v The three man are Peter Keogi. his ladies- Juno. and Alex Eiltimofif, of the Toronto. John r an. Pupiiet Theatre— Oi Fun And Fancy For Everyone By GEOFF TURNBU'LL Grook son. Also a man named Alex and Skreek are very Ettimoff, who is. among other polite cavemen. though Grookl things. a talented folk singer. does have a decided taste for| cigars. He also has a delightful= habit of taking pens from thei’ bands of writers and proving, that be, if no one else. can sign: his name. Like so —— X. ' And there is a friendly skele-, laugh who prances on the stage 'ke the ham he is, leeringl frighteningly as he clankal around mumbling things to the world in general, He also loses his head, literally. and often. And there ls_an updated vaudevilian heckler who looks like a had-mannered, bad-tem- pered. Howdy D00d . And there is a television star named Howard. He a turtl HUSBAND IS A TURTLE Then there is a family called Keogh -— John. the father: Lin- da imy husband is a turtle), the mother; Nina. the love 17-year old daughter: and Pet- er, the precocious 15-year old LOCAL '2' Add them all together land don't forget about 400 other pup- pets) and what have you got? The Canadian Puppet hea- tre. Btv the Keoghs and Alex Eftimoff are people. . They have come here with about 70 puppets to do a five- week show in the Gallery Thea- tre of Confederation Centre. John. the father. is most of the children and many of the adults in Canada as How- ard the Turtle (who in turn is known as Mr. Showbiz) on CBC e. Razzle Dazzle afternoon show which also stars Michele Finney and Al Hamel. HOW IT BEGAN John tells about his Canadian Puppet Theatre: " , rents fessional puppeteers war. y a wa y I about establishing a permanent1 puppet theatre — their own — but that was during the depres- sion an people were havingl trouble building homes, no less; th 1 werebo tji pro- before the ea res. “But things got better, Now Ito us. Some time ago.‘ however. , way. Grook. Skreek, l we decided to open our own pet. the skeleton, the heckler, a n d manent theatre. ton with a beautifully hideous Howard are all puppets. The HAVE OWN THEATRE 8 known to. trouble at tlin'eh «locating the dreamed; now. while we ~ ' a. .2 and the voices. lamb and daughter Nlina round out the cast of five Wlhllc'h parlor-me l 14 times each week for five weeks at the WM Centre's Gallein Theatre. starting this attme at 2.3:). Star Howard the Tooth erncees lmDelight my children have entered the business — the third generation — which I entered at the age of 12. “We have now been working with the CBC for about 10 years. and they have been very good “We found a place about I) miles from Toronto. barn, and that became in r thea- tre. We fixed it up. added a 14 foot revolving stage; it's a bean- ' pot. but we have had 5- public to drive as far as that to see puppets. “Then, . summers ago. the metropolitan parks commis- sion invited us to move to Cen- tre Island in Toronto bay. and set our theatre up there. Right now it's only a temporary site. but I just got word that the commission has decided to go ahead and build as a per-ma. nent theatre. “There are five people therel 're on tour with? the rest of our 400 puppets." bout 45 cent of the To- ronto audiences are adult. ao- baahedly. and then turn around and use this as an as- cuse to go themselves. ADULT AUDIENCES "Some of our best audiences are adult." he says. “They responsive, and they love the‘ show." I .1 Teenagers nowadays he findsr ISLAND NEWS PAGE Eastern And Central Districts mm "‘9 “We” “Wm. ""‘z'l'he Guardian, Charlottetown, Mon. July 13, 1964. 5 they are a fr a l d to show that they like such “kid stuff." They like it but are very diffident about admitting it. "It's a family show. written to reach the tastes and levels of all age groups from age three' “P "Many of the lines are writ- ten strictly for adults. and eo- over he eads of youngsters.1 but there is always colorful ac-1 tion at the same time so the‘ kids don‘t miss out on anvthlng.‘ "Our Friday n l g ht show in‘ the Centre here is aimed at is — meaning the over-12, FOUR. . “You might call it a spring‘ Thaw in miniature." I John feels that the important? thing is for everyone to enioyl himself. And claims that} can always tell when theyl have that "feeling over the foot- lights". that rapport with thei audience,whi lets they are really entertaining oeoe‘ ple. Which is what he feels they are there to do. ANIMAL CHARACTERS "Animals lend themselves to 1 he prefers to have his charac- ters cartooni r a th e 1‘ than straight-from-life. ' “Humans do it (act like hu- mans) much better" than a pup it, so why try and imitate a human being? "We have a very good show." John is not afraid to admit. “It the past 101 years, all of it tried before, and cording to John. "The adults tetl all of their friends they are taking their kids to see the puppets. quite BRIEFS LEAVES HOSPITAL Howard Gallant. Rusticoville. returned home from the Char- lottetown Hospital after being a patient there for last three weeks. . VISIT I'SIDE Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hughes. Charlottetown. Thomas Hughes. Jr. Mrs. Louis Hughes, Char- Aundw lotietown and daughter Diane and Mrs. Thomas Hughes Jr.. were visitors to Summarsido recently. I: the sanctuary. Pallbearers were: Joseph Nolan. Linus Mc- Qulllan, Roland Buchanan. Wal- ter Munphy. Lloyd Frizsell and Augustine Tierney. Interment wu in the church cemetery. FORD FUNERAL — The fu- neral for a Ford of 139 Water Street, was held Saturday afternoon fro O Cutcllffe Funeral Home. Sm vice was conducted by Rev. J. G. E. Ball. ll s were The Lord Is- were' W and Abide With 'Me. Pallbearers _. arre Dalsiel. mm m n I Charles Yonn . Alec MacDous-u. min. and Louis MacLesn. Interment an Floral Hills Memorial ens. was Gar- NOTICE Wotch for Official Opening of the DRIVE-IN On Malpeque Rood. Wednesday. July 15. I964 FUTURO Socro' Brace RELIEVES BACK PAIN :_ “MEDICAL PHARMACY OornsrPownalandRiohmondSte. FUTURO HEALTH SUPPORTS! Dial 4-6623 -— 1-2162 "* cries-is most reliable prescription centre I t .__4 - a tour of historic sites in Chai- makes for a fast-moving. iunnyl pet can. is how he expresses sh ’ PAIISIENNE SPORT COUPE A GENERAL MOTORS VAL”! 4 H And 5 Sessions Launched Today, l About 50 delegates are we. The keynote address e arlvi ported in Charlottetown to reg-l today will be given by Dr. Heu- ister at the annual meeting of ry Hicks, president of Da’lhousif. he | - t Canadian Home and Schom University in Halifax. He and Parent-Teacher Federation: speak on “Our Responsibilities by the time business sessions I for Public Education." begin today. ‘ Later Executive members from 35¢ will hear Dr. Arthur L. Hart"... mention branches across Cam? asssistant commissioner of the' ada began to arrive Sunday for United States Office of Educav the .ixday convention h e i n 3 lion speak on the question of an held at prince of were. Co”. office of education for Canada._ age" Montgomery Ha", memo; the main topics to be dis- - I cus a e con ere-rice. Early arrivals were taken on A panel consisting M Dr. Hap ' ris of Washington and four oth- ers, including Dr. John B. Ste-. wart, member of parliament l for Guysborough . Antigonis'h: will then discuss the practical-l and constitutional aspects of? in the day delegates: lottetown Sunday. Registration was to continue early today fo'.- 5 lowed by the official opening by C, M. Redford of Saskatoon. national president. 1 and Characterization." he says. and‘ Dr'K annléaergfxm:3"' rah whether there should be a Can- that 8 Will! mm“! Of his PUD-i 'f PFI'}? ‘ pah‘d‘ adian education department or pets are based on animals And: "t 0 t e ' " ‘ "me ofi School Federation. will Wel‘l f ce. . i The first day's activities win; 33;” delegates at the hrs" 599‘, also include a workshop on uri- . lizaiion of mass communica- l lions. ow. , BRANDT [N HOSPITAL “Where else". he sums up. BERLIN 'APl~~Willy Brandt,‘ "can you see live theatre forimayor of West Berlin. entered half a dollar. in a show that] hospital Friday for an operation takes just as much hard worklon an abscess, his office an- and preparation as any fiill-; nounced. He will be absent from_ blown production with actors in-‘. his office for 10 to 14 days, thej stead of puppets?" lannouncement added. 1 W4mW'mwMNI?/.WN c -in allowances extra savings! MM. and selection choose from! ’ sccyourPO mKWIW Rev. F. L. Cass Funeral Held l Pontifical Requiem High Mass was celebrated Saturday morning for Rev. Frederick L. Cass at St. Dunstan's Basilica by Most Rev. Malcolm A. Mac- Eacher-n, DD. bishop of (liar- lottetown. The High Priest was Very Rev. William Simpson. Deacons of honor were- Rev. John V. Cass, SJ, brother of deceased. and Rev. Walter Mc- Guigan. Deacon of the Mass was Rev. Vincent Mumaghan and euibdeacon was Rev. Regis Duffy. Very Rev. P.D. MacDon- ald was master of ceremonies. The eulogy was delivered by Very Rev. George A. MacDon- d. Most Rev. William Power. bishop of Anilgonish was seat- . ed in the sanctuary assisted by ‘ his chaplains Very Rev. B. J. MacDonald and Rev. RF. Mac- Donald. Also present were Rt. Rev. Cyril Bauer, St. Francis Xavier, Antigonish. Rt. Rev. Patrick McMahon. Rt. Rev. J.A. Sullivan. Rt. Rev. P.F. Huighes.‘ ev. P.E. Berube. command chaplain (RC) sistern Com- mand (Army) representing Col- onel Rev. M. Lavollee, director' of chaplain services (RC) Army Headquarters. Ottawa, Captain? Rev. A.C. Snow. camp chaplain, Aldershot, N. 8.. representing area chaplain, Rev. J.H. Durney. Kentville, N.S.. Rev. Malcolm MacDonald, St. Francis Xavier. Antigonish. Rev. Anthony Fran-‘ cis. Truro. N.S., Rev. Frederick Lynch, SJ. Newfoundland. Rev. ‘ Rio. Ellsworth, Rev. F.P. Ayl- a ev. Owen Sharkey, Rev. Rev. Allan ward. Lawrence Landriigan. MacDonald. Rev. . lan. Rev. J.R. Kelly, Rev. A. Arsenault. Rev. Charles Mac. Donald. Rev. Edward Doyle,. CSaR, Rev. Clark MacAulay,‘ «m a. M. MacLel-v mer luau. Rev. William Douche] ward Michael Rooney“ Patrick Walsh, Rev. Dr.‘ CSsR, Rev. Rev. L.P. Callaghan. Rev. Peter Dun- phy. Winnipeg, Rev. A.C. Walled Louis Dougan,g Rev. » was- conducted Cornwall, Rev. Rev. Charles McCarthy. Eugene Murray. Rev. J.W. Mc-i Cardle, Rev. Basil Croken, Rev. 1 Eric Robin. Rev. Pius Murnag- han, Rev. Howard Wight, Rev.l K. . MacMillan. Rev. James Smith, Rev. h Australia. 600 miles north e Rev. 1 P rth nod. T.P. Butler, Rev. L.P. Dooley. Rcv. Francis Corcoran. Joseph MacLeod, Rev. Clarence. Roche. Rev. Francis Cameron,: Rev. Clare MacDonald, Walter Reid, Rev. Denis lant, Charles Cheverie. Rev. F. Turdif. Rev. J.J. Dun-g phy. Rev. Andrew MacDonald, Rev. Arthur Pendergast. Rev. John Casi. Rev. Nazaire Gal- lant, Rev. Faber MacDonald, Rev. Robert MacDonald. Rev. Gerald Tingley and Rev. Regio- ald Phelan. The pallcarriers were: Rev. Harold Croken, Rev. Leonard MacDonald, Rev. Wilfred Keefe. Rev. George MacCormack. Rev. E.J. Roche and Rev. Francis Bol-ger. Members of the clergy assist- ed in the choir. The Sisters of the congregation of Notre Dame and St. Martha. Lieutenant Gov. ernor W.J. MacDonald. on M.A. Farmer. attorney general. Hon. siter. minister of industry. members of Third Degree Knights of ‘Columbus Council 824. and members of Canadian Legion attended in a body. Members of the Fourth Dec igree Knights of Columbusl under faithful pilot James P.[ Callaghan former a guard of? honor. The Legion graveside service was conducted by Harry Morti-l , Last Post and Reveille were sounded by Bugler Francis l Smit . l Pallbearens were: Hrendonl O'Grady. Louis MacDonald, Ed- . Three great reasons for _ making that PONTIAC buy today! _ \ ... Hilton. William Patrick Damask“. . MacDonald. Renard, and Somerled Tralnor.’ _. .1 Interment was in Roman Cath- olic cemetery Cass. SJ. assisted by Very m': William Simpson. \ . One of the world's gloat Rev. 0. 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