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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 8 Dec 1955, p. 3

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THE ~ UCA1JIAS4 5TATESM. BOWMANVILL E( NTARio - f ie 9 ÉON mma m a - - P<h[E bchooI Cast Which Presented, Popular Operetta at Town, As' theîr major dramatic production of the year, Bowmanvil1e High School last week presented the GiIbert B.H.S. Sf udents Present Excellent "Pina fore" The ever popular, Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, H.M.S. Pinafore. lýrovided. good enter- tainment as presented by a large cast of Bowmanville Higli School students in the Town Hall last week. The three- 3iight run of the show was well attended by appreciatîve audi- qences. Musical direction was by D. C. Peters, L.T.C.M., teacher of mnusic in the High School; stage iproducer was Ah Witherspoon: stage director was Jack Ross, and Jean Cunningham super- 'vised the speaking parts. Ethel McKague was costume super- Visor. Calibre of the whole pro- duction reflected the hard work çf these directors and also mlembers of the cast. The backdrop of a sailing ship close in to Portsmouth harbour was particularly f fective, and was the wor o Mrs. H. E. McMaster, art teach- er. The stage props were made in the school work shop under the direction of L. G. Johnston and R. W. Sheridan. Leading Lady Taking the leading role, that of Josephine, the Captain's daughter, was Beverly Cowl- ing. Beverley was ill with a cold for several days before thie opening of the show, but in trooper fashion, she came through singing her difficuit role very well indeed in a sweet voice.. Beverly gave a fine performance. Robert Dow played the part of the Captain with assurance #q013a/m oral I/Co tel Wishes to ann'o'nce Now Under New Management': OUR DINING ROOM IS NOW OPEN BREAKFAST - 7:30 to 9:30 a.ml. LUNCH 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. DINNER 5 to 7:30 p.m. Bookings for banquets, weddings andc private partiest PHONE MA 3-5081 H. W. WOOLLEY aSullivan operetta, H.M.S. Pinafore. The colorful Town Hall, and was well staged by the large cast "Quality Street", but this season returned to aàmsial operetta attracted good crowds for three nghts at the1 pictured above. Last year the school presented the play -Photo by John Kingma, Maple Leaf Studio, Port Perry and sang bis role in pleasing Sandra Ferguson, Allan Bailey, emayfinsrepa- manner. Causing merriment as " n er e t Calvin Tiîbrook, Bill Marlov9 HAMPTON er ro nany ri.Hend sm iplas usual was the Admiral, SirC o m e nce en P ck and Darrell Watson. is convalescing favorably since Joseph Porter, this time played The excellent program clos- Miss lIsavada Ruttan, and returning from Memorial Hos- hy James Ferguson who gave H )I i , I I , ed with numbers by the Boys' Mr. Ed Manning, Toronto, vis- pital where she underwent a a good performance. j fT D a K T C Trio and Girls' Choir. Miss ited her mother. Mrs. H. Rut~- onerai ing, Robert -Dow and James Ferguson, in the famnous Bell Trio in the second act brought howls of merriment and repeat- ed encores, James shining es- pecially in the interpretation of the fagged old AdmiraI. Ac- tosand acting in this se- quence were particularly good, a highligbt of -the show, and reflect credit on the actors and directors. Hero and villain Object of Josephine's affec- tions Ralph Rackstraw, a a lowly seaman who in the end of course proves to be of high birth after ail, was well play- ed by Tom Park. Bruce Col- well, was a fearsome and hor- rible Dick Deadeye, the vil- hian of the operetta. He played bis part most effectively. Margot Rankine as Butter- cup gave a very fine perform- ance, bler mature contralto voice showing to advantage in this role. Cousin Hebe was ef- fectively played and sung by Gloria Brent. Laurie Staple- ton was a fine boatswain's mate, Frank Westheuser was the carpenter's mate, and Ëric Barr was little Tom Tuck-ar who mlmicked the Admiral on bis round of inspection. Bob Carruthers and John 1owler were the guards. The Admiral's sisters, bisI cousins and bis aunts were very pretty indeed in their old-fash- ioned dresses and bonnets, and with the sailors and marines, sang their choruses were well. Talented Pianists' The talented pianists, Mar- garet Goheen and Nancy Wood, who played the overture and accompanied the singers, de- serve special mention. Their work added much to the pro- duction. Assistant prompter was. Marilyn Herne, and ber services were needed very lit- tie, a good indication of the qualîty of the performance. The colorful costumes were from the Mallaber Costume Com- pany, Toronto. Other members of the teacb- ing staff assisted witb make- up and in various other ways, contributing to the success of the fine production. The total cast included- (First Lord's Sisters, His Cou- sins and His Aunts): Joan AI- lin, Barbara Bathgate, Grace ELLAS rY GIFT SHOP St. E. - Bowmanville FOR ALL OCCASIONS! *IMPORTED CHINA *GLASS WARE *COSTUME JEWELLERY *JEWEL BOXES (Musical)" *POWDER BOXES (luÈjçal) *WALL PLAQUES *STATUETTES *VASES kARTIFICIAL FLOWERS *CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS *CRYSTAL (Popular Patterns) PARCHMENT GREETING CARDS FOR ALL OCCASIONS 400 TO CHOOSE FROM GFT WRAPPING DONE fBri.ng your presents in for Gift Wrapping ' at Reasonable Rates COME IN AND BROWSE AROUND ti Present Many Awards Cartwright High School Commencement Exercises were held in Blaclçstock Town Hall on Friday evening, Nov. 25, with the hall packed for the occasion. Dr. J. A. McArthur, chairman of the Board, and Principal Gordon Paisley, boffh spoke briefly prior to the in- troduction of the Students' Council by the president, Wayne Venning. The Girls' Choir gave ta fine rendition of three number-- "Autumn Leaves", "Suddenly There's a Valley" in which theŽ solo was taken by Gloria Sadi- 1er, and "He" with solo by Diane Blair. Presentation of Secondary School graduation diplomas and partial Grade XIII certif j- cates was made by Rev. George Nicholson to the following stu- dents: Bert Bowers, Marilyn Jackson, Lawrence McLaugh- lin, Dick Poole, Beth Proutt, Phyllis Strong, Joan Vennin~. Presentation of Intermediate certificates- to Catherine Bailey, Jerry Bowers, Joyce Hooey and Darrell Watson was made by, Rev. C. W. Hutton. - Musical Numbers Numbers by the Boys' Trio were much enjoyed. Composed of Douglas Davison, Cliffordi Jackson and Jim Grieve, the trio sang "My Bonnie Lassie" and "The Bible Tells Me So". A piano solo, "Whims", by Cath- erine Bailey was also well re- ceived, and an instrumental number by the Cartwrighit High School Guitar Players. Two much appreciated pres- entations were made to the school, one of library books by the William Van Camp famîly; the other, Home Econ- omics reference books, ten mounted clothing constructioni charts and a set of tools for leather work, by, Mrs. John Scott. Mrs. Wolfe and Mr. Beacock made the presentation of ath- letic trophies to the F ield Day champions. Joan Hoskin was. the winner for Senior Girls; Intermediate Girls - Peg.gy Brown- Junior Girls-Margaret McColl; Senior Boys - D:oug- las Davison; Intermediate Boys --Delton Fisher; Junior Boys- Larry Ashton. Crests Awarded Students on the winning teams in the Field Day events were also presented with their Letter Crests. Douglas Davison was captain of the boys' teain wvhich had 89 points, and mem- bers were: Lawrence McLaugh- lin, Allan Bailey, Larry Ash- ton, Lloyd Wilson. Joan Hoskini was captain of the winning girls' team composed of Joani Venning, Aileen Van Camp, 1 Patricia DeVries, Suzanneý Schwartz, Sandra Ferguson. Presentation of the special proficiency prizes was made by vIrs. Ivan Thompson. The Wal- ace Marlow prizes were won by Catherine Bailey and Joyce Hooey for Grade X. They werc equal and received tie awards. Grade XII lst prize went to Joan Venning, 2nd to Lawrence v!cLaughlin. Nestleton Women's Institute, prize for highest standing in Grade IX was presented to MIary Gay by Mrs. M. Emerson. Mrs. Lorne Thompson present- d Blackstock Women's Insti- tute izes for highest stand- Blackburn, Sheila Brown, Joan Buttery, Marion Butteryý, Ca- rol Cale, Joan Cann, Linda,i Colwell, Norma Dale, Veldal Fisher, Betty Foran, Barbara araham, Shirley Hardy, MaD garet Harvey, Lynni Heni~ orelei Hetherington, Pat Hoc-. zin, Mary Joncs, Mary Lewis. Zancy Lunn, Betty McDonald, [arlene McDonald, Audrey [cNab, Joanne Mackie, Carol [aguire, Mary Mitchell, Alice lIdejans, Eleanor Osborne, uth Pascoe, Carol Plumnmer, 'loria Smith, Beverley Wilson. (Sailors and Marines): Alex Ucxander, Robert Allin, Ray ýshton, John Cook, Barry 'wling, John Dippell, Briani ackson, Norman James. Hart- ýy Lewis, John Mason, Grahamr ickering. Glenn Richards, Pia- >r Schaafsma, Richard Strike-1 ierda, Fred Vanstone, Br erry.Brt 'ing in Home Economics and Shop Work, Grades IX and X to Joyce Hooey-Home Ecorn- omics, Ray Larmer - Shop Work. The Henry Thompson prize for highest standing in Grade XI was won by Douglas Davison and presented by Rev. A. E. McLean. The principal's prize for highest standing in Latin and French, ,were presented by Mr. Paisley to Douglas Davison - Grade XI, and Joan Venning- Grade XII. Comedy Pleases Prior to the presentation of the one act play, "In May wich June", boys ' tumbling exer- cises under the supervision uf Mr. Beacock, and a musical in- terlude by Anna Samelîs weire enjoyed. The play provided a lot of laughs for the audience and was well acted. Cast was com- posed of Catherine ýailey,' Joyce Cochrane, Mae Werry,1 Phyllis Strong read a short ad- dress of appreciation to Mrs. Lorne Thompson who accom- panied both these groups, and presented her, with a lovely basket of 'mums from the trio and choir. Staff of the scbool is com- posed of Gordon Paisley-prin- cipal, Mrs. G. V. A. Scott, Mrs. George Wolfe, Janis Kere and Keith Beacock. Board mem- bers are: Dr. J. A. McArthur, chairman; Dalton Dorrell, 'vice- chairman; Wilfrid G. Bowles, David Wilson., Ivan Mountjoy, Henry Thompson-Sec. Treas. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WEEKtY REPORT For the week of Nov. 27- Dec. 3: Admissions .--------------45 Births, 9 male, 4 female 13 Discharges---------43 Major oeain - -6 Minor operations------24 Emergency treatments 9 These facts are published weekly in an effort to acquaint1 this community with the ser- vices of our hospital. tan on Sunday-- Miss Bertha Armour, Reg. N., Brantford, spent the weekend at home. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Martin. Bowmanville, visited Mr. anci Mrs. Sam Dewell. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Chap- man and Miss Gail Chapman, Toronto, were Sunday guests of Mrs. Joe Chapman. Miss Lorrene Warrack, To- ronto, spent the weekend at home. Miss Ruth Prescott and Mr. A. W. Prescott, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Eddyvean, Orono. Mr. Aylmer Prescott attend- ed the All-Star Football game in Toronto on Saturday, and spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. L. Rahm, Richmond Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Truli, visited Mr. ?nd Mrs. Roy Met- caîf on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Peters, Keith and Ralph, visited th.. Salters on Saturday. Miss L. Reynolds visited her brothers in Toronto, and Miss Florence Werry was with re- latives in Toronto, on Sunday. called on Mrs. A. Pre~Qtt. Congratulations are. extend- ed to Mr. and Mrs. 4lbin Clem- ens, of Bowmanville, former residents of Hampton, who on Stray will be celebrating Stergdenwedding anniver- sary. A number from here attend- ed the Operetta, "H.M.S. Pina- fore", presented by high school students in Bowmanville; and1 also the concert unider thé di. rection of Leslie Bell on Thurs- day evening. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Dam- ant, Brian, Lance and Dana, left on Thursday morning for a trip to Florida. They expeet to be absent two or three months. Sunday services were fairly well attended. In the after- noon Sunday School session, Mrs. A. E. Billett presented an interesting Missionary story. "A Missionary Returns Homfe"', which was appreciated. Miss Wîlma Leach is a ' a tient in Memorial. Hospital, Bowmanville. Rev. Mr. Green, Enniskillen,' Lovely.. Blouses * Eosy to core for eDacron * and Celanes. and Dacron* Crepe f IWash and bnip Dry *Little or no ironing needed. .Walker Store artist interjp-èts four from aur huge selection of 14 styles.. eoch beautifully mode. For Gifts For Holiday Wea. *Dupont's trade mark nome for its Polyester fibre. A.-The simulated pearl and embroidery trimn nmatching buttons accent this dacron beauty. White or turquoise. Sizes 14 ta 20 ......... collar, wth 4,8 B1-Dainty pin tuck frOnt, edged wi lace, double stand-away collar witl, pretty velveteen tab trim this corefree dacron. White only, sizes 14 to 18 ..ý........ 49 C--Of Celanese and Darron, three-quarter sleevés, lace edge c.ollar and cuffs. Tiny flowers odorn the perky cordcd bow. White, pink or blue. Sizes 12 to 18............................. 200 b-All dacron with perma pleot bodice of nylon tricot, out- lined with nýIon lace. Novelty buttons pick up the block of the neckline bow. White only. .Sizes 14 to 13 ...............3.98 <TKURSDÂY. DEC. ti,. 1955 k' ,lriIgh Hall - - ..--- a.- VARIET 10O King5 ! Open Wednesdays until Christnias Open Evenings until 9 P.UL starting Friday. December l6th -Vltm 1-4 à ler à 9%9 à uq -- . - 1 ..-. - . 1- 1 0 lof 4 fxe

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