ee will be inclusion
m of November 16
written to the or_
try Crobeta Co«ven
•Ofretary, by Dan
of dramatics at
ft* play, entitled “Future In
veatmente,” undertakes to sound
a note of optimism in a pessi
mistic time and stresses the posi_
ffl|e hope that the Christian de
nominations
Ihtptfeve the
health jf world society through
fostering spiritual growth in the
next decade.
This theme accords with a five
year program for spiritual growth
which Nbrth Carolina Baptiste
will be launching at the cony'-si
lioq in Charlotte. r
Playwriting craftsmen general,
ly would have given Linney small
chance of success in clothing this
abstraction in any flesh-and-bloot
conflict and human interest that
could make it come alive on the
stage; but colleagues who have
'seen his script say that despite
its being “a play with a lesson” it
is good theatre; and they expect
the Convention toenjoy it.
In wriing it Linney used an ap
ti ude sharpened by training in j
Playwriting courses at the Uni
versity of North Carolina> where
he recently received the Master
of Arts degree in drama
For peopling it with stock char
acters of church and home life
he had a sure touch horn of ex
perience as son and grandson of
Baptist ministers. His father was
the late W. E. Linney, who for
many yeors served as pastor of
churches in Western North Caro_
lina.
As a student at Chapel Hill,
Linney won the Betty Smith dra-1
ma award for his play “The Dip
per of Fortune,” which he wrote j
and produced as a Carolina Flay
VI 111
Supremes, Other
Big Stars Coming
The Detroit-based young ladles,
The Supremes, Diana Ross Mary
Wilson and Florence Ballard will
eo-star with The Lovin’ Spoonful
for Dr. Jocko’s 2nd Anniversary at
the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
on Thanksgiving night. Thursday
November 25th. Other outstanding
stars to appear in person include
Earl Van Dyke Gene * Burks, The
Soul Brothers. The Earl Van Dyke
•Teen” Orchestra, L. C. Cooke.
Johnny Taylor and The Upsetters
and their great Orchestra Special
added attraction will feature Dr.
Jocko and ihe Supremes on stage |
together.
For their appearafcee in Raleigh
The Supremes is set to give away
a new 19fl6 aH channel COLOR TV
absolutely free to some lucky per
son. As Diana Ross said. “I want
our visit to Raleigh to be remem
bered and I eel that a COLOR TV
set as a gift will long be remember
ed”.
Doors <4 i-e at. .rium >v:Jl open
at 7:30 with music at 8:30 sharp.
Mail orders are now being received
at Thiem's Record Shop. Tickets
sale across the counter started
Wednesday November 10th at
Thiem’s Record. Hamlin Drug, Pat
terson’s Record Shop and SkyleSeS
Cafe. This will be the only appe tr
ance of The Sppremes in eastern
North Carolina this year.
The old expression, “there’s a
erowd”, can in many ways be ap
maker. He was president of the
Carolina Dramatics Association in
1962-61.
A gradUrte from Campbell’s
junior-col lege division in 1957, Lin
ney joined the Campbell staff as
Instructor in speech and drama
tics upon finishing his udergrad
uate work at the University in
1959. He is married to the former
Geraldine Perkins of Columbus,
Georgia. The Linneys have a
daughter; BlUabetit, age 2.
plied to Diana, Flo and Mary
Wherever in the world the three
appear a crowd is certain to be on
hand, since this trio, known collec
tively as The Supremes. is the lead
in* female vocal-group id »he music
world today.
The Supremes are now in the en
viable position of having had three
consecutive recordings — "Wheie
Did Our hove Go”, "Baby Love”,
-,nd “Come See About Me ’ — reach
the number one spot on the saic
charts. Ail <>f this happened in h
three-month period, during
they soi l in e#ce?s of three miilMh'
records. Additional#, they are lh
first lcmale’ k> al group in hi si -y
to attain the coveted static «u
topping the h’Hfsn record pons.
During the pist year The Sup
remes also nad three tuts to make
the No. 1 spots -•*- “Back in My
Arms Again'', “Stop m the Name
of love” sad Ti->! <••••! Mean
::,ches“. Now with their latest “I
Hear A Sv.-ph-ey" the Top
Ten throuthouj the re.'ion.
Lon - Peters tney were ever known
as The Sun e Diana, Mary and
•FMreace wore singing together.
They have been close friends since
their childhood days i:i Detroit,
vd'ere nil three still malje their
TmnrV They first started singing
i j t ther at ch v h functions and
; |ater at parties anl other social
■ do*s“. In high school an instructor
urged them to tiv for a musical
career and they began appearing
in atncioiir shows. At the start ot
their I t year of school the girls
I auditioned for Berry Dordy, Jr„
! .resident Of tbe‘ Detroit based Mo
itowft Records,-One of the hottest
‘labels in the. ‘pop“ field. Gordy
I <vas vo.ry with the group
| but sent lor a year.
• Come bark when von finish high
school.”- he told them, '‘-ah'! wem
see wha{ we c»n
One year lath? t|e girls reap
peared in Co dy's office. This time
he signed them to a recording eon
tract and, name them The Supremes.
A short time later their first re
cord. “I Want A Guy", was being
ployed on radio stations across
the country. The girls called it “a
mild hit”. Actually it sola ov r a
quarter of a million records.
Their sound, all three ofree. Is
“blues with a pop beat”, has be
come the rovnd of -Young America'.
Diana, generally, is the lead voice,
while Florence nisgs the top and
Mary the fcoittri. Vocally thev do
not lilt" being compared to other
group? “We try not to sound hie
anyone else”, they say. "Too often j
a g-oup gets a hit record and ‘VP
everyone else tries to tmitat them.
That’s the reason so — -my records
sound alike. Too ' natty people try
to duplicate rathe-’ than create".
Al’ th'te io.e their new-found
: i;r<* After their appearance on
■ y.rKiig”, a nationally televised
show, people atfrtfcd re
ni “p» them. Mary breathlessly ex
plain:;, "I was in a shoe store and
,n old lady came up to me and
asked if I were famous. ’Didn't I
see you on Shindig,?’ she aster".
The Supremes actually are be
coming famous with adults as well
,3 the teenage set. They ha s a
vocal quality that seems ib'.e to
bridge the ga'P between fm*** and
..Id. Currently they are received,
over 500 fan letters a week iron
all over the world. The Suprcr es
r-e truly the International favor
ite.
Wsst Assigned
To Fort Hood, Tex.
Army FFC Joseph C. West son
1 of Mr. and Mrs. Warren F. W st,
1 Route 3, Bc»*or», was asslgi^d to
I the S'1 Admired D'vi«ion at Fort
j Hood, Texas, October 30.
I
A helicopter repairman in C m
i panv E of the division’s 124th
Maintenance Ba .talion. West en
j tered the Army in December, 1?S3,
received basic training at F -rt
Gordon. Ga.; and was last sta
| tioned at Fort Eustis, Va.
* The 20-year-old soldier attend
ed Benson High School.
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Opera To Appear
In College Series
rive Events
New on this year’s bill of fare \
in the Campbell College concert ser
ies will be a performance of ‘'The
w”U be a performance of “The
Scret Marriage’’ by the National
Opera Company on March 24. Re
sr>oro!Bg to requests of members,
t’:D program committee has re
ergaged the. National Playrs who
have performed three tinx?s in the
past four seasons adn who rank
as top favorites with association
audiences- A Player cast W*ll ap
pear February 22 in “Romeo and
Juliet"
The Association is offering: an
increase of one event over the
four of recent years. As a bonus
attraction it will sponsor the
Campbell massed choirs and band
*n their annual spring concert
April 21.
The season will open November
15 with a nationally noted men’s j
quartet, “Men of Sosg”; asd Tho.1
mas M. Holt, baritone, will be a j
feature of January 18.
Procedure Changed
Reviewisg a change of procedure
in financing the events, Daugherty
pointed out that a? a service to
its students and concertgoers of Its
neighborhood Campbell in he past
decade has underwritten the basic
cost of the series, on expense to
the college of over $2,000 a year.
Under this year’s arrangement
Campbell will continue Its basic
subsidy, and proceeds from the
sale of memberships will be divid
ed for use by the Association in
strengthening the series and by
the service fraternity and sorori
ty for campus-connested projects.
Csnmunity representatives will
begin their canvass next Monday,
Daugherty indicated. Individuals
Roger Laporfe
Wanted To Live
NEW YORK <UPD—"I want to
live.”
This simple statement was re
layed to the triends of Roger Lft
porte maintaining a vigil Friday
near the hospital room where the
22-year-old pacifist lay near death.
Laporte died a short time later.
I.aporte, a member of hf strong
ly pacifist Catholic Worker Move
ment. set a match to his gasoline
soaked body shortly before dawn
Tuesday in front of the glass tow
ers of the U. N. complex.
H esald his action was a pro.
est against "war, all war.’*
Rushed to Bellevue Hospital.
that they miss may arrange for
season tickets by telephoning him
at LilUngton 893-4111, or by Writ
ing to him at the college.
Laporte apparently remained lu
cid en°ugh to discuss his Immola
tion. He said he had chosen the
early hour so that no one could
stop him.
Teams of doctors at Bellevue
worked In relays to save his life
but he was burned over 5 per cent
of his body.
laporte was the third person
this year to sot himself afire in
gii ftrv'i-’nr protest.
Before he died at Bellevue he
wasN&uen the last rit.-J of the Ca
tholic church by the Rev. Alexan
der Busuttil.
•Tie made the most devout act
of contrition I have ever heard,”
said Bather Busuttil. “His voice
Wa£ strong ..'.id he meant every
word.”
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shopping, experience tells him it’s
a trip into enemy territory.
Money may talk, but It talks
louder to some folks than to oth
ers.
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