Community Concert Campaign Opens for Annual Membership Drive
The Community Concert Assn. launches its annual membership drive this week through March 30. Kickoff dinner is at Adams Memorial YWCA Monday at 6 p.m. Campaign headquarters are the Sheraton Hotel lobby with hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The drive ends Saturday at 1 p.m. The selection committee will pick concerts for next season, including the Pittsburgh Symphony under William Steinberg as feature attraction.
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William Steinberg
North Carolina High School Speech Festival Opens at Wake Forest
About 300 students and teachers from 22 North Carolina high schools take part in the seventh annual NC High School Speech Festival at Wake Forest College. Eight divisions include extemporaneous speaking and original oratory with workshops by Wake Forest. The event features the American Legion Oratorical Contest finals and awards a 500 college scholarship and a 100 savings bond.
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North Carolina
American Legion
United Nations
Wake Forest
Gray
Hanes
Reynolds
Winston-Salem
Thomasville
Page
Greensboro
Garner
Allen Jay
High Point
Concord
Valdese
East Surry
Pilot Mountain
Lawsonville
North Davidson
King
East Mecklenburg
Shelby
Myers Park
Charlotte
Ragsdale
Jamestown
High Point Central
Mineral Springs
Lexington
Guilford
Garinger
Fair Skies Bring Warm Today After Frosty Start
The forecast calls for pleasant conditions with a low near 32 degrees and a high around 68 today. Partly cloudy and mild weather is expected tomorrow as springlike warmth continues.
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Mercury
Local Students Win at District Science Fair
Two High Point high school students won at Wake Forest College district science fair. Mike Shoaf of Allan Jay high school placed among five senior division biology winners. Bob Nicholson of Northeastern junior high school was second in the junior division biology group. Over 200 students from 11 counties participated. Shoaf advances to the State Science Fair at North Carolina State College in Raleigh April 5-6.
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Winston-Salem
High Point High School
Wake Forest College
Mike Shoaf
Allan Jay High School
Bob Nicholson
Northeastern Junior High School
Shoaf
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
Guilford College A Cappella Choir Tours the Carolinas
The Guilford College A Cappella Choir is on its spring tour through North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida until March 31. Director Jerry Smyre leads 47 students with Claude Cook and Maxine Ljung assisting. A home concert is set for 4 p.m. Sunday, April 7 in Dana Auditorium on campus.
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Guilford College
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Claude Cook
Maxine K. Ljung
Jerry Smyre
Nancy Baird
Asheboro
Dwight Grant
Robert Hamlin
David Parsons
Gloria Phillips
Judith Greene
Greensboro
James Hedgecock
Judith Justice
Jack Oldham
High Point
Cynthia Cann
Winston-Salem
Guilford
Violinist To Perform In Concert In Thomasville
Violinist Dave Rubinoff will present two concerts at Main Street Junior High auditorium Thomasville on Thursday. The 2 p.m. matinee for students and an 8 p.m. evening show for adults will raise funds for city school library books. The program includes Chopin Polonaise Warsaw Concerto and Rhapsody in Blue. Rubinoff tours about 125 cities with 250 paid concerts and 1,250 free appearances at service clubs hospitals and school events.
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Thomasville
Dave Rubinoff
Main Street
Chopin
Rubinoff
Man Charged In Knife Assault At Majorette Drive In
A knife fight at Majorette Drive In left Ronald Branson badly wounded, needing over 100 stitches. J. P. Tysinger, 29, was charged with felonious assault with a deadly weapon after Branson named him. Tysinger was arrested hours later and posted a $500 bond for a Municipal Court appearance April 5.
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Majorette Drive- In
J. P. Tysinger
Richland Avenue
Ronald Branson
Granbey Street
Branson
Tysinger
Bonnie Harrell
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James B. Lovelace
Howard Cobl
Robert Culp
Jean Hardin
Barry Ruth
Edward Silver
David Smith
Leon Harrelson
New York
Community Concerts
Leonard Pennario
Gibson
N. C
J. Nelson Gibson Jr
H & R Block
United States
Casi le
Rkco
East Green St
Huffman
Wall Paper CO
N. Main
Guilford Choir
Commerce Street
Harrell
Floyd McKinley Hedgecock
Clover Drive
Charlie Parks
North Street
Perry Henderson Gray
Ennis Street
Fort Lauderdale
Sheriff's
Purcell Supply
W. Green
Romantic
Vant
Finessery Jacqueline
Harper's Bazaar
Ying Utieg
Lady Slipper
Archdale-Trinity Woman's Club
Archdale School
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