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Brooks, Big Ciame llnnter, To dive Council Program Beautiful Color Film To Be Shown At Joint Meeting; Brooks Will Narrate It Members of the Carolina Council and the Junior Council will make a safari to equatorial Africa at a special program Thursday, March 12, at 7:30 p. m., at the Leaksville-Spray junior high school. By way of a color motion picture, “Passport To Safariland,” they will ac company Berry B. Brooks, noted ex plorer and big game hunter, on a photo graphic expedition behind-the-scenes ol tourist Africa. Mr. Brooks will be here in person to narr&te the true color film story of na tives, animals, flowers and scenery. The motion picture is the result of 13 months he spent on two expeditions and over 25,000 miles he traveled through places seldom seen by white men. Mr. Brooks is the only man in his tory who has headed two great private expeditions into equatorial Africa for the adventure and thrill of making close-up color motion pictures of big- game animals. Adventuring- Is His Hobby Adventuring is a hobby with Mr. Brooks, who is a cotton merchant of Memphis, Tenn., and the current presi dent of the Memphis Cotton Exchange. He is a long-time friend of S. R. Fifield, Fieldcrest vice president, purchasing, who arranged for his visit here. Mr. Brooks is listed in International Who’s Who as an explorer, world trav eler, and leader of hunting and photo graphic expeditions. He has made films in 28 foreign countries and now has add ed Kenya Colony, Uganda, Egyptian Su dan, Tanganyika, Northern Rhodesia and the Belgian Congo to his list. He is a member of the East African Professional Hunter’s association, Nair obi; the Adventurer’s club, Chicago; the Camp Fire club of America, New York; and the Explorer’s club. New York. The film records Mr. Brooks’ visit with remote tribes in their native habit at and shows how their simple lives conform to the climate, vegetation and wildlife of the Dark Continent. Unusual Customs Are Shown Also presented are visits with the Mangbwettu tribe (The Longheads) and their giant chieftain, Ekibonda, whose harem consists of 189 wives, the Turkans whose custom decrees that the menfolk wear a strange head dress composed of the hair of their ancestors mingled with ostrich plumes, and the Masai natives whose sole diet is milk and blood. “Passport To Safariland” also shows the Dinkas who spear fish in the swamps of the Nile while the sacred ibises fly overhead. These stork men imitate the great bird by supporting themselves on the reed beds while standing on one foot with the other resting on the knee. BERRY B. BROOKS . . . Biff Game Hunter . . . S. R. Fifield Praises ‘Safariland’ Picture s. R. Fifield, vice president, purchas ing, has seen the film, “Passport To Sa fariland.” He was asked by The Mill Whistle to comment on the picture. Mr. Fifield’s statement follows; “I attended the first showing of “Pass port to Safariland” in Memphis, Tennes see, immediately after Mr. Brooks re turned from his second expedition to Africa. It would not be an overstatement of fact to say that it was the finest mo tion picture of Africa, its people, its beautiful scenery and its wild animals that I have ever seen. “In making this film Mr. Brooks, ac companied by his wife, spent 13 months in two expeditions, traveled 24,000 miles by truck, 1100 miles on foot and 200 miles in crude native canoes. It is all filmed while he was actually hunting, and not a foot was taken in game pre serves or parks. “We, here at Fieldcrest, are indeed fortunate to have Mr. and Mrs. Brooks visit us and present this beautiful mo tion picture. It has taken us quite a few months of planning to arrange this showing, as he is in great demand as a speaker throughout the country. “It is interesting to note that this film has only been shown on two other oc casions anywhere in the Eastern part of the United States—once in New York City at the Explorer’s Club and again at the invitation of the National Geograph ic Society where Mr. Brooks enjoyed a capacity house in Constitution Hall, Washington, D. C. “I urge you and your family not to miss this wonderful picture. The oppor tunity will probably not come again.” Issued Every Other Monday For EnjP' ^ and Friends of Fieldcrest Mills, Spray, N. C. Copyright, 1959, Fieldcrest Mills, - OTIS MARLOWE EDITOR Member, American Association of Industrial Editors ADVISORY BOARD J. O. Thomas, Chairman Howard Barton J. M. Rimn'C'^ C. A. Davis J. T. White__^ REPORTING STAFF ^ ,5,1!! Bedspread Blanket Mill Katherine Central Warehouse Geraldine ; pft Draper Offices Mamie jn General Offices Hilda “L|ey Gladys Holland, Katherine Karastan Mill Karastan Offices Mary S’l'lrijii' New York Offices Jane Sheeting Mill uMndl®'' Towel Mill Fay Warren, Fannie Vol. XVII, Mon., March 9. 1959, Service AiiitiirersarieS Fieldcrest Mills extends tions and sincere appreciation following- employees who, since issue, have observed notable annive ries of continuous service. Forty Years U William Jasper Combs ... .. Thirty-Five Years ^5 Morris E. Turner J J. Allen Ingram Thirty Years . . Lige A. Bryant Finis*’'^ Lottie D. Frith Kara® j Richard H. Tuttle Research j Developn’^ Twenty-Five Years j. Carlisle C. Campbell .. . Payroll Jr.jl Thomas A. Gauldin kC* Margaret W. Taylor Fifteen Years wt Celestine H. Sawo’-ers Elizabeth W. Forsythe Mary G. Craig ^iri Mildred C. Moore John R. Thomasson .. Central ^ Mack I. Nelson .. . Central Warel*® Buy-Sell - will KEEP children in my hom® parents to work on any shift. A. Knowles, 411 East Delaware Draper. Tel. MEadow 5-6252. FOR SALE: Quaker oil heater in condition. Bargain for someone' Sherman Hailey, Jr. Tel. ME 5-33 ^ FOR SALE: 10-HP Firestone outb°^e motor, first class condition. Call Grogan, Tel. MA 3-2313 after 5 p- FOR SALE: 50,000 B. T. U. gas^ !■ furnace. A real bargain. See ct Hankins, 109 Ellett Ave., LeaksviU Tel. MA 3-7215. ■J ifl- THE MILL WHIS i
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