KEENER 13 TURNS SPOTLIGHT ON CHRIS SCHUMACHER!

A WKNR WILSON JR. HIGH WINNER! 🙂

Christine Shumacher Wilson Spotlight (MCRFB-FINAL 01) January 27, 1967

  THE WINNER! SCOTT REGEN CALLS CHRISTINE SCHUMACHER * WKNR * 11/1966



WE TURN THE SPOTLIGHT ON . . . 

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By DEBBIE TOSOIAN

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WKNR's Scott Regen (MCRFB)This month’s personality is Christine Schumacher. She is a five foot, blue-eyed blond from 213, the Braille class.

I’m not going to tell you what she’s like but I’m going to tell you what she did! About a month and a half ago, she entered the WKNR Scott Regen‘s ‘Record A Record With The Supremes’ contest. Well, she won, went to Motown Studios, she recorded, “Mother You, Smother You.” It is a hit now and is it ever great.

If you haven’t heard it yet, tune to WKNR, 1300 on your radio, between 7 and 9 at night. What do you know, we’ve got a star in our school.

— THE (WILSON) SPOTLIGHT January 27, 1967


Wilson Junior High SW Detroit

A WORD on CHRISTINE SCHUMACHER. WILSON JR. HIGH

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By JIM FELICIANO

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I was much intrigued when I came across the above (Wilson Junior High School) feature, shared by a Wilson alumni, Marilyn V. Harris, when she posted (on May 15) with the Wilson Jr. High School Group on Facebook, of which I am also a current member.

I attended Wilson Junior High School, located on Lane Street Southwest Detroit, from 1966 thru 1968 and, I still recall when Christine Schumacher was a student there as well, during the years she attended there.

But it was Christine’s kindest pleasantries, her intelligence, her infectious wit she shared, we still remember. Not shy at all for conversation, it was her smile which ultimately captured the hearts of many of students and that of the entire Wilson faculty when she was there.

Having seen her untold numerous times and at many different school functions and occasions during those years, this article personally rekindled this certain memory of Christine Schumacher, while I was at Wilson in 1967. Christine was a blind student who commuted to Wilson from her home in NW Detroit, many miles away, to attend our school’s specialized classes for students with special needs, when this ‘Spotlight’ issue went to print at the time.

But I still remember the excitement felt throughout the entire school, congratulatory words expressed, conveyed to her by students and teachers alike, when word spread Christine Schumacher, a 13 year-old Wilson student — one of us mind you — became the winner of theRecord A Record With The Supremescontest with Motown Records. It was a contest WKNR and Keener 13 deejay Scott Regen sponsored exclusively during his nightly shows hours (7-10 PM), November of 1966.

In recent days it was confirmed by a gentleman in the Wilson group, her address undisclosed, Christine Schumacher is alive and well (at 62-years of age) living in the city of Dearborn today. It was said also she became a school teacher, having worked with impaired students in the years having passed since.

In view of the recent Wilson Junior High School thread regarding Christine Schumacher on Facebook (May 15), and, as a member of the Wilson group as well, I posted my response to the group, there, on June 5:

“To all my Wilson Junior High Facebook friends, here — I will have something special on Christine Schumacher, Scott Regen, WKNR featured on my website, soon, on Motor City Radio Flashbacks. It’s all related to the WKNR “Record A Record With The Supremes,” a contest the station held which she won in November, 1966 on the Scott Regen Show on Keener 13!”

To my former Woodrow Wilson Junior High School alumnus, here it is.

Today, enjoy these special Christine Schumacher memories, her Scottie Regen ‘Motown’ moment we heard on “Keener 13” as students attending Wilson Jr. High — with Christine — Southwest Detroit a long time ago, 1966.

JF



Photo credit: The above B/W photograph of Christine Schumacher is courtesy of Steve Schram and Scott Westerman, Keener 13.com. Used by permission. Thank you, Scott and Steve!  

MCRFB Note: Above Christine Schumacher photos were re-imaged by mcrfb.com.

Photo credit: Wilson Jr. High, below: Susan Ellis Miles


Formerly known as Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, 7735 Lane, SW Detroit. The school where Christine Schumacher attended specialized classes in 1966-1967. Today, the school currently is known as the multi-cultural, Phoenix Academy. (Click on image for largest view. Photo credit: Susan Ellis Miles, 2012; Wilson Facebook Group)


 

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CHRIS SCHUMACHER: RECORD ON MOTOWN WINNER!

Christine Shumacher Motown (MCRFB) 1966


MOTHER YOU, SMOTHER YOU * Christine Schumacher Sings With The Supremes * MOTOWN 1966

Christine Schumacher WKNR Keener 13 Bumper Sticker (MCRFB A)

ON THE MOTOWN RECORD LABEL IT READS: “Winner (Record A Record with the Supremes Contest) Scott Regen WKNR”


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A SCOTT REGEN DEDICATION TO CHRIS SCHUMACHER!

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 FOUR GENTS * Soul Sister * (WKNR) HBR Records (1966)


Classic WKNR 1965 - B&W FLIP (WKNR Motown Contest Winner Christine Schumacher5)

 SCOTTIE’S RECORD DEDICATION TO CHRISTINE SCHUMACHER . . .  JUST FOR FUN!

“Soul Sister,” by the Four Gents, was the record Scottie Regen dedicated to Christine Schumacher, after calling her live on his show informing her she was the winner of his WKNR ‘Record A Record With The Supremes‘ contest in November 1966.


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