Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 24 Oct 1959, p. 3

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GAY REPARTEE by not ras Kate Reid atfla reception held at the horns of Mrand Mrs Charles Wilson after last nightsperfonnance The Taming of the Shrew holds The Canadian Players Romp Through Shrew By NEVILLE BARNETT gExnminer Mannglng Editor packed auditorium at Barrie North Collegiate last night gafe worm reception toglhe Can adian ltoyers production ol Shakespeares The Taming oi the Shrew thilepurisb may have shuddcrcd at the treatment the polished pertormanc offered new approach to an old and wellworn theme Against modelnislic stage setting which created the atmo sphere of small Italian port the actors came on gnrhcd in an assortment of attire which had semblance to period yet do tied pinpointing in time Com mcnting on this later director Denis Carey said that in this play he had had more to do with the costumes than in any other he had pioduced He had chosen the clothes which to him seemed to most it character of the part He had chosen the tight fitting Edwsrdv ian trousers because this was best suited forlhe movements at the male actors He was parti cularlysatisfied with the wed ding scene aadindecd this was oneof the best scenm in this performance but was prepared to admith idea for dress may have caused certain disruption of the time element in the scene both before and after MAD ROMP An actor was heard to com meat that of course this was really crazy show and if we are prepared to accept that this Shakespearean comedy is inst mad romp then there is juslili cation for the introduction of sort of soft shoe shuffle and the singing What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor oil stage in the second half of the performance These innovations are what might expect of any theatre workshop they are the neces sary part of keeping the theatre alive But one wonders at tho wis dorn of group of competent players being asked to jazzup classic of this kind The WEATHER Synopsis storm which raced across the United States early Friday stalled overlthe Great Lakes late Friday to prolong cur rent unsettled weather cooling trend will extend gradually east wardin Southern Ontario Sunday Rain in most areas today will taperoff to scattered showers in the south and snowflurries in the north Sunday Lake Erie Lake Huron Niag ara Western Lake Ontario ind sor London Toronto Ham on Cloudy with occasional rain to day Sunday mostly cloudy and cooler and likely few scattered showers Winds south tosouth west 15 today west to northwest Sunday Eastern Lake Ontario Georg ian BliyHallburtonrNortb Bay Sudhury Mildwith rain today Sunday cloudy and cooler with scattered showers Winds east erly in to in today light tonight northwest isSunday Kirkland Lake Mild with rain today Sunday cloudy and cooler with scatteredshowers changing to snowflunies Winds easterly 10 to so today light tonight north erly 15 Sunday Forecoit Temperatures Low tonight High Sunday Windsor 40 St Thomas London Wingharri Toronto 310 Trenton St Cathar Hamilton others other good Lhings tbe attention of Mrs Heber Smith left president of the Barrie branch of the Univer sity Womens Club actor Max Helpman and producer Denis Carey Nearly hundred per broad bawdy humor of Shake spesre is strong enough to stand by itself without recourse to musical comedy aids The acoustlts of the auditor ium at North Collegiate leave lotto be desired The actors were aware of this shortcoming and tearing they might not be heard helied out the lines While this naturally detracted from the finesse of their per formance the blamecan only he with this community which continues to fail to see the neces sity of providing proper place for the presentation of such per lormances WIFELY DUTIES To Kate Reid must gothe hon ors for the best spoken speech of the evening when she details the duties of wife Although said without apparent force it was clearly audible at the back of the auditorium Such per considerlidd iln Extra Room with nearly prospective ipu ils coming into the Elmvale trict High School next year the Board is wooder seriously if it should be planning for an ad ditional room The seats are all filled now and of recent years there has been an influx of large Dutch families into the area This district high school takes care of Elmvale Flos Township and part of Tiny Four additional rooms were completed in 1957 and for one year thercwas spare room The present prose pens for 1950 are for 225 pupils this yearithere are 187 enrolled McKay secretary of the board said there Wis great sat isfaction with thenew principal Bruce Yarwood who came to Eirnvalé this year from Bramp ton We find some pupils who are going toIBarrie to offset trans portation problemare costing usf $35 more per plipil thsnour costs are here Mr McKay said and said if this numberof pupils was to increase they would be better to Iafrrange their otvn aecornmoda lio We are 7a stepping stone for staff to get betterrjobs on city schools and must be on the look out for new teachers each year Mr MacKay remarked Thb Townshipof finy has ap pealed its assessment for the district high school last July and so far no decision has been given to this appeal We simply have assessed them on the former has ls Mr McKay stated Their appeal was based on the fact that they had large areas of sum mer owners of property and were objecting to paying their total assessment on this The Municipal Board is willi holding its decision apparent ly endeavouring to settle this contentious question one and for all in the opinion of the Elm vale Board shamans mum business at the ninrket and again more weretwo outside vendors Egg prices were again me to 60¢ dozen TBinnie baking had the usual regular customs and and along with many were jelly braids jammy buns also but ter tarts Orders weretnken fo Chr mas geese Horseradish relish was15c lb Vegetables were plen of choice quality Handicraft ways offers git suggestions truck spinning olfa mile nd half wood General and Marine The secondacddent was Qualified whim we ilunupal el action hearing which was being 1thpr motukdby Maurice Bent de feated reeve in the Auguslelee lion will probably go on for Judge useumanday adjournd wheeling st they quest of Benls lawyer Rowe who has asked the court The reason for Mr Row sons attended the reception held to meet the players The Barrie branch of the Univer sity Womens Club sponsored the production Examines Photo tormanco was worthy of up planse Max Helpmann ranted and roared in good Petrochio style but alas many of his lines were lost reverberating around the ceiling This is 15 second year that this company has visited Barrie They are an eminently compet ent group and their appearance here adds enjoyment to the lives of those ol us who come to see them Let us hopo theymay re suspect ciao WasSabotaged civilian official of the Bari rie Sea Cadets feared foul playi when advised that thevCorps newtraining craft was submers ed last night WilliamDavidsoa member of the committee said that he and othervmernbers rushed to the Bayfleid St dock last night to remove the engines before the water could do any damage Mr Davidson said thezboat leak He saidthe twat wssiesting atop the surface as recently as Thursday member of the Barrie Fire Departments Harvey Baldwin morning to siphon the water out of the craft lonlookers oh morning said theyhoat had leak plugged earlier this slimmer andthe linkage could bave started from Officials saidiit would be few hours latethis afternoon be fore they could determine the cause of sinking Crashes Sends To Hospital Eight people are in Collin pltaltoday following tw motor logY accide early lng First acc ent occurredwhen car ca ylag three young men careen into the side of bridge on Third StreetCollingivood Driver Edwarv Cooper 23 Al bert Stree oilingwood told swervcd to avoid do and lostfontrol of the car Cooper David Hogg 23 and Bruce Gillies all of Coiling wood were taken to coilihgwood Hospital with facial color and abrasions Gillies sustained broken nose result fa front wheel was called to the scene this if he can substitute another com plainant The hearing has been adjourn ed sine die re quest was in evidence Friday morning of Ken Blinehard de puty returning otticcr for sga who stated Bends name was shown onlhe last certified assessment roll but only written in in pencil and did not have the red lick of the court sion against it Bent admitted in court he had ed during the municipal elec tions Mr Blanchard also stated Bents name did not appear on the last certified voters list ei ther Earlier evidence had estlt abllshed the Wasaga volcrs list last certified wasvtbe one drawn up in 1956 and the last certified assessment roll was the one drawn up in 1956 and the last certified assessment roll was the one drawn up October 1958 and certified last March Maurice Bennwho was alleg ing irregularities during the elec tion resulting in nonqualified peo ple votingwill now no longer be complainant in the hearing as his own name does not so pear properly in the assessment ro Friday was the second day the hearing Tuesday Bent saidrpeople had been given voters certificates who were not entitled to them but Mr Blanchard said Friday there was no discussion or sur prise hy attendants at the voters tabla at the numberof people using votcrs certificates He said there had been no dis puts as to whether the people who were being given volerocer catea should get them FIREMAN HARVEY BALDWIN 00 lanifltatu it Former Charla Proctu testified ls nameswero nor mally loll off the assessment roll andjberefm was normally tenants who applied for voters Honld thepnnln difficulty isle dorktreasurer Charla Er Vin had during election was to see rev onevlwlud right to vote the opporl ty townie Whatwas done he said was done in good faith and interpretbest the Voten Couple Killed lls Car Hits Cement Bridge Two people were killed early this morning two miles west of Victoria Hsrbour when thocar they were driving smashed into the side of the cement Canadian PaclL Railway Bridge on High way 12 The car was going east and went into the side wall of the sub woy Dead are Johann Aseher recent immigrant from Germany to Midland and Karen Gadez is Vletorls Harbour lhe wreck age was fouodby patrolling orla Harbo OPP cruuor Ask OWRC To Finance Prdject With new well to be drilled where the test well revealed million gallon per day reserve and with water mains to be ex tended to streets not already serviced Elmvale has asked the Ontario Water Resources Com mission to finance the project under their suyearplan which allows the municlpality to bor row the funds at the current rate of interestmch year The commission will also give expert assistane in getting the new well into operation The ratepayers on the streets that will need the watermains extended will have the oppor tunity to pay for this in cash thus eliminating the carrying charges if borrowed on loan from the commission It is hoped that this work can be underway this early in the spring as therewas some shortage of water this summer Nominations Set lit ElmvaleDec The village of Elmvale has two appointed members on the coun cil Reeve Archie Train replao ed the clerktreasurer by ap pnintment of the council and Ross Hutchison was selected after poll was made fromoann didates for council The regular nominations will beheld Dec with an election if necessary Dec 14 At pres ent no election suggestions are floating around The yiilagehas an increase of 35 in population with total at 925 fall or some or This monmds FATAL accronnr ar crown Bran Killed StiEll GroupHolds Meelmg under Scraper nyearvoid North Bay man waskliled near Barrie early this morning when he was crushed by shrwheel12yard scrhper The scraper was packing fill at the south entrance toCrown Hill interchange at Highway 11 and Highway 400 junction when the driver felt slightbump He told Barrie0ntario Provin cial Police he stopped the trim tor pulling thoscroper and found Don Lillow lying bchind the rear Wheel of thetractor He had been working the com hination back and forth over the fill and was backing up when the accident occurred Thescraper hadgone over Lillows chest and head wait Brealreri Berthed 0n Bayvfi At meeting of Zone Geor ginan Bay Development Associ ation in Goldwater Oct 21 the winter herthing of the new three and half million dollar government icebreaker The Alxander Henry came in for considerable discussion There is movement on foot to havethe boat berthed at the head olthejakes Members felt that this would defeat the pur pose of the icebreaker Since the breakup is always from two to three weeks later in these ports thsnin the Georgian Bay ports the latter would be open before the icebreaker could reach them On the other hand if the Alexander Henry was berthed in more southern port she could get an early start and be in position to open each port as soon as nature permitlt ted members said PortrditiIPqinter Speaker if gAt County Art Exhibit Dorothy Stevens RCA OSA weilltlcnown portrait painter and etcher willbe the speaker on the opening night of the Ninth Annual Connty de Art Exhibit Friday Oct 30 the Midland Armoury ss Stevens has had an extens ve education at the Slade Schobl of London England and for two years in Paris She cculdliave been hitcausing throughout Caoad Miss Stevens specializes in por traits and her ability to get an inetresting pose is one of her Woman from Martin outstanding portrait wh ch was shoutn at the OSA Ex hunt in 1953 Also comple in 1953 was splendid portrait of Frank Ericksen Browo painted with nstudio background In the past shehas been hired by com mercial firms to dovquick sketch es of people from theaudienee This develop it her amaglng speed and skillslngettlng prising likeness eveovin the quick sketch Her pictures are never humdrum in design orsetting andhave cle Streetoolligbwayld ma woman three childrenas yet unidentlfl are in hospital The five inyured were in die The truck was in co car driven by Roy Walnut estre He eler told police he saw this spin owzlliy he pulle over and stopped at the side of th wheel address fromthetruck and background to portrait she etté cleaning thus picking up the colors used in the portrait but keeping it always well under con tra Although Dorothy Stevens best known as portrait painter in recent years she has painted ome beautiful laildscapes throughout the Caribbean and Mexico Local atmosphere is ex cellently expressed through her oeltent design insomnia Miss Sterena promises to be adeiigiittully informal one see the exhibit few of the paintings and tell her and will talk eiples ofp ting Theiolfic Miss Stevens wi be present tale is place Oct 30 at James Patton Warden of County willgive the elcoming about the prin Doors open at 7340 in Friday evening ensatulc hours says she usually indulges to pal use of fine clear colors andiexg She plans to come up earhe to She will select the audiencewbythey appeal to coo ing of colored films on art and craltson Saturday and Sunday afternoons and evenings re freshment booth will provided of Mrs Phyllis Cook ofWyeb dge Oné secpon ofltheArmo iilbe neservedfor display of gt ings done by children of the Out ariollospital iii Caunty artists Will be present Saturday ahg Sunday to demo strate painting and skethhing saturdaylfl Vieming of Pa Mc Sun ay afternoon Hal of Midland erson offOn while LleWBeaver of Barrie Miss Margaret Lernieux ofEim vale will do so that evening Haig of Ml land chairm Ltile 3mm don Caldweli president Harry Smith secretarytreasurer Lynn Russell vicepresident Directors Filtéen young people not at Borrie Wednesday evening to make plans for the next So Ed program Questions such as Do We Want Anv Orchestra for OpeningNightt Who Wants Course in Mechanics called Un Vder Your Car Hoodi and How Mitch Can We Spend on Cream Makers PiClt Caldwell Clare hurt wellimam radio personality was speaker at the banquet and annual meeting at Simcoe County Cream Produc ers Association in Ivy Wednes day nlght Mr Burt in his remarks said he got great deal of pleasure out of workingwith fann people in hispersonal interviews and he spoke highly of the value of folk sehbols in rural commun ities The banquet was attended by 150 farm people from the county who also enjoyed the community singing and entertainment pro vided by Ev Smith program dir ector CKVRLTV Bill Peacock reeve of Essa Township wei comed those present to the town ship ssying it had been the first time in many years that Essa Townhsip had been host to ga thering such as this The business part of the meet ing consistedoi the reportot the president report of Zone direc tor Wood and then re port by Robert Jardine secre wrymanager of the Ontario Cream Produeers Marketing Board Mr Jardine in his re marks announced his retire mentjrom the office which he has held for nine years and in troduced his successor Robert Morrison who previously had been in that post At the election of directors the following were4eiected Eu gene Smith past president Gor are as follows Wood Norman Flavelle BordenJen aett Jaek Steed Ernest Mac Arthur Car Hits Pole Traffic Detours Tratlic gilwayj7 south toured thismorning when car at all thevhigbway sm edinto hydro pol Names and detaiisof cident have been sass VDevin alier son From Stayner Ernie i3 irer Frdelmvale Mrs Mai re LloydCopeland From =drivenby two Barriei youths To Discuss Future Programs Refreshinents this so Session were discussed much vim nnd vlgo sweek program tony uog yrorlr log people Regular evcmn are divided into three The first part of the skills hour in win tion is given in suchltbings ballroom dancing brldg tography The secondpnrt the evernng sparkles nns in young people participate cusslons or listen torlecfur topics of interest to them other years these inciu Marriage an odrers The highlight of evening is lhe socl which includes dan ng ments and lotsoffun Opening and closing nights usually parties with records an orchestra for dhocing ent tamment and mayhem law acquainted games thrown in make an enjoyable rlnf evening for all lt At Wednesdnys meeting president Peter Hallow the other executive members clded to begin this years So program with party Nov It will meet weeklyonWedn 339th new eak again Jan The executive members this yearnre chairmanPel Holloway secretary Diana Donsl treasurer Joan registrations and Jean Harri Further particlllarsabonit 195960 SoEd gram will publishd later or inter ted ties can contact th Bar YWCA atPA noose or vs Holloway at PAazsso flame Gurvlinglolubwil holding aie opening son stag dinner atth rink Wedneiday Oct is scheduled forljmpm at Littles hadfo berde

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