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Vila Gowan 1897 - 1991

Vila Gowan of Stanley, Gaston County, NC was born on October 5, 1897, and died at age 94 years old on December 15, 1991.

Vila Gowan
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Stanley, Gaston County, NC 28164
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October 5, 1897
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Vila Gowan Vila Gowan (1897 - 1991)
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In 1897, in the year that Vila Gowan was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1927, this person was 30 years old when the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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