TOUR GROUP POSES in front of Nice, the
touring headquarters for the Riviera and
Southern France. Pictured, left to right, are:
Mary Alice Watson, Boone; Jacqueline, a
French guide; Mrs. Polly Thompson, formerly
A rN
of Boone; Miss Doris Spark*, Wingate; Jack
Van Noppen, Dr. Ina Van Noppen, Dr. John
Van Noppen, all of Boone; Mrs. Joe Talley,
Jr., Fayetteville; and Mist Claris Kuas, Hen
denonville.
AMI Frofessors lo Conduct A
Tour Of Europe Duriug Summer
Two ASTC professors will con
duct a "flying lour" of Europe
this summer.
Traveling by jet pUne, the
group of alumni and friends of
ASTC will be under the direc
tion of Drs. John and Ina Van
Noppen. The party is scheduled
to leave New York on June 10
and return to New York on July
8. All travel between countries
will be by air, and .excursions
within countries will be by pri
vate deluxe motorcoach. The air
travel will enable the group to
spend more time in each coun
try visited.
Last summer the Van Nop
pens conducted a similar tour
for teachers and students of
North Carolina.
The party will stop first at
Lisbon, Portugal, for sightseeing
and continue to Madrid for a
three-day stay. There will be an
excursion to Toledo to see the
Aid Moorish capital and the
paintings of El Greco. Nice, the
next stop, will serve as head
quarter* f* seeing tte Riviera
and Bawtht? France.
Dr. John Van Noppen said that
in Rome they will visit the Borg
hese Gallery and Park, the Trevi
Fountain, the Parthenon, Saint
Peter's, the Coliseum, the Vati
can, and the Forum. A visit will
be made to Tivolo and Assissi.
Dr. Ina Van Noppen, dis
tinguished professor of history
at ASTC, said that the highlight
of the tour will be the visit to
Florence, the "mother of the
renaissance." There they will
visit the Medici and palaces, the
Uffizi Gallery, the Pittl Palace,
and take a look at Mlchael
angelo's David and Dante's
house.
In picturesque Venice the
party will tour St. Mark's
Square, the cathedral, the Doge's
Palace and the Bridge of Sighs.
The group will visit the pal
aces, the art gallery and the
Hofbrau House in Munich. From
Munich they will take a side trip
to see Baravian Castles and the
Alps.
In romantic Paris the tour in
cludes the Tuileries Gardens,
the Place de la Concord, the
Champs Elysee, the Arc de
Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower, the
Louvre, the Sorbonne, Notre
Dame, the Montmarte and ex
cursions to Versailles, the Tri
anon; and the Petit Trianon.
After four days In Paris they
will fly to London to see Buck
ingham Palace, the Changing of
the Guard, the Tower of London,
the Cnriosity Shop, the Honse
of Parliament, Westminster Ab
bey. A one-day excursion will be
made to the Shakespeare Coun
try, to Oxford, Stratford-on
Saturday and Sunday
April 6*7
Period Of
Adjustment
, with
Jim Hutton
Janefonda
Avon, Warwick Castle, Coventry
Cathedral, and another day's ex
cursion to Canterbury.
Reservations have been made
for hotel rooms, meals, private
motor-coaches and couriers and
for air transportation, but re
served space may be held at this
peak season only if deposits of
$100 are received within the
near future.
If unforseen circumstances
make it impossible for a mem
ber of the tour to go, the de
posit will be refunded up until
Hay 1, on which date the bal
ance of the payment, $773, is
due. After that dattf a refund
will be possible if a substitute
member joins the group.
Retires From
Highway Dept.
Trade, Tenn., April 1. ? Mr.
Mack Lawrence, well known cit
izen of Trade, Tennessee, who
has worked for the Johnson
County Highway Department (or
'ffie past 30 years, retired last
month on March 6. Mr. Law
rence was a faithful servant,
and was always on the job at
all times. He plans to take it
easy for a while and do a lot
of fishing.
He and Mrs. Lawrence plan
a vacation in Reno, Nevada, in
the latter part of the summer,
where they will visit a daughter
and other relatives.
To Appear In
Joint Recital
The Department of Music at
Appalachian State. Teachers
College will present Mr James
Graeber and Mr. Wayne Davis
In ? joint senior recital Sunday,
April 7, at S p. m. in the Fine
Arts Auditorium.
Mr. Graeber, a native of Con
cord, will play the trombone.
He will be accompanied by Mrs.
Rebecca Burgess. Mr. Davis,
who is from Wilkes County, will
perform on the French horn
and will be accompanied by
Miss Gloria Hampton.
Mr. Graeber will perform the
following selections: "Concerto
No. 2," V. Blazhevilch; "Atlan
tic Zephyrs," Gardell Simons;
"Evening in the Country," Bela
Bartok; and "Morceau Sym
phonique," Alexandre Guil
mant.
Mr. Davis will perform the
following: "Concerto No. 1,"
Richard Strauss; "Concerto No.
3 for French Horn," W. A.
Mozart; and "Concerto for
French Horn," W. A Mozart;
and "Concerto for Horn," Ralph
Hermann.
Mr. Davis and Mr. Graeber
are students of Mr. Charles Is
ley. '-M
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