Alert “06880” photographer Lynn U. Miller was at Stew Leonard’s yesterday morning.
(“Don’t ask why anyone in their right mind would be at Stew’s the morning of Thanksgiving,” she says.)
She spotted this gigantic billboard:
The lucky turkey is not — as at least one customer thought — the bird selected for dinner at Stew’s home.
No — the “lucky turkey’ is actually on display in an enclosure at the entrance to the World’s Largest Dairy Store.
(Photos/Lynn U. Miller)
The lucky turkey — which lives to celebrate another day — is named Madison. Someone at the front desk told Lynn she (the turkey) is named for Stew Jr.’s daughter.
Sure, President Obama can pardon a turkey. Far more impressive for Stew to do so — saving countless kids from asking their parents, “Is that our dinner?”
Why?….Picking Up Catering Orders Of Course! Along with pies, cookies, bread, dinner rolls and visitors from out of town picking up items to bring to to the family or friends they’re visiting.
wearing your non-journalist hat, Dan, you – and my family – also recall Madison as a productive and dedicated member of the Westport Youth Commission