Bristol Herald Courier from Bristol, Tennessee • 3

A i BRISTOL HERALD COURIER Wednesday August 1 1951 Bristol Friends Chat With Mrs Armstrong Chatter By Lilian Childress Norma Edwards Becomes Bride Of Bill Temple Jr Monday night wu the big Mght far aa Town Hall Abing don ia concerned for Barter Theatre put on the world premiere of Mary Chaie'a Thing- And what a playl Absolutely thrilling with atanding room only (and tome were turned away) They came from far and near and I believe every soul there waa carried away with this fantasy of Mary and we left there living in a dream the regret of th town and the surroundings ahe is leaving and going to manage the Lincoln Hotel at Marion Weil at least she won't be far away and friends can still have the pleasure of seeing her loss ia truly gain to Marion MU Kolling haa aerved on Abingdon's town council she built first large apartment house ahe has successfully run the Martha Washington Gift Shop is active in AAUW spon sored a DP from Hungary (a noble thing to do) She is a native Wisconsoner end i a graduate of the University of Wisconsin We'll mis her cheery greeting etflie Inn more than ahe will know Mis Norma Lee Edward! Mr and Mr Nelson daughter of Mr Fdyiha Edwards Mr Temple attended the Uni of Jllurfield Wait Virginia be-'versity of Tennessee where came the bride of Will Temple 'was a member of the Kappa DHt Jr son of Mr and Mrs Wil1 'Sorority and now employed at Temple of Knoxville Teimev Monroe Calculating Machine on Friday evening July 20 at the in the personnel department home of Dr Maliolm Fuller Mi Temple attended the Uni-with Dr Fuller pastor of the First versity of Miami and the Univer Baptist Church petforming theisity of Tennessee where he was sf cetemonv member of the Ti Kappa Alpha The blonde-haii rd bride wore Fraternity He ia a reporter on the world and I think 1 am still in tt Meeting Marrhase waa a joy and she wsf'cnarnung not only in in the first Chase play given on Broadway gave a party at the inn for Mr and Mra Chase and our group waa bidden We had a wonderful time meeting the actors whom we have been watching with such pride and admiration thi summer for trulv 1 believe it has been Barter's best year Of course Bob was every where greeting and joking the folk and so waa Frank Thompson and other Owen Phillips wh 9 directed the play is a delight ful fellow and I grieved over mlfsmg him for a picture We just couldn't find him 1 had a talk with Dorothy Thompson and Sinclair son a big blonde fellow and thoroughly charming man He knows Virginia about as well as I do for he haa spent much time in it and he thinks Abingdon charming place Lovely blonde Ann Buckle yras being squired by the dark and handsome Bex Partington an interesting couple they make Ann was wonderful in How They Bun" AU of you should see it He is a finished actor I had a chat with At lledl son too the gangster in way" and hla favorite part thi season and -no wonder I doubt if ha could be equaled in it suit of navy blue and white ac-cessoriei Her corsage waa gardenias The only attendants w-re VirgmpjTennessean ataff The couple is at home at 235 Taylor Street Mrs Chase Gets A Virginia Ham When Bob made th award of the ham" to Mrs Chsae he said "And I want to asaure you this Is nobody you know" She thanked him with a great big kiss Personals Enterprise WSCS Plans All-Day August Meeting Mr Harry Leonard and Misses Billie Jean Balthi and Camelia Alvarez of Bristol have returned after a visit with Mra McCall at Limestone Tenn her gracious manner but her dress suave black embroidered taffeta styled with Jacket and with the Jacket off her shoulders were Just too lovely and her hairdo on top of her head waa beautiful Along with her waa friend husband tall dark and handsome and extremely nice Saw two of her sons In the play She haa third but I am not sure he was there Amelia Copenhaver daughter Shirley Jane Whitaker and 1 went up together and Shirley waa one of the of the ball" I-ota of folk were looking for her She knew Mra son Mich ael and ahe waa In ichool in Washington with Frank sister He you know is Bar unusually fine publicity man and he halls from Texas When we arrived at Barter he and Mr Ellis Shuler (Leona Smith) of Dallas were having a love fest talking about mutual friends In the Lone Star State I in any way Infringe on Hilda Schroetter and Jay Fields for they have written the eriti-eism in their fine way but just giving you a few extras The July meeting of Enterprise was called to order by the president at the home of Mrs Cross with 24 present Prayer was offered by Mrs Mr Anne Armstrong whose play Street Day" trill he produced pert week at Barter greets old friend from Bristol at the world premiere of Thing" Left to right art Mrs Arm-itrong Mr Richard Cary Horner Mrs Thomas Staley and Miss Sara Barker Mr and Mr Walter Buckles Maryland Avenue have as thV Lindamood and it w'' voted To pay 5 22 whiih will finish the Young Beatrice Lodlenlo So far as I am concerned Beatrice Locllento stole the show in that scrubwoman scene to hear that little squeaky voice issuing from that dirty ragged get-up was the funniest thing you ever heard That little girl is one of my favorites In all all there is to it I wish put her In every single I want to see her do something different too for shq has captivated us so with this character (Miss Squeaky-voice) that I'd like to see her do others I Ji Barterite Welcomes New York Visitor Jr of Shelby with her daughter Sally Jo and her to buy gowns as a gift from the of iiheviBe Ji! Society to Mrs Phillips I her son Bill 11 Mra Armstrong Mrs Ann Armstrong waa there looking as handsome as could be In black lace We all have an in spiration when we ace Mr Arm strong and have a theatre chat with her and we're looking for ward with great eagerness to hi play "Some Sweet Day" whlcf begin Monday night at Barter and continue through fcrnrrrrrrsf LAST TIMES TODAY Ml The group was giid to welcome two visitors from Elizabeth Chapel Offering for the evening was 10 40 The devotional Unto Me" Matthew 11-28 was given by Mrs Houston The program "History of the Philippines" was under the direction of Mrs Ted Vance Those assisting her were Mrs Dalton Crus-sell Ada Cross and Mrs Paul Cross The spiritual Life Message given by Lola Cross closed the program The August meeting will be an all day session at the home of Mrs Gene Cross Sr JANE WYMAN VAN JOHNSON Margaret Parry's Party At Inn The striking Margaret Perry and by the way ahe took the lead in Intriguing Maldtl We always have a chat with In-triguing Maidel Turner for many years on Broadway and whoso picture Comes the Groom1 is soor to be released and that we are anticipating with pride and eagerness "Three Guyg Named Mike" with HOWARD KEEL Color Cartoon Comfortably COOLI Th Staff I always feel so grateful to the the people who get the fun of appearing on the stage afraid sometimes that we for get about them so right here 3 want to give them all a Parker Mills Keith Michael Fred Boyce Cynthia Cook Blanche McKinney Eric Halbig Jane Wagner David Massey Barbara Bern ziger Lauren Farr Christine Reusswig John Bezak Kenneth Keene Dane Knell James Lentz Frank Lowe Hugh Mosher and Jane Rogglo Flowers On each first night we see Bob escorting Mrs Mary Ballance whom he calls his baby" (she was born the night Abingdon was burned during the War Between the States) to a front seat She is on one arm and in the other he carries the gorgeous arrangement of garden flowers she brings each first night and has done so for the 19 years Barter has been playing in Abingdon She sat by me and I asked her how long it took to arrange her flower She told me an hour to cut them and another hour to arrange them And she grows them too and that afternoon she had attended the Garden Club meeting and do you know she is its Aftor July 1 appropriated funds will be used to pay for all indigenous labor officially employed by Occupation Forces in Japan AT GROCERS TTTTITB AS PURE AS MONEY CAN BUY 7 Angal On Top The Christmas Tree Margaret Perry a Barter director for several years who com-mutes back and forth from Denver was there looking like the Angel on top of the Christmas tree all sparkling and glittering And oh my oh my that dress she wore an Irene model of white chiffon with large flowers on the bodice at her waist and trailing on the billowy skirt They looked like roses or perhaps water lilies hite with a little pink center And over her bare shoulders a green silk cape glamorous with her Titian head She was pure glamour! Mrs James Hilton was looking wonderful too Barter just run without Mrs Hilton she's so valu- WOttlSlAtGIST Brulol-Abingdon Highway Storts 'At Dork James Hilton of the Barter Theatre poses 'th Mrs George Cronheim of Bristol and Mrs Cronheim's daughter Doris of New York who is visiting her parents in Bristol Left to right are Mrs Hilton Mrs Cronheim and her daughter COLUMBIA Two Complete Show Each Night "Mr Thing" World Premiere -J? (TIN TWATCAj NOW SHOWING OF El WiihXharle Starrett "PRISONERS IK The 15th Regiment of the Army '3d Infantry Division has a boo ktefTo acquaint replacements with the outfit's background i able ingyerywayShe s-a-most president A wonderfuTTittle wo-gracious hostess at the Cave man Enraptures First-Nighters LAST TIMES TODAY House which is proving more popular all the time and as I said is simply right-hand man" She looked lovely too with a smart formal fashioned with a black velvet Jacket enhancing that fair English loveliness RABAHLOMOX Family Nighl yW 100 Per Cor LAST TIMES TODAY By Hilda Noel Schroetter A capacity audience packing Robert Barter Theatre at Abingdon on Monday night for the world premiere of Mary new play Thing" was transported from matter-of-fact reality to a world fresh and sparkling with the special magic of childhood Mrs Chase has described her latest work as fantasy for children of all a remarkably accurate description For has the same sort of appeal which makes Alice in Wonderland" and "The Wind in the Wil Ruth Kolling Saw Mrs Ruth Kolling at the play and party a big part of Abingdon let me tell you) and to Life in Abingdon has been amazingly Interesting this summer The Martha Washington Tnn has had its face lifted with new paint and looks so stately and it is crowded with guests all the time Barter Inn is filled and their Cave House has crowds each evening Ever been? Do go delightful and right across from the funeral home Make reservations for the evening meal but after the show you can go without reservations and as Bob says the actors eat or eat a lot of fun to be had in Abingdon this summer Those of you who have not been to Barter let me urge you to go for you are iriissing so much T'o eneott roj lows" dear to all who are young in heart That is not mind you to institute any comparison To my mmd "Mr is Incomparable The play is concerned with a rich little boy who possessing everything "has nothing and a little girl who owning noth- believe that Charlotte Nolan is a creature of flesh and blood Surely these two are one and the same Mrs Chase has found out the truth about Miss Nolan and has chosen this method of presenting the facts to a world which might otherwise be incredulous Nobody terms William Holdan RUTH" Ay ALSO CARTOON TONIGHT IS "BUCK NIGHT" ADM 100 PER CARLOAD Gaia Opana 7:30 First Show 8:00 Sacond Show 10:00 ing has everything It shows how tould act that well Call her a selfish woman learned the dif-i Aspen call her ference between sham and reality in a name? The creature walks the hard way And it demon- into your heart She speaks and "HOOSIER HOTSHOT Hollywood Varieties Visit Our SNACK BAR and PLAYGROUND Before the Show Starts Gal Opens 7:00 with Joann Dru Hugh Marlow Zero Mosiel 1: i 1 i' I i COLOR NEWS you are very young again Things regain their proper perspective and the world is full of magic (Continued on Pag 10) REAL ESTATE LOANS Daily Radio Timetable WEDNESDAY AUGUST I 1951 WOPI AM-NBC Ignorant 9 30 ATHLETES FOOT GERM HOW TO KILL IT IN ONE HOUR IF NOT PLEASED your 40c back from any druggist T4-L it specially made for HIGH CONCENTRATION Undiluted alcohol base gives great PENETRATING power Kills IMBEDDED germs on contact NOW at Bunting A Son 1490 kycit AIR CONDITIONED COMFORT! Convetiliorfar 4J FrH A 41 Approved FHA Mortgagees i Magic City Mortgage Co Inc strates how a sense of beauty and a sure confidence can transmute the dullness of life into pure gold Howay Larue lives in a big house surrounded by servants toys and a too-devoted mother Aspen Willets is an an inmate of an orphanage the daughter of a witch and the granddaughter of a wizard Mr Thing The two meet when Mrs Laurie driven by hr pleading for a companion takes him to the orphanage to find a boy to play with There Aspen comes to attention and he insists upon having her for a playmate in the face of his objections Aspen gives the boy a transient gleam' of happiness but the mother blinded by her lack of understanding determines to send Aspen back to the orphanage That is where Mr Thing and mother-take a hand (WOPI-FM-NBC Mm chedule as WOP1-N8C except when otherwise designated) International Airport 8 55 Bill Henry-News 9 00 2000 Plus 9 30 Family Theatre 10 00 Record Rack 11 00 Today's Sport 11 IS Biuea-Boogle 11:45 Blues-Boogie 12 00 Hillbilly Jam bore 1 News in Brief 105 Sign Off 9 15 It Pays To Be Ignorant 9 30 Mr District torney I 9 45 Mr District At-I torney 110 00 Big Story Uo 15 Big Storv 30 Private File Of Rex Saunders 0 45 Private Files Of Rex Saunders 1 00 News 15 Digger Show 12 00 News 12 05 Sign Off 48 Piedmont Street Phone 4811 I 30 Prayer Period 5 43 Dawn Patrol 6 00 Dawn Patrol 6 IS Dawn Fatrot 6 30 Dawn Patrol 8 45 Dawn Patrol 7 00 Clock Club 7 IS News 7 30 Clock Club 8 00 World News 8 15 WQPI Break- fast Club WMEV-LBS MARION 1010 kycl i 0 I I I I I I I I i i ijj -ntrm WFHG-MBS kycli BRAND They Come And Go Grade Faucette Bell (Mrs John) and small son John Douglas have come from Paris Ky to spend a week with parents Dorothy and Ramsey Windsor Ave Friday will be little second birthday so his Mama is going to have a few of hi jlittie friends in to play Dorothy and John Wakefield have come from Captiva Fla for a visit with mother Mrs Grace Bunting Price at her home Bluff City Road The Arthur Byrds since coming back from a winter in Florida have had interesting guests A couple from Indiana Mr and Mrs Hening in whose motel they lived at Key West year before last stopped to see them after a tour of East Tennessee and Gatlinburg and a visit with relatives in Morristown Another guest was Mr brother Byrd of Wilson and his two sisters Mrs Myers of Portsmouth Va and Mrs Pierce of Micro N- and still others were Mr and Mrs Clarence Byrd of Wilmington Mr oldest brother Mr and Mrs grandsons Charles and Tom Allen expect to go to Maryville College this month Charles for his last year and Tcm for his first Their parents Dr and Mrs Allen will accompany them and will pay a visit to Mr and Mrs Byrd enroute Mr and Mrs Byrd are also anticipating a visit from Daughter Judith and Ijpr sons in the early fall Mr and Mrs Lilbum Pyle have been entertaining at their home on South Holston Lake Mrs brother and sister-in-law Mr and Mrs Wynne of Rutledge Ga and Miss Lazenby of Harlem) Ga Delightful folk they are I had the pleasure of meeting them at Barter Theatre last week They like our section and the attractive home on the lake Why? Because Anne Massengill is here and driving a beauty a beauty too so it makes a beautiful picture with the Reggie Arnolds Alabama St Her mother Annie Lynn is expected later in the summer for a visit The Arnolds had with them over the week-end nephew and his spouse Mr and Mrs James Ellis Hyatt Jr and daughter Ann of Oseola Ark SOC It is no kindness to any theatregoer whether prospective or retrospective to outline a plot in detail Suffice it to say that Mrs Larue and Howay are awakened to a realization of true happiness that mother resigns the child to her human companion and that the audience is convinced that Aspen Howay and Mrs Larue live happily ever after A simple story? Yes it is But so beautifully told that it leaves you breathless and reluctant to return to a world which seems less real than the one upon the stage KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 45 QUART PINT 8 00 New 6 05 Cousin Zeke's Jamboree 7 00 Mune By Re quest 7 30 Esso Dealer News Reporter 7 35 Music by Request 8 30 George Camp- bell LBS 9 45 Morning Devo tion 9 00 Alexander's Ragtime LBS 9 30 Homemaker Harmonies 9 45 Stats on Farad 10 00 George Camp LBS 10 15 Hollywood Gossip 4 LBS 10 30 Breakfast With Daftnv Neil and Jim Ameche 1100 Liberty LBS 11 30 Bob Kent Shopper Guide 12 00 Obuuarv Col umn of the Air 12 05 Seaver Cali To Praver 12 15 Dinner Bell Time With -Zeke 12 30 Parks Belk Mid Dav News 12 35 Musical Interlude 12 45 WMEV Farm Hour 12 55 St Louis Browiia vs Boston Red Sox 9 45 VrheaUes core-board LBS 2 50 ESSO Dealer News Reporter 4 00 Planer Party 4 15 Platter Party 4 45 Liberty Carousel LBS I 00 Cousin Zeke and his Virginia Vai- 8 30 Com Calendar 8 45 1490 Club 9 00 News-Gospel Songs IS Tello-Test Quls 9 30 Morning Devotional 9 45 Judy Weston Show 10 00 Welcome Trava elers 10 15 Welcome Travelers 10 30 Red Foley Show 10 45 Hvmn Time 11 00 Break The Bank 1115 Break The Bank 11 30 Guest Star It 45 Dave Garroway 12 00 Praver-News 12 15 Appalachian Farm-Home 12 30 Washington Farm-Home 12 45 Market Reporta 1 00 Ralph Flanagan Orch 1 30 George Hicks 1 45 Eve Young 2 00 Platter Parade 2 15 Platter Parade 2 30 Platter Paiade 2 45 Platter Parade 200 I lie Can Be Beautiful 9 15 Road Of Life 2 30 Pepper Familv 2 45 Right To Happiness 4 00 Backstage Wife 4 15 Stella Dallas 4 30 Young Wldder Brown 4 45 The Woman In Mv House 5 00 Meet the Band 5 30 Kocal News 530 Little League Baseball Game (FM only) 5 45 Serenade 6 00 Newscaster 9 15 Sports Spotlight 8 30 The Cisco Kid 8 45 The Cisco Kid 700 Richard 30 Sign On 5 32 Rev Joe Corvin 5 45 Patrol 00 Sacred Musie 8 15 Sacred Music 6 30 Don Patrol 8 55 Les Higbie it The News 9 00 Robert Hur- leigh 9 15 Rev Maurice Norman 9 30 News 9 35 House By The Side Of The Road 10 00 Cecil Brown 1015 Open Circuit 10 25 News 10 30 Cedric Foster 10 45 How Your Memory 10 55 Happy Felton 1100 Verlm Mays 11 30 Verlm Mavs 12 00 Curt Masse 4c Martha Tilton 12 15 Stan Lomax Sports Views 12 20 News 4 Gillette Warmup 12 30 Detroit at New York 2 00 News 3 05 Open Circuit 4 00 Verlm May 4 30 Hillbilly Hit Parade 4 15 HilhblJy Hit Parade 4 30 Hillbilly Hit Parade 4 45 Hillbilly Hit Parade 5 00 Hilliblly Hit Parade 9 15 Hillbilly Hit Parade 8 30 Hillbilly Hit Parade 9:48 Hillbilly Hit Parade 9 00 Sacred Music WHISKEY IS Sets Outstanding Mack enchanting sets give the play a background which is worthy of it and the inspired direction of Owen Phillips en hances its' eharm The sensitivity to mood which Mr Phillips brings to all his work has never been more in evidence than in his staging of It was no less than a touch of genius which prompted the device that first captures the audience the changing of the sets in full view by a rabbit (Fred Boyce) a cat (David Massey) a dog (Andy Maxey) an elf (Jerry Chase a soa of the author) and two imps (Jane Wagner and Eric Halbig) assisted by Brownie the bear (Donald Stewart) while a dancing doll (Cynthia Cook) beguiles the onlookers That acts the whole tone of the evening with their YEARS miiU LATE NEWS SPORTS REEL CARTOON Births ELEANOR PARKER Reymori MASSEY Richard WHORF TODAY THRULFRIDAY- Orch 7 30 News Of The World 7:45 One Family 9 00 Hal Derwin 9 15 This Is The por 40 Popaicle Clubhouse 8 49 Wavne King Serenade 7 00 Fulton Lewi Jr 7 15 Time Test 7 30 Gabriel 715 9ood Night Erroneous listing herein aie due to last minute Thing cancellation ertlon by itaUoat and network after ttge of publication 5 45 The stars Sing 9 ESSO Dealer Newts Reporter 8 15 Strictly Sports 8 25 The Big Inning 8 30 Joseph LBS O'rrtota Af coated sequin-studded creatures from fairyland theatregoers know that 'something "special is about to happen It is easy to believe that Aspen ctns tljV daughtcFof a witch I spell with her first hesitant step I across the stage It is lesi easy to (Echa 'Mustek) announce the birth of a daughter Linda Susan July 24at the Air Base hospital Chan-ute Field Kantoul 11L Mrs- Suggs reaedfents of Rtiyvf? 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