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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS Page 15 friday, May 19, 1950 fa I i i DEATHS IN INDIANA Paul Roberts, WFBM Disc Jockey, Is Dead ''Ly an r7 rs era stysKiu KPkUI I Till Ktwt CARMEL, May 19 Serv- ices for Mrs. Dessie Hershey, 76, will be Sunday in the Carmel I Friends Church. She was active I many years in the Western Year ly Meeting of Friends. She wa the widow of the late Dr. Frank Hershey.

Survivors include nephew, Dr. J. Clark, of In dianapolis. Sale! Famous-Make coats CONNERSVILLE Rites for Paul Roberts, 39, radio artist and WFBM disc jockey, died last night in St. Vincent' Hospital.

Known to his many listeners 'as "The Happy Monster" Mr. Roberts had suffered a heart attack at the studio Monday just before he was scheduled to go the air. He was taken home and then to the hospital. He had been ill with a a coronary heart condition earlier in the and had returned to work a month ago. Born at Ludington, Mr.

'Roberts attended Olivet College, Michigan, where he was a member of the football team and also was wrestling champion. Before entering radio work he was a member of dance bands, principally as drummer. He was a versatile musician, and adept Mrs. Joan Pfeiffer Gulley, 23 wife of Marvin Gulley, were to day. She died Wednesday in an Indianapolis Hospital of polio, with which she was stricken November 6.

She saw her 3 year-old son, Francis, last Sun I I day for the first time since she We've sold hundreds at $35 became ill. LOGANSPORT The funeral of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Nave, 91 was today. The widow of Tete Nave, former Logansport grocer, she died Wednesday in Memorial Hospital. A native of Tennes sec, she was a cousin of Robert Taylor, former Governor of that Services will be Friday at Winamac for Mrs.

Cora Opal Pfost, 62, formerly of Winamac. She died in Logansport Wednes Rites were today for Ed Wayne. He came to Indianapolis in 1944. His programs Included the "Million Dollar Party" and "The Spinning Wheel" on radio, and "The Old Fashioned Amateur Hour," a television show. Recently he had moved into a home he had had erected at 3631 N.

Arthington Blvd. Formerly he lived at New Palestine. He was an ardent builder of model railroads. Mr, Roberts was a member of the American Federation of Radio Artists and the New Pales, tine Masonic Lodge and attended the Methodist Church. Survivors are the widow, Mrs.

ward S. Day, 75, custodian of the West Side Presbyterian with the trumpet, trombone, clarinet and violin. One of his treasures was a drum head, which hangs on the studio walls, autographed by all the theatrical greats who passed through Indianapolis. Considered an unusual technician in his radio work, Mr. Roberts used five turntables at once in his disc jockey shows, which radio men term an unusual and difficult feat.

He delighted his fans by breaking certain records with a loud clatter and replaying those he liked. He was also adept at impersonation. Mr. Roberts changed his name from Kent Josef for radio work, and before coming to Indianapolis was associated with stations at Lansing, Muskegon, Kalamazoo and Jackson, and Ft. Church.

Burial was in the Indian Creek Cemetery near Lucerne He died yesterday in the St. Jo seph Rites for Jo seph Edward Williams, 70, re tired Pennsylvania passenger engineer, will be Saturday. He died yesterday at a Cleveland (O.) clinic. Survivors include two stepchildren, Dorothy Allen and Robert Lynch, both of Indi vera Roberts, and two sons, Kirk, 11, and Mark, 3. They're America's number one value at regular price! Exclusive with Block's.

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