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worth of gifts awarded to Bride and Groom couples each year. Finally, there's myself, John Nelson.
The three of us got together during college days, at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. (Gonzaga was also the alma mater of another fellow you may have heard in radio — a fellow named Bing Crosby.) Those were swell days and, as a result, we've never stopped being boosters for the State of Washington.
THAT was how it happened that the application of Rheba Smith and Pat Raymond, after being approved by the judges, was brought to our special attention. For Pat, in explaining why he wanted to be married in connection with Bride and Groom, had written: "Ever since I first met Rheba, I've been enthusing about Washington as being the best and most beautiful state in the union. A Bride and Groom honeymoon would make it possible for me to show her that I wasn't exaggerating!"
That was all it took. Masterson, Reddy, and I started sending wires and making long-distance calls to everyone we knew in Spokane — "You've got to back us up in all the praise we've heaped on Washington, by showing this couple the best time any newly weds ever had on any honeymoon!"
Before the honeymoon, of course, there was the broadcast, which means the love story. Pat and Rheba's love story started a little more than a year ago, right here in Hollywood. Pat was then working as a literary agent with the Rosalie Stewart Agency.
"Stories and writers were my specialty," he ex
plained, "but, of course, I was always on the lookout for any talented person who might be interested in having the agency represent them. In fact, I'd asked my friends to let me know if they ran across anyone who looked promising."
But, being a good agent in Hollywood means being not too naive about glowing praise of unknown hopefuls. Hollywood Boulevard, the Sunset Strip — pick any street in Hollywood and you're pretty apt to find it crowded with people looking for a break in the movies or in radio. Unfortunately, too many of them aren't equipped with the talent needed to earn and hold such a break.
So, when Pat's own mother called him one day to talk about a "wonderfully talented girl" who lived right around the corner from her, Pat was polite but skeptical. "But you've got to arrange an audition for this girl," his mother insisted. "Why, the whole neighborhood is talking about her wonderful singing."
"But, Mother," Pat protested, "there's a big difference between a voice that happens to be sweet enough to entertain neighborhood friends, and a voice welltrained enough to interest hard-boiled producers who are used to top-ranking professionally trained singers."
Finally, to please his mother, rather than with any hope of discovering a new star, Pat telephoned Rheba and suggested that she send him a couple of pictures of herself, along with a recording of her voice. "Only someone who's been in the same position will know how excited I was about that call," Rheba explains •now. "And to make it worse, I didn't have any
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