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The Real Popeye

His real name was Frank "Rocky" Fiegel.

He was born in 1868, in Poland and, as a child, immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled down in a small town in Illinois.

As a young man, Rocky went to sea.

After a 20-year career as a sailor in the Merchant Marines, Fiegel retired.

He was later hired by Wiebusch's Tavern in the city of Chester, Illinois as a ‘Bouncer’ to maintain order in the rowdy bar.

Rocky quickly developed a reputation for always being involved in fighting (and usually winning). As a result, he had a deformed eye ("Pop-eye").

He also ‘always’ smoked his pipe, so he always spoke out of one side of his mouth.

In his spare time as a bouncer, Rocky would entertain the customers by regaling them with exciting stories of adventures he claimed to have had over his career as a sailor crossing the ‘Seven Seas.’

The creator of Popeye, Elzie Crisler Segar, grew up in Chester and, as a young man, met Rocky at the tavern and would sit for hours listening to the old sailor’s amazing ‘sea stories.’

Years later, Segar became a cartoonist and developed a comic strip called ‘Thimble Theater.’

He honored Fiegel by asking if he could model his new comic strip character, ‘Popeye the Sailor Man,’ after him. Naturally Fiegel was flattered and agreed.

Segar claimed that ‘Olive Oyl,’ along with other characters, was also loosely based on an actual person. She was Dora Paskel, owner of a smallgrocery store in Chester.

She apparently actually looked much like the Olive Oyl character in his comics.

He claimed she even dressed much the same way.

Through the years, Segar kept in touch with Rocky and always helped him with money; giving him a small percentage of what he earned from his ‘Popeye’ illustrations.

Who didn't love the cartoons??? We watched them religiously ... so funny, so moral ... each story had a good ending ... Who knew he was a real man??

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05/25/2023

Memorial Day is a day set aside to remember our Fallen Hero's. Service will be held all over our Great Country in Remembrance.
Memorial Day Services in Robinson Township are listed below.

Groveton Honor Roll, Lewis Ave Memorial Day Service.

Sunday May 28th – 3:30, Lewis Ave and Coraopolis Road 15108

American Legion Robinson Township Post 862
Monday, May 29th 2023
Veterans Memorial Park, Steubenville Pike 15136
Memorial Day Schedule
• 10:45 am – Parade from Burkett Park to Veterans Memorial Park
• 11:00 am Memorial Service
American Legion Post 862 early morning Memorial Service
• 7:50 am – Petrie Cemetery
• 8:15 am – Forest Grove Cemetery
• 8:40 am – Holy Souls Cemetery
• 9:05 am – Montour Cemetery
• 9:30 am – Resurrection Cemetery
• 10:05 am – Union Cemetery

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