The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-19


moment between hymns for the sil
day greeting TO the 06-year-old Lac
Me.
1t never will be known how M
the aged woman. The Stockton
Springs telephone office has been
swamped with inquiries, and every
day the NBC mail department has
large bundle of letters and pack
ages addressed to Gramp4!e Berry.
The So words which. brought
happiness TO Grammie Berry
were: Friends, I've just heard
Of little old lady, Mrs. Caroline
Berry, who lives in the old town
Of Stockton Springs, Me. She is
l06 years old today. l know it
would make her very happy to
, have some of my listeners drop
her a card of greeting"
Baritone MacHugh, known to a
large NBC audience as the Cos
pei Singer, knows by heart 1000
sacred songs of all demonina-
tons, has sung 5000 different
hymns since he began broadcast
ing two years ago. Each month
he reads 1000 pieces of mail.
Born in Scotland, he labored
hard. worked in Montreal rail-
road and shipping yards, finally
reached Boston and a department
store job. An enthusiastic response
to a trial broadcast made him a
regular MIC (WJZ at 9:15) week.
day feature Whenever he can, he
likes to leave New York for his
Newton (Mass) home, where his
diversions include wild bird feed
ing, salmon and trout fishing.
Irish Scotch, he likes to tell jokes
on both sides, but grows very
serious in the studio.
ERED ALLEN deserves a brass
n medal for making prevari-
Gators of most radio editors. IN
fortunately for all, Town Hall
programs seem to have an I'M
canny way of blowing 10 at the
last minute, upsetting not only
Fred and Portland and radio
scribes, but listeners as well. Last
week Fred had to build up a new
l.
noon when Jack Benny's doctor
ordered him to stay in bed. Jack
and Mary Livingston were to have
made guest appearance at Town
Hall.
To further complicate Mr.. Al
lens relations with press and pub
lie, his much-heralded amateur,
"Talkative Tom" chattering
Mynah bird, also failed to turn
up. The most we can say now is
that Mr.. Allen promises to split
inflnitives with the educated pet
of retired New York fireman at
s, NBC- WEAF (WLW), so if the
bird chooses to roost elsewhere to-
night, blame Allen or the bird,
but not lis.
Sitting In the front row at Town
Hall last week was a man whose
hearty laugh kept getting into the
microphone above all others. AT
the end of the show, he apologized
for his loud laughter.
That's all right" Fred told
him. IF we were disturbing you.
you should have hollered out, and
we could have made it much less
funny"
ID ELIEVE 1T OR NOT" and
ID "As Strange as 1t Seems"
Ray Noble, now topnotch dance
band conductor and composer, had
no band of his own until year
ago after he came to America.
The tremendous sale of record
ings by Ray Mobiles New May
fair Dance Orchestra" first
brought MIN 1ame IN TINS country,
but when London reporters tried
to find the band there wasn't
any. Whenever Noble had new
music to play. he simply called up
the best players he knew, re-
hearsed them, made his records,
and then disbanded the group.
Today for his CHS (WFBM)
$50, broadcasts, the conductor
has his own musical organization,
selected for its ability and it's
capacity for hard work. Mr..
Noble is TO introduce his second
new tune written since he came
1 here, THE Touch of Your Lips"
tonight.
NBC-WEAF are to present two
talks tonight, one at 9:15 by Rep.
Joseph p. Monaghan of Montana
on the powers of the Supreme
Court, and another at $3.50 by