Looking at a Page From the Seattle P-I Entertainment Section, 9-9-66

Years ago I made copies of a large number of KJR playlists from microfilm of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which had published them in its entertainment section from 1964-74. Almost as interesting to me, though, as the playlists are the other items on the pages. In this example, we see an ad for "Mike and Brian," now playing at the Bavarian Haus in the heart of Seattle--I wonder what their act was? Did they sing? Play twin pianos? Were they comedians? Their performances lasted 5 hours, 4 on Saturdays--what did they do for that long? Was there anything Bavarian about it?

To the left of that ad is one for the Trade Winds Restaurant at 1st and Wall, offering breakfast, lunch and dinner "at popular prices," and "cocktails of course." Nightly from 8 PM they have Cor Du Mee, "a real 'show stopper,'" "entertaining nightly in the Continental manner at the piano table"--with go-go girls. To the left of that, partially cut off by the scanner, is an ad for Nisco's, which "presents the lyrical piano styling of Jack Brownlow." What did he sound like? How was he different from Cor Du Mee? Apparently he was less Continental, and didn't have go-go girls.

Just above the Nisco's ad you can see the tail end of the following news blurb:

Silent Film Star Dies at Age of 90
MIDDLETOWN, Conn.--(UPI)--Mrs. Anna Zadina, star of the early silent film here, died Tuesday night at the age of 90.
Mrs. Zadina, billed as "the emotional Bohemian actress" by a Czech theater prior to her screen career, turned to pictures in 1910.

I don't know what her name was before she got married, but I got nowhere searching for "Anna Zadina."

Getting back to Seattle lounges, 1966, the bottom right shows that Harry Taylor, "America's smartest supper club star," was playing the Legend Room at the Bon Marche at the Northgate Mall--I was wondering if his act consisted of solving differential equations, but a Google search tells me that he was a risque humorist. Above that we see that at the Drift Inn at 5th and Pike you could "dance to Western Music by Leo Ball and the Fireballs featuring Mary Regis." Above that is an ad for Seattle's Finest Ballroom, the Encore Ballroom at 1214 East Pike, where you could "hear the Grandiose Orchestra under the leadership of Alice Nadine Morrison the famous composer." (Another internet search reveals that Alice did have some successful songs going back to 1920, and that in 1966 she was in her mid-70s.) The ad goes on to say that admission was $1, "same program as usual." Sounds like they were in a bit of a rut.

Just to the left of the Encore Ballroom ad is an ad for the Penthouse at 1st and Cherry, where they actually had some big-time jazz artists: Shelly Manne and His Men, plus Ruth Price, with Ahmad Jamal due in September 22. But my favorite piece on the page is just up and to the right, a short announcement whose headline is partially cut off, leaving only the last two words: "Spastic Children." The text reads:

The Magnolia Kiwanis Club will hold its sixth annual spastic children's fishing derby on Sunday at the Canyon Park Trout Farm, north of Bothell, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Club members will provide transportation for 35 handicapped youngsters and their parents, then will help the youngsters fish. After the fishing is over there will be entertainment and refreshments.

Well. Now, I'm not exactly sure how to translate this into 21st century English--was that a catch-all term referring to anyone with a physical handicap, or did it refer to a specific condition that we now call something different? And do people still take them fishing?