1975: KUSER TENNIS COURT, FEBRUARY, 1975

Kuser farm is, and always will be a spiritual retreat for me. There is not a single location in that "mansion" (we called a "house") with which I am not familiar, nor any location on the expansive ground where I haven't visited over the past 70 plus years. As I age, and I dare say many others who are what I call "Senior senior citizens,"  find those to be very precious memories of our earlier years to be gifts from God. Sadly, the grape arbor that once produced incredibly beautiful Concord grapes is dying a sad death. Edna Kuser's Raspberry patch was long ago unearthed, to be replaced with a quoit playing area which is never used. On the plus side, Kuser Foreman Tom Everett and his crew are doing an extraordinary job in beautifying the flower gardens and maintaining the area. My buddy "Jake" is a natural green thumb. He had those flowers in full bloom right up until today, just a little before those winter storms begin.

REMEMBERING THE KUSER FARM TENNIS CLUB

 Here are two of the many very talented tennis players I met who played on the Kuser Farm Clay tennis court. My buddy and fellow Kuser Farm Tennis Club member Don Slabicki and I watched the match in New Hampshire when Betty Rhoads partnered with Fritz Kuser ("Mr. Trenton Tennis") to win a New Hampshire State Championship back in 1950. Eddie Moylan was the epitome of a role model. His quiet self confident manner impressed all who knew him. Additionally, he was an incredibly talented man with the tennis racquet. Indeed, he was one of the few opponents who kept "Mr. Trenton Tennis," Fritz Kuser on the defensive. The last I heard of Eddie, he was the tennis pro at Cornell University. Over those memorable years of Kuser Farm weekend tennis, many familiar names come to mind, all of whom loved the game. Among them, Don and Leo Bannon, Jim and Howard Waldron, Tag Richardson, Edgar Levy, and "Bev" Huston are a few who come to mind.

1946: Eddie Moylan

The post on Ann Devlin (Below) brought to mind Marty Devlin, another local tennis legend who also was among Trenton's best when it came to tennis. Marty and Eddie were contemporaries on the local tennis scene. As to Eddie Moylan, my best friend Don Slabicki and I met back in the 1940's when we worked for Fritz and Edna Kuser. Eddie was a regular player on the Kuser Farm tennis court and even though a locally famous name, abided by that 3 word aspiration which was drummed into my head by Louise Baird, my high school music teacher: "GREATNESS IS HUMBLE." Eddie was the consummate tennis player with a winning personality. He ultimately moved to take the position of Tennis Pro at Cornell. He also had the girls' hearts a-flutter whenever he appeared on the court. He was a very handsome young man. He and Fritz "Mr. Trenton Tennis" Kuser made a unbeatable doubles team.