that the part or Road! would be played by a girl. LESS ORIGINALITY

Then it was the turn of the girls who d e to try out for the part of Silky, the kindly 1fairy who befriends Noddy. The igirls showed much less origin- ;ality in their selection of songs

20 The Guardian, Charlottetown, Mon. Dec. 24, 1962.

Priest brought true spirit into homes of lonely, poori

By M. McIntyre Hood

Theatre features Noddy in Toylandv .

LONDON -— London's Scala fair. He is no newcomer to the iof them, with long yellow hair,

I h I. , t. , ‘ Theatre has chosen Enid Bly- stage, because he has een sang “over t e Rainbow" but 1 “1” get help in “00““18 the Iment 0‘ the” beloved l‘am" ton's story of Noddy. that im- taking part in stage productions one little girl was different. and

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' . ' branches in Gaspe County in lthe common pursuit of common ,goais.

G' P ' ‘ He referred to the speeches in the house in the last two days

i n wh h M f l OTTAWA (CF) '— Gum's lhave (tilled Ifgr igfievfelfl 2:25;: Gaspe Duality has been cited in at English-French understand-

culturai. bilongunl larity. Willi")!!-

the 00m 35 I mode] of hi. ing. 'and an inquiry to seek a the loss ran as high as $10,

an. English suggested that the answer lies in an examine. tion of conscience.

WAREHOUSE BURN!

burned Saturday. Estimates of

Roland English ‘PC—Gaspe); said his riding’s 7.800 French- speaking and 1.800 English speaking families live in peace and harmony.

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LONDON - ather Joe Wil~1dinners and bringing people toidoe. So far. no successor has mortal cmtm.part boy part since he was four years old_ sang Schubert's “Rosebu I £iamson, of St. Paul's Church. the hall" said Father Joe. “but lbeen found to take over his puppet and part crochet}; 01d CHOOSING CAST 059 u Stepney. ill London‘s slu m we need from $130 to $210 to jchurch — and he says “No one man, as its pantomine for the It was quite a day at the In the stalls sat a crowd of ridden East End. is retiring tprovide the food. Most of these seems to want the job." But if 1962 Christmas season. And theiscala Theatre when scores 0

from his charge at the end of 3 people would not have any the position is open this time this year. But he will always be .(i‘hrilstmas dinner, and this is ,next year. Father Joe has giv remembered by his parishion- t e cast I can do for them." ' .

ers as their priest who brought‘ It is little wonder that the 3“ assurancefhat ‘3’ w!“ again the true spirit of Christmas joy .people of his parish in Stepney jbe “mums his Chr’Stmas d1“ into the homes of the aged, the ‘are sad at the coming retirc- 1 hers.

lonely and the poor of his par-i [sh ‘

This all b e g a it when 0 n e Christmas Day he saw a lonely old lady. well over 80, about to sit down alone to eat a Christ-1 mas dinner of one small ch0p.i That was too much for Father

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Joe Williamson. He hurried from the home of the old lady, Mrs. Clara Few, in John F i s h e r ‘ Street. Stepney. to St. Paul's! Vicarage in Dock Street, where: his family and friends were pre~ paring to enjoy a turkey dinnner with all the trimmings.

uickly carving a portion of turkey, and making up a gen- ernns hamper of food. he was soon back with Mrs. Few, serv- lng her the best Christmas din- her she had ever had.

STARTED PROJECT

That incident happened nine years ago, but it was the start of an annual Christmas project which has made Father Wil- liamson beloved throughout his parish. Every Christmas since then. the 67-year~old white- haired vicar of the East End parish, has collected money to buy Christmas dinners for the old. lonely and infirm people of Stepney.

This year, he is going to make a banner Christmas be- fore his retirement. The man known to his parishioners as Father Joe plans to provide a Christmas dinner and a TV show afterwards for 20 to 30 people at the church hall. For those who cannot travel. he Will still tour houses on Christmas morning giving away food par- re s.

'n holiday season;

By M. MclNTYRE HOOD

LONDON —— While beer is still the main alcoholic beverage of the average Englishman, wines are gradually finding a greater acceptance in public favor for the Christmas festive season. For some years now, there has been a firm increase in th 8

market for all kinds of wines at. ,

Christmas, but this year th e emand has surpassed all form- er records. All the major wine companies in England report that the upswing developed very rapidly in the last two months, and that there has been a very substantial improvement over the 1961 season. Christmas trade, in fact, has become the crux of the whole wine business, and this year’s improvement has been reflected in the up- ward movement of the shares of wine companies on the Stock Exchange. EFFECTS OF TAX

Last year. Christmas sales were held back by the purchase tax surcharge which was im- posed in July of 1961. It made a considerable difference to the prices of wines and spirits. This year, people have had time to become accustomed to the high- er prices. And while in the early months of 1962 the figures

of .sales left much to be desir- ed. there has been a very strong pickup in the latter part of the year, and C hr i s tmas trade has been reaching boom proportions.

Comments from the leading wine companies have all been enthusiastic. A typical comment

“Christmas this year h a 3 been very good. The people have had a lot of time to get their supplies. There is the Sat- urday well ahead of Christmas, many people will be working on Monday. so they will be out and about. It really amounts to a long weekend of Christmas cele-

part of Noddy in this pantomine -—-Noddy in Toyland— is to be played by Carlo Cura, a small boy of 12 years old with brown ieyes, freckles and litle curls.

y Caro’s father is a restaurant proprietor, with his establish- ment on Duke Stret, in May-

?Taste for Wine uPi'é”ii‘e’=aa‘¥T‘“ °“

SALES TRENDS

Sherry tops the list for popu- larity for Christmas sales. has been helped partly by t h e high prices for spirits. Gin and whiskey remain popular, but ,the surtax charge has hit them, and vodka is a fast - selling riv- al. Port is selling reasonably well, but table wines have rea- ched a new high of popularity. British people are tu r n more and more to the light table wines from the continent, and they are finding a larger

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children turned up for auditions for the leading parts of Nodd and Silkie. Carlo Cura had tak- en the precaution of turning up in a Noddy hat. It was of blue felt. pointed. and with a bell. He was wearing a Noddy red jer- sey, and he had also lea rned the Noddy song for his audition. All morning long. aspiring Noddies took the stage to pre-

representatives of the agencies and the stage schools. Their comments indicated that they discounted most of the girls as

Their choice finally fell on 15- year old Elaine Miller of Shen- fied. With black hair, she was smoking a cigarette. in spite of her age, indicating the sophis- tication of one who had made

too fat for the part of Silky. ,3

They are true Gsspeslans, he said. There was no talk of race. They didn't speak of religion. And there was no talk of lan- , uage.

Mr. English said veterans of both languages mix freely in three Royal Canadian Legion

numerous appearances in Lon- don's West End.

sent their talents. Most of them ,

were boys in little grey shorts;1 and sweaters. They sang varied * selection of songs. ranging all the way from “The Skye Boat to “Marching Through Georgia.” Some of them quav- ered nervously when they rea- ched the top notes. One small boy sang “Silent Night". The pianist did all he could to help by putting in masses of express-

Among those who came for the audition. only to be sadly disappointed, was a small girl

place in the Christmas bus» who had travelled from Not-

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