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Greeley Daily Tribune from Greeley, Colorado • Page 25

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Barbara Harris is a private person HOLLYWOOD Actress Concurrently she appeared on Barbara Harris is one of the several daytime television most private people in serials there and appeared in Hollywood. In she's so summer stock for a season at private, she still lives in New the Tenthouse Theater in York. Highland Park. Illinois. "I've thought about moving Determined, she set off for to California." says the woman New York, but after a few who is so fragile that she looks months of making the rounds at times as if she won't make it with only sore feel to show for across the set, then spends it, slip made her first trip to three days in 59-degrce water California and more television on location for Walt Disney work.

She returned to Chicago, Productions' "Freaky Friday." joined a group of bright per- a far-out farce in which she formers at a cabaret called The stars with Jodie Foster as a 35- Compass and improvised year-old unliberated mother satirical skits and songs. Some who trades places with her 13- of her co-workers at the time year-old daughter. were Mike Nichols, Elaine May But Barbara doesn't finish her sentence about why she's and Alan Arkin. After a year, Nichols and never gone ahead and moved to May re-formed under the name California, at least she doesn't finish the thought out loud. She rarely does.

New York has been home for Barbara since she left Evan- of Second City and Barbara joined them. When a revue called "From the Second City" opened in New York. Barbara was singled out for unanimous ston, where she was born, critical praise. and Chicago, where she grew She landed the role of an adolescent seductress in the off- Broadway hit. "Oh Dad, Poor Dad.

Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad." which ran for more than a year and for which she received the Vernon Price Award. She returned to the stage with "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" in 1905, and soon after, starred in "The Apple Tree," directed by Mike for which she won a Tony Award for her three characterizations in the musical trilogy. In 1966, she made her film debut in "A Thousand Clowns" with Jason Robards Jr. Other films include "Plaza Suite," "The War Between Men and Women" and "Mixed Company." She was nominated for an Academy Award as best supporting actress and won the Cue Magazine Entertainer of the Year Award for her performance as a perennial loser in "Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Merrick Production of "The Terrible Things Aboul Me?" Penny Wars" on Ilroadway. Her two movies preceding and in 1975 she directed Arnold "Freaky Friday" were "Nash- Weinstein's "Lady Liberty's ville" and Alfred Hitchcock's Ice Crnun Cone" for a cabaret "Family Plot." at the New York I'ullural In 1971 she directed a David Center.

WAVY DAVY Dayton, owner Wavy Davy Spangler plucks some of his "vacation money" from the ceiling of his End of the Trail tavern. Like most bartenders he has a gimmick--he throws money to the ceiling. If it sticks, he keeps it. (AP Wirephoto) up. She's the youngest of four children, but she won't go further into detail except to comment offhandedly that her mother didn't want her to go into acting.

There's no use wondering if there's a deeper meaning to the statement, Barbara won't give you a clue. While still ffli'chicago. she By GARY R. PEDERSEN Associated Press Writer DAYTON, Nev. (AP) attended Wright Junior College and the Goodman School of the Theater and took courses at the University of Chicago.

It admits he doesn't often give up vertise the End of the Trail. was as an a PP rentice at lhe a free drink on the trick. Some come from a nearby Davy came to this tiny town brothel. Davy says the several He pins money to the ceiling mxxxxxxxxxxxmxxxxxxx MINI FLICK 330 8th Ave. FULFILLMENT 7 1 0 TEENAGE STEPMOTHER; 8:30 Wavy Davy keeps his vacation in Nevada's Silver Mining coun- brothels in the area attract cus- madc her first rofessiollal money pinned to the ceiling of try from a tavern at nearby tomers who also patronize his a playing a wide his business.

Lake Tahoe where he tended business. TM Ki of roles in Bills of several denomina- bar for several years. That ca- tions and from a bunch of na- re er was preceded by stints as lions festoon the wide open a physical education teacher, area above the End of The life guard, taxi driver, bill collector and more. Not long ago a friend turned him onto sleepy Dayton, and Trail Bar. Wavy Davy, really John D.

Spangler, 36, hails from Newport Beach, Calif. He is a char- he's been here since, His nickname comes from his famous statue, the End of the abundance of curly locks. His Trail, which now sits in bronze favorite pastime is tending bar. Visalia, and in fact at Like many of his peers, he has the National Cowboy Museum His bar was named for the a gimmick. in Oklahoma City.

It first ap- His ability to throw currency peared in the San Francisco to the ceiling and make it stick Exposition in the early 1900s. tickles customers and is build- not going to get rich ing a mounting account for here, but this is simplicity, it's, Dav y- you know, peace of mind. This "We are just going to wait probably will be the end of my until we get a bunch more up trail so the.name of the bar is there, then when it's time for a appropriate," he said, vacation, we just grab a lad- Dayton was once a booming der, fish it down and go," said mining town. Today all that's Dav y- left are some old buildings, It cost a reporter a buck to some old mine works and about find out the trick. 3 0 pi on a crow ded day.

Davy puts a tack through the Across the street from center of the bill, puts a half Davy's is the Lyon County dollar against the tack head, sheriffs substation, down the folds the bill into a neat pack- 5 rM is the Gold Leaf Bar and age and hurls it point up at the (he Fox Hotel, ceiling. It works. What do Daytonites do? "If it doesn't stick, the cus- "Well, mostly they just hang tomer gets the money back and around or work in Carson," a free drink," said Davy, who Davy said. Davy said his clientele come from nearby Carson City or Fallon or Yerington. The matches in his ashtrays are complimentary.

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