Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1960 Page: 4 of 19
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STEPHENVILLE EMPIRE-TRIBUNE. STEPHENVILLE. TEXAS
Prison Rodeo Breaks
Opening Attendance
SANTO ,‘HELL TO ETERNITY’ DEPICTS
"> *KB »«■■»•* j FIERY WORLD WAR II BATTLE
HUNTSVILLE — A record
opening day crowd lauded the
first performance of the 29th An-
imal Texas Prison Rodeo here Sun-
day as being one of the best
balanced shows in the history of
these events.
In addition to thrilling- inmate
contests featuring top riders and
tough prison rodeo stock, fans
were treated to the singing of
Ricky Nelson, versatile teenage re-
cording star.
They also enjoyed hearing a ;
number of inmate entertainment
groups, especially the Gorce Girls,
with solos by Candy Barr, former
Dallas entertainer, Aldo Phillips
and Nancy Ingram.
Candy sang Peggy Lee’s version
of “Fever”, while Aldo showed
professional talent w-ith a blues
number. Nancy received a round of
applause for her rendition of “Bill
Bailey, Come Home.”
Another outside specialty which
attracted a great deal of attention
was the Girls’ Barrel Rare. A 10-
year old girl. Dawn Tripp of
Bryan, shared fiist place honors
with Sharron Reeves of Fort j
Worth. Their time was recorded at j
19.0 seconds. t
While the inmate rodeo contests j
were rougher than usual, somehow ;
riders managed to suffer only
minor injuries.
Several convict riders came j
i lose to being gored by fierce i
Brahman bulls. However, thanks |
to the work of inmate clowns, they I
were saved from possible serious j
harm.
With one show out of the way, j
inmate performers say they will |
lie doing their best to make the j
Sunday, October 9 show- even bet-
ter than the first performance.
Sharing the spotlight next Sub*
day will be Ailen Case, star ol
the TV aeries^ “The Deputy”, and
The Crew-Cuts, well-known sing-
ing stars.
Reserved seat tickets may be ob-
tained by writing Rodeo Ticket Of-
fice, Huntsville, Texas. Tickets an*
$2.40, $3.76, and $4.40, tax in-
cluded. Net proceeds go for in-
mate rehabilitative services. The
show begins at 2 p in.
Prim-ilia Club to Meet
The Priscilla Club will begin its
season when it meets Friday after-
noon in the home of Mrs. Tom
Bridges. Members are urged to
keep this date in mind.
• Q*s ond A#s
Q—Do US. ambassadors to
foreign countries change with
each administration?
A—All traditionally hand in
resignations, but only those of
noncareerists are apt to be
accepted.
• • •
Q—What is “Momar”?
A—Abbreviation for “Mod-
ern Mobile Army.”
ii * •
—Is the earth traveling in
direction of the star Vega,
ad at what speed?
A—Yes, together with our
entire solar system, at about
43,000 miles per hour.
Q—Why does a honeybee die
after it stings a person?
A—The bee cannot free it-
self without tearing away part
of its abdomen.
(Ntwspopcr Enterprise Assn.)
The Santo WMS met at the Bap
tist Church Tuesday, Oct. 4, at
9:15 a m. for their regular WMS
meeting. An installation service j
was held. Those installed were j
Mmes. Pearl Gilbert, president; |
Delann Sparks, secretary; Inez
Farley, young folks leader; Annie
Thornton, prayer chairman; Ruth
Phillips, mission chairman; Gladys
Stevens, stewardship chairman;
Willena Holder, community mis-
sion chairman; Ollie Knight, pro-
gram chairman; Mrs. Hatchett,
publications; Charlotte Rogers, en-
listment chairman.
Those visiting in the home of
Mrs. Sarah Hurt and Roy over the
weekend were her daughter and
family from Houston, Mr. and
Mrs. Odell Holder and daughter,
.Judy.
Mr. and Mrs. Cox and sons of
Sidney, Mrs. Cox is the former
Earline Truelove, a granddaugh-
ter of Mrs. Hurt.
Mr. and Mrs. Buck Holder visit-
ed in Mineral Wells Sunday after-
noon with his sister, Mrs. Effie
Tyler and son, Joel and daughter,
Elwanda.
Mrs. Merle Carter accompanied
by her daughter, Mrs. Jo Ann Mc-
With the eyes of the world cur-
rently focused on the possibility
of another global conflict, Holly-
wood, with the cooperation of the
United States Marines, has spun
the events of the momentous strug-
gle for the Pacific in World War
II into “Hell to Eternity,” a mod-
ern Iliad likely to take its place
as one of the gr eat war pictures of
film history.
It opens on Thursday at the
Majestic theatre.
Yet far all its impressive battle
scenes, staged for the producers by
the Marine Corps itself on the is-
land of Okinawa, “Hell to Eterni-
ty” richly merits to be called some-
thing more than a war picture.
It is based on the true story of
Guy Gabaldon, who cut his fight-
ing teeth in the boy-gang warfare
of East Los Angeles, and who, as
an 18-year-old Marine PFC. on
Saipan, was officially credited with
taking more than 1000 prisoners—
more than any other one man has
taken in American military his-
tory. (These in addition to the 34
Japanese soldiers he killed.)
As Gabaldon, the incredibly un-
known Leatherneck whom the
famed Audie Murphy has hailed
Dale and little son, Clifford and i as “one of the great war heroes
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Mrs. Eula Sanders, Mrs. Carter’s
mother went to Weinert to visit a
brother-in-law of Mr. Sanders',
who is seriously ill at his home
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Nath Thornton
and Mr. and Mrs. Wylie Thornton
of Palo Pinto attended the funejgl
of their cousin, Mr. Alexander at
Liberty Sunday afternoon.
Joe and Jack Holder motored to
! Baird Sunday afternoon to visit
| with their friend, Ronnie Welch,
j Mrs. Trena Stockstill of Lone
j Camp is staying in the H. C. Scott
! home, helping care for Mrs. Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Foster and
i sons Howard and Arlo, Mr. and
j Mrs. Jack Hamilton and sons,
| Jackie and Charles and Mr. and
Mrs. Ersil Ellis are the families
that have their trailer houses
parked on the old school yard
which ig now owned by Mr. and
Mrs. Buck Holder. The men have
, employment on the farm-to-market
[ road from Santo to Brazos.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Daniel of
Dallas spent Saturday night with
her sister and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Sparks.
i Miss Kay Branson of Tarleton
State College in Stephenville was
j a weekend visitor of her parents,
j Mr. and Mrs. A. Branson.
I Mrs. Velora Walker, Mrs. Sadie.
Walker and Mra.“ Annie Thoraton
attended the funeral Monday of
their grandfather, Hugh Mclnroe,
at Exray.
Daily Empire classified ads pay.
1960
STATE and COUNTY
TAXES
NOW DUE
OCTOBER DISCOUNT...................3%
NOVEMBER DISCOUNT..................2%
DECEMBER DISCOUNT..................1J
• Poll Tax Not Added to Your Statement
LINGLEVILLE SCHOOL TAX IS ON SEPARATE
RECEIPT AND MAY BE PAID AT THIS OFFICE
ERATH COUNTY
ALBERT CRAGWALL
TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR
of all time,” Jeffrey Hunter gives
what is by all odds the most grip-
ping performance of hm career.
Come next February, he’U probably
be up for an Oscar because of it.
David Janssen, TV’s “Richard
Diamond, Private Detectrve,” dis-
plays surprising dramatic power,
coupled with a fine talent for com-,
edy as the tough drillmaster who
became Gabaldon’s buddy. And
singer Vic Damone carves out for
himself the beginning of a new
acting career as the ill-starred
“third musketeer” of the trio of
Marines whose adventures run
through the film.
But no one surprises in “Hell
to Eterhity” more than red-headed
Patricia Owens, remembered for
her fine, imperial, but restrained
performance as the colonel’s snob-
bish daughter opposite Marlon
Brando in “Sayonara.” In this one,
she really lets that red hair down
in the wild-party sequence laid in
Honolulu — u sizaler that, for so
different reasons, is quite as mem-
orable a.s the battle scenes.
Sessue llayakawa, who has him-
self characterized his role in “Hell
to Eternity” as better than the one
that got him an Academy Award
nomination in “The Bridge on the
River Kwai,” plays the Japanese
commanding general on Saipan.
He is thoroughly classic figure
in the tradition of his people, who
captured by Gabaldon, is persuaded
to order the last of his beaten array
to surrender.
Miiko Taka, the Japanese beauty
whom Brando took to wife in
“Sayonara,” is also co-starred in
“Hell to Eternity.” Young Richard
Eyer plays Gehuldon as a boy, or-
phaned and homeless, taken in by
a Japanese family, from whom he
acquires the weapon that is to
prove ao valuable to his country on
Saipan -— a fluency in the Japan-
ese tongue.
John Larch portrays Galbaldon’s
real-life commanding officer, Capt.
John L. Schwahe, now a practic-
ing attorney in Portland, Ore.;
Bill Williams is featured as a
sergeant, the torrid Rciko Sato as
a Japanese stripper in the Hono-
lulu sequence, Michi Kobi, as her
sex-wise friend.
And opposing the J000 Marines
who take part in the battle scenes
are 1200 Okinawan veterans of
the Imperial Japanese Army who
must be given due credit for adding
to the realism.
All in all, this Atlantic Pictures
production for Allied Artists, pro-
duced by Irving H. Levin and mas-
terfully directed by Phil Karlson,
is one people will be talking about.
McMurry Team Has
Western Background
FRIDAY, f>OTf>Wnt T.
three games will he on the road
with San Angelo, Victoria and
Hardin Simmon*.
The Tarleton game will aUrt at
7:30 at Memorial Stadium.
ABILENE — The McMurry Col- Wharton County jn an afternoon
lege “B” team travels to Stephen- Kan,e and homecoming. The next
ville Thuvsdny to take on the Tar-
leton State College Plowboys. It j
will be the first game for the Pa-
pooses.
The Abilene school will field a
team with a West Texas flavor,
all but one of the starters are
from West Texas or New Mexico
high schools.
Rex Caldwell, 6-3, 220-pound
freshman from Dallas is the only j
Easterner in the crowd.
Sophomore Jerry Trice 6-1, 205-
pound Hobbs, N. M., tackle and |
Clay Porterfield 6-0, 185-pound j
Clovis. N. M., native are the out- |
of-staters listed on the starting |
line-up.
Trice and John Richey, 5-10, 160
pounds, of Hamlin are the only
sophomore starters on the start-
ing ‘11’.
The Tarleton coaching staff has
been studying the film of the
Blinn game and working on mis-
takes and smoothing out rough
spots in the offense.
The Plowboys with two wins this
season have already surpassed the
1958-59 record when they won
only one game in each of the sea-
sons.
Coach Dunn has little to go on
as far as scouting reports go be-
cause the McMurry team hasn’t
played any games this season.
However, the squad hus a host
of talented backs and linemen.
This will be the last non-con-
ference game for the Plowboys un-
til Nov. 10 whan they meet the
Hardin-Simmons Freshmen.
Next week they will open con-
ference play at home against the
defending champions, Del Mar. The
following week they will meet
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