She has a run of play contract Her husband of 22 years is Richard Halliday, who also is her manager and a producer in his own right. That farm she mentioned is about 50 miles from Brasilia, Brazil's capital city. "I haven't the vaguest idea how many acres," said Miss Martin. "We keep saying it's so far away, we ought to sell. But each time we go down we buy some more." Anniversary The actress said she had for gotten all about this year mark ing the 25th anniversary of her Broadway debut. But the cast and production staff of "Jennie" didn't. She recalled that it was a matinee day and "I'd gotten up with a toothache.. .a wisdom tooth Uiat camo out later.. .and was worrying about getting through the day. When the final curtain came down, I started home as usual, when someone yelled, 'Hey, you're wanted on singe." Snid Miss Martin, "I got out (here and here was (he biggest cake you ever saw.. .with 25 candles on it." To help commcmonile the event, the producer of that first show, Vinton Fecdly, was on hand. Miss Martin has a son, Larry, by a previous marriage and she and Ilnllidny have one daugh ter, Holler. Lnrry, 30, married and the father of two lots, is an actor and currently is work ing on a picture being filmed in Yugoslavia. Digger 1 1. nil "He's a bigger ham than 1 am, if that's possible," snid his mother. Daughter Heller, 21, married to Anthony Weir, an advertis ing agency executive, is expect ing her first child in June. And, said her mom, "she couldn't care less about the stage." All she wants is to be a wife and mother. "Me mind being a grandma three times? Heavens no. The more the merrier." Miss Martin, bom Dec. 1, 1013, works to slay at the top. She takes voice lessons weekly even while doing eight perform ances a week. When she's not in a show, she works out regu larly at a gymnasium to keep trim. But in "Jennie," she said, she's been losing "about four pounds between Monday night and Saturday night. I get them back by stoking up on food Sundays." What is the enduring quality of Mary Martin? "I just," she said, "have been fortunate." Institute Planned By Stanford STANFORD - Stanford Uni versity's Music Department will present an Institute of Renais sance Music and a Summer Choral Workshop as its contri bution to the 1964 Summer Shakespeare Festival, Prof. Wil liam L. Crosten, Music Depart ment head, announced today. The emphasis will be on the music of Shakespeare's time, Dr. Crosten said. Special guests will be Alfred Dcller, counter-tenor, and nob crt Donnington, English musi cologist and viola da gamba player. The Renaissance music insti tute, under the direction of George Houle, assistant profes sor of music, is to be held from June 22 through July 17, over lapping the campus appear ances of the Ashland and San Diego Shakespeare Festival Companies June 23-July 13. Mr. Donnington will serve as visiting lecturer, while Mr. Dell- er will be on hand from July 1 to 14. Mr. Dcller will offer two public concorts in Dinkelspicl Auditorium July 3 and 10, ac companied on ancient instru ments by members of the in stitute faculty and students. Instruction on recorder, viola da gamba and harpsichord as well as in Renaissance vocal style will be pnrt of the curriculum. The Music and Speech and Drama Departments are plan ning a presentation of a series of scenes from Shakespeare in which dnnccs and musical ac companiment of the era will be featured. The Institute's regular pro grams will be augmented with other special concerts and lec tures by local and visiting schol ars, in addition to presentations by professional and student mu sicians. Feature presentation of the choral workshop, directed by Prof. Harold C. Schmidt, will be "II Fcsthio," by the Italian composer Adriano Rnnchieri, who lived from 15WI-IK18. "II Festino" ("The Little Fes tival") pioneered some (ech niqucs that later found their way into opera. Its form com bines the features of comic op era and mndrignl. The workshop will also em phasize the sacred and secular repertoire of the renaissance with special attention to liturgi cal music. Coffee Club Has Yule I'nrlv HOHNBROOk Mrs. Lewis Burket was hostess at her home on Wednesday for the annual Christmas party of the Coffee Club. The members exchanged gifts and also revealed the names of their secret pals for the past year. Guests were Mrs. Robert Philps, Mrs. Jim llinnt, Mrs. Robert Fanner, Mrs. Ralph Chadwick, Mrs. John Snider, Mrs. Cloync Suettn, Mrs. Al King, Mrs. Lester Pooley, Mrs. George Smith, and Mrs. Willis Jones. Altrusans Plan Holidav Parrv Medford Altrusa Club will hold the annual holiday lunch eon Saturday, December 28, in me executive noom oi me col ony Restaurant at 12 o'clock. Hostesses for the event will be Mrs. Ralph Dippel and Mrs. Lucine G. Miles; reservations are to be made with them. Members are privileged to take guests. Plans for the eomlna vpar will be discussed during a short ousiness meeting. Mrs. Mary Carpenter will report on the family the club adopted f o r unrisimas; me tamily was sup plied with food, clothino and gifts. Gifts of iewelrv were also given to patients in a mental institution. Nursing Class Elects Officers Mm. MflvHpnP Khuinlnrt uroc recently elected president of uie auuincm urpcrnn vnnn nt Practical Nursing. Other officers include Mrs. Diana Nelson vifo nmsiHant. Mrs. Helen Snodgrass, secre tary; miss Jeanne Mack, treas urer; Mrs. Mona Hanson, social chairman; Mrs. Sharon Mor gan, librarian; and Mrs. Oda Riessland, publicity. The prniin hnMc hiicinn meetings the first Wednesday of each month. Lusk Family, Angus Duncan To Take Trip Mr. and Mrs. John Lusk and children, Signc, Kirby and Ra gan, and Angus Duncan, son of Congressman and Mrs. Rob ert Duncan, who is living at the Lusk home, while complet ing his high school course, plan to leave December 26 for San Francisco for a week. During their visit they will attend the East-West football game De cember 28. Congressman and Mrs. Dun can and the family are remain ing in Washington for the holi days. Decorator Magic n i $ . mm We had every good intention of writing this for Sunday's edition, but somehow or the other, it never was done. By the time we disposed of the extra work which the approach of Christmas always brings, including writing Christmas notes and addressing and stamping the cards, there just wasn't any time left over. A number of other good intentions went begging, too. In vitations to a number of week end weddings were on our desk last week and we had planned to attend some of them. We knew we couldn't make it to the wedding of Pat Leek and Dwight Findley at two o'clock on a Saturday afternoon we're always down in the backshop deep in the make up, but we did hope to attend the wedding of Ruth Hunter and Robert McDowell, set for four o'clock. But at 3:30 (he society editor of The Mail Tribune was in a great state of disrepair. The editorial face was smudged, our hair hung in untidy loops and wisps, wc had a headache and a waspish mood had descended on us. The big Sunday section had swallowed up all the type and we faced Monday morning with two more pages to fill and not too much to put in them. Besides, that morning we'd looked high and low and couldn't find our elegant new hat which we planned (o wear. Where in the world could a bright pink hat box holding a plushy new hat disappear to? At this writing we've about decided that some sneak thief lifted it from the interior of the Road Runner. So, with the feeling that no one was going to really miss us anyhow, FB and OS set to work with telephone, typewriter and pencil. After the holidays when space is back to normal do you know what will happen? A lot of material we should have had this week will come belatedly in and we'll be back to the old routine of more news than we can use. Since Heddy Kraemer, the author, returned to her New York home after her trip to Medford and other western spots, we've had a couple of friendly notes from her. Last week she wrote to her Medford hostess, Frankie Burton, and sent an enclosure for Potpurri about Christmas in New York City. It's well worth sharing. Mrs. Kraemer wrote: "Christmas is (he loveliest time in NYC as, in addition to the huge tree at Radio City and the other decorations there, almost all department stores and apartment and office build ings have elaborate decorations. In the modernistic Lever Broth ers building entrance they have a gorgeous pink merry-go-round electrically operated and lighted, with two 'princesses reclining in the seats and elves and leprechauns riding on the horses. "One bank window displays one-fourth of the banking space converted into a skating rink, with two girl professionals in cos tumes skirts up to HERE, skating and pushing around child visitors in coach-sicds . . . outside, MEN have (heir noses pressed so hard againsi the glass (for a closer view of the skaters' con tours) Unit it holds up only by a miracle. "Seagrams' Building has an exquisite decor: the building it self is set far back from the street, with two pools in front of the lobby doors; on these pools have been arranged clusters of evergreens, shorter on the outside edges and gradually becom ing (alter, and on the end of each branch and branchlet is a tiny light. The 2k miles of Park Avenue from 46th to 96th Streets display a tall lighted Christmas tree in each block, in the parklike divider between opposing lanes of traffic from which the avenue gets its name. A novel Christmas note was intro duced yesterday when, outside the Times Square Building, which is being renovated, two ot the workmen on the scaffold wore Santa Clans costumes!" Drycleaner 601 East Main H. D. CHRISTENSEN Accessories Galore thev are so crisp, cheery in den, dinette, bedroom, on aprons. Bright RiittrrMy charming on checked gingham. Size of check determines cross-stitch size. Pat tern 70111: chart; color chart; directions. THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (coins) for this pattern add 15 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing and special handling. Send to Alice Brooks. Medford Mail Tribune. Ncedlecraft Dept., P. O. Box lia. Old Chelsea Sta tion, New York II, N. Y. Print plninlv NAME, ADDRESS, PAT TERN NUMBER. 2(Ki HANDICRAFT HITS in our big. big, new 1-t Needle craft Catalog, out now! See toys, fashions, crewelwork, heirlooms, gifts, bazaar hits everything to crochet, knit, sew, weave, em broider, quilt, smock Send 25 cents right now Well, the Rogue Valley can't compete with New York City in this respect (we can easily compete when it comes to climate, natural beauty and lovely flowers and gardens) but last night wnnc nuing around Uie Medtord area, wc decided that never before has mere been such a blossoming of Christmas lights, The lall Manor on lop of Bameburg Hill dominates the scene, Pierce Hill is all lighted up as usual and out in our neighbor hood I no hill above the section of South Stage Road from the r"d of Kings Highway (o Griffin Creek Road is a beautiful scene at night, with housetops and doorways outlined in lights. At the reception which followed the wedding of Marcia Wil liams to Ronald Wayne Snidow last night, we talked to Marina and Murray Gardiner about how beautiful the valley looks, and they urged us to drive out in the Old Stage Road - Old Mili ary Road area, saying that several homes have unusually love ly lighted scenes and house and yard decorations this year. A lovely bride, such as Marcia Williams, usually steals the scene from the bridegroom, but last night Ronald Snidow came In for quite a bit of extra attention. He not only played football for the University of Oregon until his graduation in June, but then went on to play pro ball with the Washington Redskins this season. Christmas week is a hectic time (o give a wedding, but it must be admitted that holiday weddings are apt to be un usually gay. Everyone seems to be in a festive mood and women arc apt to be unusually handsome in their winter finery. As we stood waiting for our wrap Sunday night nt the Country Club, a guest in front of us was carefully examining the lining of a mink stole a friend had asked her to bring along her wrap and the guest wanted to be sure. This brought to mind our re cent story about a mixup in mink stoics, and the telephone call which resulted. Mrs. Albert Burch called to say that when she lived in Phil adelphia as a girl, a certain VIP woman came to that city from Washington (or a stay of several weeks. She was honored at many functions, and after a time returned the compliment by giving a large and really posh tea. Those were the days of very long and very elaborate fur coats, including the seal skins which wealthy women wore with pride. When the tea had ended one of the women who had poured went to (he room where the wraps had been kept only to find that the only remaining coat was an exceedingly old, shabby and moth-eaten fur coat and her own fine wrap was missing. The hostess didn't seem ia have any answers to the situation, and the upset guest finally wore the old coat home. Later she took the coat to a trusted furrier who, in some way known only to those of the trade, traced the origin of the coal and determined to whom it belonged. As you might guess, the moth-eaten relic was the property of the' VIP who had given the party, and the scandal which followed reverberated up and down Philadelphia's Main Line. O S. CLEARANCE FLOOR MODELS and DEMONSTRATORS USED IN OUR CHRISTMAS DISPtAYS . An BIG REDUCTIONS MAMV tvptc Awn urine it few" SOME I OR Z OF A KINO CJt TAKIN IN IADI OUIINO CHRISTMAS SIASON MANY I PORTABLES 5 mis, modus : CABINETS $10" I Tin $On I J.XWW CONOmON 38 t Min Medio. d 772-7151 SINGER SEWING CENTER OPEN MO S'. thru FRI. 'til P.M. During the holiday season, Brazil Nut Torle provides an ele gant dessert for the buffet dinner or for late evening snacks. Brazil. Nut Torte Proves Elegant Holiday Dessert Brazil Nut lorte, a unique dessert involves two unusual steps in preparation, each of them simple, for while the torte appears elaborate, it is not difficult to prepare. The first procedure is for the crumb shell and this is made in a spring-form pan, the kind with removable sides. While the crumb shell is in the re frigerator, prepare the filling. The delectable interior of the torte is composed principally of Brazil nuts, ground, and com bined simply with butter, sugar and eggs. Brazil nuts are often difficult to crack, but not if you know the simple secret of their resistance to the nutcracker. Place the nuts in the freezer or the freez ing unit of (he refrigerator for several hours or overnight. Once frozen, the shells become brittle and lose all (heir fight. And once frozen, the whole nut may be more easily removed from the shell. Over the filling goes a layer of jam and the torte is garn ished with a ring of softened cream cheese. The (or(e will make company dessert or as a snack to serve guests with coffee. All during the holiday season, Brazil Nut Torte on the buffet will insure happy guests. BRAZIL NUT TORTE For the torte shell use dry bread crumbs; one and three fourth cups sifted all-purpose flour; one teaspoon baking pow der; one-third cup sugar; one- half cup bu((er or margarine; one egg. Grease an eigh(-inch spring form pan. Sprinkle bottom and sides with fine dry bread crumbs. Sift together flour, baking powder and sugar. Cut in butter with pastry blender or two knives until butter is in very small pieces. Stir in egg; mix until well blended. Press dough evenly on bot(om and one and one-half inches up sides of crumb-coaled pan. Chill while preparing filling. Filling The torte filling requires one half cup butter or margarine; one cup confectioners' sugar; one cup ground Brazil nuts; t.vo eggs; one-third cup strawberry jam; one three-ounce package cream cheese, softened. Cream butter. Mix in confec tioners' sugar and Brazil nuts; blend well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Turn nut filline into cake shell. Bake in a slow oven. 325 degrees, 50 to 60 minutes, or until top is golden and crust pulls away from sides of pan Cool. Remove from pan at serv ing time; spread jam over top. Decorate edge of pan with soft ened cream cheese put through pastry tube. Yield, eight to 10 servings. U.S. Children's Bureau Studies Adoption Facts WASHINGTON - More than a million children were adopted in the United States during the period from 1951 through 1962, and there were 51 per cent more adoptions in 1962 than in 1951. These and other statistics about the current adoption sit uation in the United States are contained in a new fact sheet issued by the Children's Bureau entitled "Adoptions in the Unit ed States." "This fact sheet," said Mrs. Katherine B. Octtinger, chief of the Children's Bureau of the Welfare Administration, "under scores the bright side of the adoption picture today and points to where more effort is needed to find new homes for children eligible for adoption. "On the bright side," she said, "are these statistics: "There has been an encourag ing increase in the proportion of agency-supervised placements of children with families unre lated to them: from 52 per cent in 1951 to 64 per cent in 1962. "We now know more about the need for early placement of children. Last year children adopted by nonrelatives were placed at an average of two months. "Here are areas where more effort is needed: "Some kinds of children are harder to find homes for than others. These include children over 2 years of age, children of minority groups or those with physical handicaps. Many social agencies are making special ef forts to find adoptive homes for such children. I "Some agencies are now re 1 porting that the number of adop- tive applicants is declining. while in the past, the number of families wanting to adopt a healthy white infant was much larger than the number of avail able children." The statistics contained in (he new fact sheet were gathered by the Children's Bureau with the cooperation of state departments of public welfare and local courts that issue adoption de crees. Copies of "Adoptions in t h e United States" may be obtained from the Children's Bureau, Wel fare Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Wel fare, Washington, D. C, 20201. Frozen Fish Casserole Don't wait for the fish to thaw for this delicious seafood dish, says the Gas Appliance Manu facturers Association: Spread butter evenly over frozen fish fillets and layer with slices of potato in a greased shallow baking dish. Mix teaspoon su gar, Vt teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon each salt and onion powder and 2 tablespoons flour and sprinkle over the first layer of potato. Repeat layers as de sired. Add Vj cup milk and bake at 450 degres in a gas oven for l'4 hours. Returns HORNBROOK Mrs. Gor don Jacobs returned December 12 from a tour of six weeks through several countries of South America. The tour was by air. 4Harp lou'ss FOR THE LAST MINUTE SHOPPER BE SURE TO SEE OUR EXCITING NEW ARRIVALS FOR MEN AND WOMEN DISTINGUISHED UNUSUALLY EXCITING IN A BIND FOR A GIFT IDEA? GIVE A GIFT CERTIFICATE. NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE OREGON BANK IN THE MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER Pour one more pay no more ! RG Half Quarts SAME PRICE AS KING SIZE SERVES 1 MORE 3 drinks (not ) switch to rc -; 1' clvl HALF QUARTS v JfiSk SAVE! " c" " c """" " ; ct i j f I r Vt I I v Xl V .V.:i't f, rf ;l jV'l Hflv4 'J p (ISj (J 'KSJ gtg JlS Vfet "tJIJv VMlt HICMlXl 01""