THERE ARE MANY OLD LINE HAMILTON SQUARE FAMILIES DOING VOLUNTEER WORK FOR THE HAMILTON SQUARE BAPTIST CHURCH. I WOULD THINK THIS MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO THOSE INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF "THE SQUARE."
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Monday, July 16, 2007
1914: OF INTEREST TO HAMILTON SQUARE GENEALOGISTS
THERE ARE MANY OLD LINE HAMILTON SQUARE FAMILIES DOING VOLUNTEER WORK FOR THE HAMILTON SQUARE BAPTIST CHURCH. I WOULD THINK THIS MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO THOSE INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF "THE SQUARE."
1914: WHAT IN THE WORLD IS A "CHAUTAUQUA?"
I ALWAYS WONDERED WHERE "ASSOCIATION FIELD" WAS LOCATED. SEEK, AND YE SHALL FIND. WE FOUND IT! AM I CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT IT WAS ON THE SITE OF THE OLD JUNIOR 3?1914: RIDER UNIVERSITY GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
THERE THEY ARE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS, THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS WHO FOUNDED TODAY'S RIDER COLLEGE. I HAVE NUMEROUS ADS IN THE LIBRARY FILES FOR RIDER-STEWART AND OTHER EARLY RIDER MEMORABILIA AND WILL BE POSTING THEM IN THE FUTURE.
2007: JULY 15, KUSER FARM CONCERT SERIES
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN AUDIENCE FOR "THE MUSIC WE GREW UP WITH!"
EVEN THOUGH THE MEDIA IN GENERAL PREFERS TO CATER TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION, WE IN THE SENIOR CITIZEN COMMUNITY STILL RECOGNIZE GOOD MUSIC WHEN WE HEAR IT....WE CAN ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE WORDS!
THIS GRAPHIC IS A VIGNETTE OF THE SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2007 KUSER FARM CONCERT WHERE MORE THAN 100 OF OUR CITIZENS CAME FOR AN EVENING OF LISTENABLE MUSIC. SON TOM JR. AND I WILL BE "BACK ON THE FARM" EACH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 6 TO 8, WEATHER PERMITTING.
2007: JULY 15, KUSER FARM CONCERT SERIES
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN AUDIENCE FOR "THE MUSIC WE GREW UP WITH!"
EVEN THOUGH THE MEDIA IN GENERAL PREFERS TO CATER TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION, WE IN THE SENIOR CITIZEN COMMUNITY STILL RECOGNIZE GOOD MUSIC WHEN WE HEAR IT....WE CAN ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE WORDS!
THIS GRAPHIC IS A VIGNETTE OF THE SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2007 KUSER FARM CONCERT WHERE MORE THAN 100 OF OUR CITIZENS CAME FOR AN EVENING OF LISTENABLE MUSIC. SON TOM JR. AND I WILL BE "BACK ON THE FARM" EACH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 6 TO 8, WEATHER PERMITTING.
2007: JULY 15, KUSER FARM CONCERT SERIES
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN AUDIENCE FOR "THE MUSIC WE GREW UP WITH!"
EVEN THOUGH THE MEDIA IN GENERAL PREFERS TO CATER TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION, WE IN THE SENIOR CITIZEN COMMUNITY STILL RECOGNIZE GOOD MUSIC WHEN WE HEAR IT....WE CAN ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE WORDS!
THIS GRAPHIC IS A VIGNETTE OF THE SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2007 KUSER FARM CONCERT WHERE MORE THAN 100 OF OUR CITIZENS CAME FOR AN EVENING OF LISTENABLE MUSIC. SON TOM JR. AND I WILL BE "BACK ON THE FARM" EACH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 6 TO 8, WEATHER PERMITTING.
2007: JULY 15, KUSER FARM CONCERT SERIES
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN AUDIENCE FOR "THE MUSIC WE GREW UP WITH!"
EVEN THOUGH THE MEDIA IN GENERAL PREFERS TO CATER TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION, WE IN THE SENIOR CITIZEN COMMUNITY STILL RECOGNIZE GOOD MUSIC WHEN WE HEAR IT....WE CAN ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE WORDS!
THIS GRAPHIC IS A VIGNETTE OF THE SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2007 KUSER FARM CONCERT WHERE MORE THAN 100 OF OUR CITIZENS CAME FOR AN EVENING OF LISTENABLE MUSIC. SON TOM JR. AND I WILL BE "BACK ON THE FARM" EACH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 6 TO 8, WEATHER PERMITTING.
2007: JULY 15, KUSER FARM CONCERT SERIES
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN AUDIENCE FOR "THE MUSIC WE GREW UP WITH!"
EVEN THOUGH THE MEDIA IN GENERAL PREFERS TO CATER TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION, WE IN THE SENIOR CITIZEN COMMUNITY STILL RECOGNIZE GOOD MUSIC WHEN WE HEAR IT....WE CAN ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE WORDS!
THIS GRAPHIC IS A VIGNETTE OF THE SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2007 KUSER FARM CONCERT WHERE MORE THAN 100 OF OUR CITIZENS CAME FOR AN EVENING OF LISTENABLE MUSIC. SON TOM JR. AND I WILL BE "BACK ON THE FARM" EACH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 6 TO 8, WEATHER PERMITTING.
2007: JULY 15, KUSER FARM CONCERT SERIES
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN AUDIENCE FOR "THE MUSIC WE GREW UP WITH!"
EVEN THOUGH THE MEDIA IN GENERAL PREFERS TO CATER TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION, WE IN THE SENIOR CITIZEN COMMUNITY STILL RECOGNIZE GOOD MUSIC WHEN WE HEAR IT....WE CAN ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE WORDS!
THIS GRAPHIC IS A VIGNETTE OF THE SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2007 KUSER FARM CONCERT WHERE MORE THAN 100 OF OUR CITIZENS CAME FOR AN EVENING OF LISTENABLE MUSIC. SON TOM JR. AND I WILL BE "BACK ON THE FARM" EACH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 6 TO 8, WEATHER PERMITTING.
2007: JULY 15, KUSER FARM CONCERT SERIES
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN AUDIENCE FOR "THE MUSIC WE GREW UP WITH!"
EVEN THOUGH THE MEDIA IN GENERAL PREFERS TO CATER TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION, WE IN THE SENIOR CITIZEN COMMUNITY STILL RECOGNIZE GOOD MUSIC WHEN WE HEAR IT....WE CAN ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE WORDS!
THIS GRAPHIC IS A VIGNETTE OF THE SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2007 KUSER FARM CONCERT WHERE MORE THAN 100 OF OUR CITIZENS CAME FOR AN EVENING OF LISTENABLE MUSIC. SON TOM JR. AND I WILL BE "BACK ON THE FARM" EACH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 6 TO 8, WEATHER PERMITTING.
2007: KUSER FARM "MUSIC UNDER THE STARS"
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN AUDIENCE FOR "THE MUSIC WE GREW UP WITH!" EVEN THOUGH THE MEDIA IN GENERAL PREFERS TO CATER TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION, WE IN THE SENIOR CITIZEN COMMUNITYSTILL RECOGNIZE GOOD MUSIC WHEN WE HEAR IT....WE CAN ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE WORDS!
THIS GRAPHIC IS A VIGNETTE OF THE SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2007 KUSER FARM CONCERT WHERE MORE THAN 100 OF OUR CITIZENS CAME FOR AN EVENING OF LISTENABLE MUSIC. SON TOM JR. AND I WILL BE "BACK ON THE FARM" EACH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 6 TO 8, WEATHER PERMITTING.
Friday, July 13, 2007
1913: "LEWD" SHOWS?
FICTIONAL TOWN OF "PERDITION."
TO PARAPHRASE THAT GREAT LITTLE BOY
IN THAT EXCELLENT VERIZON "FIOS" COMMERCIAL
THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING SEEN ON TELEVISION,
"YOU SHOULD SEE US NOW!"
TO PARAPHRASE THAT GREAT LITTLE BOY
IN THAT EXCELLENT VERIZON "FIOS" COMMERCIAL
THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING SEEN ON TELEVISION,
"YOU SHOULD SEE US NOW!"
1869: THE SWAMP ANGEL SIX YEARS AFTER
THIS STORY OF THE SWAMP ANGEL WAS WRITTEN 5 IR 6 YEARS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. IT IS A VERY INTERESTING ARTICLE WITH MANY INTERESTING AND FOR ME, UNKNOWN FACTS ABOUT THE "PARROT" GUN.
1938: TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH RE-DECORATED
THIS HISTORIC CHURCH WAS THE PARISH OF MANY LOCAL TRENTONIANS OF GERMAN EXTRACTION. THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE NEW MAKEOVER OF THE INTERIOR. TRINITY IS LOCATED ON NORTH BROAD STREET NEAR LIVINGSTON AVENUE.
1931: TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH EASTER PROGRAM
HERE'S A GREAT EASTER PHOTO OF A PROGRAM PRESENTED BY THE CHILDREN OF TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH, ON THE HILL AT NORTH BROAD STREET NEAR LIVINGSTON. A CHILDHOOD NEIGHBOR OF MINE, HENRIETTA SOFFEL IS IN THE PHOTO.
1912: PLANS TO DEVELOP A PORTION OF CAMP OLDEN
THERE ARE TWO UNSOLVED MYSTERIES SURROUNDING THE TOWNSHIP OF HAMILTON. THE FIRST IS THE VERY ELUSIVE HISTORICAL ANSWER TO THE QUESTION AS TO THE REASON HAMILTON TOWNSHIP WAS NAMED HAMILTON. (AS A PERSONAL OBSERVATION, I WISH THE HAD CALLED HAMILTON TOWNSHIP "NOTTINGHAM TOWNSHIP.)
THE SECOND STILL UNSOLVED MYSTERY IS DETERMINING THE ACTUAL BOUNDARY OF THE CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT KNOWN AS CAMP OLDEN. WE KNOW THAT PART OF IT IS THAT AREA WHERE HAMILTON, LIBERTY, POND RUN ROAD (KUSER ROAD) AND JOHNSTON AVENUE CONVERGE. ADDITIONALLY REAL ESTATE ADVERTISEMENTS ALSO INCLUDE REFERENCES TO THE FACT THAT "COLONIAL PARK," A DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEWKIRK, CAMP, AND MILLER AVENUE AREAS ADDS A BIT MORE INFORMATION AS TO THE LOCATION. HOWEVER, WITH THE VERY RURAL NATURE OF THE SURROUNDING AREA AT THE TIME, IT IS A REAL CHALLENGE TO FIND JUST WHAT BOUNDARY THE CAMP HAD. I HAD HOPED THAT SOMEONE WOULD HAVE COME UP WITH A MAP OF THE AREA AND PUBLICIZED IT. I REGRET THAT I DIDN'T SPEAK TO MR. MOZER WHOSE FAMILY WENT WAY BACK IN THAT AREA OF HAMILTON. I AM SURE HE WOULD HAVE PROVIDED VERY RELIABLE INFORMATION ON THE CAMP.
1916: ST. JAMES P.E. AND BROMLEY CIVIC ASSOCIATION
AS A CARD CARRYING "BROMLEYITE" FOR LO THESE 45 YEARS, I HAVE A NATURAL AFFECTION FOR THE EARLIER YEARS OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. MY LIBRARY SEARCHES HAVE UNCOVERED MANY INTERESTING FACTS. MY ATLANTIC AVENUE HOME IS ON THE SITE OF THE FORMER WOODLAWN PARK. JUST AROUND THE CORNER ON CONNECTICUT AND GREENWOOD WAS "RUDY'S," A POPULAR NIGHT SPOT IN YEARS GONE BY. A FEW BLOCKS UP TOWARD THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING IS THE LOCATION OF THE "OTHER" PALOMBI STORE.....AND OF COURSE, I HAVE A REALLY GREAT PHOTO OF THE OLD "COOK'S" SODA SHOP, DELI, AND MAGAZINE STAND, WHICH ONCE OCCUPIED THE CORNER OF GREENWOOD AND JOHNSTON AVENUES.....RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM HARVEY SILK'S LEGENDARY DRUG STORE. WE IN THE BROMLEY NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY MISS HARVEY SILK AND HIS VERY PROMPT AND PERSONAL SERVICE. 1931: STATE OF THE ART ARMY BOMBER
WHEN I FINALLY DECIDE TO RETIRE FOR GOOD AT AGE 93 OR SO, AND IF MY EYES WILL ALLOW, AND IF MY HANDS DON'T SHAKE TOO MUCH, I WOULD LOVE TO SET UP A CARD TABLE, OBTAIN A 2 X 3 FOOT PICE OF SOFT HOMASOTE WALL BOARD, DIG OUT ONE OF THOSE GUILLOWS "STIC," MODELS WHICH I HAVE SAVED OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS. MODEL BUILDING IS A HOBBY ONLY UNDERSTOOD BY THOSE WHO HAVE SPENT HOURS LABORIOUSLY CUTTING AND FITTING THOSE VERY SMALL PARTS INTO A FINISHED PRODUCT.
1914: EARLY ITEM ON THE NEW WHITE HORSE VFD
FUND RAISERS OF ALL SORTS WERE THE FLAVOR OF THE DAY FOR THE LOCAL VOLUNTEER "FIRE LADDIES" AS THEY WERE CALLED BACK THEN. HAMILTON'S NUMEROUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE A SPLENDID HISTORICAL HERITAGE. THROUGH THE YEARS, THOUSANDS OF BRAVE CITIZENS HAVE GIVEN SELFLESSLY OF THEIR TIME TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS FROM THE RAVAGES OF FIRE.
AS AN INTERESTING ASIDE:
THESE TYPES OF ARTICLES ARE A WELLSPRING OF INTEREST TO THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING NAMES OF PROMINENT CITIZENS IN THE
VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS DEPICTED.
1914: WILBUR AND "MILLHAM" (EAST TRENTON)
EVEN AS THERE WAS A WEEKLY "CHAMBERSBURG" FEATURE IN THE TRENTON TIMES, SO ALSO WAS THERE A "WILBUR AND EAST TRENTON" (AND SOMETIMES A FEW LINES ON SO. TRENTON).
ONCE AGAIN, IF YOUR MONITOR IS LCD, AND YOUR VISION IS ABLE, THIS WILL BE AN INTERESTING READ. NOTE THE ENTRY ENTITLED, "UP ON THE HILL;" WAS THIS INCLUDED IN THAT AREA OF TRENTON WE OLD TIMERS KNEW OF AS "CRACKER HILL?"
1914: CHAMBERSBURG" FEATURING CALVARY BAPTIST-AND-JAMES ROGERS FAMILY
HOW I LOVE THESE WEEKLY FEATURES WITH CHAMBERSBURG AND WILBUR AS THEY DIVULGE VERY INTERESTING STORIES AND PHOTOS OF THE PERSONS, PLACES, AND THINGS OF CHAMBERSBURG AND WILBUR, AND TO A MUCH LESSER DEGREE, SOUTH TRENTON. THERE ARE NUMEROUS HISTORIC THREADS IN THESE FEATURES, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY THAT ONE OF THE STORIES MAY INVOLVE A GENEALOGICALLY INTERESTING ITEM. I WILL SEND A COPY OF THIS PAGE TO DON WHITELY, HAMILTON HIGH CLASS OF '45, IN THE EVENT THAT THE WHITELY SHOWN IN THE ARTICLE IS A RELATIVE.
1914: COUNTRY LIFE FOR CITY KIDS
EVEN BACK THEN, THERE WAS A NEED FOR CITY CHILDREN TO EXPERIENCE THE COOL AND BUCOLIC COUNTRY EXPERIENCE. IN THOSE YEARS BEFORE AIR CONDITIONING, THOSE ROW HOMES IN THE CITY MUST HAVE SWELTERED IN HEAT. IN LATER YEARS, THE TRENTON TIMES CONDUCTED A
"FRESH AIR FUND" FOR THOSE UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH OF THE CITY OF TRENTON.
1914: CAPT. WM. DETTMAR, TPD
FROM MY "POLICE, TRENTON" FOLDER, WORD COME OF THE APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM DETTMAR AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN THE CITY OF TRENTON. NOTE THE EXCESSIVE HOURS PUT IN BY THE MEN IN BLUE. (TIME AND A HALF?)Thursday, July 12, 2007
1914: BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT HIGH RISE BELL TELEPHONE BUILDING ON TRENTON'S EAST STATE STREET. FEW ARE AWARE THAT AN HISTORIC MARKER WAS PLACED THERE IN 1914 TO MARK THE SPOT IT WHICH THE HESSIANS MET THEIR FATE DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. IF MY RECOLLECTION OF HISTORY IS CORRECT, THE AREA WAS AN ORCHARD.
1914: VITO RADICE OBIT
THE RADICE FAMILY NAME IS FAMILIAR TO OLD TIMERS IN THE CHAMBERSBURG AREA. THE
FAMILY HAS THE HONOR OF BEING EARLY IMMIGRANTS INTO THE CHAMBERSBURG COMMUNITY.
1914: CHAMBERSBURG NEWS
THIS IS A FULL PAGE SCAN OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE FEATURES OF THE TRENTON EVENING TIMES FROM THE "TEENS" IN THE 20TH CENTURY. EACH WEEK, THE PAPER PUBLISHED A "CHAMBERSBURG" PAGE AND ON THURSDAY, A "WILBUR-EAST TRENTON" PAGE. THE SIZE OF THE GRAPHIC PRECLUDES ENLARGING BEYOND THAT WHICH YOU SEE HERE. HOWEVER, IF YOUR MONITOR IS STATE OF THE ART, AND YOUR EYES WILL ALLOW, YOU WILL FIND FASCINATING READING.
2007: THE HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY
HERE'S AN ARTICLE FROM "HAMILTON HAPPENINGS," A PULL-OUT SECTION OF THE TRENTON TIMES FROM JULY 12, 2007, DESCRIBING THE MANY FACETS OF MY FAVORITE WORK PLACE, THE HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
1914: THE LAYTON FAMILY
I WONDERED IF THIS LAYTON FAMILY IS DESCENDED FROM THE JOE LAYTONS OF BUTTONWOOD AVENUE. A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM EDDIE LAYTON REGARDING AN ENTRY I POSTED ON THIS SITE. AT THAT TIME, EDDIE WAS A VIEWER OF THIS SITE.
EDDIE, ARE YOU OUT THERE?
1914: CHAMBERS-TIOGA-EUCLID GENESIS
THIS INTERESTING AD FROM THE "NEIGHBORHOODS" FOLDER IN THE HAMILTON LIBRARY'S LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION DETAILS THE ORIGIN OF ANOTHER OF TRENTON'S THEN SUBURBAN AREAS.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
THE SCHOOL AT BROAD STREET PARK
THE SCHOOL REFERRED TO IN THESE POSTS REFER TO THE SCHOOL WHICH WAS LOCATED ON CHAMBERS STREET ON LAND NOW OCCUPIED BY THE RUSLING FIRE HOUSE.
1914: PENNINGTON'S NEW CEREAL FACTORY
THE DEEPER I DIG INTO THE HISTORY OF MERCER COUNTY, THE MORE I LEARN FASCINATING LITTLE FACTS LIKE THIS VERY OBSCURE INDUSTRY WHICH WAS TUCKED AWAY IN RURAL PENNINGTON, NEW JERSEY.1914: HAROLD AND FLORENCE YAEDE, VAUDEVILLIANS
HOW I WOULD LOVE TO ATTEND ONE OF THOSE OLD VAUDEVILLE SHOWS FROM THE EARLY PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY. ONE OF THE THEATERS WHICH FEATURED THESE VAUDEVILLE PROGRAMS WAS TRENTON'S HISTORIC TAYLOR OPERA HOUSE. IN CHECKING THE GENEALOGICAL CONNECTION OF THIS PART OF THE YAEDE FAMILY, I CONTACTED MY LONG TIME FRIEND HAROLD YAEDE, WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED MANY YARDVILLE PHOTOS TO THE LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION. THIS HAROLD IS HAROLD'S DAD AND HIS SISTER, FLORENCE. WHEN I ASKED THE RELATIONSHIP OF COUNCILWOMAN THE KELLY AND FRED YAEDE FAMILY, HAROLD INDICATED THAT THEY ARE COUSINS.
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