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THEY ENLIST IN UMDENTICAL SERVICES I4A THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR Sat July 27, 1957 Parting of the Ways for Identical Twins ens II ODD 7 HERE'S A QUICK LOOK AT; TVTHEN BARBARA FLICKINGER moved from uetron, Mirh in VA'mst not nu'ite three vears a0. wonderful A 'A vT'KA AA things began happening all The 13 year old, ninth grader at Edina junior high school won the 1956 Aquatennial "Search for a Star" contest. This year she is a regular entertainer with the Aqua roving units. Barbara, a pop singer who goes for "beat songs and slow music, too," has made six radio appearances and has sung at dinners and church affairs. She won second prize in the Edina high school talent show last year.

The biggest thrill of all came when Barbara triumphed over 200 contestants to win a statewide talent contest sponsored by WCCO Barbara has never had taken piano for five years. She listens to popular recordings and tries to develop a style of her own. Judy Garland gets Barbara's vote as top, gal vocalist, but Teresa Brewer and Patti Page are favorites, too. At school Barbara is active ticipate in the ninth grade choir to be organized this fall. A sports enthusiast, Barbara is particularly fond of I horseback riding.

Barbara is the daughter inger, 5610 Concord avenue, THE "LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON" cliche doesn't hold much water in, the case of James S. Allen and his son, 4 -T MUMM- I Fritz. While interests of the club conductor, are definitely musical, Fritz is a sports and science enthusiast. Fritz will be 17 next month and a senior at Richfield high school in September. He wrestles and plays guard on the football team.

He is active in the German and Latin clubs, although his favorite subject and club interest is chemistry. He plans to study chemical engineering in college. One of his main hobbies is electric trains. He also enjoys tinkering with his motor scooter. Fritz sings with the junior These 17-year-old Richfield youths have lived together all their lives, but now they have separated.

Richard (left) and Ronald are the identical-twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Schortz Engstrom, 7633 Third avenue Richfield. Now they have enlisted, Richard in the marines Marin OiiAn Minnesota marine reservists, i 1I1C VUCCU on their annual summer maneuvers at Cherry Point, N. took time out from their military tactics to name June PickneyJ 18; Miss Marine Air Reserve of 1957.

With the queen is MSgt. John G. Chresand, 3812 Standish avenue, son of Mrs. Stathoula Chresand. Chresand is an administrative clerk with marine fighter squadron 213.

and Ronald in the navy. Both are graduates of Richfield high school, where Richard won fame as an accordionist Ronald's present ambition is to get into naval aviation; wants to see California. Here the new recruits try on the hats of the services of their choice. because of her singing talents. Barbara Flickinger last year.

voice lessons, although she's in G.A.A. and plans to par- of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Flick-' Edina. father, a pianist and Apollo rntz Allen inaugural in Washington last this Teen Topper's He Apollo club, got a moderately at 7021 Newton avenue my hash! (chopsticks) correctly.

They laugh when forget to take off my sandals before going into a room with tatami (straw mats used for covering the floors of Japanese homes. Shoes are never worn in the home, but sandal-slippers are allowed in the halls, and in rooms with rugs rather than tatami.) They laugh when Mako translates one of my sen-, tences to them. They laugh the minute I leave the room, and all the while I'm there. They laugh good-naturedly when I wear pajamas under my yukata, instead of the nothingness that is customary. They laugh hysterically when I emit my mournful sound when con-fronting the hath If it: wa any people but the Japanese I'd think I vas being laughed at.

But I feel so good when they laugh that I laugh too and we all must look like happy morons. Joy in living is the watchword, I think. i i i 4fe i -X CITY STUDENT WRITES Politeness Just Old Japanese Custom choir at Mayflower Congregational church and belongs to the Pilgrim fellowship. An Explorer scout, he is active with the boy scout rescue squad and the boy scout emergency civil defense unit in Richfield. Attending the Efsenhower winter was a big moment in went with his parents and the close-up view of the President and was present at the lavish inaugural ball.

lt: li Aa: vf 1 A is ASKS FOR KISS, AND GETS ONE Nothing Shy About Ricky! Ricky Johnson is only 13 years old, but already he has it figured out that bashfulness gets a man nowhere. So, when he met Jayne Mansfield, the blond Aquatennial guest from Hollywood, at an autograph party at Radio City theater Friday, he was all ready. Instead of asking for her signature, he asked for a "personal autograph." As you can see at right, he got it! Ricky lives at 5440 Park ayenue. Below, singer Eddie Fisher, another star at the Star Night and Coronation show sponsored by Aquatennial and Minneapolis Star and Tribune Charities, found himself beseiged, too, by youthful autograph hunters. He cheerfully obliged them all.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The author of the following article is a It -year-old North high school pupil who was chosen to partici- i pate in the American Field service summer exchange i program. He will write occasional articles for the Star during his stay in By DAVID BRUDNOY 1201 Penn avenue N. Perhaps I attempt too much when write these first im pressions of my summer in Maybe I need the more objective view of long reflection to give a true picture of this strange and wonderful country. I received a letter today from a good friend in Minneapolis. He said: "Is it true that the Japanese pave their streets with crushed glass and go bare-footed One of the letters I found waiting for me Fujioka vesterday, from another asked the question: "What can you eat? Isn't that tea and rice awful? How in the world can they, stand it?" These letters show a feel ing, perhaps too prevalent In The Allen family lives Richfield.

sassy" lady who didn't act like one, but who turned out to be a grandmother. I also met Mako Fujii, Takumi's nephew, an AFS returnee and a great guy to boot. I was given a yukata, which is a man's cotton indoor kimono, made by Mrs. Fujii, shown around the huge house, and introduced to the tub. I say this for Japanese baths: If you can survive getting into one without being scalded, you'll love it My first dinner was excellent, as were the two that followed.

Now, after my third dinner, second breakfast and second lunch, I have every expectation that these delicious meals will fatten me up a bit During supper, and before and after it, we had a giggling session. We Americans really don't laugh enough. With the Japanese it seems to be infectious, and they laugh all the time. They laugh when I use II -i 1 4 I '2 if 'y I blithe United States, that Japan MHIIMUHHMBW MM iiiWMHWMI III' llll II lllillWl I II I II IH ill i I IB I i UP pholo by Gerry Simmel. 1 mm Mil I ITM Vs Pit' LJlm DAVID BRUDNOY Finds Japan friendly low with a coy twinkle in his eye.

Then, we walked to the house, followed by the village toddlers, it seemed Aside from being the first foreigner marly of them have seen, I very tall, semi-ane mically thin, and I wear a huge pair of sunglasses, At the house, I was greeted by the lovely lady who is my summer mother. Here, too, I met a "sweet and Guess Who! fry- iHr fKA 'A' ryAV This V-', 4 A iJJv is perhaps a little too much in the feudal era. I am pleased with the extreme modernness of Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama and Kyoto and with an old, even ancient custom 'found here and there. The most pleasing of these old customs is politeness. In Tokyo I found the shoe shine boy (at least 85 years old), the waitresses and waiters, the cab drivers, my charming hosts, the Takezo Shimoda family, and the swell bunch of American Field Service returnees all to be the soul of courtesy, the ultimate in friendliness.

At the Kyoto hotel It was all I could do to keep the mistress of the hotel from waiting on me hand and foot But this is no weird case. Upon arrival in Fukui, and a few moments later in Fujioka village, I received a welcome I'll never forget. I knew then that I was a very lucky boy to be here. I was the last of Our group of nine high schoolers to reach my host family. 4 Now, five days after, first; arriving in Japan, I was face to face with Takumi Fujii, Jodo-Shinshu sect of Buddhist priest, my "40-days father," as he later called himself; We took an electric train to Fujioka from Fukui.

I was greeted by photographers and by three men wh looked official. One was a friendly and cheerful old fel- A- s-lrfJfJ(m I I. Jft.t...1rrf.t .1, lad is rarely photographed, so UP Telephoto vacationing in Las Vegas, Nev. Young Joe, 15, is following in his father's footsteps, graduating from Black Fox military academy in Los Angeles, as a four-letter man in sports, excelling in baseball, football, track and basketball. you probably won't guess who he is.

He is Joe DiMaggio, son of the famous Yankee baseball star. With him is his mother, actress Dorothy Arnold. They're.