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...salesman. At each stop they would round up local talent for a program, then sell advertising time to the merchants. "I remember one show we put on in Sycamore, Illinois," he says. "I was the announcer. The local township orchestra was directed by a girl named Florence Wollensock, and I made the mistake of calling her 'Cot-tonsock' several times. The soloist on the same show was a girl named Lulu Clutter, and the accordionist was Charlie Pittlecow. If that wasn't an announcer's nightmare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 8, 1954 | 2/8/1954 | See Source »

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