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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
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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.
• • •
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(Pattern No. 5092), color chart for em
broidering, send 20 cents in coin, your
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Due to an unusually large demand and
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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
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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.
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