The rest of the site is dedicated to condominium development. There was a beautiful picnic area and was home to to the Mountain Park Playhouse for avid theater goers. The remains of the "Turnpike Cars" roadway ride are hidden in overgrowth beside the parking lot, although are very much visible via Google Maps. I believe Lake Compounce still there. Have you seen the website http://www.paragonparkmemories.com/Index.html ? Which now-closed New England amusement parks do you miss the most? The rest of the site is dedicated to condominium development. Even met my husband. It still is the best! Early 50s. If my memory serves me, there was a airplane ride that soared over the lake ! Lots and lots of great memories. I really did enjoy Paragon Park. Sundays: 11am-9pm (9:30pm for Creamery) There was also a ski lift-type ride called the Sky Lark, an automobile-themed ride known as "Turnpike Cars" (replaced by a different ride in the 1970s called the "Indy 500"), and a water ride called "Bermuda Triangle" (formerly the "Congo Cruise," the "Jungle Ride," the "Red Mill", and the "Mill Rapids"). The coaster itself was shortened in order to be ready by the Fourth of July holiday, with its final circular turns left off the drawing board in the interest of time. I Never see ANY photos of it either. It is a warm summer day and Paragon Park is busy with visitors. Thank you for the flashbacks! After spending months being battered in the public realm, Kahn and Quinn abruptly changed course. We would drive to Hull from our house in Boston. I wonder if anyone remembers the Pine Island Park in NH. village from 54-56. I remember Savin Rock very well. Traveled from CT many times in my childhood. Many made the pilgrimage to photograph the park for the last time, and members of the American Coaster Enthusiasts visited to see the Giant, at one time the worlds tallest coaster, before it met its fate. Does anyone remember Funland Park worked there too. The park featured wild-animal shows, shooting galleries, performances by natives of far-away lands, a foolish house, the dragons den, the haunted swing, the laughing show, an arcade and man smaller buildings, according to the opening-day press. Damage estimates topped $300,000. Then in myn40s met a man. Owner / Operator It was closed in the 80s and there are condos located on the site. Ive been on the one at Canobie and maybe one other but that was enough for me! I also remember the racing cars on whalom lake, my Aunt Beverly used to race and was the only woman at the time racing (1960s) So fun so many awesome memories! Its assets were sold off in 1979, with the land being cleared for a housing development. A friend, 20-year-old William Haithcoat, and a 20-year-old park employee named Darrel Robertson, attempted to rescue him. Just as I started a family of my own in 1983 I was heart broken when the park closed. But most significantly, Dodge looked to make an impact with the new and improved park. What a great story. Whalom Park was a wonderful place for so many in the 60s. Im now in what you would call the elderly stage of my life (Im almost 77). Pleasure Island in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Mountain Park in Holyoke MA. All I was left with besides a footprint on my backside for not taking more, better photos, when I did have the time, were my memories of having an all day pass discounted by collecting match book covers stapled to my shirt hem and spending the day riding the kiddie cars, the Congo Cruise, the merry go round and more, playing skee ball in the arcade and eating ice cream on a hot summer day. What a wonderful and very interesting article about the history of amusement parks in New England. Mountain Park in Holyoke was my favorite, my cousins and I would go there when they visited from Acton. The 25.9-acre amusement park the nations largest at the time included roller coasters and other rides, games, vaudeville and movie theaters, a funhouse, and a health center where premature infants in incubators were put on display. But, it was a nice park located conveniently on Route 6 between Fall River and New Bedford. Fond memories of Nantasket. Climb on board the classic, wooden \"Giant Coaster\" at Paragon Park at Nantasket Beach on Boston's South Shore. Approximately 30,000 theme-park-related injuries occur each year, though not many of those can be classified as "serious injuries," and even fewer end in death. Maybe 1977? These old beach attractions are truly an endangered species. Through the decades, the venues Palladium Ballroom hosted a lineup of performers that ranged from Janis Joplin to the Ramones and Pearl Jam. Take a ride down Memory Lane! My parents brought me and I brought my kids. I still have a pin and coin purse inwon at games there when I was so very young. Who makes these lists? My favorite memories were watching all the people and traffic on Nantasket Boulevard on Friday and Saturday nights, it was better than watching the movie American Graffiti. During really hot days, the guys running the giant roller coaster let me ride for free during my breaks just to cool off. But if you are feeling nostalgic, all is not lost: Scenes from Whalom Park were preserved for posterity in the 1982 music video for Touch and Go by the Cars. There were daily parades and a scenic railroad, too. Thanks so much for sharing your memories here! In talking to Alexander Graham Bell, 13 miles away in Providence, Hayes opened with the not-so-memorable quote, Please speak a little more slowly.). https://vimeo.com/382437881, Paragon PkSo MUCH fun My Family would go into Boston and take the boat I cant remember what pier but it took about 1/2hr 2 get 2 Nantasket BeachIt was a LIFE time ago the Memorys last FOREVER. Savin Rock Amusement Park in West Haven, CT, How about the old boardwalk at Revere Beach, Pleasure Island in Wakefield,Ma The Kiddie Ranch Rte 1 Saugus, Ma. "You can hear cars squeaking and the people screaming," Haraden said in an interview with The Patriot Ledger. I would show up at the ride with a girl and they would give me a boat all to ourselves. Lost in that fire was much of the holiday inventory of Toy-A-Rama, a seasonal store in Paragons former roller skating rink that competed against the Arcade Bazaar. We would make sure to hit every ride and try our luck at the various games of chance as well. Sad that its gone now!! He didn't survive the incident. Whalom Park was my go to place, the rides, the roller skating rink and the summer stock Playhouse. The Likelihood of Dying on a Roller Coaster. My favorite ride was the wooden roller coaster and enjoyed being an usher at the playhouse. Is there a wave on Nantasket Beach? Who lived where the park was. Wonderful memories! Wildcat, Bell's Amusement Park, 1997. At its opening, Trailblazer was the first major coaster to be added to Hersheypark in 18 years. I loved White City! My Aunt bought a house near back entrance. For the younger crowd, there was the Normandy Room. Ive ridden the roller coaster that was moved from Paragon to Six Flags America, in both of its locations; Six Flags restored a (horizontal) loop at the end that burned and was removed at Paragon. Glad when it finally close and that gorilla was sent to a sanctuary down south and CNN showed the gorilla touching grass for the first time in over 25 years. When older went with my friends. Savin Rock was an outstanding amusement park, with roller coasters over the water, the Virginia Reel, a fabulous carousel with brass rings to catch, fun houses and top name hamburger/hotdog drive ins to feed the appetite you worked up walking the miles of rides, races and arcades. Newton High Schools Senior Proms were held in the Totem Pole Ballroom ~ what a special memory!! It was a fun, reasonably priced park and like other parks in New England was probably not profitable enough to keep running. I recall a Western theme park in Northeast CT, named Cowboy Village. Makes me a bit homesick for Mass, summer, the beach and childhood. The question would never be fully answered, however, as the 1982 election of gambling opponent Michael Dukakis as Massachusetts governor sealed the fate of any casino dreams. You forgot Pleasure Island. I loved the carousel. And you can still ride the Wild One wooden roller coaster at Six Flags America in Maryland. The roller coaster, known as the Green Streak, replaced an earlier, figure-8 model that had been located at the rear of the complex next to the Palm Garden. For one that could never do twirly rides I loved the roller coaster the best. Photo, Print, Drawing Roller coaster, [Paragon Park], Nantasket Beach, Mass. John- what great evocative memories you have of Hull! Statistics are an important factor to take into consideration when you begin riding an ample amount of roller coasters. A postcard view of Rocky Point Amusement Park in Warwick, Rhode Island, c. 1930-1945. We used to park before we got to the park, because there were so many pretty girls we couldnt keep our eyes on the road. Paragon Park opened in 1905 and lasted for just under 80 years, closing in 1984. You say Wonderland may have helped inspire Disneyland, but Disney employees were actually involved with Pleasure Island in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Also remembr White City Park near Worcester fondly. Fortunately, there were no deaths involved in Valravn's 2019 crash at Cedar Point. We did just one stop at Bensons when I was a child and didnt like it. I was so sad when Lincoln park closed. Fire struck again in the fall, destroying the Chateau ballroom at the rear of the park. Cant recall what actually propelled them. War rationing and blackout drills during the 1940s put more strain on the parks operations. Now that Im a vegan and animal rights activist, Id hate it. Michael Jaramillo, 11, died Sunday after he and three others were injured on the Raging River water ride at . The storefront includes the workshop of James Hardison, the artist who is painstakingly restoring each of the 66 wooden horses, where visitors can watch the continuing efforts to preserve the remnants of Paragon Park at Nantasket Beach. memories of Nantasket! Anybody know anything?!!! I took my children there all the time ides were reasonable for a family. Rocky Point was my 8th grade class trip! In 1987, Bensons Wild Animal Farm was renamed New Englands Playworld Amusement Park and Zoo, but the rebranding didnt help: It closed for good that same year. My grandparents took me. Waves are just as likely to come from local windswells as distant groundswells, and the best swell direction comes from the northeast. I remember a vacation my family took in Misquamucut RI , in maybe 1957 . My Park in Holyoke, MA. All rights reserved. Beginning with the 1920 season, Stone and Golden took over management of the entire Paragon operation, leasing all of the rides and concessions controlled by Dodge. good memories. Oh my those clam cakes. I hope that whatever parks are now available to families offer todays kids memories that they will carry with them into their 70s too. My Late Dad used to work at A&P ( another memory ) They used to have an annual picnic at the park. Yes. My favorite ride was the merry go round and, when I got older the race track where you could drive cars around a track. But my most vivid, and fond memory was Misquamucut, and this mystery park! The worst came in 1930, when a car on Omaha, Nebraska's Big Dipper roller coaster fell 35 feet to the ground, killing four and injuring 17. I remember the blue slide my grandfather had the restaurant under the clock I worked there for many years with my whole family,Gee what a great time to live. Storyland was good as well. Younger brother Larry, 30, and mother Rose, 73, were left carry on the management of the family business. Not sure if youre on Facebook, but you might enjoy the Paragon Park Memories page there: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paragon-Park-Memories/103289636409972 and who knows, it may spark some additional good ones! My question exactly! I was a lonely kid wandering the park every night, until I Within two years, however, the friend needed financial help, and turned to Dodge, who invested in the venture and then launched grander vision of a larger, self-contained amusement park on the vacant land surrounding the Nantasket Steeplechase and the adjacent Old Mill attraction. The park's Ferris wheel was moved to the New Bedford waterfront and the Comet roller coaster was torn down on July 11, 2012. Take a ride down Memory. Superman: Tower of Power in Louisville, Kentucky Kahn already knew that the towns zoning rules for the park property lacked a key ingredient: a height limit. Also, we often went to Jolly Chollys in North Attleboro as well. Aw, I remember going to Bensons Wild Animal Farm! I spend my life in that park. Chuck Lawrence. Paragon Park was an amusement park located in Hull, Massachusetts, USA. Shore dinners especially the clamcakes. Within five years, the rail line was abandoned forever. The Great Blizzard of 1978 put the park under six feet of water as the Atlantic Ocean and Hull Bay converged on the Hull peninsula and left a wake of destruction. Could hear the train whistle every Saturday from my yard. Great park. Rosanna Arias/FEMA Tmmertransport med hest langs elva Lera ved Dalseng, som renner ut i Brumunda i Veldre, Ringsaker. Pacific Coast Highway. I am looking for a picture of the flying scooters on the roof accross from the admin bldg. The $6 million roller coaster replaced the Inverter, a ride that was discontinued in 2017 off the main boulevard. Us and some of our neighbors would take advantage of $5 after 5 nights to take the kids to Whalom Park a few times a summer. At 98 feet high with an 88-foot drop, the park's giant wooden roller coaster used to be the world's tallest before the park closed in 1984. This land, combined with the Rockland House hotel atop the hill in the rear, would become the basis for Paragon Park. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Disneyland, 2003. one year it was HOT and we were gorging on clam cakes at the end of the day but decided one more ride cant hurt.. the one that starts leve and ends up having the rider flying upside down. East Bridgewater High School. I still think of it and its thrills in y late 70s. Larry and Phyllis Stone found little common ground in their day-to-day management. During the next several months, the town of Hull was in turmoil. Remember Revere Beach and Canobie Lake when I was a kid growing up in Somerville, Ma. Title . But it didnt take him long to see opportunity in the endless parade of locals coming by to catch a peek at his lions, elephants, monkeys, and other exotic animals. This is one of the smaller "camel humps" of the Giant Coaster being disassembled so that it could be reborn as The Wild One in Maryland. That magic of entering the Nantasket Beach area is gone, but at least the magic of The Giant Coaster excuse me, The Wild One lives on. We moved to Gulf Breeze, FL and several years later they started . A great park for a day trip with the family. Not much mention of Revere Beach, it may very well b the 1st given that Revere beach is the 1st public beach in America, it had everything u could or would want in an Amusement park NOW its just a bunch of CONDOS. Great memories growing up there with the park, the bowling alley and the roller skating rink! The first, termed a roaring inferno by the Hull fire chief, ripped through the Arcade Bazaar and Funland, a toy store and group of attractions just up Nantasket Avenue from Paragon. Wonderland itself was inspired by the massive Worlds Fair exhibits that had been an international sensation since the mid-19th century. Im a big baby when it comes to riding roller coasters but I do love the look of an old fashioned white wood one curling around a park. At the time, the park was called Wild World; hence its new name. I spent most of my working time working this ride; and I meet Judy Garland and Liza when she was a teenager as they went on this ride. I graduated from Hull High School and lived at the very end of Sunset Point. My best memories of my being a teenager is my time being at Paragon Park. They flew around the 2,456-foot circuit and the coaster utilized two lift hills, each almost 100-feet high. If we had saved enough pennies, we would enjoy the shore dinner before we headed home. Back before we moved to Connecticut in the. It opened in 1917, closed in 1984. "It was the noise. It was 1971. Kings Castle, Whitman, great amusements for kids to age 10 maybe 12. Like Lincoln Park, the land on which Paragon Park was situated is now the site of condominiums. That was wicked cool when you were a kid. It is the oldest coaster in any Six Flags park. Photo: Rich Koppelman. Happy Anniversary to you both. There are over 297 million people in the United States alone that have had the opportunity to ride 1.7 billion different amusement park rides, most of which being roller coasters. In late 1915, he had leased parts of the park to fruit peddler David Stone and fellow hotelier Albert A. I circled the site, which seemed so big when I was a kid, and realized how small it was, surrounded by chain link fencing now. Wild Mouse was a B. The park opened to rave reviews. There were daily parades and a scenic railroad, too. Me toonear 77, remember Bensons fondly==I was born and raised in Webster Mass.-I still have a scarf, pik with horse on it that says Bensons Wild animal park on it. Roller Coaster Death: Five amusement park deaths that will shock roller coaster fans 1. With the dragon that breathed real fire that you could see from the main Route. Launched as a trolley park (parks at the terminus of trolley lines were all the rage at the time), the property soon evolved from a series of serene walking paths to a bustling destination filled with midway games and rides like Ferris wheels and carousels. I just found out that the Giant Coaster was relocated to Six Flags in Maryland and is now the Wild One. It had a scary ( to me at the time! ) A. Schiff & Associates steel wild mouse roller coaster located at Paragon Park in Hull, Massachusetts, USA. I would add Norumbega Park in auburndale Mass, and pleasure Island. I grew up in Hull and I was in fifth grade when closed the park. Although he and Eastern Park sold off the Rockland House as part of their 1907 separation, Dodge later bought the Pemberton Hotel and Pemberton Inn, adjacent hotels at the farthest end of the Hull peninsula. Does ANYONE remember the giant blue slide that was down next to the clock where they moved the Carousel too? Condominiums already were under way on Atlantic Hill and Telegraph Hill, as well as at Spinnaker Island, but in the months following the Paragon announcement, new plans were floated Nantascot Place, River Crossing, and the former Showboat Mayflower property on George Washington Boulevard, Ocean Place, SeaWatch, and Murray Plaza along the beach, the Hall Estate, Damon Place, and the former Worrick Mansion (which would burn to the ground in 1986) on Atlantic Hill, Milford Street, Marina Beach, and One A Street at Waveland, Mariners Landing, Sunset Arms, and the Boathouse at Allerton. My parents met at the roller rink at Canobie when young. "They preserved the spirit of the ride," amusement park aficionado B. Derek Shaw told USA Today. As a South Shore kid I really miss Paragon Park in Hull MA (Nantasket Beach). Somehow, a roller coaster in Japan known for accelerating more quickly than any other in the world and operating at what's dubbed "super death" speed has started to cause injuries. Although the park suffered $5 million in damages, the park owner has no doubt of its return. Follow The History of Paragon Park on WordPress.com, Paragons Administration Building an original from 1905. Took my kids to Kings Castle Land, Whitman, Ma, I miss Riverside Park, Agawam, Ma-not the same since Six Flags took it over. In 1917, another man fell and got creamed into paste after reaching out of the Derby Racer to retrieve his fallen hat. Billed as a miniature worlds fair, the 10-acre park built by the Eastern Park Construction Company was, in fact, fashioned in the image of an actual fair the Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893. One witness who was in line at the time of the crash reported, "I felt a huge vibration and crash, people were screaming, and people running out of line.". Due to a private event, the Paragon Carousel will be open from 12pm - 4pm on Saturday October 22. My girlfriends father operated the roller coaster. I remember thinking that day that I would come back and photograph the place right, and get some good shots as there were rumors that the park would close after the next season. The deejays used a trailer, called the Sundeck Studio, which was outfitted with broadcasting equipment. ive been in that too by the vfw building on the hill, was so glad to see this site !!!!!!!!!!! Now its a shopping center. My sons favorite memory is throwing up on the flying swings. Im so glad I caught the Art Deco lines and colors, as well as a bit of the ski lift ride as well! This magazine should also research Savin Rock which was in West Haven, CT good history. This post was first published in 2020 and has been updated. I miss them both! Vendors along the boardwalk sold fried clams, salt water taffy made in a pulling machine visible to patrons, hot dogs and other food. Of cause my mother loved to play Bingo . We were just in Hull last week and reliving fond memories of Paragon- totally remember the Himalaya! It is now adjacent to the old train station and clock tower. Paragon Park opened to the public on Saturday, June 10, 1905, transforming Nantasket Beach for the better part of the 20th century. )And I grew up in Holden, so, yes Whalom Park. Many years back the classic shore dinners in a pavilion over the water made it famous. He remembers seeing wooden picnic tables so heavy that it usually took four men to move them having been heaved over an eight-foot fence and carried by the raging tides to the other end of the park. I took my children there every Wednesday . What a great time to be a kid. Schuck said the normal force of the ride caused the tear in . Dad saw Mom and went over and told her he was going to marry her. It closed in 1984. The Giant Coaster, which was built in 1917 and was removed from the park in 1985, is now known as The Wild One at Six Flags America. Loved the Merry Go Round. i miss those days i was took by the state for i was a foster child and never got to say goodbye to my friends schoolmates in hull high or even katie averill my girlfriend at the time, a sad moment for me but as a kid a great way to spend a childhood, delivering the newspapers and even raised the flag at the monument by cumberland farms every morn for the veterans , i was a boy scout in troop 21. oh so many fond memories . Unfortunately Im to old these days. The Batman roller. My favorite was Riverside Park in Agawam MA. Movie Stars came from California The Three Stooges often preformed on stage I believe it closed in the late 60s. \r\rThe coaster was built in 1917 and operated till the amusement park closed for good at the end of 1984. Then there was the Normandy Room (dancing for the younger crowd) but the definite highlight was the Totem Pole Ballroom if your date invited you to go there, you were on top of the world!! They closed long time ago. External links Paragon Park on the Roller Coaster DataBase. "It has stood the test of time." I think he is still alive but at a Zoo in another state. Kelley McLaughlin, 13, and Ann Nigro, 14, of Hull, rode past the Giant Coaster at Paragon Park in Hull on their way home from school on March 24, 1984. About This Item; Obtaining Copies; Access to Original; . The person, who has not been identified, was flung about 10 feet out . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. We were bused to school at Hingham. The ride's top speed is 50 mph, according to the park's Web site. Pleasure Island, Wakefield, Mass. If youre on Facebook theres a Paragon Park Memories page you might enjoy too: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paragon-Park-Memories/103289636409972. I loved Norumbega Park and all the rides. I felt so sorry for that creature. Shame on you, lol As for Bensons, they had an enormous elephant you could ride on! EDMONTON - It's been 30 years since Rod Chayko was flung from a flying roller-coaster at West Edmonton Mall, and it bothers him still that there is no memorial at the site to honour the three. A rider suffered head, wrist and ankle injuries on Monday after being ejected from a roller coaster in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Youd once drive into Hull on George Washington Boulevard and watch the horizon for the rising coaster in the distance; now, its a monstrous condo building. It was designed and constructed by the Philadelphia Toboggan Co., which later built the park's carousel that remains in Hull. Not only was the band funny, but exceptional musicians . Growing up, Paragon Park, a small amusement park in Hull MA just across from Nantasket Beach was my idea of the ultimate place to go, and wed hopefully go there once a summer if we were lucky. Davids son, Joseph, entered into negotiations with the Old Colony Railroad to purchase the land under Paragon. Thank you so much for posting these pictures, I have been looking for photos of the last year of Paragon for years now and I am so happy to finally have found them!!! Savannas, thickets, and forest were the three, Covalent Bonds vs. Ionic Bonds Covalent Bonds vs. Ionic Bonds Ionic Bonds Liquid or gaseous Solid Polarity: Low High So, are all ionic compounds solid, Fiber content in the cereals listed below is low: 1 gram per cup of Cream of Wheat and Malt-O-Meal. The financial difficulties of the Depression weighed heavily on Paragons operations. New owners took over after Bensons death in 1943, and although the park still drew crowds, it had up-and-down years for the next few decades. At the center of the park was a lagoon that served as the splashdown point for the popular Shoot the Chute gondola ride. After the first fire, it was partially redesigned by Herbert Paul Schmeck who worked on its original construction. In addition to the amusement parks there were shows (I remember seeing Loretta Lynn and others) and they also had auto races on Saturday nights. With the Stones out of town on vacation, disaster duty fell to Klayman. sadly lasted only about 10 years. The Chicago event introduced the concept of the midway of attractions now common at amusement parks and carnivals (known then as the Midway Plaisance), and inspired the construction of hundreds of enclosed parks across the country, many of which took their names from the White City nickname of the whitewashed buildings that surrounded the Columbian Expositions central lagoon. They also hosted many concerts and special shows! The Giant Coaster, which was built in 1917 and was removed from the park in 1985, is now known as The Wild One at Six Flags America. Retro Roadmap creator, vintage road trip lover, photo taker, musician's wife and hostess with the mostess! A trip to Rocky Point was the highlight of our summers in the 1950s. So glad you shared yours here too . It was a historic park. The amount of time the blackberry has been allowed to ripen has an impact on how bitter, Because of its shape, farfalle means butterflies and is commonly referred to as bow tie pasta. Ditto. Paragon fans were getting used to the idea that there would be no final season. And as young teens roller skating. The last roller coaster-related death in the country was reported in 2007, when an axle on a car broke during a ride in Expoland in Osaka and sent the roller coaster crashing into a guardrail. we went on the Congo Cruise, which I think briefly had a Theres a Facebook page called Paragon Park Memories- maybe if you post it there someone else may remember it as well good luck! As I have spent all my 51 summers at Pemberton point at my grandparents cottage, I will never forget spending my summers enjoying the park especially my favorite the roller coaster. In late 1984, they accepted Kahns offer. The Giant Coaster opened at Paragon Park in 1917; at 98 feet tall, it was the tallest roller coaster in the world at the time. I got to Paragon Park just once, the year before it closed; I was amused that the condo development the park was torn down for was one of the first to go bust when the economic bubble burst. Can not believe Canobie is closed. This was perfect! My wife and I had our first date there. Riverside was also my favorite. At about this time, a movement within the town of Hull to legalize casino gambling complicated Paragons status within the town vision for the future. rollercoaster type ride , called the wild Mouse Does anyone know of this? Rowes Wharf had the boat to Nantasket Beach. Many of these are gone without a trace, but I still see a bridge identified as Mountain Park Road whenever I drive past Holyoke on I-91. Does anyone remember the amusement park in Medway, MA that was destroyed in a fire back in the 70s? If youre on Facebook you might enjoy this page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paragon-Park-Memories/103289636409972?sk=wall, Or its sister website: http://www.paragonparkmemories.com/. Thoroughly rebuilt after the hurricanes of 1938 and 1954, what was by then called Rocky Point Amusement Park reached its zenith in the late 1950s and 1960s. NORUMBEGA AND TOTEM POLE BALLROOM, AUBURNDALE, MA. 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