Word: heimer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...chicken himself, crowed and cackled and talked of nothing but the poultry. At the age of five he said, "Now I am small, now I am a chicken. When I get bigger, I shall be a fowl. When I am bigger still, I shall be a cock." Heimer's words fit him to a startling degree: "[Arpad's] a chiseler, a no-good with the mental ability of a weather vane-one day one thing, the next day another. In short, a stinker...
...Arpad's finest trait is his humanness. Pause and bean-lean Rewriteman Mel Heimer, 28, who now writes the Arpad stories, have given their bird a personality as individual as Donald Duck's. Says Heimer: "He's a chiseler, a no-good with the mental ability of a weather vane -one day one thing, the next day another. In short, a stinker...
...Heimer and Artist Pause make Arpad a highly contemporary character. He Victory-gardened feverishly last spring. During the current wastepaper drive he has been pictured swooping patriotically. Except for allowing him an annual New Year's Eve binge, Heimer and Pause keep Arpad continent despite many protests from other staffers that he should enjoy the society of a hen now & then...
PRIVATE WILLIAM HEIMER Mitchel Field, Long Island...