Margaret MeLarty Slar|OffrV Series By NANCY ALEXANDER Two North Carolinian* play leading rota in a popular tele vision aerie*. "A* the World Turna" so do thousands of dials all over the nation to the program, is which they appear Monday through Friday at 1:30 p. p. The two are Margaret Mc Larty, who plays Lisa Hughes, and James Pritchett, who has the rol.e of Bruce Elliott, her boy friend. Lisa's stsge name is Eileen Pulton. James, known to his friends as Jimmy, is from Lenoir. Lisa haa lived in Bopne, Asheville, and Belmont. Her parents are residents of Con cord, where her father is a minister. Few of the many viewers know Jimmy is ? full-fledged lawyer and hps a Bachelor of Science Degree ia Meteorology as well as his masters in drama tics. Margaret, f colorature so prano, h?t, a degree from Greensboro College, where she majored in voice, graduating ia 1986. With their determination and drive, both probably would have been a success 1# pther fields, but only in the world of drama do they find pleasure and fulfillment. Jimmy probably inherited ? talent for drama. His mother, a vocalist, had a flair for drama tics, as did his father, who was an attorney. His first brush with acting, according to his former class mates, was in the Lenoir High School Student Drama League, directed by Katherine Gaston, a native of Belmont. Ia his sen ior year he played a leading role in a play, "Which is the Way to Boston," in which also appeared Allene Broyhill Ste vens, Elizabeth Bernhardt Goad and Morris Combs. Their per formance won first place in a district contest at AshcviUe and honor* in Chape} Hill at the state contest. Jimmy attended the Univer sity of North Carolina where his interest in drama was furth er awakened in work with The Playmakers. VD received his A. #. De gree as a Phi Beta Kanta at the University. Later in Army service he obtained a degree in a training program as a meteorologist at the University of Cfiicago and afterward serv ed overseas. When he returned, the University at Chapel Hill drew him back and there he followed in his father's foot steps, studying law while con tinning his studies with The Playmaker and obtaining his masters degree in dramatics. About the time he completed graduate qchool his father had a heart attack. Jimmy returned to Lenoir to relieve him of legfl matters; but he found such work uninteresting and prosiac. He participated during this period in the Hickory Lit tle Theater. After his father was able to resume his activi ties Jimmy entered the thea trical world in New York City. He has appeared in Charlotte and other North Carolina cities in road companies. His parenta are now dead. The only other member of his immediate family is his young er brother Mebane who is in Harvard graduate school, where he will receive a degree in law in June. Jimmy and his wife Cindy live at 24 West 28th St New York City, where be owns an apartment house. They have two daughters, Lauri, S, and Shelley, ltt. His wife wrote relatives re cently that Jimmy is busy in many dramatic areas. Aside from television roles, he's do ing an off-Broadway show and understudying a role in "Lord Pengo," the current Charles Boyer tter. go's also filming commercaU for ? cigarette company, a soap company and otters. I^om an early age Margaret McL?rty had a yea far acting, puttie on ?teys at her aotne la Aakevilln when she was two. At Boone Miss Ruth Robin son. now a Mecklenburg County School teacher, developed her talents when the v? in the second grade. Perhaps the moat influential person in ))ir life wap Dr. Mary Rra?me Parker, direc|U>r at Greewsboro Col lege's drama department, who encouraged her to pursue a career on the stage. She hag been in sever*! Broadway plays and is current ly appearing as Ann Rutiedge in "Abe Lincoln of Illinois." Her parents are the Rev. and Mrs- James B McLarty a t Com- 1 cord. The cast of "A* the World Turns" gets the script several days before the show. The di rector gQfs over it wjfh them the day before its scheduled The day it's to be shown, the cast is Working by 8:30 a. m. and rehearses until noon. After lunch last minute details are completed and at 1:30 p. m. they appear before an estimat ed 10 million viewers. Jimmy and Margaret doot play sympathetic rot.es in the aeries. Lis* is considered by the show's following as a sel fish, thoughtless Fife. Bruce it the character who has come between her and her husband. Both find their audience resent ing them, which is proof of their convincing acting ability. TENNESSEE VISIT May IS has been set as the day President Kennedy will visit Tennessee. Assistant press secretary An drew T. Hatcher said Kennedy will take part in "certain cere monies" in ftpflnection with the thirtieth anniversary of leg islation creating the Tennessee Valley Authority. Arrangements for other acti vities while there hsve neither been confirmed or denied. Wi^nJUxw Sales Are 0? Increase year ago w?s r*porded by Winp Qixie Stores, lac., it wax ay Ofunc^d. f The vWwqe was $69, #88.314 e*mpafred with $81,327,734 laft year, fn increase at $4,580,640 For the 3p-wee? period end ?4 M?rch ft sates were $371 806,317 cotwvti with S53|, 3JJ.154, an increase of 93%, ?#?,16J or T.41 percent ov?r 1?2 4 n increase also was register ed for the 93-week period end ed March 0, when sales totaled $011,743,229 compared with $767,431,890 last year, an ia crease of $M,2W^79 pr #77 Winn-Dixie, which operate! a number of supermarkets in the local area, now has 006 retail stores throughout the South compared with 994 unit* a year ?o. Legion Posts To Meet At Oteen A special meeting of all Leg ion posts in the Fifth Division will be held at Oteep Legion Post No. 70, at 2:99 p. m. Sun day, April 17. Department Commander, Les lie Brady; Department Adjut ant, Nash D. McKee; Depart ment Service Officer, J. B Clark; and Department Presi dent of the Go-Getters, Noah Barefoot. Other will be present with worthwhile messages. All District Commanders are to make their reports. The Post Commanders and Post Adjut ants gain much valuable infor mation lor themselves apd their ?embers. President Kennedy and 8 Cen tral American heads of state agree on formula for boosting Alliance for Progress. DR. ELEANOR M. LADD gf Clearwater, Florida, has been to direct the summer reading program in Charlotte which is sponsored jointly by Appalachian State Teachers College and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system. Mrs. Ladd is currently serving as coordinator of corrective reading for the Pinellas County Board of Public Instruction in Florida. Uberto Price, director of reading at A$TC, said that edu cators consider Dr. Ladd as one of the outstanding reading specialists in the country. I 11 H W IIPH WW I Hill FOR SALE Evinrude Boat Motors NEW AND USED 2 Year Warranty Alai? Boats of Many Makes and Models M. F. Motor Company MORAVIAN FALLS, N. C. DIAL 938-3730 Know The Weather By E. 11. SIMS Why should business meet ings, sales meeting* and busi ness calls sometimes be planned in consideration of prevailing weather conditions? We have suggested in *a ear lier piece that salesmen can profitably take advantage of high pressure periods for mak ing calls and do their "home work" during low pressure per iod*. This is true because low pres sure automatically affects the nerves by causing dehydration of the tissues Some peopl* be gin to Kch* and others (eel ? mental depression. 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