Dancer Mickey Gunnerson
Draws Flight Pay on Stage
When It coma* to drawing flight
pay, the Marine fly-boys have no
?Maopaty. Mickey Gunnerson,
daughter of Mr. and Mn Carl Gun
nenon, 2002 Shepard St., Morehead
City, take* to the air in one num
ber d the Broadway musical show,
"The Girl in Pink Tights."
A dancer in the chorua, she's
earth bound throughout the ahow
accept for the finale. For the con
ventional dancing she gets $83 a
week, the union rate for a non
speaking dancer.
But when it cornea to the aerial
display, she gets extra pay for per
forming while suspended from
piano wire. "The Girl in Pink
Tights" ia starring Renee Jean
raaire at the Mark Hellinger
theatre.
Mickey's sister. Gunhilde, will
graduate from Morehead City High
School Tuesday While Mickey
considered flying here for the big
event (via plane rather than piano
wire) her parents think it might
be better if GunhUde goes to New
York for a visit after graduation.
Mickey, a native of Wilmington,
N. C? has been in New York since
September 1953. Her father, who
Is with the Standard Oil Co. in
Morehead City, has been located at
various times in Wilmington, Fay
etteville, New Bern, Southport and
Clinton.
Don Bishop. Broadway correspon
dent for the Greensboro Daily
News, tells the story of Mickey's
current succcss in New York, as
follows:
She came to New York under
circumstances similar to those of
many another youngster. Her par
ents had envisioned the usual col
lege training for her at Woman's
College in Greensboro. She went
there four semesters, then badger
ed them into letting her have a
fling at a career in the big city.
Several yaars of study of danc
ing in her early years had planted
in her the seeds of a ballet career.
When she enrolled at the School
of American Ballet in New York,
the first thing they told her was
to forget everything she'd ever
known.
That in itself should have been
enough of a blow to stop a fairly
accomplished young entertainer
who had danced well for audiences
in New Bern and other eastern
Carolina cities. But the spritely
little brunette was undaunted. She
signed up for six classes a week,
later expanded that to nine.
Worked In Office
She acquired three apartment
mates to hold down living ex
penses. They boned up on a book
owned by one of them, called
"New York on a Modest Income."
"Our Income wis so low it was
mora thsn modest. It was embar
rassad," she said. She worked (or
$25 a week In an insurance office
and was "bored to distraction."
Last December, by then sn inter
mediate student at the ballet
school, she decided to plunge into
the touch grind of going to audi
tions. Her first choice was the
chorus call for "The Girl in Pink
Tights."
Agnes de liille was doing the
choreography and already had held
a private audition for 73 artists
who had danced in her previous
productions. She also had held a
required audition for members of
Equity. Next came the open call ?
generally a perfunctory session
held only because it too is re
quired by theatre rules.
Miss Gunnerson recalled that as
she moved out on the stsge, she
wss aware only of a single row of
glaring lights ? and a lone, terrify
ing figure watching her move
ments.
Angry at Audition
But Mickey Gunnerson, instead
of reacting like many good dancers
and freezing up. got angry at the
thought of her schoolmates being
so petrified that they couldn't
show Miss de Mille their best work.
She just went shead and did her
best, surviving many eliminations.
Her best wasn't good enough at
the moment, but a few days later
the show msnagement reached her
by telephone, said she had been
turned away by mistake, and was
wanted for the chorus.
That meant cancelling a Christ
mas appearance in J. Gaskill Mc
Daniel's annual Yuletide Revue in
New Bern? something that she had
wanted to do again now that she
had New York training under her
belt ? but she was needed imme
diately for rehearsals.
She showed a certain indeoen
dent streak which may be the mak
ing of her in this tough showbusi
ness world. She said she'd join the
company of "The Girl in Pink
Tights" if no more auditions were
required.
She signed a contract.
Four-Year-Old Saves
Horses with Warning
Portland, Ore. (AP) ? Cowboys
? and horses ? were racing across
the TV screen, and Kathleen Card,
4, was watching them. Her younger
brother preferred to throw things
around. Exasperated, Kathleen
warned:
"If you don't stop that you'll
break the television, and all those
little horses will fall out on the
rug."
Cancer coats for U. S. people are
largely the loss of goods and ser
vices which might have been cre
ated had people not been disabled
or killed by the disease according
to estimates by the American Can
cer Society. Conservative figures
put such. losses at 12 billion dollars
a year, society official- say Hos
pital and medical costa are thought
to add at least another half billion
dollars, but the experts admit they
know very little about those costs.
They might be much larger.
lWfro.
May 24 ? According to annual
custom, classes at Ocracoke School
have enjoyed class picnics during
the past two weeks. High school
students packed lunches, boarded
a boat and enjoyed a visit to
Portsmouth. Elementary children
went on trucks to Ocracoke's "Sec
ond Hammock Hills," and primary
children walked to a picnic spot
not far from the school. All en
joyed the little respite from school
and classes.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Scarborough
and son of Portsmouth, Va., visit
ed her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
F. Boyette, recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Crowe and
sons, of Morehead City and Atlan
ta, spent several days on the
Island last week. While here Mr.
Crowe met with the recently or
ganized Boy Scout troop.
Miss Mary Byrum of Raleigh vis
ited at her cottage here this past
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Simpson of
Tucson, Ariz., are visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Needham Simp
son.
Mr. and Mrs. James Garrish and
son of Columbia, S. C., are visiting
their parents here.
Mrs. Tressie Howard, Mrs. El
nora Ballance, Mrs. Maude Fulcher,
Mrs. Eleanor Burrus, Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Wahab, and Capt. Ike
O'Neal were dinner quests last Sat
urday night at Berkeley Manor.
Lloyd Fulcher is visiting his
mother, Mrs. Helen Fulcher.
F. C. Hoggard Sr. visited Mr. and
Mrs. Fletcher Hoggard recently.
They returned with him for * visit
it Virginia Beach.
Mr. and Mn Gerald Gaskins and
children are spending a few days
at Manteo.
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Gallop and
daughter are back from a visit at
Virginia Beach.
Several Ocracokers enjoyed a
Sunday trip to Cape Hatteras: Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Styron, Mr. and Mrs.
Elijah O'Neal, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Mason. Albert Styron Jr.,
Ikey O'Neal, Danny Garrish, and
Miss Virginia Howard.
Mr. and Mrs. Dix Daugherty and
daughter of Raleigh visited her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Tolson,
last weekend. Son, D. S. Tolson,
was also here for a brief visit with
his parents and his family.
The Rev. R. L. Vickery Jr.
preached last Sunday at Ports
mouth Methodist Church. Several
people from here accompanied Mr.
Vickery, making the trip over in
Elmo Fulcher's boat. They were
Mrs. Maude Fulcher, Mrs. T. W.
Howard. Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Ful
cher and children, Mrs. Elsie Gar
rish and children, Miss .Marie
Hodge?, Ike O'Neal.
Also in Portsmouth that day
were Mr. and Mrs. Ronald O'Neal
and son. Mr. and Mrs. Thurston
Gaskill, Fowler O'Neal. Mr. and
Mrs. Irvin Styron, Mrs. Estelle
Styron, Miss Chloe Garrish.
Dog Goes Down the Drain
Roanoke, Va. (AP) ? Some 200
persons including a Boy Scout
troop were on hand when people
of the neighborhood finally res
cued "Puddles," a four-year-old
cocker spaniel. The small dog
crawled into an eight-inch under
ground drain pipe and crawled
some 225 feet before he was dug
out.
LUTHER HAMILTON, JR.
DISTRICT SOLICITOR
It is an office of |mt trust and responsibility t likewise, an office
of great honor. It has been filled by Pitt County for nearly all of the
past feneration. Pitt is the largest of the six counties composing the
district. Our candidate needs, and should have, the united- support of
He is a young man of sterling character with a sense of deep appre
ciation of the duties and responsibilities of the office, is well qualified,
and would make a Solicitor that we home folk of the county would bo
mighty proud of. Let's not have it said that we have failed to stand by
and support him (our own county man) in this, his so-important
undertaking. ,
We sincerely trust that you will go to the polls Saturday and give
IS A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF
our people.
PsUtksl ad coatrlhaM by friea* of Uw csadMste.
VOTE FOB
G T. SPIVEY
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
SHERIFF
CARTERET COUNTY
Beaufort, N .C.
1ft May 25th, 1954
Dear Friend: >
On Saturday you will find my name, G. T. Spivey, on your ballot as candi
date for the office of Sheriff of Carteret County.
While I was not born in this county, I have been a citizen since Frebruary
1946, except for a few months, and even then I was continuing my Produce
Business here, serving the stores of this county.
I believe that my family and I have been good citizens, and have always
done our part in serving our community and our county since we became a
part of it.
Our children have received most of their education in Carteret County
Schools. They have contributed their services in many radio programs, Ted
at the piano and Anne singing during the polio and TB drives. Anne is now
a sophomore at Beaufort High School and Ted is a freshman at State Col
lege.
My wife has been part-time School Health Nurse for the past two years,
is secretary for the Crippled Children's Clinic at Morehead City, is anes
thetist at Sea Level Hospital and a member of the Bettie Home Demonstra
tion Club.
I am 43 years old. I was reared on the farm of my parents near Willow
Springs, N. C. and attended school there and at Fuquay Springs.
A few months ago I added Purina Feeds to my business and located at
1 14 Turner St., Beaufort. I own my own home and my business. I am a bus
iness man, an Oddfellow and a member of the First Baptist Church.
If elected I will strive above ail things for an administration whose first
consideration is the safety and welfare of the people. I will strive for close
cooperation between myself and those who work with me in all mat
ters which are of a civic interest and I will work vigorously in support of any
acton which will insure a safe and sound economic administration of our
county affairs.
Voting is our American heritage. I would like to urge each of you to study
each candidate well. Cast your vote for the man you sincerely believe will
serve our County best, one whose first consideration must always be
the safety and welfare of every citizen.
\ am not being supported by any group or ring. I will appreciate any con
sideration given me by any law abiding citizen of our County.
On ^hese presentations, I respectfully solicit your support and your vote.
Sincerely,
O. T. SPIVEY
THIS ADVERTISEMENT PAID f0? BY G. T. SPIVEY