Dagmar's Last Act Mystery Cache
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This cache is in memory of one of Huntington's local celebrities.
Virginia Ruth Egnor, better known by her stage name “Dagmar” was born in Yawkey, West Virginia in 1921. She attended high school in Huntington, WV before becoming an actress, model, and the first major female star of television. As a statuesque, busty blonde, she received much press coverage during the 1950’s.
In 1950, she was hired by Jerry Lester for NBC's first late-night show Broadway Open House (1950-52), and officially named Dagmar. As Dagmar, she was instructed to wear a low-cut gown, sit on a stool and play the role of a stereotypical dumb blonde. With tight sweaters displaying her curvy 5' 8" figure, her dim-bulb character was an immediate success, soon attracting much more attention than Lester himself. However, Dagmar quickly showed that regardless of appearances, she was quite bright and quick-witted.
She became such a household name during her time in the spotlight that a chrome bullet-point bulge on the front bumpers of Cadillacs, Chevrolets, Buicks and Lincolns built during the 1950s was called the Dagmar Bumper and a 40mm self-propelled anti-aircraft tank was named Dagmar's Twin 40's during the Korean War.
She died in Ceredo, WV and is buried in Huntington, WV at the location given by the coordinates shown.
Your quest to find the cache is simple. Go to the final resting place of Dagmar and all of the information needed to find the cache will be on her tombstone.
The coordinates to the final cache are N 38° 24.ABC by W 082° 23.DEF
To find ABC, take the year Dagmar’s daughter was born and subtract 1714.
To find DEF, take the year Dagmar’s son was born and subtract 1201.
FTF gets the opportunity to move our “NEW” TB – The Traveling Clown.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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