Peabody Demonstration School - Volunteer Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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VOLUNTEER FRED: Thank you, both. What do we have here? It's Mr. Hugh Cox, owner of Ocean Wafer, the winner of the last Kentucky Derby. He is coming out with Col. Ed Shaw of Chalky Way Farms, Home of Contented Mules. Hold it! here comes Chawn Worthington, perfector of Worthington's Wonder Wad. Won't you blow a word our way, Chawn! J. WORTHINGTON: Never a sticky moment with Worthington Wonder Wad. FRED CWhiJtle.rD: Here is that ravishing beauty, Elaine Vincent, the famous model for Lucien De Shorte. She is accompanied by Helen Waggoner, buyer for' Bag's Seventh Avenue. Who's this we see? Yes, it's none other than Buford Harmon, owner of that New York hot spot, Harmon's Harmony Hall. Can you spare a minute, Mr. Harmon? B. HARMON: Certainly. Swell show, folks, swell show! Before I leave, I want to introduce you to Miss Gayle McCown of that famous orchestra, The Tennessee Rebels. G. McCowN: Thanks, Buford, and I hope to see each and everyone of you at Harmon's Harmony Hall. FRED: Still plugging along, aren't you, Harmon? Now strolling leisurely along we have, Mrs. Miriam Hedrick Cluck, wealthy widow of Lank Cluck, African game hunter. Mrs. Cluck is escorted by Felix Dodd and Ullin Leavell, owners and originators of that Guaranteed Gigilo Service. Hello-who's this? Why it's Page and Doubleday, mixed double tennis champions of the United States Association. I'll now turn the microphone over to Miss Buchanan for a few minutes. O. K., Rachel. R. BUCHANAN: I think a vote of thanks should be given to Mr. Leon May, one of Nashville's leading citizens. Mr. May, chairman of the theater committee enabled the city to have this wonderful auditorium. Mr. May won't you say some- thing? A L. MAY: Thank you very much, Miss Buchanan. It was a pleasure working with such an excellent committee and the people of Nashville have certainly shown their whole-hearted cooperation. R. BUCHANAN: Thank you, Mr. May. Here is Dr. Betty June Graham, famous Chicago surgeon accompanied by none other than A. J. May, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Mr. May has been doing a great deal of remarkable work on television! Following these two celebrities, we have Gene McKinney, renowned cartoonist for the New York Tribute. Mr. McKinney attended the performance with that crack drummer of Dean Goopas' band, Henry Nelson. Take over, Fred, it's all yours. FRED: Oh, ladies and gentlemen, we really have a treat for you now! Miss Colleen Moore, blues singer at the Black Topper. Miss Moore is coming our way- maybe she'll say a few words for us. Will you, Miss Moore? 21

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VOLUNTEER 0115155 Hruphetg CLQG Time: 1949 Place: Nacboille, Tenneuee Scene: In tbe lobby of tbe new municipal tbeater. Tbe opening performance bar jan' been concluded. CAI the .rcene opens Fred Henry Carmicbael i.r .rtanding before a micropbone waiting for the celebrities to leave the theater. AJ be mentiom tbem, fhQy walk by.D FRED HENRY: Hello folks! Here we are at the opening of the colossal new auditorium in Nashville. The play tonight was Forty-two Blind Mice, starring that great acress of the legitimate stage, Elizabeth Herbert. The performance is over, but while we are waiting, here is Miss Buchanan of the Daily Wonder. Miss Buchanan will you say a few words to the public? R. BUCHANAN: Delighted, Mr. Carmichael! The theater is perfectly gorgeous for this first performance. Ladies, the gowns are absolutely the latest things. FRED: Pardon, Miss Buchanan, but here is the star, Miss Herbert, after her magnificient performance. Miss Herbert is surrounded by her friends and fans congratulating and applauding her. Let's see if we can get her to the mike. Ch! Miss Herbert-will you say something to your radio public? E. HERBERT: Why! Of course-Ladies and gentlemen. I wish to thank every- one for his kindness and to tell you how much I have enjoyed my part. Forty-two Blind Mice is the cleverest play that I have ever appeared in, and Nashville's new theater is most inspiring. Thank you. FRED: Thank you, Miss Herbert! The celebrities are filing past us. Waitf there are those two lovely society matrons-Mrs. Clayton Everett, the former Betty Curtiss and Mrs. Gerald Heatherstone, who was Betty B. Cooney before her marriage. Oh! there's that gay divorcee, Rose Marie Crain, who has just returned from the Riviera for this event. Miss Crain is accompanied by the leading prima donna of the Metropolitan Opera, Miss Betty Quarles. Why, folks, there are two of the country's leading statesmen, Senator Berry of Maine and Lehman Keith, chief adviser to the President. Mr. Keith, what do you think of the auditorium? L. KE1TH: Marvelous, colossal, gigantic-er humph! The group of citizens fesponsible for this auditorium are to be heartily congratulated. Statistics show that only one out of ten cities over 150,000 has a public auditorium of this size. Do you have a word to say Senator? D. BERRY: I quite agree. As for- 20

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VOLUNTEER C. MooRE: Yes, of course. The performance was perfectly magnificient. FRED: Miss Moore is escorted by Wilson Lampkin, the famous motion picture producer. I am sure our radio audience will appreciate a word. W. LAMPKIN: The theater is stupendous, gigantic, super-colossal. In fact it's one of the best I've seen in a long time. FRED: Thank you, Miss Moore and Mr. Lampkin. Miss Jane Lowenstein is coming our way. Miss Lowenstein was the interior decorator for the theater. Yes, it is Mrs. Caroline Sumner Ritchey, wife of the manager of the theater. Miss Lowenstein, on behalf of the radio audience, I wish to congratulate you on- J. LowENsTE1N: Thank you, Mr. Carmichael. I wish to extend my hearty good wishes to Miss Herbert for a continued success. FRED: Well fans! Pull out your autograph books. Rose Marie Pickel and Wilburn Taylor, Academy Award Winners, who flew to Nashville after the com- pletion of their smash hit, Flying Sweethearts just flew by. Hold your hats- that daredevil of the Indianapolis Speed Races, Jimmy Terhune just came in. Say something, Jimmy. J. TERHUNE: More important matters on hand. I've just turned reporter! Flash! My friend, James Parman has just received word that he was the winner of S15o,ooo in the Irish Sweepstakes. Tell us what you are going to do with the money, Mr. Parman. J. PARMAN: I am going to give a great part of it to charity. And then- FRED: Thank you, Mr. Parman. Here we have two intellectuals, Mr. Cyrus Dawsey, ambassador to England and Norman Frost, Professor of foreign affairs at Harvard University. Mr. Dawsey, can you tell us your views of the foreign situa- tion. CYRUS DAWSEY: The world crisis is next Wednesday in my opinion. The situa- tion is very dubious, very dubious. FRED: Thanks, Dawsey-we'll watch our daily papers for the latest develop- ments. Miss Elizabeth Wren, dean of Bored-Welmont School for Young Ladies, accompanied by the equestrienne teacher, Dorothy Dorris, just passed by. The ladies were escorted by Mr. W. C. Ferguson, Jr. and Mr. Richard Goldberg. Mr. Ferguson's latest book How to Conduct an Algebra Clam has just gone to press. Mr. Goldberg has just perfected a new method of extinguishing termites. Last but not least, those two brilliant authors of A Glimpu into flu Future, Margaret Donovan and Alice McCune. It was a great evening, folks, but I think our time is about up- so long till next time. Your announcer was Fred Henry Carmichael of station P. D. S. We now return you to your station announcer. MARGARET DONOVAN ALICE MCCUNE 22