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* * f »Feature of JamboreeramhowinParkFringWhile other boys were tossing baseballs, Frank and Robert Pope were tossing fabulous salads with their famous father, Francois.SrThe Popes are seen on theCreative Cookery telecast over WNBQ Monday through Friday ) from 11 a.m. to 12 o'clock noon.And on Friday, September 16, at 7 p.m. they will take part in i a cooking show to be held in the Park Forest shopping plaza with Francois Pope as master of ceremonies. Free recipes will be ! distributed to the audience;throughout the show, which is part of the Merchandising Jam-boree to be held September 15-23.j Although they have been |cooking everything from Lobster Newburg to Florentine pastry since the age of 10, the Pope boys haven’t suffered in the athletic department either. Frank, 26, is said to be an expert golfer, and Bob, 23. prefers hunting and gun collecting.Both boys attended the University of Illinois, Chicago cam. pus, for a year, but when they decided their interests lay inthe field of culinary art, they left college to attend their par-e n t s' school. The AntoinettePope School of Fancy Cookery.areAlternate on ShowNow’ as full-fledged graduates, Frank and Bob alternately as. . ;Sist on the Creative Cookery telecast for a week. The broth-verv, er whose turn it is to appear on a the show takes the week's in-)earrtesyventory of supplies to the stu-dio, and the other one remainsat the school to teach and order Tient groceries.twoordsFrancois, who gets tremendous respect from his two sons, °dile also plays a big part in theirfamily lives. He even selected the Bob’s wdfe.prizeove.Francois was one of the judg-ton s es jn a baking contest at Lakeel 7. view high school about five'ing, years ago and a beautiful 18-leled year-old Swedish girl by the gest name of Dolores Oberg took thelame 1 award—-a scholarship to the An-ause ; toinette Pope School of Fancy niors Cookery. Bob, then only 20, fellin love with her and they were married. They now have two children, Bobbie, 2, and Debra,Tom 1.lool)ofesParkp. mLucille, Frank’s wife, is often taken for his sister. She is Ger-mmy man and as good a cook as the For-: rest of the family. They alsohave two children, Steven, 3,ay★★★APPEARING IN PARK FOREST SEPTEMBER 16 WILL BE FRANCOIS POPE OF TELEVISION'SCreative Cookery fame and his sons, Frank (upper left) and Bob (upper right). The Popes willpresent a cooking show at 7 p.m. September 16 in the Park Forest shopping plaza.graduates of the Pope school, and much of their time is spent in developing new recipes and answering the fan mail receivedby their husbands.1 and Patsy, 2.Both Dolores and Lucille areEach Sunday the four grandchildren are picked up by Pa-pa,” their affectionate name for Francois, and they spend the day with their grandparents.There was only one brief interlude when the entire family wras not together. That was for a year when Frank was in thenavy and located in Japan and the South Pacific.ter two months of “sweepingout the studio” he moved to KMBC in Kansas City, also as staff announcer. After one yearcame the . . .Exodus: The brashWILLIAMS PRESS, INC.Phone SKyline 5-6161Although Frank and Bob’s!VS. .vv.vTV-' .V / * ‘JOIspecialties are candy, cake decorating and vegetable carving,they are trained and capable ofgiving lessons in all forms ofcookery.• • •.mm, • « f • ......younglad of 18 joined the announcingstaff of WIND in Gary. Andthere he got his ground wTork in Chicago radio. After a second year which was spent roaming around from one Chicago station to another, Bill got married and almost at the same time became an announcer on newscasts on WCFL and WMAQ, and later as the newscaster.In 1945 the station started the first newscast ever sponsored on Chicago TV. Bill produced the program, did the news and the commercials. During the 12 months the program was on the air, he gained a sturdy back-
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Chicago Heights Star
Chicago Heights, Illinois, US
Tue, Sep 13, 1955
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