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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-10-30, Page 11.F -Winghats A:dvane-T1rsld y, O ..00, l0 Paw 1I The National Film Board of Canada has awarded top honors to the best Canadian films of the past year. Some films from Quebec and Western Canada were not familiar to us, but many of the winners were To- ronto or Ottawa -produced and seen by the entire CBC -TV net- work. The Film of the Year award was presented to "The Best .. Damn Fiddler from Calaboogie to Kaladar", a feature film which starred Kate Reid and was seen on last season's "Festival" series. It also recei•.'ed eight other awards, one of there go- ing to Peter Pearson for his dir- ecting, another to actor Chris Wiggins who co-starred with Miss Reid. Best actress was Jackie Bur- roughs for her performance in "Dulcima" seen only a few weeks ago, on the CBC. Ruth Springford, long a fine Canadi- an actress, was named for her supporting role in the 'Corwin' episode of "Does Anybody Here Know Denny?" seen on the Sun - ENTERTAINMENT AT DANNY'S TAVERN • THIS -SATURDAY NIGHT- THE NITS-LITES ' Dancing 9 - 1 Barbecued Spareribs and Sauerkraut SATURDAY NIGHT EI I INI I IRI I IRI I IRI I INI I INII INI I INI I INI I IHI tI) .C� - SHOW TIMES - Friday and Saturday at 7:15 and 9:15. All other days, one show at 8:00, except where noted on the program. 'r15 Sh�w BIZ THUR.-FRI.-SAT.' OCT. 30.31 - NOV. 1 "ICE STATION ZEBRA" . CinemaScope-Colour - Starring ' Rock Hudson - Ernest Borgnine Lloyd. Nolan This is the story of a US. nuclear submarine and its crew at the North Pole. Ituncoils a tense plot coupled with breath- taking photography. It's a must for all audiences. Due to the length of this film there will be only one show on Friday and Saturday night starting at 8:00 p.m. SAT. MATINEE NOV..1 "Rhino" COMING NEXT - THUR.-FRI.-SAT. NOV. 6-7-8 ADULT ENTERTAINMENT `MacKENNA'S GOLD' 3.111111111111111111111111111111111111111111811111111!: By Vonni Lee day evening series at the be- ginning of this season. Two special awards were presented- - Margot Kidder, star of 'Denny', was named an outstanding new talent and Andrew Alien, a To- ronto radio broadcaster, re - ceived the John Dr&inie Award for distinguished service in broadcasting. The award is in 't memory of the late Mr. Drain - ie, one of Canada's finest ac- tors and announcers, who died a few years ago. Best public affairs show seen on TV in the last year, was " The Style Is the Man Himself", and filmed story of Prime Minister Tru - dean, One of the above winners, Jackie Burroughs, has worked a long time for this kind of rec- ognition. Not a pretty girl, as actresses go, she has performed mostly on stage, both here in Canada and in England, her na- tive country. 'She has worked at the Crest Theatre in Toron- to, at the Manitoba Theatre, Centre, and here at our own Stratford Festival where she first came to our attention. She worked there in 1964, playing the Queen in "Richard II", and understudying Helen Bums who starred in "The Co ,ntry Wife". One night Miss Burns was ill and Jackie went on in her place. She now, says about that night, "I think I was good --I'm al - ways better when I'rn thrown a bit". She goes on to say she has never been invited back to Stratford and 'isn't too sorry be- cause it's a long summer and there's nothing to do in Strat- ford but 'join a motorcycle gang'. Since Stratford she hasspent • a,time In NewmYork where she ' studied acting and dancing, . in Montreal and in Vancouver. She managed to get a foot in the television door with first, her performance in "Donna arid Gail", and then her role in the feature film, "The Ernie Game': Then cartie "Dulcima "-and the award. She has now completed two more,. "Twelve and a Half Cents" to be seen November 9th; and "Black Phoenix" shown i on January 18th, and is now hav- ing a 90 -minute television drama written especially for her, for production next season On the personal side, Jacidi is married to a musician and moth- er of a 2 -year-old girl, Zoe. Two October deaths have af- fected the world of show busi- ness. In Rome, actor Eduardo Ciannelli died of cancer' at the age of 81. He has made a num- ber of movies, among them the soon -to -be -released "Secret of Santa Vittoria", starred in a number of stage plays, and per- haps as we best know him, play- ed in the TV series "Johnny Staccato" with John Cassavetes. - In her native Scandinavia, former Olympic skater and. mow ie star Sonja Henle died, also of cancer. In her 50s, 'she had been retired from show business for a number of years, devoted her time to business investments TrtYWVA FOUR INCHES OF SNOW and mid 20 temperatures lump. er members of the .21st Fd. Regt. as they load a howitzer after firing a Royal Salute for Prince Philip last Thurs. N.M.NINl......S/N•NNM•{NNSMNM••N•N./.N•••ImmN.N ei By JIM WARD Recreation Report MINOR HOCKEY It seems strange that we would have to sell hockey to our boys. In order to encour- age the boys to register we ex- plained that we would be hold- ing house leagues for all those who wanted to play. We had an indication of 55 Tykes, 2 7 Novice, and 49 Peewees who Howick Lions' bingo winners Regular games; Mrs. Sproule,. Lucknow; Doreen Denstedt, Lis- towel and . Mrs. Gordon Hislop, Wroxeter; Mrs. Derbecker, Wingham; Mrs. Spitzig, Chep- stow, Mrs. Detzler, Mildmay and Mrs. Hammer, Listowel; Florence Mansfield, Wingham, Mrs. Spitzig, Chepstow, Mrs. Elmer Goll, Mildmay, Mrs. Sproule, Lucknow and Mrs. To- man, Wroxeter; Mrs. G. Strauss, Mildmay; Kathleen Ellacott, Listowel; -Mrs. Hammer, Listo- wel; Kathleen Ellacott, Listo- wel • aiid Mrs. B. Montgomery, Wroxeter; Mrs. I. Leitch, Kin cardine;' Kathleen Ellacott, Lis- towel; Mrs. Derbecker, • Wing - ham. Share the Wealth 1. Mrs: McLennan, Lochalshu, 2. Mrs. .Schmalz, Mildmay, Sylvia. Gowing, Listowel, Bob Mont - Ornery, Wingham, Bill Dads - well, Harriston, Mrs. Jack Burns, Wroxeter, Mrs. Elmer Goll Mildmay. $25 Special: Mrs. Derbeck- er, Wingham; Jackpot Consola- tion plus bonus:. Mrs. Detzler, Mildmay and Mrs. Buchanan. Listowel; Door Prizes: Mrs. K. Willoughby, . Wroxeter, • Jack Burns, - Wroxeter, Gerald Goll, Walkerton and Don Lang, Am- bleside; Lucky Draws: Mrs. A. Ste. Marie, Wingham, Jim Scott, Listowel, William Up- per, Listowel and Jim Cornish, Kincardine. uvri. �� LIONS AT CLUB HE HAM.. IV Hallowe'en Frolic PARADE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS FORMS AT THE BALL PARK AT 6:30. Ghostly parade to the Arena will be followed by Judging of Children's costumes and there will bi treats for all. Games 'for adults and children. Dancing To Music By The Publication FROM 10:00 P.M. TO 1:00 A.M. ADULTS' COSTUMES WILL BE JUDGED AT THE DANCE MAKE IT A FAMILY FUN NIGHT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 • .N wanted to play. However, out of the 55 Tykes there. are only 28 who have registered, 20 of 'the 27 Novice and 23 of the 49 PeeWees. We urge ail.the.boys to register immediately. - There, was an error on the' hockey registration date. All those boys who are 6 years of age now areeligible to play - hockey this year in the Tyke division. We had said they must have been born in 1962 making 7 the lowest age.(.) How ever, all those who were born in 1963 or who are age 6 this - .... year are eligible to' play. BASKETBALL ' A men's basketball league will begin if enough show up to participate. It will go on Mon- days and Wednesdays. On Mon- - day. of this week only a hand- ful, and-ful, riot enough to form teams, showed. up. If you, wish° to play , please make every effort to get out next week. We will have to use the main entrance of the School. BADMINTON The Wingham badminton club will again operate in the Madill Secondary School on Tuesdays and Thursdays, start- ing at 7.30: Racquets will be available at first but we urge you to supply your own. All who are interested please come out and show your interestby attending. • JAM CAN CURLING This year we are going to attempt a new sport for the children:. -jam can curling. We would ask that you save your Jam cans and let us know if . • you have some. We will pick them up. The cans are t h e 4 Ib. variety that hold jam and marmalade. For each "rink" or team we need 8 cans. There- fore we. need 16 for each sheet of ice. If we can get 80 cans we can make enough for 5 rinks, or 10 teams. This will be Junior curling for elemen- tary school children, both boys and girls. day. The Prince was in London to present new `colors to the First and Third Battalions of the Royal Canadian " Regiment. • .. Bridge Club The Howell system was used. First: Mrs. F. Forgie and Mrs. W. Wharry; second, Mrs. H. Fisher and Miss Y. McPherson; tied for third, Allan Carter and David Langridge, B. Ort Leib and W. Wharry. Belgrave • Mrs. Della MacFarlane of Gimli, Manitoba and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cranston of Lucknow visited with their cousin, Mr. and Mrs." George Walker last week. Miss Linda Taylor of Toron- to spent the week -end with her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Coulter and Paul. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Lichty and Wayne of Milverton and Mr. and Mrs. Ron Hibberd of Harriston were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hib- berd. NIS Strikes & Spares LADIES' LEAGUE Janette's Jellybeans 20, Bea's Bon Bons 20, - Sharon's Suckers 19, Linda's Lollipops 18, Gert's Gumdrops 16, Mary's Mints 12. High single, Louise Welwood 300; high triple, Jean King 732. • FORDWICH LEAGUE • The Mixed Bowling Lague at the Fordwich Bowling Lanes recorded the following high scores: Jack King 227, Don Bridge 213; Jack Schmacker'361, Nel- lie Allan 203, Earle King 238, T rne:LaMbkin 209, Alex Reid 0 icer Gary Sothern 203, 224, Bonnie Wilson 212, Leone Foerter 219, 'Judy" Campbell 253, Lyle .Foer- ter 203, 205, Esther King 208; Ben Gibson 211. WROXETER LEAGUE Donald Adams 244, Jack • Burns 213, Ethelene Smith 224, 204, Jack Clarke 223, . Gordon Kaster 225, Ed Rouse 221, 258, 237, Ron McMichael 234, Ken Edgar 207, Robert Peel 243,Bon- nie Lockwood .237. ' Junior Bowling BANTAM Games over 110: There .goes Jamie Smith again 141; Debbie Hull 120•, 137; Paul Cerson 110; Mike Beattie 111; Stephen Burke 112; Ricky McLennan 130. Next week it's going to be over 120 so let's get going with ..hYgher scores, gang. There were a lot that came pretty close and there are a number of new bowlers this year. pretty small; but they look promising. Standings: Dentynes 10, Doublemints 5, Clorets 5, Bub- blegums 10, Spearmints 0, Chiciets 10. ° JUNIOR Games over 160: Ricky Wall 181; Jay MacLaurin didn't do much last Saturday, just 184 and 207. Nice going Jay l; . Lynne Foxton 163; Heather Smith (again?) 193; Brad Sim- mons 164; Rodger Tiffin 161, 169; Janet Gorrie (at last) 167; . Lawrence Norman 161; Marlene Foxton was pretty close with a 159. Try harder next week kids, it's going up again. There are a lot of Bantams moved up to . Juniors this year --maybe it will make them work harder. Standings: Space Craft 8, Launchers 5, Count Downs 3, Astronauts 4, Rockets 8, _Moon- shots 2. SENIOR They seem to be thinning out this year but there are a lot of the old faithfuls here. Games over 200: David (Curly) Tiffin 264; Stephen Penny 243; Christine Rae 253, 200; Barb Dauphin 246, 215; Bill Brown 290, (Beautiful game Bill! Too bad you' didn't' get your 500 double). Here are some good spares for the night leagues.. Sorry about last week's scores -didn't get them in on time. . COMMERCIAL LEAGUE , Team standings: - Comets 18; Geminis 10; Heroes 15;, Ju - pito!! 4; Lunars 31; Rockets 2% Ladies' high single, Rose Grove 256, triple 624; men's high single Ed Daer 323 and triple. 73.0. Thanks to spares Mary Hast- ings, Ross Hastings, Ed Daer and Bob Wittig. ' THURSDAY MIXED Cecile's Coolcata are cool- ing out as their league has now been cut to only two points. The standing for the league is as follows: Cecile's Coolcats' -2'5;-Water earr27;'let . Blackeats 19, . Lorna's Hellcats 16, .Audrey's Alleycats 13, and Gail's Go Cats 9 points. Gail says her cats are really going to start to "go" now. Mac Ritchie was only using one ball to knock the pins over asl he had a very fine high single of 309 and also the high triple of 758. Gwen MacLaurin took the ladies' top honors with a 237 single and a 591 triple?? Thanks to our only spare for the night, Barb Merkley. Forty lashes to yours truly for missing press time for the last two weeks. MEN'S TOWN LEAGUE Jim Steffler was .in great form on Monday as he had a 330 single and a 6 9 4 triple. -Other good games were Ken Saxton Sr. 2 53 and Geo rg e Skinn 273. , Thanks to spares Bill John- son, ohn-son, D. Burkhart, Paul Rantoul, Perry Holmes, Charlie Kerr, Ken,, Saxton Jr.. Jim Swan and Carl Young.. • • The standings are: Hawks 33, Bruins 21, Rangers 20, Leaf: 19, .Canadians 17 and Wings 16. Weekly euchre BELGRAVE- -At the Hteekly euchre on Wednesday .night, nine tables were in play. The winners of the evening were: High lady,- Miss Janet Adams; high man, Miss Annie Kennedy (playing as a mangy; low lady, Mrs. Cora McGill; • low mann, Earl Noble; novelty lady, Mrs.• Hazel Purdon; novelty Man, John\Adams. Couple presented in Bluevale. hall BW EV ALE:- A reception was held in the Bluevale eomtriuni- ty hall, Friday evening for; Mid. and Mrs. Wim DeBoer (the bride is the former Elaine Kir- ton). Music for dancing was. supplied by Mann's Orchestra., and an enjoyable t i in e was spent. Elaine and Wim were given seats of honor on the platform at lunch time when Phyllis Dos - man read an address and Jo- anne Elliott presented them with a gift of money. Both the bride and groom thanked their friends. Junior Auxiliary Hallow�'en party BELGRAVE--The Junior Auxiliary met at the home of Mrs. Clark Johnston on. Satur- day afternoon. Minutes were read by Laurie Stackhouse and the treasurer's report was given by Patsy Scott. Bonnie Walker and Cathy Walker collected_ the offering and Rota Lynne White recited the offertory prayer. The next meeting will be November 1, at 9.45 a. rim. at the Johnston horn. Marni . Walsh will lead in.the games, Cathy Walker the sing -song. and clean-up girls are Bonnie Walls. er and Karen Scott. Following the meeting the girls had a Hallowe'en party with prizes going to, best dress- ed couple. Bonnie Walker and Donelda Lamont; best dressed comic couple, Reta Lynn White and Patsy Scott; original cos- tumes, Cathy Walker, April McBurney and Rose Marie White; best dressed costumes Marni Walsh, Karen Scott and Karen Coultes. • Games were led by ,ianetta Johnston followed by a sing- song led by Brenda Nethery; Lunch was served by Mrs. John- ston. Firini en lipid first social The Wingham Firemen emen held their first social of the winter • season on Monday evening Whex they entertained their. wives, . , The Hickey family had a good run of luck at euchre, Mrs,, Rod Hickey held the high,APOre for the ladies and her husband' won tate prize: for high, rn.an. Mrs. Lynn Hickey was low for the ladips and U n c le Dave Crothers took the low score prize for the men, Keith Johnston won the door.. pie. CHRISTMAS IS ARRIVim6 Unique and Mysteri Items from all .over h• "•work Plan at least one •:gift from TheWaxw�rks .• .q30atique. f , 20' Water St. . Wingham Entertainment at the Station Hole/ Mildinery - ry FRIDAY EVENNG Helen & Evelyn SATURDAY EVENING . Doris & Uoyd Spareribs Chicken' Sauerkraut and Barbee c ria served Friday ; nd' Sg tuI:d Attention farmers JOIN THE 8TH ANNUAL CANADIAN FARMER'S TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND and AUSTRALIA 27 -DAY TOUR 4 Departures To Choose From JANUARY 12, 1970 JANUARY 19, 1970 JANUARY 26, 1970 FEBRUARY 2, 1970 For full particulars and a de- scriptive brochure, contact: LISTOWEL TRAVEL. BUREAU 163 Main St. W. Jim Courtney. 291-4100 After Hours Call 291-2207 SIO'JET711 For family Fun Jjro'jET SALES and SERVICE 137 JOHN STREET W. WINGHAM - Phone. 357-2583 OPEN EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS