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MUSIC Diggin' the Discs
Star Eyes- Jimmy Dorsey- Dt'cca.
This is one of the songs from the musical production "I Dood It." and is sung very well by 1\ittr Kallen.
The reverse is, "They're Either Too Young or Too Old," which also features Kitty Kallen a nd Boh Eberly. Both sides are just good Dorsey dance music.
JumpTown- HarryJames- Columbia.
This is just another James' 'cream. It is not extraordinary, just run of the mill and typical of James' commercialism.
The other side, "Cherry," is by far the better of the two. "Cherry" is a hardy perennial, ever green, always good. It has been waxed many times, and others have done better jobs. ~erertheless, H a r r y h a s d o n e much worse on less worthy mate- rial.
Shoo Shoo Baby - Freddy Slack- Capitol.
Slack's last was Cow Cow Boogie and although this is somewhat dif- ferent it should please the Slack ians. It is very ably done by Ella ~!ae :\Iorse, who is definitely among the better Yocalists of the day.
The Breakfast Marimba Band
The last musician takes his place; the buzz of conversation ceases, leader Barton takes his place on the podium; there is a moment of si- ltnce broken only by the voice of the conductor-then wi th a crash of chairs and other percussion instru- ments the cereal symphony is on.
First came the liquid notes of the pouring milk; then as table after table joins in, the music swells, >J)()()ns clinking against bowls, un- til the air is full of the music of the meal bowl marimbas.
The tintinnabulation reaches a crescendo of sound, then equally ,Jowly dies away. The breakfast >ymphony is over.
The music was not written by Offenbach or Beethoven, but it is iar more musical•to the ears of hun- gry boys than the works of these artists.
PROMENADING THE DEMERIT TRACK
THE METEOR
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Left to right:-Arthur, Betty, West, and Perry, P.
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Born
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The Saga of a Coat
Back in 1917 during the
War I, a simple army enlisted man's overcoat was made in Philadelphia. Though this coat was like millions of others, it had quite an experience in store for it.
This coat was issued to a first lieutenant and thus, after a few alterations, it quickly became an of- ficer's coat. The lieutenant then wore it through the major battles in France, and the brave coat came out of the war without a scratch.
In 1922 (about the time that everyone decided that wars had ceased forever) the coat was given to a second lieutenant in the Na- tional Guard. After a few altera- tions to comply with new Army regulations, the coat was worn in the National Guard until 1936. It then became part of the attire of a teacher in a military school until its brief retirement in 1939.
Just recently the veteran overcoat was pulled out of its hiding place, dusted off, and sent to a tailor for rejuvenating. Its long tail was cut off; a belt was made from the scraps; and upon the sleeve a Boy Scout emblem was sewn. The coat is now ready for many more years of faithful service, and will lead men into war no more, but will lead the
young men who will be the peace- makers of tomorrow.
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Barton III (Cecelia Holmes Wahl), a seven pound, twelve ounce baby son, George IV , on January lOth, 1944, at Kansas City, Mo. Captain Barton, son of the headmaster, graduated from V. E. S. in 1936. George IV is Dr. Barton's second grandchild* to arrive since the mid- dle of November.
Born
To the Rev. and Mrs. A. Hume Cox of Lynchburg, a seven pound, fourteen ounce baby son. Herbert Bartle, on January 22nd, 19-14, at the Virginia Baptist Hospital. Mr. Cox, rector of Grace Episcopal Church, teaches R. I. at V. E. S. and also conducts communion serv- ices in the Chapel each month.
Married
Miss Margaret Moorman Banks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kentworth Banks of V. E. S.; and Victor John Kehrer, Jr., of Prince- ton, N. J., son of Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Kehrer of Martins Ferry, Ohio, in the Langhorne l\femorial Chapel on January 1st, 194-4. (See Society).
*Sydney Field Parham, III, was born at Pass Christian, Mis>issippi, on No- vember 19, 1943, son of Lt. (j.g.) and Mrs. Sidney F. Parham (Louise White Barton). lie weighed eight pounds, three ounces.
Captain and Mrs.
George L.
W orld