In the photograph are, left to right, Bill Drankhan, and married couple Elaine Terry Kirschke and Jack Kirschke. In 1967 Jack Kirschke was prosecuted for the double murder of ELaine and Bill.
Art Buckwald's column was published in numerous newspapers. This particular article appeared in the New London (Connecticut) paper, The Evening Day, 16 Jan. 1960:4.
Article titled, “Story of State’s First Press Told in Old Letter,” Santa Monica Independent, 9 Aug. 1956. Clipping discusses a then 100-year-old letter written by Enos Christman, a 20-year-old printer from Pennsylvania who became a newspaper editor and printer in Sonora, California. In the letter, Christman describes the “pioneer press” that churned out “nearly all the papers then printed in California,” noting that it was the press first used by Augustin Zamorano (California’s first printer) as early as the 1830s.
Both Champions were noted dancers, choreographers and actors in their own right. As a team they performed in MGM musicals of the 1940s and 50s. Their television series, “The Marge and Gower Champion Show,” lasted for one summer in 1957.
Article titled, “Florence Timmerhoff…an Operatic Discovery,” undated. Clipping includes a photograph of the opera singer. The article mostly discusses Timmerhoff’s vocal abilities and stage presence. Also describes her work with multiple opera companies.
Photograph of a newspaper article featuring Clara Bartlett, wife of Adelbert Bartlett, titled, "Chino Clubhouse Tree Sign Project Speeded," Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 1953. The article describes the efforts of Bartlett and others to identify 92 rare trees in the Chino Valley. Caption with photo reads: "Marker-Mrs. Clara Bartlett fastens metal identification on one of many unusual trees at Los Serranos Country Club, which she operates near Chino."
Article titled, "British Blitkrieg Dreamed Years Ago," Evening Outlook, undated. The article discusses a sketch depicting German paratroopers invading an English port. The sketch was originally published in the German magazine, "Ueber Land und Meer" in 1895. An additional sketch illustrates a similar plan of attack devised by Napoleon in 1804 - though his plot involved creating a tunnel under the English channel through which soldiers would march.