What Young People Think Are High School Proms Outdated
A survey of 1085 teens finds more than 35 percent plan to skip prom this year. Attitudes vary as costs deter some, while 70 percent sympathize with those unable to attend. but only 27 percent cite expense as the reason.
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Columbus, Ohio
Andi Price
Teen Prom Opinions Show Mixed Feelings About Dances
A survey of teenagers from Houston to New York finds 80 percent enjoy dressing up for formals while 92 percent of girls favor wearing their best clothes versus 58 percent of boys. Teens debate prom flaws from atmosphere to parental viewing and boredom, suggesting reforms like transportation, more entertainment, and slower music.
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Diane Clark
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Kristi Kay
Detroit Mich
Debbie Nixon
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Beachwood
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Miss Vickie Allen Feted Before Aug 13 Wedding
Bride elect Miss Vickie Allen will be honored at a miscellaneous floating shower hosted by Mrs. Frankie Myers and Miss Jeanie Myers at the Myers home on Rocklane Road. Guests attend at 7 30 p m and the couple will marry August 13 at First Pilgrim Church.
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Vickie Allen
Ronnie Florence
Miss Allen
Frankie Myers
Jeanie Myers
Myers
Rocklane Road
First Pilgrim Church
ABWA Meeting Planned at Adams Memorial YWCA
American Business Women's Assn will meet Thursday evening at Adams Memorial YWCA. The gathering is scheduled to start at 6 30 o'clock.
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American Business Women's Assn
Adams Memorial Ywca
Taylor Jackson Wedding Connects Greensboro Family Tie
Mary Alice Jackson and John Wilson Taylor were married June 26 at 3:30 p.m. in a home ceremony officiated by Rev. W P Cole. The bride, daughter of Daniel and Mary Jackson, wore white lace over satin with orchids, attended by Jacqueline Hughes. Best man was Jerry Williams. The couple, tied to Winston-Salem State and A and T respectively, were later hosted at a Pearson Street YWCA reception.
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Greensboro
Mary Alice Jackson
John Wilson Taylor
Miss Jackson
Daniel Jackson
Jacqueline Hughes
Richmond
Jerry Williams
William Penn High School
High Point
Winston-Salem State College
Sherman Taylor
Agricultural and Technical College
Pearson Street
YWCA
Carpet Dyes Brighten with Safe Blue Lustre
Clean wall-to-wall carpet is revived by Safe Blue Lustre restoring color and nap. Mann Drug Stores offer an electric shampooer for rent at 1 dollar per day.
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Mann Drug Stores
Leadership Sessions Planned This Week In Chapel Hill
Women from across North Carolina converge in Chapel Hill for the fiftieth annual leadership workshop by the NCCWO and UNC extension. Held in Morrison Dormitory the three and a half day program features Madeline McCain of Greensboro as chairwoman with sessions on community leadership speech finances and recreation led by UNC and Indiana University faculty and local leaders.
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Fifph
N. C. Council of Women's Organizations
University of North Carolina
Morrison
UNC
Madeleine McCain
Greensboro
James M. Harper Jr
Southport
NCCWO
Council
Governor’s School of North Line Carolina
H. Douglas Sessoms
The
General College, Inc
Romola L. Hicks
Indiana University
Lois Frazier
Department of Business
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