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The show was patterned after General Electric's "House of Magic" and General Motors' "Parade of Progress".<ref> Linking Ring, December 1955</ref> | The show was patterned after General Electric's "House of Magic" and General Motors' "Parade of Progress".<ref> Linking Ring, December 1955</ref> | ||
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Wehmeyer placed an ad in the September 1961 issue of [[Linking Ring]] selling his equipment "because of retirement". | Wehmeyer placed an ad in the September 1961 issue of [[Linking Ring]] selling his equipment "because of retirement". | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:04, 10 February 2014
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Richard "Dick" Wehmeyer (fl. 1940s-1950s), under the title of "The Wizard of Ohms", did a traveling show for the Union Electric Company of Missouri emphasizing "safety with electricity" while entertaining with magic. He had a regular circuit of schools in Missouri, Illinois and Iowa, visiting each school every four years in the 1940s and 50s.[1]
Biography
The show was patterned after General Electric's "House of Magic" and General Motors' "Parade of Progress".[2]
He was president of IBM Ring 1 in St. Louis in 1944.
The MUM reported in 1961 that Wehmeyer was reinstated as a SAM member in Assembly No. 8.
Wehmeyer placed an ad in the September 1961 issue of Linking Ring selling his equipment "because of retirement".
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