[2] LIFE Magazine Life goes to a party Photo and article on John Alden Talbot jr., Gotham Playboy and heir to a new York banking Fortune.
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"Anne Steele Wins First Prize At MetroStar Talent Challenge", BroadwayWorld, August 20, 2008. Accessed January 27, 2020. "Steele, who beat out her co-finalists Stearns Matthews and Nesha Ward, proved to be the most consistent of the finalists, earning high marks week after week.... Matthews, who is 24, made his professional stage debut in MetroStar. The Kinnelon, New Jersey, native recently graduated from the Westminster Choir College in Princeton."
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Master Plan, Borough of Kinnelon. Accessed September 24, 2024.
Razen, Nancy. "Scott good skate on rink and in school", The Star-Ledger, January 19, 1964. Accessed January 20, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "Some babies are born with silver spoon. Scott Ethan Allen had a silver skate to go with it. At 14, the Smoke Rise boy has more than lived up to the promise of his birth."
Lowry, Tom. "At Garden, he's the boss", New York Daily News, June 18, 1995. Accessed May 10, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "He and his wife, Jessie, divide their time between their Park Ave. duplex, a spread in Smoke Rise, N J., and a house in the Hamptons."
Curley, Bob. "Curly-Cues", The News, May 19, 1971. Accessed May 14, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "This seems to be the case of Dick (Oz) Griebel, who was far from being a ball of fire as a pitcher at Kinnelon High School in 1966 and Griebel had a 5-6 career record with the Colts.... The next year Dartmouth took the NCAA District title with the 5-11, 175 pounder from Smoke Rise again serving in relief."
DePalma, Anthony. "Exclusive Tract Gets A Second Chance", The New York Times, August 21, 1983. Accessed May 17, 2023. "Since 1947, several developers have tried to convert its 3,500 unspoiled acres, a short 30- mile commute from Manhattan, into the quintessential residential club community, where a limited number of wealthy families could live and enjoy sailing, horseback riding, tennis and private restaurant dining in the utmost security."
Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In/Kinnelon, N.J.; Residential Life Amid Natural Beauty", The New York Times, June 1, 2003. Accessed August 21, 2012. "Ms. Dunner Parker knew the area through a brother who lived in Kinnelon's Smoke Rise section, a 3,500-acre, 900-home gated community that describes itself in its promotional literature as 'one of America's most prestigious club communities' and 'elite, yet affordable.' Covering the borough's northwestern quadrant, Smoke Rise's lots are heavily wooded and range in area from 1 to 10 acres, with the most valuable properties fronting on the 19-acre Lake Kinnelon."
"Smoke Rise Project Has Busiest Season", The New York Times, October 7, 1951. Accessed September 24, 2024. "Realty activity at Smoke Rise, club community of 5,000 acres in Kinnelon, near Butler, N.J., has been running one-third heavier this year than in 1950, which was the previous peak period, according to J. Alden Talbot, president of the Smoke Rise Company."
"Herbert O. Fisher, 81, Test Pilot and Official", The New York Times, August 3, 1990. Accessed February 19, 1990. Accessed February 19, 2020. "Herbert O. Fisher, a test pilot and a retired aviation executive of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, died on Sunday at Chilton Memorial Hospital in Kinnelon, N.J. He was 81 years old and lived in Kinnelon."
[1]"John A. Talbot, Jr. (1920 - 2006) Obituary" He was the president of Smoke Rise Company Kinnelon, NJ. Together with his father, the late J. Alden Talbot, he founded Smoke Rise as one of the first private, gated communities in the United States. He served as President of the Smoke Rise Company for over forty years. He was a former trustee of the Smoke Rise Club and served as Chairman of the Membership Committee.
