FEBRUARY 14. 19«0
THE TWIG
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More conversations with Windom
(Continued from January 24th
Issue)
by Anne Beaman
Having finished my
questions, I left Mr. Windom
and grabbed four or five
autographs for my friends. He
invited us backstage after the
performance so 1 joined my
friends in the front ro\^ tickled
pink at the idea of a second
interview. We were not
disappointed. His selections
and renditions of “THUR-
BER” were supreme, from
the comical pictures of men
and women in Thurber’s
cartoons, fables and stories to
the more tragic of human
frailties as only William
Windom can touch us with. He
said he got most of his energy
from the audience but we got
ours from him, like a mirror
catching light and reflecting it
back with twice the intensity.
Some eight or ten of us
were lucky enough to spend
the next two days with him,
from Darrel’s 1849, to the
Family Fish House and the
movie ELECTRIC HOR
SEMAN.
(Ever seen a movie with a
real movie star beside you?)
He told us stories about
military school, his ex
periences in the war and with
other actors on film and TV. It
is indeed a great day when the
gods of Olympus turn out to be
everyday Jacks and Jills.
He left Monday morning
for a show in Winchester, Va.,
then on to Auburn, Houston,
Tampa, Susquahana, Trenton
- and oodles of other stops. He
has about fifty stops per tour,
but alternates by working a
month and taking a month off.
Next year he plans to leave a
space for the possibility of
film and TV work since he’s
too busy with THURBER 2
now. The theatre is his main
love anyway.
His sensitivity is quite
evident upon first meeting
him. He wears a jacket that
has the names of places
embroidered on it that have
bought both THURBER
■performances. He also has a
map at home that carries the
same sentimental idea with
colored pin heads and a hat for
buttons if the campus he’s on
has a good team. Next tour,
he’d like to see Meredito
College on his list. He took a
liking to us girls and he’d like
to tp' some material here.
Having never had an all
female audience he felt it
would be a blast since girls get
most of the jokes.
From the hundreds who
saw his performances, from
those who worked with the
show, from the eight of us
from Meredith whose lives
were decisively altered by his
presence this past weekend,
and from one sad reporter
who shed a tearful farewell to
a great philosopher, humorist
and new friend: Thank you.
To a special brightness
wrought with the magic peal
of laughter, that flew out of a
cold, dark and foggy Monday
morning flight...thank
you...thank you very much
W.W.
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Director: George Cukor
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Meredith welcomes new R.IV.
by Anne Earp
Mrs. Ruth Pearce, the
new Registered Nurse in
Meredith’s infirmary, com
bines a wide variety of
professional experience with
skills she has learned as a
mother to better her nursing
career. “I have three children
your age (19), so I can relate
to you, or at least I think I
can,” she explains.
Having received her
training at Rex Hospital, Mrs.
Pearce worked in a
pediatrician’s office and with
the Medicaide Program
before coming to Merdith. She
is currently enrolled in a
refresher course at Rex.
Although this is not vital to her
work m the infirmary, she
receives satisfaction from
gaining new medical
knowledge.
Nurse Pearce resides with
her husband, who works with
the State Bureau of In
vestigation, and three sons in
Raleigh. One of her sons at
tends N.C. State University,;
one the University of New,
York, and the third is a highl
school senior.
Besides working part-
time in a nursing home, she
enjoys reading, gardening,
quilting, cooking, and wants to
learn some new crafts. She
also attends productions at
Raleigh Little Theater and the
N.C. Symphony Orchestra.
Working in the Meredith
infirmary “is not as
challenging as hospital work,
but it’s not as tiring, either. I
really enjoy getting to know
the girls here,” Mrs. Pearce
says with a bright smile.
Ruth Pearce, R.N. who joined the Meredith infirmary staff Jan.
21, brings fresh ideas and enthusiasm to her new job. (Photo by
Peggy Williford)
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