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Post by follies38girl on Sept 12, 2005 11:07:14 GMT -5
HELLO, no1halopfan, YES, WE HAVE TO GET TO THE AIRPORT ON TUESDAY THE 4TH ABOUT 10:30 TO 11 A.M. IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR 12:30 P.M.(NOONISH) FLIGHT WESTWARD. THERE IS ALWAYS "HANGING AROUND" IN THE AIRPORT, WAITING FOR THE "ALL ABOARD." WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO SEE YOU THERE? THAT AIROIRT IS OUR FAVORITE AS PARKING IS EASY, ACCESSIBLE AND THE AIRPORT IS NOT TOO LARGE. WE WILL HAVE SPENT THE PREVIOUS NIGHT IN WATERTOWN, HAVING COME DOWN FROM OUR DAUGHTER'S IN MONTREAL ON MONDAY THE THIRD. DO YOU LIVE NEAR COOPERSTOWN, WHICH, WHILE OUR SON WAS GROWING UP, WAS A FAMILY SHRINE TO WHICH WE TRAVELLED COUNTLESS TIMES? OR ARE YOU LIVING NEAR ELMIRA, HAL ROACH'S HOMETOWN AND PROBABLE BURYING PLACE? OR FURTHER WEST, NEAR ST. BONAVENTURE UNIV., WHERE OUR SON WENT TO SCHOOL IN OLEAN? WE LOVE NEW YORK, SECOND TO OUR BELOVED CLAIFORNIA. LAURA JUNE & SPOUSE
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Post by no1halopfan on Sept 13, 2005 14:24:37 GMT -5
I live right next door to Elmira. Yes, Hal Roach is buried here. He visited once that I know of, but I missed it. I think I was in the Navy at the time. Tuesday doesn't look to probable as I'll be at work during that time, darn it! Any possibility of you coming a little more south?
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Post by follies38girl on Sept 13, 2005 18:02:42 GMT -5
TRULY WISH WE COULD COME SOUTH AS WE LOVED DRIVING THE ROADS OF NEW YORK STATE. WHAT I MISSED MOST ABOUT HAVING GROWN UP IN CALIF., WHEN I MOVED TO CANADA IN 1972, WAS THAT THERE WERE FEW MOUNTAINS. SO WHEN I WOULD GO SOUTH ON I-81 I COULD SEE AND BE IN MOUNTAINS AGAIN. OUR SCHEDULE IS SO TIGHT, WE CAN'T TAKE THAT EXTRA DAY TO GO TOWARDS ELMIRA. YOU SEE, I'M DUE IN LONE PINE FOR THE FILM FESTIVAL THERE ON THE 6TH--PLANS MADE MONTHS AGO-- SO CAN'T CHANGE THEM NOW. NEXT FALL WE ARE NOT GOING EAST AS OUR DAUGHTER WILL COME OUT TO SEE US, BUT TWO YEARS FROM NOW, IT MIGHT BE FUN TO GO TO ELMIRA TO SEE HAL ROACH'S GRAVE AND MEET YOU TOO ON THE SAME JAUNT. WE'LL DEFINITELY KEEP THAT IN MIND. LIKE I SAID WE LOVE NEW YORK. THERE IS A LADY WITH A SPECIAL THEATER IN SYR THAT WANTED ME TO COME AND THEY WOULD SHOW ONE OF THE OLD OUR GANGS, SO MAYBE YOU COULD COME UP FOR THAT. (I THINK THE PERFORMANCES ARE ON SATURDAYS.) THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO MEET. HOPE YOUR FALL IS PRETTY THERE. LAURA JUNE.
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Post by sidewayscap on Sept 13, 2005 20:35:50 GMT -5
Hi Ms Kenny! That is cool that you used to live in Canada! I live in smelly old Ontario, and I am DYING to see Hollywood!
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Post by follies38girl on Sept 13, 2005 23:38:08 GMT -5
YEAH, I USED TO LIVE IN THE THOUSAND ISLANDS AREA OF ONTARIO, BOTH KINGSTON AND GANANOQUE, FOR THE 25 YEARS WE WERE THERE. I TAUGHT SCHOOL AND A SUMMER COURSE AT QUEEN'S, AND MY HUSBAND OWNED A SMALL INDUSTRIAL LAUNDRY. OUR SON GOT HIS MASTER'S AT QUEENS, BUT LEFT SOON THEREAFTER TO TEACH IN CALIF. WE KIND OF FOLLOWED HIM BACK TO CALIF. FOR HEALTH REASONS. CANADIAN WINTERS DID NOT AGREE WITH US ANYMORE. WHERE DO YOU LIVE IN ONTARIO? LAURA JUNE
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Post by sidewayscap on Sept 14, 2005 14:34:02 GMT -5
I live about an hour north of Toronto, in a town called Aurora, but I'm moving soon. Still be pretty close to Toronto. Yeah, our winters never used to be that bad anymore untill last year or so, then it started getting really cold again. ;D ~BRRRRR!~ ;D
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Post by no1halopfan on Sept 15, 2005 11:25:10 GMT -5
Rats! Hopefully we can meet some time. I'd love to attend a film festival as I have never done so. Both my sisters live in CA - one in SanFrancisco and the other in San Diego. We hope to head out there some time next year. it has been a plan for the last couple years, but problems have occurred both times. I would definitely be interested to go to Syracuse to the theater you mention! Also, a visit to Elmira by you would be great as well! Please do keep it in mind. Have an enjoyable vacation/visit!
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Post by follies38girl on Sept 19, 2005 23:59:28 GMT -5
WILL TRY TO LOOK UP THAT SYRACUSE THEATER THAT DOES OLDIES BUT GOODIES. TROUBLE IS THAT I GOT A NEW DELL AND LOST THEREBY MY OLD ADDRESS BOOK SO WILL HAVE TO FIND WHERE I HAVE THAT INFO. IF I CAME TO ELMIRA SOMETIME, WOULD YOU ESCORT ME TO HAL ROACH'S GRAVESITE, SO THAT WE COULD PAY TRIBUTE TO THE FELLA THAT GAVE SO MUCH JOY TO AMERICANS DURING THE DARK YEARS OF THE DEPRESSION? LAURA JUNE
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Post by no1halopfan on Sept 22, 2005 10:49:58 GMT -5
Of course! You can count on it! If you do find the theater in Syracuse, I'd appreciate the info.
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Post by follies38girl on Jan 7, 2006 23:16:20 GMT -5
HELLO, THOSE LITTLE RASCALS FANS THAT LIVE IN THE L.A. AREA! I'LL GIVE A BOOK-TALK AND SIGN BOOKS, AS WELL AS SHOW "FOLLIES OF 1938" NEXT SATURDAY AT THE BRENTWOOD LIBRARY AT 2 P.M. TWO WEEKS LATER, I'LL BE MEETING AND GREETING FOLKS AND SIGNING BOOKS AT THE RAY AND SHARON COURTS' HOLLYWOOD COLLECTIBLES SHOW IN BURBANK ON JANUARY 27 AND 28. COME BY IF YOU ARE IN TOWN. WOULD LOVE TO MEET SOME OF YOU! LAURA JUNE KENNY
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Post by follies38girl on Mar 23, 2006 23:32:23 GMT -5
HELL0, OUT THERE IN CYBERSPACE--ALL YOU WHO LIKE THE LITTLE RASCALS. THIS COMING SATURDAY AT 1 P.M. I'LL BE GIVING A BOOK-TALK AT THE DESERT SHADOWS R.V. RESORT IN CATHEDRAL CITY, NEAR PALM SPRINGS. I HEAR THE "WOIM," OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SID FOUNDED THIS RESORT AND NAMED THE STREETS FOR SOME OF THE RASCAL CHARACTERS. READ MORE ABOUT IT ON MSN SEARCH ENGINE WHEN YOU PUT IN MY NAME IN QUOTES. WOULD LOVE TO MEET SOME OF YOU RASCALS FANS. LAURA JUNE KENNY
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Post by follies38girl on Apr 3, 2006 23:38:33 GMT -5
FLYING OFF TO HAWAII THIS COMING SUNDAY TO SEE MY OLDER BROTHER, WHO WAS JOHN GARFIELD'S DOUBLE IN THE LATE THIRTIES-EARLY FORTIES. IT'S A FAMILY REUNION OF SORTS, BUT BEFORE I GO, I'M SCHEDULED TO GIVE A BOOK TALK AT THE WEST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY REGIONAL PUBLIC LIBRARY THIS COMING SAT., APRIL 8 AT 2 P.M. WOULD LOVE TO MEET AND GREET ANY RASCALS FANS IN THE WEST VALLEY. ALOHA, UNTIL THE DAY AFTER EASTER. LAURA JUNE P.S. AND HAPPY EASTER/ BLESSED PASSOVER TO ALL!
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Post by follies38girl on May 12, 2006 13:16:15 GMT -5
HI, GUYS! BUSY WITH BOOK-TALKS ALL OVER SO CAL, BUT IF ANY OF YOU GO TO THE ROSE BOWL SWAP MEET, I'LL BE THERE WITH A TABLE ON MOTHER'S DAY AND WOULD REALLY LIKE TO MEET MORE FANS OF THE LITTLE RASCALS. WAS SO NEAT THIS LAST WEEK, I GOT A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER OF A LAUREL AND HARDY "TENT" (WHAT THEY CALL THEIR GATHERINGS) IN FARAWAY GERMANY, AND HE SAID THERE IS ALWAYS A SPECIAL CONNECTION BETWEEN LOVERS OF LAUREL AND HARDY AND THE LITTLE RASCALS. GUESS IT'S BECAUSE BOTH COMEDIES CAME OUT OF THE ONE HAL ROACH STUDIO IN CULVER CITY. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL. THINK OF ALL THE MOTHERS PORTRAYED IN THE LITTLE RASCALS. LAURA JUNE
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Post by follies38girl on May 15, 2006 0:25:40 GMT -5
HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE STOPPED BY MY TABLE AT THE ROSE BOWL TODAY AND PAID TRIBUTE TO THE JOY BROUGHT TO THEIR CHILDHOODS BY THE LITTLE RASCALS. LITERALLY DOZENS OF FOLKS SANG THE HIGHEST PRAISES TO THE OUR GANG COMEDIES THEY LOVED FROM THEIR CHILDHOODS. IT WAS A PLEASURE JUST TO MEET SO MANY FANS OF THE LITTLE RASCALS! LAURA JUNE
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Post by OPT on May 16, 2006 22:15:33 GMT -5
Glad you had a good turnout :-)
We didn't make it to Death Valley this year, but should be in So. Cal. in late June if you have a book signing then.
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