The Salisbury Post from Salisbury, North Carolina • 7

SALISBURY (N C) EVENING POST SEVEN Remodeled And Redecorated Theatre Will Reopen Tonight As The Center Exterior And fea ss i Traffic Tickets Relief rom Exams atal Plunge Higgins Named Umstead Aide the clghtli fluor duly active i AP Wil greatest 'oni To The New CENTER THEATRE CAAVS the 200 block of Main Street of SALISBURY GRAND OPENING TONIGHT at 7 und raising campaign of the Rowan County Chapter of the Amcri SEE OUR McCan New ront New Lobbies More than half of the Dismal Congratulations To The of CENTER approxi THEATRE A New Name With a of Tar Heels and former Tar Completely Renovated i 7 heatre to Offer Salisbury the inest in Entertainment Latest News 4 1 Salisbury's finest Mensnenr Screen Snapshots After a Movie at the New Best Wishes to the Congratulations and To The New Best Wishes To The Center Theatre CENTER 4 CENTER Drop by and See Red Julian THEATRE We Are Proud to Have for Sandwiches Steaks Short THEATRE Installed Your Wiring 4 Orders or His Delicious and Electrical ixtures A See Us Af ter the Show Chicken in the Basket ledaurant 4 STATE RADIO AND lAA'LC TELEVISION SERVICE 115 ISHER PHONE 921 4 4 of Mrs the red 4 4 4 1 of the Line whole the re hard to A new the has the dis and were im The Spink Okla I 4 4 4 I 'S The excitement guy of the yeor JL tangles with that wonderful "bod Gill Says Money Owed Tar Heels DURHAM hard fo hold irms To Get OPS Emblems 4 cge post 1 ball fur a ininght niter admitting The 37 year old housewife told police at the time that she shot In self defense in a struggle over the38 caliber pistol Her husband died eight days after being shot Oct 8 during a quarrel in his bedroom 121 East isher St "Woody Woodpecker" Car loon si SSsS 118 08 soon He and Um the campaign lead 31 Democratic prl "vigorous" and OPENS HEART CAMPAIGN Mayor Hardin is shown above signing a proclamation officially desig nating ebruary 9 through ebruary 23 as Heart Week in Rowan County At the left is lake Alexander and on the right is John McCanless co chairmen of the drive Dr rank Marsh is president of the Rowan County Chapter of the American Heart Association (Post Staff Photo) said the government owes money on overpaid federal between 1943 and 1950 but that the office had been unable to locate them In fact Gill said a grand total of $773 06420 awaits lucky folks due a rebate Gill said his lists contain! "approximately 25000" names I The collector added that between! Jan 22 when the newspapers began! printing the lists and Jan 31 his ofice has made delivery of 536 checks totaling $1629674 CHICAGO i The Chicago Police Department today placed an nir i iniu non trattii ucKeuito be handed out to motorists In Must Be Mistake NEW YORK Mrs Ruth Bogen 26 was reading the morn 1 ing mail One letter from the Vet erans Administration read: "We have learned with regret of the death of your husband" She was asked to fill out a form to collect the $10000 life insurance i Mrs Bogen the wife of Harold Bogen a World War I veteran looked surprised and then smiled across the breakfast table at her three children and her husband Your new marquee and front are an added attraction Io already been firms 0 4 lUI lines osi( caoltiil of Norway has a and rederick Stoner population of about 435000 Business firms in Salisbury who 4 comply the provisions of the'4 Office of Price Stabilization in its 4 efforts to prevent disastrous in i4 flation are to be awarded OPS em i4 blems for posting in their places of I 4 business Chairman Charles HIa Shope of the local OPS Volunteer if committee announced today This emblem printed in red and 14 blue on a white sheet of heavy I paper carries beneath an OPSif shield the legend operating to Hold Prices Down" It is designed tn be posted in a place easily seen by the public 4 Super Service Cleaners Mr am! Mrs 7 llnley our lhsts 221 MAIN PHONE 1784 ranfat SngS 9 Mi rwr Mwsrrt somtmis CCXiO MAN IS HARD TO "Alt 01 Mt" "HUN Of IS lilt 07 AN" "Silt'S HINNY THAT WAY" "blAT 010 Bl ACK "Wlltll YOURt a switiiitABr1 ioniw mm Btuts" 'eNsvAf vX UNIVfRSAl IN fERNAHONAI prtunH RANK SINATRA SHELLEY WINTEI ALEX NICOL RAYMONO BURR ol proclnimed ebruary 9 ebruary 23 as "Rowan Heart Week" JMnnyWilsoHj ful responsibility in combatting the heart diseases our nation's our leading cause of dis ability and In announcing dates of the drive cent here Mr Alexander and Mr Mc Canless said the support of the heart campaign by the people of Salisbury and Rowan county as sured them that the efforts to raise funds again this year would be successful "There is community eT Rowan Heart Association Opens Drive To Secure Contributions Oxford Trial Gets Underway OXORD lUPi The slate began presenting its 'case today against pretty Mrs Jewel Harris charged with slaying her wealthy husband Thomas Harris Yesterday attorneys exhausted all but seven of a special panel of 50 names before choosing an all white jury Solicitor Murdock is ask ing for a second degree murder verdict Mrs Harris pleaded inno TULSA Okla tUPl A 3 Lyi'ii 1 LANCASTER old reserve Army sergeant plunged inilcy to his death from of a Tulsa hotel ibeing ordered to i 'ort Sill Okla I MutJiarri ham Umsiead's campaign fornPHrbv Collinsville governor will be managed by Car cientlv leaped from lisle Higgins prominent Win 1 His wile and two ston Salem attornev and former hnrl sniri Rbyr District Attorney This was announced here yester day by Umstead former congress man and senator He said he had chosen Higgins because of his "outstanding ability knowled ge of the political life of North Carolina fine character and splen did qualities of Higgins a former legislator said he will open Umstead headquart ers in Raleigh stead promised ing to the May mnry will be "conducted on a high plane" Higgins a native of Alleghany County directed the prosecution of Japanese war leaders before an! international tribunal He was ed ucated at the University of North Carolina where he anti Umsiend were classmates In 1925 and 1929 he represented Alleghany In the Legislature Higgins also is a former state i solicitor He joined the Legal Stall of General Douglas MacArthur in 1945 as assistant chief of the inter national prosecution section al Tokyo Later he served as acting! Chief Umslead's chief opponent Hu bert Olive of Lexington nas not yet announced his campaign manager CASH and CARRY Thurs ri Sat New Interior New Large Size Screen and New Sound To cleanse fen der parts ease red smarting skin and quick ly promote com fort depend on small childi en morning believing linn on his way a I him tn thcllo ort Sill OW Ka I IV AND SOAP deedhiakt A hardlv a oerson in our who has not lost a Swamp lies in North Carolina member of his family a friend it' uiiNinrxN HssoujH i (iu i me ages of heart they and a Ga If7f5 fS City Electric Co 117 ISHER PHONE 293 bury Members of the Teen of the YWCA under the direction Kneeburg will sell tags during the day Mr Alexander and Mr less said the drive last year net ted approximately $1500 and it is hoped to pass that figure during the current drive which will ex tend through ebruary 23 The co chairman also announc ed leaders of the campaign in Row' an county Henry Bernhardt W'ill serve as chairman of the retail division Julian Kinder as chairman i manufacturers A berger Jr is head of the sale group Charles Burkett Chief Salisbury ire Department accepted chairmanship of plastic hearts which will be tributed throughout the city county for volunteer donation: The co chairmen said mately 750 letters pertaining to the campaign had mailed to individuals and throughout the city and county Mayor Hardin toeay ticially through County "The 1952 heart fund being con ducted here provides public spirit GREENSBORO (AP ziwin' he said "with The Gill of Greensboro collector of In 1 oPPcUunity to assume their righl temwu Kevenue tor ine noitn Caro lina District is looking for a select group Heels Gill them taxes Interior Both Greatly Changed A "new" theatre for Salisbury is being bom tonight It might be better though to call the birth of the Center Theatre on South Main Street a rebirth Under the sleeker lines and colorful paints and decorations ere the bones and muscles of three older theatres the State the Strand and the Ma roney The buidling was constructed in 1902 and since then has been redecorated or rebuilt several times This latest transformation changing it from the State to the center is possibly the change in its long history The patrons who attend opening tonight will find it recognize the old State triangular marquee has replaced the old marquee The ticket office of steel and glass is on the right wall between the white entrance end the hall leading to the balcony for Neg roes New red carpeting has been laid down the long hall that leads to the auditorium The walls of the hall are of combed plywood painted in colorful green and a shade of orange Also on the hall are a new office and storage room new rest rooms The basic color of green is con tinued into the interior Heavy da mask of green is now covering the auditorium walls Of flamep oof ma terial it gives tufted and appearance The stage will be en hanced by a contour curtain which gives a waterfall effect when drop ped Mechanical improvements include a larger screen and a new sound system The ceiling hs been lowered the hall behind the auditorium and under the balcony The theatre which is operated by can Heart Association wdll start on Saturday it was announced today Stewart and Everette Theatres of by Jake Alexander and John McCanless co chairman Charlotte will continue its present! The drive here will start with a tag day sale on the streets of Salis policy of first run first ulity films Ed Pearce Jr is the manager The Center has operated as the State since it was reopened in 1935 after a number of years of dark ness Before that it had many glori ous years as the Strand It was dur ing this period that the theatre reached peak of glory Many of the most famous troup ers performed there before packed houses Many of the patrons wore evening clothes as was only ap propriate when one was seeing such luminaries as Sarah Bernhardt Mrs iske the singers Nordica and Gad sky Thomas Jefferson in his fa mous role as Rip Van Winkle Not all of the performances as as these The mitable Al ields Minstrel Barlow Minstrels and others played: hilarious houses The Strand also had other roles World War I rallies were held there th noted silent pictures such as The Birth of A Nation were seen at the Strand William Howard Taft made a political address from its stage and silver tongued William Jennings Bryan was heard from there I 1 1 a X'xxSJs'JVX 1 1 a 1 WBka Us SrMmSM wHv A jjinwynir1 fit 1 1 W0l IM WH' 1W i 1 I rw 4 ML i 4 I 1 1 fW 1 ul 1 i JJ I GOY A CWUSH nw YOU'1 1 iiCLwwaXifciBfcijLfcJCdK I Best Of Luck I I I 1 I I I I A 0 llx I it ris tai i it 4 4 i Xi i 4 4 4 4 1 i 4 I A 1 4 4 4 4 4 i 4 4 I 4 4 4 4 4 ter J7y from jj ithey tuf iied in false lire alarm 4 I I i tT I Jr of because jt vLjis mii millni from the had pvi ol Ima! iL i ki I Psrnnol w4JLmJl 1 PM to.