NBC Transmitter (Jan-Dec 1938)

OCTOBER, 1938 9 lifitU yoo* Rouiny, A Refio*ie* in Afeut yo*k The NBC Outing last month was a tremendous success despite an early morning shower which failed to dampen the gay spirits of those who went. Almost 300 members of the New York staff and their families went to the all-day picnic at the Crescent Athletic Club on Long Island. Several advertising men and officials of the Columbia Broadcasting System and the Mutual Broadcasting System also participated in the NBC holiday. Some went by train, some by automobile, but most of them went by bus from Radio City. Once there, they found it difficult to leave — in fact it was long past midnight when the last bunch of NBCites called it a day and started for home. It was a wellplanned outing thanks to the Athletic Association’s social committee which planned, organized and managed it all. There were all sorts of games and sports for everyone and many prizes were given away in various contests. The biggest event of the day was the golf tournament which attracted 88 contestants. As usual, that perennial and indefatigable organizer of golf tournaments, A. Frank Jones of Artists Service, was in command. Soundman Ed Blainey won the low gross contest with a score of 153. He shot 77 in the first round and 76 in the second. His prize was an electric clock — with chimes. George Frey, Sales, was runner-up in this event, his score being 154. Vice President and Treasurer Mark Woods took third prize with 155. The championship handicap was taken by R. Gordon Webber of the Information Division. His score was 94-34-60. Runner-up was Walter B. Hervey, Jr., of the Mail Room, whose total score was 90, his handicap being 26. Mr. Webber’s prize was a cocktail set of which, he reports, several glasses were broken at a celebration he had the day following the outing. Mark Woods won the kicker’s handicap and was presented with a picnic kit. The president of the Athletic Association, George McElrath, operating engineer, copped the member’s consolation prize, a serving tray. This contest was for those who were unable to play more than nine holes. John Poppele, chief engineer of WOR, and W. Sniffin, brother of the Sniffin sisters of NBC, were tied for the Guest Handicap. Each shot 70. Mr. Sniffin took the prize in the draw which took place during the dinner dance when A. Frank Jones made the prize presentations amidst much cheering and clapping. Albert Frey of the Mail Room who is as good a golfer as his The president of the NBC Athletic Association, Operating Engineer George McElrath, left, and members of the committee which planned and organized the NBC all-day outing at the Crescent Athletic Club on Long Island, September 13. Left to right: Mr. McElrath, Frank Lepore, Information; Bessie Feagin, Press; A1 Walker, Guest Relations; Mary Coyne, Sales Promotion; Engineer Albert W. Protzman, chairman, and Henry Hayes, General Service. Page Joe Merkle receives the NBC Handicap Tennis Tournament Cup for 1938 from Miss Anne Johnson. Right: Tom Hutchinson, director of television programs, swings a mean club at the NBC Outing. brother, George, won the ball-nearest-the-pin-on-the-third-hole contest. For that he was presented with a cocktail shaker and a set of glasses. The prize for the highest score of the day, better known as the booby prize, was won by Albert Crenshaw of the Executive Offices. Mr. Jones did not neglect the ladies. He also had a contest for them in which Mrs. Mark Woods won the low-gross event with a score of 108, and Helen Winters, Treasurer’s Office, won the low net with 119-50-69. Engineer Edward Prince won the horse-shoe pitching contest. The tickets to the outing were numbered and prizes were awarded to those who held lucky numbers. Those who won door prizes were Bud Faillace of Guest Relations, Mrs. D. B. Van Houten, Engineer Ted Kruse and Alice T. Wilson of Legal. Engineer Serge de Somov, chairman of the tennis group, awarded the prizes to the winners of the NBC Athletic Association Handicap Tournament which took place during the summer. Page Joe Merkle, who won the tournament, was presented with a trophy. Dick De Raismes, Script Division, who was runner-up, received a tennis racket as second prize. The final contest of the day was the dance contest which Photographer and Mrs. Bill Haussler won. We understood that Bill has been busy explaining to friends who heard about the contest that it had nothing to do with one’s ability to dance and that it was through pure chance that he and the Mrs. won. Not that he can’t waltz or do the shag when he wants to — you understand? iii One ad that really stopped us last month was a full page in the (P orld-Telegram advertising a certain brand of refrigerators. Grinning at us in five different poses was the handsome face of Page Jack Cleary alongside an equal number of ice boxes . . . Jack bashfully explained that he makes a little pin money that way . . . We didn’t see it in the papers but we found out that Engineer Lester F. Miles recently became engaged to Miss Jeanne Marchant of Brooklyn . . . they plan to be married next month and honeymoon in Bermuda . . . Steve Varley, who goes around every day with a boxful of light bulbs, says that he replaces an average of 100 burnt-out bulbs a day . . . Have you seen the model of the RCA exhibit building for the World’s Fair? . . . it’s in one of the glass cases on the fourth floor, studio section.