Happy 4th of July Everyone! And for you Pleasure Island Histarians out there:
The story begins in New South Frewsberg, Pennsylvania, on July 4th, 1873. “Gold Rush Gus” Pleasure, free-wheeling millionaire prospector/explorer, paces in his study. A smiling nurse enters and announces the birth of a bouncing baby boy to him and his wife, the former Miss Lydia LaMarr, an early star of the American stage (known professionally as “The American Venus”). The boy is named “Merriweather” after Gus’ own father. . .
. . .Their first son, Stewart, is born on July 4
th, 1901. A second son, Henry, is born in 1905, also on July 4
th. . .
. . .On July 3
rd, 1911, his daughter and the last Pleasure child, Merriam is born. Merriweather has the date legally changed to July 4
th. Merriam proves to be the most beloved of his children, a soul-mate, friend, and companion on his round-the-world jaunts. . .
. . .An elaborate wedding worthy of royalty is held when Pleasure’s daughter Merriam marries an ambitious tango composer from Argentina, Raoul Manzanera, on July 4
th, 1933. . .
. . .Henry Pleasure marries ZENOBIA DUBOIS, Kissimmee Society Debutante, on July 4th,1926. . .
~An exerpt from "The Pleasure Island Papers"
Happy 138th Birthday, Merriweather Adam Pleasure! My your Island revive this year and once again bring joy to Adventurers everywhere!
Also, I'd like to extend a Happy 111th Birthday to Stewart Pleasure, 107th Birthday to Henry Pleasure and 101th Birthday to Merriam Pleasure. Also Happy 86th Wedding Anniversary to Henry Pleasure and Zenobia Dubois and 79th Wedding Anniversary to Merriam Pleasure and Raoul Manzanera! Oh the Pleasure Family, as American as apple pie and Walter Elias Disney (Why else would he rename The -Sherohman Floating Arts Palace the Empress Lilly)!