Merry Christmas!

Sunday ~ Luke 2:14

Sunday ~ Matthew 1:21

John Hart's Birthday

John Hart is best remembered for playing the Lone Ranger on television for one season, and he also starred as the frontiersman, Hawkeye, in the Canadian series, Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (April 1957 - December 1957), based on the novels by James Fenimore Cooper.

Sunday ~ Matthew 5:6

Hugh Farr Birthday

Hugh Farr photo courtesy of the Sons of the Pioneers Museum, Branson, Mo

Sunday ~ Psalm 27:14

Sunday ~ Psalm 95:4-5

Thanksgiving

Sunday ~ John 14:27

Veterans Day

Happy Veterans Day, and a sincere thank you to all of those who have made sacrifices for this country!

Sunday ~ I John 5:12

Sons Of The Pioneers Concert, Victorville, CA

The word "legend" is so often used in connection with them, its full meaning has almost been lost. But the concert last Saturday in Victorville, CA, was a testament to just how fitting that title is—"the legendary Sons Of The Pioneers."

Mira McKinney Birthday

This versatile actress was born October 23, 1892, to a wealthy family living in New York. She started her acting career in the theatre, and appeared in well over a hundred movies and television shows—many of them westerns.

Sunday ~ Colossians 1:16

Bob Custer's Birthday

Raymond Anthony Glenn was born October 18, 1898, to John Edward and Mary Agnes Glenn in Frankfort, Kentucky. He was drafted and served in the Army during WWI.

Western Way Magazine

Check out the current issue of Western Way Magazine for an article I co-wrote about today's members of the Sons Of The Pioneers!

http://www.westernmusic.org/userfiles/ww-fall-2018-web.pdf

Sunday ~ Psalm 46:10

Lone Star Moonlight (1946)

Plot: Returning war hero Kurt Norton wants to start a TV station in his town, but he will have to battle Eddie Jackson, who not only wants the TV station, but also Kurt's girl.

Sunday ~ Job 12:1-10

Sunday ~ Prov. 16:2

Pamela Blake Bio/credits

Pamela Blake, originally billed under her real name of Adele Pearce, was born in Oakland, California, in 1915.

Psalm 46:1

Sunday ~ Ecc. 1:9

Terry Wilson's Birthday

Most famous for his role as Bill Hawks on TV's Wagon Train (1957 - 1965), Terry Wilson was born on September 3, 1923, in Huntington Park, CA.

Wilson was authentic. A stuntman and wrangler long before he had a line of dialogue, he

Sunday ~ Psalm 103:8

Sunday ~ Matthew 19:26

Sunday ~ Psalm 50:23

Pony Soldier (1952)

Plot: A Canadian Mountie single-handedly returns the peace between the white men and the Cree Indians.

Sunday ~ Phil. 1:6

Sunday ~ Romans 13:8

Sunday ~ Matthew 11:28 - 30

Sunday ~ Philippians 4:6

Dale Robertson's Birthday

Dale Robertson was one of the most popular western actors of the 1950s, starring in a number of
movies and television shows, including Tales of Wells Fargo (1957 - 1962). But Dale's popularity never completely died away, and many Western fans of today still regard him as a favorite. Nothing shows this as well as their own comments, so here's what a few of Dale's fans have to say about him:

Tim Spencer's Birthday

Photo courtesy of the Sons of the Pioneers Museum, Branson, Mo 

Sunday ~ Col. 3:23

Happy 4th!

Ken Curtis's Birthday

Sunday ~ Psalm 57:10

Sunday ~ Luke 12:27

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Luke 12:27 - 28

Harry Lauter's Birthday

Sunday ~ John 10:10

Jimmy Wakely Bio/credits

Jimmy Wakely
Born:  February 16, 1914 (as James Clarence Wakeley) (in Howard Co., AK)
Died:  September 23, 1982
Spouse(s):  Dora Inez Miser (married 1935 - 1982, his death)
Children:  Deanna, Linda, Carol, Johnny

Sunday ~ Psalm 51:10

Sunday ~ John 3:16

Andy Clyde Bio/credits

Andy Clyde
Born:  March 25, 1892 (as Andrew Allan Clyde) (in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland)
Died:  May 18, 1967 (in Los Angeles)
Spouse(s): Elsie Maud Tarron Clyde (married 1932–1967, his death)
Children: John Allan Clyde (1935 - 1944)

Sunday ~ Luke 6:36

Sunday ~ Ecclesiastes 3:1

Sunday ~ Psalm 103:12

Sunday Spotlight ~ Jay Silverheels

By ABC Television (eBayfrontback) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Singing On the Trail (1946)

Plot: Curt Stanton is a singer hoping to get a job on the prestigious Circle X Ranch. He is mistaken for a gunman by the Hoosier Hotshots, who unknowingly bought the ranch off two crooks (who themselves purchased it with stolen money). The Hotshots hire Curt, who really can't shoot, to protect them from Dusty King, who was swindled by the bad guys and is convinced that the Hotshots are outlaws, too.

Sunday ~ Psalm 27:1