WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4) 1972,

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EVERY WEEK

’. Serving Terrace and District i

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fee 6 With election fever rampant
eee in Canada and the United
; States, MacMillan Bloedel,

Canada's largesl forest

products company, has chosen .

this moment to sponser’ the
y North American ‘television

’ premiere of a hilarious musical:
‘starring Carroll

me comedy,
fm O'Connor (television's Archie
ms Bunker}, which pokes fun at
some of the sacred cows of
politics and plays musical
chairs wilh the ballyhoo of a

m presidential campaign.

The show-is‘‘a: brilliant new | ~

W production,-made ‘specially, for

MM lelevision, of ihe Gershwin °

musical. which- was an. out:
‘slanding success on Broadway,

Se Monday, October 9 al 8:30 p.m.

maof non-slop music and en-
a terlainment which salirizes the
political scene,
It has a magnificent Ger.

elodies, and. stars of the

Meeeminence of O’Cinnor and"
loris Leachman, who won an ..

mQscar this year: for her:
dramatic performance in “The
Last Pieture Show", . .
With great, humour.and ‘pace |
See) tells the story of Wintergreen
ee O'Cunnor)’ a. brash, Fast-
alking presidential candidat e
mrom the slicks, who runs on the
mplatform of ‘love’, and backed

basement, *

A vote for this manisa vote for lave! On October
9 al 8:30 p.m. on the CBC national network,

= Carroll O'Connor stars in the North American
¥ ielevision premiere of “Of Thee I Sing”,

B brilliant political satire set to music by George ;

aCBC screen
“Of Thee I Sing”

. Tu be shown on the CB C-
fee cational nelwork in.colour on™:

“Of Thee I'Sing” is 90: minutes |

os shwin score, witha host of great_

“Phe. ‘reerac Light ‘Opera:

Agen: will bé- ~holding:

. .thly meeting Thursday, ‘October

th “at 8:00 p.m; in'the Libra

“Phis ‘meeting w

- gee the election of new officers,
“Algo there will be readings and

ut

by a motley crew of the most
incredible political pirates,
gallops straighl inlo the White
House.

. The show won a Pulitzer
Prize. It had the longest run on
‘Broadway | of any Gershwin
musical and the crities raved.
George Jean athan called it “a
landmark ‘in satirical musical
comedy", Brooks Atkinson, the

acidulous critie of ‘The New -

York Times desertbed it as

“funnier than the government
‘and not nearly so- dangerous,” -
The television version retains?
all the zest, colour.and charm of-

the original, production and’
- adds (a: bonus of magnifi- cent: -

costumes, fine settings and cman provides the love. interest

ingenious production. ,

It has wide appeal. Foradults |

who ‘remember - "Of Thee I
Sing”. when it was breaking
records on Broadway, and the
melodies were on everyone's
lips, il is rich in nostalgia.

A younger generation which
has. grown up in a. world of
flower children and ‘love’
buttons, will enjoy. the political
salire, the timeless score and

‘worider at ‘ihe foresight of a
“playwright ‘who 40 years ago .

created a slage politician who

‘campaigned | on the’ ticket. of .

love,
Fur those who just: want 90
minules of sheer escapism, It’s

-a riol of colour, fun, and great...

music.

its’ mon-, :

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4.1972 ee eee

Gershwin, O'Connor plays JobnP. Wintergreen,
a Mos t unlikely presidential candidate, who
’ sings and dances his way into the White House on

~ the ticket of “love”. Oscar winner Cloris Leach-
mani provides the romantic interest,

Gershwin’s

The Americans, with their _
penchant for the ticker-tape: —
parade, ihe balloons and
streamers, have never been
slow to poke fun at their own

political foibles and peccadillos, * .

In this new version of ‘Of Thee I

Sing” they have produced a'

‘television masterpiece.

ing as Wintergreen, He is‘a —
highly’ polished performance in -
the grand. tradition of musical

comedy: ' His warmth, jhis.fine .
“gomedie ability: anda pleasant:
“singing voice, raise him to new’

theatrical status. Cloris Leach-

with great style-and there is a-
superb cameo performance
from Jack Gilford as Throt- -

_tlebottom, the vice-presidential

‘candidale whom everyone

‘ignores.

’ When “Of Thee I Sing” made.

history- by becoming the first :
musical comedy’ to win’ a
Pulitzer ‘Prize for drama, the’.
citation read<"This ‘award may.
seem! unusual, but the’ © play is
unusual... ae

Which may ‘be the iitimate in
understatement, The show is a”
unique combination of: great ,
music, riotous humour and fine.’

talent. On October 9, ‘your: vate : 2
will i) to Wintergreen! vide!

- Carroll O’Connor {s outstand-

. shared. with Ontario -

increase’

‘

Only province in Canada to
report a decline in population

Since 1966, Saskatchewan ac- ..
tually gained in- every marital -
status category except children ‘
: Statistics Canada’.

under ‘15,-
census | tabulations revealed’

today. Co Poe

The province showed in-
creases in single persons 15 and .

over, married people, -widows, *”

widowers and divorced persona,

a drop of 40,514 in the number -

of children under. 18 accounted:

for the net loss of 20,10 or a
decrease of 3,0 per cent,

Manitoba reported a decline
of 20,384 in: the sarne category,
but. this ‘was offset by sub-.
stantial increasesin the number
of single persons 15 and. over,
(13, 736) and married persons
(26,372),

British Columbia and Alberta
2
distinctionof. being the only

three provinces to .show an
increase in: * the under 15 age

; Broup.
totaling more than 11,000. ‘But .

‘per cent).

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group. one
The Pacific’ Coast - province:
had ‘the. highest proportion ‘of...

both -married- and’ divorced,
persons © in: Canada,””-With

"1,042,520 married. persons (47.7 -
per cent of ita total population): |
>, a gain of 171,788 in five years,

British Columbia’ had the
highest rate of increase in the.
country (19.7 per cent) for this -

Ther ratio of divorced perecis :
in British Columbia to total :
population (1.6 per cent) wag
‘double the nailonal average,
and far higher than that of any
other provineé but Alberta (1.3
B.C. divorced
population grew from 15,197 to

‘35,190 in. te five-year period,
while ‘Alberta’s increased from

8,269 to 21,285.

‘Alberta also had the ‘second —

_largest increase in the number.
of its married population, which
grew from 641,632 to 737,495, for
a growth rate of 14.9 per cent:

‘Winter shown in latest
issue of beautiful british
columbia magazine

The winter 1972 issue of
_ Beautiful Brilish. Columbia
. Magazine, now on sale, gives
‘the snowy season ils due with
photo stories about the Trap-
‘pers’ Rendezvous at. Fort.
Nelson and the Snow Festival at
Revelstoke... pce on

Ot

. the’ ‘Department of Travel In-
dustry,:“deal ‘with, the: com- .
munity. of. Armstrong ~ “where

‘Which brand of skates i is
_ recommended by the

‘articles ‘in. “the ‘fall .

‘ colour" quarterly, published by, " photographic ©

the cheese comes from’’: _
sea-walk- in
Stanley Park;

Vancouver's “
the Playhouse’

Theatre’ Company in’ Van---

couver, and the composite ghost
lawn of Three Valley Gap on'the:
Trars-Canada ee weat af
- Revelstoke... ae :

WPortraits. of. ‘Nature’ on
essay |. by |
photographer William Dekur of -
North Varicouver, complete the
issile. '

Bide ahve aad 1
soot neon

'. Pakistan,
* Lanka -
. Australasia and .Oceania (ex- -

the a

deadlines.

“Don’t -look: now,” “pit: “here ©

" cothes Santa Claus!:-

_<-And just ahead of him is the
Canada Post Office which today

réleased: the” first mailing.

; deadlines for. Christmas.

“Canadians are. given: the
hoice . of sending °

Jess, orby air mail, speedier but

-more- expensive, For unsealed:

parcels under one pound;
‘Canadians can benefit from the

‘new Small Packets rate of —

postage for both air and sur-
face... -
“While | you. “have” until ‘the

beginning of December to mail.

parcels by air to overseas
destinations, the deadline, is-

going to the Middle East, India,
Bangladesh, . Sri.
(Ceylon), all of

cept Australia and Fiji - Oc-
ober. 13th) and the Orient

(except Japan and Hong Kong - .

October 20th} .

Other deadlines for in-
‘ternational surface parcel post
are as follows:

- And the deadline is October
éth for all of. Africa, with: the
exceplion of South Africa
(October 20th) ;

Other deadlines for “in-
ternational surface parcel post”
are as follows: October 13th -

Cuba; October 20th - Europe
(except Britain), Central and
america (except Cuba);

Deadlines for - international
air parcel post, and for parcels
going to destinations in North
_ America, fall in the first ‘two
. weeks of December. Please
check with your. local past of-

External, ‘Affairs.
‘sharp spoke ‘of the. Chinese
people as “800 million potential
customers.’ -.

“We have. ports here in the
forth,” states John E, Mitchell,

Liberal Candidate for Skeena, :
“Let us get a piece of the profits -
from the export trade.” -?
.“Northern products must be-'”’
-Northern

‘hauled. through
ports.” is one of the platforms

. strongly Supported by Mitchell. -

. Completely lined with
Pony kip leather.
“Sanitized"

Rigged leather outer sole
cnelptormed na fied a sleet :

> abled by Mr. C.C. Pratt that the schools continue to;

their |
“Christmas parcels by surface, —

- which may take longer butcosts coverings on gymnastum floors toavoid possible damage to te

. Sheet Metal’ Lui $60,104; and A. Clark Roofing (Northern) Lid;

October 2nd for surface parcels. 2M. D..R; Smyth, District Superintendent of ‘Schools was

.Minister .

_ deavour tofind the extent and cause of pollution ...

. Monday, October. 30th; The Board. apprayed. ..

Tengon guard reintoreed

(GENERAL MEETING. OF . ‘HE ‘BOARD ©
TRUSTEES SKEENA-CASSIAR. SCHOOL DISTRICT.

| .The School ‘Board gave’ ‘unanimous ‘approval’

-parchade
. schoo! supplles for resale to puplls.'Mr. W.L. Ort, rincipal ‘of oe
Clarence Michiel Elementary School.told the Boar that these”
- gales are handled by the school stenographer at the office and sa
not by teachers. The average, Cost per child is $1, 2 for, these .
supplies, .

.:Mr. F, Locke, Assistant Becretary Treasurer reported: that, .
Mr, C, Gianna, City Parks and Recreation Director, bas con-—
_ firmed that theice Arena will be available free for school ise 11
. hours per week on (hree mornings. Mr. Gianna was advised that
* the Board will,-as in-the past, ofter the Recreation Commission
extension use of school facilities. .

..Mr, P.G. YaalHenke, District Project Superintendesit; was’
asked by the Board, to investigate the possibility of using floor

finishes by chairs, tables and outdoor footwear.

..The District Project Superintendent also reported that nee ;
out of Five roofing contractors invited: to bid on the Calédonis:
Senior High School roof replacement project had subniitied -
tenders as follows: - Okanagan Reofing $75,000; Telkwa Roof &

$46,310. It was unanimously approved that the tender of A. Clark
‘ Roofing (Northern) Lid., be accepted, subject to Departmental
approval.

- asked by the Board to investigate complaints received: about the,
rat charge d to Terrace: secondary students.

.. The Board received unanimous upproval ona School Laan iy:
Law authorizing the issue and sale to the British. Columbia.
School Districts Capital Financing Authority of debentures in
the principal amount of $106,000 bd ) ment caphtal expenses. for
school purposes.

.-The Board approved a resoltuion n giviig authority’ ‘to the
Secretary-Trensurer to request the approval of the Minister of
. Education. for the borrowing of money as required,‘ by
‘way of temporary loan not to exceed In the aggregate of $690,000
‘to finance projects. detailed in Order-in-Council No, 720.

Mr, E. Redmond, Principal of Terrace Vocational School,
addressed the Board, giving detalls of a proposal, approved ia.
principle bythe Department of Education, to ‘establish a
Regional College, accommodated in the Vocational ‘School.

..Distriet Superintendent D.R..Sinyth reported to: ‘the: ‘Board
that Caledonia. Senior Secondary School ‘had. “received
notification of. complete Accreditation by the Provincial: Ac-
creditation Committee. :

..Mr, LK; 0*Farrell, Vice-Principal of Cassie Hall Elementary
School was authcrized by -the Board o attend: the: At
ministrators’. Conference in Octoher. -. - :

.Mrs. MR. Dualfus was granted a Professtoxial improgément
Bonus in respect of courses she had taken in Englan¢: during the ‘
summer holidays.

. School enrolments asat September Mth showed » a ital of 5,613
students as compared ¢ to5, 387 at June, 30th « ‘an increase of 216
pupils. .

-..The Pollution Control Branch of the Province of British
Columbia has requested permission to place méanuriag
equipment on the roofs of three schools in Terrace in aa bel

.. The Returning Officer for the Federal Election has verjttented ;
the use of the Thornhill Elementary..gymnasium and either
- Caledonia or Clarence Michiel gymnasium as polling etatloae « ha

.Department of Education ofticials whai are planning. Thirnhill .
Junior Secondary School called steel pre-tenders: for September:
15, Building designs are seventy per cent complete and tenders
should be called in the first half a October, and: closed in late.
jOctober. .

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