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I- peopled Exentertainer tells hopefuls to start early It llerildiUff writer Scores of young people look at show business as one of J hose great professions would jus lave get Many others hope to porln j modicum of talent Into glamorous career George towns Bill know and has main negative things to say about show business he jvould never anyone gainst it if show business is their heart desire Mr was a middle Of trie roid singer and band for close five years tells young people to into show business to do it and it over with Its a profession It never the pace if try to start at or over he warns The basic bet mi and the people In the music industry was that I weird enough he says guy and nice fin sh last They get eaten live I belong in the While Hit really great stars he had the chance to met l like Bob Hope and Johnny Cash were terrific with a devotion to family and Interest in the world in general such as most people have the middle of the rml clans marry the Iff others sec I Mr The music business was Ihe whole world to the he and nothing else ever mattered to them down He baby for 1049 and 1 vt been HO ng I wnl ill ever mee lie He grew upon a farm in Erin township just north of started kindergarten at Actons Robert Little bee his father was there He switched luck lo Erin for prudes in r he skipped gnde I is sister 1 his mother to Bill Jo Amu Donna all attend Glen Williams Public School because their filhcr is the principal li ted rgetown In I I ind as fond fiiuTi of portraying J lumber in a play Hie students staged when Mr Lambert retired as the school great a teacher s child is lo think it is however and as he remembers how much trouble he got into 1 don know how my parents ever put up with me I was In high school he Admits Thcfactthathebeganschool year early because of where Jus birthday fell then Skipped a grade on top of it him saying he was loo young to fit with his in high school J He failed Grade and then never completed his year when he went to repeat it That stop him from tackling he journalism course at Slier Win College in Hill will of Die flashier truck lot fuur jears with company hi things to a about filing cars although hi the opened I lied mj into the sell Mil he rins I told them I had mv which I I I told them I was 18 which I the lime Ihev found out though I had written my Christmas exams and I had the third highest mark in the school so they let me stay ll was one of his Sheridan instructors Ron Martin who got him deeply interested in show business and he never returned for thesecond year Sheridan He grade six an Inrmony work was middle or II rock lie Ind i short stmt with music while he wii with the Tommv Hunter show His professional career beg an in September lS when he wis discovered by while he was working with band at the Can id in Nat txhibition Hi did lot of commercials that fall on with Debbi aired in late December He was also among the 3 people who auditioned Tor the Canadian Broadcasting Company ill fated Good Fight men and eight women were finally chosen and he was one of them From September to early spring of Ihe following year they studied acting dancing and singing When the show was finally aired it slunk Mr He was glad to accept an offer from Tommy Hunter to go on the road with his show for the summer as an opening id and also the master of ceremonies for the show am he worked with Debbi Kiyi He loved Ihe people on show and considers that is pari of the good memories f his career He back lo television and small CBC productions and in December 19C9 he started pulling a band together to go on the road with He and married in May and opened with the band at in June Herald photo During the ensuing two yeirs he and his wife took a lounge act all across Canada and the United States as well touring Canadian Armed bases in Canada and They were at Osaka Summer school opens July 3 Hie settled textbooks some I GOO mill a siudcnts are be in mm July That the number the Hal i n of education expect ir Ms summer school pro ire expected enrol in new programs r four hours a day the under will be trying lo m ike up for their last The bo expects schools he involved in the program on enrolment A mi ihem will be Centennial and I Dick puhhc schools and Smith middle school I run from July to to Studies will include core subjects required by the minis irj of education Grade and English mathematics history Canadian fico griphv science and Grade i2Fnglish Other subjects include French biology istrv physics most Grade 11 subject A driver education course auditing and a course English as a second are also being offer I year a number of idulis in summer school courses either or general interest Secmdary are re quired to register al their Ik me school Adults are the continuing lion office at for rial information and regis irtlum details Japjn for thi Winter Olympics in They did a certain amount of plpvi work as extras some of the Many Mi hers shows manual disaster lage break up both struck in IJ72 and Mr McKeown says the giving him custody of infant son must have been one of the first ever lo go through the Hal ton courts lo give rather custody of a child His parents took his son and lit went back to work doing lounge act on his own He also had a throat operation ir for polyps Itisoncof Ihe job he says and comes from singing in bars He gui a Dig break the next year and was the hcadlincr for Klondike in Edmonton which was the job in Cinada that year He earned ten grand for Klondike Days and never saw His manager got it alt and he didn even with a ticket home NOT FIRST Thai t the first such incident unfortunately Bet ween 1968 and he says his manager robbed him blind I hey collected the money for the work and then just disap peared Reporting them to the pollcewasn much help They Saul from London was probably the only good mana ger he ever met he says He manages Johnny Cash and members of the Tommy Hunt among others and was the only one of his kind whom Mr found to be totally honest straight and trustworthy Having no friends or relatives with show business experience he had no one to guide him or point out the sort of pitfalls to avoid Money was probably the worst problem because alt hough he and his wife paid income tax on in 1970 inside two years he was broke Hi wis unpaid again after landing biggest job in Canada in August A month Inter when he finished working in a club in east end of Toronto he decided he had had enough of it The manager handed him a cheque for two weeks work as he was supposed to and Mr McKeown handed him a cheque for half his wages since it was expect of him That was Saturday night Monday he went to the bank cancelled payment on the cheque and left the music Industry permanently He came back George town and began shingling for CMC Roofing until November Then he became a salesman for a computer com in Toronto After four months he and the company vicepresident set up their own company Key Tech Data Ser vice at Adelaide and in Toronto He sold out his half of Ihe business In January 1975 and manages not to look quality educational toys childrens books at competitive prices means toy Road No GUIDE BADGES ruth Georgetown Girl Guides receiving Challenge the Mother Diugh Banquet week were back row from kit Caroline Met I roy Teresa Thompson and Janet minings Centre row Julie Hannah Kavanagh and Helen Bulk front row I CEDAR GROVE GARDEN CENTRE Fathers Day Specials Flowers Shrubs Ivy Geranium Impatience Hanging Baskets for shady or sunny areas Ceramic Pbtiton Gift I Supples Urn Slept Greenhouses FOR DAD cents Hot 1 it Creek whin he tells how the company has grown having divisions In Toronto and Montreal and grossed a six figure income last year He invested his capital for the computer business in a restaurant at bauble Beach in lati January the deal closed He found out later thai the owner a middle- aged women had already sold It four times It didn t matter He had lost his Investment In May he saw an advertise ment for a car salesman at Georgetown Chrysler He also needed a car Although he was working in Toronto he decided to make one visit serve two purposes and grins how he has never looked back Now he is let lease and assistant sales manager or the com pany and gets to drive a car he can afford works near home and derives satisfaction from knowing he must be doing something right with mers since they come bock again and again when they need cars Not bad for a man who declares he never trusted a car salesman even though he bought vehicles during his five year tht music now have a daughter Lea Anne to keep company He says he enjoy fishing hunting photography tennis and although has to be his real sideline You can t fish and worry and ihere no telephones be side a stream he grin Although he always look at his music days with fon dness he has about just how successful he FISHING It always left you reeling empty he says There a no measure for success In the business You realize you con t please everyone and you have to be able to live with your self Get show business out of your system so you can get on with living after it over Muiic really ages you physic ally emotionally and ally It a tremendous strain Absolutely the roughest Indus try you can get Into and unless you re young you can I stand the pace he says If you don have a vice going into it you will have before you leave It will find you either a physical or on emotional crutch He grins as he realizes how he has become I think m very well adjusted for what I ve come through JOSEPHS MENS HAIRSTYLIST EVERYONE Too I m Professionally Done Modern Styles At Reasonable Prices JOSEPHS MOORE PARK PLAZA Wed Sat M Fridays CLOSED MONDAYS TOWN OF HILLS ARE DEPARTMENT URGES YOU CLEAN UP YOUR HOUSE AND PREVENT FIRES CHECK YOUR HEATING EQUIPMENT BEFORE COLD WEATHER ARRIVES MINIMIZE FIRE HAZARDS PLAN AND PRACTICE AN ESCAPE ROUTE PROVIDE EARLY WARNING FIRE DETECTION EQUIPMENT Anniversary Dialogue Dear TOSHIBA Dealer This year our company celebrates 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