Beech Glen < lass Of 1936 ' Holds 50th Reunion 'UK ? .WforMS MEMBERS OF THE BEECH GLEN CLASS OF 1936 held their 50th reunion recently. Class members attending the reunion included, front, I. to r.: Shirley Eva Cox Fox, Mamie Clouse Drake, Rosalie Gibbs Clouse and Bar bara Jean Tomberlin McKinney. In back row, 1. to r., are Dr. Grover Angel, Frank Mcin tosh, Helen Lovett Weatherly, Lloyd Ray. Willie Kate Clouse and Lot Randolph. F< O History Finals Four Marshall Elementary students participated in the National History Day Competition held at Washington University in Silver Spr ings, Md? June 16-U. Allan Fisher, a seventh-grader, was one of two North Carolina students, in .the individual project competition Hta project was on labor versus management Jodie Felton, an eighth-grader, presented a performance entitled "A Vista Worker Comes to Appalachia." She was one of two North Carolina representatives in the individual per formance category. Heather Banks, an eighth-grader, and Karen Deaver, a seventh-grader, were representatives in the group media presentation category. They presented a project on nurse mid wifery. This was the sixth consecutive year that the school has participated in the competition. Don Banks, a social studies teacher at Marshall Elementary, and Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher accompanied the children on the trip. 12 Students aking Leadership Training At Western Carolina Twelve area students are par ticipating in the first Legislators' School for Youth Leadership Development this summer at Western Carolina University. The school is one of two funded by the General Assembly to target "high potential" students in the state and to provide them with enrichment and development programs not previous ly available. The 1985 General Assembly appropriated funds to operate the program in the summers of 1906 and 1967. Three hundred students from western North Carolina will par ticipate in the program, which is divided into two three- week sessions. The first session, which was held June lS-July 5, hosted ISO seventh and eighth-grade students. The se cond session, July 6-26, will involve ISO ninth- through 12th-graders. A similar program is being held at East Carolina University for the eastern part of the state. Characteristics such as personal attributes, interpersonal skills, responsible citizenship, coping skills and accomplishments are reviewed to determine eligibility. Academic performance, although a considera tion, is not the most important criterion. Rural students constitute the ma jority of the enrollment. The guidelines for the program require three students from rural and isolated schools to every one urban studfent accepted. More than 30 courses are offered for the sessions, including courses such as mime, video photography, Russian, astronomy, folk arts, and decision making. The classes are complimented by workshops, field trips, outdoor excursions, seminars, films, music and speakers. Area students selected for the pro gram are: Glenn Anthony Norton, Michael Wayne Ponder and Kelly Stephen Harrison of Hot Springs; Heather Cherise Banks, Kirby Elliott Boone, Andrew Cooper, Kim Freeman, Debbie Hensley, Christine A. Renfroe and Karen Elaine Reeves of Marshall; David Edmonds of Mars Hill; Jon Tomberlin of Weaverville. SART's Production Is A Winner By WII.MAM I. EE Neil Simon will probably never write a great play. He has written quite a few memorable ones. That said of Mr. Simon, we can go on to mention that SART has put into production one of his more memorable ones of recent years, "I Ought to be in Pictures." And they have done so admirably. The play takes place in the Hollywood bungalow of Herb Tucker, formerly a top screenwriter but now a bit down and out. He is paid a sur prise Visit by his daughter, Libby, who he hasn't seen in 16 years since running out on his family in New York. ?You might have seen the movie, starring Walter Matthau, Dinah Manoff and Ann Margaret. Obvious ly, this cast has, for if there is any minor criticism we have of SART's production, it is that Libby and Herb are still Manoff and Matthau. But then, come to think of it, every character Simon has ever written seems cast in a Matthau mold. Though at times coming across as Peter Falk impersonating Walter Matthau. Tom Murray gives an ex cellent performance as Herb Tucker as he rants and raves about the apart ment. Murray's booming voice, ex pressive face, and exaggerated mo tions, keep the action lively and the interaction between Tucker and his daughter realistic. Director Bill Gregg was smart enough to know that Neil Simon's penchant for snappy one-liners reguire the actions on stage to be fast paced. Kathleen Butter, as the daughter Libby, is equal to the task of fencing with her long-lost father. The pent-up anger and hostility that Simon intend ed of Libby is certainly evident in Butler's slightly shakey, yet rapier like retorts with Murray. Pem Price Medlin as Herb Tucker's current love interest, Steffy, reads her lines like like someone reading their lines. Sorry Steffie, as dazzling as you looked in the negligee, it wasn't enough. A glim mer of life began to show in her per: formance near the end of the final act, but her time on stage was too short to provide lasting substanance. "I Ought to be in Pictures" is pro bably Simon's best blend of comedy with human relations and the emo tions that bind. In the beginning the hostility and tension between Herb and his daughter is used as the main comedic fuel. Later it is the arguments between father and daughter that provides the humor. The important point is that one does notice the difference between two hostile strangers and a disagreement between a father and daughter. By the end of the play, Herb Tucker has changed from the cynic soured by years of disappointment. Those early lines, "I ain't going to give anything to anybody-they don't give anything back," are disproven, as both learn that the risk of bearing one's soul has priceless rewards when returned in kind. His daughter, who came expec ting rejection, in fact almost asked for it, instead finds a father who can get pass the years of estrangement and be a father again. What we find is a marvelous play that is genuinely funny, and heart warming, brought to life by two of SART's better performers, Kathleen Butler and Tom Murray. Snider Chiropractic Center 346 Merrimon Ave. Asheville.NC 28801 (formerly Dr. i.V. 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