The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1947 Page: 26 of 28
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THE SEALY NEWS
EIGHT
THURSDAY, DECEMBER
25th, 1947
Texas Theatre Presents-
JEEP AND ITS DRIVER
BOTH HAVE
LUCK
were wondering
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NOTICE
MELONECK LUMBER COMPANY
i will be closed for inventory between
Christmas Day, December 25th, and
New Year’s Day, January 1st.
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Enjoy the
Dance Music of
BELLVILLE
City Park Pavilion
FRIDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 26TH
Adm.: $1.00, gents; 50c, ladies, tax incl.
LET'S BE
CHEERY
COMPANY
POWER
LIGATING &
HOUSTON
1000010
Red Skelton
M-G-M Star
New Heat-Resisting
Material Discovered
We hope for you a bright and cheerful Yule-
tide and as we ring in a New Year, we wish
you every good fortune.
May happiness be yours to
enjoy this Christmas and may it
give you the inspiration and
guidance to meet the coming
year with a cheerful heart.
General Hauling
Washed Sand
and Gravel
Prompt Service
Koy Brothers
Frank — Billy
PHONE NO. 101 J
LYTH PLUMBING SHOP
MR. and MRS. LEROY LYTH
The urge to make Christmas
more gracious lies deep-rooted
in the hearts of Americans
everywhere, as they pause to ob-
serve the Christmas season.
SHELL STATION
EDWIN L. REMMERT
Red Skelton in
Top Form at "Merton
of the Movies”
‘ stORE
OUR
Two men in bountiful, Utah,
_ today whether
the luck was with them or their
for a MERRY CHRISTMAS
and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
LAD JANDA
at the
jeep.
Clive Calder and A. P. Jack-
man became bl
while driving a
Sponsored by the American
Legion Post of Bellville
fact that it’s not serious
remainder of the cost, provided
for construction and improve-
ment of 182 miles of roads, es-
timated to cost $1,682,000, the
commission said:
Fort Bend County—A farm
highway was designated from
the United States highway 59,
at Richmond to Crabb, thence
south toward Long Point to the
Tadpole road, approximately 15
miles 75-25 plan; estimated cost
$60,000.
Colorado county — Two farm
highways were designated; one
Those who think of Red Skel-
ton purely in terms of slapstick
comedy have a surprise in store
on the Texas Theatre screen
where M-G-M’s latest Skelton
starrer, ’‘Merton of the Movies,”
will be shown Sunday and Mon-
lay, December 28 and 29th.
drama. It is only at the picture’s
preview that Merton discovers
the fraud and, embittered, is a-
bout to return to Tinkerton,
Kansas. He is eventually persu-
aded that laughter and art can
go hand in hand and retains both
Phyllis and comedy stardom.
Virginia O’Brien is excellent
in one of her rare straight roles
as the well-intentioned Phyllis,
Gloria Grahame does an effective
part as a designing movie act-
ress of the glitter era, and other
roles are expertly played by
Leon Ames, Alan Mowbray,
Charles D. Brown, Douglas
Fowley and Hugo Haas.
For his new role as the coun-
try bumpkin who storms the por-
tals of Hollywood of the silent-
film days reveals a Skelton of
far greater versatility than he
has ever shown before. The
slapstick is there to be sure—and
it’s a delight—but combined with
the fun is a heartwarming ap-
peal and a touch of pathos that
brings to mind the best work of
Charlie Chaplin.
As Merton Gill, hero of the
story, Skelton comes to Holly-
wood full of lofty ideals and an
unswerving aspiration to give
his all in the pursuit of high-
class drama. Unfortunately, his
talents fall far short of his am-
bitions, but when he is advised
by his only friend, Phyllis, a
down-to-earth trouper, to work
his way up via comedy parts, he
disdains her suggestion. Phyllis,
seeing him down to Kis last nick-
el, maneuvers him into the top
role of a slapstick farce and man-
ages to see him through the film
without letting him catch on to
inded by dust
mountain road.
Calder’s jeep left the road on a
curve and fell 500. feet.
Both men were thrown clear
of the vehicle and landed un-
hurt. The jeep landed right-side
up without a scratch or dent.
Elton Koym Marks
11th Birthday With
Party Wednesday
Mrs. Louis Koym entertained
with a party in honor of her son,
Elton, on his eleventh birthday,
Wednesday afternoon, December
17, from 3:45 to 5:45 o’clock,
with a group of schoolmates as
guests.
The dining table was centered
with an arrangement of pine
cones and greenery encircling
two tall tapers in crystal candle
holders. A beautifully embos-
sed birthday cake with eleven
candles, added grace to the pret-
ty table. A gum drop tree on
the coffee table in the living
room drew the attention of all
youngsters, and furthered the
Christmas theme.
The group enjoyed various
games, among which was the
“‘Pinning the tail on the Don-
key” contest, with Lonnie Wright
as prize winner, receiving a San-
ta boot filled with candy. Lot-
tie Ann Borgel was awarded the
booby prize, a stick of candy.
Refreshments of chicken salad
sandwiches, pickles, Ritz, fresh
cocoanut cake, devil’s food cake,
the birthday cake, and soda wa-
ter were served to Susie Rik-
ard, Jacquelyn Furr, Geraldine
Houchin, Lottie Ann Borgel, Ca-
rolyn Schroeder, Margie Ein-
kauf, Paul Schroeder, Floyd Ked-
ing, Leslie Pavelka, Sidney Keil-
ers, Lonnie Wright, the honoree
and his brother, Russell Lee.
Relatives and friends enjoyed
a refreshment course later that
evening.
A thin paneling which resists
heat of more than 2,000 degrees
has been announced by E. I. du
Pont de Nemours & Company, of
Arlington, N. J., for prospective
use in sections of aircraft which
might be subject to fire.
The material comprises two
very thin sheets of carbon steel
with a plastic core. Test sheets
are one-quarter inch thick and
weigh less than one pound per
square foot.
Du Pont said in a statement
the Civil Aeronautics Authority
has certified the material for
airplane firewalls, which must
withstand heat of 2,000 degrees
for fifteen minutes. The new
material withstood heat of more
than 2,200 degrees for more
than thirty minutes, the com-
pany said. It described the pan-
neling as insulation against noise
as well as heat.
Horse power represents the
power required to lift a weight
of 33,000 pounds 1 foot in one
minute or 550 pounds 1 foot in
1 second.
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VETERANS GET
HOUSING RIGHTS
An agreement giving veterans
preference in public housing
projects in Texas was announ-
ced in Austin recently.
Geo. S. Berry, department
commander for the American
Legion, said five major issues
had been settled by agreement
with Marshall W. Amis, Fort
Worth regional director of the
Public Housing Administration,
and Dillon S. Myer, PHA ad-
ministrator from Washington.
Under the , agreement, local
project management is author-
ized to adjust rents in hardship
cases on application of tenants.
Disability compensation of a
veteran will be counted as in-
come in determining eligibility
for admission to a low rent pro-
ject as a tenant. It will not be
counted, however, when deter-
mining eligibility for continued
occupancy.
A veteran without housing
will be taken as a tenant in a
war housing project or veterans’
housing project regardless of
income. In individual sales a
veteran occupant has first prior-
ity. In cases where a project
must be sold to a group, pre-
ference will go to an all-veteran
group.
from Frelsburg north to the
Austin county line, and the oth-
er from United States highway
90, seven miles east of Colum-
bus, northeast to Bernardo. Co-
lorado county is to provide 75
per cent and the state 25 per
cent of the estimated cost of
$73,000.
22 More Road
Projects Approved
Approval by the state high-
way commission of an additional
22 Texas highway construction
and maintenance projects
brought total estimated cost on
all projects authorized at a two
day meeting here to $8,220,779.
Joint financing plans, under
which the state pays up to 25
per cent of the cost of construct-
ion, with counties bearing the
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