Carmen Jones opens for 2 day run at Scenic Drive-in
Cinemascope musical drama Carmen Jones screens Sunday Monday Tuesday at Scenic Drive-in. Dorothy Dandridge stars as Carmen with Otto Preminger’s updated Hammerstein score setting and Belafonte and Bailey in key roles.
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Dorothy Dandridge
Harry
Carmen
Joe
Carmen Jones
Lafante
CinemaSoop
Oscar Hamerstein
Pearl Bailey
Scenic Drive-in
Otto Preminger
Oscar Hammersten
George Bizet
Hammerstein
Showers Hit Region. Frost Hurts Crops and Gardens
A sequence of April showers eased drought in parts of Mercury Texas with heavier rain near the river and Placid. A Monday wind and cold damaged flowers grains and crops including Johnson grass and mesquite. Locals report garden and grain losses while communities gathered for church and visits over the weekend.
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Mercury
Texas
Placid
Johnson Grass
Dale Baucum
Kathy
Dour
Ft. Worth
O. N. White
Jack Kirby
Ricki
J. C. Penn
Local Social Notes And Rural Telephone Updates
Last Friday marked Mrs. Squiers S6th birthday. Mrs. Helen Moore of Imperial visited relatives in Placid over the weekend. Placid reports almost an inch of rain last Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Margaret Jordan of Placid attended the Postmaster's convention in Junction on Sunday. Three new telephones have been installed by the Rural Telephone Cooperative: W. N. Kilmer 82376 Phillip Smith Rouge Willie Vick 82570.
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Squiers
Helen Moore
Imperial
Placid
Margaret Jordan
Junction
W. N. Kilmer
Phillip Smith
Rouge
Willie Vick
Carmen on screen blends war era radio rhythm and melodrama
A modern updated Carmen set near an army camp stars Carmen as a parachute packer and Joe as a corporal who longs to fly. Husky Miller is the boxing champion and Cindy Lou is the girl back home. The score features Toreador’s Song and Habanera with songs like Stand Up and Fight Dat’s Love and Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum.
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Carmen
Joe
Husky Miller
Cindy Lou
Waldir By Mrs Ben Hodges Birthday Party Note
Mrs Ethel Robertson celebrated a birthday with a gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Iru Bray in Waldrip Texas. Attending were Mrs and others. the article lists several attendees and mentions a church meeting planned afterward.
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Ethel Robertson
Waldrip
Texas
Iru Bray
Brady Floor Covering Announces Large New Stock
Coley Ingram proprietor of Brady Floor Covering Company announces a complete restocking with the latest fashions in carpet linoleum and tile. The firm now offers financing with no down payment and 36 months to pay supported by local businesspeople and residents in Brady and surrounding areas.
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Coley Ingram
Brady
Bray Couple Dined With Briscoes on Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Tra Bray were dinner guests of the R. E. Briscoes Sunday afternoon they visited with Mr. and Mrs. W. Do.
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Mrs. Tra Bray
R. E. Briscoes
W. Do
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