Carlisle, Pa. - Courthouse on the Public Square Prior to 1961. And the Slumber Party Massacre.

            The Postcard

A genuine Curteich-Chicago C.T. Art-Colortone postcard that was distributed by Thompson's Book Store, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The following information is printed on the back of the card:

'The Court House replaced an earlier
one in 1846. On July 1, 1863, J. E. B.
Stuart's Confederates found Union
Militia here and shelled the town,
leaving scars on the Court House
front.' 

The card was posted in Mount Holly Springs on Saturday the 25th. November 1961 to:

Mrs. Rémy Green,
c/o Mr. Walter Furman,
Table Rock Terrace 204,
South Laguna,
California.

Mount Holly Springs is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 25 miles north of Gettysburg. The population was 2,030 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Area.

The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:

"Friday 24th. 6.00 pm.
I arrived safely and was met
by Ed. Have had a most 
interesting day.
No doubt the same applies 
to you!
Am constantly wondering
what you are doing and
seeing.
Give my love to the Furmans - 
and my thanks for taking you 
in!
Love Rémy.'

Robin Stille

So what else happened on the day that the card was written?

Well, the 24th. November 1961 marked the birth of Robin Stille.

Robin Rochelle Stille, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was an American actress known for her role in the 1982 slasher film The Slumber Party Massacre as Valerie "Val" Bates. 

Stille found her way to Hollywood after moving with her family as a child. After starring in The Slumber Party Massacre, she went on to star in the film Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama as Babs Peterson. 

Some of her other roles include the 1987 films Vampire Nights and Winners Take All, as well as in an episode of Jake and the Fatman, and in the 1991 film American Ninja 4: The Annihilation.

Roles eventually became hard to come by for Stille, which, in addition to her drinking, reportedly led to her committing suicide in Burbank, California on the 9th. February 1996, at the age of 34. 

She was laid to rest in Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California. 

The book Carnal Capers in Canton, Ohio, Book Two: Logorrhea, by Rhonda K. Baughman, is dedicated to her memory.
   

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