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*The [[UAB]] School of Nursing has a [http://www.uab.edu/son/scholarships.htm Francis S. Falkenburg Endowed Nursing Scholarship], but I'm uncertain if this was named for the same individual. | *The [[UAB]] School of Nursing has a [http://www.uab.edu/son/scholarships.htm Francis S. Falkenburg Endowed Nursing Scholarship], but I'm uncertain if this was named for the same individual. | ||
--[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 11:24, 11 October 2006 (PDT) | --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 11:24, 11 October 2006 (PDT) | ||
* There was also a Francis Falkenburg, "prominent Birmingham businessman" who was in talks to bring a a Major Indoor Soccer League team to Birmingham in the late 1970s [http://www.birminghamprosports.com/otherteamsmisl.htm]. This is most likely a son of the theatre manager. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 11:33, 11 October 2006 (PDT) | |||
** A Francis S. Falkenburg is listed as part of the Freedom Train Planning Committee and part of the group pushing for more-than-the-usual-segregration-precautions during the train's visit on December 29, 1947. [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3880/is_199904/ai_n8844039/pg_3] --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 11:37, 11 October 2006 (PDT) | |||
::: Sorry, I saw those after a Google search, too, and should have noted them as well. A trivia note: Some theaters segregated by having blacks sit in the balcony, but I believe the Alabama was "whites only" until the late '60s. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 13:07, 11 October 2006 (PDT) | |||
== Tuscaloosa News article == | |||
''The Tuscaloosa News'' article on Falkenburg (found via a Google News archive search) contradicts some information already in the article. In particular, it says he managed the Alabama from 1937 (not 1936) to 1959 (not 1950). I'd consider it a secondary source for those dates though, so I'm not going to change the article without more information. It looks like there's plenty more info in Google News on him, but I don't have time to research it right this minute. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 07:33, 30 January 2010 (PST) | |||
== 1974 election == | |||
Results from Google News Archive indicate Falkenburg's 1974 election came down to a court battle over whether his run-off opponent, Raymond Weeks, lived in the newly drawn district lines or not. Weeks was disqualified, but not in time to change the run-off ballots. This left open the question of whether Falkenburg should take office since he didn't have a majority of the votes in the first election. Apparently Falkenburg did, as there are several more stories list him as a Representative from 1974-1978, but I can't find one on the actual resolution of the case/election. Also, the story from ''The Tuscaloosa News'' indicated Falkenburg served two terms, but I can't find any other articles with him as Representative outside those four years. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 15:19, 1 February 2010 (PST) | |||
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Notes
- Rollin K. Stonebrook was manager of the Alabama Theatre in the early '30s, but I don't know if he was the immediate predecessor of Falkenburg.
- The UAB School of Nursing has a Francis S. Falkenburg Endowed Nursing Scholarship, but I'm uncertain if this was named for the same individual.
--Lkseitz 11:24, 11 October 2006 (PDT)
- There was also a Francis Falkenburg, "prominent Birmingham businessman" who was in talks to bring a a Major Indoor Soccer League team to Birmingham in the late 1970s [1]. This is most likely a son of the theatre manager. --Dystopos 11:33, 11 October 2006 (PDT)
- Sorry, I saw those after a Google search, too, and should have noted them as well. A trivia note: Some theaters segregated by having blacks sit in the balcony, but I believe the Alabama was "whites only" until the late '60s. --Lkseitz 13:07, 11 October 2006 (PDT)
Tuscaloosa News article
The Tuscaloosa News article on Falkenburg (found via a Google News archive search) contradicts some information already in the article. In particular, it says he managed the Alabama from 1937 (not 1936) to 1959 (not 1950). I'd consider it a secondary source for those dates though, so I'm not going to change the article without more information. It looks like there's plenty more info in Google News on him, but I don't have time to research it right this minute. --Lkseitz 07:33, 30 January 2010 (PST)
1974 election
Results from Google News Archive indicate Falkenburg's 1974 election came down to a court battle over whether his run-off opponent, Raymond Weeks, lived in the newly drawn district lines or not. Weeks was disqualified, but not in time to change the run-off ballots. This left open the question of whether Falkenburg should take office since he didn't have a majority of the votes in the first election. Apparently Falkenburg did, as there are several more stories list him as a Representative from 1974-1978, but I can't find one on the actual resolution of the case/election. Also, the story from The Tuscaloosa News indicated Falkenburg served two terms, but I can't find any other articles with him as Representative outside those four years. --Lkseitz 15:19, 1 February 2010 (PST)