Milan Jackson

Happy Birthday Skip Wollrab !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Milan Jackson

Remember Sid?

Milan Jackson

Happy Birthday Barb Kincaid Menken !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Larry Shoup

How about Captain Jenks and Salty Sam?

Milan Jackson

Barbara Kincaid (Menken)

Who the heck was Sheriff Sid?

Mary Ann Wilson (Eiff)

Channel 3, WCIA.  I remember my sister and brother going to Champaign to be "in the show", but I believe I was too old to attend.  They are 2 and 3 years younger than us.      Mary Ann Wilson Eiff

Barbara Kincaid (Menken)

Thanks Mary Ann.  The only one I remember was Captain Jinks and Salty Sam and I think that was popular when my kids were little.

Milan Jackson

Jinks and Sam:

From 1956-72, their show was broadcast live from the studio every weekday afternoon. From 1978-81 it was taped twice a week

Milan Jackson

Sherrif Sid:

The station's first broadcast was on November 14, 1953, and it was owned and operated by Midwest Television, headquartered in Champaign. August C. Meyer Sr., a lawyer and chairman of the board of the Champaign-based Bank of Illinois, founded Midwest Television in 1952. Meyer expanded the company's market presence by buying WMBD-AM–FM–TV in Peoria, Illinois, in 1960 and KFMB-AM–FM–TV in San Diego, California, in 1964. Midwest sold off controlling interest in its Illinois television holdings to Nexstar in 1999. That company acquired Midwest's remaining interest in the Illinois stations in 2001.

WCIA was a primary CBS affiliate, carrying secondary affiliations with NBC, and DuMont.^[1] DuMont shut down in 1956 and WCIA dropped NBC in 1959 when WCHU-TV (now WICD) started. It also carried a few ABC shows during the 1953–1954 television season.

Larry Shoup

What about WBLN? Where and when?

Milan Jackson

Sunday August 3rd, 2014, Jan Russell Alexander from the Class of 1963, her husband, and her son will be in town. Her son is giving us a semi-private concert at Evelyn Chapel at Illinois Wesleyan University 1301 Park St. The concert will be at 3pm. There is a slight charge of $10 per person. His music is how he makes a living. This is very cheap for a private concert with a professional musician. You can hear James Scott at jamesscottguitar.com. This is the name he uses as a musician.

After the concert, we will be having dinner at Avantis on East Empire St. across from the airport. We have a reservation for their private room from 5:30-7:30. Mary Selk will also be attending. We do need an approximate number for Avantis as well as for the concert. Please let me know ASAP. I know this is short notice but it is a special event just for us.

Please contact me at milan52@yahoo.com to let me know who is planning to attend.

Milan Jackson

By 1959, WJBC had outlasted Bloomington’s original attempt at a local TV station. WBLN (Channel 15) signed on in 1953 from a studio and tower at US 66 and 150 on the south side of town, but as Doug Quick’s extensive chronicle recounts, it struggled mightily without a stable network affiliation or, often, a working transmitter. By 1958, WBLN was dark for good, and its channel was eventually reassigned down the road in Champaign, where it’s now WICD.

Milan Jackson

Happy Birthday Elizabeth Millikan Mark !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Milan Jackson

Where was this bank?

Barbara Kincaid (Menken)

Was it on East Washington between the Majestic Theatre and the National Bank.  My husband said that was Union Insurance but I still think it looks like the building.  This would have been in the 50's.

Milan Jackson

That is where it was. Was that too easy? :)

Milan Jackson

James Scott is a solo finger-style steel string guitarist. His love of the guitar began at the age of 13 and truly began to take hold after studying with Nashville based Jazz-Fusion-Classical Guitarist Stan Lassiter. That is when he saw the true potential of the instrument, the sonic and emotional depth the instrument had to offer. "My Dad also played an interesting role in my musical life as well. He's had this uncanny ability to steer me in directions that have ultimately led me to being the musician I am today. My Dad is the one that turned me onto Stan Lassiter as well as Windham Hill Records, the label that gave the world Alex DeGrassi, Michael Hedges and Will Ackerman, three of my biggest influences as a composer for the guitar."

Having a background in jazz, avant-garde, blues, bluegrass, and Celtic music, James Scott has been working towards synthesizing elements of each of these genres of  music into his own personal vision. "I strongly feel that the role music plays today is not the role it was intended to play. It was never intended for music to be a distraction. Music is the highest of all art forms because it deals with vibration. Everything in the known universe is vibrating. Therefore, everything is music. The role of the musician is to help tune people to higher frequencies of thought and emotion. As humans become more disconnected from the natural world, and simultaneously more technologically advanced, we lose touch with the essence of who we are and that truth that we all have originated from the same source of everything. We are also losing touch with our own humanity. My intention is to reestablish those connections. I hope this music fulfills these roles of connecting people back to themselves and the natural world. This music encourages you to reflect on life, your relationship with others and the planet. And, I hope it encourages you to dream."

He will be playing for us August 3, 2014. See the announcement.

http://jamesscottguitar.com/music/

Milan Jackson

Milan Jackson

Milan,

Recently the Class Creator system experienced a technical issue resulting in sporadic slow loading of pages and "service unavailable" error messages. We deeply apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you and your users.

I'm happy to report this afternoon the issue is fully resolved. We are grateful to the IT folks for their diligent efforts in resolving the problem and returning us to standard operation.

Creatively Yours,

Brad G Switzer Class Creator

Barbara Kincaid (Menken)

I'm dying to know where the picture of all the snow and old car were taken.  Been trying to figure out where the buildings were located.  Was it Center Street?

Milan Jackson

Center and Monroe. Actually we are looking at what became Sears.

Milan Jackson

Happy Birthday Jackie Gessler Rudat-Fann !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Milan Jackson

This was the home of Arthur Pillsbury, a well known architect in Bloomington. Although he didn't design it, can you tell me where it was?

Barbara Kincaid (Menken)

Was it on Olive Street.  If I remember right you came  off the viaduct on Main Street going North and there was a stoplight there.  If you turned right it was one of the first houses.  Really close to town.  I think my mom was on jury duty once and it was for the condemnation proceedings of that house.