Where is Suzie Q?By Prentiss Findlay (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Thursday, May 8, 2008
MOUNT PLEASANT — The only known TV station pachyderm mascot is up for a place in the town historic marker program, but first officials need someone with a memory like an elephant to tell them what happened to the critter. On Thursday, the Historical Commission considered Suzie Q, the elephant attraction at Channel 2. In 1954, Drayton Hastie, the TV station owner, bought an Indian elephant for $2,700 from a New York importer of exotic animals. It was a publicity stunt to lure viewers from WCSC-TV. Unanswered is where Suzie Q was put out to pasture in 1963. "It's quite a little mystery. How do you lose an elephant?" said Michael Robertson, a town planner. Acting on a tip, Robertson called the Cincinnati Zoo on Thursday, but they had no record of the pachyderm. The commission is appealing to the public. Does anyone out there know where the elephant went? Read more in Friday's edition of The Post and Courier. |
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