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.
Actress Elke Sommer is 70 today.
NBA Hall Of Famer and former Portland Trail Blazer Bill Walton is 58.
This was Portland’s Union Station, pre-1914.
Union Station yard and switch tower, around 1915.
Local children’s show host, Heck Harper was the foreman of KPTV’s
”Bar 27 Corral” from November, 1953 to November,1956. Heck would
welcome his “Ranch Hands” to the show which featured Heck’s
singing and guitar playing, story telling and showing portions
of a cowboy movie through the week. Heck was most remembered
for his happy birthday song. Heck Harper’s show moved to KGW TV
where it was called “Heck Harper’s Cartoon Corral”. He passed
away as a result of Leukemia at the age of 79. Heck Harper was
one of Portland’s greatest citizens! He made a lasting impact on
many of us and was never replaced.
Note…You have till 8PM tonight to drop off your ballot.
http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/dbcs/elections/election_information/drop_sites.shtml
Houseboats at Portland’s first stockyards in 1905.
This was the city’s first steel box garbage truck in the early 1920’s.
