The answers are listed below the series of questions!
- What famous NFL coach lived in Fair Haven? His children went to the local schools.
- What was the original name of Viola L. Sickles School?
- Which Fair Haven business contributed to the World War II effort?
- What was the original name of Fair Haven Road, and why was it called that?
- Where did the Fair Haven police station and library originally stand, before they burned in 1958?
- Two tragic events happened in Fair Haven Dec. 15, 33 years apart. What were they?
- What was the name of the beloved bridge high schoolers painted at night?
- At one time, six gas stations operated at the same time in Fair Haven. Can you name them?
- Name the popular indoor sport people played from the 1940-60s in a present-day restaurant.
- In the early 1900s the Fair Haven Fire Company went to numerous parades and won many awards in Coney Island. How did they transport their equipment and members?
*Answers*
- Vince Lombardi
- Willow Street School
- Fair Haven Yacht Works. It built landing craft.
- Pearl Street because of all the crushed oyster shells in the pavement.
- Where the Borough Hall parking lots are located.
- It was the date the Mennan Esate on Battin Road burned in 1932, and Fair Haven Yacht Works was also devastated by fire in 1965.
- McCarter’s Bridge on Ridge Road. It was torn down in 1989 after a bus hit it.
- Esso, Gulf, City, Service, Texaco and American gas stations.
- Bowling. The Willowbrook had six lanes. Today is it the site of Raven & the Peach.
- They took the Seabird, a steamboat like the famous Albertina.
