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Last Update: 12-01-2017
1937 Yearbook Photo

Jack Flickinger

aka: Flick

Best Friend

Flick was a major character in many of Shep's stories and was played by several people in the movies. As a child he had a dog named "Zero". Worked at his father's tavern, "Flick's Tavern", as a kid. Retired to Frostproof, Florida in the early 70's.
Fan Comments
[ Courtesy: Steve Glazer - 12-01-2017 ]
Jack Noble "Jackie" Flickinger -- born in Indiana on March 13, 1921, to Noble O. and Martha Flickinger -- was raised at 3024 (formerly 1482) Cleveland Street, near Shep's house, in the Hessville section of Hammond. He attended local schools, leaving Hammond High one year prior to graduation. His father was the owner of Flick's Tavern at 6449 Kennedy Avenue, which his mother helped manage. After leaving school, Jackie worked as a driver for the Hammond Times. On November 11, 1942, he enlisted in the Army and, after completing basic training in Texas, was sent to North Africa for anti-aircraft duty. After his discharge on October 30, 1945, Jackie returned to Hammond, where he married Opal J. Hayden and tended bar at Flick's. Noble died suddenly in 1950, and Jackie took over his father's tavern, which he ran with Opal for 30 years. They also moved to 3016 Cleveland Street, to be near his widowed mother, and raised two daughters (Jackie and Jean). Jackie and Opal later moved to Lowell, Indiana (446 Lakeview Court), where he passed away on July 21, 1994. Opal survived until August 31, 2008. [12/1/2017] Although Flick went through Hammond's schools with Shep for many years, he dropped out of Hammond High in his junior year. By A year after Shep graduated, Flick was driving a truck for The Hammond Times, delivering the papers right off the presses to the newsboys in the streets of Hammond. In the fall of that year, the Sunday Times included a photo spread about the whole process of printing and delivering the newspapers. (see photo below)
Where Shep Makes Reference To This Subject:
Time Date Category Title
November 11, 1971 Article "Shepherd's America" Recycled
November 18, 1983 Movies A Christmas Story
August 6, 1988 Movies Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
December 23, 1976 Movies The Phantom of the Open Hearth
February 11, 1985 Movies The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski
September 23, 1994 Movies My Summer Story
• 14:27 April 23, 1962 Radio Piano Factory Job
July 2, 1964 Radio Being A Peeping Tom
March 15, 1966 Radio Mike Todd's Party for Liz Taylor
May 21, 1966 Radio Buying A Used Car For Flick
• 04:30 April 1, 1967 Radio Patent Medicine
May 2, 1967 Radio The Steel Mill
June 29, 1967 Radio Inventions; Job in Piano Factory
January 27, 1968 Radio Flick's Tongue
• 40:34 September 25, 1970 Radio HG Grubbage, Greed
• 19:44 October 9, 1970 Radio Cockroaches- Finding Shotgun
• 32:30 February 25, 1972 Radio Shep's Father's Bowling Tournament
April 7, 1972 Radio Flick's Tongue
April 1972 Radio Chicago Rialto
October 19, 1972 Radio Shep, Schwartz & Flick Play Chicken With Pills
• 27:08 January 8, 1973 Radio 12 Folk Talents
January 3, 1974 Radio Flick's Tounge Stuck To Pole (Repeat)
July 25, 1975 Radio Flick's New Tires
January 15, 1976 Radio Robert Service Poems, Winter, Flick's Tongue
February 5, 1976 Radio Hot Air Balloon Project
• 10:52 May 14, 1976 Radio Stanley, the Worm Eater
April 20, 1965 Radio Amateur Sports, Baseball
• 03:41 June 17, 1967 Radio Day before Father's Day - 1st Crime - Ice Cream Wars
January 12, 1977 Radio Kid Myths - Flicks Tongue
September 21, 1969 Radio First Day of Kindergarten
• 27:05 February 24, 1975 Radio Hobbies - Collecting Studebakers - 17 ft ball of string - gum wrappers
• 09:58 February 2, 1970 Radio Valentine Day Invite
• 14:04 February 9, 1970 Radio Upcoming Kid Press Conference
1979 Television Phantom Of The Open Hearth
Links to Further Information:
• Flick's Tap
Photos:


1936
Hammond High Yearbook

Courtesy: Steve Glazer


March 25,1937
Flick and Galumbus sick from school


June 12,1939
Flick and pals navigate a problem

Courtesy: Steve Glazer


October 06,1940
Flick Delivering Newspapers The Hammond Times

Courtesy: Steve Glazer


1940
Opal Hayden - Jack's wife - Hammond Tech yearbook

Courtesy: Steve Glazer


April 18,1943
Flick writes home from the Army

Courtesy: Steve Glazer


July 27,1994
Flick's Obit

Courtesy: Steve Glazer


September 09,2008
Obit for Flick's wife

Courtesy: Steve Glazer