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She’s a brown-eyed brunette with a peaches-and-cream complexion and an enchanting figure for a mere sixteen-year-old. She’s the kind of girl who turns boys’ heads and starts their hearts pattering when they pass her on the street or in the hall at school. But the boys can stare at her till their eyeballs fall out. They can whistle and wolf-call till they’re blue in the face. They can wave until their arms fall off. None of these mating calls make an impression on her. It's not that this sweet and fascinating charmer isn’t interested in boys. But boys, as such, don’t stand a chance with her because she’s waiting for a certain man — a certain man who is also waiting for her. Waiting until she grows up just a little bit more. . . .
The man is Vince Edwards.
The girl is Karen Zoine.
Of course you know Vince Edwards, the dour, dynamic and dedicated “Ben Casey” of coast-to-coast television fame. But you’ve never heard of Karen Zoine, you're about to tell us?
Pay close attention because you may be hearing a lot about her in the months and years ahead. For Karen has her eyes on Hollywood and a burning desire to follow Vince Edwards out to the cinematic citadel. So far as Vince Edwards is concerned, the idea is great. But as he has already told her: “Karen, the best thing for you is to finish high school first — don’t neglect your studies. Nothing is more important than a good education. Once you have that, everything else is easy. If you don’t finish school, that is something you’ll regret the rest of your life. . . .”
Karen has taken Vince's injunction to heart. She will stay in school — she will enter the senior class in September at Brooklyn's Franklin K. Lane High School — until graduation next June and then continue her education at (Continued on page 80)
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