The Early To Bed Tent - Oasis #239

January and March 2012 Meetings

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Last Meeting - January 21, 2012
 

The Early To Bed Tent – Oasis 239 began 2012 with a salute to the 120th anniversary of Oliver Hardy’s birth.  The evening began with with Jimmy Wiley, Jr. leading us in the singing of the “Sons Of The Desert” song along with toasts to those great supporting players from the Hal Roach Studios.  Next, Bob Duncan offered a toast to the memory of Larry Arnold, one of our longtime ETB Tent members who had passed away a few days before our meeting.  After some more announcements, the evening’s film program began with “Ship’s Reporter” featuring Oliver Hardy being interviewed by Jack Mangan in 1950.  This was followed by the Laurel & Hardy magic act from “The Hollywood Revue Of 1929” plus the boys starring in one of their funniest silent comedies, “Their Purple Moment”.  Before our intermission, we tried to backtrack a bit, since our December meeting was postponed by “Mother Nature”, with a “bouncing ball” sing-a-long of Auld Lang Syne.   During our break, we all celebrated Ollie’s birthday with some chocolate cake.  Also, Pat Klemz, one of our ETB Tent members celebrated her birthday with us on her actual birth date, January 21st.  Our rafffe saw four winners take home some nice prizes.  Many thanks to ETB Tent member Mark Lochte for reading a very sentimental tribute to the friendship of Stan and Ollie from a past “Dear Abby” column. The evening concluded with a screening of “The Fighting Kentuckian” starring John Wayne with Oliver Hardy as his sidekick, Willie Paine.  Our appreciation is expressed to all of you who generously donated canned goods to La Casa de San Gabriel Community Center to assist those who are less fortunate.  As always, we are very grateful to those of you who stayed after the meeting to help us put the chairs away and pack up.  

 


 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
  Next Meeting - March 10, 2012

The Early To Bed Tent - Oasis 239 will be meeting up once again on Saturday evening, March 10, 2012 with our annual "Kids Night".  All children 12 years of age and under (accompanied by an adult) will be admitted free.  Along with a special film program for the kids, we will also be having our traditional raffle and a salute to the 90th anniversary of the Our Gang Comedies at the Hal Roach Studios.  The ETB Tent refreshment bar will be up and running with hot dogs, soft drinks and more.  The meeting will take place at our usual location, the Westminster Presbyterian Church.  The doors open up at 6:00PM and the meeting begins at 6:45PM.  Hope you and the kids can join us on March 10th.

 

 Film Program
 
Thundering Fleas  (1926)
(Our Gang silent comedy)
 
You Asked For It
(Our Gang Reunion from the 1950's) 
 
Another Fine Mess  (1930)
 
The Bohemian Girl (1936)
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Fin and The Boys in "Another Fine Mess" (1930)