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Statesman, SaUm, Ore-, Tuedey, Sept. 6, 1955 See. 1) 3 ;
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'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
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TARMINGTON, N. M.
The troubles and tribulations of
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ley recently told the town trus
tees, are almost unlimited.
Appearing to talk about a rfew
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but they may not tell anyone for
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his home "about a mile and a
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