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TAMPA SUNDAY TRIBUNE. Sunday, December 1953 19-C WFLA Hoedown, Amateur Contest Along With Pro Ducks Drown HARTFORD. Conn. W) Forty wild clucks In Keney Park ate something and drowned. A state health department expert said the ducks were stricken by a form of food poison which paralyzed their neck muscles and caused, their limp heads to dip below the water Poor Excuse SACRAMENTO, Calif.

IP George Urnberger, superintendent of the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito Abatement District, says only the female mosquito bites, and she does it only to get the necessary protein to fertilize her eggs. Show, To Open Saturday urday morning on WFLA, is in If i si -vv, 111 fy I Using Rifle Not Recommended For Mending TV Aerial JACKSONVILLE, N. C.J3 A Jacksonville man had been having trouble with his loose television aerial, but he didn't want to take it down for tightening. He figured a shot from his .22 caliber rifle would seal the socket. But his aim was a trifle off.

The bullet clipped off the aerial staff and the whole works tumbled down. FOR EXOTIC CANTONESE FOOD VISIT BILL LUM'S Old CI RESTAURANT Family Dinners Orders To Take Our BAY VIEW HOTEL BLDG. 210 Jackson at Franklin PHONE 2-6884 Hi faimitMWUMM Butch Green, known as "the little boy with the big Mill be one of the featured performers next Saturday night during the WFLA Hoedown at the Municipal Auditorium. TODAY and EVERY SUNDAY CEiVFItO ESPAXOL BALLROOM DON FRANCISCO ORCHESTRA Latin-mcrU un From 5 'Til 9 P. M.

Music GENERAL ADMISSION 75c TABLES NOT RESERVED 16TH STREET and 7TH AVE. BJSjSllJsjMJijtM ji i I. 11 v.1 1 'l i1 1 1' -1 'K-i By TOM MATTHEWS The WFLA Hoedown, three hours of country music and fun, will have its premiere performance next Saturday night at the Municipal Auditorium in Tampa. It's the first in a series of weekly shows featuring professional and amateur talent to be sponsored by The Tribune stations. The second will be on Dec.

19. The WFLA Hoedown will begin at 8 P. and a portion of the show will be broadcast. Entertainers scheduled for next Saturday night include Jack Espinosa, pantomime specialist; the Smith Twins, who returned only a few months ago from a tour with Horace Heidt; the Dixie Boys, a comedy trio; Al Smith, singer; Butch Green, the little boy with the big voice; Esther Young, yodeling cowgirl; Mary Ann DiSalvo. balladeer; Les Albury, singer; Raymond God-ard, young singer; Harry Hughes and his band, and many others.

Mardi Liles and Cuz'n Larry Lane will share the emcee honors. A portion of each Saturday night show will be reserved for the presentation of outstanding amateur talent, which will compete for valuable awards. The amateur contest is open to entertainers throughout the Florida West Coast area. Auditions will be held weekly, beginning next Wednesday night at WFLA's studios in The Tribune Building, and persons who wish to compete in the talent search are invited to contact the station. TEXOR WILL SIXG WITH SYMPHOXETTE Tony Gonzalez, young tenor, will be guest soloist with the Tampa Symphonette during today's concert in Plant Park.

Both of his selections. Because and Thine Alone, will come during the o'clock portion which will be broadcast over WFLA. Selections by the Symphonette. under the direction of Maximo Echegaray, will include Coronation March by Eilenberg, The Millions of Arlequin by Drigo, the Overture to von Souppe's Poet and Peasant with cello solo by Kathleen Wiltse, Anvil Chorus from II Trovatore, Waldteufel's Dolores Waltz, Hungarian Dance Xo. 6 by Brahms, My Maryland by Romberg, and Semper Fidelis by Sousa.

BAXD. SPEBSQSA CHANGE SUNDAY TIME With the Tampa Symphonette now being heard at 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoons, WFLA has moved Marchtime Down South and the Barber Shop Singers into the 1 o'clock period. Marchtime Down South, featuring the Army Band from Fort McPherson, will be on the air during the P. M. time each Sunday, except for the second Sunday of each month when the Tampa chapter of the SPEBSQSA presents its monthly concert.

BEATTY LEADS ALL NETWORK NEWSMEN Latest nation-wide Nielsen figures place Morgan Beatty, heard nightly on WFLA with his News of the World, at the very peak of popularity. Beatty leads not only all the other multi-weekly news programs listed in the current report, but also outpoints the leader of the once-a-week newsmen. PANEL SHOW WILL FEATURE GUESTS Youth Speaks Up, teen-age panel show broadcast every Sat- Richmond Police Get Results On Trapping Wolves RICHMOND, Va. IP The Richmond Police Department is receiving a lot of feminine applause for its wolf trapping activities. The trap is baited with two lovelies from the women on the police force.

They are trailed by two plainclothes detectives. All are armed. A wolf approaches the girls and the trap is sprung. Publicity in the newspapers brought a lot of letters of applause, and a big drop in wolves. 5 GEE 03? 11523 Perfection SUPERB SPANISH $100 DINNERS SOUP Calda Oallego Spanish Bean Vermicelli ENTRE Filete Steak or Kt Baked Chicken er Filet of Trout with French Fries or Chicken with Yellow Rice Chef Salad Dessert Coffee, Cuban or American Iced Tea Hot Cuban Bread Thank You EL CHICO RESTAURANT 1412 8th AVE.

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CO. VwA R. A. jjfo APPROVED sF!" COMING TO viting an outstanding Tampa high school student to appear as special guest on each week's program. The first guest panelist was Arlene Evans, Plant High senior, who joined the regular members on yesterday's broadcast and discussed youth and how they can contribute to better government.

The first special guest is a member of the Honor Society, the Gold and Black, I Dare You, Girls Officer Corps, Thespians, Y-Teens, Board of Directors of the Teen-Age Safety Conference, and was delegate to Girls State in Tallahassee and Girls Nation in Washington. Miss Evans is also president of the Civitanettes. "FRIENDSHIP TREE" OX MORNING SHOW Walt Framer, producer of Strike It Rich, heard week-day mornings on FLA, has launched a "friendship tree" campaign. Warren Hull, program emcee, is urging listeners to place National Tuberculosis Association Christmas Seals on cards sent to the show. The cards will be taped to a "friendship tree" over a period of four weeks.

Then the tree will be presented to the headquarters of the Tuberculosis Association. Framer hopes the idea will catch on, and that listeners will start their own family "friendship tree" by taping cards with the seals on them to their own trees and by placing seals on all cards they mail to others. GERTRUDE BERG STARTS 25TH YEAR Pioneer performer Gertrude Berg, creator and stai of House of Glass on WFLA every Friday night, completed 24 years in radio last month. Mrs. Berg, who made her writing and acting debut over NBC on Nov.

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