VOLUME III, Number 8
4 February 1963
**u-s-o**
"MEET THE GIRLS"
Even the title of this USD Show package is inviting and there should be plenty
of opportunity to see, at least, the girls in the unit* The performance prom
. ises comedy, singing,and dancing plus a touch of the old tanbark with its music*
Squiring the six females is an old friend and smoothie, Jack LeMaire, who twangs
a mean guitar and chatters up a storm while on stage, and with him is Jimmy Colleano,
who knows his way around Indian clubs* The girls in the group can make their own
way against any cgmpany* They include Alliene Flanery, Terri Hoefke, Myke Mather,
Lois Hunt, Toby Butler and Beverly Chariott*
JACK LE MAIRE, manager and master of ceremonies of "MEET THE GIRLS" is remembered
for his Alaskan tour in the fall of 1961* Jack is one of the few "stand-up com
edians" who can also sing and dance* He has also played many straight dramatic
roles on stage, screen and television* He is to bo seen soon on TV in a segment
with the "Beverly Hillbillies."
JIMMY COLLEANO, an old friend from the Big Top, comes from a long line of circus
performers*. He has played the Hunt Bros* Circus, Shrine Circus and has appeared
on "Sid Caesar’s Hour" and has had 27 appearances on the "Big Top"*
ALLIENE FLANERY calls herself the "junior grade Red Hot Momma", but she also has
a way with Dixieland and Blues*
TERRI HOEFKE, a sultry beauty from Sonora Mexico, danced her way across the screen
in "West Side Story"and "The King and 12 She is a singer dancer that has performed
on TV in "Adventures in Paradise", "Fandango*"
MYKE MATHER is the commedienne of the group and was a "pin-up" girl whose picture
was mailed with packs of cigarettes to servicemen.
LOIS HUNT and her drums have been heard in clubs, on radio and on television.
BEVERLY CHARIOTT and her accordion have many TV dates. She has been a pro since
the age of 14 when she joined a teen-age band for a tour of the East Cost*
TOBY BUTLER was for several years with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm,
an all-girl orchestra that played for night clubs, theaters, radio, TV and movies*
For an outstanding USO Show, Turn out and 'MEET THE GIRLS"
"Meet the Girls" is to be shown on 7 March 1963: 1400 at COMMSTA 1900 NAVSTA