Dale Wimbrow

Dale Wimbrow (June 6, 1895–1954) was an American composer, radio artist and writer. He is best known for the poem, The Guy in the Glass, written in 1934.

Biography

Early life and education

Peter Dale Wimbrow was born June 6, 1895, in Whaleyville, Maryland. He studied at Western Maryland College until World War I.

Career

Wimbrow's early career was in music and radio. Under his own name and as Old Pete Daley of Whaleysville, he became known for his records and radio performances with orchestras.^[1]

Wimbrow established the Indian River News newspaper in June 1948. It was published until September 1966, 12 years after his death in 1954, carried on by his wife.^[2][3]

The Guy in the Glass

Wimbrow wrote The Guy in the Glass for publication in The American Magazine in 1934. The poem became a popular clipping passed between people, and the author's credit was often dropped, leading to inquiries as to the author in newspapers as early as 1938.^[4]

Ann Landers printed the poem in her column on October 5, 1983, incorrectly attributing it to an anonymous man who died as a result of struggles with drug abuse. Landers received numerous letters that attributed or claimed different authorship of the poem, but only one of the letters published in her December 5, 1983, column correctly identified the author as Wimbrow and it was credited by Ann Landers as the true author.^[5]

Marriage and children

Wimbrow married Dorothy Livezy, a radio writer and producer. The couple had two children, Sally Dale Wimbrow and Peter Dale Wimbrow, Jr..

Death and afterward

Wimbrow died in January 1954. He was interred at Dale Cemetery in Whaleyville, Maryland.

Dale Wimbrow Park, in Roseland, Florida, is named in his honor.

Published works

• A Sardine and A Cracker (Washburn Printing Co., 1931)
• Swamp Cabbage and Angel Wings (Stuart News, 1953)

Songs:

• Country Bred and Chicken Fed (1926)
• Every Moon's A Honeymoon (1929)
• The Good Old Eastern Shore
• Old Fashioned Locket (1927)
• Oshkosh
• Roll Off'a My Green
• Sleepy Town
• So Long North (I'm Headin' South)
• Wife O'mine

References

1. ^ Maryland: A Guide to the Old Line State. Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Maryland. p. 380. http://books.google.com/books?id=K6BlU1wPV7oC. Retrieved 2003-12-14. 
2. ^ "Old newspapers need new home". Miami Herald: p. 1B. 1989-04-22. 
3. ^ "Widow continues news work". Miami Herald. 1989-04-30. 
4. ^ "Answers to Questions". La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press. 1938-08-26. "Q Who wrote the poem called The Guy in the Glass? A It is by Dale Wimbrow" 
5. ^ Landers, Ann (1983-12-03). "The 'Man in the Glass' has many faces, it seems". St. Petersburg Times. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lQcOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hHwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6177,5362145&dq=dale+wimbrow. 

External links

• The Official Guy in the Glass Web Page

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Date of birth	1895-06-06
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