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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1989-09-06, Page 7Jt' 010 O• • t•:4t feo+••• ••• •N of ••.1 • ••• + I• ..•••••• Scene - Cheryl Blyth Festival's —.row Suarts and Stephen Walsh are two of the stars of Mail Order Bride. 'Mail Order Bride' last play of season By Wayne Proctor BLYTH - It's 1954, or 1952, 1941, 1924, 1918, 1916, or 1908 in Southern Saskatchewan. So many time changes in an hour -and -a -half play done through flashback scenes without much ex- planation as to why, makes Robert Clinton's Mail Order Bride a little hard to follow but is its only real flaw. The 1989 production of Mail Order Bride, opened at the Blyth Festival last Wednesday night. Mail Order Bride is the story of a young hot -shot World War II pilot named Russell Teeter, who reluc- tantly comes back to claim his grandmother's belongings at her house in the southern prairies, which is about to be torn down af- ter her death. He runs into an old crazy neigh- bor Harold English, (Stephen Walsh), who proceeds to teach Teeter about the history of the house and how his grandmother had to become a mail order bride. Teet- er learned how difficult it was for his grandmother to come half way across the country to marry a man half her age, and the circumstances of her mother's leaving home after the death of her brother during a flu epidemic. There are a number of lessons to be learned from this play, some of which are effectively done through symbolism with the tough prairie wends which English is trying to plant around the house. He wanted the house to look good even though it is about to be demo- lished. The weeds, like the people in the play, need nourishing if they are to grow. Although Teeter didn't want WATCH Your y��`•``L,� Money Grow 111'4% Rates 1 r GIC Subject to y verification Gaiser Kneale Exeter Grand Bend Hensall 235-2420 238-8484 262-2119 anything to do with his grandmoth- er's things, he soon came to appre- ciate the difficulties his mother and grandmother had to face through Engish's teachings. The setting is the Teeter family farm, from the time his grandmoth- er first got there to the present. Al- though the set is constant through the play, time change is achieved very effectively through the differ- ent lighting. Walsh, a newcomer to Blyth, gives a very convincing perfor- mance as crazy -old English. Win- slow comes across very well as the abrasive, brash Teeter. He is very reminiscent of another abrasive character in looks and performance, Scan Penn. Katia De Pena, playing the title role to perfection, looked very much like a old -maid school teacher from the east, who came half way across the country to marry a man she had never met. Although the play is a thought- provoking one, there is also much humor interspersed throughout. Much of it comes from English. He stands alone several times on stage and talks with the audience, getting them involved as if they are part of the play, very much like it is ad libbed when it is in fact all part of Clinton's script. When he pointed at me and asked me what I thought of his flowers it made me feel like I was part of the play. This is the second time Mail Or- der Bride has come to Blyth. The first was near the start of last year, but it concludes this season's series of plays. Bride lacks the pizzaz of Dream- land or the flair of Perils of Perse- phone, but it is still a fine night of entertainment. Mail Order Bride runs in conjunc- tion with Perils. at Blyth until Sun- day and will complete its run by it- self after that until September 16. 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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, please contact the Clinton Continu- ing Education Office between the hours of 12 noon and 8 p.m., Mon- day through Thursday, and 12 noon to 4 p.m. on Friday. $54 $30 CONESTOGA COLLEGE - CLINTON CAMPUS P.O. BOX 160 Clinton, Ontario, NOM 1L0 (519) 482-3458 Conestoga College October 27 deadline for awards for accessibility TORONTO -October 27, 1989 is the deadline for entries from archi- tects, landscape architects, designers and engineers for the fifth annual Premier's Awards for Accessibility, Shirley Collins, Minister Respon- sible for Disabled Persons, an- nounced recently. "I am pleased and encouraged by the success of this program," said Ms. Collins. "Gradually, the bar- riers to mainstream living for dis- abled isabled persons are being removed. The Premier's Awards recognize ex- cellence in the design of barrier -free elements. We are now seeing more, and better, entries." Through the program, individuals or teams of architects, landscape ar- chitects, professional engineers, in- terior designers and associates are encouraged to incorporate barrier - free features at the planning stage of residential and non-residential pro- jects. Projects must have been initiated in Ontario, completed and in use by October 27, 1989. Entry forms are available from: Premier's Awards for Accessibility, Ontario Office for Disabled Persons, 700 Bay Street, Box 322, Toronto, M5G 1Z6, or telephone (416) 963-3121, or toll- free 1-800-387-4456. The Premier's Awards for Access- ibility is sponsored by the Ontario Office for Disabled Persons with the co-operation of the Ontario Ad- visory Council for Disabled Per- sons, Barrier Free Design Center, Ontario Association of Architects, Ontario Association of Landscape Architects, Association of Profes- sional Engineers of Ontario and As- soctatton of Registered Interior De- signers of Ontario. Times -Advocate, September 6, 1989 Page 7 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Parsons Terri Lee, daughter of Robert Dobson, London and Peter Lloyd, son of Doug and Norma Parsons, Exeter, were united in marriage on August 12, 1989 at the Exeter United Church. special ly and make thanks our to friends day parents, who special. A fami- helped • Evans - Hoffman Kimberly Dawn Evana and Dou- glas Claire Hoffman, children of Dr. Joe and June Evans, Glen- ville W.Va., and Claire and Wino- na Hoffman, Exeter, Ont. were united in marriage on June 24, 1989 at Trinity United Metho- dist Church, Glenville W.Va. The ceremony was, officiated by Rev. Patricia Jarvis, Wheeling, W.Va and Rev. Peggy Hurlbutt, Glenville, W.Va. Kevin Evans of Baton Rouge, La., brother of the bride, escorted Kimberly to the alter. Attending the bride were matron of honour Kelly Os- borne, Blackburg Va., friend of the bride, bridesmaids Beth Car -1 penter, Burlington, N.C., friend of the, bride, Denise Santa Lu- cia, Weston W.Va., cousin of the bride, Karen Hoffman, Lon- don, Ont. sister of the groom and jr. bridesmaid Heather Jo Deal, Sciotville, Oh., friend of the bride. Attending the groom were best man Robert Hoffman, London, Ont. brother of the groom, ushers Ian Hart, Scarbo- rough, Ont, Derek Ferris, Toron- to, Ont. and Paul McAuley, Cambridge, Ont. friends of the groom. Jr. usher was Matthew Nicholson, Glenville W.Va, friend of the bride. After a hon-. eymoon to Bar Harbour, Maine, the couple reside in Hatties- burg, Mississippi where they both attend the University of Southern Mississippi. gar (-AN BE Warehouse Clearance Sale of all 1989 hiefila Appliances Large display, good prices We service what we sell up to S100 or instant rebate on most Inglis appliances Drysdale Major Apliances Hensel Ontario The Place 1, Buy Appliances 262-2728 Open Daily Fri. - 9 p.m. Margaret Ann Mullwyk R.N. Margaret has recently been suc- cessful in passing her Regis- tered Nurses' Exams. She grad- uated earlier from Conestoga Colege _ of Nursing, Stratford Health Sciences Division, with her Diploma of Nursing. Marga- ret is presently employed at C.P.R.I. in London. Mr. and Mrs. Derwin Lamont Carol Peebles and Derwin La- mont were united in marriage on July 1, 1989. The wedding took place in the Scenic Gardens, Chippawa Hill, Ontario with the Rev. Barbara McMath officiat- ing. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl MacNaugh- ton, Walton, Ontario and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Lamont, Oshawa, Ontario. Following a honeymon to Manitoulin Island, the couple are now residing in Lon- don. Engagement - Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wallace of Exeter an- nounce with pleasure the en- gagement of their daughter Kar- en to Andy Van Altena, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Van Alte- na of Clinton. The marriage will take place on Friday, September 22, 1989 in London, Ont. Can you get :\II)S fr()t11 sharing a lunch? NO! (,ct the facts. Let's Talk. Call the Ontario Ministry of Health AIDS Hotline 1- HOO-668-AIDS SUNWORTHY YES -YOU -CAN WALLCOVERINGS 30°i:if All Wallpaper Book Orders' expires Oct. 31/89 Exeter Decor Centre 15 Gidley St. E., 235-1010 Just behind Bank of Nova Scotia Attention Students Students bring this ad in and receive 10% discount Expires Sept. 16/89 383 Main Street, Exeter 235-2590 Where Fashion, Quality and Service All Meet •