In a message dated 10/3/98 11:44:20 AM Central Daylight Time, Okiecad@aol.com writes: << I'm still a little miffed he never showed up for a dedication of Berwyn changing it's name to Gene Autry. Maybe couldn't make it on November 4, 1941, but NEVER???? How many other towns were named after a person that was never there? I'd change it back to one of the original names (Lou, Dresden, or Berwyn). >> Well did they change the name to get him to come to town or to honor him for the films he made there and the time he spent there?, Not to mention the help to the economy of the day, everything changes with time, BUT I was told that story too when I visited there, Bill