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THE HERALD Wednesday Julys 18Pge John A Hall shows The car is now an obsession 50 years of art Artist John A Hall was at the Georgetown Cultural Centre last week to open the doors to his art exhibit featuring 50 years of his lifes work Mr Halls paintings and sket ches date back as early as and there are some pieces as current as 1988 They range from slightly eccentric in flavor to slightly cerebral in form and color His exhibit opened June 28 and will run until Aug The artist has lived what he calls two lives He has taught art created book illustrations and designed with type Often he would leave the city to paint in the countryside This took him- back to the days when he camped with members of the Group of Seven Canadas world- renowned landscape artists A friend writes about Mr Hall that his experience with the Group of Seven have been a bridge to his career His most recent works suggest that his bridge is still under con struction and will probably arrive at some surprising destinations writes the friend Mr Hall was bom in Toronto in and attended the Ontario Col lege of Art OCA from to He has been a member of the On tario Society of Artists since 1948 and has exhibited his works at the Art Gallery of Ontario Hart House at the University of Toronto the National Gallery the Art Gallery of Ontario the Royal Bank of Canada and a number of other galleries across the country The artist illustrated books between and He has been involved in exhibition design and typography since 1938 He has won several awards and is an Honorary Life Member of the Art Gallery of Ontario Last year he conducted weekend workshops in color composition and design for the Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology in Lake and the Central Ontario Art Association in Geneva Park Renowned artist John A Hall was on hand Wednesday at the Georgetown Cultural Centre to launch his monthlong art exhibit The exhibit years of his works and includes paintings and sket ches Heraldphoto Euchre still supported Legion Lines Hayes Branch 120 POO Friday night euchre is still get ting a good support from those who enjoy a social game of cards This weeks winners were High lady Marjorie Tutty second Myra Peasey most lone hands May Tost High gent Charlie Sheppard second Chuck Tutty most lone hands- Shell The car club draw was held June 29 Winners were 292 Ross Hunter Eva Murdock 357 Denis Mc Cartney Marion Armstrong 114 Bob Morrow and Ken Sproule SATURDAY AFTERNOON MEAT DRAW This week the following people bought the right tickets BUI Simpson Chuck Tutty Eddie Plackett Colin Gibson Doris Chamberlain Kieth Tost Paul Rod McDonald Steve Clayton Rita Ford The roast was won by Rod McDonald Auxiliary marches in the Glen By CARS WELL Herald Special For those of you ladies who did not make it to the Appreciation Night I must say you missed a very enjoyable evening The waiters were kept very busy The steak dinner was excellent but oh the calories in those desserts Our color party joined with the branch in the Canada Day Parade in the Glen We could not hear the band it was too far behind us but we managed to keep in step with the able assistance of a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who led the parade A very smart looking young lady Have a safe happy and healthy Components of AVAILABLE AT LEADING EYECARE PROFESSIONALS PLEASE TAKECARE OF YOUR SIGHT WITH A REGULAR EYE EXAMINATION During the last loo years the automobile has increasingly become an obsession with the peo ple of our planet One should have thought that the socalled developed West reached the saturation point some time ago lets say when every family owned a car But we know by now that the for automobiles is unlimited Houses with three and four garages with the cars to fill these spaces of course are not rare anymore and we can all look joyously forward to housing developments in the year where a mighty wing containing a fleet of six cars plus a couple of an tique ones will be attached to every home The motor car has forced its need for space on us in spectacular ways Because of the motor car the city and the country has changed beyond anything imaginable 100 years ago Our deas about the worthwhile life have changed and so have our manners and habits The car has become a kind of godhead All sacrifices are justified where the motor car is concerned even sacrifices of life In the German language for in stance a motor car accident vic tim is called a a traffic sacrifice Los Angeles was created for the automobile and the severity of this citys smog is known through media reports even to people who never went there Los Angeles eight million vehicles are central to the smog problem Great at tempts are under way by the various governments of the Los Angeles region to tackle the pro blem through laws and regulations too complex to get into here Besides I want to get at something else I want to find an explanation instead for this powerful and possibly destructive hold one of our inventions has gained on us and our civilization I like everybody else have always been fascinated by cars But I have owned one for only seven years and that was a very long time ago These seven years taught me hat the automobile was neither a very practical nor a very cheap way to get around I realiz ed however that the automobile belongs to the realm of art Let me explain In every civilization great com munity projects can be found that express the highest aspirations of the collective will so to say of the people in that civilization even if the instigator of the project was a king or a tyrant The Great Wall of China the Pyramids in Egypt the Acropolis in Athens the water works and great viaducts all over the Roman Empire the mighty cathedrals of the Middle Ages the park and palace of Versailles the Empire State Building in New York the Pentagon in Washington these are only some of the artifacts that come to mind As for the pre sent what greater projects are there but the huge highway systems erected all over the world to accommodate the motor car to let people go wherever their fancy takes them These works of art based on technical knowhow and daring show mans desire to become the equal of his gods no matter how he tries to disguise this desire The Classics Against Cancer Auto Show some weeks ago at Cedarvale Park supported me in my belief that the automobile is an artifact It was a beautiful day and the pampered motor carsof almost years glittered on the green lawn like so many adornments The beauty of these creations was overwhelming The sense of ease and luxury they advertised was in toxicating At the same time one knew these docile lawn decora tions could change an instant with a turn of the starterkey into aggressive chariots of fire could merge with a thousand others as swift and seductive as them on a smooth highway reserv ed for them only making their owners feel that they were cruising down the vast neverendlng road to modernity pleasure and oblivion Pi JUST GOT 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