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Jolly Roger's Organ

I used to go to Jolly Roger's all the time as a kid and I know
the organ very well.  The last place I saw it was Busch Gardens in
Virginia, around 1993, in the German area.  I don't know if it's
still there.  That was definitely the one.

 [ "In 1951, the organ went out to Nunley's Happyland Amusement Park
 [ in Bethpage, Long Island."  The same location was known later
 [ as Smiley's Happyland Park, Inc., and was associated with the
 [ neighboring restaurant called the "Jolly Roger" or "Jolly Roger's".
 [ The address was 3984 Hempstead Turnpike, Bethpage, New York, at
 [ Hicksville Road, nearby the border of Levittown.
 [
 [ When Smiley's Happyland closed in the late '70s, the Ruth 36X organ
 [ was purchased and restored by Gavin McDonough, who placed it on
 [ location for a few years in the balcony of the beer hall at Busch
 [ Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia.
 [
 [ Ref:  http://www.rockawave.com/News/2005/0617/Letters/  and
 [ http://mrstdotcom.blogspot.com/2007/09/jolly-rogers-aka-smileys-happyland.html
 [
 [ -- Robbie