Show baby sitters influence Indu ence tots one gaye gave ice star first urge to skate MILWAUKEE WIS be most careful when you choose your baby sitter your baby sitter when n you arent looking may chart the course of life over which your child will travel and she may knowingly or unknowingly influence the child to enter a business profession or trade that may not exactly fit into your plans so says phil hiser dean of skaters in holiday on ice who does 0 le the popular A memory lemory lane waltz with jeanne berman and spends the remainder of his time on the ice getting laughs out of the audience with his comedy acts 1 I know whereof I 1 speak says phil it was a baby sitter who put I 1 me on skates when I 1 was 3 years old ive been on skates ever since and im 41 now my father was on the road with the frank warren minstrels so I 1 was left in the care of the irish nursemaid whose sole ambition was to skate and skate and skate first she dragged me to the ice pond and hauled me around on a broom then she got me a pair of sled skates and it was not long before she got hockey skates tor for me I 1 just had to skate there was nothing I 1 could do about it phil admits he became an addict and he and bridget never missed an opportunity to indulge in their favorite sport when he was 11 II years old pittsfield mass phils home town had a great celebration because one of uie the local boys had won the national junior championship pion ship and another of the local boys had taken second place our champions came home and there was a great celebration so that the pittsfield folks could see how fast these boys really were an exhibition was arranged and all of the best skaters to in town tom were to race against them to be left far behind of course |