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With Shirley J. Keller,
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Or of the finest musical Gordie Tapp and Tommy headirl to his family's Cottage
treats ever to be heard in Hunter. .• before• leaving for England and a
• Oaderick was free for the Billie Meek of Pig and Whistle - meeting With the Archbishop of
listening last . -Wednesday television tame was also on the Canterbury.
Afternoon at Harbourlite In.n, bill. Though Tommy Common is "Young people have changed
The Kitchener accordian band perhaps the biggest name, Billie more in the last five years than
'composed of youngsters Meek was the most popular by they have for the. past 200
between the ages of 12 and 18 fat with the crowd. . years," he remarked.
performed , there for the He's a real fine comedian- :.. He spoke about the school
system which encourages young togeananPicntc sonsored andmultimulti-talented arrusrcranpp.
by the Goderich Kinsmen. - ;i-le,,is .an .artist on the banjo. His' people to, think for therriselves
I had an opportunity to speak rendition- - of The' World Is ?d t • express themselves freely.
-to William Boettinger, the band Waiting For The Sunrise brought He discussed the fact that
leader. He told me the band had down the roof . . or should I `today's youth is ready for
been togetherfor about two say the sky since the event was adventure — like travelling all
years and that all the kids in the held outdoors. over the$globe on very little cash
band are students at the William And then there was a but lots and lots of spunk.
Boettinger Accordian Studios. magician who really wasn't He , expressed a hope , that
"I 'would say 00 percent' of , much of a magician but a mighty youth hostels would open up all
the band ,rmembers have won fine entertainer. This fellow used across this country, to make it
awards in competition," Mr. the audience to capacity by possible for travelling young
I could understand wh too,stage and helphim with his act. ata m to -get abed erase.for night
Boettingertold me. . . encouraging them to come up on people
Y, tag minimum of -expense. ' w
after hearing the group. The He did a kind of vaudeville He stated he was' pleased to
music which flowed from• their stunt with the doctor and the note 'that the• Prime Minister of
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accordians (perhaps 20 doctor's -assistant and the Canada, Pierre Elliott Trudeau,
accordians at an -estimated..°cost__patient The_whole ids WAS to had. suggested that the am rtes
otbetween_$.20,000 to -U.5,000) .--bore...al ol'ein.the..patienes_head;" across the nation be opened up
-My-husband—and were -.:so
interesed in the conversation
that we really didn't think to ask
him his name. But his initials Sreet •..
was:ss m ii7ngw r 1 dt-' waw ° . Iin:..anaesf h'elic.z an 'x�uth os�es
- sharp and clear, yet played with astound the world with this new
such ' feeling, such depth, that " advance in medicine..
one could hardly imagine it was
performed by ` such young
persons.
"The band is `a non-profit
organization," Mr. Boettinger
told me. "Weare here today for
the sheer enjoyment• of music
and, of course, to give the
youngsters a chance to perform
in public."
Was there anything else in
particular that he wanted to tell
me about the band?
"You could mention that the
band won a scholarship at the
s'" Stratford ' Kiwanis -Festival for
the best . band," Mr. Boettinger
remarked, "with a mark of 85.
• They've had, marks of 82 and 83
before, but this is the first time
they've had an '85." '
Anyone who has ever
participated • in a music festival
knows that marks of 85 are very
difficult - to attain. For a •band
with- such a wide variety -.of
performers, it is even more
difficult to manage.
Through the performance of
the band, I sat beside Mrs. Lee.
McCallum. Lee and I were
simply enthralled by it all.
"I could. listen to a whole
evening of this," Lee said.
I agreed.
. We have to have them back to
Goderich. Maybe one of our
(local clubs - interested in the
encouragement- of -fine-- music
appreciation will take it., from
here and, - make ` the necessary
arrangements . with Mr.
Boettinger:
* *
You can imagine the bother
he had to get the anaesthetic
into . the patient's head — .and
then the fun of it when he found
he had to pump it all out and '
start -over again.
(The method employed to
extract the anaesthetic was to
place a funnel under •the
patient's left elbow ,and pump
the -right arm vigorously until
the anaesthetic' flowed out of
the elbow into a bottle held in
readiness too, receive it.)
My husband and I thorougttl.y..
enjoyed the evening. And -it
brought back memories 'for me
of a garden party I attended as a
child in Fisherville.. And do you
know that the same
doctor -patient .act (modified a
little- perhaps) was on the bill
then? -
*•*
It was late when we. left
Kirkton. As we travelled along
Highway 4 north and somewhere
between Kippen and Brucefield
we noticed that something was,,,..
wrong with our car: The lights
were getting " dimmer and
dimmer. c> '
We got through Brucefield
and were just approaching CFB.
Clinton when the car, finally
stopped. There we were, late at
'night, adead-eauatd--every farm
house in the neighborhood
darkened: -. _
We noticed a car approaching
so my husband got out to try to
flag him down. There really
wasn't much point i it, I
thought dejectedly, becaltse who
Hearing that accordian band, I in his right mind would stop his
was • transported into another
world. -.;R was as though the
performers were not even
human, but rather .some kind of
mystical musical wonders from
another planet.
I was still in a kind of -daze as
I walked from Harbourlite Inp
through the performers as they
were packing their accordians
after the show.
Said one young man to Mr.
Boettinger,"When do we get to
go swimming?"
That • jolted me back to
reality. I realized then these
were just normal young people
with tremendofis amounts of
talent and feeling for accordian
music. -
If you haven't heard them,'
you must ... soon. •
* * *
• - Wednesday .was just full of
pleasant happenings. Since it was
my husband's birthday and since
° we . had complimentary tickets
for the Kirkton Garden Party,
we took the evening off and
went down to the show. ,
About 4,000 people were
spread out over the Kirkton fair
grounds with eyes glued on a
'kind ` of barn -like stage. It was
the 26th annual garden party, I
understand, but the very first
one that 1 had ever attended at"
Kirkton.
The first portion of the show
was a totripecit'ion divided into
three , sections -- vocal,
instrruirietital. and dance, All the,
performers were Children.
We arrived during...the final
segxnen`t, the dance. comtition..
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some highland' dancing included
. or_ v 1ety. � Itt was, all mbst
enjoyable.
The . second, portion of the
show was., •'* li'v'en ` over to'
' ofe'ss'ional ' , °+'tens» n ineint.
headliner was Tommy Common,
currently of the Diamopd' Lil
television show. Most` people Will
bet Tommy bed when he.
on 'Country hoedown ,Avitk
car late at night to pick up a
couple of hitchhikers, even
though we were as harmless as
anyone could be. -dl
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To our surprise, the car
stoppe,d. The driver told us he
was - • going right through
Goderich on his way north and
would be pleased-, to give us a
lift. He -helped my husband to
push our disabled vehicle off the
road and then we were on our
way.
During the trip home, he told
us he was an Anglican priest who
worker exclusively now with
young people. a He had 'just
returned from South, America
and from Vancouver and was
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The Kitchener Accordian" Band directed by William Boettinger was a huge success at the
Octogenarian picnic lash Wednesday u Harbourlite inti.-This•group.of younpstersbetweeirtheeages •
of 12 and 18 years, payed a program of delightful music ,ranging from the classics to songs from
Broadway shows. All are students of the William BoettingeeAccordian Studios in Kitchener. Other
performers at the picnic included Ross Mann and Connie from CKNX, the Ross brothers from
Goderich and Kathy Vance, also of Goderich. (staff photo)
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* * *
Speaking,'of the clergy, I *ant
to pay tribute to a minister for
whom I had the very highest
regard,,
- Rev. R. U. MacLean, Clinton,
may not have been the most
important Presbyterian minister
this world has ever known, but
he certainly, left his mark on the.
people who knew him.
I first met Mr. MacLean when
I was working in Clinton about
five or six, yearns -- ago. 1
was
recognized him . instantly as a
man who had compassion for
people. I wasn't wrong. w~
Most people in Clinton knew
him well. You didn't have to be
inchurch or even a member of
the °Presbyterian faith to know
Mr. MacLean as your friend. In
fact, one of - the things which
endeared him to many.people
was his deep concern for
everyone. - -
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