Dick Van Dyke high school newspaper.

[Emile]

Danville Illinois High School

[debm55]

1. Thank you Emile for posting that clipping. Just finished watching the PBS special on Dick Van Dyke.

[Emile]

11. I watched the first 1/2 hour of the PBS special

this morning. Early they show him in front of his childhood home, and he made the comment that he aged better than the house he grew up in. There was a push to save the house, but the house was torn down a few years ago.

Dick, Jerry Van Dyke, Donald O'Connor, and Gene Hackman all came back to Danville over the years to raise money to restore the Fischer theater. Dick worked there as an usher back in his high-school years.

[sop]

2. Celebrated his 100th birthday today.

[Chasstev365]

3. Thank you for sharing this!

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Wow! Whoever wrote this was spot-on right about his classmate's future success!!!

[erronis]

5. I didn't watch very much of him as I was growing up, but I have become a huge admirer now.

I never cared for the cult of personalities, but Dick Van Dyke has shown what a truly good person can do. (I'm sure he's had his share of faults - like every one of us.)

[Beartracks]

6. That's really cool. I wonder what ever became of him?

< in case that's needed!

"Boogey-woogey enthusiast!"

Happy Birthday to Dick Van Dyke!

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[tblue37]

7. Such a cutie.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. What a gift he is! ❤️

[twodogsbarking]

9. Thie picture is from 1944 when WW2 ended but later in the year.

Hard to get my brain around that one. One of the very best ever.

[Emile]

10. In 1967 the Dean of Boys at DHS had a paddle

mounted on the wall with Dick Van Dyke signature on it.