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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1951)
RotaryTalontShow I£iw<iri.iclIlS Curtain Rises at S The curtain goes up tonight at 8 p. nn. in the Stephen F. Austin High School auditorium for a new edition of the annual College Sta- tion-Bryan Rotary Club Variety Show. * The show, which features 52 per formers, went through final dress rehearsals last night in prepara tion for the Thursday, Friday showings. Ticket sales chairmen, E. H. Utzman and J. E. Bethancourt, sftid ticket sales have been very good, but ducats still are available at Jones Pharmacy, Coronet Com pany, First State Bank, W. S. D., and Waldrops in Bryan, and at the Memorial Student Center at Col lege Station. Profits from the show are to be used totally for the furtherance of Rotary’s local civic enterprises, ac cording to Joe E. Vincent, club president. Many of the 52 performers are prominent in the business, civic and educational life of College Sta- Study Club Names School Poster Winners First grade pupil James B a 1 d a u f, of Consolidated Elementary School, and sev enth grade pupils Augusta Whitfield and James Grays, of Lincoln School won first place in the poster contest conducted this week by Campus Study club, announced Mrs. D. D. Burchard, publicity chairman. Bobby Parsons, fourth grader, took second place in the Consoli dated division with honorable men tion going to Terry Curran, third grade. Fifth grade pupils Essie Ranks and Nathaniel Brown were awarded second prize for Lincoln Division and Armour Lee McCar- vey received honorable mention. Mrs. E. R. Alexander and Mrs. J. S. Mogford judged the posters now on display in College Station business houses. The cartels adver- tice the library benefit project which the club will sponsor March 10 at Consolidated School. All pro ceeds from the project, including a square dance, card party and book review, will be used to purchase new book,? for the Consolidated and Lincoln school libraries. Sheba Sheds Jungle Law Drops Star . To Low Role Detroit, Feb. 22—CP)—From the tinsel glory of the circus ring to the humble role of a rug. That’s the fate of Sheba, the young tigress bitten to death by “Prince,” a lion, in the Shrine Cir cus Monday. Detroit Shriners obtained the dead Sheba from animal tamer Clyde Beatty, and took her to A1 Helde, a taxidermist in nearby Pon tiac. “First tiger we’d ever skinned,” he remarked. “There aren’t many around these parts.” Bible Chair Head To Conduct Study The Rev. Arthur M. Smith, head >f the A&M Baptist Bible Chair— located in the Baptist Student Cen- tar, conducts Bible study each Thursday night at Aggie Vespers. According to Eddie Apel, Ves per vice president of the BSU, the book of Colossians is currently be ing studied. Aggie Vespers, held at the BSC, one block north of the Post Of fice, consist of a seminar Monday, a,devotional service Tuesday, Bi ble study Thursday, and a guest speaker Friday night. tion and Bryan. Each of Rotary’s 120 members has an assigned job, including tasks from overall boss, Dr. W. H. Ritchey, to head usher, A&M’s President M. T. Hairington. Bryan and College Station are fortunate in having a large number of men and women residents with outstanding entertainment talent, said Dean Howard W. Barlow, pro duction manager for the show. Ro tary has drawn freely upon these people for the 15 acts in the show, he said. Greene Buchanan, stage manager for both the 1950 and 1951 shows, had this to say about tonight’s performance: “Last year’s show was very good, but the one this year is far better.” Slate Sixth Children’s Clinic Here By LEON McCLELLAN One hundred fifty children are expected for the sixth Annual Crippled Children’s Clinic on March 7, announced Dr. Dan Russell, chairman of the Kiwanis Club Crip pled Children Committee. Children from 11 counties will be examined and diagnosed at the clinic by specialists, who will re commend whether treatment will or will not help the children. Among those who will give their time and services to the clinic are Dr. Herbert E. Hipps, head of the crippled children’s hospital in Waco; Dr. G. W. N. Edgers, head many who were brought by teach- of the crippled children’s section of the Orthopedic Surgical depart ment of the Texas Medical School in Galveston; Dr. William Ains worth, Dr. Edger’s assistant; and Dr. T. G. Blocker, Jr., head of the plastic surgery department of the Texas Medical School in Galves ton. Pediatrician and Psychologist With these specialists will be a pediatidcian (baby specialist) and a psychologist, Dr. Russell added. Last year, he said over 200 child ren were taken care of, most of which came with their parents, but Out of Mothballs The Famous USS Revenge, Navy Minesweeper which led the way into Tokyo Bay at the end of World War II, has returned to sea duty. The ship was taken out of mothballs and re-commis- sioned at Orange. On Axtg. 28, 1945, the Re venge led the way for larger ships entering Japanese waters to receive the surrender dele gation. ers, ministers, Sunday school teach ers and friends. “Within one week jars will be placed in stoi’es and other public places for donations to the local organization,” Dr. Russell said. “Last year,” he added, “the jar placed in “The Cave” in the YMCA had the largest amount contributed. This year we will place five jars in the Memorial Student Center.” The clinic is held in the base ment of the College Hospital, and he asked that all persons be regis tered for it before noon on March 7. Community Groups Help Each year women’s groups, clubs, societies, welfare organizations and other religious and missionary groups are invited to help with the clinic. Last year, Dr. Russell added, approximately 50 women helped. Members of the State Depart ment of Vocational Rehabilitation will be here to interview persons desiring to learn more about the rehabilitation programs offered to crippled people. The Bi-County Medical Associa tion has given its backing to the clinic, as have other organizations like the Texas State Crippled Chil dren’s Society, the Brazos County Health Unit and the Crippled Chil dren’s Division of the State Health Department, Dr. Russell said. Cafeteria Rated Tops In Cleanliness The A&M Consolidated Cafeter ia last week was rated one hun dred. per cent in cleanliness by the state inspector. This cafeteria, operated on a non-profit basis, provides lunches for grade and high school students for 25 cents per child. Menus are planned and the food preparation supervised by Mrs. W. K. Frey, teacher of home making at Consolidated. Mrs. Frey today released her menu plans for next week. Monday the cafeteria will serve Spanish rice, green beans, lettuce wedges with thousand-island dress ing, peanut butter, bread, milk and apples. Tuesday the menu will consist of hamburgers, grapefruit-apple sal ad, milk and peanut butter cook ies. Scalloped potatoes with cheese, black-eyed peas, carrot sticks, cran berry sauce, bread, milk and ice cream will comprise Wednesday’s fare. TODAY & FRIDAY FIRST RUN —Features Start— 1:23 - 3:10 - 4:44 - 6:31 8:18 - 10:05 Dancing Class Registration To Begin Feb. 26 in MSC New dancing classes will be or ganized from Feb. 26 to March 5. Classes for beginning, interme diate, and advanced students will begin on Monday, March 5, Miss Betty Bolander, assistant social di rector of the MSC, announced yes terday. Students interested in these classes may sign up for the lessons at the front office of the MSC. Beginning students will learn the foxtrot, waltz, and other basic dance steps. The intermediate classes, organized mainly for those people now taking beginning dance and for those people who know how to dance but would like to brush up on their steps, will teach the samba, rhumba, and such other of Extension Service Completes Course Sixteen employees of the Math- ieson Chemical Company at Pasa dena, have completed Unit I of the Texas Engineering Extension Service’s supervisor training course. L. K. Jonas, supervisor trainer, conducted the unit from Feb. 5-16. Unit I analyzes the supervisor’s job by a discussion of his respon sibilities and duties for “on the job” training. TODAY & FRIDAY noM WARNER BROS. JUUE RORY... JACK MCHARO BARE QU UUU the more advanced steps as the class members desire. The students in the advanced course will also decide which steps will be studied. Each class has twenty students and meets once a week for 45 min utes for ten weeks. Fee for each of the courses is $1.50. Classes for married couples will also be held in response to a de mand by wives of students for im provement in the dancing tech niques of their spouses. , Mrs. Clara Howard and Mrs. Lanelle Hagmeier, now instruct ing the 230 students currently en rolled in the dancing classes, will continue to provide the instruction for the students. Bryan 2'S$79 NOW SHOWING ill TcMMcom VAN HEFLIN - YVONNE De CftRLO »U Pieslm F0S1E!. Ink MKIE. 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Employment for the Engineers and Junior Scientists will be with Federal Agencies in the state of Texas while employment for the State Program Specialists will be with the Department of Agricul ture in the states of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Also available are open compe titive examinations for clerical pos itions with the Texas State Dept, of Health. Applications and inform ation may be obtained from, Merit System Council, 805 Littlefield Building, Austin 15, Texas. Specials for Friday & Saturday - Feb. 23rd & 24llr • SPECIALS • Chase & Sanborn Coffee . . lb. 83 c Bewley’s Best Flour . . 51b.39 c Tuxedo—Can Tuna Flakes. 5 - $1.00 1/2 Gal. Lilly’s Mello Kream . 55 c Tall Can Pet Milk ... 3 ■ 35 c Dromedary White Cake Mix . pkg. 29c Dromedary Devils Food Cake Mix .... pkg. 24c Dromedary Gingerbread Cake Mix pkg. 22c Meadow Gold Sweet Cream Butter 1/2 lb. 35c Welch’s—10-Qz. 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