Bryan Adams High School: Yearbook Ads from 1961 and 1962
by Paula Bosse
by Paula Bosse
I love ads from high school yearbooks — especially when they feature students. Here are several from the Bryan Adams 1961 and 1962 yearbooks. (Click the ads to see larger images.)
Above, the J. C. Penney store in Casa View at 2596 Gus Thomasson. Great ad! (1962)
Below, Jackson’s Sporting Goods in Casa Linda. (1962)
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Gingham Girl Dance Studio on Northwest Highway (“We Also Feature Baton Lessons”). (1961)
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Lake Highlands Music Co. — guitar lessons by Ken Wheeler. (1961)
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Casa Linda Barber Shop. (1962)
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Ethel Shipp — female attire, from tots to teens and beyond; Casa Linda and Casa View. (1961)
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Dallas Ice Arena — ice skating at Fair Park. (1962)
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Cooter’s Village Camera Shop — Highland Park Village. (First ad 1961, second 1962)
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Pop’s Spaghetti House (Frank Da Mommio and Pop Da Mommio), on Gaston, near Baylor. (1962)
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Colbert’s in Casa Linda. (1962)
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Stone’s Shoes, Northlake Shopping Center. (1962)
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Love’s Fashions, on Oates. (Those striped pants are cool!) (1962)
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Smitty’s Party Room, Bakery, and Coffee Bar, also on Oates Drive. (1961)
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KBOX and their happenin’ djs: Jerry Clemmons, Johnny Borders, Pat Hughes, Chuck Benson, Bill Holley, and Gary Mack. (1961)
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And my favorite ad because of its association to greatness: Belvick Electric Company, Garland Road. Greatness? Here’s a hint: the proprietors are Jerry Dauterive and Buck Dauterive. Maybe it’s just because I watch a lot of television, but any fan of the classic animated show “King of the Hill” (created by Mike Judge, who lived in Garland for several years) will recognize the name “Dauterive” — as in Bill Dauterive, Hank Hill’s sad-sack friend. It’s such an unusual name and there are so many Dallas jokes in the show that I figured the men in this ad must have some sort of connection to the TV show. It turns out that the character is named for series writer-producer Jim Dauterive, a native Dallasite and … a Bryan Adams alum! And Buck was his father. According to an interview in White Rock Lake Weekly, Jim Dauterive liked to slip neighborhood references into the show: he named a character in the show “Gus Thomasson,” had Hank Hill direct someone to a liquor store near White Rock Lake, and even snuck in a mention of Louanns on Greenville. So there you have it! (Ad from 1961.)
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Reblogged this on Honey Stop The Car! Estate Liquidation and commented:
The namesake of our boutique is mentioned in this wonderful blog.
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Paula, we recently started a new Facebook group that is specifically targeted for nostalgia discussion of Casa View. We’d love to have you.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/407816812905262/
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My dear Daddy would had likely done business with some of these established businesses.
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[…] I posted a bunch of ads (seen here) from the 1961 and 1962 yearbooks of Bryan Adams High School, and today I’m posting a bunch […]
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Wow, you are like Charlie Chan, To make the connection between BA 61-62 and king of the Hill is nothing but masterful. Historians repeat one another endlessly but you are like an archaeologist always digging deeper for new discoveries. Thanks!
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Thank you, Don. The fun is in the search!
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Paula,
I came to this site as a result of the K-BOX ad (my station when I was a N. Dallas kid of the 60s), but was very impressed at your detective work to connect the Belvick Electric Company ad to King of the Hill. Jim is a friend, and if he hasn’t already seen the ad, I’ll be sure to send him the link.
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Thanks, Gary! I love King of the Hill — Jim is responsible for some of television’s funniest half-hours!
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[…] Other businesses once located in these shopping centers can be found in the post “Bryan Adams High School: Yearbook Ads from 1961 and 1962,” here. […]
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Whoa! Jim was one of my best friends in HS. In college, I worked for Gary McBrayer at Century Books at Mockingbird and Central. (Hi Gary!) My wife and I met Susan Soward through Jim, at some point she met Gary and they got married. Had a nice reunion at Jim’s wedding a couple of years back. The character LouAnn (Platter) is not just a reference to LouAnn’s, but also, of course, the LouAnn Platter at Luby’s cafeteria.
Belvick Electric is a combination of Belmont and Vickery, a reference to the original location before moving to Garland Rd., but I’m not sure exactly where it was.
Jim is now a showrunner for Bob’s Burgers.
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[…] (One of these businesses, Belvick Electric Co., ended up on Garland Road, owned by the family of “King of the Hill” writer and producer Jim Dauterive, a name which should be familiar to all “King of the Hill” fans; I wrote about that tidbit of hyper-trivia at the end of this post.) […]
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