European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse February the stars and stripes Page 9 Mother of 5 Vietnam vets knows her audiences Story and photo by Jim Coles the staff writer Germany Juliet King spends much of her time on tour singing the songs of Black folklore for the native was in Europe during january at the request of the 21st support come helping to celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther she said she is not related to the slain civil rights she said she has been working for the army since its an off and on i have been singing professionally for about 15 pm pretty Well known on the midwestern spiritual and gospel circuits and in especially in Day i contacted the army and said id like to have a Chance to per form for the they took to upon it and Here i am said the Mother of 10 grown five of whom Are Vietnam this is Kings third army sponsored tour in she talk her music is basically the negro spiritual in contemporary its music that anyone can relate i sing of an America for my audiences Arent just Black there All the theme of her current tour is a the songs celebrate life throughout americas history and in clude Hope for the she in not really a gospel As that not my in More of a concert the hours Ive done for the army Haven really been like work at its a Joy to sing for our sol i especially enjoy singing in the hos one of my sons was badly wounded in the it took 29 operations to get him fixed i know How he fell while he was in the she during this tour of King and her Jacqueline performed More than so in Leoung left discusses an arrangement with accompanist Jacqueline partying Story and photo by John Savard staff writer Germany most americans Are Lucky to share in a few German patties during the Fasching but 14 year old Joan who keeps a Busy school schedule on serves in the court of a Fasching club Here on besides working with the the Ntim Berg american High school Sophomore is on the student writes for the school manages a gymnastics team and is a varsity she also Bato twirling spends weekends serving in court of Busy German Fasching club coaches a team of cheerleaders for the joans ability to twirl the Baton got her into the Fasching a local club invited Joan and two other american girls to join their Joan was surprised be cause she spoke Little German at the there was a communication Joan we talk to other Mem Bers of the we spoke Little German and they spoke Little the other american girls decided they do but Joan Hung in there and kept slowly things worked i Laid my Baton on the she they were curious and would pick it handle laugh and Lay it through sign language with lots of broken English end Joan and the club members began to understand each Joan stayed with the according to the whole idea of Fasching is to Chase the evil spirits the court helps do this by getting the Par ties nine girls make up in which is headed by a Prince and the Prince plays the and starts people dancing around in a Armin the Princess and the rest of tin court but its the Prince who really makes merriment medal Patricia Griffin examines medal won by her daughter Joann the background is joans Dave we everybody is looking at each she but by the time we everyone is dancing and having Joan found that speaking German didst matter at a Fasching party As much As being Able to meet you have to go out and get the people up from their she they Are afraid and just sit before i joined the Fasching i would never do that after a i feel that 1 know the 1 begin to feel i have known them for 100 she i think Ive made close to 100 friends during this Fasching when people at the parties realize they Are talking to an they Are sur the germans recover and find a Friend to interpret but at one american the americans kept trying to talk to her in broken the fact that she is an american didst seem to i kept trying to talk to them in in said but they just didst seem to but being a member of a Fasching court does have its while it is fun to attend four or More parties on a single weekend Joan feels it has one just As soon As you make friends at one she Sou must leave and go to another there is never a Chance to sit and talk with 1 have Many phone numbers to Call after Fasching is but there is Little Chance thai ill get 3 British soldiers killed Oslo up ii three British soldiers taking part in Winter Maneu vers were killed when a helicopter crashed near Voss in Western the weather in the area was described As Good when the crash a Chance to talk with All of those when Joan goes to a party with the her parents usually go with her Mother feels the experience is Good for i was pleased to see Joan break free of the peer pressure to stay within her group of friends at said her Patricia who works in the Nunberg military Community 11 took courage to break out into something going to All the Fasching parties has affected joans Boyfriend Mike Romero was Ive never met anyone like he she is always on the though the schedule has been Joan int looking Forward to the end of Fasching weve had so much and now its ending until next she that is when she Hopes to become Princess of the when she graduates from High she plans to enter Tyler Junior College in ire Hometown of there she Hopes to join the Kilgore who perform a professional football her ultimate goal is to become a cheer Leader for the Dallas i saw them Many years ago when they performed in the Cotton she she knows she faces Tough my music teacher found a clipping about tryouts for their cheer leading i read that As Many As Sod girls try out each judge rules against Navy Over discharge san Francisco a Federal judge has ruled against the Navy in a sail ors fight against a discharge on grounds of District judge Cecil Poole said there must be a full trial in the Case of Seaman Ignacio against Secretary of defense Harold Brown and other government the judge also indicated he might Issue a More sweeping ruling involving the armed forces and such cases when he de livers a formal opinion this but an aide to Poole said this was not a Navy electronics was issued a general discharge in novem Ber 1977 on grounds that he was a Homo sexual As defined by the he contends he is not a homosexual Al though he said in a hearing that he has been involved in homosexual incidents in the
