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unusual facts about Forest Hills, Kloof



American Tennis Association

The American Tennis Association continued to be the primary governing body for African-American tennis in the United States until the desegregation of the USLTA in the 1950s, after Althea Gibson became the first African-American player to compete in the U.S. National Championships at Forest Hills, NY.

Andrea King

At two months of age, she moved with her mother to the United States and was reared in Forest Hills, Queens in New York City, and Palm Beach, Florida.

Arthur Katzman

Arthur J. Katzman (1903-1993) was a Democratic New York City Councilman representing the 29th District of Queens, which includes Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens and parts of Maspeth, Richmond Hill and Elmhurst.

Camps Bay

Kloof Road was built in 1848 and in 1884 Thomas Bain was commissioned to build a road from Sea Point to Camps Bay using convict labour.

Communist Party of Canada candidates, 1979 Canadian federal election

In 2005, African National Congress members on the Durban Municipal Council proposed renaming Kloof Memorial Park in his honour.

Forest Hill, Nova Scotia

Forest Hills, Nova Scotia, a subdivision in Cole Harbour in the Halifax Regional Municipality

Forest Hills, Kloof

Usually being a very quiet and calm area, but in late 2008 the area was struck by a tornado which came as a very big shock to nearby residents as well as to the South African Weather Service.

Forest Hills, North Carolina

Recently, several community members and Western Carolina University have proposed that the village of Forest Hills become the town/city of Cullowhee, incorporating the present Forest Hills boundaries and areas near Old Cullowhee Road and NC 107.

Jamaicaway

Adding to the volume of traffic is the Jamaicaway's proximity to the Longwood Medical and Academic Area and to main roads leading to Forest Hills, West Roxbury and the densely populated suburbs of Norfolk County.

Kloof

Chacma baboon were once re-introduced to the reserve, but unfortunately, after becoming troublesome, were removed.

Kloof Country Club

Kloof and Champagne Sports Resort are in fact the only courses in KwaZulu-Natal to have bent greens, (soon to be joined by Cotswold Downs in Hillcrest).

Lawrence Holme Twentyman

Lawrence had purchased the farms Avontuur and Luipards Kloof (about 4300 ha) at Stormsvlei and these were also managed by George Warner.

Levels of the Game

The book is structured around a description of the semi-final match in the 1968 U.S. Open Championship at Forest Hills, played between Clark Graebner and Arthur Ashe; Ashe won, and went on to win the Championship, becoming the only amateur to win it in the Open era).

Lidia Bastianich

In 1971, the Bastianich couple opened their first restaurant, the tiny Buonavia, meaning "good road", in the Forest Hills section of Queens, with Bastianich as its hostess.

Mary-Ann Eisel

She reached the finals of the 1967 women's doubles U.S. National Championships at Forrest Hills with Donna Floyd but lost in three sets against Rosemary Casals and Billie Jean King.

Mildred Edie Brady

In 1947 Brady approached Reich for an interview at his home in Forest Hills, Queens.

Morton Povman

Morton Povman (born 1931) was a Democratic New York City Councilman representing the 15th District and later the 24th District of Queens, which includes Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens, Briarwood, Kew Gardens Hills and Fresh Meadows.

Nathan Schiff

Born in Forest Hills, New York, Schiff grew up in Baldwin Harbor, Long Island where he began making films at the age of 11.

Our Secret Weapon

CBS had begun a shortwave listening program in September 1939, on an experimental basis, at the National Lawn Tennis Championships at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York.

Patrick Ngcobo

Patrick Ngcobo is a notable Carnatic classic musician born in Kloof, Durban, South Africa.

Percy Priest

J. Percy Priest Dam, a United States Army Corps of Engineers hydroelectric and flood control structure just east of Nashville on the Stones River (and easily visible from Interstate 40) is named in his honor, as is Percy Priest Lake (created by the dam) and an elementary school in Forest Hills, a suburb of Nashville.

Roodezand Pass

The redoubtable pass builder, Thomas Bain, reconnoitred the kloof in 1855 and suggested a new route along the western side or left bank of the Klein Berg River, a recommendation which was followed in 1859 and 1860, and was to carry traffic for the next hundred years.

Sir Lowry's Pass

Starting in 1828, a new pass was constructed on the current route, about 2 km to the south of the Hottentots Holland Kloof, by the engineer Charles Michell using convict labour.

Wilmer Allison

He writes: "FOREHAND VOLLEY — Wilmer Allison of Texas, who won the 1935 Forest Hills, had the best I ever saw as a kid, and I've never seen anyone since hit one better. Budge Patty came closest, then Newcombe".


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