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Smilin'
Ed
McConnell
pOMANCE has meant much to Smiling Ed McConnell, NBC's Singing Philosopher, and for that reason he never forgets his wedding anniversary. Nor does he wait until the day before to buy a present for his wife. Thinking far in advance of January 29, the date on which he and Mrs. McConnell celebrated their 11th wedding anniversary, Smiling Ed again ordered a handsome new car for her — the 93rd he has bought in the last 25 or 30 years. When interviewed by Radio Varieties, Smiling Ed had just celebrated his 49th birthday on January 12 and having just signed
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a new contract with his sponsor, the Acme White Lead & Color Works, Detroit, Mich., Smiling Ed was in an expansive mood. After discussing his wife's anniversary present and telling of plans he is even now making for her birthday on February 23, he revealed the story of his romance.
"It began," he said, "in a church choir in St. Petersburgh, Fla., in which we were both singing. Later when she visited me at Nashville, while I was singing over WSM, we determined to elope. Driving into Kentucky we found no one willing to marry a 17-year-old girl. So, continiiing
into Indiana, I persuaded the chief of police at Crawfordsville, Ind., a friend of mine to go with me to Evansville, where a minister married us in the presence of two police chiefs, five six-foot pcrtrolmen and the minister's wife. Mrs. McConnell started to Florida the next day. Ten weeks later, we met for a second wedding at Decatur, Ala."
Mr. and Mrs. McConnell have two children, Mary lane, 9, and Ed., Jr., nearly five.
Smiling Ed is heard each Saturday at 10:45 A.M. CST over the NBC-Red network.
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