Comments on: So how are you spending YOUR summer vacation?

By: Lynne Haley

Lynne Haley — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:17:36 +0000

Wow, Kathy, you lucky pup! I love JP. A friend arranged to have him call me on my 45th to wish me a happy B-Day, but I was so embarrassed, I couldn’t talk to him…
Anyhoo, this summer my sig. other Sam and I are building a yurt in the Cabinet Mountains in Montana. One of our hired helpers from the local town walked off with our digital camera, so can’t post a photo of the yurt (now 75% complete), but I can contribute a pic of our idyllic 40 acres of Montana wilderness, formerly known as the Midas Gold Mine claims “Morning Star” and “Last Chance.”

Viva JP and Gertrude!!!!!

By: Sherri Malek

Sherri Malek — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:15:45 +0000

Wow thats awesome. It beats me being on the Brakeman Bill Show when I was 7. My family and I went up to Winthrop WA for our vacation. Pretty lame compared to J.P. Patches.

By: Administrator

Administrator — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:00:06 +0000

courtesy of Kathy, here’s photographic proof of the recent meeting!

By: Kevin Hayes

Kevin Hayes — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:43:28 +0000

Ahh…being a Patches pal myself, I’m jealous! I was actually on JP TV show twice as a youngster and can remember it like it just happened 32 years ago!

By: Administrator

Administrator — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:09:03 +0000

Got the following e-mail from Kathy [Collins] Morely this morning. See, THIS is the kind of stuff I’m talkin’ about!

Scott, Since I now live in Arizona, I don’t get any time in the Everett area. However, I spent the first two weeks of July in the Great Northwest with my family. During that time my family had a surprise 50th birthday party for me. The special guest was J.P. Patches. This was a total surprise and a hoot. I am certain that most of our classmates know who J.P. is. This wonderful person is 79 years old and still getting around great. J. P. Patches does have his own website and is still quite active in the Seattle area. You could suggest to the gang that they check out the website http://www.jppatches.com/index.htm It turns out that J. P. and Gertrude are the subject of a bronze statue that will be unveiled in Fremont (Seattle) in August. Details are on the website.

For those of you whose memories are….resting, here’s JP:

here’s Gertrude:

Oh, and here’s Kathy (”then”):

Hopefully I got those in the right order!