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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-02-13, Page 7Review week Jan. 29-Feb,5 The notorious couple have arrived, and Toronto will prob- ably never be the same again! Of course, I'm talking about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, who arrived in ourcapi- tal last week in time for him to start rehearsals for the modem- dress version of Shakespeare's "Hamlet", which will open on the 24th in the O'Keefe Centre. They left Mexico, where he had just completed his latest picture " Night of The Iguana", a little earlier than they had planned and flew to Hollywood. Their reception there was over- whelming, so much so that the beautiful Miss Taylor ordered Burton " Get me outta here!" when the surging crowds al- most became too much for her. Gallant Richard obliged, and in turn ordered their chauffeur to keep the car moving, offering to 'pay for the bloody damage!' Supposedly, their side -trip to Hollywood was to hasten an agreement with singer Eddie Fisher so they could be married before they came to Canada, but no sooner had they arrived, than Mr. Fisher took off for New York, leaving them noth- ing more than unkind words to mull over. They tried every- thing to miss the same type of reception at Toronto's airport, from first announcing rhat they ITIS Show BIZ By Vonni Lee would make the trip by train, to finally using assumed names (such as they were), but they were still met by newsmen, al- though the crowd was much more subdued than Hollywood's. Richard is now hard at work at rehearsals for his title role in the Shakespearean tragedy, which is under the direction of Sir John Gielgud. Other cast members will be Max Schell, Peter O'Toole, Sidney Poitier, Alfred Drake, Eileen Hcrlie, and Hume Cronyn, and it will run for three weeks in Toronto before heading for Broadway. Whether or not the famous pair leave Toronto as man and wife, remains to be seen. The third party in the triangle, Mr. Fish- er, is now in Innsbruck, Austria, entertaining at the Winter Olympics, caring little about :happenings in Toronto. 0--0--0 Caught a glimpse of the opening ceremonies of those same Olympic Games on the CTV network last week and they were extremely impressive, fine coverage by the ABC net- work in the U.S., which has made it available to CTV. The march -in of the teams from various countries throughout the world was a lovely sight to see, especially the Canadian team in their white jackets with col- oured stripes, and the Russians BIGBUY" CURRIE WINTER COMPARE THE QUALITY * DEEP FOAM CUSHIONS * COLOURS AVAILABLE —Rum Gold —Chocolate —Rose —Raisin —Avocado * SOUND CONSTRUCTION * DEEP PILE FRIEZE COMPARE \ THE PRICE 7 2 PIECES if 15M 95 WINTER ik SPECIAL 4/440.00\ Offer good until early March when price returns to $198.00 Don't need it until Spring? We'II store it FREE! eanitze & g� gitio FURNITURE JOSEPHINE STREET - WINGHAM - PHONE 357-1170 Wingharn Advance -Times, Thursday, Feb. 13, 1964 -- Page. 7 EUCHRE PARTIES AT SACRED HEART A euchre was held in the Sacrad Heart parish hall last Tuesday with fourteen tables in play. High lady was Mrs. An- nie DeGroot; high man, Ab Nethery. The door prize went to Miss Frances Caskanette. The hostesses were Mrs. Ed. Rich and her committee. Another euchre party was held this Tuesday evening with eleven tables. High lady was Mrs. Richard Campeau; high man, Boyd Marshall. Door prize was won by Allan McGill, The hostesses were Mrs. Gerald Belanger and her com- mittee. BACKACHE? a. rot me! FINE make north WEATHER has rnade it possible for workmen to good progress on two new homes going up at the end of Summit Drive. In the background is the new in their genuine sealskin coats. But the most exciting part of the ceremonies was the playing of beautiful Austrian marches in the background; their stirring Tyrolean music was very plea- sant to hear. 0--0--0 The movie world wasshock- ed last Wednesday to hear of the sudden death of actor Alan Ladd, at his home in Palm Springs, California. The 50 - year -old star was found dead in bed by his butler, who went to rouse him after a short nap, He had gone to Palm Springs alone, to rest after suffering from a leg injury which has bothered him since a shooting accident in 1962. At first it was said that he died of natural causes, but according to a coroner's report which was later made public, death was caused by the effects of a combination of alcohol and three drugs which he was taking at the time. It seems that Mr. Ladd was a very unhappy man. Though he has been absent from motion pictures for some time, he had just recently com- pleted a role as cowboy Nevada Smith in "The Carpetbaggers" and his performance was highly praised, so much so that a se- quel was planned. His first big motion picture was in a wes- tern, in which he had the role of a young cowboy. His most memorable one was "Shane", and one of his latest was in "Man in the Net" which was seen a few weeks ago on CKNX on 'Starlight Theatre". Ile is survived by his wife, former agent Sue Carroll, a son by a former marriage, Alan Jr., 26, a step -daughter Caroll Lee, 31, and a daughter Alana, 20, and son David, who, at 16, is try- ing to build an acting career of his own. 0--0--0 I'd like to recommend some good -sounding records which you may like to collect for posterity. If the Beatles aren't • home of Mr. and Mrs. W, J. foreground is being built for exactly your style, you may go for some nice ballads, like; "True Love Goes On and On" by Burl Ives; "Going, Going, Gone" by Brooke Benton;"I Love You More and More Every Day" by the very success- ful Al Martino; "Blue Winter" which is Connie Francis' latest; and a gorgeous blues number which should become a stan- dard, "The Lady of the house" by Rusty Draper. Tony Bennett also has a winner with "The Little Boy'; and Linda Scott has a cute little swinger called "Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?". If it's albums you're looking for, you might latch onto either "Beauty and the Beard", teaming pert Ann - Margret, and New Orleans' pride 'n' joy trumpeter -singer Al Hirt; or "The Dream Duet", a gorgeous group of popular old standards, sung by opera star Anna Moffo, and the new heart-throb from Italy, Sergio Franchi. 4. ork Will Improv duality, Producers Are Told Lloyd Stewart, of R. R. 1, Clinton, re-elected president of the Huron County Hog Pro- ducers' Association yesterday, said the association's 1963 pro- ject would do much to increase the number of grade A hogs within the county. The association, assisted by the Ontario department of agri- culture, organized a 4 -fl Swine Club in an effort to improve the quality of bacon hogs and raise the percentage of grade A hogs produced. Ile said the Clinton branch of the Bank of Montreal holds a $4, 400 note, due May 3 -- money borrowed to purchase a pair of gilts for each of the 78 club members. Mr. Stewart said that, at the association's 4-1.1 Swine Club gilt sale, to he held April 4 in Clinton, each of the 4 -fl club members will bring back one bred gilt for sale. Proceeds will pay for the or- iginal pair of gilts and breeding. The second gilt and any money left over from the sale are giv- en to the club member. The club proved to be the largest 4-11 club in Canada. Warren Gurbrigg, R.R. 2, Clifford, recently -appointed secretary of the Iluron County organization of Farmers Allied Meat Enterprises Ltd. , said he believed it to he the largest 4-H Club on the North Ameri- can continent, D. II. Miles, Huron County agricultural representative, wondered if the association would have enough nioney this year to proceed further with its quality program. Ile suggested having the gilts qualify under advanced registry. He said that, with Huron Coun- ty's production of hogs (Huron is listed as fifth highest in On- tario), there are only four or five producers who qualify sows in advanced registry. Elected by the board of dir- ectors as vice-president was Robert McAllister, R. R, 2, Au- burn, and as secretary -treasurer Alfred Warner, R.R. 1, Bay- field. Mr. Warner is director - at -large of the Ontario Hog Producers Marketing Board. Elected as directors -at -large were John Semple, R. R. 2, Bay- field; George Campbell, R. R. 1, Seaforth; Elmer Ireland, R. R. 5, Winghatn; Warren Zur- brigg, and Simon Hallaban, Blyth. County directors and dele- gates are George Moncrieff, R. R. 3, Goderich; John Kern- ingharn, Goderich; Mr. Warner; Malcolm Davidson, Brucefield; Ross Love, R. R. Hensall; Harvey Hodgins, R. R. 2, Ailsa Craig; Hugh Rundle, R. R. 1, Centralia; Martin Baan, R. R. 3, Walton; Mr. Stewart; Gordon Elliott, R.R. 2, Seaforth; Jas, McGregor, R, R. 2, Kippen; Carl Govier, R. R. 1, Auburn; Mr. McAllister; Albert Bacon, Belgrave; Harvey Mulvey, Wroxeter, and Falmer Harding, R. R. 1, Gorrie. Lance Dickieson, of Guelph, chairman of the Ontario flog Producers Marketing Board, ex- plained the new compensation fund to cover losses in hogs dur- ing shipment. The fund, which carne into effect Monday is being estab- lished through present market- ing fees. About .03 per cent of hogs die during shipment, not a particularly large nuuther when considered in the light of the millions shipped annually, he said. There is no likelihood, Mr. Dickieson said, of a fee in- crease to covet the cost of the new frond. "In fact, if shipments con- tinue as they have, there is the possibility of a reduced fee, "he said. ;log producers pay a fee of 35 cents for market hogs and 70 cents for sows and boars. Mr. Warner said that a num- ber of complaints about the Clinton assembly yards have been received by the marketing board. " We will view the matter with the prospects of having improve- ments made or having a yard of our own built -- one where we could have facilities to handle loads without delays, " he said. Less Equipment Was Needed at Dingley Dell The spirit of progress, it would seem, has wormed its way into winter sports, as into everything else. You can now spend as much on equipment for them, and on getting to them, as would once have set you up in the business of cater- ing for there. In earlier days, people took their pleasures more simply. The party assembled at Dingley Dell, for example, as Dickens tells us in "Pickwick Papers", indulged in "winter sport" -- without benefit of equipment; they made themselves a slide atop a frozen pond nearby, and hugely enjoyed slithering along it, in picturesque procession, until the predictable disaster overtook them, and Mr. Pick- wick fell through the ice. But that was a century ago. In our enlightened age, of course, we find it essential to our enjoyment to load a hun- dred weight of precision -made skis, toboggans, skates and other impedimenta on to our cars, garb ourselves in passable 'intuition of a polar expedition, and fare forth a hundred miles or so, to disport ourselves in aristocratic seclusion. Whether we actually extract more satisfaction from our pro- cedures than the Dingley Dell patty did from theirs is any- body's opinion. 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