| | NN NN NTN AU A Ae ee ee eee ee Tee Hw hee Vee eer ee eee eee VEU Vvvve vy veer He eee ee MOVIE COLUMN ss Doors ARE NEVER Bis ENOUGH » « Rep ee te. cette res meer nee __ Junior CAN NEVER WAIT +++ Does ARE USUALLY UNCOOPERATIVE ves * AND SOMETIMES SECRETS BOOMERANG! By BOB ‘THOMAS HOLLYWOOD (AP)— Having made his conquest of Broadway, Eddie Hod- ges now has done the same in Hollywood. . Eddie is the talented 11-year- old from Hattiesburg, Miss., who .| scored a hit in Music Man in New York. Now he's here to play in his first movie, A Hole in the Head. He plays Frank Sinatra's ‘| son. “The kid is simply great,” Sinatra says. “Most child actors are insufferable; Eddie jis a won- derful, well-behaved boy. And what a great performer!” h Friends! customers, businessmen, Salvation Army, _mumerous civic organizations, the Prince Rupert City Fire Department, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for their assistance on Tuesday night, when our store was destroyed by fire. x Fortunately our records were rescued, and as soon as possible we shall have a temporary office set up in the kiosk at the entrance to the Besner Block Building. Gunnard Anderson Gordon & Anderson LIMITED We wish to thank all those friends, i t I j t at school 1 Special course ‘really tough’’ ALBION, N.Y. (AP)— Santa Claus is getting, smarter all the time. Here at Christmas Park, for 20 years now, he and his helpers have been going in for higher education at the country’s only Santa Claus school. During that period the num- ber of students, sent by stores and other organizations, has in- creased gradually until the en- rollment for the one week course in October is in the 490s. How on earth can Santa Claus spend a whole week brushing ‘up on his business? AT WALLACE’ 5 DEPT. STORE OF COURSE! OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT ‘TILL 9 That, says Charles Howard, is ; not the problem. The real rub a is cramming into one week all wm, the subjects that Santa should know. There are lectures and dem- | onstrations on 27 subjects, such i Santa, makeup and costume, child psychology, toys for differ- | enterprise ‘Aspiring Santas given training in 27 different subjects ae a I must confess I was sold, too. I have long nursed a grudge against animal and child actors as the subjects of interviews. I may have to change that view. For I found Eddie to- be as bright and natural as you’d want a boy of 11 to be. FATHER EXPLAINS Credit must go to his parents. LBA Azz) — His father, John Hodges, came = NAINtIT VOHE aN oS along to lunch and explained ae itt our Oe a TE SLE pO how they have kept Eddie from aT INa TAR fF sf ae becoming a problem. ke? ANZ HE j meen ACE, Le. ME “Usually a look from me is V PAR SE eT Wat ASS THE_V enough to convince Eddie when | MBAE NAMES OB YOUR ‘ RENSZER 25, ihe gets out of line,” said Hod- | ges, a navy veteran who was. r night manager and accountant , ‘at New York hotels until re. | -peently. | “But usually I don't have to, | discipline him. When he’s at | work, he's all work. When he's home, he’s all boy. If the time ; EE TE NE GSE ERE Se RU Se Coy aL UPAR OU Esa lay Rhu a LH th OG aie TAD cette ate ain Serer eee , Se AE SM SNE PEE MONE RE We My SPU EBA OP Gita ony Sees thats voy Ny SE ABRG I Ra Gar Oa aa HUAN ERG) bg lb AEE gt aise age, 18, (J . . ay . : . Y ever came when he got to be a problem, we'd pick up and go right back to Hattiesburg.” Hodges has quit his own work “it was elther to manage Eddie— that or pay someone else to watch after him, and we didn’t’ want that.” | Now that he is out of: Music Man, Eddie is free to take other offers. He has numerous oppor- tunities in fllmg and TV, Though’ he played Music Man 405 times Oy Ere a ne AU Cheeta Sc ae R pry S087 THE CURT gurcens UR NIColE MAUREY ¢ ; . syn Wy Even “Sinatra's enthusiastic = : 4 about this bright young man elas ‘ety sly he never tired of it, ue “Bach night is a different show,” he sald. “Sometimes the people in the audience will laugh. like .crazy. They're always ait” ferent.” er ti cis 8 ‘Prince Rupert Daily News", ‘Thursday, December 11, 1988' ts T-A-l-L-O-RAAN-G| © Suits ® Slacks": ALTERATION SPECIALISTS QUICK SERVICE | Ling The Tailor: | 220 - bth St. Phone A238) . Try Daily News Classified Ap Stents nek etgerantccene coimenid 7 7 p.m, * . 2 pam. “8 TODAY to SATURDAY ENTERTAINMENT WITHA - CAPITAL Kava! your own -children, you are a! good Santa. Children are smart | as the history and evolution of , 29d hard to fool.” Howard’s successful business | i stemmed from his | 'own interest in the work. He sells about 200 a year at; i $260 apiece and sends them as | | far away as Hawaii, Renovating | and storing such’ equipment is: another major. part’ of his busi- | This advertisement is net published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board ‘or by the CANADIAN N . oe. tthe ® Topcoats . ° Pants =: ent ages, stories and manner- ness. | Government of British Columbia. iisms. And there is actual case-;, Originally .a farmer, ne runs | — =: | work with some of the children: iS school and the collateral who visit Christmas Park n | enterprise of Christmas Park Personal Wear By | LUXITE & KAYMAR. Quilted Housecoats Quilted Dusters Nylon Nighgowns Nylon Slips Nylon Baby Dolls Idylon Shortie Gowns Quilted Bed Jackets Satisfaction, Try Wallace's” Santa Says: For Your Bedroom CHEMILLE BEDSPREADS ACRILON. PILLOWS AYERS BLANKETS COLORED SHEETS COLORED PILLOW CASES * SATIN, COMFORTERS WALLACES DEPT. STORE Advertising in The Daily Nows Brings Results +. bt et PEO AE ERIM MEMO MTA NAG EAE EEDA AO RE ‘ bperene a aaaas i year. . A successful student earns a ; Silver pin and the “degree” of ‘bachelor of Santa Claus. There are refresher courses and fol- lowup work too, and the stud- ents go back and teach others in their own organizations so that their influence is multiplied. What does it take to be a suc- cessful Santa Claus Children Exard To Foo} The basic requirement, says Howard, is genuineness. Watch the details of appearance, be- the hearty, friendly role of Santa to the hilt, whenever yon are in costume. Without trying to deceive, turn aside a child's inquiry about your identity, but if he insists concede that you merely are one of Santa’s help- ers, in a good job, whether it be store or in your home, sometimes — fail cause they don't project, miserably be- work at the But if you can impress TODAY: 7-8:14 pam, | e : cause these youngsters will trip ; school. you up if you get careless. Play | “If you aren't going to do a. | droves as winter comes on cach | I ar a typical upstate New York After early farming experi- ence in which he suffered ser- ious injuries, he tried toy man- ufacturing without any great success. Then, peddling some of his toys to a storekeeper. one day, he was irritated at the sight of a slovenly Santa Claus. “T could do better myself,’” ‘he exploded. Why don't you, he was asked. So he did. Grew Fast lishment of the Santa’ Claus At first, Howard continued ‘to farm and play Santa personally as well as to teach others. But soon the enterprise was spread- ing out and requiring his full time, Since proper appearance is a fundamental for a professional Santa, Howard helped out by don't cdo It at all,” Howard says, “Parents | ‘RAY MILLAND supplying costumes—at a price. MAN’S BEST FRIEND | Dogs served as pets, hunters and even objects of reverence in ancient Egypt. “LURE OF THE SWAMr" “RX MURDER" i ny "i ae ee ' TODAY'S RED- HOT JETS! CinamaScoPé Marning FRI-SAT., 7-9 p.m. CAPITOL That led. in 1937, to the estab. a MODELS FROM $79.95 to 3 39. DOWN. TERMS Roya For Christmas get a 30 po _ BETTER WORK ~ BETTER GRADES - BETTER JOBS SEE THEM AT THE Prince Rupert Daily \ ' some yp aeeaeyann et 6 i AGO, fe COOMA ADEA Am Ee EE fhe fe fp kot bok He Hw f bon t gia