Heinz Rubel Biography to 1941

Biographical Notes
Henry Scott Rubel (Pen Name, Hal Raynor), special writer of the famous Joe Penner song material, is one of America’s most interesting and versatile songwriters. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 5, 1898, and spent his boyhood in Cincinnati, and, as a radio operator on the Great Lakes, out of Conneaut and Ashtabula, Ohio. While in his Freshman year in the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, he was called into service in 1917, as a radio operator in the U.S. Navy.
As a Sailor in Uncle Sam’s Navy, Rubel organized a ship’s orchestra and because sheet music was hard to get up in the turbulent waters of the North Sea, he began writing songs for the crew to sing. In a competition among all the sailors of the North Sea Mine Laying Squadron, his song, “Force of Mine”, was made the official song of the squadron by Admiral Strauss.
After the war, Henry Scott Rubel decided to give up engineering and enter the ministry of the Episcopal Church. He went back to college for his degree and worked his way through by writing a newspaper column. Here his song-writing began in earnest and in addition to writing original material for stage performers, orchestras and others, he wrote the book, music and lyrics of one of the celebrated University of Wisconsin Haresfoot Shows.
After receiving his A.B. degree, Henry Scott Rubel went to New York for post graduate work at the General Theological Seminary and Columbia University and during this time he wrote many musical numbers for New York theatrical performers. While in New York he met Dorothy Deuel, Broadway musical comedy star, who was headlining in the Music Box Review, and they were married in December of 1928 in Pittsburgh. Subsequently, his duties as curate, and later as rector, took him to the Midwest, first to Milwaukee and then to Chicago. While in Chicago, Reverend Mr. Rubel began writing and producing the World Book Man Series, a nationally known educational feature then ran daily on 137 stations. In addition, he wrote many other programs and plays. In 1932 he was called to New York City to take charge of the National Biscuit Company programs and for a year he wrote and performed on these programs during which time he composed, in addition, six original songs a week for this network production.
Henry Scott Rubel came to California during the summer of 1935, to fulfill a contract with Paramount Pictures, following which he returned to New York City to resume a contract with Joe Penner with whom he had worked since Joe’s first broadcast in 1932. The next summer he returned to California, again under contract to Paramount Pictures, and this time he decided to make his home amid the orange groves of sunny Glendora, 27 miles east of Hollywood. Since 1936, the Rev. Mr. Rubel has been rector of Grace Church, Glendora.
Writing under the pen name of Hal Raynor, he wrote practically all the material introduced in motion pictures, on radio and on the stage by the inimitable Joe Penner.
On December 7, 1941, Rubel enlisted as a communications officer in the State Guard Division of the United States Army. He is new on active duty in that capacity as a Lieutenant. There are three younger Rubels — Dorchen, eleven, Christopher, eight, and Michael not quite two years old…

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