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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-08-31, Page 33The Summerhouse- One theatre group wound up their summer program this weekend with the play, Ten Lost Years, based on the depression in Canada and adapted to the stage by the group themselves. Top row, left to right, are Angela McDonald,Phil Main,Jr. and Beth Morris. Bottom row, left to right, are Kirk Hogan (lighting), Susan Tigert, Kevin Bundy, David Saint-Jean and Leslie Hogan (co- ordinator. (Photo by Joanne Watters) Seaweed has an annoying habit of washing into shore andmeone has to keep it cleared away. At the Goderich beach, that job fails to the recreation committee's summer employee Tim Doherty. The weed collects the worst after a night of heavy winds and rain when the lake's waves stir it up. Tim spends a fair amount of time carting the heavysaweed away from the shoreline. (Photo by Jim Hagarty) SMILE Anything worth doing is worth paying Somebody to do it well. + + t Few things bring a fellow and girl closer together than. a sports car. + + + You can say one thing for inflation: it helps prevent hoarding. + ++ Middle age is when the narrow waist and the broad mind change places. + ++ %Those new twin•razor blades are great. Instead of nicks, you get ditto marks.. + ++ Baby Banana to Mama: "Where did I come from?" "Hush the Stalk brought you." Q 1supported THE GOD RJCH SIUNAL-STAR, THURSDAY, Ai„IGUST 31, I978-- '4GE 15A su �' ���rt0 by townspeople Ten Lost Years packs e a►:tona1 punc BY JOANNE WALTERS Ten Lost Years, as presented by the Sum- merhouse One theatre group at G.D.C.I. on the weekend, was a moving account „of a period often neglected in Canadian history books and a topic shied away-•-from--The Great Depression. Through the voices of many different characters, tales of the depression were told so that even those in the audience who had never experienced the star- vation, unemployment and humiliation of those days, could eripathize. One of the outstanding features of this play was the excellent voice of Phil Main, Jr. who ac - guitar to songs in- terspersed throughout the play, two of which he wrote the lyrics and music himself. The cast besides Main, included Kevin Bundy, Angela McDonald, David Saint Jean, Susan Tigert and Beth Morris --each one talented in his or her own right. Through bits and pieces of broken recollections, these characters conveyed to the audience what the depression actually meant to the people who lived through it and those who died because of it. The play opened with a mother trying to explain the depression years to her children. But how do you explain it to an un- feeling younger generation, she laments? One character said there is,a conspiracy to hide thse years as if one doesn't talk about them, they won't come again. The next character spoke of the locust plague and said God must have been punishing us for the sins of the world. The audience heard of food being eaten that was not fit .,fogs 4Iurnan. con- sumption„ of, beef being sold for one cent per pound, of crops and cattle dying, of wells drying up, of backbreaking work being done for 35 cents per hour and of people riding box cars coming nowhere and going nowhere. The audience gained an insight into the politics of NOTICE Goderich Municipal Day Nursery CLASSES BEGIN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER Sth, 1978 at 9:00 a.m. For Registration Phone: 524-6705 at 9:00 a.m. For Registration Phone: 524-6705 We've got a new numbed GODERICH TELEPHONE CUSTOMERS: Now when you, callour business office, dial 1-800-265-8515 (toll free). Please make a note of this new number for future reference. Bell Canada 0 the d'ay too. aril how those politicians were hated. Prime Minister R.B. Bennett . is described as having a "big fat toad of a face". He, along with William Lyon Mackenzie King and other politicians of the day ;51' ) i4`;r'1, as a "bund o san les" setting up relief camps .and appointing Royal Commissions to study the situation but not coming up with any rea-1 solutions. The line in one song stated, "they gave relief, you gave your pride." It was said that the system worked , against people with pride, In those days relief was a disgrace, not like today, said,one character. s Into the second act, the play talked about Hockey Night in Canada, the Eaton's catalogue and Shirley Temple • Dolls making a statement on consumerism. One mother, whose children writing a cheque, told her offspring, "What you need is to go through a ;depression" but her husband told her never to wish that on anyone. Kirk Hogan was in charge of lighting and set design. _With few props but old chairs and bales of hay and grey, .shabby, clothes reflecting the era, Summerhouse One, in this play adapted to the stage by the group members themselves, really hits the points home with a lot of e'niotionally packed punches. The play also seemed to pFesent a statement in these times when Canadians are being encouraged to "tighten their belts." It's a pity not more people turned out to watch the fine per- formance of Ten Lost Years, Director Leslie Hogan said the small audiences were very discouraging as the group had put a lot of work into the production, their grand finale of the season. Throughout the sum- mer, the 'government funded group performed in the Square, held workshops and toured nursing homes and other institutions. The tours went exceptionally well, says Leslie, showing a great need for en- tertainment in such placgs. No running. No walking No exercise. No effort. Penalty — a shorter life No argument Fitness is fun. Try some. Imo narananacnon� THE ANNUAL MUNICIPAL ENUMERATION STARTS NEXT WEEK The annual municipal enumeration will begin on Tuesday, September 5, 1978. During this month, an enumerator, carrying a proper identification card, will call at your residence for a few minutes to check basic information required in determining: • your eligibility to vote in the municipal and school board elections to be held on November 13 this year; • the allocation of education property taxes between the public and separate school systems; .. . • the distribution of provincial grants to local governments to help reduce local tax bills; • the preparation of jurors' lists: and • population information needed for other municipal programs. The enumerator must record such information ,as the name, age, property status (e.g. owner or tenant), school support and residency of all members of the household. 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