Times Advocate, 1989-07-12, Page 7The Vaudevillians - James Hobson (left), Douglas Livingston,
A. Frank Ruffo and Pat Dawson.
Growing old, gracefully
By Adrian Harte
GRAND BEND - The Vaudevillians opened at the Huron Country
Playhouse last Wednesday. Billed as a "rip-roaring, slap up, wham-
bam, explosive kind of show" it is at odds with its own opening scene
when one character tells the others "Vaudeville is dead, grow old grace-
fully instead." The real show lies somewhere between the two.
Vaudeville was everything flashy, slick, corny, and unsophisticated.
The Vaudevillians is certainly all that, but the characters deliver a story
of a group of retired performers trying to relive Vaudeville's turn -of -the -
century to Depression heyday with conviction. One gets a sense that
the cast of four - Pat Dawson, James Hobson, A. Frank Ruffo, and
Douglas Livingston - really do care about the old music they are bring-
ing to life on the Playhouse II stage, regardless of what the script says.
Hobson delivers a traditional song about his mother, but tells his co-
horts all those songs were "enough to make you puke".
The show trots out all those time -worn classics like "Bill Bailey",
"Keep the Home Fires Burning", and Makin' Whoopee", but there are
other, more obscure, performances that are really delightful whether
they are remembered or not.
A particularly good rendition of the "Who's on first?" routine is one
of the evening's highlights.
Vaudevillians has a seamless quality to it. The music, costume
changes, and lighting all have an effortless appearance that hides the
care put into this production by director Pat Dawson. If Vaudevillians
does have a flaw, it is that the intermission comes too early, just as the
audience is settling into the tone of the performance. The second act is
noticeably longer than the first.
For a couple of hundred years Vaudeville was the only source of cheap
entertainment and, as pointed out in the Playhouse II production, it was
quickly replaced by the phonograph, movies, and later, television.
Vaudeville is dead nonetheless, and that means The Vaudevillians may
have trouble filling the seats until it closes July 22, but for those who
do get out to see the show, it should prove a rare treat.
Salaries released
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for 1989 will be $46,500. First
class constables get $37,200; sec-
ond class $33,200; third class
$27,200 and fourth class $22,200.
Secretary Pat Watson will get
$15,470.
Police committee chairman Doro-
thy Chapman provided'comparisons
of salaries of police chiefs in other
towns in Western Ontario.
They are : Wingham $51,324;
Godcrich $48,915; Clinton
$46,200; St. Marys $44,172; Sea -
forth $43,226 and Tavistock
$41,870.
The average wage for first class
constables in Ontario is $37,359
and the average for small forces is
$36,994.
Chapman continued, " Starting in
1990, we have agreed to have a
$5,000 difference between constable
ranks, so that we only need to bar-
gain for first class constables in the
future." -
The salary of fire chief Gary Mid-
dleton is $34,125. It has been set
by the Exeter and area fire board.
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Grand Bend :loses
Its deputy reeve
GRAND Bpi ;Cancer final-
ly claimed the life of Grand Bend
resident George Kadlecik Jr. The
founder of George Kadlecik Con-
struction Ltd. had fought a vali-
ant five-year battle against the
disease. He died at his home
Thursday evening.
Kadlecik was a past president
of the Grand Bend and Area
Chamber of Commerce, and the
Southcott Pines Park Associa-
tion.
Kadlecik had been elected as
deputy reeve in municipal elec-
tions six months ago that also
returned Bob Sharen to the
reeve's chair.
"I knew him as a friend, a
business associate and a political
colleague. Everything he did
was done in the best interests of
his community", Sharen said.
The deputy reeve position will
be filled by a present member of
council. Sharen expects a by.
election
y-
election will be called to fill the
resulting vacancy.
Ministry
approves of
landfill
ZURICH - The ministry of the
environment expressed their satis-
faction with progress at the Hay
Township waste disposal site at the'
June 26 meeting of council.. The
site had fallen under recent criti-
cism for its poor control of loose
paper and incidents of uncovered
garbage.
Ron Farrell from the MOE met
with council, operator of the site
Martin Martins, and consulting en-
gineer Bruce Potter to discuss the
progress involved with cleaning up
the site. Farrell said the site's con-
dition had improved substantially
since his last visit. He did, howev-
er, outline further areas for im-
provement.
In other business, council ap-
proved a request from Stephen
Miller to rezone a parcel of land
east of St. Joseph to allow a resi-
dential unit. A public meeting that
evening did not reveal any disap-
proval from the public.
Plans for the agricultural/
industrial subdivison proposed by
Huron Farms will be another six
months in coming if the ministry
of municipal affairs grants the ex-
tension on the project requested by
Hay council on behalf of Huron
1~arms. The project had been the
subject of an OMB appeal from the
Town of Exeter, but the objection
was overturned last year.
Bart DeVries
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Stephen ups water fees
STEPHEN TOWNSHIP - Water
connection fees which have not
changed since the township began
installing connections were in-
creased at the regular July meeting.
Cost for. a 3/4 inch line goes from
$300 to $400, and the fee for a one -
inch increases from $375 to $450.
The price for water permits (ap-
plications to hook into the system),
which has remained the same for
over six years, go up $10 to $35.
All new installations will require
a dual -action check valve to prevent
contamination from coming back
into the system. The bylaw was
changed because the type of valve
previously used corroded after a few
years.
A letter was received from McDo-
nald Sanitation after the last council
report noted an increase in user fees
at the landfill site. The company,
which picks up garbage at Huron
Park, will be charged the old rate
until their contract ends on March
31, 1990.
Deb McCann attended the session
to give a presentation on the Exet-
er -based Huron Safe Homes for
Youth, which assists 16 to 18 -year
olds. Her purpose was to make the
public more aware of this service.
Councillors endorsed the program.
No objections were received at a
public meeting called to consider a
zoning amendment requested by
Harvey Ratz, concession 14, part
lot 15. Part of the property was re-
zoned from Ag 1 to Ag 4-8 to allow
the erection of a house.
Council accepted an application
from Colin Tripp, Concession 16,
part lot 11, to hook into the water
system.
In June, 15 permits were issued
with a total value of $628,470.
This year to date a total of 66 per-
mits with a value of $1,924,445
have'been issued. In the same peri-
od last year, 62 permits with an es-
timated total value of $2,002, 150
had been issued.
Hensall rates -up
HENSALL.- Hensall council ap-
proved their 1989 budget at Mon-
day evening's council meeting.
The bylaw, numbered double -0
seven for 1989, means that the av-
erage village household assessed at
$40,0b0 will pay $12.88 more in
taxes to Hensall this year. Howev-
er, the combined school board and
county increases add another
$56.60 to the bill.
The total increase is 9.3 percent
over 1988 figures. Separate
School supporters will face a sligh-
ly higher increase at 10.7 percent.
The entire village budget has
been set at $1.34 million, up
S45,458 over 1988 figures.
The amount to be raised through
village taxes is only $272,166 of
the total budget.
In preparing the budget, council's
finance committee decided to cut
the purchase of a $3,000 fax ma-
chine from the agenda and to reduce
the payments into reserve funds by
another $6,000.
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