Birmingham Evening Mail from Birmingham, West Midlands, England • 10

4 The Birmingham Mail Tuesday March 23 1954 Day by Day THE WEEK IN THE THEATRE NATIVE WOODNOTES and In Memoriam THE DRIVERS ARE ALL THE EXISTING RING RACES WITHOUT THE GEE-GEES OSCAR Wilde according to Whistler had the courage of the opinions of others and there is valid reason why he featured in one or two sohg-scenas should be exempt from the audlence The show is well dressed and up to modern vogue which would transform the straight success of yesteryear into the musical success of today There are two things at least for which the reactionary playgoer may be thankful: the choice has fallen upon Winder- ju oM plillliBWWWWPk was in the ensembles that 'the ladies looked their best the Naughtlgals and the Tabarin Beauties being lent up sms wgh 6tandard' of Trumpet A young man with a style of sing- heads lng all hia own Jimmy Young the variety bill at the Windsor Theatre Bearwood this week His recent American trip has given him a noticeable improvement in manner and method or presentation since his last visit to this theatre and He'S now a thoroughly accomplished artist Two other young people full of ability as well as bonhomie! are artist Two other young people full of abUity as well as bonhom Reg Varney and Joan Hinde The former is a versatile comedian who can sing and play the piano and Miss Hinde has the distinc ction of being one of the few girl trumpeters on tour: and a verv eood trumpeter Oh Mein on tour: and a very good trump she is too who can pla Papa with the best of them Reminder of Sid Field 1 Beauty on at rn of shows in which the accent i the female form The best pattern oi snows in wmen tne accent Is on the female form The best entertainment though came from the men headed by comedian Dan Young who had a golfing sketch which strangely reminded us of the late Sid Field His able assistants llins and Margt Morris were Dick Collins and Margi Morris Syd Jackson had two welcome spots In the programme for his Round the Cinemas THE BIG GIRLS FROM LITTLE normal full term on medical advice No one Mr Clayson said had ever worked for the firm with greater loyalty Mr Millman had moreover won wide popularity and respect in the newsagents' trade Among those who added their good wishes were Mr successor Mr Rowlands and the Editor of The Birmingham Mr Vaughan Reynolds The presentation included a handbag for Mrs Millman £400433 The Trust was formed in 1952 to raise £4000000 to help parishes to put their churches An to good order after the enforced neglect of the war and immediate post-war years Grants made in the Birmingham diocese were as already reported £250 each to St Nicholas Austrey and 8S Mary and Margery Castle Bromwich The trustees of whom the Archbishop of Canterbury Is chairman Include Mr Laurence Cadbury Members of the Midland region advisory panel of specialist architects include Mr Philip Chatwin and Mr Francis Yorke Leg-pull Just bought a pair of nylons They were 16s you going to wear them are His work'had been his meat and drink and indeed his whole said Mr Clayson Managing Director of The Birmingham Post A Mail Ltd (left of the picture) last night when he presented Mr Millman former Circulation Manager with a radiogram the and his tribute to him on his retirement after 30 years with the firm Mr Millman has retired before the the first Young Conservative Car Clqb will be taken a step further tomorrow A meeting of more than 40 car-owning Young Tories will be held to discuss the project The originator of the scheme Is 22-year-old Mr Brian Hill of Edgbaston a member of Hagley and District Light Car Club With Mr Michael Gunton chairman of Birmingham Young Conservatives he has visited RAC headquarters to obtain advice It is planned that the Club will arrange outings and safety and reliability trials It would also help in providing Flying Squads at elections Historic churches rFHE first report and accounts of the Historic Churches Preservation Trust shows that gifts and promises total CORNER ENTLEMEN Prefer Blondes is a poor How to Marry a in that it has much the same theme and a common star in Marilyn Monroe but does not need costly CinemaScope equipment to show True it Is now being projected on the wide screen which gives almost as big an acreage as Cinemascope but as It has Jane Russell to stand shoulder to shoulder with Miss Monroe there Is no danger of asr space not beta8 amply This Howard production has the extra speed and zip which Cinemascope lacks as well as some lively song and dress sequences And the from Little put them over with a professional verve Lorelei (Monroe) and Dorothy (Russell) are the sort of show girls who only borrow the best minks but they both know What they are after and show a certain sagacity in getting it With Lorelei it Is money prefer- Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe the of Prefer backs some drive with exaggerated caution and some eom- Kl admiration by their careful st driving We picked up a taxi once and got in beside the driver there being just the two of us Sorry he said not allowed You must riae in the That did not stop the flow of his conversation on the weather the state of the roads the Government and the Villa Check traffic system -BJ no mystery to our taxi-men is a nightmare to visiting motorists well an old theme too old to pursue afresh But we might spare a sigh for a party to whom it proved even more puzzling than usual because they were so ill-equipped to thread the labyrinth You see they came from Thame Oxfordshire which consists of one straight street with 21 pubs along its length You get lost In a place like that Why you can even tell to a yard or two what part of that long long street you have reached Moreover if you are a chess addict as members of this party were you are further handicapped in finding your way about Birmingham You could travel diagonally as the bishop significantly does or sideways like the or you could do a hop skip and a Jump like the knight It would still get you nowhere in Birmingham That is what this team of Thame chess players found Cheerfully they started out from the Midland Institute to return to civilisation Three-quarters of an hour later they were completely lost Until at last one of the visitors recognised a public building It was the Midland Institute I International fTHE choice of Bromford Bridge Racecourse as the place for international crosscountry championship should prove popular among the cosmopolitan population in and around the city In fact one wonders why Birmingham has not been called upon to stage the event previously Many of those unable to gain admittance to the football semi-final at Villa Park will doubtless welcome this opportunity of cheering their compatriots over the testing nine miles course Frank Owens leader of the Irish team Is no stranger here having had a spell with Tipton Harriers An accomplished runner he should be well in the picture The Welsh captain Dai Rees of Coventry Godiva Harriers will have fellow-club-1 member A Pumfrey among his charges in addition to the Birchfleld Harrier Bill Butcher For once in la way there is no local representative nominated by the Scots but Bill Gray (Small Heath) and Eddie Hardy (Derby) will once again carry the English emblem Gray has expressed his determination to win the Blue Riband for Birmingham He is of course taking on quite a job with men like Mimoun (France) Hanswijk (Belgium) Amoros (Spain) Bannon (Scotland) and Owens to say nothing of the other members of the English team who collectively will be out to retain the team championship wrested from France in Paris last year Controversy the rather XTA long-haired publication of the Guild of Undergraduates appears in an enlarged form The new edition will Its editor predicts cause talk That is because it is padded out with controversy a curious phrase from one who says that no fewer than five articles originally planned will not now appear If only those who cannot write coherent flowing English would cease to send their experiments the editor sighs and a faint echo is heard from the direction of Cannon There is a good deal of in the issue some on austere classic lines some from those who like to make pretty patterns of words There is a photographic section which reproduces pictures and says: requires no more manual dexterity than that required to hold a camera steady It is a medium in which the worker can be free from the difficulties of Really? Conservative motoring AMOVE to form in Birmingham what it is thought to be fillR Arthur Smout a former president of the Chamber of Commerce has criticised taxis plying for hire as dirty cumbersome and quite unworthy of the He exempts ffom this stricture the private-hire taxis We are not disposed to enter into the controversy over the state of the vehicles We are more concerned with the men who drive them On the whole they are a cheerful and courteous lot and often Infinitely obliging The Cockney bus conductor has a reputation for quick wit and the London taxi-driver for quick temper However well based that may be Birmingham taxlmen certainly eSteape the charge Being human they vary of course Some are chatty like the average New York taxi driver: some are quiet and exude efficiency from their broad ROCK men who fought there It Is a simple film with few frills no flashbacks and Rhonda Fleming are the stars ONLY TO Programmes VISION Come On lpo News 1015 Cricket 1030 In Show Band Style A Book at Bedtime 1120 Show Band Serenade 1156 News summary THIRD Piano Recital The Misfortunes of Princess 7 Recital The War a study in two parte of the trial of Marshal Ney in 1815 er tt 1035 Music of Mendelssohn Foreign Review Count Curly Wee the hazardous task of no commando raid on German of flag-waving A patrol of American of rich playboys playful passes ariflelds in the interior of infantrymen go out from their lines it is true love the Island of Roses as a new peace conference starts at Naturally their desires are fulfilled As their leader Dirk Bogarde Panmunjom More than 600 have Lorelei gets her millionaire's son by prophesies: it be roses afl the been held before and they expect this a last reel assault on his father in way In tact it never is Luck never one will have the same result They which she mixes essentially feminine flowers for them and only he and return minus one or two of their persuasion with a little philosophy Denholm Elliott as a sergeant return fellows to find that there is to be Milestone often gets near the lyric an end to it all Simple as it is it quality which made the war of A does not drag The men are always Walk in the Sun so penetrating and on their toes and you feel you ought personal an experience but there is to be too too much potential anti-climax in In contrast Lost Treasure of the this picture and not enough is a lazy contrived but inspiration to make us part of it pleasant adventure film with Tech-There are fine performances and nicolor making the most of the beautiful colour camera work but one jungle brilliance Fernando Lamas while Dorothy finally realises that a private detective be objectionable as his job When all the bright repartee has been fired and the colour and fizz has faded I was left with a persistent feeling that after all How to Marry a Millionaire has a polish a touch of quality which makes me prefer it effects and a minimum Perhaps 1 am just old-fashioned but the gold of Miss Monroe and And as the Badger read and read his every nerve a -strain A very ghastly face was pressed against his window pane sighed 0 (race Owl whose face was white with chalk Vou re sitting In a HAUNTER house where Ghosts delight to lost in the real episode much of the with Brian Keith the blatant modernism of Miss celluloid used in its transition to the I The (Scala) is the first Russell left me with a slightly un- screen was wasted A A of a series of films to be based on the pleasant flavour in the mouth And hard-hitting novels of American anyhow I always prefer brunettes Sttrlvs find Simnlp author Mickey Spillane Biff Elliott a In quite a different field of fire I Jluriess unu television star playing in his first was also left rather cold by They A completely starless film film tgkes the role of private detec-Who (Bristol) This is a (Gaumont) is likely to tive Mike Hammer who sets out to British film by Lewis Milestone who attract more attention than its avenge the death of an insurance made two of the greatest war films fellow Treasure of the investigator friend The story starts of all time Quiet oil the vith a brutal killing shown before Western and my own Though another war film It has thet credit titles are off the screen personal favourite A Walk in tne the addifive necessary to lift It from and moves through a tangled web of This picture clearly set out the crowd It is a work murders and violence which to rouse similar emotions to the filmed on the Korean battlefield with deservedly earn it an category That evening Mr Badrer on Miss sofa sat And read a tale called about a vampire bat not a tale that yon should read until quite And even then it should be read in VERY broad daylight) contemporary soft chintz two-tones in fact every type of carpet is available for you to choose from many designs exclusive to us here in Birmingham The prepaid chnrpe lor theae announcement FIVE SHILLINGS (Stamps not accepted) eighteen words and TWO SHILLINGS every additional six words The contracting parties BIRTHS ADAMS On March 19 1954 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital to Joan nee Beale wife of David Adams a daughter sister for Jane To Marion nee Ashton and Maurice a son Robert Alan March 19 Grateful thanks to doctors and staff Selly Oak Hospital for kindness DAVIS To Susan and George oT Derry-downe Road Perry Barr a son George Edward at Nursing Home Sutton Coldfield! on March 17 Sincere thanks to doctor and all nursing 'staff CARBETT To Joyce nee Tates and 8tan a' eon Stephen March 20 Thanking staff of Dudley Road Maternity Hospital HODGKISS To Edna nee Holyoak and Geotee on Saturday March 20 at home a daughter Tina Joyce babv sister for Paul Sincere -thanks to mom Sister and Nurse Danahar KEMP To Mary nee Smith and Barry God gift of a daughter Gaynor Louise on Marcn 21-1954 at Maraton Green Hospital Sincere thanks to staff MILLER To Diana nee Scrlvena and Denis a son Paul David on March 21 1954 at Sorrento Nursing Home Sincere thanks to all concerned NEARY To Edna nee Jenkins and Tommv a daughter Sally Elizabeth March 19 Grateful thanks to doctors and staff of E4B Queen Elizabeth Hospital PADMORE To Betty and Neville prematurely on- March 20 a daughter st: born' SHEPPARD On March 21 to Mr and Mrs A Sheppard 10 Wheeleyi Road Edgbaston a son ENGAGEMENTS JACQUES GLENN The engagement Is announced between Peter son of Mr and Mrs Jacques of Kenilworth Road Coventry and Audrey only daughter of Mr and Mr3 Glenn of The Abbev Hotel Kenilworth TONKS PARTRIDGE Announcing the engagement of Bryon younger son of Mr and Mrs Tofiks of Great Barr and Margaret Anne only daughter of Mrs Own of Handsworth TURNER HILL The engagement announced between Trevor son of Mr and Mrs Turner of King's Heath and Margaret daughter of Mrs Hill of Sttrchley Congratulations from both families FORTHCOMING MARRIAGES 10CKER ALIN The marriage between Clarence George Charles eldest son of Mrs and the late Mr Docker of Edgbaston and Audrey Doreen eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Mafin of Heath will take place at All Church Heath on Saturday March 27 at 1 HARRIS 7AMBRA The wedding arranged between David and Brenda will take place at Yardlev Wood Church on Saturday March 27 at 2 2 T9 Friends welcome at church -MORGAN HAWKINGS The marriage between John only son of Mrs and the late Herbert Morgan and Muriel youngest daughter of Mr -and Mrs Hawkings will take olace at Ft James' Church Shirley March 27 at 30 Reption Robin Hood Hotel MURPHY 0RBART marriage between Dennis of Lenrrot Street Lozells and Beryl Longford Road KThgstanding takes place March 27 2 nm Sr Cathedral SCOTT- WALTER The wedding between Ralph and Patricia Leslev will take place at Sr Pi uT's Church Balsall Heath on Monday March 29 1934 at 2 om Reception at 4 i Toselev Road following ceremony SHAKESPEARE H0PW00D The ma -nave between Audrey Mavis and Alfred Alexander will take place at Allen Memorial Church Great Barr Saturday March 27 at WARD HARRIS -Th marriage arranged Norton and Jeannette T'5ari' will take place at St Paul's 3r-vn on March 27 at 45 SHERIFF The marriage between Betty Emanuel Church Warstock March 27 Good luck both be if Small Borde WARD Kennfh 4 pm From 50 MARRIAGES CHEA-TLF RAILING -On March 20 at St Andrew' Fearing Sussex Geoffrey Edwin son of fae Mr and Mrs Cheatle and Joan vder daughter of Mrs Palling and the 'ao Rev Palling SMITH NEAL On March 9 in the Ch o' Paul and St Andrew New York City Samuel only child of the late Mr and Mrs Smith of Virginia USA to Patricia Mary only child of Mr and Mrs Neal 21 Cavendish Road Edgbaston 16 Resident in New York City SILVER WEDDING HAROV March 23 1929 at Erdmgton Parish Church Mabel Nellie twin daughter of Mr and Mrs Davenport 111 Trafalgar Road to William John onlv son of Mr an-? Mrs Hardy of Parkstone Dorset Present address 3 Mentone Road Parkstone Dorset DEATHS ARNOLD Elizabeth on March 22 formerly of 50 Brandwood Road King's Heath in her year Reauiem Church of the English Martyrs Sparkhill Friday 9 am interment Brandwood End Cemetery Requiescat In oace ATKINSON Minnie beoed mother of Joyce Tom and Marjorie and Frank died in her sleep March 22 Service at St Oiton: am Thursday March 25 BAYLISS Waller Lewn beloved husband of £za in hia 77th year at his son's home 127 Ridgeway Edgbaston on March 20-Crematidn at Lodge Hill 1140 am today BENNETT Renard late of Bromszrove on Maiii 22 at the Queen Elizabeth Hosb'tal aged IT ears Funeral from 9 Park HiU Moae lev 'Service at Lodge Hill Crematorium Tnurstfiv at 3 20 pm On March 22 1954 at his home 48 Lans'iowne Road Handsworth Benjamin (Beni dearly loved husband of Rosa and devoted lather of Irene Julie Susan and Ben am in aged 49 years late of Somerset Road Garage Funeral service St Michael Hands rth Friday at 2 pm followed by interment at Handsworth New Cemetery BROvN -On March 20 at Sell Oak Hospital Johfl william the dearly beoved husband 'of Ann Maris of 68 Arlington Road wars' it aged 67 years Service at Lodge Hill Cremate: mm on Saturday st -LI 20 Sadly missed by wife and family CARVEY Eirly on March 21 Henry with Christ aged 92 Burial Thursday March No MA Birmingham of 5 suddenly at his son Alan's Isbury Manchester March 7 of Ethel and much loved and Cottrell of -v took Diace at Manchester March 11 aben James beloved husband of lie 52 Fulham Road Soarkhill rch 19 Cremation at Yardlev rrsdav -March 25 CRAVEN On March 22 at 44 Prospect R- i i ev Fred beloved husband Daiav after loss illness Cremation Lodge Hill -dav- March 25 at '2-20 pm Flowers suitable tor hospital please DAVIS On March 19 as a result of an 3- ilentT Francis Howard ot 1-244 Brearley S' reel Hockley beloved husband of Joan and dear father of John and Barbara passed suddenly aav aged 37 years Funeral service at Sf Gfcorge'g Church on Thursday at 3 15 pm followed by Interment at Witton Ceme- bEACUE Gwendoline of Droltwlch passed pea-efu'v awav at Birmingham Saturday March 20 1954 aged 62 years after Illness borre Interment Witton Ceme-terv Thursday 25th Inst at 10 am Philip Rowland on March 22 his Ic'h birthday at 408 Redditch Road King's Norton the dearly loved and only son of Rowland and -Phyllis dear grandson of Varney Eborall and Jack and Florence Stokes Servi-e ai King's Norton Methodist Church on Thursday 11 am followed by cremation at Lodge HU1 Flowers suitable for hospital On March 21 at Coventry H-tpual Walter Augustus (Gus) husband ot Anne father of Joyce Reg Mary and Tonv 1 suddenly Formerly of The Bungalow H-mp" n-in-Arden Cremation 3 Thursday Yardley FLANDERS Isaac 206 Burbury on March 20 the beloved father of Ethel Elsie Bdle and Ruth and son-in-law Harold and crand-dad of Hazel Sadly missed hv all funeral 11 am Thursday Witton 1 chapel I FLANbERS William of 206 Burbury Street Lore! Is aged 91 passed away Friday Mar 19 Upwards of 40 years foreman No 2 Department John Elwell Rood End Ironworks Oldbury Reginald of WhltMy-on-Wve late of Shustoke beoved Jausband of Gertnide father of: John and $Heila died suddenly at riHospUHrJord Match 2019 ClTTINS-n March 20 at JJfVdtleT Road Caroline wife of the late Robert Olt'ins of Stechtord in her 93 rd ver' Service at Methodist Church Northfleld on Thursday next at 11 a interment ItoWn Hood Cemetery 12 noon No flowers Elizabeth 124 Sutton Road Erdington -widow of the late Arthur John and mother of Harold (Jack! Dorothy Vi and Mariorle passed peacefully away on Sunday March 21 after a long illness most courageously borne Funera Penty Crematorium Thursday March 25 230 pm Flowers suitable for hospital Please GRETTON On March 22 in hospital Gertnide Emiiv dearly tovedwifeofthe late George John Gretton and mother of Edna and Raymond of 32 Arden Oak Road Sheldon her 75th vear Cortege leaves 1 Delamere Court Hail Oreen Thursday next at 330 pm Service Yardlev Crematorium 4 om William March 19 You were our dad 'we loved vou meant to lose you only we BUI Ed-e Fred 06 nusnmore rvunu Cremation Wednesday 230 pm Yardley Crematorium Peace HASSETT On March 20 at Genera osd it Leonard BiennerhaasettJ beloved father of uoy Service St Peter Grove Lane Handsworth 12 noon Wednesday 24th followed by cremation Perry Barr T25SO 0 hasting On March 21 1954 at 46 Sutrmerflc'd Crescent Elizabeth the dear mother df" Harold Florence Lucy Syd Dora and Edna passed away after a long Illness bravely borne Funeral service at lodge HU on Wednesday at 1240 Elaie Margaret aged 52 peacefully away at Selly Oak Hospital Saturday March 20 Cremation at Lodge Hill 11 20 a Thursday March 25 HILL Ada May dearly beloved wife of vtnrrv of 11 Vincent Street Batsall Heath 'ianed away suddenly on Saturday March 20 aged 43 years Sadly mourned by husband and h'ldren Service and Interment at Lodge Hill rpmeterv on Thursday at 140 pm HODGES Ethel Mary aged 65 years at her home on Sunday March 21 after much suffering beloved wife of Walter and dear nether of Sylvia and the late Leslie and dear -aiihie of Richard and Alan Interment at grave ctirtat Church The Outnton rhuiau Mwreh 25 at 1130 am Reunited mopKINS -Betsy wife of the late Walter -fi mother J0t Nena at 39 Ackleton Grove WMlS Castle on March 22 Interment Brandwood End Thursday 25th at 2 20 ii FS On the 19th inst at West Klrbv F-edenc'k Ernest beloved husband of Beatrice and younger son of the late and -Saal-Ann beloved wife of the late hri1 rieorge and mother of Louie and John jSid at her home 66 Butlin Street 'Jells March 20 in her 76th year Service Pmabvterian Church Long Acre at 11 am -rSu-nt Witton 11-45 a Jn March 25 'kllolot March 20 Vivien aged 4 he the dearly loved daughter of Alan and monthz the ueanyio Moseley Service of U3 Belgrav Rd Fu reraJ privat Cremation at Lodge Hill Friday 11 am Frlenda pleaae accept this the i IhTn On March 21 1954 guddenly vvioved husbamd of Jovce of Pi aged 32 veara tiferglSSYftSRr ve Yardley Cemetery Thursday 230 D' Emmie beloved wife TW aMAnon ssi b3 band cbl dren Leu nori and grand- a awift m-nt Robin Hood Cemetery asaren op 1 45 a I OUNERAL AND MONUMENTAL For ImmedlaEAUOon Teiephmw: ULKMINGHAM CO-OPERTTVB SOCIETY Ltd CANAL ZONE MR Eden has done no more than was necessary in telling the Egyptian Government that negotiations over the Canal Zone must be suspended at least until attacks on British officers and men are stopped The military government is put in a quandary If the attacks stop and negotiations are resumed it will be obvious that the Egyptian Government is responsible for them and has been using Violence as an instrument of diplomacy On the other hand if attacks continue the Egyptian Government can say goodbye to any prospect of getting the agreement with Britain it desperately needs to bolster its prestige at home and abroad Above and beyond these tactical points however is the question whether it is worth while signing an agreement with the present junta of prancing majors and jack-in-the-box generals Can any agreement be worth the paper it is written on unless it has the backing of the Wafd the Moslem Brotherhood and other politically-conscious masses? As this is a strategic and military question of first importance to the free world reliability is everything YIE and the Americans are looking for reliable allies in the Middle East Egypt must not be thought of as indispensable because we may have to dispense with her Some tentative alternatives are hinted at in the link between Turkey and Pakistan perhaps with Irak in between A military base other than in the Canal Zone may have to be found The Arab world grown fat on oil revenues seems the most likely alternative But the present base grew up from the need to secure the Suez Canal Is the Canal as important as it used to be strategically There have been suggestions that in one vital particular it could be by-passed by pipe lines conveying Arab country oil direct to the Mediterranean Persian Gulf and Red Sea These drastic not to say fantastic realignments may come into the region of practical politics if the governments and general staffs of the free nations have to write off Egypt as a dependable base for the Middle East DEATHS McLEARY On March 22 1954 his home 178 War Lane JIarborne Thomas beloved husband ol Amelia aged 75 veara Requiem at St Harborne Thursday at 9 am followed by Interment at Oscott Reouiescat In pace OLD ACRES Edward Charles beloved husband of the late Anne passed away suddenly March 22 Requiem and Interment Streatham London: PHILLIPS On March 20 1954 at 13a Terrace Lawrence Street Mary Assunto beloved wife of Norman and dear mother ot Leonard Norman Ronald and Anthony only daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Anthony Frezza in her 56th year Requiem Mass St Church: Moor Street Thursday at 9 30 am followed by Interment family grave Witton Cemetery RIP PRENTICE On March 21 Walter of 11 back 47 Cuthbert Road Wlnson Green husband of the late Annie and dear father of Dora George Len Lily and Stan passed away aged 83 years Funeral service Hill Crematorium on Thursday at 2 pm PRIEST W1 Road Stechford 21st Services Church 120 pm 2 pm RANDALL On March 22 suddenly at his home Corner Hollow Rowmey Green Alve-church John Hughe aged 68 Cremation Lodge Hill Friday 2 REEVES Emms of 5 Alton Road Boum-broolc passed peacefully away at Selly Oak Hospital after much suffering Loved by all Service at Lodge Hill Crematorium March 27 at 940 am RILEY George Erneat dearly beloved husband of Mary 3K Carlyle Road Lozells on March 21 1954 Sadly missed bv wife and son George Madge Julia and Marcia Cremation service Perry Barr 1145 am Thursday 25th Flowers suitable for hospital please ROLINSON Fred the beloved husband of Emily and devoted father of Fred passed peacefully away on March 21 aged 67 years Cremation at Perry Barr on Thursday after years of 15 Manor gloriously home March Stechford Methodist Burial Yardley Cemetery noon at 215 SAXTY Waiter Joseph aged 78 1 Unity Place Dawlish Road Selly Oas passed away suddenly Service and Interment at Lodge Hill Thursday at 320 cortege xeavlng 144 Glbbins Road at 30 Dm SMALL Alice Maud passed away Sunday March 21 aged 68 years Sadly missed by all Ronald and Sidney SMITH Hubert Charles (Gilbert) aged 33 years of 28 Sandboume Road Alum Rock suddenly on March 22 195 8ervice St (City) 1130 am Thursday March 25 Cremation Perry Barr 1215 Dm Flowers suitable for hospital please Louis aged 84 husband of the late Elizabeth passed peacefully awav March 21 at Summerfleld Hospital late 125 Great Hampton Row Cremation 10 a Saturdav March 27 Cortege leaves his home 930 am Flowers suitable for hospital please THORNE Olive Jane beloved wife of Harry 131 Bevlngton Road Aston passed away March 20 1954 Interment at Witton Thursday 220 TIBBINS William Arthur late of Aston Birmingham beloved husband of Maud and devoted father ot Irene passed peacefully awav after much suffering patiently borne March 21 aged 66 years Interment at Linton Ross-on-Wye Thursday 2 pm TOZER On March 22 1-954 it his home 3 Neville Court Chamberlain Road King's Heath Arthur tRog) Tozer passed peacefullv away Funeral service at Lodge Hill Crematorium on Thursday at 11 No flowers please WALTON Fredrick George beloved husband of Nellie paased peacefully awav on March 19 at Dudley Road Hospital after a short Illness Funeral at Yardley Road Crematorium Thursday at 33Q: service at St Mary and John 250 WILKINS William MPA 178 Robin Hood Lane Hall Green beloved husband of Elizabeth and father of Mary and Bill passed peacefully away March 22 No letters please WILSON Evelyn Violet our beloved sister passed peacefully awav March 20 Lovingly remembered by her sisters and brothers nieces and nephews and brothera-ln-law Funeral service Wednesday 11 am Quinton Pariah Church Safe In keeping IN MEMORIAM ASTON Treasured memories of John Ernest passed away March 23 1944 Always a thoughts of wife and family BADHAM Irene Years are swiftly assing but still we forget Remembered mam dad Christine Tony and Angela BAILEY In loving memory of mother Susan Rebecca who died March 23 1937: also father who died March 15 1930 Sadlv missed bv daughter Rose and friends of 24 Grange Road Heath BALDWIN Martha A day to remember but sad to recall The loss of you dear the best friend of all Husband children and Nan BENNETTS William James To have been remembered would be all he would have wished Wife Alice and children Con Rene and Reg BETTS Christopher Loving memory Wife and family BICCERSTAFF Tom March 23 1945: also Hilda September 24 1922 Not lust today but every day Fond thoughts of you so often stray Though absent you are ever near Still loved still missed still ever dear Loving wife Annie children and grandchildren BOONE Ernest Charles A loving thought today Treasursd memories for svgr Loving BRENNAN Mother March 23 1949: dad June 8 1929 brother Jim March 28 1952 Sweet Is tm word remembrance Dear are the ones that are gone In memory we shall keeo them As long is the year roll on Annie BUI Hilda Cyril Katie Ted and LUy CHATWIN Ellen Deep In our hearts you will always stay Loved aim remembered every day Sadly missed Husband and son CHATWIN Mom Your life was love and labour Your heart waa fond and true: Tou did your best for evsryone What more could a mother do Always remembered Em Jim grandchildren COLLINS Remembering today aa always our dear sister Alice passed on eight veara todav Annie Lizzie Mabel Janet COX George Howard died 18 years today In my heart George vou stay Loved and remembered everv day Loving wife Llll COX Treasured memories of our dear dad worthy of everlasting remembrance God mesa Alwavs loved by Madge Beat Vera and Bill COX Dad March 23 1936 Memory lane la a beautiful lane where thoughts are ever true And down that lane we often strav because It leads to vou Loving daughter Dora and son-in-law Frank CRAWFORD Jim March 23 1951 Peacefully sleeping In a garden of rest riee from pain At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember Wife Amy son Jim daughter Ada CREESE In loving memory of Alfred who died a year ago today Sadly missed bv wife and family WHY LIMIT THIS THE REGION mere Fan lust let any vandal try it on Importance of Being Earnest and see what will happen to him! and the man who has done the adapting and has written the lyrics and the score is the resourceful and ingenious Noel Coward This musical version of which is called After the arrived last' night at the Alexandra Theatre and was received with cordiality by a full house There Is little doubt that the Mary Ellis much more attractive In its new form There is a new beginning and a new ending Some Cowardian Catherine wheels have been introduced among the familiar Wildean whizz-bangs and what with these and the pleasant tunes slick or sentimental the creaking of the plot is less evident as those who saw the play minus music during a recent repertory season at this theatre will readily agree Robert Helpmann has been responsible for the direction of a very good singing team who gave us the full flavour of the native woodnotes Wilde and though the acting called for more qualified praise there was a full toned and rightly larger-than-life performance as Mrs Erlynne by Mary Ellis whom I last saw playing Volumnia in Vanessa Lee mavbe because of her song bird notes made Lady Winder-mere seem less of a little goose than usual but Peter Graves with the same advantage hardly succeeded in making her husband less of a stick Sham us Locke as Darlington Irene Browne as the Duchess of Berwick Graham Payn as Hopper and Patricia Cree as Lady Agatha kept the comedy going along the right lines and there was much excellent singing of tricky lyrics for two three four and more voices by others than the principals While the music arranged and directed by Norman Hackforth was so pleasantly striking the ear the scenery and costumes by Doris Zinkeisen were charming the eye for they were a Victorian dream of delight and worthy rivals of those which Cecil Beaton evolved for the revival of seven years ago By the time the for that is what Noel Coward has called has moved into its London home there will ho doubt be fewer difficulties with unruly borders refractory front clotb and troublesome tiaras old comedy of 1892 Is 5 In its new form though tell these mishaps IN MEMORIAM OAVIS William Henry Loving memories of a dear husband ami father Not just todav but every da In silence we remember God bleaa you sons George and Will daughtera-ln-law Olive and Audrey grandchildren and Kitty ELLIOTt Elsie A heartache a tear a memory dear Each day of my life I wish you were here Always remembered by sister Aurora Percy Dorothy Lillian and Jimmy ELLIS Lizzie beloved wife and mother died March 23 1953 In our hearts vou will always stay Loved and remembered everv day Your loving husband George sons daughter grandchildren Mom March 23 1953 This day dawns with sad regret Of beloved mother shall never forget She left us suddenly thoughts unknown But left us memories we are proud to own Sadly misled by son BUI and Pat ELLIS Mom March 23 1953 To know you never said goodbye Will always bring regrets But the hearts that loved you truly Are the ones that forget Remembered always Loving daughter Madge George grandson Lee GRIFFITHS In loving memory of my dear wife Elizabeth died March 23 1953 Harrv Also remembered by son andj dauthters-tn-law GRIFFITHS Elizabeth fell asleep March 23 1953 To Uve in the hearts we love Is not to die Good-night mom Daughter Edith son-in-law Jack grandchildren Roger Philip and Lorraine GRIFFITHS Elizabeth March 22 Our folnt birthday Mom passed away March 23 1953 Still living still loved still ours Doris Arthur grandchildren Graham Malcolm HACKETT Arthur March 23 146 Time passes shadows fall But loving memories outlast al) Wife Edna daughter Hilda Albert passed away March 21 1949 Always remembered by wife and family HAWKESFORO Emma March 23 1950 In loving memon Sadly missed by husband Dan sons daughters-in-law and grandchildren HEMMING A tribute of loving memory to dear Walter who died March 23 947 From his wife Constance ana auntie Laura HEMMING In loving memory of Walter called March 23 1947 Years roll bv but memories remain Edna and John HILL Jack Haopv memories ot a dear husband and father Molrte and Prue HILL Jack lovingly remembered by moin sister Marg Dick little Dim Never lorgotten by his relatives and all his friends HILL In loving memory of my dear wife Lizzie died March 21 1952 Never forgotten You will always live In our hearts HODCETTS Elsie died March 23 1939 Lovingly remembered Harry and family HOWELL In loving memory of our dear mother who passed away March 23 1953 Sadly missed by Dorothy and Margery JEFFREY8 Treasured memories of Marjorie passed away March 23 1950 Always in our thoughts Mom Eric and son Roger KEEN Dennis Charles In loving remembrance of your birthday Den Loving wife 3ert also Nell KING Ernest died March 23 1949 Treasured memories a road we call remembranoe where thoughts and wishes meet: We take that road In thought today of one we cannot greet Wife Carrie daughter Dot and Les KING Ernest In loving memory of dad Daughter Amy grandchildren Maureen and Arthur KING Dad March 23 A day of remembrance aad to recall Without farewell you left us alk Lll Ern and Alan KING Ernest passed away March 23 1949 Sweet Is the word remembrance Dear is the one that Is gone: In memory we shall always keep you As long as the years roll on God bless you dad Muriel and Jim LAWRENCE Frederick George March 23 1943 Always remembered by mother father Edna and Arthur also baby John LIPPETT Evergreen memories mom We knew her worth and loved her how dearlw none can tell We mourn for her sincerely till we meet again some day God bless Bessie VI Fred MALLARD George March 23 1948 Unfading memories of my beloved husband In heavenly love abiding Loving wife Emiiv MASSEY Treasured memories of Thomas William called home March 23 1938 In heaven we will miss you still alone journey but know meet again Always In the thoughts of hia lov ng wife and family McCORMACK Loving memories or Nora Deep In my heart you will always stay Loved and remembered every day Loving husband Pat McCORMACK nee Chew In loving memory of Nora Always In our thought Mom dad slsters-ln-law MOORE May March comes with regret Two lonely years without you dear aad has been the way For me and home are not the aame since you were taken from me Ever remembered by husband Bill daughter Iris and son Bernard and famlUea MOULT Treasured memories of mv dear mother died March 22 1949 also father died January 13 1934 Them In garden lies a beautiful roae so sleep on dear mother and take your rest It la a true saying God takes the best Sadly missed by daughter Beatrice and son-in-law John MULLISS died March 23 1949 A heartache a tear a memory so dear Each day of our life we wish you were here Alwavs remembered Wife and daughter Alice dear But and husband Time passes shadows fall loving memories outlast all From wife Treasured memories of March 23 1948 Peacefully sleeping In a garden of rest Loving thougthz Doll Len Jean Maureen Bill OTTERWELL Dear Joan In our hearts you will alway stay Loved and remembered every day Wish vou were here Love mv sister MUOTTERWELL Loving memorie of mv sU Joan How I wish you were still here- StTAYL0R William Edward CBU1 four years today but always in the thoughts of wife Florrie snd eons Jsck tod iutblv Leah Loving memories of our dad and frand-dad March 23 1953- You Ailed our lives with happmess the glow is with us yet Your entiling fsce and your loving ways we never shall forget For all of you did your best Lord grant him eternal rest Loving wife In loving memory of dad Years are swiftly passing but still we don forget Always remembered by children WIGGINS In loving memory of our dear brothers Sidney one year ago today and Tom April 9 1948 Ever In our thought Bert Ida and Dolly ROLL OF HONOUR JRBft ttWwSSfc 944 lift) hit cranny Bad Apgl 6 1945 Pages of time are turning of you will trer last Mom PtttUat Doug laalar i i jatter It tarfes a handful of British iien and Greek patriots and is left thinking that if life was well fc part well there are plenty of up-and- coming youngsters who would jump at the chance Special footnote in praise of last weather 'man At last he explained in simple terms what a deep depression is Now we know YOUR Opinion TOO MUCH ASK? I TO HAPPEN to be one of those cranks Max Wall speaks about but am glad to be a if it means I am much different from him We cannot afford to be as irresponsible as he Is We must think of our children and try to preserve their purity and innocence What must be the mentality of a man to stand before millions of viewers and brazenly think speak and act as he did? Any happy family with a TV looks forward when all their work is done to sitting down and watching a decent show Do you think that is too much to ask? I do Bernard Healy Rednal TE I ION programmes from the Midland Region when we get them have not impressed me much in the past but I did enjoy the News last night True the enjoyment was tempered by the which we deserved to see in thought that it was scarcely an entirety-original television programme JTbe were just the cameras pointing at a disliked the brok feature but it tVli had the merit of being refresh- KPWil? tta 1045-Today ingly adult try 10 uns me Dlls togeiner in Parliament News summary The Bronowski- Bullock -Hutton 9LP £aVJ UOHT PROGRAMME 50-Sydney Wolfenden team is a first-class one nnhleter-but Lf It ft Its members have something worth Jme in aP Droner full-length DriTL1fav H6i5Under of1 heing Sfv)ri rnvprsmi' what nlrv adaptation from studio where Twenty Pariule The incidentally it can be handled much News sport i Have a Pol mey appeared so early in the even- better from the technical viewnoint jj-1: lAurence ginreg 50-530 Children's programme 755 Weather chart 80 Newsreel 815 Homespun 845 This a comedy by Eynon Evans 1010 The Name's the Same 1040 cricket News Can our girls turn on the glamour? technical trmihle tecnnicai wouDie Here is a suggestion: Why not replace or at least alternate the with that old political dog-fight the On last nights showing it deserves more than the regional wavelength Max Was Smug Maybe It was because the Midland programme was adult that it was more difficult than ever for a mere grown-up to pass judgment on the new version of This kind of thing is made to appeal to the 1 want to be harsh but does it? I thought the amateur concert party grim and Max Robertson smug falling over himself to laud everybody Why not leave the running of the whole programme entirely to Jean Aubrey Barry Macgregor and one or two of the other competent youngsters After all it is supposed to be their programme and they might get on much better without well-meaning twenties" grant you the polished acting the personality of John Clements and Kay Hammond xwhat an accent!) and all the high gloss finish of a West End production but I was disappointed witn I felt that here was a famous play Steele in his films column discusses the generally accepted theory that British girls lack sex appeal particularly in contrast to American girls The British male himself is generally given to understatement in regard to girl has the same hwk uu wuw have national characteristic? The Ameri- wlr' -can attitude is to play up anything Ponising their local station the whirldto s18 the American girl One thing a outside the door or at the bottom of the road Today local Tains are running almost empty outside peak hours despite the inducements of qu'ck comfortable travel and cheap fares I do most strongly commend these local train services to the friends of branch line protagonists and to the housewife who is prepared to her movements on that earned occasional day in town When considering increased costs from whatever quarter they may come one must be objective It is both unfair and inaccurate to blame the railways for price spirals This is confusing the symptoms with the disease! The Greeks had a word for our troubles oikonomia It means literally housekeeping and it should mean good housekeeping the answer to Mr There lies Scott Walker Mr Cain and and all It is a national problem an international problem a world problem We are all caught up in a mad whirligig of values ratios and economies Effort need and reward conscience and spirit Or could it be a new humanism founded on a simple recognition of minimum needs? The solution? The blame? Well slr if there be merit in apportioning the blame let us blame ourselves Bt not our British Railways please Solihull George Boden a i Workers IF only the Birmingham Transport A Department would employ more part-time workers I think there would be hundri to cite £Td- possesses that helps to give her assur ance and become more sophisticated at an early age is the co-educational system Ana just as familiarity breeds contempt her understanding of the American male makes her less tolerant about his point of view and she is free to act accordingly whereas the British girl remains strictly on the side of understatement This would not appear to be any cause for regret because plenty of our girls with their British attractiveness scale the glamorous heights of Hollywood such as Greer Garson Jean Simmons Elizabeth Taylor Audrey Hepburn to mention only a few Besides our girls down the years have mothered one of the greatest nations the world has ever known So what is superficial glamour compared to that? I have seen it stated that the one thing wrong with the American girl is the American man He expects I think t-ha railway branch line is an unfortunate event But what is the usual position? Like an old barren fruit tree it is never- theless part of the landscape No one has much use for tt but Tt gives character to the neighbourhood and who knows there could be another Meantime the great expense of It ig ao urggatly iwttod Chew 3T SSf'SS CALCULATORS LTD Have been appointed Sole Distributors in the Midlands for the famous BRUNSVIGA range of Adding Calculating Machines We should be glad to arrange a demonstration of any of the following machines ADDO ADWIL BRUNSVIGA BURROUGHS CONTEX DACOMETER EVEREST HAMANN NATIONAL NUMERICA ODHNER OLIVETTI RHEINMETAL SUNDSTRAND VICTOR CALCULATORS LTD 20-22 Church St Colmore Row Birmingham 3 Telephone: CENtral 4831-2 Clare Austin in a family 'BLESS This a homely comedy you will see tonight PniUPfl ntroduces to television an author- vVyAUVl actor already well-known to sound radio Mr Eynon Evans who my picture you see Clare Austin wrote Tommy Trouble in the learning her script for the part of Rarebit" programme He Christine who is concerned in an has built his play around the elopement Twenty-year-old Miss personality of a Welsh working study was as the picture mother Betsan Richards who has shows interrupted by her Siamese brought up her three sons Having cat Nina done well in their chosen careers The cameras take you into a Welsh they have married and left the village for half-an-hour of what the family home and Betsan decides to programme calls In it live with each in turn you will meet a section of a local Betsan is played by Madeline band and there will be an appear-Thomas who has often been seen on ance by a choir whose members have TV and may be remembered by sung at the Royal Albert Hall in it The Pi viewqpi 4.