TO
BOB HOPE
CONGRATULATIONS
ON 100 YEARS
FROM
CHICAGO POLICEMAN
JOSEPH
YANUL - SOLO RIDER
Images
& text copyright Thomas yanul;
JULY
28TH, 2003
IN
MEMORIAM
BOB
HOPE
THANKS
FOR THE
MEMORIES
CHICAGO
POLICE OFFICER JOE YANUL WITH SINGER PEGGY LEE ON HIS TWO WHEELER,
AND
BOB HOPE ON HIS PARTNER BUD EGAN'S CYCLE. MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...ABOUT
1948 OR SO. JOE YANUL WAS THE LEAD CHICAGO MOTORCYCLE POLICEMAN FOR
ESCORT DUTY
DURING
THE LATER 40'S AND EARLY 50'S. YANUL'S SMOOTH, EFFORTLESSS DRIVING
MADE HIM A FAVORITE TO HANDLE DIGNITARIES AND MOVIE STARS VISITING
CHICAGO...
THE
FAMILY ALBUM, OF WHICH MY FATHER WAS SO PROUD, INCLUDED STARS SUCH AS HOPE
AND LEE,
JERRY
COLONA, BURT LANCASTER, ROY ROGERS AND DALE EVANS.
OTHER
NOTABLES INCLUDE PETER LORRE, VAUGHN MONROE, THE INK SPOTS,
JANET
BLAIR, THE CISCO KID AND HIS SIDEKICK PONCHO.
DIGNITARIES
INCLUDED PRINCE BERTIL OF SWEDEN (GAVE A ROYAL LAPEL PIN TO MY DAD
AND SAID , "WITH THIS AND .25 CENTS YOU CAN RIDE THE TRAM IN SWEDEN. "
OTHER
PHOTOS INCLUDE SIR ANTHONY EDEN, ESTES KEFAUVER, ARTHUR GODFREY AND KUKLA
FRAN AND OLLIE, A PROGRAM MY DAD APPEARED ON AND PRESENTED KUKLA (OR WAS
IT OLLIE) WITH A LITTLE REPLICA GOLD STAR OF THE CHICAGO POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
MY
FATHER REALLY ENJOYED HIS WORK, AND OFTEN SPOKE OF HOW NICE SO MANY OF THE
BIG STARS AND POLITICIANS WERE IN PRIVATE - WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS.
JOSEPH
YANUL PASSED AWAY IN 1986, BUT I KNOW THAT IF HE WERE ALIVE TODAY
HE
WOULD BE SAYING , "THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES MR , HOPE !"
OF
COURSE I ALWAYS WANTED TO PASS ON MY FATHER'S ADMIRATION FOR PEOPLE LIKE
BOB HOPE BUT WHERE DO YOU START TO SEND A LETTER TO A STAR...I NEVER KNEW..BUT
MAYBE SOMEONE ON THE INTERNET KNOWS AND CAN FORWARD THIS LITTLE MESSAGE FROM
ONE OF MR. HOPE'S ADMIRERS IN PAST YEARS, AND SAY HELLO FROM JOE YANUL, AND
HIS FAMLY.
THANKS
MR HOPE, FROM ALL OF US.
TOM
YANUL
BELOW
-1948 - PRINCE BERTIL OF SWEDEN (LIGHT SUITE w/CIGARETTE)
OFFICE
JOSEPH YANUL ON HIS HARLEY (RIGHT)
PIN
GIVEN TO
JOE YANUL
JOE YANUL
BY
PRINCE BERTIL
STILL
IN OUR FAMILY
THERE
ARE SIX MORE PAGES FOLLOWING..
THEY
INCLUDE PHOTOS OF CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
& INDIAN MOTORCYCLES,
MOVIE,
TV & RADIO STARS & OTHERS.
ALONG
WITH SOME FAMILY OF OFFICER JOE YANUL.
COMMENTS
VIA EMAIL ARE WELCOME