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Evening star., 1954-12-28
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Aldo Ray is calling New Years
Day "Ray Day" in Pasadena.
Aldo will ride the United States
Marine float, his brother will
play with the University Of
Southern California team in the
Rose Bowl game, and wife JEFF
Donnell will be doing the New
Years Day show with George
Gobel. "I'll have to leave at 8
am. the day before and sleep
over there" Aldo groaned. with
all the parties going on, I may
never make it."
Yvonne De Carlo arrived back
here last week with three dogs
and 35 pieces Of luggage-and
went right into hiding. !. Gary
Crosby went into a local mems
shop TO buy gifts but became
discouraged when he found out
they were selling items like 500
shoeshine kits.
Cesar Romero loves television.
He passed up over $132, 900 worth
of picture work to continue with
his Passport to Danger" Tv
series. n. I'm happy to have
Academy award winning camera
man Bill GA Place In the SUM-
Mellor filming my NBC network
TV show which starts January 8.
Now, If he could only make me
look as beautiful as Elizabeth
Taylor!
Mike Todd will shoot Around
the World in Eighty Days" In
London, and In Todd-American
Optical, natchs Then Mike will
film "War and Peace" /.
Steve Cochran will do Come
Next Spring" with Sherry ("Make
Room for Daddy") jackson, who
will play a mute.
Don Wilson, a lover Of sport
cars, finally found one-in Eu-
rope-at $4,000 that he can get
Evening star., 1954-12-28

4Ou AuuICWS dllu @o11StdlGc'
Bennett.
It is even within the realm
Of possibility that you might find
It amusing. It does display q
sense of humor and there are
times when one might go so far
as to call 1t witty. All that 1t
requires Is your intense interest
in some bizarre personal affairs
which might better have been
settled In private.
This, Of course. could be said
Of a lot of plays, and of a lot
Of better plays. These particular
affairs, however, are somewhat
tawdry and do not yield too
readily to conversion to farce,
or even romantic comedy, as
"Glad Tidings" Is labeled, un-
less you consider yourself ted
dibly sophisticated.
II
The hero of the piece Is a
once-roving correspondent (An-
drews) now settled into the edi-
torship of a pocket magazine and
q vast Connecticut home which
goes with the post. He Is about
q week away from settling into
wedlock with the woman who
has inherited the magazine
(Miss Stoddard) and the whole
thing seems a fairly pleasant
refuge for a man of 38.
Then his past comes bounding
In in the form of a famous ac-
tress (Miss Bennett), with whom
he once dallied before taking of
for China some years back. It's
his birthday and she has q pres
ent for him-a 17-year-old
daughter, who comes as some
thing of a surprise. since this is
the first time he has ever heard
about her.
The actress has a 16-year-old
son along. too. by a marriage,
She has never told him who his
father was because she couldn't
tell her daughter who HER
father was and she wanted to
be fair.
Playwright Mabley was no
coward when he set this one up
to solve, it seems at the time. It
Is q novel predicament, to say
the least, in which Andrews man
finds himself. It Is not every
man who suddenly is presented
with a 17-year-old daughter as
the harvest of his wild oat-sow-
ing and 1t probably has hap
pened to very few men you know.
It turns out. however, that
the problem is a great deal more
novel than the solution, which,
in "Glad Tidings," Is simple,
obvious and inevitable. He gets
his laughs along the way, but
the end impression is that Mr..
Mabley just went out of his way
to write a play.
The trouble Is that while an
actress with a, penchant for
what somebody refers to as nee
wheeling may be q figure Of
fun, the fruits Of same are not.
It Is well beyond the realm Of
probability that the most seri-
Gus emotional problem of these
Evening star., 1954-12-28
Hollywood
Aldo, Family to Be Busy
On New Years (Roy) Day
By sheiloh Grohom.

into. He's having it shipped over
here.
Two women who can't act but
who manage to corral publicity
Marie Mcdonald and that Ga
Dor sister. A new TV show
coming up-"It's Fun to Re-
duce"-will probably win an
Emmy as the best educational
telefilm.
Dick Powell and June Allyson
are selling their 40-acre estate.
Both are too busy these days to
supervise it. -. A reliable source
(See HOLLYWOOD, Page A-17.)
Evening star., 1954-12-28

tsee HOLLYWOOD. Page A-17.)
Evening star., 1954-12-28
Films of More Than Routine Merit

Films of More Than Routine Merit
"BEAU ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS hlm the first best
dressed j..
"THE HIGH AND THE NUGHTY"-JOhn Wayne Grip
pied Pacific airliner
'LMI"-Lesle Caron captivates n French carnival.
SABRNAAudrey Hepburn brightens sophisticated retellng
Of q old yarn.
"sEvEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERs"-The years most
joyous musical.
"a STAR rs BORNMammoth musical starring Judy
Garland
VANISHING PRAIRIE Another
by Disney, must.
Evening star., 1954-12-28
The Posing Show
The Passing Show
Shubert's Glad Tdinqs'
Isn't Necessarily Funny
By Harry Macarthur

OF all the plays which might revived In these
waning Of 1854 Edward Mableys Tdingss
back not the most likely candidate STILL it
revived by Harald Bromley you'll find stage
the Sher Theater played by headed Soddard
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-12-24
BY WILSON HARDER

have been given enough U. S.
cash through foreign aid to
swing a deal.
But with all the talk about
Trieste, nothing was said about
one of the greatest accomplish
ments of past two years, the
creation of the Small Business
Administration now making
great strides in breathing new
life into battered hulk of Ameri-
can independent enterprise.
Great campaign stress was al
so made that administration has
not hired any communists. The
people are still concerned about
communists, but in 1852 when
they felt that there was laxness
toward communists, they hired
new bunch of boys to handle situ-
alton. Naturally, they expect that
job to continue. But communities
don't organize Main Street pa
rades every time police jail a
criminal. They rather expect po-
lice to do the obvious.
=
Yet no mention was made of
fact Stanley Barnes, head of
anti trust division Of Justice De-
partment has shown in recent
steel merger situation, other in
stances, full understanding Of
antitrust laws, intentions to en-
force them.
Concentration on sideshows,
failure to accent the positive,
created many voter doubts, even
fears, post-election study shows.
There was feeling that with re-
luctance to campaign on Small
Business Administration benefits
plans are in wind to bow to de-
mands of big financial interests
to abolish SBA. Reluctance to
talk about Stanley Barnes was
taken as sign that perhaps as
was done in previous administra-
ton when able III. Graham Nor
ris0n was resigned" similar
plans are afoot. After all, foot
ball team is not judged by the
fumbles II didn't make, rather
by yardage gained, points scored.
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]. T. HARRIS OF
SWAN QUARTER DIES

Funeral services for James
Thomas q. To- Harris of Swan
Quarter, who died at his home Sat
urday at 8:45 pm, were conducted
Monday afternoon from the Swan
Quarter Christian Church by Rev.
Howard Williams, Rev. Macon
Spencer, and Merlin Berry; burial
was in Soule Cemetery near Swan
Quarter.
The young man was afflicted
with something similar to polio
while in the fourth grade, and it
developed into a condition which
soon made him an invalid. For the
past fifteen years, he had been
continuously under the direct care
of his mother.
He was born near Swan Quar-
ter on November 16, 1929, the son
of Mrs. Pearl Fisher Harris and
the late Thomas B. Harris. He had
been a member of Geneva Park
Christian Church in Portsmouth,
Va, since July 18th, 1948.
Surviving, in addition to his
mother, are: one sister, Mrs. Jack
P. Gale of Portsmouth, Va; one
Brother, Henry G. Harris Of Ports
mouth, Va; three half-sisters, Mrs.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-12-24
WHO KNOWS WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES?

Another Christmas is upon u.s. and do not much
Importance IN differences among various people and in var
ious lands to which date observe Just is Christ
mas, and the good old spirit prevalsthat to is what
counts AS it, prove December 25th is any
the date than other there have
been many changes in the calendar that far
know, January 9Th might easily be the right date.
Anyway, here interesting thoughts passed
along about Christmas the Cape Charles Va Times This
christmas, 1854 which is almost upon us as this
written should be happy for most of the worlds
pie But, past years. those of the United States
Alaska Canada find ourselves in the position of being
1--WE observe December 25th as the anniversary of the
birth of Jesus although the this anniversary
much confused The December 25th date, which many
scholars think to have been an arbitrary date set bv the
Bishop of Rome the request of the Bishop jerusalem
accepted by the vast majority of the worlds Chris
tians.
20h centuries and other scholars have the
cusion that the proper date April 10Th 2Oh
January 9th.
Christmas itself day of observance has had it's
ups and downs and various customs which follow at
Chstmaste have been derived from various countries at
various times in past centuries.
For instance the early Purtans time forbade
the celebration of Christmas and observance thereof
and in England they ordered stores to remain open
Christmas Day The General Court Massachusetts, in 1859
passed law which made observance of Christmas penal
ofense And it number of years before there
general observances of Christmas Day New England
"Our using in the observance Christ
of German origin and begun in 1905 in Straus
burg The of mseoe is traced to the Druids whose
priests gathered mstetoe and put the altar of their
God as sacrifice to him In addition to placing mistleoe
the altar, distributed
and hung in their houses and the plant regarded
symbol of hope and peace.
The myth that Santa Claus descends the chimneys
from the Norsemen who believe that at the Winter
Solstc the goddess Hertha appeared in the fpaces of
their great halls bringing merrment and good fortune
1.-THE predominatng theme at Christmas time is of
religious observance and giving In the modern world For
children is their happies day of the year. and for adults
should be the sobey enjoyed day of personal re
gious satisfaction and dedication.
"The recent trend toward over-commerciaization of
Christmas and the tendency of to observe this re
gious anniversary with ouof celebrations should be
guarded against Make Christmas Day, 1854 day of genu
Inc Christmas spirit through your religious dedication
and thanksgiving and by genuine resolve to further the
cause of peace on earth and goodwill to ALL"
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W.
dition, some said it was public
power VS.. private power, some
said labor, some said farmers.
If someone had interpreted re-
suits on grounds public resents
Private Schine has not been pro-
NOTED to general yet 1t would
have made as much sense.
But cold unhurried fact finding
reveals real reason for results.
Truth appears to be campaigns
lacked positiveness with mate
rial based on side shows. AS car
nival men know, sideShOws soon
wear out their interest.
For example, much was made
Of U. S. help in settling Trieste
dispute. Average citizen was
never concerned over Trieste. In
fact, wonder is expressed why
all the fuss over city Of 296, 900
population. In the U. S.. there
are more than IS cities 4 COM
parable size and Trieste's popu-
lation probably does not equal
U. S. population in coal mining
areas in distress because of i'm
ports Of cheap foreign fuel oil.
Others wonder, as U. S. did with
Louisiana Territory or Alaska,
why over the many years Italy
or Yugoslavia did not buy the
other out. Many feel both nations
e National Federation Of Independent Business
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-12-24
OTHER EDITORS
1T ISN'T JUST THEIR AGE
christian Science Monitor)

Recent newspaper headlines at
tributing crimes to teen-agers
have carried an unfortunate impli-
cation that "ten age" and "out-
rage" are almost synonymous
terms. Many boys and girl, espe-
cially those in what are considered
underprivileged sections, feel al
most suspect because they happen
to have reached their teens.
Yet what adult today has not
been a teen-ager? And most
adults never have been criminals.
Countless teen-agers will be to-
morrow's upright, substantial citi-
zens.
And why didn't the two teen-age
boys who rescued a man from
drowning near Boston the other
day get front-page headlines in
stead of those who had committed
violence?
1t is not merely because they
are in their teens that some boys
and girls of that age group have
been a serious problem. 1t is be-
cause parents and community
have somehow failed in their
guardianship. How are the old
sters spending their time in the
neighborhoods where the young
sters are out of hand?
Adults of the community who
are scrutinizing the teen-age prob
lem will find one solution in deal
ing vigorously with the influences
which lead teen-agers astray-in
scrutinizing adult-age shortcom-
ings for answers to teen-age de-
linquency.
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YOUTH ON THE HIGHWAY
Norfolk Virginia Pilot)

1t was 2:45 o'clock Sunday
morning when an automobile in
which seven persons (all in the
late teens or early 20's) were rid
ing failed to take a curve near
Hampton and crashed into a tele-
phone pole. Three persons were
killed and the four other passen-
gers in the car suffered injuries
of varying degrees of severity.
Here is the way the accident was
described in the news columns of
the Virginia-Pilot on Monday:
The late model automobile,
with its seven passengers,
struck a telephone pole, shear
it off, and Travelled 33 feet I'M
til it smashed against a culvert.
The details must be left tc those
who investigate highway acct
dents, the State police and others.
But what can be done to prevent
the tragic repetition of such hor-
rors or the highways? Some of
the victins of the crash that oc-
Cured Sunday morning were col
lege students. This is the Christ
mas holiday season when college
students are at home and at the
wheels of family automobiles, or
driving cars over the highways.
All these students, or most of
them are in the age-group from
16 to rs in which the driver-acci-
dent rate is highest. That is be-
cause at this age the desire for
speed outruns judgment and driv-
ing skills. The driver is neither
in many cases-skilled or mature.
This fact must be faced by par
ents, for it will not, in too many
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-12-24
HIGH SPEED OF BUSES
(Lauringburg Exchange)

Do the big passenger buses
drive at excessive speeds on the
highway? Ask the average driver
of an automobile that question,
and his answer will probably be,
yes. At least many think that
way, and observation generally
seems to bear it out. But evidence
presented to the local court this
week in a case involving a charge
of speeding against a bus driver
on Highway Is south of Laurin-
burg had bus company officials
stoutly contending that the buses
do not run at high speeds, and
they said buses operated by their
company cannot run faster than
81 miles an hour. Governors on all
the buses fix the maximum speed
at 81 miles At least three wit
nesses for the bus company con-
tended that this is so, but against
their testimony was that of State
highway patrol officers and an
electronic gadget which had clock
ed bus at IS miles an hour. And
since the bus company brought IN
expert witnesses, inspectors and
officials of the company, to pre-
sent its side, the State represented
by Solicitor Tom Neal, also had
expert witnesses who testified
that the electronic apparatus used
in this case had also been tested
for accuracy, and that tests made
only a little while before the bus
drove into the "trap" showed that
it registered the speed of cars
driven at various rates of speed
and registered them accurately.
The court ruled against the de-
PENDANT bus company, its driver
and the expert witnesses who said
that the buses can't run faster
than 81 miles an hour. 1t was an
/ interesting case. The Department
of Motor Vehicles, through the
State highway patrol, has said
time and again that passenger
buses and motor freight trucks
were among the chief offenders
when it comes to speeding on the
highways. And many motorists
have said that the buses will pass
you on the highway if you travel
within the 55-mile an hour maxi
mum speed limit.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-12-24
MRS. C. r. POTTER is
HOST o BRIDGE CLUB

The home of Mrs. C. R. Potter
on East Main Street in Belhaven
was beautifully decorated when
she was hostess at the annual
Christmas party of her bridge
club on Monday evening.
Upon arrival, the guests drew
Santa Claus tallies and were
seated at card tables, where the
hostess served coffee before play
began. Those playing were Mrs.
E. L. Voliva, Miss Mary Elizabeth
Bell, Mrs. J. w. Lloyd, Jr., Miss
Gwen Potter, Mrs. James Younce,
Mrs. George Riddick, Mrs. Andrew
Hodges, and Mrs. Potter.
Mrs. Voliva was high scorer for
the evening.
At the conclusion of play, the
guests were invited into the din
ing room, where Mrs. Potter
served eggnog, assorted party
sandwiches and Christmas cookies
and cake, nuts and minis from a
table conferred with a silvered ar
rangement of greenery, flarked
by tall candles.
The evening was climaxed by
the distribution of gifts from be-
meath the tree. Mrs. Potter pre-
sented each of her guests a pair
of earrings.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-12-24
LAST RITES HELD FOR
RALPH B. SMlTHWlCK

Funeral services for Ralph B
Smithwick of Route 1, Belhaven,
were conducted Sunday at 8 pm,
from the Mt. Olive Church of
Christ at PIONEER; burial followed
in the Belhaven Community Gene
terry. Mr.. Smithwick, who was SO,
died Friday night in Duke Hospi-
tai at Durham following severe
illness of several months.
He was born in Hyde County,
the son of the late Fanny Smith
and George Smithwick. He was a
member of the Mt. Olive Church
of Christ.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Alice Jarvis; one brother,
Rufus Smithwick of Leechville,
and one sister, Mrs. Naomi Satter-
thwaite of Pioneer.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-12-24
OUR CHRISTMAS WISH TO YOU

From the publisher and those who work for this paper
endeavorng to render service to the community
united chorus of Christmas greetings to all subscribers
readers and To the degree that patronze
will be measured creating worthy paper to
represent this region Your interest during past
has been the spur that kept going.
All of grateful for the Christmas season. in that
makes to think entirely of ourselves and instead
to give thoughts to Others And all of happier
it. for true and lasting satisfaction only in doing for
Others
There many discouragements in this world and
there times when bewderment the order of the day.
at home and abroad Yet the passing years teach that
storms pass by and the shines again. Yesterday
troubles look small in today's bright SUM-
So look forward to greater and better times in the
to grateful indeed for the pause that Christ
mas brings and for the rest and inspiration with which
this blesses Thankful and all of
you and wish you the old, old WISH MERRY CHRIST
MAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-12-24

One curious aspect of Wash
ington life is abundance of politi-
cal pundits and prophets who al
most as soon as the polls close
rush to explain the results.
Immediately after recent cleo
ton, there was usual rush of con-
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-12-24
PUNGO HOSPITAL STAFF
HOLDS CHRISTMAS DANCE

The trustees and nurses of the
Pungo District Hospital were
hosts at a dance held at the Bel
haven Community Center on Tues
day evening. Music was furnished
by Bob Jones' Orchestra.
The Community Building was
appropriately decorated with a
Christmas tree, silvered magnolia
leaves, and balloons.
Guests were received at the
door by Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Gwinn
and were asked to register by
number. Near the close of the
dance, the numbers were drawn
from a box and prizes presented
to the holders of lucky numbers.
All expenses of the dance were
taken care of by donations from
several individuals and firms.
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cases, be faced by youth itself.
There cannot be too much counsel
ing and cautioning of young
drivers.
Above all an effort must be
made to keep young drivers from
using cars at hours when drowsi-
ness and fatigue dull the senses
and slow down reaction-time. Ma
ture judgment must be substituted
for immature judgment, as far as
such substitution can be made, if
horror on the highway is to be
prevented.
What horror could be worse
than the needless sacrifice of
youth on the roads at a time of
the year when youth and all ages
should be happy?
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-12-24

If you keep Baby too warmly
covered at night, you're likely to
make him restless. Even though
his hands and feet seem chilly to
your touch, it doesn't mean he's
cold. Feel of his body. If he's
warm, then you've given him
enough cover. If there's perspira-
ton, he's too warmly covered.
And it may be harmful to allow
him to perspire, then possibly get
chilled later on.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-12-24
BELHAVEN PERSONALS

Miss Anna Williams has return
ed to Kinston after spending
two-week vacation with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Will
liams.
Harold White, Jr., of the U. S.
Air Force, is spending a leave
with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry B. Chaplin,
of Aurora, were week end guests
of their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Chaplin.
Miss Sidney Ann Tooley, of
New York City, is spending the
Christmas holidays with her moth
er, Mrs. John G.. Tooley.
Among the college students at
home for the holidays are Misses
Janet and Patricia Dawson, and
Mary Costulis, and frankie Keat-
on and Buddy Burgess, of East
Carolina College; Miss Pat Guth-
RE, of Chowan College; Miss Noel
Faye Primer and Zadah Jane
Smith, of Woman's College; Miss
Martha Wilkinson, of Louisburg
College,; and Willis Riddick, of
the University of North Carolina.
Miss Emma Dean Calfee, of
Jacksonville, Florida, is spending
the holidays with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. Calfee.
M. M. Jones is spending the
holidays with his son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. M. d.
Whisnant in Charlotte. His grand
son, Dickie Jones, drove him to
Charlotte on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Jordan have
as holiday guests T/Sgt. and Mrs.
Dwight Trippe, of Hyattsville,
Md, and Chief and Mrs. Clifton
M. Creole and children, of York
town, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Purvis, Jr.,
and daughter, of Marblehead,
Mass. are guests of his parents.
Miss Mary Bullock, of Norfolk,
is spending the holidays with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Bull
luck.
DR.. E. G. Winstead has returned
from Tayloe Hospital in Washing
ton, where he was a surgical pa
tient, and is convalescing at his
home on Pungo Creek.
Miss Gwen Potter, of Green
vile, is spending the holidays with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. r.
Potter
Capt. and Mrs. Thomas Wahab
and son, of Columbus, Ohio, are
guests of Mrs. Carl Wilson.
Miss Dorothy Knight, of Ra-
leigh, is spending the holidays
with her, mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Knight.
j. E. Edwards had as guests on
Monday and Tuesday DR.. j. H.
Messick and Richard Rogers of
Greenville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Clayton
and children, of Cuba, who were
called to Belhaven because of the
death of Mrs. Clayton's father,
Charles Guthrie, are visiting Mrs.
Guthrie. Mrs. Clayton and the
children will remain for an indef-
mite visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Riddick
have as holidays guests their sons,
George Jr., of the U. S. Navy,
"Bit," of the U. S. Air Force, and
"Babe," a student at the Univer-
sity of North Carolina.