Baby Ivy Ward - seven year old child actress - came to Walla Walla for two days in May 1922.

 

 

Walter Brennan, movie and TV star, was greeted at the airport by the 59ers and Fair Farmerettes on July 25 1963 while on his way to Chief Joseph Days. The motorcade took him to his birthday party at the Marcus Whitman Hotel. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin.

Brennan bought a ranch and home near Joseph, Oregon in 1940. He was a regular in the Chief Joseph Days parades, and was the Parade Marshal in 1969.

Brennan was presented with a Walla Walla 59ers shirt.

 

Captured by the 59ers...

...and taken to the Whitman Hotel with a motorcycle police escort.

Police Chief Bert Watts at the wheel

Judy Curcio, Fairest Farmerette of 1963

Parking meter maid with Brennan



Brennan was known as Grandpa Amos McCoy on the TV show "Real McCoys"

 

Victory Center at 1st and Main was the site of War Bond rallies. Dignitaries at this event in September 1942 were Hollywood stars Joan Leslie, Walter Pidgeon, and Adolph Menjou. Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas was a featured speaker. Mrs James Fleenor was recognized and honored as a mother with four sons in active service. Photos courtesy of Nancy Grant.

Joan Leslie pins Mrs Fleenor; Douglas, Menjou (with Key to City), Herb West and Al McVay look on.

Mrs. James Fleenor at microphones with Mayor Herb West

William O. Douglas

Fleenor brothers

Chuck Connors, star of the 1950sTV show "The Rifleman", visited Walla Walla on April 2 1960 to speak at a luncheon at the Marcus Whitman Hotel, ride in the parade aboard the Walla Walla 59ers stagecoach, give a demonstration of his rifle handling skills, and appear on stage at the Auto Show in the new Fairgrounds Expo building. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin.

Al McVay and Chuck Connors