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WEST END PRICE $4265. • Samethi S D914, may .beihg . theatre here by Nancy Andrews WE'VE DONE IT -- These girls look rather proud of themselves and why not - They are receiving County Honors for completing six projects are:(from L.to R.) back row - Marjorie De Boer and Kathy Peck; 3rd row - Mary Ellen Steckle, Marianne Klaver, Susan fuller, Dale Schwartzentruber and Karen Rodges; 2nd. row - Janice De Weerd, Barbara Hesk and Golda Sewers; Front - Shirley Anne Gilbert, Sherry Verbeek, Carolyn van Dorp and Dianne Consitt. (Photo by Oke) HCBE discontinues Safety patrols in two towns The st age production of Hello Dolly delighted a capacity crowd t at Seaforth district High School last Tuesday night. In turn, the littron County Playhouse was overwhelmed with the response made to less than a i regional theatre providing professional entertainment to towns too small to support a full season by themselves. Chris Covert, road manager, said although Hello Dolly is a popular musical comedy, •a response like Seafoarth's has not been duplicated in the other towns in the area even with many more weeks of advertisement. At present there are five towns on its tour, and the Playhouse has given more performances this year outside than inside Grand Bend. The turn-out, at least, demonstrates that Seaforth residents have a real appetite for this type of entertainment. As the high school auditorium resounded with music, laughter, and color, who can blame a few residents from being swept by sweet nostalgia? For years, local theatre lovers have had to travel to Grand Bend, or Stratford to see a professional stage production. This was not always so, however. AT one time, Seaforth was a h ome away from home for many touring companies. Who can blame those few residents who saw live theatre and have made entertainment at Cardno's Hall as young people, or romantic history buffs, from remembering the way it used to time be at a when over 300 is Seaforth residents were welcoming Huron Country Playhouse actors like long lost friends.? There is a real yearning in people, who have been bored, hypnotized, and disgusted by movies and what is referred to by my father as the "boob tube", for the excitement, bright lights and involvernept tof live ,tisFecWo ss Maybe in the middle., laughing at one of, Ole 5?1,pic iri routines of Dolly Levi, trying to persuade anunwilling Horace Vandergelder to' not even suggest matrimony, a few people felt a little uneasy as if something wasn't quite right. Some people might have experienced a vague-feeling that Seaforth had been missing It something - live theatre.' Those who remember when Seaforth . had live theatre in the best halt in town, Cardno's,. may have felt discouraged abort the empty wa ste of an abandoned concert hall. Others might heve thought if only this production could have played on stage at Cardno's Hall t week of local advertisement. The show was held in Seaforth to help gauge the public's response to live theatre. The Grand Bend centered theafte is trying to develop as a playhouse tour company played his season rit performed in theatres built in the town's early ife but Which have returned to use in the past few years. The Playhouse has expressed nterest in performing in Seaforth next year in a natural setting, like Cardno's Hall. At present', the hall is privately owned by the grandson of the original builder, John Cardno. e has said he has no plans for he uilding, and it would cost a considerable amount of money to bring it up to today's standards. Cardno's Hall will remain an abandoned concert hall, until local residents with enough committment, decide it's time to re-enlist the building in the service of the community Carno's Hall which is located ust under the old clock tower at the west side of Main Street, was built by Alexander CArdno in 1877. The hall was used as a theatre and ft r community dances, until about 1950 when the cost and bother of modernizing the building got too great and attendance declined as television became more common. The future of Cardno's Hall is up" in the air but at least, the future of theatre in Seaforth looks good. It will be hard for the Huron Country Playhouse to ignore such a receptive audience. There is also a possibility that the Blyth Summer Festival may present one or two shows at Victoria Park in Seaforth next year. Keith Roulston, chairman of the Festival, said it would depend on the final decision of the artistic director,James Roy, but due to a limited budget, it would probably be only a cabaret n type entertainment, with many of the actors improvishing instead of having elaborate settings. There seems to be a lively interest in theatre in Seaforth and this in turn will make many touring groups interested in playing here. ** * * One of the most spontaneous laughs on Tuesday evening's performance came when Dolly d it eSt t„, e t mhieeband's ,,p4 oesip ys, „ sppey, is like 4(siM g9M l!Pi'ziss you sprea it around to he lp young things grow." ' Needless to say, a little of this type of manure would be a definite asset in helping nurture a theatre in Seaforth; Being well acquainted with the play, Hello Dolly, I went expecting to be entertained and wasn't disappointed. French-Canadian, ' Jeanne Beauvais, played the part of Dolly Levi, a penniless widow' who for ten years after her husband's death, made everybody's business her business. Carrying a sign 'In one of the scenes she proudly advertised her trade, "Dolly Levi, Medler." As she said: "Some people sew, some paint, I meddle." Within the play she decides she wants to marry tight wad Horace Vandergelder to help spread his money around. One of the standout performances was from Cheryl Sern who did a good job of portraying Minnie Faye, the gossipy and mindless New York milliner's assistant. All the women, including Irene Malloy, the milliner, seem to be after the main chance, that is to marry a man with money. Who could forget Hilary Blaelcmore as the tiresome and timid niece of Mr. Vandergelder, who throughout the play is in the" process bf crying her eyes out? She *ants to marry a man without money, and her uncle objects. In spite of this, the women dominate the play as Dolly catches and even reforms Mr. Vandergelder. Christopher Spence, plays the part of Cornelius Hackl, a chief clerk at Mr. Vandergelder's store who decides at 33 years of age he deserves one night off a week, and closes the store to go to New York, not to return until he kisses a girl. Jeanne Beauvais did an admirable job of portraying the endearing and undaunted Dolly. All the actors and acresses did a credible job of both acting and singing. Mr. Spence has a deep tenor voice and did a good job of singing the role of the down- trodden, and bewildered clerk. Mr. Covert said about 95 per cent of the staff were Canadian talent. This includes Don Fleeker who is an important part of University and London amateur theatre. In the first town see ric the words of the song seemed quite gar bled and it was' hard for Dolly fans to distinguish the words, let alone people who were seeing the play for the first time. This seemed to resolve itself as the play progressed, except for times Dolly was upstage and her voice got lost in the drapes. The stage manager, Brian Longstaff has to be commended for his simple but innovative settings. In a matter of seconds the settings changed from Vandergelder's store to a railway station. rather effective use of the statue technique allowed the maximum use of the stage. In one corner Dolly was wit h discussing Mr. Vandergelder's niece and her boyfriend how they could get permission to get married and in another spot on stage the two clerks were setting off for New York. By the others being absolutely still, the audience's attention would focus on either of the two plots: No doubt, due to the influence of the choreographer, all the prop changes were accomplished with speed and grace. As for the dancing, at times, particularly in the crowd scenes, the dances seemed too elaborate and sweeping for the stage. I had the feeling that the dancers were feeling restricted in their movements due to the size of the stage. None of these criticisms are too severe for the performance was a one night stand in Seaforth, and it will always be difficult for a touring company to feel completely at home on a strange Stage. Needless to say, many Seaforth residents will be humming the musical's catchy tunes for days and weeks to come. A Canadian Red Cross Summer Safety Tip: Always stay with your boat if it is capsized or swamped. Hang on for until you are rescued. Do not ttempt to swim for shore. Yell to us for helm The Huron County Board of Education voted to discontinue school safety patrols at public' schools in Goderich and Exeter at Mondry night's meeting. "Lastation defines the limits of a board's jurisdiction over pupils as only while on schol property or while travelling on a school bus," D.J.Cochrane, director of education, informed trustees. The board is in a position where it might be sued if an accident occurred at a board sanctioned crosswalk, he said. Student safety patrols will not be operating this September, while board-paid -adult guards will remain at the cross walks until December 31. The cost of crossing guards at Highway 4, near Exeter public school, is shared by the board and Exeter council.. There is' also a board employed guard on Highway 21 at Vict 'aria Public School in goderich. lb Goderich, grade 6 pupils were members of a school safety patrol. "It is my opinion that responsibility for helping children to cross the street is that of an adult guard. Grade 6 students are not of an age to accept the responsibility", said Mr Cochrane. In Clinton and Wingham, crossing guards are employed by the town counciL Local police oversee school safery.in Seeforth. Trustee Jack Alexander .of Wingham said the board "should be paying in all municipalities or none. We have paid our guard in Wingham for several years and if I'd known that the board paid for guards elsewhere, I would have brought this up before now." Chairman Wilfred Shortreed said the director of education would need to write "a diplomacy letter" to Exeter and Goderich councils . asking that the responsibility for the children's safety at crossings be the town's. Trustee John Elliot suggested that the affected councils inform the board by December if they will employ crossing guards "Highway 4 is dangerous, I don't want to see the children abandoned" , he said. "The board has no cost saving ulterior motive," said Mr. Cochrane, but is merely attempting to conform to ministry regulations. Other business discussed at the meeting included the feasibility of an optional swim program for elementary school pupils at Vandstra community centre during the winter months. During 1974-75 pupils from Clinton, Hullett and Huron Centennial public schools participated in a series of lessons. Parents paid $2.00 for eight one hours sessions. Transportation to and from Vanasrtra was provided from the schools' budget. Night schools will be located in Central Huron Seccindary School, Clinton, F.E.Madill Secondary School, Wingham, Seaforth District High School, South Huron District High School in Exeter and Goderich District Collegiate Institute. Starting date for 1975-76 classes will be the week of October 6. A list of courses in HuronCounty will be published. The board approved one-year contracts giving custodians at 13 public schools and the board's administrative office here pay cinecnrteases averaging 14.7 per Salaries will range from $8,000 to $11 4000 depending on school size and man-hours required. Some larger schools have union workers while smaller ones have contract workers. The new contracts will cost 5157,550 in the 1975-76 school year, beginning Sept.. 1, compared with $137,350 last year. Five senior members of the board's administration office received increases, averaging 14 p6t cent. The , raises, also e r ctive, Sept', 1, will cost the .I3oard $77,700 compared to $68,100 last year. The salaries range close to $15,000. chief custodians at the board's five high schools - received increases averaging about•18 per cent which will eost the board $55,500 in 1975-76. Chief custodians are ,not union members and the increase brings their salaries to between $11,000 and $11,700. . Other high school custodians are union members and are on a cnoenxttraycet athrat does not expire until In addition, nine non-union clerical workers at the administration office and in the schools received increases ranging from six to nearly 20 per cent. Office staff, whose salaries currently are from $5,300 to $6,600 annually, will receive from $5,600 to $8,100 beginning Sept. 1. In, other business, the board decided to call for tenders for the supply of six new school buses after being told by transportation manager Bob Cunningham the, board owns "a considerable 74 TORONTO STREET All,TCSFLIP Eliont *348,,9412 gong InsWice Cticil - Home - Lire Auto Commercial Farm Liability ip Accident & Siekn‘ss INSURANCE CO-OPERATORS INSURANCE Aslociolor4 THE FORGE Main Street, Seaforth 527.0443 Lower interest Rates NOW AVAILABLE ON 1st and 2nd Mortgages' anywhere in Ontario on RESIDENTIAL — INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL and FARM PROPERTIES Interim financing on new construction or land development REPRESENTATIVES IN YOUR AREA — PHONE AREA CODE 519-744-6535 COLLECT SAFEWAY INVESTMENTS & CONSULTANTS LTD. Head Office: 56 Weber Street, East, Kitchener, Ontario. WE BUY EXISTING MORTGAGES FOR INSTANT CASH ) number" of buses which are older than the ministry of education's recommended maximum lifespan of seven years. 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