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GOOD PUN—Some good fun ctftspied with excellent acting was characteristic of
the Wingham Towne Players° latest production °Look Who's Laughing.' Perform-
ers here are Ansley Currie, portraying a daughter; Dale Edgar, playing as the
daughter's boy friend; and Jack Gillespie, acting out the main character, Henry
Crocker.
rr— BY SYBIL STRAKER
Whitechurch Personals
The community extends
sincere sympathy to Gord
Rapson on the death .of his
wife who .passed away last
vMek. in Clinton -Public
Hospital. Funeral. service
was held June 17. Mrs.
Rapion was the daughter of
George Evans of Wingham
and the late Mrs. Evans.
Chahners Presbyterian
Church is getting a facelift
this week. The cleanwhite
paint is a fine improvement.
_ Tony Straker was the
lucky winner of a free book
of Wintario tickets. Grod
luck!
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Davis
and Dana, who have been
visiting with Mrs. Garnet
Farrier, returned Thursday
to aSalle.
Mrs. John Bell attended
the AVMS Thankoffering
service at Belmore as the
guest speaker.
Earl Wilken was admitted
to hospital on Thursday.
Mrs. Wallace Conn of
Wingham is also a patient in
the hospital. Her sister, Mrs.
Russell Ross, is a patient in
St. Joseph's Hospital,
London.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon
Emerson and their family,
Darlene, Sharon and
Brenda, of St. Catharine,
visited Mr. and Mrs...Victor
Emerson at the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Straker
and Mrs. Alice Hollings have
returned to Toronto for a few
days.
Last week Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Henderson of
Scarborough visited with
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Purdon
and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Tiffin.
On Friday evening the
Young People's Society held
a meeting at the lakeside
cottage of Rev. and Mrs.
John Bell at Tiverton.
Miss Joyce Tiffin of
Toronto spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Tiffin off Wingham.
Mr. and Mrs.' Joe Tiffin
and Joey, Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Tiffin of Wingham, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Snowden and Bill
Jr. of Goderich were guests
at Glenda Jamieson's
wedding reception at Hep-
worth on Saturday evening.
Miss Janet Sleightholm of
Toronto spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ehler Sleightholm.
To celebrate the birthdays
of Mr. and Mrs. Cardiff and
Mrs. William Rintoul, all
visited at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Dave Oberholtzer
and family, Waterloo, and all
enjoyed dinner at St. Jacobs.
Steven Rintoul-accorepanied
his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Rintoul.
Lynn Falconer of Sarnia is
visiting with her grand -
mailer, Mrs: • Robert
Mowbray, and Lynn's
brother Brian is staying with
his grandmother' while
working at Douglas Point..
On Sunday at Chalmers
CleurChe.the Children Of the
Chtnth held their Meeting in
the 'Sunday School room
during worship service.
A family celebration was
held by the family of Mr. and
Mrs: Bill Purdon on
Saturday to celebrate their
40th wedding anniversary.
Their family, Dr. and Mrs.
Ed Carey of Kitchener, Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Gaunt and
family, Chatham, took them
to Kincardine for dinner. In
the evening about 25
relatives gathered to honor
them. Among those at-
tending from a distance were
Mr. and Mrs. Russel Murray
of Acton. During the
evening, Mrs. Carey model-
led her mother's wedding
dress. A smorgasbord lunch-
eon, including an anniver-
sary cake, was served at the
dose of the enjoyable eve-
ning.
Last Wednesday Mr. and
Mrs. Doug Fenn of Binbrook
visited with Mr. and Mrs.
Carl McClenaghan and Mrs.
Mary McClenaghan.
A family picnic was held
Sunday at the home of Mr.
and Mes. Carl McClenaghan
and Mrs. Mary Mc-
Clenaghan. Present for
the occasion were Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Moss, Mr. and
Mrs. Don Moss, Mr. and
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Mrs. Jim McCarty, all of
Plattsville; Miss Susie Moss,
Newmarket; Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin McClenaghan,
Waterloo; Mr. and Mrs.
Michael McClenaghan,
Hamilton;. Mr. .and
Irwin McClenaghan, Mr. and
Mts. Ron McClenaghan, Mr.
and Mrs. Kleinhaart, all of
St. Thomas; Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Duffy, Woodstock;
Mrs. Eileen Parker, Mrs.
Beverley Glanville, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Parker, Mr. and
Mrs. Doug Parker, all of
Exeter; Mr. and Mrs. Jeff
Graham, Burlington; Mr.
and Mrs. Jim McIntyre, Mr.
and Mrs. Al McIntyre, all of
Sudbury; Sherry and Kim
Chatut, Chatham; Mr. and
Mrs. Angus MacDonald and
Mrs. Sadie Barbour, St.
Helens; Miss Mildred
McClenaghan, Whitechurch.
Mrs. Mary McClenaghan
was pleased to have 23 great
great grandchildren at-
tending the special family
event.
Mrs. Mary McClenaghan
returned to Plattsville for a
visit with her daughter, Mrs.
Harry Moss, and Mr. Moss.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Jervis of
Mitchell visited Sunday
afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Emerson. Mrs. Jervis
was Isobel Signeur and
started school when Mrs.
Emerson was teaching at SS
No. 5, Maryborough. They
had a wonderful time
recalling old school days.
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BELGRAVE
The meeting was opened
with the 4-H pledge, followed
by a discussion of topics to be
covered by the club.
An election of officers took
place with the new executive
.including, Kim McDowel,
president; Meribeth Scott,
vice president; with the
secretary's position floating.
A discussion followed
regarding the importance of
fitness and what one can do
to become fit. It was decided
that the club would go on a
campout instead of a hike.
Types of camping equipment
were also discussed. A fit-
ness test then was completed
and the meeting was closed
with the 4-11 motto.
To start off a second
meeting, all members an-
swered the roll call with a
hint for outdoor cooking.
Club members also demon-
strated an exercise they
learned and explained what
part of the body it helped.
A date for the next cam -
pout was decided, together
with the name for the club
which will be Camperettes.
The group also discussed
what flowers can and should
not be picked, and the
technique for pressing
flowers was gone over.
Regarding outdoor
cooking, club members
learned about the different
sources of heat and how to
build a fire and stack wood
for a fire.
A discussion about food
safety and choices, and
adapting recipes to outdoor
cooking followed. Members
decided to prepare one
recipe and record the results
as a project for home ac-
tivity.
The meeting was closed
With a 4-H motto.
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problems..
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small
EMS
main
raet
The Wingham Towne
Players picked a nwinner
when they chose 'Look Who's
Laughing' for their latest
production.
The three -act comedy,
which featured some good
fun and excellent acting, was
a real crowd pleaser last
week as it drew standing
ovations from audiences of
about 150 people at each
performance.
Local crowds could
identify easily with the
small-town family situation,
together with the financial
JAI the
and
miry Crocker.
'd the script
finished Of with the typical
and. perhaps unrealistic
happy ending, it did manage
to blinirfo light the unrea-
smOleielldencies within all
the
Po3
of
:10' Viten' offaced
dailwurieth
. As
portrayed by Jack Gillespie
(Henry Crocker) these ten-
t/4+41ms,, spurred by panic
and disillusionment,
frequently build up, un-
noticed by the frustrated
Wroxeter Personals 1
4 MRS. ALLAN GRIFFITH
Donald and Drew Gibson
of Oshawa visited their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Gibson, at the
.weekend.
On Friday night, the
McMichael Sisters travelled
to Exeter to help celebrate
the opening of the new Co -Op
building. They were part of a
two-hour program and en-
tertained with six dance
routines to the music of
Gerry Smith and family of
Exeter. On Saturday af-
ternoon, Janice McMichael
was a contestant in the step -
dancing competition in
Hensall. Out. of &class of 17,
she placed second.
Mr. and Mrs. James
Ferguson, Mattkhew,
Margaret Ann, Elliot and
Andrew of Sault Ste. Marie
spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Matthew Elliot and
all attended the Highland
Games in Port Elgin on
Saturday. Margaret . Ann
received two medals for
dancing the Highland Fling
and Sword Dance and
Matthew was in fourth place
in tFe piping class. Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Elliot, Gorden
Lake, also, visited with the
families in Port Elgin.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan
Griffith were supper guests
on Thursday with Mr. and
Mrs. Brian Manuel and
Amanda and spent the
evening With Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Eaton,Seaforth.
Elgin Tehran, Plattiville,
visited Sunday with Me. and
-"IVIrs:403tilottlatir) I' 4'
Mrs. E. Young of Sunshine
Coast, B.C., and Mrs. D.
Young of Burlington visited
with Miss Marion Gibson last
Wednesday.
Wroxeter friends are
pleased to see Mrs. Clarence
Clement home from
University Hospital, London,
and extend a wish for con-
tinued improvement.
Sunday guests with Mr.
and Mrs. Cliff Marks were
Mrs. George Griffith, Mr.
and Mrs. George Hislop of
Brussels and Mrs. William
Hart, Listowel. The occasion
was Mrs. Marks' birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Nord -
MRS. JOE...
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Bluevale
'Intended for Last Week
Mrs. Ross Mann attended
the spring convocation at
Western University, London,
on Monday, June 9, when her
son-in-law, William P. Taws,
received his Bachelor of Law
degree.
Mr. and Mrs. John Spivey
of Ingersol ° were Sunday ..
supper :guests of Mr. and ,
Mrs. Clarence Henning. Mrs.
Marty Cretier, Amy -Jo and
Janell also visited at the
same home on Sunday.
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Mr. and Mrs.. John Zettle
and daughter Denise and Mr.
and Mrs. Alan Nyen and
daughter Cathy of Gull Lake,
Saskatchewan, visited
recently with their sister,
Mrs. Carl Freiburger, and
Mr. Freiburger of Bluevale
and attended the Freiburger-
Keet wedding June 14.
On Sunday, June 15, a
family gathering was held at
the home of Mr. and ,Mrs.
C4r1 Freiburger. Those
attending were Mr. and Mrs.
John Zettle and Denise, Mr.
and • Mrs. Alan Nyen and
Cathy of Saskatchewan; Mr.
and Mrs. Jerome Hauck and
Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Wickins, Joe, John and
Gerry, George Freiburger
and Hazel Ann Saint, all of
Kitchener; Mr. and Mrs.
Daryl Guiguen, Kelly,
Duanne and Darrin of St.
Agatha; Mr. and Mrs.
Harold McAdam, Heather
and Ian of Heidelberg; Mr.
and Mrs. Pete Henderson,
Julie and Steven, Palmer-
ston; Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Speiran and Janet, London;
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Freiburger and Michelle of
Bluevale; Mr. and Mrs. John
Freiburger, Belgrave.
strom and Kathy, Grand
Bend, were Sunday guests
with Mr. 'and Mrs. Allan
Griffith: .1
Mrs. David Robinson and
daughter, Mrs. William
Smith of \Toronto, ac-
companied- by Mrs. Gordon
Holt, second line of Grey,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Gibson last Thursday and
also called on Clarence
Clement.
Investigate
break-ins
in Howick
Break, enter and thefts at
the Howick Central Public
School and the Howick
Community Centre are still
being investigated , by the
Wingham detachment of the
Ontario PrOiiticial Police.
The police , report that
sometime between the
evening of June 11 and the
morning of June 12, entry
was gained to both buildings
by unknown .person(s) using
vice -grips on the doors.
At the school, a pup tent
veined at $30 was stolen and
the school was ransacked.
The intruders went through
the classrooms and the
principal's office. Damage to
the doorknob is valued at $25.
At the community :centre,
intruders got 346-jerteask 30
cartons of :/eigegetteirarid
they pried epenepop coolers
taking coins.
An OPP spokesman said
damage was more extensive
at the community centre, but
there was no estimate given
AP 01
of the
the that**'
excellent
While halng
merged intO3
over, ndeeribi.0 .
Henry, evident',
matef the flaet;
won the crowd*
when • he, Orally/
persormiity. Wity$ ;; eft
Mg.
But Mr. Gilleaple're pr
formanee was 'not the only
one that gave the audience
reason to applaud as all\
members. of the .cast dis-
played, both insight and con-
trol of the respective
characters.
While looking over the
actors' pictured in the pro-
gram, one's first im-
pressions were that two of
the characters, Grandma
Milligan, Henry's partially
deaf mother-in-law, and Jed
Tracey, his army buddy,
were miscast. Pat Duggan',
Grandma, and Sid Duggan,
Jed, newcomers to the
theatre group, ye_re faced
with the problenr... of por-
traying characters much
older then themselves,
With the help of exception-
ally well. done make-up
work, the young couple
definitely looked the part,
butitwas acting ability that
made them believable. In
Mrs. Duggan's Case the high-
pitched, cracking voice,
facial expressions and stiff
movements were handled
with expertiSe. Mr. Duggan
had no trouble mastering the
smooth, confident yet sen-
sitive personality of Jed.
Added to this was the per-
formance of Dale Edgar,
playing Artie Mann, whose
nonchalant, wise guy at-
--Car destroyed
in Gordo fire
The Whighant Fire
Department responded to \ a
call early Sunday morning in
Gorrie. Fire Chief Dave
Crothers reported that a car,
owned by Gregory Brown,
Gerrie, started on fire at
about325Lm, Sunday. .=
"It cisrisiiinahl$.-- iva 7
caused by' a ,fuel leak," he
said, adding that the blaze
destroyed the vehicle.
Damage was estimated at
$2,000.
. OWE DY—Sid Dijilan of
WIpgham Towne Players'
portrayed Jed Tracey, wh
Doreen Grant.
Lucknow and Judy Nevery Performed a scene in the
latest comedy 'L.00k Who's Laugiiing.' Mr. Duggan
Ile Mrs. Nevery performed es the pesty neighbor,
titude managed to spark a
chucide whenever he entered
the stage. And of course who
could forget Jim Currie as
Waldo Patterson, Henry's
business competitor, whose
overstuffedStomach was his
Main Concern?
Other members of the cast
were Ansley Currie as
Henry's eldest daughter
Barbara; Diane Thynne as
Marne Crocker, the long
suffering wife;.Tracey
MacKay, Henry's teenage
daughter Joanie; and Judy
Nevery es Doreen Grant, the
pesty neighbor.
The players com-
plemented the fine acting
and appealing script with a •
complete yet uncluttered
stage setting, characteristic
of the late 1950s. The action
of the entire play took place
in the living room of the.
Crocker home which housed
props typical of a lowericless
dwelling. The set was kept
simple, yet comfortable.
In fact all aspects of the
performance, directed by
Nancy Gillespie and • Dale
krgaW''
"nieloth
lighting, wardrobe arid
make-up, made for an en-
joyable evening of family
entertainment.
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