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elected to say, and naturally this
left large residue of curiosity in
the drama departments mind.
Its curiosity has been satisfied,
finally. The author of Family
Story" turned up in, of all places,
the drama department itself. Her
name is Marjorie Low, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Low, and she
attended Sidewell Friends school
before going to Bryn Mawr
Miss Low had barely identified
herself when the drama department
blurted out its question:
Why" it demanded, wouldn't
the commercial theater touch your
play?
1T wasn't good enough" said Miss
Low with the most stunning hon.
esty ever exhibited by a playwright
of any age.
Miss Low, who would rather be an
actress than a dramatist any way,
is not much Of an admirer of herself
as playwright. She attributes that
to having taking a playwriting
course at Catholic University under
Walter Kerr. One of the things she
learned in the course is that there
are certain rules governing the con-
struction of plays and that it is wise
to pay attention to at least a few of
them.
Ever since then" she admits,
1--WE had misgivings about being
natural writer. I find myself asking
me What would Aristotle say?' The
answer discourages me-"
Miss Low, who will be an actress
next week in the Olney theater's
presentation OF Pinero's THE
Magistrate" starring Arthur Treach-
er, is surprised at the reception of
Family Story" by Bryn Mawr's
audience and a critic or two.
Il don't know exactly what they
saw in it," she says, but they saw
more than I did apparently. To me,
it was just story that I wanted to
tell in play form"
II, ana Wnen, Sne becomes q great
actress. she may bother again some
day with trying to write a play, but
right now it does not strike her as
such a wonderful way to make a
living in the theater. =
In the meantime, she Is going
back to Bryn Mawr, where she is a
philosophy major who is at least
philosophical enough not to brood
upon the fact no one bought her
first produced play.
y X X
George A. Crouch, who succeeds
the late John j. Payette as Warner
Bros. zone manager in this area.
with jurisdiction over IS theaters
in Washington, Maryland, Virginia
and West Virginia, is one of the
best known figures in local show
business.
The new Warner boss has had 40
years of experience in theater oper-
alton and management, all Of it in
Washington.
His first job was on the staff Of
the late Harry M. Crandall. then
Evening star., 1948-08-21
Wallace Is Not Even Mentioned
In Rewrite of Movie Script
By Joy Cormody

Henry Wallace read handwriting walls least movie
will be President of the United
Hollywood already
have heard of it.
happened shooting screenpay when
Evening star., 1948-08-21
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showino
Amba bassador-T,ife with Eotb.

Ambassador-"Life with Father;
l, $40, Sis, 7:25 and $40 pm.
Capitol-"A Date With judy;
10 am, 12:45, $3.50, Sis, 9 and
Has pm. Stage shows: 1905, 2::5O
5:35, 800 and 11:10 pm.
"Hatter's Castle; Ills
am, 1:20, $50, 5:35, TAO and Gas
pm.
Dupont "Shakuntala' 1:10, 2:40
4:05, $50, 7, 8:25 and 9:55 pm.
Hippodrome-"Lucretia Borgia';
2:05, $50 and 8::35 pm.
Keith's - "Mr. Blandings Builds
His Dream House; IL, 2, 4, s, 8
10 pm. and 1915 am.
Little-"Pagliacci":: II am, 1885
2:25, AIS, sos, 7;55 and Gas pm
Metropolitan Gods Country
and the Woman; 1850 am, 1:5O
$50, $50, 7:50 and $50 pm.
Palace-"The Walls of Jericho;
10:45 am, 1855. sos. Sis, 7:25, 9:4(
and 1850 pm.
Plx-"Catherlne the Great: 2::55
6:22, 9:35 and 1855. Henry VIII;
1:20, 4:45, sos and 11:2O.
Playhouse - The PEARL: 11:1(
a m, l, 2:45. 4:30, $40, sos, 9:55 ano
11:40 pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts
continuous from 1915 am.
| Warner-"Life with Father; II
a IN, los, 3:l5, 5:25. 7:35. GAS anc
11s55 pm. IN
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the floor under the table. Just can't

the floor under the table. Just can't
help It,"
1t was Fred's six-year -old daugh-
ter, Ava, who finally prodded her
dad into going back to movie work,
but the way Fred tells it the child
was paying him a doubtful compli-
ment.
Il was playing some records at
home one afternoon" said Fred.
"and that swell little number, III
Dance at Your Wedding came on.
Well, I got up and began impro-
vising some light little steps to ac-
company 1t. Ava came into the
room and watched. She asked me
if I was practicing to go back to
the studio"
Papa Astaire then inquired if Ava
would like to have him 60 back into
pictures. She nodded vigorously.
But, tell me why you want me to
go back?" Fred pursued, fishing. of
course. Her reply sent him reeling.
Oh" she said, Il just love to
watch the man with the big lamp
play his spotlight on you"
Anyway, Fred went back, not SO
his child could watch the electricians
at work, but because the life Of a.
stable owner had become tedious.
When MGM showed him the script
for Easter Parade" Fred knew he
was out of retirement. Astaire and
his old dance tutor, Hermes Pan,
figured out the specialties, Judy
Garland was brought in on a couple
and the whole affair proved a tre-
mendous success. 1t will go down as
MGM's top crossing picture of the
past two years.
"The Barclays" will have more
unique Astaire routines, of which
the fans never seem to tire. And
this time, of course, it will be Ginger
Rogers in there toe-to-toe and cheek
to-cheek. With such combination
THE Barclays should pale even
Easter Parade" at the gate. At
least they're betting already it will
prove 20 per cent bigger draw.
X X 4
In an Astaire production the
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Hollywood:
You Can't Retire,
Astaire Learns
After Trying
n ~ n ff
By Harold Heffernon

Moyiemaking gets into an actors
blood and stays there. If you're a
successful star it's almost impossible
to quit. Fred Astaire found that
out. With his bank account nicely
stacked after that long succession of
hits with Ginger Rogers, Fred de-
cided he was through with pictures:
kept telling himself he'd do the
little things in life he'd always
wanted to do.
Between rehearsals for his second
comeback" musical, THE Barclays
of Broadway" in which he's re-
united with Miss Rogers at MGM.
Fred told us how he happened to
retire" and how he managed to
snap out Of it.
For two and half years I did
all the things I had wanted to do"
said Fred. "It seemed wonderful.
No long, tedious rehearsals. No
six-month production schedules that
used to drain my strength and
poundage. So. I went to work fol-
lowing the horses. But just my own
stable, mind you. 1t was a lot of
fun and little later on it became
highly remunerative. My best horse,
Triplicate, won the 100000 Santa
Anita Handicap and several more
fat purses and others in my string
helped keep the wolf away from
the stable door.
Il did a little travelling in the
off-racing season. I took a few
strokes off my golf game and was
happy about that. And as for work,
well, I had and still have my string
OF dancing schools around the
country"
Still, with all that comparatively
free time, Fred confessed, he never
got over his love for dancing nor
did he ever stop it for a single day.
when you've made such a long
career of it as I have, from child
hood on, you never stop dancing"
Fred continued. THE mind keeps
on working up new routines, the
feet unconsciously tap out practice
steps. Music, anywhere. always sets
me going. If it's at home can
easily get it out Of my system. If
I'M out to dinner my feet will tap
Evening star., 1948-08-21

operating an open air theater. In
1918, when Crandall opened his first
downtown movie house, the Joy on
Ninth street, Crouch became treas
urer and office manager. He later
acted as purchasing agent and book
er and when Crandall merged later
with the Stanley company, he re-
tanned the later job. Under Payette,
as Warner zone chief, he acted as
chief booker and assistant to the
zone manager.
The new head of the local Warner
chain Is a native Washingtonian.
He was born here August 8, 1893.
He Is a widower and the father of
four daughters, three of whom are
married.
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dance routines are contrived, re-
hearsed and shot weeks before the
actual story goes before the camera.
There must be q pause in between
so that Fred can retrieve lost weight.
Slender to the point Of frailness by
nature, Fred sometimes loses 10
pounds during those rugged prepa-
rations and 1t shows mostly on his
face.
Getting the dances down pat is
no eight-hour-a-day job," Fred ex-
planned. II really put in time and
overtime. I work at home, nights
and on Sundays and sometimes come
out to the studio at six in the
Evening star., 1948-08-21

scripts, he can stop making that sp
will be President of the United Sta
Hollywood already has taken care
have heard of it.
1t happened in the shooting of
Bette Davis and other members Of
the Warner producing company
came to a line in the script which
read. IF you think I'm going to
give up my jasmine while you con-
vert from Mckinley to Truman,
you're out of your socket"
The same thought occurred to
every one at the same instant,
namely, suppose Truman happens
to be back in Missouri by the time
June Bride" is released?
"Weu have to do it both ways"
Director Bretaigne Windust ordered.
This time we'll make it Dewey.
Then we'll be ready for anything
that might happen"
No one even suggested version
with Wallace in the speech.
x* X X
Some weeks ago, tne oramd oe-
partment was piqued by note from
the press bureau of Bryn Mawr to
the effect that it's drama students
were doing an original production,
''Family Story" by a Washington
girl. The author of the release was
a writer carried away by his or her
subject, an emotion which reached
its zenith with the observation that
Family Story was the sort OF
thing the commercial theater would
not touch.
Now, as every one knows, the COM
mercial theater is not particularly
selective in the plays it touches and
when it quails before any compo-
sition, every one wants to know why.
The Bryn Mawr press agent ne
Evening star., 1948-08-21

morning. It's . tough grind-but,
say, ! found out there's nothing
quite like 1t In this world. That is,
unless it's watching Triplicate come
across that finish wire with . hun
dred grand hanging around his
neck!"
Released By North American Newspaper
Evening star., 1948-08-21
ADJUSTMENTS.

In an Astaire production tn
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-06

formation to get from parents. A
second course will begin soon.
The sitter is here to stay" saws
Mrs. Romanoff, "and it's time we
gave her some training for the SER
ious responsibility she takes and
established some legal standards
for her. I'd like to see a national
law stipulating that baby sitters
must be at least is years old and
have a certificate showing that they
have had definite training for the
job. They should also be required
to have a lung examination, for il
is possible for them to have tuber-
culosis without knowing it and give
it to the children.
There should also be some STAN
dards for parents. The situation
the sitter developed in haphazard
fashion and so has the job.
"The funniest sitter story / know
concerns some friends of mine.
They left their fOur-year-old son.
Pete, in the care of 16-year-old
boy one night. When they came
home at eleven the sitter was-sound
asleep and the youngsters bed was
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-06
EPWORTH

The w. S. C. S. of Epworth
Church will meet at the home of
Mrs. Kenneth West on Wednesday
afternoon, Feb. II, at 1880 D. m.
Hostesses will be Mrs. Kenneth
West, Mrs. Roland Nelson and Mrs.
William Tull.
Don't forget Epworth's covered
dish supper to be held in the Dub
lin Hill Community Hall on Fri
day, Feb. Is, at $3.50 p. m. After the
supper, there will be an auction
sale and entertainment. Admission
SOC and a covered dish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thurman Adams.
Mrs. Arthur McCauley and Mrs.
Helen Hartman of Greenwood. at
Hended Family Day at the u. of D.,
last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth West visi-
ted Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua West on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Marvel and
son, Burton, of SeafOrd, were call
eTs of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth West.
Thursday evening and on Saturday
evening, the callers were Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Carey and daughter, Betty
Ann.
Mrs. Lewis Smith and Mrs. An
drew Moore were Salisbury shop
pers on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Smith and
family were visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Chafinch. Friday
evening.
Mrs. Winnie Lavender was a
guest for the day on Monday of Mr..
and Mrs. J. c. LOOckerman and
daughter.
Miss Mary Loockerman visited
Mrs. Frank Porter on Thursday.
Mrs. Porter has been confined 10
her home with a fractured hin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Smith were
visitors at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. c. Grey on Friday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-06

ahead of schedule she came home
IN the rain to find the sitter gone
ana the living room a mess of mud
and pop bottle stains. Henry. who
nad been locked outside was finally
found, splashing around in the rain
with the key in his pocket. Ina,
night he had Group.
Stories like that, steadily mount
ing in number, spurred the Quaker
Emergency Servise recently to pre-
sent something new-an eight
weeks New York training course
for baby sitters, which indirectly
included some training for parents.
II was sponsored by the Kips Pa
HQrkville District Health Commit
tee "a citizens group and directed
by Mrs. Gladys Witt Romanoff. New
York child psychologist. So far as
MRS. RomanOff knows the course is
the first Of its kind.
Students taking the first course
were taught how to feed, battle and
diaper babies, soothe the fletful.
amuse the lonely, quiet the noisy
ana make friends with their char
ges. They were also taught what in.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-06
School For
Baby Sitters
By ADELAIDE KERR
AP Newsfeatures Writer

"
THE teen-age baby sitter alerted.
What is that nOise?" she asked
nervOusly.
It's our baby" chorused the two
small youngsters she was undress-
ing for bed. He's locked in Mama's
room You can't get him. Mama
doesn't want anybody to touch him.
He'll stop crying soon."
But the baby did not stop crying
For two hours, the sitter listened to
that wracking wall. Ten o'clock,
when the mother was due, came and
passed. When the sitter had not
reached home at eleven o'clock her
own mother came for her. At mid
night she telephOned police head
quarters which dispatched a matrOn
post haste. She unlocked the door,
found the baby running a tempera-
ture, and sent for a doctor. The
baby sitter's mother took her
daughter home in tears.
AT four a. m. the children's mo-
Their rolled in, full of good cheer
which snuffed out like a light, when
she learned what had happened.
She was not an Indifferent mother.
But she had been chained to the
children for months in the absence
of their father Ga ships OfficerJ
and when she finally had a little fun
1t went to her head.
The next day, a block down the
street, young mother left her four
year-old, Henry, in the care of
sitter (whO had brought her friends
with herr and hurried out to do
some marketing. Ten minutes
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-06
Peace Promoted
In High Schools

MOUNT AIRY, N. C. - up - A
growing movement to get high
school boys and girls to talk and
think about peace and a world gov
eminent has entered its second
year
The movement was originated
and is financially backed by Oscar
Is. Merritt, Mount Airy furniture
manufacturer. 1t functions through
the University Of North Carolina
extension division.
Last year more than 200 high
schools in the state took part. Some
1000 students made talks to at
least 100000 hearers.
This years program will dis
cuss 'HOw Can the United Nations
BE Strengthened"
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-06
Close Shave UphOlds
Towns Hospitality

COPENHAGEN up - A
stranger in the Danish town of
Aarhus was asked to leave a res
taurant because he needed a shave.
All the barber shops had closed
and he had no razor with him.
Hungry and desperate, he turned
in a fire alarm.
The hremen overlooked his false
alarm when he explained his pre-
dicament, took him hack to the sta
ton with them and gave him a
shave.
ln his finer state he was admit
ted to the restaurant.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-06
FARMERS ATTENTION CALLED
TO SOYBEAN DISEASE
PROBLEM

Moldy bean and purple spot dis
eases Of sOybeans were brought to
Delaware farmers attention during
sessions of the recent University of
Delaware aFarmer's Week. c. E.
Phillips, extension agronOmist and
DR.. J. w Heuberger, extension
plant pathOlogist, told growers
that studies conducted on four va
rieties of yellow soybeans planted
six deterrent dates at the UNIVERSE
tvs Agricultural Satisfaction show
ed that the Patoka variety had the
highest resistance while C-463 and
Chief, the other two varieties stud
led, showed intermediate resis-
lance.
When Delaware farmers began
their harvest OF yellow sOybeans
this past fall they found that in
many instances the beans were in
fected with either a whitish-gray
mold or a purple spot, or both. At
no time during the growing season
was it observed that soybeans were
infected with disease other than
that caused by bacterial blight. So
these diseases are apparently only
associated with the beans themsel-
yes.
Growers were especially eau
toned not to plant seed infected
with these diseases. DR.. Heuberger
reported that in one lot of infected
beans the clean beans were separa-
ted from the infected ones and that
in one termination test 80 per cent
Of the clean beans terminated, only
80 per cent of the beans infected
with the purple spot and only one
per cent of the moldy beans germ
mated
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-06
UM Hydra-Matic Drive optional on all models !!

Today, Pontiac announces a series of notable
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ulS ,Wholehearted endorsement of more than
million owners and friends.
foremost among these advancements is the
sLsat N5eneEal Motors HYdra-Matic Drive
now offered as optional equipment on all
tO9tlac cars. Pontiac is the lOWest-priced car
IN the world TO provide this great mechanical
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-06

empty. His bathrobe and slippers
were missing, too The frantic ia
Their called the police. While he was
talking to the sergeant the door
opened and Pete walked in-clutch-
ing a quarter in his hand.
Where had he been?
We'll, it seems the doorbell rang
and the sitter-being asleep-did
not answer it, so Pete did. A next
door neighbOr wanted to know if
the sitter would keep an eye on her
baby while she went to the movies.
Pete said, sure, he would look after
it. So, while his own sitter silent.
Pete earned a quarter watching the
baby next door"
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-06

Milford, Delaware
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-06
~ MEMoRlAM

ln loving memory Of my husband,
George j. Vincent, who died five wears
ago February 8:
Five sad years Of being lonesome.
That's the hardest thing to bear.
Getting used to the sorrow
You once were quick to share
You suffered many months Of main.
TO wait for cure but all in vain:
Ill God alone knew what was hest.
He called you home to give you rest.
And death shall never end our love.
For through the mist / see
our glad reunion in the skies.
For all eternity.
Sadly missed by his Wife. ltp
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-06
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Milford chronicle., 1948-02-06

masterpiece -which shifts gears automatically.
and completely eliminates the clutch pedal.
Coupled with this great engineering triumph
IS striking improvement in beauty and
luxury. New exterior smartneSS extends from
the new radiator grille to the streamlined rear
bumper.
Interiors, too, are remarkably improved.
UpholSterles are more beautiful and are
exPertly blended TO achieve new attractiveness
and charm. Instrument panels are finished n !
smart design adapted from quarter.sawed
mahogany-and an adroit use Of chrome
moulding adds def touch of modernity.
Engine and chassis have beenre6ned wherever
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engineering masterpieces which have become
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-06
Snow Ends Swiss
Power Shortage

BERN = up Restrictions on
electric current consumption By
Swiss industries have been remov-
ed after snow and rain raised wa
ter levels and assured normal pro-
duction by hydroelectric plants.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-06

Keep out Of trouble BY keeping yovF
eistonee. following other vehicles toe
closely is one Of the chief eeusss of winter
oseidents. Sc stop skiddins yourself Il yov
must fellow something closely. follow the
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iekes from 70 Il times more disionss 10
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Milford chronicle., 1948-02-06

CALIFORNIA; land is three-fourtns
hills and mountains that range
from 500 to $4,000 feet high.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-12-11

~ served until her falling health
prevented her from attending. She
was a member of te Stewardess
Board for years, a true missionary
worker, mother Of tht church.
Funeral arrangements were in
charge of Peoples Funeral Home.
burial was in the China Grove Ce-
metery, with services being held at
the church with Mrs. A. M. Bullie
as mistress of ceremony. Others
taking part in the service were Rev.
J. H. Horn, Bro. E. Phillips. Bro E.
Bullie, who spoke os Mrs. Thomp-
son as member of the church ana
as mother. Solo by Mrs. Bertha
Rouser, Condolences, Mrs. Josie p.
Powell; Obituary, Miss Ethel +.
Moore; Sermon, Rev. E. Reed. Mu-
sic was furnished by China Grove
Choir. Mrs. Thompson is rnourned
by 8 daughters. sons, % grand
children, 25 great grandchildren.
other relatives and friends. Active
pallbearers were Benevolent broth
ers.
Mrs. Pauline Oliver and Mrs
Emma Braxton of Chicago made a
special trip to Madison to see their
Mrs. Thompson because her
passing. Their many friends were
happy to see them.
ION Tuesday, November 80, Mrs.
Anna Brown of Madison passed a.
way after a short illness. Funeral
services were held December 7. Mrs.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-12-11

Vera BENEFITS gray suit; Mildred
Wards gray and pink sweater; Jen-
ME Fay CARROTS sequined blouse;
R. S. Powell and v. B. Harmon's
Manchester coats; Alma Thomas
rose and black shoe-lace dress; Nam
cy Elizabeth Luckett's black check
cred suit; ora Bellies young gray
skirt and pink sweater.
Do you know what has been buzz
zing around the campus? j. d. B.
is watching M. L., better watch that
M. w.
What has happened to the roman
&c of K. c. j. and K. j.?
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-12-11

Brown was the wife of Mr.. Henry
Brown.
Mr.. Richard Jones, Mr.. Edgar
Phillips, Mrs. r. A. Burns. Mrs A
NJ. Bullie are spending four days in
Vicksburg at the Grand Lodge OF
Stringer, and Heroine of Jericho
They report a most enjoyable trip
The many friends of Mrs. Cath
crime Phillips are proud to know
that she is doing fine at this writ
ing.