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Sports ENTERTAINMENT Movies RAYMOND R. CAMP, OF NEW YORK TIMES, TELLS Of BEAR HUNT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY LAST WEEK Noted Outdoor Writer Had Good Time Even If Bear Wasn’t Killed Didn'l Gel A Shot -o NOTE—The following article, by Raymond R Camp, hunting and fishing editor of the New York Times, appeared in his "Wood. Field and Stream" column in that newspaper last Friday under a Plymouth. N. C.. dateline. Tire hunt referred to by Mr. Camp took place near here Tuesday of last week, and the article appears here by his special permission By RAYMOND R. CAMP Most of the bear stories I have heard end with the killing of a bear, but this one will be an exception to the rule. We went on a real, old fashioned bear hunt today, and are just about satisfied that the killing of a bear would have been something in the nature of an anti-climax. At 7 A M. we met Roy Hampton, one of the most active bear hunters in this county, and in company with about twenty other hopefuls from this and other states and an assort ment of hounds, we headed for the swamp that fringes Albemarle Sound. The armament, we noted, was just about as varied as the breeds of hounds, with a corresponding varia tion In lethal qualities. One man had a single barreled shotgun that was undoubtedly one of the early if not the original first example of th< Local All-Slars Defeat Hertford - ! The Plymouth Independents defeated the Hertford All-Stars, 30 to 27. here Tuesday night, in the opening basketball game at the local gymnasium. Coach Jim Johnson, of the Hertford High School, with 17 points, led the scorers. Red Liv erman. of Plymouth, coming next with 14. Playing for Plymouth were Earl Bowen. Grayson Everett. Red Overman, Bill Owens. Trot nian Nobles. Frank YVinesett. Fel ton Magee. Duncan Getsinger and Luther Armstrong. This group will play other games here during the season. breechloading gun. Another man had a regulation Springfield, another a Krag. and there were varied types of shotguns as well as rifles of every known action. Now we come to the hounds. A group of hunters from the south western mountains of Carolina w'ere present with an assortment, and among them were three specimens of the famous "Plott" strain. We had heard a lot about these dogs but had never seen one. They were something of a surprise on the matter of size. All our informants, in describing i ■the Plott hounds said they had been I That Man's Here Again —and we may just as well be sensible about this gift busi ^ ness: Your golfing friend 9 would rather have some ar ^ticle of golf equipment than anything else you could give him or her. We have plenty of inexpensive items, as well as the • more costly equipment, and we’re only too glad to , advise you as to appropriate gifts. Here Are Just a Few Suggestions: Balls 35c to 75c each—$4.20 to $9.00 dozen Gloves 5J.25 Golf Sox 2 c to c Head Covers 60c each—Bags From $5 to $60 Windbreakers $3.00 to $8.75 Clubs—In Sets or Singly—Woods and Irons Sand Wedges and Special Putters Childrens Sets and Clubs—Many of the Items in Attractive Gift Boxes [ t Ellis Maples PLYMOUTH COUNTRY CLUB GOLF SHOP -ATTEHTIO* farmers & trucker are now buying we AKt lNWV’ Scrap Tobacco wI.skinner Tobacco Co. wo. * W WU.UAMSTON. N. C. Jane Withers and Rilz Brothers in Film Here Sunday "Pack Up Your Troubles” Is Hilarious Comedy of World War Days -o With joyous Jane Withers the brav est little Ma'amselle in all Fiance and those roisterous Ritz Brothers in the arm. you're promised a whole kit and kaboodle of fun in "Pack Up Your Troubles" at the Plymouth Theatre next Sunday only. The Ritzes are a trio of vaudeville actors who enlist and find their way to Fiance on a transport as nurse maids to a herd of army mules. Jane is the gay little Ma'amselle who befriends the Ritzes and adopts their baby mule, Margie, and she provides the picture with plenty of thrills when she finds a chance to save her long-lost father. Lynn Bari is seen as a lovely spy. Joseph Schildkraut plays Jane's dad, Stanley Fields is cast as a hard boiled sergeant, and others promi nently feature in the cast are Fritz Leiber and Lionel Royce. Roper High School Teams Defeat Bath The Roper High School girls and boys took both ends of a double bill from the Bath High School at Roper Tuesday night, the boys winning 16 to 7, and the girls 22 to 13. Eva Chesson, Roper forward, with 16 points, led the scorers. Crandall, of Bath, being second with 5 points. Cox, Curies and Wallace, of Rop er, and Woolard. of Bath, each made 4 points in the boys' game. The Roper boys and girls go to Williamston Thursday night, where they will play Bear Grass. bred to one dog for nose, to another for courage, to another for strength and to another for fighting ability. Tradition dresses them with all four of these characteristics, but evidently they neglected to take the matter of size into consideration when they bred those we saw, for they were only slightly larger than the average rab bit hound. Despite this rather slight stature, they will corner a 500 pound bear and make things so interesting for him that he is forced to wait un til the hunters catch up. But that is another story. We'd better get on with the hunt itself. We travelled about fifteen miles from Plymouth and drew about a mile off on an old wood road. A long, triangu- i lar swamp, bounded on one side by a country road and on the other by a railroad right of way, comprised the hunting area for the first drive. Roy Hampton and Paul Basnight put all of us on stands, covering just about every runway along the route. Then the men with the hounds start ed at the base of the triangle and freed the dogs. For about fifteen minutes all was quiet, then came an outburst of some of the grandest hound music it has ever been our lot to hear. What a chorus that was. mere were sopranos, aitos. tenors anu bassos, but not a discord in the en tire symphony. We stood on a four foot stump and strained our eyes at the dense thickets. The chorus would approach within 200 yards of us, and we slipped off the safety of the rifle and waited, often holding our breath for an uncomfortable interval. At one point we were conviced the hounds had a bear treed within 300 yards of our stand. We fancied we could even hear the crashing of brush as the dogs jumped at the1 trunk. But nothing happened. There would be a few moments of silence, then the chorus would break out again, a quarter of a mile distant. A few of the hounds, evidently not so well trained, took up a fox track and drove a big gray swamp fox so close to Roy Hampton that he could have hit it with the barrel of his gun. But no bear emerged. At least none emerged near a stander. That there were bear present we knew, for we found fresh tracks and sign all through the runways. It was decided to try another swamp, deeper in the back country. History repeated itself. We stood within fifty yards of a runway where a 300-pounder had been killed the day before, but evidently that run way had supplied its quota, for noth ing came past us At dusk we climb ed in with Ben Sumner and decided to call it a day. We had all the ex citement of a bear hunt with out the bear, but were not in the least dis appointed. It was one of the most interesting hunts wt ever attended. Among the hunters was James Wolfenden of Philadelphia, who had been hunting bear at Little Washing ton the day before. He had seen a bear, and even had a shot at one, but was rather irrated because he had let another hunter talk him into using buckshot instead of a rifled slug. "I was standing about forty yards from a runway,” he explained. “I happended to look up and there, right in the runnwa; was what I at first took to be a small mule. I blink my eyes and looked again. It was a huge black bear an he was looking right at me. I waited until he looked the other way and then fired. When I shot he reared up. and instead of rolling over dead as he should have, he dropped and ran i don’t know why I didn't shoot again. You may Par Smacked All Around Sunday Par. that nemesis of all golfers, got a gosh-awful kicking around at the Plymouth Country Club course last Sunday, when sever al of the better players of the club “got hot" and turned in scores that broke a number of long-standing course records. Birdies were a dime a dozen and eagles were not uncommon, but none of the players managed to turn in a double-eagle or hole in-one. which was about all that was missing. John Rountree. 1338 club champion and co-holder of the amateur course record, chopped two strokes off the old mark of 35 when he posted a 33. or 4 strokes under par. He also turned in a couple of 38's to go with his rec ord-shattering round. Leroy Bateman, runner-up in this year's championship tournament, had a 36 for his first sub-par round. However, it remained for Ellis Maples, the club pro. to shoot the best score of the day. Playing in a match with K. II. Goodmon, L. ( J .Meunier. ,jr.. and C. G. Crock | ett. Maples had a 35-33—68 round, bettering by two strokes the old 18-hole record of 70. which he held. He also holds the open course record for nine holes, a 32. which he shot last spring. lomedy of Million Dollar Legs" Stars Grable and Coogan --o Here Wednesday; Story Is Centered Around College Campus, Race Track Mistinguette. Marlene Dietrich, Man O'War. Fred Astaire, Babe Ruth and Betty Grable possess the most famous legs in the world, in the, opinion of the cast and crew who took part in the production of Para mount's hilarious campus comedy, "Million Dollar Legs," coming next Wednesday to tire Plymouth Theatre. Betty Grable of course, has the leading feminine role in "Million Dollar Legs." The new film presents the hilar ious stiuation of a horse race uphold ing the honor of a school. It all de velops because college students are denied a crew to represent their school at a boat race, to which they have challenged their traditional ri vals. Lest they become the laughing stock of the country, the students are determined to raise the necessary funds for equipment, no mattter how. know if you are ever placed in a simi lar position.” Wolfenden's companion, Charles Drew, explained, sotto voce, that he "wouldn't be surprised if it was a mule,” but Wolfenden heard him and launched into a long description of the animal he had wounded. ‘‘If that wasn’t a bear,” he announced, “I'm a Patagoman.” Drew admitted that he had never considered that possibility, but declared he would give it some study. High School Team Members To Get Warming-Up Suits Seven new warm-up or sweat suits will probably be purchased for the [boys of the Plymouth High School [basketball squad during the season, according to Coach John Weaver, who says the boys must have this clothing to protect their health. The gymnasium here cannot be comfortably heated with the small stove in one end of it, according to the coach, who said that during in termission when the boys sit around in their playing suits after the vio lent exercise they are susceptible to severe colds. Last night. Mr. Weaver said, the boys and girls played Hertford here, and while the girls were playing the opening game the boys were await ing their turn on the court and they became cold, as most of them entered th gym dressed to play. Last year it is said the entire team suffered from colds during the sea son. as much of the gym is not suf ficiently heated. It is agreed that the young boys and girls must have sufficient sweat suits and wraps to keep them com fortable. as illness is dangerous to the team members as well as detri mental to the success of the team. Tex Ritter Plays in Film Here Saturday Don't miss Tex Ritter, singing west erner, and his horse White Plash at the Plymouth theatre this Saturday in Monogram’s "Sundown on the Prairie," an exciting saga of border smuggling. In this top-notch thriller, Tex and KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKY DISTIL LEO AND BOTTLED SY K .TAYLOR DISTILLING CO .INCORPORATED FRANKFORT. KENTUCKY Distilled and Bottled by THE K. TAYLOR DISTILLING CO. It Takes Cash to : Be A Santa Claus Whal's good whiskers and a costume—if you can't afford the gifts with which to fill your pack? You will be able to play Santa Claus generously next Christmas, if you start now to save just a little each week. Branch Banking j & Trust Company j “THE SAFE EXECUTOR” ) Plymouth, N. C. i | J i \ i i SOUND BANKING AND TRUST SERVICE FOR \ EASTERN CAROLINA l ' his pal Ananias, while vacationing in Santa Pe. accidentally run into some suspicious characters who turn out to be a long sought-after gang of horse thieves. Notifying the nearest ranger I headquarters, they are detailed by the government to round up the mob. Tex meets Ruth Graham, and learns from her that the rustlers plan to drive a bunch of stolen catle through Graham Pass on the Graham Ranch. Escorting Ruth home. Tex and Annaias run into Dorgan. head of the gang, and his boys. They are im prisoned in the house, with Hank set to guard them. But Hank gets too busy entertaining his prisoners with songs and dances, as Tex eggs him on by joining in. and the prisoners get away. Fireworks FOR SALE AT ASA'S PLACE A. V. Satterthwaite-- Owner Complete Line - Bargain Prices Open 'Most Any Time GET READY FOR YOOR CHRISTMAS FUN! You Will Also Need a Supply lor New Year's Night BENEFIT of AMERICAN LEGION p LYMOUTU THEATRE XI 66Plymouth’s Community Asset” Thursday. December 14 See These Flying Collegians Who Are the Future Defenders of a United Nation! Randolph Scott - Preston Fosier Margaret Lindsay in '20,000 HEN A YEAR" in Friday December 15 From the Best-Selling Novel by Jerome Odium! in VII 'DUST BE MY DESTINY' John Garfield - Priscilla Lane - Alan Hale - Henry Armeiia Saturday, December 16 Cont. Shows From 1 P. M. It’s The Devil Himself—Tex Ritter—and he's Carrying Two Guns! TEX RITTER in n SUNDOWN ON THE PRAIRIE hi Sunday December 17 Here’s A Laugh Ultimatum to All Sour-Pusses! Jane Withers - Ritz Rrothers - Lynn Rari - Joseph Schildkraut in PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES ii ii Monday-Tuesday December 18-19 You've Never Been To The Circus Until You've Gone With The Marx Brothers! Marx Brothers - Kenny Baker - Flor ence Rice - Nat Pendleton in MARX BROTHERS AT THE CIRCUS' Wednesday, December 20 Mattinee 10c To All 7 Till 7:30 Adm. 10c-15c After 7:30 Adm. 10c-25c It’s Bubbling Over With The True College Spirit That Will Make You Young Again! Betty Grable - Jackie Coogan in "MILLION DOLLAR LEGS"
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