Ss f x ae ad oak aileyburian- ESTABLISHED 1904 i apne elt ee ea "ol. 35 -- No. ¥: Haileybury, Ont., April 23, 1959 5c. GORY f Shakespearean Theme - For Annual Operetta "In Such A Night" was the title of the annual Operetta presented by the students of the Haileybury High School last Thursday and Friday evenings. The music, as usual, came from the. talented. mind of Miss Wil- helmine Keller and the book and lyrics from the equally talented pen of principal G. L. Cassidy. Haileyburians have known of, and appreciated, over a period of years, the contribution made by Miss Keller and Mr. Cassidy in giving these operettas to the pub- lic, but this year their talents have become known farther abroad with the presence at the Friday night performance, of Major Brian McCool, Assistant Director of Music for the Ontario Department of Education, and of Mr. Nathan- iel A. Benson, a Canadian poet of distinction and Judge of Verse- speaking in Provincial competi- tions. - Both gentlemen commented on the excellence of the performance and*the unique quality and liter- ary value of the book, as well as the quality of the music. Both were high in their praise of the school for attempting, and achieving, such a production, which is prob- ably unique in Canada. The members of the string or- chestra, which assisted materially } in the effectiveness of the play, were pianist, Miss Jeanne Hurst, O. BE. Walli and Mrs. C. Donegan, first violins; Mrs. Keller, second violin; Miss N. Craven and Miss : D. Hartley, cellos. The play was divided into a pro- logue and two acts. The scene of the prologue was a street in Strat- ford-on-Avon, England, and the time, the present. A group. of drama. students had been given the _ opportunity of visiting Stratford to - perform two Shakespearean plays there. They, however, were not - too convinced 'that Shakespeare - was all-he was cracked up to be and a learned professor undertook to set them right. Those taking part in the prologue were Camilla Meli- sek as a wealthy widow; Betty Lou Atchison, Harold Hammerstrom *~ and Bob Tyson,' drama students; Tony Cassidy, a 'struggling - play- 'wright; David: Black, a drama student-playboy; Lynn St. Louis, a drama-dilettante; Allen Mikkola, ~ a super-guide, ' The first: act takes place in the - courtyard and garden of the Mer- ~ waitresses; ~~ MacPherson, =~ kola,- maid -Tavern,. London: on an even- ing in June, 1956, where the friends - and ~ associates of Will Shakes- peare and the man himself 'are found. Those taking part in this act in= cluded Dayntrie- MacDougall as the barmaid at the Mermaid and Joyce White and Sally Whitby as Bob, Ruddy and. Keith actors; Allen Mik- landlord of the Mermaid; Break up Although the ice in the lake still looks remarkably solid, _ we expect it will vanish some- \\time before next July, (some ardent fishermen are rooting for it to be gone before May 1!) and in the meantime here is a bit of data regarding the contest. Twenty-five estimates were received, ranging from May 1 to May 17. Broken down into days, there is one each for the Ist, 2nd, 8th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, and 17th. Three each for the 4th, 6th, and 7th, and four - each for the 5th and I4th. "So there you are, all you have to do is wait for Neil Fleming to say when the lake is clear of ice. Camilla Meslisek , the landlord's wife; Tony Cassidy as Will Shake- speare; David Black as Kit Mar- lowe; Lynn St. Louis. as_ Kit's sweetheart; Harold Hammerstrom as. the man of mystery; Betty- lou Atchison, his ward; . William Thompson as Richard Burbage; Bob Tyson as~Ben-Jonson;--David Wigley and Bob Grozelle, Shil- lington's bodyguards; Ricky Simp- son, the Queen's Messenger. The second act is the same scene three days later when fear and tragedy bring to Shakespeare his trial by fire. His decision provided the climax of the play. Special. musical numbers were a highlight of this act, beginning with an overture by piano and orchestra, followed by the opening chorus, "Merrie England, Here We Are' and '"'Shakespeare, the Cool Cat,"' by the Ensemble. "The Mermaid's the Tavern in Town," by Dayntrie MacDougall, Joyce White and Sally Whitby, and '"'The Barmaid at the Mermaid,' by Dayntrie MacDougall was followed by "The Devon Men" by the En- semble. (Continued on Page Ten) Right Rev. C. H. G..Peto, arch- deacon of Muskoka and Temis- kaming, who is Commissar for Archbishop W. L. Wright, Sault Ste. Marie, will be in Haileybury Wednesday, April 29, to attend the induction of Rev. Roy Nixon of St. Paul's Anglican Church. The _preacher for the occasion will be Rev. G. W. Sutherland,. the rector of All Saint's Parish Church in Huntsville. A number of other clergymen from the Deanery of Temiskaming and the Diocese of Moosonee will also be present. 'Cash for Cancer" Drive Tops 1958 Contribution. Haileybury residents made a magnificent response during the Cancer Society blitz canvass on Tuesday evening, and returns were well over the receipts of last year, and the objective of this. Chairman Ray De Souza. said that $976.58 had been collect- ed, with additional returns from 16 canvassers~ still to come, and big businesses to be heard from. The average so far in Haileybury is. $1.53 per household. In the Tri-Town area the record was just as good. President Lorne Woods reports that returns from the blitz reached $3,259, with the mail campaign in Cobalt, Elk Lake and Gowganda still to be re- ceived. "T expect we. will be well over the $3,500 objective,' said Mr. Woods. ; New Liskeard gave $1,913.13 in a successful drive organized "by Pat Bolger; and -average of $1.74 per household. ~ Latchford also topped its 1958 contributions with $250 from the In Memoriam cards and $120 in the canvass. Mother's Day Contest This is for students from. Haileybury Schools in Grade: VIII and First Form. "My Mom se the best be- cause... Write your. answer to this in 75 words or less. and bring it. to the Evelyn Shoppe no later. than' one p.m., Monday, May. 4th, .and you will have the chance of winning one of the. three gift certificates that Evelyn is offering for the three' best letters. Who Knows? Yours may win you enough to exchange for a lovely Mother's Day gift for Mom and something for your- self as well. The letters will be judged by two Haileybury school teach- ers. ' Macheske Simultaneous Chess At Haileybury Club Thirty-five chess players from Northern Ontario. Communities gathered at the Haileybury Hotel on Sunday, April 19, to lay the foundation for a Northern Ontario Chess League and to engage in the. simultaneous demonstration given by Henry Herbst, a chess master and Vice-President of the Ontario Chess Association. Mr. Herbst, one of the most ac- tive organizers in the province, was the guest of the Haileybury {Chess Club over the week-end and was officially welcomed by the President, Dr. W. C. Arnold, who, in his speech recalled chess events in the past. C. F. Lowery, the vice-president of the H.C.C., presented Mr. Herbst with a desk-set mounted on a base of high-grade silver ore as a typical souvenir to commemor- ate his visit to the North. Mr. Herbst expressed his confi- dence that chess has a future in Northern Ontario, and illustraved his talk-on organizing matters with the examples of small. communi- ties that became bastions in. the world of chess. - One of the handicaps to make ehess more popular, he said, is the general belief in a complexity of the game that does not exist. In fact, Mr. Herbst said, the rules are so simple that everybody can understand them after ten or fif- teen minutes study, and once these rules are mastered the beauty and the challenge of the game become apparent. Following his talk, and as a pre- lude to the programme for Sun- day, Mr. Herbst played 14 games simultaneously against the - local club members and won them all. A more rigid opposition was of- fered him on Sunday. afternoon, when he engaged in 35° games simultaneously against local play- ers as well as those present from Sudbury and Timmins. Following the discussions on organizing mat- ters, the chess master made his first quick. rounds along the tables shortly after 2 p.m. It soon be- came apparent were his moves were answered more resistively as -he paused a few more seconds at the boards, and it was-not until after 4 p.m. that the first results were scored. The number of games still in progress were then -reduc- ed until 6.15 when the last player bowed against the attacking power of Mr. Herbst, who had then used an average of seven minutes for every board he played. Mr. Herbst did not leave the arena unscathed, however, and in fact admitted a heavier resistance than he often encounters in simul- taneous play. Out of a total of 35 boards played he lost five games and drew seven, scoring 76 per cent out of the possible hundred. The victorious players were Dr. R. M. Buljubasic from Timmins, J. Fajez from Sudbury,' Geo: Hamilton, K. Bosch and Mrs. S. W. Bosch from Haileybury. Draws were achieved by Alphone Burb, Carl Marschall, J. Paranse- vicius, from Timmins, B. Schie- bold from Sudbury, Dr. W. C. Ar- nold and Dr. W. Sroka from Hail- eybury. THE WEATHER Week ending April 21, -1959. Max. .Min. Wednesdayeta. cu mane ss 52 30 BUULS Gaye cae cde eee 47 38 FOridayins vaissnurngnie arenes 51 30 Straube rhe 1 ve oeekic bibiaw ae 59 37 SUNG aY sen as soe er ae 47 24 WionGaye ene. em ae 43 23 IMOVIE 28 on eee ae Seee 59 24 - Third Body The body of Fred Durant of Barrie was recovered from the Montreal River Tuesday afternoon, about'.six months after he and three other persons were drowned on the wind-whipped river. Rene Garreau and Lawrence discovered the body floating in shallow water near the Latehford bridge. Constable Don Scanlan and Corporal Sid Daley of the OPP assisted Ken Buffam in taking the body from the water. Durant was one of a party of four who ignored warnings 'of ex- Recovered From Fall Drowning perienced river men and set out on the last day of October 'on @ wild, rough river for a hunting trip. Their overturned boat was discovered the next day by James Livingstone of Latchford. The body of William Beatty of Barrie was found floating near the boat and that of Mrs. Louise Lee washed up on the shore. An exten= sive search was made for two men also lost in the tragedy, but it was. abandoned shortly before freeze- up. Beatty's father, 45-year-old William Beatty has not yet been found. Ten to one Haileybury Chess Club here the guest "master the club hopes to make an annual event of the affair. held a successful multiple play series in the Haileybury Hotel last week-end, and " is taking on "a number of: local addicts. The evenings were so successful that NA ee ERI A ea 778 balt Post re ---- Ce a Se SHS