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Maroon Tiger
May 4, 1978
entertainment
Lanier Museum
Open House
Larry Davis of Morehouse College in Atlanta, (la., a
native of Gulfport, Miss., tries his hand at “draughting” a
glass of Budweiser, the King of Beers, during a recent
college representative training session sponsored bv
Anheuser-Busch, Inc., in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Davis is one of
more than 200 persons who serve on campuses across the 1
nation as Anheuser-Busch wholesaler college marketing
representatives.
Folk music and other
entertainment will be featured
when the Lanier Museum of
Natural History officially
opens its doors to the public
Sunday. April 30. And while
•museum exhibits are still in
preparation, visitors will have
the opportunity to climb the
museum’s 16-story
ibservation tower to gaze upon
the spring beauty of the area
surrounding Lake Lanier and
take a look at the 160-year-old
Bowman-Pirkle home, now i
under restoration.
Visitors to the museum,
which will be open weekends
after the Open House, will be
directed to the various points
of interest by Volunteer In
formation Officers.
The Lanier Museum of
Natural History is part of the
Gwinnett County Lake Lanier
Water Park. Visitors to the
Open House are also invited to
tour the adjacent modern
water filtration plant which
has become the model for other
such facilities in the
Southeast.
The Open House will take
place from one until five Sun
day afternoon.
Ludlow Porch, one of WRNG
Radio’s most popular talk-
show hosts, will be a special
guest at the Open House fes
tivities.
The entertainment will
begin at 1:30 with the music of
noted guitarist Kenneth
Bennett of Buford who, with
several of his friends, will
present a program of popular
folk music.
At 2:00, ventriloquist and
puppeteer Gary Koepke of
Lawrenceville will perform. A
veteran of Six Flags Over
Georgia, Gary now has his
own show on Channel 36.
After his performance he and
his puppets will mingle with
the audience.
Beginning at 3:00, Anne
Ludwig of Stone Mountain,
with her son Michael and
daughter Ingrid will perform
several traditional songs ac
companied by such old-
fashioned instruments as the
autoharp, fiddle, dulcimer,
mandolin, spoons, washtub
basin and washtub.
Refreshments and snacks
will be sold at the Open House
by the Buford Band Boosters.
Conceived as part of the
original plans for the
Gwinnett County water
facilities at Lake Lanier Water
Park, the I-anier Museum of
Natural History was designed
to display rotating exhibits
representative of the area’s
natural history on the first two
floors of the observation tower.
Four high-powered terrestrial
telescopes are situated in the
tower’s upper deck.
To reach the museum: from
the intersection of Route 20
and Highway 365 (Lanier
Battered
Women
The Council on Battered
Women has been given an
anonymous donation of $10,-
000, to be used to renovate the
Del Mar Shelter. Fund-raising
efforts are continuing with a
benefit spaghetti dinner on
Thursday,May 11,from 6:45 to
8:45 p.m., at the West Hunter
Street Baptist Church, 1040
Gordon Street, S.W.
The Co-sponsors are Church
Women United of Atlanta and
the Atlanta Archdiocese Coun
cil of Catholic Women.
Panelists for the dinner will be
Ethel Smith, CBW vice-
president; Dr. Margaret
Nichols, CBW Board member;
Carol Sinclair, CBW member,
and Margaret Curtis, CBW
Board member.
Money raised will be used to
finish renovations and to
begin furnishing the shelter. A
target date of July 1, 1978 has
been set for opening.
Parkway), travel West on
Route 20 to Peachtree In
dustrial Boulevard (second
traffic light) and turn right:
continue on Peachtree In
dustrial Blvd. for about two
miles then turn left onto
The Proposition Theatre
Company, Atlanta’s highly ac
claimed experimental theatre
company, is now accepting ap
plications for company
membership. Applicants
accepted will be given an op
portunity to participate with
regular company members in
training workshops and future
productions.
Membership into this in
novative and talented ensem
ble is open to persons of all
Waterworks Road, follow
Waterworks Road and signs
will direct you to the front en
trance of Lake Lanier Water
Park. The observation tower
will be on your left as you
enter.
ages. Casting for next season’s
shows are already underway.
Those persons wishing to
become a part of this group of
actors and actresses should
contact the Proposition
immediately.
For information and re
quirements, call 523-6458. The
Proposition is the resident
theatre company of the
Neighborhood Arts Center,
located 252 Georgia Avenue
(SW).
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