The Bee from Danville, Virginia • 20

8 The Bee: Danville Va Wednesday May 15 1974 PLASTIC PA ETTI Plastic spaghetti like dec orations make the facade for Parfums Rochas in Paris Owr MWw r4 it! It I I If I 1 1 I fe 11 1 1 Berle's Autobiography Is Strong Stuff LOS ANGELES (AP) The dedication of Milton Berle's autobiography reads: the funny men who were who are who will be heroes who faced the world naked but for the weapon of laughter" Berle has finished a 2'i year task of summing up his life and he asserts that readers will discover the naked Berle with out the cover up of his brash breezy comedies "They be calling me Miltie' any more" said the comedian tell the story with no holds barred and I use the kind of language I normally use not for shock treatment that's just the way I speak "It's the story of the kind of crazy life style that comedians have to lead appearing naked before every audience There is also a strong silver cord story about my mother and myself My mother God bless her was mother father wife sweetheart everything to me But no hint of incest this is no Rex'" Berle was carrying galley proofs of "My which he wrote with magazine editor Haskell Erankel It will be published by Delacorte on Oct 28 He displayed a few pages and it is indeed strong stuff Unlike other show biz con fessionals this one is no con quest of alcoholism never drank in my life never liked the Nor was Berle ever on dope was hooked on show Although he said the Ixrok will not be rated he admit ted that it will depict his ro mantic career beginning with his loss of virginity al 12 He will also tell about his brushes with the Mafia which owned many of the night clubs in which he appeared In 1931 his throat was slashed by a hoodlum is it that the things you remember most vividly in your life are the bad he mused Among them was the time in 1945 when he was trying out a doomed show in Bra in Pittsburgh and he was overcome by the need to see his wife Joyce Matthews and their newly adopted daughter "The show was death Joyce and Vicki couldn't come to see me and they scheduled a re hearsal for Thanksgiving Berle recalled became hys terical and made a dive for the hotel window "My manager tackled me be fore 1 could take the leap "He calmed me down and said I'd feel better if I had a meal He started ordering tur key on the telephone and I said if they have roast that like a comedian? Just after trying to kill himself he wants to see if the kitchen has roast Berle recorded 510 hours of tape for the hook and admitted that the experience was the equivalent to being psy choanalyzed which he never has been He uncovered feel ings of guilt from his youth when he was the breadwinner in his family "My father stayed home and took care of the family while my mother toured with me in he said "At 0 or 7 1 was the Buster Brown model the boy actor in Pearl White se rials "In the railroad flat in Har lem where we lived my three brothers slept in a room togeth er Milton had a room by him self They were told "My mother let go of me Even when 1 was 30 years old if I went out with a girl three times say do you see in "That's what happened to my first marriage: how can a 20 year old girl compete with a 69 year old woman?" Berle never lost his love for his mother and when she died "1 staged her funeral just like a show the way she would have liked At 65 Berle maintains the same working pace he has known virtually all his life He recently played a dramatic role in "fa with Tony Curtis He is taping two shows on com edy for Wide World of Entertainment and may appear with I Sinatra in Alaska next month Berle recently signed a three year contract with the Howard Hughes hotels beginning at the Sands June 22 Traffic is now so bad in once isolated Iipland that herdsmen are fitting their reindeer with snail reflectors which shine in headlight beams More than 1 000 reindeer reportedly are killed by cars each year OUR BOARDING HOUSE with Major Hoople BE TROUBLE JCPenney 20 WOMEN'S PANT Jhi TOPS Ayy Sale WmA Reg S9 up Take advantage of our savings AX 1 on womens fashion tops Lots of styles in pvivS eluded in this selection in easy care fabrics like polyester Many solids pastels and prints Mi 2 llsOsr i 2 I A a yM 9tH I A Sale Sale Sale 319 8 Reg 499 solid color shantung embossed vinyl shower curtain with matching fringed valance 1 1 colors Window curtain or 68x54" reg 499 Sale 399 i Sale 3" Reg 499 Parade' bright floral print and stripe on vinyl with valance and ball fringe 5 colors Window curtain or 68x54" reg 499 Sale 399 Big savings for your bath 8 Reg 499 2 pc Tank Set Bouquet Bath Ensembles 75 polyester 2 5 acrylic pile latex bock Reg 499 vinyl shower curtain with matching valance and white ruffle trim 5 colors 20x36 Oblong Mat Reg 399 Sale Standard Lid Cover OO Reg 229 Sale 100 3" 3" 3" lB mm I I if I I lA I 1 1 I I ElE I LI I I I I I uA "i'i'iiiil Im Si 1 IIHii 1 lilial 7 3 1 fWsi iWfflf ter I in ill I lilsK lit Iff mggipi li I Bmw i ll fi li sir I if will III i i I I 5 4 Save 20 on all short sets Now mom saves 20 on any short set in stock Choose from cool halter looks tank top and shirt styling stretch pull on tops dressier styles too Some appliqued or lace trimmed Most are in easy care polyester or blends Sizes 3 to 6X 7 to 14 dry A A 7 AtiA ifcX' TcTX I nW ya ff 1 1 A I A'1 oai fl if Bi I O' rX rrhu At ffP Ux I YJhr Vj 'X 20 off all Penneypets Salel58 Reg 198 Crew neck shirt A for pre school boys polyestercotton 4 7 'Sale 358 Reg 449 'Pre school boys' cuffed baggy jeans of ortrel' polyestercotton Regslim 4 7 Pt'j Vj Sale 238 Reg 298 Plaid JCV "A walk shorts ortrel 44 Wi I polyestercotton I Regslim 4 7 kPKX jag 20 off all Penneypets Sale prices effective thru Saturday Reg 219 Knit top of poly estercotton Sizes SML Sale 160 Reg S2 Tank top of poly estercotton Assorted stripes in sizes SML Sale 207 Reg 259 Knit top of poly estercotton in assorted colors Sizes SML Sale 240 Reg $3 Girls' short of polyestercotton Sizes 4 6x Sale 320 Reg $4 Pant of polyester cotton Sizes 4 6x Sale 320 Reg 400 Pant of poly estercotton In solid colors Sizes 4 6x Sale 175 Tvi 4x2 a lC 'X I CHARGE BALLOU PARK SHOPPING CENTER OPEN DAILY 1 0 9 DIAL 793 0021 SHOP THE EASY DIAL 793 7741 CATALOG DEPT J4 vW jf IS' A a if Sr I.