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Show By LTN CONNELLY THE NAME LANNY ROSS and "singer" have been synono-mous synono-mous since his early choir-boy days in old St. John the Divine Church in New York and though he was more interested in a career as a sprinter at that time, he settled for music and has been speeding along. in1 the Dublic favor - i as a singer ever since . . . He now sets a new pace with his Mutual net work program "Lanny Ross Calling," Call-ing," heard every week - day . . j Planned as a thor-1 thor-1 oughly enjoyable, relaxing and mlor-LANNY mlor-LANNY ROSS mative 15-minute mid - morning affair, af-fair, Lanny lends his oft-heard voice to new tunes, oldies and a bit of advice inserted primarily for the purpose of aiding and abetting Mrs. John Q. Housewife in her daily tasks. He unravels stories of the novel manner in which Mrs. America obtains ob-tains many of her household items, how they came to be developed and by whom ... He interviews, entertains en-tertains and boosts the General Federation of Women's Clubs, instigates in-stigates safety campaigns and every year sponsors a "Catfish Derby" for children of all ages on his 450-acre "Melody Farm" in Bangall, N.Y. Great care is taken in making sure the pond is well populated pop-ulated with the catfish product . . . These underprivileged children from greater New York are hauled in by the truckload. The addition of Louise Carlyle and Buddy Weed's Quintet to the cast, provides Lanny with fellow artists of a proven calibre for each of his week-day programs . . . Miss Carlyle Is the sister of orchestra leader Russ Carlyle and was formerly for-merly featured as that orchestra's soloist . . . Now a supper club favorite, fav-orite, Louise wielded the baton for the Carlyle orchestra during the war years when brother Russ was in the army . . . Buddy Weed, on the other hand, heads up a newly organized group which is fast becoming be-coming one of the most popular recording re-cording teams in the country. If you haven't caught it yet, try to do so . . . You'll find it very worth your while. |