The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-16
WAVELETS
By ED LEAMY

Sunday till Friday when they gather for the first rehearsal. There they work for hours on end and come back on Saturday for another re- hearsal.
 Then on Sunday morning. they assemble on the stage of the Capi- tol, smooth out the rough spots and hold their dress" rehearsal before the first film showing at p. m.
 For eight years this program has been on the network and while the personnel has changed from time to time, the f0rnat has been the same.
 Since Pearl Harbor there have been no commercials" on the pro- gram but war bonds, recruiting drives, Red Cross messages and the like have found 8 prominent place in the script each week.
 And since Pearl HarbOr the pro- gram has brought forth girl an- nCuncer whose voice has attracted nationwide attention and plaudits.
 She's the girl with the voice of assurance who winds up each weeks program with the phrase, "This is Lois Mae Noite substitut- ing for fighting Yank." And that's just what she's been doing ever since Buddy COlyin joined the navy.
 Lois is a striking platinum blonde. She was born in Wheeling and for many years the men in her family have worked in the steel industry. She not only conducts the "waFm- up" before the program and does all the announcing but she also checks q dozen little details of music, timing and prOgTamming.
 Lois began as a singer, one of the original singing "Steel Sisters" She has been on the program for six years,
 Another key figure is the "old Timer" the programs personal ity," "Old Timer is John Winch coll, a little, wiry Scotchman with the pep and Yigor of youth, but who has worked at Wheeling Steel for 2i years,
 John Winehcoll never was in show business until the Musical Steel- makers" found him, Like the others In the cast, he auditioned for part and hls accent and honey manner of speech won him the role of narS rator,
 Then there's Regina Colbert, the brunei blues singer, Regina was reared in Wheeling and went to work at the Wheeling Steel where she became known as the singing secretary"
 She turned down numerous offers from big time bands because she fell in love with a Wheeling boy and preferred to marry him and stay tn Wheeling, Her husband Is a navy man,
 And the cute lillle Evans sisters, They are lhe answer t0 . producers dream, Small, pretty and full Of Vhyihm, they are 70, IT and IS years ef Rge with i've younger sisters al home just waiting t0 take the place Of the first enes t0 set married and leave the trio,
 The lw0 older girls wOFk iD the office Of Wheeling Steel and the IksYeaTsOld goes t0 school They learned ihelp harmony from Mother and FalbeF Evans, beth singers 0i z Sunday the family gathers around the piano and has . E0ea old sengs fest, TheiV fatheF has worked al Wheeling Steel for go years,
 The Evans girls do at least enc tFie numbeF en each broadcast and also sing in She eheFus comprised Of eight Singing MIIlmsn and elghl Singing Mlllmalds,
 if you need proof that the Sing ing MlllneD aye b0naflda mill W0Tks CTS, you are referred te one Of thelF nnmbeF who last week had the tIp Of hk f0FeflngsF anpulated after It vas pierced by A piece Of steel, One Of the Fold fallbfuls' among the group is ilill oFiffithS, . p0Ttly and popular steel worker 0n weekdays and R Singing Millman' on Sun days,
 70 the orellestFa comprised mostly Of men past draft age, is 2 father