Jackie Mayer Opens Her Highway – Nov. 3, 1962

Yesterday's blog post highlighted newly crowned Miss America Jacqueline Mayer's return to her hometown of Sandusky. During that visit, she opened her namesake highway that we've all driven on so many times since then.

As the above story from the November 3, 1962 Journal notes, "Hundreds of Miss America fans jammed the area of the new Rt. 6 and 2 bypass Friday morning to get good views and "picture snapping" spots as Jackie Mayer, Miss America of 1963, was here to cut the ribbon on the new "Jackie Mayer Highway.

"Traveling with Miss America as she was whisked away to take the first ride on the Jackie Mayer highway were her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mayer."

Here's the other photo of Jackie from the same edition of the Journal.

Speaking of the Journal, it did a good job juggling the various elements on that front page. It covered Jackie Mayer's highway ribbon-cutting, but did not let it overshadow the bigger story, namely the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis, or the murder of a 77-year old man in Oberlin.