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Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31

Barbara and Jerry Marvel, Mil
ford, to the State of Delaware, two
acres, Cedar Creek Hundred.
From Frank and Florence Wilk-
ins, Broadkiln Hundred, to Paris
and Lydia Thomas, Delmar, 36A
acres, Broadkiln Hundred.
From Walter and Bessie Dunn,
Laurel, to Trustees of Mt. Pleas
ant Methodist Church, Laurel,
ere, more or less. Little Cree.
hundred
From Elwood and Estella Chip
man. Laurel, 10 Joseph and Laur
Mariner, Laurel, lot 4, Little Cree.
Hundred.
From Thad and Kathryn Rus
sell, Laurel, to Roscoe and Phylli
Radish, Laurel, part of lots 10, IL
II, and all of 9, Laurel.
From Raymond and Louise
Banks, Virdie West, Margaret ant
Edwin West, Pearl and Manear
Robinson, Linda and Samuel Sho
well, Baltimore Hundred, to Jane
and Myrtle Hazard, Indian Rive.
Hundred, 86,400 square feet, In
dian River Hundred.
From Caleb McCabe, Jr., Brict
and Chester McCabe, executors OF
the last will of Caleb McCabe, to
Virgil McCabe, Selbyville, acres
Baltimore Hundred.
From Norman and Helen Justice
20 Thomas and jeanette Everett
Clayton, lot T. Baltimore Hundred
From Henry Jones, Cedar Greek
Hundred to Steward and Elmer
Steen. Lincoln. 211a acres, no hun
..red given.
From Lewis and Corrine Tull to
Howard and Virginia Warrington
Milton, 65.6 x 39.1R 66 39.1k
and 40 x 100, Lewes.
From John and Ella Belts,
Georgetown, to Ira and Anna Brit
tingham, of Georgetown, $4,000
square feet, Dagsboro Hundred.
From Grace Brittingham, Lewes
and Rehoboth Hundred, to Weldon
and Elizabeth Brittingham, Lewes,
land in Lewes and Rehoboth Hun
dred.
From Halsted and Jennie Lay
ton, Georgetown, to Charles and
Gertrude Slower, Milton. lots 25,
26, block, BIB, south " OF lots and
4, block 6, Broadkiln Hundred.
From John and Nellie Evans,
Baltimore Hundred, to Loren and
Marilynn Evans. New Castle, 5000
square feet, Baltimore Hundred.
From Russell and Frances Mill
igan to Carl and Paula Truitt, Sea-
ford, lots 76 and rs, Seaford Hun
dred.
From William and Bette Tim
mons, Dagsboro, to Vernon and
Nina Timmons, Dagsboro, 10000
square feet, Dagsboro Hundred.
From Vernon and Nina Tim
mons. Dagsboro, to William and
Bette Timmons, lot 1, Dagsboro
Hundred.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
Sussex County
Real Estate Transfers

From Mary and Robert Elliott to
Robert and Norma Lynch, 18,600
square feet, Georgetown Hundred.
From Randall and Margaret
Rollins to Willie Wilson, Lewes,
lot Al, Lewes.
From Marvel and Mae Smith to
Trustees of the Methodist Episco
pal Church and Cemetery OF
Lewes, Inc. lots G. Z, 8. Lewes
and Rehcboth Hundred.
From Paul and Gertrude Kates,
Clayton to Harold and Thelma
Valentine, 5000 square feet.
Broadkiln Hundred
From Linda and Walter Wiley,
Mildred and Elmer Messick, Nell
son and Emma Wiley. Roland and
Marie Wiley to Paul and Blanche
Faulk, Greenwood, 6,975 square
feet, Greenwood.
From Walter and Catherine
Green to 'Marjax Investment Corp.
500 500 K 500 200, Little Creek
Hundred.
From Green Hotels, Inc. TO Ber-
nard Thaden, Laurel, 156 10 X
1907, Laurel.
From Helen West, Bethany
Bethany Beach, to John and Es-
tella Tyre. Selbyville, VI acre. Sell
byville.
From Sussex Shores Realty Co.
to Oscar and Ruther Peterson, of
Seaford, lot IL, block 5. Baltimore
Hundred
From Carrie Lang. Salisbury, to
John and Ann Handy, Wilmington,
lot 213, subdivision 3. Baltimore
Hundred.
From Raymond and Arlene
Townsend, Frankford,i TO Curtis
and Helen Flood, Frankford, 1873
and 13,167 square feet, Baltimore
Hundred.
From Albert and Lucinda Le-
kites to James and Samuel MUIR
ray and Cordy Murray. Baltimore
Hundred, 3S4 square feet, Balti-
more Hundred.
From James and Dorothy Truitt
Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred. to
Frederick and Hazel Clifton, 5000
square feet, Lewes and Rehoboth
Hundred.
From Raymond and Gertrude
Mariner, Greenwood, to Anthony
and Maybelle Phillips, Milford,
17,761 square feet and 564A X 100
539 116, Northwest Fork Hun
dred.
From Herbert and Katherine
Griffith, Milford, to Clarence and
Cheryl Tallot. Milford, 10.351
square feet, Milford.
From Carrie Lang, Salicbury, to
Frederick and Lille Maske, Will
mington, lot PA, Fenwick Island.
From Ray Hayden to Edward
and Pauline Hayden, Ellendale,
$3.50 square feet, Dewey Beach.
From Henlopen Acres, Inc, to
Jay and Frances Wingate, Reho-
both, 0042 acre, Lewes and Re-
hoboth Hundred
From Chester and Mabel Pass
waters, Cedar Greek Hundred, TO
Frank and Julie Esposito, Mills
boro, 1862 square feet, Cedar
Creek Hundred.
From Daniel Layton, Trustee of
William Johnson, estate, to Thos.
Drandorff, Seaford, 2S7 foot 'front.'
age, Blades.
From Christopher and Lillian
Washes, to Lawrence and Eliza
beth Bailey, Lincoln, 5 acres, Ce-
dar Greek Hundred.
From Joseph and Verena ST.
grist, Seaford, to Floyd and Lillian
Cantrell, Seaford, 20,025 square
feet, Seaford Hundred.
From Elizabeth Strahle. Carl and
Beatrice Stg2hle. George and AM
ME Strahle, Albert and Dorothy
Strahle, Elizabeth and Eugene
Parker, Theresa and Arthur EY-
erson, Jacob and Helen Strahle.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
HIGH HOPES

DES MONIES - up Two
small signs facing the street from
a yard in the Des Moines residen-
tial district say:
81 want to- be a lawn"
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
Bright and Shiny

Use baking soda in place Of soap
or soap powder to clean glass doors
on ovens and you'll find that it's
easy to keep bright and shiny.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
THE OLDEST

ALAMOSA, Colo. = (P) - The
Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
here has the Oldest train engine
built in Colorado-vintage 1881.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
ROCK PICKERs

HELENA, Mont. - up - Police
were sure it wasn't pickpockets
who picked off four rock pickers.
They weighed about $500 pounds.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
average Lawn

The average lawn is moved 20
times during the growing season
with total Of about 80 inches Of
growth being cut from zach plant.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
NIGHT LIFE

SAN DIEGO, Calf. up - An
Ell Cajon Ave- night school sign
reads: School of Nocturanl Stu
dy."
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
Hot Weather Eiobhv

In Atlanta. police tailed up some
of the effects of a ten-day heat
wave. found that wife beatings were
up TOO per cent
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-18
MAGNOLIA
BY Mrs. Frances Hart
Phone Frederick 5-51Ss

Stan Sergeant Newlin Wootten
has returned to the Andrew Air
Force Base, at Washington, d. c.,
from a ten-day leave spent with
his mother, Mrs. Jennie Wootten
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Reynolds
of near Baltimore, spent the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Homer Wright
DR.. and Mrs. A. H. Locke and
children, Patty and Tommy, spent
the weekend in Cockeysville, Md,
visiting her mother, Mrs. T. c.
Sheriff. and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Stout of San
Mates, California, spent the past
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
McIlvaine.
Collins Davis was home to spend
Mothers Day with his mother, Mrs
Edna Davis and his sister, Miss
Eleanor Davis. He left Sunday eve
ming to return to Clarksburg, w.
Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Darling
placed a hydrangea in the church
for the service on Sunday in mem
ory of her mother, Mrs. Hettie
Kennedy. There were other potted
plants placed there as a Mothers
Day gift to secret pals of the Wo-
mans Society of Christian Service.
Mrs. Ralph McIlvaine, president
of the WSCS, on behalf of the SO
ciety, presented a pOtted plCnt to
the Oldest mother present at the
morning worship, and also one to
the Youngest mother. Mrs. ElVa
Shackell received the one for the
Oldest mother and Mrs. Fletcher
Bryan the one for the youngest
mother.
Church hostess for Sunday, May
20. will be Mrs. Emma Elderdice
and Mrs. Edna Davis.
Mrs. Hazel Roe attended a bridge
luncheon at the home of Mrs. Rose
Humphreys in Dover on Saturday
afternoon.
Miss Viola Williams, who is now
a guest at the Methodist Home in
Philadelphia, spent the week with
Mrs. Ida Lindale. Miss Williams
was a former companion to Mrs.
Lindale.
Mrs. Mabel Jackson and Miss
Mildred Jackson, accompanied by
Mrs. Mary Warrington of Lewes
spent the weekend in Lancaster,
Pa, with Mr.. and Mrs. Barratt
Jackson and family.
Mrs. William Warren, Jr., and
son Jimmy will sail from New
York on Thursday for England
where they will spend the next
six weeks visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Luff and
son George, Jr.. accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs William Warren, Sr.,
spent Sunday at Longwood Gard
ems.
Mrs. Margaret Wilbur and son
Charles visited her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William Warren on Sun
day. Mrs. Wilbur is from Wash
ington, ID. G.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-18

Norman E. Prettyman has been
a patient in the Milford Memorial
Hospital the past week receiving
treatment, but has returned home.
Wilson Webb is a patient in the
University Hospital, Philadelphia
Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Spicer visited
friends on Sunday.
Mrs. Emma Donovan of Lincoln
was guest of Mr.. and Mrs. William
E. Donovan.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ McNatt were
guests of relatives in Wilmington,
Del, during the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Filings
worth and daughter, Connie, were
callers of Mrs. Margaret Kitchens
of Georgetown on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Timmons mo-
tored to Rehoboth during the week
end
Little Miss Cheryl Hoyt visited
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Brasure of Millsboro, Del,
last week.
Sunday dinner guests and callers
of Daniel j. Williams and daughter
were Mr. and Mrs. ]. Downes of
Milford, Mr.. and Mrs. c. Plummer
and daughter and Mr.. and Mrs.
Tucker and daughter of Bridge
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Ellingsworth
entertained guests last week.
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs. ].
H. Dickerson were Mr.. and Mrs.
James Dickerson of Milford and
Mr. and Mrs. A. d. Moore and son
of Milton.
The Glendale Home Demonstra-
tion Club will meet in the Fire
Hall on Tuesday evening, May %.
at 7 O'Clock for a covered dish
supper. Each member bring 3
covered dish, their family or friends
and place setting for same.
Mrs. Catherine Prettyman is
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-18
ANDREWVILLE

Mrs. Ruth Lichtenberger and
daughter and Mrs. Edna Cannon
spent Thursday with Mrs. Hubert
Cannon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Cannon
had a dinner on Mothers. Day.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Cannon and daughter of
Wilmington, Mr.. and Mrs. Oraville
Wilson of Milford, George Cannon
and Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Cannon
and family of Harrington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russ Scarborough
of Milford were dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Elver Ryan on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abner Markland
and Chris of Chester were week
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
Butler.
Roland Morgan of Connecticut
visited his brother, Mr.. and Mrs.
James, Morgan on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arley Bradley Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Tucker
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Griffith were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ebe
Reynolds on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enoch Langrell of
Harrington called to see Mr.. and
Mrs. Alton Breeding on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Prettyman,
Mrs. Paul Clifton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-18
GLENDALE
By Mrs. Hazel ID. Elllngsw0rth
Phone Milford $500

Mrs. ). NJ. Davies returned home
on Saturday after spending a few
weeks as guest of her son, Mr.. Cor
don Davies of New York.
Mrs. E. J. Clendaniel who has
been receiving treatment at the
Milford Memorial Hospital, Milford
has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Neibert
and daughter, Jill were Sunday
evening callers of Mrs. Grace Nei-
bert. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Timmons
and children of near Milford were
also guests.
Mrs. Sara McIlvain entertained
the family on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Webb and
family visited in Baltimore, Nd
on Sunday.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. l. w.
Ellingsworth during the past week
we're Sic. and Mrs. VIM. Hollo-
way and daughters, Kathy Lea and
Billy Dea of Petersburg Va.
Weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Abbott, Sr. were: Mrs.
Eldred Ingram of Dover; Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Rogers and son, Billy,
of Wilmington, Del; Mr.. and Mrs.
Luther Hayden and Mr.. and Mrs.
C. E. Abbott, Jr. and family of
Ellendale.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Mitchell of
Georgetown were Sunday callers of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Ennis, Sr.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John B.
Derrickson last week were: Mrs.
Elton Lynch of Lincoln, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. A Evans of Lewes, Sic.
and Mrs. William Holloway and
daughters, of Petersburg, Va; Mr..
and Mrs. l. w. Ellingsworth OF
Ellendale; Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Dickerson and Miss Phyllis Dicker-
son of Harrington.
Mr.. and Mrs. James l.. Webb
entertained guests during tine week
end.
Last week Mr.. and Mrs. w. d.
Ellingsworth, Jr., entertained Mrs.
Donald Ellingsworth and family
and Mrs. Lawrence Stevenson and
family of Georgetown.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-18

chairman for the Cancer Drive, so
when the solicitor calls be ready
and willing to help with this good
cause.
On Saturday, June z at Bill
Ellingsworth, prop, ESQ Station
on the Boulevard, the VFW Aux
Appel-Tucker Post No. 9244 will
have a bake. All delicious eats, so
come.
Chest X-Ray will be at the Ellen
dale Fire Hall, on Thursday, June
7th from on to o'clock. Free
x-ray sponsored by the State Board
of Health and the Delaware TB
Society-no appointments needed,
no undressing necessary, reports
confidential and takes only a min
ute, age limit Is years, so come
hav x-ray and play safe. No ex-
pense-just minute of your time
This is for the public. Time / to 6.
Glendale Methodist Church
Rev. Olin ShOekley, pastor
Sunday. May goth
Sunday School services at 10
a. M, in charge of F. w. Ireland,
Supt.
Preaching by pastor.
MYF will meet in the Church
Room at $50 p. m.
The Junior Choir will practice at
z D. M, Thursday evening. Come
Glass No. 6, will meet with Mrs.
Bessie Harrison on Thursday even
ing, June 18th. All are cordially
invited. Devotional leader, Mrs.
Violet Morgan.
The New Market WSCS will be
entertained at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Tucker at Lin
coin, on Thursday evening, May II
All are cordially invited.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-18

Albert Simpson were dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Pretty
man on Sunday.
Laurence Sullivan and Reed
Boys, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Griffith
and Kenneth Walls visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Walls on Sunday.
Mrs. Maggie Bowen is on the
sick list.
Leonard Outten spent the week
end with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Tilghman Outten.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Courtright of
Dover, Mr.. and Mrs. James Hudson
and son of Milton and Mr.. and Mrs.
Harlan Taylor and children were
dinner guests of their parents. Mr.
and Mrs Frank Taylor on Sunday.
Mrs. Franklin Butler went to
Greensboro. Md, on Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-18
McCOiley's Methodist Chapel
Rev. 0lin Sh0ckIey, pastor

McCOlley's Methodist Chapel
Rev. 0lin Shockley, pastor
Sunday, May 10th
Sunday School services in charge
of Preston Donovan, Supt.
Chaplin's Chapel
Rev. 0lin Shockley, pastor
Sunday, May goth
Sunday School services in charge
of superintendent
Preaching by pastor.
Faith Bible Holiness Church
Sunday, May goth
Services each Sunday. Everyone
welcome.
ELLENDtLE SCHOOL NEWS
There will be a roast beef supper
May 18th in the Glendale School
Auditorium. 1t is for the benefit
of the cafeteria. Serving will start
at 4:30. Tickets are now on sale,
$125 for adults and 65 cents for
children.
The fifth and sixth grades are
going on their class trip to Phila-
deIphia. The chaperones are Mr..
Ernest Smith, Mr.. Earl Clark, Mrs.
Henry Short, Mrs. Wolf, Miss Eliza
beth Matthews. They will leave
Ellendale School at 6:45 a. m. the
23rd of May.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-18
CLIFTON'S CORNER
Near Lewes)

This part of Delaware sure was
visited by a heat wave on Sunday
and Monday with the temperature
in the nineties, but it cooled down
quite bit on Tuesday
Some of the farmers in this Vi
cinity are still planting corn.
Mrs. Sarah Dillon and Mrs. Dol
lie Harker of Lewes called to see
Mrs. Dillons parents on Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Carey en-
tertained relatives on Sunday.
Miss Dorothy Massey spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Dillon in Lewes.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-18
vANDAL FORAY

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. - up II
Vandals who smashed car win
dows and slashed convertible tops
in a residential neighborhood eau
sed damage estimated at $4,000.
Empty beer cans were found near
one of the damaged cars.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-18
FOR ATHLETES FOOT

Use T-4-l for 10 5 days, Wasei,
the old tainted skin slough Of leavins
healthy, hardy skin. II not pleased with
powerful. insfunf-dryins TAI, your 4oe
back at any drug store. Today OF Ru-
gains Pharmacy Milford, Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-18
Unknown Indians

While much Is known of the early
inhabitants of Mexico snd Middle
America. little is known of many
early Indian tribes in the United
States
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-18

Non-white reople more than IS
years old make up z per cent of
that age group in the United
States compared to 10 per cent
among the total population.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-18

Forty per cent of U. S. exports
go to the Western Hemisphere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26
BY BOB THOMAS
Associated Press stan Writer

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 25.--At
dusk, on Sept. 80. 1855. bril-
liant young actor was seated
behind the wheel of a white.
low-slung German sports car,
speeding toward a road race
at Salinas, Calf.
When he reached a highway
junction near Paso Robes,
another car pulled out into the
road. There was crash. His
neck and arms were broken,
his left side crushed. He was
dead before he reached a
hospital.
Thus passed James Dean at
"a. But his legend refuses to
die.
Interest in the actor, es-
pecially among young Ameri-
cans, continues to grow. Dean
received only a trickle of fan
letters in his lifetime. Today
his studio gets over 5000 in
quiries about him in a month,
and the total is rising.
Fan Clubs Increase
Teen-age girls emblazon
Deans name on their note
books. carry his picture in
their wallets and collect every
thing that is written about
him. Dean fan clubs are
springing up all over the
country and in other parts Of
the world.
The movie fan magazines
are unable to satisfy the de-
mand for material about Dean.
He is No. in one mag's
popularity poll, topping live
actors Tony Curtis and Mar
Ion Brando.
Dean Is even more alive
with our audience than when
he was alive" one magazine
editor told me. we have TO
run a story on him every two
or three months"
At least two publishers are
bringing out full-length maya
zines on Dean. Another has A
l2.000-word report Of Deans
Indiana days. an unprece-
dented length for a movie mag
The outpouring OF material
about Dean will continue.
spanked by the fall release Of
his final Aim. Giant"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26
Broadway Expects
DozzIinq Season

with the importation Of three
troupes - London's Old Vic
company. the Norway National
Theatre of Oslo and the Made
leine Renaud Jean Barrault
thespians of Paris-under the
productive aegiS of interna-
tional impressario Sol Hurok.
saint Joan" First
The season starts formally
September IL with Siobhan
McKenna in Shaw,s saint
Joan" at the Phoenix Theater.
1t is the drama in which the
talented Irish actress achieved
London glory two seasons ago.
An outstanding event will
be the arrival in late October
at the Helen Hayes of Long
Days Journey Into Night" a
four-hour drama by Eugene
O'Neill posthumouSly published
last February.
Starring in the frankly auto
biographical drama will be
Fredric March and his wife
Florence Eldridge.
The production is in the
hands of the youthful trio of
See GLOVER, Page E.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26

ing a film based on Deans
life. His death has moved
hundreds of fans to write
poetry about him.
Some write to ask about
rumors that Dean is still alive,
that he is in a mental in
stitution or is diSfigured. They
claim to have read such re-
ports in newspapers or heard
them on the radio.
Touched Their Lives
I talked to people here
whose lives Dean touched and
learned that they, too, are
flooded with requests for in
formation about the actor.
II get all kinds Of letters"
said Director Nick Ray, who
guided Dean In Rebel With
out q Cause" One was q
Puerto Rico schoolteacher
who said she had saved her
money to come here and see
Jim and now intended to visit
where he was buried.
II get kilograms from fans,
and many come to see me in
person. Hundreds request me
to send them some memento
Of his"
Variety. the film trade mag
azine, reported that Warner
Bros. studio representatives,
recognizing that the .fervor Of
the Dean cult posed serious
problems. are comforting with
outside psychologists. public
relations counsel and even ex-
perts on fund raising.
The latter were consulted
because Of the possibility that
all the James Dean fan clubs
would unite behind some kind
Of foundation.
Grave . Mecca
The studio is trying to de-
termine whether 1t would be
best psychologically to ignore
the young actors death, as a
lot Of fans apparently do. or
to make exploitation capital of
the brilliant promise Of the
tragically short career.
Steve Brooks. who handles
magazine publicity at War
ners. has the responsibility for
answering requests for mate
rial on Dean. I'VE do what we
can TO help" he said. but it's
See THOMAS, Page E
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26
BY JAY CARMODY
Drama Editor Of The starr

DANVILLE. KY. Aug. u.s.
Now we know how it feels to be
a motion picture player on To-
cation
We learned this by being an
actor on location. here in small,
tidy Danville where MGM is
shooting its Sc million produc-
ton, "Raintree County"
Ours was not much of a role,
Director Eddie Dymtryk having
already invested the studios
money in such stars as Eliza
beth Taylor. Nigel Patrick.
Montgomery Cliff, Eva Marie
Saint, Rod Taylor, Agnes
Moorehead, Walter Abel and
Rhys Williams.
It's a Huge One
"Raintree County" is a huge
picture, a kind of middlewest
Gone With the Wind" but
actors of the size and salary of
these mentioned use up a lot of
major characters. There is vir-
tually nothing left for visiting
critics such as this one, Rich
ard Livingston Coe of the
Washington Post-TimeS Her.
aid. the people of Danville and
some bright. shining kids from
the University Of Kentucky.
That's in nearby Lexington.
So, as becomes modest hui
mans the likes Of us, we be-
came extras - dress extras,
understand. with costumes
right out Of Frank Roberts
wardrobe department. Frank
seemed to have a million of
these. stovepipe hats, frock
coats, waistcoats, striped trou-
sers. ETC.. all of them appar-
emily straight out of the 1867
COS. He also had hoop skirts,
bonnets and the like but this
is no fashion piece.
The 185O-6Os is the period
OF our role, and of "Raintree
County," and wearers of this
garb on a summers day at
that time must have told one
another it was damned un-
comfortable" This is what it
was, but to put it in quotes
like that makes it look. more
refined in a family newspaper.
Sad Roles, Indeed
Our parts, Dicks and this
correspondents and the 100 or
so others including Jack Foxe,
Loew's Washington man. were
sad. Sad" literally, not YER
naculary. We were re-enacting
the spring day in 1865 when
Abraham Lincoln's body went
through Freehaven. Ind. as
Richard Lockridge, wrote it in
Raintree County" Sorrowful
was the day in 1865, sorrowful
we were in 1856.
Kentucky, by the way, is
the location of the picture be-
cause it looks more like Indi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-26
james Dean, in Death, a Film Idol
Beyond Sweep of Even Valentino

Dean. I think he is the
greatest actor I have ever
seen.
From Pawtucket, r. l.: mo
one will ever be able to take
his place. ;"
From Durant, Okla: 1.-THE
boys in our high school work.
shop are making a statue Of
him. :"
From Chicago: II would like
very much to put flowers on
his grave. Oddly enough, his
death was a personal loss to
me. :"
From Ell Cajon. Calf, came
q letter with 1913 names urg-