TV Radio Mirror (Jan - Jun 1963)

now, Donna is infinitely more excited about the way she acquired "the first real vacation house we've had in years." "It's down in Palm Springs," she said gaily. "I've been dreaming of a place like this, but never had one. Then, just a few weeks ago, some friends put their tiny but perfect Palm Springs house on the market. It was beautiful, exquisitely decorated, and exactly what I've longed for. So, Tony and I walked through the place from front to back, and when our friends asked me if I liked it, I said, LAWRENCE WELK (Continued from page 61) you can be happier this other way, then by all means feel free to try it. And if you ever decide to come back, we'll be very happy to have you." My wife's point of view freed me for all the subsequent situations. "It wasn't really a fight, but the worst time Fern and I ever had was when we disagreed about moving to California, which is now our home. Around 1938, when the children were of school age, we realized the disadvantages of traveling. In those days, apartments would take dogs but no children. It was sad and heartbreaking. I had terrible trouble getting us places to live. We'd stay in one town only two weeks. Another, eight weeks. "You see, I worked hotels where we played for noon sessions, then during dinner, then again beginning at ten at night. I had to get up very early in the morning to look for apartments, then work, then try to catch a little sleep, then work again. Those days were very rough. "My wife was so clean. She wasn't used to this. Our pay would be two hundred dollars for the whole band. Sometimes we'd have to accept an old dirty room that no one had been in for three years. She would take one look at it and start to cry. It was terrible. "Finally we settled in Chicago. After nine years, I got this opportunity to work at a ballroom in California and do a local TV show. I saw great opportunities on the Coast. We certainly weren't progressing in Chicago. The ninth year, I wasn't making any more than I had the first year. "In those days they'd book you for months at one ballroom, so we were apart for some while. I couldn't come back and she wouldn't come out. She liked the schools in Chicago and she had read those stories about Hollywood and was positive our children would turn out badly. She wanted no part of it. I had to bring her out several times for a look before she'd agree. It was a long struggle." The Welks disprove the theory that husbands should be older than their womenfolk. They're about the same age. They disprove the theory that couples must share similar interests. His is golf. Hers is bridge. "It's better to have separate hobbies," answered Welk sincerely. "It is 'Like it? I'm buying it.' I bought it the way I've always dreamed of doing things — inside of ten minutes!" "That's Donna," Tony Owen once quipped, "she just never stops amazing me." Nor anyone else, for that matter. There's just one thing this still-amazed Donna Reed enthusiast wonders about: How do you dare whistle at a tiger? — Favius Friedman "The Donna Reed Show" is seen over ABC-TV, Thursdays, at 8 p.m. est. not good to be together twenty-four hours a day. I don't know why, but people who are constantly together have some sort of reaction. They fight like cats and dogs. It happens even to married couples on the golf . course. The condition doesn't exist as much if you're apart all day long, because then you're anxious to get together. And I never read the papers at the dinnertable, either!" Welk is a devoted husband. On his wife's last birthday, he flew home from Sun Valley especially to celebrate with her. The week before, he'd dropped by the home of his youngest daughter with money to buy her mother "a complete bridge set — a suit with a jacket to take off, a hat — the whole outfit." (Donna and his other daughter, Shirley, are married to doctors in California. The "baby," aged 22, is Larry Jr., who's currently in the Air Force.) Daughter did like Daddy wanted and, en route home from the airport, Lawrence scooped up the gifts. Even when there isn't a special occasion, he constantly brings home flowers, or the licorice Fern is so fond of, or some other little things she might enjoy. It's the most effective vaccine yet for combating the marriage bug of taking one another for granted. On the other hand, she pleases him by avoiding curlers and cold cream around the house, by canning his favorite fruits and by cooking what he'd like for dinner. Although Lawrence may only count "Ah-one-and-ah-two" when it comes to his music, it's rumored he might be able to count to "Ah-three-and-ah-four" when it comes to his millions. Nonetheless, they have a maid only once a week and his wife does all the cooking. Their Brentwood house is not the heme of a television celebrity and his worshipful spouse. It is the home of a happily married grandpa and grandma. It doesn't revolve around an egotistical star. It revolves around neatness and order. Dinner is always between 5:30 and 6. It's served not when The Star is ready, but when The Roast is ready. Grins Larry Sr., "I am not a star in our home. It's better that way, too, because if I were I wouldn't like me very much." He didn't need to add that he wouldn't have stayed married quite so long or so happily, either. — Cindy Adams "The Lawrence Welk Show" is seen over ABC-TV, Sat., from 9 to 10 p.m. est. Welk records on the Dot label. r \ OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU For ad rates, write PCD 549 W. Washington Chicago 6 OF INTEREST TO WOMEN (P.W.—Mar. '63) $25 DAY EASY With 60% Profitl Friends, neighbors will thank you for demonstrating new beauty secrets and glamorous ways to use famous Studio Girl Hollywood Cosmetics. Information I send quickly qualifies you as Beauty Advisor. $5.00 hour for spare time alone ... or $25 day full time. Send name on postcard to me personally for 3 free samples, details. 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