The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-02-25, Page 14Page 6 Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, Feb, 25, 1965
'Tis
Show Biz
NAT 'KING' COLE
"UNFORGETTABLE"
There was a certain amount
of happiness in the world of en-
tertainment last week. New ba-
bies were welcomed into show
business families, a young cou-
ple was honeymooning after a
winter wedding, and awards
were given for best acting per-
formances of the past year. All
these will be given their recog-
nition, belatedly, in next week's
column. This week belongs to
Nat 'King' Cole.
Never before has the world
of music, recordings, movies,
television, clubs and the thea-
tre, been so affected by the
loss of a fellow performer, who
has so endeared himself to
everyone with whom he has
worked since he began in the
business. When the end of his
fight with the Big C killer came
on Monday morning of last
week, a deep loss was felt by
everyone who has ever thrilled
to the magic of his voice.
Nat Coles was born on March
17, 1919, to a Baptist minister
and his wife. His father died
only a few weeks ago in Illi-
nois. Nat went to California in
1937 when he was 18 years old
and determined to be success-
ful in show business. He did
not begin as a singer, but as a
musician, playing piano in a
small jazz combo. It was at
this time that he changed his
name to Cole and acquired the
nick -name 'King .
In 1943, he began recording
with Capital Records, and hit
followed hit. Some of the most
familiar and best -remembered
of his money-makers are"Sweet
Lorraine", "Straighten Up and
Fly Right" ," Nature Boy", "Mona
Lisa", "Dance, Ballerina, Dance.
"Too Young", and "Unforget-
table", which now has new sig-
nificance.
In 1947, he married a singer,
Maria Ellington, who was at his
bedside when he died. They
have five children, two older
daughters, an adopted son Nat,
5, and twins, Casey and Tim,
3, who are the youngest of the
family.
During the fifties, though
Nat's record albums continued
to sell and he was filling many
stage and club engagements,
his hits were few and far be-
tween. With the arrival of rock
and roll, the old favorites were
considered passee, but no one
counted on the appeal of the
satin voice of Nat 'King' Cole.
In the sixties, he recorded an
old standard "Rambling Rose",
and within weeks was in the top
ten lists in North America. This
was followed by "Those Lazy,
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Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer",
"All Over The World", "That
Sunday, That Summer", "I
Don't Want To Be Hurt Any-
more", and "I Don't Want to
See Tomorrow". He had made
his way into the hearts of the
kids who buy the hits, and he
was back on top again.
Sadly, though, all the fame
and success in the world cannot
buy good health, and in Dec-
ember of last year he cut short
an engagement at Las Vegas,
claiming that he was having
difficulty breathing. It was no-
thing serious, he said. But it
was serious, and doctors announ-
ced that his personal appear-
ances would be cancelled for
about six months. In January,
he entered hospital for removal
of one lung, and the world knew
his tragic secret. Last week, he
was feeling better, even to giv-
ing out interviews to newsmen,
but Sunday he suffered a relapse
and died early Monday morn-
ing.
The world of music will not
be the same without Nat'King'
Cole. Amid all the drivel that
is being played on today's ra-
dios and phonographs, it was
singers like him who still kept
the word 'music' in a deejay's
vocabulary. The respect and
affection in which he was held
among his co-workers, has been
in evidence with the tributes
that have been paid. Jerry Col-
onna changed quickly from the
wisecracking comedian to the
bereaved friend when his name
was mentioned on "Front Page
Challenge" last week. And
Gordon Sinclair, in the first
sensible thing he's ever said,
spoke for all of us when he said
"We're sorry he's gone". Nat
Cole will live on; his music
will make him " Unforgettable" .
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Also in California, actor
Henry Kulky, 43, the beloved
Max Bronsky, right-hand man
of Navy Doctor Chick Henessy,
in that series, and now starring
in the series "Voyage To The
Bottom of The Sea", collapsed
and died of a heart attack last
week -end.
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CBC -TV presents some view-
ing highlights next week. With
Monday evening's "Show of
The Week", Wayne and Shuster
take an Affectionate Look at
one of the greatest, Jack Benny,
to be followed by an hour-long
documentary on the Korean
War.
Good Manners
On the Slopes
The use of ordinary common
sense and courtesy will result
in good manners on the ski hills.
It will also result in safer and
much more enjoyable sport.
Here are some common
sense rules that the Ontario
Safety League advises everyone
to use on the slopes:
Observe rules and signs of
the resort where you are skiing.
The "down -hill" skier has
the right-of-way, if you are
going to pass, indicate on which
side.
A "standing" skier has no
right-of-way and should never
take off into the path of on-
coming skiers.
Try to avoid skiing close to
anyone, and never use other
skiers as a human slalom course.
Fill in and tramp down any
holes or "sitz marks" you make
when falling.
Avoid walking on hills and
trails without skis where deep
holes will result which could
cause accidents.
Ski under control at all
times. If you are constantly
passing others and still skiing in
control, you should find a bet-
ter hill. If others are often pas-
sing you, find an easier hill.
If you want to enjoy your
ski outings --use common sense
and courtesy- -the right approach
to good skiing,
COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
Can't understand why every-
one was so serious and quiet to-
night, Must be the fact that we
are trying for those all import-
ant points. Lions are still up
front, and I see where the Seals
lost ground. The Wildcats took
a jump and are now ahead of
the Cougars by five points. The
Tigers did better, but those
Beaver pals of mine are still
running into tough luck, Maybe
a change is due for them,
All honors were shared. Ruth
Lott took the high single with
278 and Helen Casemore the
high triple with 706. Jim Bain
(who really takes hints) took
the men's high single with 276
and Ernie Walker the high triple
with 685.
Team standings; Lions 103;
Seals 92; Wildcats 80;Cougars
75; Tigers 68; Beavers 58.
Our thanks go to spares Hel-
en Casemore, Hilda Brown,
Vicki Wild and old friend, Jim
Deneau.
Teammate, Mery Temple-
man, will be away for awhile
recuperating and we all hope
this will be a speedy recupera-
tion, Merv, for we miss you.
Also, a little Maxie bird told
me that Doris Walker celebrated
a birthday, and so, to Doris
from the Leaguers, a very happy
birthday.
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT
MIXED LEAGUE
The men's high single last
week went to Bob Angus with
272, and the high triple to Ken
Saxton with 679. Joyce Gaunt
took all the honors for the la-
dies, with a high single of 272
and a high triple of 590.
The Kats now have 91, fol-
lowed by the Tigers and Packers
with 72 each; the Rovers have
moved into fourth place with 60;
Hawks 59 and the Larks 45.
Special thanks to Ralph John-
son, Dave Crothers,Rod Hickey,
Len Phillips and Allen Carter
for helping out,
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LADIES' LEAGUE
On Wednesday night the
Wrens took five more points to
give them a good lead of 57.
The Orioles also took four
points to give them 48. The
Canaries and Budgies gained
two points each to give them
44 and 41, and the Robins and
Bluejays were left out this week
and remain at 41 and 33.
Dorothy Bain, who was spar-
ing for the Orioles, helped them
to victory this week when she
bowled the high single of 305
and the high triple of 655.
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THURSDAY NIGHT
MIXED LEAGUE
Gwen MacLaurin bowled 269
and 716 for ladies' high single
and triple with Mac Ritchie
bowling 378 and 912 for men's
high single and triple.
The race is getting closer.
Wayne's Woofers with 79 points
lost all seven points to Matt's
Meeces, who have 78. Mac
Bridge Club
North and South; A, M. For-
bes and 0. klaselgrove; Mrs, F.
Forgie and W, Wharry; Mrs. H.
Fisher and Mrs. B. Mathers.
East and West: J. H, Crawford
and A. Wilson; Mrs, G, Godkin
and Mrs. J. H. Crawford; A.R.
DuVal and W.Laidlaw.
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BALANCE BEAM demonstrations by the girls of the
Wingham District High School were a new addition to the
variety concert last week. The beam calls for some tricky,
yet graceful movements by the girls.—Yearbook Photo.
All Belmore Hockey
Teams in Playoffs
The village is very proud of
its five fine hockey teams, each
of which has made it into the
semi-final playoffs in its re-
spective class.
In games played last week,
Belmore Midgets defeated Tees -
water 8-2, in this arena on
Monday evening. Mac Mac-
Leod and Jim McKague led the
scorers with two goals each,
with singles by Alan Ritchie,
David Woolcock, Bill Chamb-
ers, and Douglas Heffer. This
resulted in a first -place finish
for Belmore.
CGIT Meeting
W ROXETER- The C.G. I. T.
meeting was held in the church
basement last week with eight
answering the roll call. The
meeting opened with the usual
exercises and the Scripture was
read by Joyce Moore. Joyce
Heimpel offered prayer.
The minutes were read by~ -
Kaye Wright and collection was
taken by Joyce Heimpel. A
hymn was sung and the lesson
from the study book was"Crash
Landing".
Lunch was served and games
enjoyed,
Ritchie led his team to third
place taking five points off Ian's
Idiots. Mac's team has 72 points
and Ian's Idiots are in fourth
place with 65. At the bottom of
the heap are Bill's Boobs with
51; but not far behind Hap's
Happy Gang,who have 54points.
Belmore: Played 7 games,
won 5, lost 0, tied 2 with 43
goals and 14 goals against. To-
tal points, 12.
Clifford: Played 6 games,
won 3, lost 1, tied 2 with 42
goals and 17 goals against. To-
tal points, 8.
Teeswater: Played 7 games,
won 0, lost 7, no ties with 10
goals and 64 goals against. To-
tal points, 0.
Belmore Intermediates began
their playoff series with Gorrie
on Friday evening in this arena.
Score was 7-2 in favor of Gor-
rie, in the first game in a best -
of -five series. Bill Jeffray and
Barry Mulvey scored the goals.
On Saturday morning, Bel -
more and Wroxeter Squirts play•
ed to a 2-2 tie, in their first
game in a home -and -home
goals -to -count series. Jimmy
Harkness was our aspiring Bobby
Hull, while Bill Yeoman and
Murray Grainger were Wroxe-
ter's scorers.
SQUIRTS TIE
FIRST PLAYOFF
WROXETER- The Tri -County
Wroxeter Squirts met Belmore
in the Wroxeter Arena Saturday
morning in the first game of
their semi-finals which resulted
in a 2-2 tie. Goal -getters for
Wroxeter were Murray Grainger
and Bill Yeoman and Jim Hark-
ness got two goals for Belmore.
These semi-finals will be
home and home games with
goals to count.
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