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14th PCC Writers Week Set Monday
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Vol. 29, No. 10
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
May 1, 1968
SELECTED TO
PARTICIPATE AT INDY 500
'Inspiration to Publication'
Theme of Annual Meet
Linda Folker Named to Nation's
Top 10 Baton Twirlers List
LINDA FOLKER
. . . Indy 500 pageant participant
By Vaughan Inman
Dropping from a helicopter to
a 3000-foot cliff under fire to re¬
cover the bodies of five buried
soldiers — this was the experience
of former Special Services Sgt.
Richard Norwood, now a PCC
business major.
From his actions he has re¬
ceived the Bronze Star.
Previous to that harrowing ex¬
perience Norwood’s mission had
to harass and interdict enemy op¬
erations in the I Core region of
Viet Nam along the Ho Che Min
trail. He was one of a 12-man
guerrilla team, including nine
Green Berets and three Austral¬
ian Commandos.
They parachuted into the “en¬
emy denied area” and were there
32 days, the last 10 of which they
were without food or water. The
enemy was able to contain their
actions. For a while they were
beyond help from the outside.
They finally did “exfiltrate” by
air, but not before five had been
killed.
It was his part in the later re¬
covery of those five bodies that
merited Norwood the Bronze Star.
HE WAS safe on base when he
heard that a mission was being
organized to recover the bodies.
Rich asked to be part of it. He
says that he cannot explain why
he volunteered, but that it was
By Amanda Adia
Linda Folker, 20, solo twirler
with the Pasadena City College
Lancer Band, has been selected to
participate in the Indianapolis 500
Festival Parade, May 30.
She has been named one of the
natioh’s top 10 twirlers and will
participate in the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway pre-race pageant,
May 30. The parade will be taped
and televised a few days later.
Each year 10 outstanding twirl¬
ers are chosen from the nation’s
finest collegiate baton artists to
appear in the event. Miss Folker
was notified of her selection by
A1 G. Wright, director of bands
at Purdue University and chair¬
man of the “Top 10 Twirler” se¬
lection committee.
Miss Folker is a 1966 graduate
of Arcadia High School where
she was solo baton twirler. Miss
Folker also teaches baton to the
Mini-Strutters, an intermediate
baton class, for the recreation de¬
partment.
The Mini-Strutters participate
in parades such as the Monrovia
Round-Up Day Parade, Temple
City Camellia Day Parade, and
South Pasadena Christmas Pa¬
rade. Out of the nine parades the
“Much Ado About Nothing” is
being presented by the PCC Thea¬
ter Arts Association, May 16, 17,
18, 24, and 25 at 8:15 p.m., and on
May 23 at 2:30 p.m.
not patriotism or a military sense
of duty.
The recovery party was lifted
to the burial site by helicopter.
Since there was no place to land
they had do get to the ground by
rapelling, which is similar to the
method a mountain climber uses
dropping down a cliff, but without
the cliff to bounce off
All this time the men were un¬
der fire. Air support was their
only protection. A small aircraft
would shoot a rocket to mark
the area the fire was coming
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Spartans
Sign-up
Pasadena City College Spartans
sign-up for new applicants will
continue today through Friday.
Spartans, an organization for
women students, is accepting the
applications anytime during
school in the Campus Center. In¬
terviews will be conducted May
14 to 16.
The Spartans have been ac¬
tive this semester. Some of their
activities are making tray favors
for Elwood Rest Home in Pasa¬
dena, providing entertainment for
that home, ushering at Health Ed¬
ucation assemblies and other PCC
events in Sexson Auditorium.
Mini-Strutters have participated
in, they have won eight trophies.
Other honors received by Miss
Folker include 180 trophies and 70
medals for twirling. She also took
first place in the 1966 Maytime
Band Revue and in 1967 was Miss
Personality runner-up in Califor¬
nia.
Judged on twirling ability, she
was also chosen queen of the All-
Western Band Revue and in 1967,
based on twirling ability, march¬
ing ability, and modeling in uni¬
form and formal, Miss Folker
placed second in Miss Majorette
in California.
Linda is also the Circle
К
Sweetheart at PCC.
Not only will Miss Folker par¬
ticipate in the Indianapolis 500
Festival Parade, but she will also
appear in hospital benefits and
attend luncheons in honor of the
10 twirlers.
The Indianapolis Parade is
known to have drawn more people
than the Tournament of Roses
Parade. Miss Folker says, “I am
looking forward to participating
and being a part of a wonderful
week of the ‘500’ festivities. I re¬
ceived this great honor partially
through being solo majorette at
PCC.”
It is being presented in the Lit¬
tle Theater, and the seating is
limited. Friday and Saturday
night performances have been
sellouts in the past, so it is ad¬
visable to buy your tickets early.
They are available in the Com¬
munications Office. Cost for ad¬
ults is $1.50; for high school stu¬
dents with ID cards, 75 cents; and
for children under 12 and stu¬
dents with PCC ASB cards, admis¬
sion is free.
A series of plots, dealing with
human relations, makes up this
comedy. There are two love re¬
lationships and a power struggle.
Benedick and Beatrice have a
love affair that is thwarted by
each character’s reluctance to ad¬
mit the love. Meanwhile, the
mere infatuation and physical
love of Hero and Claudio is shown
to be full of fault.
A struggle for power takes
place between Don Pedro and Don
John. Don Pedro is the Crown
Prince of Arragon and Don John
is his bastard brother, who tries
to take over his brother’s power.
Costumes are being custom
made, and hairstyling and make¬
up work is being done by PCC
cosmetology classes.
“Much Ado” is under the direc¬
tion of Dr. Donald Ewing, who
feels the play is following the
trend of steady improvement in
PCC drama.
Starring are Doug Broyles, as
‘Gate of Hell’
The Foreign Language Depart¬
ment presents “Gates of Hell”
in Sexson Auditorium at 4 and
7:30 pm., Monday. The picture
won two Academy Awards, one
for best foreign picture of the
year. It also won a grand prize
at the Cannes Film Festival.
There is no admission charge.
By Vaughn Imnan
“Inspiration to Publication” is
the theme of this year’s four¬
teenth annual Writers Week, May
6 through 9.
Jessica Mitford, author of the
controversial best seller “The
American Way of Death,” and
John Ball author of “In the Heat
of the Night,” will be featured
speakers during “Writers” Week.
Eleven authors have been sched¬
uled to speak during the week.
Addresses are scheduled in morn¬
ing and evening sessions on each
of four days. Morning sessions
will meet at 9:30 at Holliston
Hall, Holliston Avenue Methodist
Church, 55 N. Holliston Ave. Eve¬
ning sessions will meet at 7:30 in
Harbeson Hall on the PCC cam¬
pus.
HELEN Hinckley Jones, PCC
writing teacher and authorees, is
general chairman. She will lead
off each day’s addresses, setting
the theme.
PCC attempts to get new speak¬
ers each year. Turnout at the
Writers’ Week addresses is usu¬
ally very good with many people
from nearby communities and
from throughout Southern Calif¬
ornia attending.
Monday morning John Woods,
poet-in-residence at the Universi¬
ty of California, Irvine will speak
By Linda Woodard
The PCC Orchesis Dance Club
will present “The Family of
Man” with a cast of 50 dancers
tomorrow at noon, admission free,
and Friday at 8:30 p.m., free with
an ASB card or 50 cents without.
The performances are set for Sex¬
son Auditorium.
“The Family of Man” has a hu¬
manitarian theme, with all the
dances built around it. The danc¬
ers have been working since the
Dogberry; Stuart Byles as Bene¬
dick, Chris Potter as Hero, Pam¬
ela Rabin as Beatrice, Peter Ber-
gren as Claudio, and Cx-aig Holden
as Don John.
In supporting roles are Richard
Green, Richard Dougherty, Don¬
ald Johnson, Jon Fruytier, Gil
Samuelian, Gregg Gordon, Robert
Almanza, Marcy Greke, Carol
Yasoian, Gonzolo Gonzales, Stev¬
en Gates, Paul Dunn, and Doug
Rice.
on “The Poet and the Poem.”
That evening John Ball will dis¬
cuss “The Path to Professional¬
ism.”
Tuesday, William Mayer, Staff
writer for the Pasadena Indepen¬
dent, Star-News, will tell where
the money is.
Canadian outdoor writer and
photographer, Andy Russell, will
speak of “Organization of Note¬
book and Camera in the Field.”
JOHN and Patricia Beatty, a
husband and wife writing team
who aim at young adults will de¬
liver a talk Wednesday morning
on “Teach Yourself History.”
That evening there will b e
Karen Rose, an elementary school
teacher; Don Freeman, author
an illustrator; and A. C. Brocki,
consultant of specially funded pro¬
grams in the Division of Second¬
ary Education, Los Angeles City
Schools.
Newspaper editor, author, and
editorial director for KABC tel¬
evision, Miles Clark will speak
Thursday morning on “The In¬
spirational Book: An Inadver¬
tent Art.” He is author of “Every
Day I Have A Journey.”
The last address will be given
Thursday evening when Miss Mit¬
ford explores the question, “Writ¬
ing a Bestseller: Happiness or
Headache?”
beginning of the semester.
They have worked out their
choreography, which even in¬
cludes their costumes. The group
hopes to show man as he really
is. He will be expressed as he
hates, loves, and lives. Through
the expressive dances, man in all
his phases is revealed.
The help of the photography,
make-up, printing, and other de¬
partments has been used in the
group effort. The annual event
promises to be very rewarding for
spectators as well as participants.
The program will include such
numbers as “When My Heart Was
Young and Gay,” “Aware,”
“Workaway,” “Aloneness,” “Won¬
derful,” “How Are Things in Your
Town?,” “Men Will Be Men,”
“Suffering,” “Three Loves,” “Cy¬
bernetics,” “Dichotomy,” “Con¬
tact,” “Flight of the Soul,” “Pass¬
ing Acquaintance,” “Intermingle,”
and “Hallelujah.” “Being” is the
grand finale.
Each year a trophy is awarded
for the best choreography and
best performance. In 1966 the
awards went to Janet Bertagnoli,
Janis Head, and Charlyn Koster.
In 1967, they went to Julie Eich-
ner, Lori Aguirre, and Holly St.
Clair.
— Courier photo by Tom Wilmshurst
PENNY A VOTE — Voting for this year's OMD Queen is set at a
penny a vote. Those competing for the crown are, top row, left
to right, Florence Matter, Margret Gardner, linda Leroy, Valerie
Higgins, Connie Stong, Carol Farone, Judy Mett, Patricia Thomp¬
son. In the bottom row, Arlene Holifield, Rain Chipman, April
Phillips, Pat Jacobs, Connie Foster, Ann Stuart, Linda Doughty.
Not pictured are Elsye Henri and Andrea Garrett.
PCC Student Reteives
Bronze Star for Valor
Dramatists Offer 'Much Ado'
May 16 in PCC Little Theatre
Orchesis Modem Dance Club
Presents 'The Family of Man '
