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Job Statesman, SaUm, Ore-, Tuedey, Sept. 6, 1955 See. 1) 3 ; sers 1VV J 'Nebulous'; No Salary . By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD (Jt "Everybody cets the urge at some time in his life to go back to his home towm or college. veu, am iu This is how Kay Kyser explains utay he gave up show business five years ago and returned to the col lege life of his alma mater, the University of North Carolina. The former bandleader was here with his family on his annual visit to old Hollywood haunts. Kyser rose to fame in the '30s ith his band of sweet swing and singing song titks. His impish, be-; spectacled face and drawling voice j became known to millions, along I with vocalists Ginny Simms, Harry Babbitt and lsh Kabibble. Tae Sbw Kyser's College of Musical Knowledge was long one of the top 10 shows on radio and he made several movies. After dabbling in TV, he disappeared from the en tertainment field in late 1950. "It started during the war." he recalled. "After I came back from entertaining the boys in the Pa-' cific, I was impressed with the difference between service audi ences and those who had paid to, be entertained or had come in free, j "After 1945. 1 never again played ; before a paying audience. All the appearances were for hospitals, service camps, etc." In 1946. he announced he was quitting show business to "whittle and spit" But his sponsor had - thr nlans . for him and a two- year contract He finally made the i move five years ago. Waa't Fe ! Td had it." he explained. "I : had gotten to the point where it; wasn't fun anymore. Our opera- tion had always succeeded because we did have fun. So that was the : time to quit." j Kyser and his wife, former cover ; girl Georgia Carroll, moved back to Chapel Hill. N.C.. where he had graduated from the university. There he took a post which he " admits is nebulous. He said he has j no salary, no office and no title, j He serves as a sort of adviser j and consultant i One of his functions was to help establish the university's educa tional TV station, WNC-TV. Now that it is underway, he is work-! ing on a state-wide traffic safety program. Something Wrong "I wonder if maybe our whole j - traffic safety system is on thej wrong track," he said. "The fi gures indicate things are getting better, but we're still killing thou sands of people a year. Some thing's wrong when a boy is safer In uniform defending his country than he is behind the wheel of an automobile." Kyser looks much the same as he did when he was the old pro fessor on radio. His blonde locks are grayer .but he still has a boy ish look at SO. Gone are the rim less specs he used, to sport; he hasn't worn glasses in four years. He admitted that the university life agrees with him. He and Georgia live in a four-story house built in 1814, along with their daughters, Kim. 9. Carroll. 71,, and Amanda Kay, 24. all of them blonde charmers. ZS TEARS LATE ST. JOHN, N.D. (UP) Mrs. Charles King chose matrimony in 1928 instead -of graduating from high school. But she vowed some day to finish ber education. Moth er of three sons and three daugh tersand a grandmother she re ceived her diploma along with eight other graduates here this year. I rv no o V7DS :ll !:. DlfD?S IT Oregon State Fair Sept. 3 to 10 Plywood Free Show Sept. 7 and 8 Cipitol Shopping Center2 PJW. to S PJVf. ; 'lit. - Oregon State Capitol Buildings Owl Drug Store in the Capitol Shopping Center ONE OF OREGON'S FINEST MOST BEAUTIFUL DRUG STORES PRESCRIPTIONS FOUNTAIN-GRILL FINE COSMETICS CAMERAS, FILM SOUVENIRS 'CANDY, TOBACCO Free Forking for Over 500 Cars Air-Conditioned for Shopping Comfort OPEN 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Surill 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. A CENTER And . CAPITOL BSD v i Troubles of Taxi Owner 'Unlimited? . TARMINGTON, N. M. The troubles and tribulations of a taxicab operator, E. E. 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