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| The Oldham County Historical Society 106 North Second Avenue La Grange, KY 40031 Phone: (502) 222-0826 Fax: (502) 222-7115 Email: ochstryctr@aol.com |
Dairy Queen's Famous People's Birthday Party Day
For more information call 502-222-0826
Dairy Queen's Famous People's Birthday Party Day This year we began celebrating Oldham County 's Celebrities with our Dairy Queen's Famous People's Birthday Party Day. On April 21 we celebrate Buddy Pepper! Who was Buddy Pepper? Buddy Pepper (1922-1992) whose real name was Jack Starkey, was a LaGrange native. He was an actor in radio, vaudeville and films and later became a Hollywood composer and accompanist for Judy Garland and Marlene Dietrich. One of his most popular songs was "Vaya Con Dios" has been recorded over 500 times. He contributed songs for such movies as "When Johnny Comes Marching Home", "Top Man", "This is the Life", and "The Hucksters". His film title songs included "Pillow Talk" for the Rock Hudson-Doris Day picture and "Portrait in Black," which starred Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn. In films he appeared in "Seventeen" with Jackie Cooper; "The Reluctant Dragon" with Robert Benchley' "Golden Hoofs" and "Small Town Deb" with Jane Withers; and "Men of Boystown" with Spencer Tracy. Buddy's cousins locally are Martha Potts Long and Hazel Potts Trummer. Come by the history center on April 21 to learn more about Buddy Pepper and pick up your certificate for a free ice cream cone from Dairy Queen. In May we celebrate slave, abolitionist and newspaper editor, Henry Bibb, (May 10) and children's author of the Little Colonel Series, Alice Fellows Johnson (b. May 15 but we will celebrate May 14)) Birthdays. |
For more information contact: Oldham County History Center , Nancy Theiss or Ann Zimlich |