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CF-'E1me r Famish and
Harry Gowdy have returned,
from a six weeks' agricultural
tour. They visited Japan,
Hong Kong, Karee, Malaya,.
Hawaii,. Australia and New
Zealand.,
The farms in Australia were
brown from drought but in New
Zealand everything was won.
trfully green. At Auckland
they attended the horse races
With 40, 0Q0 in attendance.
Honoluluwas also very
beautiful. The tour covered
30,000 Miles.
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It was a fine .evening of en
tertainrrieut and one of which,
unfortunately; not nearly.
enough took advantage, when.
the Wingharn.Towne Players
presented Angel Street" ' in the
'town hall, Presented on Thure4
day and Friday evenings Of last
week, it; was a dramatrzatrori
based on the Movie, "Gaslight"
of a number of years ago.
Eithfetitle is fitting. The
actiQn takes place on 'Angel
Street'',,, at the Borrie of Jack
• Manningham an&his young
wife, in the late 1870's. Much
of the plot involves aroundCtrs.
Manningham, a young attract.
i "e woman who is supposedly
on the brink of insanity. she
istreated4 as a rnadwornan by
her huisband, who aeeuses her
of. theft, of .imagining -.things,
that aren't -really there, and of
doing things that she does not,
remember, The distraught
young woman 'is almost ready
to believe her husband, when
enters inspector Rough, a po1'
iceMan who is tryingto solve
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.a 15-year«old murder mystery
that, by some sort ,of coinci-
dence, happened' in her home.
The mansion, on Angel Strut
'is a strange place, and the
Mistress, of the house :has never
eve Seen it,+. top" floor which
is forbidden property for every,
`one. But She believes that
setneone•spends tinlelhexe, for
each night,the gaslight in the
drawing rooin dims,, ,proof, that
light is being used elsewhere
in the home, When the• Ins•
pector agrees that tate' occuppant.
may be her husband, they be
gin their task of searching for
evidence. At the end.of
long hard evening for Mrs.
iv iaiininghartt,' she is finally,
Free of,ali her fears.' Inspector,
Rough has solved a case that
has beenbugging him for fife
teen years, and Mr. Manning,
ham has. finally ' got, lags
uppance'.!
The play has. its moments of.
suspense, its.moments of crit n.-
°edy, and its times when 'yeti.
went to walk onto the stage and
kick some of the characters ,In
the pants. Perhaps it is this:'
variety that makes the play so
entertaining, far superior to
the last production presented'
by thePlayers. (my comment
here isfor the play alone; NO.
complaints on the performances,
therein!), ,
In this performance, it Wes:,
Barbara Bender who walked
away with the honors, in a long:
and demanding role, She'did
not receive, nearly the ovation',
she -deserved from her_audience,,
Jim Swan, as the Inspector;:
was excellent and a•ppeared.to'
know his wary around the play.
like a mouse .in a cheese fac• ; •
tory.
Dori ` Lloyd and Margaret
Webster, as Mr. Manningh m
and,Elizabeth the maid, both
seemed to get off on wea,k
starts the evening: we, watched.
They came to life in the second
half of the play; however; it •
must have been most difficult,
to.heac-all Mtn., Web%ter lriies
�x,.the.l a o f;,rihe ud to ium1
Boli, laounce4, baak,nii aymin, !
ohe second .half of the play,
when cues were• missed.;•
Judi Small as .Nancy.,. ,the
LEAD PERFORMERS in the Towne Players' production of
"Angel Street,"„Inspector Rough played by Jim Swan and
Mrs. Manninghani played by' Barbaro Bender, right, chat
with Elizabeth, th‘ piaed by Margaret Webster.
'The cast i'nd play Were both exCellerlt bid failed to draw as,
second servant who felt little
bnt contempt for her.mthress,
was most believable in hefrole
of the 'tartish' little dish -who
ended up flirting',with hel• boss.
'Bit•parts weie played by Brian
Nordlund and John Haly who
said nothing and did. little more
Behind-the-sceners who de-
serve special mention 'ire LeS
Armstrong who was responsible -
for the very,effective lighting
and all the dimming of the gas-
light (hence, the movie title,
"Gaslight", if you didn't get ,
the message earlier); Jane Le -
Van and Peg Bateson who were
in charge --Yo the Victorian -style
. dresses; Bruce ROberson and
Jack Gillespie, for \auth,entic-
looking sets; Johh Munroe and
'Shirley Bell for props; and of
George Walling, -the capable.
director, and his assistaot,. June
The Towne Players are bring
ing back fine live eptertain-
ment; more power to them for
this accomplishment. Too bad.
more people couldn!t get their
heads out of the boob toobiong
enough to dress up and get out
ane support' this hard -Working '
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orrie News Items
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bell,
Brian; •G4ry and Karen of Pres-
ton,sgent the -Weelt-end with
ML and Mrs, '61ad :Edgar
spent a couple of days with Mr..
and .Mrs. James Easton of Orton.
Mr, and Mrs. Ambrose -
'O'Connor and Gwen of Oakville
visited over the week -end with'
Mr.. and -Mrs. Chas. Finlay and
accompanied by Mrs. Wrn. -
'Cathers, Wroxeter, were Satur-•
day supper. guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Arnold Halliday, Wing -
Mr. Wtre Austin returned
homw from Listowel Memorial
Hospital on Thursday. Mr.
.David Neilson arrived home
District Hospital.
Mr. Alex Hamilton of Mc-
' Master University; Hamilton,.
spent Wednesday and Thursday
with hii parents, Mr„ and Mrs.
Hector Hamilton.
Mrs. Jean MacDonald, Lon-
don, visited. over the week -end
with Mrs. W.C. King. e
" Mrs. Bev. Currah is a pat-
ient in Wingham and District
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs'. Clarence Koch
.of Listowel visited Mr. and'
Mrs. Chas. Koch on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Les Davidson
and Mr. Wm. Davidson of
.Listowel spent Sunday with Mr.
James Edwards. -
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sear -
son visited ,,Mr. Alex Mitchell
--in'Strathroy and were supper
guests of Mr. and mks. Harold
Edgar of Watford on Sunday.
Staff Sgt. Glenn and Mrs.
Austin and family'of Oakville
and Mr. and Mrs, James Austin
Of Elmira visited durieg the'
week -end with Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Austin.
Mr. and Mrs. Glad Edgal•
spent Saturday evening with
Mr. Birks llobertson and Mr.
and Mrs. Cameron Edgar of
Mrs. saeford Zimmerman
spent a few days with Mrs. '
Harry Templeman:
- Me. and Mrs. George Brown
were at Flint, Mich., on Sun-
day.
Mrs. Chester Bennett and
,Mrg. Donald Leader are patientF
Mts. leichard Fertney return -
ter a six weeks' holiday with
her parentS, Mr. and Mrs. Rote.
send. Peterborough, spent the
week -end with Mrs. Ewan
Cheryl Lynn, infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Stafford,
was received into the church by
baptism by Rev. H.b. Jenkins,
in St. Stephen's Anglican R.
Church, Gorrie.
Miss Margaret Dane has• re-.
turned home from Listowel
Memorial Hospital.
Day of Prayer
held at Gorrie
GORRIE—Mrs. R. M.. Sween-
ey spoke on the theme, "Bear
one; another's burdens" at the
Gorrie World Day of Prayer
service, held in Knox Presbyter
ian Church on Friday at 3 p.m.
The ladies of st. Stephen's
Anglican Church, St. Andrew:s
'Presbyterian Church, Moles-
worth and Gorrie United Church
attended this jointservice.
Mrs. Norman Wade, Mrs.
Bennett Mitchell,' Mrs._ Howard
Baker, Mrs. Lionel Johnston,
°Mrs. 'George Brown, Mrs. Gor-
don Edgar, Mrs. Alex.Graham
and Mrs. Burns Stewart took
part in the service.
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'THE CLIMAX OF the Towne Players' production of "Angel
Street". caiiie as Mrs. Manningham tickled her husband's
throat with a razor as she fought off the temptatioh to
murder him in return for the eastardly deeds he had per-
formed against her, trying to erive her insane. Batbara
Bender played Mrs. Manningham and Don' Lloyd was Cast
as her husband.—A-T
Lenten services
GORRIE—The first of six
Lenten services sponsored by
Gorrie churches was held in
st. Stephen's on Thursday ev-
ening with Rev. John Brush of
Knox Presbyterian Church giv-
ing the message.
On Thursday, March 7 at
8;00. e.m. Rev. Ronald Sween-
ey will speak in the Presbyter-
ian Church. On March 21,
Rev. H.D. Jenkins will be the
speaker at United Chureh.
WROXETER,
Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Mc-
Intee of Toronto spent the
week -end with her parents, Mr.
'arid Mrs. Ross Sanderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Wee-
pier, Chesley, and Mr...Harry;
Walker, Moorefield were Sem-
-day guests with Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Walker.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Yuill, Belgrave, spent Thurs-
day with Mr. and Mrs. Fraser
Haugh.
Mr. Everett Sanderson of
Toronto visited his Uncle and
aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Ross San-
derson for a couple of days be-
fore leaving for his new em- ,
ployment in Sudbury, which he
begins this week.
Belmore Personals
Mrs. William. Mulvey, Mrs.
Earl Fitch and Mrs. 'Alex sang-
ster attended the annual C.
W. Presbyterial held in st.
Paul's United Churdh, Walker-
ton, on Tuesday ef last week.
Recen't visitors' with Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Inglis and
family were Mr. and Mrs.
Smith Robertson of Montebello,
California. Mr. -Robertson is a
brother of Mrs. Inglis.
Mr. Peter Mulvey spent
much of last week in Minnea-;
polis, Minnesota, where he -was
taking a 'course.
• Mr. Thomas Inglis, Mr.
David Eadie, Mr. John Newans
and Mr. Hugh Leeson ,spent
Thursday ip Ridgetown where
they attended the annual re-
view day, held at the' Western
Ontario Agricultural school.
students at the school, lap in-
glis and -Charles Eadie, each
participated in,the activities
by displaying a project.
Mr, and Mrs. Clark Ren-
wick 'are enjoying ihe sunny
sonth, currently on a two-week
tour in Florida. Nice to be
some eeople, eh?
A large number• from both
Belmore churches attended the
World -Day of Prayer service
held in the McIntosh Mired
,Church on Friday afternoon.
Mark a circle around march
15th on your calendar! That's
the night of the big' Belmore
Ice Carnival so get the costum-
es ready and plan to attend.
Huron County Bookmobile
visited ,Be Imre recent ly and
exchanged books, leaving lee'
new ones. The local Library
Board would like to sound a
nate ef warning. Since the
children are attending the. lar -
going to..high school, the mem-
bership has been falling off at
the local library, as many of
the students have been,getting
their books from theitown lib-
raries. Under our new system,
if the smaller rural libraries
are losing ground they are go-
ing to be closed, After 38
years of cohtinuous service, it
woule-seem too bad to have our
Belmore Library closed for leek ,
of suPport from the local, -
people. ,ANY book requested.
can be obtained in a, few days!
WROXETER
-Mr. and Mrs. Fraser Haugh
and Miss Eileen Haugh visited
Mt. Joseph Smith in Wingham
on Sunday;
Miss Hazel Sparling spent
last week with Mr. and Mrs. .
James Robertson and Mrs. Aneu:
Carmichael in Goderich, and .
•also visited one evening with
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hart,
Friends of Mr. George Gib-
son and •Mr. Robert Musgrove
will be pleased to hear they
have been able to return to
their homes from Wingham and
Listowel hospitals.
Week -end gt:i'esti ot the
heme of Mrs. George Griffith
were Mr. aild Mrs. Wallace
Nixott 4nd Howard of camp