People, Aug. 9, 1937

"Names make news." Last week these names made this news:

In Pelham. N. Y.. the street car which was the original of Cartoonist Fontaine Fox's famed Toonerville Trolley made its last trip. For the lugubrious occasion Pelham became Toonerville. Pelham residents whom Cartoonist Fox caricatures in Toonerville Folks acted their parts—Conductor Dave Campion (The Skipper). stopped the car to get a shave, load a passenger on the roof; Commuter Robert A. Cremins (The Terrible Tempered Mr. Bang), flew into a pet; Fireman Jack Ehrman (The Powerful Katrinka), pushed a battered auto off the tracks...

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