Broadway Casting Shifts Include Alberghetti Debut Carnival Musical
Anna Maria Alberghetti wins lead in Carnival based on Lili, marking her Broadway debut under director Gower Champion with rehearsals starting Jan 26. The Theater Guild company signs June Havoc, plus Helen Hayes and Leif Erickson, to tour overseas next March performing Wilder, Williams, and Gibson plays. Tony Awards date set for April 16 covering 1960-61 season. The Stratford touring company cuts Winter’s Tale for Midsummer Night’s Dream. Puerto Rico’s San Juan Drama Festival unveils a strong lineup for an eight week run starting Jan 10 with Gypsy Rose Lee and Boris Karloff among stars.
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New York
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Anna Maria Alberghetti
Lili
Leslie Caron
Gower Champion
David Merrick
Miss Alberghetti
June Havoc
Theater Guild American Repertory Company
State Department
American National Theater and Academy
ANTA
Helen Hayes
Leif Erickson
Thornton Wilder
Tennessee Williams
William Gibson
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Gypsy Rose Lee
Northfield News Briefs From Town Visits And Travel
Mrs. Bill Bethany and Mrs. J. F. Fowler with girls returned home from No cona visiting her parents. Various locals traveled to Quanah Amarillo Canyon and Childress visiting friends and kin including the Campseys and Cartlidges. Gordon Thompson on the sick list and Mrs Matlock home from Troweek hospital after illness.
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J. F. Fowler
Nocona
Albert Storm
Faye Weightman
Quanah
Eker Thomas
M. B. Brown
Doyle Thomas
Foster
Bob Gallough
Canyon
Montie Cameron
Amarillo
Charlene Clements
Childress
Bruce Clements
Dennis
John Campsey
Tab Cochran
Carlsbad
N.M
Murray Cartlidge
M. B. Carlidges
Charles Baldwin
Dupe, Til
John LaNoe
Frankport
Ill
Arlie Key
Arlene
W. R. Jarrell
Childress Hospital
Boone Simpson
Eve Carter
Jeff Williams
Okla
City
Fred Wimple
Midland
Doane Farr
Clinton
E. J. McWilliams Clinton
Bob Smith
Marvin Leary
Leland Timmons
Sur Courtney
Wichita Falls
Matador
Gordon Thompson
Matlock
Troweek Hospital
A. J. Daffern
Theatre Lineup Adds Stars for Season Debuts
Margaret OBrien stars in Gigi and June Havoc in Time of the Cuckoo join Moon and French mime Marcel Marceau for a week. Hugh Wheeler's Big Fish Little Fish may open with Jason Robards Jr and Hume Cronyn under Sir John Gielgud direction with Feb 6 rehearsal.
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Gust Moon
Margaret O’brien
Gigi
June Havoc
Marce Marceau
Hugh Wheeler
Jason Robards Jr
Hume Cronyn
Sir John Gielgud
Lewis Allen
Ben Edwards
Fall Book Parade Mix Of Religion And History
Books arriving this season blend religion and history with Americana as a leading theme. Notable titles include The Story of America's Religions by Hartzell Spence and The Day Christ Was Born by Jim Bishop, with many Christian works and secular histories highlighted for the gift season.
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Boy Scouts
America
Hartzell Spence
Christ
Jim Bishop
Nikos Kazantzakis
Peter Bamm
Etienne Gilson
Alice Martin Provenson
William Neil
Marc Chagall
Otto A. Piper
Harlow Shapley
Johnnes Marringer
Relig
The Cost of Christmas by Pearl Robinson
The piece reflects on Christmas as a celebration paid with love for the human soul. It contrasts worldly spending with the riches shared through giving to others, quoting Jesus about serving the least and noting widespread giving at Christmas as a sign of devotion.
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Christ
Jesus
Visits Cover Many Local Families This Week
The report lists multiple visits by residents and relatives to distant towns including Lubbock Tell Matador Childress Estelline and El Paso. Notable names include Mrs Leland Timmons Mrs Will T Smith Mr Gus Seigler and the Simpson and Timmons families. The Almanac notes today is Sunday December 18 1960 with a Mars moon and evening planets Mars Saturn and Venus and recalls events in 1861 1865 1886 1915 1923 and 1941.
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Leland Timmons
Timmons
Will T Smith
Tell
O. F. Etheredge
Lubbock
Homer Davis
Gus Seigler
Matador
Allan Thomas
Ed McCoy
Childress
A. B. Simpson Jr
Baby
California
A. B. Simpson
Newell Timmons
Mannie Crump
Bill Bethany
Walter Timmons
Nadine Carrick
el Paso
Sue Carrick
Jerry Thomas
United Press International
Mars
Saturn
Venus
Edward MacDowell
United States
Ty Cobb
Woodrow Wilson
Edith Bolling Galt
Washington
U.S
Charles Evans Hughes
Soviet Union
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Hospital Admissions List at Childress General
Danny Rex Daniels admitted Friday and Saturday. Mrs. Elbert Cannon admitted Friday. Mrs. Tom Goff admitted Saturday. Ben Purcell Jr. admitted Saturday. Johnny Mack Jones admitted Saturday. Mrs. Will T. Smith admitted Saturday.
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Danny Rex Daniels
Elbert Cannon
Tom Goff
Ben Purcell Jr
Johnny Mack Jones
Will T. Smith
Leading receiver Benton sets SWC marks in 1937
Fayetteville Arkansas reports that Jim Benton of Arkansas became the Southwest Conference leading pass catcher by making 44 receptions for 814 yards in 1937, setting league records for season catches and yardage.
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Fayetteville, Ark
UPI
Jim Benton
Arkansas
Color Therapy in the Kitchen and Home Art Education
Paul Hartley a Westport Conn colorist and art teacher says color therapy improves kitchen efficiency mood and even creates zest at dishwashing time He has written three painting books and offers an art course for homemakers to learn color handling through oil painting He notes red excites orange signals self satisfaction blue calm green tranquil violet mysterious and gray connotes conformity and masks individuality
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Paul Hartley
Hartley
Westport
Conn
Happy Birthday Tomorrow Jim Murray Classified Ad
Classified notice urges readers to wish Jim Murray a happy birthday tomorrow. Prompt appears in a local ads section with brief birthday greeting.
Automatic buying drives over a billion in vending sales
Americans spend well over a billion dollars on coin operated machines for cigarettes and cigars, Tobacco News reports. Tobacco products dominate automatic merchandising, accounting for about 38 to 40 percent of sales in recent years.
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UPI
Tobacco News
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