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While researching the history of women storytellers, or "Story Ladies" I learned about a single record album from 1955 with Bible stories narrated by a June Hadley "The Bible Story Lady". I have not found a reference so far suggesting that she was a radio or TV story teller.
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The label and sleeve for album says that the recording was produced by "Hadley Productions, Inc" in Fort Wayne, Indiana. A June Hadley for TV station WANE was a winner of the Grocery Manufacturers of America award for outstanding TV series in 1955. So after this, I began searching for "June Hadley" of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
This led to the obituary for Douglass Hadley Bateman who passed away in 2004. Bateman was a long time figure in broadcast advertising and a believer in Jesus Christ. His first wife was a June "Hadley" Bateman who passed away in 1976. The Batemans were a hard working couple in radio, television and advertising, and yes including time in Ft. Wayne at station WANE.
Finally after taking another closer look at the record label edges on the internet, I could read "Copyright 1952 Winifred June Batmen" was printed around the edges.
So could June Hadley, or Winifred June Bateman (1917 - 1976) have also produced a Bible children's series for radio or TV in Ft. Wayne, or was this series only for released on records? More research is needed.
Also, Hadley was not the only "Bible Story Lady", and that can wait for another post.
