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This is a picture of the mock-up front page of the News -Record used in the highly suc-
cessful play "He Won't Come In From the Barn" which opened at the Blyth Festival this
week. This page never appeared in print. (James Fitzgerald photo)
Paper makes stage debut
By Jim Fitzgerald
In the past 116 years, the -Clinton News -
Record has been to many places and been
used for many things besides good reading
material. Its subscribers have .carried it
around the world, as well as using it for
marry other purposes.
Well-read editions have lined birdcages,
trained puppies, and in days now past even
provided help in the outhouses. -But this
week, in what is believed to be a first, the
News -Record has made its stage debut.
That's right, Tuesday night the News -
Record made its acting debut on the Blyth'
Summer Festival stage, as a prop in the
sold -out opening performance of He Won't
Come In From the Barn. The play, written
by local boy Ted Johns, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin Johns, received a standing,
ovation at its conclusion.
The News -Record used in the production
was a mock-up front page made especially
for the play and featured a front page
picture of actor Johns in an old barn, along
with a screaming headline and a story
about a local farmer who had spend 427
days in a barn, and wouldn't come out.
The newspaper is used in one scene when
farmer Alymer Clark (Ted Johns) is
confronted by his nephew Ralph Clark
(Thomas Hauff) who is angry that the
local weeklies are making the Clark
family look like fools.
So popular is the "Barn" show, that the
first week is sold out, and an extra week of
shows from September 5. to. 12 has been
added.
Two other Clinton area "performers"
are also featured in the show. Two Jersey
cows from the Jack Van Egmond farm,
just north of town,. are part of the very
realistic set, andthe noise; flashing lights,
and shouting by the other actors don't
seem to bother the cows one bit. A pig stars,
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1981—PAGE 19
At Blyth
.darn show, rollicking entertainment
By Jim Fitzgerald
Whether it's the live cows
and pig on the stage, or the
realistic set designed by Bob
Pearson, or the excellent
directing by Paul Thompson,
or the hilarous writing and
acting by Ted Johns, or
whatever, the combination
of all the preceding has
succeded in giving the Blyth
Summer Festival another
rollicking; entertaining, and
crowd pleasing hit.
He Won't Come In From
the earn, which opened
Tuesday night to a sold out
house, and a standing
ovation, is local artist Ted
Johns' re-creation of a 1977
Blyth hit about farmer
Aylmer Clark, who is so fed
up with the world in general
and the fast evolving
agricultural scene in par-
ticular, that he decides to
live in his outdated, but
comfortable barn along with
his two cows and a pig.
Board turns down
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Increase in trustee,
honorariums
By Susan White
Trustees of the Huron
Perth Roman Catholic
Separate School Board turn-
ed down an increase in their
honorarium in an in camera
session at their meeting
Monday night in Dublin.
Board vice chairman Vince
Young of Goderich said the
proposed raise, to $200 a
month from the present $180,
was defeated by a large vote,
with only four trustees in
favour.
At the same meeting
trustees reviewed copies of a
provincial report on the role
of the school trustee. One of
its conclusions is that the
minimum pay for trustees
should be $400 a month, fund-
ed by provincial grant and
local taxes. • The report con-
tinues local boards have the
right to pay . themselves
more than $400 a month but
the extra should be charged
against local taxes.
Trustees did however
agree to a mileage increase
for themselves... from 25c to
28c per mile, effective in
September. The same
mileage will be paid . newly
hired speech pathologist
Mary La Berge, who starts
September 1.
Ten beaming Vanastra youngsters vied for the title of
Princess and Prince of the Country Fair in the community
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on Friday night The contestants included, front row, left
to right, Dawn Riley, representing the Lions; Princess
Alison Jeacock, for the Mini Market; Susan Ryan, for
Debbie's Restaurant; Shelly Stone, for the Lioness Club;
Shelley Kyle, for the Rec Centre. Back row, Tony
Goulding, for the Mini Market; Prince Colin Thctn4as, for
the Lioness Club; Danny Riley, for Debbie's Restaurant;
Darryl Dixon for the Lions and John McLachlan for the
Rec Centre. ( Shelley McPhee photo)
LAST NIGHT THURSDAY, AUG. 27 AT 8 P.M.
Starts FR`If3AY!`
HEAVY METAL
Board members recon-
sidered and rescinded a mo-
tion from the June meeting
giving a leave of absence
without pay for a year to
Sister Teresa Mader, former
principal of St. James'
Separate School, Seaforth.
She will now receive a year's
leave of absence.
In other business Director
of Education Bill Eckert
reported the board's conven-
tion and meeting fund is
about $1800 over budget.
Because trustees John
O'Leary and Tim McDonnell
were absent the board didn't
hear a full report on the Con-
gress of Education meeting
they attended in June with
vice-chairman Young.
Mr. Eckert suggested
some trustees try to attend a
meeting on the challenges of
the province's new bill 82
which. requires boards to
supply special education,
which is sponsored by the
Ontario Catholic System Of-,
ficers Association in Toronto
next month.- It should pro-
vide "a particularly Catholic
point of view, with implica-
tions for Catholic schools as
opposed to schools in
general," he said.
Superintendent of educa-
tion John McCauley • 'told
trustees he has been in touch
with the Lambton separate
board which is one of the
pilot projects in the province
for the iinplementation of
the special education provi-
sions of the new law. A
province -wide conference on
implementing the program
will be held in Toronto Oct. 1
and 2.
The director suggested a
member ' of the board's
assessment committee at-
tend a meeting on planning
with assessment in Toronto
Sept. 17 and 18. `
The board's accommoda-
tions review committee will
set a meeting for September
to look over data collected by
the administration.
The board agreed to pay
Eileen Williams, the custo-
dian at St. Patrick's school
in Dublin; an hour per day of
pupil attendance at the re-
cent summer school for
Huron and Perth students
held at the school. Cecilia
Ryan was hired as part-time
custodian at St. Columban
School, effective July 1.
The HPRCSS board will
meet again Sept. 14.
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UG. 21 TO SEPT. 3
Although Johns does try
and get across the tough
stressful situation of today's
farmer, who faces high land
and machinery costs,
coupled with a deadly
combination of high interest
rates and low product prices,
he never -turns his audience
off with too much preaching.
Johns has learned long ago,
that the way to a man's head
is through satire and
comedy, and the production
usesthem to the fullest.
Johns, who gets excellent
support from William
Dunlop as three characters,
Keith Thomas as his son
Wayne, Janet Amos as his
wife Rose, Alan Bridle as
government vet, and
Thomas Hauff as nephew
Ralph Clark, succeeds in
blasting everything from the
education system, to
government red tape, to the
money hungry bankers. But
the play is sprinkled with so
many one-liners and
hilarious situations, that the
audience has trouble
supressing its laughter
throughout the show.
Orginally created in 1977 as
a collective by Theatre
Passe Muraille of Toronto,
all traces of the original
script werelost and Johns
had to work from' scratch for
this year's show.
But he succeeds well, and
under the direction of
Thompson, Johns' brings out
the color of the Canadian
farm scene, much to the
pleasure of the audience,
who seemed to know
beforehand that they were in
for a good night of theatre.
So popular was the show in
advance, that the first week
is already sold out, and an
extra week has been added
from September 5 to 12. But
get your tickets early to
avoid disappointment, you'll
thoroughly enjoy it.
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