Is Collingswood Forgetting Native Son Michael Landon?
Spring has arrived, but plans for Collingswood's erstwhile Michael Landon memorial haven't. Abbe Effron, who spearheaded the now-removed memorial, wishes Collingswood took more of an interest in the late humanitarian.
To millions of TV viewers, Michael Landon was a father figure. To Abbe Effron, Landon (the actor who played "Pa" on Little House on the Prairie) was a local hero. That's why the fate of a plaque honoring Landon is deeply personal to Effron, who now lives in Cherry Hill. In the late 1990s, Effron read about a planned monument to Superman in the town of Krypton, IL, and then another in Riverside, IA, to Captain James T. Kirk. But Collingswood, where she was living, had no memorial for Landon, its own native son. “These are fictional characters,” Effron says of the Man of Steel and the captain of the Enterprise. “[I thought] this real-life man deserves a tribute in his own town.” Although she got the go-ahead for her idea, it was incumbent…
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Marsha Solton
6:53 pm on Friday, June 29, 2012
You know, the above comments are so unneccesary,,,,,we have become such a disrespectful country....Of course, it should be in the partk,,,,better yet,,,,,How about using the $5,000 dollars to make a whole presentation around the plaque,,,Now that's a statement....I'm asking you, who else famous came from Collingswood besides Little Joe???? Have some class Collingswood ! more ›