European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 the stars and stripes faces a no places 1 sunday March 7,1993 Street Corner Harmony revived by Providence in Rhode Island from wire reports Street Corner music will be celebrated in Providence for a Long time to come when Rhode islands capital City this Spring becomes the Home of the Doo Wop Hall of Fame of America. The City also will be the site of the first annual Dow City Doo Wop festival beginning april 26 and culminating May 1 with a concert and Hall of Fame selections at veterans memorial auditorium. The Hall of Fame a president Harvey Robbins a concert promoter from Sharon mass., has been searching for a Home for the facility for about four years expecting that Boston would claim it. Even though Providence was never the hotbed of Street Corner Harmony singing that new York and Philadelphia has been Robbins said the City expressed the most interest. A we wanted to be somewhere where we were wanted Quot Robbins said thursday after mayor Vincent Ciancol presented him a key to the City. The Doo Wop Hall of Fame received a $15,000 Grant from the City convention authority. The festival will include a sock hop a Competition a Parade of stars in classic cards and a concert featuring the Jive five the silhouettes the Falcons Hank Ballard and the Midnight ers Shirley Reeves original Lead. Singer of the Shi relics and the Belmont. A Odoo Wop is love music. Its like a love letter to the listener. When you think about the Good times in your life this is the music you listen to a Eugene Pitt Lead Singer for the Jive five said at thursdays bars Maclaine a Chapel in Hagerstown md., wont open its doors for the in Ming of Shirley Maclaine latest movie because of her religious beliefs. Faith Chapel has refused tristan pictures request to film scenes at the Church for the movie guarding Tess starring Maclaine and Nicolas Cage. A Given the fact that Shirley Maclaine is a of uru for the new age re Ilion which is contrary to Christian truth we certainly would not want to give her our. Endorsement Quot pastor Robert Ridenour said. Tristan pictures which will be shooting scenes across the Street at the Maclaine Maryland theatre next month wanted to film the Entrance to the 83-Ycar-old Chapel which was used As a theater until 1975. Tristan publicist Judith Rhein a had no comment on the diapers decision. Maclaine the author of several books of spirituality also had no comment said her publicist Dale Olson. Maclaine plays a former first lady and Cage is one of the secret service agents guarding her in the movie most of which is being shot in Baltimore. Colbert suffers stroke Claudette Colbert one of the most popular leading ladies of 1930s and 1940s Cinema suffered a stroke in Barbados and was in serious condition Friday doctors said. Colbert $9, was admitted tuesday to the Bay View Hospital in St. Michael just South of the capital of Bridgetown the Hospital said in a statement Friday. A she has suffered a stroke. She is seriously ill. All indications arc that she will make a Good recovery Quot the statement said. Officials at the Hospital would not elaborate. The american actress divides her tire to Between new York City and Barbados a Caribbean Island. In 1982, she hosted two longtime friends president Reagan and his wife Nancy at her Barbados Home. Colbert who has maintained a very Low profile in recent years appeared in More than 60 films. Her Forte was sophisticated comedy such As her Oscar winning performance in it happened one night a 1934 film that co starred Clark Gable and was directed by Frank Capra. Her other films included / met him in Paris Midnight Kovarich arise my love the Palm Beach Story since you went away and three came Home among her leading men were Edward g. Robinson Gary Cooper John Wayne Henry Fonda and Spencer Tracy. She was born in Paris but three years later her father brought the family to new York s will sets Art award. Lillian Gish who died last saturday left an estate Worth $10 million with most of it to endow an annual award in the performing arts Reuters reported Friday. Gish was 99, and her career spanned virtually the entire history of movies starting with silent films. Her 19-Pagc Wilt filed in surrogates court in Manhattan and dated feb. 21, 1986, distributes about $1 million to 20 people including relatives and friends in bequests ranging from $5,000 to $250,000. Helen Hayes was Given Opal jewelry while Gish left artworks by grandma Moses to Hayes sons James and Charles Macarthur. Gish directed that the remaining funds be used to establish a prize named for herself and her sister actress Dorothy who died in 1968. She specified that the prize go to an individual who makes a an outstanding contribution to the Beauty of the world and to Mankind a enjoyment and understanding of life through the performing giving body parts act of generosity dear Ann Landers. 1 am writing about a column you printed a few months ago which i found very disturbing. It was about a teen age boy who had been killed while Riding his bicycle. You thought it was a just wonderful that his family had donated his body to be Cut up and Given to people who needed a new lung a new heart new eyes new Ann Landers kidneys Etc. You even noted that his skin could be used by someone who had been badly burned. I find it incredible that you consider cutting a body to pieces a an act of enormous to me it is just Plain gruesome. A if my son were killed in an Accident i would never allow his body to be Cut up for any reason whatsoever. I would want the world to know that i loved and respected him in death As in life and i would see to it that he was Laid to rest in a dignified manner. Where do you get off advising people to desecrate a loved one s remains shame on you and your twisted idea of do Good ism Clifton no. Dear Clifton obviously you fed strongly about the subject and i respect your views but i ask that you look at this Issue through the other end of the Telescope. Let us assume for a minute that your son was suddenly stricken Blind and the doctors told you his sight could be restored by a corneal transplant. Would you not thank god for the Miracle of modern Medicine and be enormously grateful to the family who agreed to donate their child a eyes so that your child could Sec i am certain that when you rethink this Issue you will change your opinion. Thank you for the Opportunity to express mine. Dear Ann Landers some jobs should come with a warning Label that says a this position May be hazardous to your health marriage and Many companies demand so much from their employees that they Are forced to choose Between work Ana Home. The new Breed of management tries to figure out How to get the most work out of the fewest number Quot a a Quot Quot a Lowance which always creates a Dac Kin for others. Management a grand design works Only if everything goes according to plan. Of course it never does. I Hope you la print this Ann. If you do fun bet it will be posted on a Good Many bulletin boards. Any state Usa letter to Ann Lander Atwould be addressed to her it . Box 11562, pm Cago Iii. 606110562. C creator Syndicate prayer for parents o valuable guide i dear Abby one of our patrons would greatly appreciate a copy of the poem you published several years ago. It begins a ooh heavenly father make me a better Parent Quot she said she had read it in your column about 20 cars ago. If you could Supply it she would be extremely grateful. Connie Shair librarian Altadena Calif. Dear Connie the item is titled a parents prayer. It was written by the Lute Garry a Myers the founder of highlights for children a wholesome educational monthly Magazine a now in its fourth generation. And Here it is a Parent s prayer of heavenly father Wake we a better Parent. Help me to understand my children of listen patiently to what they have to say and to understand All their questions kindly keep me from interrupting them talking Back to them and contradicting them. Make me As courteous to them As i would have them be to me. Give me the courage to confess my sins against my children and ask their forgiveness when 1 know that 1 have done wrong. 1 May i not vainly Hurt the feelings of my children. Forbid that i should laugh at their mistakes or resort to shame and ridicule As punishment. Let me not tempt a child to lie and steal. So guide me hour by hour that i May demonstrate by All i say and do that honesty produces happiness. R reduce i Pray the meanness in me. May j cease to nag and when i am our of sorts help me of lord to hold my Tongue. Blind me to the Little errors of my children and help me to see the Good things they do. Give me a ready word for honest Praise. Help me to treat my children As those of their own age but let me not exact of them the judgments and conventions of adults. Allow me not to Rob them of the Opportunity to wait upon themselves to think to choose and to make their own decisions. Forbid that i should Ever punish them for my selfish satisfaction. May i Grant them All their wishes that Are reasonable and have the courage always of withhold a privilege that i know will do them harm. A Lake me so Lair and just so considerate and companionable to my children that they will have genuine esteem for me. Fit me to be loved and imitated by my children. Of god do give me Calm and poise and self dear Abby control. Dear Abby can you stand another a twin Story i too have an identical twin sister and although we never dressed alike we were constantly mistaken for a the other one Quot a even As adults. After we were both married my sister moved to another state. Last summer my husband and i were vacationing at a popular resort and at one Point in the presence of several strangers he impulsively grabbed me and gave me a very passionate kiss a Man i had never seen before witnessed it a and he kept staring at me to the Point that i noticed it and it made me uncomfortable. A year later while 1 was visiting my sister she introduced me to her Boss. It was the same Man who had seen my husband Lay that kiss on me when he saw that there were two of us he burst out laughing. Then he confessed that he had assumed that what he had seen was my twin sister cheating on her husband the other twin dear readers i laughed at this a a Mother Ben having some difficulty keeping her Chicks in line declared a if your father could see you now head turn Over in his a letter for this column should be addressed to Roar Abby at . Be mount Morns. 111. 61054 c Universal press Syndicate
