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Tobacco Pageant, “The Kingdom,” To
Be Held In Singing Grove At Benson
every
evening
Two Performances.
Scheduled Weekly
Aug. 28-Sepi. 26
The first official performance of
“The Kingdom” will be at 8 p.m.,
Thursday, August 28, in Benson,
Johnston county. This outdoor
pageant will be presented in the
Benson Singing Grove
Thursday and Friday
through September 26.
“The Kingdom” presents in
pageant form the story of the
growing of tobacco and its influ
ence on the people of North Carb-
lina from the time of Sir Walter
Raleigh to the present day.
The whole production has been
a community effort by the town of
Benson. A combined volunteer
choir of all the churches provides
the musical background. The ac
tors for the speaking parts have
been selected from the merchants,
students, secretaries, farmers, and
other members of the community.
The properties have been designed
and constructed by community
workers, and the stage crews will
be composed of town citizens.
The production is a joint pre
sentation of the Benson Senior
and Junior Chambers of Com
merce. All work and talent has
been donated and all proceeds
will be divided between the two
organizations, to be used for civic
enterprises.
The Benson Singing Grove has
been completely altered for the
event. The stage has been chang
ed to support flaps and wings, and
special seats have been construct-
Forestry Problems
Are Discussed At
Annual Meeting
statewide forestry problems
were discussed at the three-day
annual meeting of state forestry
personnel at the Southland hotel
here Tuesday through^Thursday.
Key members of the forestry
division of the State Departmept
of Conservation and Development
attended the sessions, including
district foresters, farm foresters
and district forest fire rangers
from throughout the state.
Heavy forest fire losses during
the first six months of the year,
with damage amounting to $801,-
633 as against $650,496 for the cal
endar year of 1951, have created a
need for increased protection of
the state’s more than 18 million
acres of woodlands as well as plac
ing of greater emphasis upon
proper managehient of forest
lands. State Forester Fred H. Clar-
idge stated.
Speakers included George R.
Ross, director of the department,
Claridge, H. M. Sears of Atlanta,
a top official with the U. S. For
est Service, and G. A. Jones, Jr.,
chief of the wildlife protection di
vision of the State Wildlife Re
sources Commission.
Bridge Joining Peaks Over Mile High
Is New Attraction In North Carolina
"Unnatural Bridge'
To Be Dedicated
Next Tuesday
ed to accommodate the audience.
The total production will de
mand the united efforts of more
than 150 persons.
Aberdeen theatrE
A 228-foot-long swinging bridge
over a mile high between peaks of
Grandfather Mountain near the
Blue Ridge Parkway will be ded
icated Tuesday, September 2, with
Governor-nominate William B.
Umstead as the principal speaker.
Already dubbed the “Unnatural
Bridge,” the hew steel skywalk
joins two prominent features of
5,964-foot . high Grandfather
Mountain—the “Convention Ta
ble”—and Linville peak. 'Access
will be provided by a new link of
roadway that opens up portions
of the rugged mountain hereto
fore available only to hikers.
Work on the new road, which
lengthens the private highway to
the crest of Grandfather from US
221 between Linville and Blowing
Rock to four miles, and on the
steel bridge are being rushed to
completion for the dedication,
Hugh M. Morton, president of the
Linville corporation, announced.
The dedicatory exercises will
begin at 1 p.m., with Grady Cole,
Charlotte’s WBT and CBS radio
commentator, as master of cere
monies. Mr. Umstead will be in
troduced by Publisher D. Hiden
Ramsey of the Asheville Citizen-
Times.
The bridge, which is four feet
wide and was designed to accom
modate 40 pedestrians at one time,
is unlike any other in this area.
Architect for bridge and steps
to Convention Table is Charles C.
Hartmann of Greensboro. The
228-foot-long steel bridge was
erected by Craven Steel Erecting
Co., also of Greensboro. Contrac
tor for the road, which is 18-feet
wide with crushed stone topping
on cranberry rock base, was
Wiley N. Greene of Blowing Rock.
Construction began in February.
Friday, August 29
Night 7:15 and 9:15
FLYING LEATHERNECKS”
JOHN WAYNE
ROBERT RYAN
Saturday (Double Feature) Starts 3:00
“BORDER SADDLEMATES”
REX ALLEN
—also—
“WOMAN IN THE DARK”
PENNY EDWARDS
Monday & Tuesday, Sept. 1-2
Night 7:15 and 9:15
“YOU FOR ME”
PETER LAWFORD
JANE GREER
Wednesday, Sept. 3
Night 7:15 and 9:00
CASH AWARD NIGHT
“WILD BLUE YONDER”
WENDELL COREY VERA RALSTON
Thursday & Friday, Sept. 4-5
Night at 7:15 and 9:15
“DEADLINE U. S. A.”
HUMPHREY BOGART ETHEL BARRYMORE
Lions Will Sell
Season Tickets To
Home Grid Games
The Southern pines Lions club
voted Friday night at their meet
ing at the Village Inn to sell sea^
son tickets to the local home foot
ball games. H. M. ‘‘Pat” Patter
son was named chairman of the
committee-.
Garland A. Pierce showed the
group slides of his recent trip to
Europe.
The ihome games, for which the
season tickets will provide admis
sion are: September 10, Carthage;
September 17, West End; October
1, Aberdeen; October 8, Robbins;
October 15, Candor (Homecom
ing); and October 29, Pinehurst.
The playoff for the Lions’ base
ball league title will begin Tues
day night at 7:30 in Pinehurst,
when the local aggregation faces
Pinehurst. Other teams which
will meet later on, include Car
thage, Pinebluff, West End and
the.Pinehurst American Legion.
The local Lions club also an
nounced that it wiU hold its an
nual broom sale, for the benefit of
the blind, in October.
rflEAlRLS
Carolina
Fall Drama Opens
In North Carolina
STARVIEW
Drive-In Theatre
Between So. Pines-Aberdeen
INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS
FrL-Sat. Aug. 29-30
'ANGEL AND THE
BADMAN'
John Wayne - Gail Russell
Sun.-Mon. Aug. 31-Sepl. 1
'HERE COMES
THE GROOM'
Bing Crosby - Jane Wyman
Tues.-Wed. Sept. 2-3
'PLACE IN THE SUN'
M. Clift-E. Taylor-S. Winterss
Thursday Sept. 4
GIVE-AWAY NIGHT
"NEVER TRUST
A GAMBLER"
Dane Clark-Cathy O'Donnell
Fri.-Sal. Sept. 5-6
"The Savage Horde"
William Elliott - Adrian Booth
TWO SHOWS NIGHTLY
Children under 12(in cars) Free
First Show Starts at Dark
North Carolina’s four Rummer
historical dramas end their season
during the Labor Day holiday, but
the outdoor drama season will be
extended into October at the
Kings Mountain battleground,
which is a national military park.
“The Sword of Gideon” opens
its second season September 11,
and has three performances week
ly—Thursday, Friday and Satur
day nights—scheduled through
October 4. The drama, about ^the
uprising of Carolina patriots that
reached a climax in one of the
most important battles of the Rev
olutionary War in the South, is
by Florette Henri. It is presented
in an 1,800-seat amphitheatre eas
ily accessible by U.S. Highway 29
and other routes. The play is
sponsored by the Kings Mountain
Little Theatre, with office at 510
East King street. Kings Mountain,
N. C., where tickets may be re
served and accommodations pro
cured if desired.
Through a sli^t change in our
oclicy the Carolina theatre will
present Ray Milland and Gene
Tierney in “Close To My Heart”
Friday (tonight) and Saturday at
8:15 p. m. with a. Saturday mati
nee at 3. This is the first picture
in which Milland • and Tierney
have starred opposite each other,
and “Close To My Heart” is not
only a custom-made vehicle for
their respective talents, but also
a film destined to arouse wide
spread interest because of its
poignant theme.
HENRY H. TURNER
Photographer
PORTRAITURE and CUSTOM FRAMING
675 S. W. Broad
Phone 2-6452
Franz Lehar’s famous musical,
“The Merry Widow,” is the at
traction at the Carolina theatre
for the entire week beginning
with Sunday, August 31, at 8:15
p. m., with matinees Sunday,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
at 3 o’clock. This vibrant and opu-
lent Technicolor production stars
Lana Turner and the romantic
new film personality, Farnando
Lamas.
Its haunting songs, sumptuous
settings and costumes, its brilliant
taging of the memorable ‘"Merry
Widow Waltz” and other lavish
production numbers and, last but
not least, the impassioned love
affair which permeates the story,
make for a motion picture which
not only provides effective es
capist entertainment but is a de-
ight to , eye and ear.
A spectacularly beautiful pro-
iuction in Technicolor, gay music,
wonderful dancing and delightful
nerformances by Lana Turner,
Fernando Lamas, and an excel
lent supporting cast, including
Una Merkel, Richard Haydn and
Marcel Dalio, it assures one of the
entertainment treats of the sea
son.
SUNRISE
The cinema translation of Rex
Beach’s last completed novtl,
‘The World In His Arms,” filmed
m spectacular Technicolor will
open at the Sunrise theatre this
Sunday for a three day run.
Gregory Peck and Ann Blyth
are starred in the fil madaptation
of Beach’s lusty spectacle of the
Far North and the large support
ing cast is headed by Anthony
Quinn, John Mclntire and Carl
:^mond. “The Wjorld In His
Arms” is Beach at his best. It is
a lusty story, full of adventuure,
full of romance.
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Q:
era?
A: Cholera is our worst swine
killer;'causes losses running into
many millions of dollars annually.
Q: Why is cholera so danger
ous?
A: The virus of cholera is ex
tremely contagious and one of the
most deadly of all in the field of
.swine diseases.
- ' Q: - How is the
virus spread?
A: In many
ways. It may be
spread by con-
taminated feed
bags, garbage,
wagon and truck wheels, or on the
shoes of visitors. Even biting flies
may spread it.
Q: What are the symptoms ol
cholera?
A: Usually it- strikes without
warning. Pigs lose their appetites,
keep to themselves, become weak
and depressed, get wobbly on their
feet, and may scour. There is- no
cure. Sick pigs usually die within
4 to 7 days. Very few, if any, re
cover.
Q: What can the farmer do to
prevent cholera losses?
A: Vaccination in advance is the
only preventive. Pigs should be
vaccinated around weaning time.
Only healthy pigs should be vac
cinated, so a general physical,
check-up by a veterinarian is al
ways recommended before vacci
nation.
Q: Are there
any other pre-
icautions?
A: Yes. Vacci
nated pigs should
be kept in clean
quarters and
ranges away from old yards. Pigs
should be watched so that they
do not pile up or overcrowd at
night. Ample drinking water and
shade should be provided in hot
weather.
NOTE—Due to space limitations,
general questions cannot be han
dled by this column.
Another outstanding film will
hit the Sunrise screen this Thurs
day and Friday in “What Price
Glory,” complete with Captain
Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, also
the provocative “Charmaine.” It’s
a new Technicolor production
starring James Cagney as Captain
Flagg and Dan Dailey as Sergeant
Quirt, Corinne Calvet portrays
the part of “Charmaine.” This
new production of “What Price
Glory” emerges as one of the
year’s great motion pictures. It’s
a tempting experience in enter
tainment for the entire family.
Faith, Harmony and Tfuth are
names of North Carolina villages.
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Friday & Saturday, Aug. 29-30—^8:15 p.m.
Matinee Saturday at 3:00
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CO-STARRING
»iiii Una Merkel • Riceiard Haydn • Thomas Gomez
Scrwn Play by SONYA LEVIEN and WILLIAM LUDWIG
— oprecied ^Curtis Bernhardt • Produced by joe Pasternak - An m-g-m picture
Entire Week Starting Sunday, August 31st
8:15 p. m.
Matinees, Sun..Tues.-Thur.-Sat.-^3:00 p. m.
SUNRISE THEATRE
CONTINUOUS SHOWS DAILY FROM 3:00
SATURDAY 11:00 SUNDAY 1:00
TODAY
Ginger Rogers
"WE'RE
Vic Moore Fred’ Allen
NOT MARRIED"
SATURDAY
Rex Allen "OLD OKLAHOMA PLAINS"
—and—
IS HITLER REALLY DEAD?
—-See—
“THE MAGIC FACE ”
With Luther Adler, Patricia Knight
Judge For Yourself!
~ SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY
A Whole New World of Adventure Sweeps the Screen!
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WEDNESDAY
Wild Bill Elliott in
"EARLY ARIZONA"
—and—
"MEET DANNY WILSON"
Frank Sinatra Shelley Winters
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
VKfttS
WHAT PRICE
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TECHNICOLOR
Always A Good Show At The "SUNRISE*