OZARKS

From the Darkroom: 5-year-old Billy White plays the spoons with the Country Drifters Band

Springfield-Greene County Library District
For the News-Leader
Former Springfield Newspapers photographer Hyler Cooper captured this photograph of 5-year-old Billy White playing the spoons with the Country Drifters Band, which performed on Saturday, Jan. 5, 1980 at the Northtown Mall. The performance was part of a music festival sponsored by KTTS radio to raise money for United Cerebral Palsy of Southwest Missouri. The festival was held in conjunction with a telethon hosted by Springfieldian, advertising executive and ragtime piano player Gary Ellison.

Former Springfield Newspapers photographer Hyler Cooper captured this photograph of 5-year-old Billy White playing the spoons with the Country Drifters Band, which performed on Saturday, Jan. 5, 1980 at the Northtown Mall.

The performance was part of a music festival sponsored by KTTS radio to raise money for United Cerebral Palsy of Southwest Missouri. The festival was held in conjunction with a telethon hosted by Springfieldian, advertising executive and ragtime piano player Gary Ellison.

This image is presented in partnership between the Springfield-Greene County Library District and the Springfield News-Leader. For more historical images of Ozarks visit: thelibrary.org/fromthedarkroom