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Sunday, November 24, 2002 SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL A-21 REMEMBRANCES Character actor Parley Baer FUNERALS FUNERALS "It was his last ovation." "He had a wonderful career. He was in the business since he was 15 one way or another," his daughter said. Baer was born Aug. 5, 1914 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and got into radio there in the 1930s as an announcer and news director at a local station. He also was a circus publicist and ringmaster before joining the Army Air Corps in World War II, where as a captain, his Pacific service won him seven battles stars, Smith said.

In 1946 he married Ernestine Clarke, a former circus aerialist and bareback rider. She died two years ago. In addition to his acting career, during the 1950s Baer trained and worked with lions and tigers at the now-defunct Jungleland' compound in Thousand Oaks. He had a talent for taming Hollywood disputes as well, Smith recalled. "On every set and every location, Parley was a target," he said.

"They went to Parley with all their problems. He would give them his wisdom." "When Parley was around, he was never a lead. But everybody around knew that they could seek him out and talk to him. He was a gifted friend." In later years Baer was a docent at the Los Angeles Zoo and was on the board of the L.A. Circus, a one-ring community circus.

In addition to Kim Baer, he is survived by a daughter, Dale Sloan, and three grandchildren. FUNERALS RICK HUBER No services are scheduled for Rick Huber who died on October 13. in Temecula, CA of heart failure. He was 56. Rick was bom in Norfolk.

Virginia. He came to Santa Cruz at age 17. He was head electrician for the Boardwalk for 12 years, then started Huber Electrical Contracting. In 1991 he moved to Temecula where he was employed as an electrical supervisor for various companies. He was an avid surfer and also enjoyed tennis biking.

He is survived by his 3 children, Christopher Huber of Aptos and Daniel Huber of Aptos. both electricians: and a daughter, katie Huber of Aptos who teaches the mentally disabled. Another daughter. Lisa Huber preceded her father in death in 1991. He is also survived by his granddaughter.

Zoe Elizabeth, who resided with her father Chris. Rick will be greatly missed by his family and friends. Donations to a favorite chanty are appreciated. Portal that clicks nipiirnHnnipp OAKWOOP MEMORIAL CHAPEL Funeral Home Cemetery 3301 Paul Sweet Road Santa Cruz, CA 95065 (Across from Dominican Hospital) 475-2464 9t f. (: (f) Neptune Society The simple and dignified The Associated Press Actor Parley Baer is shown with Ozzie Nelson in a 1958 file photo on the set of 'The Adventures of Ozzie and Baer also portrayed the mayor on 'The Andy Griffith the voice of the Keebler cookie elf in TV commercials and the voice of Chester on radio's radio shows.

"Everybody rose and gave him a five-minute standing ovation," longtime family friend Roger Smith said. Hadda Brooks dies at 86 By TOM HARRIGAN Tilt ASSOC lA'l iiD I'RIiSS LOS ANGELES Parley Baer. a character actor who was the mayor on "The "Andy Griffith Show," the voice of the Keebler cookie elf in TV commercials and the voice of Chester on radio's "Gunsmoke," has died. He was 88. Baer died Friday night at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, said his daughter, Kim Baer.

Baer, who lived in Tarzana in the San Fernando Valley, entered the hospital Nov. 11 after a massive stroke. He had only partially recovered from a 1997 stroke that affected his speech, she said. The jowly, balding actor appeared in more than 50 movies, including 1950s Westerns and 1963's "Gypsy." He was the Senate majority leader in the 1993 movie "Dave." Baer also made scores of TV appearances in shows ranging from "Bonanza" and "Hogan's Heroes" to "L.A. Law" and "Star Trek: Voyager." He was the voice of Chester Proud-foot, Dodge City deputy, on radio's "Gunsmoke" in the 1950s and early 1960s.

During the same period he was Darby, Ozzie Nelson's next-door neighbor, on TV's "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet." On Nov. 1, he was guest of honor at a convention for lovers of old-time Torch singer By ROBERT F. WORTH TIIUNIiW YORK TIMES Hadda Brooks, the smoky-voiced torch singer and pianist who was known in the 1940s as the Queen of the Boogie and came out of retirement in the late 1980s to gain new popularity with younger audiences, died on Thursday at 86. She died at White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles, a few weeks after undergoing open-heart surgery, said Russ Paul, her manager. Trained as a classical pianist, Brooks began recording boogie-woogie instrumentals in 1945 for Modern Records, which soon became the West Coast's premier rhythm-and-blues label.

In the late 1940s and '50s she scored a number or hits as a torch singer, including "That's My Desire," "Trust in Me" and "Dream." She played singers in several films, and won a role singing to Humphrey Bogart in the film "Out of the Blue" after beating Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan in auditions. She toured with the Harlem Globetrotters, and in 1951 became the first black woman in the country to host her own television variaty show. Born Hadda Hapgood in Los Angeles in 1916, she begged her father for piano lessons at the age of 4, and stretched her tiny hands on a board for a week until they could reach across an octave. She started out playing at rehearsals for a tap dance coach, Willie Covan, with clients like Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, Gene Kelly and Shirley -Temple. Covan was friendly with the Globetrotters' players and in 1941 Brooks CREMATION Call or mail in this coupon Name (Address 798 S.

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He died a year later of pneumonia at 21. Early on in her career, she became close friends with Billie Holiday, whom she met in a nightclub ladies' room when Holiday reportedly opened BROOKS the door to her stall and offered Brooks a puff on her marijuana cigarette. Brooks' big break came when a jukebox repairman named Jules Bihari overheard her playing a piano in a I)s Angeles record store in the mid-1940s. He said he had only $800, but if she would work up a boogie in two weeks he would record it. She did, and the result, "Swinging the Boogie," became her first hit, in 1945.

In the 1950s, she drifted into obscurity, singing and playing in Europe, Hawaii and Australia, and in 1971 she retired. But in 1987 she sang at a supper club in Los Angeles and drew rave reviews. By the mid-1990s, she had been discovered by the younger generation, and was playing in the actor Johnny Depp's Viper Room in Los Angeles, along with quieter locales like the Oak Room of New York's Algonquin Hotel. "Her voice, velvety and drenched with an after-hours smokiness, is familiar with deep emotions," wrote the critic Peter Watrous in The New York Times in 1989. In 1993, the Rhythm and Blues Foundation gave her its Prestigious Pioneer Award in a ceremony at the Hollywood unmarked crosswalk at about 5:17 p.m.

The driver braked but was unable to stop in time, police said. The teenager, whose identity was withheld because of his age, was not arrested or cited pending further investigation. Bay has appeared in dozens of TV shows, including a memorable recurring role on "Seinfeld" as an elderly lady mugged by Jerry Seinfeld in a fight over a rye bread. She also had a recurring role on "The Hughleys" as Mrs. Fitch.

She has appeared in more than 50 movies, including last year's "The Wedding Planner" with Jennifer Lopez. Others include "Twins" with Arnold Schwarzenegger, "Inspector Gadget" with Matthew Broderick and "Big Top Pee-wee" with Paid Reubens. STUART BAILLIE Stuart Baillie, 88, passed away November 12, 2002 in Santa Cruz. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 28, 1914, he moved with his family to Maplewood, Missouri, where he met and married his wife of 67 years, Sara. A passionate lover of education.

Stuart Bail-lie had a Masters Degree in Library Science and a Doctorate of Education. He believed if you couid read a book, you could fix anything, and he imparted his enthusiasm to many students, touching their lives in many ways as the Director of the Library School, and as Director of the Libraries at the University of Denver. He and Sara came to California when he became the Director of the Library at San Jose State University, where he worked for twenty years before retiring and moving to Santa Cruz in 1986. Stuart also excelled in photography, especially in the National Parks, which he loved. A green thumb gardener devoted tot he environment, Stuart supported numerous environmental groups.

He became an expert of John Steinbeck and was the driving force in the creation of the Steinbeck Collection at San Jose State University as well as building an extensive private Steinbeck collection of books and memorabilia. Stuart was proud of his Scottish ancestry. When he retired, he and Sara visited the British Isles twice, once in the Spring, when during their travels they visited the Scottish village where his father was born and again during the Fall when the heather bloomed on the moors. They also travelled extensively in this country and Canada. Stuart had been in every state, except Alaska.

When possible, they travelled the back "blue" roads, enjoying the small towns and the distinct characteristics and beauty of each state. Stuart and Sara were long time devoted members of the Unity Temple in Santa Cruz, where they made many friends. He is survived by his wife and three children; Meri De Diego. Susan Baillie. and Stuart Bail-lie Jr.

The couple also have six granddaughters, four great grandsons, and one great granddaughter. Friends and family are invited to a Memorial Service Saturday, December 7, 2002, in the Clubhouse at Seacliff Mobile Home Park, 2700 Mar Vista, Aptos. California at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions in Stuart's name be sent to the Nature Conservancy or a charity of your choice. Movies that click The most accurate, complete local movie information is only a click awayl 250 Green Valley Freedom 722-3840 IHP I 23 I lm asiro Voice Mall 458-8284 YEARS OF PROVEN RESULTS Free Confidential Consultation 95073 101141760, Calif.

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