1950: FROM THE LATE JIMMY THOMANN HHS '50

THE POST FOLLOWING THIS ONE IS JIM THOMANN'S VARSITY LETTER. THE GRAPHIC ABOVE IS A COMBINATION OF VARIOUS NEWS ITEMS AND MEMORABILIA, SOME OF WHICH CAME FROM A DONOR OF JIMMY'S HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, AND FROM MY COLLECTION OF NEWSPAPERS. THE LATED JIMMY BRENNAN WAS ALSO IN HHS '50

1949: VARSITY LETTER OF THE LATE JIM THOMANN HHS '50

JIMMY WAS A MEMBER OF HHS '50. HE HAD MORE THAN ONE VARSITY LETTERS AND EXCELLED IN SPORTS. I KNEW JIMMY FROM HIS KUSER SCHOOL YEARS, WITH THAT EVER-READY FRIENDLY SMILE AND A VERY WARM PERSONALITY. HE PASSED ON IN 2003.

ABOVE: AN EXTRACT FROM ONE OF MY MANY HAMILTON HIGH COLUMNS, "THE BEACH PARTY," RECALLING OUR HAMILTON CHOIR'S MOONLIGHT EVENING AT "LAKESIDE." (GROPP'S LAKE) IN 1951

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A PRESS RELEASE FROM HAMILTON TOWNSHIP:

“Graduation Day: A Day To Remember”

At Hamilton’s Kuser Farm Mansion

Free Admission

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Join Tom Glover in an incredibly nostalgic evening as he presents a digitally projected on-screen presentation entitled, “Hamilton High School: The Golden Years.”

Tom’s presentation took many months to put together. It traces the history of Hamilton High from its opening in 1930 through the early 1950’s.After the digital on-screen presentation, we will recall “Class Night,” “Baccalaureate Service,” and most of all, the annual Graduation Ceremony at the Trenton War Memorial Building.

The program will be presented in the 45-foot dining room of Kuser Farm Mansion on Wednesday, June 4th at 7:00 p.m.

This will be an evening to enjoy at Hamilton’s Kuser Farm Mansion.

Advance Reservation Required - Free Admission

Call (609) 890-3630

Entrances Located at: 390 Newkirk Avenue and also Kuser Road at Ferrante Lane, Hamilton (Mercer County), New Jersey

1951: JOIN ME THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING!

HERE'S AN EXTRACT FROM ONE OF MY MANY HAMILTON HIGH COLUMNS, "THE BEACH PARTY," RECALLING OUR HAMILTON CHOIR'S MOONLIGHT EVENING AT "LAKESIDE." (GROPP'S LAKE) IN 1951

A PRESS RELEASE FROM HAMILTON TOWNSHIP:

“Graduation Day:
A Day To Remember”
At Hamilton’s Kuser Farm Mansion
Free Admission
===========****************==============
Join Tom Glover in an incredibly nostalgic evening as he presents a digitally projected on-screen presentation entitled, “Hamilton High School: The Golden Years.”
Tom’s presentation took many months to put together. It traces the history of Hamilton High from its opening in 1930 through the early 1950’s.
After the digital on-screen presentation, we will recall “Class Night,” “Baccalaureate Service,” and most of all the annual Graduation Ceremony at the Trenton War Memorial Building.
The program will be presented in the 45-foot dining room
of Kuser Farm Mansion on Wednesday, June 4th at 7:00 p.m.

This will be an evening to enjoy
at Hamilton’s Kuser Farm Mansion.

Advance Reservation Required
Free Admission
Call (609) 890-3630 at Kuser Farm Mansion

Entrances Located at: 390 Newkirk Avenue
and also Kuser Road at Ferrante Lane
Hamilton (Mercer County), New Jersey

Circa 1944 Kuser Class Room Project

I HAVE AN EXCELLENT MEMORY FOR THINGS OF THE VERY DISTANT PAST. THE PHOTO ABOVE WAS TAKEN IN MISS RUTH MARGERUM'S ROOM AT KUSER SCHOOL DURING MY YEARS THERE. TRY AS I MAY, I CAN'T RECALL THAT LOG CABIN THAT THE CLASS BUILT. FOR ALL I KNOW THIS MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE VERY CLASS ROOM WHERE I WAS A THIRD GRADER. RUTH MARGERUM WAS MY FAVORITE GRAMMAR SCHOOL TEACHER.

1911: BROMLEY: ANOTHER FASCINATING REAL ESTATE AD

"WATER, GAS, ELECTRIC LIGHTS, TO THE PROPERTY NOW!

I FIND THESE OLD REAL ESTATE ADVERTISEMENTS TO BE COMPLETELY CAPTIVATING. THIS WAS THE ERA WHEN THE POPULATION OF THE AREA WAS ON THE INCREASE, AND THE MANY DEVELOPERS OF THE DAY WERE BUYING UP LAND ALL OVER THE MERCER COUNTY AREA.

2008: MEMORIAL DAY-Sgt. Richard Pinter, "THE LONE BUGLER"

THERE WERE AT LEAST 75 PATRIOTIC CITIZENS AT ST. MARY'S CEMETERY MAUSOLEUM THIS MORNING AT 10:30 AM. (MOST OF US WITH GRAY HAIR.)IT WAS A VERY MOVING AND EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE. IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE SUCH A RESPECTABLE STANDING ROOM ONLY TURNOUT. SGT. RICHARD PINTER, THE "LONE BUGLER" PRESENTED THE PROGRAM TO THOSE OF US WHO UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY.

THE SGT. PERFORMED JUST AS A U.S. ARMY "TOP-KICK" DOES, AS HE ADMONISHED YOUNG INDUCTEES ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SOLDIER IN THE U.S. ARMY. AS HE SPOKE, HE REMINDED ME OF SGT. CROCKETT, A "TOP KICK" I REMEMBER FROM MY YEARS IN THE U.S. ARMY. HE EXPLAINED THE COMPLETE MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY, NOTING THAT EXCEPT FOR THE 28% OF OUR POPULATION WHO HONOR OUR VETERANS ON THIS DAY, TOO MANY OTHERS CONSIDER IT A LONG WEEKEND WITH A VISIT TO THE SHORE OR A BACKYARD BARBECUE.

THE "BIKER" GENTLEMAN WHOM I PHOTOGRAPHED WAS ALSO THERE, ALONG WITH A CONTINGENT OF HIS OTHER BIKER PATRIOTS WHO ALSO REMEMBER. IN THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE EVENT, I NEGLECTED GETTING HIS NAME, BUT HE AND THE LONE BUGLER ARE MY KIND OF AMERICAN PATRIOTS.

1932: SOME TOBACCO COMPANYS EVEN GOT DOCTOR ENDORSEMENTS

"DO YOU INHALE?" "WHY DO YOU BRING THAT UP?" NOT TO WORRY. LUCKY'S PURIFYING PROCESS PROTECTS THE SMOKER FROM HARMFUL CHEMICALS. HOW BLATANT THOSE ADS WERE! OF COURSE, TODAY CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO ARE TABOO IN AMERICAN SOCIETY. NOW IF THOSE SAME HEALTH POLICE WOULD FOCUS ON THE LIQUOR INDUSTRY.....

1936: HONOR STUDENTS AT KUSER ANNEX

I HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING CLOSING OUT MY KUSER SCHOOL WEBSITE AND BRINGING THE CONTENTS TO THIS SITE. HITS ARE MINIMAL AND WOULD HAVE BETTER EXPOSURE ON THIS WEBSITE. I WILL LEAVE MY http://www.hhs51.blogspot.com/ FOR NOW, BUT WILL PROBABLY BE TERMINATING
http://www.kuser-school.blotspot.com/ AFTER THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMING UP IN 2009.

1930: SOUTHERN AREA OF HAMILTON LACKS WATER

I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY SOME ENTERPRISING ORGANIZATION DIDN'T HARNESS THE WATER FROM THE NATURAL SPRINGS AT HAMILTON TOWNSHIP'S PORTION OF SPRING LAKE AT WHITE CITY. THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO DO JUST THAT BACK IN THE 1800'S, BUT FOR SOME REASON THE PROJECT WAS ABANDONED. PERHAPS A TRENTON-HAMILTON-BORDENTOWN MARSH PERSON KNOWS THE ANSWER. THERE WAS SUPPOSEDLY AN ETERNAL SUPPLY OF SPRING WATER JUST WAITING TO BE PROCESSED.

1900: THE CLAY PITS

DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PRETTY THRIVING BUSINESS AT HAMILTON'S CLAY PITS BACK IN THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY? THE AREA WAS A LITERAL GOLD MINE FOR A SPECIAL TYPE OF CLAY WHICH WAS USED IN THE MANY TRENTON POTTERIES AS "SAGGERS;" USED IN THE MOLDING OF CLAY. FOR THOSE WHO WONDER WHERE THE CLAY PITS WERE: IN THE AREA ADJOINING AND BEHIND THE CURRENT STARBUCKS AT THE INTERSECTION OF KUSER ROAD AND WHITEHORSE-MERCERVILLE ROAD. THE AREA WAS KNOWN AS "DOGTOWN." IT WAS ALSO A PLACE WHERE MANY YOUNG BOYS WENT "SKINNY DIPPING." THE SWIMMING AREA WAS VERY HAZARDOUS, WITH NUMEROUS CEDAR STUMPS BENEATH THE SURFACE. I REMEMBER WHEN A KUSER SCHOOL STUDENT DIED WHEN HE SLAMMED HEAD FIRST INTO ONE OF THOSE STUMPS.

1935: HOW WELL I REMEMBER

THE YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WOULDN'T BE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN THESE GYM BLOOMERS THE GIRLS WORE BACK WHEN I WAS IN HAMILTON HIGH. HOW TIMES (AND GYM CLOTHES) HAVE CHANGED!

1928: HAMILTON'S NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING

FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT, THE BUILDING LOOKS ABOUT THE SAME. BUT IF YOU WENT TO THE LEFT, YOU WOULDN'T SEE A PARKING LOT AND BELIEVE ME, THE ENTIRE AREA OF 2090 GREENWOOD AVENUE CHANGED DRASTICALLY OVER THESE 70-PLUS YEARS. THE ARTICLE REFERS TO THE LIBRARY WHICH WAS IN THE BASEMENT. I REMEMBER IT WELL. IN FACT, WHEN I FIRST GOT MARRIED IN THE EARLY 50'S IT WAS A SHORT WALK FROM MY FAIRLAWN GARDENS APARTMENT AT 212 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE.

2008: PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ AND LISTEN

TOM REED IS A NATIVE OF TRENTON'S GOOSETOWN, AND ONE OF THE LOYAL VISITORS TO THIS WEBSITE. IT'S COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT TOM IS NOT ONLY A CONTEMPORARY OF MINE, BUT HE ALSO HAS A TRAIT WHICH IS COMMON TO ALL OF THE GLOVER FAMILY. MOM GLOVER USED TO SAY, "WE WEAR OUR HEARTS ON OUR SLEEVES." I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO "LOSE IT" AT GRADUATIONS, WEDDINGS, CONFIRMATIONS, PATRIOTIC PARADES (ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE PLAYING A JOHN PHILLIP SOUSA MARCH AND OLD GLORY PASSES BY.) AS TOM REED'S AND MY TRIBUTE TO MEMORIAL DAY, AND ESPECIALLY TO OUR VETERANS EVERYWHERE,

PLEASE READ THIS VERY TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FAST VANISHING "GREATEST GENERATION" AND CLICK ON THE LINK TO HEAR A SONG WHICH WILL TOUCH YOU DOWN TO YOUR VERY DEEPEST SOUL. THESE WONDERFUL VETERANS ARE NOW IN THEIR MID AND LATE 80'S, AND VERY RAPIDLY GOING TO THEIR ETERNAL REST.

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FROM TOM REED:
The elderly parking lot attendant wasn't in a good mood!Neither was Sam Bierstock. It was around 1 a.m., and Bierstock, a Delray Beach , Fla. , eye doctor, business consultant, corporate speaker and musician, was bone tired after appearing at an event.He pulled up in his car, and the parking attendant began to speak. 'I took two bullets for this country and look what I'm doing,' he said bitterly.At first, Bierstock didn't know what to say to the World War II veteran. But he rolled down his window and told the man, 'Really, from the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you.'Then the old soldier began to cry.'That really got to me,' Bierstock says.Cut to today.Bierstock, 58, and John Melnick, 54, of Pompano Beach - a member of Bierstock's band, Dr. Sam and the Managed Care Band - have written a song inspired by that old soldier in the airport parking lot. The mournful 'Before You Go' does more than salute those who fought in WWII. It encourages people to go out of their way to thank the aging warriors before they die.'If we had lost that particular war, our whole way of life would have been shot,' says Bierstock, who plays harmonica. 'The WW II soldiers are now dying at the rate of about 2,000 every day. I thought we needed to thank them.'The song is striking a chord. Within four days of Bierstock placing it on the Web, the song and accompanying photo essay have bounced around nine countries, producing tears and heartfelt thanks from veterans, their sons and daughters and grandchildren. 'It made me cry,' wrote one veteran's son. Another sent an e-mail saying that only after his father consumed several glasses of wine would he discuss ' the unspeakable horrors' he and other soldiers had witnessed in places such as Anzio, Iwo Jima, Bataan and Omaha Beach. 'I can never thank them enough,' the son wrote. 'Thank you for thinking about them.'Bierstock and Melnick thought about shipping it off to a professional singer, maybe a Lee Greenwood type, but because time was running out for so many veterans, they decided it was best to release it quickly, for free, on the Web. They've sent the song to Sen. John McCain and others in Washington . Already they have been invited to perform it in Houston for a Veterans Day tribute - this after just a few days on the Web. They hope every veteran in America gets a chance to hear it.GOD BLESS every EVERY veteran...and THANK you to those of you veterans who may receive this !

CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO HEAR THE SONG AND SEE THE PICTURES:

http://www.managedmusic.com/php/BYGIndex.php?page=playBYG

1931: IN THE THROES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION

THE GLOVER FAMILY WAS ON "RELIEF" BACK THERE IN THE EARLY 30'S. MY DAD LOST HIS TRUCKING BUSINESS DUE TO THE LACK OF HIS CUSTOMERS NON PAYMENT OF BILLS. "GILLS EXPRESS" WAS FORMED BY MY FATHER BACK IN THE 1920'S TO SERVE THE MANY POTTERY INDUSTRIES IN TRENTON. WHEN THE MARKET CRASHED, EVERY INDUSTRY EXPERIENCED FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. ACCORDING TO THE STORIES I HEARD, MANY OF THE UN-PAID ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE WERE FAR GREATER THAN THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE. RESULT: THE PHONE COMPANY CUT OFF THE LIFELINE OF GILLS EXPRESS, THEN CAME UNEMPLOYMENT AND ULTIMATE DESPAIR. I REMEMBER GOING TO COLONIAL FIRE COMPANY'S SECOND FLOOR ONCE A MONTH OR SO, FILLING OUR BAGS UP WITH DRIED PEACHES AND APPLES, FLOUR, SUGAR, AND OTHER ITEMS WHICH CONSTITUTED OUR RELIEF "DOLE."

REMINDER OF MY "GREATEST GENERATION" PROGRAM

TONIGHT AT 7PM I WILL BE PRESENTING A PROGRAM OF MUSIC AND NOSTALGIA THE THE KUSER FARM MANSION THEATER/DINING ROOM. WE WILL RECALL THE WWII YEARS, OUR MILITARY THROUGH THE YEARS, AND EVEN SING SOME OF THE SONGS OF THE WWII ERA. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED, BUT I BET IF YOU SHOW UP AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE MANSION TONIGHT AROUND 7, YOU WILL BE USHERED TO A SEAT. I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. IF NOT, I KNOW THAT MOST OF MY VISITORS CONSIDER DECORATION/MEMORIAL DAY A TIME TO REMEMBER THE SACRIFICES MADE BY OUR MILITARY VETS, AS OPPOSED TO THOSE WHO CONSIDER MEMORIAL DAY TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN A LONG WEEKEND.

1930: HAMILTON'S BURGEONING POPULATION

It's interesting to note the increase in the population of Hamilton township as recorded in the article above. Interesting also is the population of the Hopewell area. I wonder what the Hopewell figure is today, considering the development that has entered the area over the past 70- plus years.

1938: "SEPARATE BUT EQUAL"

HERE'S A CLASS PHOTO OF LINCOLN SCHOOL'S CLASS OF 1938. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO REALIZE THAT WE IN THE TRENTON-MERCER AREA HAD A SCHOOL DEVOTED TO EDUCATING THE BLACK COMMUNITY. THE ORIGINAL LINCOLN SCHOOL WAS LOCATED ON HIGBEE STREET, WHICH WOULD ULTIMATELY BECOME BELLEVUE AVENUE. THANKS TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE VISITORS, TOM REED, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL ADVISING ME THAT THE PHOTO ABOVE IS THE LATER LINCOLN SCHOOL IN NORTH TRENTON IN THE BATTLE MONUMENT AREA, BELIEVED TO HAVE ULTIMATELY BECOME "JUNIOR 1." THANKS TOM. GET BACK TO ME AND LET ME KNOW IF I AM CORRECT IN IDENTIFYING THE BUILDING IN THE BACKGROUND AS JUNIOR ONE.

1937: HAMILTON SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS

EACH SUMMER, THE TOWNSHIP OF HAMILTON THREW OPEN THEIR SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE USE OF THE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ILLUSTRATED HERE ARE KIDS PLAYING AT THE MAPLE SHADE AND DECOU PLAYGROUNDS. THE POST THAT FOLLOWS IS FROM THE SAME SUNDAY TIMES ADVERTISER PICTORIAL.

1937: HOMEDELL SCHOOL PLAYGROUND

HOW I WISH MY COLLECTION INCLUDED MORE OF THE TRENTON SUNDAY TIMES ADVERTISER! EACH WEEK THERE WAS A PICTORIAL SECTION WITH INCREDIBLE PHOTOS OF THE ERA IN WHICH IT WAS PUBLISHED. THESE PHOTOS WERE EXTRACTED FROM A 1937 ISSUE. I REMEMBER CARL CORELLI AND HIS BROTHER TOM. THEY WERE STUDENTS AT KUSER AFTER THEY LEFT HOMEDELL BACK IN THE '40'S.

1929: NOTTINGHAM VFD DEDICATION

THIS IS AN INTERESTING PAGE FROM ONE OF MY SCRAPBOOKS. THE ORIGINAL WAS SOMEWHAT FADED WITH AGE, BUT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MY COMPUTER GRAPHICS PROGRAM, I HAVE MANAGED TO RESTORE IT TO PRISTINE ORIGINAL CONDITION.

1937: HAMILTON TAXES INCREASE BY 12 TO 13 POINTS

"NO MATTER HOW MUCH THINGS CHANGE, THEY STAY THE SAME." EVEN BACK THEN THE TOWNSHIP WAS FIGHTING TO KEEP THE TAX RATE SOMEWHAT STABILIZED.

2008: AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE AND PRESS RELEASE

I HOPE TO SEE A FEW VISITORS TO MY WEBSITE AT THE KUSER FARM MANSION PROGRAM WHERE I WILL BE PRESENTING A PROGRAM WHICH IS VERY APPROPRIATE FOR THE GRADUATION SEASON. THE ON SCREEN PROGRAM, "HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL: THE GOLDEN YEARS" IS A COMPUTER GENERATED PROGRAM HERALDING THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL FROM ITS INCEPTION IN 1930 AND UP TO THE 1960'S. NEARLY EVERY CLASS IS REPRESENTED IN THE HALF HOUR PRESENTATION. FOLLOWING THE ON SCREEN PRESENTATION, I WILL RECALL ALL THOSE WONDERFUL HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES: SATURDAY NIGHT CANTEENS, TOONE TOWNE, WENDEL "SNEAKY PETE" PHILLIPS, MAX JORDAN, JIM "JIM CROW" COURSEN, CHARLES "POP" MITCHELL, AND MANY OTHER VESTIGES OF THOSE DISTANT YEARS. CALL AND RESERVE A SEAT TODAY. YOU WON'T BE SORRY. WHEN YOU CALL THE NUMBER BELOW, MS. DENISE ZEMLANSKY WILL ANNOUNCE VARIOUS KUSER FARM ACTIVITIES. WAIT FOR HER MESSAGE TO FINISH, AND AT THE "BEEP" LEAVE YOUR RESERVATION(S). SEE YOU THERE!
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FOLLOWING IS THE HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PRESS RELEASE:
“Graduation Day:A Day To Remember”

At Hamilton’s Kuser Farm MansionFree Admission

Join Tom Glover in an incredibly nostalgic evening as he presents a digitally projected on-screen presentation entitled,

“Hamilton High School: The Golden Years.”

Tom’s presentation took many months to put together. It traces the history of Hamilton High from its opening in 1930 through the early 1950’s.

After the digital on-screen presentation, we will recall “Class Night,” “Baccalaureate Service,” and most of all the annual Graduation Ceremony at the Trenton War Memorial Building.The program will be presented in the 45-foot dining roomof Kuser Farm Mansion on Wednesday, June 4th at 7:00 p.m.This will be an evening to enjoy at Hamilton’s Kuser Farm Mansion. Advance Reservation Required, Free Admission

Call (609) 890-3630 at Kuser Farm MansionEntrances Located at: 390 Newkirk Avenueand also Kuser Road at Ferrante LaneHamilton (Mercer County), New Jersey

2008 IMPORTANT MESSAGE AND PRESS RELEASE

I HOPE TO SEE A FEW VISITORS TO MY WEBSITE AT THE KUSER FARM MANSION PROGRAM WHERE I WILL BE PRESENTING A PROGRAM WHICH IS VERY APPROPRIATE FOR THE GRADUATION SEASON. THE ON SCREEN PROGRAM, "HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL: THE GOLDEN YEARS" IS A COMPUTER GENERATED PROGRAM HERALDING THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL FROM ITS INCEPTION IN 1930 AND UP TO THE 1960'S. NEARLY EVERY CLASS IS REPRESENTED IN THE HALF HOUR PRESENTATION. FOLLOWING THE ON SCREEN PRESENTATION, I WILL RECALL ALL THOSE WONDERFUL HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES: SATURDAY NIGHT CANTEENS, TOONE TOWNE, WENDEL "SNEAKY PETE" PHILLIPS, MAX JORDAN, JIM "JIM CROW" COURSEN, CHARLES "POP" MITCHELL, AND MANY OTHER VESTIGES OF THOSE DISTANT YEARS. CALL AND RESERVE A SEAT TODAY. YOU WON'T BE SORRY. WHEN YOU CALL THE NUMBER BELOW, MS. DENISE ZEMLANSKY WILL ANNOUNCE VARIOUS KUSER FARM ACTIVITIES. WAIT FOR HER MESSAGE TO FINISH, AND AT THE "BEEP" LEAVE YOUR RESERVATION(S). SEE YOU THERE!

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“Graduation Day:
A Day To Remember”
At Hamilton’s Kuser Farm Mansion
Free Admission
Join Tom Glover in an incredibly nostalgic evening as he presents a digitally projected on-screen presentation entitled, “Hamilton High School: The Golden Years.”
Tom’s presentation took many months to put together. It traces the history of Hamilton High from its opening in 1930 through the early 1950’s.
After the digital on-screen presentation, we will recall “Class Night,” “Baccalaureate Service,” and most of all the annual Graduation Ceremony at the Trenton War Memorial Building.
The program will be presented
in the 45-foot dining room
of Kuser Farm Mansion on Wednesday, June 4th at 7:00 p.m.
This will be an evening to enjoy
at Hamilton’s Kuser Farm Mansion.
Advance Reservation Required
Free Admission
Call (609) 890-3630 at Kuser Farm Mansion
Entrances Located at: 390 Newkirk Avenue
and also Kuser Road at Ferrante Lane
Hamilton (Mercer County), New Jersey

1930: PAVING ROADS IN THE HAMILTON AREA

WHEN THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN, WHITE HORSE-MERCERVILLE ROAD WAS A TWO LANE HIGHWAY SURROUNDED BY FARMS ON ALL SIDES.

1948: KUSER ANNEX

THESE LOVELY LADIES WERE CLASSMATES OF MINE AT KUSER ANNEX. FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNAWARE, KUSER ANNEX SERVED AS OUR FRESHMAN YEAR AT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL. THOSE WHO LIVED IN THE NEWKIRK, HAMILTON, CEDAR LANE AREA WERE ASSIGNED TO "K.A." IN THE PHOTO, ALICE SCHMIDT MULLEN, LORRAINE PRIETH, LUCIA SPERA DIPOLVERE.

1948: WAS THIS THE SENIOR PLAY?

ANY HORNETS FROM HHS '48 WHO CAN IDENTIFY THE PRODUCTION THESE FOLKS ARE ENGAGED IN? HOW ABOUT IDENTIFYING THE OTHERS IN THE PHOTO?

1932: DO THEY STILL DO "CLASS NIGHT?

1932: DO THEY STILL DO "CLASS NIGHT?

1932: DO THEY STILL DO "CLASS NIGHT?

1932: DO THEY STILL DO "CLASS NIGHT?

1932: DO THEY STILL DO "CLASS NIGHT?

1932: DO THEY STILL DO "CLASS NIGHT?

1932: DO THEY STILL DO "CLASS NIGHT?

1932: CLERGY AND EDUCATION: PERFECT TOGETHER!

NO COMMENT!

1932: CLERGY AND EDUCATION: PERFECT TOGETHER!

NO COMMENT!

1932: CLERGY AND EDUCATION: PERFECT TOGETHER!

NO COMMENT!

1932: CLERGY AND EDUCATION: PERFECT TOGETHER!

NO COMMENT!

1932: CLERGY AND EDUCATION: PERFECT TOGETHER!

NO COMMENT!

1932: CLERGY AND EDUCATION: PERFECT TOGETHER!

NO COMMENT!

1932: CLERGY AND EDUCATION: PERFECT TOGETHER!

NO COMMENT!

2008: DON'T MISS GARY LIPPINCOTT'S MEMORIAL DAY

I AM A FREQUENT VISITOR TO GARY LIPPINCOTT'S FASCINATING WEBSITE, WWW.GROVEVILLEMEMORIES.BLOGSPOT.COM. GARY'S GROVEVILLE IS TRULY A LOCAL TREASURE. THE CLOSE-KNIT VILLAGE COMPARES VERY FAVORABLY WITH "MAYBURY RFD." IN HIS LATEST WEB POSTS, GARY PUTS US IN THE PATRIOTIC MOOD WITH A COLLECTION OF BEAUTIFUL DIGITAL PHOTOS OF GROVEVILLE'S ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY PARADE. IF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED, BY ALL MEANS ADD IT TO YOUR "FAVORITES;" THERE ARE ALWAYS VERY INTERESTING EXAMPLES OF SMALL TOWN, "SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY" IN A BUCOLIC TOWN WHERE NEARLY EVERYONE KNOWS THEIR NEIGHBORS AND MANY HAVE LIFE-LONG FRIENDS WHOSE ROOTS HAVE BEEN FIRMLY PLANTED FOR GENERATIONS PAST.

1932: HAMILTON LIBRARY NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS

HERE'S ANOTHER ARTICLE DEALING WITH THE SUMMER PROGRAM FOR HAMILTON TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SUMMER READING. EACH NEIGHBORHOOD HAD A REPOSITORY WHERE THE LIBRARY PLACED BOOKS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE TOWNSHIP.

1932: TRENTON JUNIOR 1 CLASS OF '32

THE OLD SCHOOL IN THE BATTLE MONUMENT AREA WAS AN EXAMPLE OF THE EXCELLENT EDUCATION WHICH THE TRENTON SCHOOL SYSTEM GAVE TO STUDENTS BACK IN SLOWER AND LESS COMPLICATED TIMES. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS VISITORS HAVE CONTACTED ME AND ARE INTERESTED IN THESE CLASS LISTINGS FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH. THERE WILL BE MORE.

1932: ELIJAH C. HUTCHINSON

THERE IS AN EARLIER POST ON THE OBIT OF MR. HUTCHINSON, BUT THIS ONE INCLUDES A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIM AS HE APPEARED IN HIS LATER YEARS.

1932: ST. JOHN'S CLASS OF '32

ONCE AGAIN, LOCAL GENEALOGISTS MIGHT FIND THIS LISTING OF SACRED HEART PARISHIONERS AND STUDENTS IN THIS LISTING OF VALUE IN THEIR RESEARCH.

PETTY'S RUN GOLD COINS; A METAL DETECTOR OPERATOR'S DREAM!

AS AN AVID METAL DETECTOR OPERATOR WHO IS ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR OLD BURIED COINS THAT HAVE BEEN DROPPED OVER THE AGES, I FOUND THIS ARTICLE FROM ONE OF HARRY PODMORE'S "TRENTON IN BYGONE DAYS" COLUMNS TO BE COMPLETELY FASCINATING. JUST THINK WHAT A 21ST CENTURY METAL DETECTOR COULD DO SEARCHING THE AREA FOR THOSE 18TH CENTURY GOLD COINS! THE AREA DESCRIBED IS IN THE AREA OF BANK ST. CHANCERY LANE IN BACK OF ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL. I HAVE A NUMBER OF THE ORIGINAL 1870'S PETTY'S RUN GOLD COIN STORIES AND WILL POST THEM AS THEY ARE DIGITIZED.

1932: MERCER FIRE COMPANY PRINCETON

HERE ARE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS INVOLVED WITH THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE NEW MERCER FIRE COMPANY FIRE HOUSE IN PRINCETON. ELSEWHERE IN MY FILES, I HAVE A GROUP PHOTO OF THE FIRE "LADDIES" FROM MERCER DATING BACK TO THE LATE 1800'S OR EARLY 1900'S.

1932: ST. JOACHIM HOLY NAME SOCIETY

THERE ARE NUMEROUS OLD FAMILY NAMES IN THIS ARTICLE ON THE HOLY NAME SOCIETY AT ST. JOACHIM PARISH IN CHAMBERSBURG.

1932: FROM MY "ADVERTISING" FOLDER

THIS "EMBARRASSING QUESTION" WAS SELDOM BREECHED DURING THE ANTI-CIGARETTE CANCER CAMPAIGN OF THE RECENT PAST. NOW THAT SMOKING HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AS AN ANTI-SOCIAL STIGMA, LET'S GO AFTER THE BEER, WINE, AND SPIRIT INDUSTRY. I'M SURE EQUALLY DAMAGING SCIENTIFIC FACTS COULD BE BROUGHT TO LIGHT WHICH PROVE THAT ALCOHOL IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE HEALTH, AND CAN CAUSE LIVER DAMAGE, ETC., "SECOND HAND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!"