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III
El Jones Joins Kingston Radio
Examiner, 6 September 1950
Elwood Jones, well-known man of many
talents, has been appointed commercial manager of radio station CKWS in
Kingston and will take up his position immediately.
El has been in Peterborough since 1942,
where he was commercial manager of CHEX. He is best known to most
citizens of Peterborough and district as a master of ceremonies of
countless talent contests and a leader of community singsongs. // He is
well-known by sport fans as the man who started radio broadcasts of
local baseball games in the city and in this way helped to revive the
sport's popularity.
It was he who organized the Junior
Chamber of Commerce in Peterborough in 1946 and is a charter past
president of the organization. He is also a member of the Peterborough
Sales and Advertising Club, as well as the Peterborough Masonic Lodge
155. // He has been active in the YMCA and has been on the Y's
executive.
Although he is looking forward to his new
work as CKWS's advertising manager, El said "I'm sorry to leave
Peterborough. It's a marvellous city and I have made a lot of friends
here. #
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