Joan Hunter Dunn beauty, he fell in love, and composed a 44-line poem fantasising about them being engaged and playing tennis together in Aldershot: The poem was published in Cyril Connolly's "Horizon" magazine in February 1941. Betjeman invited her to lunch, and presented her with a copy of the magazine containing the poem, begging her forgiveness. In an interview in "The Sunday Times" magazine in 1965, illustrated with photographs by Lord Snowdon, she said: "It was such a marvellous break from the monotony of the war. It really was remarkable the way he imagined it all. Actually, all that about the subaltern, and
Romper Room aired on KSTW (at the time as KTNT-TV) Channel 11, from Tacoma. She hosted the show from mid-1965 into the 1970s. Miss Joan (Jane Pirtle) hosted the St. Louis version on KTVI from 1957-1962. She was replaced by Miss Lois (Lois Witzig), who hosted during the 1960s and early 1970s. Constance Anne Bohlin hosted the D.C. version on WTTG Channel 5 from 1957 to 1967, as "Miss Connie". Miss Barbara Balay was one of the first hosts of "Romper Room" on KAKE. She later married one of the first producers on the morning show, David Carl Dunn. He later wrote