[PRCo] Re: A 77/54 Bus in 1964?

Harold Geissenheimer transitmgr at worldnet.att.net
Tue Oct 8 18:26:34 EDT 2002


Greetings

Ed Jensen was a Pittsburgh reporter (Post Gazette?)

He was hired by Dameron and was his spokesman.

He did create the term Trolley Jolly.  I did him one better,
I created and painted the Jolly Trolley after John Mauro became ED.

Harold Geissenheimer

Kenneth Josephson wrote:

> John F Bromley wrote:
>
> > I suggest that the writer was nowhere near the place and hasn't a clue what
> > those sticks on the roof are for.
>
> Ed Jensen was John Dameron's mouthpiece. I believe he was imported from St.
> Louis after Dameron was placed in charge. I believe he was the one who
> nicknamed rail supporters as "trolley jollies."
>
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