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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-10-14

NIGHTS HIGH
Singles
Mary Takemura. Toms. 203.
Series
YoYo Konishi. Takano Studio. sic
Team Game - Franks Jewelry
1872.
Team Series Franks Jewelry
2198.
Almost everybody wants to get
into the act-that is, the pennant
race in the SNGBO Seattle Mise
Girls Bowling Organizations league
in Main Bowl.
At least six teams-Franks Jewel
ry, Toms Grocery, North Coast I'M
porting, Takano Studio. Martha's
Beauty Shop and N. P Hotel-art
very much in the running.
These aggregationS are struggling
to crowd each other out for the tor
position.
At the moment, Franks Jewelry
and Toms Grocery are leading the
pack with an identical TT record
Franks Jewelry Thursday dropped
star studded Tails with a stunning
40 victory The victors we're paced
by Lois Yut 5000 and YoYo Ishii
(476), and the losers chief pin con-
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-10-14

Royal Amusement's lead in the
Nisei Commercial league was cut to
single game last Tuesday in Main
Bowl as its men bowed, 1-2, to cap
tain Willie Maebori's steady-rolling
Puget Sound Vegetable Growers
Association outfit from Sumner.
Only Jimmy Kuranishi's 224 in a
$50 series saved the league leaders
from absorbing washout. PSVGA,
paced by George Ota (55D, had the
last two games well under control
as TAX Akamatsu hit SOS, Maebori
514, Johnny Asahara sos, and Dick
Osaka 500 for the night.
Pressing Royal for top honors
were Iwata Insurance and Tad's
Gardeners.
Iwata's had to turn in their best
team score of the season to repel
Sakahara's who demonstrated that
they, despite their 10 setback, are
contenders still. For Sakahara's, Roy
Tanagi (584 and Roy Fujiwara
(58D spearheaded the attack, and
Tom Hidaka (546) and Tux Tada
(536) filled the supporting roles
capably. Iwata's big gun was its
chief, Floyd Yamamoto, who racked
up a 226 in a $50 series, and he was
followed by Pancho Nakashima $500
Kenny Oyama (5O4). Benny Nakata
(526) and Budd Fukei (56D.
Continued on Page q
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-10-14
Superior Rises
For Top HOnOrS

NISEI MERCHANTS LEAGUE
STANDINGS
las of Oct. la
WI
14th Ave. Service IL 4
Superior Used IL 4
Seventh Ave. Service 10 5
NiSei Grill 10 5
Hattori Realty 8 7
Yesler Appliance 7 8
Toda's Optometry 7 8
Main Fish 5 10
Teraos' Fords All
Rose Brand 2 10
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-10-14

NIGHTS HIGH
Singles
Floyd Yamamoto, Iwata's. 226.
Series
Roy Tanagi, Sakahara's, 584.
Team Game - Iwata Insurance,
985.
Team Series - Iwata Insurance.
27O2.
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Singles
Brownie Nomura, Teraos. 233.
Series
Jack Shiota. Seventh Ave. ssh.
Team Game - Terao's Fords
953.
Team Series-Seventh Ave. Ser
vice. 2604.
Fourteenth Ave. Service found SUI
perior Used Cars sharing first place
in the Nisei Merchants league follow
ing last Thursday nights play in
Main Bowl
The service station club took care
of Rose Brand, 81, but the car deal
ers sneaked into first-place tie by
spllling Yesler Appliance, 80
In the 14th Ave-Rose Brand test
no 800" series were struck In the
Superior Yesler affair, Koichi Yag
of the conquerors rose to the occa-
sion with 176, 1873 and 1873 games for
a 502 series.
Seventh Ave. Service retained Its
reputation as the highest-averaged
team by pounding the woods for 1904
to beat Hattori Realty, 81. The win
ners' stars were Jack Shiota (55D
Kaz Yamasaki (545) and Toki Mizu-
XII CAD. Nobi Hirayama, also of the
winners missed an all-spare game
when he left two pins after a bad
leave. Fred Suto was Hattori's stead
lest trundler with $40.
Nisei Grill dunked Toni Terao's
Fords, 81, but in so doing aroused
the Ford dealers to set the nights
high team game score of 953. In the
record maker, the Ford men hit in
this manner: Sab Tsuboi 1859, Yuk
Takeuchi 200, Sub Takeuchi ITO
Brownie Nomura 233 and Frank Ma
kagawa 172. Nisei Grill's Tommy De-
guchi (529D and Sammy Shimizll
(52D and Terao's Brownie Nomurs
| (52D and Yuk Takeuchi Gid were
the consistent markers.
Kallio Suguro, firing l86-191-154
for SOL, and Konk Takeuchi (505)
hooked Toda's Optometry. 81. Ho-
vie Inouyes BOT game in a SOB series
enabled Doc Toda's boys to salvage
the final game.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10
NOTICE FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that pur-
suant to an order entered on Aug
ust l, 1850, the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen of the Town of West
will up to 800 O'clock p. M. on
September 5, 1850, receive sealed
bids for 1000 feet 2h inch cotton
rubber lined 400 pound fire hose,
approved by the underwriters
laboratories, and two hand drawn
hose reels and two shutoff nozzles
and six spanners and two hydrant
wrenches, and one 215 H. P. Elec-
trio Siren, with outside switch
control, to be installed on top OF
Holmes County Bank and Trust
Company building in the Town
of West, all according to plans
and specifications on file with the
Clerk of the Town of West.
The Mayor and Board Of Alder
men reserve the right to reject
any and all bids, or any part
thereof.
This August /, 1850.
JAMES r. BOWIE, Clerk OF
the Town of West, Mississippi.
17-4tnI
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10
LIONS CLUB
HAS

The Lions Club met in regular
session at Gamers Cafe Wednes-
day night with sixteen members
present. Frank Gwin, Jr., local
Scoutmaster, reported on the
Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge.
Pa, In July, and showed pictures
OF the camp. Twenty-Seven coun-
tries were represented and Scouts
from Tchula and VickSburg were
the only ones to receive 100 per
cent on army inspection. Davis
Gordin, Paul Odom and Melvin
who attended the Jamboree were
also present.
Another interesting feature of
the meeting was the film shown
by Harvey Buck of the recent ST.
Louis Cardinal and Phillies base
ball game which he attended.
The name drawn for the attend
ance jackpot was Mrs. E. j. Shep-
pard.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10
TCHULA NEWS
Mrs. G. r. Hamlin. Reporter
FORMER TCHULA
GIRL -rME

Miss Marion Kazar compliment
ed Mrs. Thomas Clover Steen, the
former Bettye Harrington, on
Thursday afternoon with a mis-
cellaneous shower. Blue hydran-
geas were used to decorate the
reception rooms.
The guests were served pimento
sandwiches, canapes, fudge
squares and lemonade, after
which the honoree opened her
shower gifts which we're arranged
on a card table. The hostess gift
was crystal in her chosen pattern.
Mrs. Steen was dressed in white
sun dress with bolero and wore
a corsage, the gift of her mother,
Mrs. S. B. Harrington, who also
gave Miss Kazar one.
Mrs. J. j. Kazar assisted her
daughter in entertaining.
Roy Foster returned Friday
from a business trip to New Or
leans.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10

County officers got . notice
from the government not long
ago, asking them TO change the
name of Mud Lake. Seems it's .
pond, not q lake, by government
standards.
Because It lies entirely inside
our town limits, we asked to do
the name-changing ourselves.
Figured we'd think up a brand
new name. Mud Lakes really
not very muddy-sort of pretty,
in fact.
County people said go ahead,
so we held q Town Meeting.
Everyone suggested something.
Windy Taylor thought Taylor
Pond" would be nice, because
his place borders it--for about
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10

Nora Deem and Billy Link will
spend the month of August with
their grandmother, Mrs. Everarde
Jones, while Mr.. and Mrs. Link
of Bentonia make a motor trip to
the east coast. Among points
visited will be Camden, Maine,
New York City, Niagara Falls,
Cleveland, Detroit, and other
cities enroute.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10

Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Huddleston
and Sally went to Lake Stephen.
Methodist conference for children.
Saturday to get Martha Ann Hud-
dleston, Jackie Kazar and Marilyn
Vegezzi who had spent the week
there.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10
BRIDGE CLUB MEETS

"AAS. WIN I1uuOleSlOQ SXLG0Q6O
hospitality to the members of her
bridge club at a lovely party
Thursday afternoon. Pink was the
chosen color of the decorative mo-
tit in the living room with dahlias
and roses and dwarf zennias plac-
ed at vantage points. Three tables
were arranged for the guests who
enjoyed Coca-Colas during the
games. In the club, Mrs. w. w.
Woody scored high, among guests,
Mrs. Myron CaSteele, and for the
bingo, Mrs. w. G. Gwin.
The hostess served pimento
sandwiches, cake, lime sherbet
and sailed nuts in pastel shade
miniature parasols which were
given as favors.
Out of town guests were Mrs.
Hamp Jones of Jackson, and Mrs.
Halsey Van Wyck of New York
City, who are guests of their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Irving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Harris went
to Baton Rouge Friday for Mrs.
Harris to have a routine check-up
following a recent operation.
J. B. Irving and daughters, Mrs.
Hamp Jones, Mrs. Halsey Van
Wyck, Susan Van Wyck and
Hamp, Jr., visited his sister, Mrs.
A. E. Reed in Weir Friday, and
other relatives and friends in
French Camp and Alderman.
c. B. Read and Frank M. Clark
made a business trip to Jackson
Tuesday. Mrs. Clark and children
accompanied them and were
guests of Mrs. Bert Williams and
Miss Frances Clark.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Sheppard
combined business and pleasure
on a trip to Memphis Thursday.
Mrs. j. L. Shields and Miss
Jeanne Shields went to Green
wood Friday.
MI. and Mrs. Lawrence Beck
ham of Dallas, Texas, who
brought Mrs. Charles Smith and
som home, returned to Dallas
Tuesday, accompanied by Harvey
Baine, III, and Kenneth Exum
who drove one of their cars for
them. The boys returned via bus
on Thursday.
Julian Williams, Zack sGray,
Jr., Harvey Baine, III, and Ken
meth Exum, members Of the Yazoo
City Junior American Legion
Baseball team participated in the
regional games with Newton and
Jackson Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. w. j. Penn and Mrs. M. T
Link of Jackson were guests {
Mr.. and Mrs. Watson Weatherly
and baby in Gulfport from Tues
day to Thursday.
Mrs. B. B. Brannon, Mrs. Vir-
ginia Wallace, Mrs. w. E. Hays
and Mrs. Irene Cox went to
Greenwood Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Craft of Lam
bert spent the weekend with Mr..
and Mrs. w. J. Craft. Miss Thel-
ma Craft accompanied them home
for a visit. James Wigginton of
fremont was also a visitor in the
Craft homo
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10
EWER'S ANNOUNCE
BIRTH OF DAUGHTER

Mr.. and Mrs. Bernie Ever of
omaha, Nebraska, announce the
birth OF a daughter on July 81.
This is their second child. Mrs.
Ever is the former Joan Walt,
daughter of Mrs. Minnie Walt of
Tchula.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10
Legal Notices
cHANcERY

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
To j. c. Waddell who cannot
be found within the State of Mis-
sissippi after diligent search and
inquiry and whose post office and
street address are not known af-
ter diligent search and inquiry:
You are hereby commanded to
appear before the Chancery Court
of the County of Holmes, in said
State, on the Second Monday of
September, A. D., 1850, to defend
the suit No. 8347 in said Court of
Annie M. Waddell, wherein you
are defendant.
This 1st oay of August, 1850.
(SeaD PARHAM H. WILLIAMS,
Clerk. 16-4tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10

Miss Marie Maggie left for New
Orleans, Louisiana, last week
where she and her sister. Mira.
Francis Samuel will leave tor q
vacation in New London, Conn.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10

Mr.. and Mrs. J. X. Barwick
were registered at the Peabody
Hotel in Memphis for a brief stay
last week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10

Robert Logan and son of BLY,
theville, Arkansas, visited Mr..
and Mrs. c. r. Logan last week
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10

Mrs. M. l.. Turner, Mrs. j. C.
Cannon, Mrs. M. c. Ruby and Her
bic Hill shopped in Greenwood
and visited Mrs. George Samaha
Friday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10

Mrs. r. l.. Ray and daughters,
Misses Ann Hampton and Betty
Sue are visiting relatives in For
dyce, Arkansas.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10

Called to Tchula by the death
of their kinsman, W. H. Petty,
were Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Garrett,
Springdale, Arkansas; Mr.. and
Mrs. L. E. Grittman, Drew; Mrs.
Fl. o. Lawrence, Richmond, vir-
ginia; Mrs. Ed Cotton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Cotton and Wilbur Cot
ton, Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. Will
liam Petty and Mrs. Ed Ferguson,
Monroe, Louisiana, and Mrs. Lee
Harris, Vicksburg.
Mrs. Roy K. Wilson was the
guest of DR.. and Mrs. Frederic in
Greenwood last week.
Mrs. Terry Smith and Mrs. Jim
my Cunningham went to Jackson
Friday to assist MI. and Mrs. Sam
Gordin who e moving to Du-
rant to make their home.
Mrs. j. M. Cunningham will
stay with her daughter, Mrs. Clyde
Cooper in Durant during Mrs. Vir-
ginia Wallace's absence.
Miss Mona Jean Samuelson of
| Mobile is spending her vacation
| with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Norman SamuelSon.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Johnson
and son, Travis, have returned
from a vacation in Wichita Falls,
Texas.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10

Miss Ann Sealy, Mrs. Joseph
Maggie and Mrs. Charles Vegezzi
visited in Greenwood Thursday
afternoon.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10

For more information. write Mississippi Division. U. 8. Brewers Fss.-
dstion, Room 7a. Deposit Guaranty Building. Jaehssns hhsisspA
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10

Mrs. Virginia Wallace is leav-
ing this week for Denver, Colo
RADIO, to spend three weeks. She
will join her daughter, Mrs. M. C
Riggs and Mr.. Riggs, who have
spent the summer there in study
at the university and in Sight see
ing.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10
From where st :. II Joe Marsh
Mud Lake
Gets "cIeared Up"

80 feet! But we finally decided
70 call It turtle Pond" in hon.
or of the real owners. +
From where I sit, naming thae
pond wasn't the most important
thing in the world-but the way
we did IL was. Everyone offered
his opinion and then the majoriS
ty vote decided IL. That's the way
it should be-whether IL COM
Germs naming . pond, or having
the right to enjoy q friend1y
glass Of beer or ale-if and wines
we choose.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-08-10
INDUCEMENTS

FOR CHANCELLOR
c. d. Williams
FOR
Lomax B. Lamb, Jr.
Evening star., 1950-12-31

town." says Evelyn with a sigh.
(She isn't unhappy over the situa-
tion-just exasperated) "One time
I decided I was so sick of seeing
my name in print with this and
that man. that I stayed home for
about a month. But that didn't
help me either. Every columnist
was sure I had a secret beau whom
I was seeing in secret places!"
Three Times Wed.
For the record. Evelyn is one of
the more popular unattached
ladies in this town of many un-
attached ladies. She has been
married three times-in Holly
wood, to Directors Charles Vidor
and John Huston. She was the
girl Kirk Douglas met and pre-
ferred after his divorce from his
wife. Then Evelyn was seen quite
a bit with Charlie Chaplin's sprig
Sydney. Later Cy Howard, who
now swoons for Paulette Goddard,
did ditto for Evelyn, who is gentle
and charming and from the South.
Even" continues Evelyn. when
I'm with a married couple at q
party, some columnists will say I'm
with the husband alone" She
swears this happened, but report
ers are usually careful on this
point.
1.-THE trouble with all these ro-
mantle items" says Evelyn. sis
that when you do meet a guy you
might like, he thinks you're a
Iplaygirl and gets scared off. And
even if he doesn't. 1t makes you
both self-conscious. What might
develop into a romance is nipped
in the bud by all the publicity
He thinks you're dying to marry
him. You think he is. It ruins
things.
Man Should Be Boss.
But let's say you finally marry
So you have a little quarrel that
doesn't mean anything. So you
read about it. And then you get
suspicious. You look at him and
he looks at you, and you think,
Maybe he is fooling around
Another problem for a girl in
Hollywood" adds the blond star
of 1.-THE Prowler" with Van
Hef1in): Every few men earn as
much as movie actress can. And
Evening star., 1950-12-31
Todoy's Schedules

stage.
NEW GAYETY-"Apple of
His Eye: $50 pm.
ARENA Tanning of the
Shrew": $3.50 pm.
Screen.
| AMBASSADOR - Dallas"
1870, 3:35, $40. 7:45. $50
pm. and 1910 am.
| CAPITOL - Pagan Love
Song: 2::20, 5, 7:5O. 1925
pm. and los am. Stage
shows: 1885, 4:10, 7, 9:40
pm. and 1920 am.
COLUMBIA - King Solo,
mons Mines: 1875, 3:45,
5:55, sos, 1915 pm. and
1925 am.
DUPONT-"Bitter Rice: l.
$40. Sis, 7::30 and $40
pm.
KEITHS'S - Harvey: 1,
2:55, 4:55. 6:55, 1915 pm.
and 1915 am. Mystery
Submarine: $50 pm.
LITTLE-''La Traviata":: /,
4. 7:05 and 1905 pm.
| METROPOLITAN - "Plati-
nun Blonde: 2::35, 6:05,
9:35 pm. and los am.
| NATIONAL - "All bout
| Eve: las, 4:45, 7:45 and
10:40 pm.
PALACE - For Heavens
Sake: 1925, 2:25, 4:25,
6:25. 8:25, 1925 pm. and
1925 am.
PIX - international Bur-
1esque": 2::10, 4::50, 7:30 and
1905 pm.
| PLAYHOUSE - Trio: 1,
sos. $40, 7:35 and $50
pm.
PLAzA-"Ballet Festival: l,
2:25, 4:20, 6:10, sos and
10 pm. ooh! Amelia:
Midnight.
TRANS-LUx "The Blue
Angel: /, ESQ, 4:35, 6:25,
8:15 and 1905 pm.
WARNER - Dallas: 1:30,
3:35, 5:35, TAO, $50 pm.
| and 1910 am.
Evening star., 1950-12-31
You Can't Win in Hollywood
Those False Romance Reports Ruin Her Le Evelyn Keyes Says

most men hate to have a wife who
earns more money than they do.
The man should be the boss In
everything. I believe that a wom-
ans place is In the home. Why
should a man marry girl if she's
never going to be homer"
This, in so many similar words.
is what Ezio Pima told me re-
Gently. 1.-THE home is the focal
point OF a mans existence" con-
tinued Miss Keyes. "And the big
difference between a careerman
and a careerwoman is this-he
works for the home, she works for
herself"
How about you?" I ask
Evelyn. THE next time you
marry, will you retire from the
screen to be home girl?"
mo" she replied bluntly
That's why I'm in trouble.
couldn't give this up-I like it
too much"
But what's Money!"
Miss Keyes came to Hollywood
IL years ago from Atlanta. Cecil
B. de Mile told her to lose her
Southern accent and to wash of
the makeup. So her first job was
Gone With The Wind"-which
just oozed with Southern accents
and makeup! She recently termi-
mated her contract with Columbia
on condition that she pays the
studio 20 per cent of the salary
she gets for each picture for the
next seven years. But what's
money!" shrugs Evelyn.
Now she Is planning her own
picture company to make ''The
Four Poster" from the British
stage success, with Robert Preston.
There are only two people in the
movie, anG the entire action takes
place in the same bedroom over
a 50-year span. It's a daring
experiment.
II recently did my first TV
show in New York." says Evelyn.
"I'll never forget the confusion
in New York. Little boys tell you
what to do-and no one knows
what to do, The payoff came with
the reviews when some one wrote
Hollywood people are not ready
for television.'
Il North American Newspaper Alliance
Evening star., 1950-12-31
.Fute's Good
ToGronger
Right Now
By Bill Becker
HOLLYWOOD.

This might be called Stewart
Granger's year. First, the strap
ping Briton has scored with
American audiences in king
Solomon's Mines" Second, he's
honeymooning with lovely Jean
Simmons
With the full backing of MGM's S
potent proganda department, Mr..
Granger appears well set for a
prosperous 1851. too.
Just before hopping over to
Arizona to have the nuptial knot
tied with Miss Simmons, the six
foot. three-inch actor was busy
putting his 100 pounds behind
parties, thrusts and assorted
flourishes of his fencing epee.
Not preparing for any marital
skirmish. mind you. just getting
ready for another swashbuckling
bare chested adventure role-ir
Rafael Sabatini's "Scaramouche,
first up in the new year.
A Second Stewart.
His friends call him Jimmy
with good reason. He was born
James Stewart 81 years ago in
London, but he changed his name
because the American Jimmy was
already well established when the
Briton began his own film career
He had started pre-medical
study at EPSON College when the
acting bug bit him. He rose to
prominence on the stage, finally
earning roles with the famed Old
Vic company. When he appeared
opposite Vivien Leigh and Flora
Robson, his name was made.
He served with the Black Watch
Regiment in the British Army
during World War II. After mus
tering out. he became known as
the No. 2 leading man in British
films. (Janes Mason was f1rst.)
After a half dozen successes. he
has followed Mason to Hollywood
1t seems unlikely he'll be going
back soon. MGM has him tabled
for Robinson Crusoe." Kipling's &
Soldiers Three" and Sir Walter
Scott's ''Iyanhoe."
Besides, his little bride likes II
here.
Evening star., 1950-12-31
Only the |nte||ectuo|s
Understand FV
British Poet-PIoywright Soys Simpler
Audiences Fothon Him Right Away
By Sydney Mirkin

and I used at least two Of them
in The Lady's Not for Burning"
he said. "And then the papers
complained that 1t had no plot
at ALL"
A Serious Effort.
Fry's climb to fame has been
accomplished in only two years
and with two original plays and
one translation of French
drama.
Fry was born in Bristol AZ years
ago. His fathers death while he
was an infant left little money
for schooling, so the boys formal
education ended when he was 18.
While he was in school and for
three years afterward while he
was teaching, Fry practiced writ
ing plays in his spare time. He
gave up teaching to become an
actor with provincial reper-
tory company. For the next eight
years he made bare living act
ing and producing in repertory,
editing a magazine, working as
secretary to a novelist and writ
ing children'S plays for the B. B. c.
After his marriage to Phyllis
Hart, a journalist, in 1886 he
decided to make a serious effort
at playwriting.
He had a minor success in Lon
don with "a Phoenix Too FIRE.
quent" in 1946. This play was
lambasted by the New York critics
when it was put on last spring.
Fry grabbed the brass ring with
"The Lady's Not for Burning"
His next play also was London
hit, Venus Observed" in which
Oliver played. Then came his
adaptation of Jean Anouilh's
Ring Round the Moon"
These three set a record for
Fry by showing in London at the
same time. Two of them now
are on Broadway and the third
is reported on the way.