佚名
Anonymous
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Everythinghaensforthebest,
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mymothersaidwheneverIfaceddisaointment。
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Ifyoucancarryon,onedaysomethinggoodwillhaen。
Andyoullrealizethatitwouldnthavehaenedifnotforthatrevious1disaointment。
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Motherwasright,asIdiscoveredaftergraduatingfromcollegein1932,Ihaddecidedtotryforajobinradio,thenworkmywayutosortsannouncer。
IhitchhikedtoChicagoandknockedonthedoorofeverystation—andgotturneddowneverytime。
Inonestudio,akindladytoldmethatbigstationscouldntriskhiringinexeriencederson—
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Gooutinthesticksandfindasmallstationthatllgiveyouachance。
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shesaid。
IthumbedhometoDixon,Illinois。
Whilethemwasnoradio-announcingjobsinDixon,myfathersaidMontgomeryWardhadoenedastoreandwantedalocalathlete2tomanageitssortsdeartment。
SinceDixonwaswhereIhadlayedhigh;schoolfootball,Ialied。
Thejobsoundedjustrightforme。
ButIwasnthired。
Mydisaointmentmusthaveshown。
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Everythinghaensforthebest。
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Momremindedme。
Dadofferedmethecartojobhunt。
ItriedWOCRadioinDavenort,Iowa。
Therogramdirector,awonderfulScotsmannamedPeterMacArthur,toldmetheyhadalreadyhiredanannouncer。
AsIlefthisoffice,myfrustrationboiledover。
Iaskedaloud,
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Howcanafellowgettobeasortannouncerifhecantgetajobinaradiostation?
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Iwaswaitingfortheelevator3whenIheardMacArthurcalling,
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Whatwasthatyousaidaboutsorts?Doyouknowanythingaboutfootball?
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