BISHOP ELAM
Drewry Native
To Be Speaker
Bishop Isaiah Elam
of St. Louis, Mo., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Earnest
Elam of Drewry, will be
the guest speaker at
homecoming services
Saturday at 7 p. m. at
Guiding Star Holy
Church in Drewry.
dim lop Liain is pasior
of St. John Holy Church,
St. Louis, and also vice
president of Central
Western District Convo
cation and bishop of the
youth department.
On Sunday, Oct. 23,
homecoming festivities
will continue with the
Rev. Irvin Evans of
Lendon, N. J., pastor of
Morning Star Holy
Church in Lendon,
bringing the message.
Coi, t Slated
By Trumpeter
Trumpeter Ned Gard
ner, visiting artist at
Vance-Granville Com
munity College, will
present an informal
concert of cornet music
at the First Baptist
Church in Henderson at
8 p. m. on Monday, Oct.
24. Assisting Gardner
will be pianists Mary
Lou Young and Leslie
Paynter.
a native 01 t,aen ana
a graduate of the North
Carolina School of the
Arts and Catholic Uni
versity, Gardner was
the first brass player to
be a N. C. visiting
artist. Before coming to
Vance-Granville Com
munity College, he was
visiting artist at Mar
tin and Wayne Commun
ity Colleges. He also has
been a member of the
U. S. Army Band
(Pershing's Own) and
was a visiting artist-in
residence at Western
Carolina University as
a member of the Pied
mont Brass Quintet. He
records for Crystal
Records and is a
clinician for the Bach
trumpet division of the
Selmer Company.
A native of South
Carolina, Mary Lou
Young is a graduate of
Furman University,
where she studied piano
with Wendell Keeney
and organ with W. Lind
sey Smith. She is
currently organist and
associate minister of
music at the First
Baptist Church in Hen
derson.
Pianist Leslie fayn
ter is an Oxford native
and studied locally with
Laura Garlick. She
graduated from the
University of N. C. at
Greensboro, studying
piano with Robert Dar
nell, and currently
teaches piano privately
in Oxford.
Monday's perform
ance is sponsored by the
First Baptist Church
and Vance-Granville
Community College,
and is free and open to
the public.
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