Amelia Lions will present a ' Hometown Jubilee' Thursday and Fiiday at the War Memorial build ing:. at 8 p.m, * Local talent will be featured, with all proceeds to be used for an Amelia schools eye clinic. Mrs. Mary K Brown, of Denver. Colo., is traveling around the country or ganizing similar shows for the Lions. In Amelia. James Allen, Robert Willis and Walter Combs are plan ning the event, which will honor two, leei] couples who have been mar ried over 50 years One couple will be honored each night. A king and queen of the baby con test will be crowned at the Friday performance, and the Amelia High School girls’ chorus will sing. Tom Start. masquerading as Bob Hope, will be' master of ceremonies, and Mary Woodford Ward will be the pianist. Mrs. George Anderson will imi tate Dinah Shore, and Wiley Paul will imitate Bing Crosby. Other impersonations to be given are Leroy Smith and James Allen as Toby and Ephoh. Mr. and Mrs Alexander Jones, as Fannie and Ernest, will demonstrate an old fashioned proposal, and Eddie and Gail Ashman, as Butch and Babe, will demonstrate a mod ern version. In the old-fashioned melodrama. Lewis Butler will play the hero, with Mrs Robert Willis as the heroine, and Donald Flippen as the villain. A five - man f a s h i o n show —of
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