"Master of the Jungle Killers" #1 (From Richard Flint)

img003, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. I knew that—somewhere—I still had a tiny little photo of when a few of us knocked on the door of Beatty's Airstream trailer and asked for his autograph. Here it is along with the program he inscribed to me and one other photo of Beatty made that day, June 26, 1961, in Chicopee Falls, Mass. I got up early that morning and saw a big top go up for the first time in my life and I still have some posters for the date. I haven't missed the Beatty-Cole show (and it will always be that to me) since then and my 48th annual visit comes up in just another week. I was lucky, of course, to see Beatty perform a few more times. No question about it, he was a great showman as well as a gentleman who graciously responded to yet another young admirer that day. Beatty provided great memories that have given him immortality. Dick Flint Baltimore