Hermon DeKalb Central School - Demon Yearbook (De Kalb Junction, NY)

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. this issue of the Beacon contains both newspaper and yearbook es we are going to write briefly about the pictures which have ] eatUconsidered tops by moviegoers and critics alike. ■ ieen • j I The Heiress Olivia de Haviland, motion picture Academy Award winner in 1950, ] lays her winning role in The. Heiress• Montgomery Clift, who portrays charming idler, falls in love with her and is driven off by her fa- er, Randolph Richardson. This tfckes away all her happiness. All the Kings Men Broderick Crawford as a ruthless backward politician, strongly 1 ruggests the late Hughie Long. Oh, You Beautiful Doll Oh. You Beautiful Doll is a carefree musical biography of the I ate Fred Fisher, one of'.the most prolific of Tin Pan lley's nu- 1 |erour geniuses. You heard songs like 1 There's a. Broken Heartifor 1 'very Light on Broadway and Come. Josephine in My Flying Machine. Cinderella An enchanting Walt Disney menagerie helps to restore the fclass 1 clipper to its rightful owner, and incidentally supplies a new angle 1 .o an old tale. Twelve O'clock High 1 , Gregory Peck turns in an outstanding performance as General 1 'rank Savage. Other important characters are Hugh Marlowe, Robert I Btterson, John Kellogg, Millard Mitchell and Paul Stewart. Sands of Iwo Jima 1 . This is a marine picture starring John Wayne as the hardbitten 1 marine sergeant who rtms his squad by the book. John Agar 1 'lashes his dimples petulantly as the softhead but proves his man- liness after all.

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With vacation coming up we'll probably have time to get a , b00k in now and then—or are you strictly the outdoor ®oc? Well even you summer sports ' lovers should find time few good books 10 probably the movie version of Agnes Keefe's Three Came will be shown in local theaters before next fall. I think ‘ftwould be a good idea to read this autobiographical account f her life and those of her husband and small son in a Japanese orison camp. Although I read it last year, it stands out in my mind. It contains its share of horrors but it is not what I'd call at all grim. In fact the way Agnes Keefe has written this book she actually makes it humorous in quite a number of instances. I advise you to both read the book and see the movie to make a comparison between the two. rpv Heart Sneak, by Charlotte Paul, is a novel which seems oo have something that many contemporary novels lack. After six months participation in World War I, young Spence Atkins, a farmboy, loses his voice. The story of his life during his muteness——the disappointments caused by quacks and his recovery make very interesting reading. Since this issue is a review of the year I would like to mention some books that I consider particularly outstanding. Jesse Stuart's. The ?hp$ d that Runs So True ranks high on my list of favorites. It's an autobiographical account of his school teaching days in Kentucky. After reading it we should appreciate our educational facilities. If you are fond of clever writing and plenty of laugh you probably enjoyed, or would enjoy Emily Kii rough's Followed £u£ Hearts Hollywood and Family Circle by Cornelia Otis Skinner as much as I did. Followed Our Hearts ■ '' ■Hollywood t.piig of Emily Kinbrough's and Liiss Skinner's hil- arious experiences during the shooting of the movie on Miss Skinner's former book Qur Hearts Were Young and Gay. Family Ctfgilpr is an equally enjoyable book that concerns the life of Miss Skinner and those of her family. February 2.4, 1950 marks the death of the famous author and North Country resident—Irving Bacheller. If you enjoy historical novels about the North Country,you would undoubtedly ©njoy Irving Bacheller 'a Eben Holden , the story of Yankee life ln the North Country. •Cdma A a product of Frances Parkinson Keyes, is one of the most realistically and entertainingly written novels escribing the Second World War, that I have ever had the oppor- unity to read. The heroine of our story is Constance Galt, a WortdCSer' or the American Red Cross at the end of the First rra war. She finally marries and her happy marriage has a bri lng on her character. VJhen the Second World War 4l s with it destruction for everyone, her courage enabled wantC+ntinuance a and the survival of a home. If you Fren k° l£now the true conditions during the war, which the tA- T J opl® had to live under and overcome .then you most cer- ttly will want to read this book.

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19 CRYSTAL GAZING As I look Into my crystal ball this June evening, this In brief i8 what I see. It .Is the year 1960. As my eyes become accustomed to the changing scenes I am conscious of a nostalgic feeling. Before my eyes pass many whom I knew so well back In R.H.S. As I look more closely I realize that my friends and former classmates are attending the Gouverneur-St. Lawrence County Fair. It is in full swing. Strolling down the midway there is Gloria Boclair with her hus- band and another couple. Gloria, now Mrs. Kermit Farr, is talking animatedly of the novel. So True. L'iy Love, which she has Just had accepted for publication. Who is the other coupleT That dark haired girl with the viva- cious smile is familiar. Why, of course, that i3 Mary Jane Fuller.— I mean Mrs. Paul Reed. The Reeds have a thriving business in gro- ceries, but this day the temptation was too great and they had left it to a young man while they have the time of their life at the fair. Farther along the Midway they pause to talk with Eloise Tlbbits, who is directing a large group of children from her modern day nur- sery with the same sang frold she formerly displayed in activities at school. Look at that trio approaching the group of Richvilliansi Therefes Audrey Wood. You would never guess from her calm air that she has Just completed a mad rush in order to Join her waiting friends, Dorothy Rowland and Ethel Newcombe. Audrey had an emergency call to duty in her capacity of XRay technician at the Edward John Noble Hospital, Even if she had.failed to keep her appointment, her friends would have understood for they too have found their careers unfolding in the same institution. Dorothy is in charge of the floor for surgical cases while Ethel is the nurse in charge of the office activities. As the threesome approaches the others Dorothy seems to be enter- taining the others with some roguish bit of humor which sends them Into laughter. They pause in amazement before a booth where they see their old Pal Leo Benware. He is now the center of attraction to a staring crowd. The girls soon learn that this tanned and muscular Leo is a guide in the North Woods. Since he has not been out to civilization Ior five years, what he has to say is fascinating to those about him. At last all but Leo wend their way to the grandstand. They are nardly seated there when who should appear but Stanley Turner as the nin speaker of the afternoon. Stanley is now a member of the State unte and is hoping to talk his way to Washington. bj. Later the game begins. What a thrill to see Roscoe Stowell home to win the game for his team. Joanne -Gemklln is soon spotted, wearing a knockout of a frock. ls out: of the ba6 Joanne is a model for Hattie Carnegie nr d ah a though her specialty is beachwear, she evidently patronizes the all her duds.