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_ PAY SILENT TRIBUTE |

Almost half-a--century roll-

a ed back from the calendar of

years as a gallant band of 27 men paused at the Queen Square monument yesterday to pay silent tribute to com- rades who did not come home

- ——- -

Versatile Peter Mews os

from France with them. Head- ed by association president’H. K. Burchard, Toronto, mem- bers of the 2nd Canadian Siege Battery Association (the old 98th). break into their re- union to lay a Wreath. Stand-

ing with Mr. Burchard facing ! the monument—is--Lieut. Col. -+

FB. Conrad, Charlottetown. The old battery went overseas on November 26, 1915, and re-

Actor, Painter, Designer

~Ry- MARIAN BRUCE

Peter Mews has been blessed with the ability to make people laugh.

He's been doing just that for the past 18 vears as a veteran of “Spring Thaw'’—the only per- former to appear in every “Thaw’’ show since its incep- tion in 1948

He's “also applied his gift. for comedy jo numerous other stage and television productions

But Mews is not just a come- dian. He’s also a painter, a de- signer and an extremely . good character actor s

Mews, who- offstage is not-.se much a clowns as simply a pleasant, loquacious and amic- avle man, thinks _of himself—as an. actor first, and perhaps not as a comedian, as such, at ail

“When I'm given cemedy, I apply myself as an actor comedy roles,’ ‘he says

“TL could never be a standup comedian, like Dave Broad- foot, for example”

BELOVED MATTHEW

His favotite roles are older eharactor rarts—like the grand- pa in ‘‘You Can't Take Jt With You'’...or the beloved Matthew in ‘Anne of Green Gables.’

He doesn't find the latter part articularly difficult because ‘I ike playing Matthe so much... the only twinges J had about the

Salesman Now Beef Grower

FW. “Rill Slade has closed a career of 15 vears as a sales executive for the Montreal ra- dio stdtion, CKAC, the first Can- adian French language station, to open a new career growing feeder cattle on the 168 acres of Heather Ranch at Hope River, P.E.I

Shortiy before Mr. Slade left Montreal to devote full time to farming he was honored by the Commonwealth of Massachus- etts with a speciai citation from J.T. Burke, Department of Com- merce Commissioner, for his outstanding services to the state {n_travel_promotion..Mr. Slade also is the only Canadian to be an honorary citizen of the State of New Hampshire, likewise a recognition of his help in trade and tourist promotion

* Long “active’-around “Montreal in the promotion of the annual Shriners’ circus with proceeds going to help crippled children, Bill Slade also setved as a dir- ector of the Air Cadet League of Canada and on the Quebec pro- vincial -committee.. He was a director of the Quebec chapter of the “Hotel Managers Associa- tion, director .of _the -Mid-Town Merchants Association of. .Mon- treal, and served on the speak- ers committee of the Montreal Advertising and Sales Execu- tives Club. ”

to.

~ others who have-watched *

EASTERN BRIEFS

= BREAKS ARM

Rarry Lannigan, son of © Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lannigan of Hamilton, Ont., broke his: arm

while playing at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jo- seph Lannigan, Montague

LEAVE FOR HAMILTON

Mr. and Mrs. Gil McCarron and family have left for their home in Hamilton, Ont., after a holiday with Mrs. Frank McCar- ton in Montague.

PETER MEWS

part were at the beginning. when L knew John Drainie, who-+ played Matthew in the — tele-

‘vision. version, was zoing. to. be out there-watching-*

Drainie was at that time star- ring in ‘Laugh. with -Leacock” at Confederation Centre.

He, apparently, was as_ en- thisiastic over Mews’ .interpret- ation of the role as thousands of “Anne” during: the past few weeks

Few of even the-most-cynical have been able to sit dry-eved through the plays more moving moments, particularly the death scene—a_reaction which is part- ly a tribute to Donald Harron’s scnipt, but in great measure a comment on Mews” acting~skill

And even in the third week of rehearsals ‘here, the scene -con- tinued to set the rest. of the

“Festival” cast to snuffling

In the weeks since “‘Anne* first. opened, the names Peter Mews and Matthew Cuthbert have _become_practically’ synov- mous in the minds of many.

BYPASSED HIM

But since he's not easily re- cognizable when he dons _ his Matthew role, autograph héunds, fresh from_an “‘Anne"’ perform-_ ance, often unknowingly bypass: “ed him -during-the-first-week—or so of the show.

Mews says he hasn't ‘‘had the chance to do anything as neaty as Matthew for the past 10 years.”

Veles.ision.and.that.bard stage perennial, “Spring Thaw’, have kept him pretty busy.

He's not sure whether he wants to do another “Thaw” show. ‘After all, 18 years. ae He sighs.

“It was a very this year—heavier _ technically than last year. Last year, there was the thrill of going coast_to coast for the first time. and we had almost perfect weat- her- fot touring. This year, we ran into practically everything.’

The tour, statting in Vancou- ver, involved three months of travel in an unpredictable old bus ... brakes which failed on steep mountain roads flat tires “which buses NEVER get” crowded seating ar- rangements ... and lack of sleep.

Most communities held opén- ing night receptions which trag-

tiring show

ged into the early morning hours. Then it was up early, of- ten at 7 a.m., and on the road

Despite the fact “Thaw” has

“become established “as one -of

our” more pleasant Canadian tn-

stitutions, there are evidently areas. according to Mews, which haven't yet received the message

Like one small town in West- ern Canada. Its citizens had © ‘seen live theatre — the Cana- dian Players had. been through. And they knew: what opera was — they had watched touring Ca-

nadian Opera Company -mem- bers in action

Then “Spring Thaw’ -pulied \into town: x

turned May 5, 1919

| After the performance = there

was the usual reception. One

dear little woman was in rap-

tures over the show. : “But, you know,” she confid-

ed to ‘Thaw'’ cast members,

“T had the hardest time follow- ing the story.”’

FINDS ANNOYING

What Mews finds just plain annoying, though, is the reaction typified by another woman's re- ference to the cast as ‘‘ama- teurs'’ as. she gurgled over the show backstage.

“And what do you dgsfér a liv- ing?’ she asked.

Mews is probably still dream- ing up appropriate comebacks

‘to that remark

‘it has 15 years

He admits, however, been only in the past

ahe’s been able to make a living

from the stage.

Before he devoted full time to acting, he was using his artistic talents to display’ work.

His classes at high school were split into academic .and art courses, and in the drama club. he joined at school, he de- signed and painted scenery.

He began working in summer stock as a painter and designer, then started playing bit parts. “After about three years, I was. more than as a painter.” —His—professional_career-large-_ ly parallels that of another) “Anne’’ star, Barbara Hamil- ton, with whom “he ‘worked in stock companies in’ Peterbor- | ough, Ont., and Bermuda, — on! and- again “in ‘Spring Thaw.”

He was known to a generation | of children only as Timber Tom, whom he portrayed for seven) years on ‘Howdy Doody.” | JOINED ARMY SHOW

He joined the Canadian Army

Show in 1943, toured coast to coast, and went overseas with the, show to entertain troops in

England, Scotland, Italy, Bel- gium, France, Holland and Ger- many.

Johnny Wayne and = Frank Shuster were in that same show. He later worked with the come- dy team on a W and § television | production for the CBC, but says “Wayne and Shuster in Charlot- tetown"’ at Confederation Cen- tre was the first stage show he'd seen .the pair in since the army tour.

Mr. Mews “says he's” “very happy working in Canada.”” He doesn't have Hollywood aspira- tions, and New York is ‘a real rat race e

Lots of actors and dancers : have had to leave Canada ‘ to| seek work, he points out. “I've been very lucky."’ -

He* did enjoy the slower pace of working in England where he performed in a revue called

“‘Clap-Hands‘’ for_six months _in 1962, along with Dave Broad- foot, Eric House, Corinne ley and others. |

He says he would like to re. turn to Stratford sometime, and wouid also like to try Neptune Theatre in Halifax ‘but that would keep me in the Maritimes for the winter: |

NEWFOU NDLAND

After’ ‘‘Anne”’ closes here to- night, he plans to take a 10-day holiday in Newfoundland to vis- it a gaggle of cousins there (one of them is mayor of St. John’s’. | Then he'll spend some time in! Halifax before returning to Tor- onto the first of October.

He's been asked to do a play at the Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg, and he'd like to do TV work in Toronto for a while.

Unmarried, he’s free to trav- el as his career demands. ~

Happily for audiencés here, Peter Mews hopes to return to Charlottetown for the 1966 Fes- tival. He savs he like-it here: it's almost, like being in the country —

Con-

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CRITICISES BE

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. (CP)-—-A. Chicago philosophy professor has criticized the Beatles for what he termed the basic erotic equal- ity of modern dancing evoked by current trends in music aimed at teen-aged audiences.

Prof. Calvin Seerveld “of symbolically something about Trinity - (Calvinist) College, the world that God can en- | OF the more serious note, speaking to a convention of joy."’ what happens to an astronaut young Calvinists from United The modern arts of painting during this ~ long “ p@riod — of States and Canada, said rhy- sculpture, music*-and dance, weightlessness, flight surgeon thms of the Beatles’ A Hard should be analysed by -Chris- Charles A Berry had this ex- Day's Night are a dark tians in terms of what they change with Cooper: frenzy which capture powers have to say about God in the Berry: “Do -both—of—you- feel beyond the realm of godli- world. that you're getting enough food . ness. . Using the 2ames Rond.i 900 enough sleep, from ,your “You should ~not- tease in movie From Russja With Kove °"" VERON | public with what you cannot as an example, Dr. Seerveld Cooper: “I think » definitely | pay off in private,” he said, said“‘in this movie the law of enough food, and I think we're % referring to one of the latest God is interpreted -as” sur- ‘Betting enough sleep now and | dance crazes, the frug. vial’’ and in it ‘‘God is not then. ka Dr, Seervelds’said teen-agers _ possible.” _ Berry: “Gordo, are you hav- should ask: ‘How does frug- On this basis the movie 1% ny trouble ‘with . these: ging help my faith?” should be denounced by Chris- tumbling~ rates? Have you had He said when. dancing tians. He suggested that some- any sort of symptoms. (of nau- “stopped being done to God or one informed should. write in goog gage y ‘- . * . s bi } 4 en parrot sie ae ie bedi al Berry: “Roger, we're looking e tghte—tnio--ite—-heale--enctiocomenee tthe Caristian jet all (he date, Gordo, for iis DL a ees | quality: Nowadays dancing udience about what is being period of fime now, after al- WEATHER | seems to be an attempt to get shown in movie theatres mom 148 hours, we haven't seen | : anything in ‘the (heart and

The Guardian, Charlottetown, Sat., Aug. 28, 1965. 5 oe voices, gay and high-spir- oe ek cee PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR and space centre

HEAR CONCERT

There was a concert of popu lar music, from Remember Me to Moon River, and there was this from Gemini control

“Stand by for a very tant announcement,”’

Then came a rousing version of The Eyes of Texas.

The concert had a ‘purpose. To see how long the astronauts can hear the radio

ATLE MUSIC

out, of Pour own skin.” Christian young should not accept cafeteria- stvle even the least offensive dance on the modern market, he said, but should decide for themselves ‘‘how controlled bodily movement an express

j e ee impor-

75, most regions late in the day ton 58 and 68? Outlook for Stin-

By late Sunday morning the gay. Sunny but cool. cooler and drier Jair should 2 : cover all three provinces and High tide today at Charlotte-

town At Rustico at 7.50 a.m.

give most localities a sunny day.

Regional forecasts:

Northern. Half. Lower. Saint Prince Ed- Island, Eastern New Brunswick Counties, Upper Saint John River Valley. Bay of Chaleur: Cloudy. Scattered showers and chance of a thun-. dershower this afternoon .and

lottetown 1.32 a.m. and 1.35 p.m. ward

later. Sun rises

minutes. town. a.m.

today at

(7.50 p.m. All: times ADT.

evening. Temperatures, much the

TONIGHT ONLY Show at Dusk gum

BIG DOUBLE BILL

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Edmundston and Campbell |

12.50 p.m. and. 12.42 p.m. and 8.51 p.m. High tide Sunday at here

At Rustico at 8.43 a.m. and 9 23 p.m. Summerside tide eighteen than Charlotte- 6.36 and sets—at-7.52 p.m. Rises Sunday at 6.37 a.m. and sets at

THIS 1S THE MIGHTY “MATTO GROSSO SAFARI

Pte) RS =

blood pressure’ rates that

TORONTO (€P)~-~ Observed e Prince Edward ‘Island. Second would concern us at_all..,..", temperatures: Grain Reports growth hay and pastures were 2 : |

Low Overnight High Friday : major beneficiaries. High tem- ANSWER QUESTIONS Dawson Sos 34 60 e e peratures are ripening grain At one point the Hawaii sta- Vanconver Ss & Are Optimistic cos. tu: teiow-averaze-siels tion asked

Victoria sisescea Bl 64 jare expected, Potatoes are “Is Gordon doing any exef- Edmonion.. ...... 49 - 63 | OTTAWA (CP)—The Prairie, Promising. cising?”’ CASA 19 73 grain-harvest-is_well underway! Nova Scofia_crops are show-| Courad (laughing): “1 _hope Regina: <=: 48 62 with yield prospects ranging {19 the results of dry conditions to shout" He's upside down In Winnipeg « .......: 46 60 from good to excellent, the|Which have been partly relieved the food box. We're trying to Toronto ieihieeees 62 81 bureau of statistics has neport- recently. Grain yields are about repack them.”

Ottawa osecsss BR « TS | ed: jhalf normal in the western part. Hawaii: ‘Okay, we got you.” Monieal 0 jcc at 75 of the province. Pastures are Conrad: ‘“‘As’ a matter of Quebec 2 ee 7 High temperatures in the generally poor and a feed short- fact, we're up to our ears in Predericion—...0 60-39 We ete re term. belt have age has developed in many garbage.”

Reint toha 5G 71 hastened maturity of the crops areas. Just as the phone rings at Montion o.7.,.-, 60 74 and also caused some deteriora- g a ~~ embarrassing moments on, Halifax” : 59 73 tlon. Rust has also had an ad- THOUSANDS DISHOUSED earth, so can a call come at Charlottetown 56 70 verse effect. But the over-all the wrong time ‘in. space. Svdueve cscs 52 68 crop picture is optomistic. POSADAS, Argentina (AP) Kraft. wondered why Conrad Vermouth: 66 The fifth all - Canada tele- Heavy —rain- abated -and—floods--wasn't--sleeping as~he was --sup- St. John's 0.c6555; 48 63 graphic grop report by the fed- began receding’ Monday. in Ar- Posed to.

Boston: scsccsc. 59 85 _ eral agency also said. Prairie gentina's north, leaving 6,000 oa “Because the oe New York’ ..5.3..;. 69 91 hay: vields are good and special rsons homeless. Anoth mand. pilot te occupied Mani 77 89 = crops are doing well. The sur- capi ais tee : a r. A000 More aptly, put, the command | New Orleans ...... 67 a7 vey was based on reports from Were Griven aia ir homes pilot is unable to come to the og Angeles 65 74 crop correspondents and other 19 neighboring Uruguay. The phone right now.”

3 observers received. up to, Tues- floods were aggravated by snow Cooper, a U.S. Air Force lieu- HALIFAX OP)—-———The-_wea--day. : and abnormally cold weather in tenant colonel, and Conrad, ther office says warm humid The up-to-date report also this sub - tropical province of navy lieutenant - commander, | air will continue to flow across said: heavy rains last week Misiones. Temperatures drop to have thesrecord for the longest

the-.district today keeping: skies ended a prolonged ‘dry spell in 26 degrees. space flight.

cloudy However,- cooler and —————— ————————

oe cose at Bounswick Low-high at Fredericton, Char- Tod Onl sHows ~ | oe Eve SCSMEr lottetown and Moncton 58 and : 1

showers and thundershowers 16 — at 10 ay. n y A218

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