My story about my Dad's life-long patronage of James Coney Island was selected as a winner in the "James Coney Island Fondest Memories" contest for the JCI's 80th Anniversary Year in 2003.

The Radio Commercial (MP3 format)

The Booket:         Outside           Inside

The Table Card

My Contest Entry (not all of which got used in the ads)

Ben Thompson standing in the chili line at JCI - 1960's newspaper photo
(Ben is the tall guy with glasses looking straight at the camera)

Cover story about James Coney Island in the Houston Chronicle's Texas Magazine for August 29, 1976:
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The Official James Coney Island Website

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