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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-01-23, Page 3Wingham Advance -Times, GOT A CHILLY ROOM? ADDING A ROOM? 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Eight hundred and thirty students are now enrolled at the school. —Advance -Times Photo. Miss B. McCracken Buried a1 London Miss Burdetta Estella Mc- Cracken of Wingham died at Huronview Home, Clinton on Friday of last week. She had been a patient at the home for about two years. A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John MzCracken, she was born at the family home on the Bluevale Road and moved to Wingham with her parents and other members of the fam- ily many years ago. A quiet and dignified woman, Miss Mc- Cracken worked in her early days as a bookkeeper in the T. A. Mills store and later for Mose Brown as bookkeeper in his manufacturing plant on Al- fred Street. Miss McCracken was a member of St. Paul's Anglican Church. She is survived by one sister, Miss Harriette McCracken, al- so a patient at Huronview, and the last survivor of a large family. Service was conducted at the Ball & Mutch funeral home in Clinton on Monday at 2 p. m. by her rector, Rev. C. F. John- son of St. Paul's. Interment was in Woodland Cemetery at London. BLUEVALE Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hall on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hall and David of Brussels. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hall and family were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scott and family of Newton. Once again, it is nearing Academy Award time in Holly- wood, and wheels are turning and campaigns are in action with the stars who think they rnay have a chance in the nom- inations. Movie columnists, too, are coming through with their well-known predictions, many of which turn out to be right. Though mine seldom come in that category, it wouldn't be right if I didn't add my 2¢ worth, and tell you how I feel about Oscar nominees and winners. For best picture this year nominations are most apt to go to "Tom Jones", the English picture which hasn't made too many appearances in Canada as yet; "The Cardinal", the Otto Preminger picture that Ed Sullivan previewed a few weeks ago; Elia Kazan's "America, America"; the multi -million - dollar "Cleopatra"; and perhaps "Lilies of the Field". The win- ner will be either "Tom Jones" or "America, America". There is no shortage of fine performances turned in by ac- tors during 1963. My choices would be Paul Newman in "Hud"; Rex Harrison in"Cleo- patra" ; Sidney Poitier in "Lilies of the Field"; Albert Finney in "Tom Jones"; and either John Huston in "The Cardinal" or Steve McQueen in "Love With a Proper Stranger" , a new re- lease. Cary Grant has also been mentioned for "Charade", but he is not among my top five. The winner should be either Newman or Harrison, but young Finney may crowd them out. For actors in supporting roles, it will probably be a race among the young, with nominations going to Roddy McDowell ("Cleopatra"), Nick Adams ("Twilight of Honor"), Bobby Darin ("Captain Newman, M.D."), Steve McQueen(" The Great Escape"), and oldtimer Hugh Griffith ("Tom Jones"). Griffith should lose out, though, to Liz Taylor's pal McDowell. Pickings are slimmer for the honour of best actress, but the main nominees will be Leslie Caron for "L -Shaped Room"; Geraldine Paige for "Toys in The Attic"; Shirley MacLain in "Irma La Douce" (That top movie is coming to the local theatre the end of this month, so watch for it!); Natalie Wood in "Love With a Proper Strang- er" ; and likely Elizabeth Tay- lor for "Cleopatra". The final decision should definitely be a battle between Caron and Mac - By MURRAY GAUNT, M.P.P. Report from Queen's Park The opening of the Second Session of the 27th Parliament of Ontario is now history. This year, as never before, the pomp and ceremony was view- ed on television by thousands of people across the province. Lieutenant -Governor Earl Rowe and his wife left their vice -regal suite in the Royal York Hotel at 2.05. Mr. Rowe's four white Arabian horses drew the Lieut. -Governor to Queen's Park in his open carriage. Mr. Rowe stepped out in front of the Legislative Buildings and with his flowing grey cloak put aside, took the Royal salute. The 123rd Battery of the 42nd Canadian Artillery Regiment fired the 15 gun salute. Ile greeted representatives of the military and then went inside the building. hundreds of Queen's Park employees lined the red carpeted route. Inside Mr. Rowe took the Speaker's chair and picked up the 27 page Speech from the Throne. In the speech from the Throne the Government promis- ed to intensify efforts to pro- mote Ontario products in the United States and to explore the possibility of further trade with eastern Europe. A series of community clinics for trade ex- pansion will be sponsored during the year and a two-day seminar for municipal industrial com- missioners will be held. This past summer water has been a very acute problem in the farming communities of Western Ontario and it was with interest that the Speech from the Throne made reference to the fact that the Ontario Water Resources Commission has been asked to intensify its studies of Ontario's Water Resources with particular emphasis on agri- cultural needs with the view to implementing steps to ensure adequate water supplies in On- tario farms and for Ontario in- dustries. Many farmers have express- ed interest in the possibility of raising the maximum loan per- mitted under the Junior Farmer Establishment Loans Act. The Throne Speech promised that amendments to the Junior Farm- er armer Establishment legislation will be introduced to raise the maximum loan permitted from $20, 000 to $40, 000 in order to provide more adequate credit opportunities for Junior Farmers and to assist in further strength- ening the family farm. The Throne Speech also in- dicated that a program will he presented to eradicate common barberry, which harbours stem rust on oats and is estimated to cost Ontario Farmers $6 mil- lion dollars a year. So the potnp and ceremony of the opening of the second session of the 27th Parliament has embarked the 108 members, if the Throne Speech is any indication, on a busy and live- ly session. Thursday, Jan. 28, 1964 — Page 3 Laine. The former is my choice. For best supporting actress, it should be one of the follow- ing: Wendy hiller in "Toys in The Attic"; Janis Paige in" The Caretakers"; Margaret Ruther- ford in "The VIP's; Patricia Neal in " Elud" ; and Thelma Ritter, in any of the roles she attempted last year. It's hard tc pick a winner there, but Eng- land's 71 -year-old Miss Ruther- ford will be tough to heat. 0--0--0 Great music is also plentiful in last year's movies. If I were nominating five of the best songs, they would be "More" from "Mondo Cane"; "Toys in The Attic" from the picture of the same name; "Call Me Ir- responsible" from "Papa's Deli- cate Condition"; the Hank Mancini title song from "Char- ade"; and either "Look Again" from "Irma La Douce" or the title song from "Wives and Lovers". The winner must he Mancini's "Charade", his third winner in as many years, if my prediction comes true. 0--0--0 Academy Award night is April 13th, and let's hope Can- ada doesn't decide to hold another election, thus forcing the Oscars off television, as it did last year. The real nominations will be made pub- lic in February; then I'll report the truth and admit I was wrong. Until then, this is how I feel about the top movies and stars of 1963. 0--0--0 Word is out, too, about who were the ten top stars in movies within the past year. This has nothing to do with Oscars or acting; it is merely a test of popularity. The winners are the stars who made the most money at box offices through- out the country. Doris Day came first, as she also did in '62 and '60. Second was John Wayne, third was Rock Hudson, often Doris' partner in comedy; and on down the line, in order, it was Jack Lemmon, Cary Grant, Elizabeth Taylor, Elvis Presley (believe it or not), Sandra Dee, Paul Newman, and Jerry Lewis. 0--0--0 Speaking of Jerry Lewis, he and his wife Patti became par- ents of a brand-new baby boy on January 7th, their sixth son! And he proved he was really a comedian when he announced that they're so tired of waiting for a girl that this lad is going to be named 'Gloria', of all things! "He'll have to learn how to fight' said Jerry. Eve - brows raised and everyone said, "He's gotta be kidding!" But Jerry wasn't laughing when he said it! 0--0--0 A great variety hour, bring- ing back many pleasant memor- ies, will he presented on Thurs- day, January 23rd, at 111 p,m, when CI3C presents the special Perry Como Show, live from Dallas, Texas. Guests will he Dorothy Provinc, Jimmy Dur - ante, and Russ Tamhlyn. If you've missed Perry as I have, now is your chance to see your old friend, after much too long an absence from the CBC. 0--0--0 Before I close, congratula- tions to CKNX and Larry Tay- lor for winning a much -deserv- ed award for "Looking Ahead". This show (Saturday, 6:45p.m.) gives students an insight into various careers which may ap- peal to them. Perhaps if yours truly had seen something like this you would now be looking at a rich small-town dentist in- stead of a poor, struggling writer! Was Leader of Lucknow Choir Over 45 Years Mrs. J. W. Joynt, choir leader at Lucknow United Church for some 45 years and a choir member for over 50 years, retired at the end of the year. She was the former Edith Freeman, who moved with her family to Lucknow from Ethel in 1909 when Mr. Freeman as- sumed the position of miller at the Treleaven Flour Mill. She joined the choir at that time and two years later became or- ganist and choir leader. 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