The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-05-11
WINNING SONGS
HEARD ON The AIR
"Where Men Are Free"
Written By Kansas
Housewife Leads

with Nan Merrimar1, meZzo So
prano, and Robert Merrill, baritone,
as soloists and DR.. Frank Black,
general music director Of the Ma
tional Broadcasting Company, con-
Quoting the concert orchestra, the
four songs which achieved honor
able mention In the Patriotic Song
contest of the National Federation
Of Music Clubs and the National
Broadcasting Company were given
world premieres last night. Pre-
sented on the "Serenade to Amer
ica' program, they were the COM
positions respectively Of composer
and orchestra conductor widely
known in this country and abroad;
Sergeant in the Army Air Forces
who was a church organist in CIV
ilian life; a band leader in Seattle,
and a Kansas housewife who has
studied neither harmony nor theory
and has no published composition
to her credit. She Is Mrs. Doris l..
Jackson, BAL West Fourth street,
Garrett, Kansas. Her song Where
Men Are Free" will be published
soon.
Other songs premiered were
America United" by Paul Kerby;
"A Beacon In The Darkness" BY
Sergeant william F. Carly. A. A. r.
now stationed in Ardmore, Okla
homa; and Americans ALP by
Wallace G. Anderson Of Seattle. Mr.
Kerby Is graduate of the Royal
Academy of Music in London, has
conducted the Vienna Philharmonic
and other leading orcheStraS abroad
and in the United States. and has
published many works, among them
''Viennese Memories" "Oh, To Be
In England" and the vocal score OF
The New Opera Company's light
opera hit, "Rosalinda." Sergeant
Carly was graduated from the Bos-
ton University Law School and the
Plus x School of Liturgical Music,
aind has been an organist at lead
ing churches. His sole published
composition Is the Manhattan Col
lege Football Song. Mr.. Anderson,
leader of the orchestra at the Hotel
Olympic, Seattle, first achieved ma
tional prominence when Bob Hope
presented his song Eighteen
ocfcllLy rive OIl udLIOA~WAAS
broadcast. The song, which concerns
the price Of a war bond, was also
heard in the Columbia picture.
What's Buzzin' Cousin?"
Mrs. Jackson, typical midwest
ern housewife, the third generation
of her family to live in Garrett, has
been for II years local church or
ganist and has just completed a term
in the presidency of the Garnet
Music Club, which Is afiliated with
the National Federation Of Music
Clubs. Although she regularly writes
two compositions a week for prac-
tice, Where Men Are Free" Is the
first song she has submitted for pub
LEGATION. Inspired by the title Of
Wendell Wilkes book lone World"
Where Men Are Free" was written
after a friend who had seen Mrs.
jackson cutting Red Cross patterns
very awkwardly challenged her not
to wear yourself out doing things
you don't do well, when you might
help everybody more by writing
song" After she had written the
song she saw the announcement Of
the Federation contest and sent It
in.
Co-speakers on the Serenade 70
America program with the regular
commentator. Miss Nora Stirling,
were Mrs. Guy Patterson 0annett
OF Portland, Maine, president OF the
National Federation Of Music Clubs.
and Lieutenant Colonel Howard
Bronson, Oficer-in- Charge, Music
Section, Special Services Division,
U. 3. Army, who was one OF the
judges. The other judges were Leo
pold 6t0kowski, noted conductor,
Lawrence Ttbbett. Metropolitan
Opera baritone, and Ernest LaPTade
director Of Musical Research OF the
National BrQadensLing ComnanY.