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Si ' 1i i u i i - .j liAlii .... i fining CJoril Bring Happines! HOLLYWOOD (UP) t- Think twice or throe times, men, if you're dreaming of retiring. Your golf game may improve, Fred Astaire says, but your happiness won't; Most men chained to a job plan to chuck it ail eventually for a la'e of leisure. Astaire tried that. "I was never so glad," lie said, "as ro chuck all the leisure for a Job." Astaire quit the movies four years ago after doing T.lue Skies" with Bing Crosby, and he says he Intended never to return. "I was never more serious nuout anything," he raid. "1 had been dancing since I was five. That's not the easiest way to mufce a liv ing, and I wasn't getting any younger. Luckilv, I had no finan ttal worries. "So 1 decided to slop working , and enjoy a life of leisure." For a couple of weeks, Astaire played a lot of polf. He cauaht up on bis reading. Then he sat around At Tli d Perl: Thursday u Fnduy it . Snack for two . . . Van Heflin and Barbara Stanwyck enjoy a mid night snack In a scene from "East Side, West Side," M-G-M's fllin izatton of the Marcia Davenport best-seller novel, which comes to the Park screen thi.i week. The stellar cast also features James Mason as Miss Stanwyck's philandering society husband and Ava Gardner as the girl who tries to ruin her marriage. 09 ft. SeHd Traefc I Minnesota Farmers Loaded With Corn There'i comfort a-plenty In CMC cabt. They're appointed in the "wild comfort',' passenger car manner . . . with deep, adjustable teat that lessen driver fatigue; big windshield and windows fr clear, wide-angle vision; protective scaling against dust, drafts, engine heat and noise; built-in ventila tion system ... a dozen other features, Including ash tray, dome light and package compartment. Under these all-steel cabs lie the firm foundation of truck- built engines and chassis ... solid power and strength which combine with CMC comfort to form a really solid truck I rK CMC "Trip! truck rin6uil it mm m ... HOWELL MOTOR CO. Haywood Street Waynesvillc, N. C. Ptmi theatre VPliEftE YOU CAN ENJOY THE BEST PICTURES IN COMFORT SEATED IN LUXURIOUS BODIFORM UPHOLSTERED SEATS. ' Matinees Sunday 2 and 4 P. M. Saturdays 11 A. M. Continuous Night Shows 1 and 9 P. M. Sunt'jy Night 8:30 o PROGRAM hi WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 THURS. & Fll., MARCH 2 & 3 BARBARA M I & STANWYCK GARDNER j .,- . M HEFLIN MASON A nr f3 I , n" l! X'W .... J: v I 1 win. CYD CHARISSE NANCY DAVIS m 1 ' ."V ' ' . ' ' ST. PAUL, Minn. (UP) Minne sota farmers had more corn in storage at the start of 1950 than ever before since records tjave been kept, according to the federal crop and livestock, reporting service. The service said 181,409,000 bushels of corn was in storage as of Jan. 1. The total on the same date in 1949 was 177,000,000, and the 10-year average Is 124,000,000 Records have been kept since 1927. Six-Year-Old Chooses His Own Coffin OAKLAND, Cal. (UP) A six-year-old boy was buried here in the casket he chose for himself be cause he knew he "was going to live with God." . After , he became 111, the boy, William Leroy Drown, to.ld his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Brown, Oakland, that he "would not get well." It .was then'that he asked to pick out his own casket and requested his Bible be buried with him. He died three months later. Wishes Sho'd Had Acting Lessons, Too HOLLYWOOD (UP1 Piano stu dents of the world, arise! You have nothing to lose but your grace notes. Abandon thai two hours of prac tice a day, unless you have concert ambitions. Lizabeth Scott, for one, stfys . there are more interesting thinfs to do. . v . 'l used to practice two hours a day," Miss-Scott said. "I rode an hour and a half each way, for six years, to lake lessons. And for what? Better I should have taken acting lesions." v Miss Scott speaks out in this vein for the benefit of teen-agers who might otherwise". be. deceived by some piano-playing scenes in "Paid in Full," a picture she made for Hal Wallis at Paramount. Her co-star, Diana Lynn, grace fully torses off a few, bars of a difficult piano composition for scene. But Miss Scott says that doesn't mean everybody should learn to play the piano like Diana. It was piano-playing that first brought her to films as a child," Miss Scott said. "She was going to make a career as a concert pianist. But movies won out. Lessons, Anyway "Now, I never aspired to a career on the concert stage. But I had to tuke six years of lessons, anyway. I did get a great deal from this, the ability to enjoy music as ah intelligent listener and the ability to play acceptably. And I'm grate ful for that. "But I found I had many more important things to do and to learn to become an actress. Time is the most Important thing in, life, and It must be used to the best advantage. "Accomplishments are all right In their place, but they must not be preferred to the work one chooses as a lifetime job." When Miss Scott returned re cently to her home town of Scran ton, Pa., she met her old piano teacher. , "Now, aren't you sorry you didn't keep up your lessons?" the teacher Siiiid. .. ; . "I don't know , what I "actually Said," Miss Scott said, "but the answer inside me was a big fat no." At The Strand - GOOD XIANMXS RARE PROVIDENCE, R. I. (UP) Dur inj Highway Courtesy Week, po lice watched 700 automoIites go by without noting a single driver eligible for a courtesy award. Fin ally, a policeman took a pair of crutches and hobbled into the street. The driver who stopped got the award. lernoou, FeWUary ; COLLIDES Wjjj. 1st Leonard J. , 'hen a deer boU woods borderin. t buryport T-l h from downtown r. ' ---- - -u. u Uhf ; Ocean perch mature at about 11 years. Serve carrots umes, in a c souffle. mat-.1 ustard ij Scott Brady "pays off" John Russell after discovering that it was Russell who framed him, in this scene from Universal-International's exciting drama, "Undertow". Coining to the Strand Theatre tomorrow. ' Cowboy Star Moots 337 Supporting Actors; Finds Them All Bad MONDAY and TUESDAY, Feb. 27-28 DAVY CROCKETT. INDIAN SCOUT CEORGE MONTGOMERY and ELLEN DREW and "went crazy". Ready to Work 1 When Gene Kelly broke an ankle, Astaire was right At the door to take ovep his role in "Easter Parade". And he's gone right on to co-star with Betty Hutton in Paramount's "Let's Dance", "I was happy as a kid with a new toy when I went back to dancing," he said. "Retirement's not for me. Sitting around doing nothing sounds great when you're working, but it's a different story when you have nothing in common any more. You resent the fact that they're busy all day, and they hate you for spending your afternoons at the beach." The ideal arrangement for an older man, Astaire has decided, Is semi-retirement working two or three days a week. "But that's next to Impossible to arrange," he admitted. "You either work full time or retire complete ly. ... "I tried retiring completely, Ahd there's nothing like it to make you wish you were back with the good old days from 8 to 5." . FREER SPENDING NOTED IN FARMING AREA ALFRED, N. Y. (UP) Residents of a three-county New York State agricultural area spent more cash and Incurred more debts in 1949 than in either of the two preced ing years, according to a study by Alfred University, Alfred has been observing the economic habits of residents of parts of Steuben, Allegany ahd Livingston Counties since 1947. Borrowing from 14 of the area's 18 banks increased $22 per capita during 1949 and deposits decreas ed $18 per capita, the report showed. In reporting that $2,777,638 cash left the area during 1949, the sur vey said the net outflow of funds has totalled $5,243,369 since the study was begun. HOLLYWOOD (UP) The mov ies' newest cowboy star, a lank Arizonian named Rex. Allen, met up with 337 of his supporting act ors and found them all bad. Not only were they bad actors, Allen said, but they were non-cooperative. Wouldn't even read the script. V':' The 337 troupers, if you can call them that, were the herd of steers Republic Studios furnished Allen for cattle drive sequences in his current picture, "Hills of Oklahoma." "Those varmits didn't surprise me," Allen drawled. "I knew they'd be riasty. I've been a cowhand for years."; Thij rnakes Allen practically the only cowboy Star who knew how to ride, rope and roll his own before he got the job. Most movie cowboys have to be introduced to the cows Like Any Stampede His first scenes with the movie herd called for him and some other experienced cowhands to run down a stampede, cut out some tf the leaders and gradually halt thorn. - "A movie stampede is like any other," Allen said. "The cattle get frightened and they take off. You couldn't say they were acting. They Just follow their own inclina tlons, and nobody can make 'em read the script. And as in any other stampede, both people and cattle get tramp DOUBLE ROLE SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (UP) Alderman Raymond J. Sullivan was in Superior Court awaiting a call to jury when a city hall messenger asked that he be excused. He was needed by the city council which lacked a quorum to select jurors for the next sitting, Officials ex cused him. - WflVMPQUTTTr PROGRAM Shows Start at 7:00 P. M. MONDAY - TUESDAY, FEB. 27 & 28 "THE BIG CAT" Starring lon McAllister, peggy ann garner s- and PRESTON FOSTER WEDNESDAY, MARCH lit "RUTHLESS" . Starring ZACIIARY SCOTT, LOUIS IIAYWARD and DlANA LYNN THURSDAY & FRIDAY, MARCH 2 & 3 "BODY AND SOUL" Starring JOHN GARFIELD and LILLI PALMER ALSO SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS led on unless the people know ex actly what they're doing. Which is why U comes in handy to have a njovie cowhand who really - is a cowhand. . : v. "I've been in stampedes in three movies, and I'm beginning to catch on to how they want it done, Allen said. "That's more than I can say for the cows; no matter how many movies they're in they never catch on. ' Twice as Hard The big difference in running cattle In the movies, instead of on the open range, is that the movie' cattle have to be kept within the camera distance and angle. "The cattle don't know about this," Allen said. "So the cow hands have to work twice as hard Every steer that strays out of the picture is just that much daily rent wasted. One result on the movie cattle's disposition is to make them more evil. Cattle just don't like being over-herded, if at all. A steer with several pictures to its credit is, both literally and figuratively, a bad actor. "We herded 337 beasts like that through an eight-hour day," Allen groaned. "What we think of them and what they think of us would never get past the censors. "They tell us, though, the action will look swell on the screen." mi Jim Two Shows Daily Monday through Friday 7 a ' j Sunday; 3 Shows, 2, 4 and 8:30 P. m. LAST TIMESTObAY Jii);J(i) i; . . Mill J. V V " o ' : " ; TUES. WED FEB. 23 . Mar. 1 L m V IS! ..w"i mi Screenplay by ARTHUR T. TlORMAN and LEE 10EB DirecWM . Produced by RALPH DIETRICH A Universal-International Pic1 r r V THURSDAY ONLY, MAR. 2 , victor rttinnini K.r , i. fiin, mua.i in ,41112 1 1 IINNIE BARNES' JEAN DIXON Vw 'l . ALSO WORLD NEVS & CARTOON BE WISE GET STRAND WISE Fay Your raw Anwi 1 COST on m mm lim wm -ik- MARCH Savo if sell Farther Gosls TOWN of WAYNESVlU G. C. Ferguson, Tax Collector Office City Hall :7
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