May Newsletter May 2001 Issue 9 May Meeting Reception 12:00 noon Lunch 12:30 p.m. Bala Golf Club Ratecard $16.00 May 9, 2001 Phone 215-563-1310 or 856-365-5600 Inside this issue: More Happenings 2 Scholarships and Fun says the quality of students is Bob Hope tours and other And More 2 very good. Meet the students USO shows. and the winning schools on New Members 2 Our May get together will be May 9 at Bala Golf Club. the annual scholarships meet- ing, at which John Roberts will present the selections of As an extra added attraction, his committee and the award- ‘pretty, perky’ Peggy King ing of the $2000 scholarships will perform with ac- for 3 students pursuing stud- companist Harriet Faye. ies in area schools of commu- Herb Clarke has again ar- nication. A number of ranged for Peggy to join us schools in the tri-state area and she will perform the great John Roberts have participated, and John Pop songs she did with the and Scholarships May 9 at Bala Happenings 215-563-1310 or 856-365-5600 Al Meltzer was a smash at the rately with a PRIDE award for Speaking of new Hall of Fame April meeting. A large group each. Dr. Castellanos was hon- members, it appears that Dr. We need your input to of old friends greeted the vet- ored in the category of Media Francis Davis may finally re- do our newsletters. eran Philadelphia and Buffalo and Communications for host- tire. The Channel 6 weather- broadcaster who held forth with ing “Puerto Rican Panorama”, a man, who was also Dean at anecdotes from his long careers weekly television show broad- Drexel University, thought he Please send items at in broadcasting. Al looks and cast by 6 ABC of Philadelphia. retired when he moved to Hil- least three weeks in ad- vance of the date of the sounds as great as ever. “Panorama” is the only televi- ton Head Island, but soon dis- next meeting to Paul sion show devoted exclusively covered they needed a Physics Norton at 205 Ocean Member Diego Castellanos to Hispanic issues and the La- teacher for an enriched program View Blvd., Lewes, DE was honored by the Governor tino culture in the Grater Phila- at Hilton Head High School, so 19958, or call 1-302- of Pennsylvania, Tom Ridge, in delphia Metropolitan market. It for three years he has been 645-8910, or e-mail a ceremony in March at the is broadcast in English making working with gifted youngsters [email protected], or fax to 1-302-644-9036. Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel it accessible to the general there. They now have found a in Philadelphia. Thirteen dif- population. On the air, uninter- teacher who can handle the ferent categories of public ser- rupted, since September 1970, class, and perhaps Francis can vice to the state’s Hispanic “Panorama” is the world’s work on his golf. community were saluted sepa- longest-running television show of its type. More Happenings Can you say “Neuroma?” Jan Beaty had play, “The Producers”, based on the ter April 2002. surgery on her left foot on Valentine’s movie, April 25. However, even more Day, to have a neuron removed to allevi- important, is enjoying a New York hot ate pain. She spent an extended period in pastrami on rye at the 2nd Avenue deli Great to hear Bill Wright, Sr. back on a footcast(s) and forced to use crutches. after the matinee. Alan says forty years the air. Dubbed the “Dean of Philadel- During that period John did the many of living in Philadelphia have never pro- phia Radio.” the 50 year radio veteran household things necessary. Thank vided such a treat reminiscent of his goes full time in the evening on WPEN heaven, John says, the cast is now off childhood days in Brooklyn. (950) 7 p.m. to midnight weekdays. Bill sounds as good as ever and will take you and both are feeling a lot better. John continues his stint on WRDV-FM doing back to the old WIBG days, although the Big Bands etc Wednesday from 3 to 6 You can expect Malcolm Poindexter to music now will be great bands and vocal- be a speaker at one of our meetings in the ists. He plans to join our group soon, and p.m. future, but at the moment the KYW come to lunch frequently. (If you don’t broadcaster is busy with a new assign- get to the lunches you’re missing some- Quoting here: A note from Alan Jay ment. He is the stations’ Ambassador to thing) says that he and his semi-lovely (first) the Arts. He expects this to keep him wife will see Mel Brooks’ Broadway tied up (unavailable for meetings) til af- And More Happenings We’ve heard from Mitchell Krauss of working with Joe McCauley, Bob whose name you will probably recognize Menafee, Jack Pyle, Paul Sullivan, Paul as one that was for 25 years seen and Parker and Gene Milner. The late John heard on CBS Radio and TV News as Paul Weber had provided him with one ‘Good hitting will beat good Mid East correspondent. In his phone of our newsletters and he called to ex- pitching every time, and vice call he recollected working here at press his warm recollections of working versa.’ WFLN from 1951 to 1956 with time out with John. Now retired and living in for the Army and the 24th Division In Stamford, Connecticut, you can reach Yogi Berra Korea). He then worked at WIP as Di- him by e-mail at [email protected]. rector of Sales Promotion and as the News Director. He has fond memories New Members Greet our new member Helene Sperka, New member R. Alan Campbell who is Radio TV, Seoul, worked in Wilmington, widow of the late Channel 6 reporter at the moment Senior Announcer, morn- Camden, and WFLN, Philadelphia; Flor- Hank Sperka. Helene will be remem- ing man-classical music, at KUAT, Uni- ida as an anchorman, Hawaii, etc. He is bered, among many other things, as hav- versity of Arizona, Tucson. His bio is now in Arizona and can be contacted at: ing been President and Chairman of the too extensive to give appropriate detail [email protected]. here, but you may check it at his website: Board of the Philadelphia Advertising ttp://members.trip.com/- Club from 1979-1982. In 1981 she es- ‘If I had my life to live RACAMPBELL/Alan.html. ‘again,If I had I’d my make life allto livethe again,same I’d tablished her own agency doing radio makemistakes, all the only same sooner. mistakes, only commercials for various clients, and was You’ll find, in his words, he was a go-fer sooner.’ agent for sports personalities, Tom Hein- in Philadelphia in the fifties with WPEN, Tallulah Bankhead KYW, WRCV. He was in radio-TV in sohn, Chuck Bednarik and Richie Tallulah Bankhead Ashburn. Helene now lives in Stuart, the Washington-Baltimore area, a mem- Florida and can be reached by e-mail at ber of the Singing Sergeants while in the [email protected]. service, Armed Forces Korea Network Page 2 May .