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Goderich Little Theatre group are rehearsing for their upcoming play, a
fon the town of Goderich entitled Shamalot. The play, written by Brian
kson of Goderich, is set in the Land of the Felt Shew and is loaded with
s, It is one of the group's contributions to the Jubilee 3 year. It will run
m November 30 to December 3 beginning at 8: 30 p.m. each .night. The
members are, back row, left to right, Angela McDonald, Gerry
Rowland, Anna Melski, Beth Markson, Arie Van der Ende, Rob McEwen,
Betty Webb, Pat King, Kathy Jenkins, Joyce Otto, Frank Bissett, Jed De
Jong and Ann Coulter. In the front row, left to right, are the chorus members
Sharon Markson, Greg Bird, Don Bedore, Don Cook, Jodi Kuran, Allan Van
der Ende, Andy Markson, Paul Spain, Dianne McKeown and Doreen
Markson. (staff photo)
ound `n'About......withMartha
e small park where we
aying I am beginning to
e we have quite a few
e who were very big in
time before their
ment.
man, I think many of
seniors especially - may
with pleasure - was a
s baseball player and
es right next door to us.
wonderful, quiet, soft
n man - tall and still
is Art Johnson a one
great south paw pitcher
e New York Giants and
famous teams.
retired from baseball in
when he threw his arm
after ten years of pro
all. At one point he said,
member when I was six
old I could pitch a curve
pitched for Warren Pa.
School where one time
uled off 17 times before
struck out. To his coach
Liedig, he gives credit
"teaching m e good
smanship."
was 16 when he began
ng with the big teams.
ntered pro ball in 1922
Syracuse of the Inter -
al League and was
ed out to Ottawa for a
is ten years pro ball he
with Ottawa, Canada;
urg Pirates; Buffalo
Albany, N.Y., Jersey
Rutland, Va. and
rt, Vt., Fairmont Va.,
msport, .Wilkes-Barre,
and Hazelton of the
ylvania League.
pitched for Norfolk,
is where Pike Peterson
him and under the
rship of Dave Robertson
9, lost 10 for a next to the
team.
batted .318 when he was
N.Y. Giants for $10,000
8. He and Pike were to
cut of it but "we're still
g for it". Those days
dtimers didn't want any
s making good. He
that out when he was
d around for Carl
one time and another
he asked for a raise.
s tall rangy south -paw
had great speed on -his
ry brought many a
out of its slump to the
tof thousands of fans.
his first game for the
lo Bisons the
aperscarried inch high
nes JOHNSON WINS
e praise went on from
ng the GREATS Art
d with were Babe Ruth,
Gehrig, Bill Jerry,
e Fitzsimmons and
ickie. He once struckout
and Gehrig in suc-
then a 'hloop' single
great Dicky,
his retirement, he
treated by his former
yens to a fishing and
xpedition to Wolfe Lake,
Martha Rathburn appears
weekly in The Signal -Star.
Ontario. The Johnsons are
pretty well known to the
tourists and campers of
Callendar, Ont. area where
they spent many happy years
managing a camp.
After all these • years it
seems amazing that fans old
and very young are still
asking for his photo and
autograph. Many fathers and
grandfathers and students of
baseball history send letters
and requests that I have had
House
plants
the topic
The November 16th
meeting of the Goderich
Garden Club was held in the
Queen Elizabeth Wing of
Victoria School. The club's
informative guest was Jean
McKee who spoke about
house plants with the biggest
problem being how'to water.
BasiC soil requirements
vary and Mrs. McKee
generously shares her recipe
with everyone. For a one
gallon soil mixture, she says
to put the following
Come
grow, ith us
ingredients through a half
inch sieve: one part of good
black soil (preferably from a
hardwood bush with leaf
humus, never from around
evergreens), one part of peat
moss, one part of sharp sand
(coarser thin Keach sand),
one tablespoon of limestone
(counters acid), two
tablespons of Mag Amp (slow,
release fertilizer), one
tablespoon of 20 per cent
phosphate and if desired
some perlite (for aeration)
and horticultural charcoal
(counteracts sourness from
overwatering).
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the privilege to read. I know
back in those days radio
brought the games to most of
us but it is hard to believe how
many thousands still know
this fine man. We were in-
deed, pleasantly surprised.
The sun rises here around
seven o'clock. If I don't make
a move at that time I won't
want to get up until noon. I
hate to waste .that exciting
hour when the birds are
whizzing excitedly back and
forth - as if doing their earl
morning exercises. After the
big flurry they settle down to
eating.
By this time the sky is
lighting up and all those
clouds seem to check out and
in less •than an hour have all
disappeared.
By eight a.m. the birds
have settled down - so have
the squirrels - you could go
back to bed now except that
people are starting to rouse
and they are the noisiest
beggars of thelot.
So this is the time I spend
riding Walt's three wheeler
up one street and down the
other.
Hal and Velma Kavanagh
from Port Albert, Ontario
arrived the other nite and are
busy. "settling in". There is
always a lot to do here aftera
place sits alone for six
months.
The shrubs and heavy grass
and climbing weeds have
grown like crazy and must be
torn out. They still grow
again but you get your
exercises just tearing them
out. Some of their "weeds"
are just beautiful (but they
would freeze, so I won't bring
any home!)
I have been finding new
streets and short cuts to
shopping centres. Yesterday.
I found another section of
Sarasota- a Mennonite set-
tlement. It is an old section of
town but a neighbour had
found an excellent garage
man there so I'm taking the
car in on Friday for a check
up.
I have to check all this
stalling that happens when I
change gears or directions.
The last tank of gas - regular -
has just raised the devil with
the motor. I've had a hair
'raising time just going to the
store and back. Just slowing
•
to turn a corner it stalls - and
I'm told I'll have to use
Premium gas down here.
So all at once there are a
dozen things happening to the
car. I will miss my Friday
"paint in" at Venice Art
League this week and that
really hurts as this is a day I
look forward to just painting
up a storm!
Have a nice week,
Love,
Martha.
New play
on Monda
Blyth Centre for the Arts
will present a play, "Mirror,
Mirror", at the Blyth
Memorial Hall on Monday,
December 5 at 2 p.m. This
play is based on the writings
of various Canadian authors,
including area resident, Alice
Munroe.
James ' Roy, the artistic
director of the Blyth Summer
Festival, is the director of
"Mirror, Mirror". The play is
being produced by Theatre -
Go -Round, a new company
formed to bring theatre' to
public and high school
audiences.
Area residents will be
pleased to see Angela Gei
back in Blyth for this per-
formance. Angela is well
known in Blyth and has been
with the Blyth Summer
Festival for the last three
summers.
Also in the cast are Wendy
Creed and Elizabeth Hanna.
Wendy is a recent graduate of
the Brighton Old Vic theatre
school and Elizabeth has just
finished performing at the
Saidye Bronfman Theatre
Centre in Montreal.
"Mirror, Mirror" has been
adapted from the works of
Alice Munroe , Margaret
Laurence, Gabrielle Roy,
Sylvia Fraser, and Margaret
Atwood by the artistic
director of Theatre -Go -
Round, Patricia Mahoney.
The play is a sensitive
blending of exerpts from the
writings of these authors and
deals with the growth of •
women from childhood to old
age, Often funny, sometimes
heart -breaking, the play
always' strikes a responsive
chord in the audience.
"Mirror, Mirror" will be in
Blyth for one afternoon only.
For advance tickets, phone
the box office at 523-9300.
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