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It Takes a Youngster to Tell
Rose All About Show Business
By BILLY ROSE
One of the actors 1 recently interviewed for my television show
. was a young fellow named Bill Ferguson.
“Haven’t 1 seen you in something?” 1 asked.
“If you didn’t blink,” said the youngster, "you might have noticed
me in the chorus of ‘South Pacific. b.2»
- “Still with the show?”
“No, 1 left it a few months ‘ago to try my luck at television.”
“Show business is a tough racket,” 1. oracled.
*] haven't found it so,” said Bill;
"Matter of fact, éver since 1 got to
iown it’s been one good break after
another. Incidentally, your fiend;
Dick Rodgers, was :
“What "did - -Rieh-
ard do for you?” 1
asked.
“Well,” said. the
youngster, ‘it
started when Mr.
Rodgers and Mr.
Hammerstein were.
holding auditions
.Billy Rose .
for the chorus ‘and bit parts in “South.
Pacific.’ My wife—her stage name
iis" Evelyn’ Colby also * does some
singing and dancing, so we tried out
for the show together. Only ‘one of’
vs, however, ‘got picked— Evelyn.”
®
“DOESN'T SOUND like too good
8 beginning.” :
“It. wasn’t,” said Bill; *‘but we
figured there wasn’t “any pont
moping about it—the important thing
was not to be separated. So when
ibe show went up to New Haven to
break in, 1 went along with it and,
as luck would have it, 1 landed a
job as waiter in Casey s Chop House
—the place on College Street across
from the Shubert Theatre.
“13 was the bess thing thas
could bave happened,” the young.
ster wens om, "because a couple
©! days bejore the opening who
should come. in and plunk bim-
sel] down as one of my tables
Bd Mc, Rodgers. .
“He. recognized me, ‘and when be
quizzed me about what 1 was doing
in a waiter’s get-up, 1 told him 1
had taken the iob so as to be near
.my wife. The story seemed to tickle
‘nim. and when he went back to the
theatre 1 understand he held up a
rehearsal to repeat it to Oscar Ham
merstein and Josh Logan, the direc-
tor. An hour later the three of them
came ‘into the chop house looking
| for’ me, and the next morning 1 was
on the stage of the Shubert learning
the lyrics of ‘There Is Nothing Like
A Dame.” ”
¥ a ® ® +,
“CUTE STORY,” 1 said.
“There's more to it,”’ said Bill.
“A columnist heard about what hap-
. pened and wrote it up, and as a re-
sult I got a couple 0s television nib-
bles. Then the nicest thing of all
"| happened. One night Margaret Tru-
‘man came backstage, and after con-
| gratulating Pinza and Mary Martin
‘she asked for the Bill Ferguson she
had read’ about. You see, we went
to the same high school in Independ-
.ence, Missouri, and broke into the
‘singing business together in the
choir of the Baptist Church.”
"Did your wife get to meet the
President’s daughter?’
“Nos. that evening,” said the
youngster, "but she did s few
. days later when Miss Truman
‘came around 10 our apartment 10
see the new baby.”
“It's been nice talking to you,” 3
ny “but I'm afraid I can’t use
you on next week's show—I'm look-
{ing for someone to play ® sad, mis-
‘erable lite man.”
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Dallas at Plymouth, Lake at ih t
man, Dallas: Twp. at: Ringed.
Friday, January 12.
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Tuesday, January 16
- Dallas Boro. at Dallas, Lehman
at Plymouth, Lake at Kingston.
Friday, January 19
Lehman - at. Dallas, Bore
‘mouth at. Kingston,
Lake.
Fr day, January 26
Dallas Boro: at! Lake, Dallas at] 4
i Ringston: at Lehman.
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Dallas :at.
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‘man at Lake, Kingston at Dallas,
‘ { Friday, February 9
Kingston. .at Dallas Boro, Ply-
mouth at Laks, A at. Pal.
Dallas Boro at Kingston, Lake
at Plymouth, Dallas at Lehman.
Tuesday, February 13
. Dallas at Dallas Boro; Plymouth
. at. Lehman, Kingston at Lake.
Friday, February 16
Dallas Boro at Lehman, Kings-
ton at Plymouth, Lake at Dallas.
Friday, February 23
Lake at Dallas Boro, Plymouth
. :at ‘Dallas, Lehman at Kingston.
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Frank Trimble, Vice-President
George Taylor, Secretary
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THE POST, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1950
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YOU KNOW ME HE DALLAS CHURCH NEWS
BY More than + newsppwr, a
al, Himself \ community mstitution’ Re
We believe all of us are senti-
aen.al, but some of us show it
-aore than others, espec.ally dur.ng
«Ls, the hoi.day season. \e don’t
<now how many other persons are
is sentimental as we but we must
confess we are. We'll wager th.re
d.e a lot, but they just don’t say
anything about it.
this year in noticing the Christ-
nas decorations around the lake—
in additional tree surrounded with
colored ligats, a star put up on a
rool that was not there last year,
a r.ng of blue sparking bulos
around a wreath in a doorway that
we never remember see.ng before
—we came across someth.ng that
we were sure was not there last
sear or any Christmas scaon since
we've been at the lake, it was a
gated. cross over the doorway of
ne Lake Township School. At
dcst it starved us. Why not a
star, we thoughi. Surely the
school directors should know tuat
a cross symoolizes the resurrect.on
at waster and a star showed the
way to the three w.se men to the
Litue staole mn Betalehem. So we
started asking quest.ons. We found
out that the directo.s nad nowa.ng
to do with it, We discovered that
‘three boys had outgrown tne years
or expecung things nanded to them
at Christmas and had decided to
Taey were
Ronney Traver, Dick Cornell and
any Garnger. ‘they met in a
oarn and decided to build the
cross and put it on ‘the entrance
of the school. These boys are
about the sen.or age in high school,
they are grown young men to
themselves and many, but to us
chey are just kids, and wanen k.ds
Ja.nk of making Christmas more
enjoyable to us, Ol’ sentimental
Al, Himself thinks it is the best
Christmas present that he received.
Oh! we received many more
Christmas presents than those that
were put under the tree in our
special place in the living room.
We attended a Cantata at the Al-
Jdecson Metnodist Church Car.st-
mas Eve, Kids from Kunkle, Nox-
en, Alderson and Ruggles, under
the direction of Virgin.a Swanson
‘with Jessie Armitage at the organ
got Scrooge Al, Himself in such
a happy mood that he d.dn't even
mind getting up at 6 A. M. Christ-
mas morn to start the day's fes-
tivities.
Then our visit to our own kids,
who are all grown men now in
ther early thirties; our grand kids
talking to us and enjoying it, in-
stead of us entertaining them; the
few winks in the nicest chair in
our son's house after dinner just
as if we were in our own home;
and our youngest daughter coming
home with her husband; our oldest
daughter calling us from Burmuda
where she was lucky enough to
spend Christmas, and our oldest
son phoning us from Florida. Gosh,
are we the sentimental, old Codger.
Then the visit to our friends
after dinner. Oh! we were busy
Christmas—we told you we arose
at 6. ° We wound up the night
with Myra and Elly Davis. Myra
showed us her gifts and called at-
tention to a Christmas tree decor-
ation her mother gave her. It
was just an old fashioned ball,
maybe not as pretty as the newer
decorations, but to her it meant
«2 memory of her mother coming
down the stairs when she was a
child for her first peek at the
_hr stmas tree—you see, this ball
was forty years old—and then
years later, Myra and her sister
and brother getting their peek .at
this ball through the banister.
Sentimental. Sure we are, all
the year round, but at Christmas
we show it unashamed.
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My Friends
and Neighbors
In The
Back Mountain
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The outdoor Christmas decora-
tions .this year were more beauti-
ful than ever. The Women’s Club
at the Lake gave a prize to the
one cons.dered the best. Delmar
F.sk won first place, his display
was very pretty and the judges
were undoubtedly correct in the.r
dec.s.on, but know ng Delmar ss
we do we are sure that we wouldn't
have minded if the judges had
been more sentimental than prac-
tical and would have looked
further behind the scenes and
would have chosen the cross above
the school door, because of the
thoughtfulness of three kids in giv-
‘ng Lake Township citizens a
Christlike Christmas present.
Mrs. Guy Fritz Is
Hostess To Mrs. Clark
Mrs. Guy D. Fritz, Noxen, re-
cently entertained at a party in
honor of Mrs. Robert Clark. Mrs,
Clark is the former Fay Turner.
Present were: Mrs. Lew’s Hack-
ling, Mrs. Francis Lord, Mrs. Earl
Crispell, ‘Mrs, Elvin Bean, Mrs.
Clarence Turner, Miss Janet Turn-
‘er, Mrs. Russell Turner, Mrs, Na-
than Straley, Mrs. Emory Straley,
Mrs. Gomer Thomas, Mrs. Willard
Bender, Mrs. E. Y. B. Engelman,
Miss Marguerite Murray, Mrs. Gil-
bert Boston, Mrs. Bert Riley, Mrs.
Robert Hollingshead, Miss Stella
Shook, Mrs. Clark Oliver, = Nick
Benjamin, the guest of honor and |
the hostess.
ONLY
YESTERDAY
From The Post of tem and
twenty years age this week.
Ten Years ago in The Dallas Post
From the issue of
January $8, 1941
Two local men are among those
in the next draft call, Jack Honey-
well, Dallas, and Allen Ockenhouse,
Shavertown.
Babson predicts best business:
volume in history for 1941,
Tax collections show big gains
for the past year.
Police recover two hand woven
h bedspreads, heirlooms from the
Troxell Cottage, Harveys Lake,
stolen five years ago, and located
in a house on Bennett Street, Lu-
zerne.
Two Back Mountain babies were
born on New Year's Day, both
girls, the first born to Mr, and
Mrs. William Snyderite, the second
to Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Price.
Announcement has been made
of the marriage of Alice Heir, Har-
and Willard Race,
Dallas,
Catherine M. Rice, Trucksville,
and Howard Mordan, Millville,
were married on Christmas Eve,
with Rev. Harry M.: Bavacos] offici-
ating,
ALDERSON-NOXEN
New Year's Eve Watch Night
Service sponsored by Youth Fel-
.owship groups of Alderson-Noxen
Charge will be held Sunday eve-
ning, in Noxen Methodist Church.
Tne Youth Fellowship Groups
will meet for an informal social {
time at 8:30 P.M. At nine the ser-
vice, open to the public, will be
held. The program will begin with
a worship service conducted by
Kunkle M.Y.F. This will be fol-
lowed by the showing of the film
strip, “The Christian Home" and
a discussion of problems arising in
living together in the family,
After the showing of the film
strip and the discussion, a motion
picture, “The Guiding Star” will
be presented. This is the heart-
warming dramatic story of a fam-
ily-centered Christmas observance
at the turn of the century. Uncle
Henry, played by Clem Bevan, is
a practical Christian who shows
how to give without thought of re-
turn. He transforms a bitter old
woman; and reunites a broken
family.
The program will conclude with
a Candlelight Communion Service.
Services will’ be held as usual
‘'n Methodist’ Churches of the Al-
derson-Noxen Charge on Sunday
morn:ng. The morning worship
service in Ruggles Church will be
held at 8:45 with Sunday School
at 10. Sunday School will con-
vene in the Alderson Church at
10:15 and the morning worship
service with sermon by the pastor
and music by the Choir will be
held at 11:15. Kunkle Church
School will be held at 10:30 AM.
and the evening church service
will be held at 7:30 P.M.
ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
St. Paul's Lutheran Church lists
services for Sunday, December 31,
1950.
9:45 A.M.— Sunday School.
“Growing Through Fellowship With
Christ” is the lesson title for this
the last day of the old year.
Classes are held for all age groups
from the Beginners on through to
the Adult Bible Class. A cordial in-
| vitation is extended to everyone
|
to come and learn more concerning
God's Word.
11:00 A, M.—The Service. The
newly elected members of the
Church Council will be installed
at this service. These men are: |
Hubert Boline, J. Chester Hart-!
man, Joseph G. Maza, Richard M.
Rudy. The Reverend Frederick W.
Moock, Jr., will preach a New
Year's sermon on “The Number of
Our Days.”
7:00 P. M.—Luther League. A
devotional meeting will be held
followed by a business meetinz.
New officers for the League will
be elected for the coming year. All
teen agers are asked to be present.
Tuesday, January 2, 1951—The
regular monthly meeting of the
Church Council will be held at
8:00 P.M. at the Church.
Kindergarten Parties
Held At Reynolds’ Home
Mrs. Ruth Turn Reynolds en-
tertained members of her musical
kindergarten classes at Christmas
parties ‘at her home on Johnson
avenue, Trucksville, last Monday
and Thursday.
Present were Nancy McLean,
Margaret Schobert, David Williams,
Gloria Dolbear, Eleanor Ann Wil-
liams, Ricky Wright, Dick Eckert,
Donald Anderson, Dan Mathers,
John Ferguson Carol Eberle, Peggy
Ann Houlihan, John Yeager, Char-
lotte Roberts, Verna Lee ‘Pritchard,
Sheryl Greenley, Marcia Souden,
Debbie Williams.
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Barnyard Notes
Tom Hicks, up from New York for the holiday, called Christmas
morning to tell me that the double breasted blonde turkey was
warming up nicely in the oven.
His missus always prefers a bronze
breasted bird to a White Holland. Since Tom has coined a fresh
new name for it, I though I might send it along to those old bird
lovers, the editors of Time, who
serving a wide variety of birds
have had an enjoyable winter ob-
at their feeding stations. Among
them the red eyed crosspatch, vested interest, duckbilled platitude
Angastora bittern, ruffled spouse, no left turn, the landed gentry
and the extra marital lark, male and female.
None of these has yet arrived at Frank Jackson's station, nor
at mine; but the first time a double breasted blonde comes any-
where near our place, I'll call Tom Hicks and we'll take the day
off. And you can bet you're life I'm not going to eat it like Tom did
The new family of mice in the chicken coop is making a sissy
of me.
Christmas Eve when I went down after dark to give thé
hens their extra ration of corn and gather the half-frozen eggs from
their thick straw filled nests, I heard a strange scratching from the
bottom of the tin mash can. I knew what it was and what should
be done before I looked at the
bottom and saw there in the d'm
light a half-grown mouse. There's a difference, betwecn trapping
a mouse in a fair exchange of wits—and catching a mouse that is
trapped just because of bad luck. Besides it was Christmas Eva
That's why I opened another bag of mash and poured it slowly into
the feed can. If the mouse wanted to stay on the bottom and suf-
focate that was his business. If he wanted to scamper on top of
the mash in the slowly filling can that was fate—the same kind
of Christmas Eve fate that brought some auto drivers home saf
but that put others in the hospital. This mouse wanted to be wi
his family Christmas Eve and to live for another day to eat holes
in my feed bags—so he stayed on top.
sissy out of me!
But I think he mada &
Babson's Outlook For 1051
(Continued from Page One)
only corporation bonds which in-
terest me are CONVERTIBLES.
38. With income taxes slated to
increase in 1951, tax-exempt bonds
should continue in good demand.
There has been some speculation
in these, however, and any down-
ward change in the tax outlook
might cause a sudden turnabout in
prices for municipals. Investors
should see to it that their bond
maturities are carefully diversified,
with some part of their. bond funds
maturing each year.
Real Estate Activity Will Decline
39. The real estate outlook for
1951 will be strongly affected by
curbs on mortgage credit. Much
of the recent boom was the re-
sult of easy credit,—almost noth-
ing down and small easy payments
for years hence.
40. New home construction will
suffer a greater decline than other
lines. Nonessential commercial
building will also be hit.
41. The coming decline in new
building will throw a wet blanket
over speculation in vacant subur- :
ban lots.
42.
Korean-China War and fears of an
early outbreak in other sections
will adversely affect the demand
for big city real estate. Lower
business volumes and the Draft
next year will also curtail such
demand.
43. Small sustenance farms
should hold up well in price as
demand will be spurred by those
seeking refuge outside the big
cities. Demand for large commer-
cial farms, however, should weaken
as the year progresses.
44. The swing back toward rent
control will act as a further damp-
er on new building. There is no
incentive to build homes for rental
income,
45. Tighter credit controls will
make it more d'fficult to purchase
and ,
older residential properties,
the prices for these should weaken.
46. As building volume slack-
ens in 1951, the quality of avail
able materials and workmanship
should improve. This will help
those who have saved their money
and can pay for at least half the
cost of a new home.
Defense Orders and Politics
Will Increase
47. Those who can do so should
attempt to get defense orders as
a means of holding up production
business should be expected, how-
ever, as these contracts will be
tions.
48. The political outlook for
1951 will be completely dominated
by jockeying for position in the
Presidential race for 1952. Most
of Congress’ time will be spent on
International Problems; but either
War or Peace could come early in
1951, which could make many of
the above forecasts useless,
The scare caused v lon gnme oo
tion of Northern Republicans and
‘“unregenerated” Southern Demo-
crats. When the heat is on in a
tough fight, the North-South coali-
tion will still be able to curb on-
slaughts by New Dealers, ;
50. We are gradually headed for
a One Party System and finally
a Dictatorship. The Republicans
will sometimes win with the slogan
“HAD ENOUGH ??”; but their reigr
will be short-lived. Too man
persons are following the poe
ous doctrine
STOCKS AND GOODS, GROWING
RICH ON PAPER, VOTING DFM-
OCRATIC FOR SELFISH REASONS
AND LETTING THE COUNTRY GO
TO THE DOGS, WAR OR NO WAR!
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20 Mt. Greenwood Road, Trucksville
DALLAS 26-R-11
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