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MRS. NED MARTIN HONORS
GUEST WITH BRIDGE
PARTY
Senator Wheeler
As a delightful courtesy to her
guest. Miss Margaret Martin, of
Fort Stockton, Mrs. Ned Martin
entertained with a charmingly
planned two table bridge at her
home on West First Street Tues-
day afternoon,
Zinnias and other colorful
den flowers decorated the ]
rooms. In the series of g;
Mrs. Rhoderick Duchesne
awarded high score favor and the
«* | May Robson |
honoree was also presented
a lovely gift.
At the conclusion of the i
the hostess served
>| C. Audrey Smith
a refreshing
to the following
ice course
guests: Mmes. Herbert Cross^
Paul Browning, Cotton Steelman,
Elton Cook, E. C. Johnson, Clyde
Cawthon, Rhdderick Duchesne
MISS MARGARET COFFEY IS
COMPLIMENTED ON
BIRTHDAY
Vice President Garner
ffw. C. Fields]
| | Alison Skipworth
Wednesday Evening, Jnly 2f, 19S7
The Daily Tim^s Has the Largest Mt Pleasant Circulation of Any Newspaper
Page Three
Veteran Teachers Hollywood Raises Age Limits
* Say Old Methods
> Of Teaching Best
NEW ORLEANS, La., (INS)—The
“reading, writing, and arithme-
tic” as taught in the schools of
the nation today are good, but the
ptd way of teaching the three
“rV can’t be beaten.
Such, at least, is the opinion of
Mrs. Annie R. Taffe, who for 57
years taught in the schools of I
Louisiana and who, recently, was j
retired as the second oldest teach- :
er from point of service in the j
State.
“I’ve seen a lot of changes in
education during my time, but
the methods of nearly six decades
ago still have my vote.”
Describing those “old methods”,
Mrs. Taffe said:
“They didn’t have regulation
text books as they do today, so
we just made use of what books
the children had and I wrote my
own review tests which were
given on Fridays.
“We taught the children to
memorize the main facts in geo-
graphy, arithmetic and history
and other subjects. But nowadays
they don’t stress memory much.”
The change, however, can’t be
restricted to the children only.
Mrs. Taaffe said:
“The parents never sided with
the children. They were always
on the teacher’s side.”
During her tenure, Mrs. Taffe
has taught three generations.
“And I bet,” she said, “the
grandmothers know their facts
right now better than the pupils
in school today.”
Society
Seek Peace After Party Split Hickory Hill
Schools are not factories and
children are not raw material.
One of the most noticeable trends in Hollywood is the manner in
which the film colony has raised its age limits. Not long ago stars
were considered well along when they reached thirty. Now many
of those who play romantic leads are past forty. But most amaz-
ing aspect of this situation is the way in which some of the veterans
have won success at the age of sixty or even seventy. C. Audrey 1
Smith is one of the outstanding examples in this category. He is
74 this month and will have an income of about $100,000 from the
eight pictures which he is making this year. May Robson, W. C.
Fields, Alison Skipworth, Lionel Barrymore and Lewis Stone are
other veterans who are among the most active and well-paid of
Hollywood players.
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CHAPTER XXXXI1
Rose put her witnesses in an
anteroom, not the room in which
Larry, sullen and ill at ease and ae
companied by his father and broth
er, waited. *
^ The preliminaries were brief.
Rose stated, quietly, that there was
no truth in any of the charges
against her. She could not, she ad-
mitted, produce any witness to her
visit from Larry Dexter, but she
could produce a witness who would
tell Hie Board that Larry had been
drinking before he called upon her.
She wished Larry and his father to
be present.
4 They were therefore called and
came in, not too happily. And Sally
came in too from another room,
looking very pert and pretty. The
Senator s jaw dropped when he saw
her and, as for Phil Dexter, he
looked blacker than any thunder-
head.
Sally said briskly:
“I won’t take up much of your
time. I was with Miss Ward on the
evening of the 18th. We met at
Doctor Jonathan Kimber’s office.
She told Doctor Kimber and me at
that time that she had just had a
visit from Larry Dexter. She told
us what he said to her, that he came
to warn her not to mix herself in his
affairs, and that he didn’t stay long.
I left the doctor’s office and drove
on out of town a little way as I had
a call, to make—a personal errand.
On the way out I passed the corner
of Sixth and Elm. There’s a sort
of speakeasy there, a tobacco shop
ostensibly, magazines, soda, and the
like. I saw Larry’s ear outside. I
stopped my car and went in to re-
monstrate with him over the way he
was treating Miss Ward. I had dif-
ficulty persuading the proprietor I
wasn’t connected with the law. He
has no license to sell liquor. Final-
tar Larry came out of the back room.
He was very drunk. I tried to per-
suade him to go straight home. He
was ugly but promised he would. He
didn t, of course. Later he drove to
Four Corners, where he had an ac-
cident.”
Her father said, “Sally, I insist
that you—”
“Oh, no, you don’t,” she said, less
formally. *I’m pretty sick of all
this. You can’t do things this way.
Not in this day and age. Larry had
been drinking when he went to
Rose’s, he boasted to me about it.
He’d been to the blind pig earlier.
I can produce the man if necessary.
0r, you can take my word for it.”
Her father looking at her knew—
for the first time in his life—defeat.
He knew also a curious impersonal
pride in the girl, his own child who
ptood there and defied him. Larry
was white and red by turns. The
Board averted its united eyes and
Dexter pulled at his collar. Phil
Jgj. to nia wifo almost pleadingly,
»jSS,Uy tenored him. She said, “And
A d like to produce Doctor Kimber.”
Jonathan came forward from the
back of the room. Sally said, “Doc-
tor lumber examined Larry after
the accident before any other phy-
sician saw him."
Jonathan spoke directly to the
Senator, declaring: “He had been
n5’.There was also a broken
fottle of liquor in the car. I men-
tioned -hat he had been drinking,
lojrou at the time. I believe you’ll
remember.”
Sutton remembered. *
Rose had one more witness. It
eras her mother. Mrs. Ward went
freight to the point. She said:
“There’s never been a drop of
liquor in my house except for medi-
cinal purposes. But the last of that
H ~ ... -
i
added scornfully, “you believe that
she keeps bottles hidden
went long ago. Ros
given this—this y<
thing to drink. Th
thing
there to drink
Rose couldn’t have
oung man any-
lere wasn’t any-
nlr unless,” “v'“
"•*- ««!<» ««uca iiiuuen away in her
bureau that I don’t know about.”
“If—” announced Sutton after ,
moment, “if the witnesses will with
draw . . and Miss Ward—*’
Rose went into the anteroom.
Mrs. Ward said, “I’ve never been as
humiliated. If the papers get hold
“They’ll get it,” said Sally. “At
least Sam will. I’ll see that he does.
There’s nothing private about these
proceedings. There shouldn’t be.”
They sat there in the stuffy little
room for perhaps ten minutes.
Someone spoke Rose’s name outside
the door. She went in, Sally and
Jonathan close behind her.
Half an hour later they were in
Jonathan’s office, all of them. They
had stopped there to see if he had
any calls. And Sam was waiting for
them with Bill Lynd. They sat and
looked at one another, and once
Sally laughed for no reason and
once Rose cried.
It was all over, the teapot tem -
pest. Miss Ward had been cleared
of all charges, an apology was due
and had been presented. Whereupon
Miss Ward had offered her resig-
nation. It was an easy way out for
the Board but they hadn’t dared
.take it. They had begged her to re-
consider. She had reconsidered. She
would finish out the school year.
And tomorrow the students would
return to their classes—all except
young Mr. Dexter.
“For it is obvious,” said Jona-
than gravely, “that Larry’s health
is none to> rood. The case against
him won’t cjme up for a while. I
doubt if it ever does. I have an idea
that the Dexters will settle, and
settle through the nose.”
He was, as it happened, a true
irophet. Sam predicted gravely,
‘It’s the beginning of the end for
the Sutton dynasty—Gee, Sally, I’m
sorry.”
„ “I m not,” said Sally vigorously,
“we’ll be a lot better off, all of us.
There was a time when I would have
been sorry ... but that’s over.” She
picked up her coat “So long, Gang!”
she said.
“Where
asked.
are yon going?” Rose
“Home, to make my peace—not
that I’ll try very hard.”
Rose went to the door with her.
“You’ve been—well, I haven’t any
words,” she said, “you’re a brave
person, Sally Dexter.”
“Maybe.” Sally looked at her
with bright narrowed eyes. “You
and Jon may have a tough time for
a little while,” she said, “the royal
influence isn’t defeated in a day.
you know. But you’ve got some swell
people on your side.”
“I can’t thank you enough,”
rowed Rose.
“Don’t You’ve your work cut out
for you. I’ve mine.” She put her
arm around the other girl. Sne said,
as if to herself, “I married Phil. . .
It was a fool thing to do, but I’m
sort of fond of him in a way; it’s a
habit, I suppose. This business has
scared him. He’s furiouB at me now
but he’ll get over it. In his sane
moments ne isn’t fooled by Larry.
Larry may grow up some day if he
doesn’t land in jail first Phil and I
are moving out of the parental
house. We’re taking a place in town
till our own house is built He
doesn’t know it yel, but he’ll agree
• • • or else, I think we’ll manage
better alone.’’ She kissed Rose. She
said, “I’ll be seeing you,” and was
gone.
Rose went back to the others. Sam
took one look at her and tweaked
Bill’s arm. He said, rising, “We’ll
J i >u home, Mrs. Ward____”
Rose?” began Rose’s moth-
drive you
“But R
er.
“She has an appointment with her
doctor,” said Sam, and Bill grinned
at him. Bill was a pretty good
sport
Now they were alone in Jona-
than’s office, the two of them. Jona-
than said distractedly, “Rose, you’re
not crying___1”
“If I am it isn’t for myself,” she
retorted with a sniffle. “I’m pretty
happy. Oh, not over this business,
the way it ended. But over us—
over having good friends . . . Jon,
what’s going to happen?”
“I dunno, admitted Jonathan. “I
told you what I thought would hap-
pen to Larry. He won’t graduate
this year or any year probably. The
Enders will be taken care of. Sam
will get out a daily after a while,
with plenty of backing. He’ll put
up a stiff fight against conditions.
In a few years perhaps we’ll have
him or Fred Bates or one of the
younger crowd running for mayor
and getting in. As Sally said, this
m the beginning of the end for the
Sally, thought Rose, had more
courage than her father. She’d
work things out for herself. Head-
strong, arrogant, loyal, and just
at present embittered. She was
stronger than Phil Dexter. If their
marriage shattered it would be Sal-
ly who would shatter it. If it re-
mained as complete as it could be,
it would be because of Sally, too.
. Jonathan said, “I’ve lost some pa-
tients. But there’ll be new ones. And
it isn t a good thing for a doctor to
be entirely immersed in his profes-
his wife. I’ll play along
with the boys I guess. Between us
we may stir up this old town to a
reform or two. I wish your uncle
were here to help me.”
“I do, too,” murmured Rose She
went over to his chair and sat down
on his knees. She said, “We’ve got
to go back to the house soon, Bill’s
staying for supper, you know . . .
Jon, I do love you so much—”
He did not reply in words. Evo-
lina, coming in to announce a pa-
tient quivered in the doorway. “For
land s sake!” she remarked reprov-
ingly.
Rose sat up straight and looked
at her. She said, “Don’t frown at us,
Evelina. We like it and you’ll have
to^et used to it What’s the mat-
“A boy with a nail run through
his foot,” said Evelina.
“In winter,” exclaimed Jonathan
astonished. ‘You expect it in sum-
mer, but in winter l’r He shook hie
he®d- “Send him in,” he said.
I*ljf° out the back way,”
said. She put on her things and
kissed him again. “I’ll walk home ”
she said. “Don’t be too late if you
“in help it.” *
“I won’t,” he told her, “and by tha
way, you’ll be saying that da*r ia
the future.” a
Rose walking home through th*
blue winter dusk looked up at the
sky. It was not yet dark and the
horizon was that faint clear green
only seen in winter and ai:inr.in.
Lights shone on the snow from the
houses she passed. She was think-
ing—in the future.
They would not be afraid of tha
future, she and Jonathan.
THE END.
Cop/rlcbt Of raltk Baldwla.
OlaUibutad to JUn* raauuaa R/ndioala, to* __j.
Mrs. Sam Coffey entertained
with a surprise birthday party in
compliment to her daughter, Miss
Margaret, on Tuesday evening.
The occasion was the 18th.
birthday anniversary of the
honoree. Margaret was invited to
go for a swim at El Moro and
i returning at eight o’clock,
she was surprised to find a num-
ber of friends assembled at her
home.
Roses and other summer flow-
ers decorated the reception rooms
where games wer eenjoyed and
dancing proved a happy divers-
ion also.
Mrs. Coffey, assisted by Misses
Lorene Wright and Ethelyn Lee
served delicious punch and angel
food squares to the following:
the honoree, Misses Ada Hays,
Sybil Garrett, Neva Ingram,
Sarah Vandiver, Hortense Spur-
ger, Faye Wilson; Messrs Billie
Bob Gross, Jimmie Sexton, Billy
Ford, Sam Wilson, Bib Stacks,
Henry Hays and P. D. Thornton,
Jr.
The honoree was the recepient
of many lovely gifts brought by
her friends.
Senator Barkley -
Seeking to restore party harmony after the Democratic ranks in
congress had split over the supreme court issue, Vice President John
Gamer, left, and Senator Alben Barkley, right, new majority leader
met with Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, standing, lead'
of the opposition to the administration measure.
Success of Veterans in Films
Results In Raising Age Limit
• By MISS BESSIE GILLIAN •
j Mrs. Earl Gillian was called W
j Daingerfield the past week on
! account of the serious illness of
, her father, M. V. Meadows.
Morris Walker of Hughe*
j Springs is visiting in this com-
| munity.
! Mrs. Gordon Manley and
j children of Overton, spent the
j past week with her mother^ Mr*.
, Ryan.
I Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Freshour rf
I Commerce, are the guests of the
j latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
j E. C. Sims this week,
j J. M. Hass of Ballinger, spent
I the week end with his brother-
i in-law. J. D. Gillian and v 11 ex-
tend his visit to Darv:erueld
before returning home.
Miss Bennie Mae Ryan of
Sl'cveport, La., is spending her
vacation with her parents this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Key of
| Daingerfield visited in the home
I of Tom Bell Sunday night.
Curtis Bell left Saturday for
Huntsville, to enter school there*
Birthday Dinner
Mrs. J. D. Gillian was surprised
with a birthday dinner at he
home Wednesday. Those preseE
were her husband, J. D. Gilliar
and children: Bessie, Roset
ta. Johnr.ie and Archie Gil
liar; Mr. and Mrs. Lillie Disher-
"oom, Ms. and Mrs. K. L. Gillian,
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gillian, T. J.
Walker, Dale and Luther Hass,
Mrs. Bell and son, Arnold, Mr.
and Mrs. Dave Hargett of Morris
County. An enjoyable day was
spent and the honoree was the
recepient of many nice gifts.
By JEAN ALLEN
International News Service Staff
Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD — One of the
marked trends in the film colony
today is the manner in which the,
sidered imposing in any place
except fabulous Hollywood.
Lewis Stone, Edna May Oliver,
Alison Skipworth, Lionel Barry-
more, W. C. Fields, Fred Stone,
May Robson and Victor Moore
rfnks^fthrstarrandThVamlz6'31,6 am°ng the “old-timers” who
, . , , , , ' have found Hollywood a pot of
intf Clinnooc ooh iniroH htr of loor-f *
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cheney and
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cheney
of Morgan, Ga., are visiting their
mother, Mrs. T. E. Cheney, who
is seriously ill at the home of
her niece, Mrs. J. G. Wilson.
MRS. REX LAMB HONORED
WITH MISCELLANEOUS
SHOWER
ing success achieved by at least
a score of featured players who
are in the neighborhood of 60 or
even 70.
A decade ago it was difficult
for a celluloid celebrity to retain
his or her place in the sun after
gold at the end of their theatrical
rainbow. And several of these
not content to rest or their screen
laurels, have gone on to win new
glory in radio.
This shifting emphasis from
youth and physical charm to ex
The Business Womens’ Bible
Circle of the Baptist church met
at the home of Mrs. Norma Mar-
tin on East First Street Tuesday
evening at 7:30, with fourteen
members present. The book,
American Negro” was review-
ed for the study for the evening.
After the study, the guests were i
invited into the dining room
where a beautiful selection of
gifts were arranged and present-
ed to Mrs. Rex Lamb, a recent
bride.
Delicious ice cold watermelon
was served to the following:
Misses Jessie Yingling, Lelda
Cargile, Mildred and Ruth Pope,
Ernestine Mason, Vivian Riddle,
Margaret Coffey, Mmes A. E.
Barrett, Norris Pope, R. H. Fuller,
Jeff Swint and the honoree.
35. The turnover of stars was j perience and real acting ability
exceedingly rapid and the mor- reflects a new and improved sense
tality rate particularity high when Df values on the part of Hollywood
an actor or actress passed thej casting directors and producers.
30-mark. j There is a higher quality of pro- |
While it is still true that the duction than in the past, despite'
discerning camera is quick to ( the fact that the film colony is
reveal any ravages of age, those forced to spread its talents rather
who have their names in lights thinly to satisfy the exhibitors
today enjoy a span of years con-. demands for 600 features a year.;
siderably longer on the average Perhaps Hollywood is coming
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MARRIED TUESDAY NIGHT
The marriage of Miss Lilly
Idena Morgan and Mr. J. H.
Dubose was solemnized Tuesday
evening at eight o’clock at the
home of the officiating minister,
Rev. Geo. C. Moore, in the sa-
cred ring ceremony. _ _ _
The bride is a daughter of Mrs. I show business. As dean of the
Eva Morgan of the Bridges’ i featured character players on the
Chapel Community, she is a i Hollywood lots, Smith is one of
graduate of the Atlanta High!the most active and enthusiastic
than heretofore. There is a sur-
prising number of players who are
still featured in romantic parts
who will never see 40 again.
Successful at 74
of age!
OIL OUTPUT UP
BATON ROUGE, La., (INS)—
Louisiana is fast becoming an i
But probably the most unusual important oil producing state.
angle to all this business is the There are 47 proven oil fieldg in
manner in which veterans who,the state producing approximate-
are in their sixties, or have even Iy 160(000 barrels of oil daily,
passed 70, are enjoying outstand-1 the Louisiana State Department
ing success. C. Aubrey Smith is of Commerce and Industry re-
doubtless the headliner in this vealed.
category.
Smith, who was 74 this month,
is one of the busiest players in
Hollywood and one of the high-
est paid character actors on the
screen. His salary this year is in
the neighborhood of $100,000 and
he appears in from seven to ten
pictures a year, drawing better
than $2,000 a week while on the
job.
This impressive income tops
anything which has come Smith’s
way during his half century of
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Mr. Dubose is employed at the
Cotton Belt Office as telegraph
operator. Both have many friends
who wish for them much happi-
ness together.
Intermediates of Methodist
Church Enjoy Sunrise
Breakfast
The Intermediate Boys and
Girls of the Methodist church
assembled Wednesday morning at
the home of their sponsor, Mrs.
H. L. O’Briant and drove to
the new Roadside park beyond
Cookville for a sunrise breakfast.
A delicious breakfast of bacon
and eggs was prepared over the
open fire and served with rolls,
doughnuts and other delicacies.
actors in the film colony.
Hollywood Comes of Age
Nor is his position unique. There
are at least a score of actors and
actresses, many of them veterans
of the legitimate drama or var-
iety, who are in their sixties, or
close to it, and who are enjoying
unprecedented success and earn-
ing salaries which would be con-
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