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Show jr" a - iLA- -1-1- JL J i iir . ii -n ir .n..i. m ill By LYN CONNELLY DON MCNEILL'S "Breakfast Club" celebrates its 20th an-; niversary on the air next month ; . . . The Baby Club which Don; started November 24 will continue ' its membership drive until the an-j niversary broadcast on June 23 ... The new club is going amazingly ; well considering the fact that a , baby must be born during the hour: the program is on the air to be! eligible There are more than 2,000 members, with all states and Canada, Alaska, Hawaii. England and Ireland represented Feature Fea-ture member of the new fraternity frater-nity is Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV, born January 19, probably the most famous baby in America today, 'thanks to the TV popularity of his parents, Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz. Don has come a long way since the first broadcast of "Breakfast Club" back on June 23, 1933 In those days the program was known as "The Pepper Pot" and it wasn't expected to last too long It probably wouldn't have ex- lake in helping with the creel census cen-sus and research program. Bear Lake sits astride the Utah-Idaho Utah-Idaho state line. It is one of the larger bodies of still water in the inter-mountain area. Fishing there has shown gradual improvement in recent years following a deterioration deterior-ation during the drouth period and resulting low water of about 20 years ago. During the past year it has produced many fine catches of both rainbow and mackinaw trout. cept for the warmth and every day logic brought to it by the personable per-sonable young emcee, tresh out of Marquette University Today the show ranks as one of the oldest and most popular in radio and one destined to remain as long as folks continue to go for a mixture of good old-fashioned corn, sentiment and music. AUDIENCE STARS The real stars of the Breakfast Club, toastmaster McNeill has always al-ways contended, are the program's listeners and studio visitors . . . Their personalities on being interviewed, inter-viewed, their contributions to "Memory Time" and their "hidden "hid-den talents" are the nucleus of the program There is "Smilin' Bill" Mahoney who appears every iit. Patrick's Day and puts on a rousing show with his Irish songs, ji.'tyi and concertina . . . There is "Mrs. Smith," who visits the show once or twice a week and confides her "troubles" universal among housewives to Don, and courageous courage-ous Jimmie Darou Don and his gang have reached a milestone but even with the ever-increasing ever-increasing popularity of TV, we feel "Breakfast Club" is good for as long as there is an America and Don McNeill, Ambassador of Com. |