The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-15
Famous Actor
TO Return After
Long Absence
Master of BaIIantrae' viii
Be Offered on
Dec. 20.

After an absence of several years,
Walker Whiteside, prominent ro-
mantic and character actor, returns
to English's Saturday, Dec. %, for
matinee ana night performance in
"The Master of Ballantrae"
From the published history of
WeStchester County, New York,
edited by Alvah F. French, much in
teresting material has been CLEANED
relative to Walker Whiteside and his
famous forbearS.
The theatrical career of Walker
WhiteSide is well known to lovers of
the drama, from the time when he
achieved his juvenile fame by vir-
tue OF his acting in Hamlet" down
to the present, at which moment he
is starring in THE Master of Bal
lantrae"
The name of Whiteside has been
one of Importance in America for
several generations, and fer GEN.
turtles, has been name of broad
significance in Great Britain. James
WhiteSide, relative of Judge
WhiteSide, Walker Whiteside's faith
err, was a prominent barrister of
Belfast, Ireland, and a close adviser
of the late Queen Victoria.
WhiteSide County, Illinois, was
named in honor of General Samuel
Whiteside, a brave soldier, who par
ticipated in the Indian wars from
1872 until the close of the Black
Hawk War.
Father Was Judge
Judge Thomas Collins Whiteside,
the father of the actor, was at one
time judge of the Supreme Court
of Illinois, and one of the most
brilliant and universally admired
legal lights of the day.
Walker Whiteside's mother was
Lavinia j. Walker, a deScendent of
George B. Walker, and a deScendent
through a collateral line, of George
b. Clymer, a signer of the Declara-
ton of Independence.
The records of the Westchester
County Historical Society trace the
Clymer ancestry back to Christie
pher Clymer of Bristol, England,
who was living in 1874.
Richard Clymer came to America
in ITO, and in direct line is found
Christopher Clymer, and finally
George B. Clymer, a resident of
Philadelphia.
George B. Clymer was one of the
first to oppose the arbitrary acts Of
Great Britain, and as member of
the Council of Safety, he became the
first Continental Treasurer on July
20, TITS.
Walker WhiteSide was born at
LOganSport, Ind, and the fan1ily,
becoming residents of Illinois short
ly after, he attended his first school
in Riverside, Chicago suburb.
Following his graduation he COW
cred his higher studies under pri-
Vate tutors at Denver, Colo. He
gave special attention to those
branches which would aid him in his
further endeavors, for his choice of
q profession was made at an early
age.
Began Career in Youth
Walker Whiteside went on the
stage as a very young man, and
from his earliest experiences, Shake
Speare was his favorite medium of
expression.
His repertory included Hamlet"
"Othello," The Merchant of Ven
ice" and Richard III"
From the YER. first he was star,
and has remained so until this day.
Never has Walker WhiteSide APP
peared in the support of another
player, nor has be ever co-starred
with another actor or actress.
He is as we'll known and admired
in London as he is in New York, and
is as popular in the West Coast
cities as he is in Chicago or New
Orleans.
The WhiteSide home is in River
view-pl, HaStings-on-Huds New
York
Producers Own Huge Tuba