llALTON HILLS OUTLOOK Friday February I tar Entertainment Outlook Beat Shaw Festival and spring coming soon Thomson Service When the Shaw Festival announces Its 1987 season can spring be far be hind The annua season of premiere tourist attrac tion begins on April with a new pro duction of the 1925 Nod Coward com Hay Fever The following week two more pro- Is the name of Global TV new hour long spy id venture series videotaped In Toronto and featuring a number of Canadian actors In the leading roles Winston Jona Library review The book of facts The Canadian World Almanac and Book of Facta Toronto Global Press hardback paper back Perhaps more than any other new title this book Is one that you will wont to have lose to hand over the coming year Especially so if you are a dedicated trivia buff Anyone looking for a good collection of miscellaneous facts about Canada and the world in general will find this a delightfully Inexpensive tlcti World and their calendars formation In Canada the best known is probably the Fanners Almanac with Us bold predictions of the year weather patterns The World Almanac on which this Hon Is modelled was first published by Joseph of Pulitzer Prize Some other Canadian Almanacs nave longer publishing histories but in recent years have become extremely expensive and more directories of names and ad dresses than collections of facts In pases The Canadian World and Book of Facts crams together a history of Canada and the world a review or the nations of the world the world economy maps and flogs of the world winners of organ Ited sports and a hundred other details 1 found things I knew must be printed somewhere but could never find things like the semi mythical index Environment Canada way of measuring hot and sticky weather a stress test which says that taking out a mortgage is slightly more stressful than being foreclosed and one thai pops up every year the Chinese calendar Is the year of the Hare And it full of interesting tables from reputable sources like Statistics Canada or Financial Post It not surprising that regular Trivial Pursuit players will recognize many of the items lucked away in the corners of the Canadian World Almanac The original edition was largely written In the Niagara Public Libra 7 where the old World Almanac was an essential reference tool At for paperback It belongs on Ihe bookshelf next lo the dictionary and the thesaurus By Walter Hilton Public SAME DAY TAX RETURNS Vancouverborn has ap peared In such feature films as Hear aches Agnes of Cod and the High Stakes I like this quote from Quebec pop siagcr MarleDenfse In school I dressed differently from the others I guess flamboyant would be an apt description I have to change much when I got Into show business If I mention the name of Shirley Ma son a linger you probably never heard of her Or how about Vlda Also singer but known only la Italy and some time ago But II you re over you probably react the name Shirley Hanner She was In the earlier days of television one of this country most popular and capable tinging stars She and Robert were the Showtime on CBC-Telc- In the mid 1950s In fact Shu- ley was on television before was I still can remember In the early 1950s singer George Murray buttonholing anyone he could In the CBC corridors trying lo get them to listen la tapes of this terrific young girl be bad heard In 13M Shirley married George Murray and by 1958 they bad moved to Hollywood For two yean the was a featured per former on George Gobel television shown on NBC HYUNDAI COUNTRY ALL FALL WINTEfl MERCHANDISE OFF Hi INCLUDING SUITS SPORTS JACKETS SWEATERS PANTS AND SO MUCH MORE Guelph St Georgetown CENTRE 8777361 BUY FIREWOOD NOW AND SAVE lull bain tort Length Sugar Maple Birch Split Wood Also Available IBS TOP NOTCH FOREST products ltd 4595834 NELLS DRIVING SCHOOL Next Course April 20 May 13 6 30930 phone 8772671 Approved by Ontario Safety League HOW THE RIGHT BRAND OF WATER SOFTENER CAN BE WRONG FOR YOU Choosing a reliable brand water softener is important But if it wrong size or If It isn t set up to treat the size and type of impurities peculiar to your water you won enjoy the benefits you paid for Pew people have alt the answers needed choose the right water softener for their needs If you don ask water softener experts to help We II determine your future water consumption level We II analyze the impurities in your water and relying on years of experience we II recommend the right brand type and size of water softener to satisfy your needs And of course you can rent or buy your unit As service professionals we gladly service what we sell from furnaces to air conditioners from heat pumps to softeners Our New Year a offer 50 off purchase or 3 months free rent Otter to March 31 1987 ALWAYS GLAD TO HELP 301 ARMSTRONG AVE GEORGETOWN 8776931