 It became the major social gathering spot for Hazleton Region youth from the late 1950s through the mid-1980s.Also added was a stage area at the eastern end of the park and television Star Pinky Lee would become the first of several nationally know acts to perform at Angela Park.One year later a record-setting crowd turned out on July 29, 1959, to see Buffalo Bob Smith and the legendary NBC Television "Howdy Doody Show" perform.