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All-Brahms Surpasses Problems A Review By FRANK P. HULME The all-Brahms program Sunday at Warren Wilson College showed again why that composer remains one of the most revered of German musicians, a worthy companion to Beethoven and Schubert. Dr. Robert Keener was very much in command of the Asheville Choral Society, with the artistic collaboration of Jacquelyn Culpepper, soprano, and David Mellnik, baritone, and an admirable accompaniment by Asheville Symphony members. This combination revealed the tenderness and the drama of the celebrated 1 "German Requiem" (Opus 45), with its consoling message of acceptance and faith.

Keener also gave his appreciative listeners the rare pleasure of hearing another smaller work on the mystery of death and the destiny of man, a favorite theme of Brahms in his choral works." This was "Nanie" (Opus 82), a setting of a poem by Schiller. Problems of balance between singers and orchestra, however, prevented an ideal reading of threnody. Nevertheless, the conductor showed, in his shaping of the long melancholy phrases, his understanding of the score. And the chorus, despite some muffled diction, sang with generally good tone and attention to emotional values. The pianissimo passages were especially effective.

The problems of balance remained with the "requiem" but were of less importance because of the larger nature of the work. Both soloists made impressive contributions. Miss Culpepper's brilliant soprano did not always suggest the tenderness needed for the text (Brahms was remembering his recently dead mother), but her management of the high tessitura, especially at the close, was exquisitely done. Mellnik had more to sing, and sang it all persuasively, in a resonant voice that emphasized the dramatic excitement of the sounding trumpet. The fugal passages in the "requiem" are often a problem, and the Asheville Choral Society and the orchestra did not always avoid momentary blurring or inaccuracy in some of the more treacherous bits.

But such flaws mattered little against the really transcendental conclusion, where conductor, singers and orchestra achieved a poignance worthy of the noble text and the musical vision of Johannes Brahms. A standing ovation and continued applause concluded this splendid musical affair. Elmer Treadway MARSHALL Services for Elmer Treadway, 90, of Route 1 Cedar Grove, who died Saturday, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Bowman Funeral Home. The Rev.

Jimmy Buckner will officiate with burial in Fortner family cemetery. A native of Madison County and a resident of Cedar Grove for the past six months, he was a retired farmer of the Doe Branch section of Madison County. A son of the late Jackson and Elizabeth Thomas Treadway, he was a member of Barnard Free Will Baptist Church. Surviving are five sons, Everett Treadway of Columbus, Ohio, Lonnie Treadway of Walnut, Jessie Treadway of Piedmont, S.C., Elmer Treadway Jr. of River Rouge, Mich.

and John Bud Treadway of Leicester; five daughters, Edna Tate of Roanoke, Margarett Payne of Asheville, Frances Tate of Leicester, Emma Anderson of Old Fort, and Julia Roberts of Cedar Grove, with whom he made his home; two sisters, Linnie Gosnell of Walnut and Lottie Howell of Biltmore; 45 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and a great grandchild. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. lina-Tennessee border blocked one lane of traffic in the westbound lane of 1-40 about 9 a.m. Sunday, the Highway Patrol reported.

The slide occurred around the 5-mile marker in Haywood County, near the Pigeon River Gorge. Breaking, Entering Jerry Douglas Metcalf was arrested and charged with breaking and entering a motor vehicle and injury to personal property late Saturday. Metcalf, 19, of 170 Weaverville Highway, was jailed in lieu of $1,000 bond. Area Deaths Charlie Brown of Brevard, died Saturday; graveside services 2 p.m. Tuesday, 1 Enon Baptist Church Cemetery.

Pansy Nicholson of Pisgah Forest, died Sunday; graveside services 11 a.m. Tuesday, Davidson River Cemetery. Hortense Grasty of Maggie Valley, died Sunday; services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Garrett Funeral Home. Ada Autrey of Burnsville, died Saturday; services 2 p.m.

Tuesday, South Estatoe Baptist Church. Frank Epley of Spindale, died Sunday; services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Crowe's Funeral Chapel. Isabell Duncan of Marion, died Sunday; services 2 p.m. Tuesday, McCall-Kirksey Funeral Home.

Alva Cowan Sr. FAIRVIEW side Services 77, of Route Saturday, Tuesday in Masonic gravefor Alva H. Cowan Sr, 7, Taylor Road, who died will be held at 11 a.m. Green Hills cemetery. The Revs.

Bill Carpenter and Nane Starnes will officiate. The lodge will open at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Cowan, a native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, was the son of the late Thomas H. and COWAN COWAN Grace Moore Cowan.

He retired in 1970 as a roundhouse foreman with Southern Railway with 50 years of service. He was a member of West Asheville Baptist Church and the Kingdom Builders Bible class. He was a member of West Asheville Masonic Lodge No. 665, the York Rites and Scottish Rites. He was a Shriner, a retired member of AMD Club of Asheville and a member of International Association of Machinists and the Supervisors Association.

The Cowans cerebrated their 56th wedding anniversary June 16, 1982. Surviving are his wife, Ruby McCurry Cowan; two sons, Alva H. Cowan Jr. of Asheville and Thomas L. Cowan of Fairview; a daughter, Carolyn Daniel of Fairview; a sister, Aretha Elmore of Fairview; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

The family will be at the home on Taylor Road, Fairview, Groce Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to the West Asheville Baptist Church building fund. Mozelle Putnam BLACK MOUNTAIN Mozelle Gertrude Putnam, 80, of Sunset Mozelle Putnam Drive, died Saturday in a Hendersonville hospital after a period of declining She was born in Barnwell County and worked with her husband at Putnam's Dahlia Farm in Black Mountain for several years. She was a daughter of the late Goldie Vastine Carroll and Julia Idela Owens and the wife of F.M. Putnam who died in 1945.

She is survived by two daughters, Inez P. Hall and Blanche P. Burnett of Black Mountain; a son, Floyd M. Putnam Jr. of Black Mountain; three brothers, V.W.

Carroll of Aug. usta, Jasper Carroll of Columbia, S.C., and Wilbur Carroll of Johnson, S.C.; four sisters, Louise Hare of Denmark, S.C., Bertie Lee Bailey of Bamberg, S.C., Betty R. Baker of Lakeland, and Faye Sill of Kansas; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Black Mountain City Cemetery.

The Rev. Edgar Ferrell will officiate. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at Miller Funeral Home and, at other times, will be at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Hall, 118 South Ridgeway Black Mountain.

Deaths And Funerals Funerals Today STATE AND AREA Buford Noland of Clyde, 1 p.m., chapel of Wells Funeral Home, Can- Pearl Hudson of Morganton, 2 p.m., Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Burke County. Wilburn Griggs of Marble, 2 p.m., Marble Springs Baptist Church, Cherokee County. Louise Foster of Tryon, 2. p.m., Peniel Baptist Church, Polk County. Martha Rose of Fletcher, side services 2 p.m., Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Elgin, S.C.

Eva Bradley of Cherokee, 2 p.m., Cherokee United Methodist Church, Swain County. Connie Rollins of Spindale, 2 p.m., First Baptist Church of Spindale, Rutherford County. Nelson Henline of Spruce Pine, 2 p.m., First Baptist Church, Mitchell County. CITY AND COUNTY Ellen Sheard of 9 Brad Asheville, 1 p.m., Beulah Chapel Holiness Church. Hansard Worley of 108 Young Swannanoa, 2 p.m., Swannanoa Heights Baptist Church.

Ollie Carter of 34 Dorchester Asheville, 2 p.m., West Funeral Home. Eloise Candler Willis of Candler, 2 p.m., Hominy Baptist Church. Nelson Henline SPRUCE PINE Nelson 1 P. Henline, 79, of Route 2 Spruce Pine, died Saturday in a Spruce Pine hospital after a short illness. He was a retired auto dealer, a member and deacon of First Baptist Church and a member of Vesper Masonic Lodge No.

554 AF Am. He was a son of the late Dock and Sallie Blalock Henline. Surviving are the wife, Belle Sparks Henline; a daughter, Barbara Gouge of Spruce Pine; two sons, Phillip and Howard Henline of Spruce Pine; five sisters, Maude Young and Annie Sullins of Spruce Pine, Mary Ellis of Asheville, Louise Stanberry of Boone, and Brite Lyons of Christiansburg, two brothers, Bascombe and Bill Henline of Spruce Pine; and six grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in First Baptist Church.

The Rev. R.M. Cassity will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Carmel Cemetery with Masonic graveside rites.

The body will remain at Webb Funeral Home until placed in the church an hour before services. Eloise Fletcher CANDLER Eloise Fletcher, 69, of Justice Ridge Road, died Sunday in an Asheville hospital after a short illness. A native of Knoxville, she had resided in Buncombe County since 1947. She was employed as a nurses aide at Highland Hospital for 22 years. She was a daughter of the late Jesse and Mae Walden Anderson and was a member of Snow Hill United Methodist Church.

Surviving are her husband, Glenn Fletcher; a son, Jack Allison of Columbia, S.C.; a sister, Beatrice Coward of Fort Walton Beach, two brothers, Jack and Fred Anderson of Knoxville, and three grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home. The Rev. Arthur Pearce will officiate.

Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Robert Metcalf MARS HILL Services for Robert Roscoe Metcalf, 87, of Albany, N.Y., who died Friday, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Capps Funeral Home.

The Rev. E.W. Jenkins will officiate. Burial will be in State Line Cemetery. A native of Madison County, he had lived in New York most of his life.

He was a retired Army World War I veteran and a retired railraod worker. He was a member of Little Cree Baptist Church, the Albany (N.Y.) VFW and was the son of the late Wesley and Louise Waldrop Metcalf. Surviving are five nephews, Robert Wheeler of Asheville, Grady Wheeler of Greeneville, Boyd Wheeler of Charlotte, Fred Metcalf of Weaverville and Talmadge Metcalf of Mars Hill. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

UNC-A Presents An Evening Of Food, Theater A French menu and live French music will be featured during an evening of food and theater Friday at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. The buffet dinner will begin at 6:45 p.m. in the Owen Conference Center. Accordianist Charles Johnson and singer Robert Brown will provide the music. "'Thieves' Carnival," by French playwright Jean Anouilh, will be performed at 8:30 p.m.

in the Carol Belk Theater. Tickets for the dinner and play are $12.50 and reservations must be made by 4 p.m. Wednesday. Reservations may be made by calling the Theater UNC-A box office at 253-5778 between 1 and 4 p.m. weekdays.

The Asheville Citizen. Monday, April 25, 1983 Eloise Willis CANDLER Eloise Candler Willis, who died Saturday, p.m. Monday in Church. Dr. C.

Fred Werhan will officiate. Burial will be in the family plot in Gudger Cemetery. Born in Buncombe County, was the daughter of the Ottis Bill and Annie Clayton Candler," de- Services for 96, of Candler, will be held at 2 Hominy Baptist MRS. WILLIS scendants of original pioneer families in Western North Carolina. She was the wife of Dr.

Arthur P. Willis, who practiced medicine in the Candler area until his death in 1951. She was known as "Ma" to the Candler community. She was a graduate of the old Asheville Normal College. She taught school in eastern North Carolina, and Buncombe and Jackson counties.

She was involved in chicken, cattle and real estate businesses. When she was 80 she retired from the dairy business and went into beef cattle and retired from that when she was 90. Surviving are a son, Dr. Candler Arthur Willis, retired Candler physician; a brother, William Washington "Tony" Candler of Candler two grandchildren, Candler A. Willis Jr.

of Henderson County and Edith Anderson of Eugene, Ore. and four great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Buncombe County Heart Fund, Groce Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Nathan Carver WAYNESVILLE Nathan W. Carver, 95, of Route 2 Waynesville, died Saturday at his home after a long illness.

Born in Haywood County, he was a retired merchant and farmer. A son of the late John and Maggie Henson Carver, he was a member of Waynesville Masonic Lodge No. 254 AF AM and Shady Grove United Methodist Church. His wife, Elizabeth Carpenter Carver, died Feb. 28, 1983.

Surviving are two sons, Ned Carver of Maggie and John Carver of Waynesville; two brothers, Joe Carpenter of Waynesville and A.G. Carver of Arden; two sisters, Stella of Waynesville and Mamie Pressley of Asheville; five grandchildren and seven Services held at 2:30 p.m. greet Tuesday in Crawford Funeral Home chapel of Waynesville. The Revs. Vance Lowe and Charles Brown will officiate.

Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home and, at other times, will be at the home of a son, Ned Carver, Dellwood Road. The family requests that flowers be omitted and contributions may be made to the church. Minnie Hewitt Minnie Nancy Ann Hewitt, 89, of 15 Midwood Asheville, died Saturday in an Asheville hospital following a long illness.

A native of Gaston County and a Buncombe County resident for the past 65 years, she was a member of McAdenville Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late John Grason and Mary Elizabeth Queen Hicks and the wife of Claude Ruffin Hewitt, who died in 1959. Surviving are three sons, James Jenkins Hewitt of Asheville, Robert Jack Dempsey Hewitt of El Cajon, and Clarence Randall Hewitt of Shelby; 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of AndersRice Funeral Home.

The Rev. John G. Hicks will officiate. Burial will be in Green Hills Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m.

Monday at the funeral home. Shooting Suspect Was On A man arrested in connection with the shooting of Mary Elizabeth Whitten Saturday was on probation for assaulting and threatening the same woman last month, law enforcement officers said Sunday. Thomas Green, also known as Thomas Littlejohn, was put on probation about three months ago after being tried for assault on a female and communicating threats, under the condition that he would not communicate in any way with Miss Whitten. He was arrested for violating his probation March 25 and was sent to jail for 10 days, according to Jeff Ledbetter, Green's probation officer. "The victim said she was going to go to Chicago for Easter and be gone for several months.

The judge put (Green) in jail for 10 days to give her enough time leave town," Ledbetter said. "But people in the community got together and got him released, I think a day after, and the victim never left town, she remained here." Green, 20, of 21-D Hillcrest Apartments, is being held in Buncombe County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bond. He is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to inflict serious injury and discharging a firearm in a dwelling. Big Wheels Debbie Jones, WNC poster child for muscular dystophy, gets a push from U.S. Rep.

James McClure Clarke, across the rink of Tarwheels Skateway during a SkateA-Thon Sunday, which raised more than $1,000 for MD research. Staff Photo By Ewart Ball Show It's singing. It's dancing. It's entertainment like you've never seen. The Up With People Show is an internationally acclaimed cast of over 100 young people who sing and dance their way right into your heart.

With music from home and abroad. Don't miss this chance to see this beautifully choreographed, colorful festival of music. Friday, May 13, at 8:00 p.m. in the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium Civic Center Admission Advance Day of Performance Adults $7.00 Adults $7.50 Sr. Citizens $5.00 Sr.

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entertain- the ment like whole seen you've before. never family. Police Reports He was arrested after Miss Whitten, 20, of 27-C Bingham Heights Apartments, told police a man fired a shot into her car about 8:30 p.m. Saturday. She was wounded in both thighs and taken to Memorial Mission Hospital, where she was in good condition Sunday.

Dirt Slide A dirt slide near the North Caro- Snow Closes Section Of Parkway A 15-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway was closed Sunday due to snow and slippery conditions, the Park Service reported. The stretch, from N.C. 694 and Mt. Mitchell could be reopened Monday, said Ken Kelly, district ranger. "According to the forecast, it's supposed to get into the low 60s, which should be warm enough to melt the snow," he said.

The only other section of the parkway that is closed is a 10-mile stretch from Balsam to Soco Gap, he said. That section has been closed for about three weeks due to a rock slide and will probably remain closed for about another week, Kelly said..