Los Angeles Valley College - Crown Yearbook (Valley Glen, CA)

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The many facets of Jacqueline Smith Jacqueline attended British schools. Bermuda was a beautiful land, but none could ever be more beautiful than my be- loved America, Valley's coed says. I'll always love my family and country, for they have both loved me. Today, Jacqueline Smith lives in Van Nuys. Her first Los Angeles home was Man- hattan Beach, then Torrance. People are no different here than any- where else in the United States. They are all so warm and friendly that it makes me proud to know that we are all of the same 'fam- ily, ' Jacqueline says of her neighbors and friends. Jacqueline Smith's beauty and warmth have not gone unnoticed. Not only has she starred in several school productions, but she has also done many television commercials. Talent could well have been her original surname, as Jacqueline proves on the piano keyboard. She has studied piano for eight years and is also a student of dance, I hope to continue my education and broaden my interests into many fields. It is in this way, I feel, that people become better citizens, says Jacqueline. Education is the key to success and happi- ness. A person must have this, and, of course, faith to be truly happy in lifef' Jacqueline Smith has both. Aspiring dramatist Jacqueline Smith operates equipment the Theater Arts Building. in The moving st'ory of .locqueline's early life won her high honors in the Valley College speech tournament.

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Enchanting Beauty J aokie triumphs over infant handicap If Theater Arts major and the Crown cover-girl Jacqueline Smith continues in the field of acting, it is highly doubtful that she will ever come in contact with a true story as moving and inspiring as her own. For here is a girl, now a young American woman, whose personal background, if put on paper, would make any aspiring playwright proud. On the first day of April, 1943, Jacqueline Smith was born. But unlike other children, Jacqueline wasnit born in the comfort of a hospital, with the protecting eyes of the doctor looking on. Instead, a German prison camp in Frank- furt, Germany, was the site which in- troduced Jacqueline to her first few months of life. Shortly thereafter she was transfer- red to a displaced person's camp outside of Munich. Her mother, a Belgian nurse, died during childbirth, and her father, an English soldier, was shot as he tried to escape to freedom. Young, nameless Jacqueline remained in the Munich camp for more than two years as World War II came to a halt with the destruction of I-Iitlerls armies and the fall of the Japanese empire. One of hundreds of young orphans, Jac- queline may have been destined to a life of hunger and loneliness if it had not been for RKO war correspondent Harry W. Smith, whose beat was the crumbled Germany. Working with children inside many of these camps, Harry Smith came into contact with thousands of these homeless youngsters every week. But for some reason-many will call it fate while others will credit it to a variety of other sources-Harry Smith found Jacqueline and knew that this had to be his little girl. Although she spoke no English, Mr. Smith recalls, she had such a warm and amiable way about her that language wasn't at barrier. After my return to the States, my wife and I discussed the possibilities for adoption. When I returned to Germany, proceedings were arranged and I was able to bring J ac- queline back with me to New York. The Smiths remained in New York as the adoption was arranged. In 1948 the Smiths legally became Jacqueline's parents. In 1955, the Smith family traveled to New Jersey, four years after their daughter Jac- queline became an American citizen. Later Bermuda became their home, and

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Beauty plus beauty can only lend compliment to one another. Valley's deep- thinking cover girl takes pride in associating herself with nafure's creations. X! Another talent composing Jacqueline's versatile personality is piano playing. Eight of her 19 years have been spent My!! l t Enioying the creative atmosphere afforded by Valley's drama department, Jacqueline spends many leisure hours both on and back stage. practicing at the keyboard.