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KMA GUIDEVol. 2 /h40 DECEMBER, 1945 %1291. No. 12

KMA KIDDIES' CHRISTMAS PARTYLeft to right, front row: Roberta Stotts, Barbara Ann Griswold, Don RonaldSmith, Sandra Maxine Hayes, John Anderson, Betty Joe Parish, Burton EugeneFellows, Shirley Jean Parish. Second row: James Blackwood, Jr., KennethStotts, Larry Van Horn, James Schroeder, Suzanne Ely, John Robert Fishbaugh,Steven Childs, Barbara Saddler, Betty Jane Rankin, Paul Brawner, Jr., andBillie Ruth Brawner. Third row: Caroline Ely, Delma Klein, Tucky Saddlerand Donna Lee Parish in Santa's arms, Linda Lee Moss, Donald Everly andPhillip Everly.

"THE MAGAZINE ABOUT YOUR FAVORITES ON YOUR FAVORITE STATION"

2 THE KMA GUIDE

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Mrs. Ross L. Frey(Yes Mrs. Frey, hundreds of people

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Vol. 2 No. 12

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DECEMBER, 1945 3

A ChatWith Earl May

This is our first peacetime Christmas.How different from Dec. 25, 1941! Or1942 - 1943 - and 1944. Many of you willhave your sons and daughters back withyou from the horrors of war. Many of youwill be hoping they are having the bestChristmas possible in France - Germany -the Pacific area. Some of you will neverhave them back - except in holy memory.

This should, therefore, be a Christmason which we return to fundamentals. Letus remember what Christmas really is -and the sacrifices all of us have made to-gether in making this Christmas possible.

I don't care how much money you have.Some of you will do most of your shop-ping in the Five -and -Tens. What doesthat matter? Some of you will patronizethe expensive stores, That doesn't mat-ter either. But I hope none of you go onsilly buying sprees and forget all aboutthe true spirit of Christmas.

Friends, I urge you to return to funda-mentals this Christmas - to the funda-mentals of home at Christmastide forwhich our people have bled and sufferedand endured to preserve. What doesChristmas really mean-to you? Look backto your childhood, and you can tell. Achild is the most serious and thrilled per-

son in the world. What Christmas meantto you then is undoubtedly what youwould like to have Christmas mean to younow. Well-let it mean that much to you.Get back that simple and beautiful faithof your childhood. If you can, it will giveyou peace, comfort, and the nearest thingto happiness you'll ever know.

Most of us think in pictures. I know Ido. I can see our humble home now. Andat Christmas we had crackling logs, holly,mistletoe, and candlelight. We had pud-dings-a Christmas tree-and friends. Inrural school and in church we sang thelovely and beautiful carols. A lot of theyoungsters had better presents than I didat Christmas, but none of them enjoyed itmore, for none of them had my mother,my father, my brother and sister. None ofthem got the same thrill I did in hearingthe enchanting story of the Christ -Child,or in singing the Christmas carols, or ingoing to church on that holy day.

Why was Christ born in a manager? Ifyou read Luke 2:7 you'll find out: "Be-cause there was no room for them in theinn." Will there be room in your housethis Christmas for your family, yourfriends, and someone nobody else willtake the trouble to invite? Will there beroom in your heart for a devout prayerfor all your fellowmen?

I hope so. That's way I hope YOUhave a truly-Merry Christmas

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Faylon Geist

If, as Longfellow once said, "Music isthe universal language of mankind", thenFaylon Geist is a linguist extraordinary.His daily 6:15 p.m. organ program is agenuine favorite, for he plays popularand semi -classical pieces with equal facil-ity.

Faylon is back at KMA after 31/2 yrs. ofArmy service. He was overseas 14 mo. inEng. and continental Europe and has 3battle stars as well as the Bronze star formeritorious achievement. The old-fashion-ed flat -top reed organ he got from a Ger-man military installation is the pride andjoy of his souvenir collection (Sept. '45KMA GUIDE, p.6); and among cherishedmemories are the occasions when heplayed the organ in several famouschurches and cathedrals in Europe.

Altho he was born in Clarinda, Ia.,Faylon has lived almost all his life inShenandoah. Music has always been theguiding light of his career, for at the ageof 6 he began playing the piano. InShenandoah High School he learned toplay the organ, and in 1934 competed inan organ contest at the U. of Ia. StateMusic Festival, emerging triumphantlywith the state title. In the tri-state pianocontest sponsored by Tarkio College, Mo.,the same year, he was awarded the only1st place among contestants from Ia.,Nebr., Mo., and Kans.

Faylon is an accomplished church or-ganist and choir director. He's studied at

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KMA KiddiesChristmas is the season for delicious

food and glittering tinseled trees. It'sthe time of gift -giving and parties. Butmore than these, Christmas belongs espec-ially to children. When you see the won-der and awe in a child's eyes as you tellhim the old story of the first Christmas;when he chuckles with delight to hearabout Santa and the 8 Arctic reindeer;when he scampers downstairs early on acrisp and snowy Yuletide morning todelve with ecstasy into the packages un-der the tree-then you realize that Christ-mas is indeed for children!

So when the KMA kiddies gathered atthe home of Flower Lady Lina Fergusonfor their holiday party, Santa himself prom-ised to be there to distribute toys andcandy. And that's how we can bring youour cover picture of jolly Santa and thechildren of your KMA favorites.

Here's who the children are: Roberta, 2,and Kenneth Stotts, 4, are the 2 oldestchildren of yodeler Bob Stotts. BarbaraAnn Griswold, 21/2, is the daughter ofpianist Hilton Griswold of the BlackwoodQuartet. Don Ronald Smith, 8, is the sonof Basso Don Smith of the same quartet.Control operator Warren Hayes is thefather of Sandra Maxine, 1. John Ander-son, 21/2, is the youngest in the home ofAndy Anderson, salesman. Betty Joe, al-most 2, Donna Lee, 1, and Shirley Jean,nearly 3, are the feminine trio "Little Joe"and Virginia Parish are so proud of."Dude" Fellows' son is Burton Eugene, 3.Jimmy Blackwood, 2, is "junior" to JamesBlackwood of the quartet. Five-yr.-oldLarry Van Horn is the son of Wayne whoplays the electic guitar. Ray Schroeder,Chief Eng., is the father of James, 5. Suz-anne, 5, and Caroline Ely, 8, are daugh-ters of Eng. Walt Ely. John Robert Fish -bough is looking straight at GrandpaFrank Field as he takes the picture.News Editor Ralph Childs is the father ofSteven, 5. Barbara, 41/2, and Owen(Tucky) Saddler, 11/2, are the children ofyour Editor. Betty Jane Rankin, 51/2, isEarl May's granddaughter; while Paul

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Dec.

DECEMBER, 1945 5

Forecasts

for theMonth

Birthdays3-Donna Lee Parish (daughter of

Little Joe Parish)Dec. 3-Don Ronald Smith (son of Don

Smith, bass singer with Black-wood Brothers' Quartet)

Dec. 11-Ina Burdick, Mail ClerkDec. 12-Marie Griswold (wife of Hilton

Griswold, pianist)Dec. 15-Warren Hayes, Control OperatorDec. 15-Beverly Moss (wife of Terry

Moss, Program Manager)Dec. 24-Roy Blackwood (first tenor with

the Blackwood Brothers' Quartet)Dec. 26-Betty Jane Langfitt (wife of Mer-

rill Langfitt, Farm Service Di-rector)

Dec. 26-Adolph Hahn (husband of InaHahn, Mail Clerk)

AnniversariesDec. 13-Virginia and Little Joe ParishDec. 15-Ina (Mail Clerk) and Adolph

HahnBIRTHSTONE: TurquoiseFLOWER: Narcissus or Holly

FAYLON DEIST-Cont'dthe U. of Colo. and the American Conser-vatory of Music, and is planning, with theaid of the G. I. Bill of Rights, to furtherhis musical education later on.

He has blue eyes, light brown hair, ajolly smile. He was 31 on Sept. 26, andis single. He's 5' 111/2", weighs 150 lbs.,has a definite weakness for salmon loafand German potato salad. Hiking andcollecting a recorded musical library arehis hobbies.

For another story about our formerMusic Director, see your Nov. '44 KMAGUIDE, p.6.

NEW PRORAMJOHN J. ANTHONY, famous adviser on

human affairs, is on the air over KMA2:15-2:30 p.m. every Mon. thru Fri.

New Corners(Introducing your newest friends at

our station)

When our new announcer posed for thispicture, an irrepressible cowlick held op"production". Three times it was brusheddown, and 3 times it sprang up. So hereyou have Warren Neilson, cowlick and all!

Yes, that gold button you see in hislapel is the official discharge pin. In1943, his birthday, Mar. 10, was extra -special, for that was the day he saidgoodbye to Army routine and began work-

ing at a Sioux City,Ia., radio station.

His father was arancher, so Warrenwas born, he says,"in a sod -house inthe sandhills ofNebr." But his fath-er died when War-ren was 3 so he as-s u m e d responsibil-ities early in his'teens. After finish-ing high school inYankton, S. D., heworked his waythrough Yank tonCollege by playing

the clarinet and tenor -sax in a danceband and by doing odd jobs. He major-ed in English and speech and has ateacher's certificate. He was active indebating, dramatics, and declam, and thiswas one reason he turned to radio uponhis release from service.

On Nov. 3, "Tex", as he is sometimescalled, joined the KMA staff. You canhear him on the 5:15 p.m., and 6 p.m.newscasts and as me at 3:45 every dayon Bob Stotts' program.

Warren is partial to sport clothes andis fond of bright red or blue ties. He likesfishing and hunting and is a good shot,but modestly gives the credit to his 12 -gauge double barrelled shotgun. He hasblack hair, brown eyes, a friendly man-ner. He's 5'8", weighs 155. He is single,so girls here's a tip: the easiest way tohis heart is . . platterful of friedchicken!

WARREN NEILSON

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"Better Halves"(Here, each month, we introduce you tothe wives, or husbands, of your KMA

friends.)

If you were to go 18 blocks south ofKMA you'd find a vine -covered gray stuc-co home; and greeting you at the doorwould be Elizabeth Rankin Saddler, thecharming wife of Owen, your Editor andKMA's general mgr. (Aug. '44 KMAGUIDE, p.6). You would meet, too, theother important members of the family:blonde, curly-haired Barbara Elizabeth,41/2, and brown -eyedOwen, Jr. (Tucky),11/2 (see front cover).

Talented and at-tractive, Mrs. Saddlerhas a gracious andfriendly manner thatcharms everyone shemeets. Her eyes area spa rx ling deepbrown, her hair alovely auburn. She'snot only a delight-ful hostess but asplendid mother aswell. One of h e rfavorite occupationsis to teach Barbarato sing, and of course Tucky is just at theage where he's a real handful!

The daughter of the J. D. Rankins ofTarkio, Mo., Elizabeth was born May 5,1913. In 1929 she was graduated fromTarkio High School and thereafter attend-ed the Kansas City Art Institute, the U. ofColo., and Tarkio College, receiving herB.A. degree in 1934. She has taught pub-lic school music and drama in Union, Ne-braska, and Clayton, Kans. In 1936 sheattended the Ben Bard School of Drama inLos Angeles, and acted in Little Theatersthroughout Cal. and New Mex. Then in1938 she became a continuity writer atKMA where she met her future husband.They were married Apr. 6, 1940, at Tarkio,Mo. She has a sister, Jane, who works inthe Bank of Cal. in Hollywood; and abrother, J. D. Rankin, Jr. a Navy lieutenantand husband of Frances May, daughter ofEarl E. May.

ELIZABETHSADDLER

For hobbies Elizabeth likes sketching incharcoal and horseback riding. Her favor-ite foods are chocolate pie, lobster andduck cooked with sage and onion dress-ing and sprinkled liberally with bacon.She loves to cook and is an immaculatehousekeeper but finds time also for variedoutside interests in the CongregationalChurch and the Am. Ass'n. of UniversityWomen.

We think our station mgr. is mightylucky for 3 good reasons, and they areElizabeth, Barbara, and Tucky.

DO YOU KNOW?One thousand people attended the

Blackwood Quartet concert in Kirksville,Mo., recently?

"Little Joe" Parish and wife have brand-new bright red gabardine sport shirts shemade?

Something new has been added to the8 a.m. newscast; 5 -min, of sport headlinesby Jim Kendrick?

M/Sgt. Fred Greenlee, former KMA pro-gram director, has been discharged afterserving 3 yrs with the Intelligence Sec.of 354th Fighter Group (Pioneer Mus-tangs)?

Our own Chick Martin's daughter wasrecently interviewed on Tom Breneman's"BREAKFAST IN HOLLYWOOD" (10-10.30a.m.)?

Ralph Child's greatest weakness isfood?

After Jimmie Morgan dedicated a sur-prise number to a Hallowe'en party ofchildren in Maryville, Mo., he received a"thank you" note signed by all 14 boysand girls?

Our new, young, nice -looking controloperator is Lloyd Latta?

A Christmas gift of the KMA GUIDE fora year, would make a big hit with any-one?

The KMA fountain is the gathering placefor everyone waiting until time to go onthe air?

When asked about his most embarrass-ing moment, "Little Joe" said it occuredwhen a cousin and he were eating at alarge convention of teachers and supt's.His cousin said loudly, "Joe, please passthe meat loaf". Which was all right-ex-cept that it wans't meat loaf-it was fruitcake!

DECEMBER, 1945 7

Tips for FarmersFrom

FRANK FIELDHere it is Decem-

ber! Doesn't it beatall how the monthsroll around? Theyzip by so fast, it ishard to keep track ofthem. And, in just afew more days, itwill be Christmasagain! The lastyear has beenmighty good to theField family, with nosickness, other thanthe usual colds and sniffles. Christmastime this year finds us all well and happy,excepting Zo. She's well but not entirelyhappy because her husband is Skipper ofan L.C.T. based in Japan, with no immed-iate prospects of coming home.

There are 6 of us at home now, whichmakes enough housework and cooking tokeep Jennie perfectly happy. You knowall good cooks like to see people eat well,and we don't disappoint her in the least.

Johnny has been out of service for sev-eral months now, and is working at theShenandoah Sentinel. He's a reporter,and also writes a column called "SnafuSlants".

Johnny and his cousin, Wayne Driftmier,have been doing a lot of duck huntingthis fall; in fact they're out on the riverright now. Our freeze -box is certainlycoming in handy, but until we use upsome more of the pheasants and ducks,there just won't be room for the rest ofthe chickens. Last week Jennie and Ikilled, cleaned and dressed 33 chickens,and packed them in the freeze -box allcut up and ready for the frying pan.We'll all enjoy them along in Jan., andFeb.

The freeze -box is ct wonderful invention,and I honestly don't know how we evergot along without it. Ours has d capacityof 1,000 lbs., and if I had it to do overagain I would make it just twice as big.The other day I found in a government

bulletin, a pretty good rule for buying afreeze -box. They said to allow 5 cubicft. for each member of the family. A cu-bic ft. will hold about 50 lbs. of meat orvegetables. On that basis a family of 6would need a 30 cu. ft. box, having a ca-pacity of 1,500 lbs., which would be aboutright.

Peggy is a senior in high school thisyear and is on the staff of the weeklyhigh school paper. Apparently she, too,inherits the Field "gift of gab." Our old-est boy, Bob, is working here in the aCtr-den seed department. Their little boy,Bill, is about the healthiest, best lookingbaby you ever saw. The other grand-child, Zo's Johnny, oscillates back andforth between our house and his othergrandparent's, and is perfectly happy ateither place.

Well, that brings you all up-to-date onthe Field family. How are all you folks?

This has been one of the driest falls onrecord, and unless we get some heavysoaking rains before the ground freezesup for winter, I am afraid we're going tolose lots of our perennial plants andshrubs. You see, when the fall has beenextremely dry, so there isn't much mois-ture in the ground, it cracks quite badlywhen it freezes. Then the cold air set-tles down in these cracks to the roots ofthe plants. Many of the varieties whichare ordinarily perfectly hardy will thusbe killed by spring. To avoid this, makesure all your perennials, shrubs, and smallevergreens get a good thorough soakingbefore the freeze-up comes. If you havecity water, it is a simple matter to let thehose run for several hours in a place,moving from one spot to another untileverything is soaked up. If you don'thave city water pressure, it will meancarrying dozens of buckets of water butthe results will be well worth it.

CHRISTMAS GIFT? Give the KMA GUIDE.It is 12 gifts in one and lasts all year.Only $1 for a year's subscription, a newcopy each month, 12 issues in all. We'llsend special Christmas Gift Card to yourfriend or relative and will acknowledgeorder direct to you. Send $1 to Gift Dept.,KMA GUIDE, Shenandoah, Iowa.

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KMA DAILY PROGRAMSFOR DECEMBER, 1945

960 ON YOUR DIAL

DAILY DAYTIME PROGRAMS

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

5:30 a.m.-Blackwood Brothers5:45 a.m.-Church of the Air6:00 a.m.--RFD 9607:00 a.m.-News7:15 a.m.-Frank Field7:30 a.m.-Blackwood Brothers7:45 a.m.-Green Mountain Boys8:00 a.m.-Morning Headlines8:15 a.m.-West Sisters8:30 a.m.-Breakfast Club9:00 a.m.-Homemaker's Visit9:30 a.m.-Hymns of All Churches9:45 a.m. (Mon.)-One Woman's Opinion9:45 a.m. (Except Mon.)-Listening Post

10:00 a.m.-Breakfast in Hollywood10:30 a.m -Home Edition10:45 a.m.-Ted Malone11:00 a.m.-Stump Us11:15 a.m.-Frank Field11:30 a.m.-Glamour Manor12:00 noon-Earl May-News12:30 p.m.-Home Folks12:45 p.m.-Market Reports1:00 p.m.-Rambling Cowboys1:15 p.m.-Blackwood Brothers1:30 p.m.-Kitchen Klatter2:00 p.m.-Zeke and Joan2:15 p.m.-John J. Anthony2:30 p.m.-"Ladies Be Seated"3:00 p.m.-Jack Berch Show3:15 p.m.-Steve Wooden3:30 p.m.-Little Joe's Jamboree3:45 p.m.-Jeanie Pierson4:00 p.m.-Lina Ferguson4:15 p.m.-Jimmie Morgan4:45 p.m. --Hop Harrigan5:00 p.m.-Terry and the Pirates5:15 p.m.-News5:30 p.m.-Jack Armstrong5:45 p.m.-Tennessee Jed

MONDAY NIGHT

6:00 p.m.-Fulton Lewis, Jr.6:15 p.m.-Faylon Geist6:30 p.m.-Earl May News7:00 p.m.-Lum 'n Abner7:15 p.m.-Hedda Hopper

7:30 p.m.-Pacific Serenade8:00 p.m.-Rex Maupin's Band8:30 p.m.-Clancy Hayes' Band8:55 p.m.-Modern Melodies9:00 p.m.-The Shadow9:30 p.m.-To Be Announced

10:00 p.m.--Ralph-Childs, News10:15 p.m.-Sinclair Headlines10:30 p.m.-Frankie Carle's Band11:00 p.m.-Newstime11:45 p.m.-Buddy Johnson's Band

TUESDAY NIGHT

6:00 p.m.-Fulton Lewis, Jr.6:15 p.m.-Faylon Geist6:30 p.m.-Earl May, News7:00 p.tn.-Lum 'n Abner7:15 p.m.-Elmer Davis7:30 p.m.-Alan Young8:00 p.m.-Guy Lombardo8:30 p.m.-Drs. Talk It Over8:45 p.m.-Hank D'Amico8:55 p.m.-Modern Melodies9:00 p.m.-Concert Time9:30 am..-To Be Announced

10:00 p.m.-Ralph Childs, News10:15 p.m.-Raymond Swing10:30 p.m.-Buddy Johnson's Band11:00 p.m.-Newstime11:45 p.m.-Emil Vandas' Band

WEDNESDAY NIGHT

6:00 p.m.-Fulton Lewis, Jr.6:15 p.m.-Faylon Geist6:30 p.m.-Earl May, News7:00 p.m.-Lum 'n Abner7:15 o.m.--Elmer Davis7:30 p.m.-Fishing & Hunting Club8:00 p.m.-Fresh-up Show8:30 p.m.-Pages of Melody8:55 p.m.-Modern Melodies9:00 p.m.-Counterspy9:30 p.m..-Ray Carter's Band9 : 45 p.m.-Janet Flanner

10:00 p.m.-Ralph Childs, News10:15 p.m.-Sinclair Headlines10:30 p.m-Frankie Carle's Band11:00 p.m.-Newstime11:45 p.m. --Harry Cool's Band

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THURSDAY NIGHT

6:00 p.m.-Fulton Lewis, Jr,6:15 p.m.-Faylon Geist6:30 p.m.-Earl May, News7:00 p.m.-Lum 'n Abner7:15 p.m.-Earl Godwin7:30 p.m.-Am. Town Meeting8:30 p.m.-Detect and Collect8:55 p.m.-Modern Melodies9:00 o.m.--You and The News9:30 p.m.--Fantasv In Melody

10:00 p.m.-Ralph Childs, News10:15 p.m.-Raymond Swing10:30 p.m.-Tommy Dorsey11:00 p.m.-Newstime11:45 p.m.-Jerry Wald's Band

FRIDAY NIGHT

6:00 p.m.-Fulton Lewis, Jr.6:15 p.m.-Faylon Geist6:30 p.m.-Earl May, News7:00 p.m.-Blind Date7:30 p.m.-This Is Your FBI8:00 p.m.-Famous Jury Trials8:30 p.m.-The Sheriff8:55 p.m.-Modern Melodies9:00 p.m.-Gillette Fights

10:00 to.m.--Ralph Childs, News10:15 p.m.-Sinclair Headlines11:00 p.m.-Newstime11:45 p.m.-Jerry Wald's Band

SATURDAY PROGRAMS

5:30 a.m.-Blackwood Brothers5:45 a.m.-Church of the Air6:00 a.m.-RFD 9607:00 a.m.-News7:15 a.m.-Frank Field7:30 a.m.-Smilin' Ed McConnell7:45 p.m.-Green Mountain Boys8:00 a.m.-Morning Headlines8:15 a.m.-West Sisters

8:30 a.m.-Wake Up and Smile9:00 a.m.-Homemaker's Visit9:30 a.m.-Blackwood Brothers9:45 a.m.-Jimmie Morgan

10:00 a.m.-Harry Kogen's Band10:15 a.m.-Forward March10:30 a.m.-Saddle Pals11:00 a.m.-House of Mystery11:30 a.m.-Your Home and Garden12:00 noon-Earl May, News12:15 p.m.-Man on the Farm12:45 p.m.-Joe (Sr Ike1:00 p.m.-Rambling Cowboys1:15 p.m.-Blackwood Brothers1:30 p.m.-Kitchen Klatter2:00 p.m.-Zeke and Joan2:15 p.m.-Mack Sanders2:30 p.m.-West Sisters2:45 p.m.-Jimmie Morgan3:00 p.m.-Chester Bowles3:15 p.m.-Steve Wooden

3:30 p.m.-Little Joe's Jamboree3:45 p.m.-Jeanie Pierson4:00 p.m.-Lina Ferguson4:15 p.m.-Jimmie Morgan4:45 p.m.-News5:00 p.m.-Wilfred Fleisher5:15 p.m.-Harry Wismer5:30 p.m.-Hank D'Amico5:45 p.m.-"Labor U. S. A."6:00 p.m.-Jobs After Victory6:15 p.m.-Correspondents Abroad6:30 p.m.-Ralph Childs, News6:45 p.m.-Treasury Salute7:00 p.m.-Woody Herman7:30 p.m.-Man From G-28:00 p.m.-Gangbusters8:30 p.m.-Boston Symphony9:30 p.m.-We, the Editors

10:00 p.m. --Ralph Childs, News10:15 p.m.-Parade of Features10:30 p.m.-Tommy Dorsey's Band11:00 p.m.-Newstime11:30 p.m.-Harry Cool's Band

SUNDAY PROGRAMS7:00 a.m.-News Summary7:15 a.m.-Guitar Music7:30 a.m.-Back to the Bible8:00 a.m.-Young People's Church

Worship Hour'9:00 a.m.-Sunday School Lesson9:15 a.m.-Treasury Salute9:30 a.m.-Iowa Speaks9:45 a.m.-Newstime

10:00 a.m.-Call of the Cross10:30 a.m.-Voice of Prophecy11:00 a.m.-Pilgrim Hour11:30 a.m.-Lutheran Hour12:00 noon-Ralph Childs, News12:15 p.m.-,Excursion in Science12:30 p.m. --Blackwood Brothers12:55 p.m.-George Gunn1:00 p.m.-Chaplain Jim, U.S.A.1:30 p.m.-National Vespers2:00 p.m.-Elmer Davis2:15 p.m.-Melodies to Remember2:30 p.m.-Song Shop3:00 p.m.-Darts for Dough3:30 p.m.-Mary Small Revue4:00 p.m. --Jones and I4:30 p.m.-Charlotte Greenwood5:00 p.m.-Hall of Fame5:30 p.m.-Sunday Evening Party6:00 p.m-Drew Pearson6:15 p.m.-Don Gardner-News6:30 p.m.-Quiz Kids7:00 p.m.-Sunday Evening Hour8:00 p.m.-Walter Winchell8:15 p.m.-Hollywood Mystery Time8:45 p.m.-Jimmie Fidler9:90 p.m.-Theatre Guild

10:00 p.m.-Fulton Lewis, Jr.10:15 p.m.-Vera Massey10:30 p.m.-Randy Brook's Band11:00 p.m.-News11:30 p.m.-Leighton Noble's Band

10 THE KMA GUIDE

On the KMAParty Line

With DORIS MURPHY

WARREN HAYES, control operator, isgetting tired of preparing banquets for"Mitzi" the family dog. While Mr. andMrs. Hayes were away from home recent-ly, the tiny, resourceful canine maneuvereda chair up to the table, and enjoyed sev-eral pieces of nice, fried chicken. Oncebefore "Mitzi" helped himself to a bigplatter of pork cutlets, in about the samemanner. (P.S. Warren came to work onboth occasions without his dinner!)

Talk about embarassing moments! MAEWEST, of the West Sisters, wrote a letterto her sweetheart in Hawaii and one toher mother, Mrs. Edwin West, Coatsville,Mo., the same day. But she put hersweetheart's letter in the envelope ad-dressed to her mother, and her mother'sletter went to the boy friend! Let that bea lesson to all you girls!

A good neighbor and a school teacherwho realize the value of fine music .areresponsible for an unusual incident thathappens each school day at Mercer, Mo.At 1:15 p.m. daily, when the BlackwoodQuartet is on KMA, the neighbor whoilives behind the school house turns herradio up loud and opens her front door.The boys and girls raise the school win-dows and listen. Wouldn't it be fine ifSanta would bring this school a radio oftheir very own?

Since it was the first time in 5 yrs. thefamily of 9 could be together for Christ-mas, MRS. STEVE WOODEN couldn't re-sist visiting her folks in Van Couver,Wash. She left Dec. 1, to be gone amonth. She'll see her 2 brothers justback from overseas. While Kathleen isgone, singing "Steve" is "batching".Cooking his own meals isn't hard for him.His wife has been clerking in a store andwhen she gets home at 6, he has the eve-ning meal all prepared. Kathleen confi-dentially tells me Steve is a better cookthan she! That's a real compliment corn-ing from his own wife.

No wonder JOHN CONNELL, controlbooth engineer, had to lay off work 2

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weeks! He had tonsilitis, pharyngitis andbronchitis all at once! We're glad thatJohn is now back in tip-top shape again.

Heard that sweet music of WAYNE VANHORN's electric steel guitar lately? Yes,Van's back. Listen for him on RFD 960from 6 to 7 a.m.; with the Stump Us Boysat 11 a.m., and with the Rambling Cow-boys at 12:30.

Traveling 2,500 miles a week makingpersonal appearances has been the sched-ule of the BLACKWOOD QUARTET sincetheir return on KMA. They have gone asfar west as Grand Island and Hastings,Nebr.; as far north as Minn., and S. D.;east to Ottumwa, Ia., and Kirksville, Mo.;and south to St. Joseph and Topeka, Kans.This has been hard on tires, and after 6blowouts in one week, (3 in one night),they had their back wheels changed totake 8 -ply airplane tires. Now instead ofcoming in at night on "E flat", they fairlyfly in. James says they put 200-1b. Hiltonin the back seat to keep the car from"taking off".

If you could take a peek in announcerPAUL OLIVER's basement, you would seehim as Santa's helper. He is making his2-yr.-old daughter, Billie Ruth, a new dollcradle for Christmas.

Although OMA AND MAE WEST wereraised on a Mo. farm, they had neverdone much cooking. Now that they have

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A Gift For You!

Especially nice for the holidays butideal for any winter month are theseschool -girl favorite, matching sets knittedof smooth, non -shrink yarn. The circularbeanie has a patterned crown with thedesign repeated in the base of the draw-string bag. The deep bonnet ties on withvelvet ribbons and matches the bow -trimmed muff. You'll really make it amerry season for the school crowd if yougive these warm accessories. Free instruc-tion sheets telling you how to make them,are yours for the asking. Just write tothe Editor, the KMA GUIDE, enclose astamped envelope addressed to your-self, and ask for this offer. We'll see it'ssent to you by return mail-free!

FEAST - OR FAMINESince it's a long stretch from supper to

midnight, Warren Hayes and EddieVaughn, the night shift boys, often bringfood-even to fried chicken and "all thefixin's." They decided to take turns, withEddie bringing lunch one night, Warren theother. This worked swell until one fatefulevening when each thought it was theother's turn, and both arrived empty-handed!

Looking ForwardWith MERRILL LANGFITT

Many of you farmers are asking, "What'sahead in the next few months?" No onereally knows, but that is one of the sub-jects we've been discussing with out-standing authorities on our interview pro-gram at 6:45 every morning.

We asked that question of Carl Malone,Extension Economist at Iowa State Col-lege. He thinks we can expect fairly good.prices for the next few months, possibly ayear or two, but that we should not ex-pect war prices. He believes we cankeep production at about the same levelswe had during the war; and if full em-ployment is achieved, we will have amarket for that produce.

Malone also commented that cattle feed-ers might expect some heavy marketingsearly next spring and that it might bewell to gear your production of beef to,avoid early spring marketings. His ex-planation is that with a soft corn crop inmany sections of the midwest, farmers areforced to buy cattle to consume this soft -corn crop, and that many of these cattlefeeders are inexperienced and will notcarry them to heavy weight, but will bemoving them next spring.

Sec'y of Agriculture Clinton P. Ander-son told me his belief is that agricultureand industry should work together toachieve full employment, thereby creating -a market for the things we produce on thethe farm. He said sugar rationing would.no doubt continue all through 1946 andpossibly into 1947. The reason is that wehad expected supplies of sugar from thePhilippines to allay the shortage here,but those supplies weren't forthcoming.

In general then, it appears the outlookfor farm production and fair prices is:quite good in the next months ahead.Naturally, there will be some placeswhere production should be reduced.

If you have a particular problem, won'tyou write us? And listen at 6:45 a.m. toKMA's daily interview with some farmleader or with farm folks themselves, in-cluding 4-H Club boys and girls, Amer-ica's future farmers.

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Program PersonalsBy HARRIET LINGO

Immediately after TED MALONE return-ed from his world flight, he made the prin-cipal address at his Alma Mater, WilliamJewel College at Liberty, Mo., when thecollege observed its annual "AchievementDay". MALONE, whose ABC broadcastsincluded human interest stories from thefronts during the war (weekdays -10:45a.m.), has been selected as one of 6 dis-tinguished alumni to re-ceive "Citations ofAchievement." Pres i-dent Truman originallywas selected to makethe address, but officialduties kept him inWashington. MALONE,a friend of the Presi-dent and a one-timeneighbor in Independ-ence, Mo., was chosenas his substitute.

Ken Niles, m.c. ofABC'S DARTS FORDOUGH, (Sun. 3 p.m.)claims he has the onlyetiquette -minded dog inhistory. His hound re-fuses to point.

The young Americantenor, Felix Knight,heard on SUNDAYEVENING PARTY (5:30p.m.), has an enviablerecord in many fields,including radio, opera,motion pictures, con-cert, and recording. Afinalist in the Metropol-itan Opera Auditions ofthe air in 1938, he has sung in the Holly-wood Bowl, with the San Francisco Sym-phony, and on the FORD SUNDAY EVE-NING HOUR (Sun. 7 p.m.)

Reporting on Tom Breneman's recentabsence from his BREAKFAST IN HOLLY-WOOD (10:00 a.m) program, BREAKFASTCLUB's Don McNeill explained that Bre-nernan was spending some of his time ina dentist's chair. "That's what Tom gets

This is FULTON LEWIS, TR., thewell-known radio commentator whohas been making the headlined probeinto government -financed war proj-ects and the Pearl Harbor disaster.LEWIS' fearless exposes are heardover KMA Mon. thru Fri. at 6 p.m.and on Sun. at 10 p.m.

for telling people to send me brokenplates", the ABC toastmaster remarked."Now he has one himself!" (Nov. KMAGUIDE, p. 4). BREAKFAST CLUB is heardweekdays at 8:30 a.m.

For several months, actors rehearsingfor THE MARY SMALL - JUNIOR MISSSHOW (Sun. 3:30 p.m.) have been com-menting enthusiastically on the "JuniorMiss" scripts and wondering who writesthem. But the author's name remainedsecret until it was revealed last week in"Radio Daily". Modest Jack Rubin, who

directs the show, is thewriter. He never toldanyone, even when thecompliments piled up.

To children all overAmerica, HOP HARRI-GAN (weekdays, 4:45p.m.) is a real Army AirCorps lieutenant whoseexploits during the warso closely followed thetrend of the news thathe became synonymouswith pilots they saw inthe newsreels. Part ofthe thrill of the pro-gram, for boys espec-ially, lies in the factthat aeronautical termsused are carefullychecked for accuracyand the writer is alertfor latest aviation im-provements and termin-ology.

Fresh out of collegeis Ruth Davey, vocalstar of THE FRESH -UPSHOW (Wed., 8 p.m.).She graduated only lastyear from Penn State,

where her father is a professor.Myron McCormick of LISTENING POST

(Tues. thru Fri., 9:45 a.m.) will appear inthe forthcoming Broadway production of"State of the Union."

Don't forget, Dec. 18 is the deadline onthe $1,000 GUY LOMBARDO "Song Title"contest. He's heard Tuesdays, 8 p. m.

Hear LADIES BE SEATED, weekdays at2:30 p.m., for news a'aout other prizes.

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Season's GreetingsFrom LEANNA DR1FTMIER

There are many thousands of you,Of every age and size,Clothed in garments plain or fancyLight or dark your hair and eyes.You are happiest when findingWays to make your home completeSomething new to serve for dinnerHow to keep the kitchen neat.And all you learn from othersYou are more than glad to share.God bless you and your loved ones,My sisters of the air.

Let tas make Christmas this year a dayto be long remembered by all the family,not because of costly gifts, but the won-derful expression of love that makes homesuch a sacred place on Christmas.

If you have children in your home, tryto have a Christmas tree, even though itis only a limb from a pine planted in abucket of sand. In some homes it is thecustom to have the tree a complete sur-prise, but the little Driftmiers loved tohelp decorate the tree, an event that tookplace 3 days before Christmas. It is niceto keep tree decorations from year toyear, adding a few at each Christmasseason, for some are always accidentallybroken.

Although others prefer truly sophisti-cated trees, sprayed with silver paint andlighted with blue candles, give us thegood old-fashioned tree decorated with thehandwork of the whole family, with gin-gerbread men swinging perilously fromhigh places, candied apples, strings ofpopcorn and cranberries. Don't forget thegold star on the highest tip of the tree.

Across the silence of this holy Christ-mas season, I reach out my hand to claspyour own and wish you a blessed Christ-mas. May the spirit of love and unsel-fishness linger on in your homes long aft-er the Christmas tree becomes only amemory, and may "Peace on Earth, goodwill to men" be found not only in ourown homes, but in the homes of peopleall over the world.

Christmas - 1945With EfYill HANSEN

Christmas suggests different things todifferent people. Some see it in terms ofcolor-the gay wrappings on the pack-ages, the lights on the tree. Others thinkof it in terms of sound. The family carols,the joyous surge of the organ at thechurch, the gay note in people's voices,the laughter of children.

But I think of Christmas as a collectionof the most wonderful smells in the world,and it begins at the start of the season.First you notice the perfumes in the shops,and the aroma of cosmetics. Then there'sthe smell of Christmas decorations-thegood evergreen smell. And then forweeks it grows to a grand crescendo,right up to the wonderful aroma of theturkey, the tree in the parlor, and thespicy candy, cakes, and perfume gifts.

These recipes should help you add,'color and gaiety to your Christmas, aswell as supply the table with the festiveair.

An inexpensive, attractive, yet digest-ible centerpiece, a popcorn cake, madein angelfood mold, is our favorite. Forthis grease the pan lightly with butter,place an arrangement of colored gumdrops (cut in crescents and stars) in thebottom of the pan. Then prepare pop-corn as for popcorn balls and press thecorn firmly in the pan. You can preparethis several days before Christmas andthen Christmas Day, turn the popcorncake out on your prettiest plate or tray,place a white or colored candle on eitherside, and your centerpiece is ready.

The BUTTER BALL recipe will give youa different cooky for the holidays. Use1 C butter, 4 T powdered sugar, 1 t va-nilla extract, 2 C sifted flour, IC choppednuts. Cream butter, add sugar and con-tinue to beat until light. Add vanilla,sifted flour and mix well. Fold in chop-ped nuts. Shape dough into balls about3/4" in dia. on an ungreased bakingsheet. Bake in a moderate oven (3500)15 to 18 minutes. Roll in powdered sugarwhile hot. Makes about 3 doz. cookies.

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Yule DecorationsBy LINA FERGUSON

Gaiety will be the keynote of this, ourfirst peacetime Christmas. We want ourhomes to reflect the joy and thanksgivingwe have in our hearts and we want every-one to know that a warm welcome awaitswithin.

For that reason put the Christmas tleeof spruce, pine, or fir, near the window,where it can be seen. It will be the cen-ter of interest: the other decorations inthe room should be subordinate. Themantle or piano can be attractive withgreens from the garden. Choose the spotsto emphasize and don't overdo. Red pa-per bells and festoons of red and greenpaper should be used sparingly; a fewsimple greens, maybe a wreath, and afew bright colored candles are sufficient.Use any evergreen that you have. Thelower branches we usually trim from theChristmas tree to fit it in the holder areoften sufficient. Yew and hemlock areespecially lovely for their dark glossygreen foliage.

Small artificial trees available at thedime stores make effective decorationswhen used in pairs and hung with brighttinsel.

A rose bowl with a few sprigs of ever-green and red berries can be arranged asa miniature garden and placed in front ofa window where the light shines throughit. A child or sick friend will find thisespecially pleasing.

In the dining room the Christmas tableis the main decoration. Red and greenare the favorite colors here. A poinsettia,one of the gay pepper plants, a pile ofbright colored Christmas balls, candles ofvarying heights on a round tin tray sur-rounded by greens, all make effectivecenterpieces and put us in the mood ofChristmas.

ON THE KMA PARTY LINE-Cont'dan apartment, they get their own meals.Are they good cooks? Just ask Little JoeParish and wife, whom they entertainedat an old-fashioned southern Mo. supperof corn bread and boiled beans. LittleToe is still singing their praises!

JIMMIE KENDRICK was at the sodafountain for refreshments, awaiting histurn to announce when the BlackwoodQuartet left the air. Suddenly he heardtheir theme song on the speaker. Grab-bing his hamburger in one hand, a cokein the other, he ran wildly down the longhall to Studio B. Flustered; he signalledthe control operator to give him the mike.All he got was laughs from the boys!You see, he didn't know the BlackwoodQuartet, in answer to many requests, wassinging their theme song clear thru, as anumber in the middle of their program.So Jimmie finished eating his hamburger,but not in peace. The gang around sawto it that he got plenty of ribbing.

When the 2 and 3-yr.-old daughters of"LITTLE JOE" PARISH got thru "fixing up"the other day, you couldn't tell whetherthey were brunets or blondes. They hadwatched their daddy use oil to slick hishair down. So when they found a bottleof oil, they poured it on their hair andkept right on, until they had used thewhole bottle! When they showed daddyand mother what they had done, it wasdiscovered they had used gun oil insteadof hair oil! What girls won't do to bebeautiful I

He has lived in America since he was3, but JERRY FRONEK, our new piano -ac-cordionist, was born in Czechoslavakia.He joined our staff 3 weeks ago. He's 26;is 5 ft. 8; weighs 165; has brown hair andblue eyes. While working in a St. Louisstation 4 years ago, Jerry met and mar-ried a pretty blue-eyed brunet, DorothyPerrins, after a whirlwind 3 mo. courtship.They have a daughter, Geraldine, 3.With 7 yrs. radio experience to his credit,Jerry is adept at playing all types of.music. He can be heard with the groupsat 7:45 a.m.; 12.30 p.m.; 1 p.m., and 3:30p.m.

"The show must go on!" That's thecardinal rule of radio and showmanship.ROY BLACKWOOD hasn't let a brokenrib keep him from harmonizing with thequartet either on the radio or in personalappearances. He was underneath the carwhen the bumper jack slipped; the rearaxle snapped a rib. After getting taped

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ON THE KMA PARTY LINE-Cont'dup, he went right on entertaining.

It wasn't hard for WARREN HAYES andwife to decide what their 15-mo.-olddaughter Sandra, wanted for Christmas!At a friend's house she became so in-fatuated with a little rocking chair theycouldn't get her out of it all evening. Myguess is Santa will leave her a rockerunder the tree this year.

It was a blind pig that started BURTONFELLOWS on his career! He's our newguitar player and is often introduced toyou as "Smiling Dude from down Mo.way." When he was an 11-yr.-old farmboy, he decided to sell a blind pig andbuy a guitar. He had no one to give himlessons but he strummed away until helearned to play by ear. Then he startedplaying for country gatherings and old-time square dances. He became a favor-ite in no time for his hillbilly music, moun-tain ballads, and hymns. He's been inradio 4 yrs. now and joined our staff Nov.1. He served 11/2 yrs. in the army andwas discharged Sept. 1943. "Dude" likesanything to tall, weighs 155,and has black curly hair. He is 25; mar-ried and has a son, Burton Eugene, 3.

We have another bride in the KMA fam-ily! She is Margery Driftmier, daughterof your afternoon homemaker, Leanna,and Mart Driftmier of Shenandoah. Shewas married Sun. Nov. 18 to Elmer L.Ha;ms of Glendale, Cal. The double ringceremony was performed in the Congre-gational parsonage there, by the Rev.Jesse Perrin. Margery is employed asass't. office mgr. for the Brunswig Whole-sale Drug Co., in Los Angeles, and thebridegroom is mgr. of a Fitzsimmons Mar-ket in North Glendale.

Now, your questions as space permits:VIOLET THEISEN: The West Sisters wereon our Nov. cover. MRS. HOWARDTHOMPSON: Frank Field's soap recipewas in the Aug. issue. MRS. MARYKIBLE: Jim and Bob Raines are at Peters -town, W. Va. MRS. M. S.: Yes, TomBreneman plays the part of Uncle Corny.MRS. HARRY GRAYBEAL: Jim Raines'mother lives in W. Va. TWYLA & CHAR-LENE STODDEN: Bob Stotts is on ourNov. cover. Morrie Jones is at KXEL.

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Secretary of Agriculture; there are finepeople living in Manhattan, Kan. Theseare the impressions which Merrill Lang-fitt, Frank Field, Ray Schroeder, and FranzCherney returned with from the KansasIndustry -Agricultural Conference the otherday. They also brought back one of thebiggest scoops in the station's history-anexclusive interview with U.S.D.A. Secre-tary Anderson himself!

The odds were against them from thestart-a broken water pump; a blow-out;other radio and newspaper men on thescene for the same purpose; an unusualengineering problem to overcome; andconference heads discouraging all inter-views. But they didn't give up!-andSecretary Anderson, having time for onlyone interview, selected KMA as his

choice, much to the envy of the otherradio and newspaper men present. Aboveyou see the picture of the interview takenby Frank Field: left to right, Merrill Lang-an, KMA Farm Service Director; ClintonAnderson, Sec'y of the U. S. Dept. of Agri-culture; and Ray Schroeder, our chief en-gineer.

By-standers said they learned moreabout current farm topics from Ander-son's KMA interview than they did fromhis formal conference speeches.

For other important interviews and dis-cussions on the farm outlook, listen toKMA's 5 outstanding farm programs-RFD960, 6:30 a.m.; FRANK FIELD, 7:15 and 11a. m.; EARL MAY, 12:15 and 6:45 p. m.You always- hear a good program onKMA any time of day!