Sweet Sixteen #8

Guy Madison's path to Hollywood stardom reads like a wild dream—after a chance encounter with a stranger at the movie theater while stationed in the Navy, his tiny role in "Since You Went Away" caught the eye of someone in the industry, leading to bigger opportunities. Born in Bakersfield, California and raised as a hardworking, athletic young man, he went from telephone lineman to Naval swimming instructor before finding his way into films. Now Hollywood has taken notice of the 6-foot-tall blond, and his unexpected rise has surprised no one more than the man himself.

Christine Lewis has one of the most important jobs at the United Nations—supervising the teletype machines that relay official news around the world—a position she built from her childhood fascination with aviation and machinery in Oklahoma City. Rachel Burbank took over her father's newspaper, the Rochester Observer, practically single-handedly, writing, proofreading, photographing, and delivering the entire publication with just one typesetter's help. Mary Scarne arrived in New York a year ago determined to learn photography, and her recent prints won a $1,000 prize at a national exhibition, a remarkable achievement for someone who gathered and sold ragweed pollen just to afford her passage to the city.