Florence Ballard Diana Ross, then going by "Diane". Betty McGlown completed the original lineup and Jenkins named them as "The Primettes". The group performed at talent showcases and at school parties before auditioning for Motown Records in 1960. Berry Gordy, head of Motown, advised the group to graduate from high school before auditioning again. Ballard eventually dropped out of high school though her groupmates graduated. In 1960, Ballard was raped at knifepoint by local high-school basketball player Reggie Harding after leaving a sock hop at Detroit's Graystone Ballroom (she had attended with her brother, but they accidentally lost track of each other).
Ballard News-Tribune Ballard News-Tribune The Ballard News-Tribune is a weekly newspaper serving the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1891 and has a circulation of 9,500. It is one of the Robinson Newspapers, a group of newspapers in the Seattle-Tacoma area which includes the "West Seattle Herald", "White Center News", "Highline Times", "Des Moines News", "SeaTac News", and "Federal Way News". It offers local news coverage from Seattle to north Tacoma. On August 21, 2013, it was announced that the paper, along with the "West Seattle Herald", "White Center News", and "Highline Times", would be combined into "The Westside