First Year

The signal oil program? The Whistler. Whistler is your signal for the signal oil program? The Whistler. I am the Whistler. And I know many things before I walk by night.

I know many strange tales, hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadow. Yeah. I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak. Yes, friends, it's time for the Signal Oil program, the Whistler, rated tops in popularity for a longer period of time than any other West Coast program in radio history.

And Signal gasoline is tops too, tops in quality. It takes extra quality, you know, to give you extra mileage. And Signal is the famous Go-Father gasoline. So look for the Signal Circle sign in yellow and black that identifies friendly dealer-owned signal stations from Canada to Mexico.

And now the Whistler Strange Story. The first year, the story of Lydia Winters falls naturally into two parts, separated by exactly one year almost to the minute. Her marriage to Elliot Lark and ended, of course, on New Year's Eve, somewhere around midnight at a place called Silver Lake Lodge.

The circumstances surrounding its ending are a matter of record now, in the files of the Police Department, homicide division. The beginning is another story, a personal one. Just a year before, early on New Year's morning, Lydia Winters had stood at the door of her uncle's apartment with Elliot, listening to the whistles ushering in the New Year.

Darling, listen. It's official now, brand new year. Brand new life. I better go in now, Andy. Look, Lydia, let's go together. You can speak your piece now back to your office. I've already told you, I want to talk to Uncle Philip alone, darling.