Friday, July 18, 1947.
THE PILOT, Southern Pines, North Carolina
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'CARTHAGE, N. C.
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‘‘Miss Bess”
And Her Girls
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front /room of her home, and it
stayed there. The big white Me
Leod house in the center of town
became, and remjains, the focal
point of all the telephone wires
in town, And a good thing, too;
some years ago the old office,
across the street, burned down,
and has never.been r^ebuilt.
When World War 2 c&me along,
with its increasing demands on
all telephones, another switch
board was added, and there they
both are today, with Miss Bess
right on the job, or within ear
shot in her. adjoining ajartment.
A new switchboard, however,
didn’t mean that anything really
new had been, added, for the
telephone company performed a
minor niiracle in finding another
old board just like the other one,
in a midwestern telephone office,
and brought it halfway across the
continent to double the service,
and also double its perplexities.
"Hello Girls"
; Besides Miss Whitlock, Miss
Bess now has other help—^two
personable young ladies who
“spell” each other during the day,
and both declare they like tele
phone work better than anything
else. They are Clarine Glisson
and Mary Ellen Frye, both of
Carthpge. Mary Ellen worked for
a time in the long distance office
at Southern Pines, but except for
that both of Ahem have received
their training exclusively at Mi§s
Bess’ hands, and are following
in her footsteps in friehdliness,
courtesy and real old-fashioned
service.
There are more than 300 phones
in Carthage now—a big jump
from the old dayfe. More are be
ing added all the time, and the
operators’ telephone books are
lined and interlined with new
numbers adc^ed since the books
were printed last winter.
Numbers Mean Litlle
Though the operators are al
most the only ones who use boks.
With most folks it’^, “Ring Bill
Sabistori’s office, please,” or “Get
me Dave Ginsburg on the line,”
or “Will you see if Mrs. McCal-
lum is at home?” Telephone num
bers don’t mean a thing, in Car
thage.
Three long distance line run
out of the Carthage switcTiboards
—to Robbins, wjth a special dial
for the Robbins mill; to Cameron,
and to the district office at Sou
thern iPnes, through which all
other ling'distance calls are rout
ed.
Since the war brought increas
ed use of the telephones,' with
far greater use of long distance
than ever before, the operators’
work jias multiplied greatly; and
they have noticed no diminish-
ment since the war ended. A
whole 'new telephone-minded
generation hae come into being.
They Stay Busy
Two inside phones have ' been
placed in the ofice, and one out
side, on Miss Bess’ porch, to help
take care of the needs. Whether
it’s M!iss Bess or Miss Clara, Clar
ine or Mary Ellen' on duty, by
ones or by twos, they stay miighty
busy.
With all the rush it’s kind of
exasperating .-all round when the
metal “drops” which are supposed
to fall with a click when a call
er signals, or when a conversat
ion ends, fail'to do so. Connection
and disconnection both suffer de^
lays.
However, nobody fusses at the
operator, and the ladies at' the
switchboard keep that smile in
their voice.
It’s just a question of time till '
dial phones come in. That’s pro
gress.
But when they do, Carthage
folks will miss something money
can’t pay for—the friendly per
sonal touch that is all too rare
these days, given them now by
“Miss Bess” and her girls.
THEATRES
Carolina
Hailed as one of the nfost
memorable screen contributions
of the year to date is “Great Ex
pectations,” which followed “The
Egg And I” ' at the Radio City
Music Hall with outstanding suc
cess, and which is coming to the
Carolina Theatre Southern
Pines, Sunday, Monday and Tues
day, July 20-21-22 at 8:15 p. m.
with a Tuesday matinee at 3:00.
First of a promised block produc
tion based on the works of
Charles Dickens, “Great Expec
tations” is an outstanding
triumph for all concerned in its
malting. ' t
Not the least of the achieve
ments of the producers is that
film goers wilh come away from
this one feeling that Dickens him
self might have written the script.
They have taken the dozen story
threads of the original (and one
of which is exciting enough to
make a film) and have woven
them into a grand, spectacular,
heart-warming whole.
It has, indeed, every ingredi
ent of a great motion picture,
namely, quick, urgent action, del
icate sentimentality, and blood
stirring suspense, all due not only
to the integrity and sincerity of
the script and tactfully imagina
tive direction, but also to the in
variable proficiency of the long
list of players, notably John Mills
as Pip; Valerie Hobson, his girl
friend; Francis Sullivan, as the
attorney. '
Metro - Goldwyn-Mayer brings
back the popular Dr. Gillespie in
the person of Lionel Barrymore,
in a dramatic absorbing story,
“Dark Delusion” at the Carolina
theatre Wednesday and Thursday
with a Thursday matinee.
This tipie, James Craig is the
young doctor, with' beautiful
Lucille Bremer capably carrying
the feminine lead, and Keye Luke
oil hand to provide laughs in his
familiar ro'le as the Chinese
physician at Blair General Hosp
ital.
, “Living In A Big Way”, at the
Carolina theatre next Friday and
Saturday, July 25-26, with a Sat
urday matinee, serves to reintro
duce Gene Kelly after his absence
in the Navy. The story serves as
a peg on which Kelly can hang
his inspired dance routines,
demonstrate his affable acting
and generally enjoy a tour de
force such as is seldo'm given an
actor. He gets nice support from
Marie - McDonald, Charles Winn-
inger. Spring Byington, Phyllis
Thaxter and Clinton Sunberg, who
almost steals the comedy as the
butler.
Navy service apparently kept
Kelly in good trim, and he has
never - danced better. He does
three outstanding numbers, best
of which is one he terps with, a
live dog as partner, to an original
song, “Fido and Me.”
Another number is a nift/ bit
of ballroomology in which Miss
MclAonald keeps up with Kelly’s
stepping all the way.
Sunrise
Magnificently photographed
and beautifully enacted by'a cast
which includes Spencer Tracy,
Katharine Hepburn, Robert Walk
er and Melvyn Douglas, M-G-M’s
“Thfe Sea of Grass” comes to the
Sunrise' Theatre,^ for two days,
Sunday and Monday, as one of
the year’s most distinguished
dramatic hits:
Based on Conrad Richter’s
widely read novel of the great
land rush into New Mexico at the
turn of the century, the story
centers on Co]| Jim Brewton,
pioneer cattle baron who has giv
en his life’s blood to open up the
cattle country and who is deter
mined to keep out the onsurging
homesteaders who will destroy
his beloved “sea of grass.” His
implacable.enemy is Brice Cham
berlain, altruistic lawyer who
represents the claims of the home
seekers. •
Spencer Tracy in his first screen
appearance in alrnost two years
makes .a welcome return as
Brewton. It is a role eminently
suited to this great star and he
gives it everything. Katharine
Hepburn is appealing as the wife
who finds the “sea of grass” her
most dangerous rival.
The stars are given fine sup
port by a large cast which in
cludes Phyllis Thaxter, Edgar
Buchanan, Harry Carey, Ruth
Nelson, William “BHl” Phijlips
and Robert Armstrong.
Elia Kazan, who directed the
memorable “A Tree Grows in
Brooklyn” can chalk up another
success with “The Sea of Grass”.
It is outstanding screen entertain
ment.
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Sunday has always been the
worst driving day since the very
beginning of automobile history.
However, an insurance company
has reported that there ■ were
more accidents on Saturdays in
1946.
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