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THE GALA.X NEWS August 16, 1956 PAGE 8 / / O ! (Zy'dDjWLUZe ' SAPPHIRE, N. C. evj JmA. vV BY RESERVATION ONLY Otto F, Sumer spent Monday in Char lotte attending to theatre business* Miss Lucy Goodrich of Augusta, Ga*, is the guest of Mrs* J«A. Wotton and Miss Esther Elliotte Mr. and Mrs. Russell White have as their guests, Mr. Howard B* Bloomer and son Howard B« III, of Alexandria, Virginia, Miss Jean Ascough, daughter of Mrs, Keating Ascough, has returned to Highlands after spending several weeks at camp in Soddy, Tennessee. ’»WITS END” for CHRISIMS CARDS AND GIFTS Mrs. Ann Goldbaum of Forest Hills, New York is spending the remainder of the sea son with her 80i>»iQ«*lair and datiighter, Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Sherwin, and grandchildren, Debbie and Lewis. Mr. Dan Clarke and his friend Mr. Ben Nichol of West Palm Beach, Florida, are spending a week with Mr, Clark*s grand parents, Mr, and Mrs, Fred S. Gould, Mr# Clarke and Mr, Nichol have just completed an eleven thousand mile trip, rout© of California, Wyoming, Colorada, New York and then to Highlands last Friday, Mr, and Mrs, Leon Pryor of Charlotte, and Mrs, M,A* Lewis of Raleigh viaited Mr, and Mrs* A,A, Lewis this past week-end. Little UU/t5 End END OF SEASON AND PRE-SCHOOL 5 R L E ON ALL CHILDREN*S CLOTHING AND LADIES LINGERIE STARTS AUGUST 15 t»AWAY ALL BOATS” Like the great sweep of the South Pac ific itself, Universal-International *s ‘Uway All Boats.*”, the saga of an amphib ious war seen through the eyes of one skipper from the deck of one attack tran sport will smash across the screen of the Galax Iheatre, Sun-Mon-Tues, 19-20-21, Ihe skipper is Jeff Chandler, and the battle-scarred ship is the U.S.S, Belinda of the best-selling Kenneth M, Dodson novel which comes to the screen with -^all the dynamic grandeur that VistaVision and Technicolor can give it. In a long career of hard-hitting roles Chandler has never been better suited to a portrayal than that of Capt, Jebediah Hawks, the rugged veteran of a dozen ocean Campaigns who builds a raw crew of offi cers and men into the toughest and most efficient amphibious team in the South Pacific, There is not space enough to tell of the many pulsating performances in the giant cast, but outstanding among them is George Nader as Boat Group Commander, In ”Away All Boatsi”, Nader takes another big step toward top stardom in he-man roles, A close second to Nader are three portrayals which will be long remembered as the Belinda fights its way from Pearl Harbor across danger-ridden South Pacific waters. These are Lex Barker as Chand ler’s executive officer, Richard Boone as a ship’s lieutenant, and Keith Andes as a ship’s surgeon. The lone female of the cast is Julie Adams playing the role of George Nader’s wife, hoping through a long war that her man will return safely to her. There is one other outstanding star of ”Away All Boats!”, one that will never be forgotten in real life by the men who trod her decks nor by audiences who watch her take the worst beating that any vict orious ship ever took at the hands of a ruthless enemy. This is the U,S.S, Be linda, the pen name which author Dodson gave the ship he actually served on as executive officer through the battles he described which have been so vividly tran- (Con’t, page 9 )
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