Melvin Q. Watchpocket:
Boots's ninth-grade report cards
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The Infantryman: Boots served his country in the Korean War in the early 1950s.
Melvin Q. Watchpocket:
Boots clearly had *very* cool cars.
Melvin Q. Watchpocket:
Better safe than sorry.
Melvin Q. Watchpocket:
Not a "Little Red Corvette," not a Karmann Ghia, but something even cooler: A Porsche 356.
Melvin Q. Watchpocket:
Boots at a record hop / live music event in the late-'50s WBUZ days
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Wedding Day - Boots and Carol, May 17, 1958
Melvin Q. Watchpocket:
At WBUZ Fredonia, NY, about '58
Melvin Q. Watchpocket:
Carol and Boots, March or April of '59
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Early pic with beard
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Emceeing a holiday record hop, probably during the WBUZ period.
Melvin Q. Watchpocket:
A Very Serious Boots
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Hey Kids! This notice appeared in the Youngstown Vindicator on February 10, 1961
Melvin Q. Watchpocket:
Boots and Leslie, probably Christmas of '60 or '61
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Basketball Jones, 1963
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Boots is left "holding the ball."
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The WHOT All-Stars Basketball Team, January 1963
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After the game, January 1963
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After the game, January 1963; a better image
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Were the kids really dancing 'til one a.m. on a Sunday night?
Melvin Q. Watchpocket:
With three-year-old Leslie and pop singer Bobby Rydell at a Lukemia benefit at the Idora Park Ballroom, 1963
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Boots Rides the Circus Elephant, and there was an on-air contest to win a ride with him.
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AVAST ye lubbers! Promotional pic for a 1963 WHOT Treasure Hunt contest
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Boots and Leslie in Boots's 1960 Sunbeam Alpine Series 2
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In front of the Sunbeam Alpine, on crutches, with Leslie and Chris, early or mid-'60s
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Boots and a WHOT race car at Canfield Speedway
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With Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits
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Boots marked the records he played at record hops with a signature "B".
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Boots, Johnny Kay and Jerry Starr at Idora Park
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June 3, 1964: Boots emcees for the DAVE CLARK FIVE at Stambaugh.
