They Both Graduated From Lower Merion High School Hap Arnold Didn’t Want Black Pilots – Charles ‘Chief’ Anderson Trained Them. The Athletic Fields at Lower Merion High School are named after General Henry Harley (“Hap”) Arnold (Class of 1903), who among his many accomplishments, wrote in an official memo (May 31, 1940), Negro Pilots cannot be used in our … [Read more...] about Hap Arnold Didn’t Want Black Pilots – Charles ‘Chief’ Anderson Trained Them
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Quiz Time – What Was Al Haig’s Only Extracurricular Activity At Lower Merion High School?
https://youtu.be/zUKW0fL-OqY In case you forgot or never knew, Bala Cynwyd native and Lower Merion Class of 1942 graduate, Alexander (Al) Haig, went from being kind of famous to (for at least 15 minutes) very famous on March 30, 1981. That was the day John Hinckley Jr. shot and seriously wounded President Ronald Reagan. On that day, while Reagan lay near death at George … [Read more...] about Quiz Time – What Was Al Haig’s Only Extracurricular Activity At Lower Merion High School?
When Zsa Zsa Gabor Got Herself Fired At City Line Dinner Theater
From the late 1970s through the mid 1980s, the City Line Dinner Theater was a place where you could pig-out at the buffet, and then see a washed-up star going through the motions, in what was once a broadway hit (maybe a decade or two ago) - all for under $20. In his June 2, 1983 review of the Dinner Theater's production of "Forty Carats," Stewart Ettinger wrote of the … [Read more...] about When Zsa Zsa Gabor Got Herself Fired At City Line Dinner Theater
On This Day 25 Years Ago, Craig Rabinowitz Strangled His Wife
Shortly after midnight, on April 30, 1997, Lower Merion Police Officer James Driscoll, responded to a 911 call from Craig Rabinowitz, at 526 Winding Way, in Merion Park. When Driscoll arrived there at 12:29 A.M., he saw in the bathtub, the naked body of Stefanie Rabinowitz, Craig Rabinowitz’s wife. Actually, Stefanie Rabinowitz was mostly naked, but not completely … [Read more...] about On This Day 25 Years Ago, Craig Rabinowitz Strangled His Wife
65 Years Ago They were BMOCs At Villanova – What Became Of Them?
Villanova Library has an amusing "mini-exhibit" about student elections from "olden days." Included among the "artifacts" is the May 10, 1957 front page (above) of The Villanovan, which covers the student election. So what became of the three guys who won? Sophomore Class President, Steve Mahle Attended Villanova on a Naval ROTC scholarship. After graduating in 1961, … [Read more...] about 65 Years Ago They were BMOCs At Villanova – What Became Of Them?