October 11, 1935, Menasha Record
What is so interesting here is not so much the Columbus Day program but the one that followed it, featuring Max Gilstrap, "The Whistling Ranger from the western wonderland." I did some research and he was a minor celebrity, in the 1930's... a former park ranger, famed whistler, and expert at bird calls who traveled the country and gave lectures. He even had a record album. See below:
In later years, he was an editor for the Christian Science Monitor, and during World War II was the editor of "Stars and Stripes" in Britain, France, Belgium and Germany. He also went to the Pacific Area as Officer in Charge of "Yank", the Army Weekly.
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