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Barrie Examiner, 30 Nov 1979, p. 62

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goes up against Stabens the legendary hanginiudge ol Tex 60 mins JOHN DENVER AND THE MUPPETS THE WALTONs NHL HOCKEV MontrealCanndienavs onto Me In Leats $FOOFSTEPSSecretOlLIttleNedThe ImportanceotlisteningtOChIldrenIsihelocusot episode MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE Acorv dinner tor six becomes battlefield when Mr er meets the German houaeouest MOVIE AOVENTURE mu Operation Crossbow 1965 830 THE REAL STORY €19 OUIz KIDS SHOW 900 DIFFRENT STROKES Arnold thrnksWIllIaIsalterhiagirlattarhisbrothergives Ice that backfire MUSIC OF MAN Following the Great War In Europe revolution in muSIc took place led by Schonbero Berg and Varese tn America It was Aaron Copland with radio and soundmovies populariling all forms cl mumc mrns HALLMARK HALLOF FAMEAunt MaryJeanStapletonstarainthistruetlledrama about Baltimore woman who Ignored severe End of an era For the iast 20 years Al Dub Kirkland Lake 0th has been Dubitd Brothers in Canada He talked about his new iob lid as new director of public during an interview in day CP Photo physmal handicaps to become sandlot be all coach hrs CHARLIES ANGELS The Angeis areluredtoaremotelropicalistand whereihey find themselves becoming the quarry ot de ed hunter 60 mins MOVIE COMEDY Warm camber 1973 UPSTAIRSDOWNSTAIRSirYou Were They Only Girl In The World Only three Ollicersturn uptor Hazelstea party and Hazel becomes triendly with one ol them In France James vrsns Georgina at the halo hospital Great battle is expected and Edward and gory will likely be Involved SECOND CITY TV 930 HELLO LARRYLarryisamusedhyihe prospect ot hosting the Miss Nude Portland contestuntilhelearnsthathe mustalso appear altogether GOING PLACES 1000 BEST OF SATURDAV NIGHT LIVE SPECTRUM This documentary locusesonGrenleIlotLabradDr Tosomehewas saint healer and hero To others he was publiCity hound sacral climber and master wrnari Repeat 60 min BARBARA WALTERS SPECIAL Suzanne Somers Stevie Wonder and Sylvester Stallone are Interviewed by Barbara Walters m1ns THE BODY IN QUESTION ea GLOBAL NEWS UPDATE NEWS 1001 STREETSOF SANFRANCISCO Steve Keller goes undercover as an excon to discover whors putting otherexeconsback Into Crimmal activrties With suspICIon painting towards parote oilicer 1100 NEWS CBC NEWS CW NEWS THE REAL STORY MOVIE DRAMA 99 Say Hello to Yesterd 2y 1971 11 NEWS 1125 NEws 1127 NEWS 1130 THE TONIGHT SHOW Guest host Id Letterman 90 nuns CBS LATE MOVIE BLACK SHEEP SOUADRONUpForGrabsJapanesecomman dos strike one morning taking everyone by sur prise Repeat HAWAIIFIVEO McGarrettls Missmg Slars Jack Lord Charles CioitI peat MOVIE COMEDY Start Revolution Without Me 1970 PARTY GAME QUESTION PERIOD ED IN PRIVATE LIFE 1145 THRILLER 1200 MOVIE SCIENCE Human or 1968 KOJAK Spiritualistdreamaola murder In committed belore It happens 60 mine MERV GRIFFIN 1215 MOVIE SUSPENSEDRAMA Big Bounce 1969 100 TOMORROW MEDICAL CENTER 130 NEWS GONG SHOW 215 QMOVIEWESTERNPV Ma cho Callahan 1970 wed nesday tv MAX HAINES Passion pure and simple Every so often the world needs good juicy scandal Perhaps the Watergate affairs was the granddaddy of them all It isnt every day that an in cident comes along which culminates in the resignation of president of the US Still and all there have been some dan dies down through the years If you remember Babe Ruth Jack Dempsey the Charleston and bathtub gin you may very well remember the subject of one of the most titillating scan dals of all time Aimee Sem ple McPherson Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy was born in of all places In gersoll Ont on Oct 1890 From the time little Aimee could walk her mother Minie in troduced her into religious milieu which in one form or another she was to spend the balance of her life Actually Aimee at 18 years of age did bit more than attend religious meetings She fell hard for Bible thumping Robert Aimee poses with in lngersoll Ont the examiner Friday Nov30 1979 9A 1979 Toronto Sun Syndicate friend outside the for mhouse where she had her humble beginnings Semple fine cut ofa man who Kenneth Ormiston radio in the Mexican town after walk stood well over six feet and who operator at the Temple There ing an entire day through the was himself travelling were complications For evangelist Soon the pair were starters Kenneth was married married and off to China to lead Besides Sister Aimee was su the wretched heathen to the posed to be above frolickin light Unfortunately before with the hired help While the they could light the way Sem romance was in full bloom ple caught fever in Hong Aimee went on religious safaris Kong and died to Europe and the Holy land In 1909 Aimee gave birth to where she was resounding Semples daughter Together success Ken was absent from with tiny Roberta Starr she the Temple during these trips returned to New York where and there were those snide her parents resided Not one to devils who hinted that he let grass grow under her feet clandeestinely accompanied Aimee tied the knot with Aimee on her quest to save lost grocery clerk Harold McPher souls son This new alliance only jell On May 18 1926 Aimee went ed long enough to usher son for swim near Los Angeles Rolf into the world Harold and with her private secretary Em Aimee werethen divorced ma Schaeffer While her Aimee was not beautiful secretary ran an errand Aimee woman Now that is not to say simply and totally disappeared that she was not attractive and By nightfall the evangelists sexy Photos taken of her while disappearance was headline she was in her 20s reveal news across the country catlike quality nicely packag Believing she had drowned edinatrim neatfigure Above thousands took part in sear all Aimee had that intangible ching for her body something known as charisma Coincidental with Aimees desert in 120 degree temperature Much was made of the fact that Aimee wasnt even pcrspiring Ken Ormiston was sub poenaed to appear before the Grand Jury but by now he was living in Norfolk Va and had no intention of crossing the country to appear in court He claimed to know nothing of the disappearance On July 20 the Grand Jury found that there was not suffi cient evidence to prove that Aimee had been kidnapped You can imagine the evangelists embarrassment when two days later it was reveled by four witnesses that Ken Ormiston had rented lovcnest in Carmel Calif on May 19 the day following Aimees disappearance He had rented the cottage under the name Henry Benedict Aimec using the name Mrs Macln tyre had shared the cottage Witness evidence relating to some juicy Together with her mother and two children Aimee travelled across the US with tent spreading the word wherever she was allowed to set up During this time Aimee was developing an attractive line later to be known as her Four Square Gospel She also was becoming forceful fascinating public speaker Probably Aimees greatest single contribution to the religion business was her realization that the spreading of the word combined with relieving the suckers Of their hard earned dollars required the glitter of showbusincss When she set up her permanent headquarters in thc Angclus Tcmple in Los Angcles Aimee was quite sight to behold as she spoke from an elevated stage white flowing robes flut tering in the breeze hidden fans provided thc windpmveri and arms outstretched to the hcnvcns The rotating clcctric cross on the top of the temple could he soon for miles OII MILLIONS To give you in idea of the sur ccss of Amiccs tvmplc it cost inc and halt million dollars to build in 102 lhv amount of cool rush lllLh imund mm tho lllltl has nt lttll ItVtLll ml but the plticc lllltl payroll In over SltOO prt mwk lliltt Ind hcr mothcr pcixunnlly min ml the organiIiiinn littk stuck and biirrcl Ry litli liiith mothcr daughter were lIIllllOntllltS Thats when the roof caved lli Aimee fell in love with drertor for Warner relations for Global TV tS Toronto otiice Tues disappearance Ken Ormistons wife reported her husband mind con Aimee was gone swept off the face of the earth forever Her thousands of followers could only do two Never Sister missing cidence things pray and send money They did both Sister Aimee Memorial Fund was huge suc cess Sums taken in are unknown in total but must have been substantial One meeting alone netted 318000 While all the lucrative shenanigans were going on Aimees mother received ran som note demanding $540000 for her daughters safe return The note was signed The Avengers Police kept the prrr posed meeting with the kidnap pcrs but no one showed up MORE TO OMIC Excitement yes but more was to conic On June 21 1936 Aimee showed up alive and Ill in thc Mexican bOltltl town ll Aqua lrictzi She told Illllt story She had boon kidnapped by ltosc Stove and Jake rind hclrl prisoncr in lllllt shutk smiicwhort in thc dcscrt Shc hd escaped and walked through lhc scorching desert all day 1111 til she reached quI llitlll iticrmidmghl lhc lllilililll slur mndr hmdhnrm iriiund thi iiirld lhvrr was Ills one thing Ins ngilc l1llICl Attorncy zi Kcyts didii holicyc 41 word til it llc assigned Deputy lgt lnscph Ryan to inycstigiiic thv tililllltlltlli liight trnm the beginning Ryan smelled rat Aimee hild shown up clean and refreshed with her lover Aimee was down but not out An appeal to Ken Ormiston to tell all brought forth an of fidavit wherein he confessed to having been shackcd up with lady but he swore the lady was Miss not our Aimee At the height of the scandal the district attorney filed criminal complaint against Orlt mislon Mrs Kennedy and of course Aimee They were charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and giving false evidence before the iranr Jury Aimccs preliminary hearing begun on Monday Sept 27 1926 The public loved it aflcr witness gave tidbit concerning Ormiston and Aimces torrid love affair Each Sunday Aaimee reviewed the trial on her own radio pro gram ridiculing her tormen tors and proclaiming hcr iii nocence All three defendants wer held over for trial Right in the middle of pro cccdings District Attorney Keyes in separate action was charged with conspiracy to defraud The action against him was delayed until the McPherson affair was finaliz ed The final blow to Aimecs reputation came when her love letters to Ormiston were found by some busybody who reveal ed all Just as things were war ming up to hot criminal trial where Aimec her mother and Ormiston stood chance of go ing to prison for up to year all charges against the three were dropped When Aimee heard the news she fainted Why was such circus unceremoniously dropped so quickly We will never know for sure but there were those who said the fix was in Aimee had purportedly bought off District Attorney Keyes for $50000 Once the fuss settled down Aimee went back to the preaching business but times were changing She quickly discovered that no one could take her seriously as preacher again She faded into Obscurity Ken Ormiston returned to Los Angeles wharc he became the respected chief engineer of local radio station EASY TO APPLY NO FOOTING The 81 PM Outer an TAIRVIEW 7370100 uni 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