NANCY CLASTER, STAR OF `ROMPER ROOM'.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Nancy Claster, who played teacher Miss Nancy on the original children's television show ``Romper Room'' from 1953 until 1964, died Friday of cancer at her home. She was 82. Created by Claster's husband, Bert, ``Romper Room'' first aired on Baltimore Baltimore, city (1990 pop. 736,014), N central Md., surrounded by but politically independent of Baltimore co., on the Patapsco River estuary, an arm of Chesapeake Bay; inc. 1745. station WBAL WBAL West Bay Athletic League (San Francisco Bay Area) . It was so successful that the Clasters trained other hosts and locally produced ``Romper Room'' shows aired in 150 cities. Nancy Claster, who had a teaching degree, debuted on the show after the original teacher scheduled to appear canceled. In a classroom setting, she read nursery rhymes nursery rhymes, verses, generally brief and usually anonymous, for children. The best-known examples are in English and date mostly from the 17th cent. A popular type of rhyme is used in "counting-out" games, e.g., "Eenie, meenie, minie, mo. , sang songs, played games and taught safety lessons with a small group of preschoolers. She would close each show by looking into her ``Magic Mirror'' and saying the names of children she could see at home - children whose parents had told her they watched the show. |
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