Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 16 Jun 1959, p. 3

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Red Barn Theatre Opens With New Lobk Producer The Red Barn Theatre at Jacksons Point has been hurt ling with activin for the past and on stage new lunch and saladbarwtllberunbyJuiia Needham wile oi actor Peter few weeks as producer liarsNeedbam so than theatre parties gold Cbarlesworti and her com pany get ready tor their gala opening June 21 First play at the oneweek season is Thornton Wilders comedy The Skin of Our Teeth starring Toby Rob ins and Frances Tobias Miss Charleswoith brings cone sidcrahle triilnuig and experi ence to her lirst producing ven ture nL the lien Born Born in Sussex England atie played her first stage roll in Montreal while in Canada as young warmest Returning to Eng land she joinet the WRENS inter attended tie Royal Acad emy oi Dramatic Art for train ing as an actress She has tour ed in both England and Canada as Juliet with the Canadian Playars lost reasonaand the high point of hencareer in Eng land was chosen to play at Strotiord with Sir Michael Red grave and Dame Peggy Ash croit in their productions of The Merchant of Venice and Antony and Cleopatra The Red Barn Theatre with Marigold Charlcswolth as its new producer is being given facelilting this season both oil and excursions may eat right at the theatre The curtain will be at p45 nightly and Marigold Chariesworth plans new pro duction every week Altogether the motto for the season is En joy Yourslii at the Red Barn and tho producer is doing every thing posribie to make this post ible and probable Toby Robins well known TV and stage star and panelist on Front Page Challenge will open the season at the Red Barn The atre at Jackson Point this sum in The skin 0i Our Teeth This role which Mina Robina has nev er played belore was created by the famous laiullah Bank head and when Thornton Wil ders famous comedy was cho sen last year to represent Am erican theatre at the Bnirsels Exhibition Helen Hayes played in it with Frederic March Toby Robins comes to the Red Barn Theatre lor the first time but after great deal oi experi ence in Canadian theatre She has played for the New Play Society at Stratiord with sum mer stock at Port Carling and White Rbof Paint Makes House Cool By ELEANOR ROSS Pointing your root white can make your house cooler and cut your electric bills by enabling your air conditioner to operate more elficiently and for shorter periods In some cases such paint job may even make on air conditioner unnecessary Since hot attic acts like heater on the rooms below the lower the temperature of the top floor or attic the cooler the rooms underneath WHITE PAINT Tests show that white paint on roofs made of black asphalt shingles reduced the root temper ature by lifteco degrees Last summer watched an in teresting experiment when the outdoor temperature at Park Avenue and 39th Street in New York was as degrees the temperature reading in the living room of penthouse with black asphalt root was 108 degrees The apartment dweller painted his roof with white latex paint BOTH 95 DEGREES In the next heatlwave to hit New York City when the outdoor temperature was 93 degrees the living room was also 93 If the windows had been closed and several months or heat had not been trapped under the real it is likely that the room temperature would have been less than the air temperature and this without benefit of air conditionlngi Light pastel paioil natural color aluminum paints and alu minum paints incolors will also bring reductions in underroof temperatures But the reductions wont be so large as those ef fected by white paint Not every type oi white paint is suitable for root painting professional painter wtll know just what kind to use after he sees the roof material if you are planning doll yourselt job and your root is asphaltfelt or asphaltshingle use an exterior white latex paint This will not harm the asphalt as some solventthinned paints For an asbestoscernent shim glad roof you have our choice of two coats of te exterior latex paint or two coals of white solventthinned resin paint usually derivative or modifica tion of rubber Or use solvent thinned resin ritner followed by convention white oil or lakyd resin topcoat COAT 0F ZINC DUDE Galvanized metal roofs should first be given primer coat of tini dusizlne oxide paint followed by white topcoat of any exter ior paint llocoated metal roofs should be properly primed then given the selected topcoat mer playing the part of Sabina TOBY ROBINS Gravenhurst she has also play ed many TV lend roles and has performed oiten at the Crest Theatre in Toronto She has wanted to play Sabina for some time and so welcomes the op portunity to open the mill sum mer season at the Red Barn in Jacksons Point on June 29 play ing one of her favorite roles SOCIAL NOTES Mrs George McCorrlston and her daughter Vvlanne RR Barrio are flying from Mutton on Friday to Belfast Ireland where the will spend two month holdny visiting relatives and friends Mr and Mrs George Smith rCarrip Borden have announced the engagement of their eldest daughter Marlene Marie to John Cross Mr Cross is the son of Mrs Velma Cross and the late Cross London The marriage Will take place on July 11 at The Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Church Camp Borden Two Barrio couples Mr and Mrs Roy Christie Mary street and Mr and Mrs lribble Cook street spent three days in Batista and Niagara Falls re cently About 40 persons sat down to dinner at St Andrews Presby terian Church last night it was the annual dinner of the gassing Guild at St Andrews Mrs Ivan crows Collier street was at Brampton recent ly to attend the funeral of her mother Mrs Davey Mrs Harry Grasset Collier street wilivspehd twoweek holiday with her sister Mrs Cheesman at Ancaster Mrs Grassets daughter Henrietta will accompany her on the trip Polygamous Practices Suffer Setback In Asia BOMBAY OP Enlightened public opinion in many Asian countries has become perturbed by recent disclosures of the ex tent of polygamous practicesthe ancient social system that allows man to have more than one wife Surveys conducted by social workers in Singapore Malaya India ak It Indonesia Egypt Iraq and other eastern lands showed that in the past dec adc polygamy has suifered del inite setback as result or so cial political legislative and can nnmic developments But at the same time they indicated poly gamy still is heingwldely prac tised in many backward corild munities particularly in Moslem lands For example polygamy still is strongly entrenched in so modern an Asian city state like Singa pure and some estimates place the Singa ore polygamy rate as among highest in the East One Singapore newspaper re ported that of 1200 husbands questionsd at random in the na tive areas of the city about so per cent admitted having more than one wile 70yearold Malaya merchant was reported to have told police other charge that he had 2A wives Mind you am not running concnhioe he said They are all my is at wives when police tater ml at his house they found that only seven of the wives admitted they had married the merchant out or their tree will The rest said they were being held against their consent The Singapore Womens Assn clation has launched vigorous campaign against polygamy on the island and in adjoining Ma laya Spearheadng the drive is Sb Fozdar quiet spoken sdcial worker who origin ally came from Bombay The continuing practice of polygamy is an outrage on the conscience of oivtiired mansions Miss Fozdar says Describing polygamy as slur on the Womanhood of Asia she has on gun tour or seVeral Asian coins tries to mobilize public opinion against it Miss Fozdar and other social workérs hold that governments in Asia have only been tattle hall hearted measures or on swine holiday One ninysn newspa er wrote The eafilést way to art Bitéétz doting an investigation on some PLAN NOW To ATTEND NEXT SEPTEMBER BARBIE BUSINESS mm YOUR GATMAY 10 OPPORTUNITY as TORONTO srkesr BARRIE we rosin snare non catamaran motifs Tonoaro onaion as WELL ASFDR lanolin BUSINESS EMrLoyMENr HqflflflhflyuflflflHHImIRfli pin nsnnnma run PARIlQULARLSmEdUz norm sonoor MinoanAiry DIGATIGN ohm assr Dam fighting in this country is to soon ESTABLISHED 1897 elation plans to organize several women They will be taught ude fill occupations Pakistan has been sternly die cauraging polygariious practices Earlier campaigns against some up against the powerful in flushes Friéstsl who resent any attempt Lions Ayull is known to be determined to discourage plural marriages vigorously implementing legisld thin to outlaw polygamy pel males to discard their extra wives Miss Fozdar plans to call an Asian womens conference to tackle this and other problems facing women DIVORCE EASY All allied problem is the re hnbliltation of discarded and di Varced several Winnen said to number thousands in some Asian countries In many lands it is still as easy to divarea wife as it is to marry her Singapore prov erb says it is easier leorce ones Wife than to light cigar The Singapore Womens Assn colonies for housing divorced The military government in it of mullahs religious to interfere in religious tradi But Prssldent General in India the state had been TEE BAKER EXAMINER TUESDAY JIM Forty ladies attended the Friendspr meeting of Church ill Womens instituk held in the Sunday School room oi the United Church Mrs Kelly convene oi tlu brancii directors presided tor the program and commented on the motto The handcllsp oi lriendship is stronger than any peace treaty by reading poem Today Made Friend Tbs humorous highlight ol the evening won the roll call Guess the weltht of the lady on your right Prizes were won by two strengths lt Der motr oi Cooksiown and Mrs Griflith of Lelroy Mr and Mrs Norman Kins Barrie delighted the audience with travelogue of colored pic tures taken in England Scot land Wales Bolgium Holland Germany Austria Switncrhnd and France Several present wet leased to see picture at Ecc echnn Scotland the birth place of their ancestors hearty hand clap showed the groups appreciation to the Kings for the snowing oi these slides and the sharing of happy memories of their trip with their friends Mrs King was valued member ol Churchill Womens Institute and in life member of the society The president Mrs it Boo any extended congratulations to Miss Betta Tillman on her an polntmcnt as homo economist Show Picture Travelogue At Churchill WI Meeting in this position Miss lillrnan will be working closely won We mens Institutes Member lira Todd Wu congratulated on being elected first Vinapresident the Dir trlct institutes can an axmem her Mrs George Wine on being elected to the silica of second vicepresident Alter much controversy the members decided not to apply for short course this year nor to participate in the Leadership Training course Members were reminded oi the Sirocco County Museum tea to be held on July 23 and were urged to attend Splendid reports of the Dis trlct Annual were given by Mn Jean Constable and hire Spence SALLYS SilLiIES ream polbiilty am youre wearing It immerse Alderman Morrow Opens Bowling Till Barrio lawn bowling club had its otilcral opening Satur day night iarge attendance was welcomed by President Grnydon Kohl Alderman Ar thur Mormv representing Mayor Willard Kinzlc threw the first bowL The green were ni excellent condition GOSPEL TEAM The Masters Choralaires To Give Concert At Emanuel The Masters Choralairea gospel team from Moody Bible Institute Chicago will he at Emmanuel Baptist Chinch St Vincent BL Barrie on Tuesday June 23 at pm The tour students and one music teacher who present prolt grams oi sacred music in churches and Bible conferences are now on tour of the East and Canada Miss Dorothy Symonds member of the music faculty at the institute is soloist and lead er oi the group She trained for musical career at the Univer sity of Mississippi and with pri vate teachers in New York Cur rently she is doing graduate work at the American Conserva tory in Chicago This versatile group will pro rcnt varied program of hymn and gospel song arrangements In addition to vocal solos duets tries and quartets their seiec ticns will include brass ducts and solos on the cowbells The student members of the team are Patricia Bulldey sec ond alto from Carthage lli Gertrude Sturhahn first soprano from Vancouver 80 Virginia Shea second soprano from Eric Pa and Belinda Tice accom panlst and bell soloist from Kelkaska Mich FAVORITE MILKMAN HAMILTON CP Claude Richardson who delivered mills on the same route for 97 years was honored by nearly roe women customers who presented him with trio in cash and gave roses to his wife ider event was held and the v1 er was Murray Mills Winners in bowling were high score of 20 With two wins skip Reverend James Ferguson and Mrs McBride second score of in with two wins skip McAieer lllrs Sutheer and Howe third win with score of it was Mrs Pat tenden Mrs Vi McAieer and Mia Loth Mrs John Mccaw and Mrs Sutherland weror reireshmoiit conventrs For Play or Drewnp BOYS WEAR lnits soon alum nrm shim rum lackII 515 YearI ansms 40 Dunlap St Bani FAMOUS NAMES CONTEST GAME For full details see todays RONTO DAILY STAR ran HOME nativsnv mentions PARKWAY eaoai on weir THE TORONTO STAR 7d DONALD STREET BARRlE

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