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I l % f •» ' -? \ •a t ^ )* it I- J; .J 1 ».M !' 7? I & »* Wednesday; March 13,1974- - t r J Page-20 AS / SEE /F 1 Ralph i* 1 Waite, who plays the : .father in CBS's "The Waltoris," is \-i former clergyman who, feels | that he continues his ministry as 1 an actor and is "Very^ much ' aware in a personal anil private ; sense of God's power in his life. ' An interview with Mr. Waite 1 ,45, t appeared in the February issue of ' A.D., the magazine 'published ,in New York by the United Church of Christ and the United . I 1 ' 0 ' i 4- ' Sees Ministry! in Actjn Presbyterjair lurch. In , the late 1950s, Aiter graduation {from the Yale University Divinity School, television's "John Walton" was part of a team ministry at the Garden City Community church, a United Church parish on long Island, ^1 leftithe parish mjn rtry with 'official^ orders as an evangefet," the, actor said] "I suppose thai is still in effect. I „don't know)how the officials of; the United Church of Christ feel ' . . M do still consider that! have a ministry/' «• Y- I Waite is shown at right with Richard Thomas and Michael learned who portray the son and mother, respectively, "in SThe Walton's" series. [RNS] Saturday nights at our house we watch "Mary jTylef Moore" and, "Bob Newfiarf'fhut the- second the latter 'show is over there's 1 a mad dash to turn off the set orii switch the dial, because "The I Carol Burnett Show" follows •i " The reasons for our aversion to this particufarvariety'hour differ- The head of the'house simply doesn't, like the star I on-the other hand have been la- fan of- Carol Burnett since I wandered into an off broadway theater 13 or.14 years ago and saw her doing her original, enchanting version of "Once Upon a Mattress/' Trouble is jthat this comedienne is only as] good as her material Arid in the case of 'her now' weekly TV hour "ffie material is generally lousy Ifstbb bad because in addition to her own talented jself, Miss Burnett is buoyed each j week by the rather remarkable;, Harvey Kdrman, a most versatile second , banana r ' ' ' At Home With tfie Movies Her other Waggoner andl ZtGZAGlt970] j Friday, March 15 [CBS] Business exec George Kennedy discovers he has a rhalignant brain.tumor |He sets himself up to | be convicted 6t * an unsolved crime and arranges thatj his wife ireceive the reward offered by the Jinsurance company I There] is an [amazing amount of complication , [involved while he lays the phony clues leading to his arrest and 'arranges for the t money , Eh Walfach as the lawyer and Anne llackson as Kennedy's yvife i are both lost in the jumble of events. «ind the incredibly contrived ending detracts from what merits the plot may have had Kennedy arejnerely adequatejxijt they have to be M regulars Lyle Vicki I Lawrence th'afs.'all performance! as 1\ Onee Over Briefly PAPER CHASE — Adults — u Bpttorrj$, Lindsay Wa; -, 1 u Timothy . aner, and!John Houseman in a drama or a law student's ! battle between intellect j and emotions As the professor. Houseman: is <stun- s ningly convincing. f 1 T > puis in a fine always A-ll ' I MURDERER'S ROW [19661 -Sunday;March 17[ABC] * I ' ' { . * '• Dean Martin as Matt Helm, the poor jman'sj James Bond v who specializes less in espionage than , in whiskeyL "and women • l The movie, whicht has Helm tracking "down a kidnapped scientist,, is meant to be a spoof of ^ spy- movies- What'it boils down to is a , leer-f illed bag of crude innuendo *- and puerire'naughtiness,^ with Martin's] -lumbering charac- terization providing a paltry few unintentional'guffaws B [ j > i " __ 1 I Z>[1%9]~ Monday, March 18 [ABC] picture belongs ^"to Jean-Louis Trintignant as the magistrate who determinedly tries to untangle 1 the shadowy .affair in order to arrive -at justice In the last analysis Z 'goes beyond Greek politics and I party labels because at its heart it is interested, in i justice and j truth, at the same i time, criticizing severely any 'system oi l government that justifies Criminal acts and violence in I attaining its jectives A-ll r ob- •J suffered through a lot fof scripts with this lady, sometimes heading- up to the bedroom .to watch oh an old set with a wavy picture to spare the rest of the family J^ven I finally gave up I find her and Korman^'caricatures' 1 of old people in jbad taste Once . in a i great while 1 she hits ft with her soap opera take-off and a little more frequently with her contemporary housewife skit with Harvey as her husband and yicki'aslher younger sister jChns The i old movie scenarios are consistently unfunny anjd over— long land the other skits rely on slapstick in place of ingenuity f ,' .i " 1 recently tuned in to a, Dick Cavett Show where she! was the sole guest and ^uccurr bed to her, being her charming self Perhaps if she cannot find r the < right vehicles she should stick to that During the interview she said she was infrequently unhappy with the material she was given to do but said she understood \ the „ difficulty 'variety show writers had in coming up with new ideas week after week 1 - Maybe excess loyaty-toithe same group of writers is 'her - problem It certainly Ss when it comes to her guests Does ishe really ever ask anyone other than s Tim Conway, Steve f Lawrence, Edyie Gorme arid Nanette Fabray to'appear? *~ i "t Much as I like her I think] it's time she movecLover and gave someone else a^hancq Or at the least bring in someone] with some hew ideas ' J t [ , CWCCARD PARTY . The Catholic Woman's Club and its business women's group wjll give a cardpartyjatj St Ann's Home Friday evening, ^iarch t l5 r to raise money-for the club's scholarship fund Theiparty will begin at 7 p m with a sbcial hour and songs ,by the Mother ,of Sorrows folk group In charge are Mrs Charles Crayton j and Mrs Donald Tyrell Two-dol ar tickets may be bought at the d oor or by calling the clubjiousej 275-9173 •<• ST ANDREW'S PARISH ' •$ * PRESCRIPTIONS^ ;X V Carefully Compound fd '• •:•: I MANDEU'S PHARMACY | I OF ROCHESTER INC. \ % • Hyl 467-0879 • 467-0785 : -v ' I : DRUCS-COSMETICS-SUNDRIES, ' Portland Ave at Norton This political ? . Steve McQueen and Duitin Hoffman, u 1 can't miss r J | ' ROBIN HOOD — Everyone — Disney a I alive and well with this Inew fuMength cartoon version of Robin and his merry men f I i i 1 t ' ' i SCALAWAG — Adults and adolescents — i Kirk Douglas steps into director's shoes, , and gives us ah old-fashioned yarn o | pirates" and buned treasure _, [ SECRET Of THE ANGEL - L Evetyone l 2. [Originally titled; "From[the Mrxed-Up I Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler," the I low-budget mystery concerns two jyoungsters who happen upon- a [fascinating statue Ingnd Bergman's performance s full'of , humor, and ipathos i \ | I l SERPIGO — Adults, with reservation* — !Could be the best cop movie ever, with \K\ Pacino extremely convincing as the ptainclothesman who refuses to oend to corruption . ' , SEVEN U P S t - Adults - , Car chase sequences have become the hal mark of 'director Phil LTAntonT (Bullitt French Connection} After this one, his most iprotracted, he should begin thinking more about conserving gasoline- ' JSUEEPER - Adufo _ ' Woody Allen's ^ masterpiece Go see it , t , } STING — A d M h . ; - ButcJrarid Sundance j (Newman and RedfordJ are back tt>gether, this time in- a furt-fillfed, jfltm- jflam nostalgia trip. Solid > \TAtl BLOND MAN WITH ONE taut, .intensely thriller is well worth/vatchingf even if you don't agree with "rilm maker Costa-Gavras' political message. {The plot revolves around a , "fictionalized" assassinatiorr in Greece occurring a few 'years ago Yves Montana stars as the leftist government minister who becomes the victim r and Irene! Pappas is, his' suspicious, grieving wife But the ' CALL ME BWANA1963] Monday, March 18 [NBC] ' In this generally* funny but mindless comedy, Bob Hope is cast as a space! scientist recruited by the US.i Government to retrieve a space capsule that has landed in the African jungle What the government doesn't know is that Hope is really only interested in chasing girls But the "foreign power" also-after ttfe capsule does, know and therefore* sends agent Anita Ek-- berg 'to distract Hope from completing his mission. Plenty of laughs, onerlrners^ double- entendres, of k the typical Hope variety Mi ' ' , > FUNERAL DIRECTORS ( \ QUALITY STANDARDS DIGNI^Yj I N SERVICE INTEGRITY IN BUSINESS n M wM&m-' F. H. McEIWEE Funeral Homje, Inc.' - Phone J ,394-2220 1 LeoM Bean Francis H Mc - i 200 Buffalo St., Canandaigua, NY. 90 E. Main St., Victor, N.Y. SHOE- that mal makes WAT WE WERE - Adufa " H5fW_- Adufc-'iei's'tyHsfrcomedy es government i intelligence operations look like a bad comic opera - Nostalgia , from every generation that merely 't amounts to a showcase forSteisand and Redford Yet somehow, ifs thoroughly enjoyable , , UvESTWORLD — Adote ! — yul Bryrmer f Mays a robot gunslincer Too bad Gary I ]> Cooper isrVt around to show hmrf how *T£^»» The Big Elnis Restaurant * 196 Seneca! St j Homell, N Y. Our Colonul Room-famoui for 50 years. Home baked,pastries our Speciality- Open daily 7 [a.m. - 1 2 midnight. In- troducing the new Vivtorian Dining Room [gourmet specials). Cocktails, Banquet Room. Authentic antiques. Tiffany-type leaded shades create the ideal Victorian atmotpbere. Luncheon weekdays-11:30, Dinner 5-30. Sunday 12.30. 1-607-324-745Q. I Mr. Mike's! Viking ,t - j t Home Heatirig\Inci 1471-7414 t -27T-4650 ! 1485 Mt. Read Blvd. near Lexington Pnme Ribs, Surf & Turf, Lobster Tails every day Luncheon specials. En- tertainment nightly Serving from 11 A M. lundi and dinner 485-0420 for reservations Closed Sundays. i n National Hotel Routes J 0 A arid 39, CuvlerviMe, N.Y Host tortravelers since 1937. Located m historical Genesee Valley, two miles Southwest of Ceneseo. Steaks, chops, broiled, L in the open pit. Prune nbs, seafoods, large entree selection, pperi weekdays5 t o l l P.M. Sun. 12 t o * PJv^. Hof Brau Haus - Now open Sundays r 406 Lyelt Ave. Home of real Getrrtan 4r American cooking. Wide choke .of continental dinners, such as Sauer- braten with potato pancakes and' Bavarian beet goulash Open daily for lunches and dmnenK. Bavarian music Fri, Sat. nites. Phone 2 5 4 & t o Vour host*, Bill and. Betty Oswald Kar-Mac Manor ', 1 1 Routes 5 & 20, Between Geneva A Waterloo,-- Thruway Exit 42 Dinners from S32S - Featuring Pnme Rib — Char,Broiled Steaks — Chicken Oregano — liver * Onions — Seafood —'Beef * Sea Smorg. every Friday — Dancing-nightly except Tues ft Ttwrs. Reservations - 78*1305 of 53*8044. HARLOFF uneta :lwee ome 586-5948^ ST. JEROME'S PARISH E. ROCHESTER BURIES-H ANN A F U N E R A L HOr ME s 1795 RSdge Rd. E Fw int M id ntn*^ BB Cnffttr m-jnm ^ '- FUNERAL HOME INC. 570 Kings Highway South (corner Titus) SPACIOUS i PARKING. PnJate'casketsetection room- 11 544-2041—.. AIR CONDITIONED -A 1 I 1 .§~ L- \ ' t 1 "1 t

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Waite , who plays the : .father in CBS's "The Waltoris," is \-i former clergyman who, feels | that he continues his ministry as 1 an actor and is "Very^ much ' aware in a personal anil private ; sense of God's power in his life. ' An interview with Mr. Waite1,45, t appeared in the February issue of ' A.D., the magazine 'published ,in New York by the United Church of Christ and the United

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' Sees Ministry! in Actjn Presbyterjair lurch.

In , the late 1950s, Aiter graduation {from the Yale University Divinity School, television's "John Walton" was part of a team ministry at the Garden City Community church, a United Church parish on long Island, ^1 leftithe parish mjn rtry with 'off icial^ orders as an evangefet," the, actor said] "I

suppose thai is still in effect. I „don't know)how the officials of; the United Church of Christ feel

' . . M do still consider that! have a ministry/'

«• Y - I

Waite is shown at right with Richard Thomas and Michael l earned w h o portray the son and mother, respectively, "in SThe Walton's" series. [RNS]

Saturday nights at our house w e watch "Mary jTylef Moore" and, "Bob N e w f i a r f ' f h u t t h e -second the latter 'show is over there's1 a mad dash to turn off the set orii switch the dial, because " T h e I Carol Burne t t Show" follows

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" The reasons for our aversion to this particufarvariety'hour differ-The head of the'house simply doesn't, like the star I o n - t h e other hand have been la- fan of-Carol Burnett since I wandered into an off broadway theater 13 or.14 years ago and saw her doing her original, enchanting version of "Once Upon a Mattress/'

T rouble is j t h a t this comedienne is only as] good as her material Arid in the case of 'her now' weekly TV hour "ffie material is generally lousy

I f s t b b bad because in addition to her own talented jself, Miss Burnett is buoyed each j week by the rather remarkable;, Harvey Kdrman, a most versatile second

, banana r ' ' '

At Home With tfie Movies Her other

Waggoner andl

ZtGZAGlt970] j Friday, March 15 [CBS]

Business exec George Kennedy discovers he has a rhalignant brain.tumor |He sets himself up to

| be convicted 6t * an unsolved crime and arranges thatj his wife ireceive the reward offered by the Jinsurance company I There] is an [amazing amount of complication , [involved while he lays the phony clues leading t o his arrest and 'arranges for the t money , Eh Walfach as the lawyer and Anne llackson as Kennedy's yvife i are both lost in t h e jumble of events. «ind the incredibly contrived ending detracts f rom wha t merits the plot may have had Kennedy

arejnerely adequatejxijt

they have to be M

regulars Lyle Vicki I Lawrence

th'afs.'all

performance! as

1\

Onee Over Briefly

PAPER CHASE — Adults — uBpttorrj$, Lindsay Wa;

- , 1 u Timothy . aner, and!John

Houseman in a drama or a law student's ! battle between intellect j and emotions

As the professor. Houseman: is <stun-s ningly convincing. f 1 T >

puis in a f ine always A- l l ' I

MURDERER'S R O W [19661 -Sunday;March 17[ABC] *

I ' ' { . * '• Dean Mart in as Mat t Helm, the

poor jman'sj James Bond vwho specializes less in espionage than

, in whiskeyL "and women • l The movie, whicht has Helm tracking

"down a kidnapped scientist,, is meant to be a spoof of ^ spy-movies- What ' i t boils down to is a , leer-f illed bag o f crude innuendo *-and puerire'naughtiness,^ with Mart in 's ] - lumber ing charac­terization providing a paltry few unintentional'guffaws B

[ j > i " __ 1 I Z>[1%9]~

Monday, March 1 8 [ABC]

picture belongs ̂ "to Jean-Louis Trintignant as the magistrate who determinedly tries to untangle

1 the shadowy .affair in order to arrive -at justice In the last analysis Z 'goes beyond Greek politics and I party labels because at its heart i t is interested, in

i justice and j truth, at the same i t ime, criticizing severely any 'system oil government t h a t justif ies Criminal acts and violence in I attaining its jectives A- l l r

ob-

•J suffered through a lot fof scripts with this lady, sometimes heading- up to the bedroom . to watch oh an old set with a wavy picture to spare the rest of the family J^ven I finally gave up I find her and Korman^'caricatures'

1 of old people in jbad taste Once . in a i great while1 she hits ft with

her soap opera take-off and a little more frequently with her c o n t e m p o r a r y housewi fe skit with Harvey as her husband and yicki'aslher younger sister jChns The i old movie scenarios are consistently unfunny anjd over— long land the other skits rely on slapstick in place of ingenuity

f ,' .i " „ 1 recently tuned in to a, Dick Cavett Show where she! was the

sole guest and ^uccurr bed to her, being her charming self Perhaps if she cannot find r the < right vehicles she should stick to that

During the interview she said she was infrequently unhappy with the material she was given to do but said she understood \ the „ difficulty 'variety show writers had in coming up with new ideas week after week 1

- Maybe excess l o y a t y - t o i t h e same group of writers is 'her

- problem It certainly Ss when it comes to her guests Does ishe really ever ask anyone other than s

Tim Conway, Steve f Lawrence, Edyie Gorme arid Nanette Fabray to'appear?

*~ i "t

Much as I like her I think] it's t ime she movecLover and gave someone else a^hancq Or at the least bring in someone] with some hew ideas '

J t [ , CWCCARD PARTY .

The Catholic Woman's Club and its business women's group wjll give a cardpartyjatj St Ann's Home Friday evening, ^iarch t l 5 r

to raise money- for the club's scholarship fund Theiparty will begin at 7 p m with a sbcial hour and songs ,by the Mother ,of Sorrows folk group In charge are Mrs Charles Crayton j and Mrs Donald Tyrell Two-dol ar tickets may be bought at the d oor or by calling the c lubj iousej 275-9173

•<• ST ANDREW'S PARISH ' •$ * PRESCRIPTIONS^ ;X V Carefully Compound fd '• •:•:

I MANDEU'S PHARMACY | I OF ROCHESTER INC. \ %

• Hyl

467-0879 • 467-0785 : -v ' I : DRUCS-COSMETICS-SUNDRIES, '

Portland Ave at Norton

This political

?

. Steve McQueen and Duitin Hoffman, u 1 can't miss r J | '

ROBIN HOOD — Everyone — Disney a I alive and well with this Inew fuMength cartoon version of Robin and his merry m e n f I i i

1 t ' ' i SCALAWAG — Adults and adolescents —

i Kirk Douglas steps into director's shoes, , and gives us ah old-fashioned yarn o | pirates" and buned treasure _, [

SECRET Of THE ANGEL - L Evetyone l2. [Originally titled; "From[the Mrxed-Up I Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler," the I low-budget mystery concerns two jyoungsters who happen upon- a [fascinating statue Ingnd Bergman's performance s fu l l 'o f , humor, and

ipathos i \ | I l SERPIGO — Adults, with reservation* —

!Could be the best cop movie ever, with \K\ Pacino extremely convincing as the ptainclothesman who refuses to oend to corruption . ' ,

SEVEN U P S t - Adults - , Car chase sequences have become the hal mark of 'director Phil LTAntonT (Bullitt French Connection} After this one, his most iprotracted, he should begin thinking more about conserving gasoline- '

JSUEEPER - Adufo _ ' Woody Allen's ^ masterpiece Go see it , t ,

} STING — AdMh. ; - ButcJrarid Sundance j (Newman and RedfordJ are back

tt>gether, this time in- a furt-fillfed, jfltm-

jflam nostalgia trip. Solid >

\ T A t l BLOND MAN WITH ONE

taut, .intensely thriller is well worth/vatchingf even if you don't agree with "rilm maker Costa-Gavras' political message. {The plot revolves around a , "fictionalized" assassinatiorr in Greece occurring a few 'years ago Yves Montana stars as the leftist government minister who becomes the victimr

and Irene! Pappas is, his' suspicious, grieving wife But the

' CALL ME BWANA1963] Monday, March 18 [NBC]

' In this generally* funny but mindless comedy, Bob Hope is cast as a space! scientist recruited b y the U S . i Government to retrieve a space capsule that has landed in the African jungle What the government doesn't know is that Hope is really only interested in chasing girls But the "foreign power" also-after ttfe capsule does, know — and therefore* sends agent Anita Ek--berg ' to distract Hope from completing his mission. Plenty of laughs, onerlrners^ doub le -

entendres, of kthe typical Hope variety Mi ' ' , >

FUNERAL DIRECTORS ( \

• QUALITY STANDARDS DIGNI^Yj IN SERVICE INTEGRITY IN BUSINESS

n M

wM&m-'

F. H. McEIWEE Funeral Homje, Inc.'

- Phone J ,394-2220 1 L e o M Bean

Francis H M c - i 200 Buffalo St., Canandaigua, N Y .

90 E. Ma in St., Victor, N.Y.

SHOE-that mal makes

WAT WE WERE - Adufa

" H 5 f W _ - Adufc-'iei's'tyHsfrcomedy es government i intelligence

operations look like a bad comic opera - Nostalgia

, from every generation that merely 't amounts to a showcase forSteisand and

Redford Yet somehow, ifs thoroughly enjoyable , ,

UvESTWORLD — Adote !— yul Bryrmer f Mays a robot gunslincer Too bad Gary I ]> Cooper isrVt around to show hmrf how

*T£^»»

The Big Elnis Restaurant * 196 Seneca! St j Homell, N Y. Our Colonul Room-famoui for 50 years. Home baked,pastries our Speciality-Open daily 7 [a.m. - 1 2 midnight. In­troducing the new Vivtorian Dining Room [gourmet specials). Cocktails, Banquet Room. Authentic antiques. Tiffany-type leaded shades create the ideal Victorian atmotpbere. Luncheon weekdays-11:30, Dinner 5-30. Sunday 12.30. 1-607-324-745Q.

I Mr. Mike's! Viking

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- j t Home Heatirig\Inci

1 4 7 1 - 7 4 1 4 t -27T-4650 !

1485 Mt. Read Blvd. near Lexington Pnme Ribs, Surf & Turf, Lobster Tails every day Luncheon specials. En­tertainment nightly Serving from 11 A M. lundi and dinner 485-0420 for reservations Closed Sundays.

i n National Hote l Routes J 0 A arid 39, CuvlerviMe, N.Y Host tortravelers since 1937. Located m historical Genesee Valley, two miles Southwest of Ceneseo. Steaks, chops, broiled,L in the open pit. Prune nbs, seafoods, large entree selection, pperi weekdays5 t o l l P.M. Sun. 12 t o * PJv .̂

H o f Brau Haus -Now open Sundays r

406 Lyelt Ave. Home of real Getrrtan 4r American cooking. Wide choke .of continental dinners, such as Sauer-braten with potato pancakes and' Bavarian beet goulash Open daily for lunches and dmnenK. Bavarian music Fri, Sat. nites. Phone 2 5 4 & t o Vour host*, Bill and. Betty Oswald

Kar-Mac Manor ' , 1 1

Routes 5 & 20, Between Geneva A Waterloo,-- Thruway Exit 42 Dinners from S32S - Featuring Pnme Rib — Char,Broiled Steaks — Chicken Oregano — liver * Onions — Seafood —'Beef * Sea Smorg. every Friday — Dancing-nightly except Tues ft Ttwrs. Reservations - 78*1305 of 53*8044.

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