The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1946 Page: 4 of 10
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THE WEST NEWS
SEETEMBER 4, 1*44
LOUiSA'SLlTT^
Dear Louisa - ployer and his wife often have me
My son is very eager to be on the out when they entertain All of the
school football team this year and men and women drink too much
has been going to practice for sev- act silly and love everybody I
eral weeks But I have read in the often wonder what their children
papers about so many boys being think when they see them in such
injured that I am undecided, a condition and what the effect on
whether to give my consent or not these children must be when their
If I refuse him. he will be heart- parents set them such an example
Penelope Items Gerald News Items
broken so what must I do?
MOTHER—III.
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Answer
I agree with you that all
football is not worth one broken
neck but on the other hand you Answer
may be doing your son more harm
It is a pity that a moving pic-
ture couldn't be made of these silly
middle aged folks and run off for
their benefit when they sober up.
FED-UP-N Y.
It is a pity that more parents do
by keeping him oft the team than not realize how much their be-
by letting him take the risks havior affects their children. A
If the coach is good, conscien- child who thinks his father is
tlous and concerned more with wonderful will naturally try to be
taking care of the f layers than ‘i*1* him and when a man or wo-
with winning the game. I'd say c°mes home under the In-
let him play. The training is won- fluence of liquor, the child gets the
derful for a boy in many ways. He ldea that having a big time is go-
not only builds up his general in8 oft and getting drunk,
health but he learns the value of The people who have children,
team work and when he is keep- should accept their responsibilities
tng training, he stays out of a lot and try to practice, instead of j
of mischief preach, temperance. They should!
LOUISA. <et high standards of living and do |
• • their part towards making this a!
Dear Louisa - better world and their children
I am tired of hearing about the better men and women,
wild young people when the fact LOUISA,
of the matter is that they seem to • •
have more sense than their par- j Address your letters to:
ents. Louisa, P. O. Box 532,
I work in an office and my em- Orangeburg, S. C.
After a retirement of four years,
Norma Shearer is returning to the
screen under a new four-year con-
tract with Enterprise Productions.
Her first picture will be produced
by David Lewis, who is now making
"Arch of Triumph ”
• •
Following suit of those who have
filmed pictures based on the lives
of George Gershwin, Cole Porter,
etc . Arthur Freed. Metro producer,
has announced that he will film a
musical version of the lives of
Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
next year
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Lionel Barrymore’s next film as
“Dr Gillespie." will be "Personal
Touch " Van Johnson, who has
been seen in the series, will no
longer appear and the studio is
looking for someone to take his
place.
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Sterlin Hayden, who is resuming
his career in films after a period
of war service with the Marine
Corps, will head the cast, with
Sonny Tufts. William Holden. John
Lund and William Bendix. of Para-
mount’s romantic drama, “Blaze
of Noon.” The story, which deals
with the adventures of four bro-
thers as trail-blazers in commer-
cial aviation during the early
Nineteen Thirties. Is from an un-
rublished novel by Capt. Ernest
K Gann.
• •
A motion picture Bible story for
every Sunday In the year Is the
goal of a newly-formed film pro-
ducing company. Anson Bond Pro-
ductions. which has already com-
pleted three twenty-minute sub-
jects designed for use during
church services and Sunday School
classes and for missionary work.
They will be distributed In 16 mm.
from both here and abroad by
the American Bible Society. Rental
fees will be 310 for a full color
copy and $7 50 for the black-and-
white edition per day. Prints will
be free to missionaries.
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■—How's this for name-changing?
Starting as "No Wedding Ring,”
Twentieth Century-Fox changed
the title of this film now in pro-
duction. to "I Live Alone" and.
j more recently, to ' My Heart Tells
Me." Victor Mature and Nancy
j Guild have the leads'
• •
“Stage Door." the Edna Ferber-
Gearge Kaufman play about a
theatrical boarding house and the
aspiring young actresses who live
there, will be filmed for a second
time next year by RKO as a ve-
hicle for young players who are
under contract to the company.
, The film was first filmed in 1937
with Katherine Hepburn, Ginger
Clarence Johnson, who has been
working in Dallas, spent Labor Day
at home here
W A Bas* from Houston visited |
Mr and Mrs R D. Carter here,
Wednesday
Homer Mabry from Houston
visited his father. Jesse Mabry and
family, here last week.
Mr. and Mrs Joe Malic from
Austin visited Jeff Prikryl and
family here last week
John Flrasek returned from
Corpus Christ! where he was em-
ployed.
Louie Beard and son. Bobble.'
visited relatives at Waco. Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. Henry Freyer from
Waco visited Joe Horak and family
here Sunday.
The following children visited In
the home of Mr and Mrs. Charley
Odle last week: Mrs. Raymond
Brldlir from Houston, Mrs. Len
Bechtold from Hammond, Ind.,
Mrs Marvin Kahn and Mrs. Joe
Desmit from Waco. Mrs Odle has
been suffering from an infected
hand.
•
The following visited In the O.
W BerryhUl home last week: Mrs.
Olive Harris from Memphis, Tenn.,
Mrs Emmie Smith. Harry bmiui,
Orvlle Hix and son. Larry from
Oklahoma City. Tom BerryhUl of
Dallas. George and Harold Angel
from Plano.
Mrs. Grace Anderson from Hous-
ton visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R D. Carter, here last week.
Mrs. L. Beard and daughter,
Helen, spent last week with Mr.
and Mrs. Glen Underhill at Waco,
helping to entertain a new dau-
ghter who arrived at the home of
Mr. and Mrs, Underhill on Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Mildred Johnson was a
business visitor here Tuesday.
Joe Horak and family were
shopping m Waco last Friday.
Verlie Sheffield from Austin1
visited his father, John Sheffield, j
here last Tuesday.
MRS R. D. CARTER.
Rogers. Andrea Leeds and Lucille
Ball heading the cast.
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Believe in the Cinderella fable?
Well. Janet Leigh, 19-year-old
Stockton, Calif., girl, should. Dis-
covered by Norma Shearer in her
home town, she was brought to
MGM on Miss Shearer's advice and,
although she has had no theatrical
experience at all, she has been
assigned the leading feminine role
opposite Van Johnson in "The Ro-
mance of Rosy Ridge." She will
play an Ozark mountain girl, in a
short story of the post-Clvil War
period.
• •
Paulette Goddard is to have the
feminine lead in "A Miracle Can
Happien” to be produced by her
husband, Burgess Mfredith and;
Benedict Bogeaus for United Art-1
tsts release. Already announced j
for the episode feature are James I
Stewart. Henry Fonda. Fred Mac-|
Murray. Charles Laughton and Mr.)
Meredith.
Those from Qerald attending the
Young Peoples’ League convention
at Dallas Sunday were: Misses
Louise and Wilma Drews, Ruth
and Dorothy Damm, Edna and
Norma Bernshausen Lillian Jantz,
Leona Richter. Frances, Mary and
Pauline Krader. Evelyn Schutza.
Wilma Altus; John and Willie
Drews, Gary and Denny Schutza.
Paul A Lehmann. Walter Damm
Donald Richter. Herbert Bernshau-
sen and Marvin Drews.
Visiting in the home of Mr and
Mrs Edwin 8chutza Saturday even- i
ing were Mr and Mrs Herman
Drews. Mr and Mrs Alfred Schut-
*a and family of West, Henry
Schutza of Ft Worth and Mr and
Mrs Ed Wtnkleman and son of
Brenham.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Drews
and daughter Betty Jean, visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Drews
Sunday night at their new home on
West. Route 2.
If you don't think the Russians
are tough, ask the Germans.
Unfair
Auntie—How did Jimmy get on
In his history exam?
Mother—Not very well, but It
wasn't his fault. They asked him
things that happened before the
poor boy was born.
• •
Drunk Story
A gob was walking down the
street with one foot in the gutter
and the other on the sidewalk. It
wasn't long before the policeman
caught up with him and said,
"You’re drunk."
"Thank heaven!" said the gob.
“I thought I was lame."
Our Gin Is Ready To
Gin Your Cotton
We to announce that everything In our gin Is in A-I condition and the gin ready
to give you the kind of ginning you expect.
NEW MACHINERY INSTALLED
Last year a brand new machinery was installed in our gin. This year additional new
equipment was added, which means that we have now:
• Newest ginning machinery
• Newest cotton cleaners
• Newest cotton dryers
With competent men that are running our gin you have an assurance of getting the kind
of ginning that modern gin can turn out.
WE WILL BUY YOUR COTTON
Whenever you wish to sell your cotton, see us first. We are ready to buy
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cotton at all times, assuring you the highest market prices always.
WE APPRECIATE OUR FRIENDS
We wish to thank many of our friends and customers that ginned with us in the past,
and we sincerely wish that all those and others would patronize us during this coming season.
At your service,
Farmer’s Gin Association
JOHN PAVLAS, Mgr.
Abbott,
Texas
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Webb, Leonard. The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1946, newspaper, September 6, 1946; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth590304/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting West Public Library.