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PAGE EIGHT THE UKLINGTON FREE i'KESS AND TDlEo: FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1937. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Norma Terris Lives a Motto South Burlington To Have Volunteer Fire Department "It Gives An Eccnmg of Thoughtful Study." Burlington rree Prm. NORMA' TERRAS IN Mr. Kimball, who was gradua- i ted from the Woodsvtlle High: school and from the Burlington I I Bsuiness College, holds a position I Hitched Her Wagon to a Star VkUing Field Artillery Officers Holding Formal Dance This evening at 9:30 o'clock. Colonel J.

Alden Twachtman and the officers of the 364th Field Artillery. Colonel Francis T. Col at the Chittenden country Trust Company in Burlington. "The Cradle SOLUS As Cousin, Mrs. Sidney Drew Counselled Wrote Own Plays As a Child If.

in a few weeks, a group of young stalwarts are seen racing down the Williston road dragging an old-fashioned fire-hose cart The wedding will take place the latter part of August. by and the officers of the 301st EVERY EVENING AT 1:30 alone behind thfnv it uiil Field Artillery will hold a formal SHOWBOAT TICONDEROGA Floor Show and Dancing SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 31 6 BIG ACTS Limited Number Taken Come Early Starts At 9 O'clock 2 ORCHESTRAS All Beverages Served at the Tables. 15 Waitresses Will Serve You. BERT WATERHOUSE HEAD WAITER (Formerly of the Royale Grill) Admission 75c Ilusses will be there when you return. South Burlington's volunteer fire an5e a Lake Champlain Club on Malletts Bay.

PRICES 55c, 85c. $1.10 AND $1.65 GREEN MOUNTAIN PLAYHOUSE department making a practice run Mrs. Harry Waite Dispenses Hospitality To Tast Chiefs Club The members of Chiefs' Club were By TOBY CANNON Watching the little girl who grew up to be Norma Terris, popular Broadway star, dance and pose or, perhaps, actually going to a the Past They have invited as their guests Colonel Banjamin F. Miller, and the officers and ladies of the Seventh Field Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas H.

entertained YOU MAY VIEW THE REVUE Rees and the officers and ladies of the Third Cavalry, the officers and ladies of the Post and Lieutenant-Colonel Bertram Frankenberger and the Artillery instructors at Fort Ethan Allen. in front of a mirror. Grandmother shook her head in bewildered despair and sighed do fear that she is going to go on the stage." Both Grandmother and Grandfather, however, were reconciled to their granddaughter's choice of a career years later, when proudly they sat in the front row for the opening performance of "Show TONIGHT and TOMORROW So that our week-end runts mar enter the Grill at the home of Mrs. Harry Waite yesterday afternoon at a porch party. A brief business meeting was held with the vice-president.

Mrs. Helen O'Neil. presiding in the absence of the president, Mrs. Mabel Andrews. Bridge and whist were in play during the afternoon and ments were served.

fire. That part of South Burlington between East avenue and the airport along the Williston road is going to have plenty of water and plenty of pressure as soon as the town begins to purchase its water from Burlington over the new supply line just laid. And that will be very soon, announced Fred C. Fiske, chairman of the South Burlington water commission, yesterday. Seventeen fire hydrants have been installed along the Williston road line, H.

C. Brown, selectman, said, giving fire protection to all fN at its best we are ihowlnr solid weeks of Engagement Announced Of Miss Marion Preston Floor Shows n.u Boat" in New York in which Norma Terris was lovely Magnolia. Cousin of Mrs. Sidney Drew The transition is great from LNCE WITH AL AND IlIS ORCHESTRA DANCE WITH AL AND IUS ROTALE GRILL Magnolia to Sister Joanna of the To Elmore S. Kimball Mr.

and Mrs. Ellis C. Preston of this city announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Marion Preston, to Elmore S. Kimball, son of Mrs.

Genevieve S. Kimball of Woodsville, N. H. Miss Preston, who is a gradu property owners along the street. Han to Hare Sunday Dinner At the Grin lie Cross, the role in which Miss Ten-is is appearing this week as guest star in "Cradle Song" at the Green Mountain Playhouse, but not difficult for Miss Terris, Heineberg Community Club Entertained The Heineberg Community Club held a business meeting and social hour last evening at the Pine Glen Inn on North avenue.

During the social hour an entertainment feature was in the form of a tap dance by Miss Rita Todrlff of Rutland. ate of the Burlington High school brought up in the best traditions of the theatre under the guiding With no funds available at present for the purchase of a fire-fighting equipment and motorized apparatus, South Burlington has acquired from Essex Junction a hose cart, formerly used by that town. Several hundred feet of hose will be bought in the near future. Already, Mr. Brown reported.

and who was graduated from the University of Vermont in the class of 1930, has been teaching during the past year at Williston. YMM( Today I ISa. laa. tSa. ISa.

TOmOrTOW hand of her cousin, Mrs. Sidney Drew. Interviewed yesterday at the Van Ness Hotel where she is a PERSONAL MENTION Rural Districts to Your Action Ace On the Trail to New Adventurw In This Lichtning-Fast Story guest while appearing here, Miss Terris recalled her childhood in a South Burlington youth has become interested in becoming efficient fire-fighters, having held several meetings on the fire protection question. A3 soon as the hose arrives, the youthful volun- Have Motion Picture Shows Frequently Mr. and Mrs.

Fred W. House- holder. who have been spend- I ing the past year in Athens. I Greece, are visiting his parents, Professor and Mrs. Fred W.

House- holder of 15 Wilson street. middle western town and the encouragement given her by her cousin, Mrs. Drew, who gave her, too, the motto, "Hitch your wagon to a star," a motto Miss Terris i'OYNTON' has never forgotten, aiming always 1 teers are going to practice coup BOB -N. I at the heights. She was seated in the writing room, informally clad in gay mum smock and slacks, with a red rib lOe XOa tainf 10o 2 ling the hose to hydrants and throwing a stream of water.

Of course, on the- longer runs, Mr. Brown said, an automobile will be available to hook on to the hose cart. But for the shorter runs, it is very probable that man power will be used. bon tied about her pretty brunette hair. Sister Joanna at the moment seemed far away and the Through the co-operation of the Lions Club of Burlington, the Fleming Museum and the Better Films Council, boys and girls in the rural districts are able to see motion picture shows two or three times a week.

The Lions Club furnished a projector, the Better Films Council of Burlington loaned their three-reel membership at the Museum and the authorities at the Museum co-operated by mak WD.OOSIU. VERMONT. NEW HIGH FIDELITY SOIND i little girl whose stage proclivities upset her grandparents, near as 0 Jf WUtie SkoeA, IS NOW IN PROGRESS DOOMED A7 SUNDOWN' Double Bill Today Whether the fire equipment is of the most modern type or not, the presence of sufficient water and pressure is going to send the we talked. Both Norma Terris' grandfather and grandmother were ardent church-going people. Her grandmother taught in a college, as well fire insurance rates downward for people living in that section, Mr.

Priced As Low "CRASH" CORHIGAN HOOT GIBSON ln "THE PAINTED STALLION" The 3 Stooges in "Back to the Woods" NEWSREEL. MUSICAL. CARTOON. A ing the films possible. The films are being shown by the Vermont Council of Religious Education, under the direction of Miss Eleanor Hoyt.

This society has done much in furthering the education and entertainment of boys and girls in the country. Fiske said. Readjustments are already being considered by the New England Exchange, he added. The fire hydrants are placed about 590 feet apart. Others will be set up on the three side streets leading off the Williston road as (roach iv i I Acrfdy Other Prices: $3.85, $4.85, $5.85, $7.85 Rice O'Neill Vitality Kalistenik Moujton Bartley Style Shoes as conducting Sunday school classes.

Her grandfather was a college professor and, what is more, in the middle western town where they resided, although road companies came to give performances, in the strait-laced community it was believed that the use of rouge branded a woman as "fast." Leading Lady In Barn Shows Dancing little Norma Terris, however, had her own world of pretend where she was always leading lady. "As far back as I can remember, I have always acted," Miss soon as the water line is laid on these streets. Approximately 20 to 25 young men have interested themselves in forming a volunteer fire department, Mr. Brown Raid. State TODAY AND SAT.

Mat. :00 P.M. 10c 0a. Ere. :55.

lOe S5s. Lynn Ororman Robert Armstrong Roaina Lawranca Daa Alvaiada Jimmia Giiar'a Orchestra and The Rhythm Raeeele The At Bore Directed hy Gaa Melae MONDAY AND TUESDAY THE KING PIN COMEDIANS WHEELER and WOOLSEY In Their Latent Laugh Riot "ON AGAIN OFF AGAIN" BarliDftaa'a riant Saaad Tbtatra. Men's Brown and While or All While $4.45 Kedetteiv-Beach Shoes As Low As $1.29 13. J. BOYNTON 65 CHURCH ST.

Companion Feature fmMm mm aw M. on the farm are raised cows, chickens and birds, even now a female canary bird sitting on four eggs and Miss Terris was writing a letter back to her farm home on how to care for the imminent fledglings when we saw her. 4 i Terris admitted yesterday, her brown eyes dancing as she her first appearances as lead- i ing lady in performances given in the barn, pins being charged for "Bubbles." the baby of Miss Ter- ris' dog family, is here with her. TODAY AND SAT. Last Compete Show At l'Lia luiuait mnM Two Complete Shows 6:30 and 8:40 P.

M. .1 LET YOURSELF GO! Jain Hollywood's Grandest Fun-Stars In a Riot of Laufhs. MUSIC. GIRLS! 1 STARS IN TnE BIG LAUGH-AND-MUSIC SHOW! End of the Month Clearance OF ALL FLOOR SAMPLES AT DOUBLE SAVINGS Come fn Today and Be Convinced of the Values We Are Offering. A Double Feature Program "Three Legionnaires" Robert Armstrong, Lyle Talbot, Fifi D'orsay Man Mountain Dean If you are looking for good clean fun.

we will take you to Russia. Nobody told them the war was over so they just kept fighting to keep Russia safe for democracy. "Under Strange Flags" Tom Keene Luana Walters A nation swept to war. And a man who had the courage to face traitor's bullets and a firing squad. News admission.

Super performances, however, brought the top price of a penny. Having no qualms about makeup, the little star scraped bricks for their reddish dust, helped herself without permission or compunction to her mother's cold cream for mixing the brick-dust rouge, and burnt cork for the remainder of the make-up. Discarded beads, old dresses all were costume possibilities. Besides the performances given in the barn, Norma Terris produced, staged and enacted her own Published Today while the larger dogs have re-; mained on the farm to see that all goes well there. "How did you happen to set-! tie in Connecticut?" we asked curiously.

Miss Terris smiled and her husband, Dr. Wagner, who had Just come in from taking Bubbles for a walk, agreed that here was an interesting, story. Miss Terris had always felt drawn to Connecticut and finally established her home there. After the death of her grandfather, her mother going through an old trunk of his discovered a genealogy of the family, with the fact that a great-great-great grandfather settled in Stonington, 378 No. Winooski Ave.

Tel. 1606 OPEN EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT plays on the front porch of her AO rt3VOr--'- mutt lav ma I v. V-V-s-" bvscm awes iraa aaarn xf'' yT iAWt OUVm home, being the leading actress and entire company. In later years a neighbor woman who CHAPTER No. 1 "YANKEES IN COURT" Humorous Tales from Vermont Courtrooms reported by Austin H.

Kerin, clerk of the U. S. District Court, District of Vermont. $-51 .00 "Wild West Days" MACC aftrr lived across the street declared that when she was ill one whole in 1635, not far from Lyme. Interesting it is to speculate on the fact that perhaps a member summer, the Norma Terris produc MONVTUES.

THE JONES FAMILY Will Be Her MOV. In tions for which she had a window box-seat, as it were, helped her Dancing Tonight M. W. A. Hall, Williston Benefit M.

W. A. Marsh Krans and His Orch. DANCING 9 to 1 (D.S.T.) Round and Square Dances ADMISSION 3oc get well. "Biff Business" TO no raoiTr r-murr SraiNG BTIMOTON Her mother still has the first play Norma wrote at the age of eight, but Miss Terris said that she has not written any plays On the State Soon! Hi-Boys, Direet from W.

G. T. of the family some centurjA or more ago might have stopped at the very tavern that now is Miss Terris' home. What is now the vegetable cellar on the home farm discovered after a 95-year-old neighbor recalled that an Indian in the long ago had his wigwam nearby and, when he had indulged too freely in fire-water, crept into what was then a pig since keeping writing in mind, i though, for something she is plan ning to do in the future. Matfhec at T.

M. TONIGHT DANCE AMATEUR CONTEST Mrs. Drew made possible danc FLYH ing and dramatic schools for her voune cousin, -who studied and TODAY AND SAT. "The Boom Mystery" by Justice Sherman R. Moul-ton, The Everyday Bookshop 213 College Sljpet Mall Orders Filled Postpaid.

4 Evenlnr at F. M. lie S5c pen to sleep. Digging though vines and leaves, the hidden cellar was found. worked, worked and studied as she went up and up on the rungs of the ladder of theatrical success.

DATUGBT SAVING TM Speaking of "Cradle Song." her Complete Show Tonight Startini With Feature At T. M. She was a headliner in the two-a-day vaudeville, appeared in impersonations, and in Schubert and Edgewater Pavilion ST. ALBANS BAY HENRY PRESS AND HIS ORCHESTRA Gents 40c. Ladies 33c.

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A BRIGHT BREEZY MID-SUMMER MUSICAL COMEDY HIT For a DELIGHTFUL VACATION Consider a Dr. P. C.DAVIS Command Performance While in Europe. Miss Terris Ml a fiftf-f HariM tfikUss! i gave a command performance be Eye Examined Classes Fitted fore the Prince of Wales, now tne Duke of Windsor. Among the moving pictures she has made play here this week.

Miss Terris referred to it as a classic and stated that it made her very happy to feel that the people still appreciate the fine things of the theatre. "I would rather be playing in "Cradle Song" in Burlington than making any picture in Hollywood," she confided, but added that moving pictures do bring one's name before huge numbers. Next for Miss Terris come the rehearsals for Frank Crumifs production "Great Lady," which will open in Boston and go to New York in December. have been "Mary In Hollywood" and "Camille Kirby," and among the dramatic productions in which SUMMER COTTA Save $1 to $3.50 On Your remanents by Asking! for Morning Appointments, Abernetby Bldg. fhone 697 1 she has appeared have been "Private Lives." "So Many Paths," and "One Sunday Afternoon" and last summer audiences of 10,000 Optometrist 16 Chtrrch St.

TeL 2203 "Let's Go" ROLLER SKATING TONIGHT Ethan Allen Pavilion (And Every Afternoon) Hattn" r.mtt Errt. ta Lit ta 1S.1S. a tnaaf U-mm arti ik nkt nightly heard her sing at the ALBURG Funeral services for Elsie Municipal Opera in Missouri in "Bitter Sweet" and the new opera "Glamorous Night." "Ziegfeld." Mies Terris said R. Webster. 55.

-Who rtifri Kfnnriav were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock from St. Luke's Church with the Rev. Stanley C. Ripper yesterday, "was the greatest, kindest and most generous of men, his death creating an unfulfilled loss to the theatre." He knew every oi cunmgton officiating. Burial was in Clarenceville.

P. member of his casts, to the littl Technicolor Silly Symphony Little Hiawatha Satmrday Continuous from 11:41 4 Complete Shows Fox News where the Rev. Mr. Seaman as sisted. The bearers were A.

J. Kiah, Max Styles, Victor Boslev est chorus girl, by first name and where his productions were concerned spared no expense to make them the beautiful spectacles that made theatre history. In "Show Boat" was also Edna STARTS MONDAY FOR DAYS GREAT VACATION-TIME TREAT FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY I May Oliver, who "is amusing and P. D. Donahue of Alburg.

Among those who atended from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Victor Webster of Montreal, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vosburg and Marjorie and Barbara Vosburg of Noyan, P.

Mr. and Mrs. John McLoy and family. E. Hauver George McKee, W.

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Farming Her Hobby Aside from the theatre, farm ing is the hobby of Norma Terris and her husband. Dr. Jerome Wagner, who is in Burlington with her. Your Waistline Is Your Life Line REDUCE Pleasantly Safely With Modern Chiropractic Adjustments Cabinet Mineral Baths and Applic ations Specialized Massage Dr. Wallace M.

Sanders 82 South Winooski Ave. Telephone 3033-W Their homestead at Lyme. was a tavern that is over 200 years old and tradition has it that Andrew Jackson stopped there while he was president, Norma Terris works in her own I flower garden there in the sum- Special 5 Shows Continuous From Time Schedule 4 Shows Continuous From 2:21 160 Bank St. rhone 3218 Imers, between engagements, andj i FREE PRESS WANT ADS PAY FREE PRESS WANT ADS PAY BEST.