'Iuesaay, '1Jecem6er 28, 1993 Section of tlie Salem 9'f!,ws • on rit r' lif n In Brooks Bowman of Salem was on his way to musical stardom By Dale E. Shaffer in sports. At one time he was Every December the club the county tennis champion. would embark on a 5,000 mile W MANY OF YOU OUT Brooks had attended Univer- Hothere can hum the song sity School in and U.S. tour. One of the most COLE PORTER "East of the Sun."? . . preparatory school in Ashevil- hilarious parts of the show was .A copy of the sheet ~us1c is le, N.C. His family moved to when the boys dressed up as 5 0 I SUNSET BOULEVARD displayed on the Stem way Salem in 1932. He then enrolled chorus girls. BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA pia~o at the Salem Historical at Stanford University, but very The two songs mentioned Society. The composer of that soon transferred to Princeton. above, along with "Love Will well-known son& was Brooks At Princeton he was a mem- Find A Way", were the first Bowman, a Salem1.te. . . ber of the Triangle Club, an all- Triangle Show songs to be pub- Mny Twent:r--fourth, It was s.cored m Salem by male actin~ troupe. In his lished· commercially. "East of L__J3 3 7 . 1 hi mand .h is mo.t h er, M ary. She junior year, e gained national the Sun' was later voted played piano with the talent of fame for his two songs "East of America's most popular song a concer t piams· · t . Broo ks' sue- the Sun" and "Love' and a by a nationwide radio poll, sev- cess in the music world was Dime." These numbers were eral weeks in succession. Mr. D\':ight Dee1·e Wiman, sort of ~ n:-onument of h~r written for the Triangle Club's Hal Kemp recorded it in 1934 1~7 Ne5t 48th Street, talent. His ~1rst name was his show titled "Stags at Bay", and on the Brunswick label. Bob Ee1v ·York, l~.Y. mothe~s maiden name. received popular acclaim on Crosby, Chick Bullock and the In his e~r~y ye~rs, Bro?ks stage and radio programs. The Casa Loma Orchestra also played banio m vanous musical club had "Love and a Dime" recorded it. Benny Goodman gi:oups. He was found to have published , and the publisher played it on the radio, and Bob 11:.is is to preser!t to ycu o. very tc.le!l~eC.. diab~tes ~t the age .of 11, ~ut . liked it so well that it presented Eberle sang it with the Jimmy despite this he remamed active Brooks with a $100 bonus. Dorsey band. ; ... cu1:g Tr:cn, Brooks Bot.!r.&.11. He -r~:r·ote tl-.:.e Salemites listening to Kate gree:.t PrincctoE Td.snzle 51:.ow t.:o years Smith's program on the even­ 2~;0 EL6~ r.!.ot o;.~y· his lyTics s but l"!iS ing of April 1, 1935 heard her 7:usic is \;er---;;r i1i-:e:-·e.sting o I kD.c~-.- it sing "Love and a Dime." On 7:"ill be y~·o::.""th :~'Oi..'2:" r:b.ile to listE!".!. to the previous week's program the Triangle Club members b.--:n .. were guests and sang this song. Radio fans like it so well that Eest regc::rds cn:C. lc-.."e Ire!""~ ~c.s 1:.o-~h to they requested Miss Smith to :·.rCl.1 c..nd. Ste--.'°e. sing it the following week. She announced the writer as Brooks Bowman, and then sang the melody. Brooks was very popular among Princeton students. They gave him the title, "Prin­ ceton's Cole Porter." In his senior year he was vice­ president of the Triangle Club, and starred in two of the club's Cole Porter, writer of numerous. hit songs from Broadway musical comedies which were shows and movies, wrote Brooks Bowman this letter of intro­ presented on the stage in large duction to an unidentified man named Dwight Wiman. He eastern cities. On two occasions may have been a New York music publisher. he appeared on Fred Allen's radio program over a national ter, and jolned with Ted Fio the career of this talented com­ network, singing and playing Rio and other well-known poser. On the Saturday evening the songs which brought him musicians in the film capital of Oct. 16, 1937, about nine national recognition. who recognized his great o'clock, Brooks Bowman was F. Scott Fitzgerald, a 1917 talent. killed when the car he was rid­ graduate of Princeton, wrote . He was signed a long-term ing in crashed into a stone wall him a letter congratulating him contract as a composer and lyr­ near Garrison, N.Y. He was on his success. He suggested icist by Selznick International only 24 years old. that Brooks turn "East of the Pictures. His assignment was to Richard R. Pettit, a college · Sun" into a song of devotion to compose the tunes for Carol roommate of Brooks, was driv- , their school. Lombard and Fredric March in ing. He was not injured. Two , After graduating from Prin­ their movie, "Nothing Sacred." passengers, Betty 0. Timmer­ ceton in June of 1936, Brooks Next, he was to work on the man and Edith Brooks, suffered worked for a time in New musical, "Prom Girl." . only minor cuts and bruises. York. In the winter of 1936-37 In the late summer of 1937 he Brooks and Miss Brooks were Brooks Bowman, who had ~ promising career ahead of him as he left Broadway for Holly­ returned east to have several .riding in the back seat when a a songwriter in Hollywood,: was killed five days short of his wood, and began writing songs new songs published. But tire blew out, causing the rear 24th birthday. His song, "East of the Sun" is considered a pop for Warner Brothers Motion something very tragic would standard today and is perft;rmed by many jazz musicians. Picture Corp. He met Cole Por- soon happen to put an end to See Bowman, page 8

----.~- ~~~~~~~-\ , ~~~~~.~G ~ ~.J;I~ ' >] 6)!j~~~~ ti)!j~'~ ,.~·-- ~::::;:::;;;:;;::;:::::::::::::::::::::::::.,~~- Coming back home: everything has shrunk and is much smaller (Editor's note: We received the R.R. tracks. following letter from a former At that time my parents had Salemite who has fond memo­ not yet anglicized our name. ries of Salem. Perhaps some of My Dad's name Stefan Adami the older Salem residents will and Mom was Susie .. Her remember George Adams.) maiden name was Fleisher. My birth was registered in Colum­ Dear Editor, biana Conty as (get this!) Dear Sir! A strange request -Joseph Adami. It was supposed coming from a 77-year-old ex­ to be George but the midwife Salemite! My wife and I came present at my birth (so they through Salem in 1988 in July say) was still so distraught at on our way up to Detroit for a the loss of her son Joseph that grandson and a granddaugh­ she told the doc my name was ter's wedding. Joe. Dad has changed his name I've been retired from Gener­ to Adams and officially I al Motors Detroit Diesel since became George Martin Adams. 1973 and we decided to go up the East Coast for a different If this isn't too complicated route to the "Far North." for you, I would sure appreci­ We arrived in Salem just in ate a map of our fair city. time for your 182nd Jubilee My Dad and grandfather celebration. We went to the (Mom's side) both worked at Chamber of Commerce for Mullins Mfg. Co. They were !his f:!hoto of the old Daniel Howell f!ise house on Frankli~ Av.e. apparently was taken early information as how to get to both dock workers. I believe in this century. It shows a barn behind the house that historians tell us was used to hide Wilson Street, right off Mullins was across the street runaway slaves. Hise, a noted Salem abolitionist, kept a diary from 1849 to his death in 1878. Newgarden. from the Sachsenheim or Ger­ Known as "Pap's Diary," it serves as the best source of Salem social history of the 19th cen­ man Social Club - whatever tury. The middle peak was added and then removed from the house years later. A secret room I was born there May 2, 1916 street. And I had two uncles in the basement of the left section of the house was rediscovered last year. The house is now and looked at my old home­ (Mom's side) who worked at being restored. stead in complete surprise. De mings. Your fire hydrants were so Park, Fla. ever since. We live in it would be Salem for me." Lows: "Adams, Steve (Susie) wks small? And the hill I used to If I can recall correctly, Mr. a mobile home and love it here. Sincerely, Mullins Co., bds. 26 Wilson St." belly flop on my "Lightning Mullins and my Dad worked But I sure miss Salem a lot. George M. Adams. In 1928 the street address number Glider" sled was so small! It on a piece of statuary that is Heartstrings are still attached. were changed throughout Salem. was huge to me, going down to now atop the county building Lots of people ask, "Going back (Mr. Adams was right. The 1917 The address of 26 Wilson is now the R.R. tracks. in Detroit, Mich. I think it con­ to Detroit?" I always say, "No, Salem City Directorv reads as fol- 264 Wilson.) When we lived on Wilson sists of some horses and men. Rather large item. My Dad was there was a pottery and china Arbaugh-Pearce company on the left hand side quite proud of that. across the R.R. tracks. My I retired from Detroit Diesel MERLE mother got her "Willow" pot­ General Motors (electrician) in reerii~ert tery and china from them. 1973 and my wife Edith and I GJ Funeral My wish from you is to find have lived here in Pinellas Home NORMAN my old number of my house. I Orthotic & think it was number 26 at the RAY J. GREENISEN 332•4401 time of my birth, 1916. Is there OWNER COSMETICS any way you could look back Prosthetic in your archives to get that We now have number. On the right hand side 'l\f,defining Skjn Care Clinic, Inc .. of the street going down to the PERSONAL RECORDS Providing Complete Local Ceffufar 'Therapy Serum Orthotic & Prosthetic &PLANNING BOOK T-mu{siorum with Patient Services Because your last wishes Medicare Approved are so important (j{ycoic 5kid 617 St. Clair Ave:, 35 N. Market, E. Palestine E_ Liverpool 426-3504 1-800-321-0407

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,,\~/(~) _,__ -- ro~~ tatue, officer's iiiiliiiiiii~~ r ut ti n falls from 1 ry By Strat Douthat The "deed" she referred to involved the burning of the Eastern Pequots' village by a LARGE, BRONZE STAT­ group of Puritan settlers, led by A ue of John Mason - the Mason. It is believed to have English officer who engineered been the first massacre of a bloody massacre that nearly Indians by Europeans in this wiped out the Eastern Pequot country, and one that set the Indians - has stood on a hill stage for many more massacres above the historic Mystic, during the next 250 years. Conn. seaport for more than According to historical 100 years. accounts, Mason's group set When the 9-foot statue was fire to the village and then dedicated on June 26, 1889, killed about 700 Indians, most­ Gov. Morgan G. Bulkley and ly women and children. The four companies of the state mil­ battle occurred during a time itia were on hand to mark the when the Pequots and the first occasion. Boston orator Isaac European settlers were vying Bromley extolled Mason's for supremacy in the Mystic heroics. area. But times have changed, and Today, the Eastern Pequots John Mason is about to be ban­ and the Eastern Paucatucks - ished from his granite pedestal whose combined tribes have on Pequot Hill, where the mas­ fewer than 500 members - sacre took place in 1637. share a small reservation in Mason is being exiled after a North Stonington. They do not recent battle - albeit one of have federal recognition as do words - between descendants their wealthy brethren, the of the Pequots and their sup­ Mashantucket Pequots, who porters, and members of the operate the Foxwoods casino in Mystic River Historical Society. nearby Ledyard. The Mashan­ After a yearlong series of tuckets' tribal council took no meetings, including some that official position on the statue nearly erupted into fistfights, dispute. the town's specially appointed But some of the Mashantuck­ John Mason Advisory Commit­ ets, speaking only for them­ tee decided in October that the selves, said they were offended statue must be moved. The by the memorial's anti-Indian town manager has been symbolism. instructed to come up with a The statue, which depicts recommendation for a new site. Mason unsheathing his sword, The committee's action is a bears a plaque stating: "Erected compromise between those AD 1889 by the State of Con­ who wanted the statue melted necticut to commemorate the down, and those who insisted heroic achievements of Maj. it be left. untouched. John Mason and his comrades; A gilt pocket chronometer used by Captain William Bligh of 'M_utiny on the Bounty' fame, during his second voyage to Tahiti and the West Indies in 1791, ts expe~ted to fetch between The issue has simmered for who near this spot, in 1637, overthrew the Pequot Indians, $22,350 $29,000 U.S., at a sale of timepieces and barometers at Sotheby's in London on Dec. 16. years. It arose again last year Made by celebrated watchmaker Thomas Ernshaw, the watch was lost fpr 200 years. It ended when Lone Wolf Jackson, a and preserved the settlements Pequot Indian who lives in from destruction." up in the hands of a collector who didn't know its value. nearby North Stonington, Lon Thompson, chairman of the statue and its present loca- must go. launched a petition drive to the special committee, says his tion are offensive to people Maronn, who also served on remove the statue. He got 800 first thought was to simply such as Raymond Geer, an the advisory committee, says Looking for names on his petition and pre­ remove the plaque and replace Indian who tried to have the he too thinks the statue should • • sented it to the town council, it with one containing a more statue removed in the 1980s. be moved. But he quickly adds musicians which then appointed the spe­ contemporary sentiment. "I was horrified that people that he is in no way ashamed cial committee. "But, no, that didn't suit could put up a statue in honor of his long-dead ancestor. T.J EADER LOWELL W. The townspeople watched some of the members of the of this guy," Geer, an Eastern "In my research, I found .l'\.. Shallenberg liked the the proceedings with varying advisory committee," Thomp­ Pequot, said in an interview John Mason was a Puritan and Levi Stamp story (Oct. 13) degrees of amusement, son says. "At first, some of with the New London Day. a professional soldier," he says. because his newly-wedded bemusement and ire. them were demanding that the "History was written by the "He made an important contri­ parents, Walter and Grace Shal­ "Half of the people think: statue be melted down. Later, Europeans and the Europeans bution, in many ways. There's lenberg lilved with Zillah and 'Give us a break, it's· a beautiful they just said they wanted it have continued their own view also a statue of him in Ella STamp on South Ellsworth statue; the other half says melt gone." of what happened. They con- Norwich." - Lowell was born there on it down,"' says Jennifer Carroll, Finally, he says, the commit­ vinced the general public that Maronn says he'll be satisfied Feb. 4, 1918. His parents a lifelong . resident of Mystic, tee agreed that the statue the Indians were bad people if the statue is placed in some bought land at the corner of -----w:hich is part of the town of should be moved - to some and that in order to survive appropriate place, one that has Depot Road and Pidgeon Road "'---... appropriate place such as a they had to wipe us out." some connection with Mason's but continued their close a Joe~! )ewn,,..,. who operates museum or a library. "We cer­ Alan Brush, a member of the life, and if a plaque is placed ,friendship with the Stamp girls. American Indian· tr-~ sells tainly don't want it to be stuck historical society, spoke at up on Pequot Hill, one that she can sympathize with botn out in the middle of nowhere," Lowell suggests a story on some of the meetings for those recalls - in more sensitive area musicians and gives as an sides. · Kra?s .___ who take the view that Mason terms - what happened in "If it just hadn't been such a example John Gunesch and his Maronn, a ~.cus Mason should be recognized for the 1637. orchestra. They were featured ~orrendous deed, one that resident who says he'si.~

~::.:....:. .-~~· :::.,~ '.t.:..: a easier By Dale E. Shaffer EMEMBER THOSE HIGH R watchman towers that once stood at Salem's main Pennsylvania Railroad cross­ ings - South Lincoln Avenue, Depot, Newgarden, Wilson, Pershing and West State streets? The first two were erected at Depot Street (South Ellsworth Ave.) and West Main (State) Street in July of 1916. Prior to installation of the Charles Burchfield captured this scene of a railroad tower, towers, watchmen who raised possibly in Salem, in a 1920 painting when the artist lived in and lowered the gates were Salem. handicapped by not being able to get a clear view of the tracks. fire on Feb. 21, 1937, forc1ng from Nelson's view by a metal Consequently, a lot of accidents watchman Frank Nelson to plate, but once started, it swept occurred at the crossings. The hurry down the tower ladder. through the building quickly. towers greatly increased safety He escaped unhurt. Firemen were called to extin­ for drivers, pedestrians, horses It was caused by an over­ guish the blaze. For . several and the watchmen. heated coal stove, starting on days thereafter the watchman The watchman tower on one side of the building near had to protect the crossing South Ellsworth A venue caught the stove. At first it was hidden from the ground. The tower shown in the photo is like those that once Johnny Gruelle' s doll, stood at crossings in Salem. It was in Columbiana, and is now preserved in the Western Railroad watchman towers like this one at Columbiana once , embodied Reserve Village at the Canfield stood at crossings in Salem. The tower is preserved at the the best of everything Fairgrounds. Western Reserve Village on the Canfield Fairgrounds. Raggedy comforted his broken heart after he lost his daughter, Marcella, By Michele Lesie making the dolls at home, Hall The Plain Dealer said. Gruelle applied for a patent in 1915, three years N A BORING SUMMER before publishing the first col­ 0day 99 years ago, 13-year- lection of Raggedy Ann stories. old Johnny Gruelle and a The premise - dolls speak­ friend hopped an eastbound ing and moving when no freight train on a lark. It landed humans are around _ was not them in Cleveland. new, but Gruelle gave his char- The boys found work in a acters a modern feeling and a tavern frequented by one Offic- timeless integrity, Hall said. er McGinty. Johnny, already a Raggedy Ann embodies the J;~d"~rti;t, dgrabbed a piece best of everything; assertive- According t6e~,J~he portly ness and humility, playfulness le' s diary, it was her husl:ra-.....__ and wisdom, softness and cour­ who likely found the rag doll dg-ht~~aid. "I think she's a and brought it back to Cleve- Sh wlidnb ,. ...._b_,_h.at t sho.uld be lan d f or t h e1r. d augh ter. A ,OU e,· u ·!Sn~~-- · ----- . "B ecause h.is rea1 1i.f e d aught - nn s main · mission,h mucrr- er Was named M arce 11 a, peop1 e more harrowmg. d t an any of . took the story literally," she he_r magica 1 a ventures m said. "I think he purposely prmt, was to comfort her heart- created some of these myths to broken creator. . keep Raggedy Ann shrouded in In 1915, after th_e family had make-believe." moved to Conne~ticut, Marce~la The source of the doll's name ~ruelle becam~ ill after receiv­ A reporter wearing gloves looks over photographs of Jack Rubyr~'-"·----...... _ ___ is not a myth; it's from two of mg _a ~ontammated smallpox hives in Washington. On Tuesday, the FBI made public 21,224 pages on Rrlby, "'-~r~t· A _ 1 Gruelle's favorite poems by vaccm~t~on at school. To keep club operator who killed Lee Harvey Oswald two days after Oswald killed Presia~'lll.~~~- , "Ra _ h~r spmts ~p, Gruelle read to Kennedy in 1963. Reporters are required to wear gloves when handling the photos. ·- - -~ gedy Man" and "Little 0 hfn ?is fevens!1 daughter or Annie.'' Riley was a frie~ of invented stones about her d?lls too close to reality, Hall said. tinue to be made and sold, Hall the Raggedy as a teenager and Gruelle's parents in . an; toh~· :~ks l~:er, she ~ief. Gruelle died of a heart attack said. has been a Gruelle devotee It's also true that the original h. t in,, H arce ~d-- "";~Hs ru Y at age 57 in , three Sue Cloak, proprietor of· since. Raggedy Anns had real candy 1s muse, a 11 sa1 . . e was 11 weeks after winning a lawsuit Wileswood Country Store in hearts, though the only surviv- devastated after she died. over the rights to the "Rag­ Huron, west of Cleveland, car­ "They help people keep a ing early dolls have hearts of Alyhough Gruelle use;i Mar- gedy" name. Only authorized, ries only the licensed items in grasp on the child within pressed cardboard cella s name for the doll s own- manufacturers can produce the her store, marked for 25 years them," Cloak said. "No matter But Gruelle's so~ Worth, 81 , er in the Raggedy Ann t~les, he books, dolls and other items by a large, brightly painted cut­ how old you are, or how miser­ remembers being sent to the drew ?e~ as ~nother child. now but because they are so out of Raggedy Ann and Andy able you feel, you cannot look confectioners for sugar hearts Depicting his daughter as ~he entrenched in American cul­ waving to motorists on U.S. 6. at one of these dolls and not when family members began looked would have been 1ust ture, bogus ''Raggedy's" con- Like Hall, Cloak came upon feel a little bit more cheerful." Kenreigh farm has unique history Drive-in movie isn't a memory in Orefield, Pa. By Ted Anthony t~enage-dom," says Harley Associated Press Writer Lond, editor of Box Office Magazine, a trade publication. E WAS A MOVIE USHER '1t helped formulate an iden­ H and she was a candy· girl. tity for teen-agers in the '50s They fell in love and bought a and '60s. It fomented a certain drive-in movie theater. amount of freedom from paren­ Shankweilers Drive-In in tal control." Orefield, Pa. to be exact, billed Today, many once-bustling as the oldest survivor of a par­ sites sit empty, abandoned as ticularly American artform, vacant lots or used for parking established in 1934, a living and the occasional flea market. symbol of "Build it and they This summer, the drive-in will come." theater, a uniquely American They still come, young lov­ institution, turns 60 in a world ers, old lovers, people who pre­ that has largely passed it by. fer watching romance and In 1958, the nation had 4,063 adventure from the front seat drive-ins operating, according or the back seat, but together, to the National Association of arms around each other, feeling Theater Owners in Hollywood, the sudden tension of a scene, Calif. Today, only 870 screens dreaming of what life was remain. Even the industry meant to be, or could be, or if group, the American Drive-In one dreamt hard enough Operators' Association, is would be. N. S. Kenreigh stands on the front porch of the home which lay on Sections 17 and 18 in Green defunct. But changing social mores Most moviegoers have Township. The home was a link on the Underground Railroad during the Civil War when the have hit the drive-in movie owner was Quaker Daniel Bonsall exchanged alfresco viewing for industry hard; new technology air-conditioned comfort and has given it a body blow, and Dolby SurroundSound. Across the development of shopping the country, names like the complexes threatens to elimi­ Starlite, the Boulevard and the nate· the drive-ins as time has Super Skyway are gone. done to the mom-and-pop store "They're not building them and the five-and-dime. any more, that's for sure," say~ The scene: A balmy summer Richard Wolfe, eastern regional night in a pastoral field north director for the Theater Histori- of Allentown, Pa. Cars form rows at dusk. Before them a cal Society of America. movie screen. Here would-be Other drive-ins have been James Deans watched James razed in favor of more lucrative Dean, would-be Cary Grants endeavors as suburbs creep watched Cary Grant and outward and the cost of land would-be Judy Garlands skyrockets. watched Dorothy and dreamed ''Drive-ins used to be in the of somewhere over the middle of nowhere on huge parcels of land," says Jim rainbow~ "This is a labor of love, Kozak, a spokesman for the theater owners' group. "Then believe me. You don't get rich the suburbs came to them, and any more," says Susan Geissin­ the land under them became ger, 39, who with husband more valuable than anything Paul, 40, bought the drive-in happening on it." with its steel, motorcycle-sized But a few endure, and people projector showing "Hocus still come. Not in hot rods and Pocus.'' This scene shows the Kenreigh farm with the huge barn in the foreground. The barn burned clunky station wagons, but in It is the early end of a double down on March 25, 1892. family vans, subcompacts and feature on a recent evening. sleek sports cars. Fireflies and popcorn aroma "It sounds cliche, but it's hang in the air, and speakers true: This is America. When Kenreigh farm dates to 1800s with too ~uch treble ring out. you come here, you feel like Everyone, it appears, is having you're in the 1950s," says Nata­ L KENREIGH JR. OF Bonsall were prominent Hick- . a good time. lie LaDue, 27, sitting in the A Salem grew up on what site Friends and strong Mrs. Geissinger scans the back of a pickup truck at is sometimes referred to as the abolitionists. 300-car field and realizes she Shankweiler's. Bonsall farm which lies along Noah and Martha Ebersole knows few names but most of She and her husband, Bob, Route 62, about one mile from Kenreigh bought the property the faces. · dated at Shankweilers and Route 165 - the farm had in 1880 and their two sons, Al "It's like a big family," she watched "Footloose" there in quite a history before N. S. Sr. and Elmer were raised says. "We have families that the early 1980s. Kenreigh bought it in 1880. there. Al Sr. continued to live come out here year after year. I -Today, they bring their The original owner of the on the farm where Al Jr. was remember when they were 5-year-old son Nicholas and a land, on Sections 17 and 18 in born. little. Now they come oufhere cooler of sodas supplemented Green Township, was a Quak­ Tragedy struck on March 25, with kids of their own." with a giant bucket of popcorn er, Daniel Bonsall who was a 1892 when the barn burned to For many youths in the car­ from the old-style snack bar. member of the Underground the ground. The house is still crazed 1950s, drive-ins formed The first drive-in theater Railroad during the civil War. standing today. the hub of weekend existence, debuted in Camden, N.J., on Daniel's son, Charles, had the For years Albert Sr. operated from the postwar land sprawls June 6, 1933. Its inventor, distinction of being Salem's last a farm implement business on of New Jersey to the heartlands Richard M. Hollingshead Jr. of Civil War veteran when he the farm, selling threshers and of Kansas to the booming West Villanova, once said he built it passed away at 97, on Feb. 25, balers made by Aultman­ Coast. to offer a diversion to drivers 1937. Both Daniel and Martha Taylor Co. of Canton. Charles Bonsall "Drive-ins coalesced our filling gas tanks. 'Y"est:eT1.f ears 'Tuestfay 'Decemuer 28 1993 ~~ J{;~ . Bowman &~~ ·-.,,~ Continued from Page 1 ~;J;{:·J" ··;~~? end of the car to swerve into a Manor. stone wall alongside the high­ way. Brooks suffered a rup­ Brooks was the son of Mr. tured heart and died while and Mrs. George H. Bowman being taken to a hospital by a Sr., who resided at 430 High­ passing motorist. land Ave. in Salem. He was the The two couples had just brother of George H. Bowman attened the Army-Yale football Jr. and Mary Bowman. The fun­ game at New Haven, Conn., eral service was a private one. and were enroute to the home He is buried in the Brooks­ of a friend in the Ca tskiil Pope Mausoleum at Grandview Mountains, near Livingston Cemetery.

De~r Mr. Bowman: h.s one of those who considers this ye&r. 1 s

_performc;nce the best in ten ye<:.rs a'1d also as one of

those v.ho consicer your ;;.chievement ·,~oth as actor and

composer the brightest spot in it I take the liberty of

address~n~ this Euggestlon to you. For a long time there

ha::: been the lo.ck of any new Princet,)n sont;s, either

sui tc.ble to stadium or to senior sin,;ing. Several peop.Le

h&ve s;Jol

used to write the lyr le:::· and c grec ter ,1&1't of the shows

b&ck in '15, '16, '17 bnd w;;.s <:. for~cr officer of the

club. ivly suggestion ic; t.iis: th;;.;; youI' song

"East of the Sun" with .'-' fev: cl1<..nzes in tl1e lyric could.

be mcde ~ fine piece for senior sinzl~g. The get1e~al

Eouth of L.:10 s8uth_, n0rth of the north ~------..-·----- Li l'S Prir.cc;ton,

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The Bowman children gathered around their Mother Augusta Brooks Bowman for this picture to Princot0n men lies ~utside of time ~nd space. Itts taken in Cleveland about 1917. Daughter Mary Augusta Bowman was born Aug. 25, 1910; en over-~entimontc:~l cocccptiJD· but ~;ceh~iJD misht :rica.n George Henry Bowman Jr. (standing) was born July 27, 1908 and Brooks Bowman, Oct. 21, 1913. The mother was an accomplished pianist and helped Brooks write out his music. George Bowman Jr. is a prominent Salem attorny. His late sister Mary owned the Fiesta Shop in Salem. try it out wl t,'.: the Glee Club O.U'-'rtet. Again coz1grLtul&tioDs t~ ~ll of you for

Dale Shaffer publishes book the old girl yet, ;;.::; l h&d begun to doubt. NEW HISTORY BOOK the lives and achievements of Brainard, Greiner, Juergens, A about the Salem area has many Salemites. Supporting the Mellish, Gibson, Allen, Davis, been published by local author many articles are over 200 his­ Burchfield, Firestone, Fisher, Dale E. Shaffer. Titled "Salem torical photographs and draw­ McCandless and others. The Stories - A Backward Glance," ings scattered throughout the story of Thomas Way, a Sale­ it's his ninth book on the book. A detailed index at the mite, takes the reader through subject. back makes the text useful for Civil War death camps of the Dale has been researching reference purposes. Confederates (including Ander­ and writing Salem history for The historical information sonville Prison) and tells how F. Scott Fitzgerald, the famous American literary figure and over a decade. His 1991 book and photographs preserved in he managed to survive them. Princeton graduate, wrote Brooks Bowma~ ~n Jan. 1?, 1935 "Salem, Remembered ... A Pic­ this book cannot be found in A _number of major tragedies urging him to convert "East of the Moon into a Princeton ture Scrapbook" and 1992 book any other reference source. of. the past are recorded, such song. The Fitzgerald and Porter letters were donated to the "More of the Salem Story... with Were it not for this book, much as when downtown Salem Princeton University Library. Photographs" received awards detailed data about Salem burned in 1924; when a watch­ of Achievement from the Ohio would be lost. It is "must" man gave h~s life to save his records these human tragedies of town friends - and pro­ Historical Society. Many of his reading for historically-minded plant; when murder-suicides as events affecting not only the vides hours of fascinating read­ articles appear in our Yestery­ residents interested in Salem's shocked Salem residents in families involved but also the ing. Priced at $18, it's available ears historical paper. past and its development. Sto­ 1909 and 1913; when a train community as a whole. at Cheshire Booksellers, The stories recorded in the ries about people include many accident killed four in 1937; This book is recommended Fenske's News Agency, Portage new 294-page book are about important names - Tomlinson, when people \were being killed reading for all area residents supply Co. or by calling the people, buildings, businesses, Deming, Silver, Pidgeon, Bow­ by streetcars;' and when Leeto­ interested in Salem and its her­ author at 216-337-3348. Copies events and scenes of Salem. man, Hunt, Mullins, Griselle, nia' s ·Presbyterian Church was itage - it's a great Christmas can be sent by mail for an Information is presented about Woodruff, Bonsall, Sturgeon, bombed in. 1909. Shaffer gift for anyone! especially out added $2 postage charge.