Archive for October, 2012

POPULAR SERIES DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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Earl Holliman in "Where Is Everybody?" was the first episode of the CBS
television anthology series The Twilight Zone. Screenwriter, novelist and
TV producer Rod Serling created the series. He was also the narrator of
the show. The original run, with 156 episodes, was October 2, 1959 to
June 19, 1964

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Episode 8 “Time Enough at Last” starring Burgess Meredith as
the bookworm Henry Bemis. It was one of Serling’s favorite
episodes.

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DON MCLEAN TURNED 67 TODAY

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don mcclean now


1971

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HIT RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1957

connie francis whos sorry

Connie Francis was talked into recording “Who’s Sorry Now”
by her father who was adamant that it would be a rock and
roll smash hit. Francis didn’t want to record the song at
first, but used leftover studio time to make the recording
with just two takes as a goodwill gesture to her father. It
rose as high as #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring
of 1958.

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connie francis today
Connie will turn 74 in December

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STALLA STEVENS IS 74 TODAY

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Stella Stevens (Estelle Caro Eggleston) is a film, television, and stage
actress who began her acting career in 1959 and starred in such popular
films as The Nutty Professor (1963), The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
(1963), and The Poseidon Adventure (1972). She also appeared in
numerous television series, miniseries, and movies.

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Stella Stevens in The Poseidon Adventure

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TROH’S DREAM OF A “AIRPORT IN THE SKY”

troh's nest 

In 1968 Troh’s Nest was built on the east side of Scouter’s Mountain and was the 
third and last of Henry Troh’s Portland area airports. His home, pictured in the  
in the foreground, was used to run a successful charter business from the 
airport until his untimely passing at 57 from a brain tumor in 1968.

The airport was re-classified as public in 1977 and is known as Troh’s Memorial
Air Park / Happy Valley Airport Happy Valley, OR.

As of 2012, Happy Valley Airport is no longer depicted on Sectional Charts, but
continues to be listed in the FAA Airport/Facility Directory data as an active private airfield with 3 aircraft based on the field (2 single-engine, and 1 helicopter). The site
of Happy Valley Airport is located east of the intersection of Southeast Vrandenburg Road & Southeast Airport Road,

happy valley airfield today

Aerial view looking south at the former Troh house, hangar, and runway at Happy Valley, 2011.

Henry Troh

Henry “Hank” Troh is the 2012 Oregon
Aviation Hall of Fame Inductee

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