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Family Guests: Mr. and Mi Ocey Miller and son arrived in week visiting their unde and co Beatrice Martin of 563 W. Cer because of Mr. Martin’s illness. Vacationers: Atty. and .M Marian of 234 N. Mississippi River Blvd.. spent a week in Chi cago and were guests at Hotel Shoreland. From Chicago Mrs. Bennett and Marian went to De troit, Mich., to visit Mr. Bennett’s sister. Mrs. George A. Crawford and family. Lalssez-nous-faire Bridge Club: When the Laissez-nous-faire Bridge Club met on Saturday. August 8, at the home of Mrs. Richard L. Stokes Sr., 757 St. Anthony Ave., prizes were won by the Mmes. M K. McKnight, O. Lt Alexander and Clarence An derson. first, second and third re spectively. Mrs. Robert Knox of Cleveland, 0., guest of Mrs. Ollye Gunn. 783 Iglehart Ave.. and Mrs. Victor Calloway were guests and were each given a gift. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. O. L. Alexander, 3832 Fifth Ave. S., Minneapolis, on Saturday August 22. Visits In Chicago: Mrs. Earl Bell. 291 Fisk St., left Saturday. August 8. for Chicago, where she will be the house guest of her sis ter, Mrs. Dorothy Thomas and brother Mr. Walter Early. torto mb«* i?ht«c r«och d at GARDNER'S D-X STATION Western and Central DAIa 9064 lottery Service D-X Gasoline and Diamond Greasing, Washing and D-u Motor Oils IVIIKTT GARDNER, Prep. Hg n Ornamental Iron RAILINGS Fabricated and Erected by Minn. Fenced Iron Wks. 240 Unir. Ave., Da. 6595 Craftsmen in Metal S»nce 1 869 CARPETS... Se&itedt’-i CAMm TILI LINOLfUM 61 East sth WHITE FRONT FOOD MARKET STOP, SHOP A lAVR Prtsh Fl*h Daily. Quality M*at« A Grocartaa UR DELIVER «M» lit. ißtloar BL. ISMF* SALKS BOYD SKRVICK firms. Tubs, A Batteries - Home Appliances - Auto Supplies Greasing, Motor Tuneup, Keys Ml W. Central DAle 9534 (Just Wust ot Dal,' 998 SELBY NEW SHOES FOR MEN AND Also Tennis and Overshoes 1 k ter to la bef . */ B > —-■» «*-«?« I Oar products ere eus.l.ble Is ant On, iteres ot ■ STS Uoutr Salon, end A eat obt.ineble. »» will sk.p *a ■ Jar. SO. pins tern „ _ M I m. you dire**, ot tenov,- wTpeT *• pe*.*« •• •* -*•* •* *’ oo * W Ma. I— H you sosj your payment vitb Ha order you sere M) ; *i** f COO. Ht end Manor O«0t« «t eWb tbo U. S. Feat o«ae I Department cberfea aa el COD. parcels. Social and Personal TV ST. PAUL ☆ MEN'S SUITS, DRESSES Plain Dark a. On# Piece yl'ls 681 Selby El. 1061 tor. St. Albaae CA. 5474 <>l PREFER QIAIJTY 'OB SHOE REPAIR Visit A. A. CARLSON CHILDREN ns. Raymond Campbell and Mrs. the city on August 2 to spend a •usin, Mr. O. L. Martin and Miss Ural Ave. They made this visit rs. L. Howard and daughter Motor Vacation Trip: Mr and Mrs. James Perry. 996 Iglehart Ave.. have left on a three weeks motor trip to Nashville, Tenn. En route they will visit with friends in Chicago, then continue to Mr. Perry’s home in Nashvile where he will visit his father. Mr. Hart Perry and several brothers and sisters. Wedding Anniversaries ST. PAUL Aug. 15—Mr and Mrs. William McLeigh, 537 Rondo Ave. Four years. Aug. 16—Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Atwood. 1515 Cumberland. 43 Aug. 19—Mr. and Mrs. A. S Myers, 868 Iglehart Ave.; 12 years. Aug. 20—Mr. and Mrs. Walter Suthem 888 Rondo Ave., 16 years • • • MINNEAPOLIS Aug. 17. Mr. and Mrs. J. C Campbell. 3512 Clinton Ave., t' years. Aug. 18—Mr. and Mrs. Clan Chatham, 998 Aldrich Ave. N LIGHTERS REPAIRED Aay Makt Poekit or Tiblo , ‘ ,u| •**• prowl** • sprit reptli wfl So 'Match** for Oar (If h ter tmlM (>as/Mlr«d for M IHtl 1.01 KAVK I.w.tocp 450', WABASHA Sfrind Thijln Bide —CA 6904 OrJoct Pillcd«_ LINOLEUM ASPHALT TILE RUBBER TILE PLIAM LINOLEUM free estimates 370 Robert St. CC 0531 OIL & GAS HEATING Midwest Equipment Service Co. 300 University ELkhurst 1026 Cleat Oliver. Representative DAle 5937 OAle 8125 COLEMAN Hardware Fainti - Window i Olatod Houtohold Warn 779 Sslby Avs. DA. 1110 CAPITOL HARDWARE PLUMBING SUPPLIES BUT ALL YOUR HARDWARE. PAINT * 577 University Ave. EL. 3884 We Deliver B. E. SCOTT ACCIDENT and HEALTH INSURANCE Prompf, Coerfeoet S«rviiß 160 S PioßMr Building PKonui - GA 1117 • 1111 SOOfING - SIDING - INSULATION 1 rrr- K.llnaln BROWN SIDING A ROOTING CO. The WAY I SEE IT £JgM«IIDOOSON_RUSSEa NEW YORK CITY—The motion picture industry must be in twice the tizgy today that it was in two weeks ago. Up until Wed nesday. August sth the third-dimension balloon was soaring in the film capital. Ulcer pills were being dispensed In liberal dosages to sooth the agitated insides of producers caught in the 3-D trend. At 10 a. m. Wednesday. August slh. the doors opened at the Capitol theatre on Broadway and 51st Street. A film called "From Here to Eternity” was put on view to the public. The picture was in plain, ordinary two-dimension black and white. No 3-D. no technicolor. It's main distinction was that it was based on James Jones' best-selling novel of the same name mil i Kl H.sn.l. **> * P- m - the word had gone up and down the Main Stem that a runaway was In pro gress. Between 10 a. m. and 3 p. m., over 1,400 people had paused the bovofflce, an all-tline record for an opening day at the theatre. Thursday, August 6th. every topflight motion picture critic in town came out with the most genuinely laudatory re view* In the memory of this columnist. The wire* between New York and Hollywood were hot. At the very peak of the S-D fever, an "old fashioned" two-dimension black-and-white film was very definitely on its way to becoming one of the immortals of the picture business. a Why? What la there about this picture "From Here to Eternity" that ha* become the sensation of this very blase town ? Well, I'll tell you Thursday evening August 6th, at approximately 5:20 p. m., 1 arrived in front of the Capitol. All that I could see was people People in a line, a line that extended around the corner from Broadway along 51st Street and on up the block Now keep it in mind that lines had started forming the day BEFORE the newspaper reviews hit the street, so the New York film critics can’t claim all of the credit for having boomed the boxoffice trade. Inside on the screen one of the truly great films of all time was unfolding before a quiet and hushed audience. If you read the James Jones novel, you’ll know that It Is the story of the cur rents and cross currents In the lives of a group of soldiers sta tioned at Schofield Army Barracks in Hawaii Just before Pearl Harbor. The Jones book was filled with obscenity and a good deal of the author’s bitterness against Army Injustice. In spots, It was even amateurish writing. Every major studio In Hollywood turn ed the book down. Thanks to the foresight of Producer Buddy Ad ler and Harry Cohen, president of Columbia Pictures, it was finally translated to the screen, and with the cooperation of the Army although the final approval was i» time in coming. It is only on very rare occasions that a book com ea to the screen with the story line intact. It Is an unbelievable event when a best seller comes to the screen more forceful and powerful thnn it wo* as a novel. Yet this is exactly what has happened wuth "From Here To Eternity." The obscenities and animal sex that marked the book have naturally been eliminated, but the story line has come through un touched. There has been no Hollywood happy ending tacked on, no concessions to boxoffice com. The film was made on location in Hawaii. The Army atmos phere has been maintained with such n degree of technical per feetion that a man sitting behind me said to his woman com panion: "This is Army. Real Army stuff!” Every actor in the picture I* superb. Burt l.anraster gives the greatest performance of his career as Warden, the top ser geant who can't love a woman as much as he loves the Army. Lancaster put a virility in the role that reaches out from the screen to jolt you with: Here Is a man, a man's man, a soldier's soldier. Montgomery Clift as Prewitt, the hanl-headfd non-conformls who stubbornly refuse* to return to army boxing after having blindev a former buddy, gives a deep and sensitive performance. The un merciful heckling and browbeating he is subjected to by member: of his company's boxing team In order to make him return to th ring only strengthens hi* determination not to fight again.. Deborah Kerr, as the wife of the pompous, philandering Company Commander, Captain Dana, shows she has much more to offer thai a ladylike facade, her main contribution in films until now. She fall: hopelessly in love with Warden. The love scenes between the tw< are adult, to put it mildly. Donna Reed is the soldiers' club hostess who wants only securitj so that she can be the lady she didn't know how to be when her rich boy fnend cast her aside for a girl in his own social class. She turw in the best performance of her screen career also. It was as if every body in the cast was swept along knowing they were In a great motior picture. But the surprise, the big surprise of the picture Is Frank Sinatra In the role of skinny, excitable, lovable Private Magglo. Sinatra left Ava in Africa to fly back to Hollywood to beg and plead for a chance to do Magglo. Buddy Adler gave him the chance. Frank eomes pretty close to stealing the film. The griping, the carousing, the fighting and drinking, the personal problems of the people whose lives are Interwoven through eon tart on an Army post are brought to the screen with such realism that it Is only after one leaves the theatre that he realizes what he's been privileged to see. Director Fred Zlnne mann, who already has "High Noon” to his credit, has an Acad emy Award winner In this one or the film Industry should pull up its tents and start all over again. There is the shattering finale, the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The film ends, not with the embrace of lovers or with any of the other standard gimmicks. It ends on the note that life somehow goes on regardless of what we leave behind us Our true love Is gone or realized too late. Our hope are smashed, but we go on nevertheless. “From Here To Eternity" Is a picture that will worry at your memory long after you leave the theatre. It Is a great mo tion picture because It Is a slice of life rut off and flung at you. If the film industry made more picture like this, there would not have to he the fear of television drawing people out of the theatre* of th#* country. When Aunt Tabatha here retires from column-writing in Oct ber. it is not Juat from column-writing on this newspaper If I have to write a column. I prefer this newspaper although the reading audi- ence may not be as large as on a nationally circulated N I prefer quality rather than quantity I am not interested in a Job o any other weekly publication and with what is gettin to be mor mous sequence turn down such offers. It seems to me there are enough capable Negro newspaper people out of regularly attached employment these days so that certain individuals don't have to con centrate their all too-obvious attention on Yours Truly. I gotta job Bub In case my present business career falls flat. I can always go back to being a lady's maid, which pays more nowadays than some of the brethern in the cullud Fourth Estate are getting. It is my intention to send on from time to time after I give up th ilumn in October, reviews of significant movies or any *u< nocuous events that I think may be of Interest. They may be few and very far between, but they’ll come along once in awhile See you next week RUMMAGE SALE EVERY DAY The Family Service Store 627 University Ave. Near Dale Come And Bring Your Friond% BERDES FOOD CENTER BE! TLB KEATS AT LOWES PUCES' PSESH MEATS. POULTBY. PISH cad DAISY PBOOOCTS Frurt*. Oocaria* and VrglatU— CE. IU7 JM WABASHA iron or awranr Herbert S. Bernstein gWELEBS ji' ■ A well stocked pantry ahclf should be part of every modem home. It spells good meal* with little effort and makes it possible to meet any emergency. Pre-cooked rice can play an Important role In this respect. (ANP) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS ST. PAI L BIRTHDAYS Aug 15 -Chariot ta Doyle. 878 St. Anthony Ave; Mrs. William MeLeigh. 577 Rondo Ave ; Mr*. Garland Hunter, 413 W. Central Ave.: Laveme Barker, 668 St. Anthony Ave. Aug 16 Mrs. Roxle Harris. 595 Iglehart Ave.; Karllne Nell, 726 St. Anthony Ave.; Robert J. Jones, 707 W Central Ave.; Sadie Ellis Garrison, 390 St. Anthony Ave.; Cornelius Benner, 672 St Anthony Ave.; Alma Travis, 935 Iglehart Ave.; Mrs. Sallie Flet cher, 390 St Anthony, Mr. Roose velt McCarty, 597 Rondo Ave. Aug 17 Mrs. Maureen Till man. 985 Iglehart Ave.; Ralph Gardner. 581 Iglehart Ave. Aug 18 Della Ullard, 536 St Anthony Ave. Aug 19 Mrs. Nora McCracken, 852 Albermarle St.; Joleen Rob inson, 969 Iglehart Ave.; Mrs. Eugene Ross, 459 St Anthony Ave : James Thomas. 801 St. An thony Ave.; Harry J. Ballard, 577 St. Anthony Ave.; Ethel Helen Myers, 868 Iglehart Ave Aug 20 Sidney Williams. 1366 ltlair Ave ; Ira Dorsey. 967 Igle hart Ave.; Georgia Price, 454 Rondo Ave ; Carol Clark. 615 W. Central Ave Wanda Marie Owens 872 Dayton Ave 21 Albert Wright Jr 171 N. Western Ave ; Sally Ann 727 Hondo Ave MINNEAPOLIS BIRTHDAYS Aug. 15 C. A Hughes, 3852 Fourth Ave. S.; Mrs Lucia M< Clare, -2813 Chicago Ave ; Mary Stokes. 2430 Fifth Ave S.; Mer- onlca Tucker, .'1720 Snelhng Ave. Aug 16 Mrs. E. J. Drake, 525 Lyndale Ave. N,; O. J. Thornton. 2421 Fourth Ave H.; Vernon B Owens, 2421 Fourth Ave. S.; Ben nie Fields. 604 Eighth Ave. N.; Haßelle Watts, 83 Hoag Ave N. Aug. 17 William Moden, 3609 Third Ave. 8 ; Mina Williams, 3919 Clinton Ave.; Harry Miller, 566 Seventh Ave. N.; Mayola Ban rmrn, 2828 31st Ave 8 ; Beverley Eason. 861 Eleventh Ave N.; Howard Cummings, 3612 Clinton Ave.; Mrs. Jeanette English. 3528 BALCOM'S Variety Store Novelties - Toys - Hosiery • Gifts Clothing for the Entire Family Use Our Lay-by Plan 179 No. Victoria DA. 6073 ife;:.... "SSnßlß Sifesbs. grn WMkl HOME OF FAMOUS QUALITY APPAREL for the family Quality that’s higher than ever to give you value that saves- The largest and finest se lections of men’s, women’s, boys’ and girls’ clothing in the Northwest For guaranteed tatitfaction •hop at Kothtchild't MAURICE L ROTHSCHILD &. CO Bmkeri mi Ttk Pick ’O Tl»* Pantry Fifth Ave. S Aug 18 Bertha Thompson. 817 Third Ave N ; Odessa Walker, 2531 Clinton Ave.; Mra. Melventa Glenn. 3534 Snelling Ave. Aug 20 Mra Charlotte Davla, 1106 Emoraon Ave N.; Naomi Henderson, 516 Bryant Ave. N.; Tyler Howell Sr.. 2207 Elliot Ave Mra. Helen Hook, 1116 Fremont Ave N. Aug 21 Wyatt C. Plerro, 3615 Fourth Ave. S.; J. B. Crawford, 1102 K 28th St. Out of Town Birthdays— Aug. IS Luntma Brown, De troit, Mich ; Pat Manuel, Dee Moines. la. Aug. 17 Lcola Washington Shreveport, La. Aug 18 F W. Carter, Vancou ver, Canada; Merle L. Greenwood Streator, ill. Aug. 19 Lt. Harold Brown U S A F„ Columbus. O. Aug. 21 Mrs. Esther Roach. Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Clarissa I-ewis. Allston. Mass. Weekend Guests: Mr. amt Mrs. Paul Williams of Spokane, Wash., enroute to Rochester, Minn., stopped over for the week end and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Granger, 506 Fremont Ave N Mr. Williams Is the brother of Mrs. Vern Manning, owner of the Avalon Hotel In Rochester. M. J. Caulfield Hhne* Made tr» Order for ■ Orthopedic Shoemaker GENERAL REPAIR WORK DAI# 3071 •77 HrlUf (rttr. i balinori k ) CAPITOL MEAT CO. 515 Wabasha Street "Better Meats for lose" Meats Priced to PH ttse Average Puree Electricity i Cheaper thu This old slogan is as true today as the day it was coined. It repre* sents the shortest way of explaining why goods or services should be advertised. It's a truth you cannot discount. You're not going to get more business by not telling people about what you have to tall. "Direct Approach To The Negro Consumer" 212 Newton Bldg. Phones: CEdar 0922 357 Minnesota St. Midway 8340 Social and Personal* Returns Home: Mrs. Mayme Lytle, 3f>45 Fourth Ave. 8., who was called to Detroit, Mich., because of the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. Anna Black, returned home ou July 28. She reports that her sister is improving, but is still confined to the hospital. Arkansas Visitor* : Mr. and Mrs. K. Kenneth Patterson at l’ine Bluff, Ark., arrived In the city on July 26, and arc residing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lytle, 3545 Fourth Ave. S. Mr Patterson, an Instructor at A. M. and N. College In Pine Bluff Is here attending the NCA workshop on the study of teacher education at the University of Minnesota. This is a four weeks course Mrs. Patterson received her Bachelor of Science degree from A. M. and N. College In May, lie legate: Mr. K. L. Boyd, 3533 Fourth Ave. 8.. will leave the city Saturday, August 15 for Denver Colo., to attend the Imperial Council of the Shrine meeting which will convene August 16 through the 23rd. From Denver. Mr. Boyd wll go to Atlanta. Ga.. to attend the Rika National Con vention. He will return around the first of September. Visit Family: Mr and Mrs. Gil bert Williams and daughter, ac companied by their mother, Mrs. Cora Taylor of 3656 Fourth Ave. S„ spent the past week-end In Hillsboro. Wla, visiting Mrs. Wil liams brother. Alga Shivers and family. Dinner Hosts: On Thursday. August 6. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Boyd of 3533 Fourth Ave 8., were hosts at six o'clock dinner honor ing the Cleveland visitors. Mrs. Kdgar Harmon and Mrs. Alfred Dobbins and daughter, house guests of the O. L. Alexanders of SS32 Fifth Ave. S. Other guests present were Mr and Mrs. O. L. Alexander and Raymond W. Can non. Receive* M.A. Degree: Mr amt Mrs, diaries D. Curry of 3836 Fifth Ave H.. received tho com- SHOP AND SAVI AT WARD'S FOOD MARKET Meats Poultry Dairy Products Fresh Fruits and Vegetable* Rondo At Farrington ILK. 4100 install HJaterbun] 1163 t I WATERBURY - ST. P 163* UNIVISSITT AVINUI - ST ii 20 \i*iirM l||jjj|PL If It’s Worth It’s Worth Telling! St. Paul Recorder Friday, August 14. 1»&3, St. Paul RECORDER. Pag* 7 ☆ MINNEAPOLIS ☆ aiencement program from their daughter, Lorraine in Los An geles, Cal., who received her Mas ter of Arts degree from the Lot Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences on Friday, July 31. She la a teacher at the Ben nett school for the deaf. She has held this position for four years and Is the only colored teacher among 16 Instructors. Lorraine, before leaving for California was active In church and YWCA work here In the city. Return From California: Mr. and Mrs. Otis Woodard, Mrs. Theodore Woodard and Mr. James Hatchett returned home on Wed nesday. August 5. after a three weeks motor trip to Los Angeles and Pasadena. Calif., where they visited relatives and friends; to Denver, Colo.. Salt Lake City, Utah, and other points west. Wedding Vows Exchanged: Wedding vow* were exchanged between Mra. Theresa Warren, 506 Fremont Ave. N„ and Mr. Gordon Granger of 3624 Fourth Ave.. In a quiet ceremony at three o'clock Thursday afternoon. Aug ust 6. The newlyweds will be at home after September flrat at 3624 Fourth Ave. S. Want a good chuckle? Read Nell Russell's "The Way I Bee It” every week In this paper. tUBNITUII-tOe-IIM I A O JACOBS FURNITURE CO. Have fwrslshsd Mamas Mas# ISS! ci. uir ut-iii ft*, n NO SAYMINT 'Till tAU ff your gas number la relens- ed—call WATERBURY today for a free estimate. WLCO^|^N«7I37 PAUL. MINN. WORTH OF ELECTRICITY will keep an average size refrigerator cold 8 hours* lORTHIRN S TAT E S OWER COMPANY Afore Power to you (r>a roil toot Selling . . . NOW! .. u k-s m