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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1950

Page

7

Big Timber logging film opens at Capitol theatre today

Roddy McDowall stars in Big Timber shot at Mt. Whitney Lumber Co camps 200 miles from Hollywood. Equipment valued at 250000 includes tractors cranes and heavy trucks used near Kernville Johnsondale and logging camps up to 10000 feet. The outdoor drama follows a Chicago youth venturing into timber country.

Roddy McDowall Monogram Big Timber Mt. Whitney Lumber Company High Sierras Hollywood Johnsondale Capitol Theatre McDowall Chicago Picture Company Kernville California Mt. Whitney United States Jeff Donnell Lyn Thomas

Blue Barron Musical Show Here Thursday

Blue Barron and his MGM recording orchestra present The Music of Yesterday and Today at Decatur High School auditorium. Two shows at 7 00 PM and 9 00 PM offer nostalgic airs and current hits with comfortable seating and good sound. Meredith Woodall notes budget friendly pricing and aims to please Valley residents.

Blue Barron MGM Recording Orchestra Decatur High School Meredith Woodall Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce Blue Barrow Woodall Blue Bue Barron

Explorers Prepare Long Philmont Scout Trek Next Summer

Thirty Explorer Scouts and three leaders plan a July August trek to Philmont Scout Ranch. The 13 day trip covers 81 miles with 3 travel days each way, 20 days total, including a burro pack segment and a horseback day. Costs are set at 110 dollars per Scout.

Philmont Philmont Canyon Clear Creek Mountain Boy Scouts of America

Thailand to consider bill abolishing registered brothels

Parliament will discuss a bill to end registered brothels in Bangkok and Thonburi where about 200 licensed houses operate and nearly 40 000 licensed women work. Health and welfare agencies plan segregated districts for prostitution pending parliamentary action. The University of Arizona seeks its sixth straight Border Conference title this season.

Bangkok Thailand Thonburi Public Health and Public Welfare Departments University of Arizona

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek Opens at Roxy Theatre

Comedy star Donald O Connor leads a Technicolor western with Gale Storm in Curtain Call at Cactus Creek opening Tuesday at the Roxy Theatre. The film blends six shooter action and backstage romance set in 1880s Arizona Territory with Walter Brennan Vincent Price Eve Arden in supporting roles.

Gale Storm Donald O’connor Universal-International Cactus Creek Roxy Walter Brennan Vincent Price Eve Arden O’connor Francis O'Connor Miss Storm Arizona

Eddy Arnold Makes Film Debut in Feudin Rhythm at Roxy

Eddy Arnold the Tennessee Plowboy appears in Columbia's Feudin Rhythm at the Roxy Theatre with Gloria Henry Kirby Grant Isabel Randolph Tommy Ivo and Fuzzy Knight in straight roles and Carolina Cotton Mustard and Gravy The Oklahoma Wranglers in specialty acts The screening runs today and Monday at the Roxy.

Eddy Arnold Tennessee Plowboy America Columbia Roxy Theatre Gloria Henry Kirby Grant Isabel Randolph Tommy Ivo Fuzzy Knight Carolina Cotton Mustard and Gravy The Oklahoma Wranglers

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