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Twenty Finalists Named In Tar Heel Variety Show Contests
Twenty youths from across the state were chosen from 150 entrants to compete in the 1956 Tar Heel Variety Show. Winners include Cornelia Beck from Lexington, Helen Paisley of McLeansville, and the Taylor Band from Denton. Final shows run September 21 22 at the Junior High School auditorium with WSJS TV coverage and prizes of 100 50 and 20 savings bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Bickerton
Cornelia Beck
Lexington
Frankie and
Johnny
Helen Paisley
McLeansville
Mother Goose
Gayle Morris
Denton
Taylor
Bobbie Frye
Betsy Davis
Sandra Parnell
High Point
Arthur
Violet Culler
Pinnacle
Gordon Polson
King St
Patty Russell
Route 3
Thomasville
Sanfogles
Sandra Stanley
Gloria Miller
JoAnne McCandless
Judy Baylin
Alice Edwards
Marcia Potter
Winston-Salem
Winston- Salem
Jimmy Moss
Bil Davis
Harriet Hilton
Jimmy Aycock
Tremont
Michael Allen
Ramseur
High Point Woman's Club
E. W L. Parks
P. H. Haynes Knitting Company
Grace Cox
Greensboro
Donald Horne
High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jacqueline Dorming
Thomas Dodamead
High Point College
Eleanor Young
High Point High School
Coke Cecil
WSJS
Channel 12
Out of
C. G. Mackintosh
Presi
Rock-N-Roll Rockets
The
Rockets
Bill Ballard
Gilbert Poole
Larry Solomon
Robbie
Kay
Joan
Nancy