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> CS Business Review Delivery Service Is Smith Feature By FRANK DAVIS Smith Cleaners, owned by Charles N. Smith, located at North Gate in College Station has been operating under that name for four years. In February 1946, Smith bought Opening of New ALTERATION SHOP • General Alteration Service • Work Guaranteed « Form Fitting and Sewing! Patches Our Specialty. GIVE US A TRIAL Mrs. F. W. Saculla Located at Cangelosi Shoe Shop South Side College Station out J. B. Lauterstein, and he has operated the business since. A native of Belton, Tex., Smith came to College Station from Shreveport, La. where he had been with the Texas Company. Finishing high school at Belton, he later attended Centenary Col lege, La. where he received a B. A. degree. A brother, Manning Smith, also lives in College Station. Manning Smith, who used to co^ch at A&M, now owns Manning Smith Insur ance Agency. Equipped to do dry cleaning, pressing and altering, Smith Clean ers also sells tailor made military uniforms and suits, military in signia and supplies. At the present time, Smith has about ten persons employed as cleaners, pressers, and finishers, but next week he expects to add three or four more to do work sewing patches, and chevrons on military clothing. Delivery Service Lee Burley is employed by Smith to deliver clothes over the Bryan-.College Station area. And Mrs. John Manthei, who is attend ing a customer in the photograph, is a seamstress at the establish ment. “Holes rewoven to make look like new,” is another work done at Smith Cleaners. Although we don’t do regular laundry such as flat work, Smith says, we do laundry trousers and shirts. Smith Cleaners, owned by Charles N. Smith, has been operating under that name at its location in the North Gate business district for the past four years. A Belton High School graduate, Smith attended Centenary College in Louisiana. CARGILL’S ROLLER BOWL One mile Northeast of Bryan on Madisonville Highway ..Nuches Store Bus goes right by us. SKATING SESSIONS MONDAY — FRIDAY 7:00 — 8:30 8:30 — 10:00 SATURDAY 6:00 — 7:30 7:30 — 9:00 9:00 — 10:30 SUNDAY 3:00 — 4:30 4:30 — 6:00 BEGINNING CLASSES Tuesday and Thursday — 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. ADMISSION — 75c for each session Cool Healthful Entertaining Swanson Returns - (Continued from Page 2) woman he loves. Of course, Norma finds out about Betty, phones her, and tells her about the tormented Joe, who hears the conversation and tells Betty to come see for herself. The climax is deafening when the four lives turn in different direc tions accompanied by the sounds of .45 shots and groaning police sirens. The mansion on Sunset Boulevard is no longer deserted. Excellent Portrayal Too much cannot be said about this picture. I have heard adverse criticism concerning the “hammy overacting” of Miss Swanson. Peo ple who believe this should review a flicker of the “flaming 20’s”. Miss Swanson was supposed to portray an obsessed actress, a fiftyish actress still believing her self to be beautiful and loved by millions of fans who were clamor ing for her return to the movies. In this part the lady’s talent is undeniable, and it is rather cruel to think of Norma Desmond as an actress of the 1940’s. Gloria Swanson was heralded as a' great actress during the 20’s, and as far is I am concerned, “Sun set Boulevard” does nothing t o hinder her reputation. Indeed, it should be recognized that it takes a fine artist to absorb better-than- 15-year “pause” and still wield a powerful hand with a delicate touch. Still All Hers The picture definitely belongs to Miss Swanson, but Von Stroheim adds infinitely with his superb por trayal of the devoted lover. As Joe, Holden produces efforts that would normally receive more ac claim if not surrounded by others that were undeniably better. Credit must be given to Franz Waxman for grandoise music, and to John Sietz for unusual photo graphy. Script writers Charles Brackett, D. M. Marshman, and writer-director Billy Wilder de mand respect for the terrible real ity they construct. One cannot conceive the magnetic qualities of this picture unless it is seen. Comment: A priceless satire on “glorious” Hollywood. DYER5-FURSTORAGE HATTERS 01?iCQ.n 2*1584 Plans Set for Garden Club Flower Show Plans for a flower show on Nov. 14 were made at the A&M Garden Club’s initial meeting of the year Fridaay afternoon. Carrying out the club theme of “Know, Grow and Show,” was a program presented by guest speed/ ers and members of the club. M. K. Thornton, extension agricul tural chemist, spoke on “How to Build a Productive Soil,” and Mrs. C. B. Campbell talked on “Grow for Year-Round Bloom in'the Gar den.” Mrs. R. R. Lyle and Mrs. Betty Jane Shaw exhibited flower ar rangements for entrance halls. Horticulture specimens were also shown. Hostesses for the meeting v/ere Mesdames E. L. Angell, Gibb Gil christ, J. S. Mogford, and V/. M. Potts. Mrs. Ed Madeley, chairman for the flower show, announced plans for the show, to be held in the Me morial Student Center. Entries will be open for annuals, pot plants, flowering shrubs and horticulture specimens. Arrangements will be made of roses, chrysanthemums, fruits, berries, vegetables, dried materials and foliag'e. Other arrangements will be in shades of red, yellow, blue, and pink. Chairman of Friday’s program was Mrs. R. E. Snuggs. The next scheduled meeting of the club is Oct. 13 at the MSC. Curator Attending National Meeting Dr. Frank W. Gould, associate professor in the Range and For estry Department and curator of the Tracy Herbarium at the col lege, is attending the national meeting of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists in Columbus, O. Accompanied by Mrs. Gould, the curator left last weekend by car for the meeting on the Ohio State University campus. Sessions for the meeting began yesterday and will continue through tomorrow. The meeting will be held in con junction with the national meet ings of 14 other botanical societies and will be sponsored by the Amer ican Institute of Biological Sci ences. Dr. and Mrs. Gould expect to re turn to College Station in time for the beginning of the Fall se mester. May Be Korean A sergeant formerly as signed to the School of Mili tary Science here may be cap tured by enemy forces in Ko rea, liis wife learned last week. He is M/Sgt. Louis W. Bratton, stationed at the college for three years prior to his transfer over seas in January. His wife, Mrs. Juanita M. Bratton of 2614 Gil christ -Street in Bryan, received a telegram last week from the Pro vost Marshal General of the Army, which read: “Sergeant Louis W. Bretton re ported as prisoner of war by enemy propaganda broadcast may or may not be your husband Louis Wilson Bratton. No personal message in cluded. Prisoner of war status is not officially established by this report. Further information wil] be forwarded when received.” Sgt. Bratton was officially re ported as missing in action on July 20 while his regiment was in action near the now-captured South Korean city of Taejon. Camera Club Sets Meeting A&M’s Camera Club, grow ing child of the hobby-crafts department of the Memorial Student Center, is now the possessor of a five-room dark room in the new building, accord ing to Thomas E. Harding, club president. “Our darkroom is equipped with $1500 in enlargers and printers, with the best in processing acces sories,” Harding said. All equip ment is located in the club’s head quarters in the MSC. Planning a set of instuctional programs for beginners, the club has already arranged for several nation-wide photo exhibits and will hear famed speakers on photo graphy during the year. Initial meeting of the year will be on Thursday, Sept. 21, accord ing to Harding. Thp meeting, at which thd organization of the club will be planned for the year, will be held in Room 3-A of the Stu dent Center. Harding said that all students are invited to attend the meeting, especially entering freshmen. Yale Lary Lary, who was one of the top punters in the conference last year, will again be back for the Aggies in the same position although he may see more action in the backfield, other than punting. West Europeans Back To Level, Says Prof Kick-off the Fall Semester With a Subscription to ... . The Commentator vlive Issues during the school year. *71) tli Anniversary special edition in September * Arts & Science students magazine ONLY $1.00 Per Year The Commentator Texas A&M College i College Station, Texas Please send The Com- I mentator to the follow ing: Name: | Address I | City . |^State With the assistance of the Mar shall Plan, Western European countries have boosted crop pro duction back to pre-war levels, ac cording to Carl E. Ferguson, asso ciate professor of 'agimnomy at the college. Ferguson has just returned to A&M from France after spending 13 months as an agronomist with the food and agricultural division, office of the special representative of the Economic Cooperative Ad ministration, headquartered i n Paris. Industrial output in Western Eu rope, he said, has topped pre-war levels. Still lagging, however, is livestock production, although pas ture and herd improvement pro grams have been initiated in sev- > eral of the Marshall Plan coun tries and some have begun use of artificial insemination. Ferguson, a soil fertility spe cialist, worked with the EGA in nine of the 15 Marshall Plan countries. Although crop produc tion has climbed back to pre-war levels in many of the nations, he said, it must be increased even more to meet the sharp post-war population increases. He expressed his personal belief that without the assistance given by the United States, some of the countries would have turned to communism. SELL WITH A BATTALION CLASSIFIED AD. Rates ... 3c a wore per insertion with a 25c minimum. Space rate in Classified Section . . . 60c per column inch. Send all classifieds with remit tance to the Student Activities Office. All ads should be turned in by 10:00 a.m. of the day before publication. • FOR SALE • OAK DESK suitable for business, office or study. Phone 6-3503. SENIOR BOOTS, size 10-B, calf 16 inches —$25.00. See Barney Welch, 215 Good win. • FOR RENT • BEDROOM, private bath, garage. 110 Lee Avenue, Phone 4-8659. FURNISHED APARTMENT, ideal for couple. Living room, kitchen, bath, bedroom. Phone 3-2521, 207 Davis Street, Bryan. TWO ROOMS in my home, private bath, central heating, attic fan, near campus. 211 E. Dexte^ Drive, College Park, ph. 4-7054. FOUR-ROOM furnished apartment, $45.00. 244 Foster Avenue, East Gate. NEW UNFURNISHED apartment, 2 bed room, kitchen & dinette, combined living room, bath. Extra nice, good location. Phone 3-6015 or 2-7859. NEW DOWNSTAIRS apartment, one bed room, living room, kitchen and dinette combiined, and bath. Phone 2-7059 or 3-6015. PROFESSOR or graduate student to share very nice new 2 bedroom furnished du plex, 110 Hardy, Bryan. Will be driv ing to College 6 days 8 a.m. Joe Laird, Pet. Eng. Dept. TWO FURNISHED bedrooms with connec ting bath. Near Campus and on bus line. Professor or graduate student pre ferred. Phone 4-9724. BEDROOM downstairs, on shuttle bus, gas heat. Light kitchen privileges if desired. No bedding or linens furnished. 309 Highland St., College. 4-8177. LARGE, comfortable room, bath, garage, close to Campus. Phone 4-7139. HELP WANTED WAITRESS wanted—ideal for vetei wife. 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