Danville High School Medley's

Don't Make The Mistake In Mentioning High School Yearbooks, Or You Just May Have To Bring Your Sack Lunch.

Sammy Handed Me 3 Danville High School Medley's One Day. Books Dated 1929, 1930, and 1931 That's All It Took To Get Me Hooked On Collecting Them. One Of These Books Contained The Photo Of My Grandfather. I Started Picking Them Up At Rummage Sales, Auctions, Etc.

The Medley's Began In 1904, And It Being A Hard Cover Book. Years That Followed Were Made Of A Felt-like Cover.

Danville Honored Jerry Van Dyke With A Parade In Downtown Danville. Ofcourse I Had The 1950 Medley That Has His Senior Photo.

With The Help Of My Son Bobby, I Videotaped Him Taking The Book Up To Him For An Autograph. I Did Warn Bobby In Advance To Watch Him Closely So He Wouldn't Draw A Beard Or Goatee On The Photo.

He Autographed It Nicely And In Return My Son Handed Him A Bumper Sticker Which Said; Yes I Am A Movie Star. His Wife Placed It On Jerry Back. The Following Week Newsweek Magazine Did The Story On Van Dyke's Homecoming. It Had A Photo Of The Bumper Sticker On His Back. Way To Cool!

Another Medley Memory Was When I Lost The Opportunity To Have Dick Van Dyke Sign His High School Photo. He Was Not At Home When I Vacationed In California.

When I Returned Home A Newspaper Article Telling Of Danville High Drama Club To Recognize Dick For His 50 Years of Entertainment.

Bye Bye Birdie Was To Be The Choice Of Broadway Hits That Starred Dick Van Dyke. Articles That Followed Reported That Dick Would Be Sitting In The Audience.

I Had Been In Contact With Danville High's Principal To Arrange My 1944 Yearbook To Be Autographed By Dick. He Agreed And Told Me He Would Call Me Once It Was Signed. That Call Came And I Wasted No Time In Retrieving That Book. After I Opened It Up And Seeing That Signature, My Day Was Perfect. As I Turned To Walk Away There Stood Dick Himself. I Thanked Him For Signing My Book And With That Being Said We Shook Hands. I Went Directly To My Wife's Work And Showed her My Hand. Ofcourse I Wouldn't Let Her Touch It But She Could Look At It All She Wanted. Hahaha!!

I Am Missing Some Years In The 1990's And Some Years In The New Century. I'm Not As Concerned About Those, Because I Figure They Would Be More Easier To Find Than The 1907 And 1909 Books.

Those Two Years Have Been Giving Me Fits For Years Now. If I Ever Have The Opportunity To Get Those Years, I Will Be Very Close To Having A Complete Collection. I Have Told Billie To Be Sure The Books Go To Only One Person After I Pass Away. It Took Me Alot Of Years To Gather These Books And I Want Them To Go To Someone Who Really Appreciates My Endless Search For Them.

Just Call Me Mac.......