The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

| | | \ 16 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed. October 10, 1984 YARNS TO SPIN Comedy pokes fun at the good old- fashioned days Sombre George Hall (played by Beb Wheeler) was one of Cartwright Township's first settlers in a tiny community known then as Williamsburg. Bethany Schryburt, on Yarns to Spin: "Who were the towns- people of long ago? How can we relate to them? They dressed different- ly, had different methods of travel, entertainment, and diet. The lifestyle was indeed a far cry from 1984, but they still laughed, cried, loved and argued. Tempers flew and jokes were played, children had energy and every- * one had dreams. Since time began emotions have not changed nor should they change because they are the life blood of the human race". To celebrate Cart- Seme of the costumes worn in Yarns To Spin aren't costumes at all, but genuine antiques horded by Cartwright families for generations. Above, actors Carl Gilbank (left) and Blake Gunter show off their Sesquicentennial attire. Author, producer, and director of Yarns es wright's Sesquicentenn- ial, Bethany has written, produced and directed an entertaining one-act play called Yarns to Spin, a light- hearted look at the people who made Black- stock what it is today. A host of local people make up the cast and crew, including Craig Larmer, Janet Weir, Jason Kyte, Harold Wright, Glen Larmer, Vern Vogel, Jennifer Fletcher, Joel Schry- burt, Bob Wheeler, Jean Adams, Brent Mec- Laughlin, Susan Kyte, Nicole Gibson, Ralph Larmer, Blake Gunter, Dora Martyn, Dale Davis, Carl Gilbank and Chris Chorestecki. Janis Pashley is the show's assistant director, Cindy Leach the stage assistant, Bruce Mount- joy the travel assistant and Pat Sleep the Bi- centennial contact. . Previewed last Fri- day night at the Port Perry Nursing Home, Yarns to Spin can still be seen October 10 for the Blackstock Lioness Club at the Blackstock Rec. Centre; October 12 at 8 p.m. at the Rec. Centre; Oct. 13 at 1:30 p.m. at the Rec. Centre; and November 2 at 8 p.m. in Bethany, Ontario. For ticket information call 986-5015. Yarns To Spin has everything for the theatre and history buff ---- including good old-fashioned songs like Bringing in the Sheaves and Turkey in the Straw. The whole cast joined in lusty versions of the songs, in- A When was the last time you spotted an old geezer like James Spinks (played by Harold Wright) sitting around a pickel bar- rel chess game, spitting chewin' tobacco in- to a metal pail? cluding (from left) Teasdale Whitfield (Blake Gunter), Jane Hall (Jean Adams), Doctor Montgomery (Carl Gilbank) and Hannah Whitfield (Dora Martyn). dE dc At Pb OR 5 RR i ois Aro ng 2s mL cos SSE, Rr ni a bn A mds ha i 7 Ai. occa directions to Craig Larmer, three To Spin, the multi-talented Bethany Larmers in the production That's Herold Schryburt, left, gives some last minute stage Wright and Craig's father Glen looking on. Robert Bryans (Craig Larmer) is the crotchedy old storekeeper in Bethany Schryburt's Yarns to Spin, and is seen (above) yakking and complaining, Robert's favourite occupation.