Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 4 March 1954 — Page 9

New Jersey Resort Hits Century Mark Atlantic City To Mark 100th Year . ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., UP Ageless Atlantic City, a jaunty dowager with a checkered past, celebrates her 100th anniversary this year with all the fanfare and fun-making that made the resort famous. One of the oldest and perhaps best-known of America’s vacation capitals, Atlantic City has planned a series of special events to celebrate a century of exuberant living in keeping with her lusty past. Although the Indians were known to have dunked their aboriginal skins id the surf here, it took a hard-pressed stagecoach line to parlay nature’s strip of sunshine, sand and surf into an empire of fun and frivolity. Dr. Jonathon Pitney’s stagecoach line was going broke from competition by railroads, and he decided to get into the act by starting his own railroad from Philadelphia to what was then nowhere. The miles of luxury hotels,

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the boardwalk with its rolling chairs and salt water taffy did not even exjst in anyone's imagination. The Gay 1920’s While some contend the resort is outdated and overcrowded toiday, the criticism is about as valid as a 'chorus girl's complaint about last year's mink. For Atlantic City has kept pace with its growth and lived safely through a period in the wacky and wonderful 1920’s that-would have killed a lesser resort. In that bteexy era of bootleg booze and bobbed hair, Atlantic City was the most animated — some said “wicked" — spa in America, where you could rub elbows with personages from Warren Harding down to Al Capone. It was closely allied to Broadway at the time because alj of the big musical productions of Fid Ziegfeld and others tried out here prior to New York. It was a playground for the greats of the show world. Maybe some of the secret of Atlantic City's success is the casual, Topsy-like growth of the town. Seemingly, most of the things the resort is known for were accidental or born of necessity. 7 Salt water taffy was discovered when ocean water accidentally got into a batch of taffy. The board-

walk was born in the braiit of a railroad conductor who tired of brushing sand off seat cushions on the return trip to Philadelphia. n 0 cemeteries The, town has lined up a series of special events for its centennial, including a mammoth birthday party March 2'ln CotiWmtion Hall, the largest structure its type in the world. But for those who go to Atlantic City religiously each year, the old attractions will be the ones they will be looking for. In addition to the trade marks of the resort, luxury hotels such as the Claridge, Chalfonte-Haddon Hall. Traymore and MarlboroughBlenheim will draw thousands of guests this summer. The famous restaurants all through the years — Hackney's, Captain Starn’s, Mike Trench’s, the Knife and Fork and Jack Gulschard’s — also will get their quota of devotees. One thing almut Atlantic City, though. You can live it up here as much as you like—but you can’t be buried here. The town is so close to sea levoil that holes over two feet deep fill up with water, and there never has been a cemetery within the city limits.

Decatur, Indiana, Thurs day, March 4, 1954.

Florida Puts TV In Convict Camps Rehabilitation Plan For State Convicts TALLAHASSEE, Fla. UP—Florida recently embarked on a convict rehabilitation program involving a pay increase for guards and television entertainment for pris«Mrsk Acting Gov. Charles E. Johns and Cecil M. Webb, state road chairman, came up with the idea of putting a TV set in each of the 36 convict camps. Johns said an investigation had revealed that the only recreation facilities now provided for convicts who work on the highways six days a week is one movie every five or six weeks. Quoting the axiom, "an idle mind is the devil’s workshop,’’ Johns said TV would provide both entertainment and education for the convicts” at a total cost of less than $6,000. ~7, Morale Buiiaer He pointed out that a majority of the road camp convicts are serving short terms for minor in-

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fractions. ’ “Since they will be released in a relatively short period of time, it ia highly important that they return to society with the proper attitude, ’’"he said. “During the past several .years we have all become aware of the great educational and recreational values of TV. A set at each camp would improve morale and provide wholesome and educational recre-

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ation.” Webb said the public reaction to the idea had been three-to-one in favor of the proposal.A sls to $25 monthly pay rise was given the captains and guards as a part of the over-all program. “If we're going to havg the proper type men to deal with our prisoners. we’ve got to pay them a living wage," explained Webb. '

Say That Again FORT WORTH, Tex., UP — A woman left a roll of film at Ray Neighbors' drug store with specific developing instructions. She wanted “ape print of each, execpt the third and sixth pictures," but “if the baby is smiling in. those, I want tnree prints from each of the two."

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Academy Awards Big Show On TV Big Variety Show Night Os March 25 HOLLYWOOD, UP/*- For the first time In history, the one-time staid academy awards will be staged as 1954’s biggest television variety show —complete with dancing girls, revolving stages and fancy sets. The motion picture academy is changing the format of the Oscar derby for the first time since it stopped tossing champagne banquets 15 years ago. The awards will be made March 25. Last year TV cameras were allowed to, merely photograph the usual cut-and-dried award ceremony, criticised for years as being dull. But Hollywood, where TV used to be a bad two-letter word, has given in to the home screens and is offering its biggest annual event as a star-studded variety program. "East year as usual ft was staged for the 2,200 academy members sitting in the Pantages Theater,” explained Bill Kayden, who is producing the Oscar program for NBC. “The TV cameras were just incidental. “This year we're putting it on as a regular TV program for the 50 million.members of the TV audience at home. We’re even placing cameras right on the stage —just like any TV variety show’." The five nominees for “best song” honors used to be sung by vocalists standing on the stage. Now they’ll be presented as lavish production nuiAbers on revolving stages, as on the “Hit Parade” TV program. Movie stars who will present the gold statuettes to shaking winners no longer will stride out on the stage from the wings. That isn’t “visual” for TV, said Kayden, so the glamour girls will walk out from a door of some lavish set. This year’s show also will feature clips from movies to illustrate what the technical Oscars are for, such as special effects and sound. As usual, halt of the 30 acting nominee* are busy in New York plays. They, will gather in- a theater for a remote control “pickup” telecast of a probable winner, either Audrey Hepburn or Deborah Kerr. “We’ll make it a big show instead of being a routine special event,”; said Kayden. “Even 'the commercials for Oldsmobile will be production numbers. NBC has 106' people, in New York and Hollywood, working on the Oscar program. “The Academy has realized the impact, of a TV audience. Last year they had a rating of 59 — that made it one of the top three shows of the year.” i . P. E. 80 Years Ago CARBONDALE, 111., UP — The physical education course »at Southern Illinois University has come ajong way from its founding in “1874. The first university catalog listed the purpose of the course as “to give grace and symmetry to the frame, and volume and cukure to the voice.” Q—ls there any way to make screws “bite” in wood or plaster holes which have become too large? A—Yes. Roll steel wool into a long, narrow wad and force it into the hole with a pencil. The screw will turn into the wool, taking a firm grip. Q—My roof has been repaired several times recently, but new leaks continue to appear.. How can this be corrected so that I chn rely on the roof to keep out rain? A—Your trouble is that your roof is so old and weathered that patching is futile and you need a complete reroofing job. H. R. Snoke of the National Bureau of Standards says that “a single apparent leak in a badly weathered roof is probable evidence of other similar, leaks that have not been noticed and is usually the forerunner of other, larger leaks that will appear in a relatively sh*>rt time.” He points out that reroofing is the only solution when repair is not practicable. Durable asphalt shingles can be laid on top of most old roofs for new protection from the weather. Q—What steps should be taken to preserve a piano? | A—The piano should be placed so both its ends are equally distant from a radiator, a register, or a stove. It should not be placed near a window frequently left open for long periods. Every effort should be made to keep the piano in a dry area because dampness will rust the metal parts and swell the actionI