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Subscription Prico, $2.00 Per Year
GROOM, CARSON COUNTY, TEX., THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1948.
“On Highway 66”
NUMER 17.
VOLUME 22.
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The Groom Post of the American
Visitors in the Ed Schneider home
were shopping in
Amarillo Monday.
Martha Kitzler: “So you want to
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look and see if you are not facing in from the anesthetic.
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Mrs. Buck Whatley was visiting in
Mrs. R. T. Foster is home from
July 18, St. Francis on the 25, and ■
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City are visiting Mrs. G.
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Cemetery Association
Needs More Money
Huge Outlays Planned
In County For Repairs
Tom Pool says that if you want to
flatter a fellow, ask him for advice
in a love affair.
was
was
the
Mr. and Mrs. George Latta, under-
went a major operation at Children’s
Ludeen
Pampa
have
them
Jim
him when we owe the grocery store
$98.00.”
Lions Club Installs
New Officers
Legion Building
Is Finished
and be happy there says Uncle Joe ,
Weems.
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ing summer schoo.I
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Jones took of
Wall of Willow Beach Camp, Possum
Kingdom Lake.
YEARS TO FI ND
EVEN ONE ,(/S55).
Grady Stapp quotes:
Joe saw the train but didn’t stop
They dragged his car to my shop.
It only took a week or two,
To make the cr as good as new.
But tho they hunted ‘high and low,
They found no extra parts for Joe;
MEDIEVAL PRELATES WORE
different gems to
forty miles an hcur passed you, what
would you do ?
Rookie: “Sixty.” /
VEGA -
GROOM
will take on Superior Manufacturi
lieved the largest amount ever
pended for such work.
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AND
Otherwise
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Some Boy Or Girl
To Win Bicycle
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Program Of- Shows
At Groom Theater
Mrs. B. F. Debord, Ashtola.
Mrs. Jim Littlefield, Jericho.
T. C. Harris, Lakeview.
Obstetrical
Mrs. Ralph Warren, Amarillo, twin
boys, July 10.
Mrs. B. J. Kunkel, Dumas, daugh-
ter, Joan, July 9.
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Local News Items
And Personal Menu
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New Officers Elected
By Groom A. F. & A. M.
! Mrs. P. D. Connor, sister of Mrs.
। Mae Dean of Lark, Mrs. Bob Mep-
I ham of San Antonio, Mr. and Mrs.
P. D. Connor, Jr., cf Hamilton, Ohio,
have been visiting in Lark with re-
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Groom Tops "Best"
Team In League
Panhandle Sunday.
sent to help in the organization
the year’s work.
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Latta’s Daughter
Undergoes Operation
been visiting her grandparents.
Field Smith, the grandson of Mrs.
C. L. Fields, who whs has been em-
ployed at. the T. G. Fields Elevator
vote for yoe today. Make house to
house calls asking the ladies\to vote
for you when buying' these soaps at
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Admission will be $1. 9 per person.
Everyone is invited.
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EMERALDS ALWAYS SYM-
BOL /ZED HOPE AND FA/TH.
G/RLS WEAR/NG THEM >
WERE BELIEVED CERTAIN
TO BECOME LOVED AND ,
HAPPY WIVES. ng
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Sultan: “Oh, she’s all right, but
the other 59 are more fun.”
“On Highway 66”
R. E. Monday: “Did you miss your
train, Mr. Ray?”
John Ray: “No, I didn’t like its
looks, so I chased it out of the sta-
tion.”
Dean Burger: “Honey, aren’t all
these bills for clothes you bought
before we were married ? ” .
Donna: “Yes, my sweet.”
Dean: “But don’t you think it’s un-
fair to ask a fish to pay for the bait
he was caught with?”
Handed in by Guy Andis—
Ambassador: “And how is
good wife, Sultan?”
Ella Elders left Saturday from the
Amarillo airport by Braniff plans
for her home in Dallas after spend.
I ing the past three weeks in the home
Af WA- W.4.1, . c1 _ 4.
It must be awful to be beautiful
and have to worry all the time about
what each year is going to take
away,” said Mrs. Ada Garner.
j and Carey were visiting in
' and Borger Monday.
and Mrs. W. S. Jones made a busi-
ness trip to Oklahoma City recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Kendrick
i and children visited in Stratford the
I past week end.
j Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Smith and fam-
’ ily of Floydada and Mr. and Mrs. N.
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“Daddy, I saw mamma
ice man this morning.”
“Doggone! She wastes
Joe Blow: “I’m going to kiss you
till the cows come home.”
Girl Friend: “Oh, but my father
and brother are policemen.”
Joe: “Then I’ll kiss you till the
bulls come home.”
ents for a few weeks. • Judy, who has
been visiting her aunt and uncle in
Terrell, Texas, will come to Ft. Smith
and return with the family to Groom.
Ann Hargis who has been visiting
Bildean Craig returned to her home
in Austin Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Wade were
guests in the home of Mr.’ and Mrs.
W. A. Meyers of Amarillo Sunday.
it in Buenos Aires.”
Ted Friemel: “What’s so wonder-
ful about that ?”
Johnny: “It’s wonderful that so
many people can make a living out of
something I haven’t paid for.”
Memorial Hospital at
Wednesday morning,
latest reports, she
ing will be made available to
public for use for any
occasion.
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the wrong direction,” says Shorty
Drum.
baseball field in the southwest corn-
er of the Legion grounds. . . . ------------ aivinic
To the many citizens and business-'?, her. brother, Chas. Rogers, Sr.,
men who have donated money and 1. 1S‘ . rs Whois 76 years of age
to others who have given their time 115 an air enthusiast and does all of
to the construction of the building her traveling by airplane claims that
the Groom Post of the American ; orses and cars are much to slow.
Roots of Culture AND ITS MEANING
Sims is still leading the club with a i by Mr. Meyers.
healthy .625, followed by Kenneth ' Miss Jean Thorp is home from
Anglin with .405; Ralph Britten with from Mineral Wells where she has
his week.
N. O. Cotham and G. E. Clark are
। fishing in Oklahome this week.
Mrs. Cecil Turner and Geneva of
Lubbock, Texas and June Gillis of
Hamlin visited the Mert Kendrick
home Tuesday and Wednesday.
Veona Barnett is vacationing in
Tulsa, Oklahoma, this week.
George Calkins left Tuesday for
San Fran visco where he is stationed
with the U. S. Navy.
Mrs. Madison Fields and Mrs. W.
B. Harris were shopping in Amaril-
lo Monday.
H. R. King was attending to bus-
iness in Groom Sunday.
Mrs. Lillian Slay of Lubbock is vi-
siting relatives and friends here this
suit I’m wearing. The wool
grown in Australia, the cloth
woven in New England and
thread came from India. The suit
was made in Baltimore and I bought
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400 002 000—6 9 3 । and Grain Co.,' has returned to his
070 000 20x—9 6 l i California home.
Ellen Marie Latta, daughter
Mathis walked Black and Art Brit- . latives and friends.
ten to fill the bases, and Ralph Brit- I Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Ramming and
ten provided one of the big thrills of i Nan visited friends in Borger Sun-
the game when he stole home for . day.
Groom’s final counter. | Richard H. Evans left Monday for
Pitcher Ed Mathis and his battery । Canyon where he will attend school
mate, Harris, were the big guns of for the July-August semester. He
the Vega attack, with two hits each, will return to Groom August 22.
, I O. Cotham and family of Oklahoma
opens each ... - — --
Mrs. Richard H. Evans, Franklin
kiss me! I didn’t think you
that kind.”
Tim Gibbins: “Baby, I’m
kinder than that.”
granny’s glasses, but now, we
no trouble—she just leaves
where she empties them says
Sims led the locals, getting three of , ______
the six safeties allowed by Mathis. and Gay left Thursday for Ft. Smith,
Mathis worked the entire contest Ark., where they will visit her par-
G. gMA y" 7/E emerald
A— f EMERALDM/NFS
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CLEOPATRA GAVE HER
FR/ENDS V/BRANT GREEN .
Legion has finally completed their, the past week end included Mr and
building located across the highway Mrs. Fedland and daughter Margaret
and Rock Island Railroad tracks on from St. Louis, Mo., Mrs. Jo0_
a six-acre plot of ground. Brien from Eureka, Mo., and Mr .and
The new building which is of cind- ’ Mrs. Val Keller and children from
er block tile and stucco construction Amarillo.
The Groom Theatre
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M. J. Britten of Kingsmill, former-
ly of Groom, who underwent a major
operation several weeks ago at a
Pampa hospital is reported to be im-
proving. He was operated on again
last Saturday and his condition is re-
ported as satisfactory.
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Jack Morgan and son, Larry, and
Mrs. Cox, mother-in-law of Mr. Mor-
gan of Long Beach, California visit-
ed in the O. R. Major home recently
enroute to Kansas via Cushing, Ok-
lahoma. Maxine, wife of Mr. Mor-
gan was unable to accompany them
on this trip as she was attending to
her mother’s business establishment.
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Mr. and Mrs. David Mays of Ama-
rillo were visiting in the Carl Kun-
kel,Jr. home Sunday afternoon.
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The city people should be just as
concerned about the soil erosion
problem as the food grwing farmers.
Whether you eat to live or live to
eat, everybody eats.
Mrs. Willard McAdams,
.351; Ritter with .321. The club ,
average took a beating at the hands j
of Vega, dropping from .292 to .284'. I
The line score was as follows:
gers when he makes the entry in the
record book. j While there they attended the model
In the batting average rating, airplane show which was sponsored
Groom plays the next three games
away from home, returning for the ,
season’s finale against Panhandle on |
August 8. Canyo
The locals will go to Hedley on ,
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Freeezer locker plants are located 1 week. Patsy Helm, who has been vi-
in all 48 states, with the greatest siting her, returned with her.
concentration in the cornbelt and the I Mrs. Tom Oats of Skellytown was
Pacific northwest. , visiting friends in Groom Tuesday.
It seems there was this couple at-
tending a college football game when
the escort suddenly pointed to the
field saying, “That man out there
playing center’ will be our best man
before the season is over.”
She looked up at him archly and
ssid, “But Bill, this is so sudden!”
pv,
Dick Dickinson of White Deer was
attending to business in Groom Mon-
day afternoon.
Mrs. James M. Davis of Oklahoma
City, Okla., has been visiting in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Les Driskill.
| Joe Hagins of Post, Texas, was
I visiting in Groom Monday. He is a
former schoolmate of Gene and Max
Wade.
Mrs. C. W. Pearce and Elaine of
Oklahoma City have returned to their
home after a visit here with her
mother, Mrs. Les Driskill and Mr.
Driskill.
Mr. and Mrs. Burl Smith of Mem-
phis were guests Monday in the Lena
Smith home.
Mrs. Clarence Goad and children,
and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ostler and
daughter of Provo,, Utah were
guests over the week end in the
homes of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Wood
i of Lark and Mr. and Mrs. Les Dris-
kill of Groom.
Police sergeant (to rookie being
examined): “If you were in a police
car and a gang of desperadoes doing
Chicago, Ill.
According to
had recovered
Mr. and Mrs.
EMERALDS, CARVED ,
w/th her Likeness. he
Ae-ERE(wHOkNows?) •
The Groom Lion’s Club installed
new officers the past week for the
year 1948-’49, which include:
W. B. Harris, president.
Dr. John L. Witt, vice-president.
Glynn D Harrell, secretary.
C. D. Kunkel, treasurer.
John Farley, lion tamer.
E. S. Craig, tail twister.
E. G. Stapp, director.
Chas. Fields, director.
The club has passed through a
successful year, with President Ed
Campbell at the helm. The club has
sponsored some worthwhile commun-
ity projects, notable among these
have been the Carson County Fat
Stock Show and the Boy Scout pro-
gram.
Culb members are urged to be pre-
An estimated $165,000 will be
spent in repairing and modernizing
non-farm homes in Carson county
during 1948, according to a report
just released.
That sum will be expanded large-
ly on painting, carpentery work,
roofing repairs and plumbing, the
report disclosed. “Greater availab-
ility of building materials will make
possible a record amount of home
improvement throughout the nation
this, year,” declaired Malcolm offic-
ials of the construction committee.
About 30 of every 100 homes will
be painted, either inside or out, dur-
ing 1948 and 17 will have roofs re-
paired or replaced, according to the
report. Seven will have plumbing-
overhauled, bathrooms tiled or show-
ers installed and six will have car-
pentry work done, the report re-
veialedi
“So meet demanids for mateirials
for both new homes and home re-
pairs, production has been stepped up
in practically every type of mate-
rial,” it is said. The output of
tile for bathrooms and kitchens, for
instance, is now at the highest rate
in history, government reports show.
Throughout the nation between $2,-
600,000,000 and $3,300,000,000 will
be spent this year on home repair,
according to the report. This is be-
The Home Builders Sunday School
Class was entertainedd with a des-
sert party at the home of Mrs. Chas.
Fields Monday night.
At the business meeaing, Mrs.
Madison Fields gave the devotional
and Mildred Harris gave the Bible
Story.
Members and guests attending
were Mesdames John L. Witt, Caf-
fey, H. H. Hunt, Frank Dove,. Blaine
Thorp, Madison Fields, R. Melton,
C. L. Culver, Carl Stringer, W. B.
Harris, Ross Nix, Ted Freimel, Billy
Cornett and the hostess, Mrs. Chas.
Fields.
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Latta took her to Chicago Saturday.
Their address is: Children’s Me-
morial Hospital, 707, Fullerton Ave.,
Chicago 14, Ill.
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T. E. L. Class Meets -
With Mrs. Stuart
E. Clark
on the Price College diamond
Amarillo.
। this store.
Votes are deposited in a
The Groom Cemetery Association
needs more financial help in order to
keep our cemetery in a clean and
beautiful condition. The cemetery
ranks along with those in larger
cities for being well taken care of.
It takes a great deal of finances to
keep expenses paid.
The association is asking that all
who are financially able to help keep
the good work going on.
Most everyone is sending in $12.00
for 1948 cemetery dues which is the
amount set by the association for
the needed money to mintain the
cemetery grounds as they should be.
According to Jeff Gray, who is
in charge of soliciting funds many
have sent in more than the $12.00
asked of everyone who have family
or friends in the cemetery.
The cemetery association will ap-
preciate any amount donated. Hand
in or mail your check to Cecil Culver
at the State National Bank of Groom
or Jeff Gray at the Post Office of
Groom.
The following have donated this
year:
Frank Burgin, C. J. Merrick, Van
Earl Steed, Berry James, G. E.
Clark, Mrs. R. T. Foster, Mrs. T. E.
Latta, W. S. Farley, Mrs. D. H. Far-
ley, Wm. A. Wagoner, T. G. Fields.
R. A. Clark, J. H. Cooper, Mrs.
Laurie Wagoner, G. C. Whatley, Jeff
Gray, Betty Fields,
B. A. Franklin, Orville Franklin,
Perry Franklin, Guy Blackwell, Wm
Frederiksen, O. P. Blackwell, Emmett
D. Smith, Mrs. P. E. Johnson, Allen
Angel, Bernard Ragsdale,. Mrs. John
Fraser, Sr., Irene Roach, Mrs. W. S.
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The small crowd that saw Groom’s I
9 to 6 victory over Vega last Sun- !
day agreed that they never got more
baseball for the money.
Vego started strong, with four
runs in the first inning on a single,
a base on balls, a double, and three
scratch singles.
In the Groom half of the first,
Vega’s Ed Mathis whiffed Sims,
Don Ritter and Kenneth Anglin to
retire the side.
Groom settled down to retire the
first three Vega batters in the sec-
ond, then go on to score seven runs
on four hits and three bases on balls.
Both teams played crowd-pleasing
baseball, with no more scoring until i
the sixth inning, when Vega scored
twice, bringing the count to 6-7.
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From a street interview radio
broadcast in a neighboring city:
“What did your husband say when
he proposed?”
She replied that he just said that
he loved her and wanted her to mar-
ry him.
“Didn’t he do anything to back up
his statement?” the announcer ask-
ed the Groom lady.
“Oh, yes,” she replied brightly.
* “We have two sons.”
contains a main auditorium 30 by 50 I vre cL.p c ,,
feet, a lounge room 20 by 25, restda"crehastRogers and Aman-
rooms and kitchen.
Located on the six-acre plot is a
roping club and football field.
Eventually it is planned to build a
THEY DINED UPON SNAKE
Dining on rattlesnake steak start-
ed off the ninth annual convention of
the International Association of Rat-
tlesnake Hunters, held at Enid, Okla,
recently. There wasn’t much of the
snake steak, and only about 100 souls
got to sample the delicacy, which is
reported to cost $20 a pound. The
meat resembles chicken or rabbit, on-
ly it is richer and gamier. It is white,
solid and tender.
The day after the feast, hunters
from 17 states gthered in the rugged
gypsum hills near Okeene to go af-
ter rattlesnakes in earnest.
Last year, 5000 hunters brought in
500 snakes.
for Vega, giving up six hits and
eight walks, and fanning 15. Bill
Britten whiffed two, walked two, and
allowed six hits in five innings,
while Ritter struck out five, walked
one, and allowed three hits in four
innings. Four of the hits off Britten
were of the infield dribbler variety,
which makes a scorer cross his fin-
Legion is deeply grateful. The build- ! Mr. and Mrs. Georpe Black and
the i Peggy of Amarillo have returned
legitimate ' to their home after a two weeks va-
, cation in California. George is the
Friday night at nine o’clock the . son of G. M. Black of this place and
opening dance will be held with mu- regularly visits Groom each day with
sic supplied by the Texas Swingsters. । a bread truck from the Mead’s
‘ ' " ~ Bakery of Amarillo.
BLAZED WITH EMERALDS. G2
THE/R MINES WERE HIDDEN.‛
ballot box at the store and when the
contest is ov the boy or girl re-
ceiving the largest number of votes
will be declared the winner of the
bicycle displayed in the store.
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Groom Osteopathic
Hospital Report
Patients at the Groom Osteopa-
thic Fosnilol the past week includ-
ed the following:
Major Operations
Mr. Bill Adams, McLean.
Major Operations
Mrs. Silvesta Cook, Stinnett.
Minor Operations
Mrs. T T. Wallace. Wheeler.
Mrs. T. F. Collins, White Deer.
At 20 a man thinks he can save
the world; at 30 he would settle to
save some of his salary, says Ed
Campbell. -
New officers have been elected by
the Groom Masonic Lodge as fol-
lows:
Jodie H. Helm, W. M;. C. L.
Culver, S. W.; Ross Nix, J. W.; E. G.
Stapp, secreiary; Paul Morrow, Sen-
ion Deacon; Billy Cornett, Tyler; and
Carl Kunkel, treasurer.
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Mrs. Sanford Johnson and Mrs.
Blaine Thorp were shopping in Am-
arillo Monday.
Ohe Groom Aets
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Newton of the
Lark community entertained a group
of friends and relatives with an out-
door ste:k and fish supper Thursday
night. Guests included the follow-
ing:
Mrs. P. D. Connor and daughter
Mrs. Bob Mepham of San Antonio,
Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Connor, Jr., from
Hamilton, Ohio, Ann Hargis of'Aus-
tin, Mrs. Mae Dean and David, Mr.
and Mrs. E. S. Craig and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Harrell and Becky Sue
McCoy.
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The Groom offensive went into
high gear again in the seventh, when
Sims led off with a double, went to
third on an error, and scored when
Ridgeway juggled Ralph Britten’s
hot grounder long enough for both
runners to be safe.
of the W. S.
the owners, Mr.
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Wills, Mrs. Wm. F. Dillon, G.
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Home Builders Class
Is Entertained
Change is an easy panacea. It
takes character to stay in one pla'ce
On account of the busy season the
T. E. L. Class of the Baptist Church
met for an afternoon business and
social hour with Mrs. J. R. Stuart on
July 7th, instead of the regular all-
day meeting which is customary.
Mrs. W. C. Gunter has resigned as
teacher, since she was moving away
from Groom. Mrs. E. L. Lamb was
elected to fill this vacancy and Mrs.
C. J. Shaw was chosed as assistant
teacher.
Those present included Mesdames
Jackson, J. D. Wood, Robinson, Gar-
ner, Burgin, Akers, C. L.. Fields,
Lamb, and the hostess.
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Mr. and Mrs. Newton
Entertain With Supper
Company, of Amarillo on August 1.1 Jones store while
The Groom Produce and Grocery
is sponsoring a free bicycle contest.
Here are the rules of the Magic
Washer Soap Powder, Nola Soap
Flakes Schwinn-Bicycle popularity
contest..
For'each package of Magic Wash-
' er Powder or Nola Soap Flakes pur-
j chased .in this store, the Groom Pro-
duce & Grocery, the- buyer will be
entitled to cast one vote' for their
favorite boy and girl.
Customers can tell friends to buy
I these all-purpose household soaps and
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THE MAY-BORN INCLUDE WIANVBANKERS, INDUSTRIAL /STS,
Few traffic jams are caused by
people rushing to buy things they
see advertised on billboards.
FACTS
week day at 7:30 p. m. Sunday mat-
inee starts at 2:00 p. m. with two
screenings during the afternoon. The
Sunday evening 'show opens after
church services.
Friday-Saturday, July 16-17
“Big Punch,” Wayne Morris, Lois
Maxwell. This picture includes a
Protestant preacher, and will be en-
joyed by the entire family.
Sun-Mon.-Tues., July 18-19-20
Return Of The Badmen, with Ran-
dolph Scott, Anne Jeffreys, Robert
Ryan.
Wed.-Thurs. July 21-22
“The Unfinished Dance,” with Mar-
garet O’Brien, Cyd Charissee, and
Karin Booth.
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