The Old Cowboy Howdy Saddle Pals tion is a separate entity within the park
Picture Show district. If the foundation ever decides to
The latest issue of AMERICAN COW- leave, it can take all the memorabilia with BOY is out with John Wayne on the them. I looked at what they already have
Mar-Apr. 2009
cover. Inside there's a LEGENDS list of and I can add quite a bit more to the collec- Vol. 13, No.2
the top 10 greatest co wbo y tion.
George Coan figures of all time. I will make copies of my photos, lobby
1018 Oak Den Cr. T h e W o r k i n g C o w b o y cards & etc. Donations are tax deductible.
Lugoff, South Carolina 29020 Will Rogers, John Wayne, Charles Rus- They hope to get the community room at
(803) 438-3154 sell, Ben Johnson, Audie Murphy, Louis the old station for a museum.
L'Amour, Gene Autry, Jim Shoulders If you would like to contact Tom, here
www.cowboyshow.com and Roy Rogers. is his email. tvbergh@att.net .
tocps@yahoo.com Author and friend Buck Rainey passed The foundation has great ideas but are
away March 19th. He running into roadblocks just like the CPC -
contributed many arti- did. One of the things discussed is the need
cles to TOCPS over the of a big name to back them.
years and will be Just thought I’d mention to you that
missed by Western fans Mitch Toney is holding a few tickets if
the world over. If you any of the Saddle Pals group is interested
would like to send a in our Cowboy Day train ride/event.
condolence card to Mrs. Rainey, her ad- They have Special Guest Star Buck
dress is 502 E. Main St. Tishominga, Okla- Taylor (Newly of Gunsmoke, Tombstone,
homa 73460. (Info from Bobby Copeland) Gettysburg and many others) Joining us! as
Our condolences to Larry “Hoss” Mull well as Peter Boone (Son of actor Richard
on the loss of his mother, Catherine Mull Boone) , He'll have the hat his Dad wore as
March 25th in York, South Carolina. Paladin, the coat he wore as Sam Houston
Our co-editor, Leo Pando, has lost his in the Alamo and other items of his dad's
mother as well. Emma Ruiz Pando 1916- there.
2009. Spent most of her life in Santa Fe, Actor Terry Van Hightower (Two
New Mexico. Passed away in Tucson, Ari- Weeks Notice, American Gangster and
zona at age 93. She was a neighbor of Rex others) will be doing a "first person" Nat
Allen at the time of Rex’s death. Love.....and a handful of Look-a-likes, The
Our mothers always came up with a Old Dominion Fast Draw Assoc. will be
dime each Saturday for the beloved movies putting on a demo...4 living history camps,
we waited so anxiously to see. Mom kept skits and gunfights.
me in school by telling me that if I didn’t The train will leave Dillwyn at 9:am and
go to school Monday thru Friday, I could return just after noon to the Historic Ville -
not go to the movies on Saturday. to spend the rest of the Day.
Susan Baugh informs us that Jerry and If interested, contact Mitch & Amber
Barbara Douglas are having health prob- Tony E-mail Address:
lems at this time and your prayers would mr_captain_america@yahoo.com
be most appreciated. Barbara has a tract I don’t think that my wife and I will be
infection and Jerry has had another stint able to go, but sure wish we could.
added to his system. Thanks again for the donations to help
Ray Nielsen tells us, a new website has cover postage and printing cost. Next issue
been opened for My Friend Flicka. will have some excellent articles from au-
www.myfriendflicka.com Check it out. thor Joe Collura. I have to run by the hos-
For those of you without the internet, pital today to see if I’m still alive. One
you are missing a world of good things, things for sure, if I’m not alive, they’ll
like The Old Corral and Cowboypal. Most send me back home for inability to pay.
of our B-Western stars now have websites. We’ll talk again soon.
Bobby Copeland just got an invitation Your Saddle Pal,
from Joanne Hale to attend "A remem- George Coan, “Trail Boss”
brance of Monte" on June 15 at the Autry
Museum. Wish we could both go.
Patrick Bousquet spent some time with
T o m B e r g h , p r e s i d e n t o f
the Corriganville Foundation. The founda-
tion is housed at the old Santa Susana rail-
road station. It is associated with the Ran-
William Boyd in “Hoppy’s Hi-jinks.” cho Simi Foundation, project of Corrigan-
How would Homeland Security have ville. It is all part of the Simi Parks and
handled this situation? Bobby Copeland Recreation, but the Corriganville Founda-
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