Ballinger Daily Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 67, Ed. 1 Monday, June 30, 1924 Page: 3 of 4
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THE BALLINGER LEDGER
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HERO IN FORD FIRE
Owen Powell proved himself a
cause in the front of a Ford car
as a result.
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ODAY MAEROY THEATRE TODAY
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SHOWING THE PICK O' THE PICTURES
Today and Tomorrow
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THE YELL OF THE YEAR
Fotb Tarkington’s Sequel to “Penrod"
PENROD AND SAM"
sore-xnonuasceoreem
eea —
in the health teaching contest con-
Childied
virtually hidden a way from the
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10c Admission 30c
who
have reviewed the reports of the
WHAT ARE YOU
DRINKING JUDGE ?
You
Know
NO
FIND IT
NOURISHES ME
AMERICAN CHKD
NEAL T/ AssN
IM HAVING S
A HOT CHOCOLATE
boys pay their traveling ex-
ses. You will miss a treat if
K Frankel, head of the company’s lasm for their high quality. Many
welfare work, pointed out that it of the reports, they declared, were
was of vital importance to teach equal in value to a thesis earning
1 Healthier children as judged
by improvement in growth attested
by height-weight records; and by
removal of physical handicaps.
2. Healthier children, as judged
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED
. GIN AND GINGERALE ?
3 The effectiveness of the compet-
this were being devAspeDe A* Aerars, park, was measured
dividual teachers but still remain-by the following standards ...
rectional work they accomplished them even more effective,
with their classes from December
1. 1923 to May 16, 1926. __________-______
The $35,000 for the scholarships work of the winning teachers and
school year in studying health In-
* "siruehton‘78 “issebwboyn, each
aided by a scholarship of $600 won He said the best methods for doing
Riggety, Raggety Rags
de Show Minstrel__Quartet ture is one succession of laughs,! We need a new supply of clean
the Old Brigade— chuckles and smiles, but there are cotton rags,
moments of tender pathos, espec-1 Ballinger Printing Co.
more than sixteen hundred ele- those who are doing the best work
mentary teachers who were judged an opportunity for special study at
A Breezy Photoplay of Today’s Fast Life .
A Universal Picture
After you try us, you’ll
l now real service from
the other kind. : : :
DUNN
ELECTRIC COMPANY
Quality, Service, Satisfaction
Phone 243
QUARTET SINGS
HERE WEDNESD‘Y
in
"Spring of 1964"
A Special Universal Comedy
NO BUT iVE TRIES
A LOT OF MEN c
WHO DID.)
IS NT THAT A PRETTY
HEATING ORINK FOR THIS
TIME OF THE
YEARS
Today
HERBERT RAWLINSON
in
High Speed
was provided by the Metropolitan |ef those who received honorable
Life Insurance Company. Dr. Lee mention, expressed great enthus-
Mrs. B. F. Kemp
Frank Kemp
Mrs. N. L. Davis
G. E. Kemp
Mrs. O. H. Smith
J. H. Kemp
Miss Patience Kemp
30-1td 1tw
placed her in his mother’s home.,
Mr. Sparkman filed petition fo. a
writ of habeas corpus and the
lower court ordered Sparkman
to produce the child. This order
met reversal in the appellate
tribunal.
Admission 10c and 25c
Wednesday and Thursday- "Hollywood ‘ with 30 rea Stars
and 50 screen celebrities.
proper health habits to children. a Ph. D. degree.
FO-TO-SHO THEATRE
“Where the Best Pictures are Shown."
great mass of teachers. The pur-
Stuart L. Williams went to
ownwood on business Monday
ternoon.
8. Sound teaching methods as
evidenced in teacher’s plans, illust-
rated by children’s work.
a E A thread border was interwoven
at the hem and about the neck of
dresses. Falling draperies served as
sleeves, in order to keep property in
the family and prevent scattering of
large estates, brothers and sisters or
, uncles and pieces often intermarried.
This custom is still practiced in some
districts of the country.
Fifty Teachers Win Scholarships
- Offered In National Competition .
For Promotion of Health Education
svaswas aascunouang:
by right attitudes, and sound
knowledge, as evidenced in good
health habits and practices. •
. .., . curled her hair against the ex-
Now comes High SP.....1 with pressed wish of her husband.
1. guarantee of In rendering the opinion, the
oys of__________•____
tet moments of tender pathos, espee-1
he Trinity Quartet sang here ially the scene which shows the 19-tfd-*
year at the Carnegie Library, death of Pedron’s dog "Duke."
those who heard them were "Dukehad been the lad’s in-
| pleased and the hearty en- separable companion, even shar-
is brought the singers back ing his maser’s bed—without the
repeated numbers. knowledge of his parents. And real hero Sunday night in putting
he program is free, no admis- there is a generous portion of ro-out a fire that started from some
1 being charged, but a free mance, for Penrod falls in love cause in the front of a Ford car.
offering will be made to help early in life and manfully disre-l Working heroically over the gas
boys their traveling ex gards the ridicule aimed at him tank with the upholstering of the
In the cast Rockliffe Fellows, Benny Alexander, Gareth
Hughes, Joe Butterworth, Buddy Messenger, Gladys Brock-
well, Mary Philbin, and Newton HIall. ..........
Directed by William Beaudine
Educational authorities.
court also decided it not only Card of Thanks
was the right but the duty of the We wish to extend to each and
husband, in absence of proof of every one of our friends our
bad character, to fix the domi- most sincere thanks for the help
cile of his children, irrespective and kindness with which we were
of the mother’s wishes. The rul- blessed during the recent sorrow
ing was made in reversing a low- brought upon us through the
er court which had issued a writ death of our husband, father and
ridal Customs of
Old Land of Egypt
Brides of ancient Egypt prepared
r the wedding my dyeing their finge.
id toe nails with "hinna." Baths in
rfumed oils and painting of eye
ows were also part of milady’s to!-
t. Men and women alike went bare-
oted: sandals came later. A girl
as usually betrothed at an early ase
deer chief importance after marriage
as to look after her husband’s ani-
ials when she was not caring for ker-
hildren. There has always been an
change of money between the fam-
ties of bride and groom. In lower
‘gypt today the prospective groom
ays two-thirds of an agreed sum and
he remainder in the event of divorce.
Out of this initial payment the bride’s
‘amily supplies her dowry.
It is said it was an Egyptian woman
who first slipped the wedding ring
from the second to the third finger of
her left hand because she believed that
in artery located there led directly to
ne heart. Beautiful hair has a’wavs
been coveted. The headdresses of the
daugh tes of rich soldiers, physicta •
and hers were more varied thin
these e.Boas. Linen was the favor-
ite d.s material of these people for
centuries, wool being considered un-
clean."
* *Fe weddings and other ceremonies
miss the program.
Jon’t let Lice, Mites, Fleas,
iggers and Blue Bugs destroy
ir chickens. Give them Star
rasite Remover in water or
d—it will kill them or money
unded. Jeanes Company.
2td-4tw
of habeas corpus to Mrs. Macon brother.
Sparkman to recover custody of We cannot command words to
her daughter. express our appreciation, but we
Following domestic incompati- take this method of thanking you
bility as a result of his wife’s all, and we pray God richest
was said Mrs blessings upon you in time of
- usva asuas. st Wain na.49 4P. , * 1 4,
Sparkman left her husband, tak- need. Especially do we wish to
ing the child. Later Sparkman thank our friends for the beauti-
recovered the daughter a n d ful flowers.
All the fun of a lifetime in one fleeting hour of glee. As
Tarkington w rote it, so it’s screened with the greatest kids .
in the world playing the laughs. There’s a tear in it, too.
But it’s the kind you lov eto shed.
ties are Blue—Quartet | Benny Alexander, who plays thinks athletes are not so good
1 Willie—Quartet Penrod, is one of the best known and holds out the stop signal at
3 Ford Song—Quartet child actors, and he has excelled first sign of the growing romance
. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup himself in the portrayal of this between his beautiful daughter
irtet remarkably human character. Joe and the champion.
o__“A Dream" — Fred Butterworth will be seen as Sam, For such a story it would be
rs his buddy and conspirator in mis- necessary to have proven players,
ay__‘The Swell Cracksman" chievous adventures. Buddy Mes- and the director chose for the
es Herring and Lee Hammet singer, star of "Buddy Messinger supporting roles such players as
h Comedy Series," plays Roddy Carmelita Geraghty, Otto Hoff-
tle Orphan Annie__Quartet Bitts, the mortal enemy of Penrod man, Bert Roach, Jules Cowles,
o__‘ The Rosary"’ __Lee and Sam. His sister, Gertrude J. Buckley Russell and Percy
let Smith M e ssinger, is Penrod’s little Challenger.
t-- The Rosary" — Fred sweetheart. I
rs and Lee Hammet Smith I The major portion of the pie-
ture is one succession of laughs.
Something good when you
see it, don’t you?
Our service and sales de-
partments are very good, we
answer calls promptly, fill
orders with accuracy, and
you know our main purpose
is to satisfy you.
We are featuring this
week the Sunbeam Iron in
the new heat proof steel
case.
Fifty progressive elementary
school teachers from as many cities
will spend the summer or the next
NEELY EDWA ©
Rawlinson at Fo-to-sho
in "High Speed"
"High Speed," a rollicking
- comedy drama by Frederic k COURT UPHOLDS PLEA
(1,0 Jackson, directed by Herbert | FOR WIFE’S OBEDIENCE
Notable Juvenile Cast
in Tarkington. Film ied in type in the past
picturi- months. ‘Jack o’ Clubs’’
These teachers were awarded the pose of the contest to to reveal
scholarships in competition with these methods as well as to give
Blache, is The Universal film fea- --
ture which brings Herbert Raw- (By Asso lated Press)
linson and a east of popular play- MONTGOMERY. Ala., June 30.
ers to the sereen of the Fo-to-sho —The age-old marriage vow con-
Theatre today and Tuesday. ‘taining the word “obey," fast
Solos, duets, quartet nuabers, - in Tarkington Film Rawlinson % pictures have yar- tending toward obsolenscence,
and a short play feature the pro- a.Peprod and Sam » a led in Type in the past few was given an interpretation with
gram to be given by the Trinity Penrod and e-N: months. "Jack o’ Clubs was a "teeth" by the Alabama court of
University Male Quartet at the cation th whimsical story of an Irish pol- appeals when it upheld, in effect.
Sth Street Presbyterian Church Cam Ms TV. (hex 1 frraltre ne iceman, while Illis Nyster > the right of the husband to ob.
in Ballinger Wednesday night, featurethe Mae : The Fitet Girl . was the, wad tale, of a man ject to his wife’s employment of
• day and tomorrow. F irst with ‘‘nerves, and ‘Stolen See- a sunpos.
ly 2nd. . , National picture was directed by rets" a erook drama of unusual adye midiutte
Large crowds have turned out William Beaudine and is enacted characteristics. The last.The on a
to hear the quartet wherever it by a cast wheih includes Benny Dancing (heat" was a fast action milt is the. imperative
has given its concert. More than Alexander, Joe Butterworn, Bud- drama of Tia Juana, famous Mex- whe tor.ohex.the
1,300 heard the singers at San dy Messinger, Newton aHlii, Ger-iean border resort held. The in question had
Marcos. trude Messinger, Joe McCray,
Following is the program which Gene Jackson, Rockliffe Fellows, t h e producer’s guarantee
will be rendered here: Gladys Brockwell, Mary Philbin, laughter. The hero is a star ama-.
ades in Arms—Quartet Gareth Hughes and William V. teur athlete in a small town, in
‘ n Clouds have Vanished Mong. ! love with a girl whose father
on the health instruction and cor- accredited universities to make
front seat on fire, the youth sue-
ceeded in extinguishing t he
flames.
ducted by the American
Health Association.
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Sledge, A. W. Ballinger Daily Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 67, Ed. 1 Monday, June 30, 1924, newspaper, June 30, 1924; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1694958/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.