CAMILLE BOHANNON

On this day in 1945, the Allies proclaimed V-J Day a day after
Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally.

It began on this day in 1969.

India became independent from Britain and was divided into the countries of India and Pakistan. India had been under British
about 200 years.

It was on this day in 1998.

On this day in 1914, the Panama Canal was officially opened to commercial traffic as an American ship sailed from the Atlantic
to the Pacific Ocean. The first vessel to pass through the canal
was the American cargo and passenger ship SS Ancon.
 

"The Wizard of Oz" premiered in Hollywood, CA. on this day in 1939
and Judy Garland became famous for the movie’s song “Somewhere
Over the Rainbow.” 

The Hollywood premiere of the movie was at Grauman’s Chinese
Theatre (above).

Judy Garland performing the song “Over the Rainbow” for the film
The Wizard of Oz.

The comic strip Li’l Abner appeared in many newspapers across the United
States, Canada and Europe.  It was written and drawn by Al Capp. The strip
ran for 43 years, from August 13, 1934 through November 13, 1977 and was
distributed by United Feature Syndicate.

Al Capp (Alfred Gerald Caplin)
(September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979)

The name "Lynch School" dates back to 1900 when a one room school (above)
was built on land at S.E.162nd Avenue and Division Street. The acre of ground,
located in Multnomah County, Oregon had been donated by Patrick and Catherine
Lynch on March 13, 1900. The small School started with fifteen to twenty students
and increased in number until in 1914 there were about fifty students. There was
no running water or electricity in the building until at least 1924 or 1925. The site is
now the location of a Burgerville Restaurant on the N.E. corner along with other businesses.

An added note, the Lynch farm original property consisted of 160.3 acres granted
to Patrick and Catherine Lynch on August 1, 1874, under the Homestead Act
passed by Congress in 1862. The original deed granted the land to the Lynch
family and was signed by Ulysses S. Grant, then President of the United States.

History and pictures from a reprint of the booklet produced by
the Civic Leadership Class of 1964.

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The song “The Twist” became a national sensation after Chubby
Checker (above) performed it on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand
(below).

Chubby Checker (Ernest Evans) will be 76 years old in October.

Amedeo Obici   (July 15, 1877 – May 22, 1947)

In 1906, Italian immigrant Amedeo Obici, along with his
friend and business partner, Mario Peruzzi, founded
Planters Peanut Company in Wilkes-Barre, PA. He
started his career as a bellhop and fruit stand vender
in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Obici later moved to Wilkes-
Barre, opened his own fruit stand, and invested in a
peanut roaster. He turned peddler within a few years,
using a horse and wagon, and calling himself "The
Peanut Specialist". Today, the snack food company
is a division of Kraft Foods.

A 1917 drawing of the company’s brand icon by artist Elmer
Cecil Stoner based upon a contest entry by 14 year old
Antonio Gentile.

    1921

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