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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-11-25, Page 18Patois 18 Times-Advocate, November 25, 1976. HOMEBAKED STILL THE BEST—Mrs. Reba Clarke, seated, of Exeter still enjoys home baked bread the best as she and Mrs. Alma Southcott, also of Exeter, examine some of the bread at the Blue Water Rest Home bazaar last week. Photo by McKinley Playhouse director says critic 'off base' COLOUR PORTRAIT OF YOUR CHILD "Just In Time Far Christmas Givin • I" r -16117016.01 geC111001SIMAS 001 e I d b j .mss G"''' SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27th 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY London's finest child photographer will be in our store to take pictures of your child. Receive colour portraits far superior to any you've previously experienced - with Kodak's new professional colour film and advanced lighting techniques. Just come by our store during the day and hours listed below. 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'1.15 PORK LOINS lb. 954 Whole SLABe BACON 1b,;1 .08 Prices Include Processing Fresh Select Chiquita Golden Yellow BANANAS Florida Juicy° TANGERINES 2 lbs. institute raise $200 from "craft fair' participation THE BEEHIVE DEPARTMENT STORE GRAND BEND 238-2154, If that we did not charge for the first two performances did not interest Doug Bale at all. He came there looking for ammunition and he found it. What a convenient way to try and wipe out a successful five year history. In my opinion, it was calculated cleverness to attempt this during our off- season when our theatre is closed and people can't come to judge for themselves, Doug Bale wouldn't have dared to launch such an attack during our regular season. People simply wouldn:t have accepted it. Why has he done this? If I could for one minute believe it has to do with objective criticism, I would have "swal- lowed my medicine" and gone about my work planning our new season. But i cannot accept the idea that five year's achievement can be written off on the basis of one children's play, however badly we may have presented it on one day of a four-week tour. I've taken issue with this because I'm convinced Doug Bale has an axe to grind and it has little to do with critical integrity. It is hard to believe that a man who has ignored all 12 plkrs we have done in our children's department in the past five years suddenly develops a burning desire to see this one. The fact is he has seen precious little of our work. He has reviewed fewer than ten of our 55 productions to date. Of these, he phoned in his reviews before the shows ended sometimes as early as first act intermission. With what authority then, does Doug Bale evaluate our five year achievement? Quite to the contrary, I think Doug Bale is less successful at his job than we meat ours. For one thing, it is impossible to learn from Doug Bale's reviews. Unlike the majority of critics, he only tells us we are bad or wrong without telling us how to correct or improve. He confuses his role as drama critic with that of ombudsman, watching over the public purse. He also oversteps his role as critic by offering a gratuitous service telling a random phone caller not to attend our productions, recommending they patronize certain other companies, and telling our Sponsors they should hot have booked us. It this the role of a drama critic? Doug Bale can try to Squirm out of his present predicament by grandly asking us for a committment to excellence, while Free Press readers are asked to accept any haphazard and biased sensationalism posing as dramatic criticism. The truth of the matter is that Doug Bale should make a committment to competence and ethics. Could Doug Bale pass the same sort of test he poses for others? No, of course not, but no matter because "somebody up there" likes him. Who is that somebody and why doesn't he like us? At the recent lunch Doug Bale laid on for me at Benmiller (the basis of his second article which Was supposed to smooth it all over but which, to me, added insult to injury) he said he would eventually take Stratford to task and that he's eyeing Theatre London suspiciously. What a pity, I reflected, that here is a man who fails to see any of the positive and constructive leadership possibilities of his role as critic, but rather lies in wait only for the chance to condemn. Theatre people are sensitive to criticism, but after 18 years in the business I've developed a thick enough skin, In all that time I have never before responded to whatecer critics decided to write about me. But Doug Bale is completely off-base and I've known it for years, He thinks he is "tough" Please turn to page 19 Fifteen members attended the November meeting of the Grand Bend Women's Institute, held in the town hall. President, Mrs, Nola. Taylor, presided and opened with a poem, entitled, "The best and sweetest things in life, are things yOd cannot buy". Roll call was answered by telling "A pioneer task or saying of your grandmother." Nomination deadline near Grand Bend residents have until Monday to file nomination papers for the vacancy which exists on council. The first nomination resulted in acclamations for Reeve Bob Sharen, Deputy-Reeve Bob Simpson and Councillors Bill Baird and Harold Green, as well as PUC members Roy Johnson and Prosper Van Bruane. Nominations, of course, will not be accepted for these positions, but only the one vacancy on council. If more than one person is nominated for the vacant seat, an election would have to be held to declare the winner. Blade Cut 'CHUCK STEAK lb. 78' Chuck ARM STEAK 11.813‘ Smoked PICNIC HAMS ,,884 Store Sliced COOKED HAM lb.$ 1 .88 Open 6 Days A Week It was reported that around $200 was made at the bake sale, tea table and hot meal at the Craft fair last Saturday. It was decided the members would quilt two quilts after Christmas. NO ACCIDENTS Officers of the Ontario Provincial Police detachment at the Pinery Park were not called on to investigate any accidents this week. Nine charges were laid under each of the Highway Traffic Act and Liquor Licence Act, . Mrs. Alec Hamilton reported on the fall board meeting that she and two members attended in Hensall earlier in November, Convener of Citizenship and World Affairs, Mrs. Hugh Morenz, spoke on "Pioneer Citizenship", She opened with a poem "Pioneers" which was composed by her ,cousin Alfie Barnes of High River, Alberta. Following this, Mrs. Morenz assisted by several members read the True Life story of a 79 year old Sarnia woman, who had emigrated to Canada from Russia, settling first in the North West Territories, then later Saskatchewan, describing the way of life of pioneers, the effects of two world wars and a depression on her family, It covered more than 100 years of Canada's history. She was the mother of 18 children and now is a great great grandmother. Lunch hostesses were Mrs. Lillian Brown and Mrs. Olive Webb. For Flowers, Plants or Gifts CALL OR VISIT OUR DADDY'S FLOWER SHOPS SWISS STEAK lbs11.28 Lean (Formerly Steak) GROUND BEEF • ib.984 On October 26 of this year, drama critic Doug Bale of the London Free Press reviewed the first performance of the Country Playhouse Young Players production of The HideAnd-Seek Odyssey Of Madeline Gimple. More than simply an unkind review of the production, Mr. Bale's article was a scathing attack on the Playhouse and its five-year history. The Playhouse Board of Trustees responded with an appeal to The Ontario Press Council. Many of the area's newspapers carried the Board's letter, as well as editorials supporting the Playhouse. The Free Press "Letters to the Editor" section carried one or two letters from outraged readers almost every day. Dozens of messages of support have been received by the Play- house from teachers, students, members and supporters, and from people who have simply enjoyed Playhouse productions in past seasons. On November 12, Playhouse Board Chairman William Cochrane, Q.C., and two of the Playhouse Trustees met with Mr. William Heine, Free Press Editor, for a thoroughtre414* de4 the situation. Public reaction continued to mount. Recently, Doug Bale invited Managing Director James Murphy for a meeting which Playhouse officials hoped would clear the air. When Mr. Bale's second article appeared November 20, Mr. Murphy felt it was a gross misrepresentation and distortion of Playhouse artistic policy, and in many ways, more damaging than the original article. Mr. Murphy has responded in the following manner: A Plea For Critical Honesty In the controversy raging around Doug Bale's vicious attack upon the Playhouse (Oct. 26-76) and his subsequent eagerness to exonerate himself by sweeping the whole mess under the carpet (Nov. 20-76), one has to go back to square one and question the original motive. It is fantastic to believe that all this could spring from our children's production first day out on tour. 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