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R.I.P. June Marie Carvell (Owner of Funtown Amusement Park)

September 7, 2011 Shorty

I want to thank a Shorty reader for sending me the Chicago Sun-Times story about the death of  Ms. June Carvell, the owner of Funtown Amusement Park.  Ms. Carvell died at age 84. Click the link above to read the […]

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Mr. Lee’s Memories of the FunTown Jingle

October 3, 2010 Shorty

Mr. Lee is one of the FunTown Fans who responded to my post about about the lack of information about the park on South Side of Chicago.  Read more on his memories. Funtown Memories of Mr. Lee: Over the past […]

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