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Hamillon's nice-guy per- sonality, and a song “straight from the heart", has won many new converts to country music, and perhaps explains why his tours are always guaranteed sell- outs. George Hamilton IV will be appeazing at the Regional Rec- reation Complex on Tuesday evening. Advance tickets are now on sale. Most Mothers Still Prefer To Have Sons Married women of child- bearing age in the United States have an “underlying pre- ference” for sons, a study to be published by a family planning journa} shows. The study found that 49 per cent of the women sur- veyed “appear to have a defi- nite underlying preference for sons, compared with just_one_ . third, 32 per cent, who prefer daughters.” Another 20 per cént would prefer to bear an equal number of each sex, and the remainder Girma eSEA aa THEATRE B@a S128) TARTS WEDNESDAY rts COMMUNITY Bulletin Board SENIOR CITIZENS SOCIAL EVENING t Castlegar and District Senior Citizens will hold a Social Evening at the Centre, 1st Ave. N., Castlegar, tonight (Thurs., May 18) at 7:30 p.m. Musical entertainment will be provided by students from Kinnaird Junior Secondary School. SALE OF BOOKS Castlegar Public Library Sale of Books will be on Sat., June 3 at 11 a.m. at the Castleaird Plaza in front of Safeway. For pickup of unwanted books, please call the Library at 365-6611 or 365-7765. U.S.C.C. UNION OF YOUTH FESTIVAL The 31st Annual U.S.C.C. Union of Youth Festival begins on Sat., May 20 with performances at the Brilliant Cultural Centre at 9 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Sunday performances will be at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday beginning at 12 noon is Family : Funticipaction Day with a Family Picnic beginning at 2 p.m. Bring your own lunch. HOSPITAL TEA The public is cordially invited to attend a tea at he hospital grounds on Wed., May 24 from-1:30 to :30 p.m. This tea is to thank everyone for their upport of the Hospital Auxiliary during the past year. NUCLEAR STUDY GROUP no pl The study by Lolagene Coombs of the University of Michigan's Population Studies Centre is being published in Family Planning Perspectives, the journal of The Alan Gutt- macher Institute. The study is based on responses of about 6,900 wo- men 15 to 44 years of age who were interviewed in a 1973 survey for the National Centre for Health Statistics. Know Your Eggs Eggs are prepack: nature into individual servings, making them very convenient for people living alone. ility to sing | PALS . . . Pete (Sean Marshall) pets his friend Eliiott the dragon in this scene from Walt Disney Productions’ “Pete's Dragon,"" a musical fantasy combining live action and animation about a young orphan and his adventures with his occasionally visable friend, Elifott, now showing at the Castle Theatre. The Buena Vista release also stars Helen Reddy, dim Dale, Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons and Shelley Winters. FURNITURE & AUTOMOTIVE . 70 Upholstery 1-7th Ave: S.° 365-3055 Community TV COMMUNITY ACCESS CH-10 Schedule for Tonight 6:00—Five-day weather re- rk, pol ‘ 6:10—Beaver Valley Rocka. thon. if 6:20—Christian Crusade spon- sored by Nelson Alive. 6:40—Kootenay River Diver. sion - program produced in Cranbrook. 7:40—Muhfeld Trio at Stanley Humphries Secondary School. 8:30—Festival of Awareness held at Selkirk College. 11:00-—T.B.A. _ Hollywood's Sleazy Exterior Hides a Sleazy Interior By MORDECAI RICHLER Two things you ought to know about Hollywood. Sexually speaking, it has always struck me as much more prima factory town than Wind- sor, Ont. And: the most crea- tive people in town are not the directors, writers or actors, but the studio. accountants, who have devised something like 1,001 ways of cheating. ILis the lure of money, not sex, that quickens the blood of the quintessential Beverly Hills man, The long-legged girls, ad- miltedly spiffy in their clinging silks, are largely left to them- selves at parties; their grim men in tailored denims intent only on seeking each other out to make deals. Packaging tal- ent. And along the way, cheer- fully stealing from it. Long endured within the trade, the cheating is no longer seeret. It has become public... knowledge. It made-the-head- lines late last year when David Begelman, then president of. Columbia Pictures, was discov- ered (among other misdemea- nors) to have made out a $10,000 cheque in favor of actor Cliff Robertson, forged the sig- nature, and cashed it himself, which was very naughty. Shortly afterward, Sean Connery and Michael Caine sued Allied Artists, claiming, they had been shortchanged some $200,000 each on their share of the profits of The Man Who Would Be King. And there the matter rests, _ Cheating in the film busi- ness is actually Hellywood's most time-honored tradition, and the best story I know about it involves that fine old star of so many Westerns, Joel Mc- Crea, Some years ago, a young * cousin of MeCrea’s knocked on May 18-23 HE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN (Part tl) Marilyn Hassett Timothy Bottoms (General) Saturday Matinee (same as above) May 24-30 CHGiR BOYS Charles Durning Don Stroud (Restricted) Thursday 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday 7 & 9 p.m.! Sunday, Monday, Tuesday 8p.m. CIVIC THEATRE 719 Vemon St. Nelaon, B.C, 952.5833 his door and said he was now a graduate accountant looking for work. McCrea had just the thing for him. He had: made his last two Westerns at one of the major studios on a_ profit sharing basis and suspected that he had been given a sticky- fingered count. Would his cous- in go through the books? He did that and then McCrea called the studio head and asked to meet: him for lunch. The studio head obliged. After all, McCrea was now one of Hollywood's grand old- timers. At lunch, McCrea allow- ed he felt that he had not seen his legitimate share of the profits on the last two films he had made at the studio. Not likely, the studio head coun- tered, aghast. “Well,” McCrea ventured, “there's one item here, for instance, charged against both films: $280,000 for color prints.” “Oh, that,” the studio head said, “well you know how . |: sloppy the labs are these days. It sounds steep but the truth is with you in it we would settle for nothing less than top quality color.” “As it happens,” McCrea said dryly, “both were filmed in black-and-white.” The studio. head didn't even blink. “I'll tell you what,” he said, “come back to my office, I'll write you a check for $250,000, and we'll call it quits on both films.” Cheating is even more important to the Beverly Hills man than proficiency at tennis. To begin with, outrageous studio overheads are ‘charged against each production, as well as the bill for a new mink coat for the producer's wife, the redecoration of his mistress's Malibu: pad, and his son's scream therapy, among other things. If, after all that, a film stubbornly manages to still show a profit, magicians are sent for to conceal it, The profitable film, for instance, is sent out as a second feature on adouble bill with a film that has lost’. money. As the second feature, it is only entitled to a third of the take. Furthermore, advertising for both films is double billed to each of them. - Asa traditional rule, a film is supposed to go into profit after it has grossed 2.5 times its production cost. The The Ap- prenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, which cost less than a million to make, somehow or other did not go into profit until it had earned more than $4.5 million al the box office. I'm ‘not complaining. Thanks largely to producer John Kemeny's hollering we did earn some profit, which is rare indeed for even the most successful films. Mind you, there is now cheating on the so-called crea- tive side too, which brings me to another Hollywood story, told to me by Ted Kotcheff. Once, after the mass firing of executives in a major studio, the new bunch of thieves found that the dim cousin of the former studio head was em- ployed as a writer for 10 big ones a week, with a year to run on his contract, They tried everything to insult him. They took out his office phone. When that didn't work, they removed his desk, Then they changed the lock on his office door. But he wouldn't quit for the good reason that he was unemployable elsewhere. And so, finally, the studio head called him in, handed him a multi-cplored baseball cap and a funny. jacket and said, “All right, Harry, if you insist on staying, from now on you're Eastern bankers came to look over their studio. They treated their wives to a tour of the lot, drawing the deposed writer as their guide. When they were done, one of the bankers offered Harry a $20 tip. “Oh, no,” he protested, “I never take gratuities.” “Aw, come on,” the banker said, “I mean, what the hell, how much can you earn as a guide?” “Oh, me~I make $10,000 a week.” The bankers, appalled, ‘ hurried into the executive offices and, as a consequence, more hairstyled heads rolled. The biggest threat to Hollywood is not television or the long-promised earthquake. It's Hollywood. Book Review ee Writes Bernie Taupin: The One Who ‘Writes The Words for. Elton John. Jonathan Cape, London, Book Review ry Percy Maddux An attractively manu- factured book is one called “Bernie Taupin: The One Who for Elton John Writes the Words for Elton: John", but its attraction ends? there. This is a collection of; away-out Jysies by this Taupin} fellow with many illustrations, : some of which verge on the ob-: scene, i This volume may be of: interest to dedicated. followers - of Elton John,- but otherwise’ pass it up. ig Open pen 1p. proper Dress Fri ests Must pesIGNED In Dancing oe Mon. TF ri. (Bingo: Every Thursday at 7 p.m Royal Canadian Legion | j Branch No, 170 ARET | Friday & Saturday 1:30 a.m: , Saturday 5 E Sat. after 7 p.m. Playing .* Friday & Saturday COMMODORES May 21—Caledonian Trail. * May 27 to 31—Annual tribute to the late Mr. District Community Arts entertainment is ‘invited to attend. . holding their next meetin, May 22 to 28—Kootenay School of Art Graduation Exhibit featuring Graphic 1st, 2nd and 3rd year in the Gallery, open on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. + 8 May 23—Lois Marshall, Vancouver Chamber Orchestra and Choir at 8 p.m. in the J. L, Crowe High School Auditorium, in Trail. * be held in the National Exhibition Centre in Castlegar, open daily from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m, featuring the work of “Iocal artists with a special Memorial Display paying 1 Castlegar. Exhibit is sponsored by the Arts Council, * 8 May 29—Annual meeting of the Castlegar and Exhibition Centre in Castlegar at 7:30 p.m. . Anyone interested in the arts is’ cordially June 5—The Kootenay Writers Guild will be writers are inviled to attend—to meet other writers «1 share ideas and information. Call Linda Mall at 465-2477 for further details. g ARTS—— Calendar Society Highland Games in * * 1! Community Art Exhibit to L..V. (Les) Campbell of; . Council to be held'in the planned and coffee will be * « ig al 7:30 p.m. All amateur to Mrs. D. Miller-Tait of ‘Community Arts Council CL) Items for this bi-monthly feature should be telephoned’ ~ ict; Castlegar Savings. J Credit Union oo) the Castle; r and District: at 365-7850, : Sponsored By re i a Kitty Wells was a superstar in country music before . anyone ever coined the word. The all-time of Country Music mold of a ‘man's world’ before Women’s Lib was ever a topic of discussion. orn in Nashville, Kitty " recalls that music has always been important to her entire family. She began playing the guitar at age 14 and began - . singing in church even ear- Wh lier, When she was 16, Kitty met Johnny Wright, a young man whose interest in music smatched her own. They were married two years later. SOUND COUNTRY — Professional Women, In 1976 she was named to the Country Music Hall of Fame Kitty has had one brilliant hit record after another. She has 23 no. one records to her credit and has recorded more than 46 albums. Her record. sales have been so astounding that one knows the exact total, which runs into the millions. Despite her success, Kitty Wells has remained a warm racious lady. she is most proud three children, all of whom are talented performers in their own right. Kitty, Johnny and their son Bobby (a former regular on the TV “DONT YELL AT HM... YOULL HURT HIS FEELIN'S |* - LANDERS ay Fe The March of the Elves | The march of the elves Is a funny sight They march in rows All serious and quite, so silently Then as the massive grandfather clock strikes twelve They all turn in fright and look up only to see ~ The slow ticking pendulum as it swings-back and forth Then. they all sigh... And turn towards the starry sky Then they scurry ever so quickly, down the black-lined: hole to their mines of golddust and fairies. —By Cheryl North Age 12 WORLD VISION Famous Country Music Star! There will be a meeting of the Kootenay Nuclear Study Group on Thurs., May 25 at 7 p.m. al Selkirk College. Room number will he posted at the college. oming events of Castlegar and District non-profit ganizations are listed here through the courtesy of Canadian Cellulose's Interior Pulp and Lumber : Operations. Please submit notices directly to the Castlegar News by 5 p.m. Mondays. A Public Service of Interior Pulp and interior Lumber Operations. Canadian Cellulose — Opera Rossland Light Annual General Meeting Tonight, Thurs., May 18 8 p.m. Sharp, Miners Hall in Rossland Players * Everyone Please Attend ¢ OF CANADA. Invites you to sée their _newest film called ——MCUPS CF COLD WATER” being shown at the following location Tuesday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. “Calvary Baptist Church, 809 Merry Creek Rd., CASTLEGAR, B.C. Refreshments Everyone Welcome ry] Als z George Hamilton [IV at the Reg! R pies Tuesday, May 23 at Spm. Doors Open 6:45 pm. Advance Tickets: $5- Rush: $5.50 Tickets at: Ci gar Orug, Carl’s 7 Drug, Slocan Park Co-op, Shoreacres Turbo, Red & White Store inGlade ...... Dear Ann: A friend of mine makes a practice of introducing her domestic help to every guest she entertains in her home. I happen to know Bertie, her housekeeper, because I've been going there for 14 years, I do not mind if Bertie speaks to me. - Last week I brought my mother-in-law to this friend's home (she is a rather new mother-in-l: y second ) and this friend introduced Bertie as if she was a social equal. My mother-in-law was civil and said, “How do you do,” but I could see she was annoyed. i I believe this practice is in poor taste. What is your opinion? rious Dear Curious: The hostess committed no social error. She merely acknowledged Bertie’s presence, which demonstrated good manners—plus a degree of self-assurance which you obviously lack. g 1 learned this lesson well over 20 years ago when I neglected to- introduce my chauffeur to Father Ted Hesburgh—so Father Ted introduced himself and shook. the man’s hand. 2 . . Dear Ann: Our 67-year-old father was told by a fine dentist several personal — appearances = an- r nually. The Kitty Wells - t 1952, Johnny Wright - Bobby Wright ak ible Ihludes seven people ville, Kitty joined the Opr: which includes seve . where ty Join a reguixy travels more than 100,006 member for 15 years and mites a year in their cus- signed a recording contract tomized Silver Eagle. with Decca. Kitty Wells has pioneered many firsts In the country. music industry. She was part of the first country music show to play the famous Palace Theatre _in New York City. ‘Honky Tonk Angels’ made her the first female to . reach number one on the country charts. She stayed . there as the number one female country music artist every year from 1954 to Almost every success and honor that can come to a country music performer has come to Kitty Wells: Billboard Award for No. One Country Music Female Artist 1954-1965, 1953-1962 Cash Box magazine Special Award music show, the Kraft- ine Femate Artist and © sponsored Country Music Ww Ye Association Awards Show, ‘Hee-Haw' and the WSM Purina Network Show. I. tor.) Bobby Wright, Kitty Wells d he eat Nghe, t Since 1969 Kitty iy in their Johnny have starred own ‘syndicated country for No. 1974 Award - Associati months ago that he should have his few ining teet! and wear dentures, His mouth was in terrible shape. > After much begging, pleading and cajoling we finally persuaded Pop to get his teeth extracted and dentures put in. * Instead of making the situation better, it is worse. The new teeth cost a fortune. They look unnatural and don't fit. He refuses to:wear them. ; Mom won't go anyplace with Pop unless he wears his dentures. He sayd they kill him, so they stay home and fight. We don't know what to do, Please negotiate a peace settlement. q —The War is Escalating Dear War: The dentures should be sent back to the lab (by your father’s dentist) and the teeth should be realigned and made to look natural. If, after this is done, the teeth still don't fit, the dehtist should take another impression and start all over again. This should be done without charge. i “ «© * Dear Ann: I was infuriated by the letter from “Up Front” about working mothers, I am the working mother of four children. I do not work soI can give my children “nicer things.” I work because I don’t want to go on public assistance. : Noone except a paid babysitter ever took care of my children, but I have taken care of the children of non-working mothers on weekends while they goofed-off. One neighbor sent her kids tomy house with strict orders not to come home till suppertime. {At the time I was on a leave of absence to have my fourth child.) + When I returned to my job she continued to.send her kids over for my babysitter to take care of. I telephoned her and suggested she make other plans, whereupon she told me she thought it was awful that I was not at home taking care of my kids. I told her I was not at home to take care of her kids either—and hung up. 5 Tam sick of being put on the defensive about my unchosen career. I would love to bea full-time mother and homemaker, but I can't. In the meantime, I seem to be doing a better job on a part-time basis than some of my friends and neighbors who make snide remarks. i = —Not Ashamed Dear Not Ashamed: You have nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, “you have a great deal to be proud of. Thanks for writing. Castlegar Furniture Village ; We feature free delivery anywhere In the West Kootenay. $ You may use your Chargex, Mastercharge, or use sour BY JOEY SASSO: CONFIDENTIAL REPORT: Gossip from the ‘Charlie's Angels’ set is that if Farrah Fawcett-Majors is forced by legal action: to go back to work on the show, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith would be so unhappy they might quit. themselves. They're fed up with playing second fiddle, first to Farrah and now to Cheryl Ladd. Meanwhile Jackie is getting a chance to, show her stuff as an actress in ‘The, Users.’ a TV-movie being made from the book by Joyce Haber. But is TV hollering “Enough!” on sex? Originally ‘The Users’ was planned as an eight-part miniseries. Now it’s been-chopped back to a two-hour deal. Jackie has insisted that several nude scenes be dropped from the script but even so, the wardbrobe department is gasping at how revealing her costumes are supposed to ‘be.... Would it still be ‘Laverne and Shirley’ without Laverne? Penny Marshall wants to give it just one more year and then quit to have a baby, her friends reveal. Producers shiver at the notion because the show is going strong... . Now that ‘Kojak’ has been cancelled, don’t think Telly Savatas will be leaving television. He's planning a new series entitled ‘Big Julie,” which will show him as a man who works for the Las Vegas casinos, arranging air trips for the high rollers. TV BACKSTAGE: Watch for the new TV series ‘Jessica Crane, M.D.’ with Cloris Leachman, who is busy doing live theater and would like another film after her success in ‘High Anxiety.’ ... Another new show that may catch on this fall is ‘Catch My Act," produced by Carl Reiner with the pilot written by newsman-turned-comic Bruce Vitantch about four poor comedians trying to make it in Hollywood....‘Soap' star Richard Mutligan and Leonore Stevens are still going steady but there’s no marriage in sight. 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