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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 21 Jun 1978, p. 18

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Harry J. Boyle, author of The Great Canadian Novel and former chairman of the Canadian â€" Radioâ€"Television and Telecommunications Commission, will judge the prose entries to the Dorothy Shoemaker Literary Award contest, sponsored by parâ€" ticipating libraries in the May 7: I had already atâ€" tended five concerts during the wéek, so I was not loo king forward to yet another on Sunday night. However, I am very glad 1 heard Gueliph contralto Norma Farris & Stirling Avenue Mennonite, because she has one of those voices accurately described as "dark velvet" and often reminiscent of Kathleen Ferrier‘s. Helen Martens of Conrad Grebel accompanied her in a varied program FICTION . Ackworth, Robert: The Takers. â€" A colorful, sprawling novel which charts the rise, decline and fall of a major Hollywood studio. Butterworth, Michael: X Marks the Spot; A Symphony in Black in Four Movements. â€" A blackly comic crime novel. ‘ Canning, Victor: The Memorial Hall Murder. â€" Nonâ€"Harâ€" vard types will learn a lot about the University from this novel, but so will a lot of Harvard graduates. _ Gross, Shelly: Havana X. â€" A tale of high adventure with an explosive ending. 7 _ _ * . . _ Krantz, Judith: Seruples. â€" The author evokes the public and private worlds of the super wealthy, the ambitious, and the talented. NONâ€"FICTION â€" 'Ea'rrinrgton, Frank: Neither Crue}l Nor Unusual. â€" The author weighs the arguments of the opponents of capital punishment and finds them empty. _ 20 _ Castaneda, Carlos: The Second Ring of Power. â€" A vision of the sombre, frightening and compelling world of the fullâ€" fledged sorcerer. _ _ o 77 . _ Goldberg, Herb: Money Madness. â€" The psychology of saving, spending, loving, and hating money. _ Norton, Suza: Yoga for People Over Fifty. â€" Postures and movements seleeted especially for the middleâ€"aged and older person. _ â€" S _ Schaeffer, Francis August: How Should We Then Live? â€" The rise and decline of Western thought and culture. In the boy‘s minor atom the winner was Don Voll Flooring who won over Team Sports 3â€"2. This was the best game in the tourâ€" nament. The score 0â€"0 at the end of regulation time. After two five minute overâ€" time periods the teams were tied 1â€"1. It finally took two sets of penalty kicks to deâ€" termine the winner. Boy‘s minor atom In boy‘s major atom, Colonial Custom Cabinet wen over Smith McNaughtâ€" on with a score of 2â€"0. In the boy‘s minor mosâ€" quito, Auto Haus won with the best total. The Minor atom rep team, Parkway Ford, were entered in the diâ€" vision for exhibition games only. In the Boy‘s major mosâ€" quito, Mr. Transmission won over the UW History Hotspurs 2â€"1. In the boy‘s pee wee diviâ€" sion the Knight‘s of Columâ€" bus won with the best goals average. The boy‘s squirt division will be playing their tourâ€" nament this Saturday. June 24 ' New books at the library Boyle to judge prose entries Jze N* * â€" Nqmmmrnememomenngim se . which began with two works by Handel. Farris has treâ€" mendous natural volume, excellent English diction, wellâ€"handled ornamenta tion, and gogd control over a wide range of dynamics. She created such a seréene mood that I felt truly at rest in those *‘Verdant Meadows" of the second song. . The group of three Lieder by Schubert, Wolf, and Brahms indicated need for Boyle, who has written nuâ€" merous novels, collections of essays, radio and stage plays and newspaper coâ€" lumns, is a twoâ€"time winner of the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour, an ofâ€" Midwestern regional library system. improvement in Farris‘ CARS: 14 â€"‘74 14 â€" ‘74â€"‘77 Plymouth Gran Furys 4 â€" ‘76 Dodge Monacos 4 â€" ‘74â€"‘75 %hevrolet Biscaynes 1â€"74 Harley Davidson Motorcycle TRuUCKS: c/w side car 2â€"73 Chevrolet P/u 1 1â€"74 IHC Crew Cab 1 1â€"71 Dodge Van 5â€"69â€"71 IHC Dump Trucks 1â€"69 Ford Dumn CONSTRUCTION & ROAD EQUIP : D7E cat. dozer, 68 MF 302 Backhoe, Adams Diesel Grader, Hyster Landfill Compactor, ‘70 Wayne Sweeper, Huber roller, concrete mixer, water tank trailer, pumps, generators, port. air compressors TUREF : Jacobsen Fâ€"10 7â€"wing mower, 5 Allis Chalmers, Case & IHC tractors c/w mowers, lawnboy mowers, Jacobsen Greens mower. etc. etc OFFICE EQUIP : large quantity & variety of assorted office equip & machines PARTIAL LIST ONLY VIEWING Friday 2 p.m.â€"8 p.m Police Cars, Construction Equipment, Turf Equipment CITY OF KITCHENER. REGION OF WATERLOO & TOWNSHIP OF WILMOT 1â€" 8‘ P/U camper ARTIAL LIST ONLY VIEWING Friday 2 p.m.â€"8 p.m. LUNCH ON PREMISES TERMS â€" $100 cash or cert cheque on vehicles or other major equipment Balance by cash or cert cheque within 48 hrs industrial Cash. company cheques or as posted or announced & hop M. R. JUTZI & CGO. Inc. Professionais m the nrderly iqudation of Construction Industmal and Commercaal Engerprises 69 Sydney St.. Kitchener â€" (519) 743â€"8221 SATURDAY JUNE 24 9:30 A.M. Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Annex 400 East Avenue, Kitchener: c/w stove & icebox AUCTION SALE J'é‘?fi” A “.‘g! f g&ffi and ‘‘ich" tended to sound: like "ish" . Otherwise her in terpretation was dramatit where appropriate, and in the Wolf there were mo ments of true musical beauty. us ~‘The Â¥amaha, in spite of good tuning and a recently reâ€"built action, was not well regulated, but we have all played on much~ worse pianos. Martens did very was too North American, ficer of the Order of Canada and is presently an editorial columnist with the Montreal He was a weekly columâ€" nist for the Toronto Teleâ€" gram (1957â€"68) and became supervisor of farm broadâ€" casts and program director of the Trans Canada neâ€" twork after starting with CBC radio in 1942. A native of St. Augustine, Ontario, Boyle was educatâ€" ed in Wingham and Kitâ€" chenerâ€"Waterloo, and began his career at CKNX radio, Wingham (1936â€"41) and at the Stratford Beacon Herald (1941â€"42). Boyle‘s radio play credits include Strike and The Macâ€" Donalds of Oak Valley, and he wrote the stage play The Inheritance for the Museum Theatre, Toronto, in 1950. Nevertheless, the contest judge is perhaps best known for his novels and other works, including Mostly in Clover, a collection of essays, in 1961; Homebrew and Patches, essays, in 1963, which won him his first Steâ€" phen Leacock award; the novel A Summer Burning in 1964; With a Pinch of Sin, a novel, in 1966;, and essays entitled Straws in the Wind, in 1969. He wrote The Great Canaâ€" dian Novel in 1972, Meâ€" mories of a Catholic Boyâ€" hood,. a novel, in 1973 and, in the same year, a musical called Joey, which was preâ€" sented at the Charlottetown Festival in Prince Edward 1â€"60 GMC Bus 1â€"67 Ford Tandem Dump 1â€"67 Chevrolet Dump 1â€"61 Secord 4wd c/w blade 1â€"64 Ford c/w air compressor 1â€"73 IHC c/w Elgin Whirlwind Vac Sweeper 2â€"73 Dodge Polaras 1â€"73 Pontiac Lemans Wagon 1â€"74 Vega rapport between. lthe perâ€" L*ormers. Ldid find the pm eral was accurate and attenâ€" tive, and there was good rapport between. the perâ€" y for the spinningâ€"whee figure in the Schubert. . : â€" Farris communicated well with the audience,to whom: she occasionally spoke in a natural and friendly manner. Someâ€" times she lost control of a Island. His 1975 novel Luck of ‘ge Irish won him his seâ€" cortfd Leacock Medal. Boyle has several honâ€" orary doctoral degrees from leading universities and, in 1977, was appointed a member of the long range planning committee of the Ontario Educational Comâ€" munications Authority. His work with the Canaâ€" dian Radioâ€"Television and Telecommunications ‘Comâ€" mission, as it was called after April 1976, included viceâ€"chairman â€" in 1968, acting chairman in 1975 and chairman in January 1976. In this capacity, he was reâ€" sponsible for many far reaâ€" ching decisions affecting the development of broadcasâ€" ting across Canada. The Dorothy Shoemaker Literary Award contestis open to all those who are members of public libraries in the region of Waterloo and in Perth, Huron and Wellington counties. Entry forms and contest rules are available in local libraries, and $1,500 in prizes can be won. The contest closes Monday, October 2. Boyle is expected to preâ€" sent the awards at the Camâ€" bridge public library on Friâ€" day, November 24. A judge for the poetry entries is still to be selected. w i . usually on an attack or ak!«tfidmotmu ‘ After intermission came a group. of fairly: recently composed English songs, then a group of English and Irish folk songs with setâ€" tings, and then the tradiâ€" tionalspirituals. The *‘*Sea Wrack‘‘ by H: rty struck a sad note beâ€" cause ofâ€" associations with Susan Yee. Roger Quilter‘s accompaniment for ‘"Come Away, Death‘"‘ contains many beautiful harmonies, especially seventh chords. Somervell‘s hamues' for the beautiful sh tune ‘"All through the Night‘" were too intricate and even contrived. The melody itself is so artful that it implies the harmonies. . . There is a long tradition of singing American Negro (black?) spirituals as art songs, but I have mixed feeâ€" lings about a highly trained voice , carefully enunciating ‘"*Nobody knows de troubles I seen‘‘ and "I‘m comin‘ too." i Both ‘‘Nobody Knows‘" and "Ride On, King Jesus", CLARE MILLAR TRAVEL 4@ 4 Barbara Ruetz, C.T.C. Waterioo Office COME ON CANADA 50 Ontario St. South, Kitchener, 579â€"4480 108 King St. North, Weterioo, 885â€"5190 agency limited I would like toâ€"ask Farris for more change in moodâ€"set \ according to the affect of . half of the program was~ monochromatic. However, we should definitely hear more of her singing. rmhmhnra > *L tonic tunes. I did not like the _ . harsh tone Farris used in. j the line ‘"No man can hinder There is a story that Viaâ€" dimir Horowitz was being interviewed after his hisâ€" toric 1965 return performanâ€" ce. The interviewer said, "Mr. Horowitz, you played flawlessly,‘" to which the pianist replied, ‘"No, I made six and half mistakes.‘"‘ ‘"*But what is a half a misâ€" take?‘, asked the interâ€" viewer. Horowitz answered, "I played the right note with the wrong finger." Although my column will continue through the sumâ€" mer, I will be travelling and studying the Janguage and music of Portugal until late Canada is one of the most fascinating and unique countries in the â€" world. A land of vivid contrasts â€" from beautiful countryside to towering modern cities. on this vast country are countless. Just pick a date and your favorite ~ way to travel, and I would be glad to help you plan your vacation in . Canada this year.

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