Pensacola News Journal from Pensacola, Florida • 44

4D -Pensacola fflefog Sournal Sunday, March 19, 1967 Oratorio Society to Sing Mozart's 'Requiem Mass' BOOKS and THE ARTS tenor; J. Ilolliday Vpal, bass; Ernest Warrington, bass. The organist will be Ike Terry. "The Requiem Mass" was the last work of Mozart who worked on this composition until he became too seriously ill to work. His incompleted work was finished by his pupil Sussmayr, who completed it as he believed Mozart- intended it to be.

Beethoven is quoted as having said of the additions to the work: "If Mozart did not write this music, then the man who wrote it was a Mozart." fvy The Pensacola Oratorio Society will present "The Requiem Mass" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on Good Friday, March 24 at the First Baptist Church, 500 N. Pala-fox St. The public is invited to attend the performance at 8 p.m. Admission is free. The Oratorio Society is sponsored by Pensacola Junior College under the direction of Chester T.

O'Bannon, assistant professor of vocal music at Pesacola Junior College. For the past 30 years, the society has presented Handel's "Messiah" during the Christmas season in Pensacola. It has also become traditional for them to present another major work in the spring appropriate to the Easter season. In past years such works as Haydn's "Creation," Mendelssohn's "St. Paul," and Faure's "Requiem" have been spring performances presented by the society.

Soloists for "The Requiem Mass" will be Joney Robbins, soprano; Barbara Eiland, soprano; Drude Sparre, mezzo-soprano; Aldrich Northup, Dixon Comes Back With Another One On Psychic Realm A SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH by Ruth Montgomery; William Morrow; 284 pp; $4.95 Washington reporter Ruth Montgomery made Jeanne Dixon a household world. Her account (A Gift of Prophecy) of the fantastic predictions of the Washington resident was a runaway best seller. In her second book about psychic phenomena she describes unexplainable things that have happened to her and to her friends, both famous and little known. Mrs. Montgomery admits she was a spectic and in delving deeper into the mystic she becomes a believer.

She recounts some remarkable personal expriences of hundreds of people and the reader can quickly identify with many of the visions and dreams. In the final chapter she stresses the religious aspects of such beliefs. Mrs. Montgomery thinks the majority of people have the latent ability to see into the future, receive messages and with concentration and strong belief there can be many breakthroughs. It will be a rare reader who doesn't find several stories that parralled a personal experience.

PAT LLOYD Musk Series Drive Chairman Named Miss Taris Sevell (left), president of the Northwest Florida Music Series, appoints Mrs. Charles S. Coe (center) and Maynard Stitt (right) to act as chairman and co-chairman of next fall's membership drive. The Music Series, which last week brought the opera "La Traviata" to Pensacola, sells tickets only at the beginning of the season. Present members are urged to rejoin this spring, Miss Savell says.

Records Macdonald Omnibus Superb ARCHER IN HOLLY Peterson Through Clear WOOD, by Ross Macdonald; Alfred A. Knop'; 528 pp; This is the initial omnibus of a trio of novels by the superb storyspinner Ross Macdonald. If you haven't met Lew Archer, the daustic but cool-California sleuth, this triology is the ideal time. The story "The Moving which starred Paul Newman in' the movie called a sets the tone. Archer gets involved in a series of violent actions as he attempts to find an oil millionaire with film connections.

"The Way Some People Die" takes the private detective from Palm Springs to San Francisco. In' the final story, "The Barbarous he meets O. Henry Winners Presented PRIZE STORIES 1967 THE O. HENRY AWARDS, Edited by William Abrahams; Dou-bleday; 221 pp In the Region of Ice, an ironic story of a student and a nun is the first prize winner of the year. In addition to this mordant story 'Ihere are 15 other stories -culled from such literary magazines as Atlantic Monthly, Sewanee Review, The Reporter, The Kenyon Review, the New Yorker.

Several of the prize winning authors are well-known ones; John Updike, Richard Yates, Jesse Hill Ford; others are novices. Youth is a common denominator of the 16 authors and the three top awards go to writers under 35. Abrahams is the senior editor of Atlantic Monthly Press and has written novels, short stories, verse as well as editor. For those interested in reading new talent and making literary discoveries this collection will be an evening of excellent entertainment. PAT LLOYD Roger Williams Performs Heref Pianist Roger Williams will present a program of popular music in the Municipal Auditorium on Saturday, April 1 at 8:15 p.m.

The program will include many of the more popular numbers from his latest album. Also featured will be many songs which he has made popular such as: "Autumn Leaves," which was his first big hit, "Yellow Bird," "Maria," and others. Over the last ten years, Williams has sold over 18 million records. His latest album, "Born Free," has been a big seller and was in the top-ten list of hit recordings. Tickets for the show go on sale Monday morning at the Municipal Auditorium ticket office.

in Brief tions. The handy to carry book is based on visiting more than 3300 shops in 22 lands in the last two decades. This is the 11th edition of their short cut to shopping. Each major European city is reported on and suggestions are given in succinct style. The edition is a "must for a European bound traveler.

LAST OF THE SADDLE TRAMPS by Mesannie Wil-kins; Prentice-Hall 215 pp; $4.95 A 63-year-old woman decided to go by horseback from Maine to California. Her unusual adventures are described with warmth and humor. When Mesannie Wilkins was told she only had four years to live she decided to fullfill a lifetime dream. With only her horse, her clothes on her back and her dog she began the 7,000 mile trek. Her recollections as cozy as a patchwork quilt.

TEN PATHS TO PEACE AND POWER by Webb Garrison; Abingdon Press; $3.75 Spiritual preemptions for effective living are given by a Methodist minister who is also a free-lance writer. He divides his advice into three sections The Inward Way, suggests the person look within himself for answers to problems in divine guidance. PREMIERS Fawcett Premier Books have recently released the following in paperback editions; ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT by Erich Maria Remarque; THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF THE MODERN AGE selected by Douglas Angus; HOW TO LIVE WITH YOURSELF AND LIKE IT by Henry Clay Lindgren; AN EASY INTRODUCTION TO THE SLIDE RULE by Isaac Asimov; and FUN WITH THE NEW MATH by Jerome S. Meyer and Stuart Hanlon. WARRINGTON NORTHUP DRUDE SPARRE 'Train Ride' Proves Shocker THE TRAIN RIDE by Peter Loughran; Doubleday; 216 pp; $4.50.

Crimes against young children are termed, by the mores of our so-called civilized society, utterly despicable. The persons who perpetrate such crimes are loathed by all members of the human community. So felt the protagonist of this story, a British seaman who is making his way back to his ship after a drinking bout, when he got on the train that was to take him to his ship, and saw a blonde young girl in the same compartment he was to travel in. After an interminable amount of arguing with himself and damning those who would assult young persons, this creature, who is all too real, does assault and kill the girl. The trouble he goes, through hiding the body, cleaning it, re-hiding it and then holding a mock funeral over it is pathetic and gruesome.

It's sickening to realize there are perverted persons capable of such dastardly crimes, but it is also shocking to also realize that the man who committed the horrendous offense in this book is appalled by the crime before he does it and after. This first novel by Briton Loughran is brutal, and he doesn't mince any words. -CLARENCE REID. Mrs. Tennant was grad uated from Washington University in St.

Louis, Mo. as a fine arts major. She has studied under Fred Carpenter, Ruth Starr Rose, Laura Glen Douglas, and Eliot O'Hara, the well-known water colorist who recently offered a course and exhibited many of his paintings at the Pensacola Art Center. She is former assistant teacher to O'Hara at JONEY ROBBINS BARBARA EILAXD Settings Varied In 3 Mysteries DouWeday Crime Club has released a trio of mystery yarns set in Hawaii, Mexico and on a Maryland stage. STRANGE CORNER by Mildred Davis; 191 pp; $3.95 Was pretty Rosemary Leech losing her mind or was she really being the victim of a hateful plot? The setting for the eerie events is Hawaii.

Although witchcraft was part of the island life, Rosemary was too sophisticated to believe in such things. Yet so many chilling things happened to her she began to doubt her sanity. The plot is an involved one and the reader will have to keep a number of characters and events straight. THE ROSE WINDOW by Suzanne Blanc; 192 pp; $3.95 Murder Mexican mode. An ancient convent, abandoned and forgotten, is the eerie setting for this crime puzzle.

When a pretty girl visiting her aunt in San Louis disappears Inspector Menendes believes she's been captured by a trio of terrorists. The writer has given her mystery yarn an authentic and interesting background. MURDER IS ABSURD by Patricia McGerr; 192 More drama takes place behind the scenes than on stage. A young playwright has written what seems to be a senseless play but his stepfather begins to realize there is a deeper meaning to the dialogue. Does Kenny remember the past? Does his image of Elsi-nore reveal his recollections of murder, revenge and tragedy? Does the past predict the future.

Patricia McGerr answers all the questions in a fast moving mystery. PAT LLOYD New Fawcett Books Released Fawcett Gold Medal Books has recently released in paperback editions the following: GIRL ON THE RUN and ASSIGNMENT MANCHURIAN DOLL by Edward S. Aaron: WHERE IS JANICE GANTRY? by John D. MacDonald; HONDO by Louis L'Amour; THE GREEN WOUND CONTRACT by Philip Atlee; ENTER LAUGHING by Carl Reiner; ALWAYS LEAVE 'EM DYING by Richard SINNERS by Edward S. Aar-ons; HOW TO WIN AT WEEKEND GOLF by Julius Boros; WOMAN'S DAY COOK BOOK OF FAVORITE RECIPES; THE LONG RIDERS by Dan Cushman; and THE STAR RUBY CONTRACT.

FIRST-HAND REPORT NEW YORK (AP) Al-though many books have been published about the Second Vatican Council, the first eye-witness account by a participant has now been issued by McGraw-Hill, "American Bishop at the Vatican Council," by Bishop Robert E. Tracy of Baton Rouge. Intricate Emotions Handled by Floridian A TRIP TO CZARDIS by Edwin Granberry; Trident Press; 194 pp; $4.95 A Florida book by a Florida author who writes of a tricky deep-flowing mass of human personalities fraught with symbolism, sex and realism in the southern peninsula. Jim Cameron, foreman of a southwest coastal ranch, meets with a strange request from his boss-cum-best friend, Ponce Logan. Logan has discovered he cannot have children, and tells Cameron perhaps in a drunken state and perhaps not he would like him to father them.

Cameron, an upright sort of strong moral convictions, is shocked by the idea and reels back as from the mental blow. Still reeling from this shock, a twist of events sends him to bed with the boss' wife while Logan is away on a trip. From there, things begin to dim for Cameron until he is found in a drunken stupor near death in a south Florida swamp. He recovers his health and emotional balance and Logan, returned from his trip, begins to lose his own. Things eventually reach a climax when Logan and Cameron wind up on Logan's cruiser in the Gulf of Mexico with Logan carrying a loaded pistol.

The ending finds Cameron in jail charged with the murder of Logan, whom he had considered almost as a brother. Author Granberry, who has held the chair of creative writing at Rollins College since 1933, writes a novel closely akin to the nature surrounding it. He is equally adept at handling Florida's native wilderness and the intricate range of human emotions. Books an assortment of shady characters. Macdonald, who has written mystery novels set in California for over 20 has won countless awards and all richly deserved.

His writing has an elan rarely found in crime stories. THE TEMPLE FIELD INGS SELECTIVE SHOP PING GUIDE TO EUROPE 1967 Edition; Nancy and Temple Fielding; Fielding Publications in Association with William Morrow Company; $1.95 The wellknown travel team of Nancy and Temple Fielding have updated their excellent, pocket-size paperbound shopping sugges- Sheezamm fe Lomes THE VELVET UNDERGROUND NICO; V-5J08 -Andy WarhoL the man who started the "pop" art cult has become a showman. He's made "underground" films plus a traveling show "The Velvet Underground." If you buy this record be prepared to be blasted. The screeching noises will make most listeners wince and wail. It's one big savage sound and the lyrics are equally frenzied.

The result sounds like the merger of Dracula and some of the longhaired wailers of today. May be the Warhol fans or the Hell's Angels will understand it. Ob BLOW-UP, Original Sound Track Album, E-4447 This film about an English photographer has caused a sensation on both sides of the ocean. The Herbie Hancock musical score has the London beat. The scene "swings" from the Thames River to the elegant Belgra-via houses, from the "gear" shops to the Soho clubs.

A popular "mod" group, The Yardbirds, are heard in the final party scene. 4fc THE DEADLY AFFAIR, Original Sound Track Album, V-8679 St. Famed jazz- musician Quincy Jones wrote sophisticated, understated score for the John Le-Carre London spy film. "Who Needs Forever" is the haunting theme melody. Brazil's great girl singer Astrud Gil-berto sings the poignant theme which should be a hit.

THREE BITES OF THE APPLE, Original (Sound Track Album; E-4444 St. David McCallum is introduced on this score as a singer. The slight blond Scottish actor, who's a tevee favorite, also wrote the music for the main theme. McCallum should stick with his "Man From Uncle" role. Leo the Lion Records from Metro Goldwyn Mayer are delightful listening for youngsters.

In the latest releases such well-known enter tainers as Kate Smith, Richard Kiley, Rosemary Clooney narrate fairy tales and literary classics. KATE SMITH Tells the classic American folk-tale "Johnny CH-1034 The legendary story of little Johnny Appleseed who went through the forest of the early republic spreading appleseds is told with warmth by Kate Smith. Boys will especially enjoy the folk yarn. Singer Rosemary Clooney narrates and sings the story of Celeste, a melody who meets Prince Charming, a cello. It's a whimsical tale and will help children develop musical ideas.

MOWGLI'S BROTHERS "TIGER! TIGER!" from Rud-yard Kipling's Jangle Books starring Richard Kiley; CH-1031 Although it's almost 75 years old the jungle stories of Rudyard Kipling are still exciting to adventurous boys. Stage star Richard Kiley narrates the two classics set in India. Verve has released a winning variety of records. SOMETHING WARM: OSCAR PETERSON; V-8661 Jazz musicians like the spon-taniety of "live" recording yet hate to risk poor reproduction. This "London House" session of a half dozen tunes has that spirited spontaneous mood yet every note is clearly heard.

Peterson worked in '62 in a noted Chicago jazz spot. One thing that makes this record special is Ray Brown, who is no longer with Peterson, is heard and their musical empathy is superb. The tempo is torrid on "Blues for Big Peterson's signature theme. jj jjji ifc CHEGANCA: THE WALTER WANDERLEY TRIO; V-8676 Brazil is a vast country from which multiple music sounds eminate. Walter Wanderley's music reflects his city, Sao Paulo, a growing sophisticated one.

He's known as Brazil's No. 1 organist and this is his third. Verve recording will make him popular in the USA. 'Diaries' Hilarious Reading THE KING DIARIES by Dougals Moon. McGraw-Hill.

195pp. $4.95 Young Douglas Moon he's 29 has written what well may be 1967's leading candidate for the humorous novel's trophy. And along the way, he's removed every inch of respectable hide from the body of that campus regular, the scholarly footnoter. The book, "The King Diaries," purports to give sections of diaries kept by two recluses, Mrs. Josephine King and her odd-ball son, Edward, with explanatory remarks by the Most Rev.

Alfred Sylvester Perkins, doctor of divinity and pastor of the Church of the Respectable Light. Dr. Perkins was the only person whom the wealthy but eccentric Kings would see in the years before their lives were lost in a fire which destroyed their once fashionable but finally deteriorated home in San Francisco. What comes through with the help of the good minister is a rollicking poke in the ribs for college research into i a as well as razor-sharp swipes at most of man's sacred cows. Young Moon can deadpan the laughs from nearly every page: a particularly effective achievement in these gloomy days of contemporary fiction.

The Kings make excellent reading. And one hopes that Mr. Moon will give more time to his fiction and less to efforts for his doctorate in English. It would be a crying shame for such wit to be buried among the dutsy footnotes of a humorless campus pack. ODELL GRIFFITH.

Art Center Sponsors Oil, Acrylic Workshop The Pensacola Art Center will sponsor a workshop in oils and acrylics from April 24-28 given by Mary Anne Tennant. Fee for the 10 threeihour lessons will bo $30 and will be open to the public. -1 MARY ANNE TENNANT the Flat Rock School of Art which he owns. She has exhibited some of her paintings in Ochletree Gallery in Norfolk, F. F.

Thomas Gallery, Falls Church, and Dyer Brothers' Gallery, Arlington, Va. Mrs. Tennant will display a series of 50 paintings at a one-man show to be on exhibit at the Pensacola Art Cen er during her workshop. Originality and freedom of expression are encouraged in the four types of lessons she will teach. They are: the basic techniques in the use of tools, color mixing, and theory, portrait lessons, abstract compositions, and realistic subjects.

Registration is now open at the Art Center for those who wish to enroll in the five-day workshop. Auditorium Tuesday, March 28, for a night filled with songs and laughs. This will be his first public appearance in his native state. Tickets are available by writing Gomer Pyle, 401 Auditorium Drive, Mobile, Ala. In case you didn't know it this is Gomer Fyle's way of thanking the Crewe de Bienville for making him a special member of a Mardi Gras Mystic society.

Gomer in real life Jim Nabors-comes to the Mobile i.