Subject: [removed] Digest V2011 #107
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Date: 7/9/2011 2:15 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2011 : Issue 107
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      7-6 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Re: Radio Hall of Fame Class of 2011  [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
      Jack Benny - back on the air          [ Rob Chatlin <rchatlin@[removed] ]
      7-7 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      "Lum and Abner" in "Christmas in Jul  [ Donnie Pitchford <donald@lumandabne ]
      7-8 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Agnes Nixon                           [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      Lest We Forget/Master's Thesis        [ Steve Kostelecky <doyasteve@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 16:13:00 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-6 births/deaths

    July 6th births

    07-06-1875 - Roger Babson - d. 3-5-1967
    economist: "Babson Reports"
    07-06-1882 - Ralph Morgan - NYC - d. 6-11-1956
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-06-1892 - Jack Yellen - Razcki, Poland - d. 4-17-1991
    lyricist: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-06-1894 - Myra Marsh - Maine - d. 10-29-1964
    actor: Dora Foster "A Date with Judy"; Mother "My Friend Irma"
    07-06-1894 - Shelly Lee Alley - Alleyton, Texas - d. 6-1-1964
    songwriter, musician, vocalist: WFAA Dallas, Texas
    07-06-1895 - Grete Stueckgold - d. 9-13-1977
    soloist: "The Chesterfield Show"; "Chesterfield Presents"
    07-06-1898 - Hans Eisler - Germany - d. 2-6-1962
    orchestra leader: "The Littlest Angel"; "Mr. Pickwick's Christmas"
    07-06-1904 - Marie Baumer - d. 7-31-1977
    writer: "Mr. Chameleon"
    07-06-1905 - Pauline Drake - Denver, CO - d. 2-5-1981
    actor: Bessie "Great Gildersleeve"; "Miss Duffy "Duffy's Tavern"
    07-06-1910 - Alexander Kendrick - d. 5-17-1991
    correspondent: "Years In Crisis"; "As Europe Sees the Marshall Plan"
    07-06-1910 - Dorothy Kirsten - Montclair, NJ - d. 11-18-1992
    singer: "Keepsakes"; "Kraft Music Hall"; "Light Up Time"
    07-06-1911 - Betty Worth - NYC - d. 7-xx-1993
    actor: Florence Weston "The Man I Married"; Andrea Reynolds "We Love
    and Learn"
    07-06-1911 - Laverne Andrews - Minneapolis, MN - d. 5-8-1967
    singer: (The Andrews Sisters) "Andrews Sisters Revue:
    07-06-1912 - Redd Evans - Meridian, MS - d. 8-29-1972
    vocalist: "Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra"
    07-06-1918 - Gaylord Avery - d. 3-11-1996
    announcer: "Gangbusters"; "My Son Jeep"
    07-06-1918 - Sebastian Cabot - London, England - d. 8-23-1977
    actor: Toussiant Charbonneau "Horizons West"; "Studio One"; "Lives of
    Harry Lime"
    07-06-1922 - William Schallert - Los Angeles, CA
    actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"
    07-06-1923 - Marie McDonald - Westchester, NY - d. 10-21-1965
    actor: "Duffy's Tavern"; "Maxwell House Coffee Time"; "Proudly We Hail"
    07-06-1924 - Billy Mauch - Peoria, IL - d. 9-29-2006
    actor: "Coast-to-Coast on a Bus"; "Let's Pretend"; "Robinson Crusoe,
    Jr."
    07-06-1924 - Bobby Mauch - Peoria, IL - d. 10-15-2007
    actor: "Coast-to-Coast on a Bus"; "Let's Pretend"; "Robinson Crusoe,
    Jr."
    07-06-1925 - Bill Haley, Jr. - Highland Park, MI - d. 2-9-1981
    rocker: "Camel Rock and Roll Party"; "Stars for Defense"
    07-06-1925 - Merv Griffin - San Mateo, CA - d. 8-12-2007
    singer: "San Francisco Sketchbook/Merv Griffin Show"
    07-06-1925 - Ruth Cracknell - Sydney, Australia - d. 4-14-2002
    actress for the BBC
    07-06-1927 - Alan "Fluff" Freeman - Melbourne, Australia - d. 11-27-2006
    announcer, singer: "Records Around Five"; "Pick of the Pops"
    07-06-1927 - Janet Leigh - Merced, CA - d. 10-3-2004
    actor: "Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players" - Radio Debut
    07-06-1929 - James Berwick - Dublin, Ireland - d. 8-17-2000
    actor: "Frankenstein"
    07-06-1931 - Della Reese - Detroit, MI
    singer-actor: "Manhattan Melodies"; "Camel Rock and Roll Party"
    07-06-1938 - Luana Patten - Long Beach, CA - d. 5-1-1996
    actor: "Martha Deane Show"; "Radio Reader's Digest"; "Hallmark
    Playhouse"
    07-06-1946 - George Walker Bush - New Haven, CT
    [removed] president: Saturday morning presidential broadcast

    July 6th deaths

    01-11-1923 - Tllfer Chastain - Borden, IN - d. 7-6-1986
    singer: Far East Armed Services Network, Japan
    03-17-1910 - Pat McVey - Fort Wayne, IN - d. 7-6-1973
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"
    04-02-1908 - Buddy Ebsen - Belleville, IL - d. 7-6-2003
    actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
    04-12-1904 - Berlyn Baylor - d. 7-6-1969
    leader of the Troubadours for WLBN Little Rock, Arkansas
    04-22-1887 - James Norman Hall - Colfax, IA - d. 7-6-1951
    writer: "Words at War"
    05-02-1961 - Lisa Bellear - Melbourne, Australia - d. 7-6-2006
    writer: "From a Tribute to Sir Ronald Wilson"
    05-04-1916 - Jean Carroll - Toledo, OH - d. 7-6-1990
    comedian: "The Sealtest Village Store"
    05-14-1885 - Otto Klemperer - Breslau, Germany - d. 7-6-1973
    conductor: "George Gershwin Memorial Program"
    06-01-1870 - Frank Cooley - Natchez, MS - d. 7-6-1941
    actor: Reverend McArthur/Fred Thompson "One Man's Family"
    06-20-1911 - Gail Patrick - Birmingham, AL - d. 7-6-1980
    actor: "The Dreft Star Playhouse"
    07-15-1889 - Marjorie Rambeau - San Francisco, CA - d. 7-6-1970
    actor: "Advs. of Ellery Queen"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-28-1892 - Joe E. Brown - Holgate, OH - d. 7-6-1973
    comedian, quizmaster: "Ceiling Unlimited"; "Joe E. Brown Show"; "Stop
    or Go"
    08-02-1916 - Johnny Coons - d. 7-6-1975
    actor: Chuck Ramsey "Captain Midnight"; Clipper "Sky King"; "Vic and
    Sade"
    08-04-1901 - Louis Armstrong - New Orleans, LA - d. 7-6-1971
    trumpeter: "Pursuit of Happiness"; "Sealtest Village Store"; "Story of
    Swing"
    09-25-1897 - William Faulkner - New Albany, MS - d. 7-6-1962
    author: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "NBC University Theatre"; "Short Story"
    10-14-1906 - Russell Thorson - Eau Claire, WI - d. 7-6-1982
    actor: Jack Packard "I Love A Mystery"; Paul Barbour "One Man's Family"
    10-22-1915 - Frank Danzig - d. 7-6-1997
    producer: "The Mel Torme Show"; "Lone Wolf"
    11-04-1918 - Cameron Mitchell - Dallastown, PA - d. 7-6-1994
    actor: "Crime Does Not Pay"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-05-1911 - Roy Rogers - Cincinnati, OH - d. 7-6-1998
    singer, actor: (King of the Cowboys) "Roy Rogers Show"; "Saturday Nite
    Round-Up"
    11-11-1891 - Rev. Dr. Walter Van Kirk - Cleveland, OH - d. 7-6-1956
    minister: "Religion in the News"
    12-06-1926 - Carroll Abbott - d. 7-6-1984
    sportscaster in Kerrville, Texas
    12-16-1918 - Paul Talbot - d. 7-6-2005
    actor: "It Happened to Me"; "Let's Playwright"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Arthur Elmer - New York - d. 7-6-1945
    actor: "The Jack Benny Program"; "The Fred Allen Show"

    Ron
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    Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 16:13:25 -0400
    From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Radio Hall of Fame Class of 2011
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    Haven't seen this mentioned yet, but the National Radio Hall of Fame, in
    honor of its new facility, is inducting a non-voted, all-OTR class of
    inductees  this year.  They include personalities Ronald Reagan, Graham
    McNamee and
    H.  V. Kaltenborn, and radio shows "The National Barn Dance,"
    "Gangbusters," "The  Great Gildersleeve" and the one I've been waiting to see
    inducted
    for years:  "Suspense."

    [removed]

    Dixon

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    Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 16:13:54 -0400
    From: Rob Chatlin <rchatlin@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jack Benny - back on the air
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    >From an Entertainment Industry Newsletter:

>     An oldie is making a comeback as JLTV debuts the classic TV show The Jack
>     Benny Program this Thursday at 10p.  JLTV will run two half-hour episodes of
>     The Jack Benny Program each Thursday during the 10p hour.

    rob

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    Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 16:14:00 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-7 births/deaths

    July 7th births

    07-07-1887 - Raymond Hatton - Red Oak, IA - d. 10-21-1971
    actor: Football Coach "Jack Oakie's College"
    07-07-1888 - John Frank - Missouri - d. 2-15-1961
    actor: Jimmie Allen "Air Advs. of Jimmie Allen"
    07-07-1890 - Tom Powers - Owensboro, KY - d. 11-9-1955
    commentator: "Central City"
    07-07-1894 - David Ross - NYC - d. 11-12-1975
    actor: Bob "Mary and Bob"
    07-07-1896 - Yasha Bunchuk - Russia - d. 7-31-1944
    cellist: "Roxy and His Gang"
    07-07-1898 - Arlene Harris - Toronto, Canada - d. 6-12-1976
    actor: Mrs. Higgins "Baby Snooks"; Human Chatterbox "Al Pearce and His
    Gang"
    07-07-1899 - George Cukor - NYC - d. 1-23-1983
    film director: "Marilyn Monroe: Fame is Fickle"; "Hollywood Calling"
    07-07-1903 - Joe Boland - d. 6-21-1987
    actor: Police Sergeant "Abie's Irish Rose"
    07-07-1906 - Leroy 'Satchel' Paige - Mobile, AL - d. 6-8-1982
    baseball hall of famer: "Destination Freedom"
    07-07-1907 - Elton Britt - Marshall, AR - d. 6-23-1972
    singer: "Tennessee Jed"
    07-07-1907 - Robert Heinlein - Butler, MO - d. 5-8-1988
    science fiction writer: "Beyond Tomorrow"; "Dimension X"; "X Minus One"
    07-07-1908 - Ben Brady - NYC - d. 3-20-2003
    host: "The Comedy Writers Show"
    07-07-1909 - Eddie Mayehoff - Baltimore, MD - d. 11-12-1992
    actor: Waldo Greentree/Nick Scott "Against the Storm"
    07-07-1911 - Gian Carlo Menotti - Cadegliano, Italy - d. 2-1-2007
    opera composer: "Best of All"
    07-07-1911 - Joan Perry - Pensacola, FL - d. 9-15-1996
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-07-1911 - Lou Maury - Butte, MT - d. 12-11-1975
    pianist: "What's the Name of That Song?"
    07-07-1911 - Ruth Ford - Hazelhurst, MS - d. 8-12-2009
    actor: "Mercury Theatre"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    07-07-1914 - Robert Luff - Bedford, England - d. 2-18-2009
    impresario: produced series of weekly shows for Radio Normandie
    07-07-1915 - Terry O'Sullivan - Kansas City, MO - d. 9-14-2006
    announcer: "All-Star Western Theatre"; "The Jack Smith Show"
    07-07-1915 - Yul Brynner - Vladivostock, Czarist Russia - d. 10-10-1985
    actor: "As Easy as [removed]"
    07-07-1917 - Doris Dudley - NYC - d. 8-14-1985
    actor: Peggy Meek "Meet Mr. Meek"
    07-07-1919 - Brenda Bruce - Manchester, England - d. 2-19-1996
    actor: "Lady in a Fog"
    07-07-1919 - Daisy Lange - Ohio
    bass: (Coon Creek Girls) "WLS National Barn Dance"
    07-07-1919 - Jon Pertwee - Chelsea, England - d. 5-20-1996
    actor: The Doctor "Doctor Who"; Worzel; Gummidge "Worzel Gummidge"
    07-07-1920 - Charles Flynn - Chicago, IL - d. 9-29-1999
    actor: Jack Armstrong "Jack Armstrong, The All-American Boy"
    07-07-1921 - Rod Peterson - Phoenix, AZ - d. 8-9-2004
    writer: "Have Gun, Will Travel"
    07-07-1922 - Artie Malvin - NYC - d. 6-16-2006
    vocalist: "Moonlight Serenade"; "I Sustain These Wings"; "Wehrmact Hour"
    07-07-1924 - Mary Ford - Pasadena, CA - d. 9-30-1977
    singer: "Les Paul and Mary Ford Show"
    07-07-1925 - Wally Phillips - Portsmouth, OH - d. 3-27-2008
    radio personality: WGN Chicago, Illinois
    07-07-1927 - Doc Severinsen - Arlington, OR
    trumpet player: Bands of Ted Fio Rito, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman
    07-07-1927 - Gloria Mann - New York - d. 4-21-1961
    actor: Veronica Lodge "Archie Andrews"
    07-07-1940 - Geoff Page - Grafton, Australia
    writer: "Sally Rivers' All Girl Band"
    07-07-1940 - Ringo Starr - Liverpool, England
    singer: (The Beatles) "Ringo's Yellow Submarine: A Voyage Through
    Beatles Music"
    07-07-1943 - Joel Siegel - Los Angeles, CA - d. 6-29-2007
    movie critic: "Joel Siegel's New York"
    07-07-1946 - Joe Spano - San Francisco, CA
    actor: "We Hold These Truths"
    07-07-1947 - Goran Hagg - Sweden
    author: "Konung Kark XI: s sista dagar och dod"

    July 7th deaths

    01-22-1916 - Howard Teichmann - Chicago, IL - d. 7-7-1987
    writer: "Road of Life"; "Theatre USA"; "Valiant Lady"
    01-28-1907 - Martin Ryerson - NYC - d. 7-7-2003
    writer: "Suspense"; "Molle Mystery Theatre"; "Gangbusters"
    02-07-1923 - Keefe Brasselle - Elyria, OH - d. 7-7-1981
    actor: "Stars in the Air"
    02-18-1920 - Bill Cullen - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 7-7-1990
    host, announcer: "Winner Take All"; "Arthur Godfrey Show"
    02-27-1903 - Reginald Gardiner - Wimbledon, Surrey, England - d.
    7-7-1980
    actor: "Document A/777"
    03-02-1902 - Flora Robson - Brighton, England - d. 7-7-1984
    actor: BBC Radio "Streets of Pompeii"
    03-03-1920 - Jimmy Edwards - Barns, Surrey, England - d. 7-7-1988
    actor: Pa Glum "Take It from Here"
    03-17-1922 - Irene Buri-Nelson - d. 7-7-2006
    host: WLIP Kenosha, Wisconsin "Around Town"
    05-05-1918 - Alden Aaroe - d. 7-7-1993
    newscaster: Charlottesville, Virginia
    05-22-1859 - Arthur Conan Doyle - Edingurgh, Scotland - d. 7-7-1930
    author: Many of his works were adapted for radio
    07-31-1912 - Chester Stratton - Paterson, NJ - d. 7-7-1970
    actor: Carter Trent "Pepper Young's Family"; Hop Harrigan "Hop Harrigan"
    08-15-1897 - Charles Tobias - NYC - d. 7-7-1970
    songwriter: (Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree) "Music for Millions";
    "Great Moments to Music"
    08-23-1883 - Art Van Harvey - Chicago, IL - d. 7-7-1957
    actor: Vic Gook "Vic and Sade"; Jeffery Barker "Welcome Valley"
    08-31-1905 - Dory Schary - Newark, NJ - d. 7-7-1980
    writer: "America Calling"; "The Eternal Light"; "Hallmark Hall of Fame"
    09-14-1916 - Jerry Doggett - d. 7-7-1997
    baseball announcer: "The LIberty Broadcasting System"
    10-18-1902 - Barbara Brown - d. 7-7-1975
    actor: "Land of the Free"
    10-30-1751 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan - Dublin, Ireland - d. 7-7-1816
    writer: (Inventor of the Malaprop) Some performers made use of the
    malaprop
    11-05-1913 - Vivien Leigh - Darjeeling, India - d. 7-7-1967
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-14-1919 - Veronica Lake - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-7-1973
    actor: "Exploring the Unknown"; "Request Performance"
    11-19-1885 - Erskine Sanford - Trinidad, CO - d. 7-7-1969
    actor: "The Free Company"; "Mercury Theatre on the Air"; "Orson Welles
    Theatre"
    11-21-1895 - Seth T. Bailey - d. 7-7-1966
    announcer: KLX Oakland, California

    Ron
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    Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 16:14:11 -0400
    From: Donnie Pitchford <donald@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "Lum and Abner" in "Christmas in July" on YUSA

    I've been invited to be a guest on Walden and Patricia's "Saturday Night"
    show on YUSA this Saturday at 9:30 CST, 10:30 EST. They will air one of the
    "Lum and Abner" performances of the "Traditional Christmas Story" as well as
    an interview with Chet Lauck about the origins of that classic broadcast.
    I'll be discussing the Christmas show, the "Lum and Abner" comic strip, and
    anything else they ask about. Patricia says the program is live on "Yesterday
    USA - [removed] (click on the little radio icon at the upper left
    of the page) or iTunes radio in the 'News/Talk' category." Listeners are
    encouraged to call in and keep me from babbling so much. Seriously! Give them
    a call and ask questions, make comments, etc. We look forward to hearing from
    you. The number to call is 714-545-2071. Thanks!
    -Donnie Pitchford / National Lum and Abner Society

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    Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 16:14:16 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-8 births/deaths

    July 8th births

    07-08-1882 - Percy Grainger - Melbourne, Australia - d. 2-20-1961
    composer: "Prudential Family Hour"; "The Pause that Refreshes."
    07-08-1885 - John Brinkley - Jackson County, NC - d. 5-26-1942
    the "goat gland doctor"
    07-08-1889 - Eugene Pallette - Winfield, KS - d. 9-3-1954
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"
    07-08-1898 - Melville Ruick - Boise, ID - d. 12-24-1972
    actor, announcer: "Cavalcade of America"; "Quiet Please"; "Suspense"
    07-08-1908 - Nelson Rockefeller - Bar Harbor, ME - d. 1-26-1979
    vice president: Helped fund "Hello Americans" with Orson Welles
    07-08-1910 - Jack Rubin - New York - d. 10-10-1952
    writer: "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "The Hardy Family"; "Hilltop House";
    "The O'Neills"
    07-08-1911 - Gertrude Niesen - Mid-Atlantic Ocean - d. 3-27-1975
    singer: "Songs by Gertrude Niesen"; "Good News of 1939"
    07-08-1912 - Donna Dameral - Chicago, IL - d. 2-15-1941
    actor: Marge Mintere "Myrt and Marge"
    07-08-1913 - Ann Thomas - Newport, RI - d. 4-28-1989
    actor: Sharon O'Shaughnessy "Bob Burns Show"; Barbara Weeks "We Love
    and Learn"
    07-08-1913 - Bill Thompson - Terre Haute, IN - d. 7-15-1971
    actor: Wallace Wimple, Horatio K Boomer and others "Fibber McGee and
    Molly"
    07-08-1913 - Walter Kerr - Evanston, IL - d. 10-9-1996
    drama critic: "Stagestruck"
    07-08-1914 - Billy Eckstine - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-8-1993
    jazz vocalist: "Yessiree . . .It's Mr. B!"; "ABCs of Music";
    "Julilee"; "Big Show"
    07-08-1916 - Jean Rouverol - St. Louis, Mo
    actor: Betty Barbour "One Man's Family"
    07-08-1917 - Faye Emerson - Elizabeth, NJ - d. 3-9-1983
    actor: "My Silent Partner"
    07-08-1917 - Glenn Langan - Denver, CO - d. 1-19-1991
    actor: "Chuck Morgan "Stand By For Crime"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-08-1917 - Pamela Brown - London, England - d. 9-18-1975
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Theatre On the Air"
    07-08-1918 - Craig Stevens - Liberty, MO - d. 5-10-2000
    actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre"
    07-08-1928 - Royce Baerg - d. 9-22-2002
    disk jockey: KNEX McPherson, Kansas
    07-08-1931 - Louis Wayne Ballard - Miami, OK
    singer: "Tulsa University Radio Choir"
    07-08-1932 - Jerry Vale - NYC
    singer: "Peter Lind Hayes Show"
    07-08-1934 - Marty Feldman - East London, England - d. 12-3-1982
    comedian, writer: "Round the Horne"; "We're In Business"
    07-08-1935 - Steve Lawrence - Brooklyn, NY
    singer: "Roadshow"
    07-08-1940 - Marcia Rodd - Lyons, KS
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    July 8th deaths

    01-19-1886 - May Day - Isle of Jersey - d. 7-8-1945
    Gave beauty talks on KF0X Long Beach, California
    02-09-1921 - Gene Lyons - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 7-8-1974
    actor: Freelance
    02-16-1921 - Wayne Howell - d. 7-8-1993
    announcer, disc jockey: "Chamber Music Chamber Society of Lower Basin
    Street"
    03-04-1914 - Ward Kimball - Minneapolis, MN - d. 7-8-2002
    disney animator: "Here's to Veterans"
    03-29-1914 - Phil Foster - NYC - d. 7-8-1985
    actor: "What's With Hubert"; "Baseball Round Table"; "Big Show"
    04-03-1924 - Peter Hawkins - London, England - d. 7-8-2006
    actor: Frankie Mouse "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
    05-04-1919 - Thomas Madigan - NYC - d. 7-8-2004
    writer, director: "The Big Guy"
    07-31-1927 - Tony Thomas - Portsmouth, England - d. 7-8-1997
    announcer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
    08-03-1917 - Charlie Shavers - NYC - d. 7-8-1971
    jazz trumpeter: "Jump Time"; "Mildred Bailey Show"; "Tommy Dorsey Show"
    08-04-1792 - Percy Shelley - Field Place, England - d. 7-8-1822
    poet: Many of his poems were read over the radio
    08-24-1913 - Howard Duff - Bremerton, WA - d. 7-8-1990
    actor: Sam Spade "Advs. of Sam Spade"; Mike McCoy "McCoy"; Josh
    Chandler "Dear John"
    10-05-1895 - Waldo Mayo - d. 7-8-1976 - d. Unknown
    orchestra leader, violinist: "Major Bowes Capitol Family"
    10-07-1917 - June Allyson - The Bronx, NY - d. 7-8-2006
    actor: "Hallmark Playhouse"; "NBC Star Playhouse"; "Harold Lloyd
    Comedy Theatre"
    10-15-1918 - Robert Lee - Elyria, OH - d. 7-8-1994
    writer: "Columbia Presents Corwin"
    10-19-1911 - Evelyn Kaye Klein - NYC - d. 7-8-1990
    violinist: (Evelyn and Her Magic Violin) "Hour of Charm"
    10-25-1912 - Constance Cox - Sutton, England - d. 7-8-1998
    playwright: "Northanger Abbey"
    10-25-1914 - John Reed King - Wilmington, DE - d. 7-8-1979
    announcer, actor:"Columbia Workshop"; Schuyler 'Sky' King " "Sky King"
    12-25-1900 - Gladys Swarthout - Deepwater, MO - d. 7-8-1969
    singer: "Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre"; "Prudential Family Hour";
    "Voice of Firestone"

    Ron

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    Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 16:14:23 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Agnes Nixon

    Who knew Agnes Nixon was still around?  (I mean, other than Jim Cox,
    of course.) Yet there she was, issuing a press release on July 7,
    2011, praising ABC's decision to not cancel her TV soaps "One Life to
    Live" and "All My Children" but to move them from network airing to
    the Internet, where fans can continue to enjoy them.

    Nixon was a protege of the indomitable Irna Phillips and was on the
    latter's writing staff for years. In the early 1950s Phillips moved
    her radio soap programs to TV, including "These Are My Children",
    "The Guiding Light", "The Brighter Day" and "Another World." Nixon co-
    created "Search For Tomorrow" in 1951. When Phillips bowed out of
    script writing, Nixon took over as head TV writer on ""The Guiding
    Light" and "Another World." Nixon later created and wrote two other
    TV soaps; in 1968 "One Life to Live and in 1970, "All My Children",
    both of which ran continuously until this month.

    In her press release, Nixon thanked all her fans over the past four
    decades who "whom we love and who have been so supportive" of her
    shows. ABC in turn, through a spokesperson, promised that in these
    Web productions, they would "honor the core, passionate audience in a
    manner that respects the longstanding hopes of the many viewers."

    Nixon, now 83, was born in Chicago, IL and graduated as a drama major
    at Northwestern University, where her classmates were Charlton
    Heston, Patricia Neal, and Cloris Leachman. Within months of
    graduation, she had a script accepted by Irna Phillips, who promptly
    hired her to write dialogue for "Women in White." Over the years,
    Nixon not only wrote soap operas, she frequently appeared as an
    actress in them. Her most recent trip into the spotlight was the June
    2010 Emmy Award Ceremonies in which she won an Emmy for Lifetime
    Achievement.

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL
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    Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 16:14:34 -0400
    From: Steve Kostelecky <doyasteve@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Lest We Forget/Master's Thesis

    Hey Folks,
    I have been around these parts for awhile and now have a request. I am
    working on a master's thesis regarding radio and politics on the radio in the
    1930s and 1940s and need some help. I have 42 Lest We Forget programs and Mr.
    Hickerson's invaluable guide shows 74 programs are in circulation--I wonder
    if anyone has any shows I don't. I am in the first flailing stages of
    researching this program through its distributors the Institute for
    Democratic Education and the Institute for Oral and Visual Education both of
    which were affiliated with Boston University's Radio Institute and it is
    sometimes listed under the various subtitles it used such as: One Nation
    Indivisible, The Story of Our Free America, A Better World for Youth, The New
    Frontier, Democracy
    Is Our Way Of Life, These Great Americans, The Story Of America and Our
    Battle Won Freedom, Our Constitution, Our Nation's Shrines, America
    Determines Her Destiny, Eternal Vigilance Is The Price Of Liberty, Stories To
    Remember, and The American Dream.
    If anyone has copies of the show or information regarding it they would like
    to share I would be most appreciative. You may mail me off list at:
    skostele@[removed].
    Thanks for listening,
    Steve Kostelecky

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