Jackson Heights Life

Does anyone remember the CFON jingle, "the Heavenly Coffee, better coffee a millionaire's money can't buy?"

The founder of CFON was a certain Mr. Black. It seems that one night at the cabaret at the Carlyle Hotel he became smitten by an aspiring singer, Page Morton, who later became Mrs. Black and recorded the original jingle that was played on the air for years afterwards.

She was a customer of my father's store and you could say we knew her. Often while she was visiting mother, her chauffer would ride us kids around the block in the back of her limo. We'd raise the privacy window and sing Heavenly Coffee.

She would design her own dresses and hats with the help of Balenciaga. Usually something fish tailed and low decollatage always showing the south sea pearl choker with huge heart shaped diamond dangleing from it, that of course Mr. Black had given her.

She was actually a sweet person, a bit out of step, and a character of her own creation.

I'm sure that many of the old Jackson Heights dowagers, who would ride the 82 Street bus down Fifth Avenue to B. Altman's - white wrist gloves, pill box hats, and purse perfectly poised in their laps, would have brushed elbows with Mrs. Black in Altman's. They might even have had afternoon tea there together.

These were ladies of another era altogether, and grande dames at that!

I  believe it was cream cheese on date nut bread.  The also had a great chocolate cream pie!

Yep. I remember creamcheese on date nut bread...yummy...I also remember a frozen chocolate drink...I worked across the street at the hardware store one summer (I believe Banco Popular located there now)...I believe there was a department store around the corner Marvels?