Evening star., 1946-05-19
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BY Philip H. Love.

write for the Junior Star from Gen.
tral High School, has been dis
charged from the Navy and is a
cub reporter for the Suffolk (vaD
News-Herald.
In addition to acting as corre-
spondent for the News Herald in the
town Of Smithfeld, Charlie is re-
sponsible for the papers circulation
there. He likes the repertorial
part of his job, but the circulation
duties, he says in a recent letter
to the j. S., are something of "a
headache"
The carrier boys lie down on the
job, and the subscribers complain"
he writes. "One day. had to de-
liver the route myself"
But that wasn't too difficult a
chore for Charlie. For two years, "
he recalls, II delivered 800 Stars
each afternoon and Sunday morn
ing"
Marion Kiata, Eastern High School
singer, once passed up an oppor-
tunity to get into the movies, accord
ing to an article in recent issue
Of the Easterner.
Before settling on singing as a
career, Marion studied dancing (tap
and acrobatic) and piano. The
dancing held her interest for about
three years, but, as she puts 1t,
six months of piano was enough.
Practicing is just no fun" She has
been studying voice for about two
years.
Marion's lyric soprano voice won
first prize In a contest conducted
by Radio Station WWDC. and, as
result, she was given a 13-week
contract to sing on a Sunday after
noon program. The chance in the
movies came through a friend OF a
friend-a friend whose friend was
a talent scout for Metro -Goldwyn-
Mayer. At the time Marion was
IA and singing at the Atlas Theater
But Marion wasn't-and still
in a movie career
Her plans for the future were-and
still are-quite simple.
First, I'm going to finish high
school," she says. Then I'll begin
a singing career-but I prefer the
stage to the movies, and, best OF all,
Id like to be q private voice
teacher
Junior jottings: Ten students Of
the Oxon Hill MD Consolidated
School will participate in the Ma
tional Folk Festival in Cleveland
from May 81 to Is. :. Gerry Mar
tins, st. Johns College, is an ac-
complished pianist. And Joseph An
driano, same school, is equally ex-
pert with the flute. The Wood
row Wilson High School Student
Council is adopting" three more
war orphans, bringing to six the
number of European children it will
support this year. :. Grace Pear
son, who used to sing at Mckinley
High School assemblies (she was
graduated in 194D, is making a
name for herself as a night club en-
tertainer. Right now, she's a fea-
tured performer at the 400 Club.
Name plates from Japanese air.
planes and pages from Jap pub
lications were distributed, as SOU
venirs, among Eastern aviation stu
dents who recently visited the Naval
Air Station at Anacostia. Janet
Hilferty, j. s. correspondent at
Hyattsville High School, obtained
the autographs of Rosario and An
tonic, Spanish dancers, after their
performance in Constitution Hall
She has since received a personal
letter from Antonio. The New
Moon, monthly newspaper published
by James A. Lemon. 16, Anacostia
High School. for his neighbors in
the Congress Heights section, re-
Gently celebrated its second ami
versary. ;. James Biller, st. Johns,
rides to school on motor scooter.
Eddie Prince, who graduated
from Tech in 1945, is attending the
University of Alaska. In a letter
to Robert D. Brinker, Mckinley
journalism teacher, he said that the
first day of spring found the cam
pus buried beneath AZ inches of
snow. Br-r-r!