Mel Venter

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Pam Marks

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05/22/2006

Mel Venter

Postcard promoting the "Gladioli Show" July 28-29 in Grants Pass, Oregon. Title is "Cavemen cavort with Mel Venter Gang".
Post card is addressed to Mrs. H.C. Venter, Mel's mother (Katherine Donnally Venter), who was living in Sacramento, Ca at the time it was mailed. Mel was a well-known radio personality for KFRC, and also a member of the KTVU Channel 2 staff.
The Cavemen are a Grants Pass, Oregon, organization that was formed in 1922 to boost awareness of Grants Pass and its famous caves.
Mel was born to Charles H. and Katherine Donnally Venter in Sacramento, Ca. Mel died November 24, 1983, in Santa Cruz Co., CA.

Please do not contact me regarding the Venter surname as I found this post card in an antique shop in Santa Cruz, CA and this is NOT one of my family names; just wanted to share!
People in photo include: Kfrc Breakfast Gang and The Cavemen

Date & Place: 1950 at Gladioli Show in Grants Pass, Oregon USA

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Melvin H. Venter Mar 19, 1910 - Nov 1983 Aptos, California

Melvin H. Venter of Aptos, Santa Cruz County, CA was born on March 19, 1910, and died at age 73 years old in November 1983.

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