DEAR SUN SPOTS: My brother sent me the article about Roselle Coury that was published in The Sun Journal on Oct. 28. What a treat it was to read and to see those familiar names from 70 years ago. I didn’t know Roselle had died at such a young age or that Connie Cote is 90 and still in Auburn. The story opened up a Pandora’s Box of memories!

The summer between my junior and senior years at Northwestern University, Faust Couture asked me to substitute for Roselle. I was studying radio in the School of Speech and was thrilled to have an opportunity to try out my skills. Like Roselle, I hosted “Morning Gold,” chatting about books, movies, recipes and interviewing any unsuspecting celebrity who might be in town. I also visited the sponsors and wrote the commercials for the program. I loved it. At the end of the summer, I went back to school and Roselle came back to work.

However, I guess she had enjoyed being a stay at home mom, for Faust contacted me and offered me the job permanently after graduation. I stayed at WCOU and continued “Morning Gold” which I considered changing to “Morning Gould” until November 1951.

I think my funniest memory about “Morning Gold” was the interview I tried to do with the famous French boxer, Marcel Cerdan. I knew nothing about boxing and did not speak French. He was charming, however, and we bumbled through with the aid of an interpreter.

When Chuck Penney and I married, the Fortiers, Coutures, Libbeys, Alberghinis and Normands all came to our 1949 wedding at Poland Spring. I still have the pictures. We moved to West Auburn and I did a daily news broadcast and an occasional disc jockey stint. In early November, I resigned and Chuck and I adopted our first son, followed by the births of two more sons. It never occurred to me that I could go back to work!

We moved to Orlando in 1968. Since then I have divorced and remarried (we just celebrated our 37th anniversary) and have had a second career in the travel consultant business. I celebrated my 90th birthday a year ago.

— Diana, Florida

ANSWER: Thank you so much for writing, Diana. I’m just thrilled that your brother shared the story with you. There’s an interest in having a sequel about Radio Station WCOU. Readers, if you have a memory to share about the station, whether you worked there or were a listener, please write to Sun Spots.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I loved reading the story about Roselle Coury a couple weeks ago. I had remembered the Sun Spots this past summer where the writer, a relative of Dolena McIntire, thought Dolena and Roselle were the same person. I kept meaning to write to say they weren’t, but they performed together on the station. Dolena McIntire graduated from Lewiston High School and attended The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. She had a beautiful voice, and besides being on the radio, she sang at many church and community events. She was married to Nicholas Petroulis who died in 1959. Later, Dolena married Harold Brown. She passed away in 2008. I believe some of her children still live in the area.

— No name, no town

ANSWER: If anyone can add to this thread, please write in!

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