Vol. XXVIII, No. 7
Louisburg, North Carolina 27549
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COLUMNS/ End Of The Year Issue
April, 1981
Sherrill: The Champ Whistler
By Paul Worsham
The Eighth Annual Whistlers
Convention, sponsored by the
Franklin County Arts Council took
place Saturday, March 28, all day
in the downtown courthouse area
of Louisburg.
"Tobe” Sherrill, a sophomore
from Greensboro, took the grand
prize in the whistling competition,
with his special brand of tooth-
whistling. Jason Serinus, a
professional whistling entertainer
from San Francisco gave concerts
in the morning and afternoon.
Fred Newman, author and whist
ling entertainer was the judge of
the whistling contest, and the
moderator of a seminar on
whistling. Carlin Morton, the
world's champion whistler col
lector was on hand in the National
Whistlers Museum with his
collection of over 300 whistles, in
addition to stories about whist
ling, whistling records and pic
tures of people whistling.
There were a variety of concerts
which included classical, contem
porary, solo and group, novelty
and workshop.
P.M. Magazines from Raleigh
and Charlotte were there getting
everything on film, as were local
news people.
Smith Elected
President
Derek Wilkins
On Thursday, March 26, the
SGA Elections were held for the
offices of President, Vice Presi
dent, Secretary and Treasurer.
Running for the office of
President was Skip Smith. There
were no other contenders for the
office of president. Also, no one
entered the race for Vice
President nor Secretary. Both of
these offices will be appointed to
students who qualify and know
they have the time and are
capable of doing the job.
The only office which had two
candidates was that of SGA
Treasurer. In a hotly contested
race, Chuck Johnson edged out
Tony Bart. Said Bobby Talbot,
dorm counselor for Patten Dorm,
of the election, 'This is an
apathetic attitude typical of all
Louisburg students, because no
one seemed interested in this
election."
"TOBE SHERRILL"
Balsam Gap Boys Win Folk Festival
By Paul Worsham
The Louisburg College and
Franklin County Eleventh Annual
Folk Festival was held Friday,
March 27 and Saturday, March 28
in the college auditorium.
The entertainment, which in
cluded a variety of music and
dance routines, started at 7:00
p.m. both nights, and lasted until
the wee hours of the morning.
Some of the distinguished guest
performers were: the Reed Family
Band, Mike Seeger, the Nee
Ningy Band, John McCutcheon,
the Scottish Country Dancers,
Chris Turner, the NCSU Pipe
Band, the Sourwood Mountain
Cloggers and many others.
Four teenagers, who call them
selves the Balsam Gap Boys, stole
the grand championship trophy:
with their rendition of the tune,
“Blue Ridge Cabin Home." They
were, Craig Tripp, 13, Doug Stuart
16, and Tommy and Timmy
Mendenhall, 14. Tommy Menden
hall won the instrumental cham
pionship, playing ''Galax" on his
.mandolin. The overall second
■place award went to fiddler Earl
Link. Winners of the dance
competition were the Stony Creek
Cloggers.
The winner of the Honorable
Mention Awards was Paul Taylor.
Honorable Mention for string
bands went to the local Fort Creek
String Band led by Emil Preddy,
fiddler. Earl Link and the Country
Cousins also won the folk singing
category with "Rolling In My
Sweet Baby's Arms."
Keith Aiken, with "Buffalo
Ga/s" won Honorable Mention on
the banjo, and for best traditional
clogging. Honorable Mention
went to the Click 'N Cloggers.
Over 400 contestants from seven
states competed.
Regan Budget
Cuts To Affect
Rnancial Aid
By Derek Wilkins
Since President Reagan has
taken office, there has been one
thing on his mind that seems like it
is going to affect many people in
this country. That one thing is
budget cuts.
Besides wanting to trim the
excess off of Social Service
programs such as Welfare, Food
Stamps, and the like, the
president also wants to cut back
on Financial Aid To Students.
Without the student grants and
loans provided by state and
federal government, many stu
dents would not be able to attend
college at all anywhere.
One of the questions we have
to ask is, will any of this affect the
Louisburg College student? The
answer is ambiguous. First, the
tuition grant that most Louisburg
College students received will be
kept for next year, with maybe an
increase to $600.00 from $550.00.
But the proposal for this grant is
still under debate in the State
Senate. It has a rather shakey
future.
Besides the fact that some
Louisburg students get financial
aid from the government, the
students should have nothing to
worry about, since the scholar
ships that students receive at
Louisburg mostly come from
private funds.
According to Steve Brooks,
Director of Financial Aid and
Admissions, "Unless cuts are
worse that we expect, we should
be able to provide for people who
apply." Also, Brooks said, "Stu
dents who got a scholarship this
year will get one next year. But for
incoming students, we will look
over their financial status along
with their academic record and
give the money to those who need
it most."
For those who are receiving
financial aid from the government,
it is best for you to get your
application in as soon as possible,
so yours will be considered before
the program runs out of money.
Also, it would be beneficial for
students getting the tuition grant
from the state to write your state
congressman, urging him to pass
the tuition grant bill when it
comes up in Congress.