Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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THE MALDONIAN This is Station WMHS. Carleton Spreadbury still announcing. Our first number this evening will be, a foxtrot arrangement of Mendelsohn’s Wedding March. This number was requested by Miss Margaret Gailis of East Boston and Sophie Cooperstein of Honolulu. Carleton Spread¬ bury still announcing. Shoot, Ernest. Bang-bang. Static. Station WMHS. Carleton Spreadbury still hangin’ on. The next number by Carleton Spreadbury and his Seldom Inn Orchestra, “0 Sole Mio”,with vocal chorus by Alexander Spector. This number was requested by Anna Levingston of East Braintree and Diana Bernstein of St. Louis. Carleton Spreadbury still announcing. Shoot, Joe. Bang-bang. Static. Station WMHS. That concludes the dance program by Carleton Spreadbury and his Seldom Inn Orchestra. Our next dance program will be at midnight, when we shall broadcast a battle of music between Ralph Levine and his Collegians. Next will be a song by Reta Davis of the Metropolitan Opera Com¬ pany—“We Can’t Do the Charleston, But, O Boy! When We Chasse!” Static, Static. Station WMHS. The next number on our program will be a selec¬ tion by the Malden Women’s Club Quartet, composed of Sadie Cohen, Sadie Flesher, Sadie Gilbert, and Sadie Rudofsky. Bang-bang. More static. Station WMHS. Berton Robbins, the debating coach of the Electoral College, will now debate himself on the subject, “Resolved: That Dough¬ nuts Are Easier to Crack Than Any Other Kind of Nuts.” Mr. Robbins will take the affirmative, negative, rebuttal, and the air. He will also act as timekeeper, using Eastern Daylight Saving Telechron Time. Bang-bang. A lot of static. Station WMHS. Next is a review of this week’s episode of the serial at the Colonial Theatre, Malden, by Nathan Velleman. Bang-bang. Static. Station WMHS. Our next feature will be talks by Leslie Vaughan and Mary Doull, now co-starring at the, Majestic Theatre. They will speak on “Red-Heads” and “Titian-Blonds” respectively. Very little static. This is Station WMHS. We are glad to be able to announce that the cast for tomorrow evening’s radio drama is complete. We have secured George Pearse to take the part of the big butter-and-egg man from the Cloverdale. The scenes have been painted by Marian Baxter and will be shifted by Simon Gliserman. Hats worn by Miss Patsy Mason, the leading lady, are from the Fifth Avenue Shoppe of Miss Dorothy Briggs. Holland Pittock will take the other leading part, that of leading a horse across the stage. The horse has been borrowed from Ralph Appleton’s stable. This is Station WMHS. Next will be a short talk by David Cohen. His subject is “How We Did the Square Dances, Got a Square Meal, and are All Square With Mr. Ford”. Static and more static. Page 46

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THE MALDONIAN This is Station WMHS. We shall next broadcast the regular meeting of the WMHS Big Sister Club. The next voice will be that of Big Sister Betty Slocomb. Good evening, girls and boys. And how are you all tonight? Isn’t that fine? My, but wasn’t this a nice day? Big Sister spent all day read¬ ing your letters. Here is one from a little girl in Chelsea. Her name is Marcella Comeau. This is the letter. “Dear Big Sister: My Big Sister act for today was to chop up my father’s radio with a meat-ax. Yours truly, Marcella Comeau.” There, now, children, wasn’t that nice? Now, we, have the names of several new members to announce tonight. The secretary, if I can find him, will read the list. Here he, is. Now, children, kindly listen to James Donahue read the list of new members. Esther Faller, Zelda Epstein, Rose Freedman, Elsie Erickson, Maud Campbell, Katherine Dolan, Dora Wexler. Big Sister back on the air again. Now, I have something to tell you about our big outing at Pomp’s Pond. No, boys, this is a stag affair. Anybody going out in a canoe—I mean we are going through the courtesy of Henry Ford—I mean Max Schwartz, the mayor of Andover. Edward Cardinal of the Boston Telegram has kindly donated some paper napkins for the occasion, and Etta Rubin will be there to sing some songs for us. We shall now have the bedtime story read by Grace Schumaker. She will read “Peter Rabbit Was Born in Wales, So That Makes Mim a Welsh- Rabbit”. Bang-bang. Static. Peter Rabbit. Now, wasn’t that lovely? We are sorry to say our entertainment for the evening has not ar¬ rived. Ethel Morris was supposed to be here with her ukelele, but she has been detained. We shall have no ukeleles tonight. Hurray. Now the time for the Big Sister Club is nearly over. If mother lets you stay up later than this hour, you will be interested in the program that follows. It is a talk by Gertrude Lodgen on “The Reason for Divorces in New York City”. Big Sister will now sing the good-night song. “On the ra-dio . . . .” Scratch, bang, bang. Static. Good night, children. This is Station WMHS. You have just listened to the meeting of the Big Sister Club. Our next number is the movie report by Florence Brookes—“The Inside Stories About All the Men I Know at Hollywood”. Bang-bang. Static. Station WMHS. Next on our program is the weekly review of the current plays at the Boston theatres, given this week by Marjorie Lovell, the famous playwright, who wrote three mystery stories right off the “Bat”. Bang-bang. Static. Station WMHS. Our next feature is dance music by Carleton Spreadbury and his Seldom Inn Orchestra. Stand by for the control from Seldom Inn. Page 45

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THE MALDONIAN Station WMHS. The lost and found report will follow. Lost: a cuff-stud. The missing link. Return to Maurice Hyde. Lost: the most beautiful girl in the world. She was afraid of handsome men. If found, please return to Charles MacKenzie. Lost: Miss Anna Sher would like information concerning the whereabouts of Freda Finkelstein, who has been missing for several years. Miss Finkelstein was last seen entering an Elevated train. This is still Station WMHS. We now come to the big feature on to¬ night’s program. For the, benefit of the kiddies that are still awake, we are going to broadcast a program of growls from the Buttrick Zoo. The next voice will not be a growl, but that of William Buttrick, the owner of the zoo. We shall tell you when Mr. Buttrick gets through speaking and the growls begin. Mr. Buttrick. Bang-bang. Mixture, of static, growls, and Buttrick. Back in the studio again. This is Station WMHS. Our next feature will be a talk and exhibition by Mr. Fred C. Nash, ballet-master of the Metropolitan Theatre. “Dancing the Charleston at Wayside Inn”. Static. WMHS. Prof. Charles Parker of Harvard College will now take up the daily lesson in English. Prof. Parker. Good evening, pupils. I am going to try to help out your vocabularies tonight. The new word for today is “college-bred”, and all of you who are planning to enter college soon should know the meaning of this word. Here is the definition of the word taken from the Israel Goldberg Diction¬ ary. “ ‘College-bred’ is a bread that requires a fearful amount of dough, is seldom self-raising, and usually proves to be nothing more than a four- year loaf.” Good-night. Station WMHS. We shall next hear a few funny stories by the well- known comedian, Louis Meltzer. Mr. Meltzer, is, of course, as you all know, the originator of that famous story about the potato clock. Every morning, Louis gets a potato clock. A great deal of static and sounds of some poor man tearing up his radio. This is Station WMHS. Please stand by until we are connected with the Mechanics Building. You are going to listen to the feature of the bout of the evening d irect from the ringside. The fight is between Paul Reaves and Dick Spofford for the heavyweight championship of New England. The fight will be announced, blow by blow, by Miss Winifred Doe. Stand by. Static for a while. This is Station WMHS. H. G. S. announcing. We’re back in the studio, and we’re going to hear a short talk by Charles Bethe, “How I Started a Chain of Orange-Drink Stands on a Dozen Oranges, and I’ve Got the Original Dozen.” Static. WMHS. The final number from the studio for this evening will be an advertising talk by Ethel Simmons, publicity manager for Henry Ford. Her subject is “Why We Prefer Quadrilles and Fords to Jazz and Cadillacs.” Page 47