NBC Transmitter (Jan-Dec 1939)

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NOVEMBER, 1939 / lei you figure out the amount of time spent in Stenographic, which started in January of this year. She has taken a secretarial course at Scudder and also attended Western Reserve University. Her business career began as secretary to tbe Prosecuting Attorney in Ashland, Ohio, and before NBC, included a year and a half w ith a publishing house and some months in the oflices of a steel company. Ashland was the home town. All the way from the West Coast comes Janet Pitch, who can now be found at the first desk to the right of that door on the left as you go into Continuity Acceptance. Coming down to specific geography, she hails from Eugene, Oregon, and attended the University of Oregon, graduating in 1933 with a French major. This latter for tbe benefit of those francophiles in Press who are thinking of starting a club. Janet came East by a long jump and a short one. She landed first in Ithaca, N. Y., where she stayed until 1938, working at the central offices of the kappa Alpha Theta Sorority. Last year found her at the Katherine Gibbs School right here in New York, and she insists that she left there with an honorable discharge to come with NBC. She replaces Jane Adams here as secretary to Miss Dorothy Kemble. Frank Dodge returned to NBC October 1st after six months leave of absence which was spent at the World’s Fair. He is now employed in the Production Division of the Program Department as a junior production director. Frank received an A.B. degree at Ohio Wesleyan University. Electrical Transcription There are so many new faces in Electrical Transcription of late that we have decided to give that rapidly expanding department its own particular niche in these columns. At least in this particular issue. Robert Schuetz recently made the cross country trip to the West Coast, having been transferred from his post in New York’s Engineering Division to the position of manager of Electrical Transcription in the Hollyw'ood studios. John Gartland left the Page Staff in 1936 to become Sales manager of StarRadio Programs, Inc. The job was more or less a result of bis first attempts with radio shows — a number of scripts which had been accepted by NBC and produced either locally or on the network while he was still a member of the uniformed staff. But after an absence of three years, he returned to this company the last of September, joining Transcription Sales. He will contact local stations both from here and on the road. Johnny came originally from Passaic, N. J., but spent most of his early days in Winchester, Conn. He attended Gilbert Prep School in the latter city and at the same time, unshaven lad though he was, batted out articles for a local magazine called By The Way. Later on he entered Columbia University, majoring in English literature. On the distaff side, four new secretaries are now gracing those carpeted balls, although it should be noted that they are new only to Electrical Transcription. B. Jean Smith, now secretary to Promotion Manager W. B. Parsons, has been with NBC since 1934, having come here from a position at Bloomingdale’s. Her first job with the Company was assistant to J. K. Mason in Sales Promotion. She remained there four years, then moved into the office of Clay Morgan to become his secretary. That accounted for another year. F or the past six months she has been on sick leave, returning recently to the new position with Mr. Parsons. Lorayne T retheway entered the Company in June of this year, to go through the usual period in Stenographic. The promotion makes her secretary to Joseph W. Pepper and William Young. Lorayne started in New Rochelle, stopped off in Boston for preliminary schooling, carried on in the College of Fine Arts at Syracuse University, and then started on an entirely new track as secretary to the manager of the Raleigh Hotel in Washington. From there she came on to New York by way of Europe. Jeannette K. Siewers came from Minneapolis — and not so very long ago at that. She arrived in town sometime during February last, but was answering roll call in room 304 by July. She now becomes secretary to Transcription’s John H. MacDonald, replacing Ruth Allison, who found it necessary to return to her home in Chicago because of illness. Back in Minneapolis, Jeannette was another one of those who believed in keeping the trade at home. She graduated from the University of Minnesota, picking up her secretarial training on the way through. Amidst feverish activity in 272 we found Peggy Woodworth, recently advanced to the detail-handling desk under Messrs. Turner and Ralston. She is of West Englewood, N. J., Pearl River High School. Skidmore, and the Moon Secretarial School in New York, all of which covered some twenty odd years in her life and seemed to warrant a vacation. So we learn that she has also poked around France and Germany for a while, by foot and railroad. However, by September of 1938 she had settled down in our much publicized Stenographic Section, from which she was called by Transcription last February. Miscellaneous Another NBC guide has found his way to WRTD, Richmond, in the person of Ken Allyn. He resigned from Guest Relations about the first of the month to take up the usual duties down there. On Thursday, September 14, a ten year get-together celebration was held by seven NBC engineers, with their guests, in the Cocktail Lounge of the Rainbow Room. The seven were student engineers together in 1929 and have remained close friends throughout the years. The following day, Friday, the entire engineering staff assembled to pay respects to another event. A luncheon was held in honor of Bob Schuetz, recently transferred to NBC Hollywood as manager of Electrical Transcription in that city, with best wishes for success as the order of the day. In attendance at the first of these sessions were: Tommy Phelan. Robert Schuetz, Beverly Frendendall. Robert Shelby, Whitney Baston, Ward Wilson (better known as “Beetle” on Phil Baker’s show), and their respective guests. We have it that the gentlemen enjoyed themselves thoroughly and are looking forward to other anniversaries which can be celebrated in a similar way. Since G. Thornton Steil joined NBC ranks, his promotions and activities have demanded almost regular attention in these pages. So in this particular instance, we beg leave to refer you to his latest write-up in the Transmitter’s August issue, and to add that he and his Novachord have resigned in order to free lance. He continues a contracted series with Electrical Transcription, and in addition, is working a new commercial series with Columbia. We also have it on very good authority that he has two more commercial shows lined up in the offing. It should be noted that Ted not only does solo wrork, but that he also has his Novachord group, which goes under the name of “Ted Steele’s Novatones,” and figures into his future contracts as well. Anyway, this time we’ll say so long, Ted, and good luck. The prospects look swell.