Volume 7 , Issue 20

1935 - ARC Society Page...

Besides helping some of our friends get ready for their farm equipment auction this saturday, we found some extra time to transcribe a few items from the "Society" page in the Alva Review-Courier, dated July 19, 1935, Friday. You can read some of those articles in the "Mailbag Corner" below.

Anyone out there remember the movie about Death Steals the Varsity Show called College Scandal? that was one of the shows showing at the Rialto Theatre in July, 1935, in Alva, Oklahoma. The Ad stated it was about "A diabolical killer loose on a crowded college campus. . . striking with an unseen hand!" It was an Adolph Zukar and Paramount Picture with Arline Judge, Kent Taylor and Wendy Barrie. Another movie showing at the Rialto Theatre was a "Daring, Dynamic, Different!" Buck Jones movie called Crimson Trail with Carmelita Geraghty and directed by Louis King - Columbia Pictures.

If you remember that movie, maybe you might remember Buster Keaton, film comedian, getting sued for divorce by his second wife, Mae Elizabeth Scribbens. They were married in 1933 and she filed suit around 1935 for divorce in Los Angeles, California, charging Buster Keaton with misconduct with Mrs. Leah Clampitt Sewell, who figured in Emerson-Sewell "wife-swap" case. (Click the image for larger view.)

There was an AD for Brown's Lotion that read... "Poison Ivy - Or Poison Oak. Brown's Lotion stops the itching and spreading of this irritation. Rapidly promotes healing. In 60-cents and $1.00 sizes at Louis Schuhmacher, Alva, Okla."

Jay Hess Insurance... NOW! If you needed Insurance back in 1935, you might have stopped at Jay Hess's office over the First National Bank. Hess's AD read as follows: "Jay Hess Will Protect Your Property With Fire Insurance. Office Over First Nat'l Bank, phone 359."

Cotton Cafe & Beer Drinkers... you could buy a bottled of beer for 10-cents at Cotton's Cafe. Not sure where Cotton's Cafe was located, though. Anyone out there know?

The Oklahoma Cigar Store... located West of Central National Bank, in downtown Alva, Oklahoma had this Notice to Ladies: "Many Ladies Eat at our counter each day. We serve Lunches, Pie, Sandwiches, Soups at REasonable Prices. COOL - COMFORTABLE - CLEAN. Our Business is conducted for Ladies and Gentlemen."

Remember City Taylors?... It was located on the South side of the downtown square, in Alva, Oklahoma. You could get your dresses cleaned for 75-cents and trousers cleaned for 30-cents.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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