Posted: Aug 15 2005 at 11:45pm | IP Logged

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http://www.mergetel.com/~geostan/index.html quote:

Have a good one  and CUL.. Lakota

Posted: Aug 23 2005 at 11:22pm | IP Logged

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Who was Hopalong Cassidy

Here William (bill) Boyd and a companion Arlene Bradly are pictured on the ship just before leaving for the mainland. I was unable to find out any information about this lady or the year the photo was taken.

William (bill) Boyd had a humble birth June 5, 1895 in Hendrysburg Ohio

And at age seven was raised in Tulsa Oklahoma. He died Laguna Beach, California on September 12, 1972

For a nice short BIO click the link below;

http://207.171.166.140/name/nm0101955/bio

One day in about 1943 my mother and I were shopping in a Hollywood area shoe store in California.

... We walked right up to William Boyd and almost didn’t notice him even though we had seem nearly all of his Hopalong Cassidy movies. He was one of my favorite ‘Cowboys’.   My mother was surprised that he remembered her taking the picture (above) on the ship as he was leaving Hawaii.

... There used to be a big deal about cowboys not taking their boots off and even being buried with them on. Knotts Berry Farm in California even had a fake cowboy grave with the boots poking up out of the dirt. Anyhow we caught Hopalong Cassidy with his boots off that day.

Have a good one    and CUL.. Lakota..

Posted: Sep 16 2005 at 1:50am | IP Logged

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Jimmy Fidler was a popular radio and news paper celebrity columnist. The photo has a nice beach background and is autographed to my mother.

http://otrsite.com/articles/artjf006.html Quote;

   "Two ladies and one man provided their respective radio listeners with 15 minutes of Hollywood goings-on nearly every week from the 30s to the 50s. JIMMY FIDLER'S programs seemed to be a little more lively than those of HEDDA HOPPER and LOUELLA PARSONS. There are about 40 existing episodes each of Fidler and Hopper, but only about 17 of Parsons".

   "Fidler is bouncy and breezy while Parsons sounds like a farmer's wife, and Hopper is almost aloof. Each of this trio had their own favorite topics. Fidler provided general movie gossip, Parsons was fascinated with stars' engagements and pregnancies, while Hopper preferred to discuss divorces and "who's marrying who" next".

   "Unlike Fidler, the two women wielded considerable clout in Hollywood, and could demand that actors appear on the air as "guest stars". Hopper actually carried it a step farther; when she was on vacation, she would designate movie stars to do her show. Alan Ladd and Charles Laughton were among those who complied.”

http://www.otterprojectonline.info/Jack_French_Articles/Fift een_Minute_Favorites.htm

http://www.radiogoldindex.com/programj.htm

Have a good one..   and CUL.. lakota

Posted: Nov 27 2005 at 7:03pm | IP Logged

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Left to right Flight Attendant, G Man Joe and Howdy Reynolds.

This publicity photograph is signed to my mother by Howdy and shows his preparing for a trip to the mainland.

http://starbulletin.com/2001/09/16/features/donnelly.html quote;

JUST last week, Howdy Reynolds, the real estate salesman and ventriloquist, called to wish me a happy birthday as he's done for years. He kept a huge file of names and birth dates of people he'd call to say "Happy Birthday." I learned yesterday that Howdy died a year after his latest call to me. I'll miss his cheery greetings

Have a good one and CUL.. lakota

Posted: Jan 21 2007 at 12:31pm | IP Logged

Priceless pictures they are, this serves as a port to journey back in time that I had never been to. Your parents sure are blessed to be in a news bureau.

Thanks for sharing all this.

Posted: Jan 23 2007 at 12:11am | IP Logged

malmon;

... Glad you enjoyed it... Thanks for the very kind words!

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I had two requests for more Amelia Earhart  photos to go with the ones on the first page. Like a before and after shot. Here are photo URLs if needed or see in my photo album.

http://www.nissanfrontier.org/mgallery/lakota/2010-07-05_081 649_ae1.jpg 

http://www.nissanfrontier.org/mgallery/lakota/2010-07-05_081 807_ae4.jpg

Have a good one..  Don S.

Posted: Dec 26 2011 at 10:20pm | IP Logged

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I don't see any problem with you coping the pictures.

All these photos of Halliburton's Junk (ship ) were take in Hawaii buy my Mother Maxine C. Sample and Godfather Otto H. Hornung Jr owners of the Mid Pacific News Bureau. This proves Halliburton made it half way or better across the Pacific!

Mele Kalikimaka... Don S..

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