Picnic in Van Buren, Arkansas, AR

[jeff of pa]

[PBK]

Been there... done that... heck, that's my old hometown!

Here are links to a few photos of ol' V.B.:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3647/...f60876dd_b.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/5395334.jpg

http://antiques.ozarkmerchants.com/i...b_ar_river.jpg

http://www.arkansasties.com/Crawford/CourtHouse.htm

[Monty]

My Dad's favorite uncle lived outside VanBuren on a farm. We went to visit once and ate dinner outside using a barn door laid across two saw horses as a table and tree stumps for chairs. That was back in the 1950s. We had to interrupt dinner to get a strutting tom turkey out from under the table! Never will forget that. I was 5 years old. Monty

[jeff of pa]

now this just ain't Right




Don't Know who Bob Burn's Is/Was

But they sure are Proud of him

[PBK]

Bob Burns was a radio comedian back in the 30's and 40's. He played a homemade musical instrument called a bazooka— for which the weapon was named. He made a few movies, too. They even had a world premier for one of them in Van Buren, and our local "picture show" palace was called the Bob Burns Theater.

[jeff of pa]

Ah ! sort of like Les Brown is around Here.
Local Son Makes it Big.

Thanks !

I was just Going to do a Google search of him

[PBK]

Here's Bob with his bazooka, and a link to his performance (?) of "April Showers."

http://redarroyo.tripod.com/aprilshowers.mp3