Swing (Jan-Dec 1953)

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This Issue, You're Swinging with JULES ARCHER, author of "They Span the Pacific" on page 185, lives in Pine Plains. New York, at the corner where Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York state meet. He received his formal education at C. C. N. Y. — but learned most from a four-month bike jaunt through Europe. He has published several books and is a contributor to many magazines. HENRY C. BONFIG. a former Kansas Citian. is vice-president and director of sales for the Zenith Radio Corporation. Chicago. His article on "Television— Today and Tomorrow" on page 126 was delivered as a speech before the Advertising Club of Boston. MARY BROWN, who tells us "How to Take a Bath" on page 110, is director of publicity for Harriet Hubbard Ayer, Inc. She really is "Mary Brown." a native New Yorker who loves New York! She has written poetry, articles, short stones — and is currently working on a couple of books for children. Confidentially, the soap she recommends is Pears" Soap! ERNA CLARK, author of "Hidden Beauty in Stones," page 131, is a collector of rare stones from many parts of the world. She writes about her rock-hobby — and lectures before many organizations. She is an active member of the National League of American Penwomen and social sponsor of Beta Sigma Phi sorority in her home town — Redlands. Calif. JOHN CROSBY, whose Radio and Television critical reviews are a regular feature of Swing, was born in Milwaukee, graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, and passed a couple of years in the freshman class at Yale before beginning what he considers his real education — newspaper work. His material is syndicated by the New York HeraldTribune. Mr. Crosby left in April for a month's trip to Europe, his first vacation in several years. BRUCE DAVIES wrote "Drumm Institute . . . A Helping Hand with a Closed Palm" on page 162 from firsthand knowledge of the Institute. He attended the farm school from 1936 to 1940. PHILIP FERRY, author of "The Nuggets of Wheelbarrow John" on page 168. is a free-lance writer whose specialties are history, travel, exploration and adventure. His travel pieces have appeared in the New York Times. New York Herald-Tribune, Chicago Tribune and in all the automobile magazines. A native Californian, most of his material is secured in that area. CHARLES HOG AN. who pleads "Make Me a Boy Again" on page 181, is a newspaperman who worked on the late Kansas City Journal-Post, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Chicago American, and for International News Service. LESTER KROEPEL, author of "The Gusher" on page 193, is a mechanical draftsman by profession who turned to free-lance writing ten years ago. He writes articles, short stories and some radio material. While mechanical encineering and writing are his main interests, he likes reading, dancing, television, radio — and girls! WILBUR PHILLIPS, whose article "Citizen Truman at the Bridge" appears on page 106, is a native Kansas Citian whose sole aim in life is to turn out better writing — for a living and for fun! He has published in national magazines, particularly in Fawcett Publications; and has written many newspaper Sunday-supplement articles. ROBERT SLAYMAN, author of "The Man Behind the Indianapolis Winner" on page 118, is a graduate of the University of Illinois. He worked a* a retail advertising salesman for newspapers in Watseka, 111., and in Des Moines, Iowa, until he entered the army. After 19 months in Korea, he was discharged as a sergeant. He is now at the School of Journalism, Northwestern University, working for a master's degree. LOUIS TAPPE, who wrote "A Study in Jazz" on page 165, is a native Kansan who has been in radio for 20 years, starting with NBC in New York. He has served as announcer, program director and continuity director; and has written and produced many network shows. For the last four and a half years he has been with Sesac, Inc., in New York. He is considered an authority on jazz music. SHIRLEY SARGENT, whose story "Twenty-fifth Anniversary" appears on page 115, is an engineer's daughter who attended thirteen schools, living in three western states, four national parks and three national forests. Now she lives in Pasadena, Calif., nine months of the year, where she runs the Topsy-Turvy Nursery School. But she still has "mountain fever" and is concentrating on her "Cabin Fund" with which she wants to build a cabin just outside Yosemite. WHIT SAWYER, whose article "Sermons Under Glass" appears on page 177, is a Yankee by birth, a cosmopolitan by choice. He studied journalism at the University of London, and law at De Paul in Chicago. After 30 different jobs in 30 places, he turned to writing several years ago and has contributed articles to several national magazines. He is a columnist for the Worcester, Mass., Telegram. ELIZABETH SCOTT'S article "Under the Ginko Tree," on page 121, has an authentic background. She was program director in an enlisted men's club in Tokyo while on a year's assignment with the Special Services Department of the Army. Now married to an analytical chemist, she lives in Manhattan, Kansas, where she is working on a master's degree in English at Kansas State College. OUR COVER GIRL appeared in national magazine advertisements placed by Fuller Fabrics, 1407 Broadway, New York City. Marcelle Feybusch is advertising manager and promotion director. The dress is in Everglaze cotton designed by Joset Walker. The advertising agency is Hockaday Associates— art director, Al Chereskin. The illustration of the couple in the swing on this page is used courtesy of The Lennox Furnace Company.