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Charlotte Players Plan 'Sunday in New York' mmm crpnps chanee rapidly from 5 wMmmmmmms mmmmm vi wm mmmm mm The Boop Mwi VII I UUWI York" will open for a four-night run starting Thursday Oct. 14, at the Cultural Center Theater here. James E. Mongoven and James T. Reardon, last seen together in "The Odd Couple," have major roles in the play as do Gail Haefele and Richard Wootton, both new-comers to the Cultural Center stage.

Others is on-stage rolls or as stage voices are Catherine Glavas, John Tinline, William Dosse, Eileen Hammer, Kay Little, Carol Baker, Larry Schapp, Melvin Spring and Tah-Wee-Nah Wootton. Realistic visual and sound In Artinn a Manhattan apartment to a Fifth Avenue bus, a booth in a Longchamps restaurant, a movie theater, a table in a Japanese restaurant and a Ferrari sports car. All these are stops in the hilarious excursion around Manhattan of a small town girl who has come to New York to question her big brother as to how a good girl should behave in these seemingly free living times. Directing the show is Phil Brandon, retired theater and motion picture producer from North Port Charlotte. Both season and individual tickets are on sale at the Cultural Center Box office.

Iff 1 I VI I i ills -m By ROSEMARIE SOMMERS PORT CHARLOTTE The Charlotte Player's production of "Sunday in New Caloosa Art Show Slated for Feb. 19 The Second Annual Caloosa Arts and Crafts Show spon-; sored by the First National Bank in Fort Myers will be held Feb. 19, 1972 in the First National Bank's Parking Gardens at First Street and Royal Palm. Information requirements for entering, questions concerning the show or re-quests for entry blanks should be referred to Cathy Elver at the First National Bank 332-1970, ext. 333, or Betty Bundy, ext.

213. There will be between 100 and 150 booths featuring various forms of art. The exhibits will be for sale and the artists also will take special orders for later delivery. Italian Farms Small ROME Plots of less than 25 acres account for 40 per cent of the total farming area and nearly nine-tenths of the farms in Italy. effects are used as the If i i )' By MAUREEN BASHAW Two vivid blue eyes peered out from a small face topped by a mop of fiery red hair.

The face belonged to Ann "Betty Boop" Rothschild and it crinkled into a broad smile as she hustled her visitor into a recreation room at the Seven Lakes condominium complex. "Hurry in," she said in the same high pitched tones which brought her fame as the voice behind Max Fleischer's Betty Boop cartoons during the 1930s and early 1940s. She quickly slammed the door shut and turned the lock. "We don't want anyone to see us in our costumes," she said showing off her billow vQr ENJOY 1971's 6REATEST CRUISE VALUE THE I'' iSlV rvnTirir CUin 'il OF THE YEAR 'll! f' Iff BETTER PORTS San Juan, tftQf otDunoj Oil p3IJSJ.1.l( SJO)S3AUJ I 4 ISLAND 7-DAY CRUISES Mrs. Toni Fortney, Mrs.

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from New Port of Miami. HI jnO ul MON a good preacher she believes a person has to possess just about the same qualities as a good performer. Before arriving in Fort Myers in 1951 Mrs. Rothschild operated her own Betty Boop Studio in St. Petersburg for over five years.

Among the students she coached in acting, singing step until it's mastered correctly. "Your brain and feet have to work together or you're lost in dancing. There's nothing worse than working on a routine and coming up with the same mistake time and time again. If you don't correct it on the spot it'll be Baker, who has since appeared in a number of movies. At 50 plus (she won't reveal her age) Mrs.

Rothschild appears to have the vitality of a 20-year-old. "Boop-Boop-a-doop," she sang as the interview ended. Support Yout Local Travel Agent He can serve jtpu withjniounation and reservations. aorno niciisia IS Reg. in 11 yaa' I 1 I VJBUuauy rr" ing grass skirt, blue ana white flowered halter and shorts and pale pink pumps.

Six other ladies, dressed in similar costumes, were swaying and pantomiming in time to the music of "Little Brown Gal" blaring from a portable record player. Bundle of Energy Known as the Seven Lakes Wahinis, the troupe of over-60-year-olds is being coached by Mrs. Rothschild, a 77-pound, 58-inch-tall bundle of energy, for a three-minute Hawaiian act they will perform during a variety show and luau Saturday night at the development. "We don't want anyone to see our act before Saturday night. That's why we're re-hearsing behind locked doors," giggled Mrs.

Toni Fortney, a spritely gray-haired dancer. "We've only had three dropouts since rehearsals began three weeks ago. I think that's pretty good," she continued. Other dancers the troupe are Mrs. Abbie Eisen-mann, Mrs.

Pierina Spheno-lo Mrs. Mary Nichols, Mrs. Bea Taylor and Mrs. Cathy Connolley. "I'm real proud of these gals," said Mrs.

Rothschild. "They've never danced before but they've just about got this routine down pat. And I'm a strict teacher. I don't believe in leaving one titmtv Mrs. Rothschild's career in show business began in the early 1920s when she was "the baby" of the Greenwich Village Follies.

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You know," she mused, "I've spent 20 years of my life in show business and about 20 years studying and preaching the teachings of the Unity faith. (An ordained Protestant minister, Mrs. Rothschild has preached locally at the Unity Church of Christianity.) "If I really had to choose between my two professions I'd take the ministry, not show business. Sharing Talents "Right now though I'm not interested in preaching or performing on the professional level because I want to play. I'm content to share my talents with the people here at Seven Lakes.

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