oD B ' ITING-HAS WIDE APPEAL - AGE GROUP RANGES FROM THRE Fine Art Of Figure Skating Stressed At Oshawas Club World's Champion Donald Tummonds, public _ relations Jackson will never forget the|man. "It was formed by Mrs. Oshawa Skating Club. Cc. Ewart McLaughlin, Dr. D. He learned many of the rudi-/E. Steckley and the late Fred- ments of his difficult art there./erick Skinner." Don has a warm spot in his| Today, the skaters practice at heart for the organization,|the Civic Auditorium but there which also applies to hundreds|was a time when they worked of other OSC alumni. out in Hambly's ' Arena and The club, since its early. in-|later, the Children's Arena be- fancy, has enjoyed a homey,|fore moving into their present family atmosphere; but behind) home rink, ' this is a far more important} Don Jackson spent his early characteristic on the part of|skating years with the Oshawa the membership -- that is the/club in the old Hambly's arena, firm desire to excel in this/It was gutted by fire in 1953, graceful and difficult interna-| Jackson then went to Ottawa tional sport, to continue his training and go on to numerous amateur and 300 MEMBERS professional titles. He eventual- Three hundred people from/ly became a_ star attraction age three to 60 are actively in-|with the Ice Follies, scheduled volved in figure skating at the/to appear in Toronto next Feb- a a sag ER, CLUB PRO 16 LOVELIES OF OSHAWA FIGURE SKATING CLUB LISTEN INTENTLY TO "DICK" RIMM ...Club Is Proud Of Large Alumni, Especially World's Champion Don Jackson Of Ice Follies GRACE SUDDARD HAS SHOELACE ADJUS TED BY ART PETRE DURING REST SESSION ...Club Started In 1988 With But 50 Members - Today It Has More Than 300 Skaters ' Pro Actors Tour Schools In Saskatchewan Set-up REGINA (CP)--A profes- sional educational theatre company has been formed to provide a new dimension in the teaching of literature in Saskatchewan schools. Known as the Globe The- atre, the company of six pro- fessional actors will tour ele- mentary and high schools put- ting on plays in which some students will play bit parts. Rhena Howard, president of the Regina Child and Youth Drama Association, says the group takes its cue from Brit- ain where educational drama presentations and creative ac- | tivities have long been a part of the schoo] system. The association asked the Saskatchewan Arts Board to consider establishment of such a theatre company and the board responded enthusiasti- cally, Mrs. Howard says. Ken Kramer, formerly of Edmonton, will be the direc- tor, assisted by his wife Sue, | an expert in children's drama. While Mr. Kramer was en- | 'Tow TY And Radio Performers ployed by Edmonton's parks | and recreation division direct- ing such activities as the Ed- monton Playground Players, Mrs.. Kramer taught creative people. | Oshawa Times Photo Club, "The club has been in opera- tion since 1938," Nisin JANICE BARNES SHOWS STYLE ++» Youngsters Love It Tribute John Drainie In Book They are not for public sale,|has collected in her years of drama, dance drama and art- | Canada's leading radio and tel-|he said, They have been. dis-/Skating. Among her awards is and-drama courses to young |evision performers have pub-|tributed to the 3,000 members|@ Gold Medal won at Banff lished a 24-page booklet to pay|of the ACTRA, members of Par- School of Fine Arts. This is the TORONTO (CP) -- Some of died Oct. 31, aged 50. and producers. The booklet, printed in dark Henry Comor, president of the | Association of Canadian Televi-| brown ink on light brown paper, sion and Radio Artists and edi-/is a collection of tributes to Mr, tor of the booklet, said Thurs-|Drainie from some of Canada's day 4,000 copies have heen|leading radio writers, producers th nn ny | Next Week's Activities RENTING THIS EXCITING' NEW: RESIDENCE, LO- CATED IN OSHAWA'S FINEST RESIDENT- IAL AREA IS DESIGNED FOR QUIET COMFORT, AND GRACIOUS § LIVING, WE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO VISIT US, AND TO RESERVE NOW FOR EARLY OCCUPANCY. KRosslywn Arms Apartments 745 STEVENSON ROAD NORTH PHONE 728-9724 AT THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM December 4th to December 10th Sunday--December 4th 10:00 a.m. -- 1:00 p.m. U.A.W. Hockey 1:15 pam: -- 3:15 p.m. Family Skating 4:00 p.m. -- 6:00 p.m, Duplate Hockey League 7:00 p.m, -- 10:00 p.m. Oshawa' Senior League Mondoy--December Sth 11:00 a.m. -- 2:00 p.m G.M. "Chevelle" Hockey League 6:00 p.m, -- 8:00 p.m. Oshawa Minor Hockey 8:00 p.m. -- 10:00 p.m G.M. Office League Tuesday--December 6th 6:00 p.m. -- 8:00 p.m. Oshawa Figure Skating Club 8:00 p.m. -- 10:00 p.m. Oshawa Minor Hockey Wednesday--December 7th 6:00 p.m. -- 7:00 p.m C.Y.0. Hockey 8:00. p.m, -- 10;00 p.m. Adult Public Skating Thursdoy--December 8th 6:00 p.m. -- 10:00 p.m. Oshawa Figure Skating Club Fridey--December 9th 7:15 p.m, C.C.N.A. Bingo $5,000.00 in prizes Seturday--December 10th 7:00 a.m. -- 12 Noon Oshowo Protestant Church League 12 Noon -- 2 p.m. N.H.L. Tyke Hockey League 2;00 p.m. -- 4:00 p.m. Children's Skating Under 14 (parent may accompany). 7:15 p.m, -- Junior "A" Hockey --- Oshowa Generals vs London ICE RENTALS AVAILABLE: Phone 728-5162 During Christmas School Holidays 7:00 a.m, -- 4:00 p.m, ruary. The club has other Canadian said Gary|amateur champions in Dawn Steckley, daughter of one of the club's founders, Hugh Smith and national competition run- ner-up Elaine-Richards, THE CLUB TODAY "In 1938 the club had a mem- bership of 50, today we have 300," said Tummonds, 'This is the total number accepted and lately we have been filling our quota without difficulty." 'The senior and adult sections of the club consist of 50 mem- bers while the beginners and juniors make up the other 250. "The main goal of the club is to promote figure skating in this area,"' said Tummonds. -Mr. Tummonds went on to mention "a new group this year; a hockey power skating school for young hockey players to get the most out of their. skating while playing the game", This addition to the club has been divided into two sections of seven weeks; the first of which began in September and has an enrolment of 40 boys. The age limits for this school are eight to 12 and if it prov successful it will be continue in years to come, COMPETITION TODAY To reach any of the larger and more-publicized skating competitions, a skater must work hard. "They start at the club level and work their way up to divisional meets and then possibly to the national compe- titions, even to the world finals, | if they happen to be another ® Don Jackson," said Tum- monds. On these lines, club profes- sional Dick Rimmer plays a large part, Aside from teaching basics to the beginners and coaching the more accomplish- ed skaters, Mr. Rimmer is re- sponsible for such people as Janice Tomalak, 15, who _is Senior Ladies' Champion of the Oshawa Skating Club. This title, is only one of the many that the youthful skater . -- tribute to John Drainie, wholliament, the press and agentsjhighest award attainable in the Canadian Figure Skating Asso- ciation Test. From 1938 to 1966; from Sep- tember to April; the Oshawa Skating Club has and does en- courage, and promote skating in Oshawa and will continue. to do so in the coming year. One of the club's highlights this season will be a skating carnival to be held April 8. Club members will participate along with visiting profession- als. They hope to make this the biggest show ever' held by the club, | Chinese Food Chinese Dishes 1 | 12 NOON TO 2:30 P.M. | | i | NO. 1 $1.00 Foo Roll, Sweet and Sour Pork, Chieken Chop Suey. NO. 2 $1.25 Egg Roll' Sweet and Sour Shrimps, Chicken Chow Mein. | | LICENSED UNDER L. 10% OFF ALL TAKE OUT ORDERS CENTRAL HOTEL GRILL 7 KING ST. EAST "ANYBODY WANT TO SKATE?" ...Karen Tummonds, 3, Is Club Member Oshawa Times Photo ON THE TOWN GEORGIAN HOTEL The Georgian Motor Hotel's Vintage Room will feature the Bobby Dean Duo for one week starting Monday night. Bobby performs in his own inimitable style on the piano and sings, much to the delight of patrons around the cocktail lounge circuit, who have ac- claimed him as one of their favorites. He will have a drummer along to add rythm to the act --the pair will also perform for the dance sessions, which have become such an inter. esting feature at the Vintage Room. Lloyd Cooper .and his Honky-Tonk piano entertain- ment concludes tonight. CAROUSEL (AJAX) The Carousel Inn, . Ajax, will feature Jeri Adams, the talented and attractive singer- pianist next week, starting on Monday night. Jeri comes well recommended as a cock- tail lounge performer and her stay at the Ajax nitery may well become an extended one, CADILLAC HOTEL Sheila Guthrie will be back in the Coronet Room of the Cadillac Hotel for another week starting on Monday, thanks to popular demand. She has become a favorite with Coronet patrons who like her sophisticated song-styling and delivery, Laurie Lane will also return with her exotic dancing numbers and, of course, there will be Tom- my Danton back in his: ac- customed place as leader of the Impacts, the room's regu- lar orchestra. General-Man- ager Lou Bonney promises that this will be one of his The Hideaway management will stick to the Rock N' Roll format again next week, as they have since the room was officially . opened several ths ago. a The Four Larsen Brothers will be back again for a se- cond week, There has rarely been a more popular act at the Hideaway than this talent- ed group with their vivacious presentations and large re- of musical numbers that click. They will be followed in one week by The Brothers Eter- nal + Ted, Harry and John. are one of the more successful Rock N' Roll units working the cocktail lounge circuit today. 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