TV Radio Mirror (Jan - Jun 1955)

on Fire Island, just off Long Island. Tom's home is in Freeport, Long Island, and he has a street address, but the house is situated between two canals, the nearest being within a hundred yards. One night, Tom thought he heard water lapping on the lawn. He went back to sleep figuring it was his imagination. At six, the kids woke him and they were delighted with the sight from the windows. The tide had moved in a hundred yards and was halfway up their lawn. "I figured that another three feet and it would be in the living room." Tom phoned the fire department — why he chose them he still doesn't know — and he asked what was the time for high tide. They told him six and, since it was just passing six, he stopped worrying. The kids were still having a ball and, with glee, pointed out that the station wagon, parked at the curb, was half-submerged in water. "I was supposed to get out to the airport," Tom recalls. "The quartet had a date out of town." The firemen came to his rescue and toted him out of the house. Otherwise, Ginny and Tom live quietly. "We go to a night club about once a month or even less often," he says, "and that's just for the fun of getting dressed up and getting out. We always get bored quickly and go home early." Tom and Ginny may sing together for friends or just for the fun of it. Tom bought Ginny one of those instruments called a "recorder," and he takes to the piano for instrumental duets. She has recently begun to study voice again. Ginny has staged benefits in the community, for she has had enough experience in the business to coach both the dancing and singing. Tom always helps out on the program by donating a couple of solos. Ginny is also a "den mother" for the Cub Scouts. "She wears a Boy Scout shirt and overseas cap to the meetings," Tom observes. "No den mother should look as cute as she does." 1 om is by far a better cook, but Ginny does most of the cooking and finds it quite frustrating — for Tom, with no warning, goes off and on diets. A diet, however, doesn't stop Tom from making his specialty, Hungarian goulash. "You'd think I was crazy if I told you how I make it," he says. "The only thing that doesn't go in it is Hungary. That stays in Europe." Tom, like his children, is happy-golucky to a degree. He is also very serious. He takes both his work and people seriously. He likes and trusts people— never locks his garage or home or his locker at the Y gym. He's a thorough optimist. But it all began for Tom and the others in the hold of a troop carrier en route to the South Pacific. A tornado was raging and the war was still on with the Japanese. At that moment, they decided to go professional, and chose the name of The Mariners. The pact was made in face of tremendous odds, but they've kept it! With Arthur's blessings, they have established precedents in the field of entertainment. They have overcome individual ambitions to function smoothly as a team. They've "grown up" together. "We're closer than friends. We're more like a family," says Martin Karl. "And you know the way a family gets. In spite of divergent views, you get to be a little alike. It's an abstract kind of thing." They have proven their faith in the idea that men can work together. Not least, they have proven their faith in those millions who have become their audience. The Mariners have had a wonderful success, and it couldn't have happened to four nicer guys. s there an air ot Ireshness about you... always? ...are you really lovely to love? A sweet, appealing air of freshness ... is yours, always . . . when you use Fresh Cream Deodorant. Fresh keeps you free from embarrassing underarm odor and stains. Underarms are dry! For Fresh contains the most highly effective perspiration-checking ingredient now known to science. When you open the Fresh jar you'll a Fresh girl is always lovely to love discover ... its delicate fragrance ... its whiteness, its whipped cream smoothness. Not a trace of stickiness. Not a trace of greasiness. Gentle to skin, too. For an air of freshness use Fresh Cream Deodorant every day— be sure you are lovely to love, always. FRESH js a registered trademark of Pharma-Craft Corporation. Also manufactured and distributed in Canada 71