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Western Carolina scrapbook, 1955-1956

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  • Lola Montes' Dancers Plan Show At WCC CCLLUWHEE. Jan. 14 - Lola Montes and her Spanish Dancers will' appear in a lyceum program at Western Carolina College Jan., 24, at 8:15 p. m., it has been announced by Mrs. Lilian Buchanan, chairman of the lyceum commit-, tee. Consisting of seven dancers with piano accompaniment, the troupe will perform many authentic Latin I dances, from Spanish classical form to the fiery Flamenco. These will include folk dances of eld Spain and traditional dances of New World Latin countries. . Colorful costumes have been designed especially for Miss Montes from authentic originals. While still in her early teens, I Miss Montes made her debut with II h e celebrated Carmen Amaya dance company. During appearances on the west coast she was spotted by Hollywood talent scouts. I and has been featured in a num- Iber of movies. Between movie commitments ! she has appeared on leading con- throughout the nation. Including New York's Carnegie Hull, the San Francisco War Me- ! mortal Opera House. Lcs Angeles I Philharmonic and Shrine Audito I Under the baton of Leopold Sto- IkowtkJ in Hollywood Bowl, she (danced the ballet sequences in thi operas "Carmen" and "La Travi j She has spent a considerable! amount of time in her native j j Spain learning more dances and ■ccumulatlng authentic costume5 soriei, tfesshe carefully hand- picked her own troupe, all of whom have had wide experience in tele vision and the concert stage. ' Their performance at Western' Carolina College will mark the 'hey have appeared in Western North Carolina, Mrs. Bu Cats Upset Pirates For Third Time CULLOWHEE, Jan. 16—Westerni Carolina's Catamounts continued to hold their jinx on the East Carolina basketball team here tonight, upsetting the North State Conference leaders, 73-68. It was the third time in four years the Pirates have suffered their first conference defeat at the hands of Coach Jim Gudger's Catamounts in Cullowhee. It happened once in 1953, 103-97 ! In 1954, the Catamounts dupli cated the feat, 68-65. The third fall for Coach Howard's Porter's Pirates came tonight. EARLY LEAD Western Carolina jumped off to) a 10-5 lead and stayed in front until near the expiration of the first 10 minutes. East Carolina's flashy guard, J. C. Thomas, then hit two straight field goals to put the Pirates in front, 19-17. Catamount guard Ronnie Swart zel promptly matched the field buckets and Western Carolina was back In the load. 21-19. The Catamounts rolled up a 31-26 advantage) at halftime. After three minutes had elapsed! in the second half, the Pirates roared back for a 38-37 lead. But three consecutive jump shots by Western Carolina center Bill! I Bowen put the Catamounts ahead to stay. APPLY FREEZE With four minutes left game. Western Carolina led, 63- 56. The Catamounts then applied I the freeze. East Carolina, frantic tor possession, fouled freely and 'the Catamounts sank nine points from the free throw line. Freshman forward Harris Pry-j fin Overtime Catamounts Top Catawba, 70-65 or, who along with Bowen com trolled the boards over the taller Pirates, was deadly at the free throw line. He connected on 11 of 13 tosses to boost his total to 15 points for the night. BOWEN LEADS CATS Bowen led the Western Carolina; point parade with 21 points, nine of which he scored in the first half. Thomas was East Carolina's big gun with 17 points. Forward Don Harris and center Guy Men- denhall added 16 and 15 points, respectively. The Western Carolina Jayvees downed Dayton Rubber, 71-67, ini the preliminary game as Herbert Hughes scored 31 points. Western Carolina travels to Catawba Thursday for another loop! tilt. ur\ Atkinson Hits 39 Christians Beat WCC, 107 To 90 SIXTH WIN Stie win was Elon's sixth .conference play against a lone] .defeat. Western Carolina shews] a 5-3 loop record. Blue Ridge School rallied in thej last four seconds cf play to edge It he Western Carolina Jayvees, 158-57, in a preliminary game. CULLOWHEE. Jan. 21 - Elcn' Christians soared over the 100 mark for the 10th time games here tonight as they whipped the Western Carolina Catamounts. 107-90, in a North State Conference game. It was the first loss in seven games for Coach Jim Gudger's Catamounts. Paced by center Dee Atkinson, Elon jumped off to a 6-0 lead and was never headed. The Christians, who hit on 66.7 per cent ol their shots from the floor in the] first half, led 35-20 after the first 10 minutes of play and increased I their command to 61-39 at half- OUTSCORED 2ND HALF Elon hit 50 per cent of its shots i the last half but was out-scored, 1-46, by the Catamounts. Forward Tony Migiaclo, who I (bucketed 18 for the night, paced I the Catamounts' last-half splurge | 'Forwards Tommy Williams and! .Harris Pryor added 14 and u points, respectively. Atkinson, hitting mostly on! hoks and push shots from out front, was Elcn's big noise with! 39 points. He sank 18 field goals and three free throws. S FT PF TP i k}:\ ■' SALISBURY, N.C., Jan. n ^ Western Carolina's Catamounts de. ■ feated Catawba 70-65 here tonight I in a closely fought overtime bat- V tie that saw the game tied at the I half and at the end of Che regula-1 tion period. In the extra period, Catawba's ■ Woody Helfrick got the first basket I to give tne Indians a temporary! ,64-62 lead, but then Tony Migialo! hit a field goal and two fr«§ throws to give West Carolina lead they never surrendered, WESTERN CAROLINA WUHams. t M;iII:,!k|"
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