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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 222
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      In New Jersey, call Bigelow           [ Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed]; ]
      Fred Foy                              [ "Paula Keiser" <pkeiser1@[removed]; ]
      Re: husky radio voice                 [ Thomas Butts <trbutts@[removed] ]
      Marvin Miller                         [ "Leslie Feagan" <lfeagan@[removed] ]
      re: Great Radio Voices                [ Rob Chatlin <rchatlin@[removed] ]
      Fred Foy                              [ lawrence albert <albertlarry@yahoo. ]
      Favorite Voices                       [ "Ryan O" <ryano218@[removed]; ]
      Re: we lost Fred Foy today            [ Joemartelle@[removed] ]
      Terrible News                         [ "Thomas Heathwood" <HeritageRadio@m ]
      12-23 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      FRED FOY                              [ PURKASZ@[removed] ]

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        ADMINISTRIVIA:

    We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the
    communication below, expressing at the same time our great
    gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends
    of The Sun:

    Dear Editor, I am 8 years old.
    Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
    Papa says "If you see it in The Sun it's so."
    Please tell me the truth. Is there a Santa Claus?
             Virginia O'Hanlon
             115 West Ninety-fifth St.

    VIRGINIA, Your little friends are wrong. They have been affected
    by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except
    they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible
    by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or
    children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere
    insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world
    about him, as measured by the intelligence of grasping the whole of
    truth and knowledge

    Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love
    and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and
    give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would
    be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as
    if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then,
    no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should
    have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with
    which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

    Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies!
    You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on
    Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa
    Claus coming down what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus but
    that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things
    in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you
    ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no
    proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the
    wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

    You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside,
    but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest
    man, not even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever
    lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance,
    can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty
    and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world
    there is nothing else real and abiding.

    No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand
    years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now,
    he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

       -- Editorial page of the New York Sun, September 21, 1897

     From our entire family to yours - Annie, Katie (who knows perfectly well
    there is a Santa Claus, since she's seen him - see
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    are celebrating at this truly amazing time of the year, Happy Holidays!

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    Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:12:22 -0500
    From: Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  In New Jersey, call Bigelow

    Someone wants to know this:

    What product was advertised in the 1950s with the line, "In New
    Jersey, call [removed]" Was it radio, TV or both? What was the full
    BI number?

    Anyone?

    Bhob

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    Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:51:07 -0500
    From: "Paula Keiser" <pkeiser1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Fred Foy

    "~ December 22, 2010 ~

    Fred Foy died this morning at his home in Woburn, MA, at the age of 89."

    <--->

    It was only recently, while listening to The Lone Ranger, that I began to
    notice that Fred Foy had at least as many lines as anyone else in the
    program, including the Ranger, and that as narrator he was at least as good
    an actor as (IMHO, better than) any other member of the cast.  He MADE the
    show!

    My favorite memory of Fred Foy, though, is from the mid 1960s.  Fred was
    functioning as the announcer on the ABC Radio Networks' "Closed Circuit."
    This was a feed not intended for broadcast.  Its purpose was to notify the
    affiliates of last minute changes in the ABC schedule.  Apparently ABC must
    have lost an important account.

    I was working for ABC affiliate WVIC in East Lansing, MI, when I heard that
    unmistakable voice.  Foy was reading through the schedule changes, and item
    after item resembled this: "On Monday at 7:32:00, scratch Union Underwear.
    On Monday at 10:03:30, scratch Union Underwear.  On Monday at 16:32:00,
    scratch Union Underwear."

    This went on, and on, and on until finally I heard, "This is Fred Foy
    leaving you with this advice: scratch Union Underwear."

    Paula Keiser
    Topeka

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    Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:52:05 -0500
    From: Thomas Butts <trbutts@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: husky radio voice

>     I don't know the name, or whether he was already mentioned, but this
>     Odd choice for a voice someone I like and think he had a great [removed]
>     but maybe someone can clue Me in as to who I am talking about. He was
>     usually heard on the Lone Ranger Program, played the bad guy, had a
>     husky/gravely type voice.

    I think Joe is referring to Paul Hughes who played Thunder Martin among many
    other characters on the Lone Ranger and also appeared in the Green Hornet and
    the Sergeant Preston shows.  He was part of the WXYZ stock company for many
    years.

    Tom Butts
    Dallas, TX

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    Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:52:21 -0500
    From: "Leslie Feagan" <lfeagan@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Marvin Miller

    In my failed attempt to find Marvin Miller's tongue twisters on eBay I came
    across his records of Mark Twain readings.
    Merry Christmas,
    Leslie Feagan

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    Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:52:33 -0500
    From: Rob Chatlin <rchatlin@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  re: Great Radio Voices
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    Joe asked:

>     He was usually heard on the Lone
>     Ranger Program, played the bad guy, had a husky/gravely type voice.

    I believe that's Paul Hughes.

    And no list of great voices would be complete without Brace Beemer.

    rob

    RIP FF

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    Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:52:41 -0500
    From: lawrence albert <albertlarry@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Fred Foy

    Very sad news about Fred Foy. Back in the Summer of 1996 Mr. Foy was a guest
    at one of the early R. E. P. conventions. He was gracious enough to agree to
    an appearance on Imagination Theatre as the narrator of a wwestern that Jim
    had written called "Rembrandt." The show was recorded in front of a live
    audience and I was in that audience. Just before as part of the warm up the
    Jim talked with the various OTR alumi, Herb Ellis, Rhoda Williams, Parley
    Baer, Tyler Mcvey and Art Gilmore. When he cam e to Mr. Foy he asked him if
    he'd be kind enough to once more recite the opening to the Lone Ranger.
    Without missing a beat he went right into it and if you looked around at the
    older men in the audience you'd see a lot of eyes glisining with tears, mine
    included. It is a moment that I have and will always cherish.
    Larry Albert

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    Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:52:53 -0500
    From: "Ryan O" <ryano218@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Favorite Voices

    I'm gonna break these down into categories, just to make it more
    interesting.

    Best Leading Man: William Conrad
    Most unique voice: Frank Lovejoy
    Best leading woman: Lurene Tuttle
    Best announcer: Hal Gibney
    Best comical voice: Harold Peary
    Best character voice: Hans Conreid
    Sexiest voice: Mary Jane Croft

    RyanO

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    Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:53:01 -0500
    From: Joemartelle@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: we lost Fred Foy today
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    I think it's interesting that one of the subjects discussed lately on this
    Digest has been great radio voices.
    Today, we lost, in my opinion, the greatest radio voice of them all, Fred
    Foy.
    I just got off the phone with Fran Foy, Fred's wonderful, caring wife of so
     many years. They were a sweet couple, always together  and so much in
    love.
    Who didn't love Fred. He was a true gentleman. A kind, gentle soul.
    Personally speaking, he was my inspiration to enter radio back when I was ten
    years old listening to his thrilling narration on radio's Lone Ranger. You
    can
    just imagine the thrill I experienced, when years later, while I was on
    the air in Boston, Fred was our guest announcer for one of our  morning-drive
    shows. We became friends and stayed in close touch over the years.  I often
    looked to him for advice on life and he and Fran always, willingly,  shared
    their time with me. I know, I speak for so many others, both in and out  of
    radio,  who truly believe Fred Foy was radio's quintessential announcer.
    But, he was so much more, a very special man and one of a kind person. There
    will never be another quite like Fred. Fran said he passed peacefully. May
    the Good Lord bless his soul. I will always remember with fondness the
    kindness he showed me.  I miss him already.

    Joe Martelle
    Mesa, Colorado

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    Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:53:09 -0500
    From: "Thomas Heathwood" <HeritageRadio@[removed];
    To: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Terrible News
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    Wednesday - 12/22   My dear friend and possibly the best voice on radio, FRED
    FOY, passed away today here in the Boston area at age 89.
    He had lived in Woburn, MA for many years.  A kindler, gentler, more talented
    soul you could never have known.  More details to follow.
    Tom Heathwood

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    Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:53:18 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  12-23 births/deaths

    December 23rd births

    12-23-1805 - Joseph Smith - Sharon, VT - d. 6-27-1844
    founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: Many
    programs based on his life
    12-23-1873 - Burns Mantle - Watertown, NY - d. 2-9-1948
    writer: "Best Plays" based on Mantle's theatrical yearbook
    12-23-1887 - John Cromwell - d. 9-26-1979
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-23-1893 - Anne O'Neal - St. Louis, MO - d. 11-24-1971
    actor: Cynthia Veryberry "Grapevine Rancho"
    12-23-1903 - Helen Troy - San Francisco, CA - d. 11-1-1942
    actor: Sally "Cecil and Sally"
    12-23-1903 - Milton Alfred - d. 9-11-1968
    sportscaster: WICA Ashtabula, Ohio
    12-23-1907 - Don McNeill - Galena, IL - d. 5-7-1996
    host: "Breakfast Club"
    12-23-1909 - Maurice Denham - Beckenham, England - d. 7-24-2002
    actor: "Return of Sherlock Holmes"
    12-23-1911 - James Gregory - The Bronx, NY - d. 9-16-2002
    actor: Captain Vincent Cronin "21st Precinct"
    12-23-1913 - Anton M. Leader - Boston, MA - d. 7-1-1988
    director: "Eternal Light"; "Murder at Midnight"; "Suspense"; "Words at
    War"
    12-23-1922 - Jack Lloyd - Duisburg, Germany - d. 5-21-1976
    actor: "Armstrong Theatre of Today"; "The Joan Davis Show"
    12-23-1922 - Ruth Roman - Boston, MA - d. 9-9-1999
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Hollywood Sound Stage"
    12-23-1922 - Scott Vincent - d. 5-31-1979
    announcer: "The Jimmy Dean Show"
    12-23-1923 - Ray Kemper - Lankershim, CA
    sound effects: "Gunsmoke"; "Voyage of the Scarlet Queen"; "Fort Laramie"
    12-23-1924 - Floyd Kalber - Omaha, NE - d. 5-13-2004
    news correspondent: NBC; News Anchor for WMAQ and WLS in Chicago
    12-23-1931 - Kenneth Methold - Sussex, England
    writer: "Sweet Singing the Choir"; "All Suspect"
    12-23-1933 - Emperor Akihito - Tokyo, Japan
    emperor of japan: Appeared on NHK radio
    12-23-1939 - Antonio Damarko - Chilie
    writer: "Funny Tragedies"
    12-23-1943 - Harry Shearer - Los Angeles, CA
    actor: Member of the Beavers "Jack Benny Program"

    December 23rd deaths

    01-03-1909 - Victor Borge - Copenhagen, Denmark - d. 12-23-2000
    comedian, pianist: "Victor Borge Show"; "Kraft Music Hall"
    01-04-1889 - Pat Kelly - North Queensland, Australia - d. 12-23-1967
    announcer: "Dog Heroes"; "Getting the Most Out of Life"
    01-20-1912 - Paula Stone - NYC - d. 12-23-1997
    moderator: "Leave It to the Girls"
    02-08-1886 - Charlie Ruggles - Los Angeles, CA - d. 12-23-1970
    comedian: "Texaco Star Theatre"; "Suspense"; "This Is My Best"
    04-02-1892 - Marjorie Child Husted - d. 12-23-1986
    First radio voice of Betty Crocker
    04-02-1920 - Jack Webb - Santa Monica, CA - d. 12-23-1982
    actor: Joe Friday "Dragnet"; Pete Kelly "Pete Kelly's Blues"
    04-06-1924 - Mimi Benzell - Bridgeport, CT - d. 12-23-1970
    singer: "Jack Pearl and Mimi Benzell"; "Railroad Hour"
    05-03-1905 - Sebastian Shaw - Holt, England - d. 12-23-1994
    actor: "For Elise"
    05-14-1890 - Carlton Brickert - Martinsville, IN - d. 12-23-1943
    actor: David Post "Story of Mary Marlin"; Howard Thurston "Thurston
    the Magician"
    07-01-1901 - Irna Phillips - Chicago, IL - d. 12-23-1973
    actor, writer: Mother Moran "Today's Children"; "The Guiding Light";
    "Road of Life"
    08-15-1925 - Oscar Peterson - Montreal, Canada - d. 12-23-2007
    jazz pianist: "Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum"
    10-25-1924 - Billy Barty - Millsboro, PA - d. 12-23-2000
    comedian: "Spike Jones Band", "James Melton Show"
    11-04-1901 - Helene Dumas - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-23-1986
    actor: "Jane Arden"; "Eno Crime Club"; "Short Short Story"
    11-11-1911 - Patric Knowles - Horsforth, Yorkshire, England - d.
    12-23-1995
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-08-1892 - Dr. Jacob Tarshish - d. 12-23-1960
    rabbi: "The Lamplighter"
    12-30-1884 - Hideki Tojo - Tokyo, Japan - d. 12-23-1948
    prime minister: War Time Broadcasts

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:53:57 -0500
    From: PURKASZ@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  FRED FOY
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    I met Fred at an FOTR gathering some years ago and  he was just a wonderful
    soul.
        I related to him that his daughter Nancy, a casting  director of some
    repute in Hollywood, had cast me in several things over the  years and that
    we would always have some fun with me doing a bad imitation of  her father
    doing the Lone Ranger intro.
        I just left her a message with my  condolences.
        He was a real magician.
        He could transport us to another time and place and  that, dear
    friends, is what magic is all about.
        Radio is the instrument, but it take real vocal  magicians to pull us
    in.
        One less magician [removed] when the world needs  more.
        Let us keep the 'magic' alive.
                                _Michael C. Gwynne_
    ([removed])

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