Mildred’s Autograph Book – Part 1
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
When my friend Jimmy and I visited former Our Gang member Mildred Kornman at her home in San Diego on October 4, 2005, one of the wonderful pieces of memorabilia that she shared with us was a little autograph book that she had had many celebrities sign during the 1930′s. 35 celebrities with 35 signatures to be exact. Mildred was the younger sister of silent Our Gang leading lady Mary Kornman and the daughter of still photographer Gene Kornman. So she had good reason to be visiting movies sets and was occasionally employed as an extra. Read the rest of this entry »
It is interesting for me to look at the dozen slides that my Dad took during our Summer weekend retreat at Woodland Altars in 1974. I’m not exactly sure what the retreat was for or when it took place, but my guess is that it was around the Fourth of July holiday. Also I am not sure if this was a retreat of the Bear Creek or the Beavercreek Church of the Brethren. When we moved to Beavercreek the year before, we had switched from Bear Creek to Beavercreek, obviously due to the closer proximity. 
You may recognize Leonard Stone from one of the outlandish number of television series in which he appeard from the mid-50′s to the mid-80′s. The wide range of performances can be found in such shows as The Defenders, I Spy, Lost in Space, Dragnet 1967, The Bob Newhart Show, Sanford and Son, M*A*S*H, All in the Family, and Night Court – to just scratch the surface. 
I was very saddened when our cat 
Carolyn, Ashleigh, and I returned from our Bradenton Beach, Florida trip and came back to life as normal and business as usual. We returned to work on Monday, July 25, and we returned to the problems that we were having with Ashleigh at the time. Things were slightly better following our family vacation as Carolyn and I continued with our marriage counseling with Liz, and Ashleigh began her practices with the Beaverettes that she had tried out for and joined in June. But soon enough, we were throwing up our hands once again.