CHAGRIN FALLS, OH - I didn't needs to see the photograph of beautiful Hollywood actress Raquel Welch to describe the mini-skirt she wore several decades ago when I saw her perform during a stop at the military post where I served during the Vietnam War. I remembered it as a blue knit skirt with a white stripe just above the thigh-high hemline.
When the photograph was later showed to me after I had described her outfit, the owner of the picture knew I had been there in the audience when Raquel danced across the stage with legendary entertainer Bob Hope. Showing me the photograph which prompted my reminiscences of the touring Bob Hope entertainers was Bob Hope jr., great nephew of the star.
We were in his home in Chagrin Falls, a suburb of Cleveland. The photograph was one of thousands of items Bob Hope Jr. had collected and inherited from his family treasures. "My grandfather gave me a box of pictures and said, 'Hey! You organizes these," said Hope Jr. That was several years ago and the great nephew of the entertainer has a home filled with memorabilia.