The Macon News from Macon, Georgia • 9

rt a1! --1 7v t( THE MACON NEWS Friday October 13 1967 Pago 9 Now a Colonel's Lady She Used To Be in Show Biz SCALES AWAY Use a clipboard to scale fish The clip holds the tail firmly in place while you scale and clean your catch IRONING EMBROIDERY i work lay it face down on a soft thick towel to make the embroi- When ironing embroidery dered pattern stand out WESTGATE STORE ONLY! ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE a show business figure Robins AFB- but you wouldn't know it unless you pried She is Mrs Betty Little nee Betty Greene the wife of Lt CoL Joseph little direc-tor of personnel with the 465th Bombardment Wing (SAC) at Robins AFB Betty still possessing an attractive figure and a young outlook on life was one of the top show business figures in the 1930s and 1940s She worked with such greats as the Red Nichols Band Lou Holtz and Lyda Roberts Joe Penner Victor Moore and worked summer stock with the Shuberts until 1945 A native of Montreal Canada Betty recalls that she ran away from home as a teen-ager because her sister wouldn't give her $1 to go to St Island one Saturday Her parents were visiting in New York and on some pretext or another LOOKING JOR AT PRICE BUSTER: JUST IN LARGE SHIPMENT OF BEDROOM SUITES WITH WOOD OR PLASTIC TOPS 5-piece ion26 SUITE -FROM IW SAVE 50 maoNrDe 1000 SEVENTH ST 7427592 MACON i TRANSFER CO LADIES' MOCCA SUPPERS ASSORTED COLORS WITH SOFT LINING LADIES' CASUAL TENNIS SHOES SIZES i TO 10 a 57 MRS JOE LITTLE who as Betty Greene was a show business personality in the 30s and 40s sits with her husband lieutenant Colonel Little in their trailer that they will use in traveling to the West Coast when he retires from the Air Force in 1968 (Air Force Photo) 197 remember now what it she borrowed the fare to New York and off she went plaid coat big straw hat and two cardboard suitcases The rest is history a story of how a shy Canadian advanced from a salary of (25 a week to (1000 a week when she was producing her -own night club shows in New York and the Eastern States It all started when he got a ob at 5th Avenue selling scarfs and shawls and acting as French interpreter for shoppers Earl Carroll and his current sading lady had her model several shawls Carroll asked her Ter salary and she said (25 a week He asked her what she ould consider to go into short business and she replied: have no He smiled and said over to the Earl Car-roll Theater on 50th and 7th Sts and tell the stage manager to give you a contract for (75 a The stage door had these words over it: "Through these portals pass the most beautiful girls in the Betty was Just 14 years old weighed 112 pounds She was and wore a size 10 dress Her dimensions were 36-24-36 Among some of the early 30 shows Betty worked in was Up the written by George and Ira Gershwin in which Red Nichols Band played along with musical greats Glenn Miller Benny Goodman Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey Babe Ru-sin Manny Klein Gene Krupa Jack Teagarden and others She also was in Said with Lou Holtz and Lyda Roberts with Joe Penner with Victor Moore and in the produced by the Shuberts with Shelley Winters In between these shows Betty worked off and on for the Shuberts frpm 1936 to 1945 in summer stock which included the famous operattas such as and the Carole Landis Show of which she was assistant choreographer and stage manager Whenever she connect with a show she worked the wight dub circuit While working at file Chase Hotel in St Louis in 1942 she appeared 'n a benefit show put on for the Army Air Corps at Scott Field 111 After the show she had a blind date with a young lieutenant After four days of dating and almost three years of romance by mail she married Joe Little in New York City in November 1945 Betty numbered among her close friends such names as George Gershwin Pat Rooney Sr and Jr Vincent Lopes Fanny Brice Joe Penner Leon VALUE IT" ioo VALUE 0) (0 ORANGE SLICE GILBERTS SIZZLERS POLAROID SWINGER CAMERA Erroll Clark and McCullough Concerning her rise to success Betty said came along for me and I just went along with the good breaks I think I could make it today the demand is too strong on talent and less emphasis on beauty of form and face The young people of today who make it are trained thoroughly and extremely She has a daughter Marlene who is married to George Sa-waya a Hollywood stuntman They met while both worked for Jack Webb in the TV series Dragnet Marlene has also been a bit player in movies -and has been a stand-in for Susan Hayworth Deberah Kerr and many others tiques which she picked up half way around Europe when they were stationed in Paris Betty is an honorary member of the American Guild of Variety Artists and the Chorus Equity of Theatrical unions She was one of the first Stage Door Canteen hostesses in New York during World War II Her husband Colonel Little came to Robins AFB originally in 1945 shortly after he married Betty Shortly thereafter he left the service to continue his education and received his BA degree from Fresno State College Calif and then his Masters degree at New York University in physical therapy He went to UCLA to get his degree but he had to give it up when he was recalled into the Air Force in 1953 He returned to Robins in October 1963 after tours in Korea Europe and other assignments At Robins he served with the Office of Special Investigations District 6 until August 1965 when he became director of personnel with the 465th Bomb Wing Colonel Little will retire in February 1968 The Littles plan to travel for a few months fish play bridge and visit friends made in their years in the Air Force Then they will settle in Santa Barbara Calif where their daughter and family live George will be doing stunts ih 6-TRANSISTOR 100 Nylon Men's JACKETS SZ77 REG 799 RADIO $7)88 the picture now being made at Fort Benning which stars John Wayne David Janssen and Ado Ray In addition to havipg been a model dancer choreographer stage manager and producer she was a professional ice skater long distance swimmer and a diver Today she is not allowed to do strenuous exercises Her hobbies are duplicate bridge hoping to become a Life Master and is currently a National Master) Whenever a tournament going on she participates Her other hobbies are fishing gardening and collecting an VAL 895 niMKiuNirxoooMtw WESTGATE Shopping Center PHONE 743-2226 It" 2 BIG FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Walter Gibson James 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