Worthville Girls Capture State Softball Title
The Fieldcrest Lady Hornets, girls
slow-pitch softball champions of North
Carolina, will enter the world softball
tournament in Omaha, Nebraska, Sep
tember 4, with a favorable chance of
capturing the world’s championship.
The Lady Hornets, sponsored by
Fieldcrest Mills’ sheeting plant at
Worthville, won the state title by steam-
rolling last year’s champions, Steele
Concrete Girls of Graham, 4-1 in the
final play-off of the state tournament.
The Steele Concrete Girls team was run
ner-up to the world championship last
year.
During the 1965 season, the Field
crest team defeated some of the best
teams from outside the state, including
the Florida and Tennessee state champ
ions. The Lady Hornets are rated an
exceptionally fine defensive team.
Three of the Fieldcrest players have
participated in previous tournaments at
Omaha and were named on the All-
World Tournament team. One player,
Louise “Pete” Brown, the second base-
man, has played in 17 world tourna
ments.
“Confident Of Victory”
Jock Tysinger, head supply clerk at
Fieldcrest’s Worthville Plant, who is
manager of the Lady Hornets, said his
team is confident of victory. “Mr. Wal
lace Steele, manager of the Steele Con
crete Girls, told us that he can see no
reason why we can’t be the world’s
champions,” Mr. Tysinger said. “He as
sured us that we have the best defen
sive softball team he has ever seen;
and he was out there among the best
last year.”
The Lady Hornets will depart from
Worthville Thursday, September 2, for
the 30-hour bus trip to Omaha. They
will play their first game Saturday, Sep
tember 4. Games are scheduled around-
the-clock, with state champions from 32
states competing.
If predictions, hopes and dreams have
anything to do with it, the small com
munity of Worthville may be placed on
the map as the home of the world’s
champions in women’s softball.
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STATE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS — Kneeling, left to right, Carol Tysinger,
girl; Peggy Andrews, pitcher; Betty Jo Winfree, center field; Brenda Thomas,
field; Phyllis Wright, short field; Pat Hester, catcher; Pam Meek, scorekeep®^
standing, Jock Tysinger, manager; Louise (Pete) Brown, second base; Gail Harh|
shortstop; Mickie Tuttle, right Field; Wanda Howlette, center field; Nancy OdU |
third base; Betty Thacker, first base; Larry Varner, coach. Betty Callicutt, pitcflC
and Patsy Johnson, right field, are not in picture.
Luncheon Honors Scholarship
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Lin wood; Larry Irvin Denny, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Denny, Spray; Jovita
Dawn Flynn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Leslie Flynn, Leaksville; and Ronald
Lewis Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Claude L. Martin, Rt. 3, Martinsville.
Recipients are selected on the basis
of their academic aptitude, good citizen
ship and leadership and the need for
financial assistance in obtaining a col
lege education.
Since the program was started in 1960,
the Fieldcrest Foundation has awarded
a total of 19 scholarships to employees
and children of employees to assist them
in obtaining a college education. Each
scholarship currently is worth $2,400
over the four years of college atteP
ance. ,j
To date, five scholarship winners
graduated from college, including j
1965 graduates, each of whom achie't
an exceptionally fine academic
The five Fieldcrest Scholars ■
already have graduated from college *
Jerry Jenkins, son of Mr. and Mrs.
nis Jenkins, Ridgeway, Va.; Linda
kinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilkinson, Fieldale; William
Rhodes, son of Mr. and Mrs. C- ^
Rhodes, Leaksville; Darrell C. Stel ,|
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Steag
Leaksville; and Glenda Overby ThoP’Jj
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Overby, Spray.
FIELDCREST SCHOLARS shown following luncheon given
by company, from left to right, are Barry Byrd, Larry Denny,
Wayne Hail, Ronald Martin, Jovita Flynn, Brenda Stowe,
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Donald Rhodes, Darlene Scott, Richard Watkins, Joyce
wick, Beth Martin and Rickie Manuel. Mary Jane La"'
Gregory and Robert Wade Myrick could not be present.
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