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VOLUME 35 — NUMBER 26
B. G. MIDDLETON
FUNERAL HELD
MONDAY JUNE 27
Benjamin Grooms Middleton,
83, one of Brantley County’s most
prominent and influential citi
zens, died Saturday night, June
25, at his home at Atkinson after
an extended illness.
Mr. Middleton was a retired
naval stores operator and was at
one time representative from
Wayne County in the state legis
lature, before Brantley County
was created. He was. a member
of the Methodist Church and was
loved and highly respected as one
of the outstanding citizens of this
section’s history.
Funeral services for Mr. Mid
dleton were held Monday after
noon, June 27, at two o’clock at
the Hortense Memorial Church,
with Rev. C. I. Morgan and Rev.
Frank Harris conducting the fun
eral rites.
Burial was in the Hortense
Cemetery.
Mr. Middleton is survived by
his wife; four daughters, Mrs.
Agnes M. Ritch, Brunswick; Mrs.
P. D. Miller, Waycross; Mrs. D. E.
Crews, Atkinson; Mrs. J. J.
Smith, Hortense; five sons, Perry
E. Middleton, Brunswick; Vernon
Middleton, Albany; Julian Mid
dleton, Harry H. Middleton and
Howard Middleton all of Atkin
son; two brothers, Dr. W. E. Mid
dleton, Starke, Fla., and Dr. O. D.
Middleton, Ludowici; four sisters,
Mrs. Gussie Howard, Daytona
Beach, Fla., Mrs. M. E. Janscik,
Miami, Mrs. A. J. Craft, Walston
burg, N. C., and Mrs. W. E. Goo
dere, Houston, Texas; 21 grand
children and three great-grand
children.
Active pallbearers were Ronald
Adams, Winton Adams, Sammie
Middleton, Victor Adams, Van W.
Strickland and J. C. Strickland.
Honorary pallbearers were
James N. Stewart, J. C. Allen,
B. A, Atkinson. O. P. Middleton,
W. E. Smith, H, T. Berrie, E. A.
Hunter, V. L. Stanton, Glenn
Middleton, R. C. Harrell Jr., J. B.
Strickland, E. M. Wainwright,
C. S. Kizer, C. M. Courson, Rob
ert Kelly and Arthur Sloan.
Mincy Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our thanks
to all our friends and relatives
who aided us and sympathized
with us on the occasion of the
illness and death of our husband
and father, B. G. Middleton.
We deeply appreciate every
kindness shown us in our be
reavement. We will always re
member all of you with sincere
affection and gratitude. May God
bless and keep you.
Mrs. B. G. Middleton
and the Middleton family.
Nahunta Post
Office will Be
Closed Monday
The Post Office at Nahunta will
be closed all day Monday July
Fourth Independence Day.
The General Delivery window
will be open from 8:30 to 9:00
A.M. and 4:00 to 4:30 P.M. for
stamp sales.
There will be no Money Order
service and the two rural routes
will not run. Mail will be put up
in boxes and dispatched as usual.
E. Parker Dodge, Postmaster
PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fletcher
will leave Friday for their home
in Holmes, Penn, after spending
two weeks with Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Strickland and other rela
tives.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Harden and
son, Junior and Craig, have re
turned to their home in Wichita
Falls, Texas after spending three
weeks with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert Rozier. On their
way home they visited Mrs. Vir
ginia Thrift in Columbus, Ga.
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Jimmy Dukes, 16, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. F. Dukes of Hoboken,
and Norris Carter, 18, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. W. Carter of Ho
boken, are enjoying one week of
forestry schooling and play at
Laura Walker State Park as the
guests of five Georgia pulp and
paper mills.
Mrs. Shuman, 86,
Passes Away After
Extended Illness
Mrs. Amanda Altman Shuman,
86, died Saturday morning, June
25, at the home of a son, Rufus
Shuman, in Brantley county, aft
er an extended illness.
Mrs. Shuman was a native of
Charlton county and had lived
in Brantley county near Hoboken
nearly all of her life.
Besides her son, she is survived
by two daughters, Mrs. Julia Al
len, Dayton, Ohio and Mrs. Irene
Johnson, Hoboken; three sisters,
Mrs. Charlotte Griffin and Mrs.
Minter Griffin both of Hoboken
and Mrs. Harmon Jeffords of
Waycross.
Pallbearers were Wayne Sea
man, K. S. Varn Jr., Woodrow
Bennett, Sam Monroe, Gordon N.
NeSmith and Buddy Sunday.
Funeral services were held
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock at
the graveside in High Bluff ceme
tery in Brantley county.
Darling Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
8188 COUNTY
GETS FORESTRY
HEADQUARTERS
State Office
Is Being Moved
From Atlanta
Transfer of the state headquar
ters of the Georgia Forestry Com
mission from Atlanta to Bibb
County was decreed recently
through an executive order of
Governor Marvin E. Griffin.
Approximately 40 persons em
ployed by the Georgia Forestry
Commission will be headquarter
ed at the Bibb County site. Focal
point for the headquarters will
be the Georgia Forestry Center,
at which some Commission per
sonnel already are stationed. The
Center is six miles south of Ma
con on the Riggins Mill road.
Commission Director Guyton
DeLoach has announced plans for
construction of a new modern
building to house Commission
personnel and such activities as
forest management, information
and education, reforestation and
administration. Mr. DeLoach had
earlier reported the Atlanta head
quarters building opposite the
Capitol had proved inadequate
for the Commission’s needs.
Director DeLoach emphasized
transfer of the headquarters
would greatly increase adminis
trative efficiency and effect a
substantial reduction in the Com
mission’s operating and travel ex
penses.
An office will be maintained in
Atlanta for direct radio contact
with the Macon center and with
several of the Commission’s Dis
trict offices. This office will be
used to facilitate purchasing
problems and to serve as a tem
porary headquarters for the Di
rector and Department Heads
during the General Assembly ses
sions and other matters of im
portance.
Several activities of the Ath
ens Macon Research Center of the
U. S. Forest Service already are
under way at the Bibb County
site and offices of the Hitchiti Re
search Center also are at the lo
cation.
The transfer will be effected
over a period of from six to eight
months.
Nahunta Garden
Club Met with
Mrs. Allen Barnard
Mrs. Allen Barnard and Mrs.
Cecil Thomas were hostesses to
the Nahunta Garden Club at the
home of Mrs. Barnard on Tuesday
afternoon, June 28.
Mrs. I. F. Brown, vice presi
dent, conducted the meeting. Mrs.
J. B. Lewis led the devotional.
The theme of the program was
answering questions which were
submitted at the last meeting,
with Mrs. R. B. Brooker directing
the program.
Other members present were:
Mrs. E. A. Moody, Miss Mary
Knox, Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland,
Mrs. G. C. Rogers, Mrs. Jesse Lee,
Mrs. Herschell Herrin and Mrs.
Parker Dodge.
The hostesses served cake and
ice cream for refreshments.
WantUy iEntprpnßP
THREE MEN
ACCUSED IN
MOTEL THEFT
Jacksonville police early Wed
nesday shot up a stolen car and
captured a gang of three Marines
accused of robbing a Folkston,
Ga., motel.
Jailed on armed robbery char
ges were three men from the
Marine Barracks at the Naval Air
Station. Pfc. Linton Wilson Cros
by, 19, who was shot in the calf
of the right leg during the wild
chase; S. Sgt. Miner Peyton Rob
erson, 25; Pvt. Harvey Carlton
Kilpatrick, eighteen.
The three were traveling in a
1955 Oldsmobile that was stolen
in Jacksonville Tuesday night
and were wanted for the $2Ol
robbery about 3 a.m. at the Geor
gian Motel, Charlton County
Sheriff J. O. Sikes said in an
alarm to Jacksonville Detective
Bureau.
Levi Howard Died
Monday, June 27
Levi Howard of Nahunta died
in a Waycross hospital Monday
morning, June 27, after an ex
tended illness.
He is survived by his wife,
three sons, two daughters and
one grand-child.
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon at the Poplar
Springs Church near Eastman,
with interment in the church
cemetery.
“One of the most important
concepts to be remembered and
understood in both fish and game
work is that of ‘carrying capa
city’. Sportsmen, and even Fish
and Game Departments, too often
forget that a given piece of land
or body of water can support and
maintain from year to year only
so many pounds of animal life”,
says Fulton Lovell, Director of
the Game and Fish Commission.
Every farmer raising livestock
thinks in terms of carrying ca
pacity. He knows that his pasture
will carry just so many head of
cattle on an average year. If he
attempts to hold .more cows in
this pasture than it can take care
of, two things will happen: 1) his
animals will become undernour
ished and 2) the pasture will be
overgrazed so that in future years
it will support still fewer cows.
Many people who accept this
principle for growing livestock
fail to recognize that it is equally
applicable to fish in ponds, or
deer in forests. But the fish and
game manager must be constantly
alert to avoid overstocking and
to recognize the danger signals
of over-populations. When he ex
amines the fish populations of a
lake and finds that a large per
cent of specimens are too small
for their age, his first suspicion
will be that there are too many
fish for the carrying capacity of
the lake. Fewer fish than it could
hold would mean bigger and
healthier fish.
Similarly, he will always be
more concerned about finding too
many deer in an area than too
few, since he knows that excess
deer will reduce their own food
supplies to the extent that in
years to come that same range
will have a lower carrying capa
city for deer. On the other hand,
a smaller number would have
meant larger animals and these
would have produced more fawns
per year.
Thus fish and game popula
tions should be kept slightly un
der the carrying capacity of their
habitat rather than over, for this
deficiency is relatively easy to
correct. Overpopulations require
much more drastic remedial mea
sures and often the remedy takes
many years to become effective.
With the hunting season closed
and the 1955 fishing season going
into full swing, Chief William H.
Hodges of the State Game and
Fish Commission is asking all
Wildlife Rangers to issue warn-,
ings to the public not to pick up
or molest young game or birds
found along streams or in the
woods. Chief Hodges said that
doe deer have already started to
fawn and will soon begin having
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, June 30, 1955
WITH GEORGIA SPORTSMEN
(A Column of Game and Fish Lore from the
State Game and Fish Commission.)
Hilton Morgan
Severely Shocked
By Lightning Bolt
Hilton Morgan returned home
on Wednesday from a hospital in
Baxley where he has been a pa
tient since he was severely burn
ed when struck by lightning dur
ing a thunderstorm Sunday after
noon, June 19.
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan were vis
iting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Jacobs when lightning
struck a tree about ten feet from
the house, struck the wall of the
house and hit a chair in which
Mr. Morgan was siting. A large
hole was torn in the back of the
chair. He was badly burned from
his body down his right leg. The
lightning melted links in his
watch chain, melted the zipper
in his trousers and eylet in one
of his shoes. He was unconscious
for fifteen minutes.
The only other damage to the
house was where it went down
the wall to another room, setting
fire to a cloth on a table.
Mr. Morgan is now improving
from his burns. Though the shock
impaired his hearing, he is ex
pected to recover.
COTTON YIELDS INCREASE
In 1931, when the Agricultural
Extension Service launched its
one-variety cotton program, aver
age yield per acre for the pre
vious five years was 187 pounds.
E. C. Westbrook, Extension cotton
specialist, says the average yield
for the past five years was 267
pounds.
young.
The rough fish reduction pro
gram which was recently started
at Jackson Lake is at a stand
still at the present time due to
the fact that Georgia does not
have a market for the commer
cial fisherman to dispose of the
carp catches. Director Fulton
Lovell has requested that Scott
Candler, Secretary of the State
Commerce Department be on the
lookout for someone who would
be interested in establishing a
market in our State for carp and
other various rough fish. The
closest market at the present time
is at Memphis, Tennessee and the
commercial fishermen can not
show enough profit on the fish
that they catch with the long
haul bill to justify their efforts.
It will be of interest to note
that the first 400 reports coming
in from license agents over the
State from the sale of new hunt
ing and fishing licenses, which
began on April 1 of this year,
brought in $84,606.55. Os the first
400 reports of last year, which
accounted for approximately the
same amount of time,. $64,920.00
received.
The Izaak Walton League of
America has announced the resig
nation, at his request, of William
Vogit Jr., as executive director
of the nationwide natural re
source conservation organization.
Voigt, a native of Georgia and
a former writer and public rela
tions man, had been on the Lea
gue staff since July, 1945, starting
as assistant executive director. In
April, 1947, he opened the first
regional office at the League in
Denver. He was recalled to Chi
cago in December, 1948, to be
come executive director upon the
retirement of his predecessor,
Kenneth A. Reid.
A successor to Voigt has not
been chosen.
Voigt gave family health and
a desire to change to a different
climate as the primary reasons
for his request to be relieved.
Fred Dickson, Chief, Fish Man
agement Division of the State
Game and Fish Commission stat-
ed this week that there had been
a slight slow down in the filling
of applications made for bass.
Mr. Dickson said that this was
due largely to the drought of last
year and the freeze this spring
after the bass had spawned. The
drought last year caused many
of the farm ponds in the State to
go dry and resulted in additional
requests for fish. The extremely
cold weather this year came just
after the bass had spawned and
this extreme low temperature
caused a great loss of eggs.
STATE PATROL
PLANS ‘ALL-OUT
SAFETY EFFORT
All Available
Patrolmen to
Be on Duty
If you are planning to travel
over the Fourth of July, a special
caution has been issued by Col
onel W. C. Dominy, head of the
Georgia State Patrol.
“It will be a three-day week
end this year, so traffic will be
heavy,’’ Colonel Dominy states,
“and as usual, travellers will be
in a holiday mood, many of them
trying to cram four days’ pleas
ure into the three-day period.
With the 4th falling on Monday,
a longer period means greater
danger to the motorist and pedes
trian on our streets and high
ways.”
The State Patrol, cooperating
with law enforcement agencies
throughout the state, will make
an all-out effort to see that traf
fic accidents will not mar this
year’s Independence Day celebra
tion. Every available member of
the entire Department of Public
Safety will be on duty to pro
tect law-abiding citizens and ap
prehend those who endanger the
lives and property of others.
“Make courtesy your code of
the road,” Colonel Dominy urged.
“A driver who insists on taking
more than his share of the road
is inviting trouble. If you exer
cise courtesy, you will be sur
prised to find that other drivers
will return your courtesy almost
every time,” the Patrol chief stat
ed.
Last year during the 4th of
July period, 14 persons were kill
ed in Georgia traffic accidents,
half of these occurring on Sat
urday. 155 persons were injured
during the same holiday weekend
in 434 accidents. There was an
economic loss to the state of near
ly one million dollars.
From the present trend of a
9 percent reduction in traffic
deaths so far this year, it is ex
pected that 13 persons will die
over the coming 4th of July holi
day season.
The Patrol strongly warns a
gainst trying to cover too many
miles in too short a time, driving
at speeds too fast for conditions,
driving while drinking and while
tired.
PERSONALS
The W.S.C.S. of the Nahunta
Methodist *Church met at the
home of Mrs. J. B. Lewis on Mon
day night, June 27 with Mrs.
R. H. Schmitt presiding. Mrs.
Emory Middleton was in charge
of the program on “Toward
World Fellowship”. Taking part
on the program were: Mrs. Hor
ace Williams, Mrs. Emmie New
ton, Mrs. Schmitt and Mrs. J. B.
Lewis. Others present were: Mrs.
Glenn Conditt, Mrs. Lee Godwin
and Mary Lee Godwin, Mrs. E. A.
Moody, Mrs. Cecile Jones, Mrs.
S. S. Sarvis. Small sandwiches,
cottage cheese, pickles and pine
apple snow were served for re
freshments.
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The W.M.S. of the Hickox Bap
tist Church met ' Friday night,
June 24, at the church with Mrs.
U. O. Stokes in charge of the
program on “Stop, Look and Lis
ten”. On the program were: Mrs.
R. E. Lee, Mrs. Florrie Johns,
Mrs. Sadye Thornton and Mrs.
Betty Hendrix. Mrs. Stokes, as
hostess, served cookies and lem
onade for refreshments.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Anderson
and Mrs. Fannie Griffin of Ply
mouth, Fla. arrived Tuesday to
spend a few days with Mr. and
Mrs. M. L. Anderson and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Stahl and other
relatives.
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Mr. and Mrs. Linton Brooker
are expected home next week.
They have been at Santa Clara,
Calif, where he has been station
ed in the Service. He is being
discharged.
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Mr. Jap Harvey of Jesup is
critically ill in a Waycross hos
pital.
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Earl Jones of Miami is visiting
his aunt, Mrs. Eula Powers.
The “in a hurry” driver
is a menace.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
TOBACCO MARKET WILL OPEN
IN SOUTH GEORGIA JULY 21
Boren-Cleland
Miss Sylvia Lenene Boren, will
become the bride of Thomas Earl
Cleland at the First Baptist
Church in Nahunta on Saturday,
July ninth at five o’clock P.M.
it is announced by Mr. and Mrs.
James R. Boren, parents of the
bride.
Mr. Cleland is the son of Mr.
and Mrs.« W. A. Cleland of Na
hunta. He has been in the service
of the Army for seven years, and
is returning this week from Paris,
France where he has been sta
tioned for some time with the
Strategic Air Command.
All friends and relatives are
given an invitation to attend the
wedding.
Miss Sylvia Boren
Given Shower
Miss Sylvia Lenene Boren,
bride-elect, was honored with a
miscellaneous shower at the home
of Mrs. Arnold Morgan on Mon
day, afternoon, June 27. Co-hos
tesses with Mrs. Morgan were:
Mrs. Hilton Morgan, Mrs. Corne
lius Rowell and Mrs. Curtis
Crews.
Present at the party were: Mrs.
Allen Barnard, Mrs. O. S. Barr,
Mrs. Herschell Herrin, Mrs. Mol
lie Highsmith, Mrs. Lula Brown,
Mrs. Ruby Morgan, Mrs. Rosa
Rogers, Mrs. Earl Raulerson, Mrs.
Maggie Lewis, Mrs. W. A. Cle
land, Mrs. Cecil Thomas, Miss
Mary Thomas, Mrs. Roy Boren,
Miss Faye Boren, Mrs. Albert
Purdom, Mrs. J. D. Orser, Mrs.
Mamie Orser, Miss Rose Mary
Smith, Mrs. Jack Wolverton, Mrs.
Vonice Brooks, Mrs. hfellie Ho
Lee, Mrs. Oscar Strickland, and
Mrs. Edward Brand.
Cake and soft drinks were serv
ed for refreshments.
WAYNESVILLE
By Mrs. Clovis Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Lightsey
and Mrs. Janie Reddish attended
their family reunion at Metter,
Ga. on Sunday.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Truby
Thornton on Sunday included
Mrs. A. T. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs.
N. W. Beard and daughters, Mr.
M. E. Harrison and Mr. J. M.
Miller and children of Bruns
wick.
Mrs. Lyde Thomas and son of
Statesville spent a few days here
with her father, Mr. Lloyd Rob?
inson.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Reynolds
and children visited relatives in
Baxley on Sunday.
Mrs. Stewart Wiggins is a pa
tient in a Brunswick Hospital.
Earl Thompson of Clearwater
spent the week end with his
mother, Mrs. Thelma Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Daniels and
sons, Bobby and Earl, of Miami
are spending a week with Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Bernard.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Kelly on Sunday were Mrs. T. V.
Clark and daughter of Brunswick
and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Moody of
Atkinson.
Mr. Frank Walker is a patient
in a Brunswick hospital.
Lt. and Mrs. Sam Langley and
daughter of Junction City, Kan
sas are spending a few days with
Mr. and Mrs. I. V. Harrison. They
are enroute to Germany for a
tour of duty.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Sweat of Tam
pa and Mrs. Etta Sweat of West
Palm Beach, Fla. arrived Satur
day for a few days visit with Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Robinson.
Mr. W. E. Beach and son, Rich
ard of Gainesville, Fla. were
week end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Clovis Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Young of
Jacksonville visited relatives here
for the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. L. V. McVeigh
and daughters, Reba and Pinky
and Catherine Pearson of Flor
ence, S- C. spent several days
here with relatives last w r eek.
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Your Home Firms Will
Appreciate Your
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at Home and Promote
Home Prosperity
The South Georgia tobacco
market will open Thursday, July
21, it was announced from Vir
ginia Beach, Va. where the Bright
Belt Warehouse Association held
their annual meeting.
The date had been recommend
ed Tuesday by the 15-man to
bacco committee.
Dates for the various belts are:
Georgia-Florida belt, July 21;
South Carolina and border North
Carolina belt, Aug. 3; eastern
belt, Aug. 23; North Carolina
middle belt, Sept. 6; and Virginia
and North Carolina belt, Sept. 19.
Nahunta Class of
1933 Holds Reunion
A reunion of the class gradu
ating from Nahunta High School
in 1933 was held in Nahunta on
Saturday night, June 25. They
met at Gay’s restaurant to have
dinner and later made a tour of
the new High School building.
Herschel Herrin, County School
Superintendent and Prof. Earl
May, Principal of Nahunta School
joined the class at the High
School.
Os the 22 members graduating
from the class twelve were pres
ent for the meeting.
Those present were: Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Lee, Hickox; Mrs.
Naomi Manning, Route 1, Nahun
ta; Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Kaney,
Fernandina Beach, Fla.; Willo
Culpepper, Wenatchee, Wash.;
J. R. Herrin, and Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Powers, Nahunta; Janette
Bell, Jacksonville; Leon Jacobs
and T. F. Dowling of Hoboken;
Mrs. Reavis Pittman, Folkston;
Dick Allen, Nahunta; and Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Robinson, Dublin, Ga.
Dick Allen was elected chair
man of arrangements committee
for the year and Mrs. C. C. Pow
ers secretary and treasurer. Plan:?
were made to meet, on second
Saturday in July of 1956.
4-H’ERS SAVE SOIL
For eight of the past 10 years
Georgia has had a sectional or
national winner in the 4-H Club
soil conservation project, accord
ing to E. H. Thomas, soil conser
vation specialist, University of
Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service.
ROYAL
THEATRE
Nahunta, Georgia
TIME SCHEDULE:
MONDAY thru FRIDAY
8:00 P.M.
SATURDAY
7:00 and 8:30 P.M.
PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29
“Phantom of the
Rue Morgue”
With KARL MAULDEN
THURSDAY, FRIDAY,
JUNE 30 AND JULY 1
“Dial M for Murder”
With RAY MILLAND
and GRACE KELLY
SATURDAY, JULY 2
“Apache”
With BURT LANCASTER
MONDAY, TUESDAY, JULY 4-5
“The Gunfighter”
With GREGORY PECK
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6
“The Raid”
With VAN HEFLIN
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, JULY 7-8
“Diplomatic Courier”
With TYRONE POWER
and HILDERGARDE NEFF
SATURDAY, JULY 9
“Yellow Tomahawk”
With RORY CALHOUN
