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Evening star., 1947-03-13
Boby Fork
and Spoon
Sets, s1.1s
We're s22S

Were S2.25
65 silver-plated baby
fork and spoon sets.
SO Sterling Silver Napkin
Rings. Half price. Now,
S2.10
26 Silver-plated Compotes.
Half price. Now - S4.20
Is Silver-plated Compotes.
Half price. Now $3.50
10 Silver-plated Small Bowls.
Half price. Now - $3.50
8 Sterling Silver Shell Dishes.
Half price. Now S1l.lO
! Sterling Silver Dishes. Less
than half price. Now, sc. .56
. Sterling Silver Bells. Half
price. Now------S6
l Sterling Silver Pepper Mill.
Half price. Now ow-----S6
l Sterling Silver Cream and
Sugar Set. Half price. Now,
5000
l Sterling Silver Child's
Comb and Brush Set. Half
price. Now 49,. S420
13 Glass Beverage Sets, with
gold-color metal band. Less
than half price. Now, Sc
10 Glass Beverage Sets with
gold-color metal band. Half
price. Now
2 Glass Water Sets with gold
color metal band. Half price.
Now ---~-S2.40
Is Sterling Silver Dinner
Forks; Overture pattern. Half
price. Now ---S2.17
10 Sterling Silver Salad
Forks; Overture pattern. Half
price. Now S144
10 Sterling Silver Dessert
Knives; Overture pattern.
Half price. Now - S1.50
8 Sterling Silver Fashion
Knives; Overture pattern.
Half price. Now ---S1,5O
8 Sterling Silver Fashion
Forks; Overture pattern.
Half price. Now ---- S1,73
5 Sterling Silver Dessert
Forks; Overture pattern.
Less than half price. Now,
S1.50
3 Sterling Silver Dinner
Knives; Overture pattern.
Less than half price. Now.
5 SITS
2 Sterling Silver Cream Soup
Spoons; Overture pattern.
Less than half price. Now,
S1.48
4 Sterling Silver Dessert
Knives; Margaret Rose pat
tern. Half price. Now, S1.5O
3 Sterling Silver Salad Forks;
Margaret Rose pattern. Half
price. Now "A
3 Sterling Silver Dinner
Forks; Margaret Rose pat
tern. Half price. Now,
S2.17
1 Sterling Silver Dinner
Knife; Margaret Rose pat
tern. Half price. Now,
S1.75
Sterling Silver Cream Soup
Spoon; Margaret Rose pat
tern. Less than half price.
Now S1.48
2 Sterling Silver Pepper
Shakers. Half price. Now,
So
Prices include 2OTo fas
W&L-North Building
SILVERWARE, FIRST FLOOR
Evening star., 1947-03-13

Boswell, r. M. Brennan, Howe P.
Cochran, Harry M. Hull, Thomas
e. Lodge, william Payne Meredith,
w. L. Powell, IT,, and Harry Strickler.
Evening star., 1947-03-13
ToddIers' Coat and Leggings
NefS. '9V Less than half price

IS Pairs Ski Pants, all wool with bib
front, zipper-closing legs, reinforced
knee. Sizes 2, 3 and 4. Less than
half price. Now w---------S so
"a Infants Buntings, labeled for wool
content. Some nicely boxed. Less
than half price. Now -----$2.5O
W&L-North Building INFANTS AM
Evening star., 1947-03-13

80 Pairs Cotton Pajamas in two
piece style. Blue or tan stripes In
size 4. Were $3.50. Now 49, S2.55
IS Rain Goats. Some are black and
rubberized; others are of water repel-
lent cotton in olive drab. Sizes IL
and IA. Were $685.. Now S1.95
9 Leather Jackets with button fronts.
Sizes 6, 10 and IA. Were $19.95.
Now 49, .--.--------..-- S12.95
8 Water-repellent Jackets Of cotton
with all-wool alpaca Innings. Tan in
sizes 6 to 8. Were $1495. Now,
S1O.95
FIRST FLOOR
Evening star., 1947-03-13

SO Infants Pram Robes, labeled for
fabric content. Pink and blue. Some
nicely boxed. Less than half pk1ce.
Now $3.50
100 Juveniles Tweeduroy Overalls,
cotton. Sizes 2 to 6. Less than nalf
price. Now 81
100 Juveniles Pajamas, cotton knit
in pastek. Sizes to 8. Less than
half price. Now .65
~ n ruc lpplRYT YpY1pru rrn0p
Evening star., 1947-03-13

Women's Hondkerchiefs
25e We're SOC
400 fine white cotton handkerchiefs with corded
edges hand-rolled hens, and an initial in the
Not all initials in the group.
Evening star., 1947-03-13
Misses and Women's Goats
@RR We're $59.75 and

misses womens coats in boxy and fitted styles Wool
monotone and wool suede fabrics in black brown and
honey with veveteen braid trim Sizes 10 to TO- 49, and A.
and wool needle
blue trims include
lamb bakdyed Persian lamb American
Sizes 10 to TO-
AZ, 2e1a. Were $5s75 and more. Now
brown natural
Sizes 10 to s Were 4 and
Now .---e.- ---.--L, .-~---.- SIS
shoie black and
beige sizes to S25
W&L-No,th Building :. COATS SECOND
Evening star., 1947-03-13
Sob|e-dyed KoIinsky Scorfs
Each skin, $12 Les. than half price

Gray-dyed Chekiang Lamb Paw
Coat in size IA. Less than half price.
Now $50
/ Brown-dyed Chekiang Lamb Paw
Coat in size IA. Less than half price.
Now SSU
Mink dyed Marmot Coat In size 10.
Less than half price. Now $50
/ Sable-dyed Squirrel Locks Coat in
size II. Less than half price. Now,
$50
Evening star., 1947-03-13

40 Sable-dyed Bassarisk Skins ar
ranged in scarfs of four and five
skins. Each skin was $22.80. Each
skin now S12
I Natural Silver-dyed Muskrat Coat
In size 1S. Was SITS. Now S120
Brown-dyed Mouton Lamb Coats
in sizes IL, ~, 18 and 20. Were
$3.50 and more. Now------S $50
Prices incl
W&L-North Building FURS, SECol
Evening star., 1947-03-13
Juniors Dresses, $5''S

50 girls suits, variety OF style
content. Sizes Ito IA.
175 Girls Blouses, mostly white cot
ton, q few rayons and colors. Sizes
7 to IA. Less than half price. Now,
SOC
100 pairs Girls Mittens, labeled for
wool content. High colors. Were CSC
and more. 5OC
W&L-North Hxtldtnu GIRLS APPAE
Evening star., 1947-03-13
Misses Dresses, s2'''

Misses Dresses ~"
Less than halt price
IS dresses assorted styles Labeled for fabric con-
tent Sizes 10 to 18 in blue black aqua melon and gray
A su, of Wool melon gold
aoua Sizes to half price Now S S2. .95
and solid color Also
son sope nice ~ % Nov 49, 81 IS
IL Maternity Dresses in long sleeve STYLE
brown half price Now $3.50
vs,-N,th BUILDING FLOOR
Junior Cotton Iousecoats
>1"o Less than half price Y @@
100 cotton housecoats in rosebud print Yellow PINK ana
blue in junior sizes to 15
. ROBES FOURTH FLOOR
Evening star., 1947-03-13
Misses GirdIes, $1''o

80 Girdles, by well-known maker.
Semi-step in style. Sizes 25 to 80
in black. Less than half price. Now,
S3.95
W&L-North Building GIRDLES A
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-11-27

MIR. and Mrs. J. J. Ping and
Miss Margaret Ping spent the
weekend in Billings.
Mrs. c. B. Terrett and Mrs.
M. r. Calderwood of Billings
entertained at a party at the
Terrett home on Saturday in
honor of Miss Morgaret Ping of
Mexico City.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Lomax
and Jimmy of Dayton, Wyo.,
visited with Mrs. Goldie Fin
layson on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Morrison
and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Strick-
er spent Sunday at Sarpy visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. R.. c. Fly.
FLOWERS for Thanksgiving.
Take your hostess a bouquet or
a pretty plant. Cyclamens and
violets, large Nuns, Pom Poms,
Roses, Carnations. Mrs. Fred
Waterman, phone IS, 3 blocks
north of city park. ADV.
Word was received here this
week by her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. R.. B. Saunders, that Miss
Martha Saunders, who attends
Montana State college at Boze-
man, has been elected president
of Spurs, an honorary sopho-
more women's service organiza-
ton.
A. w. knight returned to
Hardin Monday from Quincy,
Ill, where he had been called
by the illness of his father.
Mrs. Lyle Tintinger, ST.,
entered the st. Vincent's hos
pital in Billings this week
where she will undergo a major
operation.
SITS. John Lodge No. 90, A. F.
and A. M. will hold a regular
business session on Thanksgiv-
ing. They will also have a spe-
cial meeting on Friday, Nov. %.
GIGANTIC rummage and food
sale. New merchandise as well
as old. Lots of good things to
eat. Montana Power, Saturday,
Dec. 6. Catholic Ladies.-Adv.
Robert Smith of Wyola was
a Hardin caller Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Schnad
of Garryowen were Hardin cal
lers on TUESDAY,.
Bob Wham, who is now en-
ployed at Sideways, returned
recently after four years in
service. His wife of Bridger
visited him here this week. Mr.
and Mrs. Wham are LOOKING for
an apartment.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-11-27
Lodge Gross Locdls

DR.. w. A. Petzoldt left Tues
day on a two weeks speaking
trip in Colorado. Two address
ses will be given at the Baptist
Youth Fellowship state rally.
Other speaking dates are in
Denver, Fort Collins and Colo
RADIO Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Claw
son and children were Hardin
callers Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Wheeler are the parents of a
son born Nov. 81 in a Billings
hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Clanin and
daughter, Norita and Claudia
were Hardin visitors Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Ste
vens left last week for Phoenix,
Ariz., where they will spend the
winter months.
SEE Gamble Store in Lodge
Grass for your custom built
houses. ADV.
Mrs. Frank Ball and Mrs.
Dorothy slyter were Hardin
callers Monday of this week.
The state highway depart
ment has been constructing a
garage for highway equipmet
on the acre of land recently
purchased from Ralph knight
of Lodge Grass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Chapman
and Charles Carr made a bust
ness trip to Hardin last Mon
day.
Laura Westwood spent sever
al days last week with her
mother, Mrs. A. G.. Westwood,
Jr., in Billings.
SEE CANDLES, Lodge Grass
for your electric washing ma
chimes. ADV.
Mrs. Cleo Robbins and twin
sons Harry and Frank returned
to their home in South Dakota
after visiting at the Harry
Lindsey home in Lodge Grass.
Mrs. Sarah Beads, Mrs. Mary
White Hip and Mrs. Clara White
Hip made a trip to Hardin on
Monday.
Members of the Lodge Grass
fire department took part in
firemen's initiation in Hardin
Saturday evening.
B. c. Lillis of Billings was a
Lodge Grass business visitor
one day Last week.
Mrs. Karney Redman of Wyola
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-11-27
Leaders Course in
Army Offers Chance
For Advancement

Rapid promotion for the
young man who shows qualit-
les for leadership is assured un-
der the new United States
Army's leaders course project,
1t was announced this week by
Maj. Harold E. DalnesS in
charge of the local Army and
Air Force recruiting station.
Under the plan which was
recently put into operation by
the Ground force, recruits who
show leadership potentialities
during basic training and have
achieved a score of 80 Or better
in their Army general classifi-
cation test are eligible for the
six week course.
A typical leaders course now
in operation at the Fort Ord
receiving center consists of
three weeks of classroom work
followed by three weeks duty in
training companies where stu
dents have the opportunity to
apply the knowledge they have
acquired. Upon successful COM
pletion of the course, diplomas
and Pfc stripes are awarded.
Chances for further promo
ton are limited only by the in
dividual recruits ability Major
Dalness said. One recent gradu-
ate, Cpl. Billy Joe Peterson of
Charleston, Ark, is now a can
didate for West Point, he point :
ed out. His next step is to at
tend the West Point prepara-
tory school at Stewart Field,
New York. His leadership train
ing has included the best meth
DDS of teaching voice and COM
mand, Army fundamentals,
military courtesy and discipline,
public speaking and map read
ing.
Other courses designed to in
crease the recruits chances for
promotion include the band
training unit, the Sixth Army's
specialist training school, which
SuperviSes courses for clerk
typists and cooks and bakers,
and the Motor Vehicle Drivers
school.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-11-27
MONTANA, IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF BIG HORN
JACOB JOB, Plaintiff,

JACOB JOB, Plaintiff,
VS..
HELEN SHINABERRY JOB, De-
PENDANT.
THE STATE OF MONTANA
Sends Greeting to the Above
Named Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to
answer the complain in this
action which is filed in the Of
flee Of the Clerk of this Court,
and to file your answer and
serve a copy thereof on the
Plaintiffs attorney within
twenty days after the service
of this Summons, exclusive of
the day of service; and in case
of your failure to appear or
answer, judgment will be taken
against you by default, for the
relief demanded in the COM
plant.
The said action is BROUGHT to
Secure a Decree of Divorce by
the Plaintiff from the De-
PENDANT.
WITNESS my hand and the
Seal of said Court this oath day
of November, 1947.
(SEAL> R. P. ROSS, Clerk
Bert W. Kronmiller, Courthouse
Building, Hardin, Montana, At
torney for Plaintiff.
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Arthur Bdr1ett Was
EdrlY Settler in
Montdnd. Wyoming
Continued from page -

Continued from page II
his Lodge Grass ranch in 1918,
but the family lived at Park
man until 1928. The death of
their youngest son caused the
Barretts to sell their Parkman
land and move to Lodge Grass.
Mr. Barrett remained there I'M
til the time of his death.
Survivors include four sons,
Arthur l.. Barrett of San Fran
cisco; Robert L. Barrett of Big
Horn, Mont; James L. Barrett
of San Diego and Fred c. Bar
rett of Big Horn; three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Ben Foster Of Har-
din, Mrs. Don Boyer of Big
Horn and Miss Veta Barrett of
Billings; a sister, Mrs. Albert
R.. Martin of Palo Alto, Calf;
a brother, James A. Barrett OF
Salmon, Idaho; his father, Will
liam Barrett of Kentucky and
six grandchildren.
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was a Lodge Grass visitor on

was a Lodge Grass visitor on
Saturday.
Mrs. Roy Mason Is assisting
at the E. J. Albrecht home while
Mrs. Albrecht is substitute
teaching.
SEE Gamble Store in Lodge
Grass for your custom built
houses. ADV.
Little Allen Young was taken
to the Hardin hospital Friday
evening after breaking his leg.
MI. and Mrs. Donald Esp and
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Jackson re-
turned Friday from a trip to
Spokane and Tacoma, Wash,
and Boise, Ida.
Mrs. A. L. Sturdevant was a
Hardin caller Monday.
Ralph Forman, who is at
tending Montana State college
spent last weekend with his
mother, Mrs. P. r. Forman.
Mrs. Layman Waddle and
Mrs. Sam Reese were Billings
visitors Tuesday of last week.
SEE CANDLES. Lodge Grass
for your electric washing ma
chimes. ADV.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Morris
of Kansas City, Mo-, are visit
ing at the J. O. Graham home
in Lodge Grass.
Mrs. Bill Greenough Of Wy
ola called in Lodge Grass Sat-
urday afternoon.
J. j. Ping of Hardin and
daughter Miss Margaret Ping
of Mexico City visited at the
T. E. Turner home Tuesday.
Mrs. Agnes Bergquist and
Harold Anderson attended the
Boy Scout convention in Bill
lings last week.
MIR. and Mrs. Jimmy Miklo-
vich and small son are now
living in Dallas; Tex.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the friends
and neighbors in Hardin and
St. Xavier for their kindness,
flowers and services during our
late bereavement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Manuel Mel
endreS and sons and
daughters.
Montana's lowest points are
at Fairview, On the Dakota Dor
der elevation 1902 feet) and
Troy, on the Idaho border (ele-
walton 1892 feet).
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-11-27
locals

Mrs. Paul Collier is convalesc-
Ing In the Deaconess hospital
IN Billings following a major
operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Vickers
returned to their home in Har-
din recently after spending
more than two months in Ia
coma and Seattle. Both have
completely recovered from in
juries received in an automobile
accident which occurred Sept
ember IS.
HAVE your radio repaired be-
fore the holiday season. Expert
repair work guaranteed. Jack
Newkirk, CANDLES Store. ADV.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Miklovich
and son, Pete, left last Thurs
day for Detroit, Mich, where
they will visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. R.. C. Nagel of
Ogden, Utah are visiting in
Hardin at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.. r..
Koebbe and family.
Carl S. Carter of Billings
transacted business in Hardin
on Monday.
Word was received here this
week of the birth of a son to
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas J. Reed
on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at the Alt
on Memorial hospital in Alton,
III. He weighed six pounds and
two ounces at birth and has
been named Michael Thomas.
Mr.. Reed is formerly of Hardin
and is now an insurance adj
juster at Alton for the Western
Adjustment and Inspection
company.
FLOWERS for Thanksgiving.
Take your hostess a bouquet or
violets, large Nuns, Pom Poms,
q pretty plant. Cyclamens and
Roses, Carnations. Mrs. Fred
Waterman, phone IS, 3 blocks
north of city park. ADV.
Miss Joyce Koebbe, who is
attending Carroll College in
Helena, will arrive in Hardin
Wednesday evening to spend
Thanksgiving with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Koebbe and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Newkirk
and daughter, Carla, were guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Brown over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Cunning.
ham were callers in Billings on
Monday.
Miss Barbara Woolman, who
has been assisting at the Big
Horn County library for the
past five weeks, returned to her
home in Fromberg last Thurs
day.
GIGANTIC rummage and food
sale. New merchandise as well
as old. Lots of good things to
eat. Montana Power, Saturday,
Dec. 6. Catholic Ladies.-Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Buechler
and Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Cum
bingham spent Tuesday in
Billings.
Mrs. Ben Nelson is convalesc-
ing in the St. Vincent's hos
pital in Billings. Mrs. Ira Mel
son, mother Of the Rev. Ben
Nelson, is assisting at the Nell
son home during Mrs. Nelson's
illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Cox were
Billings callers on Monday.
Mrs. Dave L. Egnew left on
Monday morning for Laurel
where she will spend about a
week visiting with Mrs. Charles
L. Egnew and family.
GIGANTIC rummage and food
sale. New merchandise as well
as old. Lots of good things to
eat. Montana Power, Saturday,
Dec. 6. Catholic LadieS.-Adv.
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SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-11-27
CARD OF THANKS

Montana's lowest points are
at Fairview, ON the Dakota Dor
der elevation 1902 feet) and
Troy, on the Idaho border (ele-
walton 1892 feet).
Evening star., 1947-03-23

Actually. Perry is not bad. He
merely walks around, talks and acts
natural - and does not make you
run for an exit.
In Hollywood, Como attended Just
one party. 1t made him unhappy.
1t was a beautiful house." he says.
But there were too many buffers.
A guy wants to wash his hands and
butler leads him to the bathroom.
Il don't say that the parties my
wife and toss are any better. But
we have fun. A few of the guys slip
down to the basement and roll the
dice around. or maybe we play a
little poker. We sing our heads off,
and next morning we call each other
up and talk about what good time
we had"
Just a Family Man
In HIS new $35,O0O home in Flower
Hill, l. L., Como is strictly feet
in-the-fireplace fellow. Callers from
the city can't bulge him. Once
inside his four walls, the only orders
he takes are from his small, blonde
wife, Roselle.
He has one son, Ronnie, aged
seven, and when the Como family
went to Hollywood for Perry's last
picture, Bing Crosby got the boy
into the school which his sons at
tend. The Crosby boys backed Rom
ME against a wall one day and asked
him who was the greatest singer in
the world.
What did you tell them?" Como
asked his son that evening
"Bing Crosby" "Ronnie said. "They
were four to one"
When Perry first began to crowd
into the juke boxes, his critics ac-
cused him of initiating the Crosby
style Actually, Como's voice is more
like that of the late Russ Columbo,
whom Perry knew in Cleveland. And
his biggest hit, Prisoner of Love-"
was the song that also brought
Columbo to fame.
Como, who is the same height
as Bing but lighter, got his first
singing job while on a hitch
hiking vacation. In Lorain, Ohio,
he auditioned for Freddie Carlone's
small band and when he returned to
the barber shop, there was wire
offering him a job at $28 week.
Perry then married Roselle Belline,
and they joined Carlone.
This was the beginning of life OF
Evening star., 1947-03-23
Perry Como was one
barber whose singing
really paid off

AN ADMITTEDLY lazy young guy,
~ with dark hair and sleepy
brown eyes in Rudolf Valentino
face, has found a painless way to
make money. His name is Perry
Como and this year he will receive
close to 81, 600. 600, without acquir-
ing a single ulcer.
Perry Como sings for a living.
(The income-tax people call it a liv-
ing. An ex-barber from Canonsburg,
Pa, Como moved into the swoon-
singer scene with minimum of fan
fare. Within two years he'd topped
Crosby and Sinatra in record sales,
eight of his discs selling over 1,OOO,-
600 copies apiece. Two of them,
Prisoner of Love" and Till the
End of Time" simultaneously went
over the 100000 mark. Then Goth
Century-Fox hit him on the head
with bag of gold and starred him
in two movies.
Third Avenue, Canonsburg, where
Pierino Como was born, has been
renamed Perry Como Avenue. Perry
was born on May 18, 1918, the
seventh and last son in a family of
13 children. At IL, he went to work
in barber shop, as shoe-shiner and
floor sweeper, was eventually pro-
noted to barber and at Is started
shop of his own.
The Informal Note
10 THE nervous, frenetic world of
the hucksters, Como has brought
the ease, informality and friendli-
ness of the small-town barber shop.
He works in shirt sleeves, without a
tie. During rehearsals he drinks
coffee from a cracked milk bottle,
chain smokes, loafs, laughs and sings.
Just before his show goes on the
air, he makes concession to con-
vention, puts on coat and tie and
is ready for his audience.
Twentieth Century-Fox has signed
him to seven-year contract, but
Perry is not sure they know what
they are doing After seeing one of his
movies, he told reporter, "If this
picture doesn't ruin Hollywood, then
nothing ever will"
Evening star., 1947-03-23
He Got Rich Quick
BY JACK SHER

one-night stands in cheap hotels,
one-arm restaurants. sleeping by day
and working or driving by night.
1T was Ronnie who got me out
of the band business" Como said.
1T was no life for baby. Why,
sometimes we had to heat his pablum
on the radiator of our car"
Deciding that the happiness of his
wife and the health of his child were
more important than his career,
Como took them home, picked up
the scissors and went back to barber
ing. Offers came rolling in from
such name bands as J. and T.
Dorsey and Guy Lombardo. Perry
said no. Then Tommy Rockwell, an
agency man, offered Como a CHS
sustaining show. All Perry wanted
to know was whether it would allow
him to stay in one place. Rockwell
said it would. so Como put away the
scissors again and came to New
York.
That was four years ago. He has
climbed steadily ever since. When
Victor signed him, his first contract
called for Is records at SIS each.
This year, the disc makers will pay
him over 100000 for the same
amount of work.
He's Against Czoouers
He WON'T have a Perry Como
record in his house. Recently he and
friend were driving in from Long
Island. Como, who is a golf fiend,
was trying to get the results of the
National Amateur on his radio. He
kept getting disc jockeys, who were
spinning the wax works of Como,
Crosby and Sinatra. In disgust Perry
finally snapped off the radio, said:
There ought to be law against
those guys"
But Como's II dozen nieces, all
bobby-sox types, do collect his rec
ords. He goes home to Canonsburg
frequently to see all of his relatives,
particularly his mother. Although he
constantly supplies her with luxuries,
Perry has never told her how much
money he actually makes. He knows
she couldn't believe it. The last time
he went home, Mrs. Como asked her
son how his singing business was
going.
Fine" Perry said. "I'm doing
terrific, Mama"
You're going to be a rich boy
some day." she said.