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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY, S. C. Spectacular Outdoor Pageant Revives Early California Lore TRAGIC LOVERS . . . Juanita Encell and Henry Brandon play the leading: rolea of Ramona and Alessandro, whose tragic romance forms the theme of the Ramona pageant, spectacular outdoor production staged annually in the mountain-swept Ramona Bowl near Hemet, Calif. 600 Residents of Two Towns Unite ‘ In Staging Drama WNV Features. All the romance and ad venture of early California, along with the pathos and tragedy of the Indian people, are revived in the historic Ramona pageant, long her alded as one of the nation’s most spectacular outdoor presentations, which will open in Ramona Bowl near Hemet, Calif., April 19. Immortalized by Helen Hunt Jack- son in her best-selling novel, "Ra mona," the tragic experiences of an Indian couple living in San Jacinto valley form the general thems of the pageant-drama. The spectacle, now in its 20th season, is staged in its own amphitheater situated at the foot of towering snow-capped Mt. San Jacinto. Revives Early Days. The authentic atmosphere of early California history pervades the pageant. It is replete with color ful fiestas, Indian ceremonials and dancing typical of that period. In one of the most spectacular scenes, a mounted posse thunders across the 50-acre mountainside stage. Ramona is the result of the work and talents of more than 600 residents of the towns of Hemet and San Jacinto, neigh boring communities nesUed in the foothills of the majestic San Jacinto mountain range in southern California. Combining their efforts, the townspeople stage the pageant as a “labor of love” to record an outstanding example of cooperative commu nity spirit. Aside from one or two profession als in the title roles, every member of the cast is a citizen of either Hemet or San Jacinto. All produc tion details, including costumes, set tings, maintenance, box office and even parking of cars, are per formed by townspeople. Studied in SchooL “Ramona," as written by Mrs. Jackson, is on the curriculums in the schools of both Hemet and San Ja cinto. Youngsters who study the dramatic pages of the novel appear in the play as children. Many, as they grow up, graduate to more im- \ portant roles. During the three weekends in which the pageant is staged, busi ness in the two sponsoring commu nities is virtually at a standstill. Men and women in all walks of life move en masse to Ramona Bowl, some as performers, some as stage hands, some as service attendants and still others just to view again the stirring story of early days in their valley. The general theme of Ramona is the tragedy of the Indian people. In 1883 Mrs. Jackson came to Los An geles on a government mission to gather material pertaining to the Indians. From her pen emerged the pages of the novel which continues to thrill adventure-seeking children. Based on History. Most of the important incidents in the book actually occurred in San Jacinto valley, the home of the characters in the story. Mrs. Jack- son conceived the idea for “Ra mona" after learning of the tragic experiences of an Indian couple, Juan Diego and Ramona, who lived in the valley. Tattered records of San Jacinto justice court, as written by Justice Samuel V. Tripp, contain the story of the shooting of an Indian, Juan Diego, by a white man, Sam Temple. Diego, the records reveal, owned a plot of land containing wa ter, a site which was cherished by certain white men. A trip into San Jacinto one day brought disaster to Diego. He made the trip on horse back, tying his mount in front of the general store. In town, Diego had a "couple of drinks” and became con fused, with the result that he rode away on another horse. Although he rode directly home, Diego was branded as a horse thief in the eyes of Sam Temple. It is re counted that Temple borrowed a shotgun, formed a posse and rode away in the direction of Diego's land. He returned with the story of having recovered a stolen horse and having killed an Indian in the proc ess. True to Life Climax. This incident gave Mrs. Jackson the climax for her story, and she transposed it into her novel aftei changing the names to Alessandro and Jim Farrar. In the picturesque setting of Ramona Bowl, with its 50 acres of natural mountainside studded with trails, this climax and the love story of Ramona and Ales sandro is brought to life in the spectacular pageant. Abandoned during the war years, since it is almost imperative to visit the play by automobile, the Ramona pageant has been seen by more than 350,000 spectators during its 19 seasons. Last year the play was viewed by more than 50,000 specta tors in its eight performances. With the exception of last season, Ramona always has been presented on three consecutive weekends, playing in the afternoons of each Saturday and Sunday. This year the schedule calls for performances on April 19-20, April 26-27 and May 3-4. Gains Laurels Rapidly. The Ramona pageant originally was started as a publicity enter prise by the joint chamber of com merce organizations of Hemet and San Jacinto. From this pioneer start, it has become one of the rec ognized outdoor spectacles of the nation. Taking over last season and con tinuing this year as the play’s pro duction executive is Adrian Awan, prominent for many years in pro ducing outdoor pageants. For sev eral seasons he was connected with California state fairs. He alsc staged the famed Pilgrimage Play in Hollywood and, since its incep tion, has been connected with Civic Light Opera in both Los Angeles and San Francisco. Currently he is producing the revival of the famous Mission Play, another early Califor nia historical pageant, which is seen annually in the Mission Play, house in San Gabriel, Calif. Home Town Cares For Blinded Hero SALINAS, CALIF. — Salinas, the lettuce capital of the world, is car ing for its war hero, Arthur Mc Bride, who lost his eyesight in the Battle of the Bulge. Erection of a home for McBride will be started soon with a portion of the $13,000 donated by people from Salinas and nearby areas. The home will be built in a new sub division on a $1,500 lot anonymously donated to the war hero. Furniture also will be donated. The Monterey county board of su pervisors has approved placing of a newsstand in the courthouse lob by to be operated by McBride. No Time for Mischief SEATTLE, WASH. — Marillyn Brooks, 13, is too busy to get into mischief. She paints pictures, models in clay, makes dolls and de signs dresses. In addition, she is a pianist, raises vegetables, swims and roller skates. For the last twc years she has received straight “A’s” on her report cards. Electric Pig Brooder Saves Many Lives Device Is Simple and Operation Cost Small Little pigs, which grow up and go to market, aren’t those which die or are crippled as a result of being chilled or crushed during farrowing. To prevent these misfortunes and consequent loss in revenue, many farmers have investigated the use of electric pig brooders. Such brood ers consist of a triangular wooden framework, the sides of which are about 3% feet long, nailed or bolted together at right angles, with the top of the hover constructed of lum ber, insulating board or metal plate. A two by four inch board or metal lic guard across the front of the framework will give the brooder ad ditional strength and provide an opening approximately eight inches high through which pigs enter. Heat is provided by a 100 or 150 watt incandescent lamp per brood er, the size depending on the degree oi warmth needed. These lamps are placed in a 14 or 16 inch dome type reflector, which is bolted se curely on top of the hover, with the light directed through a hole about one inch smaller than the diameter of the reflector. The brooder should be in place a day or two before farrowing time and the floor of the pen and hover covered with two or three inches of litter. Electricity consumed aver ages about 36 kilowatt hours per litter. Tests record that electric brooders reduce mortality of early spring pigs by 17.4 per cent. Minerals for Hogs Proper growth cannot be secured nor will health be maintained among the hogs without ample supply of minerals. Bone meal, iodized salt (stabilized) and ground limestone should be kept before them at all times. Hogs know how much salt they need and if given free access will not take more than their system re quires. Check These Safety Tests in Farm Home If you can answer “Yes” to these 10 statements, give yourself a score of 100 on this test for safety from fire hazards in your home. These are some of the precautions by which you can protect your house and your family from Are: The chimney is free of cracks and holes. Chimney top is at least three feet above a flat roof and two feet above ridge of gable and hip roof. Chimney is cleaned regularly to prevent fires. Stove pipe is fastened to flue se curely by rivets, wire or other safe method. A wire mesh spark arrestor cov ers top of the chimney (if roof is combustible). Oily rags are promptly discarded or kept in metal containers. Matches are in a metal container, or only safety matches are used. Matches are out of reach of chil dren. Every match is completely ex tinguished after use. Flashlight instead of a match is used to see in dark places. Conservation Brings Dividends to Farms Farmers throughout the nation have made astounding progress in soil conservation. Farmers now know that conservation pays in dol lars and cents. Farmers never would have been able to roll up the production record of the war or the high, profit-making production of to day had it not been for our years of soil conserving work. AUTHENTIC ATMOSPHERE . . . California’s colorful and romantic past is recreated in the Ramona historical pageant. Here a posse thunders across the 50-acre mountainside stage, where Helen Hunt Jackson’s best-selling novel, “Ramona,” is presented by residents of Hemet and San Jacinto, Calif. Bed Banners, Ringing Bells Weald End Traffic Menace CHEYENNE, WYO. — Climaxing the revolt of Wyoming residents •gainst the reckless tactics adopted by visiting California motorists, a bill was introduced in the state leg islature to require vehicles from the Golden State to be equipped with red banners and loud bells. Introduced by Rep. C. W.. Jeffrey, the bill would require California cars entering Wyoming to carry two red flags three feet square, fore and aft, and have two bells, six inches in diameter and capable of being heard 500 yards, which would “ring constantly while the car is in motion.” Provision would be made for the visitor to “lease said flags, bells and other accouterments at the point of entry for $2 a trip.” The bill emphasizes that while Wyoming citizens "In their zeal for exemplifying western hospitality are most desirous of extending a cordial welcome to residents of Cal ifomia,” still the traffic toll attri buted to residents of that state 1) described as “most appalling.” Irked by the proposal, Edgar I!* Lampton, California's motor vehi cles director, commented: “If Wyo- ming passes the law, we'll encour age California motorists to chooss another route east. Besides those dangerous cowboy drivers, that state is full of mountains.” Control Blackhead by Use of Phenothiazine The small roundworm, cecal worm, is not a serious parasite itself but is very important in the spread of blackhead. Control of the cecal worm tends to control blackhead. Control of the cecal worm is best done, according to Washington State college, by placing the young poults upon a one-half per cent phenothia zine mash for five days when the young poults are first turned out on the open range. SERMON IN PICTURE . . . Dramatically portraying the theme of National Sunday School Week, this illustration will be the focal point of window displays and exhibits throughout the country during the week of April 14-20. ■ ■■ CALL TO CHURCH Sunday School Week Stresses Value to Youth Marking the annual ob servance of National Sunday School Week, parents of the country’s 30 million children of all races and creeds between the ages of 6 and 16, will give their offspring a last-minute grooming and send them off to neighbor hood churches during the week of April 14 to 20. Sponsored by the Laymen’s Na tional committee of New York, a non sectarian, non-profit patriotic and re- igious organization, National Sunday School Week was established three years ago to stimulate church school attendance and to utilize religious training as a basic method of com batting juvenile delinquency. As in past years, National Sun day School Week has been pro claimed by mayors throughout the nation as well as by the governors jf the 48 states. Civic, educational and fraternal organizations with na tional memberships have signified their support of the week-long re ligious training period. To permit hospitalized chil dren and those invalided at home to join in the observance, the Laymen’s National commit tee has arranged with radio net works to conduct special reli gions programs during the week. Further amplifying the endeavors of National Sunday School Week, Rear Adm. Reginald R. Belknap (USN, Ret.), World War I naval hero and chairman of the Laymen’s Na tional committee, declared, "Con stant religious training that is be gun early in the life of every child will be instrumental in thwarting ju venile delinquency. A broad con cept of God and the teachings of the Bible will aid our youths in readily distinguishing between right and wrong. Early religious training is the responsibility of every parent. "It is time,” Admiral Belknap said, “to popularize the fact that a boy or girl who regularly attends Sunday School and who is obedient to his parents and teachers is not a ‘sissy,’ but a real American." Army Check Places Sergeant in Dither PITTSBURGH, PA. — For two cents, Edward Wilson, former army sergeant, won’t cash a check. Wilson received $475 in bonds and a check for two cents from the gov ernment as his terminal leave pay. Army officials explained the two- cent check was the only means of satisfying the law, which requires that as much as possible must be sent in bonds, the balance by check. If Wilson cashes the check in a bank, he must pay 10 cents. Wilson balked at returning the ^heck be cause it would involve a three-cent stamp. Aviation notes AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION Airport construction in the fiscal year beginning July 1 will require an outlay of 85 million dollars, accord ing to an estimate of Civil Aeronau tics administration. The funds, to be provided by con gress, would be made available to local sponsors on a matching basis under terms of the federal airport act No recommendation for federal airport aid was included in the bud get for the 1948 fiscal year submit ted to congress by President Tru man since the CAA had not com pleted its survey of airport needs in time. The CAA survey recommends con struction of 4,431 airports in the next three years, although, because of cost administration officials stated that program probably will require considerably more time for comple tion. The federal airport act ap proved last year limits federal funds to be provided in any one year to 100 million dollars. It authorizes a total expenditure of 500 million dol lars over a seven-year period. Grants approved for the current fiscal year, ending July 1, 1947, total 45 million dollars, with construction scheduled to begin this spring. These grants include only the three small est classes of airports. * I* • NO MALNUTRITION It the Brooklyn Dodgers weak en in this year’s National league pennant race, it won’t be from malnutrition. The Durochermen, while limbering up in sunny Havana, had juicy American steaks flown to them by Pan American Airways Clippers. The top sirloins, obtained from a Miami meat dealer at $1.50 a throw, were imported because of Cuba’s dearth of prime beef. * • * STRAW HANGAR Not even a shortage of build ing material could prevent H. H. Forney and Son, ranchers near Lakeside, Neb., from build ing a hangar for their light air plane. Unable to procure mate rials, they resorted to baled straw for the side walls of the hangar, coating them with ce ment and covering the structure with metal roofing. ANNIVERSARY MODEL . . . Test flights have been completed on Waco Aircraft company’s Aristo- Craft, which marks the 25th an niversary of the building of the company’s first plane. The four- place plane is designed to meet demand for a fast and roomy plane for business and pleasure. Modern Jesse James Pays Taxes in Nickels ROCKHOLD, KY. — A Whiteley county citizen has two claims to dis tinction—his name, Jesse James, and the fact that he pays his taxes with nickels. For more than 13 years, James has paid his taxes with nick els taken in for candy and soft drinks at his service station. Again this year he counted out 457 flve- cent pieces, took a receipt and went home to start saving more nickels. ’FRIENDLIEST GREMLIN’ A revolutionary new aircraft in strument which precludes the possi bility of a pilot stalling his airplane inadvertently has been developed by CAA. The device, which shines a red light and blows a horn when a stall is imminent, has been tertned the "pilot’s friendliest Gremlin” by experienced flyers who have operat ed planes equipped with it. The warning device, which is mounted on the Instrument panel, is actuated by a small tab of metal or “vane” pro truding through the leading edge. NEEDLEWORK PAHERNS Gay/y Quilted Set for Bathroom Lovely Peacock Chair Covering 5391 Lily and Swan Bath Set LJERE’S a clever bathroom set that you can make of either ready-made quilted cotton or on stout cotton home-quilted on the sewing machine. The swan is white, water lilies pink, pads green. Why not make a set as a gift—it’s sure to be welcomed. Embroidered Chair Set ■yOUR fine upholstered furniture needs a protective covering like this exquisite chair set. The pea cock is embroidered, the fascinat ing pineapple crochet is designed to form the tail of the peacock. • • • To obtain complete crocheting Instruc tions, transfers for the Peacock Chair Set (Pattern No. 5092), color chart for em broidering, send 20 cents in coin, your name, address and the pattern number. Due to an unusually large demand and current conditions, slightly more time is required In filling orders for a few of the most popular patterns. Send your order to: To obtain complete cutting instructions, actual size swan, flower appliques, finish ing directions for the Water Lily and Swan Bath Set (Pattern No. 5391) send 20 cents In coin, your name, address and the pattern number. (V. {V. (t. (t. (W (V. ffc. CW tfV. (V. (V. ; ASK MB *} \ ; ANOTHen l i 7 ■ i j A General Quiz ? The Questions 1. How can a new state be cre ated? 2. What is the difference be tween ingenious and ingenuous? 3. To the ancient Hebrews Pal estine was known as what? 4. What was the first newspaper published? 5. Which is the only state in the Union to give a condemned man his choice of death by hanging or in front of a firing squad? 6. Is a woman member of con gress referred to as “congress man” or “congresswoman”? 7. Prince Otto von Bismarck led Germany into how many wars? 8. Buffalo Bill’s real name was what? The Answers 1. Only by congress. 2. Ingenious, having an aptitude for invention; ingenuous, open, frank. 3. The “Land of Canaan.” 4. The earliest known newspaper was the Acta Diurna, published in Rome several centuries B. C. 5. Utah. 6. She is referred to as “the con gresswoman from (her state).” 7. Three (with Denmark, Aus tria and with France). 8. William Frederick Cody. Atomic Energy Subject of English Stage Play in ’29 SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLEWORK 530 South Well* St. Chicago 7. m. Enclose 20 cents for Pattern. No U«TT»» Error on Postage Stamp A five-piaster postage stamp that has been issued by the Anglo- Egyptian Sudan for 48 years was found recently to contain a mis spelled word. In its Arabic inscrip tion, the singular instead of the plural form of the word “piasterstt was used, an error that was finally noticed by an American. HARSH LAXATIVES UNNECESSARY? Millions Find Healthful .Fres A Fruit Drink Gives Them All the Laxative Aid They Need Don’t form the habit of depending on harsh, griping laxatives until you’ve tried this easy, healthful way millions now use to keep regular. It's fresh lemon juice and water taken first thing in the moming-just al soon as you get up, the juice of one Sunkist Lemon in a glass of water. Taken thus, on an empty stomach, it ~ stimulates normal bowel action, day after day, for most people. And lemons are actively good for you. They’re among the richest sources of vitamin C, which combats fatigue, helps resist colds and infections. They supply vitamins Bi and P, aid diges tion and help alkalinize the system. Try this grand wake-up drink 10 mornings. See if it doesn’t help you! Use California Sunkist Lemons. Although knowledge of atomic energy was chiefly theoretical until 1938, a stage play on the subject was produced in London in 1929, says Collier’s. In this drama. Wings Over Europe, a man who discovered how to control this en ergy offers the secret to the British cabinet. As they consider him a crack, he threatens to blow up the earth and is murdered. A group of scientists then an nounce that they too have - the secret but will keep it to rule the world, if necessary, for the good of mankind. JUNGLE HAMMOCKS New War Surplus For the home, yard, farm, camping. Made _ . . _ Army. Complete with ropes and canopy protection against mosquitoes and other in sects. Comes individually packed. £ M QC Ready for immediate shipment, Add 10% for Postage. “fr ROKO COMPANY 72* SALTIMOU KANSAS CITY, MO. 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