THE MIDLAND JOURNALRISING SUN CECIL COtfNTYOL. LYI , FRIDAY, JULY 19, 19*9 NO. 49

THROWN FROM AUTOMOBILE

Woman Meets Death At Hands Of

Companions—Arrests MadeNews was received here on Sun-

day of the death of Mrs. MargaretEthel Fox Scott, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Walter S. Fox, of Sylmar,Maryland.

According to accounts publishedin Philadelphia papers Mrs. Scottwas thrown out of an automobile onthe main street of Hatboro, Pa.,shortly before midnight Saturday,and killed. The automobile spedaway before bystanders could get’the license number.

The body was taken to the Ab-.ington Hospital, where upon exam-ination, it is stated that death wascaused by a blow at the base of theskull, rather than the fall from thespeeding motor.

Identifiction of the body wastraced through a telephone numberscribbled on a torn slip of paper inher handbag.

Mrs. Scott was married someyears ago to Orville Hendrickson, ofAvondale, later being divorced, andmarried William Scott, of Philada.,about five years ago. There weretwo children born to the first husb-and, Harry and Truman.

Mrs. Scott was born near RisingSun. Besides her husband and par-ents the following sisters and broth-ers survive: Mrs. Leroy Giffing, ofOxford; Helen, Luna and Harry, athome; two sons by her first mar-;riage, Truman, aged 12 years, andHarry, aged 14 years.

Funeral services were held at thehome of her parents, near Sylmar,on Thursday afternoon, at twoo’clock, with interment in Brook-iview cemetery, Rising Sun.

Two men and a woman, includingthe man who was believed to be thehusband of Mrs. Scott, have beenarrested and are held without bailin the jail at Abington in connectionwith her death. The other two wereLee Thompson and Catherine Cald-well, 30, Paulsboro, N. J., arrestedat a rooming house on Berks St.,Philada., where they had been living.

COUNTY AGENT GOES TO NEW JFIELD OF LABOR ACiunty Agent, Thomas H. Bartill

son. o-f Elkton, hfrs been . grap>eaJgear’s *JfIJLiUS!MBIBHnIiMTuesday, July 16, to takeover aiMhelp organize a, newly created pub-1liclty and administrative position jwith the Animal Husbandry Division IJ. S. Department of Agriculture,and left for Washington on Monday.

The matter of a successor for thecoming year has been under advise-ment for some time and Dr. T. B.Symons, Director of the MarylandExtension Service, assures that anexperienced man will very socto. besent into the county to carry on ex-tension work here.

Mr. Bartilson expresses his peron-al appreciation for the wholehartedco-operation given him during thetime he has been here. He wouldbespeak this same kindly co-opera-tion for his successor during thecoming year and will look forwardto the time when we might again

work so plasantly as he has during

the past four and a half years.*

DELAWARE STATE FIREMEN'SCONVENTION

The ninth annual convention of

the Delaware Volunteer Firemen’sAssociation was held last week inWilmington. Delegates from 35volunteer companies were in attend-ance. The report of the retiring

president, Robert S. Croes, was ofespecial interest, because of severalimportant recommendations. One

of these was that some plan of fi-nancing fire companies other thanoy carnivals be adopted. Anotherrecommendation was that the asso-ciation continue to work for the pas-sage of a law to stop the manufac-ture or sale of fireworks in the

State.The election of officers resulted in

Warren Pettyjohn, of Dover, being

chosen president; Samuel H. Carsonof Dover, secretary; John G. Guyer,

of Richardson Park, treasurer.e

NEW CURRENCY IN CIRCULA-TION

The new currency was put in cir-

culation on Wednesday, July 10, andour local banks are distributing

some of the new notes in their daily

transactions. The new bills are

smaller than the old ones, measur-ing 6 5-16 in length, by -2 11-16 inwidth.

The SI.OO bill carries the portraitjf Washigton; $2.00 Jefferson;

$5.00 Lincoln; $lO Hamilton; S2OJackson.

■From a record compiled of over 24,-

400 school children in Lancaster Coun-ty, Pa., 3,072 were neither absent nor

tardy throughout the past Thisfact is learned thru the office of thecounty superintendent, Arthur P. Mylin.

TOWN AND COUNTYShort Paragraphs of Recent Events of

Interest to Our Readers

LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Contracts For Supplies and Coaly Awarded—Attendance Officer

j McVey Retires.1 The Board of Education met in1 regular session on Tuesday, July 9th.

, Those present were Fred Lewis,3 President; Mrs. Eleanor J. Moore,

Vice-President, and J. E. Crothers.The minutes of the regular meet-

ing of June 11th and special meet-l ing of June 21st, were read and ap-, proved, and sundry bills ordered

t paid.

i The Board again considered a sec-ond request of the North East Fire

i Company requesting the use of thei North East High School grounds for

purposes of a carnival, beginningAugust 23rd and ending September2nd. They agreed to permit the useof the grounds to the Fire Companyfor the purpose of the carnival underthe following conditions:

1. That the carnival end on thenight of September 2nd, 1929.

2. That the grounds be placed ingood condition, satisfactory to theSchool Board, by the evening ofSeptember 4th, and that all rubbishbe cleared up by that time.

3. That a forfeit of $50.00 beposted by said Fire Company for thefaithful performance of this agree-ment.

Trustees of the schools of CecilCounty, whose terms had expired,were re-appointed. New appoint-ments were made as follows;Mitchell School, Wilmer Niclye;Johnson School, Jonas Bollinger andGeorge J. Schirling; Hart’s School,William Wilson, Jr., and LewisUlary; Cherry Grove School, WalterMarshall, Harry Montgomery andJoseph Gifford.

Bids for stationery and suppliesfor the school year 1929-1930 werereceived from the following firms:Cleaves Printing Company, Elkton;Roberts & Meek, Harrisburg; Meyer& Thalheimer, Baltimore; The Du-lany-Vernay Company, Baltimore,and The Milton Bradley Company,Philadelphia. The bid was award-ed to The Milton Bradley Company,the lowest bidder, at $652.18.

Bids for supplying coal for theschool y^^929-1930 were awardedas and Second Dis-

Third andFourt J- E. Scarborough;

.Sixth and Eighth C.Emrey; Seventh Dil^^^^^BktonSupply Company; Nin^^^Htrict,Stewart M. Ward CompJP^K,.

Resignations were rweivecT aVqaccepted from the following teaclL'ers: Miss Isabelle McCoy, Miss MaryD. Hoho, Miss Dorothy H. Shuster,and Mr. Earle T. Hawkins.

A delegation from Hickory Groveschool was received, but no actionwas taken upon their request forthe continuance of the school.

A letter, offering to buy saidHickory Grove school, was present-ed to the Board for its consideration.The Board, however, decided tohold the building for one year be-fore selling it.

The following appointments weremade: Miss Dorothy Cooper, MissAnne Matthews and Miss AnnaPrice, high school teachers; EdwinB. Fockler, Attendance Officer. MissRosa J. Petty, colored school.

In view of the retirement, becauseof the age limit of the AttendanceOfficer, Mr. Alfred B. McVey, theBoard ordered the following resolu-tions spread upon its minutes:

“Whereas, Mr. Alfred B. McVeyhas for thirty-two years efficientlyand earnestly served the schools ofCecil County as teacher and Attend-ance Officer, thus, enriching the livesof those who have been studentsunder him as a teacher, and, as At-tendance Officer, assuring to manychildren the inalienable right to aneducation, and

Whereas, He has reached the agefor retirement from the active ser-vice of the schools of Cecil County,therefore, be it

Resolved, that the Board of Edu-cation of Cecil County most sincere-ly regrets the severing of associa-

■ tions which have been most pleasantto them and beneficial to the schools

: of this County, and be it furtherResolved, that a copy of these

resolutions be made a part of theminutes of the Board of Education■ of Cecil County and a copy be sentto Mr. McVey.”

The meeting then adjourned.■

WILL PREACH AT DORGUTHMEMORIAL CHURCH

Baltimore’s well known and noted1 evangeist, John Moses Baker, will

i preach Sunday evening, July 28, at: Dorguth Memorial M. E. church, Bal-

i timore Highland, Rev. R. C. Harrison,• minister. Mr. Baker always comes withan inspiring message. He is true tothe Book and the Christ it reveals,

’ constructive, spiritual,i Mr. Baker is well known in our

i neighborhood having conducted revi-val services at Rowlandville M. P.church.

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Don’t forget the festival to be held at

| Ebenezer church, near Greenhurst, oisWednesday evening, July 24.

STRAW STACK BURNED

[ While Stater Pyle and a lorce otmen were engaged in baling strawin the Held ot Wm. M. Popue, adjoin*

t ing town, on Saturday morning, theback-firing of the tractor used torpower caused a blaze in the wheat

' stubble, near the large stack, that

I the men discovered and thought they, had effectually smothered, taking’ care to clear a wide space to prevent

a recurrence.Evidently a spark had reached the

! large stack, as a few minutes after-wards fire broke out in it and spreadwith such rapidity that it was withdifficulty the tractor and baler weremoved to safety.

The Community Fire Company re-sponded to the alarm and a long lineof hose was laid to the race at Kep-pel’s Mill, and a stream of waterplayed on the burning straw, bothloose and baled, but with little ef-fect. The stack is estimated to havecontained about twenty tons. Aboutfour tons had been baled, and a por-tion of this was moved to safety,but the flames spread so rapidly thatat least half of the baled £traw wasburned also.

The straw belonged jointly toWm. M. Pogue and Harry Buckley,who farmed for Mr. Pogue.

HELD FOR COURT

George W. Jones, of Chester, Pa,,was given a hearing Saturday and heldby Magistrate Scotten, of Elkton, in ,SSOO bond for the action ot the Sep- ,tember Grand Jury on charge of causingthe death by auto of Roy L. Russell,24, of Coatesville, Pa. 1

A jury summoned by Coroner HowardGreen, met in the Courthouse, Elkton,and held that Jones was responsible forRussell's death.

The testmony ofabout thirty witnesses ■wa& heard. On June 16 last Mr.Rusell, accompanied by Miss AnnieGelnert, of Coatsville, was driving on

near Fair Hill when Jonesof line and in attempting tu get ,

his machine skidded and

the car driven by Russell,■Rs thrown out on the concrete ’

K* -He Jldin the Union Hos- 'HI IPElkton four days later.*

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Imore tomatoes from fewerACRES

Tomato growers are interested in thecontest to stimulate yield and increaseprofits, in the effort to produce ten (10)tons or more of tomatoes per acre.

A number of valuable prizes will beawarded. Two acres is the minimumrequirement for entry. All the acreageon any farm must be entered not thebest portion. Competition adds interestto all endeavor. This Maryland idea isarousing much interest in other States.

A bulletin “More Tomatoes fromFewer Acres' ’ is available at the CountyAgent’s office.

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CRIPPLED CHILDREN CLINIC

Thirteen crippled children from allparts of Cecil county were examinedat the clinic conducted by the ElktonRotary Club in the New Health Centerlast Thursday.

Of this group, three were new caseswhile the old subjects all showedim-provement as a result of treatment at

these clinics. The affair was under thedirectionof theRotary Club’s committeecomposed of Dr. Vernon McKnight, Dr.Fred Fehler and Harry W. Pippin.

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OWNERS OF UNINSPECTED CARSMAY LOSE LICENSES

Maryland motorists who had not hadtheir automobiles inspected crowdedthe 900 garages throughout the Statedesignated as official stations to ex-amine vehicles for the Save-a-Lifecampaign.

The campaign ended Monday withapproximately 50,000 automobiles stilluninspected, according to offical esti-mates. State and city policemen willattempt to force the inspection of thevehicles during the remainder of theweek.

Those without the “inspected” signson the windshields at the end of theweek probably will lose theirby revocation or suspension.

E. Austin Baughman, Commissionerlof Motor Vehicles, warned motoristswho have had their automobiles in-spected to keep the “inspected” tagson the windshield for thirty days.

The campaign, which began June 15,was conducted in an effort to eliminate

[techanical defects in automobiles.*

Horace Garvin employed at the H.1. Wiggins garage in Quarryville,roke one of his arms while crankinga auto Saturday forenoon.

OBITUARY

MISS EMMA CHANDLERMiss Emma Chandlee died on July

■ 3. at the home of her brother-ln law.1 John Astle. The deceased was 87years of age and had been an invalidfor several years. She is survivedby one sister, Miss Sarah Chandlee,of Baltimore. Interment was madein Rosebank cemetery.

E. CLIFFORD WILSONElwood Clifford Wilson, a well

known undertaker of Newark, Del.,died July 9, from heart trouble, athis cottage at Charlestown. He was55 years of age. His wife survives;also his mother, two sisters and twobrothers. The funeral was held onFriday afternoon, with inermenb inHead of Christiana Cemetery.

MISS ELLA TOUCHTONEMiss Ella Touchtone, aged 65

yeas, died at the home of her neph-ew, Walter Touchtone, Port Deposit.She was an active member of St.July 8, after several months illness.James Episcopal church, of thattown, and for a number of years wasthe organist. One sister. Miss ClaraTouchtone, and several nephews andniece survive.

MRS. WILLIAM S. MACPHERSONMrs. Octavia Macpherson, wife of

Wm. S. Macpherson, died July 7, atUnion Hospital, Elkton. She was adaughter of the late Joseph Chick,of Cecil county, and was 59- years ofage. For many summers the familyoccupied their cottage on Elk river,where Mrs. Macpherson was strickenHer husband, two sons and a daugh-ter survive. Mrs. Hattie Lloyd, ofElkton, is a half-sister.

MRS. SUSAN R. KEITHLEYMrs. Susan Rebecca Keithley,

widow of James J. Keithley, diedJuly 6, at her home in Elkton, aged74 years.

Before marriage she was MissSusan Heath,. Most of her marriedlife was spent in Elk Neck, but sincethe death of her husband she hadlived in Elkton.

Five sons and a daughter survive:Charles K., William Harry, i - tch-ell A., John S., Thomas R. and'MissMollie Keithley. The

Elkton cemetery.

MRS. MARY P. H. SMITHMrs. Mary P. H. Smith, widow of

Rev. Wm. H. Smith, died at thehome of her daughter, Mrs. HarryD. Coale, Port Deposit, on July 9,after a long illlness from paralysis.She was formerly Miss Mary P. Hln-don, of Harford county. Her hus-band filled the pastorate of severalEpiscopal churches in Philadelphiaand elsewhere. Besides Mrs. Coaleshe is survived by another daughter,Mrs. Frank A. Guppy, of Cincinnati.An older sister, Miss Sallie Hindon,also survives.

Mrs. Smith was a life long mem-ber of Trinity church, Churchville,

Harford county, where funeral ser-vices were held Friday afternoon,

and interment made in the adjoiningcemetery.

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DROWNED AT PEQUEAAs the result of the capsizing of a

boat named “Betty Lorraine,” and thedrowning of four persons in the Susque-hanna at Pequea, at 3:420.c10ck Sundaymorning, Walter Garrett, of nearPequea, was arrested Monday, oncharges of involuntary manslaughter.

The prosecution will be along thelines that he was in charge of thebarge.

The drowned persons are; BenjaminStreaker and Mrs. Irene Vogt, both ofLancaster, and Dwight Clark, aged 47years, of near Pequea and EdwardSellers, aged 28, the piolt of the boat.

A dance had been held at the hotelon Saturday night, followed by theboatride down the river, the boatcarrying 19 persons. Upon returningto Pequea and near the wharf, the boatfilling with water caused one of thewomen passengers to scream and thepassengers got to one side of the craftand it capsized.

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LEGION AMBULANCE SERVICEWeek of July Bth to 14th, Inclusive

The number of trips made by theAmerican Legion Ambulance duringthe second week of July only totaledthree in number, but more than ;madeup the discrepancy by the mileage

covered. 280 miles were covered inone trip to Lexington, Va., probablyone of the longest runs ever made bythe service since it came into being.

The American Legion driving crewon duty for July is under the directionof Chief Driver Calvin Fox, withSterling E. Dunbar, Alfred Juergens,and G. G. Blades as assistants.

Number of trips for week 3; averagemileage per trip 194; total mileage forweek 582; total trips to date 8321average mileage per trip 32.5; totalmileage to date 27,031.

Miss Mary Mosteller spent lastweek with her sister, Miss HelenMosteller.

Miss Cora M. Wiley, of AtlanticCity, is the guest of Mrs. S. D. Fryerand daughter.

Mrs. Henry Townsend, of Willow ,Grove, Pa., was the guest of Mrs. ,Frank Tosh last week.

The Thursday Bridge Club was 1very pleasantly entertained last week 1by Mrs. Cecil E. Ewing. )

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Courtney, of ;Swarthmore, visited friends in the .neighborhood the past week. j

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Barker, of JBaltimore, are visiting the latter’ssister, Mrs. J. C. Hindman, Sr.

Mrs. Ira W. and Miss !Gertrude S. Dare, of vVenonah. N. J., 1visited friends here on Thursday. <

iMr. nnd Mrs. H. M. Wilson were |

Sunday visitors ot ivxr. and Mrs. ]Algernon Carter, Queenstown, Md. j

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cooney left onMonday by auto for a vnt to rela- 1tives in Youngstown and Cleveland, 1Ohio. 1

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Mr. and Mrs. J. ■ B. Barker andchildren, of Baltimore, were week- Iend guests of his aunt, Mrs. J. C. IHindman, Sr. :

iMrs. S. D. Fryer and daguhter,

Miss Mary Fryer, of East Orange, jN. J., are sepeudiug some time at ,their country home, near West Not- .tingham. j

Mrs. Jerry Sadler, of Roanoke,Va., has been visiting her son andhis wife, \ Mrs. LawrenceSadler, Farr^H^T.—TiTi? maJgHP'lss'"MlrgarSr

Wm. Wych-gram, Perryville, took place |in the M. E. Church of that town on ,Saturday afternoon, July 6.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Scarborough,of providence, Cecil county, have Jannounced the marriage of theirdaughter, Miss Gladys, to Perry 'Hall Perkins, of iNorth Carolina.The wedding took place on Saturday 'morning, July 5, at Elkton, by Rev.P. P. Arnd.

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Mr. Harry A. Wright, Jr., son of iMr. and Mrs. H. A. Vv right, of Elk-con, and miss Marian meaiey, daugh- .ter of ivir. Martin F. Meaiey, of Wil- imington, were married at nine ■o’clock Wednesday morning, July I10, in St Patrick s Catholic church, iWilmington. Rev. William Shev- iland omciated at the nuptial mass. i

Fire of unknown origin destroyed ,the large barn and contents on theFred Armstrong farm, ner RockChurch, at about noon on Tuesday.

The loss was SB,OOO. The farm isowned by Clinton Mackey, ot NewYork, and tenanted by Alonzo Cres-well.

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When the engine of an auto he was ■cranking backlired and he was i

, struck in the stomach, Clarence S. jWarner, 13 year old son of Jacob E. <Warner, ot Ephreta, Pa., suffered in- ,

, ..ernal injuries which caused his ideath on Sunday.

A large barn, tobacco shed and a' small outbuilding on ihe farm of J. 1

1 G. Huber, near Quarryville, were 1' ourned Saturday night, in Febru- 1

ary the house was damaged by; nre to the extent oi several nundred !. dollars.

! Three horses, farm equipment and (' part of the wheat crop were destroy-

■ ed by tire which swept buildings on (' the farm ot cnaries English, near

1 Russellville, on Saturday morning.

The loss will reach $1(1,000.

The property containing about 98’ acres of the late Frank B. Bausman,

aioug the cancaster and Miilersville,pa., aiaie Highway, was sold at pub-

’ ,ic sale last week to Milton H.’ RancK, of Strausburg, for $287 an

acre.r <g>

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[ NEW ATTENDANCE OFFICERciuwin B. Fockuer, ot inoitu East,

; for several years principal of tnel aenmore ilign Scuooi, uas oten ap-. pointed to tne position ui county

, Attendance urncer and buperinten-

r dent of colored schools, me posi-

s non was formerly neid by prof. .rn-

t fred B. McVey, and was made vacantr through Mr. McVey’s retirement, he

having reached the age limit-

The Boy Scouts of Elkton, Troop

No. 1, left on Wednesday for a tenday encampment at Harris’ Wharf.

The Quarryville Fire Companyfestival held on Saturday evening,

was a great success. The gross re-ceipts were $l,lOO. . .

The Water Witch Fire Company,of Port Deposit, will hold their an-nual carnival August Ist to 10th, onthe Institute Wharf.

Work has begun on the doubletracking of the Columbia & Port De-posit branch of the Pennsylvaniarailroad, above and below Holtwood.

Quite a number of our residentsvisited Elkton on Sunday afternoonand enjoyed the concert given by the

Baltimore Sun Newsboy Band at theball park.

With funds amounting to $20,-000, and pledges for an additional$20,000, the establishment of a hos-pital at Chstertown, Kent county,

is assured.

William A. Johnson, of NorthEast, has been awarded the contract

to install the electric work on JohnJ. Raskob’s country place at Centre-ville, Maryland.

The Mexican bean beetle is play-ing havoc with gardens in this neighborhood. The beetle has a particu-lar liking for lima beans and soonmakes lace work out of the leaves.

J. T. C. Hopkins, Jr., of Port De-posit, H. ivi. McCullough, Esq., andDaniel S. Terrell, of EiKton, haveoeen appointed Governors for Cecilcounty by the Del-Mar-Va Associa-tion. ,

Falling down stairs backwards,while carrying two lamys, MissGladys Naulty, of Fairmount. Pa.;

u iiiMifnilr r‘ i*™™**.by. {broken glass, and otherwiseseverely injured.

Jesse Layman, employed on thefarm of David B. McDowell, nearualvert, was kicked in the head by

a horse, while working corn withme animal, and suffered a fracturedskuU. He was taken to Union Hos-

pital, Elkton, for an operation.

During the thunder gust on Sun-day auciiioon iigntnmg struck a

fa usoline tank at Martin's Garage,

just west of town. An alarm of tire

was sounded, and Chief Donache,who was on the scene ahead of theengine used a small hand extinguish-

er that soon quenched the threaten-ing blaze.

Dominick Buongore, aged 32,

died in Havre de Grace Hospital on

July , from injuries received thatafternoon in a dynamite explosionat the quarry of the Standard Limeol Stone Company. He was alonewhen the explosion occurred, andjust how it happened is not known.

In lieu of a carnival the Susque-

hanna Hose Company, of Havre de

urace, has designated Saturday af-

ternoon, July 20, as Tag Day in that

town, when funds will be solicitedfor the Fire Company'.

Several streets which embracenew developments adjoining the

town of Elkton, have been officiallyaccepted by the Town Council. The

streets are: Bow street, extended;

Ash street, Stockton street, Warbur-ton street, Davis street, and Singer-

iy avenue. All the streets namedare north of the Pennsylvania rail-road.

A SIO,OOO alcohol redistilling

plant was raided last week by Pro-

hibition officials on a farm near Doe

Hun, Chester county. The raid fol-

lowed an offer of an alleged bribe of

SSO weekly made to Detective Grubbby an Avondale man. Frank and

Hruno Garofalo, brothers, were ar-rested.

A public sale of farm implements,stock, etc., will be held on the Ker-

shaw Fanil, near Elk Mills, on Tues-

day, August 1, beginning at 10 a. in.,

standard time; Henry B. Appeford,

owner.As advertised elsewhere in our

columns, the Oxford, Pa., Theatre

announces the formal opening of

Talking Pictures, with stellar attrac-

tions. Ai Jolson, in “The Singing

Pool,” is scheduled for Friday andSaturday nights, July 19 and 20.

uu Monday and Tuesday nights,July 22 and 23, "'i’he Broadway

Melody” is the attraction. These

popular Him plays will no doubt

uraw record crowds to Oxford s new••talkie” theatre. (