YOUV'E heard of "Jack of all trades," and are probably equally familiar with the rest of it, "Master of none." But Clair Shadwell, affectionately known as "Shad," is a brilliant exception to the latter. Reared in a small Ohio town, he started studying medicine, but the family met with financial reverses and so he became in turn a vaudeville performer, trumpet player, master of ceremonies in a famous Chautauqua, soldier in the World War, farmer, school teacher, baritone soloist and what else have you? Just as water finally finds its own level, Shad, veteran of every State in the Union, has found the place best suited for him in radio at WBT, North Carolina's 25,000 watt station. Here he has an opportunity to use his originality, dynamic personality and diversified talents to the best advantage in the brilliant and ever-changing panorama of radio programs. Among other things, he is an A-1 announcer, interlocutor and co-producer of WBT's "Dixie Mammoth Minstrel," director of the staff male quartet, dramatist in "Original Sketches" and last—but far from least, he is the proud father of two attractive young sons, Hal and Cal.
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