Arizona sun., 1950-01-20
Union Polio
Fund Party
Successful

"Looks like the labor folks
did a job on that Labor
Against Polio" party in Phoe-
nix last Monday night. It's
too early to get a complete
report on how much cash was
raised, but according to several of
the boys most concerned in the
deal, they should be turning over
a pretty good bunch of dinero to
the Polio somewhere
in the neighborhood, give or take
a hundred, of a thousand dollars.
The dance, itself, was decided
success and anybody who missed it
has something to be sorry for. AS
promised, there was excellent mu-
sic and the entertainment was a
super dooper production. There
was plenty to eat and plenty to
drink; everybody seemed to have a
good time and seemed to be willing
to prolong it far beyond the an
nounced closing hour.
The Phoenix Musicians fulfilled
sent in a Seven-piece band under
the direction of Johnnie Nelson
that topped anything heard in
Phoenix except two or three of the
"big-nan1e" bands that have played
here in the past. The 'horn-toot-
ers really delivered.
The American Guild of Variety
Artists put on floor show that
lasted better than an hour. The
show was built around the "Mon-
key Kirkland" review appearing at
Collettis. Enough additional acts
were added to stretch it out to
"super-colossal" production.
A bar manned by union bartend-
ers and a sandwich and soft drink
bar manned by couple of button
wearing cooks, took care of that end
of the deal The stage hands and
operators had two men on the job
to handle the lights and do what
ever stage hands do behind the
scenes. A number of union wait
resses who came to the party in
their go-to-meeting clothes, pitched
in to serve drinks when they saw
that things weren't moving so
smoothly on the refreshment end.
Earlier in the day crew of union
carpenters had set up the bar and
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moved in tables and set up the
chairs and generally got the build
ing ready for the nights festivities.
The Butchers, the Bakers-no
candle stick makers-the Team
sters, the Clerks and several other
unions had busted themselves pro-
viding the food, the soft drinks, the
coffee, the pickles and reliShes, the
ice, the cream, the cups and the
dozen and one things necessary to
make a go of the party.
The business agent of 631's bar
tenders, and his crew, and the cul-
mary business agent of the same
union-with his helpers than
handled their end of the evenings
entertainment.
AS an indication of just what you
missed, in case you did miss it,
here's a breakdown on what the
AGVA provided in the way of en-
tertainment. The master of cere-
monies was Nick Monterey and he
opened the show by introducing
Holita, Spanish senorita, who did
a cape dance initiative of bull
fight.
An accordionist-Wes style
preceded a singer, Pennie Penning-
ton-a gal with really lovely
voice.
The Colletti floor show arrived
on the scene about that time and
Monkey" Kirkland took over the
NC job. A five-gal chorus number
led into a comedy magic" act be-
tween kirkland and his straight
man." Connie. The stooge broke
up the act by proving that the
magician was good enough not only
in changing bottle of whiskey
from one container to another, but
even to change the label at the