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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09
On the Air
MICS Tonight Improves
As Steve Allen ReIoxes
By Harry Macarthur

you are one Of those who fed
back to the vintage fiickers after
an early exposure to the Allen
enterprise. Tonight" still is not
the threat to the late movies
that some expected it to be, but
it is getting closer.
The biggest change has been
in Allen himself. He has man
might guess at least decided to
forget any we'll intentioned adj
vice that may have been confus-
ing him. He is being himself and
he is thoroughly at ease in the
role.
During any evening, Allen us
ually comes up with an enter
tanning guest and manages some
comic moments on his own, with
the aid of some regular members
Of the cast. He is often a very
funny man, either in a satirical
sketch or in an. off-hand COM
ment.
It must be admitted, of course,
that his supporting cast, with a
couple of exceptions, is not
setting the entertainment world
on fire. It must be admitted, too,
that the show still has it's faults.
Il
In a couple of cases the two
are linked. Skitch Henderson, for
instance, is a fine pianist, but
Tonight" hardly makes the best
use of his talent. We could do
with a lot more Henderson music
during that hour and a half.
Then there is Gene Rayburn.
Mr. Rayburn assists Allen nobly
in comedy sketches. Then he
turns newscaster and it's an al
most impossible job to take him
seriously.
The major lulls in Tonight"
however, are those moments
when Mr.. Allen ventures down
into the studio audience. The
television camera has been
turned on some uninspiring
sights since it was invented. but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09

Hope, in London, is filming the
program there. Gordon Mac
Rae will make his first appear
ance as the Comedy Hour"
singing host next Sunday night.
He's scheduled for 20 shows in
all.
Thought for Today: Van Hef-
lin to the Hollywood Reporter:
Until TV can sell entertainment
alone and not entertainment
with products. the medium will
always be inferior to motion pic
lures" Debbie Reynolds and
Eddie Fisher are set for a Janu-
airy TV appearance in ME and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09

The virtue Of the temperate
approach to TV criticism has
been amply demonstrated by
NBC-TV's Tonight" Som e
changes have been made around
here. When the late night show
came on the air a few weeks
ago, the immediate impulse was
to emit a loud yelp Of anguish.
Reason prevailed. though, and
the howl was suppressed. What
reason advised was that this
thing was so appallingly bad
that it would have to improve.
There just wasn't any other
direction for it to go.
The desire for the informal
achieved in the beginning q wild
blend of deliberately staged in
formality and just plain care
lessness. Steve Allen paid more
attention to the mechanics of
the show than to the show itself.
A lot of the comedy was strictly
Times Square and wasn't much
funnier here in Washington
than in Wichita, Kans.
Mr.. Allen, usually a sure per-
former, houndered miserably
during those first 11:30-to-1 am.
sessions. It probably is safe to
assume that he came on the air
equipped with four dozen widely
differing sets Of advice from as
many different people.
All things considered, "To-
night" was a sorry spectacle
spectacle, that is, in the die
tionary rather than the NBC
deflnition) back there in its early
nights.
\ \ X II
Now the time has come for
you to give this another try. IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09

Juliet" In color, of course. -
Another color TV possibility Is
Naughty Marietta" with Pat
rice Munsel singing the leading
role. At least Max Lehman
would like to do Naughty Mari.
eta" with Miss Munsel. He also
would like to sec Dick Powell
and Dan Daley in front of his
color TV cameras. Busy man.!
this Lehman. Another project
he has in mind, according to
report. is a tint TV version Of
the Maxwell Anderson Kurt
WE'LL musical, "Knickerbocker
HOLIDAY"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09

Now the time has come for
you to give this another try, If
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09


nowhere does a TV camera en-
counter anything less entertain
ing than a bunch of people
watching free show.
If the makers of Blab-Off, that
device which permits you to
silence commercials, can get
NBC to accept the copy this
would be an ideal spot for some
commercials of it's own. A viewer
watching Mr.. Allen converse with
those studio visitors is a ripe
prospect for Blab-Off.
The nv people condone these
audiences on the highly debata-
BILE ground that they kindle
something akin to theater ex-
element in the living room.
Somebody ought to point out
that very few people go to the
theater because they like to sit
on the stage and look at audi
ences.
Still, Mr.. Allen does brighten
many a moment during his eve
ming session.
PROGRAM NOTES-Tonight's
"Cayalcade of America" drama,
Saturday Story" will be a sort
of unofficial premiere Of another
telef1lm series forthcoming on
ABC-TV. Saturday Story" is
the first in the Frank Leahy
Presents An American Story"
series, to be based on lives of
men and women significantly in
fluenced by sports. +. {. Bob Hope
is lining up an international
cast for his next television show,
set for December Z on NBC-TV.
Noel Coward will make his TV
debut on the show, which also
will present Bea Lille, Maurice
Chevalier and the French Ballet.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09
THE BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL PLAN

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Evening star., 1954-11-14

Cd A $1,O85,O0O causeway
across Sabine Pass, tying to-
gether the southwest tip of Lou
isiana and southeast corner of
Texas. It is under construction.
a. Fifty-nine miles Of high
way along the waters edge from
Sabine Pass to Port Bolivar. 1t
is completed and in use.
go A high-level bridge or a
tunnel where Bolivar Pass cuts
between Port Bolivar and Gal
weston Island. It is in the discus
sion stage.
a. Twelve miles Of highway
reaching southwestward down
Galveston Island to San Luis
Pass. The sum of $361,000 has
been earmarked for the project,
and the acquisition of right OF
way has started.
(5.) A causeway across San
Luis Pass from Galveston Island
to the mainland beach toward
the south. A preliminary study
of the project was made last
spring by the Texas Highawy
Department.
co. A $2.5 million bridge e
across the Intercoastal Canal
from the gulf beach to the Free
port area. It was completed in
August.
~ A causeway leading from
Evening star., 1954-11-14
Jui-AIui Season
Opens at Miuni's S
Fronton Dec. Is
MIAMI FLA

AsANAA@NS@b e.
Jai-alai will open its 30th an
nual season December Is, at the
Mimai Jai-alai iFronton.
The nightly program, exclud-
ing Sundays, will feature six
singles games and three doubles
contests with win. place. show,
daily double and quiniela wager
ing. The latter originated at
the Miami Jai-alai and is used
in many states and four foreign
countries. Betting is supervised
by the State Racing Commission.
The ancient Spanish Basque
sport is played on a three wall
court 176 feet long. SIS feet wide
and A feet high. The front wall
is composed of 12-inch thick
granite blocks, the only surface
hard enough to Withstand the
constant hammering Of the
rock -hard ball which is a little
smaller but much livelier than
a golf ball.
The players strap curved
wicker basket to their right arm
and catch and throw the ball
with amazing dexterfty.
Jai-alai balls have been clock
ed at speeds in excess Of $50
miles per hour. The rules re-
Semble handball.
Evening star., 1954-11-14
Outer Banks Recovering From Storm
Continued From Page C-1oJ

continued From Page C-l0.)
had substantial building back
from the beachfront itself, and
that Is the reason that hotels.
rnotels, tourist homes and res
taurants are.in operation at all
of them today-more than sui
ficient to take care of November
beachgoers and sports fisher
men.
Even If Carolina Beach and
Wriglitsville do not attain COM
plete recovery in time for the
opening of the spring beach sea-
son, there are enough places
back from the oceanfrent. COM
bined with the large number of
new motor courts in the Will
mington area, to make it certain
that large crowds can be accom-
modated.
The Carolina Beach Municipal
Yacht Basin and facilities around
it are already back in business.
Stub Of Pier Left
At Wrightsville, Johnny Mer-
GERS new pier was swept away
so clean that not even the tackle
and refreshment shop was left.
and the Lumina pier now is only
stub, which makes for less surf
fishing activity at Wrightsville
than at Carolina, Kure and Fort
Fisher beaches.
BY freak. the central span of
Center Pier at Carolina Beach
was left intact, with both sea-
ward and land-anchoripg ends
washed away. Somebody pro-
duced a ladder and scores of
! fishermen venture out for good
catches.
/ At Kure Beach, Bill Robert
son plans to build a new Kure
Beach pier, tackle shop and res
taurant from the shore out.
/ Nothing is left of the Fort
Fisher pier but a few pilings,
reaching up crafty from the surf
like burnt matchsticks-and the
| tackle, bait and sandwich shop
Evening star., 1954-11-14


into reality. They are:
Port o'Connor to the north end
of Matagorda Island, and a
highway turning sout hwar d
down Matagorda and st. Joseph
Islands. A preliminary survey of
the project was made recently.
co. Twenty miles Of highway
reaching the full length of Mus
tang Island and tying into five
miles Of pavement down the
north end Of Padre Island. It
has been completed.
(9) A SIT million causeway
connecting the north end Of
Padre Island with the Corpus
Christi area. It was completed
in 1850.
(10) A highway reaching the
full length of Padre Island. Sew
eral surveys have been made.
CID A causeway tying the
center section of Padre Island
with the Port Mansfield Ray
mondsville area. A $2.5 million
bond issue for several improve
ments - including initial cause
way work-was voted recently.
(12) A $2.75O,000 causeway
connecting the P dre Beach
area on the south tip Of Padre
Island with the Lower Rio
Grande Valley. 1t was completed
and opened to traffic last Feb
ruary.
Evening star., 1954-11-14
PADRE BEACH, TEX.

Patrick r. Dunn--who liked
people but not crowds-wouldn't
recognize his kingdom today,
Mr.. Dunn called himself the
Duke of Padre Island.
The title wasn't misplaced. He
ruled over this 110-mile strip Of
land which runs along the
South Texas coast from 1879 to
1926 with what has been de-
scribed as "open. notorious, dis
tinct and visible possession"
Pat Dunn raised cattle on the
sprawling sandy beach that faces
the surf of the Gulf of Mexico.
And he built his cowpens of
valuable mahogany which floated
ashore.
Don Patricio-as his bronzed
cowpokes called him--used to
ride along the beach in a light
spring wagon pulled by two white
mules.
Cool Toward Fishermen
! It was a strange sight-the
mules. the cart. and the ruddy-
faced rancher gliding silently
over the sand.
| Often a fisherman standing in
the surf would raise his hand in
| greeting.
But no salute ever was re-
turned.
To old Pat. fishermen were
people who bothered his cows. He
knew that when man returned
to the mainland with a big catch
the story was sure to spread. And
as soon as that happened, he
reasoned, others would be around
to invade his domain.
I Today-as this south tip OF
Padre Island comes into its own
as a year-round resort area-Pat
Dunn's logic is being borne out
in full.
A $2.750,000 causeway con-
Meeting Padre Beach with the
Lower Rio Grande Valley city OF
Port Isabel was opened last Feb
ruary, and across it have poured
close to a half million people
already.
Millions are sure to follow.
Some Will Stoy
Some will come to fish. But
others will swim, sun bathe
erect towering hotels, build stores
and construct homes.
Cameron County already has
spent close to a million dollars
on one island park-and two
others. both bigger, are being
planned. What's more, $5 million
worth Of private construction i.
pledged in the Padre Beach de.
velopment.
If he could see what's happen
ing, Pat Dunn probably woule
shake q disapproving head. But
more than likely. he would b'
gratif1ed to know that his name
has carried down through tn,
decades.
For old Pat tempered his rea
soning with a touch of Irish hui
Evening star., 1954-11-14

rangements brought by members.
Burleith Garden Club viii bs
entertained Tuesday at 8 pm. at
the home of Mrs. James McDon-
nell, 1884 Thirty-eighth street
NV, Mrs. G.. E. Clark assisting.
A social hour will follow a Christ
mas program. Friends Of mem.
bers invited.
Countryside Garden Club Of
Fairfax County will meet at the
Dunn Loring flrehouse Wednes-
day at 8 pm. Roger Blake will
discuss landscaping problems
and Dominic Lay will show slides
of his recent trip to Costa Rica
as a All representative. A work
meeting at the home Of Mrs.
Charles Gotthardt November %
will make floral centerpieces to
be taken to Fort Belvoir. The
club participated In National
Flower Week.
The Bethesda Community Gar.
den Club will meet at the Bat.
terry Park clubhouse Wednesday
morning. Mrs. Arthur ]. Hill.
land, a past president, will show
how to arrange fruits and vege-
tables for a Thanksgiving table.
Mrs. James Benner will be in
charge of the luncheon.
During National Flower Week
bouquets were taken to the
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School, public library, Our Lady
of Lourdes School, the National
Health Institutes, and several
rest homes in the area. Mrs. r.
C. Voak and Mrs. NJ. Mayhall
Smith were in charge of this
project.
The Garrett Gardeners will
hold a workshop on Christmas
green's decorations for the home
at 8 pm. Wednesday at the Gar
rett Park Community Center. A
pupil of Gregory Conway will
demonstrate the use of such ma.
terial, Mrs. Howard Kettl, pro-
gram chairman, said. Members
and others interested may bring
green's and wire with which to
work. According to H. Lee Chis-
holm, president, the Garrett Gar
deners and the National Capital
Garden Club League are helping
found a junior gardeners club.
the first in the Washington area.
The Homesteaders will hold o
luncheon meeting Wednesday at
1890 at the home of Mrs. Paul
H. Butler, co-hostess Mrs. Fred
erick L. Fryer. A discussion of
cold Frames Culture" will be
conducted by Mrs. Robert H.
Myers.
Sunny Acres Garden Club will
meet with Mrs. Frank Conner,
2704 Oakwood street, Thursday
at 8 pm. j. Fisher of the Fisher
| Nursery will speak on Broad
leaf Evergreens. Only a year
old, the club is participating in
community betterment pro-
I'(See ACTIVITIES. Page CLAY
Evening star., 1954-11-14
Gorden Club Activities

DR.. Frederick w. Coe will speak
on azalea care and culture at
the Crestwood Garden Club
meeting tomorrow at / pm. in
the home of Mrs. Phillip A.
Simpson, 4025 Argyle terrace
NV. Co-hostesSes are Mrs.
Bryan D. Darling, Mrs. Charles
E. Fierst and Mrs. Edward w.
Magruder. Coffee at 1880.
Silver Spring Garden Club will
meet tomorrow at 8 pm. in Jesup
Blair Community House. John
L. Creech of the Agriculture De-
partment will talk on Hardwood
Ornamentals."
Bradbury Heights Garden Club
will meet in First Methodist
Church, 1900 Bowen road Sc,
tomorrow at $3.50 pm. for q dem
onstration of Christmas and hol-
iday decorations and election of
officers. Public invited.
"Ideas for Christmas Decora-
ton" will be presented to the
Glenwood Road Garden Club
Tuesday at 8:15 pm. at the
home Of Mrs. Vincent Roddy.
8e05 Westover road, Greenwich
Forest.
Demonstrations Of lively and
unusual holiday decorations In
cluding Mobiles and sugges-
tions for original creations to
be made from bits of felt, spools
and other materials found in
every house, will be presented by
Mrs. Roddy, who is chairman for
this program. Members will
bring such materials and par
ticipate.
Glenwood Road Garden Club
made Halloween corsageS for
trays at Suburban Hospital, par
ticipated in National Flower
Week, will decorate a Christmas
tree in, the Christmas greens
show and will share Christmas
with the servicemen by a dona-
ton to the service hospitals.
The Garden Club of Belle
Haven will meet ats the Belle
Haven Country Club Tuesday at
1870 pm. Mrs. Paul L. Delaney,
president, will preside. Christ
mas arrangements will be dem
onstrated by Mrs. Charles Gro
yer. Members will bring speci-
men of chrysanthemums. be-
gonias (tuberous) and late roses
There will be a special class fol
arrangements using an anal
agous color scheme not to ex-
ceed "a inches in height. Mrs
Myron G. Britt and Mrs. Addi-
son Rothrock are in charge o1
receiving the specimens and ar.
rangements. Mrs. James N
O'Neil is chairman for the an.
nual Christmas tour on Tuesday
December Ia.
Michigan Park Garden Clul
will meet Tuesday at 8 pm. al
the Third Christian Church
South Dakota avenue and Tay'
lor street NE, Mrs. Charlie!
Grover will interpret floral ar
Evening star., 1954-11-14
Montreal Hotel Named
For Queen Elizabeth
MONTREAL

MONTREAL.
The name Of the new hotel
which the Canadian National
Railways is building in Montreal,
will be the Queen Elizabeth.
Work on the Queen Elizabeth,
which will contain more than
1900 rooms, all air-conditioned,
and the largest, most modern
convention facilities in Canada,
is proceeding on schedule. 1t is
planned to have the hotel ready
for occupancy in 1857.
Evening star., 1954-11-14
Duke of Podre Island Would
| FroWn on Plans for Resort

NOR and a strong show OF per-
sonal pride.
Pat built a stately two-story
ranchhouse as his island head
quarters. When asked why it was
so tall, he said the timbers he
had found upon the beaches
were that height. "If I'd a saw"
he is reputed to have said, I'D
a built a one-story house."
House From SEQ
The house was a beachcomb-
er'S masterpiece. Nearly every
material in it came from the
Gulf-even the door hinges.
They were taken from the re-
frigerators in wrecked ships.
Chairs for the porches came of
the wreckage Of the steamer
Nicaragua.
Before 1926, visitors had to
have a permit signed by Pat
Dunn to visit parts of Padre
Island. He had men at the
islands north and south ends
to see see that only the licensed
came ashore. To warn hunters
and fishermen of the way things
stood, he even advertised his
policy in Corpus Christi anc
Brownsville.
Once a scientist wrote the
Padre Island sage asking about
the habitat of the island birds
The scientist signed his name
and added a long string of let
ters denoting his scholastic titles
Pat replied as best he coulc
and then signed his name: pat
rick Dunn, D. P. l." When asked
the meaning. Dunn said with g
twinkle in his eye:
"I just wanted to let him know
that he may be a bachelor Of
a doctor, but me-I'm the Duke
\ of Padre Island"
Evening star., 1954-11-14

Michigan Park Garden Club
will meet Tuesday at 8 pm. at
the Third Christian Church,
South Dakota avenue and Tay-
lor street NE, Mrs. Charles
Grover will interpret floral ar
Evening star., 1954-11-14

'(See ACTIVITIES, Page C-12J
Evening star., 1954-11-14
Virgin Isle Hotel
To Reopen Dec. |
CHARLOTTE AMALIE.

The Virgin Isle Hotel. largest
resort hostelry in the Virgin Is
lands, plans to open its fourth
season December /.
Through Lloyd's Of London,
the hotel now features both high
and low climate insurance: Guest
room rental is free whenever
the temperature rises above IS
degrees or falls, below 10 degrees,
year around.
Evening star., 1954-11-14

marvelouSly intact. The opera
tor, /. B. Dunn. is doing business
as usual-selling bait to surf
fishermen until he can get a new
pier built.
Charter boats are operating
both out of Wrightsville and
Carolina.
Beautiful private homes, built
close to the surf on the lower
end of Topsail Island. took a
fearful beating. The luxurious
oceanfront motel at New Topsail
was demolished, but transient ac-
commodations will be available
as soon as repairs are completed
and some more sand removed
from other motel courts and the
original inn and restaurant on
the sound side. The handsome
recreation center at New Topsail
was damaged. but can be restored
by next spring.
New Steel Pier
On north Topsail Island, Surf
City suffered relatively less dam
age. Here the only steel fishing
pier between New Jersey and
Florida escaped damage. It was
completed 500 feet out from the
shore when Hazel struck it and
it weathered the storm. 1t has
now been completed its full 1000
foot length and is the only fish
ing pier in regular operation
south of Nags Head. Though in
complete, it was opened to the
public a week after Hazel and
has been used by up to 500 per-
sons a day.
Surf City and Topsail Beach
are easily accessible by a tenn
porary bridge In use while q
new bridge across the inland
waterway is being rushed to COM
pletion.
Atlantic Beach has the dis
tinction of being the first to get
a large oceanfront hotel back
in operation. This is the Ocean
King, whose front end was bat
tered, but which is now enter
tanning guests in all but a few
oceanfront rooms. All year.
round motels on Atlantic Beach
are open for business as usual
and every facility across the
sound in Morehead City and
those in Beaufort are in opera
ton. The Atlantic Beach Hotel
lost its long front porch and the
hurricane chewed of the south
east corner where the dining
room was, but contracts are al-
ready being let for repairs.
Three fishing piers were de-
stroyed at Atlantic Beach, in
cludlng the States largest-the
Triples, but plans have already
been made to build them back
by next summer and to add an
other 1,000-foot ocean pier be-
tween the present Triples site
and the Ocean King Hotel on
what is known as Money Island.
The two soundside piers flanking
the highway bridge from More
head City, known as Fleming's
and Mons and Pops, are ex-
pected to be rebuilt by spring.
Some. Atlantic Beach Erosion
There was some erosion at
Atlantic Beach, but at low tide
| the beach now appears wider and
smoother than ever before.
| The old concrete bulwark and
walk that was q trademark Of
Atlantic Beach is gone. It will
be replaced with a boardwalk.
| North River Bridge was washed
| out. but is now spanned by a
temporary structure. The ferry
| from Atlantic to Ocraeoke is
operating on schedule, subject
Ito squally weather until shoals
have been dredged out Of PAM
leo Sound and rernarking Of
| ,zauy ahannole aorraaIafad
Evening star., 1954-11-14
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Evening star., 1954-11-14

BLUE WATER HIGHWAY-Here the highway and bridge
proecready completed under construction and
which turning the dream Of scenic drive the full
length of the Texas coast into reality. They