TV Letters Roast Sponsors and Laurel and Hardy Studio Plans
A collage of TV sponsor letters is recounted with humorous notes about the industry. Highlights include NBC and RCA executives receiving odd requests, Laurel and Hardy’s new NBC color cartoon series for 1962 63, Ruth Roman and Robert Stack on The Untouchables, and various industry moves such as Kaye Ballard recording for United Artists and Andy Williams signing with Columbia Records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Nbc-Tv
Laurel and Hardy
Laurel
Ruth Roman
Robert Stack
Abc-Tv
Bobby
Walter Mangel
Prince
86Th Street
New York
East Side
Mitzi Berger
Philip Victor
Nick Aversano
Francis Minturn Sedgwick
Bobbs-Merrill Co
Nbc-Tv News
Chet Huntley
David Brinkley
Academy of Tele‘vision Arts and Sciences
Astor Hotel
Academy
Milton Berle
Arthur Godfrey
Ed Sullivan
Andy Williams
Variety
Columbia Records
Sammy Fuchs
Sammy’s Bowery Follies
the Bowery
Donald Pleasence
Pleasance
Kaye Ballard
David Merrick
United Artists
Physical Fitness In Maryland Schools Report
Seventeen of Maryland’s twenty four public school systems report that a bit over 24.6 percent of students in grades 4 5 and 6 received physical fitness testing in the opening two months of the 1961 62 school year. The favored battery mirrors the Suggested Elements program and includes pull ups sit ups and squat thrusts for girls. Secondary schools show about two thirds tested with batteries from the A H P E R and other state and local tests. Programs emphasize strength development with tumbling gymnastic apparatus resistive work and weight lifting as part of regular physical education. The Status Study by the Maryland State Department of Education aims to outline current programs trends progress and what is being done for physical fitness with future meetings planned with superintendents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
President's Council On Youth Fitness
American Association For Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Navy and
Marine Corps
New York
Maryland State Department of Education
Church Group Notices and Harvest Home Service Plans
Our WSCS will meet with Mrs. Jack Adams next Wednesday evening November 29. Ames Church Official Board met Monday evening with Mr. Dawson Fountain as chairman. Our MYF met in the Sunday School room Monday evening. Miss Wanda Fountain is president. Harvest Home Service is set for next Sunday morning at the church. The Lord's Acre Project contributions should be turned into treasurer Mrs. Elwood Layton. Attendees of the Charge-Wide Thanksgiving dinner at Burrsville Community House last included many folk from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSCS
Jack Adams
Ames Church
Dawson Fountain
MYF
Wanda Fountain
Harvest Home
Lord's Acre
Elwood Layton
Burrsville
Salisbury Antiques Show And Sale Details
The Women’s Association of the Wicomico Presbyterian Church has finalized plans for the 11th Annual Antiques Show and Sale at the church Educational Building on Broad Street. It runs November 29 to December 1, with 11 am to 10 pm hours Wednesday and Thursday and 11 am to 5 pm Friday. Nineteen dealers from five states will exhibit furniture glass china silver brass pewter stamps and primitives. Luncheon is served daily from 11 am to 2 pm. Mr. Richard …
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wicomico Presbyterian Church
Broad St
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
Richard
Nice
George Appleton
David Grier
William C. Corrigan
Fred Spigler
Wilbur Ellis
Franklin Hill, Jr
Rush Winchester
Benjmin Quillin
Harold Phillips
Wors
Resents
Salisbury
John Daly
Wicomico High School
Richard Pillsbury
Charles H. Clark
Bookmobile planned for Caroline and Kent County Library
The Board learned last week that federal funds are available to buy a bookmobile for the joint Caroline and Kent libraries. A $10,000 grant was approved to purchase a new mobile unit, with aims to extend service countywide by spring and to remodel the headquarters library. The board adopted a formal objectives statement emphasizing equal free service and access to professionally selected materials for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Library Trustees
Judge Carter
William N. Raleigh
Kent
Caroline
Caroline County
Committee to Decide Next Steps for Program Improvement
A committee on supervision and curriculum development will determine subsequent actions to enhance the program. Members will review current practices, identify gaps, and outline steps for improvement and implementation across the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mittee
Sympathy And Social News From Goldsboro
Sympathy is extended to the family of Clifford Schaube. Residents and visitors share within a busy Social Page with meetings, visits, and church events. A Pancake Supper by Trinity Church Methodist Men drew praise, while a rich display of antiques and talking machines will headline a downtown exhibit.
Caroline County Library adopts Library Bill of Rights
The Caroline County Public Library endorses the Library Bill of Rights to guide its activities, aims to remove ignorance and indifference, and align with national library practices. Miss Mary Katherine Porter and Mrs James Ex Cooper join the Building Committee to expedite renovation, with plans to open to the public in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
James Ex. Cooper
Humane Society Decries Abandonment Of Puppies
Residents of Caroline and Talbot counties condemn dropping puppies at the town dump. The piece notes animal cruelty laws and potential jail or fines up to 100 dollars for abusers. It urges reporting to police and cites Talbot County Humane Society as responsive, plus contact details for Lila G. Trader in Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Talbot County
Humane Society
Talbot County Society
Talbot County Humane Society
Lila G
Denton 410
Courtesy Under Fire At Home And On The Road
A brief editorial note asserts that courtesy remains lawful and valuable both in domestic life and behind the wheel. It emphasizes manners as a social good and warns against neglecting civility in traffic and family settings.
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By Lawrence Witte
Juliet Lowell
Bowman Gray
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Ataturk
Kamil
Hatice D
David Sarnoff
NBC
Gerturde
Bridgeport
Willie
Bmarviend
Mirk
Thome
Caroline and Kent County
Goldsborg
Roland Cartwrict
Phonn Yr1
Clifford Schaube
Edward Buelkholz
Mdna McCaffery
Philadelphia
Wkave Schaube
Alberta Schaube
Louise Milby
Circle 2
Ross Cahall
Thomas Gray, Jr
Columbia
Catherine Gray
Jackie Chue
Iss Boss Ross
Joe Rea
Trinity Church
Goldsboro
Hilda Seamans
Wilmington
William Ross
Clara Quillen
Kenney Wothers
Greensboro
Bessie Dennison
Ricci
Dover
William Marvel
Ridgely
Minnie Dennison
Louise Dennison
Alfred Dennison
Memorial Hospital
Sara
Mary Scotton
John Sylvester
Mimer Cutler
Georgia Butler
Ateoc
L. Th Thomas
Wanda
Starle
Sin
Wesley Stafford
Ronnie
Dale
Sharon
Resse
Stafford
Clara Jean
Frank Willoughby
Diane
Willousibs
Moers
Keecston Tene
Ape
Jode
Adams
Louie Sharp
Ricky
Fate
Virginia Rasch
Layton Bondis
Washington
Carrie P Bowale
Harrington
Ide Willoughby
L. Nl
Thomas
Howard J. Oakes
Centreville
Paul Stafford
Allen
Laura
Redmond
Paul Maloney
J. A. Willoughby
Cambridge
Duke Moore
Clifton Flaharty
Elmer Butler
Joe Willoughby
Octavia Moore
Robert Lord
Rosa Lord
Lena Cohen
L. Hopkins Thomas
Easton
Famous Kroehler
Kroehler
Cooper
Denton, Maryland
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