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12 Phe Goderieh Signal -Star, Thursday, October 15th, 1964
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By Bill Smiley
BIRTHDAY WITH A BANG
Neat long ago, I attended 'a
banquet at which Jo. hn Fisher,
the guest speaker, was extoll-
ing Canada's centennial year,
which is ju..91, around a couple
of extremely sharp Corners.
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Mr. Fisher is an eloquent
speaker, a consuhlmate orator.
A few–years-agor-when–he-was
blazing across the country' cle-
livering fiery, poetic speeches,
about th 3 land of ours (at about
11 $100 a ,whack), he was given
the title"Mr. Canada."
Unfortunately, he ran out of
service clubs and thIngs,.. :Now
he. works- for the government.
The talent is still there. The
golden tongue stiil wags with
passion and brilliance, still
throbs with sincerity and hope.
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• “Rtutthe.Audienctsitamo,,chang:
.ed. They used to listen with
open mouths shining eyes, as
Mr. Fisher told them what a
great country they lived in.
They used to float, homeward
later the banquet, on the purple
carpet he had spun. Arid even
the job of fixing the ,furnace,
putting the milk bottle out on
the ice -covered . porch, and
climbing in with a hair -in -
curlers, face-in-arease Mate
didn't dispell the vision.
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Now,, however, his audiences
1sten With that careful apathy,
that controlled wariness with
which the' honest, dour Can-
adians always liaten to anybody
connected with the government.
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At this banquet I mentioned,
John Fisher was trying to drunj,;,,,.
up enthusiasm for "Centennial
Projects,' with which „lie is con-
nected. I watched the listeners."
'In the midst of his highest1.,
fights, they Sat'as,.thoUgh carv-
ed of stone, with the exception
of two or three who had that
• faraway, wistful look of people
who have to ge•ko the. bathroom.
attics and cellars, but never
full of people.
Is that what Canadians want;
to celebrate the centenary of
an event that nobody under-
stands, except a few history
teachers. Fie on us!
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Why do'n't we show a little
real imagination, -throw 'a party
at -will---resound—throto
the world, then forget the whole
thing. There's nothing very
thrilling about being 100 years
old, anyway.
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Let's see. Instead of piddling,
around with thousands e1 grants
fr municipalities, the govern*
men•t, for one year, eould double'
pensions to the old, the veterans
and the widoi,vs, treble the baby
-
bonus, and declare -a twelve-
month i.oliday from income
taxes. That would put the popu-
lation in, the right frame 21
mind Tc 1biati6n.
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"TEN LITTLE INDIANS" FIRST PRODKTION
Little Theatre Opens Season ,October 29
• By Esther Garrow
The 1964-65 Goderich Little
Theatre season opens on Oc-
tober 29th with "Ten Little In-
dians," a mystery melodrama
written by Agatha Christie.
Directed by June gill, the, cast
comprises eight men and three
women. We are very proud of
this production and knoW It
will start our season off with
distinction. Since it Ls -a mys-•
teq, we are. not allowed to
hint at the plot, but we have
'a small mystery for our read-
ers, and that is to identify our
players.
The first lady co e cast is
involved in the woi1d of fin-
ance, in • fact, money slips
through her fingers like water.
cf4.U't
in "Chalk Garden" ' and the
third will be•remembered as a
,Employers could .foregoall
profits for a year•and grant,an.
extra two weeks vacation with
pay. Municipalities could • set
aside a sptcial fund for beer
and dancing in the streets.
Every day in the year could
be Leap Year, as far as spin-
sters go. And some of them
would go far. Teenagers could
all be' !ocked in *special com-
pounds for a ye.ar. fed well, and
released on New 'Year's day,
1968.
All
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—Admitting •;,thatthere were ,.
eetne menicipalities whose idea
-of a hot, centennial project was'',
ro decoute the town clerk's of -
lice, ar put an extra ecu in the
ail, Mr Fisher assured that
there werey many others with
ithaginOive schemes for
librarie, art centre, museums
. and other worthy and lasting
•irnonaments. :* . •
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... Which brings to my thesis,
patient and gentle reader. What
as your rnunicipality .planned
as its' centennial project?
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Don't 'forget now. The gov-
ernment puts up two bucks for
everydollar the .municipality•
will spend. Never mind where
the government gets the two
bucks. Th.at's beside the point.
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, If it works as it should, Can- ; , •
ada will have a 3,00 -mile rib- : .
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bon„ of opera houses in which • 's.,11.V.
, nobody, sings, theatres which
•nobody attends, swimming pools '• ...... ..* '
• that Hayfork Centre ,can't af-
ford to operate, libraries with
no books in them, and, mitseums
full of junk out of people's
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babies borp during cen-
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comedienne in "Salad Days."
As fotr our eight men—first is
one whose profession makes
him fit right into this play, sec-
ond was a suspect murderer in
"High Ground," and. a thitd was
the narrator Of "Glass . Menag-
erie."
Two more are newcomers to
our stage one from the neigh-
boring town of Clinton, the
other has been seen • playing
the organ at St. George's
Church.
The sixth is the versatile
1
' Ambrose .of "Salad Days," sev-
enth a member of a singing,
dancing, family, and the ,eighth
is a young man- who spends
his time taking pictures and
writing stories.
Maybe our readers know the
answers to these questions, but
the important thing is to come
and enjoy the play. No play
is,‘ complete without an audi-
ence, and here in Goderich we
feel we have one of the best,
most co-op erative xdiences
any'where. Coiee and be amus-
ed, laugh and thrill with us,
your friends of the Goderich
Little Theatre. The box office
opens on October 22nd in Reg,
W. Bell's office on the Square.
We urge you to get your mem-
bership now.
Our second play, "The*Fhur
Poster," a comedy, wi.J be pre-
sented in February. There are
two characters only, Virginia
Lodge and Bruce Sully, under
a
the direction of Gail Sully.
;This sounds like a family af-
fair, and with this distinguish-
ed triumvirate should be a re-
sounding success.
The interval 'eetWeen the tvid
pla's will be (Templed by work-
shops. Workshops in acting,
how to sit, walk, turn, speak,
fall; workshops in stage, tech-
niques, make-rp, ,lighting, set
designing, set construdion.
Special instructors are to by
imported; .and small groups
will be the rule so, that every-
one interested may benefit.
A new departure this year,
which is especially aimed at
our young people, will be the
presentation between Christmas
and New Year's of George Mer-
ton with Iris puppets. We
should emphasize, however,
that young people of all. ages
will be invited to come and see
this show. The announeement
of time, place unct tickets will
be made at a later" date. This
is an "extra" and does not came
within he terms of a G.L.T.
stibscription.
The last play of the season
will be a musicale "Good News,"
directed .by Jack' Marriott with
Lorne Dotterel- as musical dir-
ectot. As. good news is always
welcome, so we know you will
enjoy this rousisale.
This will complete Reg Bell's
first year as president. An am-
bitious program? Yes — but
Reg ii R orking with his execu-
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tive in an all-out effort to In-
crease interest in Goderich
Little Theatre, to raise the level
of knowledge within the group,
to enlarge our active member -
Alp and ,to bring somethithg of
value to all who are now or
who mig,ht -becume interested in.
Little Theatre. . -•.
(inada's first daily news-
papers were the Montreal Ad-
vertiser, 1833, and Toronto's
Royal Standard, 1836, neither of •
which survived for long.
Travelling by light canoe,
early fur traders were able to
cover the distance form Fort
William to Mortreal in as little
as 10 days' time. ,
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