European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pratfalls postmaster Van Dyke kids today Are More aware Dick Van Dyke a refreshing Maverick ii by him toward the entertainment world where he formed a pantomime duo with Paul Erickson in 1947. Six years later Van Dyke auditioned for lbs to was placed under contract and before Long spread his talents int other Media stage and film with his performance in the stage musical Bye Bye Birdie serving As a major Spring Board onto film. His film credits Bye Bye Birdie the Art of love what a Way to go a Garden of cucumbers  Crusoe .n.," Mary pop pins divorce american style and never a Dull  Ali they re All searching for some values. Van Dyke ready to Fly High in chitty boom.". Just an Ordinary Star. Is photos by Scott Gates and Jim Cole by George Eberl staff writer in an Era when the motto for Suc Cess in the entertainment world would seem to be it s excellent to be eerie great to be grotesque pratfalls postmaster Dick Van Dyke is a refresh ing Maverick. Perhaps the most extraordinary thin about the lean onetime airman in the . Air Force is that he has risen to the Crest of his profession without appearing particularly extraordinary. During the filming of chitty Chitt bang bang at Rothenburg of Der Tau Ber he had no coterie of pampered trailing in his Wake his dress was no More Gaudy than that of other cast members and he was relaxed Calm and smiling a behaviour generally regarded As alien to full fledged stars of the mercurial entertainment world. Among other Maveric Kish qualities the lean 41-year-.old did his own Prat Falls on the five years of to s prize winning the Dick Van Dyke show he is still married to his former High school sweetheart and they have four children he is Active in youth work and he could easily pass for a Happy Milkman or a genial insurance sales Man. The Missouri born son of a Public re nations Man whose career began when in impressive performance in an air Torce show earned him a successful edition As a radio announcer possesses lot Only a ready smile but also unequally ready penchant for involvement in such controversial realms As politics and religion. After his discharge from the service Van Dyke went into the advertising Agency business but insolvency turned though Van Dyke has abandoned his to show his brother Jerry now has one of his own so the Van Dyke family continues to be represent Din american living rooms. Have they Ever worked together Dick and Jerry yes said Dick in fact Jerry had a couple of spot Parton Rny to show. He played of All things my brother when he recently confirmed that head been asked to play the role of late president John f. Kennedy in the film version of Pierre Salinger s Book with Kennedy Van Dyke said he had actively campaigned in Democrat Salin Ger s losing 1964 fight for . Senator against George Murphy another sex screen Hoofer. Although involving himself in politics Van Dyke laughed when asked if he foresaw a Day when he might run for office. When Shirley Temple said she d run that tied it. Any More of us Tryand it la just be a big  his youth work is connected to thenon sectarian he s a presbyterian Young life group which meets regularly at his Spanish style Home in Encino Calif. It has been a participation that has Given Van Dyke some insights into contemporary teen agers. These kids today Are More aware More Alert i think than we were. They continued on Page 1� easy Way to build a town prop men move store front. Bit of colourful scenery on Way to set. Knit one Sta two Tomboy Heather gives makeup a Quick Check. There they sat in Litte Canvas chairs two women knitting. Framed against the medieval Back drop of a Square in Rothenburg of Der Tauber they stood out in contrast tothe frenzied activity around them. As they serenely knitted weirdly out fitted characters ran this Way and that props were noisily shoved past and strange Type known As the child catch or was squealing in the Middle Dis Tance. It was All part of the filming of the movie chitty chitty bang  the ladies had Only one major in Terest apiece in the movie the two lond children who share the cameras with Dick Van Dyke and Sally an Howes. The two eight year Olds Heather rip Ley and Adrian Hall belonged to the Placid . Francis Ripley a pretty redhead from Dundee Scotland whose Knitt ing turned out to be a stitching of a Sampler smiled mischievously one must find a Haven of peace even in  companion mrs. Francis Hall of Staines England admitted that the Day were draggy sitting on the sidelines but that her Busy knitting Needles helped relieve some of the oppressive boredom. What about the children you d never know they d been Mak ing a movie if you saw them after they were through work. They re pitching pennies and Doin All the things any child would do said mrs. Hall. Mrs. Ripley plucked a bit of thread from her Bright purple Corduroy outfit As she pondered her blonde Tresse daughter s acting future this is really a once in a lifetime thing you  s too Young to have any big Star aspirations. She s too much of a Tomboy for that. She s the kind of girl you can put in a new party dress and 30 second Slater find her Halfway up a tree with the dress in  if to give dramatic weight to the statement Heather nearby picked that moment Between takes to go to her Knees and begin moulding Loose dirt into Mound. Mrs. Hall grinned see what demean kids is  . Actor help Mann at work on lines. Just a Job to prop Man. Log the stars and stripes new world to local extra. Tuesday october 10, 1967 set Mother Francis Ripley tends knitting. The stars and stripes Page 13