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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-01-03
ADDITIONAL LOCAL news
OF THE OAKLAND AREA

Miss Marguerite Chrystal, of
Davis w. Va. is rccuperating from
a major operation in the Golden
clinic at Elkins. W. Va. Miss Chrys-
tai is a cousin OF Mrs Z. l. Baum
gartner, OF Oakland. and fire.
quent visitor here.
Shirley Ream, Western Maryland
College student, has returned to
school after spending the Christ
mas holidays with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Iiarland Ream. at Deep
Greek Village. Edward Ream, en-
ploycd by Petty Engineering com
parry in Elkins, W Va. also spent
the holidays with his parents.
MIR. and Mrs Gerald Bankhert
and son. Hollidaysburg, Pa; Mr..
and Mrs. Reginald Brohawn, Jr..
and Paul Brohawn, Washington.
D. c.. we're Sunday guests Of their
parents, Rev and Mrs Reginald
Brohawn South Third street.
Charles Gillum and Kenneth Bane.
Cumberland, also visited their
uncle and aunt, Rev. and Mrs. Bro
haWn. on Sunday.
Misses Florence and Ella Fazza-
lari have returned TO College Park
after spending The holiday with
their parents. Nh. and Mrs. James
Fazzalari. Clarence Smart. Jr.. ac-
companicd the Misses Fazzalari on
the return trip after spending part
OF the holiday at the Fazzalari
home. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fazza-
Iari, Canton. o.. were guests Of his
parents over the Christmas week
end.
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quarter-mile in five hours. At home
stock were without feed and water
AT eleven thirty we set out on
foot and arrived home at two thirty
next morning. The snow ranged
from waist-deep to our shoulders,
even in fields and on the Kendall
railroad yet we covered the two
and one-half miles in three hours
All roads were blocked with ten
to fifteen foot drifts from Decem-
Der 25 to January l. No mail came
through, and not a soul stirred from
their homes until New Years day.
On April sixth, the first cars got
through, but sled trail was
opened on New Years day
Three fellows, one of whom is
deceased, never forgot that Christ
mas night, and the week following
We remember the winter of 1913
and also the winter of 1911 and 1912
but doubtless the holidays biz
zard" of 1925 was the worst of this
present century in Garrett County
Happy New Year to all.
Yours truly.
Ernest C. Gnegy.
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DAYS at the home of the formers
brother-in-laW and sister, the Rev
and Mrs. Norman Harsh and fami-
~, in Eglon. They were enroute
home from a trip to Florida.
Charles Winters. Of near Red
House. is a patient in the Garrett
County Memorial hospital.
Billy Hauser son Of Mr. and
Mrs. Wade Hauser, near Aurora.
was treated at a Kingwood hospital
last week for burns he received
when gasoline spilled on his
clothes, ignited. He is convalescing
at his home.
Mr.. and Mrs Roy Fike and two
daughters. Connie and Joice. of
Petersburg. were holiday visitors
with home folk in this area.
Mrs. Jay Arbogast was taken
Monday to the Garrett County Me
mortal hospital after she became
seriously i'll at her home at Eglon.
She remains a patient there.
The Rev. and Mrs Rogers Fike
and three children, of Bridgewater,
Va. spent the past week with home
folks at Eglon and Oakland.
Miss Peggy Bell. Newburg, was
a recent visitor at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Gilmolr Fike, Eglon.
Mr.. and Mrs Revie Slaubaugh
and two children. who had been
visiting home folks in this area
and Terra Alta. left Monday for
their home i'm Elgin, Ill.
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Beall Is Winner
Over Southern High

Beall High school of Frostburg
took a close contest from Southern
High school on the Southern court
on Wednesday afternoon. The final
score was 4S to 46.
Beall led all the way but was in
danger of being overtaken several
times. The visitors led at the quar-
ters, 10 to 6. "a to IS. and Al to 20.
Southern outscored Beall from
the field with Is baskets to 10, but
Beall made % out of AZ foul at
tempts. Tom Bittinger led the local
scoring with II points while Right
and Colaw scored eight each. Roth
made 6, Shaffer 5, G. Bittinger 4,
Shirley and Paugh 2 each to COM
plete the scoring,
Metz with IS and Parker with IA
were high for Beall. Groves made
5. Balls, 4: Jones and Allen one
each.
Early in the third quarter Roth
and Right were eliminated on
personal fouls, while in the fourth
quarter Colaw and Shaffer also
we're eliminated while Parker for
Beall went out by the same token.
The score was AZ to "A with Beall
leading with two minutes to go and
Beall elected to freeze the ball
until the end of the game.
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McEIENRY

Raymond Ferguson, Miss Judy
KERN, of Baltimore, and Mr.. and
Mrs. OrVal were dinner guests O.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Ferguson, on
Christmas Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mason Rodeheaver,
Ronald Donald, Gerald and DWain
RodeheaVer were dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. l. Wright Other
recent guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Chuck Wiles and Linda, Of West
efnport; Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Burk-
holder, Darwin and Jimmy of Ell
louisville, Pa; Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Lee Glotfelty, of North liver
ton r. l.. Miss Bonnie Sue Beas-
ley, Wheaton; Mr.. and Mrs. Or
land Wright, Barbara, Judy, Ed
die, Larry. of Somerset, Pa; Mr..
and Mrs. Milton S. Dewitt, Will
liam r. Savage, Mr. and Mrs. j.
A. Savage and Paul, Mrs Orval
Butler, Mr.. and Mrs. Earle Saw
age, Connie, Donna, Lanny and
Kathy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lee Glot-
felty, of North Tiverton. r. l., and
Miss Bonnie Sue Beasley are Wis
iting Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rode
HEAVIER for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Rodeheaver,
Miss Shirley RodeheaVer and Mr.
and Mrs Herman Rodeheaver
were guests of MIR. and Mrs Claud
Cuppett and family Thursday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Mosser, Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Close and daugh-
ter spent part Of last week visit
ing relatives in Washington, D. c.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wagner
and sons, East ST. Louis, Mo, spent
several days last week visiting
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Wright,
Pursglove, w. Va, spent last week
here and at Friendsville visiting
relatives.
William Bauer was in Pittsburgh
on New Years day visiting rela-
tives.
Curtise and Jimmy Savage, Ak
ron, visited friends and relatives
here over the weekend. Mrs. Rob
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GORTNER

Resolve to cherish the lowell
ness of simple things-blue of the
sky, the songs the birds sing. and
find better pattern for the warp
that we must weave"
Mary and Ross Lichty spent Fri
day afternoon with Mrs. James
Hamilton and Miss Della Wolfe, at
Red House.
Lewis Shelter. of Ohio, and his
sister, Mrs. Ernest Schrock and
children. spent Monday with their
sister. Mrs. Henry Petersheim.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Schlos-
nagle and daughter Janet, were
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Camp
bell.
Miss Mary Grace Bechtel re-
turned to her home at Table Rock,
Thursday. after being guest at
Walter Schlosnagle's for several
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Grove and
children and his mother had
Christmas dinner with the Fixes,
in FriendSville.
Uria CARRIER is home from Ohio
for two weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs Harold White were
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Lutheran Circles To Meet

Lutheran circle of ST. Marks
church in Oakland will meet next
Wednesday night, January 9, at
8 o'clock.
Circle ! will meet at the home
of Mrs. Clarence Spear. Members
are to bring the oldest photograph
of themselves that is available.
Circle 2 will meet at the home
OF Mrs Earl Lee with Mrs Clar-
ence Bittinger as co-hostess
Circle 3 will meet at the church.
The Missionary society also is
scheduled to meet Tuesday evening
January s, at the home Of Miss
Grace Falkenstein with Mrs N.
A. Coplin as discussion leader
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Mt. LGsESe EHaHH.% NeEUS

Spring, and will return to Balti-
more for the remainn" part of the
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Calls
spent the weekend visiting friends
in McHenrY
Those attending the funeral of
Mrs. Valeria Grove, sister of Mrs.
Clyde Shipley we're Mr. and Mrs.
Reid Shipley and daughter, of La
Vale: Mr. and Mrs. Claude Crit
fin, Of Baltimore: Mr.. and Mrs.
Cecil Ashby Baltimore; Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald Casteel and family:
Mrs. Cleveland Ashby, Grantsville,
and Alex Grove, Friendsville.
Weekend guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Landon
were Mr.. and Mrs. William Landon
and family, of Woodbridge, Va,
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Landon
and daughter, of Cleveland, o.
Harland Paugh and daughter,
Misses Gladys and Nancy Moo
NAV and Asa Calls spent the
weekend visiting friends in Wash
ington, d. c.
Aflnuf fiuinDeftSOn is patient
in the Garrett County Memorial
hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Taylor, of
Canton, o.. announce the birth of
daughter Monday evening, De
cember 81
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Lee spent
the holidays in Canton, O.
Weekend visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs Lyle Weeks were Mr.. and
Mrs. Marion Dodge and son, of
Dundalk.
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Mr.. and Mrs. W. Blair Sim
mons entertained the employees of
The Grange Supply Center al their
home in Loeb Lynn Heights. last
Friday evening with a Christmas
party Attending were Mr. and
Mrs Ben Friend. MIR. and Mrs.
Richard Wolfe and daughter, Del
la, Mr.. and Mrs Boyd Friend, Mr..
and Mrs. Emerson Frazee and Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford Friend and son,
Larry.
Christmas dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Blair Simmons were Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. Lands, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Paugh, and Mr.. and Mrs. HUI
bert Helmick and son, Paul
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Sisler and
boys were Sunday guests of Mrs
Stella Lowdermilk and Miss Maude
Sisler Other visitors recently were
Nh ard Mrs Huey Rodeheaver
and children. Mr.. and Mrs Will
liam Burdette. Mrs. Leslie Paugh,
Mrs Roy Zimmerman, Mrs Clyde
Liller and Rev. and Mrs Ralph
Jacks, of McHenly,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mills and
family, of Kent o., spent the
weekend with Mrs. Mills parents,
Mi. and Mrs Wheat Weeks.
Miss Jacquelinc Groves spent the
holiday with her father, c. B.
Groves and other relatives.
MIR. and Mrs. c. B. Groves. Mrs.
Francis Bud" Fauber. Mrs
Vaughn Weimer attended the
funeral services of Mrs. Anna Mae
Bonner at Parson, w. Va, Satur-
day Mrs. Bonner is the mother of
the late Lloyd Cook
Mr.. and Mrs Leo Treacy, of
Hagerstown, visited Mrs Treacy's
home here
Those attending the funeral of
Mrs Emma Ashby at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Harry Nichol-
son. were Miss Dolores Nicholson,
MIR. and Mrs William Nicholson
and family, of Washington. d. c.,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Nicholson.
CT Missouri Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
Smith and daughter, Fairchance,
Pa
The Womans Missionary Society
of the Baptist church, will meet
this Thursday evening at the home
Of Mrs. Wheat Weeks.
Miss Elaine Compton, daughter
Of Mir. and Mrs James Compton,
is a patient in a hospital in Balti-
more.
4 New Years eve service was
held at the EUB church Those
taking part in the program were
groups from Underwood. McFIenry,
and Loeb Lynn churches. Follow
ing the program a fellowship party
was held in the Aid Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stevenson
and son. of Rockville, visited Mr..
Stevenson's parents over the week
end
Misses Frances and Virginia
Richardson entertained friends at
their home here Thursday after
noon following Christmas Those
were Mrs. J. ID. Murray,
Mrs Judson Peck, Mrs. John
Evans. Miss Ruth Rudisill. Mrs.
John Sincell, Mrs. Britton Martin
and Mrs Wesley Rudisill, Of Silver
Spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Kutler and
son. of Silver Spring. spent the
with Mrs. kutler's par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Britton Martin
and family Weekend guests of
E1r. and Mrs. Martin were Mr. and
Mrs. Osterhouse, of Washington,
d. c.
Mrs. Wesley Rudisill, of Silver
Spring, spent the holiday with Miss
Ruth Rudisill Miss Rudisill ac-
companied her back to Silver
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Hold Fomily Get ogether

A family get-together and din
ner was held on Christmas day at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd B.
Leighton. 8th street Present were
Mrs. Alma Menke, Mt Lake Park;
MIR. and Mrs. Charles II. Menke
and Jimmy, and Miss Nellie X.
Harvey. Washington d. c.; Mr. and
Mrs. Irwin Neville, Wildwood. Va;
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell W. Harvey
and Jack. Silver Spring; Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Houck and family,
Kingwood; Grant Harvey and son
John, White Church; Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth HardestX Oakland; Mr..
and Mrs. Floyd B. Leighton and
daughter. Carolyn.
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visiting the Rembolts and Harlan
Beckmans, at Keyser and Swan
ton during the holidays.
A crowd of our folks had a
wiener roast in Albert Sisks bus
shed on New Years eve. Guests
from outside the community in
cluded Shirley Swartzentruber,
Uria CARRIER, Laura and Mary Gar
Der. Ohio: Evalene, Elan and
Joseph Yoder. of Grantsville.
Merle SWartZentruber and fami-
ly, of Ohio. spent from Friday
until Tuesday with his home folks.
Laura CARRIER, John Burkholder.
Albert Sisk, Glen and Simon
Schrock and others were visiting
little Dorothy Miller. who was a
patient i'm the Oakland hospital.
She returned to the home of her
grandparents, MIR and Mrs. Noah
Schrock, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Pace and
children, of Cresaptown, spent
Sunday with her sister Mrs Wal
ter Schlosnagle.
A valuable hound was released
from where he had been tied at
Noah Schrocks. the other night
1t was found dead, evidently struck
by a car near Willard Swartzen-
The same night Willard
SWartzentruber'S old Collie dis
and was found dead at
Simon SWartZentruber's. The per-
sons that had tempered with the
hound were tracked in the snow.
MIR and Mrs. DIN Schrock and
his mother, Mrs Elmer Schrock, of
Grantsville, spent New Years with
Mr.. and Mrs Dan Lichty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Lichty, son
Freeman and daughter, Frieda.
were visiting Ross and Mary Lich-
ty, on New Years day.
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ert Glotfelty and son returned with
them after spending part Of the
holidays with her parents.
Donna Jean, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Spear, is a patient
in Garrett County Memorial hos
pitaL Oakland
MIR. and Mrs. Harold Savage.
Wilmington, Del. visited his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Savage
and family, last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bowman
have announced the birth of a
daughter in Memorial hospital
Cumberland This is the couples
third child and daughter.
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AURORA-EGLON

Mrs. Raymond Hauser, Stemple
Ridge, is a medical patient in a
KingWOod hospital
Mrs. Jessie Lantz received a
fractured hip when she fell in her
home at Aurora Saturday. She
underwent surgery Sunday at a
KingWood hospital
Miss Ora Wolfe, Eglon. was taken
Sunday evening to the Garrett
County Memorial hospital by a
Terra Alta physician, where she
remains a patient
Mr. and Mrs. Gilmour Fike and
two sons, Ted and Blaine, Eglon,
spent several days last week visit
ing friends at Bradshaw and Coal
wood. w. Va
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Eby and two
children. Of Ohio. visited several
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L.oor Auxiliary To Maet

The Loar Auxiliary Of the Gar
rett County Memorial hospital will
meet on Thursday afternoon, Janu-
ary 10, al o'clock in the Board
room at the hospital. All members
are urged to attend.
Plans will be made for projects
for the coming year
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IMPORTANT - When changing
address, send US old address as
well as new; send address label
from last copy; allow two weeks
for fixst copy to reach new address
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THURSDAY. JANUARY 8, 1857
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28
COMING ATTRACTIONS
STAGE
STAGE

CARTER BARRON NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ballet
Theater, starting Thursday
OLNEY-"The Hidden River" starting August g.
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Henry, is by keeping in
shape"
But what about the proc
ess? Early to bed. early to
rise? Long runs before
breakfast? Muscle-building
bar bell exercises? Gym
workouts? Horseback rid
ing? Swimming, tennis. golf
or some of the numerous
outdoor participating sports
available in the soft Los An
geles climate?
For my purposes, you can
write them all off," declared
our keep-fit authority. land
concentrate on one word
diet. Violent exercise may
take of a few ounces. but 1t
sure does stir those hunger
glands. Result: I'd get fat
ter than ever!"
Most Of Fonda's "past-50"
colleagues are in basic agree
ment with him. Whereas 20
years ago the almost unani-
nous method for losing
weight was daily and expen-
sive gym sessions at health
Ravens" then springing up
Cont'd on Page A-29, Col. 3
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Different things being re-
hearsed in different placesi
And bosses for everythinRse
There we're so many bosses
I was finally able to work
out Marthy pretty much for
myself"
Near-Perfect Role
The role. she feels, comes
about as close as any per-
former could hope to the
part she has long secretly
wanted to play.
I'D like most of all to do
Sairy Camp" she says. re-
ferring to the battered dam
sci in Dickens novel Martin
Chuzzlewit" who had an
addiction to strong tea and
other stimulants. H
'Marthy' is sort of like
her and ! wouldn't want
anyone TO leave the theater
thinking she's really re-
formed"
The high point Of her
portrayal-for both Miss Ritz
ter and audiences-comes az
she leads a gray-haired trio
into a lusty and nostalgia
tune Of lost youth entitled
Filings"
That's when all the flower
hats out front roar-and
nudge each other" she
chuckles. There is some
thing in 1t for all OF them"
The most memorable au-
dience Of all however. in
cluded a number OF conven-
tioning psychiatrists.
They knew Marthy would
never be a prospect for the
consultation ROOM" she says
Of her characters basic adj
tustment 70 the problems Of
life.
Clears Up Two Points
Miss Ritter drops Marthy
TO discuss two slight irrita-
tons Of her own professional
life. There are impressions,
she regrets. that she is a
housewife turned actress. and
that she talks out OF the
corner OF her mouth.
Neither is true.
Miss Ritter first went on
stage at the age OF 8. has
worked steadfastly since save
for the years she was rear
ing two children zone Of
whom is now Marine in
private life she is the wife
Of Joseph Moran, an adver-
Using executive.
The only time a grammat-
zeal indiscretion comforts
her pleasantly homespun
voice IL when she slips into
q bit Of impish mimicry.
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BROADWAY
Morthy IS
.Theoter'ss
New'DoII'
BY WILLIAM GLOVER

NEW YORK (R.-Madcap
Marthy. Broadway's outland-
ish new stage sweetheart, I'M
expectedly finds herself
something new in show BUSH
mesa matinee ideal. -
The way those girls buy
the part" she marvels. e. =.
they all must want to wear
old sweaters and let their
hair down. 1t bewilders me"
Marthy-otherwise ThelinA
Ritter. standout character
actress of Hollywood films
is wrecking the traditional
matinee-idol pattern as an
amiably disreputable and ell
derby delinquent of the lively
musical. New Girl in Town"
Wearing an OUTSIDE cardi-
gan Of outrageous hue, sloppy
boots and a look of raffish
abandon. tiny Miss Ritter is
the center of the shows COM
plexities.
Her First Musical
New Girl in Town" is both
her first musical show and
her first starring part on the
stage. In fact, she fed
Broadway Is years ago after
a series Of f1ops.
Mention this to her. how
ever, and she quickly insists
that top credit belongs to
Gwen Verdon. of dancing
fame. who plays the title role.
ITS awfully nice just to
know that people are glad to
to see you," she comments
with warm simplicity.
1t was Miss Ritter's movie
Notwithstanding an UNI
precedented four consecutive
Oscar nominations for roles
in "All About Eve" THE
Mating Season." with a
Song in My Heart" and
Pickup on South Street
which led to her current stage
triumph.
Several years ago MGM
planned to do a musical
based on Eugene O'Neill's
Anna Christie" she says.
land was discovered for it.
THAT never came of, but
when this stage version Of
Anna came along the
Broadway producers thought
about me-"
A lot of people, Miss Ritter
recalls, warned her Of the
awesome nature OF musical
production-and she found
them absolutely correct.
II found out for myself,
musicals aren't written,
they're assem- bled." she
smiles. Sixteen hours .
day there were rehearsalsl
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Miss Kerr Finds Movie Kisses
As Romantic as Moth or SEWING

somewhere he had gotten this
fallacious idea that leading
ladies expect this sort Of
thing.
II Just told him candidly to
quit working so hard at It:
that / happen to be very
much in love with my own
husband, and we would both
do our jobs better If we con-
centrated on them instead
Of pretending to be concerned
with each other.
II never saw anyone so re-
lieved in my life."
Remember that famous
beach love scene with Burt
Lancaster with the waves
washing over the lovers
in From Here to Eternity?"
THAT was premeditated
love-making to the Nth de-
gree" Deborah recalls. I'VE
worked out the whole pattern
over and over again. We
not only had to work out our
own moves as a choreog-
rapher does a dance routine
but we had to time the waves
carefully to make sure we'd
be inundated just as we
kissed most passionately. I
thought I'd drown before we
got the take"
One Explosive Scene
There we're, in fact, almost
80 takes, but it probably was
the most important scene in
Deborah's career. Before that
MGM had typed her as the
screens virtuous lady. 1t
was steady work but career
suicide for such a talented
actress.
Since Eternity" she has
been rewarded with roles
calling for some Of the most
See BACON, Page A-2S
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THE PASSING SHOW
Dromo Is Age-OId
In Peasant Life

perforce begin with daylight,
the hour at which the four
Hagers and all their neigh
bors, except the summer
people," arise and take to the
fields. There is no waiting for
breakfast in this historic rite.
concerned principally with
moving, raking. stacking and
storing the hay the animals
will eat during the winter:
gathering the vegetables for
canning; and harvesting the
grain crops of wheat and
oats.
Breakfast is the days first
meal. 1t is to be earned by
three hours or so of hard
work.
For its preparation, the
Hager daughter is detached
from the field crew about 6
am. She goes to the house,
builds the fire, starts the
coffee and the victualS of a
fairly heavy meal. While
they are in process Of cook
ing. there are the Hager
cows (Which Mr.. Truman so
admired) to be MIXED and
the milk prepared for ship
ment to nearby Puch where
it is pasteurized before be-
coming part of the commu-
nifty supply of nearby Salz-
burg.
A Meal Well Earned
A bell tinkles the Hagers'
summons to breakfast some
three hours after they have
gone to work in the fields.
They have earned a good
meal and take the time to
eat it which means also a
brief relaxation before the
hard day ahead. The hard
day and a long one.
1t is long, this day of the
st. Jakob area peasants, be-
cause it has nothing resem-
bling the midday break which
is the custom In America.
When they return to their
work after breakfast, they re-
main at 1t until late In the
afternoon.
At 4. or 4:30 PM, they
break for the days second
and only other meal. This IL
the days main repast. Its
function is replenishment and
it is a hearty menu Of meat
and vegetables and milk
which the peasant family now
has the hard-earned time to
enjoy.
After the meal. the peas
ants supper, comes the time
for the evening milking,
which this time is a family
function, by contrast a re-
Taxed and somewhat social
occasion. But it is not q time
for dalliance. The spectator
at this ancient ritual drama
seldom ever sees a light in q
peasants house at this time
of year.
Lights are not needed UNI
til darkness falls and dark
ness, falling late. is some
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