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Mary Jane Abeles tries on some wearing apparel advertised on the WBEN-TV Shopper's Guide as husband Seymour looks on approvingly.
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The first day Mary Jane Reeves met Seymour Abeles, she sat in his lap. It happened when they were both cast in "Sailor Beware" at the Buffalo Roadside Theater in the summer of 1940. Today, as host and hostess of WBEN-TV's Shopper's Guide, they are television headliners.
Mary Jane and Seymour have been in show business, in one form or another, since grade school days. Mary Jane attended Buffalo's Lafayette High School and, while in her teens, studied dramatics at the Studio Theater school. The high spot in her radio career came two years ago when she was selected as a Buffalo representative on NBC's Big Break show with Eddie Dowling. A few years before, she was Buffalo's first and only female disc jockey when she broadcast a series of record shows on WGR.
Seymour has acted on all Buffalo stations. In addition, from 1937 to 1940 he took part in many NBC and CBS programs which originated in New York City. He appeared on Lorenzo Jones, participated in Columbia Workshop productions and the Pursuit of Happiness with Henry Hull. He also acted in a pageant at the World's Fair and on Broadway in "Empress of Destiny" with Elissa Landi.
In Buffalo's East High School, Seymour was active in hockey and basketball and later played semiprofessional sports with suburban teams. He also taught English in Buffalo high schools, following graduation from the University of Buffalo, and his army service was spent in the CBI theater of operations. During the fighting for the Burma Road, Seymour was wounded in the leg and for this he received the bronze star and purple heart.
Mary Jane and Seymour were married on December 7, 1943, a day which the male member of the family says "will live in infamy." They have one lively young son, David, who once "got into the act" by grabbing a soft drink which was "on camera." At the time, the active three-year-old boy was a studio visitor and the sponsor admits that David's action proved one of the best sales stunts that had been seen on Television for a long time.
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