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Teenagers Highlights
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Hi Gang!
Being this is my last column I'm
going to try to make it the best
the very best. You see, I'm shov-
ing off for the coast in a few days.
I don't want to take up to much
space with "riff raft" so I'll get
down to business in a hurry.
The convocation is over now and
I guess all the kids will stay home
at night, unless they are at the
park or perhaps at "flick."
The latest happenings of the
week: Robert Tate and his Combo
which consists of the following
players-Jodie Frizier, alto sax;
Mckinley Johnson, trumpet; Rob-
ert Tate, tenor sax; Ludy Maxwell,
trombone; Robert Fladger, drums
and Wesley Dodson, piano, made
their first public debut over KTYL,
last Saturday on the Curtis Grey
show. Among favorite numbers
were: "Lover Man" and Donna
Lee."
These are the lovers I caught
at the voncoation cooling" the last
past week. There were Lille Gill
bert and Willie Harris, Grace Whit
field and Miller" they were turn
ing on something Urbana Hopper,
might not like Doyle Forman
and Majorie Benton have been seen
quite frequently together now that
Carl Hammons has moved out of
the picture.
These kids I have nominated as
the almost perfect match: "Pete"
Kicks and Alice Chambers; Ulyss
Harris and Edna Franklin; Pete
Durham and Dorothy Controlar;
Mullen Hunter and Betty Conley;
La wrence Buford and Fanny
Dunn; Andrew Stanch and Dorothy
Hopkins and I do mean a perfect
match.
Lawrence Freeman can't get
Geraldine Johnson off his mind
lately-what could he have done? !?
Did he fall for her like the rest +?
:. The gang around 18th Street
told me "Pots" Mcfarland and
Charlie Gilbert have been talking
about getting themselves a steady
girl friend. Well boys, I wish you
lots of luck. Mary Lou McCowen
was cooling" Wednesday night out
in the park with a sharp "cat"
from Mesa.
Kids, since you have been living
in Phoenix you have heard of How
lett Smith, the sensa tional blind
pianist. I have a story on him for
you. Hewlett was born here in
Phoenix. At six his mother en-
tered him in Tucson School for the
Blind and Deaf. Now some eleven
years, he has attended the school.
He chose a musical education along
with the required subjects, the
same as in any grammar school.
The brilliant lad decided to play
the piano, began studying around
IL years of age. The school differs
in only one way, it is a straight
through school because you grad
uate once and that is from the
high school.
Next year, Hewlett will grad
uate, the past two years Hewlett
has taken high honors as being the
most apt student in his work and
an average of 88 which is excel
lent. Hewlett has been on many
radio shows and has made quite a
number of public appearances here
in the Valley of the Sun.
Not long ago Hewlett Smith, II,
wrote a song, a beautiful song
called Love Belongs to Everyone. ("
Have you heard it? If you haven't,
folks you have missed something
swell, well frankly speaking I think
it's as good as any top notch writer
can produce. But the main point
is to get to you what's really hap
pening. Hewlett was on KPHO-
TV the other day and he played the
beautiful masterpiece and some one
asked him why he didn't get it pub
lished. He thought it was a nice
idea., He saw the right man and
he said by requests he would pub
lish his song if by popular demand
by the people. I know we would
like to see one of our own make
good, so let's get behind him and
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