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VIDEO RADIO Peninsula's 'Most Complete TV Coverage Son Mateo, California Saturday, March 21, 1953 Dad Joins the Kids in Eyeing 'Miss Young' on TV By BOB FOSTER Recently one of our readers dropped a line presenting us With a delightful challenge and also supplying inspiration for this column. Here it is: "You have been following television for a couple of years now. You probably know, or should know, most everyone the industry. Here is a question we don't think you'll answer. Who do you feel is the most beautiful, tal.ented and popular ypung woman on local television? My wife says that you've said nice things about so many that you wouldn't dare pick out one." Mr.

and Mrs. W. of Belmont, we will accept your challenge! Not only that. We'll publish a picture of our choice to see if you and other readers don't agree. The gal we'd say was the most beautiful in local television, is a mother of three children, a veteran of 20 years in radio and is only 26 years old.

Thousands of bay area children know her as "Miss Young" who conducts school each Friday night at 5:45 p.m. on KRON-TV. In case you haven't guessed, our choice for the most beautiful woman on local television is KRON-TV's Phyllis Skelton. So that a.lot of other young lovelies are not too upset, we might add we feel that Elaine Doyle, Adelene Ross, Dorris Carr, Eve Meyers, Evangeline Baker, Princess Pat, Marjorie King and a number of other young ladies are also very easy on the eyes. Phyllis started in radio nearly 20 years ago when she appeared on the old Sperry Sunday Special, a long time favorite on local radio.

This little affair was produced and written by Carleton E. Morse. Other shows followed through the years. "Winning of the West" by Sam Dickson, "Death Valley Days," and News," Tom Brennaman's "Secret Ambition," Hal Burdock's "Dr. Tate," and many other famous shows.

She worked with Larry Keating, Jack Webb and many another former local radio star. She was a frequent member of the cast of Jack Webb's "Pat Novak," the forerunner of Dragnet. Jack would do well to use Phyllis again in his TV version. She'd sure decorate the show. In radio she sometimes played roles which she couldn't possibly play on TV.

In the "Pat Novak" series she was cast as a woman of the street, "or a sexy type of dame. On TV she's far to clean cut in appearance to ever be convincing in that type of role. As Miss Young oh "School Days" seen on KRON-TV, Phyllis seems to have a natural knack hi handling the kids. And no wonder. She is the mother of three little Skeltons.

Susan, Robbie, 4, and Clay, who showed up just five months ago. Ann and Lyn like the show, and so does their daddy for the reason set down above. Big Wedding Tens of millions of Americans who watched the first telecasting of the Academy Awards ceremonies last Thursday, were actually watching a wedding. Yes, you might consider that telecast of the motion picture academy somewhat of a wedding. True, the groom is considerably older than the bride, but as Bob Hope said, "the bride is loaded." In fact last night the bride's father--RCA Victor by name--paid for the wedding which amounted to a quarter of a million dollars.

We don't forecast a happy marriage. It may be years before the two become adjusted to each other. RCA being very proud of it's rapidly developing daughter, went to the trouble of putting the wedding on a most extensive micro-wave loop between New York and Hollywood. In fact, TV really did herself proud. Not only did NBC- TV present a fine 90-minute show but the entire proceedings were streamlined.

For the first time the award sessions went off in a clock-like manner. This due undoubtedly to the precision timing required for television. The final award was made just two minutes before the time came to sign off--in San Francisco at least. Master of ceremonies Bob Hope can take a lot of the credit for this, for he is a master at ad libbing just long enough. He can keep others moving, and was very gentlemanly in getting the winners off the stage before they could go 'into long speeches.

In fact it was one of his greatest TV performances. A number of stars were seen on TV screens for the first time. TViewers got to see that former film star Janet Gaynor is still a glamorous woman. She was the first winner of an Academy Award, 25 years ago. It is interesting to note that viewers tuned in for various reasons.

The women wanted to look at the hairdos, the dresses and a good look at Hollywood's young men about town. The men probably looked in to see what the gals were wearing, too, but from a different point of view. Many of the younger set were just "thrilled" with the thought that they would get off-the-screen glimpses of their favorite star. Or perhaps the gossipy ones wanted to see who was with whom. They missed closeup views of many stars present due to the fact that the planned opening sequences in front of the theatre were cancelled due to a continuous drizzle.

(Continued Inside Page) "TV'S MOST BEAUTIFUL" Here she is, our nomination for the most beautiful young woman in local television. She is Phyllis Skelton, an old-timer in radio and TV despite her tender age of 26. She conducts the most pleasant school session in the world on KRON-TV each Friday afternoon at 5:45. A show which undoubtedly has as many daddies looking in as kids. VIEWING I TONIGHT Sonja Henie's Ice Revue of 1953 will be seen live from Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium on the All Star Revue on KRON-TV at 5 o'clock Terry and Hotshot are after mysterious Snake Princess on "Terry and the Pirates" on KRON-TV at 4:30 "The Admiral Was A Lady," starring Edmond O'Brien, Wanda Hendrix Vallec, will ae seen on Movie Hits on KRON-TV at 8:30.

"The Wooden Horse," starring Leo Genn, David Tomlinson a Anthony Steel, will be seen on Home Theatre on KRON-TV at 9:45 A young scientist is sent to a Himalayan outpost and meets a strange native guide with a strange desire for death on Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents on KRON-TV at 8 o'clock. Jean Gabin and Michelle Morgan will co-star in "Stormy Waters" on Crosley Show Time on KPIX at 9 o'clock Harold Johnson and Billy Gilliam tangle in the KGO-TV live boxing show seen from Toledo, Ohio, at 6 o'clock Elmer Beltz tangles with Bobcat Terrance on the main event from the Hollywood Legion stadium on KGO-TV at 10:15 Fran Allison and Burr Tilstrom will invade the "Show of Shows" on KRON-TV at 6 o'clock. "Mr. Emanuel" will be seen on Philco Movietime on KGO- TV at 9 o'clock Sonny Gale will be the guest star on thp Jackie Gleason Show on KPIX at 8 o'clock "Trace Elements," the story of elements assimilated in the human body, will be told on "Science Review" on KPIX at 6 o'clock.

SUNDAY NBC celebrates the 100th telecast of the Comedy Hour (Continued on Back Page).