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Show J The Tooele Transcript, Fri., January 31, f 19G9 : 9. 'v e 2,!! " K waacwcigj ;XTCtSV32w i"v? . 1 kchesTRA "LARGO". K S SB H PlAN0 (AnSlJN Movement) hi lita II cv itid Jamie Conkling of (tie famous King Cumin re riiNlrnli at Brigham Young University. King Family To Promote March of Dimes Telcrama Two BYU coeds, IhhIi mcm-Iht- s of the famous King Family, will lie taking a special interest Tele-rawin the March of Dimes an sjiccial on KSL-TV-, leginning Saturday, Felt. 1, at 10:30 p.m. JAMIE CONKLING, a junior in elementary education from Sherman Oakv, Calif., will lie singing with The King Cousins, on the KSL-T"Telcrama. And Lia Key, a senior majoring in music and Spanish from Oakland, Calif., will lie with them in spirit only, liecausc she leaves the same night to sKnd three mouths in Madrid with the BYU Semester Abroad program. Liza is the Alvino daughter of Rey and Luise King of (lie King a. r Green Giant Welch's Concord V For Cooking or Salads actor-musici- Sisters who will also lie on the show. JOT iJ n:Iy--460- z. 12-Oun- Cans apjicar-in- g Jamie is the daughter of James Conkling and Donna King, one of the original King Sisters who appear on the family's monthly TV siecials. Both Jamie and Lia appear on the King Family TV shows each month, studies permitting. They will lie missing from the March TV special now being produced' in Hawaii iie-- , cause they are busy working on their final exams., i in Both girls sing and dance on the family's TV shows. Jamie the piano, and Lia, plays whose father studied guitar with Segovia in Spain, plays the harp and sings with "The Swheet rock hand at BYU. Several of the King Family cousins have attended BYU including Tina Cole who has played leading roles in TV shows Hawaiian Eye," Family Affair" and My Three 240unce Bottle 20OunceJar - vn W,u N t .JEFFREV SCHOOL AS THE SOLOi?r CONCERTO No.21 BY MOZART. - IN HANDEL'S were Imm to the couple. Ana few years, three of within the daughters were following in their fathers show business footsteps. Then, as one King Sister retired to get married, another would take her place; and so the King Sisters went from strength to strength in the entertainment world selling more records than their recording companies can compute. THE IDEA of putting the whole family together in one show was Donnas brainwave when she organized a iug program for building of the LDS Temple in Oakland, Calif. The successful result inspired Williamd Driggs Sr., to have the family do another show in the Brighain Young University Fieldhouse to raise fund-raisin- money for the new football stadium. Yvonne took the KBYU-Tvideotape of the familys show to ABC-Tand from this spark came the weekly and monthly King Family TV specials. Williams Driggs Sr., was president of BYUs first graduating class as a university and assisted in const meting the first giant Y on the Provo mountainside in IfJOO. Now Jamie Conkling and Liza Rey are following their now-faino- grandfathers example You get a little over$4 for every 3 you invest ACCORDING to the King Familys biographical notes, the clan actually numbers 51, counting the husbands, wives, children and families of the children. tribes still growing. almost lost count be- cause we've had at least ten new arrivals in the past year, said Jamie. Lia said that the family members who perform on the specials number between 35 and 40. The King Family tradition began with William King Driggs, Sr., who was bom in Pleasant Grove, Utah, in 1885, married Pearl Mortensen and began his career as a music teacher. He later worked in vaudeville throughout the United States. Seven daughters and a son putting studies liefore show business. Sons. And g the Weve Size 1 SWANSON GOLDE- N'-- i RIPE CHIQUITAS TV DINNERS 24-O- z. Frost & Buy U.S. Savings Bonds 196 N. Apple, Peach, Boysenberry or .Apricot-Pineapp- Half Gallon le Broadway for 10 Certifresh each ICE 4 Different Kinds CREAM Real quick, 10-O- z. Pkg. Certifresh BERRIES.. :j sn THI MON Shack Bar UN efficient service Call 882-163- 1 for take home DRINKS 5 10 Freedom Shares Flame FRUIT PIES & |