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Theatre л Exhibition Center. Box ОМ их, PO Box 230. 27261 28-Mar. 16— Marion— Bermuda High Soaring School Wave Camp. Wave camp attractv pi¬ lots Irom across country Wave camp limited to experienced glider pilots Rules available lor tree Wayne Matcher. Bermuda High Soaring School. Drawer 809. Chester. S.C 2‘MKi late Feb. — Raleigh— Abraham Lincoln F.xhihit North Hills Mall & Pla/a Mkt Dir . PO Box 17X32 . 2761') nons. Inc. Edward A. Gray. P.O. Box 7282. Greensboro. N.C 27407 20-23— High Point— High Point Community Theatre s "WEST SIDE STORY." High Point Theatre & Exhibition Center. High Point Community Theatre. P.O. Box 1152. 27261 20-27— Winston-Salem— 'A 19th Century Doll." Mold used by 19th century Salem potter w ill serve as basis tor each participant to make pottcry-and-cloth doll Complete set ol authentic clothing will be made Staff 7-9 p.m. S50. MC Old Salem. Inc.. <919)723-3688. 20-28— Fayetteville— 6th Annual Methodist College Fine Arts Festival. Theatre, visual arts. Dr. Jack Pevrouse. Methodist College. 5400 Ramsey St.. 28301. 21— New Bern— The Ciompi Quartet. Chamber Music Society. PO Box 1452. 28560. 21-22— Charlotte— Charlotte Symphony Or¬ chestra Cabaret Park Center. "Saxy Sounds with James Houlik." Susan Granger, lit) h 7th St.. 28202 21*24 — New Bern— Puss 'n Boots (Lollipop Theatre). Masonic Theatre. Darby Пкчкк. P.O. Box 2773. 28560 22-New Bern— 2nd Annual Celebration of George Washington’s Birthday Tryxtn Palace Restoration & Garden Complex. Special ex¬ hibit of Washingtoni.i. with emphasis on first president’s visit here. Dabney M Coddoing- ton. Jr.. Tryon Palace Restoration & Gardens Complex. PO. Box 1007. 28560. 22-23— Raleigh— Gun Slunv Stale Fairgrounds Ken Fields. P.O Box 462. Garner, N.C 27529. 22-23— Spindale— ICC Singers Winter Con cert Isothermal Community College. Music Dept.. ICC. P.O. Box 804.' 28160. 22-23— Wilmington— 35th Annual Camellia Show, Independence Mall, Show Chm. Harris New her. Ill) Magnolia Dr.. 28403. 22-Mar. 2— Charlotte— Southern Spring Show. Merchandise Man. Indoor/Outdoor Living horticulture. Orchid Pavilion. Bonsai. Stan¬ dard Flower Show, ails & crafts, lawn & gar¬ den equipment. Nora Kuester. Southern Shows. Inc.. P.O. Box 36859. 28236. 22-Apr. 20— Raleigh— Exhibition "Modern German Masterpieces from the St Louis An Museum." N. C. Museum of Att. Sharon Broom, N. C. Museum of Art. 2110 Blue Ridge Blvd . 27607. 23— Raleigh— 'Bouquet of Madrigals." Boston Camcrala. Stewart Theatre. Debra Karp. Box 7306. NCSU Student Center. 27695-7306. 23— Winston-Salem— Sunday at the Pops "Fiesta!" Benton Convention Center. Winston-Salem Symphony. 610 Coliseum Dr . 27106. 24—Mar. 20— Cullowhee— Printmaking Invita¬ tional Exhibition Western Carolina Umv. Curator. WCU. 28734 25— Raleigh— Marcel Marccau. "World s greatest pantomimist." Stewart Theatre. Debra Karp, Box 7306. Univ. Student Cen¬ ter. 27695-7306 26— Charlotte— Charlotte Symphony Orches¬ tra Lollipop Concert. Ovens Auditorium Susan Granger. 110 E. 7th St.. 28202 26-Mar. 2 — Raleigh — Ringling Bros. Burnum & Bailey Circus. State Fairgrounds. 1025 Blue Ridge Blvd.. 27607 27-Mar. 2— Charlotte— Carolina Outdoor & RV Show. Convention Center. Southeast Productions. Inc.. PO. Box 7282. Greens¬ boro. N.C. 27407. 28- High Point— "An Evening With Mark Twain" starring John Chappell. High Point THE STATE. JANUARY 1986 Bedford Brown, Tar Heel Healer By Connie Krochmal Lillie known today, one of North Carolina's most distinguished sons was a physician. Bedford Brown, born Janu¬ ary 17. 1825. in Caswell County. Ihe son of Senator Bedford Brown who repre¬ sented the state from 1825 to 1841. and Mary L. Glenn. When he was twenty he had already made a decision to he a physician, and in 1845 was sent to Transylvania Uni¬ versity. in Lexington. Kentucky, where he took two series of lectures in the medical department of the university, and graduated from that institution as well. After graduation he spent three or four years as a practicing physician es¬ tablishing a fine reputation in Virginia, hut like so many North Carolinians, wanted to live his life in his home stale. In 1852 he married Mary E. Simpson of Washington. D.C. and that marriage produced three children, two sons and a daughter. One son, William Bedford Brown who practiced as a physician in New York. In 1855 he returned to Yanceyville where he practiced until the outbreak of the Civil War. In the spring of 1861 he was ap¬ pointed chief surgeon for the Confeder¬ ate States training camp at Weldon, and after a period there was appointed in¬ spector of hospitals and camps in the Confederate Army, a job he held until the end of the war. /3 Bedford Brown after the Civil War returned to Alexandria. Virginia, and had a large and successful practice. He was a distinguished member of the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association, and a member of the Vir¬ ginia Board of Medical Examiners. He was elected president of the Virginia Medical Society in 1896. He was a prolific writer, preparing papers on diseases and his techniques and methods of healing, including works on diphtheria, meningitis, pneu¬ monia and a host of others as well. He died in 1897 after unsuccessful surgery, on September 13. at his home in Alexandria. Virginia. If a speaker needs a long introduc¬ tion. he doesn't deserve it. If he de¬ serves it. he doesn't need it. —Gov. Charles B. Aycock. Temper is a mighty good thing to have — to have and to hold. —TIPS. Asheville ( 1908) It is better for a man to be called down by his wife than to be shown up by his neighbor. —Josephus Daniels. Raleigh News A Observer (1908) 29 TAR HEEL QUOTES