Thank You WCHL For a Fun Mother’s Day 38 Years Ago

I’m a longtime resident of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and of course a longtime listener of WCHL.  Here’s a sweet story about both.

In the late seventies, I was a single mom with two energetic elementary school sons.  As you could imagine, they were quite a handful.  Just before Mother’s Day weekend was coming up, a dear friend told me she would take the boys for the weekend so I could have some me-time.

True to her word, she did.  I had a blissfully lazy Sunday morning, snoozing in bed, listening to WCHL.  Suddenly, my ears pricked up upon hearing about a Mother’s Day competition for a steak dinner for two for the lucky winner.

The first person to correctly answer the question would win.  The question was, “What is the largest number of children a woman had given birth to, in the world?”

I was half-asleep, but I knew I knew the answer.  So, I fumbled around for the phone and called the station.  The announcer took my call and by golly I was the first person to give the correct answer.  So, I won the prize!

Later that week, I and my friend who had looked after the boys, had a delicious steak dinner in a Chapel Hill restaurant.  I can tell you where it was, but I don’t remember the name.

So, what was the answer to the question and how on Earth did I know it?  Well, thanks to the boys having lots of books, a few days before that weekend, we were reading from the Guinness Book of Records.  I happened to see the article.  The lady was from South America and I believe she had 24 live-births.

Thank you WCHL for a fun Mother’s Day 38 years ago.

— Jane Salemson

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