Ex Bootblack Succeeds as Broadway Clothier to Stars
Hal Boyle profiles Cye Dye Martin, ex shoeshine boy from the Bronx who built a thriving clothing business on Broadway. He counts Eddie Cantor and Jackie Gleason among early clients and outfits top stars including Sinatra, Berle, Lewis, Davis, and Bennett. His store near Lindy’s leverages theatrical lighting and tailored ensembles, with celebrities buying up to 20 suits yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Hamlet
Dye Martin
Royal Majesties
Keokuk
Cye
Bronx
51St and Broadway
Eddie Cantor
Lee Shubert
George Jessel
Bert Lahr
Dye
Times Square
Milton Berle
Red Buttons
Jackie Gleason
Lindy’s
Berle
Jerry Lewis
Dean Martin
Tony Bennett
Jack Leonard
Sammy Davis Jr
Frank Sinatra
Eddie Fisher
Mark Hellinger
Sinatra
Cat
Billy Daniels
Myron Cohel
Gleason
Leonard
Edgerton Shere Family Returns From Florida Trip
Edgerton Shere family returns from a three week Florida vacation visiting Tampa with Mrs Shere’s sister Mrs Uz and others. They toured St Augustine Castillo de San Marcos and other sites, saw a shrimp boat, and had meals with local families. Also noted are birthday parties, hospital news, bridal shower, new baby, and funeral notices affecting Edgerton residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Shere
Florida
Tampa
Retus Shay
Judy Elrod
Maurine Ayres
Diane
Linda Reed
Sylvia Hunter
Patty
Rita Shay
Charlee Sanborn
Linda Barron
Earl Calder
DeSoto
Jay Smith
Gardner
Delbert Brooksher
Edward Essington
G. E. Brock
Mound City
Wayne Brooksher
Edgerton
Dick Meehan
Michael
Chicago
J. O. Larrick
Jack Larrick
Wayne Brassfield
Herb Alvey
Dorothea Everett
Gene Hobson
Baldwin
Earl Steed
Ray Steed
Dalhart
Texas
Community notices and Grange meeting results
Church Thursday service with burial in Antioch Cemetery. Local families visit relatives in Olathe and Minnesota. Babe Ruthers and Little League teams attend Kansas City game led by Raymond Peer. Edgerton Grange held Aug 16 with C F Gillespie in chair. Dwyer and Dixon reinstatements approved. Delegates and alternates elected. September eats committee named.
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Antioch
Claude
Smith Hunter
C. E. Frakes
Olathe
Max Campbell
Edward Frakes
Bob Pardee
Janice Brunner
Carolyn Klamm
Minnesota
Babe Ruthers
Little League
Raymond Peer
Kansas City
Frank McCluskey
A. E. Shere
Jimmie Gillihan
Jack Larrick
Jack
Ed Grant
Dick Meehan
Michael
Chicago
Ray Cowan
Junction City
Mary Janice Grant
J. Q. Larrick
Edgerton
Edgerton Grange
C. F. Gillespie
Marzella Dwyer
Carl
Vera Dixon
I. T. Brock
Henry Knabe, Jr
County Grange
Ray Steed
Roy Crist
Ernie Triebe
James
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Hal Boyle
New York
Shere
W. P. Calder
Eldon
Martin Fesmire
Reece Hospital
George Freund
Lillian Pearce
Dee Brecheisen
Barbara Claussen
Carol Fleck
Charles Claussen
Cora Ann Hunter
Linda
LelDanna Lockart
Donna Brassfield
Betty McTaggart
Alta Sawyer
Rosemary Norris
Patty Gillespie
Evelyn Croan
Linda Thompson
Hazel Timberlake
Carolyn Gillespie
Irene Elrod
Wiliam Green
Raymond Brecheisen
Davis
Ira Eberhart
Carol Was
Betty Shere
Mrs. D. Nichols
Pamela Sue
Earl
C. M. Steed
Clovis
New Mexico
Dalshart
Evelyn
Ray Sawyer
Vernon Sawyer
Cora Ann
John Gremminger, Jr
Claude Hunter
Topeka
Antioch Baptist
Star Grain & Lumber Co
Eisenhower
San Francisco
Richard Nixon
Paris
Farr Steed
Lloyd Andrew
Bill Harralson
George ‘Marian
Glenn Smith
Charles ‘Kirkpatrick
Charlotte Triebel
Mildred Steed
Ruth Gillespie
Oxfords
Riddle's
S. Main
Spears
Spears Chiropractic Hospital
Denver
Colorado
Liggett and Platt
Gambles
Henry Collins Ae
Livina
Spieme
Lawson
Aninol Lovutlaawio i
DuPont
Eveweee Guo
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