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The Desert Sun from Palm Springs, California • 2

Publication:
The Desert Suni
Location:
Palm Springs, California
Issue Date:
Page:
2
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The Desert Sun PALM SPRINGS CALIF Friday August 16 1946 COOL COMFORTABLE CONVENIENT v1li theatre COOLED BY REFRIGERATION Box Office Opens Monday thru Friday 6:30 Saturday Sunday Holidays Continuous from 1:30 Phone 4384 AUG 17 SATURDAY-One Day Only When RICHARD DIX (The Whistler) Speaks the Killers Tremble When He Whistles the Killers Die in 'The Mysterious Intruder1 Villagers on Vacation Moya Henderson Writes from the Top of the Hill With the sale of Rogers Ranch last week seems like an era has passed Palm Springs could really be called boom town Every trip down from the Hill we note a new building going up on Palm Canyon drive to say nothing of the new sub-divisions rising like mushrooms and the guest ranches growing np on the outskirts We really are a city but there are those who remember with nostalgia the little village at the foot of the mountains with a definite lack of sidewalks and bicycles taking precedence over cars on the main thoroughfare They remember too Rogers Ranch seemed miles from the center of town and everyone went out to dance the old dances that Trav kept alive and to with the best of them KEPT OLD WEST ALIVE There is only one Trav Rogers and his personality has done much to keep the true western spirit in Palm Springs Even in the back hills his famous cooking is still drawing the crowds for Trav has set up a camp up in Round Valley near the tramway site where pack trippers can rest and enjoy that marvelous cuisine And never have there been so many riders going into the back country Guess no one wants to go down the hill without saying looked over the spot where our tramway will end Muriel Fulton and Billy Wright were two of a large party going up Sunday and returning Saturday Another long train took off Monday and looked like the childrens crusade They were Larry and Mary Paul accompanied by parent Kenny Paul Alice and Joe Butler with Joal Rudy Hiemarck of Indio with two young Hiemarcks and Jane Neel with her dog Late in the day Earl Neel rode up to join the group on their four-day trip BACK FROM VACATION Robert Benson Fern son of Mr and Mrs Homer Fern well Monte Adrian Booth Outlaw the wild horse Sagebrush Serened ers in 'The Man From Rainbow Valley1 A Magnacolor Production Plus 1 HOP HARRIGAN No (SaL Matinee Only) SUN-MON-TUES AUG 18-19-20 STARS! STARSI STARSI More Stars than there are in Heavenl Bigger than anything you've seen mi stage or screen! MGJMS Technicolor Song and Dance Exiravsgansa! ZIEGFELD FOLLIES of THE SHOW OF SHOWS! Sunday Feature Starts 2:30 4:50 7:10 9:30 Mon-Tues Feature Starts 7:10 8:30 (Please Come Early) News Cartoon Novelty AUG 21 WEDNESDAY-One Day Only known Villagers was given his honorable discharge by the Navy on August 2 according to word from Terminal Island separation center this week A student at Palm Springs high he enlisted in the Navy on January 20 1945 at Los Angeles He saw overseas duty for seven months He is entitled to wear the Asiatic-Pacific and American Theater ribbons and the Victory medaL His plans are to finish his high school education erupted by the the wjr and then go on to col-A Hoof and earlier while school education interrupted by lege Big Double Feature Horror Show Boris Karloff THE1" APE' Large Special Purchase Bargain Priced REGULATION ARMY COTS Finest quality army cots made with heavy hardwood frames Steel Joints and extra heavy duck top Same quality as those sold before at twice this price Dick Purcell Joan Woodbury 'King of the Zombies' (We Dare You To See Them) Cartoon News THURS-FRI AUG 22-23 TABASCO The perfect hot sMaanlnf for use In the kitchen and on the table to insure that extra "xlp" that eo appeals to the gourmet One drop works wonders Me Ilhennr Company ry Island The Armand Turonnets have returned from their wonderful trip to Mexico and Central America and spent last weekend with the Merrill Crocketts Jack Schnekker was also their house Kesl The Bill Seddens (Esther kken) and their two daughters Celia and Sharon came up from North Hollywood last week to spend a few days with the Lykkens Saw the George Davies on the HilL Mr Daviesr brother and his wife were with them coming all the way from Pennsylvania for the visit The Alex Hammonds have been spending lots of time up in Saunders Meadow this summer where their boys are at camp at Mr Desert Sun school Must now apologize lor an error made a few weeks back It was reported to me on good authority that with the new switchboard up here telephone calls would be a dime to Palm Springs They would be if there was a straight line to the desert but calls still must go through San Bernardino and so the 40 cent charge still holds But it is wonderful to have public booths so that you can get a call through when you have to SEA COLONY GROWING Well the colony in Balboa seems to grow day by day Joining the already large group of Palm Springers on the peninsula this week were the Don Gorhams and Keith Rapps Betty and Tommy Kiely gathered the family up and spent the weekend with the at their bay front home Gordon Young has purchased (It's Love on the American Plan) Tom Breneman Bonita Granville Billie Zasu Pitts Spike Jones and His City Slickers King Cole Trio 'Breakfast in Hollywood' SPECIAL- ADDED ATTRACTION 'Bikini the Atom Island' Novelty Cartoon News TUNE IN KCMJ 1340 ON YOUR DIAL AT 3:30 4:15 7:30 FOR THEATRE NEWS YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE California Cabana Club BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21st to SEPTEMBER 21st Tractor Ssrvics So We Want You to See Just What Has Been Created for Your Pleasure and Comfort Your Ferguson Sysiem Dealer LUNCH DINNER COCKTAILS SERVICE SALES gMMiOk Formal Opening Wednesday Evening August 21 Emil Coleman's Orchestra DON RAYE AND HIS MUSIC General Line of FARM IMPLEMENTS SUPPLIES Please telephone me personally for a guest card and reservations Reservations for Opening Night are Suggested Immediately Sincerely CHARLIE MORRISON Managing Director FORMAL DRESS OPENING $10 per person includes1 dinner and couvert Thereafter $200 couvert Excluded for Members and their guests PHONE SANTA MONICA 5-6145 Kelly-Springfield Tires Howry-Berg Dusters 809 Highway 99 INDIO Phone 7539.

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