Toluca Lake License Plate Frames are now available in Toluca Lake or by mail. Two frames are included in each order.
Toluca Lake License Plate Frames are now available in Toluca Lake or by mail. Two frames are included in each order.
Thank you to Richard Bogy who has preserved this photo sent to him by
Rickie Stambaugh. It was taken at the Chamber’s installation of officers banquet on February 15, 1969.
From left to right are James Potter (City Councilman), Dorothy Lamour (“movie queen” and co-star of the Hope-Crosby “Road Pictures”), Ed Reinecke (Lt. Governor of California), Ann Blythe (Movie Queen – Oscar nominee for Mildred Pierce), Chamber President John Broughton and his wife June.
Ann Blythe served as Honorary Sheriff and Dorothy Lamour was our “Ambassador of Goodwill.” Both lived in Toluca Lake; Dorothy on Placidia Avenue and Ann on Toluca Estates Drive.
by Jon Molin
Did You Know???
…we have a star in our midst, and her name is Jane Kean? She has chosen Toluca Lake for her home town and has lived here for over a decade.
I had the pleasure of first meeting her several years ago when she asked me for help. While escorting her small dog out of the elevator for a leisurely walk, the leash had somehow managed to jam itself in the elevator door. I was doubly amazed. First by the fact that I was able to free the leash from it’s tether, and that I was face to face with a true Hollywood icon. Jane smiled, thanked me three times and was on her way. Continue reading “Village View – Jane Kean”