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Gimierich mut IA years ago.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
CHIROPRACTIC OUT ON A LIMB
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p.m. to 8 p.m.
Wed. & Sat. -9 to 11.30 a.m.
V1talnin Therapy
O,e—Corner of South St. and
Beitannla Road. Phone 341.
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LICENSED AUCTIONEER
HURON AND PERTH
Phone 474 SEAFORTH
P.O. Box 461
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LIFE UNDERWRITER.
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WITH BILL SMILEY
Something very sad is going on
across Canada these days. In one•
small town after another, the local
theatre, once the town's foremost
centre of second-hand sin and sex,
violence and valour, excitement and
ecstasy, is darkening its former
bright. ,spot on main street, and
closing its doors, to stand there in
bleak reproach, mute testimony to
the havoc that is being wrought on
our culture by that one -eyed mon-
ster, the television set.
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I read the other day that the
theatre had been closed in my old
home town, and it gave me quite a
pang, like learning of the death of
a boyhood friend, still in his best
years. For some of the
most for-
mative days of my life, that thea-
tre drew me into its black maw
with the awesome ease of a whale
yawning to let one small herring
Swim inside.
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As a small iboy, I wept, shivered
with fear, screamed with laughter
and almost died of suspense, in
that theatre. In its thrilling, dark-
ened interior, I chased Indians with
,Tom Mix, fell desperately in love,
for the first of many tiimes, with
Marlene Dietrich (then not even a
mother, let alone a grandmother),
and thundered through the jungle
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0rth first I
rear�FmbQ a rat tiaanQ was
allowed to go at flight. 'The plc-
turo was Lilac Time, 0 was eight,
the occasion was spsiai and O was
ineffably thrilled to be sitting in
the gallery with my big bre-tiler.
0 eernember the first talking pic-
ture: Whoopee, with Eddie Cantor.
What an experience! The music
ran in my head for weeks.
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I =leather going Szo every gnat-
iuee I could manage. Mo +; ey was
scarce in those days, and raising
a dime was harder for a kid than
raising a dollar now. l ometianes
it took me a solid .hour to wheedle
the sum out of my kid brother, an
industrioustype who had a news-
paper route. I always owed him
about 31,83, and he'd fight to keep
the amount from growing, but the
call of "the show" was so strong
on me that I had superhuman pow
Ars of persuasion, and could have
talked my way past St Peter un-
der its influence.
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Thor.)
tThor.) was a matinee Monday,
Wednasday and Saturday, in those
days, and it taxed my ingenuity to
make all three, `tart J, seldom mis-
sed; If I couldn't fin -Cony empty
beer bottles to sell, and my brother
was adamant in refusal, 1'd hit up
my pal "Egg" Slegg. an equally
• ardent aficionado of the silent
screen, but one with a little more
money. If he had only one dime,
we'd buy one ticket, and both try
to squeeze past George Hume, the
ticket -taker. He knew what we
were doing, and if he was in a good
mood, let us both in.
One time, I was cmpetely sty-
mied. I had to go to the show to
see if Tarzan got away from the
crocodiles who were converging on
him last Saturday. 1 got his last
six cents from my brother, but
couldn't raise another sou. It's
about thirty years ago, so I guess
nothing will happen if I admit I
swiped the other four cents from
my mother's purse. It
was the
one time the show wasn't worth it.
The sunofagun got away from the
crocodiles, and I suffered deep
pangs of remorse for weeks.
A wonderful part of my cultural
education in those days, though 1
didn't realize it at the time, was
the music instilled in me at the
show, when they were still run-
ning silent pictures. Down in the
pit, watching the picture and
matching its every mood with con
summate skill on the piano, sat
Lornie Noohan. How he could
make you sweat as the wheels
started coming off the stage coach.
How he could snake you weep with
hot, salty tears at a touching
moment! •
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My wife is still astonished, know;
ing -I have no musical education,
when I whistle for her the entire
Overture to William Tell, Rach-
maninoff's Prelude in G Minor, or
Liebestraum. 1 don't knows, .+ at
they are, sof course, but I ver
miss a note. I learned them at the
shoW, while the heroine was cliff!,
hanging, or the villain was trying
to talk her into a crafty week -end
-in the city. '
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This went on for years. I was
alternately in love with some
movie star, breaking bones trying
to emulate one of the heroes, or
lying awake nights in sheer panic
after seeing a good murder story.
with lots of strangling. My parents
got worried and forbade me to go
to the show. 1 went, anyway, in
the face of threats, pleas and de-
mands. 1 probably got a dozen
complexes out of it, but 1 don't
seem any more queer than the
next fellow.
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During the teens, the theatre
was a different, but equally thrill-
ing place. In its comforting dark-
ness, the most timid boy would
find the courage to reach shyly for
the hand of his girl and sit there,
clutching it -fiercely until both
their paws wer .slippery with
sweat.
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And if the girl whose hand 1
clung to on many a wonderful Sat-
urday afternoon, with a teenage
crowd in the gallery, reads this, 1
hope she won't be embarrassed,
because 1 remember it fondly and
tenderly. It was one of the very
nicest parts of growing up.
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I'm sorry if you've been bored
by these reminiscences. They start -
d from my horror at the rapid de-
cline of the smalltown theatre.
How many people can sit and watch
that appalling junk on TV, when
there's a ,first-rate movie at the
local show, I can't understand.
When the theatre in their own
town goes dark, those who hay ,en-
joyed a thousand experiences in it
will be sorry. And none will more
bitterly regret it than your humble
servant.
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Huron County
Farm Report
By D. H. Miles, Huron Ag. Rep.
Fall work is progressing satis-
factorily with many new jobs be-
ing completed in the line of repairs
and rebuilding. Some cattle were
moved to market last week but
there are still many to go. Farm-
ers have been slow to purchase re-
placement cattle. Turnips are
being moved to storage very
rapidly.
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THF GODERICH 6IGNAI.SfAR
FARMERS VOTIN PR1VILEES
BECOME A RESPONSIBILITY
(By J. C. Hemingway)
Fon- producers'are facing (votes
QS many questions. They had -the
Federal voting last ,dune, the wheat
vote December 9th, municipal vot-
ing soon, Hog Producers vote in
late March or early April, Peach
Growers sometime thi:3 winter and
the latest rumor a Provincial elu-
tion in May.
I think this has changed from a
privilege to a serious responsibil-
ity. We appreciate the opportun-
ity of making our opinion known
and controlling our government by
the will of the mn ority.Most of
us, realizq our responsibility In
directing good government in our
Dominion,- in our Province and in
our municipality.
,Farmers have takeax='this respon-
sibility seriously and have always
had a good voting percentage.
Their responsibility is even greater
in, 'the coming Producer Group vote.
Regardless of the wording of the
ballot, in the various producer or-
ganization plans, there is only one
question for the producer to an-
swer.
Should Producer Groups have
the right to market their produce
by whatever means they collective-
ly decide?
This is no time for quibbling 1. Which of Canada's provinces has
BUYS TOP SHORTHORN
Wm. Cranston, of Auburn, was
the purchaser of the top priced
female, for $100, at the recent
London sale, where a group of
the top brecAlers of Western On-
tario annually sell their s trplus
,,stock.
The Cran.;'ton purchase came
from the herd of .'Neville McLean,
Ifet.wood, and vtias a heifer that
hadbeen Reserve Grand Champ-
ion at tate ,19558 Regional Shorthorn
Show at Strathroy.
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The Atlantic salmon return.,
from the sea nearly always to the
river of its birth.
TIBILIISWAY, fi V. i.4Rh, 1
about whether )it will be a Market -
Agency, er Marketing s"card
Qi Negotiating ]ironer or Public
Auction or any (Aber plan. These
d ;tailashould be decided at your
vocal annual meetings through the
electron§ of the o +:t cera. Here you
can give the kind of advice that
the directorate i Beds and can re -
cave from the local membership.
This advice will then egme frons
the people who are interested
enough to attend and are wining
to give some tnought tea the wel-
fare of the Producer.
If coming votes are held on the
same basis es the tobacco vote, the
answer may be given by these who
are too indifferent to cast a ballot.
To vote. in favor, you must go to
the polling booth and vote bu.r you
can vote against by just sitting at
home.
This is true since a clause in the
regulations states that there must
be 51% vote in favor of the plan.
This stipulation is not al3plied to
government elections.
Let me say again that this ' is
no longer a privilege but rather a
great responsibility. Remember
the "shirkers" can defeat the plan
by simply doingnothing.
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