TV Radio Mirror (Jan - Jun 1963)

John Baragrey — Haila Stoddard ing the difficult has made her a fascinating and versatile woman. At the time of our interview, she was facing perhaps her greatest difficulty. She couldn't go home. A houseguest had come down with the mumps, and though she's the mother of three, Haila had never had the malady. So there she was — someone else's house-guest. "I have three house-guests and I'm afraid they'll all get it. I may never get home." Being forced away from home didn't stop her from talking about her children. Robin, her daughter, is married and expecting a baby. Christopher, her eldest son, is at Harvard. Jay, her youngest, is at prep school and hopes to some day be a lawyer. "I'm very grateful to daytime soaps, ' Haila says. "They've helped me raise and educate my three children." Along with this career, Haila has found the time to be a successful Broadway producer, in partnership with her husband, Whitfield Conner. "Hobbies? I don't have hobbies, I have careers. In all modesty, I must say I can cook in any language, and I put myself through college by sewing and clothes-designing. And as for my house, it isn't of any one period. I believe all beautiful things go together." In her spare time, June Graham writes poetry. What's more, some of it has been published in The New Yorker. When she isn't acting or composing verses, she does needlework. "Betty Furness got me started on that. Told me she made rugs. I didn't think that anyone in the world could make a rug. Now I've done three." June and her banker-husband live in a Connecticut home that is decorated "more like a banker's than an actress's." This is all right with June. "After all," she says, "he's closer to the money than I am. But he never brings home any samples." No samples at home, but there are two fine children: Nancy, sixteen, and Chris, fourteen. "Nancy wants to get married. Doesn't every girl? But right now, they're both putting their time and effort on a proper education." June has a passion for scrapbooks. "A while ago, we had a flood. One of the things we lost was a scrapbook. It seems so sad . . . it's something you can't go out and replace." Fans? "They're wonderful and wacky. I can't escape them. I was at a cocktail party in Cuernavaca, and from across the room I heard somebody yell, 'Hi, Myral' " The day I visited Cec Under was a happy one for him. He was leaving for a vacation in Canada right after the show. "I grew up there," he told me. "Born there?" I asked. "No, born in Poland." "No accent, though," I stated the obvious. "Well, I was three months old when we moved." No speech problems! And so he started his acting career in Canada, and, one bright day, found himself being interviewed by a young lady from a Toronto newspaper. "She did such a good job on the story, I couldn't let her get away. So I married her," he grinned. He and Joan now live in an apartment overlooking the Hudson River with the latest member of the Under family, Nina, two months old. Cec admits that his hobbies are: "tennis when time allows . . . and poker with the boys!" He's quite articulate — if somewhat bewildered— about his fans. "I don't know how they found out we were having a baby, but they sent gifts to Nina when she was born. It's amazing. My fans have been wonderful." 1 was miserable during time-of the-month. Embarrassed. Unhappy. Uncomfortable. I knew also that I was missing out on good times, many activities. My eyes were opened. ..to Tampax by a friend. She said it can't chafe, can't cause odor, can't even be felt once in place. It sounded wonderful. NOW I'm happy. Tampax is everything she said. I only regret I didn't start using it years ago. Why don't you try TampaxS internal sanitary protection? It's made for young moderns — like us. TAMPAX Incorporated Palmer, Mass.