FAMILY FORESTS
Hillside Avenue, Pointe Claire, Quebec
"Play is the work of children.
It's various serious stuff."
Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo)
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything” Plato
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A total of 430 Avro Lancaster Mk. X's were built in Canada by Victory Aircraft Limited at Malton, Ontario.
Upon seeing his first Lancaster an American officer summed it all up. “It’s a flying bomb bay!”
Bill took sons Dave and Rob to a moth-balled Lancaster turning a weapon of war into a child's plaything.
That same plane above was renovated and stood in memorial
near downtown Toronto - viewed by millions for decades.
It put the BOOM in Boomers
Black Ball Candy
SOAPBOX DERBY
You scratch my back & I'll scratch yours
When we watched TV, every once in a while, we would sit behind one another and scratch each other's backs and rotate every commercial.
Joanne Drew Dave Rob
To Bill's kids, Old Spice was his default gift for about a decade
until Esther had to tell us to stop...please...stop...find another gift!
Cherrywood Lane, Atlanta, Georgia
Just do it!
Company Plane Beechcraft Baron
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Bill was the executive director from 1967 to 1971 where he invented the "Bill" Curve policy where younger pilots paid less monthly than more senior pilots.
Esther's Legacy Recipe
Special mention to Esther's
Pork Chops with Mashed Potatoes and Creamed Corn and her perfecting the bottomless salad bowl!
1960'S
FOODIE
Bill's Legacy Recipes
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Cherries Jubilee (above)
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Coc Au Vin
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Chicken Cacciatore
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Barbequed London Broil Steak
Kid Trick #46
Take small sips of
Dad's Ginger Ale
for his Rye & Gingers
and replace with water.
Note: It didn't work!
Two Favourite Graces
For what we are about to receive
may the Lord make us
TRULYYYYYYY thankful.
For Jesus's sake, Amen.
Yabba Dubba.
Thanks for the grub.
Yeah God!
Rodgers Rule #27: BITERS!
When one family member makes a snack,
and another family member says "BITERS"
the Snacker must immediately give the snack
to the Requestee for one bite only!
NO ACCEPTIONS!
Maximum Bite Radius allowable
Life or Death Birthdays
December 1, 1969, was the first draft lottery held since 1942, during World War II. This drawing determined the order of induction for men born between January 1, 1944 and December 31, 1950. A large glass container held 366 blue plastic balls containing every possible birth date that affected men between 18 and 26 years old.​
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1969 lottery numbers for 19 year old men
were called at a rate of 30 per month
during the first half of 1970. For example,
a man with a #131 was ordered to report
for his Physical Exam in February 1970
and classified 1-A, then ordered to report
for Induction into the US Army in May 1970.
With the maximum of 30 numbers being
drafted per month in early-1970, May’s quota
of 30 ended up drafting men with the numbers
...#121 through #150.
Following Basic Combat Training a draftee might find himself in the Vietnam war zone as his first duty assignment, less than six months after entering "Basic".
Drew Rodgers - April 18th # 90
David Rodgers - June 6th # 110
Rob Rodgers - December 1st # 129
Big Bill... big house...big car, that only caught on fire twice.
Wolfdale Avenue, Oakville. Ontario
Top of their game
Bill's Irish wake in action
More Rodgers?
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Before the Intenet there was the catalogue.
"Do for the future what you’re grateful the past did for you."
Stewart Brand
Editor of the Whole Earth Catalog
Bobbi and Nick Ercoline are the blanket-wrapped pair on the album cover of recordings from the famous peace and music festival and they've never untangled themselves
History of Advertising
In the late 1970s, Montreal's Radio Loyola (RL) made good money putting on "BEER BASHES" in the Gadange Lounge and at campus concerts.
Radio Loyola alumni, Don Weekes, states "One of my fondest memories was when RL put on a winter carnival concert with George Thorogood. If it wasn't his first concert in Canada, it was one of his very first.
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Thorogood's band got stuck at the border on that snowy winter night. They were delayed by two hours. Everyone waited. And why not. We were warm. And drinking and smoking pot heavily.
As I recall, the band arrived almost without notice. They jumped on stage, as ready to play for us as we were for them.
I can't recall their first song, only that in that instant, half the audience rushed the stage to dance. That scene is imprinted in my brain forever. It was like a movie. To this day, it's the best rock concert - any size, any venue - I've ever seen.
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Dave had worked at most major radio stations CHOM, CKGM, CFCF, CFQR ending up at CJAD working with the best in the business.
But the best of the best was my radio syndication and big band promoter partner Gordon Courtney and the noble Paul Reid.
Dave and a broadcasting buddy, Blair Bartrem getting ready for a night on the downtown in Fort Lauderdale, Flordia
Rodgers' Star Sightings
Dressing room
In theatre
Backstage
Airport
Toronto Film Fest
In Studio
Sebastian Cabot
Buster Crabb
Eartha Kitt
Duke Ellington
Loretta Swit
Magic Tom
The 2018 Portfolio of Dave Rodgers
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