Honolulu Star-Bulletin from Honolulu, Hawaii • 9

HONOLULU STAR-BULLETIN, 17, 1946 NINE 5 Two Special Broadcasts To Be Given; Greeting From Sec. Krug. HONOLULU'S 4th STATION, KPOA, OPENS TONIGHT relations office at MidPac, where he served as acting public relations Varied Talent At 'Mike' and In Production Harks Staff of KPOA the same time he was maritime commentator on stations WBBC and WFOX in Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr.

Benson will be in charge of "On the Waterfront," a broadcast of news of ships, shipping, yachting and fishing in the islands. KEN GRACE. ANNOUNCER AND WRITER Ken Graue joins KPOA after 19 months active service in the marine artillery corps at Guam and KPOA's staff, assembled rapidly from various fields where they have hud experience in radio work, represents widely diversified talent. Notable is the fact that -ceveral of the staff's prominent members first came to Hawaii during World war II. They were in the armed forces, or in some of the auxiliary organizations of men and women created to aid the global war program.

Having been in Hawaii for months or some years, they liked the Islands and decided to make their homes here. So KPOA was able to develop a staff which, while largely of mainlanders, represents a group of people who have elected to live permanently in Hawaii. The station expects to add to its staff from time to time. 0 Here are brief sketches of a number of the staff members of KPOA as it goes on the air as the fourth radio station in Honolulu: served as news editor, and sports-caster. Mr.

and Mrs. Klein live in sergeant, as transmitter engineer at Waipio. He was honorably discharged November 5. 1945, and now resides in Waikiki. mm JOHN A.

RATZEBURG. TRANSMITTER ENGINEER July 11, 1946 saw the return to Hawaii of John A. Ratzeburg, who will work as transmitter engineer at KPOA. He hails from Springfield, Ore. In nearby Eugene, he studied in the vocational school and had army services training nrncram at the University r- of Idaho.

He will serve as a radio technician, having assisted in assembling and install- Mr. Ratzeburg ing the transmitter and other equipment. In army service he was rated as technical sergeant in the signal corps. He served three and a half years one and a half years in the Pacific on Oahu and Iwo Jima and was discharged February 28, 1946. He lives in Waikiki.

Hot Meals Planned WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. (U Agriculture department officials believe their national school lunch program is moving toward the goal of a hot meal for every school child in the country. Not fast enough for everyone, but gaining speed, is the way they de scribed it. Dr.

William C. Ockey, associate director of the food distribution programs branch, said "We are do ing more this year than last." I IF Honolulu's fourth radio KPOA, opens tonight with a special program. Owned and operated by the Island Broadcasting KPOA is of 5.000 watts power and will operate on 630 kilocycles, unlimited time. The plant is situated adjacent to Kapiolani Boulevard, near Date St It is on land owned by the Iolani (Episcopal) school, from which a lease has been obtained. Two special broadcasts will mark the official opening of station KPOA, at 6:30 tonight.

The new broadcasting station will be formally dedicated daring a half hour program which will include a greeting from Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug. Delegate Farrington, Governor gtainback and high ranking military and naval commanders will also extend greetings to the new station's listeners. The musical portion of the program will feature Al Perry's Surf-riders.

Starting at 7, the station will present a three hour inaugural broadcast which will include a preview of features to be heard regularly on KPOA, as well as special salutes from Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Hollywood. KPOA, Honolulu's fourth station, was planned during the war by three army officers, now all returned to civilian life. They are Henry C. Putnam, well known local broadcaster who is general manager; Jack Keating, station representative with offices in Seattle, Portland and San Francisco; J. Elroy McCaw, owner of KEL.A, Centralia, Washington.

Mr. McCaw also has business interests in Washington, D. C. With connections on the Pacific coast and in Washington, D. KPOA plans extensive coverage of news from the nation's capital, as well as special events and public He was dis-charged as a first lieutenant last December and was staff a n-nouncer at KGMB for some months.

While attending Long Beach junior college, he participated in college little theater and radio productions and was starred with Mr, Graue Barbara Britton in the stage play, The Old Maid. Continuing his education at the College of the Pacific, Mr. Graue wrote and produced his own shows over KWG, Stockton, Calif. He was president of the honorary radio fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Omicron, while an undergraduate at the College of the Pacific. Mr.

Graue is married and lives in nolulu. He will conduct KPOA's Breakfast Club. Ho- 630 DOROTHY INGLING, WRITER Miss Dorothy Ingling York has joined the staff directly from the air of New of KPOA transport command's Pacific quarters at Hic-kam field. Assigned to the division head- public relations office there, she originated and produced two radio shows. Personalities Behind the News and Men and Women of the ATC.

She also contributed a weekly column to the Trans Pacifican jhiss Ingling called Chatter Box In New York, Miss Ingling wrpte rasnion copy lor tne urey and ri, w. Ayer advertising agencies, prior to coming to Hawaii with the army Miss Ingling entered radio after her graduation from Mrs. Wheat's school in New York City. At one time she was assistant to Raymond Knight, playwright and radio hu morist. She spent two years with the National Broadcasting Co.

mum JACK M. FOX, NEWS REPORTER AND MUSIC COMMENTATOR Jack M. Fox comes to KPOA's staff directly from the army public "DOUBIE SAFE" CARTONS Li iKlJ v. mi Our Sincere and Best Wishes for Success to EIPJDA Hawaii's newest radio station, completely equipped for belter broadcasting with Weston SOUND SYSTEMS JOHN J. HARDING CO.

Western Electric dealer for Hawaii 401 Stangenwald Bldg. Phone 4814 HARRIET ARGENBRIGHT, DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN Miss Harriet Argenbright KPOA after more than three joins years with the USO, serving as assistant director of clubs in Illinois, Cali fornia, Oregon and most recently the USO Victory club in Honolulu. For a time she was on the production staff of USO camp shows in New York. While a student at Knox college and the University of Illinois, she was active in college theatri-Miss Argenbright cals. She began her radio career as an announcer-writer at WILL, the University of Illinois radio station.

During USO service, she wrote and produced many G.I. shows. Theater-goers will remember her as Mary Matthews" in the recent Community Theater play, State of the Union. In her daily KPOA program. Gracious Living, Miss Argenbright will draw upon eight years of experience teaching homemaking to 4-H club members in Illinois.

mum JACK BENSON, NEWSCASTER AND SPECIAL EVENTS Jack Benson joins KPOA as a newscaster after serving four years in the coast guard. He entered the service as an en sign in 1941, and went on inactive duty last spring as lieutenant, senior grade. He served in the North Atlantic, Caribbean and Pacific areas, and was commanding officer of the Sassafras, CG, which rode out both Okinawa typhoons. Mr. Benson Prior to joining the service Mr, Benson studied naval architecture at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.

and spent-five years in the merchant marine. He was news editor of the New York Marine News magazine and later joined the staff of the Brooklyn Eagle. At TO 1 a' lMLI TE G30 x-1 1 1 HENRY C. PUTNAM: General manager of KPOA, fourth Honolulu radio station, opening tonight Mr. Putnam is both a veteran of the broadcasting business and of World War II.

He was with the advertising department of KGMB prior to World War II. He emerged from the war with the rank of lieutenant colonel and extensive experience In the army's broadcasting work on the Pacific. His home has been in Honolulu for the past ten years. service programs nom the west coast Dflimn '7 i I THE 7f all-purpose HOUSEHOLD hlS; CLEANSER 'hkQFt I S7 officer for the middle Pacific command. A New Yorker by birth, he attended school in England before returning to the United States to receive his B.A.

at the University of Wisconsin. While doing graduate work at the university, Mr. Fox entered Mr. frox radio via station WIBA in Madison. Returning to New York, he joined the office of war information, preparing news and radio commentaries for a year before entering the army.

Mr. Fox was married in Honolulu on April 10 of this year. He and his wife, Marliss. make their home at 2610 Kalihi St. HAZEL WOODS.

CLERICAL STAFF Mrs. Hazel Woods comes to the staff of KPOA from an interesting and active career with both. the army and navS. In 1941 she accepted a position with the army ordnance depart ment at the Erie proving ground, near Toledo, O. In 194 5, transferred to navy civil service and came to Pearl Harbor to join her fiance Norman, who had been at Pearl Mrs, 1942.

Woods Harbor since early At the shipyard, Mrs. Woods worked in the electronics office and later as secretary to Rear Admiral C. O. Kell, commander, Pearl Harbor naval shipyard. WILLIAM C.

PARSONS. TRANSMITTER ENGINEER William Parsons, an "island boy," is now a transmitter engineer lor KJPOA. Honolulu born, he attended Mc- Kinley and Roosevelt high schools, graduating from the latter. He also spent two years at San Francisco Junior college. His previous station experience has been at A San Francisco, as early morning announcer-operator, plus one and a half years at KTOH, Lihue.

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2 GLASSES OF RICHARD S. DOWNIE, ASSISTANT MANAGER Richard S. Downie is assistant manager and also in charge of KPOA's national sales, merchandising and promotion, served 4Vi years in the na vy, part of which time he was stationed in Hawaii He and his wife, the former Marie B. Cooke of Ho nolulu, are mak ing their home here. Mr.

Downie has been active in ra dio for the past 10 years and was associated with KIRO. KOL. and Mr. Downie KEVR of Seattle, Washington, as well as several other northwest stations. JAMES R.

BIRD. CHIEF ENGINEER James Robert Bird, KPOAs chief engineer, is a native of Lubbock, Texas; served for two and a half years during the war on Oahu with OWI radio and the state department. Prior to that time he served in the office of the chief signal officer and The Plant Engineering agency in Philadelphia. His previous radio experience includes work with the engineering staffs of KFJZ, all of Fort Mr. Bird WBAP, KGKO, Worth, WACO, Waco, Tex.

and W9XBY. RCA ex perimental station in Kansas City. He studied at Texas A. and M. and taught radio at Brantley Draughons college in Fort Worth.

He has eleven years of radio broadcast experience. He, his wife and their young son live at 4014 Koko Drive, Honolulu. mum LARRY GRANT, CHIEF NEWSCASTER AND PRODUCTION Larry Grant, well known to radio listeners of Honolulu, has joined the news staff of station KPOA. Mr. Grant came to Honolulu after wide variety or experience in building radio programs and as special announcer over the NBC and CBS networks.

In 1943, Mr. Grant joined the army, which brought him to Honolulu in the spring of 1944. He was assigned to the staff of the army nublication. Mr. Grant Mid-Pacifican, which later became the Pacific edition of Stars and Stripes.

While with the army, he was part-time announcer over KGU. After receiving his discharge in October 1945, he returned to KGU as senior announcer last January. Mr. Grant will be featured daily on the noon and evening newscasts. He lives in Honolulu with his wife and infant son.

DON KLEIN, SPORTS AND PRODUCTION Don Klein, KPOA's sports announcer, entered radio work early in 1941 as a sportscaster for KEVR in Seattle. Later he took charge of all sports and special events broadcasts for KEVR. and five months later be-c a program director. In 1943 he joined the staff of KOL in Seattle. Mr.

Klein finished college work at the University of Washington, where he was elected to Mr. Klein Phi Beta Kappa, honorary scholastics society. He went into the navy in July of 1943; later becoming an oriental language officer in naval intelligence. He came to the islands in October of 1945, and served as radio officer in the public information office, on the staff of the con-mander in chief. Pacific fleet.

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