One of the most popular Saturday night variety shows
was THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW, starring Jackie
Gleason with Art Carney and the June Taylor Dancers.
The show premiered on CBS, September 20, 1952. It
ran till June 22,1957. Comedy skits included Jackie
as Joe the Bartender, Reginald Van Gleason III and
The Poor Soul.”THE HONEYMOONERS” was such
a popular feature of the show that the variety format
was suspended and regular half-hour shows starring
Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows and Joyce 
Randolph began a run in 1955. Now that was TV!

 
Another Portland celebrity that should be mentioned  is Sally
Struthers. She was born on July 28,1948 and attended Grant
High School. Sally’s best known as Gloria Bunker Stivic on the
1970’s sitcom,ALL IN THE FAMILY. The original show was aired
on CBS from January,1971 to April,1979. In September of 1979 it
was given a new look and name, ARCHIE BUNKER’S PLACE.This
version of the show ran till 1983. 
Note: The autographed pic of Sally is from my personnel collection.

    
Actress/singer Jane Powell (Suzanne Burce) was born in Portland on
April 1,1929 and attended Grant High School. She currently lives in
Manhattan with her husband,former child actor Dick Moore( Pictured).

Singer / songwriter Johnnie Ray was born in Hopewell ,Oregon but moved to Portland after graduating from grade school. He attended Franklin High. Johnnie died in 1990 of liver failure.

Parker Brother’s, a subsidiary of Hasbro, began marketing the popular  board game on this date in 1935.