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Harry Reser first broadcast from the Statue of Liberty
OF all places for a radio debut, Harry Reser, Chief Eskimo on the Clicquot Club program, chose the Statue of Liberty. That was in 1921 and his music went out over a United States Army transmitter.
Now Harry is an old guard at the job. He has been glorifying Clicquot Club for seven years, making his band one of the oldest on all commercial radio programs. During that long time he has made himself internationally known, always the man behind the golden strings of the banjo amid the jingle of sleigh bells and the barking of the Clicquot huskies.
Piqua, Ohio, was the town where this "old timer" was born— January 12, 1896. After his graduation from high school, where he led the school orchestra, he got his first job in the musical world through an "ad" in a newspaper. It was a job as a pianist in a summer resort in Rhea Springs, Tennessee.
While he was a pianist there, he noticed that the banjo
was gaining in popularity and so he always kept one handy. After his second summer in the South, he saw that it would be profitable for him to devote more time to the strings, even to the detriment of his piano playing.
He started out then and there to become an expert banjoist, soon graduating into the dance band field and winding up as banjo virtuoso with Paul Whiteman and his orchestra.
In the meantime he went back to Ohio and married his grammar school sweetheart. She's still his sweetheart.
Harry was engaged on programs over WEAF before that station became the New York key to the National Broadcasting Company.
He is known to his friends as "Chief" and "Joe" ; he's a sociable chap and loves to entertain at his Long Island home. Aviation is a hobby and he has flown more than 5,000 miles. He is fond of boating and golf, and owns his own yacht. One of his weaknesses is a high-powered car. And if you look in at his home in fair weather, you'll find he is also a gardener.
His most devoted fans are his pretty daughters, Betty Jane, twelve, and Gertrude Mae, eight, and Mrs. Reser.
Five feet, eight inches tall, weighing 148 pounds, he has a fair complexion and brown hair. Usually, he retires at 1 1 p. m.. often reading in bed. Although three radios are in his home he doesn't listen in regularly. And he admits that he has cold feet in bed but no other vices.
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