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D1030-6A
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- 1937-07-08 (Creation)
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On July 8, 1937 Douglas Gonyea, Martha Turner, Margaret McGinnis and Robert Prins sipped bottled sodas in front of the check room at the King Roller Skating Rink, 2707-13 Pacific Avenue. Martha and Margaret were hosting a roller skating party in honor of Betty Doud of Los Angeles, who was visiting her aunt and uncle in Tacoma. Nearly 100 Tacoma teenagers attended the party. In 1939, Robert Prins, Stadium High school graduate and junior at the University of Washington, was sent to Hollywood by Warner Bros. studio to do a screen test. He was discovered by a talent scout while performing in a play at U of W. As a highschooler, Prins became an actor after a dare by Stadium dramatics instructor Miss Alberta Frances Black. He appeared in two Warner Brothers movies in 1940, "Flight Angels" and "Money and the Woman". (T.Times,7/10/1937, p 10; T. Times 4/1/1939, pg. 1). TPL-10464
Roller skating--Tacoma--1930-1940; Teenagers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Skating rinks--Tacoma--1930-1940; McGinnis, Margaret; Turner, Martha; Gonyea, Douglas; Prins, Robert; King Roller Skating Rink (Tacoma);