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. o o . - ° 'Eski A W'rk Thornnlll Secondary Wms Drama Festival PrehmmaryAt roifichzo. 8 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontariox ThursdayLAprilJ. 1963 l @0nsumers’@as RICHMOND HILL -â€" 285-48" Mr. Lacey. who is classics master of Upper Canada Col“ lege and has been on the executive of the Central On- tario Drama League, remin- ded his audience that this was a play which demanded realism, and that not only was the play based on real people and real happenings, but one of the people who had been involved in the ori- ginal happenings now lives in Toronto. He felt that the necessary realism had been well achieved by the Thorn- hill group. BY MARGARET I. McLEAN "An excellent presenta- tion of a complex and diffi- cult play" and “solid team work" were some of the phrases used by adjudicator Howard Lacey in announc- ing that Thornhill Secondary School's presentation of “The Diary of Anne Frank" had won the third preliminary of Simpson's Collegiate Drama Festival on March 29th. 2. 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When the frost “comes out”, as milder tempera- tures prevail, ground movement will be greater than in other years. The Works Departments of many municipalities have warned of the dam- age that has already occurred to streets and paving, and that more damage will take place. Repairs to broken roads, water mains, etc., cost thousands of dollars each year and the estimates this year are greater than ever. The‘ma‘ny‘miles of gas mains buried in the ground, as well as sewer net- Cast of “The Dover Road" pictured in the above photo- graph are back row (left to right) Producer Director N. Roy Clifton; (Leonard) Steph- en Best; (Dominic) George Neal; (Latimer) Lawrence Brice; (Footmen) Douglas Ja- meson and David Pollard; (Maids) Louise Monks and Sha- ron Cowan. Front row left to right: (Eustasia) Lisa Jackson; (Anne) Jane Clifton; (Nicholas) Craig Sully. Bottom picture shows Miss J. Bastido and Mrs. A. Taylor. directors of Thorn- hill’s “Diary of Anne Frank" receiving top award presenta- tion in the Drama Festival Pre- liminaries from Festival Direc- tor Kem Watts. )f vital importance to you Again in the Spring of I963 Your Gas Company asks your assistance Drama Any noticeable bubbling in pools of w enqer me nest possmle service by reporting ANY STRANGE ODOUR s quickly at any time of the day or night. PUBLIC NOTICE (Photo by Barbour) Awards Robert Reoch's portrayal Mr. Frank was “strong, dignified and mature" sta- The other schools taking part in the preliminaries, held at Thornhill Secondary School, were Bayview Secon- dary School which presented Eugene Ionesco's “The Bald Soprano” and Richmond Hill High School which presen- ted Act III of A. A. Milne's "The Dover Road." Four young people were singled out as hav- ing the most promise. Robert Reoch. who play- ed the part of Mr. Frank and Alita Wise who played Anne Frank in the Thornhill pro- duction. Patsi Higgs of Bayview who was the maid in The Bald SoD- rano, and Craig Sully from Richmond Hill High School who played the part of Nicholas in The ,Dover Road. ‘ater on the ground and streets. A grade 9 student. Karen Jolliffe was also commended for her work and was told she had given a pleasant in- terpretation of Miep, the Dutch intermediary. Keith Corkill‘s part as Pieter was called “a good attack." Mari- lyn Thompson's Margot was noted as being “subdued and quiet but strong in her emotional portrayal". Jim Gibson as Mr. Dussel “got a good reaction and was quite professional." Alita Wises's portrayal of Anne was designated "a wonderful presentation" and a “sensitive portrayal". She had lots of life stated Mr. Lacey and at one point when she accidentally knocked over a lamp, she recovered it like a professional. ted Mr. Lacey and added that he had some difficulty in realizing that the actor playing the part was ‘actual- 1y 3 young man. Mr. Lacey found Thorn- In discussing the campaign Mrs. Gordon Purves, local cam- paign chairman said that it was difficult to make the point year after year that there was great need and a great urgency in the appeal in order that funds may be made available to car- ry on the fight against cancer both in research and treatment. She said that one need only visit a hospital and talk to pa- tients, or to their loved ones, to realize that cancer is a ter- rible disease and that its cost in terms of lives and unhappi- neSS can scarcely be imagined. Mrs. Purves said “that the Canadian Cancer Society is do- ing all it can to bring about the final defeat of this human scourge. It is fighting cancer by means of research which will one day solve the riddle of cancer and show us how to prevent it or cure it. It is fightâ€" ing cancer by means of educa- tion impressing upon all of us the importance of regular health check-ups and early treatment once cancer is diag- nosed. The society is also fight- ing cancer by means of welfare services which gives to patients aid and comfort. To do all these things", Mrs. Purves said. “the Canadian Cancer Society needs money". It was pointed out that this year fully 86 per cent of all funds used by the National Cancer Institute of Canada for its research projects will be provided from the campaign of the Canadian Cancer Society, almost half of Whose budget is earmarked for research pur- poses. The annual campaign of the Canadian Cancer Society’s Richmond Hill Unit will open on April 1. The unit’s objective this year will be $19,500 and will contribute towards a pro- vincial objective of $2,000,000 and a total national aim of $3,- 682,000. Cancer Society Opens Campaign On April lst. SERVICES NEEDED TRY "LIBERAL" CLASSIFIEDS FOR BEST RESULTS Mrs. Purves expressed the hope that the Rich- mond Hill community will once again do its part in this vital cause and see that the community‘s ob- jective is attained. Miss Frances Halfpenny, editor of the University of Toronto Press and a member of the University Alumnae Dramatic Club. was the second adjudicator and she discussed the Ionesco play presented by Bayview. .The theme of the play, said Miss Halfpenny, is the banality of people, their thoughts and conversations. It is. in effect. a satire on suburbia, and shows how little there often is in our conversations. One scene between a couple who explore at great length just where they have seen each other before and then disco~ ver that they are man and wife, is intended to show how people, even when mar- hill‘s set solid and substan- tial and the use of back- ground music and sound ef- fects good, but suggested that the costumes should be a little more worn and shab- by a_nd that the pace could be varied at times. Phone TU. 4-1105 OB. AV. 5-3316 ‘New Ontario Foundation Tax Plan iTo Ease School Financial Burdens In his report to the last meetâ€" the local municipality than the ing of the Richmond Hill Pub- proportion that its residential lic School Board, Superinten- and farm assessment bears to dent Gordon McIntyre referred the total public and separate to a statement made by the residential and farm assess- Premler of Ontario in the legis- ment. It would appear that this lature on February 21, an- category will not increase nouncing an Ontario Founda- grants to this board, the report tion Tax Plan which will be- stated. come effective in 1964. (A.) Corporate Tax Adjust- ment Grant for All Elementary Schools: The grant proposed will supplement the revenues of any elementary school board which is receiving a lesser pro- portion of school tax paid on corporation assessment within Of particular interest, the re- port points out, is the reference to the introduction of Oral French into the curriculum. There are now 113 public and separate school boards in the province teaching Oral French to English speaking pupils. “This is helped by the equali-l zation grants given by the De- partment of Education, which are open to all boards, public and separate. 1 Section 3: Equalization Grants: This portion of the grant is to be divided Into three categories â€" The report pointed out that the plan will provide grants to school boards under the follow- ing sections. Section 1 - Basic Tax Relief Grant: this will be a flat grant per pupil of average daily at- tendance, and will include the present Residential and Farm School Tax Assistance Grant. Section 2: Special or Stimu- lation Grants: The general prin- ciple in this section is the con- tinuation of the present policy of deliberate stimulation of school boards through financial as well as other means to ex- periment continuously in the ways and means whereby the school system may be progress- ively improved. Included in this section are special grants on such items as milk, text- books, evening classes, auxiliary classes, and change of munici- pal status. Richmond Hill's presenta- tion of The Dover Road was discussed by the third adju- dicator, Mr. Charles Jolliffe, a teacher of English and art at Northview Heights Col- legiate. He felt the play showed evidence of good team work but advised the players to relax a little more and have more fun out of it. Lisa Jackson as Eustasia had “a wonderfully irritating quality" Mr. Jolliffe stated, and Craig Sully as Nicholas had a very good voice, as did George Neal as Dominic. Stephen Best as Leonard was “suitably unheroic and misâ€" erable" he said, and ate very “ would like to congratu- late the students for trying this play. It is very modern and a great challenge. They made a very good attempt at it,” Miss Halfpenny con- cluded. : I'E' ‘1‘: ' V 5! 1" =:',, 2.543;. V . 1 . ,- :‘i‘Z " ‘_ r - I} VT; _'_;:‘ “A :,,;,, '.»; II: I . ‘ V ‘ H: V > ’1‘ ‘3 ". x - -- , '. “l: l ‘Yfiz "J i .' ’4 ., w . < , r ‘3‘ 'T ‘_ 3‘1"“ VV I {I} ‘ r» ‘7 V . . A)“; 1‘ I 3| -' -, .. an n I I ‘ F :I' ' ,- 1 #4. x : fiiMcINTOSH MERCURY ried to each other, can't rec- ognize each other and fail to communicate. the Much of the play was like sitting in the subway and listening to a conversation taking place in the seat be- hind you. when you hear neither the beginning nor MiSS Halfpenny felt that the Bayview stud- ents had a good under- standing of what the Play was about (which was possibly more than the audience had) and that it was an ambitious effort. It was extremely difficult she said to sustain this series of non-sequitors and non- sensical conversation and to play it straight. end of the éonvergation. YOU CAN BUY A NEW SALES l'I'D. THORNHILI. Yonge IBlock North of Steeles Ave. 7 “Your Local Authorized Mercury Monte rey â€" Meteor â€" Comet Dealer” In speaking to the press, Mrs. Taylor expressed the greatest appreciation for the wonderful help the players had received from both stu- dents and staff of the school. Almost 50 people were in- voIved in last Friday's pres- entation, as the result' of which the very substantial set was dismantled in some- thing like five minutes. The above outline is express- ed in general terms, and it does not indicate in any way how the grants to an individual board will be effected in 1964, the re- port says. ..(B.) Recognized Extraordin- ary Expenditure Grant: A per- centage of the total recognized extraordinary expenditures will be paid as a grant, graded ac- cording to growth-need and to assessment per classroom. (Q) School Tax Equalization Grant: This part comprises the basic equalization or “founda- tion” grant, to which the other‘ grants will be added in order to obtain the total grant pay- able to the board.) The prin- ciple of this basic equalization grant is that the government will guarantee to each school board in the province sufficient revenue from this provincial grant to enable it to meet a satisfactory level to recognize operating costs. The province will specify the ceiling or max- imum up to which the govern- ment will guarantee a reason- able, proper, and sufficiently, variable revenue from the pro- vincial grants which, together with local taxation, will meet the requirements. By this meth- od the province will ensure complete equalization of reven- ue for schools up to the levels specified for grant purposes. Readers may order re- prints of staff photos appearing in “The Liberal” at the newspaper office, 63 Yonge Street South, Rich- mmd Hill. Winners will be chosen at seven preliminaries and six of these will be picked to compete in the finals to be held at Hart House.Theatre on April 26 and 27. Tro- phies will be presented to winners of the finals, one for each evening and smaller trophy replicas will go to each preliminary winner. The six finalists will be aw- arded $200 to divide among them to defray production and travelling costs. Special awards will be presented at Hart House to individual actors and actresses who give the best performances throughout the festival. vr-J -...y L only other the remote mere Islam The mu: Mr. Scott life of the contains i hunting, fi most impm our on th‘ course of 1 of the C. I at the pox the Chris when mail settlement. Prior to the mural She was also most appre- ciative of the mature and responsive audience which at several points during the Diary of Anne Frank. burst lnto spontaneous applause. wen, something very diffi- cult to do on the stage. REPRINTS AVAILABLE The directors of “The Diary of Anne Frank", Mrs. Audrey Taylor and Miss J. Bastedo were called to the stage by the festival director and master 0! ceremonies for the evening Mr. Ken Watts, and were warmly applauded. Charles Hewitt Public School is the proud possessor of a 20 foot long mural depictlng life in the Canadian arctic. The mural executed on heavy brown wrapping paper with co- lored chalk is the work of 11 Es- kimo children who live on El- lesmere Island and who are be- ing taught in the recently com- pleted school by Peter Scott. Peter's sister, Joyce Scott. who is on the teaching staff of Charles Howitt School received the mural from her brother who is on a two-year teaching assignment at the Northern Af- ‘fairs Department school on El- lesmere Island. At this post he is recognized as being the most northerly situated teacher in Canada. Prior to reaching Miss Scott the mural was on display in Ottawa by the Department of Northern Affairs. Mr. Scott who left on his as- signment last August with his wife Barbara and two children Timothy 11 and Larry 9, reach- ed their destination on board the Canadian government sup- ply ship the C. D. Howe. The only other means of access to The mural as described by Mr. Scott depicts the whole life of the Eskimo children and contains illustrations of seal hunting, fishing. and the two most important events that oc- cur on the island during the course of the year, the arrival of the C. D. Howe, which calls at the port once a year and the Christmas day air-drop when mail is parachuted to the settlement. the remote settlement on Bikes mere Island is by air. you'll love yourBam shoe store at A little heel, a saucy toe, lace ’em up and you’re ready to go. Choose from 5 “Tops in Teens” styles and lots more besides-shoes for dancing, shoes for fun and shoes for when you’re on the run. 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