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Two young Negro lads Dick grew up with both attained their ambitions: James Tuck, who was in high-school glee club with Dick, is now a captain in the Danville chapter of the Civil Air Patrol. And pianist-singer Dick Short is now a headline entertainer. "I remember the days when almost every parent in town knew where to find his kids on Saturday," Dick chuckles. "We'd all be at the Fischer Theater, eating up popcorn and the latest serial chapter." It never occurred to Dick that someday his name would be on that marquee. But when the homecoming parade passed by the Fischer, there it was blinking down at him : "Welcome Home, Dick Van Dyke." Not on the agenda — but a "must," as far as the Van Dykes were concerned — was a jaunt out to Lake Vermilion, a body of water connected to the Vermilion River. "When we were kids," Dick muses, "we'd sneak out to the river and go swimming. Mom thought it might be dangerous, so I'd tell her we were going fishing for striped bass. Then I'd come home with my hair sopping wet — and wonder at how smart she was to know I had been swimming and not fishing. One time, when I was about ten, a few of us stole a rowboat and got caught in a whirlpool near the dam. We jumped out, and the boat went over the dam. "I guess this is the first hint the owner ever got as to what became of his rowboat ! "Standing on the fringes of the lake, the place literally flocked with memories . . . how we used to run barefoot from May to September . . . the overalls we wore, the old-fashioned kind that snapped . . . how we'd play Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Even now, I can walk barefoot on rocks — and I feel a little ashamed when I tell my three oldest, Chris, Barry and Stacey, to put on their shoes before going out to play. Times have changed, even in Danville, and I didn't see any kids digging their toes in the mud, the way we used to. We sure don't see it in Hollywood!" Teenage romance Dick and Margie first met at a "Sadie Hawkins Day" party — an affair where, of course, girls invited boys and did the cutting-in during the dancing. Margie cut in on Dick . . . and, as he puts it: "I was nailed after that. I was fifteen, she fourteen, but we were the steadiest steadies in town." One of the pleasant surprises they found on their visit was the fact that many of the youngsters, who had gone together when they did, had also married and were raising happy families. Harking back to the gloomy warnings he'd received before making the trip, Dick was touched and thrilled at all the people who came up to shake hands, tell him how proud they were of him, and to wish him luck. At the high-school fund-raiser show, he got a ten-minute standing ovation. "Envy, malice, grudges? There wasn't a bit of it. And you know why? Because people we knew in Danville are happy with the lives they have made for themselves in a happy, serene and prosperous town. What have they got to be sore at life for? They're really living full, decent and enjoyable lives. In their own way, each is a success to his family and himself. So they're not part of the hoop-de-doo of show business! I sincerely think they don't miss it." While home, he did a little "politicking" for one of his oldest and dearest friends, Phil "Rock" Parker, who was running for City Commissioner. It came at an opportune time, since the State Legislature had passed a resolution commending Dick for coming home in such a worthy cause. "We used to call Phil 'Rock' because he's a spunky, red-headed guy no bigger than a minute, but with a heart as big as all outdoors. I'm glad to say he won — though how much good my campaigning did is still a moot question." A former neighbor came up to Dick at the high school and said, "I remember when you and Phil Erickson were known as 'The Merry Mutes' and used to pretend to sing while records were played backstage. And also when you and Margie were married on the air. Isn't it wonderful how far you've gone since then?" Dick's reply was a simple but heartfelt: "Thank you for remembering." (His old partner now owns a supper club in Atlanta, Georgia, and still puts on the old act to entertain his customers.) It was with a sense of regret that Dick and Marjorie finally said goodbye to their hometown. Everywhere they heard the same refrain, "Come back soon . . . please don't stay away so long." Now back in Hollywood, Dick sighs, "I have only one complaint: I never did get that key to the city they presented to me. Mayor Girth Hicks — who had the job 'way back in 1947, when I ran an ad agency in town — and I posed with the key, then I put it down for another round of handshakes . . . and, in the scramble, I forgot it. I never did see it again. So, dear Mayor Hicks, would you please forward that key to me right away? It represents, for Margie and me, the fulfillment of a dream." Dick beams with delight — even though he knows that, when and if he gets the key, it will be one more item added to the debt he can never repay. Sure, he helped raise the money the Red Mask Players needed ... he saw old friends who remembered him as fondly as he remembered them. . . . But how do you ever pay anyone back for the first hopeful little start that turned into a big-time career? How can you ever pay back a whole town for giving meaning to your life . . . and giving you the best of wives, as well? — Eunice Field "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is seen over CBS-TV, Wed., 9:30 P.M. EDT. He also stars in Columbia's "Bye Bye Birdie" and Disney's "Mary Poppins."