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3 i 2 ' ' l' o" 3'; ll'i i' N w _ 44 W * ', '' ) TjjiTiTi), ~ ) l o O! ) k s ',t4 f) ' ; x} M ^ ' ("_ ;_ l )til l ) N y '*y ' iiy tt t `'o^t, t MV, l /, 'y, 4 -, > >* THE HOUSE ON THE HLL was not intended fo a Radio Station/ indeed, the gentleman fame who built it on one of the high, open hills nothwest of the gowing town of Baltimoe, gazed out ove the Patapsco ive, the olling Anne Aundel county, the lowe habo, the Duid Hill lawns, and could not as much as deam of adio this amazing new industy was yet to become even a deam But Baltimoe eached out its am, pogess in science evealed new miacles, and as The House On The Hill felt the wide fields about it fill with homes and stoes the secets of adio ventued into popula use n 922, a goup of pioneeing Baltimoe gentlemen fomed the Monumental Radio Company, applied to the Fedeal govenment fo a license, and established Radio Station WCAO - the fist boadcasting station in Mayland! At fist located on Chales Steet nea Mulbey Steet, WCAO in 929 moved into The House On The Hill on Lanvale steet nea Femont The old house was completely emodeled fo its new scientific pupose, but cae was taken to etain much of the mellow style and chaacte of the oiginal home With WCAO came the facilities of the newly oganized Columbia Boadcasting System, with which the station had become affiliated as ealy as 927, poviding the ealiest and best national pogams to its listenes The House On The Hill has watched abundant change in the young adio industy innovations and impovements too numeous to tell constant alteations and pogess by WCAO to make its sevices of geat benefit to Mayland listenes This album is dedicated to each of you - Ou Listenes i` $! ' s, ' ii'' -, É ; y 4 ` a, g {{ nl " :, ó, (l ' (!, Li, "N nl 0,! '' 4i ''B^l ` ' l, l ",, a, u 'i, Copyight, 940 by National Radio Pesonalities, nc Publishes - Peoia, llinois - Litho in USA '

4 men AT THE microphone a 4 0' Vetean announce of the WCAO staff is William J O'Toole "Bill" o "Uncle Bill" to fiends At an ealy point in his life, Bill wanted to become ich - to have the facilities to help those who needed it His life in seach of that fotune has taken him into innumeable fields, until Jess Willad, pominent Washington adio executive pesuaded him to come aboad the new adio bandwagon n 928 Bill joined WCAO, and has oiginated and poduced many of the pogams you hea E l Vesatile and ambitious Chales W Pucell is anothe of you WCAO "mikemen" but he is also in chage of vaious poduction jobs Fom Abutus, Mayland, Chalie wended his caee though faming, the ambition to be a policeman, and into adio, landing at WCAO in 93 Special events, when he must keep up a unning desciption without benefit of scipt, ae his fote - and fo this pupose Chalie often flies his own aiplane His most familia - and pesonal favoite - pogam is the quiet evening hou "Noctune" u l' " ' lü '9, o in i ;

5 ~ : tcap, A voice - his fine bass voice - led John Ademy into adio announcing At fist, that voice was to have been the substance of a musical caee, but upon gaduation fom Peabody Consevatoy of Music, and befoe a concet caee could be launched, Johnny was made a staff announce in his hometown station, Geensboo, Noth Caolina Fom thee he came to WCAO in 935 Many know his "Vatieties" pogam of dance music each aftenoon, few know his yen fo late sleeping - 3 t"' Right-Fom the Old Testament of a Gideon bible Fancis R Dice took his fist announcing audition But unusual cicumstances wee not new to the fellow fom Pennsylvania He had been a chuch janito, newspape photogaphe, teache, pincipal in a penitentiay school and an acto A yea befoe gaduation fom St John's College, he played an exta pat in Ramon Navaa's 925 film, "The Midshipman," late he played in comic opea Maied, and with a son and daughte, Fank is an amateu gadehe and vintne,y o t,: ó,,t7 v e,,, i!' z /, o, `' a b' A caee with the Metopolitan Opea Company was an ealy and entiely easonable ambition of Ray Moffett, befoe he found adio announcing end singing demanding his sevices Gaduating fom Washington College, Ray went on to Peobody Consevatoy fo his taining as teache of voice, then went back to his alma mate to diect choal music le can tun out pefect measues on the violin, saxophone and tombone, too No Ray has not always dealt in music-with the RKO theates he handled money and publicity end he was once a govenment inspecto of tomatoes!

6 THE PROGRÍifi DEPARTfflEDT p,l ll TO - z Eve pesent but neve head is the fate of Godon A Scheihing of the WCAO Pogam Depatment Copy, schedules, poduction and a hunded and one othe backgound detail fall within his scope n 930 Godon - whose youthful yen was to be a steetca motoman - came to WCAO as a copywite t was only a shot time befoe the kilocycle gem lodged in his system and he was caught in the adio wad "Gody" is maied and fathe of two childen t he could have followed his secet hope Geoge Lewis Filling would have been hob-nobbing with the genty of the sod -and -ubbe diamond he wanted to be a baseball playe But the vagaies of eaning a livelihood took young Geoge by the ea and led him a good ways fom the chees of fans n case you want to ague about it, Geoge is only 3, unwed To him falls the duty of coodinating the copy and tansciption depatments A native of Baltimoe, he came to WCAO in 930 Necessity is adio's "mothe of invention," too So, with an advetise's need fo adio's sevices epesentatives of the Sales, Poduction, Pogam, Announcing and Administative Depatments gathe in confeence, as they ae hee, to wok out a suitable aangement and manne of pogam The idea sounds good but how will it look in the black - and -white of scipt? So copyman Scheihing sets it up fo a thoough eview by the fist confeence goup A adio wite must be imaginative, bief, lucid and able to tun out a concete idea fom in a vey shot time d a "i' ' M" ", t

7 El a Left-The scipt is eviewed, evised, eviewed and evised until the oiginal idea may have faded into one sequence Finally, it is appoved, passed on to the pogam depatment Hee, it is "boken down" analyzed fo whateve music, sound -effects, cast, technical equipment will be needed Assembling them sets Pogamakes Scheihing and Filling to wok Then individual scipts must be un off fo each one on the cast, and fo enginees, filing and clients Right-Meanwhile, the aangements fo time on the ai have been ageed upon But that means moving this down hee and that ove thee to assue pope balance of pogam mateial thoughout the day Popula "sustaining" (non-commecial) pogams ae impotant, but they ae the only ones available fo shifting on the schedule With those moves special notices must be boadcast to the fans of the show - 2 P tl"llll WCAO, Left-nto eheasal coats off, sleeves up, neves taute the cast end diecto ion out the winkles and sweat the new pogam into its pope tempo and mood t Bight-And then "On the Ai" eveyone paying nothing will "miss" on the fist boadcast Alte the fist show it all comes easie, the station settles down to the hythm of pecise poduction All is calm until next time i Y

8 , WCAO DEW'S - Whethe it hnppuns next duos o in a 0,000 the wold, cone WCAO News t till new when you hops i o that eason \VCAO mununs ill whu t,l is to 'tut collect, pepae and hondce,t n w with liltlwn a wold-wide news sevice, who und e p, t expet wites, astute analysis end housutdt, of mil win Íl n t t Above-News Edito Dwight Buoughs at his desk whee each item of news fom nea o fa must be soted, shotened, evised and ewitten fo boadcast With an extensive bitckgound of newspape and adio jounalism, Dwight Buoughs gives WCAO list- enes concise, undestandable epots on wold affais t o, f o ' ú (9 Below-Paul Mois assists in the collection, aangement and boadcast of local the news in WCAO aea A newscaste is esponsible fo coect ponunication of foeign whateve names o phases happen into his copy, and must be constantly infomed wold of histoy to intelligently talk of cuent events e CAO Below - WCAO's egula special events pilot is Capt Chales F Thompson, Pesident and Chief Pilot fo Thompson Aiways, nc One time Vice Consul in the US Diplomatic Sevice, ex -Maine Cop flye, Capt Thompson thinks and acts quickly, enabling WCAO to be on the scene fo whateve news is available 7 WT ' 4 x

9 HLE T is osas special wies ae devoted to lightning delivey of stoies fom aound the globe equipment that will bing you news fom anywhee in this locality faste than you could view it and undestand it pesonally WCAO is pledged to give its listenes "News - while it is news" AP :P 6,u, Above-Fast coveage and boadcast of WCAO News is futhe facilitated by the use of aiplanes Special events man Chales Pucell holds a license to opeate a ship and many times handles the contols- at the same time he is deliveing an account of the news event by shot-wave to the gound tansmitte Below- Mois (left) and Bu-,,t oughs discuss news slants be- 5 '4tt foe ai time Many times a j stoy will unfold duing a! boadcast and Buoughs must` edit and delive it to the studio piece -meal while Mo- m 'g! is is talking F %,, `'il i' a 3 Above- Wheneve news "beaks" within the each of Baltimoe, WCAO speeds its "pack tansmitte" - a complete boadcasting station with a shot-wave fequency, which can be caied by one man, as in the pictue Fom the point of the news' oigin WCAO sends a complete fist-hand desciption of the pogession of events Hee Chales Pucell is inteviewing a man at a point nea the station

10 - 50 A Bob Tout, familia CBS aiepote and special -events ace Paul Sullivan moved fom WLW a yea ago to join the CBS news commentation staff Edwin C Hill, vetean adio news analyst fo CBS # May (Mavin) Beckenidge is one of CBS' eliable souces of infomation stationed in Gemany ` -;,, '` ' s' ' o i \,- `_: 4--' -, `, wa is the CBS News i, _ Roundup sevice to' WCAO By shotwave di- ect tansmission fom the ' ' active fonts in Euope, -itlívti \ o á Recognised as the geatest netwok coveage of the i4 \ C, ~, -

11 - Elme Davis "boils down" wold news each New Yok's CBS studios - evening fom : f \ % '' ;""%! ' Linton Wells, noted jounalist, "pinch-hits" fo Elme Davis in CBS news analysis when the occasion demands Bill Heny (left) leaves Edwad R Muow in London,attied in sevice kit fo obsevation of font line events in Fance ( 4 ` L and fom the news capitals,f Ameica come the facts snd opinions compiled by 'he wold's most expet news minds anothe :ontibution to WCAO's Y 'News-while it is news" 'p S9 0 M, : ` ' t w V/ J ::Y- 9-; o CBS Foeign Coespondents gathe (left to ight): William Shie (Bedin), Thomas Candin (Pais), Edwad R Muow (London), and Paul White (Scandinavia) y

12 dam SPECAL +L At the Baltimoe Home Show WCAO installed a completely equipped studio fom which daily pogams wee boadcast Those of you who attended that exposition fom Mach 30 thu Apil 6 will ecognize this scene, whee celebities and authoities met to ai the featues of the Home Show, w, `"'!u, P tüt n F -, 0 i Beauty comes to the WCAO micophone May Nell Pote, Cotton Queen of the nation, is inteviewed by L W Milboune at the Baltimoe Home Show this sping, ta9-4- c' ` L d J, n*,i + 00 ', fa a ` / l The Mayland Yacht Club Regatta was boadcast exclusively by WCAO This pictue shows the Goveno and Mayo with thei espective paties duing one of the pogams diect fom the scene of this annual function U

13 FEATURES The Baltimoe peview of "Gone With the Wind" bought a choice celebity goup togethe at the WCAO micophone: (left to ight) Goveno Hebet R O'Conno, Olivia de Havilland, suppoting sta in the film, and US Senato Geoge L Radcliffe TT ^,=' j, 4' one a -!!l 7 The Muhlenbug College Choi came down fom Pennsylvania to boadcast ove WCAO This wellknown vocal aggegation owes its success to the diection of Cal Wight Boye, PhD, standing just left of the micophone w- i ' \ " 4 M a, a John Babiolli, famed conducto of the New Yok Symphony Ochesta, was feted at a eception in the Belvedee Hotel last winte The people of Baltimoe had an oppotunity to attend the affai though the boadcast facilities of WCAO Lewis M Milboune stands at the left of the cente lady, and L W, Milboune diectly in ea

14 ' ql i -: M `, * A o WCAO a- A! ~_ ` ::, T' `=J7 \ 4 *M - ''» a áti;;' c' j _ =4 ; : 4_,, i _,f : :f`" s C CY Rev John Pitche boadcasts the sevices of the Penticostal Chuch, of gams which he is oiginate the in the chuch pasto duing the Sunday moning obsevance These eligious po Right - "Sunday Seenade" is you Sabbath pogam of soothing ogan melodies Havey Hammond pesents them fom the console in Loews Centuy Theate At the left is WCAO enginee Chales Seibold at the potable contol box 5,,T S i ) 400;4 u Left-William K Saxton, manage of the Loew's Theates in Mayland, coopeates with WCAO in the pesentation of special pogams fom the stages of his vaious motion pictue houses Hee he (left) is checking details of a new WCAO offeing with Chales Pucell Thus, WCAO listenes ealize a special pogam advantage in the association of one of the wold's lagest motion pictue companies and Mayland's vetean adio outlet, WCAO

15 ' - ~v 7, R : RP' Bettie McCall is the planne, wite, poduce, naato, commentato, announce well, she S "You Fiendly Neighbo" Fom Washington, listing he age as "30 plus," and eal homemake fo a swell family Bettie's actual name is Bettie McCall Robets A scientific mind combined with a flai fo tine taste to athe confuse the caee of Bettie: With a Bachelo of Science degee fom the Home Economics College of the Univesity of Mayland tucked in he pocket, she stated out as a bacteiologist - in a soil laboatoy! But he pesonable manne bought he into the public eye as a tavelling epesentative of a cosmetics company, in which position she used he scientific backgound - and ealized, again, he desie fo ceative wok So off she went to Columbia Univesity to study design and inteio decoation, with a touch of damatics Since then she has evelled in witing and home aangement and design Cuently, Bettie is tying to complete a book on homemaking stated two yeas ago "YOUR REDDLY DEGHBOR" ADD "WHTE ELEPHADT EHCHADGE" Bettie McCall "gips a mean gapefuit" when she goes on he daily shopping tou to pepae mateial fo he show Thus, "You Fiendly Neighbo" gives you facts instead of guesses Conducting a style show, as in this case, Bettie has the advantage of having pesonally designed and made smat clothes And she can tell about them on he pogam, too Bettie McCall's "White Elephant Exchange" is a unique and busy pogam featue f Bettie wee to pesonally handle the items folks want to exchange fo othes, a lage waehouse and plenty of help would be involved But lettes do the tick of tuning a pai of bass candle sticks into a bicycle fo Junio, o a lawnmowe into a peambulato ncidentally, be sue you sign you lettes to Bettie - she tuns a deep shade of puple when coespondence eaches he unsigned, eithe intentionally o othewise wtao huh

16 EKE(i LEWS M MLBOURNE LEWS M MLBOURNE, Pesident, Monumental Radio pesses Company the pesonality (WCAO) of the man behind it t has tuly been said that evey business ex- Since 93 WCAO has been fotunate in having as its Pesident, Lewis M Milboune - successful businessman in vaious pevious entepises - a man well-known and espected thoughout the State Beginning as a gentleman fame (He still owns a lage tact on the Easten Shoe of Mayland), M Milboune became a 'canned foods packe, eight yeas a State Senato, Pesident po ten of one session of the Mayland State Senate, and at a geat business sacifice, Assistant Collecto of ntenal Revenue in Baltimoe fom 92 to the 920 n Wold Wa the, he maintained an last-mentioned post "A" ating duing with the US Teasuy Audito Depatment thoughout the fo a shot time, he tying ea Late, eoganized as State that office and installed the pesent moden M accounting Milboune now system devotes his entie time to his geatest inteest - WCAO L Wates Milboune :- t9 y A `li`7i Let Ge pal "L an Bel me ton fo Bef des yes, invl ingi A ti as, his eal ma

17 ifue HEADS Na Right - Claence W Miles, Legal Counsel, The Monumental Radio Company (WCAO) M Miles heads one of the leading Baltimoe law fims, Miles & O'Bien He has gained a geat deal of pominence in ecent yeas fo his wok in conjunction with the legalities of eoganizations, sales and negotiations fo many of the county's lage public utility companies M Miles is also a leade ín Mayland politics His bothe is Teasue of the State of Mayland, and M Miles was campaign manage ín the last election fo the pesent occupant of the Goveno's chai With his vaied and exciting backgound, M Miles still cedits adio with the geatest fascination, and WCAO with his attentive inteest f i Claence W Miles Right-Melvin F Woods, Teasue, The Monumental Radio Company (WCAO) Though actual business expeience and peliminay commecial education, Melvin Woods has attained an enviable knowledge of tansactions and the ating of CPA With the public accounting fim of John T Woods, J, he was engaged to make an audit fo WCAO in 926, and was theeupon etained as a pemanent, active membe of this company, becoming teasue in Apil, 939 M Woods is a native of Baltimoe and was ecently maied Melvin F Woods, L Wates Milboune, Vice Pesident and sl Manage, The Monumental Radio Com- (WCA% son of WCAO's Pesident, was also bon sten Shoeman - is a gaduate of both (pe City College and the school of Con - and Business Administation of Washing - 'Lee Univesity, also holding a BA degee e latte institution coming to WCAO, "LW" gained a geat,f valuable business knowledge fom six n the eal estate business and ten yeas in nent banking with one of Baltimoe's leadance fims oile of some scope and as geat fequency business will allow, "LW" values peience highly in "public psychology" His eccompises outdoo spots of all kinds, in ')f which he paticipates o

18 a CBS STARS OVER WCAO Left - The Silve Thealt ecently pesented this couplet of adio siege sceen stas in its weekly damaiing-shiley Rosa and staccato Le Tacy Right - Bea Wain can cham with equal facility via the micophone o in peson A young, yet polished, vetean of the kilocycles, Bee is a la milia bandballadess Dick Powell, Akansas boy who has made good music and cham wheeve he has ventued, "emcees" the new show with Matha Raye, Pakyakakus and Lud Gluskin's ochestating oy Right- Elley Queen of the famous "Adventues seies" and his coppe - haied assistant, "Nikki, Pote" Left - Kate Smith, "The Songbid of the South," extends he vesatility into the "kitchen -and - counsel -chatte" at mid day, while she still heads he high -ating "Hou" show, is 00 -"sash X 4, i 4 Left-Benny Goodman toots his familia clainet while seldom -noticed bothe Hay whips the "bull fiddle" duing a boadcast eheasal fo "Swing School " -

19 i,rt( TA ; vs 4%, CB S i i i t Wayne King, constantly popula "Waltz King" of the nation, has clung to his oiginal "difting" style in thee -tou time He is an evewelcome favoite ove WCAO-CBS Mak Wanow, dynamic young CBS conducto, oiginated his cuent musical vaiety pogam "Blue Velvet Music" in a style to sweeten swing His "Swing Fugues" and "Little Symphonies" ae famous innovations in moden music Radio shows may come end go as "Amos and Andy" move eve fowad though adio histoy This lamed "touble -couple" had a had time "cashing" Chicago adio befoe thei "beak" Íi q o p,j''i OP' ti J 4, a e7 Above - Jane!oman, slende estwhile newspape women fom Missoui, who found lame in music and dum«, lends the attnclion of the new June -opening "Cull Musical Playhouse," with Eno Rappe's ochesta and a 6 -voice chous, Above - Ande Koslelanetz and Coce Mooe, fequent musical confees, again meet when Misa Mooe "guests" on Ande's CBS "TuneUp Time" pogam Right-Nuckstuge at "SECOND HUSBAND" eheasal, llondos Wyatt, Belly Gade Also of "My Son 44 ), Ed Jeome and Helen Meukan enjoy an infomal chat,

20 LCÑO CBS STARS Lift Guy Lombado us hi in t, t t ian i tit! ytu WCAO chnnntl with tit a v h et ay but y«, bck h, ind hi the band bothes found it difficult to acluetve a foothold up in Canada tl Right Col H Noman Schwakopl, "Gang Bustes" commentnto, contibutes his vast expeience in police wok gained duing his 5 yeas as head of the New Jesey State Police -pt _ ws" Left-Lanny Ross needed but two "day -tune" pogams to assue him that the ladies of Baltimoe and those thoughout the county followed his lyic teno songs wheeve o wheneve they appeaed Right-Ben "Yowsah" Benie "fonts" the show with the dialectic dunce Lew Leh, vocalists Buddy Clak, May Small and The Bailey Sistes on late Sunday aftenoons ' l - `, 4 Left-"Lola Mitchell," the tempestuous gil of the back steets in you seial -dama "Big Siste," is played by Junio League Alene Fancis, young and talented actess al : if)<^, ( - Right - Bay Wood, omantic balladee, has appeaed in many CBS musical featues His infomal convesation adds an intimate note to his quate hous of melody

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22 _ Í ) { Edwad L Anzman, J has lived in Baltimoe all his life, Claude S Genand is a and has epesented WCAO vetean since newspape and 930 adio advetising man, and joined WCAO "about 930" i COflERCAL REPRESERTATVES Many people do not undestand the "why" of adio time -sales Unde the independent system of adio boadcasting in United the States, each station must look to its own eanings to give its listenes continuous pogams n govenments Euope the own vaious and contol adio, using it pimaily fo popaganda and what they tem "educational" featues Hee, it is the duty of a adio salesman to inteest sponsos in good entetainment, theeby obtaining evenue fo tee educational and sevice pogams t is ecognized that this system of independent boadcasting is the geatest in the wold, and typical of the Ameican "feedom of thought" ideal Thus, these men - epesentatives of impoved adio boadcasting - play a silent, yet vastly impotant pat in poviding the best listening unde the; sun to you - fee E F "Jeff" Voelcke gaduated fom St John's College in John V Lyons once thought of a political caee in Baltimoe 92, came with WCAO in 932 County - gave it up upon joining WCAO in 935, 0

23 (i 4 wt j Edyth Mae Fox is secetay to the Messs Milboune n 929 Edyth became a pat of ou oganization and is listed as one of the most faithful and dependable membes Because she liked the idea of helping othes, she wanted to become a nuse, but now adio fills that need and she looks fowad to an even geate pat in the industy in THE WCOO Fances L Jodan (The pefix is "Ms") is anothe vetean at WCAO n 930 she stated he wok as hostess, switchboad opeato and stenogaphe afte expeience with anothe Baltimoe business concen Maied thee yeas late, Fances' liking fo office wok kept he on the job Smiling and efficient, she is a popula membe of ou oganization May W Lewis, fom whose middle name - Wates - is deived he nickname - "Muddy Wates" - came to WCAO to handle secetaial duties in 937 She was about 22 yeas of age at that time, so you mathematical genius should be able to detemine he cuent age A daughte of neighboing Bel Ai, May came to wok in Baltimoe diectly fom school OfFCES May Claie Lamb pesents a pesonable "hello" to whomeve might call by 'phone o in peson at WCAO She doesn't know exactly why she had an ealy yen to be an inteio decoato, no does she know why she hasn't done anything about it in he 24 yeas At WCAO fo nine yeas, she heeds the addess of eithe "Maisie," Lambie Child" o "Culy" v te h De

24 A WCAO STARS FROM "Myt and Mage",, mothe and daughte u teal life as well as in the seial of that name ' hai stoy was oiginated by Myt duing depession days, when she and he husband found chi ken anching none too pof itable CBS Left - Glenn Mille and his popula ochesta epesent the latest tend of dance music - the blend of sweet and swing Well aanged, intelligently intepeted melodies fom Glenn and his band ae a WCAO-CBS favoite Right - Majo Edwad Bowes has stated so many young atists on thei way to entetainment fame with his "Oiginal Amateu Hou" that thee may appea a vaudeville geneation dedicated almost entiely to "the Bowes school" 9+ is / Left - Lionel Baymoe is head annually in the J,i damatization of Dicken's immotal "A Chistmas Caol" Hee he appeas in his epeated ole of "Scooge" Howeve, the t oldest son of the famed Baymoe acting clan is a fequent contibuto to damatic pesentations ove WCAO-CBS fa Right - Babaa Luddy, tiny leading lady of the "Fist Nighte" damas, was a toupe at eight She has ventued fom he Montana home into fields as fa as Austalia on the stage Sceen oles wee ecently added to he acting histoy

25 DOCTURDE C ') `-T Late in the evening comes WCAO's pogam of soothing poety and quieting ogan mus,c "Noctune" Naated by Chales Pucell and set to familia melody by Roland Nuttell, this pogam of elaxation has become a welcomed intelude in Mayland homes < - nl,;, ;NP Right - Chales Pucell has compiled the "Golden Book of Deams," the cove of which is shown on this page, fom his eadings on the "Noctune" pogam ` e3 T n - v_ +_' y 7 Left - Roland Nuttell, only twenty six, is the talented oganist who povides the backgound music fo "Noctune" He is well-known ns a theate and chuch oganist in Baltimoe, and is a gaduate of Peabody Consavatoy

26 Jon fi L ttt "QUOTE J i - h - a i summi L u t Above - John Vaney's Quintet, playing fo "The Spotlight Revue," compises a unique instumentation, devoid of bass o eed, with scintillating hythm and hamony fom electic ogan, novachod, piano, celeste, maimba, xylophone, vibaphone, musical saw, Spanish and electic guita, sting bass and vocalization Of couse, with vocalist Evelyn King the goup compises six, and each membe pefoms on moe than one instument, but the goup is still the quintet playing aangement novel to Baltimoe Below-Ray Matin doubles on novachod, celeste and piano fo the daily quintet pesentations Violin is also among his musical achievements Afte a well-ounded taining at Peabody and London Consevatoies and with othe tutos, Bay spent yeas in all types of ochestal wok With the est of the quintet he shaes the hope fo netwok pefomance of thei music L ` ; ' ii ' l ` \ \\ \ U li / fli ' ti' Í, c ;, l,y, º L '' ''' Í - 4 n ( (( 6 L 9 a a v - Above-John Vaney, diecto of the quintet and musical diecto fo WCAO, stated studying piano at the age of fou yeas Late, he studied tumpet and violin and advanced in plano and ogan at Peabody Consevatoy n 92 John played the "mood - music" fo silent films at the Foest Theate in Baltimoe, but when sound came in he tuned to adio

27 ?RDEY'5 mo D E RD E" Below - Evelyn King at eighteen is well vesed in song fom both study and club engagements Like the othes in this company, "Eve" can step into eithe piano o violin pats between he songs f!:lue:! ----, ', all t 0 [4 h Above-Mabel Vaney deals in the pecussion instuments - maimba, xylophone and vibaphone - plus the novel musical saw fo the Quintet She and he bothe down in Viginia studied piano and violin, espectively, togethe fo eight yeas and stated public pefomance Afte some time she met and maied John Vaney and became a membe of his Quintet Mabel is elated to Cinemacto Wallace Beey t 7 Below-Robet MacLennan, sting bass man of the Quintet, had little idea of making music his caee He set out at Baltimoe Polytechnic nstitute to study engineeing But oppotunities pesented him with expeience in Baltimoe theates and hotels playing with bands, and even with the Baltimoe Symphony )5 o Right - Elme C Baows adds both the electic and Spanish guita to ou unusual pombination Following high school, Elme studied music fo thee yeas and held a chai in the Baltimoe Symphony Ochesta The auintet etained him n 940 l 4~ 4

28 t i 5ATSflCT Ui A but,lness it hue osslul ui if iu Ht t tt ivl t ind, t,i iii t innnuiy, nl is of geet uut,lacnon to WCA() a h OW facilities with which to be t plul wh, it occasion affods We eamen u S Anvil, to have seved ninny Hood cause hum unb to time The telephone ang ove li, wies came an ugent equest fom a duct) n une of Baltimoe's hospitals "We hay, pint lit who must have e blood tansfusion within thity minutes Can you gel us h voluntee dono, type B7" AMP* o 2 At WCAO the answe was: "Well ty, docto" mmediately an announcement was witten eady fo the ai D í,á 3 4 ' J s l 3 nteupting a pogam of any kind in an emegency of this kind is a definite WCAO pactice, so out ove the ai the appeal went seveal times it was boadcast ' ;, i 7 j 4 n his ca nea the hospital a blood dono of the type equied heas the appeal fo aid he dove to the hospital M : ó ;

29 9 SERVCE ems_ On these two pages is the photogaphic stoy of an actual incident ín which WCAO poduced supising esults Of couse, the action was oiginally too apid to photogaph, so the following pictues ae a posed damatization of the vaious steps all within TEN MNUTEST 5 Applying at the infomation desk to confim the equest, the dono was egisteed fo testing 6 NFORMATOÑ 6 The test poved satisfactoy and the dono was moved into the steile tansfusion oom to have the pope amount of blood withdawn fo use in the patient 4 -t 7 Futhe tests and checks wee made to insue the safety of the patient Minutes wee passing that wee pecious to the welfae of the one in need -vow 8 e f k, 8 At last, with eveything in eadiness, the new blood was administeed to the patient The cisis of necessity had been passed thanks to the good citizenship of an unnamed voluntee, and the gladly donated facilities of adio of WCAO

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