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Professional Summer Theater Comes ToOne-Street Village Of About 500 omance By MERYLE SECREST The Washington post HOLIDAY INN RESTAURANT li pleased to invlU 0. WBTH'i "Honoree ot the to dinner any evening, TUUfiZN W. YATES, Innkeeper WE ARE BONDED AND FULLY INSURED JFOR VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA TO DO ANY TYPE HOME REMODELING CONSTRUCTION CALL US FOR FRIE ESTIMATES EASY TERMS AMERICAN HOME CONST. CO. 1120 South Boston Road Dial 793-3960 COME TO AND HEAR GOSPEL SINGING FRIDAY, AUG.

28 7 to 10 P.M. Featuring The Jackson Brothers (Danville) The Messengers (Reidsville) The Ambassadors (Martinsville) FREE! BRING THE ENTIRE FAMILY WE ARE HAVING A LUV 'N AT THE OVEN 1505 No. Main St. Dial 797-9171 Shown above are Debbie Bennett, Cynthia Wilson, Sinatra Banks, Tony Bennett, Scotty Bennett, Cobbs, Dexter Carter, Susan Cundiff, Jeanne S'uckner, Polly Cundiff, Willie Cundiff, Barrv Wilson. LB US LAY A LITTLE LUV 'N ON YAH! LUV7N CHICKEN-IUV 'H FISH-LUV 'H SHRIMP 4 Srde Cole Slaw, Potato Salad, Rolls ORDERS ACCEPTED FROM 1 PIECE ON PRICES GIVEN TO CHURCH GROUPS, GROUPS, FRATERNAL GROUPS, ETC.

Slavet grow corn, squash, cucumbers. abound in the tall grass. The Slavets haye made the hard choice, leaving the streanv ined city for life in an old farmhouse; doing their own planting, iooking, canning and freezing. They -have also left the life of producing where it tomatoes, Their big ibig black Rabbits A. Griffith is plays easier, in the city, to produce plays in the country, where it is hard.

Gerald Slavet is in his third summer as artistic director of Wayside Theatre, a 262-seat professional summer theater in one-street village ('population about 500). The theater's audiences come from nearby towns Winchester, Berry ville, Charlestown and Stephens City. They are farmers, tradesmen, craftsmen and construction workers. There are not many doctors, lawyers or engineers Dhose members of the great mid! die class which is always given the credit for the successful reemergence of regional repertory theater since World War II. Slavet wants to 'build a professional theater that will draw audiences from a wide area for the excellence of its productions.

He wants to perform the classics: Ibsen, Shaw. But he is somewhat more practical than he was a few idealistic years ago when, as producer-director of the Oarriek Players, (he ibelieved there need be no compromise between the plays he wanted to produce the plays an audience would come to see. Where there is no tradition of theater, Slavet recognizes thai the audience's demand to be entertained has to be taken seriously. So 'this year's season of six productions sandwiches two "serious" plays "The Knack' by Ann Jellicoe and "The Price' by Arthur between lightweight but surefire draws like "You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running" and "I Do! I Do!" In the meantime, Slavet is holding audience actor discussions on difficult plays. He credit for last season acceptance of "Who's Afraid of Virginiag which is heavy stuff for Middletown, to' which aired out thejreservations or praise of members of audience.

The Siavet formula hai worked. In the last "three years the theater's attendance has ris en markedly, and it has opefat ed in the black on -a frugal bud get of less 'than $50,000. It is partially subsidized bj its owner, Leo Bernstein o. Washington, who in order to en courage the performing a converted an old movie house It is a few steps down the street from. Wayside Inn, which he also owns.

Bernstein allows the company to perform in the theater, rent-free. He is vice president of the Wayside Foun dation for the Arts, which established to run the theater The theater itself has a grea deal of ingenuous charm. Thi small lobby is particularly at tractive, and fcas the intimat feeling of a small Italian play house. The seats are slipcovered in blue and green. There is an art gallery upstairs which doub bles as a rehearsal room and a small restaurant, "The Cur tain is next door.

The Wayside Theatre has no yet achieved its ambitious production standards. The perform ance of "The Price" was un even. Morris Strassberg was i joy to watch, but other player; were not so Along with the coup of getting an actor of Strassberg's distinc tion to perform, Slavet ha been successful in attracting competent young professional who like the opportunities to work they -can't get otherwise The theater makes its own iprops. When it couldn't rent a harp for its production of "The Price' the harp is an essential prop and wouldn't find a musician many TV Programs 2 6:00 Sum. Sem 6:30 Morn.

Sho'w 7:55 Devotions Kangaroo Old Rebel 8:30 Cook. Today 1:30 Love of Life 12:00 Heart, Is .2:25 News ,2:30 Sea. for Tom. 1:00 Girl Talk 1:30 World Turns 2:00 Love is a 3:30 Guiding Light 3:00 Secret Storm 3:30 Edge of Night 4:00 Comer PyJe 4:30 Flintstones 5:00 I'erry Mason. 6:00 News 6:30 CBS News 7:00 A.

Smith 7:30 Huddles 8:00 Comer Fyie 8:30 Hillbillies Center 10:00 Hawaii 5-0 11:00 News 11:30 Merv Grltfin PHILADELPHIA (AP) Dr. l-aylord P. Harnwell, retiring next week after 17 years as head of the University of Pennsylvania, Tuesday was elected Chairman, president and chief jxecutive officer of the Penn Central Co. which owns biggest railroad. Directors named the 62-year 7 6:25 Light of Life 12:25 Light of Life 6:30 Town Crier 12:30 Sea.

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Douglas 3:30 Laredo 6:30 News .0:30 Concentration 7:00 Truth or Con. .1:00 Sale, Cer' Squares 12:00 Jeopardy 12:30 News 12:55 Report 9:00 Today, Home 9:30 It's Your Bet ,0:00 Dinah's Place 10:30 Concentra'n .1:00 Sale, Century 1:30 Hollyw'd Sq. 7:30 Virginian 12:00 Jeopardy 8:00 Kraft Music 12:30 Who. What, 10:00 Bronson 12:55 NBC News 11:00 News 1:00 Anoth. World 11:30 Tonight Show 1:30 Linkletter WISE SIGN BOWLING GREEN, Ky.

(AP A sign in the National Guard Armory here says, "Don't jus stand there either be a lead er, a follower or get out of the way." Register: Danville, Aug. 26, 1970 Harnwell To Head Penn Central Company PHlr.dm?r i i. 11 forced to go into bankruptcy court for help, Penn Central Go. directors, 5n lother executive switch uned Archibald deB. Johnson as secretary-treasurer.

He suc- Bayard H. Roberts as sec- and John H. Shaffer as reasurer, both of whom retain those posts with Penn Central atomic physicist, a Penn Transportation Co. Central director since 1958, to succeed Paul A. Gorman who iad held -the post only two months following the ouster of Stua.rt T.

Saunders. The Penn Central is a holding company of the Penn Central Transportation Co. now involved in a federal bankruptcy act reorganizating proceeding. The railroad, part of the transportation company, is now being supervised by four trustees named by U.S. Dist.

Judge John P. Fullam. Two weeks ago they William H. Moore as president and chief executive post Gorman also quit when the trustees took over most of his duties in operating passenger and freight trains over 42,731 of track in 14 states and two Canadian provinces. Moore, former executive vice president for operations the Southern Railway System, -was described by the trustees "a thoroughly experienced, tough-minded, get-it- done executive who knows how to run a railroad and has been doing it successfully for 25 years." Harnwell, on the other hand, is more -at home in the class room, in the physics laboratory or writing about his work of a lifetime.

He came to the Penn Centra board because 'the university held many thousands of share of railroad stock, which wa sold off loss of more than million about -a. month before Penn Central found dtself in tight cash squeeze and wa meat of the Philadelphia Na SOUTH TONIGHT ADULT DOUBLE FEATURE FIRST DANVILLE SHOWING 'THAT LOVING FEELING' In Color Rated (X) Plus 2nd Hit! "STING of DEATH" Johnson retired seven Bank. MUSEUM ACTS CHICAGO (AP) The director of the Field Museum of Natural History, a storehouse of nature's primitive environment, said the museum has volunteered to do its part in keeping the air clean. E. Leland Webber said burning coal containing only 1.24 per cent sulphur will increase the cost of heating the huge museum by 64 per cent.

"We are two years ahead of city regulations governing reduction of sulphur content of coal," Webber said, "because we recognize air pollution as an im mediate threat which must be stopped now." City of Chicago regulations for users of existing heating sys terns limits the sulphur conten of coal to. 2 per cent. The museum uses about 4,000 tons of coal a year. "We cannot afford to wait for government regulations to force the reduction of sulphur pollu tion," Webber said. DRIVE-IN' lit DANVILLE SHOWING JERRY LEWIS WAIT UNTIL DARK CAPITOLQ MAE WEST, RAQUECWELCH, John HUSTON and Rex REED "MYRA (X) BRECKINBIDGE" RIVERSIDE: Ht Inherited The club Tut.i wirlsWho Wed.f Pound Our It Wnn't A Holt) TODAY! Ar All Hii limit sttwirt Htnry ftnit In "CHCYINNi SOCIAL THEATfcL i ii I Tit Sit Ditto tiKt if Extra tf (tyti i.

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Two hamburgers, lettuce, sauce, and a slice of cheddar-blend cheese. It's delicious. And get a 12-ounce Coca-Cola free Wednesday Thursday and Friday. is your kind of piece Riverside Drive willing to lend one, it built it own. The harp looks convincing but Slavet says doesn't mak onuch music.

"I am learning things down here," Slavet said, looking as if the lessons suited him. Slavet puts in much physical, work on the old farm run by! him. and his wife, Susan. They planted their own crop's this year, serve their dinner guests delicious meals with freshly picked vegetables. Susan, who grew up in New York, has learned to do her own canning.

Last winter they lived on the fresh vegetables they had frozen. "I came in with longer hair land younger ideas, and I guess I was a lot more says Slavet. "I'm learning that i people consider they're being talked down to if you say something like you're trying to bring culture into the country. "And that's not what I mean But I am committed to the idea that theater has to be done well, and it has to be exciting or we'Jl never get the kids here." TWO TERMS FRANKFORT. Ky.

(AP) The only man to serve two consecutive terms as governor of Kentucky was James Garrard in 1796 ami, 1800. HELD OVER TODAY AND THURSDAY In the past week we have given to Danville movie-going families over $1,000 in free passes. Those who accepted our invitation to return, as a family, to the movies were both satisfied and thankful. Again we extend our invitation two more days. One child under 12 will be admitted absolutely free-with the purchase of one adult admission.

HER best picture since "Sound of Music" And Family Entertainment For HIS best picture YET I Shews 9:00 Child SOc Hi School 1,00 Adult 1.50 NEXT 'THE HAWAIIANS" TheHoonsh The 18th amendment prohibited drinking. It didn't say a word about kil ling, double-crossing or blowing things up. COLOR OUT WAS MURMR.