NBC Transmitter (Jan-Dec 1939)

DECEMBER, 1939 9 WASHINGTON by Marian P. Gale A drizzling rain failed to discourage a field of 186 feminine golfers who turned out on Friday, October 27th, for the annual NBC tournament held at the Army and Navy Country Club. This year’s list of entrants was the largest of any previous tournaments. Mrs. M. K. Barroll, of Army and Navy, armed with a handicap allowance of 12 strokes, captured low net honors with a 73. She won the silver fox scarf and NBC trophy which were presented to her by Charles Barry, WRC-WMAL night supervisor. Twelve other prizes were awarded for low scores in two divisions of low and high handicaps. A spaghetti party was given Baukliage by the staff a day or so before he left for his assignment in Radio City. The farewell supper was held at the home of Jimmy Seiler of the Sound Effects Department. Following the supper, Baukhage gave an informal talk to the group about his European trip. Arthur Daly, WRC-WMAL producer, resigned November 8th to accept a position in the radio department of N. W. Ayer Advertising in New York. Daly produced Dreams Come True and other similar Blue Network programs originating from Washington. He came to Washington about a year ago. Rodney Erickson has since been added to the writing-producing staff, replacing Daly. Erickson came to his new assignment from Kansas City where he did free lance writing and Sophie Tucker, while in Washington recently, presented Gordon Hittenmark with the first doll for his annual Christmas Doll Campaign. producing for KMBC. He has been in radio for nine years, starting from the time he attended the University of Iowa, and was production manager of WSUI at Iowa City which is run by the University. Since then Erickson has been doing freelance work in Chicago and New York for World Broadcasting Company and various advertising agencies. George (Wheels) Wheeler, announcer, returned last month from his six weeks’ tour of South America. Wheeler, who was on leave of absence, travelled the coasts of South America by plane, covering approximately 44,000 miles. Morgan Baer, NBC’s director of Music in Washington, opened at the Capitol Theater beginning Friday, November 16th as guest conductor of their orchestra. Catherine Habulin, secretary to W. C. Lent, NBC director of Research and Development in Washington, was married to Lieutenant Reed Cundiff, U. S. N., on Saturday, November 4th. The bride and groom left immediately after the ceremony to establish their home in San Diego, California. Eleanor White, who will take Miss Habulin’s place as Mr. Lent’s secretary, comes to radio right out of school. She majored in mathematics and engineering at Virginia Polytechnical Institute. NBC’s House of the Future, which was viewed by approximately 100,000 people during the month of October when it was on display, has been sold to Phil Hayden, local dance instructor. HERE AND THERE: Glady’s Murphy, secretary to Vice President Russell, took a belated two weeks vacation this month; News room editors are checking their calendars to find convenient schedules for late vacations also . . . Commercial Manager John Dodge is planning a dinner for his Department celebrating last month’s tops in sales figures . . . Announcer Ed Rogers attended the Columbia-Navy game at Annapolis to see his Alma Mater defeated by Navy . . . “Mikesters” Raymond Michael and George Gunn received so many letters of congratulations from listeners on their handling of the difficult George Washington University vs. Georgetown football game, which was the first time the teams had met in eight years, that they have been assigned to cover all the local college games broadcast each weekend from Griffith Stadium. EXCHANGE CORNER This classified ad section is available, free of charge, to all NBC employes. Bales: Forty-jive word limit ; no regular business or professional service may be advertised. Address ads to NBC Transmitter, Room .'517, RCA Building, New York. PRESTO PORTABLE RECORDER, both 33 1/3 ami 78 r.p.m., immediate playback, two mikes, brown leather finish. For sale. Call Transmitter. OLD COPIES of the Transmitter will be available for a limited length of time. If you wish to complete your files, let us know — if you are wise enough to keep a file. PIANO WANTED — Upright piano in fairly good condition. Call Vincent O’Connell, N. Y. Extension 635. TRIP TO FLORIDA — If you know of anyone driving to Florida around Dec. 16, who wants driver and/or expense-sharer, please call Powell Ensign. Information Division, N. Y. Ex. 333. SARNOFF AT CEREMONY ( Continued from Page 2) he supremely beautiful; that when utility and art serve one another, both are enhanced. “As we look about us today and see this modern center of the world’s metropolis nearing completion, it is easy to forget the tremendous difficulties under which it was started. The first ground was broken in the darkest days of the depression. Employment was given to workmen who might otherwise have been selling apples on the street. There were doubters who prophesied disaster. But the dauntless courage of Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., carried this gigantic project through to success. He had the faith that is ‘the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.’ “Today, when the substance and the evidence are before our eyes, this monument to faith and courage deserves a place in history as one of the nation’s great pioneering achievements. It was built by one who is an American pioneer in the truest sense, and who is himself the son of a pioneer of earlier days. And now, the able President of this great enterprise, Mr. Nelson Rockefeller, is carrying fonvard this tradition, and adding to it his own creative talents. “Rockefeller Center is much more than a triumph of architecture. It is a triumph of the human will. It passes on to future generations the heritage of our nation’s pioneers. It expresses the modern age. It is a living symbol of the spirit of America.”