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Josephine McCarthy is celebrating
her fifth successful year as WRCA-TV's
Host Herb Sheldon and hostess Josie exchange "good mornings."
The proof of the pudding is in the eating, as the saying goes. Likewise, the proof of Josephine McCarthy's cooking skill is in the hundreds of grateful letters she receives each day from WRCA-TV viewers who look forward to her sessions on The Herb Sheldon Show With Josephine McCarthy, weekdays from 8:55 to 10 A.M. Now in her fifth year at WRCA-TV, Josie is admired and loved as a person and as one of the finest and most industrious culinary experts. . . . Born in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, Josie specialized in home economics at San Francisco Teachers' College and the University of California. However, she did not use her skills professionally until she was left a widow with a threeyear-old daughter to support. Then she became a dietitian for Schrafft's chain stores and later was a food director for several concerns. She made her radio debut over Station WNBF in Binghamton, New York, with her own program, Mrs. McCarthy Goes To Market. Then, in 1948 — after broadcasting on the Yankee Network for 12 years — she made her TV debut at Station WTVJ, Miami, Florida. She joined WRCA-TV on May 2, 1950. . . . Offcamera, Josie can point to her three-room apartment, near by the WRCA-TV studios, which she decorated herself. She had originally planned to have it done by a professional but, after receiving estimates up to $3000, did the job herself for about $800. . . . Every weekend, weather permitting, Josie boards a plane for Cocoanut Grove, Florida, and her ranch-style house which she shares with her daughter Millicent and ten-year-old granddaughter Joan, who is Josie's pride and joy. Joan is an active Girl Scout and Millicent is a troop leader.
Culinary Queen
On a busman's holiday, Josie prepares to entertain dinner guests by setting her table with extra-large chop plates. At the office (below), she and her secretary, Mary Ann Bernath, answer the many letters received from her viewers.
"The house is always filled with Scouts working at one project or another," laughs Josie. "Keeps you young, always having young people around." . . . Josie's main hobby is collecting herbs and cookbooks — of which she has more than 200 — from all parts of the world. When her viewers write in asking how to cook such dishes as an Italian Easter Wheat Pie, Josie always begins her research with her own books. . . . Preparing her twenty minute cooking show keeps Josie busy ten to twelve hours a day, but she still finds time to appear at store openings and speak at club meetings. She is always eager to help others and is often heard offering advice on what to feed a best beau or how to plan a party menu. And, if the pressure of her busy schedule ever begins to get Josie down, she always uses the same remedy: "I just stop for a minute," she says, "and give thanks for my many bountiful blessings." During the past five years, more and more WRCA-TV viewers have come to count Josie as one of their blessings.
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