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Dawn Aliene Strickland

aka: Dawn Strickland

Childhood crush

Shep's first childhood 'love' (1 sided)

Fan Comments

[ Courtesy: Steve Glazer - 03-21-2013 ]
           
Shep's QSL Card
A list of Hammond 'Hams' from Shep's time
A huge amount of information about many of the people in Shep's life.
Extensive research into newspaper archives to expand the listing of dates for Shep's live performances

Additional Comments:

August 6, 1969 show:
Shep tells of his first love, Dawn Strickland, at the age of five. He was madly in love with her even though he didn't understand the meaning of love and would visit her every day since she lived across the street. They went to school together at William McKinley elementary. He mentions Schwartz, Ester Jane Alberry and Jack Morton being in the same class. They lived in an apartment house and Dawn lived across the street in a house with a playhouse in the backyard. The one day about two weeks before Christmas, the old man comes home with the news that he got a promotion and were moving to the country. Three days later the moving van pulled away and he never saw Dawn again. [Jim]

Where Shep Makes Reference To This Subject:

Time	Date	Category	Title
•	February 14, 1964	Radio	Dawn Strickland's Valentine's Day Party
•	August 6, 1969	Radio	First Love - Dawn Strickland
• 33:07	February 14, 1975	Radio	Valentine's Day Party
• 04:22	February 12, 1963	Radio	Quest of the Perfect Car
•	July 19, 1963	Radio	Summer with Dawn
• 16:47	February 2, 1970	Radio	Valentine Day Invite

Photos:

A Young Dawn

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

1937
French Postcard

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

Dawn at 17 with Mother Hilda

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

1938
Chicago Goodman Theater

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

Dawn as a young woman

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

Dawn at dance performance

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

December 12, 1942
Dawn Marries Thomas Ek

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

1983
Dawn

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

1927
(Year approx) Dawn Strickland and the Beacon St gang - Shep with football

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

June 26, 1935
Hamond Times ad for High School opera performance

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

July 18, 1937
Dawn returns from Paris - Hammond Times

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

December 23, 1942
Dawn Strickland Marries

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty." - Jean Shepherd - 1975