1959

Anna Marie "Patty" Duke won a Oscar at age 16 in 1963 for Best
Actress in a Supporting Role in “The Miracle Worker” (1962).

Danville High School class of 1944

Dick Van Dyke is 87 today. He is scheduled to receive the
The Life Achievement Award at the annual Screen Actors
Guild Awards ceremony in January 2013. 

     
              This CBS sitcom aired from 1961 to 1966.

 
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998)

Recorded December 30, 1968

Boris Karloff was the host of a long running series of factual radio programs
based on stories published in the Readers’ Digest.The extremely rare 1967
interview (below) features Karloff talking with Don Wilson and Bob Bogle.
founding members of The Ventures. Included is an original rare 1959
version of the their hit “Walk Don’t Run” featuring George Babbett on
the drums with the late Bob Bogel on lead guitar and Don Wilson with
the rhythm guitar. An unidentified studio player is on the bass guitar.

January, 1967

Don Wilson and Bob Bogel of The Ventures

(Staff reporter J. Cool)

Sammy was primarily known as a dancer and singer. He started his
successful career in Vaudeville at the age of 3 with his father and
uncle. He went on to become a world famous recording artist, TV
and film star. Davis was also a member of Frank Sinatra‘s "Rat Pack".

The “Rat Pack” from left: Peter Lawford, Sammy, Frank
Sinatra, Joe Bishop, and Dean Martin.

1972