BEAR CREEK, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Local businessman Eberhard “Eb” Faber IV of the Eberhard Faber Pencil Company passed away at the age of 85 on Friday, September 2.
Born in 1936, Eb Faber grew up on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan with his mother, Julia T. Faber, his father, Eberhard III, and his sister, Theo.
After losing his father in 1946 in a drowning accident, Faber went on to attend Dalton School and Collegiate Academy, where he skipped two grades and served as a child reporter and emcee for ‘Child’s World,’ a radio show that would later transition to television.
Faber led the long-winning collegiate team on the popular Triple B Ranch kids’ radio quiz show, hosted on NBC affiliate WEAF by Bob Smith aka ‘Howdy Doody.’
While reporting with ‘Child’s World,’ Faber was able to interview many celebrities of the time, including his idol, baseball legend, Jackie Robinson, in 1948, and…
