Speech' Contest To
Be Optimist Project
The Optimist Club of Boone
will sponsor an oratorical con
test, open to boys who have not
reached their 18th birthday by
December SI of this year.
The event will take place at
7:30 p. m., March 18. at the
Boone Elementary School.
"Youth's Approach Toward
World Forces" is the title of
the five minute speech to be
given by each contestant. Frank
Andrews, vice president of the
Boone Optimist Club, said the
local group is sponsoring the
event in Conjunction with Opti
mist International.
The winners at the club level
will receive prizes in excess of
$290.00, and go on to compete
in district contests. The district
winners wilt compete in one of
four regional contests.
The four winners at the re
gional level will receive an ex
pense paid trip to Toronto, On
tario, in June, where they will
compete for the top prize of a
$1,000 college scholarship at
the 49th annual convention of
Optimist International. Run
ners-up will each receive a $900
scholarship.
"We feel that the internation
al contest is valuable because
the experience in public speak
ing gives the boys self-confi
dence and teaches them leader
ship and initiative, in addition
"Othello" To
Be Staged By
Noted Players
. . who steals my purse
steals trash . .
The words are by Shakes
peare and they are spoken by
Iageo in the National Players'
dramatic classic "Othello" to
be seen today (Thursday) in
the Administration Building
Auditorium on the college cam
pus.
Two performances have been
scheduled: a matinee at 2 p. m.
and an evening performance at
8' p. m., according to Rogers
Whitener, chairman of the art
ists and lecture series at ASTC.
Richard Bauer, of St. Louis,
Missouri, plays the role at the
wily villain - Iago, who causes
the downfall of Othello by play
ing upon the emotions of jeal
ousy and love.
Shakespearean tragedy is not
a new field for the Players
company since during the last
14 years the group has. toured
such productions as "Richard
III," "Romeo and Juliet," "Jul
ius Caesar." and "King Lear,"
as well as non-Shakespearean
tragedies.
Locally the Players will be
remembered for Shakespeare's
"Merchant of Venice," present
ed two years ago at Appalach
ian.
National Players is an exten
sion of the Speech and Drama
Department of Catholic Univer
sity of America and was found
ed in 1940 by a Dominican
priest, Rev. Gilbert V. Hartke,
OP, who still supervises all
phases of its operation.
"Othello" marks the fourth
program of the current Appa
lachian Artists and Lecture
Series. Scheduled next is the
Ohio State University Glee
Club, to be heard in the Fine
Arts Auditorium on March 20.
RUSSIAN THREAT
In a Moscow speech, recently,
marking the eve of the forty
fifth anniversary of the Soviet
armed forces, the Red marshal
warned that if Americans at
tacked Cuba it would mean a
third world war and nuclear
devastation for the United
States.
Official Washington shrugged
off Russia's new missile flexing
over Cuba as morale builders ?
both for at home and frfr Cas
tro's regime.
Four U. S. fliers were killed
in the attempted 1961 invasion
of Cuba.
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to giving them an opportunity
to win a college scholarship,"
Andrews said.
NATO FLEET
The United State* is planning
to tell its European allies it will
help them build a NATO nu
clear missile force of less cost
ly surface ships as well as
Polaris submarines.
Guard helps 12 escape to West
Germany.
Women Voters Hear Talk Of Absentees In State
The evening group of the
League of Women Voters will
meet in the Ladies Parlor in
the Boone Methodist Church
Thursday evening, March 14, at
8:00 p. m. ? ' V'--'
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Mr?. Verlln Coffey will eon
duct the meeting, ducuutng the
absentee ballot. All persons in
terested in this problem are In
vited to attend. It. .
Present plan* are for a morn
ing group to discuss the same
material on the fourth Tuesday
of this month In order to ac
commodate those who are un
able to attend an evening meet
ing. Further announcements
are expected to be made
later. " '
Plan to televiie an interview
with Preaident Kennedy over
European TV network* (helved
until April at leaat
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The Loet Colony's population
in 1887 was 118, before It ?*?
liked mysteriously. In North
Carolina last year, 30,000 per
sons died from heart diaeaae ?
"a Lost Colony every 48 hours,"
says the North Carolina Heart
Association.
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