tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947609137565728205.post6115708185380190631..comments2024-02-23T06:36:04.886-06:00Comments on Old Radio: September 9, 1946 'Heart's Desire', A giveaway contest program on the MBSOld Radiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028233397184462381noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947609137565728205.post-72546710363171581402023-12-23T14:49:59.373-06:002023-12-23T14:49:59.373-06:00Sometime about 1945, my Mother Laura Stedman Ayers...Sometime about 1945, my Mother Laura Stedman Ayers, a poet by nature, wrote a poem to "Heart's Desire" stating her need for a vacuum cleaner to clean up after 6 kids. They selected a member of the studio audience who also had a Heart's Desire and the audience voted to select a winner. She won a new Electrolux which she used the rest of her life. We all sat by the radio with James Ayers, Sr.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947609137565728205.post-79238219105451495452015-12-16T18:37:22.137-06:002015-12-16T18:37:22.137-06:00In September 1946 My mother Janie Nash from Custer...In September 1946 My mother Janie Nash from Custer, Michigan wrote to the program and requested some gifts for us 5 kids Christmas. She sent a five dollar bill and they read it on thanksgiving day. They sent the five dollars back and sent me, the oldest an electric train set, the next three kids a large doll and the youngest a rocking horse. I still have all the letters of correspondence and alsoRobert Nashnoreply@blogger.com