"What the He!!'s the Use?" - Whit Freeman

[Leon]

Another little niche that can be collected is baseball announcers. This gentleman, Whit Freeman, has on his business card several different occupations. One of them was for being a licensed announcer for base ball. His quip on the back of his card is rather humorous. It is circa 1945.... best (I hope his grandson doesn't contact me )regards

[jp1216]

Nice P/U Leon. Neat item.

[bobbvc]

A friend of mine lives a few houses down from that address.

[barrysloate]

To add a little trivia: the gentleman is wearing a hat which reads "Pt Loma Ferry." There's a high school in that town, called Pt. Loma High School, and among its graduates are Don Larsen and David Wells...each of whom threw a perfect game for the New York Yankees.

[joeadcock]

Never heard of a STENTOR.

[frankbmd]

Sten·tor  [sten-tawr]
noun
1.
(in the Iliad ) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
2.
( lowercase ) a person having a very loud or powerful voice.

Thanks Leon. I've already forwarded the image to seven states.

Mr. Freeman understands cussedness and certainly his voice continues to be heard.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Sten·tor  [sten-tawr]
noun
1.
(in the Iliad ) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
2.
( lowercase ) a person having a very loud or powerful voice.

Thanks Leon. I've already forwarded the image to seven states.

Mr. Freeman understands cussedness and certainly his voice continues to be heard.

Actually, I did a bit of Googling and think the "Stentor" might be this....


Stentor

A Greek herald in the Trojan War noted for his loud voice.

(ARL-26: dp. 3,960 (tl.); l. 328'0"; b. 50'0"; dr. 11'2" (lim.) ; s. 11.6 k. (tl.) ; cpl. 254; a. 1 3", 8 40 mm.; cl. Achelous)

Originally projected as a tank landing ship, LST-858, Stentor was redesignated a landing craft repair ship on 14 August 1944; laid down at Seneca, 111., on 21 September 1944 by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 11 November 1944; and commissioned on 22 December 1944, Lt. Charles J. Miller in command.

Stentor moved down the Mississippi River after commissioning and arrived at New Orleans on Christmas Eve. She departed the South Pass on 2 January 1945 and arrived in Mobile, Ala., on the following day. Stentor decommissioned at Mobile on 9 January and began conversion to a landing craft repair ship. She recommissioned on 28 April and completed fitting out and shakedown training in May. On 4 June, she reported for duty with the Pacific Fleet at Coco Solo, the western terminus of the Panama Canal. Three days later, Stentor headed for the California coast. She loaded pontoons at Port Hueneme, near Los Angeles, between 20 and 25 June, then sailed for San Francisco. She stopped there on the 27th and headed for Hawaii. The landing craft repair ship reached Pearl Harbor on 16 July and there she remained through the waning days of World War II and into the fall of 1945.

On 20 October, she departed the harbor and shaped a course for the Far East. Stentor stopped at Guam in the Marianas on 3 November and arrived in Shanghai, China, three days before Christmas. She served in China until 6 October 1946, when she departed Tsingtao for the United States. One month later, she entered port at San Pedro, Calif.

For a little more than a year, she operated on the west coast, but spent most of her time in port at San Diego, where she was decommissioned and placed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet in December 1947. Stentor remained out of commission, in reserve, until 1 July 1960 when her name was struck from the Navy list. On 23 January 1961, her hulk was sold to the Diesel Parts Corp., New York City, for scrapping.


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[Clutch-Hitter]

I like that card, especially the back.

per·snick·et·y
   [per-snik-i-tee]
adjective Informal .
1.
overparticular; fussy.
2.
snobbish or having the aloof attitude of a snob.
3.
requiring painstaking care.

Synonyms
1. nitpicking, finicky

[Mark]

My suspicion is that he had stentorian (loud) voice and that he used it to make announcments at San Diego ball games long before 1945, back in the day before they installed loud speakers.

Great business card. Order me one thousand. One question, "If you save your money... if you get it, you're a 'grafter'". I thought the term would be "grifter"?

Political corruption or stealing, or both. Interchangeably good.

[Southpaw]

Great card, Leon.

One question, "If you save your money... if you get it, you're a 'grafter'". I thought the term would be "grifter"?

Grafter just means hard worker, no dishonesty is implied.