The silver in a true silver dollar really represents the fidelity to a standard and this coin will be a store of value both in the memory it makes, its intrinsic value as a precious metal, and its part in American history. School is out for summer. Actually been out for a while now.
Meredith MacRae, who played comely country girl Billie Jo Bradley in the 1960s sitcom Petticoat Junction, died Friday from brain cancer. She was 56.
Time, however, has been less gracious to the cast. Only four of the original eight members are still alive. Blossom Rock, who played Grandmama Addams, died in 1978, at age 82. Lumbering Ted Cassidy, who played Lurch and Thing (the hand), died after open-heart surgery in 1979, at 46.