Radio doings (Dec 1930-Jun1932)

Gail Taylor, NBC soprano, evidently doesn't think much of Irving Kennedy's playing. Equally enthusiastic are Gwynfi, Jones, Lucile Kirtley and Harold Dana, the other NBC songbirds in the background and ALL for RTS Out 'Doors Keep Radio Trim Refa was brought up in a family of enthusiastic outdoors folk. Her father took her on fishing trips when she was a tiny girl; taught her to cast as soon as she could hold a rod, and to shoot as soon as she could lift a rifle. But fishing is her pet occupation, and she has fished throughout the whole West Coast. She fancies steel-head trout, and is a firm adherent of their side of the bass-trout controversy among fishermen. Mona Lowe, pretty blues singer who recently became a member of the NBC staff in San Francisco is another girl whose dainty appearance belies her love for action. Mona prefers deep-sea fishing, but she is an all-around sportswoman, playing basketball, hockey and tennis. If she has to be a spectator instead of a player, she likes to watch something nice and quiet, like football or polo — her two passions. She plays tennis almost every morning before she leaves for the studio, and swims regularly. Bobbe Deane, NBC actress, and Ted Maxwell, NBC actor — Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell in private — bring the outdoors right into their own house for they live on a big country estate on the San Francisco peninsula, together with a The Boys and Girls Whose Profession Keeps Them Penned Up in Studios Get Out Into the Wide Open Spaces Whenever They Can. Every Radio Artist Has a Hobby of Some Kind, and Youd Be Surprised How Many of Them Are Inclined Toward Sports — Riding, Fishing, Swimming, Tennis, Golf, Handball — and One Little Lady Has a Hobby of Poultry Raising! This Article Describes the Favorite Sports of Many W ell-Known Artists couple of automobiles and a household of pets which numbered something like thirty, last time they were counted. Dogs — including a Great Dane and a Russian wolfhound — cats, rabbits, mon-. keys, birds, give the Maxwell place the air of an animal paradise. When it gets a bit too crowded, Bobbe and Ted pile into a car and go camping for awhile. Ted is a good shot, and he and Charlie Marshall, NBC guitarist, who owns a place next door to the Maxwells, frequently go hunting together. Ruth Matteson, of NBC's National Players, is a chicken-fancier in her spare moments — in addition to being a horse-woman, tennis star, and aviationfan. Ruth's family lives near Los Gatos, and Ruth spends much time there, helping to manage the family chicken ranch. She plays golf when she stays in San Francisco — which brings us NBC's most popular pursuit. If horse-racing is the sport of kings, golf is the sport of microphone stars, for there are even more golfers than there are fishermen in the Pacific Division's headquarters, starting with Don E. Gilman, Vice-President of NBC, in charge of the division, who plays a good game. So does Sid Goodwin, NBC announcer, and tournament winner. Walter Beban, NBC saxophonist, who was making athletic records when he was fifteen, is a golfer, also. Myron Niesley, NBC tenor, and his pretty wife, spend most of their mornings on the links together, and both always make a good showing in NBC's annual golf tournament. Betty Kelly, pretty little soprano of "Team Mates" and other programs, still plays miniature golf when she can't find time to get in some of the real kind. Paul Carson, NBC organist, is a golf addict of the good, old-fashioned kind, which means he gets as much fun talking about the eighteen holes he played yesterday as he did out of the game itself. He and Big Bill Andrews, the announcer, are almost always to be found comparing their latest scores between programs. Irving Kennedy. NBC tenor; Gail Taylor, NBC soprano; Charles Hart, director of the Strinpwood Ensemble; Cecil Underwood, announcer of the Associated Spotlight; Edward Fitzpatrick. director of the Magazine Melodists, and a dozen or so other stars are engaged in practice for NBC's golf tournament. Eva Gruninger, NBC contralto, bought a set of clubs the other day, and will swell the number of feminine entrants this year. Aviation and horseback riding are equally popular with the NBC stars. The announcing staff has its own flyers — Sid Goodwin, Nelson Case and Victor Linfoot are qualified to pilot planes. Captain Bill Royle, the war ace who is a member of NBC's National Players, featured in Spotlight and other programs, has taught a number of his fellow stars to fly, Gunnar Johansen, the Danish pianist, among them. Mart Grauenhorst, guitarist; Alvino Rey, guitarist, and Fred Heward, violinist, are among the NBC musicians who fly. Mart and Alvino recently bought a parachute, to be their joint possession which seems to work out better than you might expect, as they seldom get a chance to ride in the same plane, one generally being busy on a program when the other is free. Billy Page, NBC juvenile star, looks forward to being a pilot as soon as he is old enough, but in the meantime, is satisfied with horseback riding, javelin throwing and fencing. He and his father ride together in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park almost every Sunday morning. Lloyd E. Yoder, former Ail-American star, and manager of NBC's Press Department, recently bought a horse who answers to the name of Pal, and lives contentedly on a ranch near San Francisco. NBC's feminine riders are more numerous than the male. Annette Hastings, pretty auburn-haired soprano of the Coquettes Trio, who is always "reducing." but stays as plump as ever, rides almost every day. Marjorie Priinley and Imelda Montagne, the other two members of the group, play tennis and hike, but occasionally join Annette in a canter through the park. Betty Marino. NBC violinist, is an expert horsewoman, as is Eva Garcia, NBC pianist. RADIO DOINGS Page Seven