The Daily Journal from Vineland, New Jersey • 7

rWAS WONDERFUL: Og.j Tuesday, June 17, I9JS Vineland Timet Journal- primitive of all primitives. Son of Fire. I UUIIi In the space of 15 minutes, if you stayed tuned to WABC, you '35 Radio-What Was That? were catapulted into the 25th Cen Wins Friends ByHamRadio tury with Buck Rogers. Outer space and rockets were just science fiction in those days of radio, but Buck was there all right comolete with his Gal Fridav. Television Minus Pictures By STAN SLOME Vineland youngsters mav won jacK Armstrong ine Au-jWilma, and the bespectacled Dr.

American was what yoHuer. Death rays, disintegrator might call a high school Jim guns and wars between the plan- I 1.. Will years ago, Phillip Horwitz, 13. has created a new and brighter der how their parents could have done without television in those wrap- i for Buck Roeers. who never lost (to them) "dark days" without I.

nnn At i mare mall hp'' i oatue. a picture tube. They might be Thov mmht A recall Jack went to Hudson The youngsters who didn't care surprised if they knew that radio i a- The show Buck could always flip to world through the Braille-marked dials of a ham radio set. "It pulls me through my crisis," Phillip told newsmen. "There is so much to think about and plan and I have gained many friends." Each day he talks to several people, his mother Mildred Horwitz said.

He has contacted operators in 41 states and 17 countries. 710 on the dial and pick up the fare, especially its halcyon; fc Wheatj days of the 1930 s. was quite vhm a ms Re. ioH Nn mneif anrl npws tor- r. mellifluous tones of Uncle Don and his children's stories.

Alas, mats." No rock 'n roll. I jail lui ucau Liirc iiianjr Since this is National Radio recMfA one recent Sunday Uncle Don is no more. He was fired for an indiscretion before an ooen microohone. which cast evening on "The Baseball Cor- Month, let's pick a date at randomsay Monday, Dec. 5, 1935 ner over Channel 6 wnen doubts about njs iove for Mrs.

Horwitz spoke at her son's bedside in Illinois Masonic Hospital, where Phillip is recovering from a third operation seeking to and see what radio programs Vineland residents could expect. i fx cl i I r- i li il ilir iiiiiri.it' II i 1 announcer played the original kiddies. That blunder is pre-Wheaties singing commercial and served for posterity on one of spoke briefly about Jack. It may Kermit Schaeffer's "Pardon My be of some interest to note that Blooner" LPs. At 6 P.M.

on those days, by the way, were restore his sight. He went blind suddenly V2 years ago after a brain operation. "He's in wonderful spirits," said the "original" Jack Armstrong KYW vou could hear the Pick- the times of the 15-minute programs. No half-hour and hour-long programs like TV that exhausts material and performers. Mrs.

Horwitz. "He willing to At 5 P.M. on this date, Dec. take a challenge and won't be daunted. "He is the type of child who 5, 1935, as was true Mondays through Fridays, a Vineland radio fan could turn on KYW-Phil- never said, why does this happen to adelphia (that's WRCV now) and enjoy a few chuckles with Al Pearce's Gang.

Al Pearce to Phillip took up amateur radio as a hobby two years ago. When he received his set the manufac ard Family, a show that didn't last long. Soap Opera vs. Comedy Monday nights from 7 to 7:15 P.M. saw the war for listeners between KYW and WABC.

KYW offered Amos 'n' Andy, who are still going strong, as opposed to Myrt and Marge, a folksy soap opera. Myrt and Marge were going strong until World War II. In the 7:30 to 7:45 P.M. time slot were three shows that had their adherents. Over WOR the Lone Ranger completewith Ton-to then and his horse.

Silver, while WJZ-New York offered the country humor of Lum and Ab- was played by St. John Terrell, impresario of the Music Circus at Lambertville. The Singing Lady (I believe her real name was Irene Rich) was the favorite of moppets of the 1930's, the same time kids watch Popeye cartoons today. She sang nursery songs and told stories. Tom Mix was the great cowboy hero.

Yes, Virginia, there were cowboys and Indians on radio. Tom and his white stallion horse, Tony (you could send away a Ralston boxtop and get a picture of both), were big favorites. Box Top Bonanza Ralston once ran a big con- youngsters may not be a famil iar name. Maybe the Elmer Blurt is. That's the character turer sent engineers to his home to mark the dials in Braille.

He speedily passed his operator's test with high grades. His call letters I 1 i I vf i mm I w'Htr-. '-mm fit- i -i. Al Pearce depicted and he does so even today, if only on auto are K9GBS. Aided by Braille textbooks Phillip also excelled in his gram mobile commercials.

Elmer Blurt was radio's lowest pressure salesman, who would rap on a door and say in Midwestern accents, "I hope no mar school courses. He is scheduled to graduate with honors from ner. WABC had Sinsing bam -t i it' QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR SMILE-Elfrida Von Nardroff, who ran her earnings on a TV cuiz show to more than a quarter of a million dollars, smiles after answering a question during last night's competion. The 32-year-old all-time quiz show champion ran her winnings to $253,500 by defeating one opponent. When time was called she was trailing New York educator Robert Leicester by one point, 11-10.

They will continue the quiz next week. (AP Wirephoto). the eighth grade next week. body's home, I hope, 'a hope, ti 1UU ivnuw, uualup ami Sunny Smile bing-words on why you liked the pro- hng Sam is no longer with us gram. The first prize: a horse although his "voice" lives on in just like Tony, and other prizes commercials for a Philadelphia a hope.

Invariably, the person answering the door would sell himself the products Elmer were genuine Tom Mix 10-gaL dentist Ion white hats, on into the From 8 o'clock At 5:45, WFIL carried the ad d-'night at least on Mondays-mu- ters (Jane Pickens had a brief gal of the GI's In World War ie.lsic took over. And it was "live! but ill-starred comeback on TV III; the Ink Spots (still around). T. TODAY note: This column was written by the director of public affairs, CBS news, who is producer of "The ventures of Little Orphan Ann a few years ago), the Hal Kemp organist Jesse Crawford and the was peddling. Battle of Ratings The rating battles on TV today featuring top-drawing shows pitted against each other had their counterparts on radio.

For example, in the 5:30 P.M. time slot Vineland youngsters, like those Annie, who must be all of 40 music" all the way. Disc jock-years old but as ageless as an eys were still in the future, inhabitant of Shangri-La, is now This particular evening, Dec. band with Skmnay bnnis, the-band ot Joe Keicnman, Negro-spiritual singing team of confined to the comic strips. If 15, 1935, Vineland radio fans could The Charioteers in which Billy vou weren't a Little Orohan An-lhpai- if thpv chose.

Guv Lorn-1 Williams eot his start, Xavier This was radio in 1935. It provided the entertainment people wanted. It wasn't a juke box of rock roll atrocities and the parents and kids of the time, bardo and His Royal Canadians Cugat and his Waldort Astoria (hs mnoi haen't rVianppd one Orrhpstra (hp hadn't met Abbe across the nation, had a hardinie tan, which practically meant choice between Jack Armstrong I vou didn't drink Ovaltine and on WABC, The Singing Lady on'didn't have a secret decoder ring, bit since then), the operatic star.jLane then), sarong-wearing Uor-jVineland as elsewhere, weren HOPE RELIVES "ROBERTA" Bob Hope, left, comes onstage in the first act of musical "Roberta" in the role of bandleader "Huckleberry Haines" which he created on Broadway 25 years ago. The play was given at the St. Louis Municipal Opera and it was Bob's first try at outdoor summer theatre.

Others are Jacqueline James and John Kent. Hope's daughter, Linda, 19, made her stage debut in last night's performance with a small part. (AP Wirephoto). WFIL and Tom Mix on KYW. I you could listen on WABC to that; Richard Crooks, the Pickens bis-; othy Lamour, a notame pin-up complaining.

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