Show J Jr r g 6 z del 3 4 S Sd L d an r rL o ow ot oREE w t REE MN IN A FREE LAND Id a typical setting like ass Almed to e tM way of tire 1 A peaceful sylvan setting la 2 The old Webber 3 The storekeeper In person 4 The village attire focal point 1 the dim tl symbol 0 Schoel time In a country Ini 7 Rapt Indicate IUIS to the town meeting i Ei WAY OF LIFE i n o r Store and T Townsmen y r aY tar w airy Drama Irama of Democracy lt F lum Lon 1 alb a one on e of most c ens l e tora the life which centers around it ita demo of life a way tai t in aU parts of the oTh r o gh tn tilt Qt the e movie camera democracy In Ina a at tion 11 br gr e gra portrayed toa to a world anxious to learnt fors Uncle Sam and the mode of life followed b bf his te sing ta 1 g SAM oly t f l with I Is ou t to tobe be s c good od neighbor to other foUt folks bi In all PUb parts of the he world However In many Cl calms hl hi efforts are met with suspicions and Ind ml the theor theory that hat arile aria from alack ack of understand understand- understandIng Int Ing the foreign relations experts expert were assured aured that hat If people could n see In their own lands and nd hear bear In their own tongue bout about ute lie as it It is 11 lived In the United State th they 1 would understand Mes age of Democracy Accordingly they determined d to t the movie cam r as 1 a means mean of showing owin people pe ll of of an all races race In an all linda lindl how we Uy live and What W we do Eager for tor knowl knowledge de deff of ff thI this oun 7 these thea people would see d with their own eye eyes a democracy In action the they would hear bear In their own ton tongue e th story tol of the Amer Amer- can WI way of life Through Its embassies and Ind consulate late the state department will show the dim throughout the world To carry carn Americas America mI of democracy around the world the tate state department sought a c pity to epItomize the typical small aman smalltown town of the United States State a well weD a as democracy In action The centered Ia 1 Main MaIDe Wh Why Maine Main For Fer mower bent bent- motto metto The era ea point to the State of MIn Del Helps the State of 01 Milici Once Onee said oft In r re- re repealed o pealed that gestation pail pari ate te both to guts If d nature and te a way of Ir Ole life widell moat n five in Ia the he sad mind mille If f men IDea U ii the he Fen Freedom are te t endure Nestled among amone the pine clad bill end fertile fenu of th Pine Pine Tree state th the town of w was selected II a locale for the dim Her Herf the folk tolka live Uve close to the grass roots of America and the country star plays an integral rol role In their daily existence I Steeped In Watery Ulster Waterboro s a small town of 01 a thousand odd people In southwest southwest- southwestern un ern Main Maine Is i steeped In history Lon Long before the Ink hid had dried on patriot signatures In Independence han hall sturdy pioneers had struggled inland from our northern coa cont Campfires Cam of the disappeared and by 1770 several families bad grouped their cabins in III a comer of what cam come to be known so as Massabesic plantation In Inthe inthe the County of York Province of Maine Colony l ny of The influx of settlers continued sad and soon lOOn their homes dotted lb the sides lide of mountain sad and the low bill hills hillsand and valleys which ring the shores et ed Ossipee pond 1 n nInn Inn these thell hard hardy e settler erl Dear Into posted the Town of Waterboro naming It for tor Colonel Waters who st at one tim Ume had bad a proprietary Inter Inter- eat In the sees area The township thus organized functioned for a third of ofa ofa a century before Maine became the state In 1820 ThI This la 11 the background of the of today the se- se selected as locate locale for the state depart depart- department ment m nt film tUm The Ibe Village Store Store- Storekeeper keeper Now its Ita country countr tore store and andU U its Yankee storekeeper will go 0 around the world Its twentieth em- em century tury townsmen will step tep forth In far farland lands land as the actors acton In this drama of democracy Peaceful Setting Waterboro Is a peaceful country town Down the main street treet the natives call It a road and across acron the railroad track Is Ia Carps Carll Store focal point of the film tUm But the sign Ien needs to be changed chanced Lee LeeOwen LeeOwen Owen and his wife now run the place and the public can drop In any day to see ee a Yankee store store- storekeeper keeper In action n 1 means mean a lot to t the lolka folka In InI ina I a 10 town like to do 0 Just JUd that They ml may want the mail mail- mailIn mail mailin In many village stores store the post is II In I a corner of et the main teem roem They may want II a pound of If a Jug Jill of f molasses a pair 0 of shoes Or they may my want N 14 taUt talk taUta a about but tile the wea weather ther the mb or the tb n neighbors Yea to te the th thore stare ore I la a apa apart pa part 1 of the day In III Waterboro In ta country town town the folks can They work for to bl be site I O but they theydon theydon don donI I Ie ate e to catch the In the themo themo mo gor orthe the a at night In Wat bozo work on thel o dairymen and other a an Man Many also allo v Work rt In flu l l local eat lumber mills miDI the bojt bof l factory Hor and the leather leather- mill Cracker Wb When n their work wort I d done n they thel gather ath r at th the open the I barrel barret the me lunch coui counter r did aM the tov stove In the village e t where everybody baa ha a ch to keep to In touch with his neighbors neighbor's r affairs local political the state of the ns na fien occasionally even a tinge of t U lally the storekeeper himself Is too bui busy t to Join In the discussion Women of tIle the come In to trad trade Men who work In Ia the mills mUla top stop by for a chat Farmers and their wives drive In to replenish their supplies Some of the custom custom- era ra have ready cash others othen have produce from their farms which they bring In to barter Still others buy on credit until they get et their pay from the mills The t storekeeper hat has to be a shrewd human nature He must mUll o advantage keep hi his cu cue t tomer m f and watch la own OWl Too much el on on th cu cuff as the native II say him lUm out of f ass i b tJ- tJ bon caD aha era the peace and Quietude of the village store with the disturbing news that torel a neighbor le Is In trouble Befell HeteU from froma a load lod of f hay end and has baa a broken le leg ant and at this time a broken Ie leg means mean a broken roan man Who will ret get In the rest of J Jt Ja bay cut the heavy stand tand of the garden crops crop Who cut the winters winter's wood and nd store It In the shed hed Who will mUlE milk the help with the chores chore while thi the broken Ie leg II b Lee Owen knows know the answer be be- because cause the people Hp end the count who Des home to tol ome e giving the farmers farmer the he lates latest b lo scientific advice to help belp them In work work know that every ever will be a good neighbor In time Urne of adversity It Ir the true of neighborliness ant and friendliness which has bal been banded down generation to genera cenera generation tion wll willing D bands will carry cam on for tor the vI VICtim In the true American way r f Theres Therel more to the tory story o of the Village VUlar Storekeeper thin than tile the and It its role in III commit r W lief mere than neighborly children trekking to the village school church bogs beDs ringing on ID Sunday morning moraine In filming the production the dl rector Frank Donovan of New York I I City wanted to leave vivid arresting in III the hearts all I ot those with whO sac I the In foreign lan Janda I I Example of D Democracy 1 I Ii ITo i To realis tb t this l obJective b I Is s a how h o w e d democracy In action through the a New England nl I town MeetingHouse Meeting H House use rfd whitt whisk for tor a and a half ball baa echoed II the the free free- freedom dom dorm of religion and speech came as a to the townspeople trudge fth t Here ate are thi dame am people wh trade with tWI visage e storekeeper storekeeper- the folks felks wh w tk the mW mill ILi 11 ILithe the wood iMon oti Ui the farms Th The nd the th share a bench The moderator hIS has lets gavel avel fall faU tI elon come comet to tc order Free men gd bout about the bust ness of run fn belr own affairs U It Ita Ua a free me i is orderly each has a to speak his hII mind u made and aad the majority rut rules a I ThIs i democratic gosh CO emment cUmuli COI ti tia U Ua I I a portrayal of r the tan way war of 01 lie lIle Its It's the way fora liv live In the theland land of The Storekeeper Storekeeper- the way folks folka should liv live every everywhere I I where That Is the mellnee of the film lm which Waterboro and its Ita people are to the he was hl |