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. * 1phaolcr, the ": • ton and Philadtilshison in both
t Y A, lDllll been interested o.I
'^tv, wllllnm who ha d er tonal and amateur racllln
;young disc .jockey spent the last pr The his born
�, [or n year, disc jockey,
beg radio)
iJyinR hla at his hobby— Owego In 1920, a of 11, shortly
life fellow hom at the ag
jdaYs oI devoted room - K from hl h
.'i career g
I calllpg his from his , his graduation
irndio opernlors Ital. after announcer for st1.'ele
at Lourdes there aL 4:06 P• He ' Y' school. OKn Albany.
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clie sterdnYdat. the ng�h°onZc leu- 4't^s- 'r - jlo nedon w the staff of W1NR
e Lr from g. 1948. I _
had suncred , August,
L .• - -r 'kemin. cars. ' OWN PROGRAM _951, _
During the last three Y the ATm� 1
d had become. >, /- IIe entered I Z.n So on
Mr. Wheeler discharged to he was
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..Yawn '"o �i/ 3 was is retu tO own P
- �amvon WIsNR, from B a. M. to ��j� after ie is
rogram,
o. m. man /i/�_. assIt
igned to
At° 9:30 young ��i //�� the Yawn Patrol...as
cheerful Y intense interest in radio Plus ;
A wryly c ledgeablY of the ,. An unin in
- fk who sP ed, Mr. Wheeler �W' a means °f communication,
in radio,
"` Y:f"afGw music he PIDY - a technical abS4 voice
to cancel his dolly fir. fine speaking
was forced the WINR studios in g plus a on a career that
journey to launched him have been
1 because of his illness. would
,•.� mid-1056, b , - critics said
�-
not been strickenll
°- ;� STUDIO AT nnO�o other announc- ; - brilliant had henot
log
x/ leukemia.
-,- •,, / Engineers hard- with entry—
/ with the last am
erg at WINIR—of Bill's wife, „� His ham operators keep re-..
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ng
MarYl—arranged to install radio WHI;ELEP� which ode on April lII,
WILLIAM iously—µas m
venue Neigh- when he talked with Mr. Davis.
equipment at the Wheeler home talked about what all ham
at 45 Woodland d helped build They
hors Pitched in and help ment at home, al when he was not operators talk about the condl-
the home studio. an at Lhe hose their
oas ST TIME hospital for tion of their equipmenand the
JJ This enabled the Y as rCgu_ LA rove it,
the hose 2a. plans to imp
nmRhamlan rr nouncer to broadcast,
weatber-
h noun as ht physically was able to He entered
the last time on blaand lv1 a
do so, from the basement of his Three of his friends In addition to his µ'fife and
staged b fellow home. of the arrange low amateur Sradiounday f editor of daughter he is Wilit� David;
DANCING THE BILLS AWAYr Bill Wheeler, ailing WINR disc jockey, The intimacy 7-month-old son,
am an added ball Davis, h Stack of ttlhe his mother, Mrs. Nlarger a
sheaf `, of checks and money raised through a dance stag ment gave the progr The Press; CO„ Wheeler of Binghamton;
adds a check to the c011ectlfilllP when his pre -school -age Electronic
Cities latter spinners Saturday night to help him meet medico eXp Pamela Dfarie, fre- Stack Electronic and a sister, Miss
cManus, another WINR disc jockey, Charles Kippal Elec brother, John,
Mike N yuently interrupted her father's er of Gene Joan �`ibeeler, both of Phila=
and their dautqueltler.
announcemen[s installed ham equipment
at Lourdes Hospital. hors. Wheeler looks on, hospital room. delphia, and two grandmothers.
Bill's ro0`m commercials and of her Duet•i his hose Wheeler of Owego
1/2, shows her father a valentine. Total proceeds of the bwlth comments import to to Mom. Jane
Pamela, from o form of pernicious anem Listeners came to know Pamela It had become ioperators in and Mrs. Tracy Evans of Cort-'
dance were �2,311. Bill is suffering quite well. was admitted most of the barn a land
C Mr. Wheeler from the area to make sure dio contact
Funeral services will he con
PRE s s and was discharged Wheeler made rv,,,�ere familiar
TON Lourdes on several occasions wjib them They ducted at 9 a. m. Wednesday al
BINHAM Trinity
during the last Year. As his con- with his absorption in his hob- Dle Rev,orial Episcopal
27 dition - Drew worse early by, and wanted to ease his last Brice curate will officiate. Bur-i
Wednesday Evening, Feb. 20, 1957 ;eur radio operators days' -- the area kept a He had come by the hobby jai will he in Vestal Hills Me -
Binghamton, N. Y., April 12, 1953 ;it on the air to in- o the lnflu¢nce of htslmorial Park.
'¢—B THE SUNI)AY PRESS calls from his equip- through
Miss Arne Marie Caracciolo
Bride of William, T. Parker
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AT AN 11 a. m. priva e c
mony yesterday, Miss Anne
Marie Caracciolo became
the bride of William T. Parker.
The Rev. o
ci-
ated at the double -ring Phelan off l rites in
St. Catherine's Church, Iifll-
crest.
The bride is ,the daughter of
Mr. and bins. Lewis Caracciolo,
13 George Street. The bride-
groom is the son of Air, and
Mrs. Alfred Parker of Oneida.
For her wedding, the bride
wore a ballerina -length gown of
pink lace and net over satin.
The bouffant skirt was
fashioned with accordion pleat-
ed nylon tulle. Her fingertip
veil of tulle fell from a pink
Dutch cap and she carried a
white orchid on a player book.
Miss Ann Cady of Milwaukee,
Wis., niece of the bridegroom,
Was maid of honor. She wore a
blue net over taffeta gown and
carried a nosegay of pink roses.
Robert Dunn was best man.
From 2 to fi p. M. a reception
for 150 guests was held at the
clubhouse of Post 1305, Ameri-
can Legion. Upon 1�eturning
from a wedding trip tb\ Wash-
ington, D. C., the cou 11, «"ili
K
reside at 23-Xi "'ood .., cnue,
HiLlrre�t,
Prior to bar oarriace, the
bride was en in>ed by the
Olympia Tearoom. The bride-
groom is a staff apnouneer for
station lY\BF-TV.
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STUDY CLUB
Johnson City stuey Club wul
meet at 8 P. M, 'forlday at the
home of Mrs. Will'ara Hogan,
go, Oak Street.
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