MONDAY, 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
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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!"
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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.
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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.
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