Newsletter Archives: 1984-1987

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Remembering TheNeighborhood Saloon

'" H..vy W. Pilch

We hear 110 nu:h today about

<blking and dnving, perhaps _should do some thinking about theperils which confronted , .... avef;>ge

imbiber prior to the invention 0( theautomobi\oe.

He m;,ght tTlP ow. II couple ofgarbage cans and lard on his face in TheguUe<; or he might be run """" by ahorse car: then again, he might be metoomU19 home in an unst..ady conditionby an "ate wife, who, (as !he comicStrips 01 the da y .....,.., so prone to

indicate) would beat him as !he way

hDrnIl wilh II roIing pin.

When [ was II boy m,r f.anVt residedin lhe ROHIIiIe MCtion 01 N .......k.Each morning, after Ihe su n was wei

A S ... . II Bo",. Glimps.. of

Imbibe" a' t he Tum of the

Century

up, thol drinkong denizens of the

neighborhood would start their dailymigrlll;"'ns [O\IIard 'h\ti' favorite

saloons. (We didn't calIlhem taverns

then ' they w.ue uIoons),

About th ra 0":100:.10. in th " oJ[",,,ounthey --.Id start....andmng 00me. We

knew them all by their particular gaitsOf manners of l'\a<ligilting. Some would90 one fool forward and two re..tsideward, then pause an::! restart.Others would stfol slowly by, talking to

irMSibie spirit. S t ~ 1 others would

Slop to embrace "HOi, lamp posts, """'"fire t.,.drantll. But rhey all......med to besafely I'Iorne and tocked a .....y by !he

time the SUn had set.We neve. stayed up Ions enough to

find out who the night wallwrs we.e , but

Cxm"uecl on Pogo 2

The

QIounttl QIir.cularMorris County Heritage Commission

A Twentieth Century

Castle

., ".,., ""'""'"A man', castle was his horne. This

was tn.>e at the: height 01 Morristown'sgilded age when Edv,,;,.d P. Mllilny.nationally·known allorney. built

A1...".;ck Hall in 1904. His medievaI·typedweling ....as located 00 tree·shadedMadison Avenu<!. th<! s t .ee t of

mil l ion . r • • . TodDY corpor .development has changed that. a i d c n t ~ W"ft"I into RL 24. and

A1r.J.,;ck Hell ,rands as one of the lastcxempIa of • bygcncIn the !.ate 19th century

industnali5u gravitated to Morristown.Counlry life. only a moin ride fromNew York. attracted the affIuent""'OO.m. the days bebre income lax. hadunlimited __ to build palatial

"summer homes." While no ! thefinancial equal of hIS oeighbors. theTwomblys. Dodges. and Melons.

~ o n P l l g o 2

Summer,

Abolition Day

by Fraroo:es D.It was caJIed Abolition Day. T

slaves of New Jetwv ccIeb",led

because it marked the day that many

them born in to i51avery could lo

fOl"Volllrd to fI..,cIom. It fell 00 July 5one day after the Fourth of July.Why July 5th? In 1001. the N

Jency ~ t u . e pa.ssed a lpn:McIlng lor the gradual abdioonsIiwery in tho! ,tllte. E""'Y black chbom al l"" July 4th of that yearbe Iegdy bee al n.venl:y-«>lll yeaf

female . at twenty.livoe. if maIc. HenJuly 5th hearne a signilic.anl dilleNrN Jer&ey bl.cks.

SliD the fate of tiles<! bLack chidrwas precanous. For more than twe

years. they remained in bondage. Th

could be bought. sold. tradedabandoned 10 the ove r sH f of lhe po

.....00 was . IQuired to tum them over

any I-oouW>oId .....hI) asked lor theConIlTUld on " - 3

"'"aIoon. .C:>nt'd From Pogo I

Iknow thEr" ...... 1\ hok! newwt 01 altErsupper imbibers in the area, becaus.tO(:QIsinrWly we would hear 1\ windowfly UP and an ira!e female voice scream.... •• on home there, yoo-nogoodd n . t n k ! ~

Rich men hod coa..:hI!I to ride in, andcoachmen to drive 111m> to and from

their holies ." , 01 ~ r S O ! . one coukIusuaJI.,r cal" c.>b, even bott at niltlt. 1ortho! Inlins ,;)11. aI night long. and theparty .. 'd thealte goen from NewVorkwould need __ n«,

,etu"""9 to their places 01 abode.Of cou"'" there were IIWioI4I ~ e JJVUPS to conteod ""uIL

Foremost among these was the A n t ~ Saloon l.ugo.IIt.H AD IOrtI 01 stone.wete circulated by the Ieaguo! regardingthe .....as 01 the ou;,. 0.... ofthese concerned the alleged practia 01

saloon·keeptT'S of ....wu"9 down the

sido!walks each rnorrung WIth the stalebeer left oYer from the night bdore. The

~ t f u l aromaolmalr and hoptwoulddrift thr<.>U!lhout the oei9hborhood and

Stone, Told About &Loo!a by

T e r n ~ r a n Group.

bring in the bar flies. Another ....eaponW<lIS a pail"" showing TWO litlle c:hildren.WIIh ga"",t. 5tarvlllg lac .. . cJ.d in rags,slanding before a bar arnong5I aqowd

01 ruffians. holding a pail \II1thin whichwas rnarTII"I'<"s last dime. earned bySCT\Ibbing floors. for which a mommg

pOtion 01 Mer was to be t.::.nw10 a c::rueI. r&glng. drunken brute cI al a t t - and hu1.band.

The saloon ..... ral ly QII1le aninstitution. The long m a h o g a ~ bar theg\eanVIg mirrors in the backgroond,!he c...mer and Iva pO;:tures on thewaII& showing famous pnu 19lt ./amousscalesmert, C 1 , l $ T ~ a r m y beingfl"Il!I!SUCfed by redsb>s, were 11! h e n ~ wotadmi 10 behold . Then

.......ewcrct . . hugebr_ c: ' . ; · , . ....about the place, and lheloll, pineodorof the two inches cI N....a...t thatcovered the 1Ioor, (antuher fatll.eaboul many of the beller NIoons).They had some kond oIsc.eeningoo Theimide 01 The large p l a t ~ windows,from which those on .he inaidR couldsee and recognize those passing by onthe O\Il$io:\e, but which .hosewithin invisible 10 those wiThout ,

These screens wt're often decoratedwith scenes of mountatn$, riven andwaterfalls, drllWn by t'&V<l1ing artists

who did their drawing wilh c ~ k e : l 01

. . . " .

In summer the reglJlar enTrancedoors w..re repl;Ked by chest highswinging doors. [CM recall. withothersof my "9". scrawnching .;c...m and

~ k m g ...r.der these barriers. only tohear the bar Tender bawl OUT. «Hey you

kids _ get away from them swingin'

doorrJ"

In those days a large !!lass of beer

cost a nickel. A big schooner cost adime. n..,.e was a fr ... IwIch count""oontaining about everything IMt one

woWd find today behind a delicatessenslore display case. Men drank gin in

summer 10 Mkft-p the kidneys Opa l "and in """'Ier they drank ale to whichhad been added a shot 01 "MuIigan"(Red J>l'PP"fS soaked in...,." .

Many saloon kl'!Ol"P"f5 and localdruggists applied to the federal

for. and w . . r ~ ~ t e d . ~ r f I ( : T . t i c n icenses."

This the license ho6der .he riojl.l10 make up his own blend 01 boo,"",which he could set under his own label.III Jess .han !he p r i c ~ 01 standard

brands. A so-called ".. .ctm" woWdpun:hase a barrel 01 """"skey from the

distilk.ry, blend il w i l h ~ "",,'ure oIgrainalcohol and wat<!r. store it in emptysheny barrels for II couple of monThs.hen seD it IM l r the bar atlOf fon

ounce thol.TIns nux.ure, popularly known lIS

"bar rum", was ;,n especial favorite withcoallruck dnvetS, who would buy it inpont and halfponllapered brown flasks,lor drinking along the routes. When ab o t t ~ wliS empty, il wlIS toos.ed ink> thef\I1arest gutter. The neighborhood kids

would find these flasks, to use for sling.

Cutlo ..eoo,'d From p. I

UN;a. d P.Meany hod thecredentia

join their ranks. He I I I " , I I manof_ .

and I,cl"e ..~ n l ~ and hiJ wife. Roswas an asporing society ho$lr;U,

Edward P. Meany. son odlstinglll5hed Kentucky jurist, wa

org<t."lZer of the American T e ~ hCompany, and as counsethe American TelephoneTe\egraph ~ n y for many yeHe was aJll)Oinled Judge AdvoGeneral 01 New JerM)I in 1893 WIlhrank 01 Brigad;er General inNational Guard. Con5.idered a "pp i I a r , ~ he was act . . in New J..D<Imoc:ratlC politics. HIS wile. eqbusy durv>g these yon. was a IeadNew yo,k and W ~ o n 5circ\e$.

In 1903loca1ne1A"IIJ'IIP"fI nored t,esidence of bnc:k ard Itone ...pw

01 $5O.00Y' was bring plannedG e n e r ~ Meanv 00 el<C:UsMi! MacA""",u.e. lis c a s t l e cle$9>.WIth tawen and tWleUi, was naand fN ' I d after AJr.,r..iclo., a barEnglish ITIMKIf WithU'l the yeaMeany\! m<':IWd from Brood S

Newark to the" landscaped JOestate opposite d... ukl Mon'oo CoGolf C ~ b property.

Their new home a gI

fortress ,.q,t out 0( the ModdleBuT ils inter .. . was iux ..rious. moand warm . The highlq,t of the mawas its e"oonoous Great Hall,starin high. J)<II'IeIed WIth English

C"",mued on Pago 4

silo! largeTS. S<':>met,mes few dro

the conlents remained .n boUle\IIOU1d pullout .he cork and taste

wasn't helf bad!

Some MorrillOwn Slave. Owners

Were Generous

5I!p/Irate qUllrtenl belund h. . home.These blacks cult""'ted his onerhousand-acrt farm, cared lor his finehones and c a n - ~ . cooked andVoIaIledon tabid attus elaborate partes

and grrncrally made pOSsible his elegantWe slyle.. \When he died, he left most c:lthem 10 his chimer>. As the 1Iho5tiorolaw began 10 !like elf«tJ(emble's Iwirs,5O!f1SOtivc to the spa1t 01 tho! limes, fr-=!them and deeded t '- ' pieces 01 Landalong MI . Kemble A"",UI!', It was thisgi:It of land t .. .1allowed them tobecorneindependent f a ~ and to feel trulyfree. Eliubeth Kemble, Peter's

daughter, showed her al/ection for her

sIaveI by siving t '- ' "$lIthnet coats·

and furnilurt from her housein addition

10 land and foeedoo" .

GtnenI JohnDouliIt."

_ anod>erprominenl Morristown resident. . . . . . th.....ed undrr the new lawa..' s, he IrtIITlCl6l o I h i s e x t ~ LlntIf on Mt Kemble to hisfreed . . . . . . . - Peter, Jacob andAbfWm and ' to their heirs andIISII9'" Iorever.'

These blK.k$ who Wed besido: tho!Kemble BIao:.ks joined by otherfreed slaves from Morrist"""" Iamilies.Tagelher lhey fanned a small butrelatively prosperous commwtity. They

cullivated lhe" farms and $Old their

produce .... Morristown markets.. For atme, they worsluppedwith thou- formermil$ters . . 51 Peter's Chur<:h '"Morristown or in the Presbyterian

churches.

Some 01 the desandants of theKftfIbIe and Doughty oIa""" lived on inMomstown unti the omd 01 the 19th

CCfltUty. Probably attempllng to forgettheir slave ance5lry, they seldom

""""ted lhe IUrTIafI'lft of their maeteta,bul u11ed I t .m.dws AdamI. Johnsonand Sy/Ye$ler, I'IIIITIU thaleuoiued fromthetr Chrilllan names during sJa.,..ery.

GrlOdUlllly they ooId lheir lands andd jp l1 'und . WhEther lhe nw,g pricO!

of Land, ..... .Iio.lion or the difficultyof comprIong with largo!\" fa .....prompted thun 10 leave is unknor.om..

Traca of lheir 1iYes, relabonships

and propertiea c.an be found. in thechurch recordt and in the deeds andwill in the County Courthouse.

No one a1 . . . today r""""mbers much

about abolition. Aller the migration 01

black$ foom the SO\lth to the north, thefI)OIs of blacks descended from New

Jenoey and sIa.... became more dilfocult10 trace But histone days in the history01 II rac, au ' importi\l"1l to remember.And in New hrsey July 5th is one of

- Apology

Due to circU'Ni\IIOCI!S beyond our«>ntml, the pictures U5ed in " '" Wont ...issue 01 tlMo! County Circular didn'treproduce very clearly. We apOlogize·especially 10 the people who Ioar'>O!d U$

tile photos_

Honor Wa1ter Apostolik

Waller Apo.tolik. Mt. Arlington, nowdeceased. a founder of the l.akeHopatcong H " ~ t o r i c a l Society andpublisher of the historic L ahHopotcong 8tee«', was presentl!dwitha Cemf'Qt. 01 Menl from the Mom.

Count." H i s ' o ~ Society. RichardIrwin, member of the societY,!}lve it tohim while Ile was at tile ~ a . t Nursing Home in Succasunna,Roxbu• ".

Morris County

Coat of Arms

The; Morril COUll,." Seal is actuathe Coat of Arms of Lewis Morris, NeJersey's fiut Coloruai GOVetnOJ.

He ""'lIS appoonted '" 1138 to thposition and continued for 8 years unhis death at 75 '" the spring of 1746

The; ac t creating the County

Morm WlI5 paped by the legislatuon March 15,I738whenCoIoneIl.ewiMorris .....as Gouer-nor, having bee~ t e d in February, 1738_ I

published his comm;.s.s;oro and start

perfonnang hiI dullS on August 29t

The; .......... tJ"'!fl to the county was

honor ot the goyemor, who. had bHin$lrurnentai in separatong New Jers

from 11:1 lilt ... colony 01 New York.

Ronald L Comb&, a SP"CiaiislHeraldie Art. declared in papers ththe County Seal is lhe Coal 01 Arms

leWiS Morros. Abo in the bo

published by the New J ...sey HistoricSocidy /lntltled ~ P o p e r s 0/ GouemLIPWis MOf"1w,· there is a pjctUf,",

tha.e ...."' " on the front Jld'III'

TrllNlatrog the heraldir.1anguage

the seal, the northwest and southequarters show a lion, colored golooking blickwards, on abackgroundred; and the northeast and southwequart .... 1>&"" ground work 01 silWith three corcln I..onzontall." dKpowin illlCh. The; crest is a castle in IIamand the motto if.; (,,,.cr .... uincitu

translated as "at length heconque. ed. "

l.e'MS Morns, who carrw to Amerifrom &orbados, was .,",coordcorrunand of eon.,..."a's troops al tattack on ChepstOUJ Castle. The .... il

. . .w /y _ _ cut 08, thus rulucing tgarrison at the cll5lle and the finale ..se1tong fire to the castle (reason 10. tc.est).

Ronald L. Combs, Montia

prewrlted to lhe Board 01 a..-Freeholders, the 1"'1"''''. with thistory 01 Moms County. the...al aCO/lt 01 arms, whICh he had.....-ked O

'" March of 1942 and was paid $250.0DMid MlttoS, archivist, found tiTIIIlerials I uwd for these al1ides, in tvault at Mendham Road

Call1le ... Coot'd Ffom PII9" 2

and brighle-ned with stained gIa$swiodows_ AD rooms, upstairs and

down, had fin-places , sUk d;omas\< hungwalls. parqtJet floors, and plasleTceillngfrmes_ Moreover, unlike a medievalCdSIIe , the house had «nlra! heating,an electric: washing machine and a b u ~ t · in vacuum ck<aning system.

Morristown cons'de.ed It-... MeanyssoaaI upstarts. But Mrs. Meany wasunf""ed. The house _ made for

entertaining. Engrawd inllllations forelaborate balls and musicales we.e 5f':I1t

to in town. Delmonico's 0/N"", York was hired 10 cate.-ev<!nl.On their only 5On'521st birthday.the enlire f;,..lfIoor 01 A1".,.,;ck Hall wasdecorated wilh rOSES and palms for a&nce for 150 young people_ Onanolher occasion the Greal Hall Wastransformed inlO a miniature operahouse wholre legendary MetropOlitan

Opem diva Mme. Alma Gluck sang for200 guesl.

8elweo:'n social distractions, General

Meany o-elop<!d onve ....y into

Puse"! Day CanfM!1d Rd.

Meany pursued his own inl,,"";IS. In1907 he formed It-... Meany RealtyCompany whieh developed his peWat"driveway into residential Canfoekl Roadwholre lour imposing brick homesWE1'e

buill. In 1913 he resigned as JudowAdvocate General. and. as a strongsupporter of Woodrow Wilson, ........"""'tioned 10. the post 01 Secretary III

War in the Presidenl-elect's cabinet Heserved on many boards. including the

local National [ron Bank ofMorru.lown,and the C a r t ~ r e t Trust Company.

In 1926 thol Meanys' sh"""Place hornewas listed for immediate sale in localnewspapers... magniocem estale

which cost a fOTlllne.... now an'asor\iIble p r i c e . ~ Mrs. Meany haddied, and General Meany remarriedand 10 N"", York. William 5_Gubelman. inventor of addingmachines and cash registers.purchased the mansion and lived there

for many I"'brs. The living room, theseene of glittering receptions, ""'"housed bound volumes of his manypatents. In 1960 St. Mark's luther""Church purchased the property andused the Greal Hall as a chapel, and thebedrooms as Sunday School rooms.

ToMy the presetValion of A1nwickHall seems assured . A private

Justice Parker Served

49 Years

Honorable Jusnce Clwies WolcottParkO!f. Morristown resident andJustice- of lhe Supreme Courl of NewJersey spOke at the unveiling of

bron .. plaque tablet to lewis Morris at

SI. Ann's Church, l40th St'eet and SI.Ann's Avenue, Mornsania, the Bronx,N"", York, April 21. 1928, underauspic"" of the Society 01 ColonialWars in the Slate 01 New Jersey.It seems only fitting to remember

Jusoce Parke.- at lhis time. He diedJan",,!\> 23, 1948 at It-... age 0/85.

He Spenl 4911"<l.s..sa """"berof theNew Jersey Judi<;iary. including 4(J as aState Supreme Courl Justice_

During Ihis time, he e ~ e . - C l s e d j u d i c l a l temperilment and a profoundunderstanding, no t only of the law. bul

the economi<: and socia.l problems of

the people.He served in Moms County lor a

number of years, and worked hardfg,ting for the preservation of the oldCourt House. But for a new

,-='

invest"""'l group has purchased It-...landmark property for use as luxurybusiness offices, iIJld an awfic>lt=.on ispending to list the house on the

Nat'oonal R ~ l e r of Historic S,tes. TIleMorris County HerilageCommission inrecognition 01 Ihe historic an d

architectural conlribUlions of AlnwickHall to Morris County, has placed aCounty historical marker at 335M..dison Avenue, Morristown.

Book Arts Workshop

At F.D.U.Heritage Commission Archiv

David MilrO$ recently attended tFourth Annual Book Am Workshop

Fairk!igh Dickinson UniversilyM..dison where t-... studied bookbindiin a week.long course conductedJeff Rigby, a professional bookIHncfrom New York Cily. It w ~ s Rogby....had rebound for Ihe HeT!laCommission an .... fly nineleencentu!\> F ~ r s Monutes BowIIi<;h the Commission p.esented

lhe Freeholders in December of 198'The workshop was designed,mparl a WQfking knowledgebookbindIng and bo o k bCDflStruc.tion utilizing a minimuminexpensive tools_Everyone in the clcompleted the c ourse havi

a s s o > m b ~ lheir own book and bo

box. As'de from this valuable hands-experience. Mr. Rigby also galle I

.lId. pres.enlations, one on

resloralion of old books, and the othon the histo!\> of bookbrnding SInMedieval tirne$. Tho.- techniques whi

thestudenls

learned are in fohundreds of yeM$ old. AccordingDavid Mitros. "No f't'O;)dem melhodbook construclion ha s eve. be<!n ato surpass or even malch the slrengand durability of a properly execut

hand sewn book. Bookbinding is one

the many ancient crafts which ntechnology arid mass prodoction No

not been able to improve Uporl.M Mihfeel!; that the skills he has ocquired mbe useful in the archival preseJVationold county record books, manywhich Me deteriorating.

EditorialIn his own word.. Ale. F.,.,..,.,

at ooe oIlhe newest and most

publiclltlOfl$ III 1983-1984,er'! from ,he Post," tells us:

"' always !\lite<! histOf}' until about oWago, when 1 was stricken by It

lig/1t thot r.....ealed fMdllil!ing01 local hi$10'1' resear<:h. My

conversion took pIlo<:e

alter I had ~ n d o . r r e d innocentlythe r",1d 0( local Nstory """king the

10 two and only two.questions: '*">en was my house builtand wOO built it?"'0my disrna!>,. there"",", no ready

made answers, $ 0 d [ ...... 10 persist inmy quesI. 1should hMoe to search II I

conlerhpon,ry 5OUI'Cu. It ....... in those

$OUI'US that I found histoty comingat;"... and had the light bunt Up:')n 1TlIi!."

You will find family ge.......logies andhow lOdo" IoGaI hi9tory ,esearch in this

BooI< Te ll. How To Do lo<:,,1

____ ; ••••~ _ s . _ ••."___ _book oncJuding ucerptswch as:/mrn"compIerel}l C o m p O ~ Villagewithin tile Boon/on H"lSlooc !Astrict;lhe 1715 s",rvey wit" one tmc I

compnsing port 0/ I../weTMonMJeandTOWCJCO; our [It'$l WiiQm

!.iwJgslon·s 1iI.Ons" ParsoppanvTroy HiI$ in Jm-/7WJ, and 0 story

about /-kro &II, (I .sSoIH! """" ownedproperty where lhe Mounrain "'kesRai/Tood S'O/ion is now .

After w'lncnlng the .xcellentcollecoon 01 MIll found within the 179pages 01 "Splinters," we ask, "what

about the man. Ale.. FowlerrWeD. he ...... born in HOpkinsville,

Kentucky. Moved to Florence.Alabama when Iinl5hing high school,

wi""" h.: " . . \" " wit" vl 54 Y"'O''''known III "Merk" (II st..n combiningol

Iwr ITIlIIIXn ........ Mao: ErVt;rx).

Fowler 1I11ended ....ted from MIT IInd........bel for thL<

Ben Telepllol\e' Company in

Development lind Research

~ M ' " " ' " t al an Electncal E"9"oee"Their family cain\! 10 Boonton to thetr

cLlrrent residence in 1938. He and Metkhave three chi ldren, three

grllnddaLlgtl!en and one greaL

granddaushtet. The oldest daushter,Erskine. 16 a di,ector of Education at

W ~ ! i t K l Ptcl!yttMI\ Ctwrth', Su if.

Feature Artifacts inDisplay Cases

The Courthouse lobby disp13y case ..featLlring Florham Park HistoricalSociety a,t,fa.cts and tke CultLlralCentet display case has " GeorgeWashmgton obseMlnCe 01 ,tems fromDImWIt: Hdt<ri:al Societv MLI$<!Uffi.

The Historic:al Society 01 the

R o c k a ~ will plan tho!lIl'xt exhibits inboIh pIaca. VAage wiIbe asked 10 an exhbt foIowmg!he: Rockawavs

AD a,e invoted to come and see these

exhibit. dunng too hours .hat both

bu1chngs a'e open for work.

Advertising Mal1a9!r of the AspenTomes Newspa.per in Colorado; Alex B.Fowle,. Jr . has II Foreign Car Repair

Shop in WMh>ngton Slate.VOIJ mav ro t believe ,his. bt . Alu's

....... inlerest " liltmire 10 c\assicaland archestAi 1YIL.I$lc. His .... ie<musical talents couered playing the

cor"", , , while II I high school.Happy Birthday, Alex, 0fL the

cekbr"toon 01 your 83,d birthday 0fL

JLlne 100hl

We commend this man for hisunlJring efforts to promote an interestin lu$to<y, lind his IovI! of finemusic and

lIis family.

Splinters From ,he Pa.t is availablo.

by wr,ling to: n.e Morris County

.....

Plan His torical Museum

in Jefferson

Mrs . Ellen Brown, tnlSW! and onelhe founde,s of the Jdfel'$Ofl TownshHlSlorical Soo:.iety, tells us thiot th

socieW in cooperation with th

township, is in the proceso;rmGVlIhng tM Riker Li>rary in Milto.......ich will become !heir firs! museum

A block 01 $14,000 w

prOlllded by the F.... l !IO"f'T1"ethrough the Corrrnunity DewioPt"eIComrrottee in town.

The ", . . 1 house, 120 years old, isDover.MiIton Rood, and looks likedoD hoose, "'LIlIte<! 0fL a br8nch 01 tRocka""'y River and is surroundedbuilding. of the eorly 19th century .Th

tiny commLlnity, once knownDlIwnporl M,Us. is "",tIed"t the fooBowling GrW\ Mountain.

Plans Me boling rrwIe to open tm ........m 10 the public this fall WhI.... happe . . Mn. Brown, a scho

teacher, will !akepiclures lo rou r win

County CirculllO'. She is the ilLIthor.ht/ft.$OL"L History. T

d tM township, wantingllCOin III 1M households lhere, sold it

$1.00 .

HisIOricaf Society, Acorn Hall, B170M. Morris.oum, NJ 01960. Costmail is $J6.5O: ,n pers.on, $15.00. llw

are copies al the Fowlers' horne,Vreeland AII<!nue. Boon!OfL, NJ 07

(Telephone 334.()911).

Summer Art Show

Martian DaYidIon, watel' coIor.t,

and 0aW:I Mel. Appleton, 1u5!Oric111

photographer, were reeentty honoI'eda .e<:epholl i l l the MomI County

by the County for one manar t shows in the Freeboldtrs' Waimg.....

AppieIOo,', uhDit featured cob"

photogolll*os of MadiK:n LanobarlIuchitect\Ire. and M .. . D.widaon', 12

p a i n ~ featured floral and Landvape

""""'.MIIrTian Di'IVidIoo, 1111 elementary

schoolteacher fo r 15 yean inUvingston, started painting HI'iou$Iy

after her retirement _III yu.1 ago.She has studied at the ARt Stucl.nlll.u9Je. the Summit Arl Cent. . andthe Art Gallery of Maplewood, SoothOrange. Her.. .uk has been e ~ h i b o t e d extensively, including shows at thePaper MiU PlayhouH. the Newarkljhl"ary, Nabisco, Inc., and the Jockey

Hollow Gallery. One; ol her favoritespeci;>!ties is dog portraits, for whichshe has done 5 8 ~ . She iImarried to former Freeholder JohnDavidson, who now IIeIVeIII$ aCountyCollege ol Morn. trustIN.

Th e current uhibit throughNowmber 2 iI by Mr5. Kay PuDlo, aBrookside artist. She hal Itudied£XtmsiYe/y in New YOO"k and Muio;oCity and prtierItty wilh the &,mvnot An

Awriarion. She i I a member 01 theMorris County An AsaociatIon

M n . Sh.oron M. Doremuo, ChaInnan

o...d Nod. A!>I>IoIon. Homon ~ . . - . I F .."_. h.d.,,,,,, W Kt>o><, Jr. or _.t. .. d : ...

What's New

The MUllConetcong FoundrymenHistorial Society 105 received a gr.>ntfrom the New Jersey HistoricalCornmiss.ion to use for making copoesof old historial pictu,,,,, of. the area 01

Netcong and Stanhope to create apotrTNnent collection for preservation.Bnan MoonU, instrumental in startingthe OIOXlety,:says they have uw(! some01 thue reproductions on notepaper"'*W:h is for sale at $2 pe r olIO

New Ttiephone Number

In October . the Her i tageCo,., 'ion's numberwill be829-8364.Until that dale, phone 28S-6198.

and enw\opes.. ant! to be U5edfor research. Cal341.,3728if interested.

...Jean CunniO!ilam, p r e s ~ t of the

DenWle Historical Soo:iety. remind$ us

IMI the Museum On Diamond Spnng

Rood is open weekend$: &turday 10a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sundily 1 p.m. t03 p.m.Other mvs it wiD be opened by specialrequest by writong to B o ~ 466. DetMlle,NJ 07834. There is 00 dW9l!, butdonations are lICCepted. This building

.tarted out as a house built '" 1850, andlater .......eel illS a bank lor mIIfIY years.

Dedicate Marker

On June 16. the Mm:luston Farmmarker was dedicated with a program.The pub[ic WillS irwJted.

'mqc O:UlIlttl;!: OIirClIlllr

Morn. County Herit-se CornmistOonMom. County CourthouaeMom-Iown, N.J. 07960

Mr. . F ...nc.. D. Pingeon, Vk.-Chairrnan

Mr.. \IlrginLoo K. R_. Seer.tary. EditorDr. H ~ " ' l ' Ci t .....H ~ r y W. PIlch.......,.....,JoHph Decker

Fred W. Kno'" Jr., F_II.oIdc. u..;.o"

Vo l. 8, No. 2

HistoricalPicatinny Arsenal

By Sharon D o , ~ m " "

What's Morris C o u n t Iilrgesthistorical site? It's Picatinny Arsenal,,,6525 ocre military installation ""'"

Dover . Equally amazing . . its record 0/supplying weapons for evO!'r'y majOr war

tn.. United States since the·bnerican RevolutIon_ Onc:e a smallISth century ironworks, it's flOW Ih<lU.S. Army Armament Research and

Deueloprrn>nt Ce-nter, a selfsufficient complex of 1400 buildings

where 6(0) highly skilled technicians......rk.

Ow. I....., hundred ~ ~ r s ago the "INwas sparsely ....tlled. Itsheavily

hibs, rio;h wIth "on ore, and ""arbyWaleT, drew WIler. who rr>llWd andforged <ron. Jon.lthan Osborne, ablil<:ksmilh. buil l an iron WOTk calledMiddle Forgo! in 1749 at the foot 0(

Picatinny Peak. bt 1773 his property

beume part of the Mt. HopeIronworks , by Colonel JacobFord , Jr., ol Morristown. During II'K'

Revolution John Jacob Faesch , a Swiss

ironmasler. Iea.sed the complex andmanu!""tured ucannon, shot and ;,onimplements" for Georgi' Washington's1.0011$, thereby launching lhe area's6nk with weapons. F""sch s workincluded captured Hessian sold iers,whose graveyard today is a local

landmark within the instaUalion'"VUnds.

During the uriy 19th century theobscure forge changed hands many

rimes, but continued 10 produce

annamen!. Production boomed duringthe War 01 1812 and during theCivil War when weapOns were forged

Coo,.....,! on r.g. 2

The

QIouuttl QIir.culnrMorris County Heritage Commission

Saving History

By Fmnces D. I'irtgeoo

HistoriaJ15 have always looked at oldhouses, churches and remruns ofindustrial sites 101" the stud)! and

documentation of the past.Thevalue ofwilderness as a sourCe loT history hasbeen badly neglected . And yet thecontact with the landscape .....as the fin;t

experience 01 the early settlers and hadan owrwhe/ming impact on theirlOdjus tment 10 this count ... .

11 w,", wllh this thought in mind tOa tone S u ~ in January, I decided toexplore the Great SwamP wildlifereluge. determined to gain some insightinto the leelings of the Morris Countyset t"""' woon they firs t encountered thewilderness. [ drove to a small parking

area on long Hill Road limited to lenCootRlOd on PogOo 2

Winter - J984-I!n15

"Until Death (?)

Do Us Part"

lly Hen<y W. P

We. who, in this age 01 ra

journalism an d 5e"""tional televisrepOrting, are dai/v expoSed 10 to

accounts of the doings (and undoin

of high (and !ow) society, mayinterested in kJ>c)WD"09 that. backcolonial times, the pu blic w

sometimes treated to some juaccounts 01 domestic controvers€<lually as spicy as some oItho<le whare headlined in the press today.

At the limeof the Revolutiorw)l WJOOn Scon, a MorrisCounty residenconsiderable means, Was marriedEunice, widow of Stephen Moore.

As early as ~ r c h 20. 176'.1, JoScott advertised in the N"", YGazette and Weekly Mercury that

Con,_ n 1'_ J

...,.,Pk.tinny • _ C<>oc !rom P _ 1

tor the Union forces. In 1841 d ... U.S.Army chose tho: site loTS I O " ' S ~ mill, but funding wu

unavailable.Army officiols continued to pr..s.s for

a "Grand Arsenal on , .... AtlanticSeabo3.d." Finally Congressappropriated fund., and in Septembe"r.1880 the War J)e-pMtrnent boughl)866

acres in the Picatinny V ~ 1 l e y for rts firs!official g u ~ depO!_ The price"'/IS $62,750, about S30 an a c . ~ .

The locaTion was ide.al; ioolated yet

accessible to lnnsportalion. Mountainridgo:s, surrounding van..,.. snvedU protectiv" barrier . againstaccidental pOWder expjooion, and thenearb\llown or Dover Md rail,O/Od andMoni5 CanalIink5 to the Port 01 NO!W

York.Major F. H. Parker "' .. the fi. .

convnander at the Dovvr PowderDepot. He quickly chareed its name to

Pi<;atinny, the Lenni lOflllPl! Indianword for the local mountain, .......ning"peak with broken rocks and dilI!;"

The installahon was nol 111 lhe town, hecontended; and furthermore. "Dow..Powder" "'/IS a populllr LaxBl""', andtho! depot'. namI'!. as such, wasinappropn/lle' The impressive If00

"Cannon G a l e ~ was installed al lhedepot's onginal elll.arlee at tN t lime;an historio; artJi>Clion today.

During the Spanish American WarPlcatin,..". producad powder chargesfor

cannon used by Amencan trc0:>p5. In

1907 the depot w'" officially ni<med"Picannny A.sma'" when the Anno;Ib u ~ t its fi m gunpOWder IMlory on thegrounds. Production accelerated

during Work! Wa r I when 7OOOpoondsof propellant were turned out daily to

help "the boys th""""On Julo,I 10, 1926 the unthinkablen . , ~ A bolt of og,ming hit the

M"9"Zine, ~ n d off l ...ee gi>ntexplosioN Picatinny was near",deSlIoyed; 19 were dead, 30 inJUred,<on<! 50 acres IlaUened. "In.. blast wasfelt as far as Phi1addph;a. An Army

investigating panel approvedreo::o!'l5lruction <on<! expansion 01

bigger ""d saler ar ....... . Modemf>;catinny <lMes from tn.,tlime.

World War 11 ..,.., P i < : ~ t i n n ' / $ greatest growth. Eighteen thousand

people. including 10.000 WOITII'Tl wereemployed in round·the-clock massproduction of ammunition. An

outstanding poSt WilT a c ~ t wasthe a J 5 £ I I / I l " ~ t in 195001 theworld's first nuclear artillery:shell. the2i!Om,m. projedilo!. T h e . ' e M S ~ Korea " nd Vl\ltnam ...... re spent

modern iz in g ~ n d im p r ov ing

conventionel <on<! nuclear """'pons 01

luge caliber munnions.GunpOWder is no longer ",....

produced at I ' \ c ~ t i n n y , Since 1977 lh eArmy c..nte, exclusM!ly ,,,,,,,,,,,lies<on<! test& modem weapOnS systemsand ammunition the $ire. It looks to

the future with CQrtfidence. " primeo.-dnance inslmlion. contincing .,.".,.200 years 01 service to the United

Slates in the ,nteres! of andfreedom.

The M o r r i ~ County HeritageCommission has placed an historic.,]

"""ker at the main enlIanc . 10Picalin,.".. A..wnaf. on N.J, Rout . 15.NO<1h. J)oo..er. The. inst..n..non IS on",open \0 Ihe public by special

MTilngemCnt.

"",s. As I got out 0/ my eor.! n o t i c e d ~ 1ar9'll sign stBling "Ar ... Op<m lor study.

hiking and p h O t O g f ~ p h y . " Allrecreatlor>al a<:1Mt>es like pickNCk"'9or bocy<;hng. dangerous to the natural

erMmnment. were for],;dd.,n.The. lIail that led through thesw.vnp

was rough and narrow. In many plac:es.huge trees had fallen a<:ross i \ whichmade walking difficult. Along lhe trailwere pools 0;>1 black ice pendrated byreeds and bushes ,,,,",,,,00 with a lhinlayer of snow, Over il. _amp "",ples

and white oaks toweroo. bare of leaves.through which the pale winter suniisht~ a s t laint light on the 1.-0;>''''' "'ale<.

As! walked on.1 bealmeinc:reasingly/lWar" of the silence and a se ..... 01

isolation QnIy when ! c10tiSed G.eatBrook was there a kJw murmer ofmoving Wilter. An occasional hiker witha camera and trtpod broke the.......

",as awed by those sufTOUncbngo. 1too.,g,t of how this vast unpeop/edwilderrwls1; mUSt r-e stunned and

amazoo the E U " ' P ' ~ n ,mrnograntsaccustomed to livtng m cornp;>Ct and

some1irnes ~ . o w d e d vill/lges. Isolatedfrom Inencls /II1d f ~ . cut 011 I.-om

familiar sights and sounds ",!Uch loidthem who /II1d who.t they were, how didthey survive here? Not on", were theernptv spaces unfamiliru- but thepresence of Indians reaming II-kcountryside, like king5. mUSI have fiil<!dtMm WIth dread lind foreboolt'lg.

I renected on the miraculous will andcourage that brought ou r ancestors 50many thousands 0/ m1es from home tothis pnmtive and ..tien landscape,Watking through the r e l u t l y preserved swompland allowed me 10look back into OW h i s t ~ 10 see where

we had come from .

Much has been written about

compelhng r.-otlS forsaving the G rs..,.vnp. One is In. preservatioopen . space and wildlife with puriflilfl9 effect on our Wilter; anet

the prevenlion of Ilood!ng, but, Ottiebeen s ~ , d aboul it s potencontribution to the UnderstandinOUr history,

When the Cllizens 01 Morris Cou

ul1lled aga ... a jetporl twentyyears ago, lhey "'""00 a crucial p/lOUr herit_ from t o t ~ i ckstruction

Th e Morris C o u n t ~ HeritCommission joInS the Gr ... s..,

Water$hed Association in celebralhis landmark viclO<')l, For histor100. the Great SwampwiU be a plac"]1 S<'<ISOfIS.

90th Birthday Celebrat

Congratulations 10 Haniet MC<

President of I" " Roxbury Tow

Historical Society sinee rts incep

who celeb .. oo he. 90th bil1tecently.

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Artifacts Display

rtifacts from WlIShington Tow

wiD be on display soon in the cathe Courthou.., Lobby and lobb"JMendham Road.

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' ...<1- . . . . _J

Gdionfoge t I>ehodju/JilJi«iIt;, oorgain.H. says I ~ e d fO run him . .

d.obt; I did f ry his 1:reo:ir once whH IIWd wit" him. wIoeri he IUOS in hisful1JonI, and I mode out $ (I bod, llhoughr_ to ny it agt:Iin; 00/ Hri1s hunseIIins Q/I he had, to put lhe money inhl5 pocket, in order /0 /"""" me, as he

saki he WOIJld, 1 1ri«! " " f'reclit Q9<1,n,and ()u/ CISweaos before; bLot'hisUXIS after lie /astm<ed me OIJI 0{1"'"hoIlse, and wa< ""00 01 my lite. H .f o r l ; w d d b ~ pt!Op/o! /0 I1USl me on hisocOOtmt, WOJ$ quite ......des.s, /or r/wy__ would, v<cepl (I Ir{Ie The

he has done by it is lri/lirlg. tor'hw. the same wa y 10 trade now OS

......... I hod, and thol IS with my

children's alare, which ifIhod noIhod,I might lKIV<I...,fferm, I !>eMw,for rha,supported lhe family, in some measurewhiIsl I Ned with Ium. and because I\lJOlMd !'lOt give II all, f C>OIMd not .slay at

1Iorrw; aile. lleft him, Jmade him o/hrs/0 quat h.m.ondhtA>e. no 1I1Ofedemand.

agcnnsf him "( he """,/d goue """ 200POIlIIds. bul "" 5Did he lOOUld not 9IWme OM COJlPl'I". bul would toke all my

dOIlies from me, whi<;h he did, an".,

could gel, ,mdbcked them uP. and thewnl'ngs belonging to my children, by

hcMng a key Ihm LOO<J/d unl<xk thed,_ where I kept them, wh.ch I_ k n ew till $InCe, and IIaJe ....sed

seuo.d r.nes.1_l>e>doneoihis bonds, notes. or deeds m m y ~ e . butthai .liIce the rest 0/ what he S<IyS.

EUNICE SCOTT.Moms County, April/9, 1m .

Personolly ~ o d befor_ .... EunaScali, <md made oath on lilt HolyE ~ t l 0/ A l m i g h r ~ God. ,ho, who, silo'- """, . rono;0min9 JaM &011, ",.,.

.. 1M '''''n

M.-.. ShMon M. I)or_ u . c .... .......

M ... D. Pio.,eon. VocR-C .........n

S c o tDoy "II< "' ...he . 01 th . P-=<IIS t r ~ , nolhing furd>er appeared

in lhe pUblic prESS respecting lhe

conITOI.'<!t5y.'

Historic Site Survey

Plannedby SI>trrooom.lg. The bme1its, buthistoric SI tes Ire Ihre./llened. To offselthis concem, the He ritage Commissionpta .... '" 198.5·1\l86 to ident ify underguidelines ... by lhe Off"", NewJersey Heri t . all hislonc .. es in thec.:...nty. Tho: survey fw>ded by an

ONJH 7CVlO 17ant • ....-ill be a working1001 to _ '* nIInicipaI officiab;,cn'len groups, and commercialin le re . t s to merge modern

deveklpmenl .....th the C""nty's hisloricbuiit ""UU"onmenl"The comprehensIVe survey will

include about 2000 SItes. and wiD coverIhe. Co.unly municipali ly bymUnlCipalily Pre"'Xl$ling municipal

S"""'YS of Chest'" Doo...er(business distnc:t), Meod.ham BoroughMorristown, P ...~ · T T O Y and Rardolph, all compiled

previou$ ONJH fomding, .,..;g beincOl"pOf<lled into I t . overa. maste"Tplan. All lJ'J"tmment officialshistoricall()(;.etll!S. and libraries ""IIcontacted for adcIiliorl;o] researchassistanao.Besides indiVIdual siles, !he SUf\/OI\I

.....ill highlighl historic d,,,,,,.Jobo.-hoods. Main Slrft

agnewtural areas.. The deslislmgs .,..;g also idomtily IIItes thbe adwrsely a ffected by fulureor local planning issues.

Morris CO'Jnty prides IIKlfon"good place to live and work."siles, part 01 that concepl, l;II

taken for granted. The prsurvey ....-ill create ........ IIUPI)_mess of these resources, a

assure lhal OUr past QIt ! be pM

Mure.

LuciUe Hobbie A

Exhibition

The Mo rr i. County HeCommission is sponsorin

u.hibttoon of Po"nlingl of IocIIISlIes by lhe well-known NewArtISt. Lucile HobboeofMendhaI-oghIight of the exhibtl IS lourwalercolor and J>E1l and ink ddepicting the Mornslown Green

1!!9O'. as seen from ItS north

$OI.Jth lIond """"tloc;o.tions.The unique paintings, culmina

rnoolths of r"""Mch and workIIfllSt, r"""p1ure the actM11I!....chilecture around lh e Green fpeTlod_ The recenl succ

r " t o r ~ l 0 0 n of theGr«fl MorrB a u h l u ~ Inc. prnrnpIed Mrs. H

to undertake !he paintings_Colored lithographs of

Tavern, Condiel H ~ , lheCounty Courthouse, D;ckTavern, and Washington'Squarters, make up lhe balance e..tUbtt.

Morris Count y Heril;sg<o COlllmia.alon

Mo rris Cou n ty Co unhouMMo rristow n , N.J. 07960

(2011829-8364

M.-.. Vor,;ru. K. Rooney. S « ~ ~ . Edit" rOr. Henry Citron

Henry W. Pilch

Eleano. il<>gerlJooepb Dec ke r

''It-K DeC«lu . FTfIoI!hoklor Liai..,,,

Commission ReceivesState Grant

b!.' Jowph M. Doocb<

Last fall m. Morris County H.n1a9tComrnowon ...... urged to apply fo< a

gtMt !rom the OfficIP- 01 NEw ""!'MyHen,* to conduct a County.......desurvey 01 historic sit"" n"s ....,.upt!\ined in our prew.>U5 Circulilr.

The wrvey would be funded by a 7Qr3Ogrant, 7(1 percent by the State. 30

ffcent by the County.The Comrroo.sIon 10 ~ g o for

,('. easy and ouick to say, but much . .

onvoIued The coo;l for such a survey 01

$100.000 oYer tw o .......rs was canAd·ned realistic The consent 01 the

~ r e e h o ~ ....... needed as to both thetdu and the putting HUp ITOrn" 01 theth"IY percent 01 the County'. sNoreThey ~ v o e lhelf whote·heartt<! wpporl

An appli1;atlQrl was ptepart<! WIth thehelp of lhe Counly Administrator',Office and sent to Trenton. Stw-rillCommiuion membefS and Ih e

AsI .uonl AdnunislralOf twOlnpI

10 T ~ I o n 10 make sure that theappitcalion for the g.ant ",asthoroughly understood ,nd INtIflfllu'lClIlI arn.ngemoml. for lhe County'.

share would be appro<.'f!d. The trips

p"i.d oil, loT _at m;ou..o.., . ,,,<f,,,,,,,thltt mighl hltvoe caused a re/ull&l of lhegrant were ealily resolved.

A dec$iOn was hope(! to. belOte tM

end 01 ~ y , but evM.totbon •pail'lllaking and time c0nsumm9. BIIm. end 01 July, the Comnussionen_ bUng nails and out _q''>e heal .....00. 1M gwse 01

aMnt serenily.The good fKl\IJ5 carne in urly AugUit

lhat the grant was approved.The Commission ''went /or i t ~ and

~ g o t i t : but now is ''in for it," /0. therl"

much to be dor\e ow. the nut twoContnuod Oft "- t

The

i l l O U l t t ~ illin:ularMorris County Heritage Commission

A Salt BoxIn Roxbury

" """ ' " 0.....

The buiIdour c.ame clo6l>. But in1962 a 200 year old dilapidated hou5e inRoKbo.dy T . . . . . . . . . . . w p ~ x a p e d demolitionand .....,. moved half a . . . . Ioill present

IocItlion On Matn Slr . ' , I . . &!' :OX!.

II's a ,,,,,,,,pie 01 ,, ,cce6sfuf

historic preservatlOl"l. Onel the homeof an early M t t ~ , ......,h t!e. to theMorris Ca ....1 and iron mining, the SilasRiggs "SIt11 B o , , ~ today functions as thehwKkp ...111<1 .x the Roxbo.dy Hislorical

"""" , , .

II's a &nlc house, rypocaf in 51ze to

many buill in Morns Counly lhe ~ I e \81h cenlUJY_ BuIIl . 1ong sloping back

,oot. charllClen.b&:. of the SaIl Boxstyle, is "">qUI ,n Ihis area. nu.archi tectu. . . nicknamed for il 'resemblance to In annqUl hinged-lid.... 1 c o n l a , ~ , 1IR.5 m o r ~ popular in

Cont......c " " ".. 1

Steppel ArtifactsAcquired

The Mo"" Counly H e " l a g ~Commtssoon has f«ently acQUltedcoIK11OII 01 0Y0Zr 450 Native and I'o.rrteocan lndiittn ar1il<tc:l5 which _ donated t h o s ~ 1 April b y M t a l : . t h e l S lformerly of Ea5t Hanover. The $ P «rrten6 all corroe from the Steppellite i

E.itS! Ha....,.,....,-, d" d' .... well k"""'" 1archaeologisls sincl 1956 "'hen it wafint 11ICaVl!.,ed by lhe NewJerIJOtY Stat

M_·collection _l\Ialuated and

by IIrchwologist Dr. l!e,bert C. KBf01 Seton HaD and ArthuPuch, • resident of Hano"e

T.,..".,..... The collection consilimDltly of opearpoinb and

daring from the Archaic 10 lhe LatWoodi;!.nd "",riods which encompul

time wan from about 3,IXlO B.C. t

A.D. 1600 Other lDeCimmI ir'IClud

~ o n " " 4

Happy 90th Birthday .Ruth Streeter!

00".., one "....sJ-,.,s to pay lribule 10 apo!Ts<:m who has spenl """,I 01 her ]i [ . D1

l l r y 5otrvic:es 10 olho:rsBydl..,1 of RUlh 51.ftl" ' ·5(...." _ Y Y

and ab,'lIy, she has <lC1uewd a lot aoo

by ....:;"ftcn and devotoon Nos an"or.eda repul,)lion for be""g One of lhe """"

chamabie and civic ITUrIded CIl'Un5 01

Moms County

W h , ~ lalk"'g 10 S t r H I ~ al herhorn<: ,n Morns T o w n ~ i p . II beeame

qU'le <MXo1 Il1at the h.g.Ioghl 01 he r

hfe. o..s..:\H he r lamdy ....... her ,1\,1/0:yea• ............,.. as D"" , IO f 01 lhe M,;,,,,,,,Corps Worn . ,, Re5l.'rw dur"'g WorldWar II "' . commissooncd as a

Ma,oraoo...:llked up loa Colonel Sheand t..... thret> sor''' _ r e all ,.., lheJ < ' r w : ~ of Thei. country the Silmeun ... : F . ~ n k . Navy; H . nry. Navy; and

Thom"s, J. Anny Shoo , e c ~ IIM<!nt B.xIge an d \o:!ler I.om Preu:\entT u"",n

FoIlowtrog ["""I,. tr<tdttoon. g,,,,ldsorl.TI-oomas W Slrl/O:ler m. as , volunlft.

and s,..'9o!anl, _s .......rded a BrOl12eStar [or b r ~ . . . . , r y ,.., VIe,nam

M,•. SUHte. felt wry honored when

she WlIi chosen by Mayo, EmIIonG.,J\RISOO of Mornslown. 10 be Grand

M,;,.shaQ 01 tt.... 41h 01 July Pa.iKk.....ar s "90 She wo.e t..... Ma,mO) CorpSu",Iorm

Shoo grw. "ed,1 lo r t..... It::mgo>vlly 10

lough New England anc:l"Slry, She WMborn In New H d m ~ h " t , .......nt 10Boslon, and c.-me 10 Morn.town in

1922, a"el IMng II> New York lor a lew~ a r . She ,,-'anted t....r lou. chtld .....sons menlooned and daughle.,

M . Ulh.sm CNnc: .. Malvern. Pa .. 10grow up on a u>untry ~ l m o s p h e o . E '

Rulh ...... be 90 yea.s old II'lOclobe,.bUI a sP«1(I1 Bt.lhday [);noo. was held

al IIw Railroad Ca. D1 Cot'W'ent on JulyWllh W des<:E'nDenIS anmdong A

beauldul colored group piclu'E' """

lak"" OIJlliIdeMu. Sn ... le. h ... s alooe tlOW ,n

~ ~ ~ whICh I\as b«n ,enov.)led ,ntoa

Ir::>udy home WIlh tte .... ttIuDy landocapedgrounds. fealunng " fountUI Wllh a

che,ub hoIdirog a JNlke, n", ""'" a~ I a b l e fo, polo PO"""" and was.enov., 'ed belor. h... hutbar><l.Thoma, w. SI"""ler died 20 years "9DThe hay!oll. Wllh tho. rool ra,sed ~ " " lQuated 011. II;tlOWl .... guesIS·q .....n ... s

A 1 w ~ y s .e<>ay lor gueSli. lh,sa,ea I\as 5('VI'ral bec!room, ..nd" large"Illng room whICh t-.a:. four lrundltbeds, .eeILn"rs. and It.... only TV in It....house Rulh sat<! the TV d>dn'l fj, 1M WllhIn.. A/1llQues ,n hoP. ","119 room

5peaktng 01 Ihtllrvtng,oom. ther . ,5 a

colorful Japane5l.'.11< !!Cr...... " " " " """'Vrar . Balt,more Desk whICh calche6

YOU' H<or moth",. Mr l Cha,1esp""", Cheney. 9""1' he. the desI< whenshe WM • young grrf and ,I IS on e 01 M

tn lhe .... ttOrlThe desk, WIth all k"t<!,01wood used

II> ! t ~ C!ln$lTUCllon. IS cowred ""IhonIald work. h35 wnlong tuJfaces.ptgeOt'1 holes. d r ~ r s , an d tho. waulY

of t1 all. ,. th3t ,I closes up compll'lello'from lOp 10 bottom. ""'Ih a .vnoolh

,.....rlau.,nd each secbOnart be lockedIn he. personal oIfoce, Wllh ~ I \ s and

desk cow.ed Wllh fi\ft\ily phOIOS. youfird ftle ubmets ard boxes 5 1 i t C k ~ wtth curr enl ma,1 Age hASn'l

dnnrusheo;lher ftowol m a ~ I.om friendsand P"'tonS onternted in he'r "",ny

aclMlte!I. SIM! h31 been ......av, ~ M m ' .. .' ' 'Ich up Wllh R all. w+uch means, " '"will be "t'II;WI"nrog each p;ece . . Io<.g!\and", ...... doesn'l know Ilow 1o Iype...nd doesn 'l M\II! 1\ " " , r e ' ~ " ' " Sho:'"'lOY' doorog thos

A speoaf a:ru ,n lh e haD 00 the ~ r s l /100•• used 10 dLopIay mos, 01 he r

aWll.ds an d c,laloons, actually tOO

numerous 10 menlK)l1 al ,1\. hm"

Howewr. perha.P5 yo u tbdn'l k""""

RUlh _ anE'lecled memoo 01 the N.JConstlluloon Conwntion ,n 1948,Member 01 lhe Electoral CoIf,.,ge;

he[ped .Ian Morns County', firsl

Well ." Board and serwd l$ prestdenlfor 8 yea" Also. WlIS aPPOlnled "" lheForeman for lhe Federal Grand Jury.whICI\ tndded Ai>erl AMSlas;",

reputed hel.d 01 Murders, ." ' . forn:ontI i ' I/lx evasion "The sloryhu al the

rtewllP"po!TS n... iI""e<! a chain 01

",cUnIIla", ... whICh lead 10 his be,,'9

mu,dered by hi $ own c o l 1 e a g u ~ I , b/Quse

he_ •

tothem_She has . . cetlled a plaque lIom

$peeclweU V i ~ Truslees. '970; DARAwa.d In 1919, Morris T<l'tJf\Sh,p

Rl"SOIulion honorwog he. in 1979, and SO

"...Ine d It.... u""ouai haPPl'n'ngo;n he.

lif.. w .. when .toe was chosen by lfoe

Class of 1918 ...1 Bryn Mawr College.Pa, 10 _ as ,IS cia . preSlden'.

whICh did 10. 38 yNr$ Sheattended ,he college for two yo!..... and

didn't graduat . ","h lh e 1as.sumed thai lhey Iiknl n., \ll!ry much

10 hoo\ll! t1">I>de

I""choicE'"I fH'80"l ' for lhe lanners W . ne;,o:f

them ,n Ims C O l J n l . ~ b.!cause farrrung

<md .alllng food " """'V import"nl 10'"of us." sbe ....d. "!IO _ shoo.dd help

them 'n some w ~ ~ . " However. shedoesn't aSr.., IM t lhe ~ r n r n e n t should Mood" . everythoog illo ,I h>:ISIltendmcy 10 do"How you face hf" Wllh tiS problems

a n d ~ . hasa 101 I<>do WIth t!wquahly

01 \,OUr ble." sbe '<!minds t6

Hioppy Binhday, RUlh Si ru lu ,

from all 01 us "nd T1\1tY you enJOY marty,

many more 'KitV<' yearsl M ~ y God1M. . you ~ , I d YUU' fMn'iy'

Highlights Of History

" B u u " fu l p , ( l u , e s . goodcommentary, fine music." "Excellenl

pl \o togr "phy comb,ned w;11\onIormal"", commentary". l'YefY

bot of ,t " The"" ar .. . lew o/Iho. glowrngcomments on " H I Q ~ b g h r s 01 Hos.ory

Thr f t : Hundn<d y""rS 1>1.... , ...Cotm/}',· a sI>de thaw with words an d

muSIC Inlu""!! M o r ~ CounIJl'icolorfu' l\,slory Ihroush the H e T i I ~ Com""""", ha$lorit:;a1 """kl!ri

Allhough ,I has bnn available to lhe

g e n e r ~ 1 publoc for 00111 a yNr. moreIMn two thou""rtd Morns Counll(lns

ha...., seen II. It ftppeals to of allages and occupations Among In.OT9Ilt'LIUltoons who ha.ve il a.eeleven histoneal socoelte!l. .........,

schoob!. ro ..... libraneli. Ihree c iVIC dub$.

two church !JI'OUP5, two D AR

c.:...-.d "" Pogo 4

......I-tiIhliyhtL_Com'''' F""" Pogo J. .-bng5, tt. F1'fthoIcIefi. and !heNew Jersey As6ocIllOOn 01 Coonly

Cultural and """Ii!age Comrnis!.iorl6.n... 16-minute IJicII! $how provide. a

gRmPH into , .... !ustQry oIlhe County

I,arting with" pl'dbstonc Indian rockhouse in Plorsipplony and eor>cluding.. . h a _ 01 VK:toryGllordens. Moms

County's newest mumc'P<lJ,jy. h11._ the peOple II>'hose diwTwcontnbubons 10 County lustory g;>W

lnese Slles their MIone sognificance.Dr lewls Condiel who invented theIIINIUpOll vaccination. the Marquis

eM Lafayette. Ak!WOder Kornillon.Gustal Stickley of mlSlion f u m j l u r ~ fame. Rochard Sutler 0/ tho! BulleTrubbfi works and Dorochy Eush$.founder <liTho. SeeU'lg Eye. are amongtroe .... r<:>eI> and heroones 01 the show

Already school. and histonealt Q I ; ~ t ~ are ......Mng Highlighu o ftii.IOry for shou.'ings in 1986$Ohurry lyou wam 10 _ d at ~ O r g . l l r l l U l h O O 1 · 1 nUl meeting. PIlI.". wdI shortly bEcompleted 10 have the show on video...

or raerva llOM, phone 829-8364 .

M ... Sharon M. Donmy., ChairmanM ... Franca D. Plngcon. VO«-Cha; ........

pond """lerdall' altltmoon and not$howIng up 101' ac:hooI?"

Hu . \11M a ~ r v t wNch I Ihoo.qllonly I and my two co<f1I'IInolls knew

Hew had Suilt learned about II , unIn.sthrough..,....., MCfCC. "ItT . . . 01ltIformation?

So be wa . .. of rw Of t bugs'

S<opp.oi ConI F""" r_ 1

the 1oIIowing: Road dwrt kn,fe. drilll, tou., pa.tIc, poI.sIwd c .lt (ll)<~ ) , &n.ao ... hoo! gravedigger, La

Cros& g;vTIItl9 "0IWi! n.es.. anilac:lII.I.'ere left by many dillem>1 trlI.s 01

IlilIIVe peopIe:I o.r.rhQ e l ~ settled in or

mograted ac'OM ,h• • ru through themd lenia.The collect>on " currendy bw>g

catabjued and I.beledThe H e n ~ CommISSion .....

!:J<YrlInt"" thllt the coIoction, whoch

<>ngIIlolted from a s.ngIe .ae, wi1l1>inlaCt and thlll it will be I>fope.iyundn l e m p e r ~ t l l . e - c o n t r o l W , a.

" " " ' ~ "Hometown Ties:Community' , Contribu

During Wo rld War II

The Courthouse Lobby and~ n d h a m Rood ~ y c a s o ! $ featv.o:;I-par1 .,,,rubu from the C

...... tonc:al SocIfl!Iy S t ~ b O A $ Iroardl;....es n ; : ~ photOli fromNational Au Coe-pe lo g BooksOi:>serwr OWlS•• tion boo!<copies of a community coord

oewsp/lp<! ' whic h was sent to

: " , , ~ ; se rvx;. ptroonnel on th

" suppo

Mo . . . County Ho:r i t_ CommiNion

MomI County Courtt.c-cMorrioot.-n, N.J. on6O

(201) &2').8364

M ... V.., .... K.1tooMy. s.. :_UlI · EditorDr, Hrnry Citron

H ~ r y W. Pi<:hEleanor Bogert

JOMph Decke.

" Iu DcCroc • F.uholdo!. uaiooono..vMI Mit..,., Arch"';'t

""'ry Chalfant ,Com_ s..: .. &t)o

,Uay

by Sharon DoremusHip Hip H o o r ~ y l It's Miss Liberty

OnWedn<!Sdi!.y, June 18, 1986100of ChoSE11 Freeholders ~ n d theCounty Heritage Cornm!ss'.on

host a gaI.:I reception OOnoring the01 Liberty and Morris County's

Balloons. bands.

and exhibitswill be part of

on

from !awn and main lobby of the

Moms Coumy CourthouS<!,original section c21es to 1827,

, S IlQW !isted on the Nationalof HlStOfIC PlacI!S.

Morris County C.".H&ates of Meritbe presemed to Botler municipal

for his

The

QInullt\! Q I i r ~ u l a r Celebrates The lOOth Birthday 0/ The

Statue 0/ Liberty

do<:umenting the town of I c ~ c c - - - - c c - - - c - : - : - - - : . . . ! " ' ' ! - ' ' " ~ ' ' " - - - utler 's link with the SlalU€ of Uberty r"Liberty" - A National Morris County's l ink

10 MOfrisdeveloprnent. Firemen from Treasure To Lady Liber ty

How Company, by Frances D. "''''" I by ShorOl1 Dor<>mus

Lady Uberty Fire The custody bank: between New The Un, ted States oeariy looked awin auend as an on.going York and New Je, ..... must end gil! horse In the face! But thilnks to 3

_ "UberTy", symbolizing the immigrant's 19th c ~ n t u r y Morris County

Rare hisTOric memoribilia, including dream, can no Iongo>r b.e foughT as industrialist, the day ...."ssaved. Back inof French sculptor if $hi! Wl'fe a dependent child 1885 the Statue 01 Liberty, a generous

u g u s t ~ Barthokli with his good friend, pilrents are about to sepilrate. M e. all, gil! of the French people, lay

Coonty industrialist Richard $hi! is one hundred years old and has disassembl<ld in pa.ck ir>g criltes on

will 00 exhibited along with """n TOO much not to be aware of her BedJoe's Island. hs pedestal. theof Liberty inspired p.:! intings by power. She came as a gift from the finane;,,1 reponso.blllty 01 thIS country,

oms County Vo-Tech and Moms people 01 France to the people 01 STood unfinished fo.lack of funds . TheAmerica in honor 01 a CorrunQI l p.oject appea.ed iI /lop. with a likoely

Collego! art students. '!he commitment to liberty. "The huddled return of the Statue to France.Morris High School Bandwillpl;>y m a s s e s whom she welcomed wanted Forunately lor Lldy Uberty, Richard

medley 01 pIItriotic: tunes, a . epriso! 01 f.eedom .-mough to set1le anywhere in Butler, President of the B u t ~ r HardCompany the United States where they saw an Rubber Compilny. took action. As

pe rformance at tn.. Statue's opportunity to pr<)$f>er . TnIE:, many S e c r ~ u r y for The Ame.icanone hund.ed years ago. stayed near her in New York and New Committe<!. theolfic:ial U.S. fundraising

.::orne one, come alII Comecelehrate Jersey but those who trawlled far away organilatton 10. the Pedestal , he wentCounty's link to our national still fell her presence. public and by April, ISS6 the 89 foot

Come about OUr Cleany I'kw York and New Jersey hish pedestal ......5 finished in time forcolorful ethnic background. are too closely linked by tunnels, the Statue's official dedication in

meet !JOU ' elu ted County bridges and histol'j ever to se-pilfate. OcTober . franco -American , ~ l a t i o n s fflcials_ C"",_ "" 1'<9' 3 Coo I.-.-J "" P<9' 2

Libertyby Henry W.

During the period wilen the Dutd.

were In posession of New York. theyalso occupoed porIioo& 01 whal .. nowHudson Courzty. dol Bergen County.and IIIIdIllOlo'ed up ""Othe P<.quannock

and Montvale~ r e a s 01

MoniJ County.Le.ler 'II""" tho! English. to Newarkfrom Conneclicut, """" to E1iZllbeth·lown from Island. The GennIonsfoIowed the Rantan River 10 ill Uppt'Tlimils. and thus ~ r r i v e d at GermanValley (now long Valley). Most of theselllers in cenlr'" and 5OIllho!aslemMorris County . . . . . . 01 ScotchEngish

slock

The losh 10 IIrri ..... her . duringthe Colonoal period. hi'" rlarneoiappearin liwl _,m; 0/ the various regimo!ntsof American force' durong th eReuolUl1onary War and O'Hllra

conducted a welIknown "' .....m inMorristown dunng aod after theconnict

Shonly aft... 1800. a numbo:r ofweallhy F""",h families purchMedlarge Ira<;IS of land in the Madison·ConU\!nt ar .... It is said they founded St.Vincant ' , Church in Madison.

EventuaUy, these French settler's ortheir deacendenl$, sold off therr Iironds.and some. \ike Beauplands,~ r e d through fllilure of issue.

The big influx oflosh came after the

potato famine in Jrelaoo during themiddle 01 lhe lasl century.Parlly to furnish them with homes.

and partly to obtain a labor force. somelandholders in M;)d;son, Chatham andMomstown, who oumed sizeable tra<;1$01 land. lubdivided them into smallerlots, Iiroid O\It str«lI. and proceeded toaduertise these loti for sale In NewYorl< and Olher nea.-bo,o cil>es. OnS/llwdays. they rlln speciallnoans to

Morris County and held aOCllOns 0/loIS, IIOnIe of which. toid fm as little as$SO each .

In Chatham the New YorkHomeslead Assoaahon and a n.....be<of other tra<;t owners. some withoffices in New York City, follow<!<l their,..,

In Frtdnx:k A. Sumanacqwred the properues now a4acenl10 North, South and Easl SUe<lT, Thelots in INs development known as KSt.Michael', BuildIng" lots, were soldexctus.udy to InIh. These propert .. .

are now almosl all owned by ItaI0ns.Also in ~ d i s o n Edward Holland( r ~ U T e d to ............ be.)n a Streel

Convroi$$ioner in New York Cily) andassociates. under the name of • The

Madison Land Assoc",IIOrl". laid outIhe so·called "Orchard" area.«I\Ithwest 0/ Ave. where101• .......-e o,;gnaJiy acquired by Insh.Eh> Street and nea.-bo,o section!;of parkAve. were once known as ''UpperDublin».

Among leueral sections ofMomstown sellled by losh . . . . . . theM ~ p l e

Ave.·McCuliough·MadisonSl reet Dostricl ~ n d lhe lands near thejunction of $peedweU and Sus$exAuen...-s . ..t.e\e the ''Bishop Wi9gerl o t s ~ """e IM:I 001. Another areasellled by Irish was CoIIlI>$\Iille.

These immigr.>ntlrish. in these areas.found employment on florgo! (l$Tat('$ aswomen domestics, men gardne ..

coachmen and stablemen. also on therlli!road. as drove... for the localmom:hants aoo coal compames; somejoino,od the pa!ic:e forces, -.e masonsand b r i c k ~ , pamlft$. blacksmiths,

and house buiOOrs. A number of Irishfamities built $mall green houses, whIChlhey maintained untll the big r05egrowing CQrJ>orations made thesebusinesses unpm/itabk!. The Irish wereIlIIo a<;tive al l voIunleer Aremen. InMorristown. today. " large greens .....m.ock is in lhe sdewalk

on front of the WashinglonCO\'l1)iIny heOOqwrtm on Markels.ree!.

When 1 came 10 Madison in 1910.along with Halley's Comel, the lown hadCDn'lmI!IlCed 10 lay _r lines and lhe

Public SeMel GiI5 Company g a s ~ , 1 ca .. recall florgo! gangs 01 ltal",ns.fresh from haly. digging mila of

treroches. the projecTS """ .

..... "pleterl. many 01 lhem rem/lined.lind """kood in lhe gJeeMouses and onbig urnl«. How _ n I recaU t!\eorlummer celebr"',",ns with firew:::>rk6.band <:<>nCe.tslloo the $treels lined wilhtabll!s and booths IiIIed with exoticItalian foods,

When World War 0 camv along. thesons and grandsons 01 lhese ok!irnrrugrants.,ioIroed the army, learned 10

ope"'te heavy equipment and afe nowlellding conTrKIOI'S and COOSlfUClion""S''*''$. ~ n y are also lawyerl ,doctors. dentists, archItects, etc. aoo

hold high puhli<: office, The Irish. too,

...... II! dono> well in aD fiE-Ids, and manyha\ll! made repulations asjudges, chu.chmen and members 0(

public: bodies ,To these ancestral irnrrugrlu>IS and

their descendMlts the StaTue 01 Lberty

has been """" always ..... be aninspiration

LocIy Ubot. . . . . ,.C<>nt "" ' " pg. I

were cemented, and Butler, ah

"""""" of tireless work, wnamed a Chevalier of lhe legion

Horror by the French 9O"'!rrrneI1!.How did a Morris CounTy RubbE

company rnagIlIIle. v.rho5e compaoper.>led in isokoted Butler, NeJersey. become .....aIved ...;thinterTllltionai art project? ActualRichard BulleT commuted from NeYork City where his warehou$e for tIarge$I manufa<;lure,- of flOe harubber producl$ on lhe world wIoc<>ted A cosmopolitan man. Butwas a founder and bCllVt' Truslee of tMetropolitan MliS/Iurn 01 Art.pro:niroInt colIeclor 01 Ammcan art.became IasciMled wilh Augus

Bartholdi'l plan to build a colMsstalue honoring tiwl [roth anni"","saofUnatl!d Stal"" i " d ~ p " ' n d o f " I C e .

In Ffance Ihe U n i o n · F r ~ n cAmercalne wasled no Time collectiprivate contributions to build an

transport lhe Statue to lhe Unit

Saot"". 'The U.S Coreress officiaa c c ~ l t d the gIt , lIopuIanng t .....t tStMue'S pedestal be finance<I wprivale funds, In Isn Ric .....rd Buland hili friends hastily """1 at tpresngious Unio .. t.ea.gue Club in NeYork IQlormtheAmericanCommmthe U,S. WTSion 01 the Union FrancAmericaine, 11 was a group of over 1pronunent poIilic"'ns. businessmen. aconnisseurs and phiIan!hropisl&. Bullwas named Secretary and conla(:l withe Ffench sculptOO'

I..odv I . . - ty . .con< !tom . . . 2

By 18!l4 !he Commillee " " - '16l.COl, ar.:! Bulle< and Barthokli

!!eGa"", close friend. through trans.AllIIn!1C visits. ar.:!their mutual love 01

~ r I Construction cI !he ~ t a I , on II

20/001 deep conc,ete found/Illon, go !under.l.ay, but halted abruptly .....+,en

!he .tructure had only ruched 15 feo!1.

The Amencan CommiUn had r\8"1 ()OJ!

cI """ ' l From t h e ~ m n i r o g theStatuehad gene"'tM little public support, and""" considered II pet project 01 thewulthy. Lacking $100,000 the

Corrrnrttee IacftI !he p«l6peC1cI an unIinaohed pedestal and !he

return clthe F,enchgft.A hard headed busineunwon, Butler

. .w thit nmd for broad bawd support.Public K J I i c , t ~ o o n ...... the '_.TheConvnml!e issued an "Appeal 10Patriohsm" with II giveaway gimmick 016" u...,.,y 5 t ~ l u e t t e lor IMIry $1

donahOn. Headquarte. . for the drivewere WI. up a1 the New Vork RubberCompan." at 33 Street, ...MeIno! of Butler'. ernpIoyen rook charge

1 COntribution" and sta!ueUe

h, drive s a i n ~ d tremendousomenlum .......n Joseph Pulilff',

ublither of the New Yorl< World,""" wejgh, cI ". liberal

Iheel beItir)d the Stat..... Herhe pubic wrd> 1r0l'll pageboorllung the.. J"ck 01Dr.:! prorrued to pnnt the

01 ewrycontri;)utor. By Augu.t,the P Wi" reached, Overpeople from all walk. oIliIe had

October 26, 1886 """11 prcud daylorBuller. The Butler Companyeorn.t &.nd, miIde up 01 his

. . . County sem-.adedGrover CIewIar.d on Ins

in New York for the Statue's

A b r o n 2 ~ tablet,mounted nPedestal', Ulterior, ~ t e d the

name ""th ten orher-s as IIre,,,,,,,:\et 01 their patriotic

Ard the Pedestal,CIno!

01 the~ " 0 1 r>IOIIewO<I< IMI. builtno..- triwnphantlo,o .upporting rhe

W'IS II dream C()mO/ , . . . . . lorand the ........rican Commiuee.

His rothuiWsm lor the prCJj<,!c!OWl" rnlO the little town nanlI!d

him. As it5 major and landnamed BartholdiA_

honor 01 his fnend in 1886. n..;,.lrienchhip lasted untill9O'J.....+,en

5iIdy wmre Richllrd Buk ... sthat, "All those fortunate10 know hm "-'\0'11 lost a true

ro:>bIe friend." The lCulplO. diedye<rra lat ..

YOURDUITBgy[Jm"dSo",G,.",,,,,,, Boods

I..bmy Towe.. oil917

T h ~ eYl"nins. .M3.d ; 9 · lIp .. . . Op.n i "

u .. . _ n ~ . Preoodtn! Ragon will begin

""""Il l st/Itue lrg/Iung progra

. . chou a n d ~ . """""'h "Amenca tho Buutihi"

On ~ I o I a n c I . S , 0 0 3 ~ w ibe - . . n ......... ci!izeno

. . . . . . 1 ~ t h o U . s . , h O d'on by .. oII;tl, 20,000 additionanow ArMric .......... aIoo b

Friday. 4th11 ...... · 4p .... . , , ' " r ~CtlIoo:tal 01 T.. an

""""" na.....r ...... w i I ~A _, n L i > m ~ 51 ..

Park', n ih laum .... b

coordir...lep " , - ~ . "''''1ItWIg tho New Y<>rk

-5un<by, J ..... 6Ih_CIo.ing

~ e . . . . , . , ; q from M_land. Gi.on . . S t ~ d i " ... and, ... tndoo.A . . . ..Sporturg even.., indu&>g li nice sh:)w, IW"'f>l'ltico and tho"Staroe oIlJ:1eny Milo" ..... 1omen and ...omen. are......,

' ...

Miss Liberty Soup

A hearty. JlUtrinous nvrugranr meal byMary C h a H ~ " t .

J chckcn1/2 bunch Italia" pclrs/eJI

1/2 Berm..oo <>mOt>4 Irish pololoes

1/4 CIJSI Scotch barley2 Be9um rnrrl)lS

1/4 wp F . ~ . . . . , . . Indi<m C\J"l' to IllSleo.,;on mustard

I Italian pLm lemaro""""_ove. chic:ken WIth wal .... boil u n t ~ tender. FWmove meat from bones.Add chopped onion. parsley. ,arro'l,Scotch ba.ley, and poIilroes. Cook

until tender Addliosn ... pn:holcuny.

mustard, tOfl\/ltoe, Ioalra n d ~ .

10taste. Boil few rrunutes klrlger.

"The Statue in the

Harbor, a story of twoApprentices

"Believe n or root, whtn J was about

15 ~ ' e M $ old, Jworl<ed way up Illete •PI1UiP!>" proudly orared .... he pointO!(!the torch and the crownol r ...S!atueoi""" , , .

This is a in • ddi!Iltfuichildrens book written by Jeffrey Eyerand nkelv illustrated by PaulaGoodman, which tells the SiOfy 01 thebuilding oIlhe ItlIlue Ihroo.agh !heolrwo!o'OUl19 boys, one F.tnc:handone

AmericanBoth boy$ were apprenhc:es to theW

lathEn, one II rnela1 """,kef on PMlSaOOthe other II Slone makeT on New Vork.

They i>«1II'nI!par\ oIlhedramaoi theconstruction, fina;ncing, and dedicatIOnof the monumental statue,Sunply told, this story brings the

hist"'Yol M_lUr ty aWe. This book.. for sale in the Momstown BookSloreand the paperback cOStl .$4 75.

"Why the Statue

is a Woman"

Acrordng 10 NancyJo FOlC. French

sculptor Frederick Aususte Bartholdiuwd the !roWo f9.>re to ,..,.$Orlifyliberty oo t ITIIIH'ly out of artistIC wh.im.Some 300 ye.tor1l before Barthold;o;nuued hiJ IlI>tue or the Frenchthought abor.n gMI'I9 iI to Anwriol. tMform of an 1nd0n queen was used toodentify t ... new American r ~ p u b l i c .

Fox has put together an exhibitIOn 01

85 objects dating from 1750 to 1984 inwluch $CItIW of 1M 0Ilwr female fomw.00..,. a range In painllng5, KUipture.texttles. etc ..tl of wlnc;h represent

""""'"MthoIdi WM no ! neces&a:iy _e01 e.:.rIier drpic:noo. of I.iberty as awoman. The crown can be traced 10

ol lMh He is said to have hismo1her's face and the owrSIUd Kale 01

1M CoIussu. of Rhodes to lhese det4ill;to rnaIu. 1M stalUl! lhal was di>dicated

In 1886 by the presidml.

The Torch OV'er N Y Harbo

"Flaming Changes

Actually, lheoldest part oItMstathe torch a!:>Que lhe handko, IS aho

of the Meas molt l""'PI"'ed

tluOll!P:>ut the \IW'S. At linl a 5copper flame, WiIS redesigned into be more of a i9lt beac:oo.

Ct:>ppel was cut and rep0ced WIth g......ncIowI so that 1000""," bghts coshine tluough Unfortunately.w,ndows were never comple

w a t ~ p r o o f e d and fo, years " " ' t ~.-.side, dribbl.>g down lAdy Li>er1Iml. catISlt'EI o;or,.-.o, and fur

an already 5Oi'e 'POI. na r ~ was closed to tourists . With'<!SIOI'lIhOO. a new copper IC""thout ...ird:MS it be.ngmado!. butrwne gikIed ""'h gold and ilbnulaled....arby 5POIid>ts. Tlus ohou ld m1m. flame of lhe torch "PPIUI' ~ IIhIm ever!

Goes On"by Virgin;D Rooney

Perhaopa Kenr>edy c . . r p e n t ~ , officialhistonan fo< Butler and .u.'ft!a. resdent, may never be quite&/ItiI.fied W I he hu found OUt

a.-eryth"'llabout Richard Butlerandhis

relationehip with the famous Auguste

Ba.rtholdi. Kulptor of the Sulh.oe oi.Liberty, so the research contir.ues.Youll find stOriel about these twofriends in another 1>"'.1 of lhi! c i r ~ u l a r .

This 'eselIrd, wall .. .~ p o n s i b l e forCorpenter'. awakened interest inhistory, and connn,," throug. """ilexchanga to Franclt ..,;111 its newT·

ending excIting disco...e:'oes .•.,._M er earning college: deg.e<!s

l . a / I I y e l t ~ College in Easlon, Fa. and

CoIumbill.Jnivll!mty III New York, he

camI! 10 a...,Ier, ....... $Wtoo

tuchmg ScWnce in \943111 B u ~ I-li!tISch<xll and retired in \975.

While leaching there, he started the

Sciencf! Fairs and I\iId the first one inthe Slale 01 New Jersey. Butler Highwas also the first IQ haw II ~ l O r 50 which is used toirr;>diate ....mtever isput in il.

Kennedy was awarded the princetonUniv<!rslly Prize for C , ~ \ i " " , ScienceT"adung in 1954 lIond rec<'iwd it al the

Grad .... tion that yearDuring his very busy life, he t.asbeen

Involved liS chairman of th eTerCenltnafJ/ Ccwrrnin"" for Bulkr,and developed II Coat of Arms (bk>eand gold) "'*'ich ...... adQpted by the

borough officials and is used~ , e t o d a y . For arotmd 2S yurs, during the

Summelll, Kenn \11M acounselorlor theKila" Camp on lake Morey.

Vermon!. Th e camp "arne, inHawaMn, mo):allS " v i c : ! 0 ~ ~ , "The boys

a!«!nd,,'9 enjoyed II kl! of hiking, pluscanoe !rips on the c.,.,ooc!icu! River,actually golOg as flor "" Car.adll on elime, Carnp 1IOIl9', food lind dress (forspecial urerroooia) followed !heHawalllln !hemoI, 1II!houdI the campI'IIId V>k1Og gods lind lhe boys re1umedeach 10 won. up Ie. Odm., the lOp

god. ThiI; iI ik e Boy Scouts earning-rn 1w'ge- Speaking 01 se<>uhllgKenn __ .... Eagle SeOUl. the camp

was wry quiet lIocI IlIIlural, no radiosallowed Doesn't.aund 6ke today!

Three years ago, he ""'" awarded"Citizen 01 the YearM by the BullerIIFW , He had lak<!n ROTC his firstyear in colltge b\at couldn't golurther inthe m i l i l a ~ becaU5e 01 visual problems.

A lencing coach lo r many years,

Hail Miss Liberty,We Salute You!

"Ther, iI a pOi t card of the firstchristerong 01 MISII.iberty. 11 IS II rq,t5<:" '" ""th AiIloIIts 01 the period in the

harbor, and an umbrella. 01 rocketsillwninahTl9 lhe sky,

M. Decker, a member oI tr.eHeritage Commissoo, would like Ie.simulate this tcene Ih;5 coming 41h ofJuly with his prelly bile sloop W<1avingin and OUT 01 the Tall ShiP!ll, ...Uirog on II

s t l l r ~ r d U>ck ,n Ironl of the .tlIlueunfurling II biu'ner reading!

HAll MISS UBERTYThe Me."i . CounlY Heritage

""""""'"AlUTES YOUIf tl\I$ IS brou!itt of f the bartnerwill be

returned to the Herttage Commissionin MonisIOWT'l for edtibil and then

pre&efV/ItlOO . . . . . . mponam archiw 01

Stllrtmg in 1943, he SliD helps. He was thIS memorable event, 10 be brOU!lIloxhauman of Butler's Bicenlennial out and duplaye<l eachaubsequent4th

Commission, Civil Defome Direclor for I " : : " ' : : : : ' __________5 ,..ears, member of the N.J. Science tTeacher's Assoc. and gave leclures alilS conventions in AIl<>nti<: City on Bumper $Iw:kers, decals, posters, \l'IC.UFOS SplICe TraVO!I,Atomic. Radi3tion, lire available from the New Jersey

Solar Energy, F\!riodic ~ I e m s of the Stalue of Liberty C e n t e n n i ~ 1Ekrnenl$, using: IIides for illustrations. Commission. Event$ arc beingT h r ~ Ius ~ h , r.e foond out scheduled and you can ""ile 10 thethai BIIrthoIdi rnIJode e liIe-S>l:e bronu al;:oue orgaruz,allon Room 415, CN

bust of Richard Butle!- which he 064,36 S. Broad STreel , Trenton, N.J.

prOfT"06ecl Ie. Mrs. Butlet. The bust was 1lI62S" you need publicity,rnIJode, bul rnystery5Uf'l"OO.lds;I, because ,

______________no on e seems 10 kflOUo' where ;1 is. It rwould C05l $6.00J 10 make another 01

piasler from the ori!jnal mokI. Bullethad !"'"" daughler$ bu l wry ~ m . . canbe found aOOolthe descendants. II any

of you readers could help Wt\hinformation e.r you kl'tOU.> c:I. a n ~ e I s e wOO mighl help. please call KennedyCarpenter at 838-62.56.

For your ddigenl .....;Irk on RichardBuller'S history, and ;n apprecialionfrom Morris County', C i l i ~ e l l S , salute you, Ke-nnedy Carpenler, for ajob ...eI donel

All Sialue Pic , .., .... Throu.ghc.ullhe

Ci , c ...la r are COurt ...y of DoverPubJ;caliont Inc., N_ York.

N.J, a-.. . ,ConI /rom P9 '

The laws .." h.u been recentlycbm1issed by SoJpeoor Coon JudgeBurreD lues Humphreys wOO slaled

lhill he did not hilve iurisdichon 10 ruleOIl the w,1 broughl by len New Jersey

residents The liligants, he e ~ p I a i r . e d ,do not MVO! the legal ItlIndmg 10 suebecause they lire nol harmed

penooaIIy and h"VO! no property rightson lhe lsIards. This lawsuit, he

IIlIIintained, is a cliwi<: """ lor the u.s._ ~ C o o r t Fnonk Gw.... called the ruling

unfortunale. "The people of NewJersey hilve a "!itl to be heard on thiiswe," he malfltained, Guarini pia . . 10take the case 10 the U.S. SupremeCourl Ihrough lhe federal juddasyslem.

New Jersey ClaimsLiberty and Ellis

Islandsby Fm""es D. Pingeon

Border disputes have plagued NewJersey and New YOTk since the 17thc ~ · n 1 o r y when tN..>y we.e bothcolonoes.The !"t..-.;t on<' began in 1984.....twn Rep.Frank GUIlnni (D. 14 Dis.) and runeother New Je.seyans claimed thatUh<!ny ~ n d fJlis Wand.. lay In New

Je , sey wate,s. Jurisdiction 0"''' theseI;y.oJ islonds had been giwn to NewYork In 1834 in a T,eaty ...ruch was

,atif....:! by both states. 1he SUit. med In

tho, U.S. District Cou.t in Novemh<!r1984. asks that th e Co",t declare the

1834 Treaty invalid and thilt salescharged on Liberty Island by New Yo rkfor more thiln twenty years be I\llumed

10 New Jersey Although the FederalgOvernmenl now owns both islands·,New York has pfOfited from itsjurisdiction over them by sa1<ls t a ~ e s , jobs and tourism_ With the restorationof the S r a t ~ of uberty and the possibleconvet!;lOn of fjlU; Islond into a mUSllumand corner"""e cen1er, much more willbe at stake.

Tho litigonts claIm thilt the two

islands have always been a par! of NewJCTSI'Y and cite !heir proximity to theNew Jer54!y &hore!ine: as proof. LibertyIsland !ies only s i ~ hundred yards fromLiberty State Pari< in Jersey City and Os

mor" than a mile from BattefY pari< inMi>nhallan. And their .ul1 suddenly

became more dramloc when KevinWright, New Jen;ey historian and

eurrator of Ihe Steuben House at RMl'

Edge, discovered an unknown

agreemen1 in the Stale archives in

M",. Sharon M. D o r ~ m u ~ . Chairman

.

Milp IS lo<...-k 01 one '" ,he Siile Ubr.ry In T,enlon tn.t occompam• • tn..1!89 !>g '_ tO! r:J the Joint Boundiot;' The ootid line .hows theb<>unc!ory.r.::! tho- " , 1 ~ " " " ! 1 ! ! 9 <i<sht. m d i a t ~ su"",yo,... , e f " " , n c : ~ !>Oint1

Trenton. written to 1889, whichsUPlXlrted their case . According to tillS

document . a joint boundarycommission appointed by the NewYork an d New Jersey legis!atures in18SS. determined. after muckr e s e ~ r c h . that Bedioes (now Uberty)Island and Ellis Island were clearly it;

New Jersey t€rrilory.1he law sui, has stirred up great

deal 01 conlrovef5Y_ New Yorkers

dismiss is as ludierous.lhe New Yor k

POSI writes that "'Ions-last lteatlCSlike

Iong-kl!;\ wills invite suspicion." TheDaily N ..... s insists thaI, "Possessionisn't ru..... points of Ike law, It·s 10."

bnmigrants, it stales. came to NewYo,k Harbor oot Newark Or H o b o k ~ n . lhe New Yo rk TImes maintaillS thatthe claims of New Jerseyans that their

stale should have jurisdietionUberty and Ellis Islands '·lIiesin tkeof law (referring to lhe 1834 T

which assigned the Island. toYork) and histofY. which assoeiate

Golden Door with New York Citits harbor."

1he New Jersey contestants bethilt N€w York has nol only explNew Jersey fiflal"lCi>tUy on the issUtwrty and Ellis Islands but thaIJersey pride is- also al stake. ·'Oslates celebrate the nati

monuments thaI lie within bound.lries," historian Kevin Wpoints out. "Why not New Jer5Espec",lly. he insists. when "Jersey as tke crQS8,,)IIds of

Revolution is a perfect selling monument to Liberty enlightenin",,,Id. c-,,,,.,..;! on

Mo rris Cou n ty Heritage Commissio nMo nil; Coun ty Courtho use

Mo rristown, N.J. 07960(201) 2SS·1952

M", . Frances D. e < > n . Voce·ChairmanMr>. "irginia K. Rooney. SeC ...lary . EditorDr . Herory CitronHenry W. Pi tch

A. <li.... o.,mpMy

J05<!ph D...:ker(;eo'!!e J . Szalko..-s\< i. Jr., Frnooldcr Liaison

o..vid Mi,ros. Arch;,,,.

Mary ChBlf"nt. Co",""""," s . , c r ~ ' . r y

'UJ:lje

QIount!! QIircular

QIelebnrte£l

~ i c e n t e n n i a l of QIoll£ltitution

Volume

Constitutional Tidbits

Much has been """Hen On lhe ConsUlUI""" 10 Arline

Do>mPf'!V, membe. of , he Morn. Counw Heri,*!!<Ids some In'ere&lIrog "dbo,s:

This y e ~ r has been on e of our hallell summers -very,0 lhe Ipringand summer 04 1787 The ~ ' e I

at tables ~ n d swealcd 8y noon the air wM lifelus.

wm<lowa ""u, klr pnvllCY, or in,oIetabie Wllh Ilialhey we.e open. (Ahl for ,he ICreeni and IlIr

the delegaiU ....oo . Id newt haw

~ 9 J e e m e n " had the heal flO' b. oken on July

,11£ mo.qu,'Ooe$ were Inl>ClJVe oll,llough ,h e

' ileIS &t noon we.e ~ U e d wllh hon;efl!es. VJhen the

- - -}iu .. leh ,he Sta.e H o ~ fo< the day, they sirolled

, '0 Cheslml! Sin"" where they hopl'd 10 lee / lhe_

"",ns from the n\IeT_

TheStateHou6ewasflOt il l ;tsbes' thaI ~ r . The

had been ""kim downwhen" g r , " " , , ~ k y . G",wld 10 be mewn along Chestnut Slrftl to deiocIen the

of wheels and horws PilU'''9. There was a dosed

eI! in the PIIvement near ~ : K h corner. WI ,h a woodenump s,anding high Wo,k had begun on the new county

u rthouse but tiO la . there was on/y a large hole ,n lhe

round.eon"" .od " " " - 2

Mountain Lakes, First Planned Commuter Town

Herb<:.1 J Ho.pgood, a developer and promoter. tl"aMformed

lhouoand acres of s ......mpy wilderness inlo an affiuent and

que c h i c : ~ l u r o l l commurulyof5OOhortws in Morris Counly_scenario could b<: an update on the lales. real estale action in

Counly, bUI ,1"$ no,. IIhappened 7$years ago in 1911, an d lhe

of Ihe development was Mounlaln Lakes. It w.u this

oun.y·s r,.s. planned cOmmu'er town.

The dewlopmenT eme,ged I,om a woodland "rea tha, was

,n 1896for lhe Je.sey C"y 1Wse"''OIr ,n Boon,on At lha,

t...e....'15 Van Duj,i1>e. t"," local ....rveyor from Boon.on.i;>o!gan bUYIng up land al $1$ "" a c r ~ In 1908 he

~ r . . , d Long Island d ~ " " I o J l " 1 ' . H<!rb<!"rl I-Llpgood. pe!'$Uoldmg,M . !he land waS a good ,nves,ment an d ideally sWlecI for a

l....:! res .. ."''''1 parkThe timin9 was nghl In Ike meltopo\tlllon Mello!he u", ," nuddlt!

tladjoined l h ~ _a1 lhy inllon exoduslO lhecoum ... On/l.t ,h e

wry rit:h could lIffon:l estates designed by individuaillo.chltl!

Bul tMtdul homes, based onst"ndard pt.ons, were an ~ f f o r d asubstilule in c""nlry li"lllg for o.",",s.

I-bpgood grabbed theopponu, ,"W; ConVlnced,t would succ

He h.>d e x P l ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ~ . building qualily homes 0[ 1 hilly CO[1.1<ucsites (In Shorehiom. on Longl5!and's presligous No,th Shoreh;o,d btnll fo< prospe,ous clienlSon a $Iopmg lerral" sim

10 ,he New Jersey s<te). ConstfUC1l0" workers couk! nde to w

on a ......... ' T O I I e y ~ n e rouled a1onslhede .....lopment's ma,n ro

I3ou\ewIrd TranspnrlaHOn to N""" Y<;>rk Ci'Y. the key

"llToIICIl"9 prospecttW home _ ' s , was handy "",'n n ~Lackau.,.,n"" Radroad C ~ . , 0 1 " . And, last bu, nol leasl.

Vlmture would be bankrolled with .hecred" back,ng ot Hapgofa lheHn .l"",. ,.;.,a.Ilhy Brooklyn man"I&C luTe •• Cna.lo:s J T......

Todb", Con' ho . ,

1'lwrulo5 al HCf«\I ret\"lol:l1fd 11u:""'Itl

OUllke eo.......",KJn ahhoush d&lficull al

"mes_ W,lh 1111 'h e enlellll""ng,n Ike la .....' " an d lhe pa.lot, delegale.

we.e queshoned on 411 oodn. II ......,

~ I m o s l ,mpoM"hIoi: '0 kmp old DrFranklon q .. . Snllria ........ pIKed al

lhe Slal" Huur.e doors .nd I T \ 4 ! ' m ~ .. .cuuld not copy lhe daily jou''' ' ' ' ""thoul

Pl'nn,U>Or'i

WasI-ongronlUtyfd..."h R"benMom.

~ n d d l a t _ ~ ' M l d o r . g . t " ' M ~ w<lll Dr Frankl"" ' / ')"d In9<'uoll.

T"homas M,ff," ~ n d G\'O'I!"' tM COJ\WI.

tir.>n e ~ I V mornIng WI,II p r & ~ S How<!\o'e', I l \ I ; : r ~ ""'" no money 10 pall II01._

lhe bM..: ""UI! 01 thor Con...."",", ~ I T I o I , " " d Ihloug/lOl.lr ..nd w,.. small

~ ' ~ ' e . as-"".' Large, len iI9""'*1 Ih.H"bny 01111:. hugl' and "'1.01 qUU1H)1\&

_ . ~ ; SllM'ry " " ' r ~ tJa\oti ~ h " " Or P,_ . ly , lhe Weste," Coulllry

many ~ " , e ' e l l O W m o s r . ! < n g . Tiwydebdlcd O""r the ""lull' an d dllpOl.rlJOn

01 lhe people at " ' . ~ WhoiII dod In..treOI>Ie do."e. whal did lhel/and would I...... o ' > C C e p l ~

Jc,hn.w,., r10I a """"""'" a l l ~ '" eor.....nnon, $;\'" " I h ~ who own .Iv:coumry sr.ould gov.,n '1'· G . . . , . ~ M..5on (V" .. n ...) ~ I & l e d '-W" Ouglll to

,,"end 10 Ih. righl' oIl!\,'I!fl,/ 'au 0/11~ I e - pt<>v><\e no In6 u.ehuly lor

lhe lIapp'nell 01 lhe 10",,,,, lhan ofIhe higlw51 o,de.olc'nun"· W ~ s h l n g tOn .....-ole 10 t...fal"llle ,n Ft .nc:e ~ 1 i M ! $ r e "reeIDrgsv.ould de-rerrnnewhetherAmn

rca WiiS 10 have a goo.'eJnmern ....t .dt

gUII.an.eed III '

I berlyand

propn1'1. Of

whelher lhe counlry ....... 10 dnlt in lO

anarclly. confu5io:m and the &ctalJOn of

010me asJlinni dm-...gogue

h . b r u l h e ~ " " " . ~ ,omlng Iflt<

1 ~ 5 h i o n . lhough """"",,+.at 'lW/ffeclive_1f

gentleman wiolled ,0 ""_len hISbf1"alh hor rubbed his 'I'<'lh WIth it ,_

dtP[)ed on $fluffAug. ]2. ]787 EI\mdgo Gerry

(Mass,)Wfo,e fila, he ha d I ~ l < " " In$ WIfe

~ n d I " f ~ n l 501110 NY. III ltw heal ofPh.b.. in A ~ I mrght p.ove .",uriO<>.

to 111$ ",IAnI

,. ,tit> C , " " I ' ~ : -.. 1 n. F ~ . , s.q,., ~ , " = , n w : : . : ~ c . = C C : - _ - - : : - - C _ 7Aug 16, ]717 _ ConwnlrunQranled M o . r n 1.aI<.. C ~ n ' 1"0"' t'l

Cong . . . _lo,O!9"I, , ' .k"f'9J 'Iand H"pgood plunged In, lCooP"'91lP

I f " I ' f t ~ ' d t ' ' ' cOt'nflVrce ~ v a o l . b l t - land. CaI\ildoM lumb<>. ~ "Au9-24. 1767 _ Conwrot! ... pn:I[)OHCI .......ebfoughl ",tode .. ,hehrll* Ro

,hal C o n g r _ b e p t o h t b : t ~ homba,," ' - ' f t" lard OYI. ~ n d In.. """.nw.nriI "

"'!I cWrw t l ~ before 1800 ."c ..... w e r e d a m m e d l o c r . ~ l e M<l

Aug 30. 1767 _ ~ h , ) n d o b a l ~ d ~ ' " and Wddw>ood ~ k u o th" C ~ n- "'0\ Iflor.ldrl _ '""Iof ""'" .!.ttt 'S , JM<-t'S at lhe comm"nrIy In ]910 ~

A..g 31. t;I:l1 ConvomtlOndf,cdod 1J,)Od Of14t\Iled Moun,,,," Llkd. h

lhal "'' ' ' ' ""'n"""'e n e e d ~ d 10 '."1'1 and -.lillIe<! COllllru<llQll oflhe Contl,lurlO modo-I homes. Ternpo"'''ly he lrwdSo-p. 8. ]7111 C o m " " U H " , , · S I Y ~ In.:- I'-1""n'"", 14kH Inn. s . : . ~ u ",

- . l Arr...... t ~ ~ ~ I I ! ' d 10 pu t t . . . promo,<.'d from NoM..nMU"n o!tK fO

~ " r _ 1 n I O fiR.!O k><"T! 1 7 0 e . ~ . a n d t h l O U g l r " " " , .....Sep. 16, 1711 Prm'" , ptep.>r"d ads la',,""led al New York C"v ap

!>OIl copt<'. of lhe CO,,"trtul:on 10< ,.... menl.uld home """"""offici.lI"IIIl.ng<PfI'TTlOn\l. On M""h 17. 1'.111 Law.ence

s..-pl 17. 17111 _ Srgnrng of Luelle". hio ... Iund IWOtnfantsl> .u"

Co'>ltitL.', .. ~ · 1 9 " " ~ t H ' < ' I > I ' e M N M"""'MfI U k" Inc·, In$l ,ntden''9 12 """'n.. n - ) I i o n H r . ; ~ flIO\«I'd to 46 [)

s.,pt ]8, l-;il7 _ Th. ConsI"utlOll rnoulh RoOO. a 5 t r ~ t named ~ f t e . H.. "" .ead", Irw P" ~ ' I " ' ~ g<>:>d'sa.lnu """e,_ Thf« """,.h$ t

Sept 19.17KJ Pa. G,az<'TOepnn,.,s ',.,Ir",y tTIOfe t.c.ut. ...... . b".1!

" ' S I _ ~ c o m " " " aryonConstl o,,,upoecl I-Ltpgood tnQ<.,w h,.. "

lutlOn- tarnily."oalar-ge homeC .. . •. . . , . ioci

Jeife.sons t ~ . ~

"n,..1 ' ~ ~

of b1K'ny- al 195 Bouln>ardnn,, ' be Ielrnh<'d lrorn IIlIW ,0 lune" BUSIness boomed N e ~ . l y " ' THop..!uIilralof ~ W l l l d o t t D d u n n g t h e houw. _ ,e bull! annually tn lhe p

Bt-C:..,.,lermMrloilhor C o n s I " ~ 1 I O < > . M.>rI!r "",I", 'drill ~ ' ~ a , ~ _ E ~ r y ..." " , k ~ n d "e

thongs .re ",-.Ji\atole tor us . "om - . Ihy cu-,II>mers from N..... Yo.k C\O<>Unge51 10 the okk., "Tho? Amomc - ..."""..Q ,n. ~ I o u r u < . o lakes salesolf

legIOn ha.s pul out Color"'9 Book 101 ....."'mgt,,, limollSllK.' ",Uto at the dew:1thorJ,O)UJ'l9S'<'n c,,_ Boo.......n's'· ...t.. n I d5. "ump hlled la

. . . . . f't-rr4edrIph...- ..a''-'t)lln: ... ~ n d cknudftI hdlJ " " " r ~ " ' 1 a del .. .

b o o i t c o n ! . , . . . ~ 01 tho!Con,.... P .... ~ t · O ..ldn·, """'t to pul I ~ . . PItY

I " , " :b.r.-n f...- H,.,pguud'. hou"-'5.Many 01 O haw'S VJh", \ .. tl'ww lin" . . . hke? E

p .OSt_ .. . pan ;of hiJ ""[)On""1 w.o. ' l .Iom ve.$I0n 0/ 0 " .

c ~ l e b t - a l " , " ( ' -...I.. IF 6

Thirty Nine Municipalities

WillParticipate

re ..nklment of the CoMututional Cotwention If ) PhMdelplua, 7OOyl!arsago, will bit held On September 19,

in the Student Center Au<tilonutn at Counly d Moms, at 12:30 p,m,

Eac:h Iown ' " Morris COIJnly wiIllend a delegate, ....,j,owill '''PI''''"''' onoI of lhe 39_s f the Col'IStIlU lion, Or

one of lhe Ihree reprewnt.)IIIIU....oo attended bul chd not J.I9rI

Or. Gordon Woods of Brown I..lru<.ief:luy will open the COfNOention n... d e ~ t a wUI debale ISSues and vole

bdrue an 8uchence of the genomol public.ltudenl body, and before t ~ 1 e v w o n cameru , In lheaftemoon. Ihe ent"e

8udoence will become Ihe "Ole . of New J<,rsey and. fo1l0"'1fl9 a briel discussOon about FeOe.aIO$t$ and anl\·

F ~ e . a l i o n a l O $ 1 A g,votn by Dr. John J, o'Con....,. of the NevJ lnsmutR of T<I(:hnoiogy, ""U YOte on ",hetherNew Jersey should ralify the Consl!tuhon.

Dr LouI" A M>iyo, "'"lOt CIwrpe.M')n of Hilrl<lry.' Pohtical S c ~ . at County C o I ~ of Morns, ; . ""'" of lhe

event's major coo.d,nators He. UIislant" Richa..d hwm, Maditon, .e p ...emlng lhe Morril County Historical

Socrety. Co-IPOI'OIOI'I,

THE CHRISTY PAINTINGSCENE OF THE SIGN ING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

W . hin9,gn, G.o'go ,.. '" M.Hon')', I ..... "' 27 . lan9don.lohnF" n' lin, hnjamin •• I i . ..d,G.e l r 0., a . Gil""'n, N< ho! . .M.di,en, I." , . ,. ,. ..... t. ~ . d

'"M. UYin9'lon. W,lIiim

H'm,lton.Alu.nd., N. Y. 11. Sr,.igh!. R"hardDobb . N< )0 . "I, , ,on, W, lIiam)..10"" , Gouve,neur ... II . ! aunt, W,IIi. ... N< 31. Mlltlin. ThoI'M'Mo"i',l'.obort •• It . Wlllia,,",o",lIugh N< )2 . (Iy ...... GoolgoWiI.cn,Jomti •• 10. l o n , l o " D ~ n i . l o f S L Thoma. "' 1). fillSimQn',ThomuPincknoy. (n . . (oluworth C< 11. l C i n t . " u l ~ . M . . . )4 . t"vrnoll,I.,*d

~ ' M ~ ~ 0 1 , C n ~ o I . . ,.< 22. Gal am.. N"haniel ... 35. , .dlo,d, G""n,n9, J.,~ u 1 1 . d 9 . , John ,.< " D.ylo".lonath.n N. J. 16. 8.com.. J,<gb

• ~ t I . " P ' e ' , " ,< " Ca"oll. D.ruel "' n.D,ck'n.on.John

Sh."".n, R0p'.' Conn. "row. W,lIiam ,. 39. "urley, David

Jon",on,W,j I' m Samuel ( 0 " ' " n . '.!d.vin, Ab . .ha", ". 40. 1.0..0", W,lh.", (S"IOI"1)

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COUNTY OF MORRIS BICENTENNIAL OF THE u.s. CONSTITUTlON ...L CONVENTION 1787

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1787 DEUG ...TE

N",hoiM G,hNn

John l.olIngdon

WIlliam S JohnsonRogt"r SIwr"",n

Nathanod Gorham

RuI.... KmsAJ.xander HamIItOll

WdIwn ......... on

"""" "'.....,.u..m PlrluwonJon.othon DaylOfl

8enJamm FranklrnThomat MJfLnRQIw.. MorN

G •". a,m."010..,... FilzolmOflSGouverno. MorNJ&.""" WIltonJa.ed Ingersoll

G«>,lI" !WadGunn,ng Bedford. J.

John Doclunson

Ja.:ob BroomRocNord BMHn

...... "''-Daniel of 51 Thomat JenoIe.

.,."'" "'"'"G e o o - ~ Wuhmg.on

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.101m " '"WiU",m BlountRoc:ha.d Dobbs Spaight

Hugh Williamson

John Rutledgo:Charles Cotel,..,. th Pinckney

Cha.1a Pinckney

Plerc. Butle .

Abraham BaIdwmWoIbam F_

Ma,or W6am Jaodrson

1987 DEUGATE

Kalhryn UNto

Robe-rl Sloil

~ n " " h Ebnoor""" ' " W" '"Unda fa_haleStepnen M.ui lb(h

.....-.Jrrwr ~ o n

Rulh SpeInwI

!loNkl . . . .Jooe_

O -" . .Sand .... T Stn"h

"""" """"'"oIbam· Mun,,:.e

Elunot Turf:.eu

WiIWn CalvmVrrgoNII Roooey

Ma.lln ~ n g o w Ro::hard Karrun

Mane Ru.u:iw~ K . t . . . .DoNId Koddoo

"'"'" ....''''"' .....J.cQ....c.. ... _L.o.en KIrkwoodM.a..... f .....ton

Boo • ..cct CUCCJnd>iGrlyce Ml lSC>pol.llo5

i..<>rfltaKan

DeWiu e m e c ~ Cothmne Emmans~ n e CoutineEvdyn Morano.ud. PostWnnn Fettn"Mary P" . . .... ,George SU-rkowsln. Jr

TOWN

-..Ch;uham

Mi .. HdiMaoJnlilln Lo....

"'-.mcoln Park

"""'00Mmdhom- ,oo"""

""""""orn. PWnsChaw 80<0

Boonlon Town

Roc:klo""'V 80'0P ~ , ; " c Morns

Moo.Int Albll910n

Wh.lrtOfl

Mount

Ct - t n

Panapp.llny TrOV Hou.

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""-hatham &.0

....-,,,,,"_""""".....oo

Florham Park

Wt Har>O\lel"

t t"dlllSMe ndt>.:lm 8oro

Voc:rory Ga:dI!""

""""-.,,'"""""""etcong

MomoF " ' - '

. . . . . o . l o o l . ' ~ ' Sullo •. Ja . . . . _ ~ . a-'e< 80m. At!" " - , F1orhom P M ~ . fdirh f b n l o . ~ . Te"YSchb" ... JohnPat.sU"n. and Oaor Kl.c/wl; AJ. Dot>or". Mltw HIll. z . , . , . " " " , ~ E r n o o - o l ~ ; M<>um .... iongIan. JoArvo (;ar_ .Moun ..... We>. r .... & John Hcok_ ~ k . a.- &op1. Momo PianI. M..-IW»/ Burdrl<<>, Monl\lOlo. N a " , , ~ Condor. Cornftut H"",",",; Gardono. n.c.ro.o. CatroI. &.bIrn PoIoo.us, DOd Rae"""' ..... K ....

'*'Colorful life Of

Josephine S . Margetts

Mrs, Jowph,rw S M..l"gIrllS. BL..:.,HiI

Road, Ne w Vnnon, has umed 'MgratItude 01 men;mel IhI'Ol,J9houI

Mor... Counly"od 1M l t a l ~ ilSalea<kr,n r h ~ fight fo, hUmiln decency andhon.!,ty ,n 9O"'!mment

Her "",n"'!XiI ,n the communny and

he, ' 1 Q I a b l ~ " ~ J > ( ' ' ' ' ' n c ~ In public hie aU

_me a < Q I ' M u ~ ' 9 ( o n i n b u l o o n IOvoiun

reer wrvi<"H in v ~ n o u . organizabon •ahh<>ugh ..,., hoo, "1"l'd from poll1o<<>I

hIe

M.. M"rgeUI "" . "Ienec! to the$,,,,,,A_mblliln ~ . 1 9 6 1 a n d w,,,", Ih,,,,cunwcIJI,,,,, 'I!'fms Dunr.g

l ' -e ....... "' .. ch.w1n/ln 01 U." ~ A l ; r . c . u h u r , . e o . - r v " I I O n M d Nan".1

R ~ . o u " f t , Comrn,ue.. fof r .......Born and . ~ s c d ,n ~ I . Penn.

,yWa.rnII, MI1I, M I I ' ~ n · . lathe-r wM ..poooe<!' COrtR'WlI00nOSl arwl .. lumbe1.rna" ""Ih holdlT'!ll of hmlx. thoughoutP ~ T \ n l \ l l v a n ....

Afte. publ><: ..,hooI., ohe g,adua!ed1M Ogonl, School In Philadetpi'na

later thor Ambler School 01 AgoCull",,, In AmbWt. P ... 1IIong lho: .......

" '- I l u d ~ at CoIumI:>oI U"".nuli.Rulg.-". and D r_

llIe "- for poiI!« ..aned .u ane a r l y . Agr"'" granctlarheu"...m..,.. ..n ~ b I y m a n IIIbu.g. Pa., nd",S horMback 10 lho. st..ucapitol ',om h,. ",,&I home. l in uncII'.

/1 O o > m o c , ~ t . •an for (;o...e"'o< 01 P"

to.. w.o... e<: red <I Jus!!ce0( 'he Supreme

Court an d be-c/11!le Choef Justice 01 theSt/11e of p.,

After her In/l'n.l!l<' 10 Walt. . T Margetli, Jr_. auo.My, lhey lived for• lIne I I "M$ .n P/1ISl1ic, Jer""Y_While tile ... _he W;!$ a and

p.«..wnr of .he PaM/lic Valley Garde-nClub; eha,,1I'I4Il 01 CONe1'ValJQn 01 the

Gardm Dub 01 N J., &recto< 01 theYWCA. Salvdl.,., Army...uk",.

mhe p.....,,,, Boys Club and 51EpQ.;0p&I ChuIC

In 1%3, M .. . Ma.got'Ili ""'h

. fam.ly ro New Vernon, a ru.aI areaMorrIS Coun.y, wlwn Ihe Opo!r.>led

Holly nuu.ery_ He< gardrno

been on uhrbtt.n $Iale 1011,. and' K ~ I " " d not.:e by ,he Garden01 Amrnca

S M.r II,

,..

Mr. M&rgrr1r. two. bem Ktlve III .....nell! 01 Morna County _ ~ ' u r l O n t and o r 9 / l 1 ' l l ~ r . . , . . . a Trufla> 01

Monia,own Mim(l'r.aI I-Io$prtal; New

Je.""1I Camp for Blrnd C h r l d . ~ . Inc . IMonitCouruy;FiIIrIedl J:lIdm>.

IOn lirwtrwtv;F!OI! VdtyAs5oc0rlOnW M C A . N N I ~ H w o n Q l l ~ y . N N I ~ A 9 n c u l t u r . S o c ~ y . MomsAru Arts Council; and Newa:rk .Acadany s t . hatllllobftn a Board 'euGe.

01: S&lvallOn Army, Morna>"""". New~ s e y . Allocco Founr:Iirl>Ol'l; f \b , i t_

N J _ ~ e r N a l > o n a l M ~ ~ O I O i Society; and Board 01 NewJersey Womm', Eqlll'''' Ar:1>On(WEAL).

ActlveIy IIlli.nled in lho! arts and

hrghe-r educa,_, M",_ Mar!l<'lIS IIh\S a""'mba- 01 rhe New Jersey OozellSCommrU" of Higher Educ.-.non (the~ c . o m . . . - . ) . l in pobtlClll KIM' . . . . . . . . n""""o ...

She served ua 01 the RrpubIi.

can Sral. F....no:. CornmrUH from1953.0 1963, and wu c"-man of theW........,·. Onnaon. She ...,..Sra ..ddegI .....Yrge to the RepoNicanNahOnal c.on...mo..n irt 1964 and

--.d as praicltnr 01 the New Jnwy

FedoerallOn d. Women from1964 10 1967 In 1913, Mrs Miltgetrs__ apporn'ed. rrcmt>erol Sla,e

0fJI C O I I n c ~ on 'he FUlure 01 New... . "

On ,he ""'IOf"IaIItveI, Mrs Mar!J'!tts

RtWd as ,m r m b e ~ · a l · l a r ! J ' !

01 tM

ExecUllve CommlttH of 1M NiI'ionalF e d o e r ~ I " ' " of lWpub/ican Women. In197J, .t>e ..... ilppoorUed .. member 01the P!tiidt • t'sComrr.s.on onIV Qual

'" n 1964. Mrs Ma'9fttS .....u " , ,_d

"Oultt.mding Mol", Cottn,.., R<'J>Ubir

e ..." bo,o ,he Mo. . .. COIInry VOIIng

Re!>ubloc..... In 1969. the was named"Republican Wonwn 01 the VeJ." bo,o

,he New Jerw.., F e d e ' ~ I I o n 01 Republie ... Women. In 1970, .h8 Wilf clIed forhet tn trod""t .... 01 n u m e r ~ ( 0 1 l 5 e 1 ' V ~ liOn and hUmanor"lliIn ""' ..ures ro 1MNew ....rwy l A g a o L ' I U ' ~ by the Con_,>On and En""onmenral flucbo/$

c.nrl!r 1 9 7 1 . ~ , ~ € ' N e d t h e - A w a r d 0( Men," from I"" North JerSl'y ConMfVal,.,., Founda,_ Mel lhe "DIana_·ard f o r . X C ~ I " " " __ ' ,ohurnan,ty by the Epeoion Sogm.a AJphIr Inler

n.o,>OMlln 1m,Mn. M l s 9 l 1 l 1 ' ~

tho! •M..ItrPo: Sclf. . . . Serw:eOrg/rrl>Z.'l

honol.heNewJnseyA", ..rd" In I97J.

'It. was Clled by F""i.togh DIckinsonU""""I"O"'" for OuISMndlflg A < : h ~ ~ ~ n " " , ..

Bo!.w:IeI .11. Holly NUl",>, " ' Ni.'wVernon. IN opot'.'H " <;commerelltlapple and pluKh Q.dlolrd rn Newport.

PfMly/v ...... She II a member 01 tM

Amcncan Holly Soc."y. IIw ArnoneanNUrierynurn'. AMocIl'\Ofl and 01 u · ~ New Jersey effira,.l in doecUMd l\u$band. Wall ... T

Marsl'ru. J• . wau 10<ml'l Sla,e T 1''''''J l I ! r r.ondoo. c;",....nnr AlJr...! OnscoUand '''l'Il1a dwfmol nof IIw S'ille So..rdof """" ' l ion

The Mal"lJ"lh had lour children_ MrsRichard Doremus. Moms Townsh,p.

Mn_ Cha.1es Rob"' .... Mendham; Mn

C ...rles C o n ~ n . Jr . N _ VcYnon;"ndWah .. . T. Mar!!<'uI, lll. New Vernon;and eIevrn gl'andchildren

As along I\me aq ....nl"nce. I"m sure

tha, Mo ..... Cottnty onuns will/om me

in Jos.e. I n / l l l ~ . r n a n ~ , morehappy and prod""trYe ..... ..-.s Mi>y Godbie.- and YOU' wonderfullam.ly'

-,Did You Know?

The Freeholdeu aI Mom!; County

WIth II special commtltH. wifed by

Frftholdt. Fredeock Knoll. will cde:brate the S o c l t f l t ~ d lh l Consbtulion on Si!pu,mber 26 . , lhe He.od

quar te•• PIau m Moni61ClWn. Thorre

""II be II New JerloeY Symphony PopsCoocef1 ~ « I by MorT. Counrytile Hern age Commlssion plans to havea displaoy table ....",h brochures, booI<sI.." ..,Ie aoo to 9' ..... out rhe neWl!lI

County c ~ r 10 people who linen<!$po.te 1I'I""'"lIn9, an hialonc site uhiblJ>o)nel WllllIIso bit on dospIty.

trICltiiaboulourConsMutlOo1

_ l I I \p t fau ... ,Ac:cQl'dIng toa .... ..,t

poI.O<IetOl'le Iourthofthenatoon!bnksthe Co<u."'u'oonwulot lhe purposeai'

dedllnng ,ndell'l'''&'''C' from EnglandI t tobe! 59 potfcenl ollhow: polled did

nol know ' .... IWI aI RighI' _ lhe fin!

Ten Ameodmenlllo 1M CONlllutoonOIhe. fU rwy t ~ o n d ~ l ~ IhallNroyA m e n c ~ " , do 001 ur.deuland the"Sfll/\canc:. o I 1 h ~ Sill of Rlgh" Indeed,manysay they would nol IIgII it todayl

A IIIlver ' n ~ l a n d plu. II chalr carved

WIth II fWIII9...." ~ G e o r g o WashzngIon 1/1' and p<uodeda' 1M Conwnnon,

..... tn.onIyOfl9ll'i'lpieca frorn Il\a.Ilimein ~ ' . I N : I t I l ' l ' , d t n c ..HIII.

Regarding the Conslllulion cdebraben:Const_....., 0 . .. GaIIo.formerDlTeclO. of the MorriI County F ....hoki<!rf. a.aod In • leu"," 10 his constl

I ~ I I ",he debate continuos today

. Slw.on Dorc""u,, CIo.innan

. Fr."".. D. I'Inteo.. If,u.ct..; ........... V"sinia K.R_ . $K-.c•• y_Edi.o<. Henry CItron

W . f';Ick

inc o.."'PHYo -pk lH<k .

Kno_. Jr. Fruholdc. li;o;.on

0YeI" 1M balanc. of po<oW1' MII I .U" thethrM braneM. of gDW1'U'Winl5. thes,g,.a,_. the U«u INe , and the JUdi.

'''''Y. But on "", ' I 01 200 years of

lechr>okoFa!ldvanc:e and other chang a mour country. the fUond...rds ott by

theConst>tulJONl ecr...ntJon ~ a e · aled a oyslem I .... it llil dI«t .. .,...,.

II II.IM ThomiIoI Jeff""",,"whodedlr«It .. . euorry !iIt ... f ~ t l O r \ ha$ an obIigatiorl10 ._ he Conslllutoon to ensu.e

that" fen' l l l l f\ l ~ a n l 10 the tune5. Infpmt 01 t ... mand.>le. 1Kep.1"UICIIII fo.D'o'rl ISO .lefftnoo """'t,ngs ror lOduitton fOfty fUI t...... already undnway

5Iudentf m claurooml an also" parto I " - ~ n s . _ .... ua.. . c __ r _ ... t

Hapgood'f boMic models. !he Manor

Iiouw. lhol Srrn. Bungalow. and It..s....... Chalet The: .. dll!ec11,.,." . . . . thepopular "Amtnc,u,Foursquare" . . boxbllt '- dn-sn WIth cwerMngmg.

e ...... dormt>rs aM wide front porchCon.I.uctlOll 1JIII1"",,111 we., the batHapgood'. uadnnatk ........ e Io<;al fieldl10ne foundallONl. chestnut p.aneIins.oak po.rque-I Boor•• and cding Cf1l55

btamI.lIIcut al l 'n-" ' f romcluredtunbcr MeNI hou_ we. . finished on

. . . . . . , ttnanu h.. ,ucco. ?nee ranged

hom $3.800 up 10 525.000G •..tuaIy Moo.mwn lakes Int::_. 1:w

arne .. cornmunoty It f own neo-gofhic

IIone rdread , , ~ u o n . b u d l on 1912_proOf !he dt\;tlcpmenl __ .. bona fide

cOmn'lutft town. Shortly " ~ r d s . , ,

Morn. C ....nty Herit .ge CommiHionMo.n. Co..nlV Co .. .hou'""Mom.t". . .. . N.J . 07960

(20 1- 2&5-1952

Cornrnul\llyClub brcame added pelor would-be .uburbanitO/$_

ConstrucllDn and Ales dropped.10 about 40 housn per year dur

World W .. J aM lhe following . .

economy. Hapgood few-nshly Slepp

up P<OfIIOhooll and ~ " " n c i n g efforSanlu. ompraacd ""'Ih his WM13rl. ~ t l l l K ) n . uI,nded 10>01"1$ on hOUthill we•• neve. ~ n l S h e d . By 1922

""'" b,)nkrUIl1 I..a<;k,ng today's c\l!ih01 C ...ptft II ..... was ""ned prof"""",Uy_ He fled 10 South A"",ri

~ n t w o l l y gomg to Auslnlia wn.,r"died on Seplember 6. 1928.

HI' WIl l not m.sract<! m MountLalla .. . ..re.1On anddaughter Ii

tt..r" u n t ~ 19J4 And local rudm0IIerl00Iung lIJICCuI3uw &fWlC,ecognoud t!wi. hardMIrne rustoc comunity ullled b«auw H;t.pgood pI

rwd. IMItl lM took "" ' ..., an unpcedtTtted Kille The Morns CouHl'nillge Comm--. ....5 pIKed

hIotoncal marker "I 1)w Mountam l a

RaIlroad 5Ialoon. MJd""le Road "WoodLlnd Road

Sharon Dorem

II _ ...... oIllw _ Cauntv

&aoo.dolc:-.F . . 11 •

c- J "" ' ...... ~ " " o-...J sU' . - ' . J r . ~ o . . . . . , , ,AIo.o.c_*

.... I< J I¥-<If ,,-• .J.lIoal,.. J, a...,..c...,. J R""___

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