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Evening star., 1958-07-13
Nations Disc jockeys Reap jazz Fortune

Rev Michael Beahan, a 38-
year-old Catholic priest, who
broadcasts from a studio
1igged up In the coal bin Of
his Grand Rapids (Mich.)
fectory. Speaking 1--WE talk
previously approved by the
bishop, Father Beahan mixes
religious instruction with
recorded music on a 55-min-
ute Sunday evening show.
Whether he's Tipping plat
ters in the Yukon or out on
the Yucca Flats, the DJ man.
ages to make himself seen as
well as heard by indulging in
a wide variety Of attention
begging gimmicks: Playing
the same record hours on end
in a locked studio. broad
casting from the monkey
house at the local zoo, the
top Of a fiagpole or the bot
tom Of q lake, conducting
bird walks. scavenger hunts
and tickly toe contests (''to
select the least ticklish set
of feminine toes with a limit
Of 10 to a contestant').
Don MacKinnon Of Los
Angeles KABC attends pub
lie events casually attired in
IVY League cap. long red un-
derwear fl1rled umbrella and
bare feet
But even the stunts have
become fewer sand fewer as
radio shifts its sights from
q teen-age TO an adult au-
dience. Explains Los Angeles
Jim Hawthorne, who once
Eold an hour Of silence (for
@3651 to a mattress company
and campaigned for a five-
lane canal to Omaha. I'm
not as zany as I used to be.
] brainwashed myself. / now
give the people what they
want -. and they don't want
the old Hawthorne. What
they want is . fast. stresm-
lined sh lows Radio has
changed and 50 have IL
Evening star., 1958-07-13

He says his show sis an inn
portant record plug" and he
is gratified that the record
promoters consider regular
plays on his show necessary
to the success of q record.
Felix Grant, who is no re-
lation to Milt Grant, operates
worlds apart from this sys-
tenn.
"I don't attempt to list
hits" he says. II consider
it unimportant." He is pleased
If in one, week, out Of the
mass of records that arrive
at the studio, zone Or two
has a pleasant potential" !" Z
He says. Il don't consider
myself a song plugge1y and
! don't make hits. 1Ahave
built q reputation as g. guy
who plays what he pIeases.
So the record distributors
don't bug me about any
thing. They send me what
ever albums I request and
otherwise leave me alone. /"
Felix has three shows ev-
cry night from Monday
through Friday. He plays
Evening star., 1958-07-13

parents down: they brought
you up"
The Nations highest paid
DJ at $50O.OOO a year. pleas
ant, personable Dick Clark.
successfully invaded television
with his turntable and proved
to parents that rock and roll,
properly chaperoned, can be
no more demoralizing than
the Charleston or the Black
Bottom. and only slightly less
musical. His nationally tele-
vised American Bandstand,
Commute show originating
from Philadelphia. features a
bevy of limp limbed teen
ayers gyrating about q juke
box. presided over by Clark.
With the rise of the inde-
pendent station, however.
many disc jockeys are SWITCH
ing their program emphasis
away from teen-agers to the
much larger and hitherto ne
elected adult audience.
AS Mitch Miller. bearded
boss of Pops Music for Co
lumbia Records, told the
turntable fraternity at its
Kansas City convention:
''You caused radio to Jump
out of bed and click its heels
while the public was dressing
for the funeral. Then gou
went and abdicated your pro-
gramming to the eeto IL year
olds. Youth must be served.
but what about some music
for the rest Of us2"
For the first time since
the advent Of Tv. the rock
is getting q solid knocking in
many radio quarters. Revolt
ing as they may find 1t.
many DIS now play Guy
Lo;nbardo as often as Guy
Mitchell. Some actually have
sworn on the two-beat bed
lam altogether.
Perhaps the country's most
unusual disc jockey Is the
Evening star., 1958-07-13
PIotter Spinners' Styles Differ


popular music from $50 to
2 pm, jazz from 7::30 TO 8
pm. and a mixture of jazz
and mood music from IL
o'clock to midnight.
His big job is In audition-
ing jazz albums, since he
plays almost entirely from
albums after the first show.
He does this at home and says
II work like mad at ii" The
reason it takes such work, he
says, is that with jazz. you
can't write letters or make
phone calls; you've got to
: sit down in front of that
speaker and play both sides
Of the album through from
beginning to end"
Felix says, II often play
albums a couple Of years old.
/ have the freedom to look
for things with a bit of mile.
age on them, if they are good
and durable"
Felix doesn't play a pop
ular record over and over
twhat Milt Grant calls be
ing consistently but If he
finds a jazz album he likes.
he may play it time and
again. II can play Barney
Kessel till he comes out of
my ears" he says. 'but If
! put on q solid IL minutes
of two guys wailing on tenor
saxes, the. listeners would put
the show on the air."
John Bandy. Lord Fauntle-
roy Bandy as he is known to
his listeners. travels q third
path.
He doesn't concentrate on
rock and roll or on jazz, but
plays them both. "along with
some cha-cha, some ballads.
some rhythm and blues,
some things with zip. some
bluesy things" " To sum it up
In verse. which John Bandy
does at the drop Of a hat:
Part of the style is mid. -.
Part of the style is mild.
John is a philosopher as
well as a poet. He believes
his mission is Ito help my
Evening star., 1958-07-13

2,0s to 2 pm. every day.
During the school year. he
plays records designed Cor
an adult audience unsIl about
$50 IN the afternoon. Then.
with the young people out Of
school. he sbealns intensely
to the teen-age MARKET
He spends ab6at eight
hours q week audltioning new
records. and never plays q
song on the air that he is
not fully acquainted with.
He reads the trade papers
Evening star., 1958-07-13
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Continued from To9e
because they are right there
with him every day and he
also sees them .Sat the two
or three ''hops" he conducts
every week.
He also reads the trade
papers billboard, Variety
and the Cash Box). checks
on sales at record shops and
gets requests from people who
write in or call. Milt believes
it is important for a jockey
mot to let his own feelings
get in the way" when. he Is
choosing records.
Milt plays 45s almost ex-
clusively. He gets perhaps $50
new ones every week and
cannot possibly addition
every ont. So he relies to
some extent on what he is
told by the torrent" of rec
ord promotion people who
visit him.
Milt prides himself on pick
ing hits--in fact, making
them into hits-long before
the trade papers have seen
any trend across the country.
Evening star., 1958-07-13
cenliaued F.om Poae Z

Confinued ffom Poge
teen-agers who turned out
for the penitential session.
Not all entertainers feel
beholden to the DJ.
Comic Danny Kaye failed
to hit it on in an interview
with San Francisco's Don
Sherwood, an irrepressible
praI1kster who bills himself
as 'ithe worlds greatest disc
jockey"
When Sherwood asked
where he would like to be
most of all, Kaye saw his
chance. "In my hotel room.
right now" he snapped and
stalked out. Sherwood
thought he was great; so did
the delirious Sherwood audi
ence.
Even the conservative disc
jockeys who soft pedal rock
and roll and ego-polishing
pranks in favor of soothing.
waheup music and pleasant
patter exert a tremendous
influence on their listeners.
Milwaukee's Bob Coffee
head" Larson, nicknamed for
his early morning show, got
himself elected county sur
veyor when a friend added
his name to the ballot as a
gag.
Because Of his combined
audience and sales pull. the
disc jockey today finds him
self a controversial figure.
damned on one hand as a
Pied Piper Of rebellious
youth and heavily in demand
on the other as. a civic do
g0oder.
He has been accused Of
corrupting the Nations lnu-
Sical tastes with his tin ear
and gray flannel mouth, Of
foisting the writhing abomi-
nation known as rock and
roll on an ungrateful public
and in some cases. like Alan
Freed'S recent Boston musi-
Evening star., 1958-07-13

fellow man set . new lease
on life He says he tries TO
understand people and thus
anticipates their tastes.
He believes he. usually
knows. as q result, what rec
ords win be popular. MY
business is to know in ad-
vance which records WIN sell,
and I pick music which viii
have a general appeal for my
fantastically variegated au-
dience."
John is on the air from
Evening star., 1958-07-13


only TO see Il be Is getting
all the new records. He says
their popularity charts ere
far behind his own selse-
tons.
Music has 10 be repeated
until It haunts you" he says
in explanation Of his repeated
playings Of some records. Il
try TO create q state Of mind
so that ] can play what I
want to play. ! try to condi-
ton my listeners TO expect
the unexpected" I"
The frontiersman., 1958-09-04
Nearly 300 Exhibitors Win Premium Prizes

TBob Nichols, Judy Nichols, Ray DeVilbiss, Barney Anderson,
 John Tunnicliff, Victor Falk, IT., Victor Falk, III, and M. D. Snod-
 grass.
 DAIRY PRODUCTS: Mrs.
 Woods.
 POULTRY AND RABBITS: Bill Hoskins, Barbara Lentz, Lisle
 Andrews, Dale Anderson, William Green, Audrey Dinkle, John Ste phan, Sarah Moffitt, Donna Kneff,
 Robert Snaz, Judy Boothby,
 Mary Boyd, and Margaret Boyd.
 HANDWORK: Karla Duff, Lila
 Newville, Mrs. I. M. Sandvik, Cora Granger, Esther Gallager,
 Letha Kruscavage, Anna Peay,
 Mrs. Francis Bowden, Amy Ir- win, Linda Wyse, Gloria Wilson, Vera Linn, and Dana Nieman.
 NEEDLEWORK: IL. R. Walhng,
 Lillian Nelson, Karla Duff, Kay Anderson, Mrs. Lester Lent, Dor Othy Terry, Agnes Colberg, Doro- thy Woods, Thekla Mielke, Mrs. Harvey Meyers, Vera Hayes, Mrs. B. Schomberg, Clifford Mer- cer, Eleanor Fuleihan, Daisy Hea- Ven, Cora Granger, Mary Tag gart, Mrs. Q. U. Catterson, Mrs. Glen Woods, Lucille King, Mrs. Lester Heglund, Betty Schom- berg, Jeannette Draze, Anna Peay, Gloria Wilson, Mary Combs, Minnie Stewart, Henriet- ta Knoll, Marta Stadem, and Jes- sie Klem.
 DRESSMAKING; Karla Duff, Kay Anderson, Myrtle Graham, Mrs. Janice Gosho, Kristine Vid-
 mar, Nancy Woods, Mrs. Kent
 Sandvik, Cora Granger, Diane McKechnie, Mrs. Glen Woods, Mrs. Lester Hegland, Patricia Carter, Mrs. Francis Bowden,
 Linda Wyse, CarOlena Johnson, Jessie Klem, Roger Mckinley, Peggy Weston, and Jean Weston. ! BAKED GOODS: Lila New vile, Wayne Eckert, Lillian Eek Iert, Vera Rorrison, Susan Black, Gladys Falk, Thekla Mielke, Mrs, William Bouwens, Mrs. Kent
 Sandvik, Marjory Hoskins, Mrs Glen Woods, Margaret LaWalters Irene Johnson, Nancy Long, Su- san Vaughn, Mrs. George Beny- ish. Marcina Hartner, Mary Hoff- man. Ruth Estelle, Leola Rush,
 Jane Payne, Carolena Johnson
 Jeannie Woods, Lila Ann Woods
The frontiersman., 1958-09-04

Linda Falk, Marian Loomis, Mil dred Gnoss, and Judy Mckinley.
 CANNED GOODS: Lila New vile, Dorothy Woods, Lillian Eckert, Gladys Falk, Thekla Mielke, Mrs William Bouwens, Mrs. Lucius Ross, Dorothy Laughlin, Mrs. I. M. Sandvik, Mrs. Kent Sandvik, Marjory Hos kins, Cora Granger, Diana Me Kechnie, Guy Woodings, Mrs. Glen Woods, Margaret Laval ters, Susan Vaughn, Leola Rush, Carolena Johnson, Gladys Jones, and Velma Baugh.
 FLOWERS: Leola Rush, Min nie Stewart, Nellie Cole, Q. J. Cole, Richard Washburn, Grace Boulter, Gladys Jones, Marian Foster, Mildred Gnass, Marie Hulke, Doris Mckinley, Mrs. Ele dy Covich, Ida Stadler, Kerry Mick, Leann Dodds, Vivian Sha- yer, Thelma Cope, II. R. Walling, Rose Kirsch, Rose Johnson, Oscar Johnson, Lillian Eckert, Vera Rorrison, Grace Black, Susan Black Thekla Mielke, Mrs. liar old Moline, Nancy Moline, Mar jory Cook, and
 Mrs. William Bouwens, Mrs. Lucius Ross, Nancy Woods, Doro- thy Laughlin, Mrs. Kent Sand vik, Daisy Heaven, Leroi Heaven, Mary Ann Anderson, Max Sher- rod, Winifred Martin, Cora Gran ger. Guy Woodings, Walter Soo- cey, Mrs. Glen Woods, Lucille King, Janice Brown, Charlotte Bryant, Margaret Schroeder, Su- san DeVaughn, Margaret La Walters, Amy Irwin, Marcina Hartner, Mary Hoffman, Ruth Estelle, Beth Estelle, and Mary
The frontiersman., 1958-09-04

premium awards as the result of their outstanding exhibits at the 18th annual Matanuska Valley Fair. High money winners in- cluded Byron Hollembaek, $l72.- 30; Alaska Experiment Station, SIS; Mrs. Glen Woods, STA; Dav- i'd Linnebur, $50; Mrs Lucius Ross. $45.5O; and Ray Lucus, $3O
 Trophy Winners
 The ASPEX trophy for the best stamp collection went to Guy Weddings and the Alaska Rodeo Championship trophy Was won by Laurence Whitmire of Anchorage. Names of these win Iners will be engraved on the re spective trophies which will be exhibited in the winners home cities until next fair time.
 Leroi Heaven won the Brooks Equipment trophy as the cham pion tractor driver Second place went to John Boyd, last years winner. Others contesting were Robert Boyd, Bill Her, and Larry Tunahun, who finished i'll that order
 The KiWanis Club of Palmer special prizes for dairy cattle ex- hibitors who exhibited the best pair of dairy animals went to B. IA. Sisco, first, $50; Byron Hol- lembaek, second, $30; and the Alaska Agricultural Experiment Station, third, $2O,
 Thelka Mielke took first place for the best assortment of baked goods, $1O and Lillian Eckert took second, $8. These were grand prizes for the best assortment.
 The grand prize for the best tray of potatoes, $l0. went to Dearborn brothers. #
 The Goldduster Homemakers Club took first place with their booth display, $50; followed by the Glacier View Club, $40; and the Cheechako Club. $50.
 Mrs. Ted Knutson won $40 as first prize in the individual farm displays, and the NorthIand Pion- ger Grange No. l took first prize of $25 and the Wasilla Grange No 2 second prize of $20 in the organizational farm displays. N AGRICULTURE: L. R. Walling, Tommy Lepak, Bill Hoskins, By ron Hollembaek, George Black, Thekla Mielke, Carl Mielke, Opal Ross. Mrs. Kent Sandvik, Max Sherrod John Otcheck, Waldo Fox, Winifred Martin, Guy Woodings, Mrs. Glen Woods. Margaret Schroeder, Margaret LaWalters, Emil LaWalters, Jean ette Draze, Mrs. Charles Dart, Barry Dearborn, Bill Combs, Evelyn Bush, Donna Kneff, Rich- ard Washburn, Jr., Pete Stephan, Larry Dunahun, Marian Foster Eddy Reeder, Terry Hollembaek. and Peggy Weston.
 LIVESTOCK: Bill Hoskins, Lorine Bailey, Nancy Bailey, By ron Hollembaek, David Lime bur, Susan King, Evelyn King, John King, Lucille King, Ellen King, Aurdey Dinkle, Ray Lucus, John Stephan, Blaine Hamann, B- L- Sisco. Linda LaRose, Lis- beth Brooks, Alaska Agricultural Experiment Station, Billy Ter, Dana Nieman, Terry Hollembaek,
The frontiersman., 1958-09-04

Combs.
 ANCHORAGE AREA WIN NERS Un all departments): Ro- bert Snaz, Mrs. Frances Bowden, Gloria Wilson, Mrs. Lester Lent, Mrs. O. U. Catterson, Jeanette Draze, Patricia Carter. Peggy Weston, Jean Weston, Susan Vaughn, Mildred Gnoss, Velma Baugh, Mrs. Harold Moline, Wal ter Soocey, Charlotte Bryant, Nancy Moline, Nellie Cole, Mrs John VanHousen, Gladys Ellis, ! Mrs. Lloyd Paterson, Walt Fis- cher, and Mrs Charles Decker. 1 HOBBY HALL: Mrs. Lloyd Patterson, Rockhound Club of Palmer, Guy Weddings, Anita Boss, Dick Estelle, Patrick Dur rand, Mrs. Claude Want, Walt Fischer, Carmel Mohan, and Mrs. Charles Decker.
 ART: Mrs. c. A. Sandvik, Mrs John VanFIousen, Gladys Ellis, Robin Nieman, Susan Moves, and l Grace Boulter.
The frontiersman., 1958-09-04
TELEVlSION PROGRAMS FOR TINE WEEK
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Channel Eleven
 FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 5 200 Mid Day r1at1nee 800 Gary Moore Show al5 Beat the Clock 3:3O- Hostess House 400 Kitchen Kapers 4:3O BuckarOos 5:30- Big Picture 6;OO- Captain Kangaroo. CBS 6:30-CBS & Anch. News TOO Ozzie and Harriet 7:30 Pantomine Quiz BOO Big Records 6:30 Ft- Rich in Review 8:45 Cities Are What Men
 Make Them 9.O0 O'Henry Playhouse 9.30- Top Plays of 1856 i0:00 Weather to.O5-News and Sports Final N:10- What's Going On 10:30 Feature Theater SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER s 2,15 Saturday Western Matinee 3,15 Molly 3:45 What Teenagers want to
 know 400 Chuck's D. J. Dance Party 5:30 Captain Kangaroo 6.30 Sat. news Gz news round up 7.0O Top Plays 7:3O Perry Mason CBS 8::30 Ranch Party 9:00 Gale Storm CBS 9:3O GunSmoke 10:00 Union Oil News Hilites 1O:05 Premiere Parade
 "One Way to Love"
 SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER N 2:30 Faith for Today BOO Church in the Home 3:3O Sunday Playhouse 500 Championship Bowling 6:0O Ten Pin Chatter 6:l5 Off to Adventure 6:30 Amos and Andy TOO Lassie 7:30 Bachelor Father 500 Ed Sullivan 9:OO-$64,O00 Challenge 9:30 Confidential File l0:OO Sheaffer Tone News Hi
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The frontiersman., 1958-09-04
Ai0skc Facts Offered By Commerce Office

Sources of official information about Alaska, its people, resour- ces, economy. and facilities are documented in a publication list just released for free distribution by the Seattle Field Office of the U. s. Department of Com merce, according to William Flood, manager. The great de- mand from businessmen and the general public for authoritative information about the 18th state" has prompted preparation of this initial list Of current significant publications concerning Alaska
The frontiersman., 1958-09-04
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 8

4.45Living Alaska
 s-tE0 Micky Mouse Club GsO0-Kartoon Karnival e.20 We've Got Your Number Ge25 The Weather 6.30-News
 T00 Turning Point
 T.30 Wagon Train t.30 Joseph Gotten Show 500 26 men
 e.30 Navy Log 1N.0o News Highlights lts05 Channel Two Playhouse VI .3 Closing Thought for day
The frontiersman., 1958-09-04
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The frontiersman., 1958-09-04
SATURDAY.. SEPTEMBER S
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 2

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 7s:30 Big Story 400 Steve Allen Show 500 The Californians @.30-Decision lN:60 lllwHS Hilites Lp.o5 CAfel 2 Playhouse
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 FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 5 4:45- Living Alaska with Laura
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The frontiersman., 1958-09-04
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 8

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 roo Bob Crosby Show 500 Schhtz Playhouse Se30 Adventures of Jim Bowie goo Club Oasis a30 1t Could Be You 1000 News Hilites l0Q5 Dinah Share, Chevy Show l1:d0 Closing thought for day WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER lo 4.45 Living Alaska 500 Mickey Mouse Club 6.O0-Kartoon Karnival 6:20 We've Got Your Number t t.25 Weather
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-05
LISTEN TO JUNE'S MUSIC

There are many kinds of music in
this world. No person can understand
it all, but to him who senses the
great symphony that is America,
there is music in the pulsing roar of
factory machinery, melody in the
clanking presses and meaningful
tunes in the swish of wheels that
speed along the nations roads.
But there is another kind of mu-
sic - music that is soft and sweet -
music that is in tune with the ages
tested verities that govern all life.
The loud fortissimo music represents
the exuberance and initiative of a
people still growing to their destined
stature. The quiet melodies of Ma.
ture are themes that tell of life's al.
ways new, but ever-old truths.
Go to sunlit meadow on a gen
te-breeze day and sit for a time
among the grasses. Soon your ears
will become tuned to the small sounds
A bumblebee droning unhurriedly
by makes melody that blends with
the soft sounds of myriad unseen in
sects. Meadow music is soft, but ir
its steady pulsing rythms one can fee
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-05
Country Flavor
by HGYdn S. Peorson-

the never-ceasing surge of life itself
Song sparrows sit on fence posts
and toss three-syllable introductions
to the blue-gold day; perhaps bob
white will call from the slough or a
crow will call from the woodland
From the swamp the redwing black
birds whistle, and occasionally a
phoebe throws its name into the
warm air.
Listen in the evening of June day
when the breeze begins to freshen
just before a rain. There is music
in gentle wind, and in its blended
harmony one can hear the sweet
tones of the violins and the haunting
melody of the cellos. And just as
darkness closes in the hills and val
leys, and the first stars break through
the black velvet, there are few mo-
ments in a rising wind when one car
hear a poignant blending of harmon
izing chords. We do not listen enough
to Natures music. We would not
soften unduly the loud symphony that
is a nations vibrant heartbeat, but
we wish that more persons would
listen to the soft music that is Ma
lures symphony of Nature.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-05
The Four County Airport

The aviation committee of the Buffton Business Mems
association to have made favorable impression upon
at least 100 representatives of industry and politics in
gard to its proposal for fourounty airport in this growing
industrial But that is long way from interesting suf
cent taxpayers in Allen, Hancock Hardin and Putnam
counties in passing tax levy to support such project fl
nancaly.
This is project, as County Commissioner Clyde War
of Hancock county sad that will require lot of selling
1t is also project, A. P. Shields, of the ExCel-O
corporation told the meeting last Wednesday evening which
1--WE may be able to proudly pass to future generations
Who foresee the Importance of the future of the air
facilities establish today? H-
c. C. Thompson, airport consultant of the Aircraft
Owners and Pilots association at Washington d. C. recently
wrote the local committee follows
t appears that your proposal could be compared in
general way with the AonCanton Airport situation where
airline service is provided at convenient point for service
to several and cities between the two cities mentioned
With airport at Buffton not only could Lima and Fnday
be accommodated but airline service would be available to all
people living within convenient 20-mile radius
"The airline representatives like airports that
cities and they will react favorable to your
What you propose very sound because today there
airline stop for the important between Fort Wayne
and Columbus Dayton and Toledo The of General
Aviation aircraft and air taxi operators in wide would
interested being able to make airline connections at your
proposed airport where fast ongdstance airline service is
desired" Thompson said
appears that the aviation committee has come with
good dea and is to be hoped that interest will be sus
tanned through the long period that will take before it can
hope to become reality.