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...room, wattle-and-daub hut outside Port-au-Prince, a grizzled ex-U.S. Navy pharmacist's mate downed a tumbler of mahogany-colored Haitian rum. Through the low-hanging hibiscus and poinsettia came the first tentative beating of evening drums. To Stanley Henry ("Doc") Reser, Haiti's leading U.S born voodoo- practitioner, the sound was a call to ceremonies at the nearby temple in honor of Ogoun Ferreille, god of war and ironworkers...
...Creole incantations, then genially beat drums and rattled gourds, joined in the shuffling and shimmying around the sacred poteau (post). As the dancing grew more boisterous, women screamed, thrashed, moaned, kicked, bounced bonelessly and collapsed -"possessed" by the loa (god) of the night. Though no loa "mounted" him, Doc Reser danced, drummed and drank happily till dawn...
...brought out more Christmas cheer last week. WPBoss Julius Krug declared the second liquor holiday since the ban was imposed in October 1942. Beverage distillers may make whiskey during January, can look forward to more holidays in 1945. Reason: the industrial alcohol reser voir is now 64,000,000 gallons, more than twice minimum, requirements...
...program includes "Officer of the Day" by Hall, "Cliquot" by Reser, and a Football Medley arranged by Rice given by the Banjo Club. The Mandolin Club is giving Intermezzo from "Naila" by Delibes and "Espana" from Walteufel...
...Magicians Mansfield Branigan '36 Edward L. Barnes '38 Gold Coast Orchestra Accordion Solo Edward O. Miller '37 Mandolin Club Intermezzo from Naila Delibes Pizzicatti from Sylvia Delibes Chicago Quartet Edward L. Barnes '38, Francis L. H. Wendell '38. Ralph Hamill '38, Joseph W. Valentine '38 Banjo Club Clicquot Reser Vocal Club John Peel Arranged by Andrews Football Songs Medley Fair Harvard...