Friday, November 28, 1958
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Page 5
At Seen in Tfie Mirror's
SPORTS
CV\OHS
of Athletes
and Events
Those who love girls basketball,
and lament its passing from the
local High school scene, are happy
over its continuance in the ath
letic program of the New Bern Re
creation Department.
Virtually all of the larger High
schools in North Carolina have
abandoned the sport, but in rural
communities you’ll still find it go
ing like great guns.
Our town came up with feminine
stars of the first magnitude, during
the course of the years. Tugboat
Annie Laughinghouse, Eleanor
Stevenson, Mary Louise Stallings,
Kathleen Stallings, and Shirley
Salter were excellent point makers.
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while some of the guards most
easily recalled are Mary Brent Hol
land, Helen Ketchum, Elicia
Caroon and Ila Gray Mcllwean.
These are only a few of the girls
who could hold their own against
the best of opposition. There have
been many others— in fact, so
many that you c^uld fill a book
It is ironic that teams of the
past had to play in crowded, poor
ly equipped gymnasiums. What a
thrill it would have been for them
to perform on a fine court such as
the one now available at New Bern
High.
Girls basketball is regarded in
some quarters as detrimental to the
health of youngsters who partici
pate. This was the greatest factor
that\sounded its death knell as a
generally approved High school
sport.
Every former player we’ve dis
cussed this angle with has insisted
that they know of no instance
where their own or some other
girl’s health was impaired or en
dangered. Maybe they are right.
At any rate, basketball here lost
some of its excitement and appeal,
when the fair sex stepped out of
the picture. All of us are apt to be
in complete agreement on that.
Pilot Club to Give
Play December 5, 6
A good play, like a good song,
never dies. That, no doubt, is why
the New Bern Pilot club plans to
present “The Night of January
Sixteenth” here on December 5 and
6. Mrs. Charles Henderson is the di
rector.
. Twice presented in years past by
the New Bern Little Theater, it
was exceptionally well received.
This latest production should prove
equally entertaining, especially to
a new generation that will be see
ing it for the first time.
UNFORGETTABLE — Jas
per’s High School All-Ameri
can, Mary Ann Hodnett, was
one of the New Bern and
Craven County girls who
made basketball history in
years gone by. Here she is
seen tossing one for the
hoop, with the deadly preci
sion that made her famous.
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(Continued from Page 1)
but the results were worth waiting
for.
According to both the Trendex
and Nielson surveys, the film swept
the boards the night it Avas shown,
more than holding its own with
the westerns. After receiving pay
ment for television and movie
rights, Tom left his editorial job
on the Bakersfield Californian, and
turned free lance.
His first year on his own has
been succesful, and as Rosalie told
The Mirror, “We face the second
year with confidence.” Tom’s sec
ond book, “The Hollow”, was pub
lished by Holiday House in Septem
ber.
In addition to fiction, Liggitt
writes for the McGraw-Hill maga
zines, Sunset magazine. The Cali
fornia Dairyman, and two news
papers. Occasionally be has articles
in various other magazines too,
among them Writers Digest.
Primarily a music tdicher, locat
ed in a fine musical city, Rosalie
has had a fling at writing also.
She authored “The Childrens Tech
nic Book” while living in New
Bern 13 years ago. It was published
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At present she has plans for
three books, and is slowly gather
ing material and doing painstaking
research. Her large class, and out
side activities, are a major reason
for delayed production in the liter
ary field.
Both she and Tom are civic lead
ers. Among other things, she has
acted as president of the Kern
county branch of the Music Teach
ers Association, and of the Kern
Music Association. Tom is vice-
president of the Library Associates
and this year is president of the
Kern chapter of United World Fed
eralists.
Judy, 12, plays piano and cello.
Ann, 13, plays piano and is inter
ested in art. Both girls played for
the Master Class conducted in
Bakersfield by the eminent pianist-
teacher, Dr. Leo Podolsky, this
month.
“Everyone in our family enjoys
swimming and camping,” says Ros
alie. “In the summer we swim al
most every afternoon at the Bakers
field Racquet, club, just a few
blocks from our house. We look
for a camp site near water, when
we vacation in our trailer. In the
winter our favorite spot is the
mountains, where we can play in
the snow.”
That’s the “happily ever after”
ending to a service romance that
carried Rosalie thousands of miles
from the New Bern she loved.
Aside from establishing a warm
and hospitable home in strange
surroundings, she has demonstrated
how New Bernians^can make their
mark in the world, no matter where
they are.
She would be the first to give
Tom a lion’s share of the credit,
and, nice guy that he is, he de
serves at least a portion of it.
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