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WHITE FALCON
Friday, October 8, 1965
Las Vegas Showmen
Hitting Base Clubs
Currently touring the base is a relative of a notorious female outlaw, a “flunkie”
from a circus who claims to be the only “hillbilly” in the gang, one of the country’s top
guitarists and two attractive young ladies, one an Au-Go-Go girl, the other a blonde
drummer.
Called the Belle Starr Show, they have played at Goose Bay and Sonderstrom prior
to arriving at Keflavik. The group, sponsored by the Navy Exchange, plays country ’n
western music plus rock ’n roll and anything the audiences request.
APPEARING AT THE CLUBS—Ready for another big night at the
Station’s clubs are the entertainers comprising the Belle Starr Show
with Tommy “Tex” Dean. The performers are (left to right) Ray Riggs,
guitar; Belle Starr, singer-comedienne; Darlene Shortt, Au-Go-Go
girl; Charlotte Morrison, on the drums; and Tex Dean, emcee and
The five entertainers are Tommy
“Tex” Dean, emcee and guitarist;
Belle Starr, singer-comedienne;
Charlotte Morrison, drums; Dar-
lene Shortt, Au-Go-Go girl; and
Ray Riggs on the guitar.
The show’s emcee, Tex Dean
has known Belle Starr for 14
years, since he first met Belle in
Miami, Fla. At that time, she had
her own girls’ band and Tex was
touring with the Grand Ole Opry.
Since Dean needed a female singer
to travel the Opry circuit, Belle
joined the group.
East Texas born Tex claims
that he’s probably the “only hill-
billy in the lot.” Asked how he
got his start in show business, he
related this story, “My daddy and
I had an argument over some
horses. It seems that I was feeding
the horses before feeding the
cows.... ”
“Hillbilly” Joins Circus
He then left home, he said, and
joined a circus out west, working
as a “flunkie,” where he learned
about all there is to know about
show business.
After a few years with the
circus, he joined Bill Monroe,
while at Little Rock, Ark., and
toured with the Grand Ole Opry.
Later, Tex formed his own group
and moved to Shreveport, La., and
AU-GO-GO—Shimmying and shak-
ing is one of the Belle Starr’s at-
tractive additions, Miss Darlene
Shortt.
guitarist.
the Louisiana Hayride until 1957.
Belle Starr’s been in show busi-
ness practically all her life, al-
though not always in the musical
field. Originally, brought up to
be a ballet dancer by her family,
she had other plans.
Belle Starr
Says Tex, “Belle’s brother was
a guitar-picker and every time
he’d lay the instrument down,
she’s end up playing it.”
A real relative of the notorious
female outlaw Belle Starr, who
was her great, great aunt, Belle
steals the show with her rendi-
tions of “Kentucky” and “Kansas
City.”
A recent addition to the group
is blonde-haired Miss Charlotte
Morrison, the drummer. She hails
from Texas near Shreveport, La.,
and has been with Belle Starr
for approximately one year.
Guitarist Ray Riggs came up
with the group to fill in for one
of Belle’s girls who coudn’t make
the trip.
Country’s Top Guitarist
“Ray’s been in the business
since he was six,” said Belle. At
that time he played the “bull”
fiddle in Belle’s troupe. In 1957
or ’58, Belle got Ray a specially
made guitar for Christmas, and
in 1960 he was classified as one
of the country’s top teenage gui-
tarists.
The 24-year-old Tampa Flour-
idian’s now rated as one of the
top five guitarists in the country.
According to Tex, he feels that
Ray’s one of the finest musicians
anywhere. He can play all four
fields of the guitar; country ’n
western, rock ’n roll, jazz and
Segovia-type guitar.
Ray is presently studying piano
at the Los Angeles Conservatory
of Music, working on a Bachelor’s
degree in music. His wife, Dar-
lene, the show’s Au-Go-Go girl,
is from Oceanside, Calif., and they
have been married two years.
Las Vegas “Nightclubbers”
The group have been playing
the circuits in Nevada since 1957
at such popular clubs and night-
spots as the Showboat, Desert Inn,
Tropicana, the Mint and the Gold-
en Nugget.
The three troubadors, Tex,
Belle and Ray have worked with
Bob Hope, Gene Austin and backed
up other big names as Tex Ritter,
Jimmy Wakeley and Tex Williams.
The group hopes to tour over-
seas and is “breaking the ice” in
Iceland in the hope of getting
more artists and shows to the
North Atlantic.
The show’s schedule'of appear-
ances are as follows: Fri., Oct.
8—CPO Club; Sat., Oct. 9—NCO
Club; Sun., Oct. 10—Polar Club;
Tues., Oct. 12—Grindavik; Wed.,
Oct. 13—Polar Club; and Thur.,
Oct 14 at the NCO Club.
1. Who was the winning pitcher
in the final game of the 1959
World Series in which the Los
Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago
White Sox?
2. What college halfback led the
nation in rushing last year, pick-
ing up 1,044 yards in 252 carries?
3. Who was the American Foot-
ball League’s leading passer in
the 1964 season with 199 comple-
tions in 354 attempts for 2,879
yards and 30 touchdowns?
4. In 15 years of tennis com-
petition how many United States
and Wimbledon singles titles did
Helen Wills win?
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Alley Talk
By Annette Babneau
With just two weeks to go in the Tuesday Women’s Lea-
gue, the Tagalongs are fighting to hold on to first place.
Following close are the Pink Panthers.
Annette Babneau rolled a 210 game to get her name on
the 210 honor roll at the Arctic Bowl. Pat Webb scored
174 game and 438 series.
In the last week of bowling the’*’'
Keflavik Civilian League rolled
some good games and series.
Pete Gietman a 204/559, Harold
Thompson 231/555, Marty Carr
184/513 and A1 Babneau 200/511
for the men. The ladies scored
high with 200/514 for Annette
Babneau and 172/484 for Polly
Kuiper.
Bowling Banquet Held
The Keflavik Civilian League
held its bowling banquet Saturday
evening at the CPO Club. After
dinner, the presentations of the
awards took place.
The high honors which are at-
tached to first place were taken
by Team 6. This winning team
consists of Paula Case, David
Case, Steve Cohen, Mary Harned
and Charles Harned.
After a roll-off which took place
Friday evening between the Sand
Baggers and Team 2 for the sec-
ond place slot, the Sand Baggers
earned that slot. The Sand Bag-
gers consist of Ed Beck, Dale
Germain, Donald Danisi, Peter
Gietman and Buddy McCulley. For
their hard earned effort, Team 2
was presented a unique homemade
trophy.
Trophies Awarded
The awards for individual stand-
ings went for high average of 153
to Annette Babneau and Harold
Thompson with 173. High series
of 501 was captured by Polly
Kiuper and Klaus Bauer with 617.
Stiena Roff with 192 took high
game and Steve Cohen won this
award for the men with a 254
effort.
High series with handicap went
to Paula Case with 587 and Peter
Gietman with 634. Prudence Lovik
213 and Buddy McCulley 260 ac-
cepted the high game with handi-
cap trophy. The award that is a
surprise right up to the last
minute, The Most Improved went
to Annette Babneau with a gain
of 7 pins and to Klaus Bauer
with a 10-pin gain.
The new league will start Oct.
14 at 8:30 p.m. Couples are need-
ed to fill out the teams. Those
interested call Stan Roff at 7255.
Los Angeles, Minnesota Clash;
Speed vs Power In ’65 Edition
by Dave Jones
The World Series of Major League Baseball in 1965 pits
the two teams that were the biggest disappointments in
1964. Aside from this fact, the Los Angeles Dodgers and
the Minnesota Twins are about as far apart as elephants
and birds.
The Dodgers are an exciting team blessed with excep-
tional speed and pitching and they put it to good use. A
typical Los Angeles rally consists***
of two walks, a sacrifice, an error
and possibly a pair of hits.
Maury Wills led both leagues
with 95 stolen bases and he sported
a batting average of .285. He is
the key to Dodger attack with
Tommy Davis out of the lineup
and Los Angeles hopes in the
World Series rest largely on
Wills’ shoulders.
The Dodgers have Sandy Koufax
who is undoubtably the best pitch-
er in baseball and Don Drysdale
who is not far behind. The Los
Angeles defense is not over-
whelmingly strong but is adaquate
and will rise to the occasion.
Minnesota, on the other hand,
is an overpowering team with
each regular capable of hitting
20 or more homers in a season.
The likes of Tony Oliva, Harmon
Killebrew, Zoilo Versalles, Jimmy
Hall and Bob Allison are enough
to make any pitcher shudder.
The Twins pitching staff en-
joyed a good year although —
nothing like the sensational
Dodger staff and whenever the
Minnesota pitching would let
down, the hitting would pick up
the slack.
Jim Grant was a 20-game
winner and ace Camilo Pascual
came back after he was operated
on and won several games in the
stretch. The defense was leaky
but managed to come up with the
key play in a clutch situation.
On paper, there would seem to
he no contest with the Minnesota
Twins in an easy sweep. But the
Dodgers are a team that never
gives up and in the past 110 inn-
ings, the pitching staff has given
up a total of 7 runs, an average
of a little more than one-half run
per game.
It should be an interesting
series going possibly seven games
but the Los Angeles Dodgers
should pick up marbles.
"oiisr A.
by Gary Gracin, EM2
We have two program changes
this coming week that should be
of interest to most TV watchers.
The first one, “On Broadway To-
night,” will replace the Bell Tele-
hone Hour on Wednesday even-
ings at 8:30. “On Broadway To-
night” will alternate with special
variety programs.
In the second program change,,
“My Three Sons” makes-way for
a new “rock’n roll” show entitled,
“Where The Action Is.” This is
a musical variety show originating
from locations in the states, pre-
senting top recording artists of
music with modern beat. It is
scheduled for 5:00 p.m., Mondays-