Mavis Cameron Disappears
The Whistler · March 17, 1947 · 29 min · 4,016 words
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The signal oil program the Whistler at whistle is your signal for the signal oil program The Whistler and I know many things for I walk by night I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows
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 by independent research the most popular West Coast program. In gasoline, you know, it takes extra quality to go farther, and signal is the famous go farther gasoline. So look for the signal circle sign in yellow and black
that identifies signal service stations from Canada to Mexico. And now the Whistler's strange story. Mavis Cameron disappears. Mavis Cameron was one of thousands of American business girls, a filing clerk in the Fifth National Bank in Chicago. At 25 Mavis was rather pretty and had a pleasing singing voice. She also loved the spotlight.
Naturally she found bank work a little dull. Even that night when Mavis and four of the girls in the bank had dinner in the main dining room of the fashionable Park Wilson Hotel, it seemed a little dull, until the after-dinner coffee was served.
Then the MC of the floor show asked Mavis to sing a number, and she felt better. She felt still better following the outburst of applause at the conclusion of her number. So much better, she decided to drop into the Park Wilson fashionable bar, make a phone call and have a nightcap before going home.
Scotch and soda please. Mix it. Right. This ought to do it. I'm sure it will. Keep the change. Thank you. Give me the usual, Joe. Straight bourbon. What else? Hey, how's it covered? Yeah, on the nose.
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