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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-03-14, Page 8Page 8 — Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, March 14, 1Li63 'Tis Show Biz Academy Award nominations were released from Hollywood, last week. The members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had a tough job this year, for there were many great performances and fine pictures from which to choose. A few weeks ago, I made my predictions of nomin- ees; some were wrong, as us- ual, but others of my favorites were lucky enough to make it to the list of the chosen few, For best actress, the nomin- ees are: Anne Bancroft in "The Miracle Worker"; Bette Davis in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" (her tenth nomina- tion; if she wins, her third Oscar); Katherine Hepburn in "Long Day's Journey into Night" (her ninth nomination); Geral- dine Page in "Sweet Bird of Youth"; and the only one I didn't predict, Lee Remick in "Days of Wine and Roses". Her co-star in the same pic- ture, Jack Lemmon is a lead- ing contender in the 'best actor' category. His competitors are Burt Lancaster in "Birdman of Alcatrez" ; Gregory Peck in a new release "To Kill a Mock- ingbird"; and two European stars, England's Peter O'Toole for his title role in "Lawrence of Arabia"; and Italy's Mar- cello Mastroianni in "Divorce - Italian Style". "Lawrence of Arabia" topped the list in the 'best picture' category with stiff competition in "To Kill A Mockingbird"; "The Longest Day"; "Mutiny on The Bounty"; and the only musical in the group "The Music Man". Supporting actresses nomina- ted include 9 -year-old Mary Badham, who plays the role of 'Scout' in her first motion pic- ture "To Kill a Mockingbird"; teenager Patty Duke in her role as Helen Keller in "The Mir- acle Worker"; Shirley Knight in "Sweet Bird of Youth"; and two experienced actresses, Angela Lansbury in "The Man- churian Candidate" and Thel- ma Ritter in "Birdman". Sup - By Vonni Lee porting actor nominations were won by Ed Begley in "Sweet Bird of Youth"; Victor Buono in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"; Telly Savalas in "Bird- man of Alcatrez"; Omar Sharif in "Lawrence of Arabia"; and Terence Stamp in "Billy Budd". The Awards will he handed out at a special ceremony held at Santa Monica on April 8th. The proceedings will he tele- cast live, with Frank Sinatra as host (instead of Bob Hope) and CBC will carry the show. That day, of course, is the day of our country's election and no doubt the Iloll'd goings-on will be interrupted periodically for results, but the Oscars will still hold down the fort during the latter part of the evening. And here we go again with more predictions! My choice of winners now? -- Bancroft, Lemmon, "Mutiny on The Bounty", Duke, and Begley. 0--0--0 Las Vegas was the scene of another Hollywood wedding on March 2nd, when Desi Arnaz wed Mrs. Edith Hirsch, ex- wife of a millionaire American sportsman. He is the former husband of comedienne Lucille Ball and oddly enough, his new bride, whom he married on his 46th birthday, is another red- head like Lucy. Desi has had a tough year; it is nice to see him finding some happiness at last. 0--0--0 You probably remember a few weeks ago on the CBC -TV show 'Flashback', when Arthur Vinton who played the part of 'The Shadow' on radio for forty years, made an appearance as a mystery guest. Only last week, the same Mr. Vinton passed away suddenly at his home in the U.S., and Canada should be proud that tribute was paid to him while he was still alive to enjoy it. The old radio shows that at one time were the greatest entertain- ment in the world, are slowly but surely being forgotten. The passing of Arthur Vinton will no A GOOD CROWD, as this picture proves, attended the Junior Farmer drama festival on Friday night at the'high school auditorium here. The festival was part of the seed fair program, held under the auspices of the local Lions Club and the Huron County Soil and Crop Improve- ment Association.—A-T Photo. doubt lead to the complete de- mise of 'The Shadow'. 0--0--0 Country and western music fans are mourning the loss of three of its greatest stars, Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins. The three singers, along with Miss Cline's personal manager, were killed in a plane crash in Tennessee on the morning of March 6th when they were returning to Nashville from a personal ap- pearance tour. Patsy Cline is perhaps the best known of the three, mainly because her songs have made it to not only the western hit parade charts, but the pop ones as well. Only a few months ago, I listened to her being interviewed, and to say I was impressed would be putting it mildly. There was 1===20=01=L0=08=10=0=01=01=10=01 THE HERE'S AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR BABY! Read every word of it! Do you want a free nursemaid? 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Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins, who was married to another country singer, Jean Shepherd, were well known as country -western performers and ,members of The Grand Ole Opry cast. The merriment and fun will be silent in Nashville while they pay tribute to three of its stars; and the entire musi- cal usical world will be joining them in their mourning. Car Damaged on Wroxeter Street A 1954 Buick car, owned by Alvin Stacey of Wingham, was extensively damaged on Satur- day night when it was parked on a Wroxeter street. Clar- ence Taylor, R.R. 2, Wroxeter, was later charged with failing to remain at the scene of an accident. The Stacey car suffered damage to the left rear. The Taylor car was damaged to the extent of over $300 in the im- pact. Constable Murray Friden- burg investigated. 1ST WINGHAM TROOP Doug Mowbray broke the flag at the meeting on Wednes- day night, when there was rather a small attendance be- cause of the storm. Dues were collected and inspection made. Stags have 28 points; Buf- faloes 16; Cougars 15 and Wolf Patrol 23. Assigned to four corners were Doug Elliott and David Lang - ridge; George Jardine and Alan Carter; Doug Mowbray and John Rae; Ron Hitchings and Bob Crewson. They were in charge of projects the boys are working on for the banquet. A game was played using the Scout Law, Winners were presented with pieces of dough- nuts by Scouter McIntyre. The rooms were inspected and Doug Mowbray lowered the flag. PACK B CUBS The Pack B Cubs met on Thursday with 27 boys present. The meeting opened with the Grand Howl. Dues were col- lected and inspection was made of the sixes. Tumbling and other stunts on the mats were taught. The boys were reminded of the Father and Son banquet, News of Wroxeter Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wilson and Dale, Port Rowan, spent the week -end with Mrs. Eliza- beth Hoffman. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Coup - land and Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Black of Toronto were week- end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Coupland. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Doig spent Friday in Drayton and visited Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bolts and Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Doig. Contract Let for Howick School Contract for the construction of the new Howick Central School was awarded this week to John Hayman and Sons Company Limited of London. The tender price was $297,200 and was the lowest of 12 ten- ders submitted. The new school will be lo- cated on Highway 87 about two miles east of Gorrie. Work will commence on the building in the spring. The school will incorporate 16 rooms, including a combin- ed auditorium and gymnasium. On completion it will replace the present Wroxeter, Gorrie and Fordwich public schools, as well as 15 country schools, Mrs. Elizabeth Hoffman is spending some time with her brother, Mr. John Riley and Mrs. Riley, Jamestown. Mrs, Mel Gowing is spend- ing a couple of weeks with her daughter in Preston. Miss Bonnie Edgar, Waterloo visited at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Ed- gar, over the week -end. Four Goal Spree Wins for Gorrie GORRIE—Brian Sanderson scored four goals, including the winner in overtime, to lead Gorrie to a 5-4 victory over Kurtzville in the opening game of the W . O. A. A. Intermediate D group hockey semi-finals in Belmore on Friday. Second game in the best of three series was scheduled for Wednesday in Kurtzville. The date for the third game was set for Fri- day night in Belmore. Sanderson scored three goals in the second period and his fourth at 5:33 of the 10 -minute overtime period, after Kurtz- ville scored a pair of unanswer- ed goals in the third. Peter Doig got the other Gorrie goal in the first period. Kurtzville marksman were Jim Fritz, George Berfeltz and Paul and bon McKee. Sco activities Scouter Bob McIntyre gave the boys instruction on coming to order and the meeting closed with the Grand Howl and clos- ing prayer. The cubs enjoyed a tobaggan party the week previous, when both packs combined. PACK A CUBS The 17 Pack A Cubs on Tues- day night followed much the same program as the Pack B group. The gymnastics for the banquet are taking up most of the time at meetings. BELGRAVE CUBS 1st Belgrave Cub Pack met in the Community Centre on March 5 with 28 Cubs and four leaders present. Akela was in charge and opened with the grand howl followed by inspec- tion. The Black Six with Billy Fear as Sixer got the most points, and their pennant on the totem pole. Games were enjoyed such as hitting the bull's eye with the bean bag, balancing relay, musical bean bags. Mrs. Gordon McBurney (Bag- herra) read a story called "Mow- gli's Adventure with the Mon- keys". Next meeting the Cubs will learn the snake dance. Billy Fear got his collector's badge. The meeting closed with Taps. Next meeting will be March 26. Mrs. Nicholson Presides at WMS BELGRAVE—The W,M,S, meeting of the Knox Presbyter, i tan Church was held in the `E church and opened with a hymn. Mrs. Garner Nicholson presided, in the absence of the president, and led in prayer. Scripture passages were read by Mrs. Alan McBurney and Mts. Jack - MeBurney. Mrs. Alan Mc- Burney read the meditation.. The aim and purpose of the W.M.S. was repeated. The roll call was answered with a verse from a favourite hymn. The topic was taken by Mrs. Victor Youngblut on the study of Hong Kong from "The Rim of Asia". Mrs. Joe Dunbar led in prayer. A poem called, . "Pray for One Another", was read by Mrs. Cliff Purdon. A hymn was sung and the meet- ing closed with prayer. Mrs. W. Morrison was organist for the meeting. Driver Escapes While Car Burns William M. Smart escaped a horrible fate last Wednesday when his car piled into two other vehicles on No. 4 High- way and then caught fire. Un- able to open either of the doors, Smart rolled down the window on the passenger side and crawled to safety while the machine blazed. The accident occurred dur- ing one of the worst storms of an unusually bad winter, when visibility was about nil. Dri- vers of the other two cars in- volved were Arnold Wedge of London and Harold Whytock of Teeswater. Total damage to the three vehicles amounted to $3,300 and $2400 of this amount was to the Smart car. Euchre Held At Residence Another enjoyable evening of euchre was held in the nurses' aesidence on Thursday, put on by the Personnel Confe - ence Committee. There we• nine tables of euchre, and one table was set up for a bridge game. The prizes for the evening went to: High man, Gordon Walker; low man, Ab Nethery; high lady, Mrs. Caslick; low lady, Mrs. Eva Brownie; lady playing as a man, Mrs. Ken Currie; door prize, Mrs. Edith McLean. All prizes were donated to the Personnel Conference Com- mittee for this euchre. A lunch was served after by the refreshment committee. 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