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THE SANDUSKY REGISTER-4TAR-HEW8 July I. itsi £peakihj Of FOLKS AND FACTS HAiiV STAfcK ORIGIN OF Cua.OiU jTIVlE peals of happy wedding bells arc not limited to oniy so -called traditional Month of Brides. The bells peal Just as invitingly in spring, fall and winter as they do in summer. True it is that since early Roman days, when June was named after the mythological goddess Juno, deity of all things pertaining to marriage and finances, June weddings have always been in the majority. It is said that in those olden days, even those following the Roman era, many weddings which might otherwise have been held in earlier months, were postponed to Of course, the Christian Lenten season often played a part in wedding deferments.

Yet while such weddings could have been set for May, it was seldom done, because certain superstitious beliefs pertaining to May made it an "unlucky month." Many wedding customs still in vogue owe their origins to ancient cays. Among them might be mentioned the throwing of rice or of old shoes for "good luck," or the wearing of orange blossoms by the bride; of the minister kissing the bride; of the groom carrying the bride across the threshold; of wearing wedding rings; of cutting the wedding cake for the guests, and various others. One may wonder how all these customs originated, and what degrees of significance were attached to them. There's, for instance, the almost universal rice-throwing: custom. We may go back to old Rome for that.

While it was not rice they used, but the meaning was the same. Grains of wheat symbolized fertility and growth, and so, when a Roman bride came to her nuptials she was given three heads of wheat to carry. They represented the blessings of the goddess Juno for a successful marriage. Her friends, waiting for her at the would throw small quan- 1 1 ties of wheat grains at her for ood luck. They then would make a rush to pick up, for their own 'ood hick, such grains as had touched her person and fallen to the ground.

In the days of the first Queen Bess of England, now almost 400 years ago, the wheat grain custom was a bit changed. Instead of loose grains, guests were given small baked cakes of wheat to throw at the bride at a given moment. Those of the unmarried guests who were able either to snatch one of the little cakes from her, or to pick up any she may have dropped, were considered lucky as to their own wedding plans. Later rice took place of wheat, probably because it was cleaner and more easily obtained. And thus, instead of casting the small wheat cakes, guests tossed hand- fulls of rice at the bride.

It is not clear why grains of oats or kernels of corn were never used. The next step from baking a lot of little cakes for throwing, was the baking of a large wedding cake for eating. Thus instead of tossing away the edible pieces of cake guests received at a wedding, they took the pieces home, placed them under their pillows and hoped for lucky or significant dreams when they slept on them. The custom pertaining to discarded shoes has Its origin among early Israelites, although applied In a different form. By removing their shoes in the presence of a debtor they indicated relinquishment of the claim they might have held against him.

Today the discarded shoes at a wedding may be said to signify that the famlliefl of the bridal pair have relinquished their claim to the bride and groom, leaving them free to lead their own lives. Also, such old shoes serve as a token that each of the bridal counle is expected to relinquish his or her former mode of life and start a new one together. And why the orange blossoms? Well, the orange tree is a bit unusual in that it bears both blossoms and fruits at the same time, thus symbolizing special fertility and co-operative success. Besides, the sweetness of the blossoms' ragrance, permeating the air for miles around, represents the sweetness of the brido's personality which casts its dainty influftice over the groom and over all others in her circle. (To Be Concluded) THEATER NEWS OHIO "Strategic Air Command." starring James Stewart and June Allyson will continue its run through next Thursday.

Filmed in Vista- Vision, it is an astonishing contribution to film realism, witli the for a stage and the entire globe for a background. This is the story of a baseball star recalled to tctive duty and assigned as a bomber pilot in the Air Force's newest and deadliest branch. Both Stewart's and June Allyson's roles require an intensity and depth that call for unusually strong interpretations. It is a human story, exciting and full of family humor, and containing the most astounding and breathtaking aerial srenes over filmed. Starting Friday "Not As A Stran- starring starring Robert Mitchum, Olivia DeHavilland, Frank Sinatra, Uroderick Crawford, Charles Blck- iord and Gloria Grahame, is adapted from Morton Thompson's powerful novel, dealing with the loves, the aspirations, heartaches triumphs of a doctor.

Of all i lie stars, Gloria Grahame the i nly one who dors not play a ical role. She plays the part of Harriet Lang, the rich lonely, man hungry girl in whose arms Mitchum briefly forgets the cares that beset a fledgling doctor. ry, Virginia. "This Island Earth," a science fiction offering in technicolor starring Jeff Morrow, Faith Dom- ergtie and Rex Reason, heads a double bill playing Wednesday through Saturday. Combining a believable plot (for a science fiction yarn) with realistic performance, the film adds a wealth of special 'fects for the space addicts.

A giant space ship that takes off from earth and flies through the stars, red death rays capable of destroying all mankind, the landing on a planet millions of light years distant and the destruction of that planet before the eyes, are all so executed that they seem newsreel films of actual happenings. Also showing for the four days, "The Looters" furnishes spine tingling action, backgro ided by the spectacular beauty of the Pike's Peak area in Colorado. This film, starring Rory Calhoun, Julie Adams and Ray Danton, is a suspenseful outdoor drama. SANDUSKY-DRIVE-IN Opening Sunday and playing through Tuesday will be "Drum Beat," in Cinemascope, starring Alan Ladd and Audrey Dalton, and "Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe" features Dan O'Herlihy and James Fernandoz. The cartoon will be "When Mogoo Flew." Wednesday and Thursday brings the technicolor "Executive Suite," starring William Holdcn, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck and Kirk Douglas, and "The Outcast," stars John Derek and Joan Evans.

Friday and Saturday offers the color program "Here Come The Girls," starring Bob Hope, Atlene Dahl and Rosemary Clooney, and Joel McCrea, Yvonne DeCarlo and Marl Blanchard in "Border River." The extra feature Saturday night will be "African Manhunt," featuring Karin Booth. PLAZA Playing through Sunday at the Plaza will be "San Antone," starring Rod Cameron, Arleen Whelan and Forrest Tucker, and the second feature, "The Moonlighter," stars Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray, and four color cartoons. Five hundred desperate men, starved for the sight of women, and a beautiful outlaw queen with eyes for only one, create the basic drama for "Devil's Canyon," in technicolor, starring Virginia Mayo, Dale Robertson and Stephen McNally, starting Friday, July 15. The second feature, "The Yellow Mountain." stars Lex Barker. Mala Powers and Howard Duff.

There will also be a cartoon show. Dean Jagger and Alexis Smith are pictured in a scene from 'The Eternal Sea," opening Sunday at the State. Wolfson Ordered To Face Senators On Transit Strike WASHINGTON, July 9 (UP) Louis Wolfson, tagged with a subpiMia in Los Angeles Friday, will appear Tuesday before a Senate subcommittee for questioning about the capital's nine-day old transit strike. Wolfson, who recently made an unsuccessful bid for control of the Montgomery Ward is board chairman of the strikebound Capital Transit Co. The subcommittee is considering separate bills demanding government seizure of the transit system and revocation of the company's franchise.

The subcommittee said it feels Wolfson "holds the key to unlocking the adamancy of the company." Federal mediators met with company and AFL Transit Workers Union officials Friday, but no progress toward settlement of the strike was reported. The union is seeking wage increases of 25 cents an hour for drivers and 31 cents an hour for mechanics. The drivers were making $1.90 an hour when they went on strike, and the mechanics $2.03. Ohio Mine Deaths Sliced In Half STATE The blood-stirring heroism of a gallant Naval officer whose love of sea duty keeps him in the teeth of danger is brought vividly to the screen in "The Eternal Sea" playing Sunday through Tuesday and starring Sterling Hayden, Alexis Smith and Dean Jagger Based on the career of Rear Admiral John Ivl. Hoskins, who returned to active duty after losing a leg when his ship was bom bed, this unusual picture is loaded with appealing qualities such as dramatic action, suspense, sparkling humor and a love theme.

Raymond Massey, Debra Paget and Jeffrey Hunter star in the feature, "Seven Angry Men" which is a story of that dramatic moment in the history of Ihe United States when troops under the command of Robert E. Lee cut down the fanatical uprising of John Brown and his antislavery followers at Harper's Fer- FEATURING A NEW MODERN DANCE BAND CLAIRE PUGSLEY. Sax "DOC" NAPPA, Piano )E LAZZARA. Drums WENDELL JONES. Vibra-Harp FRI.

and SAT. DANCING ENTERTAINMENT 9 to 2 NO COVER NO MINIMUM POPULAR PRICES ALL YOUR FAVORITE MIXED DRINKS 202 CLUB CORNER WATER WAYNE STS. HOMEMADE PIZZA PIE by CHEF BORJE COLUMBUS, July 9 (INS) Mining deaths in Ohio were cut in half last year as compared to 1953, and the good record is laid to the effective accident prevention campaign promoted in the coal mining industry. State Industrial Relations Director Margaret A. Mahoney reported today that only 10 persons died in mine accidents last year.

The coal mining figure accounted for six of these deaths as compared to 17 in 1953. Theater Schedules "Strategic Air Command" 1:10, 3:15, 5:15, 7:20, 9:25. STATE Short subjects 1:15, 3:45, 6:15, 8:45. "Daddy Long Legs" 1:35, 4:05, 6:35, 9:05. (Sun.

through Tues.) "7 Angry Men" 1:20, 4:40, 8. "The Eternal 6:10, 9:30. DRIVE-IN Dark" 1:15. "They Rode West" "Tobar The 11:35. Tues.) "Drum 12:15.

"Adventures Of Robinson 1:15, 5:05, 8:25. "San Antone" 4:35, 7:55. "The Moonlighter" 6:25, 9:45. Viet Girl Lauds Solon For Action On Plans To Wed DENVER, July (IIP) Kim T. Hoang, 20 year old Vietnamese girl here on a student visa, had nothing but praise today for Rep.

Byron G. Rogers and his promise to prevent Immigration authorities from deporting her If she marries Lowry Air Force Base Airman Gordon Miller, 24. The Colorado Democrat said Friday he would see to it the government doesn't separate the couple after the it it tattes an act of Congress. He said he advised the flier and the girl to go ahead with their marriage. "I suggested he get married and requested the Immigration Service to grant her permanent residence in the United States as a quota immigrant," Roberts said.

He said he was certain immigration officials would grant the request under new regulations issued last May 19. "If they're in love, they ought to get married," Rogers said. "Miss Hoang said "Congressman Rogers and the press have been so wonderful that we can't thank you enough. I don't think my parents will really mind too much if I marry Gordon," she said. The girl's mother is a Buddhist, but both her sisters were educated in French convents in Vietnam.

Miller could not be reached late Friday night for comment on Rogers' promise to keep him and Miss Hoang the United States. James Stewart and June Allyson in a scene from "Strategic I Air Command," now playing at the Ohio. Brazil Meet To Be Prayer For Peace CHICAGO, July 9 Cardinal Stritch, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago, said today te forthcoming 36th International Eucharistic Congress in Braiil will be a "public prayer for world peace and brotherhood." Cardinal Stritch will lead a pilgrimage of prominent Chicagoans lo the Congress in Rio De Janeiro, leaving Chicago by plane Monday afternoon. The Constitution of the United States was signed on Sept. 7, 1737.

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Mother get Dad to lake you out of the kitchen some Monday or Wednesday night for a treat in CEDAR POINT'S PRIME BEEF! 2 Sandusky Girls To Return Sunday Misses Joan Hoffman And Mary Jane Meinzer Arc Attending Lutheran School. Miss Joan Hoffman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Hoffman, 215 46th-st and Miss Mary Jane Meinzer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Glenn Meinzer, 920 Pierce-st, will return Sunday from the American Lutheran Church leadership training school now being held at Capital University. Columbus. They left for the school on Tuesday for a five-day period of classes in church and youtli work. The school is a joint program of the Ohio District of the American Lutheran Church and the Luther League of the church. Miss Hoffman attends as the president of the Luther League of St.

Paul's Lutheran Church, while Miss Meinzer heads the choral union department of the League. U.S. Gets 17 Ships Back From Russia Sen. Byrd Blasts Held-Over Funds WASHINGTON, July 9 Sen. Harry F.

Byrd today branded as "outrageous" the Defense Department's practice of carrying over huge sums of gated money from one year to the next. He backed up Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont), a Foreign Relations Committee member, who is urging the Senate and House appropriations committees to slash military aid funds as one answer to the problem. The two Democrats also condemned government departments, including the Defense establishment, for rushing to obligate millions of dollars in appropriations the last days or weeks of the fiscal, year so they will not revert to the treasury. GRAY'S CAFETERIA Serving Breakfast Daily at 7:30 A.

M. Close at 10 P. M. SUNDAY SPECIALS Brisket of Beef 79c Spanish Steak whVeg bes 65c Baked Ham tp Suce 69c Roast Turkey 8 79c CEDAR POINT Cafeteria Special Roast Ribs PRIME BEEF Mondays Wednesdays Only P. ML Juicily Delicious Rare, Medium or Well The Way You Prefer It "Finest Foods" Aerial EARLS at Ceiar Point Free Outdoor Show Monday, July 11-17 Daily at 4 and 9 P.

M. A Sky-High Sensation CEDAR POINT Free Book Review and Free Movies Monday, July 11 Book Review A Went For A Walk" by Dorothy Evelyn Smith Little 11 A. M. Free Movies: "Thunder Bay" 8:15 P. M.

KIEL, GERMANY, July 9 (INS) Russian navy returned to the United States 17 motor torpedo boats and four submarine chasers Friday. The ships exchanged at Kiel were the second group of 62 wartime lend-lease vessels scheduled for transfer during July and August. Twenty other vessels are to be returned before Sept. 1. KAY LUTES DANGE STUDIO Ballet Acrobatic Tap Ballroom ON "GIANT SCREEN Always Chas.

Drake Karen Booth "TOBOR, THE GREAT" Peggy Castle Donald Barry in color "JESSE JAMES" WOMEN" Added Extra: Jack Carson "LEGION OF LOST FLYERS" SUNDAY MONDAY There now are W0 million acres in national forest lands. PLAZA 3 HITS PLAYING thru SUNDAY HERBERT J. YATES prtitntt M-G-M's SUSPENSE STORY 1 OF THE I YEAR! COLOR CUKIMSCOK M-G-M's SUSPENSE STORY 1 OF THE I YEAR! SPENCER TRACY ROBERT RYAN BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK Jane Marilyn Monroe color "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1 ROD WHELAN FORREST TUCKER KATY JURADO A REPUBLIC PICTURE PLUS 2ND HIT MHAtA 1 SHOW OPEN SAT. SUN. funeral Milan Road Perkins Telephone 7807 BOX OFFICE OPEN 8 :00 SHOW STARTS 8:25 3 BIG HITS TONITE "Johnny Dark" with TONY PIPER CURTIS LAURIE at 8 AND IN TECHNICOLOR "They Rode West with ROBERT DONNA FRANCIS REED at 10.10 PLUS II "Tobor The Great" with CHARLES KARIN DRAKE BOOTn at 1135 SUN.

MON. TUES. In Cinemascope "Drum Beat" with ALAN AUDREY LADD DALTON at 8 :30 AND In Color "Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" with DAN JAMES O'-'TRL? F.RNANDOZ at .10:35 OHIOHESM REGULAR PRICES FROM THE GLORY OF HIGH HEAVEN TO THE HAVEN OF EARTH! FRANK Al.EX. BARRY BRUCE LOVEJOY-K1C0L SUIIIM-BENNETT ENDS TODAY FRED ASTAIRE LESLIE CARON in "DADDY LONG LEGS" IN CINEMASCOPE SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY 7 HOURS TOGETHER know each othor ovor again ba a woman Inatoad of a navy wifot i TlM MU u4 tatkUt! Hi taught thim how to rockit otf thi dtncini ol i sti-tossid wrier tM hit ttw inimy writu it hurt I THE ETERNAL SEA STERLING HAYDEN-ALEXIS SMITH-DEAN JAGGER BEN GREY RICHAM) CRAhE um. AUCN Iff a Hg an Important AND VIOLENT AS JEFFREY An ALLIED PICTURI I.