The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-12
WAVELETS
By ED LEAMY

| hearing good deal these days Is
Don McNeill's Breakfast club which
you can catch any morning Monday
through Saturday from 8 to 10 over
WATR and the Blue network. Re
Gently that popular early morning
| shown response to thousands of
letters-decided to give all listeners
the opportunity Of forming a real
Breakfast club.
The pleas of Breakfast Club fans
conceded with an idea which for
a long time has been burning in
Don McNeill'S heart. Their letters
simply cryStalized it. And he sat
down to threSh the whole matter
out with vocalists Nancy Martin,
Marion Mann and Jack Baker: with
funny man Sam Cowling; orchestra
leader Harry Kogen, and announcer
Durward Kirby. All Of them agreed
with Don that the idea was tops,
and so Don decided without any
further elaboration that listeners
to the Breakfast club program
would definitely have their own
breakfast club So far so good.
Now Don is inviting everyone in
Waterbury and vicinity to join the
Breakfast club and help make It
the biggest organization Of its kind
in the country. Charter member
ship may be obtained simply by
dropping penny postcard or letter
addressed to the Blue Network
Breakfast club, Box BATS, Chicago
go, Ill, or by filling out, and mall
ing the coupon at the bottom OF
this page. which is printed for your
convenience.
In turn, Joe Katz Of WATR tells
me. each member will receive a
handsome membership card which
outlines the principles and privi-
legeS of the Breakfast club, along
with an attractive souvenir folder
which contains colorful information
and picture Of the Breakfast club
cast.
Last Sunday after the rain which
had spoiled the Easter parade in
New York city, and after the sun
had come out after the rain In the
afternoon, and the best gal" and
I had worn ourselves out with a
long walk all around Central park:
and after we had rested and had
dined sad were slipping something
pleasant as an aftermath to all
that had gone, we tuned in on
"Keepsakes," as pleasant a program
as have ever listened to of a
Sunday afternoon. For half-hour
we lent ear to the dulcet voices Of
Dorothy Kristen, soprano. Meek Har-
rel, baritone, and to Tom Jones
and his orchestra and the chorus.
We wish you had been there with
us. We'd even have offered you
some of what we had in our glasses
that tinkled unobtrusively. You
would have enjoyed yourselves.
These are the numbers we heard:
Sweet and Lovely" LIE More;
'"Then You'll Remember Me-" Bale;
Desert Song" Romberg; "Zigeun-
err" Coward; "Shortenin' Bread"
Wolfe: and Handel's "Hallelujah
Chorus.
The "Keepsakes" program will be
broadcast again as usual next Sum
day, April 18th, at $50 over the
Blue. Here are the songs to be
sung: "Crinoline Days." Berlin;
Land of the Sky Blue Water"
Cadman: Swing Low Sweet Char
iot." spiritual; Balm Of Gilead,"
spiritual; Shine on Harvest Moon,"
Norworth; Comm Through the
Rye" Trad; "Song Of the Open
Road" Malotte; my Song" Hen
derson +. I hope nothing will
keep me from tuning in.
Another program don't want to
miss Is the Vox Pop show which
most Of you have been hearing reg
ularly over CHS at 8 p. m. Mondays.
This coming Monday Parks john
son and Warren Hall will interview
trainees and veterans of the italian
campaign at Camp Wolters Texas,
where new infantry soldiers are
broken in" for combat units.
Three miles from the resort city
of Mineral Wells, in the vicinity
Of Dallas and Fort Worth, Camp
VOTERS Is an infantry replacement
training center. CTS, soon after In
duction, learn basic weapons on
one Of the nations largest target
ranges and battle tactics under
rigorous conditions so that they can
take their places beside seasoned
ground forces on the fighting fronts.
All men at Wolters are trained
for the infantry, backbone Of the
Army. In addition, many are singled
out for advanced specialist assign
ments.
Former maneuver site for the seth
Cavalry Brigade Of the Texas Ma
tional Guard, the camp was named
for the late Brig. Gen. Jacob F.
Wolters, who organized the Texas
Cavalry in World War 1.
And that reminds me. Are you
superstitious? won't ask john
son or Hall or Fred Coll who
knows them far, far better than I,
and who has given me this story.
'Meybe" he tells me, "a break
In a chain Of number 13 tickets
was the reason why Vox Pop had
its first accident in IL years Of
broaGcasting (Should have been 10.
ell, Fred?) on last Mondays april
81 show from Camp Clairborne,
10.
That evening for seven minutes
vox Pop failed to reach network
stations because a wrong switch was
thrown. The number Is occurred a
week previous at Philadelphia, which
was Vox Pops 18th program Of
the year. Parks Johnson, who COL
lects the number 10 tickets for each
show, could not find it, even in
search Of 5000 tickets turned In
at the door.
wide Horizons" Sundays, p.
m. MutuaD have an interesting. as
usual, program all prepared for this