This club logo by Jeff Vernon
Updated February 27, 2009. URL is http://our.tentativetimes.net/jdr/
Read about the benefits of being a club member on the application form page
This club logo by Jeff Vernon
Photo courtesy of Jesse's mother, Judi Dillinger, email
judidillinger@hotmail.com.
We are sad to report that James Dean Jeopardy champion and long-time friend Jesse Dillinger has passed. Details will follow. Marianne O'Malley called David Loehr with the news on Thursday, January 15, 2009. Jesse had lupus and had not been able to come to Fairmount since July of 2007. Jesse worked at the James Dean Gallery for a long time and she will be missed and honored by all Deaners. Read more about Jesse on her page here.
To join the only official James Dean fan club, James Dean Remembered. When you want the details on joining, please go to the forms page at http://www.tentativetimes.net/jdr/fanform.html which you can print out, fill out, and mail with your check. It's that easy.
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NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: But be sure to contact Pamela Crawford by email at pjcrawford@suddenlink.net with your questions. She is in charge of the content for this club site, but I, Sandra, am responsible for having the wrong email address for Pam, from time to time. This is the latest (January 2009) correct address.
For your membership, you should receive THREE awesome newsletters per year, allowing for disasters and emergencies, plus monthly email updates about upcoming events and TV shows, etc. You are also encouraged to put your classified ad in the newsletter, if it would be of interest to other Deaners. You can write for the newsletter if you have a good topic, and sometimes there are favors included with the mailing. Kip Brown's column links the rest of the country to the West Coast News, of which there is a lot! Mark Kinnaman is answering frequently asked questions, (even if they have only been asked once.) Beloved member Phil Zeigler keeps us updated about Fairmount. David Loehr checks in. Our printed magazine is definitely one of the best in this country, and it is in COLOR!
EVENTS AND NEWS
Newest news:
Upcoming: The fan gathering around Mother's Day and the official Fan Appreciation Weekend in July. Check David Loehr's website for the latest news on those events: www.jamesdeangallery.com
DAVID LOEHR'S 2009 JAMES DEAN BIRTHDAY WEEKEND is now over, but we will do it again in 2010.
Friday Feb. 6 @ 6:00 PM
Meet & Greet Dinner at Payne's Coffee & Custard
Located at exit 59 off I-69 in Gas City. Following the dinner, we will probably meet somewhere.
Saturday Feb. 7 @ 10:00 AM
Breakfast at 'Remember When Diner' located on Main Street
in Fairmount
Saturday Feb. 7 @ 6:30 PM
All-U-Can-Eat Buffet Dinner at Sirloin Stockade located in
Marion.
Sunday Feb. 8 @ 1:00 PM Screening of a James Dean movie at the Fairmount Municipal Building. Cake and punch will be served.
Note to those of you in town for JD Birthday Weekend: Please don’t forget about the Municipal Building event on Sunday. If you possibly can, try to attend the movie before you leave town. The good folks at the Municipal Building go to a lot of trouble setting up for the movie and buying refreshments every year -- and attendance has really been poor the last few years. It’s a great time for us to watch one of Jimmy’s movies together and a great way of showing our appreciation to the folks at the Municipal Building for their trouble!
This is always a great time. Hope we see you there. For
more info you can email Sue at
deaner4ever@yahoo.com, Pam at
pjcrawford@suddenlink.net or call
David Loehr (the host
for the weekend) at (765) 948-3326
2. Poem by fan Linda Levine at
www.tentativetimes.net/jdr/lindpoem.html
3. Many of Mark Kinnaman's articles will soon appear on
this website! Mark had closed his own website but will allow
us to read his fabulous articles right here. I am trying to
contact Kip Brown too, for permission to show some of his
older work.
Hotel Information call (800) 662-9474
What is a silent auction? At our dinners we usually have a silent auction. There will be items on a table, with a sign-up list for each item. You sign your name and add what you would pay, and each person who signs that particular page has to bid higher. You can go back and bid on the things you want as much as you need to. I expect to see a lot of items at this year's auction. The James Dean Remembered fan club needs the money to buy ink cartridges for our superb color printer.
GALLERY IS NOW BACK IN REBEL, REBEL!
James Dean interpreted by Ken Carpenter of Massachusetts
1. Pam Crawford is our President. Sue Pelletier is Vice-President.
2. Read the new biography of James Dean written by Kris Frailey. Soon to be on this website.
3. Remember to read about the benefits of being a club member, on the application form page
4. Linda Levine's poem --- at last, on line! www.tentativetimes.net/jdr/lindpoem.html
5. This website is currently made by Sandra Weinhardt, creator of http://www.deaners.net/
NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: But be sure to contact Pamela Crawford by email at pjcrawford@suddenlink.net with your questions. She is in charge of the content for this club site, but I, Sandra, am responsible for having the wrong email address for Pam, until now.
This poem first appeared in the Dean Zine of Autumn, 2000.
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My Deaners logo of James Dean is by U.S. Army veteran Mark Kinnaman, artist to the fans. Mark used to make hand-painted, not air-brushed, James Dean denim jackets. I know I treasure mine, and Dean clothes and accessories are a great way to meet other Dean fans wherever you go.
You will want to keep up to date on David Loehr's James Dean Gallery at http://www.jamesdeangallery.com
For up-to-date schedules for the September festival, your best source is the Fairmount Historical Museum at http://www.jamesdeanartifacts.com/
Buy a red Rebel Without a Cause jacket at Daddy-O's. Their website is http://www.daddyos.com/ and all business is via the internet. If they are out of stock, go to the Fairmount Historical Museum at www.jamesdeanartifacts.com
Another helpful, wonderful fan has a lot of James Dean videos. Visit Bob Rees at www.lconn.com/myserease/dean.htm
Two of the people who have publicized us for a long time are Jon and Tony Tucker who run the Fairmount Antique Mall. Their website is www.tentativetimes.net/fam/ There is a fund raiser coming up for John's completely uninsured significant lady, Nancy Allen, called Haunters for Hooters. Details available at http://www.hauntersforhooters.com/index.html. This is not the restaurant chain called Hooters.
Webmistress for the club is Sandra Weinhardt,
http://www.deaners.net/
email secop@parlorcity.com