Donald Duck

When I was a young girl growing up in Glendale in the mid-’50s I used to spend weekends at a pet feed and supply store in Montrose. A man was often there chatting with the owner of the store and he would delight in hiding behind the large feed sacks and talking like a duck to entertain me and any other child in the store.

The owner always used to tell me that he was Clarence Nash, the voice of the real Donald Duck. I never believed him, but nevertheless always looked forward to my Saturday visits there and the affable, cheery man who did animal voices for us all.

It wasn’t until last year when The Times did an article on Clarence Nash that I recognized him as the man at the feed store almost 30 years ago. It filled me with sadness to read of his passing recently. Children everywhere have lost a friend. I’m writing this after all these years to say, “Thank you, Mr. Nash . . . and I believe.”

JANET E. PRICE

Sherman Oaks