The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-06

~ show which opens at the M. E..
.surch. Monday, Oct. 10 Is going to
record-breaker, both in ex-
s,,,,ts and in entertainment. Doors
-. scheduled to open at 3 pm.
More dealers will display more
- model sets, there will be more
.S,cational exhibits and the Trail
r,.,ers famous NBC-KGW musical
.sonne will fill the entertainment
at Of this great free show to over
flowing. L9
According to r. H. Skill, district
,,anaeer for Pacific Power and
I,cht Company, which is cooperat-
me With local dealers in sponsoring
ne show, one of the features edu-
..t,onal exhibits will be that dem
onstrating common causes Of radio
Interference and how to cure them.
rhis display has been specially built
Ar the show by Ellis Van Alta, the
pacific Power and Light Company's
ado interference engineer.
Every dealer participating in the
.how will have special booth in
vhich to display a complete line of
iaa9 models of the radio sets and
accessories which he sells. Each
10th will be tastefully decorated
and will be lighted by sight-saving
LES. Lamps.
Straight from stations Kew
KEx and the National Broadcast
inc System come the Trail Blazers,
to furnish the entertainment and
music. Seasoned troupers all, the
five musicians and radio stars, who
are the Trail Blazers, promise a
show that has never been equalled
here for interest, fun and variety Of
music.
They will present each program
IN the form of a broadcast, COM
plete in every detail, except that it
won't 90 on the air. These radio
casts" as they have been named,
Vim be as accurately timed and
tuned as though being done in q ra-
do station, and will be complete
With sound effects and all accessor-
ID. Radiocasts are scheduled at
four in the afternoon and again at
ssht and nine o'clock in the eve
ming. Each program will be a care
fully balanced program Of vocal
and instrumental solos, ensembles
and novelty musical numbers
Every one Of the Trail Blazers
plays q number Of instruments and
more than twenty different instru-
ments are being brought here for
the show. Some Of them are as
weird and wonderful In appearance
- the eccentric costumes Of the
troupe. Every one Of these novelty
Instruments has q definite place
somewhere In the repertoire Of
the Trail Blazers, and all are highly
entertaining to the spectators.
Heading the Trail Blazers and
master Of ceremonies for the radio
casts, Is 9 larence (Toley) Tolman,
prominent artist Of stage, musical
comedy, concert and radio. He has
sung leading roles in Lee Shubert's
Broadway productions, and has
been co-featured in appearance with
such celebrities as Eddie Owing,
Winnie Lightner, Tom PATRICIA,
Ann Pennington, Moran and Mack,
Wheeler and Woolsey, Stanley Luz
pno, Vincent Lopez, All Goodman
and AL Jolson. One Of the out
sanding radio personalities of the
Pacific Coast, he has been featured
over the NBC network. He is heard
currently over KEW, Portland, in
Covered Wagon Days." and is
foley In 'Toley and Glenn" In adj
@ion to possessing a fine tenor
voice and stellar acting ability, Toll
man IS an expert cowhand. He be-
gan his singing career while punch
ing cattle in Idaho, and has ap-
peared in rodeos at Madison Square
Garden in New York City.
Poke Pickens," that lovable, slut
terlng character of Covered Wagon
lays" heard on KEX, is John Nash.
dS speciality as part of the Trail
0lazers is playing stringed instru-
ments, which include the electric
@eel and Spanish guitars, banjos
and mandolin. Jack, as he is known
70 members Of the troupe, actually
y lack Of all trades and master
" many" and his colorful back
sfound uncovers the fact that he
aas been making and playing fret
eo instruments since he was ten
'3is OF age. Jack is not a newcom-
= 70 radio, as his first appearance
~tes back about fifteen years to
sa@uon Of q solo over the radio
ssaton of the U. s. Government in
vancouver, Washington, in 1923. He
va appeared on many stations with
msny groups since then.
ralph "Snoose" Hamilton, the
,sasured artist of the group, actual
~. makes the piano talk, and in adj
1ion 70 this, he is also a master of
mpe organ, accordian and violin.
NV OF biography tells us Mr.. Ham,
s n IS graduate Of the Mime
ols Conservatory of Music, he
.aseo as musical director of R.K.O.