The Brussels Post, 1980-04-16, Page 1THE CAST OF ANNIE, GET YOUR GUN Townspeople watch as Frank
Butler (Don McDonald) and Annie Oakley (Arlene D'unbar) participate in
a shooting match. in the productibn of Annie, Get Your Gun put on this
year by the Grey Central Home and School Association.
(Photo by Ranney)
109th Year — Issue No. 16
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1980
Shor. S~iot .
A ROCKNE ROADSTER
Brussels man buys
one ...of a kind car
Biitleri:;.the handsome ' and,
::yain. marksman nicely com-
plements that "of Mrs.
:Dunbar and the two of them
. with their acting and singing
talents combined, make -a,
winning pair.
Mark Van Veen gives juSt
the right amount of show
business pizzazz in his role
as Charlie Davenport,
Buffala Bill's Manager and.
Jim Cox isjust fine in his ,role
as Buffalo Bill.
Other fine performances
. belong to Dianne Pfeiffer as
Dolly Tate and
Bruce Barlow .as Foster Wil-
son the hotel owner who at
0y,tvelyris:ennedy.. 'illY'bEBBIE'RANNEY
If there 'Were still a few
mistakes and miscues at the
opening performance of
Annie", Get Your Gun; •on
Friday night the ;audience
payed little hied and gaVe
the performers a well earned
standing ovation. '
Highest honor's go to
Arlene Dunbar for her per=
fin:mance as ' Annie Oakley
the diamond-in•the rough hill
billy, a sharp shooter who
soon draws the attention of
the owner of a Wild -Wild
West show.
Don McDonald' s
performance as Frank
Auto body repair man Don McNeil of
Brussels recently got a real bargain at an
auction sale-,a 1932 Studebaker Rockne
roadster'.
The car. was brought from California to
Canada in 1932 and was bought by an Art
Pollard Who restored it and drove it until the
mid-1940's and last licenced it in 1951. But
because his health wasn't good, it had been
`• -she*
later agrees to pit Annie
Oakley in "a shooting match
against Frank Butler.
George' Pearson ably •
manageS his role as Chief
Sitting Bull and is especiallY
good in a scene where he is
supposedly going . to scalp
Dolly Tate.
Direction of the play was
fast-paCed and credit should
be given to. Marie McGavin
and Joyce -Yam Vliet. The
choreography bY*lean Weber
assisted by Cindy Lynn is
notable. especially in the
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stored ever since then.
The car was built in Clarksburg, Pennsyl-
vania and was named after Knute Rockne,
but was discontinued when the football
player died in a plane crash in 1932.
Don hopes to restored the car which is
driveable. Only three people bid against Don
for the car,
As predicted Annie Get Your Gun" shot
off with an exciting first performance on
Friday evening of last week. The music,
under the direction of Donald Dunbar, with
Joanhe King at the piano and Wendell
Richards drummer, was a delight to listen
to. As to the performance of the rest of the
cast, leads and others alike, very good
indeed! The reaction of the audience, who
gave them, a well-earned standing ovation at
the end, was a sincere expression of their
enjoyment and a tribute to the directors,
Marie McGavin and Joyce van Vliet, as well
as the cast. All involved, in any way, in the
prOduction of "Annie Get YOur Gun"
deserve congratulations on its success.
Word of that success has spread and tickets
for this week's three remaining nights have
been going like hot cakes.
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This Saturday is the day of the Bake Sale
sponsored by the Ladies' Division of the
Brnssels Fair Board. Why bother 'with
weekend baking? Get good homemade
goodies at this Bake Sale and support the
ladies in their efforts to improve our Fall
Fair. ******
It seems, which is not surprising, that the
Communists are involving themselves in the
Canadian Unity question. They are adding
their rowdy support to Levesque's P.Q.
When a Unity Petition bearing 800,000
names, was being presented to a large
gathering in Quebec last Friday 50
Marxists-Leninists, members of the Com-
munist Worker's Party, attempted to shout
down the unity speakers from across
Canada. The Communists carried red
banners, shouted and beat drums to drown
out the speakers. My! My! What strange
partners Premier Levesque has aiding him in
his attempt to break up. Canada.
* * * * *
Have you sent your contribution to the
Canadian Government via your income tax
cheque? What a shock it can be when your
income tax man tells you how match you owe
the government. It does not seem you could
have that much income. Where in the world
could all• that money have gone? Too bad we
can not claim exemptions on the necessities
Of life.
experience and excellent training for young
girls. Community spirited people give time
in leadership ,but it also takes financial'
support to keep a Brownie Pack active.
Attend the Family Dance which is being• held
by the 1st Brownie Pack on Friday April
25th. See. Coming Events in this paper for
full particulars..
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At last the Soviet Skaters have appeared'
at' the small arena in Cape-de-la-Madeleine,
Quebec, for a benefit performance. They
refused such an invitation there in 1978 and
asked for visas for second-line skaters. This
time they sent their best performers. We
wonder why. It smacks of a ploy to influence
Canada not to support President Carter's
ban of the summer Olympics in Moscow. Do
they really think Canada would be
influenced by such a cheap move? We doubt
it.
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Beer drinkers relax! The threatened strike
of workers that would cut off supplies,, we
.heard on Monday morning news, will not
take place. Remember the traffic jams at
Formosa Brewery a few' years ago when the
drastic beer drought hit Ontario because of a
strike. People came from all over this
province to the one brewery where they
could get their favourite thirst quencher.
You will not have to contend with that at the
present time.
Farmers
protest
interest
About six vehicles of area farmers took
their complaints on high interest rates to the
Brussels Stockyards on Friday.
Marie McCtitcheon, office manager, said
there were signs on the sides .of the fruits
one of which read, Save the Family Farm,
and that the protest was supposed to go on to
the MilvertOn Stockyards on Monday for
their sales day and to travel On to other area
stockyards on Sales days.
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IV etribeithip in a Brownie, Pack is a good