"Barricade" An
Outdoor Drama
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“Barricade.” a top ranking
western ,action drama with color
by Technicolor, is the offering at
the Viccar Theatre strating next
Wednesday
Heading the important cast of
the Warner Bros film are Ruth
Roman, rising young star. Dane
Clark and Raymond Massey, vet
eran stage and screen luminary
A strong and colorful stor\
centering about a lonely gold-,
mining camp in the middle of a
| western dessert, “Barricade” ap
pears thrilling cinema fare, Mas
jsey is the ruthless boss of the
ramp into which Ruth Roman
and Clark, both fugitnves from
justice, stumble for protection
from unexplained pasts.
| Robert Douglas, London stage
actor, plays a lawyer who also
; turns up mysteriously, but he is
tracking down the facts sur
| rounding Massey’s illegal pos
session of the property The lat
ter determines to keep the trio
there against their wishes, the
while preparing to stand off
the rightful owners who finally
do appear to re-claim the mine,
and a thrilling siege and gun
battle ensue. leading up to the
climax of the film.
The great seme backdrops of j
"Barricade” were acquired by i
Warner Bros in a film treatment
of the first rank by means of lo- j
cation shooting in the California
Eddie, the hardware clerk, had
made a name tor himself as the
1 most inefficient and discourteous
I salesman ever. When he was ab
sent one day the atmosphere was
like the tranquil beauty of sum
mer weather after a thunder
storm. One regular customer re
i marked on the difference. “Eddie
! isn't just away.” explained the
proprietor, "he doesn’t woi k here
any more.”
"Do you have anyone in mind
for 'he vacancy?” asked the cus
tomer.
“Nope,” said the proprietor.
"Eddie didn't leave any vacancy."
desert. This, together with the
presentation of Ruth Roman, who
scored so heavily in "The Win
dow," "Champion” arid "Always
Reave Them Laughing,” in her
first starring role, combine to
make “Barricade" a film to witch
for.
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SECOND PRIMARY JUNE 24TH, 1950
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W. H. Woolard. President of the
Guaranty Bank & Trust Com
pany, lias announced that Mr.
Harvey E. Anderson has been
elected vice-president of the
Guaranty Bank & Trust Company
effective about July the first.
Mr. Anderson at present is As
sistant Vice-President of the Wa
chovia Bank & Trust Company
located in their Raleigh Office. He
has been with the Wachovia about
fourteen years. For the past five
years he has been on the loaning
and investment staff of the Wa- |
chovia. He conies to the Guaran
ty highly recommended by his I
J business and other associates. Mr.
Anderson is a native of Greens
boro and thirty-eight years of age.
He attended college at Chapel Hill
and is a graduate of Rutgers Busi-j
ness University. From early 1942;
to 1945 he served in the United ;
States Army assigned to the Air
Corps in the United States and
I the Pacific area. He was honor
ably discharged from the army
with the rank of major.
Mrs. Anderson is a native pf
;Siler City and is an attractive
i lady. They have four children—
| two girls and two boys. They are
' members of the Presbyterian
i Church.
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The State’s motor vehicle reg
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at the main office of the bank.
Other changes in the official staff
of the main office are as follows:
J. H Waldrop, vice president and
comptroller; J. S. Moye, cashier,
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[mark, the North Carolina Depart
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county standing at 5,163 as of
May 19.
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i into the car behind and finally,
i pulling into the street, struck a
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