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Friday, January 28, 1949, St Paul SOCIAL & PERSONAL * ST. PAUL * Mrs. Ethel Thomas, 994 Rondo Ave., had a surprise birth day party for her husband, Edward Thomas in their home Sun day, Jan. 16. Guests present, who played games and were served refreshments, were Mr. and Mrs. George Milton, Mrs. P. Cotton, Mrs. George Taylor, Mr. J. W. Lee, Mr. and Mrs. C. Fletcher, Mrs. B. Allen, Mrs. Tillie Daniels, Mr. Ed Washington and Mrs. E. Bradley. The Leu Hr Lawrence Unit 497 of the American Legion met Mon day, Jan. 17 at the Legion club room, 52 W. 7th St Mrs. Addie C. Few, president, turned in the money collected from the dinner held recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nash, 316 SL Anthony Ave. Mrs. B. F. Hender son turned in an application for membership in the club. Members also donated five dollars to the American Legion hospital Asso ciation at Fort Snelling. The club meets every third Monday of each month. The Just-Us club met Thursday night, Jan. 20 at the home of Mrs. J. O. Stubbs, 693 Carroll Ave. The group played games and were served refreshments. Constance Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Brown, 831 St. Anthony Ave., and a soph omore at Marshall high school, has been chosen to take part in the school operetta to be given at Marshall in March. The Bonanzo club met Satur day, Jan. 22, at the home of Mrs. Beatrice Schuck, 599 Rondo Ave. Mra Earl Cannon, 688 Carroll Ave., was the guest of the eve ning. Mrs. A. M. Butler, 386 N. St Albans, returned Tuesday, Jan. 25 from an extended trip East. She left for the trip shortly before the Christmas holidays. Mrs. Hammond Turner, 853 W. Central Ave., was the guest at the Laissez-Nous-Faire Bridge club which met Saturday, Jan. 22, at the home of Mrs. Earl Brent, 975 St. Anthony Ave. Mrs. Richard Stokes won first prize, Mrs. Man uel Mason second, and Mrs. Wil liam Hanna, third. The next meet ing of the club will be at the home of Mrs. Addie C. Few. ELECTRIC & HAND HAIR CLIPPERS 479 St. Pater CE. 6743 A. 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He is the son of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mra Manon Roseby, former ly of St. Paul. “Butch” is reported to be doing well now. Mrs. C. E. Ball, 348 N. Dale St., returned recently from a two week trip to Chicago, where she was the houseguest of Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Rudd, 4940 Prairie Ave. While there, she was the guest at several parties and dinners. She also visited, while there, Mrs. Jen nie Webb, the former Jennie Young of St. Paul. Mrs. Ruby Humburd, 701 Car roll Ave., is home recuperating from an operation she underwent Jan. 5 at Miller hospital. A seven pound, four ounce baby boy was bom Friday. Jan. 14, at Miller hospital to Mr. and Mrs. William Tendle, 599 St. Anthony Ave. The maternal grandparent of the child is Mrs. Lydia Brown, 599 St. Anthony Ave., and the paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Tendle, 407 W. Central Ave. The baby’s name is Terryll Kieth. A group of women, making up an informal sewing group, met Saturday, Jan. 22, at the home of Mrs. Katherine Scipio, 651 St. An thony Ave. Members of the group who meet once a month are, Mrs. Hellaine Rhodes, Edith Greene, Jessie Shoffner, A. Murray, Cor rine Griffin, Beatrice Reed and Janabelle Taylor. At the recent meeting of the Loafers Club held at the Hallie Q. Brown community house Miss Barbara Fields, debutante daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Fields, was chosen as their Queen at the Queen of Hearts Ball to be given by the Los Cabelerros club. Members present were Kenneth Jones, Ralph Graham. Norman Davis, Robert Graham, Lloyd Gambol, Ernest Johnson, Junius Powell, Frank Schene. Mose Wal lace, John O’Neal, Edgar Pillow and Z. T. Monson. Spiclallnn* J la Bifocals and Trifocals I Dr. Robart Laudon V Optometrilt—4 redit 4 4. 7t*» CA. 8244 Open Monday AM (nndltlnned fne row Comfort H. L HAWXINS. Prop (Next to 706 Rondo 706 Rondo . . . . 950 St. Anthony 800 Rondo, IL 8936 I spent last Saturday evening reading and analyzing the stack of comic books my step-son has collected on lend-lease from all over the neighborhood. There were the usual Roy Rogers and Dick Tracy com ics plus an assortment of other little volumes, most of them filled with violence, sudden death and sex. They all ended on a note of retribution for the criminal or villain. I . suppose this justifies the blood dripping over the reßt uf the P*#’- 8 * Th< rv was one book that especially intrigued me. It uas calhd “Sun Girl, the Myaterious Beauty." oIS The fronl co ' er showed a luma Turner blonde JISB with a Jane Kussell upper chands and Betty Grable JU gams. Miw|M-nding heraelf from a rope in mid-air ■ ‘BhW 'HU while she flouriHh«d a deadly-looking pistol. In a nearby office building, blue coated minions of the law leaned precariously out of the windows while NELL RUSSELL they at B °° uple of <*"•<**• • tommy gun from another window. One stalwart was hanging from a broken scaffold seven or eight stories above the street. In a box on the lower left hand of the page was the announce ment: “Menace of the Monsters!" The adventure of the monster was enough to grow curls on the bald pate of a seventy-year-old grandpa. It had to do with a mad criminal scientist who had invented a ma chine that could draw atrocities from the depths of the sea. One pic ture showed an enormous, scaly, green, one-eyed monster rising from the ocean. He was huge enough to take an ocean-going vessel between his teeth and chew on it like an ear of corn. The caption read: "Rising above the tallest buildings is a sight to terrify even the brave heart of Sun Girl!" The next caption read: "Like a creature from a horrible nightmare, the terrifying monster thunders through the city sowing death and destruction in its wake.’’ This picture showed the horrible creature chewing up a stretch of New York subway track as the car careened into space, passengers and all. Meanwhile, the army, navy and air force pot away at Big Boy without having the slightest effect on his tough hide. Of course Sun Girl chases the monster back into the sea and confounds the scientist. On the outside back cover of this volume allegedly intended for the small fry was an advertisement for a two-way stretch mail order girdle! The Inside back cover contained an ad for a reducing cream, "Spot Reducer." It included an offer of a "large size jar of special formula body massage cream," that would be included gratis with an order for the reducing cream. There were the usual testimonials from stream-Hned young ladies who were obviously years over what is supposed to be the comic book age. Another comic, "Justice Traps the Guilty" had an advertisement in the middle of the book for a magazine called “Young Romance." "Have you ever heard the words ‘I love you’ from a man you had never seen before?" Inquired the come-on blurb. "Don’t miss the gripping true-life story of love-stricken Janine, who left her French homeland to marry her American G. I. only to learn she would never see him again," the blurb concluded. On the page opposite this ad was the beginning of an adventure titled “The Capture of One-Eye.” The lead picture showed a couple of unfortunate gentlemen being blasted into bits by a charge of nitro set off by a safe robber. Ix»ok over the comic books your youngsters read, my friends. Then decide for yourself if the present controversy over comics Is warranted or not. Don't miss seeing Laurence Olivier's "Hamlet." I saw it at a premiere showing last Wednesday night. It is far and above the finest motion picture entertainment to come to the screen in a long time. Filmed in England with an English cast, It is produced and directed by Olivier who also takes the title role. This may make It sound like too much Olivier. On the contrary, the man has done such a breath takingly beautiful job with the entire pro duction that one is never conscious of the three-way duties he’s handled as producer-director-actor. Contrast the Olivier production to the manner in which Mr. Orson Wells botched up the Bard of Avon in "Macßeth,” and you’ll begin to »ee there’s quite a difference between self-appointed genius and the real thing Olivier takes little or no liberty with Shakespeare. To those un acquainted with Shakespeare, the dialogue may seem to be a little confusing at first, but the dramatic content and excellently sustained pace of the picture more than make up for any temporary inconven ience to the viewer in the opening minutes of the film. The camera work is superb. The sets are not cluttered with the usual elaborate, overdone gew-gews American film producers seem to think are neces sary for this type of production. The great halls of the gloomy Danish castle are almost entirely barren of furnishings, adding to the atmos phere of tragedy and oppression. For approximately two-and-one-half hours, Olivier and his super lative cast of actors sustain the most tense dramatic pace without hamming that I’ve ever seen on the screen. The fact that the audience goes right along with the mood is a rare tribute to an outstanding film. High school youngsters seeing “Hamlet" should take up their Shakespeare classes with renewed In tenant because under Olivier's Inspired touch, Shakespeare becomes a living, believable theatre and not just arty ranting for literary long hairs. Last Friday I spent several hours out at the University with Mrs Margan t Harding, director of the University F’ress. As usual we ate in the ranfied confines of the Campus Club. And as usual, I sat and looked at the ridiculous barrier of potted cacti or whatever it is that segregates the women's niche in the dining room from the spacious part allotted to the high and mighty males of the faculty. Across the cacti (or whatever it isi I could see the eminent Dr Jean Piccard, the stratosphere balloonist, engaged in conversation with several other distinguished gentlemen. I take it for granted they were distinguished because I was the only undistinguished character in the place. Pro fessor Bird of the psychology department was at another table Dimit ri Mitropoulos came over to the ladies' side of the Club and looked around, blanketing us poor females briefly with the aura of his gt at ness. Mrs Harding, who pampers along her writers with infinite pa tience, has resolved not to let that barrier of potted plantdom irk ner. She turns her back on it with lips set in a grimly determiend line. Somehow, I always find myself facing the damn thing. I think hat one day Genevieve Steefel and myself will remove those pots, ( acti (or whatever it is), and cart ’em to President Morrill's office where we will deposit them as a reminder that females are supposed t■> be emancipated. Cacti, pfui! Another item on the campus which ought to be done away with is that gol-dangod overpass across Washington Avenue. The crack Ung sound you hear emanating from over campus-way is the crunching of the bones of hapless students els they skid on all fours across that contraption. On these icy days, there’s only one way to maneuv r a crossing: take a running leap, land on your fanny and careen across by force of momentum You’re going to do that anyway, so why not simplify the operation nght in the beginning’ Overpass, indeed! Skid row, they ought to call it. ELI. 13M I attended the preview showing of Twentieth Century Fox's Snake Pit’’ last Tuesday afternoon. This powerful film packs such a drama tic wallop that I don't recommend it to highly nervous or emotionally exciteable people. Olivia De Haviland, as the writer who suffers a men tal breakdown, turns in a performance that should get her the Acad emy Award. Without make-up and dressed in drab institutional garb, she looks and acts the role with a dramatic intensity that has been seldom seen in a Hollywood production. “The Snake Pit” is notable for two reasons. First, It pene- | trates the cloud of hush-hush and apathy that surrounds the prob- i Irm of mental illness. Second, It portrays the tragic psychological I effects of an unstable childhood on adult emotional life. It proves the roots of mental breakdown go deep and that the cure, tn many cases, rests In the cause. It also strikes at the overcrowding, shortage of help, and the mishandling of patients that comes from the first two factors. I'm sorry to say that once again I was reminded the intellectual | age of some of our local movie goers must be hovering somewhere . around adolescence There are only a few spots in “The Bnak»- Pit'* where one has reason to smile, but even in the small preview audience there were some people who found several acenes quite, quite funny. I’ve noticed this misplaced sense of humor seems to be commonplace in these parts. I’ve heard out-of-towm visitors and newcomers mention it frequently It’s annoying, provincial and better suited to Saturday afternoon at a kid matinee. When you see the picture, you’ll probably note that the scenes of patients in the institution are greeted with uproarious howls of mirth by a certain portion of the audience. This film is too significant and too tragic for humor except on those occasions when De Haviland's interpretation calls for a certain subtle caricature to point up her role. Certainly there’s never any cause for loud cackling* of glee. ST. PAUL SOCIALS .Miss Thelma Miller, 837 Igle hart Ave., gave a party Saturday night, Jan. 22, at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Beatrice Boyd, for Al fred Henson, 348 N. Dale, in cele bration of his birthday. Guests present were Arlene Allison, Bud dy Winfield, Inman Johnson, Er- ma Carter, Emily Clark, Rosa mond Miller, Patricia Foster, Syl via Booker, Helen Mitchell, Don ald Lewis, D. Hill. Homer Wilson. Minerva Saunders, Ethel Man ning, Yvonne Crushon, Delores Walker and W. L. Hardy. The Women met Friday, Jan. 21 at the home of Mrs. Melvin Bu ford, 517 W. Central Ave. Various activities were discussed which included square dance lessons un der the auspices of the Hallie Q. Brown. A birthday gift was pre sented to Mrs. James Smith from the members. The Women will meet Friday, February 4 at the home of Mrs. William Massie, 932 Iglehart. MINNEAPOLIS SOCIALS Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ward were guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Max well, 3020 20th Ave. So. for din ner Friday, January 21. A seven pound four ounce baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs. Curtis Russell, St. Paul, early Sunday morning at St. Joseph’s Hospital. The paternal grand mother is Mrs. Barbara Warren, St. Paul, and the maternal grand parents are Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Merical, 908 Bryant Ave. No. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy, 820 Bryant Ave. No., are parents of a baby girl weighing nine pounds seven ounces. The baby was bom Thursday. January 20 at Fairview Hospital. Mrs. Mc- Coy and daughter are home and doing fine. *"¥hr Donforjourrs Club met on Thursday, January 27 at the home of June Williams, 405 Emerson Ave. No. In Our Large Stock of Modern BEST SELLER BOOKS You will find booki of interest for every need CENTURY BOOK STORE 825 Hennepin Ave. MARTIN'S FOOD MARKET Meats, Groceries. Freth Frwila end Vegetables Dairy Products - eevereees Rondo I St. Albans DA 7454 Open Sunday* Joo Marfin, Frep W| DILIVER OUR MUTUAL PROBLEM... THANK YOU for your co-operation during 1948. We have tried to give you the best service possible, but the fact still remains. the amount of improvements, extensions and service we are able to offer you depends entirely upon an adequate income. To this date, operation expense, material prices and equipment costs have risen out of all proportion to our income. We are seeking relief. In the meantime our forward progress has been halted, which means less equipment and ex pansion until we can earn income sufficient to establish the credit necessary to finance equipment loans. Your understanding of these problems is solicited. ALSO MOST SERIOUS are the ever sharpening "peak loads." Traf fic studies show that in place of easing off after war’s termination, peak loads increased because of abandonment of "staggered hours" for workers. A contributing factor is the ever increasing number of automobiles further congesting limited street space with inevitable delays for all traffic. It is just impossible to transport everybody to and from work at the same time with limited street space avail able. Our plans call for providing our fellow citizens with the best possible service within the limits of prevailing traffic conditions. SINCE THE WAR’S END we have spent nearly 110,000,000 for re placement and rehabilitation. In an effort to keep pace with living costs with which you are all fami liar we have increased wages and payrolls by over $4,000,000. We are trying to be good citizens of the communities we serve with adequate service for th e public and decent working conditions for our em ployees. These being our ambitions and our responsibilities we think you can appreciate our need for an income adequate to provide them in fairness to our patrons, our employees and our owners. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS ..ag-ta mnw, . . Birthday Grootlnas: Feb. I —Miaa Martha Kay, 3748 Fourth Ave. Ho., Clifford Harrla, Slat Ave. Ho.. Feb 3—Alice Cook. 2709 30th Ave. So.; Gordon Granger, 3424 Fourth Ave. H . Clarence Palmer, 530 Tenth Ave. No.; Alive Morgan, 3*27 Fifth Ave. So.; Mrs. E. W. Lee Jr.. 2023 Bloomington Ave.; Feb. 3—Worthy Turner, 1130 Kmeiaon Ave. No.; Margaret Kelley, 048 Bryant Ave. No.; Koaalla Day, 117 W. 16th Hl.; Ben Warfield, 1019 Lyndale Ave. No.; Feb. 4—H. L. Adama, 2114 E. 35th St.; Mra. F. G Powell. 2519 lake Place. Mra F. G* Parnell, 2519 Lake Place. Mra. Cvldla Galea, 3444 SnelliiiK Ave. So.; Feb. s—Stafford Lott. 809 Aldrich Ave. No.; Mary Smith, 2929 Fifth Ave. Ho.; Feb. 4 Mra. J. R. Freeman. 119 Royalaton Ave. No.; Fob. 7—Karl W. Bowman, 3756 Fifth Ave. H . Melvin L. Ham mond. 2741 Clinton Ave.; Rev. A. F. Martin, 3*21 Fifth Ave. Bo . Heisle Allen, 2201 Fifth Ave. So.. Mra Al lene Neal, 108 Hyland Ave N.. Mra. Faye Ormea, 3405 12th Ave. Ho. Out-of-town Greetings: Feb. 1— Aaron Shaun tee, Evanaton, 111.; Mra. Lillian MoGavork, San Fran cisco, Calif.; Feb. 2W. B. Wil llama, Chicago, 111., Feb. 4—Clifford E. Enger, Austin, Minn.; Feb. 4 Matthew Mlrree, St Paul; Feb. 7 Hlnclatr Lewis, Willlamatown. Mana. St. Paul Hlrtbdayai Feb. I—Mrs. P. E. Cotton, 443 Iglehart Ave . Mr. Clarence Roper, 982 Fuller Ave.; Mr. A. S Myers, 794 Rondo Ave.; Feb. 2—Clarence Anderson, Jr , 707 Iglehart Ave.; Alfred Willlama, 719 Rondo Ave , Mra. Mary Nichols, 439 Carroll Ave . Feb 3—Mr. Hit hard A. Lark, 595 Rondo Ave., Feb 4—- Leora Myers, 794 Rondo. Ave.; Feb. 5 —Elisabeth Ainawortli, 271 E 15th St.; Francis Bellesen, .‘lB7 Car roll Ave., Feb 4—little B. Hall, 727 St. Anthony Ave.; Mra G. Twiggs, 950 Ht. Anthony Ave , Feb 7—Mrs Es ther Brown, 405 St. Anthony Ave.; Bernard Huron, 453 Kent Rt.; Mrs Humphrey Wooten. RAYMER HARDWARE CO. ISO Fast «th St. Hlork E uf H«*ber« at. | Hardware - Palate - Teals Cwtelry ■ Gurdon Tools BOYD APPLIANCE Sale* & Service 631 W. Central DA.9834 SPORTING GOODS Radio Tubes Tested and Sold Light Hardware PACKAGED FUEL ICE WOOD WE MAKE KEYS HOURS 8 a.m.—6 p.m.—Closed Sundays and Holidays £1 L sth St.- CL 1793 [ TWIN CITY UNH SOCIAL & PERSONAL * MINNEAPOLIS • Miss Marrienne Curry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Curry, 3836 Fifth Are. So., was pleasantly surprised by a group of friends Saturday afternoon on her 16th birthday. The after noon was spent playing games. Prices were won by Harriet Bowman, lone Roach, and Connie Turner. A birthday luncheon was served. Marrienne was the recipient of many beautiful gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Curry, 3836 Fifth Ave. 8.. Announce the mar riage of their daughter Carlotta Curry Hemdron to Mr. Daniel Welch Tuesday, January 18 at Northwood. lowa. A baby girl was born at Gen eral Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Jake Reed. 810 Bryant Ave. N. The Jolly Sixteen Chib met on Thursday, January 2? at the home of Mrs. Minnie Rhodes. 3824 Fifth Ave. So. A get-together in the form of a “Bop Hop" was held at the home of lone Roach Saturday night, January 22. lone was celebrating her sixteenth birthday. The guests at the get-together were: Dorothy Stovall, Mary Esther Young, Ad rienne and Barbara Merrill. Leola Jackson. Hasel Underwood, La verne Noble. Earling Kyle. Connie and Kathryn Chivers. Alvira Gas kins. Maurice Mackey. Carl and Harlan RuaaeU, Ollie Ray. Rich ard Howell, Stanley Williams and Ronnie Bradshaw. lone received a lovely birthstone ring along with other nice presents. 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