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Village Squire, 1978-03, Page 47PEOPLE Bornholm does not exactly seem like a broadcasting capital but Karl Schuessler may put it on the map. Mr. Schuessler travelled to Washington D.C. recently to pick up one of the pretigious Ohie State Awards for a documentary radio show he wrote called Bob Harrington, the Chaplain of Brourbon Street. The show was aired originally back in 1976 as part of CBC FM's The Authority of the Church series, produced by Max Allen. It deals with the life and work of Bob Harrington a widely known minister. Mr. Harrington told his own story for the show and when he heard the final tape of the show before it went on air was so impressed that he bought the rights to the show so he could make it into his 27th long-playing album. The show includes excerpts of his preaching, the reaction of his followers and a discussion with his wife. The citation that goes with the award says the program is a prime example of how the power and force of a single human being can mesmerize, persuade, enrapture and instil a love of others. It captured the essence of the man and Mr. Schuessler added to the effect with his provocative dialogue with Mr. Harrington. Mr. Schuessler is also up for another award. He was nominated by the Toronto branch of ACTRA for the award for best documentary writer on radio for his show Sherbrooke Stones and also, with Len Scher for the best documentary writer on radio for The World of the Sports Writer. Who says Bornholm isn't a major broadcasting centre. If supper had been earlier, Alex Henry might not have known he had just won $100,000 in a recent Wintario draw. Mr. Henry. a Milverton resident, had some time to kill before supper so leafed through a book of tickets to check them with the winning numbers from the draw the day before. He noticed that two digits of his numbers matched, then a split second later realized the whole number matched. It was a quick $100,000. His wife Reta, he said, didn't even know he had a ticket. He plans to invest the money. There were some coincidences for those who keep track of these things. The book of tickets was the second one he'd ever bought, the winning ticket was the second one in the book. the draw was the second day of the second month and the book was the second one in the pile carried by the man who sold him the ticket. Feb. 2 was also his father's birthday. JANET AMOS may not be a local Western Ontario girl, but she's one of the most familiar actresses to local audiences and her face is getting to be pretty familiar across Canada too. Miss Amos first came to the notice of local audiences through her frequest tours with Theatre Passe Muraille in such vehicles as The Farm Show. But today she's even better known for her starring role in the television hit mini-series A Gift to Last. The success of the series has caused a pleasant problem for Miss Amos: trying to find time for all the work she'd like to do. She'll be appearing this year at the Shaw Festival in Niagara -on -the -Lake and also will be busy filming the new episodes of A Gift to Last for next season. She'd also like to squeeze in another stint as a director at the Blyth Summer Festival if the timing was right. Her schedule can't be any tighter than last yeir though. Besides the filming for the television series, she was in Blyth to direct Jim Schaefer's Blyth Memorial History show. After the opening perform- ance instead of attending a party with the rest of the cast, she and her husband Ted Johns (a Mitchell native) returned to Toronto where she gave birth the next day to a baby. Roy MacAdams has gone a long way to come home. A native of Hay township near Exeter he was recently appearing in the area with his partner Helen Dnguay in the group You and Me. Mr. MacAdams went to school in Exeter and Clinton and studied music in Zurich and learned to play the saxophone with help from blind trumpeter Grant Edighoffer of Zurich. He picked up the guitar during a four year stint in the air force then worked in various bands before having a chance encounter at the Central Hotel in Oshawa eight years ago with Miss Duguay, a native of New Brunswick, who had belonged to a band that had just broken up. The two played for various bands until You and Me was formed in 1975. Since then they've played from Whitehorse in the Yukon to Newfoundland. But this spring they'll be going even farther, to Nashville where they'll work on an album. You can't keep a good woman down. When she was forced to vacate her business location of The Nut Club Coffee Shop in Stratford after 25 years in business. Kay Waterman thought she might give up business. "I really didn't know if I was going to go into business again," she said, but when the chance to rent the former Keystone Bakery on Brunswick street between Rheo Thompson Candies and Woolco came up she took it and today has a larger shop than ever. With more space and more street traffic nearby Mrs. Waterman is now looking forward to a bigger and brighter future. AMINIB Are you receiving more than one copy of Village Squire? As with all large subscription lists some duplications can arise. If you are, please send us the address label so that we can cancel it. Send to: Village Squire, RR 3, Blyth, Ont. NOM 1110. + +)O + DRESS UP YOUR EASTER „► OUTFIT with some new JEWELLERY FROM l* SEAFORTH +:1 JEWELLERS 47 MAIN ST. � SEAFORTH, ONTARIO l' For the Farm . . Utility/Hydro POLES From 30' class 7 to 45' class 3. Penta Pressure Treated LUMBER Black in appearance. We stock 4x6and6x6 from 8' to 24' and 2 x 6 T ..& G from 8' to 16'. 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