18     October 30, 1952
Bill, Jayne, Eddie Bracken, Kitty Carlisle

Mary Hertrich of Long Island City, NY: “My daughter was born in Macy’s Dept. Store” 
Mrs. Hertrich gave birth on December 11, 1951, and named her child Anna Macy.   Macy’s used a picture of the infant in a New Year’s Day advertisement.  Also see E321.    

John W Travis of Hyattsville, MD: “I tuned Harry Truman’s piano” 
Truman studied classical piano as a young boy, and it was said he never passed a piano without playing a tune.  He played for an audience of 30 million during the first televised tour of the White House in 1952.  Still, as a performer, he was more enthusiastic than accomplished.  Mr. Travis was not the White House piano tuner, but instead had tuned a piano that the president used aboard a ship during his travels.   

Special Guest Linda Christian: “My husband gave me a black eye (by accident)”             
Mexican actress Linda Christian made only a dozen or so films in her career and was far better known to the public as the wife of film star Tyrone Power.  Two years after this appearance, Christian would play the very first “Bond girl,” appearing in the TV version of Casino Royale opposite Barry Nelson.    

Nelson Trindall of Marshfield, MS: “I made my own teeth”                 
Trindall, fortunately, was a dentist and not a hobbyist.  As a dentist, he would serve the Massachusetts town for 45 years.