for a job in radio, then
45 my way up to sports announcer. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-- 46 got turned down every time. In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring a(n)
47 person. So I went home to Dixon, Illinois.
While I was
48 what to do, my father said Montgomery Ward had
49 a store and wanted a local
50 to manage its sports department. The job sounded just
51 for me. But I wasn’t hired. My disappointment must have shown. “Everything happens for the best.” Mom
52
me. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director told me they had already hired an announcer.
Stepping out of his office with a broken heart, I asked
53 , “How can a
54 get to be a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station.” I was waiting for the elevator when I heard the director calling, “What was that you said about
55 ? Do you know anything about
56 ?” I nodded. Then he stood me before a
57 and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. I did a 15-minute build-up, and was told I would be
58 Saturday’s football game!
On my way home, as I had done many times since, I thought of 59 words: “If you carry on, ..”I often wonder what direction life might have 60 if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.
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