Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1931 Page: 3 of 4
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CARANCAHUA
Mr. Guy Cavallin of Olivia visited
friends here Saturday.
The Wilson family were guests at
the Victor Johnson home Sunday aft-
ernoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Linville and daughter,
Minnie, were Sunday guests at the
Lloyd Frankson home.
The Carancahua Sunday School is
preparing an Easter program to be
given at the church Easter day.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Baldwin and
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children visited at the L. E. Frank-
son home last Sunday afternoon.
Miss Signe Frankson was taking
the school census of the children of
the neighborhood Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Slaikeu visited at the
M. R. Whyman home at Ganado and
transacted business in Edna Tuesday.
Messrs. Victor Johnson and Fluke
Frankson were in Hay City and Whar-
ton Monday and Tuesday on business.
Carolyn Slaikeu was out of school
two days last week and the first part
of this week entertaining the chicken
pox.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Abraham, Dol-
phy Abraham and Walter Loff attend-
ed the play at Deutschburg last Sat-
urday night.
Mrs. Artie Larson went to the Beng-
ston home last week to help care for
her father, who is very sick. Miss
Helen Loff went with her.
Lawrence Tibbett
As Singing Hobo,
Coming to Queen
REPORT OF
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SURPRISING ROLE IN "THE
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When a man of Buffalo, N. Y,, prov-
ed in court that he knew all the stan-
zas of 'America," he won the court's
consideration by getting a suspended
sc, tence on an intoxication charge.
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T. R. BRANDON
"The Southerner," with Lawrence
Tibbett in the starring role and a sup-
porting cast featuring Esther Ralston,
Roland Young and Cliff Edwards, will
be shown at the Queen Theatre Sun-
day and Monday.
The story written by Bess Mere-
dyth and Wells Root presents the Met
ropolitan opera star in his first mod-
ern screen role, that of the son of an
aristocratic Southern family who
breaks home ties to become a "hobo."
Novel Screen Subject
This is believed to be the first time
that the devil-may-care existence of
the "tramp," and more particularly
that laconic species of "hobo" which
roams the South, has ever been de-
picted on the screen.
Tibbett's characterization is a for
cry from the roles he has played in
screen operettas. Pictui'e the Tibbett
of the resplendent uniforms and trap-
pings of "The Rogue Song" and "New
Moon'' in the torn, dirty garments of
a "hobo." Visualize the arrogant cav-
alryman and officer playing the jolly
leader of a band of tramps. Conceive
the singer of such majestic songs as
"The Narrative," "Once in the Geor-
gian Hill," "and "Lover Come Back to
Me" singing simple folk songs of the
South, such as "De Glory Road,"
"Chidlins," "It Looks Like Pappy"
and "A. Child Is Born."
When audiences have recovered
from fhe surprise of seeing the Metro-
politan baritone in this thoroughly
"different" role, they may prepare
themselves for other interesting de-
tails.
Old Negro Barbecue
They will see what is believed to be
the first authentic talking screen rep-
resentaion of an old-fashioned negro
barbecue with all the colorful trim-
mings.
They will hear the celebrated Ethi-
opian Etude Chorus of a hundred
voices.
They will view a picturesque fox
hunt with sixty red-coated riders
headed by Miss Ralston and Purnell
B. Pratt.
.They will see a novel array of pets
and animals, including "Alice," a
trained tortoise; a tame skunk, a
trained fox, "Buster" and "Oscar," all-
harkie comedy dogs; a trained eel,
seventy horses and a trained rooster.
Harry Pollard, who scored with the
screen version of "Show Boat'' and
"Uncle Tom's Cabin," directed the new
Tibbett production.
The large cast includes Hedda Hop-
per, Emma Dunn, Stepin Fetchit, the
comic negro player; Louis John Bar-
tels, Theodore Von Eltz, Wally Al-
right, Jr., Suzanne Ransom, Gertrude
Howard and John Larkin.
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supplies, doing all types of light
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ing and that a part of their expenses
would be paid by the Shriners.
Motion made and carried to have
a request made for a large appro-
priation of money to carry on this
work.
We now heard the report of our
present County Health Nurse, Mrs.
Patricia Martyn, which was very
good. She mentioned the wonderful
co-operation of all doctors, • medical,
osteopathic and dentists.
She told of helping hold two free
dental clinics of 13 or more children,
all extraction work was done free of
charge, but each child was requested
to buy a toothbrush and a lesson on
how to use it was given.
She reported $32. given by the
I,ion's Culb to the children's health
fund, a part of the proceeds of the
entertainment given partly for this
work, this made a total of $71 in all
she had received to carry on the work
of correcting chronic defects of child-
| ren, where parents were unable to
I have work done.
She also reported that the Lion's
i Club was helping to take care of some
I cases of poor vision, some were hav-
' ing to be taken to Houston to a spec-
j ialist, a Doctor Rauston, who was co-
operating by giving his services free,
asking that only the medicine used
be paid for and hospital bill when
necessary to send patient to a hos-
pital.
Mrs. Salsbury reported that a man
in Palacios had recently lost his eye-
sight, and that they were at a loss to
know where to get assistance and that
advantage of this opportunity would
be taken at once.
We now had the delegates' reports
from clubs of county and the dele-
gates were as follows:—
Bay City P.-T. A., Miss Tenie
Holmes.
Blessing Library Club, Mrs. Charles
Duller.
Collegepott Women's Club, Mrs.
Harry Austin Clapp.
Gulf P.-T. A., Mrs. E. E. Pearce.
Matagorda Mother's Club, Mrs. J.
O. Taylor.
Markham Mother's Club, Mrs. Kil-
ibrew.
Midfield P.-T. A., report by mail.
Palacios P.-T. A., Mrs. Faubion.
Palacios Wednesday Club, Mrs. G.
A Salsbury.
Ladies Auxiliary of Chamber of
Commerce, Palacios, Mrs. J. W. Dis-
mukes.
Wadsworth P.-T. A., Miss Alice
Longwood.
Van Vleck P.-T. A., Mrs, Ewing.
All reports were excellent and very
interesting, showing that our women
of the county are very busy doing
things for the good of their commun-
ity and schools.
At 12:30 adjournment was called
and all went to the Sallie House for
lunch, where long tables covered in
white, and again the green of St.
Patrick's Day was used for decoration
and was very attractive.
A most delicious lunch was served j
ponsisting of pressed chicken, potato
chips, pineapple gelatin salad, pickles,
rolls, coffee and lemon pie.
During the lunch hour we were de-
lightfully entertained with two piano
solos, a vocal duet, and a vocal solo.
After doing justice to the most en-
joyable eats we returned to the church
for the afternoon session.
The program was as follows:—
Piano Solo, Mrs. Corinne Stephen-
son.
Duet: "I Love a Little Cottage,"
by Mrs. L.E. McDonald and Mrs. Har-
old Barber.
Address, "The Home Bcutiful," by
Dr. E. P. West, of Houston.
Play: "Three Butterflies," by first
grade children. The program and ad-
dress was greatly enjoyed by all pres-
ent. Markham club always enteratins
the Federation with an excellent
I speaker and where could we find a
more interesting subject to mothers
than "The Home Beutiful," as pic-
tured by Doctor West.
Mrs. Roberts, president of Mark-
ham Mothers' Club, reported the case
of two girls who were unfortunate
in losing their mother in death and
father and brothers, who had broken
the law and were in need of help, she
asked that a collection be taken for
these girls, the sum of $15.30 was
cheerfully given.
Mrs. J. L. Lowe was elected to at-
tend the district meeting of Federated
Clubs to be held in Bryan, Texas,
April 9-10-11.
Mrs. G. A. Salsbury was elected as
alternate. The resolutions committee
The Big Trail,' at
The Queen Soon,
Founded on Facts
JOYS AND SORROWS MINGLE AS
BRAVE ADVENTURERS MOVE
TOWARD CHERISHED GOAL
There is not a scene in Raoul
Walsh's Fox Pilm, "The Big Trail,"
that is not founded on fact. The little
less than two hours it takes to see and
hear this truly epochal re-enactment
of the march of the pioneers obvious-
ly cannot reveal the months of re-
search involved in the interests of his-
torical accuracy.
The road to Oregon, for example,
which was also the central route to
California, was not a single trail. Be-
tween the Missouri River and the Pa-
cific Ocean there were by-paths, cut-
offs. delusions, and snares. By what-
ever route the wagoneer passed, he i
had to cross rivers, creeks and moun-1
tains. If, beyond South Pass or Fort
Bridget' he pushed westward to Cali-
fornia, rather than northwestward to
Oregon, he thirsted in a region of j
numbers 93 principals in addition to
20,000 extras. Such names of stage
and screen stars as Tully Marshall,
Tyrone Power, David Rollins, Charles
Stevens, Frederick Burton i'uis Pow-
ell and Louise Carver are included in
the personnel.
"The Big Trail" is by far the best
Movietone that Raoul Walsh has ever
made. In fact it is the most impor-
tant picture ever produced. It comes
to the Queen Theatre next Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Applying to a hospital for treot-
ment, Phillip Skinter, a waiter in Chi-
cago, reported that a biscuit thrown
by a customer broke his jaw.
Six banits of Pittsburgh broke up a
gambling game, cut the belts and
suspenders of their 17 victims to pre-
vent pursuit and escaped with $3,000
in cash and a $1,500 diamond.
submitted the following resolutions:— salt and alkali.
1. Resolved: That we as a Fed-! There was a time, however, when
eration, endorse the efforts to be madej pioneers in pioneer wagons might al-
to petition the legislature for more j most have followed the road across j
money for crippled children. I the plains by the mounds of new made j
2. Resolved: That we extend to j Kl'aves- The old ones- leveled by'
M iss Mayfield our thanks to her for
her talk given us in regards to this
matter.
3. Resolved: That we do all we
can to help take care of all cripples
in our county and try for a clinic in
Houston.
4. Resolved: That our Federation
extend to Mrs. G. A. Moore of Bay
City our love and sincere sympathy
in her hour of great sorrow so recent-
ly come to her.
5. Resolved: That our Federation
express our appreciation to Mrs. Mar-
tyn, our county health nurse, for her
good work also that each club will
co-operate in her work.
fi. Resolved: That we thank Mark-
ham for her gracious hospitality and
wonderful lunch.
7. Resolved: That a note of thanks
be given the program committee for
the program rendered, and especially
the part given by the children and the
talk given by Doctor West on his sub-
ject, "Home Beautiful.''
MRS. E. E. PEARCE,
Chairman.
Report of resolutions were accept-
ed as read.
Meeting adjourned to meet in June
with Matagorda Mothers' Club, who
extended an invitation at this meet-
ing. MRS. J. L. LOWE,
Sec., M. C. F. W. C.
' storms of wind and rain could not
have served them. There was chol-
era. And there was weariness of men
and animals. Wagons broke down.
Flour and bacon, plows and cook
stoves, dressing tables even, were left
along the road. Great herds of buffa-
lo charged down upon the wagon
trains. There were cloud-bursts.
Streams raged into floods.
And yet life not without beauty
went on along that highway. Mar-
riages were made, children were born.
Banjos wore picked and fiddles bowed
under the clear stars; young feet
danced on the soft prairie carpet
around the campfiresj high snows
glittered under the sun of noon and
hope was a shining cloud beyond the I
mountains.
Because "The Big Trail" was a fit-1
ting dedication to the pioneers was the |
reason Walsh has made it on the
screen a living, breathing thing, with I
thousands of players living over again
for months what those of a century
ago lived and suffered.
John Wayne, Harguerite Churchill |
and El Brendel head the imposing cast j
of "The Big Trail," which actually
Out With The
Old-Fashioned
Washboard!
You seldom see them any
more.
The modem laundry has
taken its place.
For real expert laundry
service, patronize our loun-
dry. We are prompt and ef-
ficient . Only modern methods
used. Don't be behind the
times!
This is the laundry of no
mistakes!
We turn out work that it
it a pleasure to look at—just
try us.
PEOPLES
LAUNDRY
BAY CITY, TEXAS
—Leave Phone Calls at 32—
Mrs. Edna Harsock of Carbondale,
111., was excused from jury service
when she said that her baby needed
care and would cry if she served on
the jury.
When a pet pig jumped out of a sec-
ond-story window in the down-town
district of Hannibal. Mo., police in-
vestigated and found a full fledged
beer and whiskey joint.
The accessories ordered for the mar-
riage of Fred Dibble and Violet Me-
Leod, of Hamtramek, Mich., included
one hall for ceremony, one-half mile
of sausage, two orchestras, two jus-
tices o fthe peace, 10 barrels of sauer-
kraut, and countless cases of ginger ale.
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THE DIRECTOR—Raoul Walsh,
directed "The Cock-Eyed World";
and "What Price Glory."
THE GIGANTIC CAST —20,000;
Men. Women and Children.
THE ANIMALS—30,000 Wild and
Domestic Animals—plunging, roar-!
ing, straining, stampeding.
THE LOVE STORY—A boy and;
a girl, fighting side by side thru
countless hardships, urged by love.!
THE WAGON TRAIN—485" toil-
ing pioneer wagons, lumbering
through mud and snow.
THE SAVAGE INDIANS—2,500
hard-riding redskins in full war-
dress.
THE BUFFALO STAMPEDE —
5,000 thundering maddened buffalo
endangering the pioneer trains.
THE CLOUDBURST —Terrifying
rainstorm flooding the wilderness,
swamping the wagons.
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THE HAIR-RAISING INDIAN
ATTACK-Spine-tingling encoun-
ter with blood-thirsty savages.
THE BLINDING BLIZZARD—
Snow and hell-winds splintering
the wagon train.
THE PLUNGE OVER THE
CLIFFS — Wagons and horses
smashing over dizzy cliffs.
THE CROSSING of the SWIRL-
ING RIVER—Wagons and cattle
swept away by tor-rent and mud.
THE BURNING DESERT—A
thirsting, starving horde plodding
across stretches of searing sands.
THE FEATURED PLAYERS—
Including John Wayne, Marguer-
ite Churchill, Tully Marshall, Ty-
rone Power, El Brendel.
ENTERTAINMENT—Ride-feel
LIVE and Thrill to the Adven-
turous pioneer life while you see
this Superb Fox Achievement.
—ALSO SHORT SUBJECTS—
ADMISSION :—SCHOOL CHILDREN. 15c & 35c—ADULTS. 40c
THURSDAY, APRIL 2—FAMILY NIGHT—
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Also Ep. #0—"PHANTOM OF THE WEST"—All Talking Serial
ADMISSION:—CHILDREN 14c; ADULTS, 30c; FAMILIES, 50c
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, APRIL 3 AND 4—
ZANE GREY'S GREAT OUTDOOR ROMANCE
"LAST OF THE DU ANES"
featuring GEORGE O'BRIEN
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