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S Wetortee Onrenicie, Thuretay, Jume 5, 1900 A recently formed amateur theatre group in the city ran into problems when it tried to select a play that would give a few minâ€" utes on stage to each of its 16 members. That might have been the start of jealousies and the end of fun for Equitable Amateur Dramaâ€" tics were it not for its two foundâ€" ing stalwarts, Mrs. John Brown and Mrs. William Humphries. They decided the only way out of the dilemma was to write plays to fit their casts. . How well they accomplished the tasks in addition to producing, directing and acting in them, may be judged by the fact that #50 persons paid admission to see performances, publicized only among friends and fellow workâ€" Mrs. Brown, author of the 40â€" minute (Dear Departed Stanley, set her play in an English boardâ€" tag house and matched some of her characters to her cast. Her theme was a blend of humor, roâ€" mance and intrigue. : The mother of a 20â€"yearâ€"old son, #he hasn‘t done any acting since ker schooldays but she‘s an old Rand at the writing game. She zntribules a lot of poetry and morous prose to her company, paper. Highest cash prices for fresh dead or disabled cows, etc. Smalkl animals picked up. 24 Hr. Service, 7 Day Week. Jim Murray & Son Call Collect Plattsville 684â€"7739 , or the plant at Hickson 462â€"2614 CLASSIFIED CALL Some of the Dear Departed Stanley cast wore caught during one of the play‘s solemn meoments. Rugs & Furniture ADS 744â€"6364 Read and Use! LET US CLEAN YOUR Oxford Deadstock Removal Ltd. Playwrights have firstâ€"night hit BUSINESS AND SERVICES DIRECTORY Licence 85C67 HELM 742â€"8488 RUG Mrs. Humphries got in some acting with a small theatre group in England, before emigrating here. She too has been dabbling in writing, off and on. 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No. 185 C 69 Zenith 9â€"7950 653â€"5848 It takes a mickle to make a muckle, ©whatever that means. And it takes a lot of mickles and muckies to make up that peculiar agglomeration of m a m m a l s known as modern society, includâ€" ing a quantity of crackpots and a welter of weirdos. Present company accepted. Four different glimpses of modâ€" ern society, the human race, in the last few days have baffied me completely. How did we get as far as we‘ve come? And how come we haven‘t got farther. First of these was a big proâ€" Ject at the big shoe factory I work in. Teachers and students have been siaving for. months, making canoes and planning trips. They wound up with about 30, canoes, maps, compasses ‘and no brains. With just a little less fanfare than the Spanish Armada, they set off on a sunny Friday afterâ€" noon, holiday weekend, to conâ€" quer the wilderness and make Etienne Brule look like a Sunday tripper. It rained all day Saturday, Sunday and Monday in the great national park they chose for their insanity. The temperature was a little above freezing. They came back exhausted, soaked to the skin, and frozen to the marrow. About 50 people were about as miserable as they ever have been, or ever will be, in their lives. And already they‘re planâ€" ning the next trip. Already, it‘s a great adventure, in retrospect. I know the feeling. I was a prisoner of war, and there was little joy in the jaunt. But lookâ€" ing back, I wouldn‘t have missed it for anything. Pretty stupid, eh? The same weekend, since the rain ruled out anything intelliâ€" gent, I took two little nieces out to the beach to see the "motorâ€" cycie gang." We saw them. In all their glory. Black jackets, beards, long hair and frightenâ€" ing. The kids weren‘t. I was. Frightened, that is. When we arrived, these young adults, and I emphasize that they‘re not teenâ€"agers, were {£njoy Indoor Comport Shopping Open Till 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 40 Stores & Services Park Free! Fairview Park USE THIS DIRECTORY TO KEEP YOUR NAME BEFORE THE PUBLIC Rates on request 744â€"6364 at grooving on fireworks. Fortunateâ€" ly, they were so beeredâ€"up, and it was so damp, that the whole thing was a frizzle. They were trying to light Roman candies and such on the floor of a restaurâ€" ant. Adults, playing with fireâ€" crackers. . What makes these people wan« der about the country in wolf packs? They get their kicks from noise, speed and violence. But they‘re people, and certainly some of them have brains, feelâ€" ings, decency. Yet they‘re capaâ€" ble of actions that recall Hitler‘s Brownshirts, and I don‘t think there‘s any need to go into deâ€" tail. I was glad the two police cars were there. The next night, there was a big fire, about four blocks from our house, when a lumber yard went up in a dazzling display. it from all over town to get a ringâ€"side seat. Good, honest, reâ€" sponsible taxpayers. Including yours truly. j I was so pleased (I‘ve always loved a good fire, especially at night) that I left my wife standâ€" ing in her dressingâ€"gown and paâ€" jamas, about a block from the blaze, while I pressed closer for a cheekâ€"byâ€"jowl view with the other sensible citizens. "Ain‘t she a dandy?" And "That‘s a real ripper," we grinâ€" ned into each others‘ orange faces, a little disappointed beâ€" cause there was no wind, and the firemen were preventing it from spreading. My wife walked three blocks home, in her night attire. I‘d forgotten her completely, What kind of monsters are we? And then I went back to school after the weekend, and here are these Grade 12 students, in panel discussions, sane, serious and sensible, â€"grapping â€" intelligently with the problems they‘re going to have to face shortly. > They‘re not doing it to impress me. Some of their opinions would curl their mothers‘ hair. But they, don‘t like society much the way, it is, and they want to do someâ€" thing :about it. Turnbull heads TPI executive They get angry with each othâ€" er, disagree, grow red in the lace, andâ€" shout at each other likeâ€"well, like a group of adults, Crazy world, but it‘s the one 1 want to say in for a while, at least. Today‘s world, in addition to the cold binoculars of the his~ torians, needs some iminor chron iclers, like your humble servant, to tell it as it was. Planning director W. Brian Turnbull was elected chairman of the Southwestern Ontario branch of the Town Planning Institute of Canada at its annual general meeting in Stratford. â€" T he organization â€" represents professional planners in the area from â€"Wellington and Waterioe Counties to Sarnia and Windsor, The Waterloo planner replaces another city man, S. George Rich, as chairman. Twentyâ€"five planners attended the meeting at which Dr. Robert Dorney, Prof. George Rich and: Cam Kitchen presented environâ€"« mental studies of a large Waterâ€" loo subdivision and the new town of Erin Mills near Toronto,