1988: NOTTINGHAM HIGH CHEER LEADERS

THESE GALS GIVE NEW MEANING TO CHEER LEADING PRECISION! I WONDERED IF TRICIA GADSBY WAS RELATED TO A KUSER CLASS MATE OF MINE, THE LATE TOMMY GADSBY.

1978: SENIOR PROM CANDIDATES HHS '78

I'M SURE THE JUDGES HAD A HECKUVA HARD TIME CHOOSING THE PROM QUEEN FROM THESE LOVELY LADIES. ANY BY KNOW WHO WAS THE FINAL CHOICE?

1978: HAMILTON FACULTY HONORED

THERE THEY ARE, SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE HHS FACULTY MEMBERS CELEBRATING THEIR LONGEVITY AS TEACHERS IN THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL IN THE UNIVERSE. DON'T MISS THE 70'S STYLE HAIR DO ON NORMALLY CREW CUT CARL ABBOTT. VERY COOL, CARL!

INCIDENTALLY, AS I WRITE THIS ON FEBRUARY 1, 2008, CARL ABBOTT IS STILL BRIGHT EYED AND BUSHY TAILED, HAPPILY VOLUNTEERING FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ALSO FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF HAMILTON TOWNSHIP.

1978: RIGHT ON, MAURY!

MAURY WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE COLUMNIST WHEN HE WAS WRITING FOR THE LATE, GREAT "MERCER MESSENGER (AND HAMILTON LIFE). MAURY'S INSIGHTS ON THE "SPANISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE" FARCE WAS WRITTEN ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO AS SEEN IN THE COLUMN ABOVE. AS I GO THROUGH THE PAGES OF LOCAL NEWSPAPERS DATING BACK TO THE INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, I FOUND THAT THOSE FOLKS WENT TO NIGHT SCHOOL TO LEARN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. HERE HERE!

1978: "TIMES, THEY AIN'T A-CHANGING;" THEY JUST GET WORSE!

YOU THINK MEDICARE COSTS WERE OUT OF CONTROL BACK BACK IN 1978, ASK ME OR ANY OF MY CONTEMPORARIES ABOUT THEM IN THIS YEAR OF 2007 GOING ON 2008. WE GET A PUNY 3% INCREASE IN OUR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT, AND ALONG COMES AARP RAISING OUR MONTHLY MEDICARE COSTS MORE THAN THE PIDDLING INCREASE WE RECEIVED AS A "COLA" (COST OF LIVING) INCREASE. BY THE WAY: THE OLD CODGER IN THE CARTOON IS IN NO WAY A TYPICAL CROSS SECTION OF TODAY'S VIABLE SENIORS. I, AND WE DON'T LOOK LIKE ONE OF AL CAPP'S "L'IL ABNER" HILLBILLIES, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, MANY OR MOST OF US DO NOT NEED A CANE TO MANEUVER ABOUT. EGAD, HOW I DETEST STEREOTYPES!

1978: REMEBERING THE 70'S

REMEMBER THOSE LEISURE SUITS AND SIDEBURNS? EGAD IN RETROSPECT THE 70'S ERA WAS A TIME OF HORRIBLE SARTORIAL TASTE! I STILL REMEMBER THAT POLYESTER FOREST GREEN LEISURE SUIT WITH LIGHTER GREEN STITCHING THAT I WORE BACK IN THE 70'S, AND ALSO THOSE SHOES WITH HIGHER THAN NORMAL HEELS. CHECK OUT YOUNG CAPTAIN FRED YAEDE IN THERE, LOOKING QUITE HANDSOME IN HIS THEN-FASHIONABLE OPEN SHIRT WITH THOSE VERY LENGTHY LAPELS.

1940: LEADING UP TO THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

This is one of the many articles I transcribed by typewriter Prior to my acquisition of a computer, OCR software and a scanner. It was transcribed in August, 1986. It is from the Trenton Evening Times of July 19, 1940.
It is a precursor to the historic “Battle of Britain.”

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FUEHRER MAKES IT
CLEAR HOSTILITIES
CAN END ONLY
ON TERMS OF
GERMANY
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PUTS BLAME ON CHURCHILL

BERLIN, July 19 (AP):
Adolf Hitler, the conqueror of France, and the controller of a continent,
Tonight offered Great Britain a last chance to withdraw from the conflict or see destruction of her world empire and terror for millions.
He spoke for an hour and thirty­ five minutes before the Reichstag, to offer "still another appeal; this time the last-to reason."
He did not outline the conditions for a peace that will end a conflict which, he said, it is senseless to prolong. But he made it perfectly clear that any peace must be on the terms of Germany.
He set no time limit for Britain's answer to this "last" appeal, and gave no clue to the conditions un­der which he might be disposed to open peace talks. In this respect his "peace ap­peal" was simply in appeal to the British to come to their senses and sue for peace before it is too late.
He emphasized that "I am not the vanquished, begging favors, but the victor, speaking in the name of reason." Supreme Confidence suggested Hitler's every word, every ges­ture suggested the most supreme con­fidence as he warned Prime Min­ister Churchill that if he insists on a fight to the finish "I prophesy destruction of a great empire, an empire it was never my intention to destroy or even harm."
With a stab of his hand Hitler swept back the lock of hair which regularly falls over his forehead, and continued: "Possibly Mr. Churchill will again brush aside this statement of mine by saying it is merely born of fear and doubt in our final vic­tory. In that case I shall have re­lieved my conscience in regard to things to come. ”Hitler warned the people of Great Britain that their leaders "probably have no real conception of what it will mean, once the German offensive begins in earnest against the British Isles." Referring to Britain's air war against German munitions centers and other strategic points, Hitler said: "A short time ago Churchill be­gan to bomb the civilian popula­tion in Germany.”
Answer to Be Terrible
"I have thus far hardly answered this bombardment. But when my answer comes it will be terrible for millions of people."Churchill should for once be­lieve me; a great world empire then. will be destroyed. And this war will not be ended before one of the two combatants is down and out. "Churchill may think it will be we who will be down and out. But I will make a prophecy, just by way of exception: I know that destruction of England will be the end of further struggle. My conscience compels me to appeal once more to England's common sense. I am not doing that as a defeated man, but as a victor."
Briefly touching on Russo-German relations, Hitler declared, these had been "fixed once and for all by a clear delineation of spheres of interests," and that British efforts to lure Moscow into an anti-German front were not only futile but foolish. Victory in this war, Hitler also asserted, will be a victory for both Italy and Germany, and "the wrongs of both will be righted."
Italy, the Fuehrer said, had en­tered the war entirely of her own accord without any pressure from Germany. his action, however, had helped to make the French realize more speedily the hopelessness of fur­ther resistance. And, once Italy was in the war, Italo-German military and political cooperation was complete, "and the end of it will be a joint victory."
Arriving today from Rome, Count Galeazzo Ciano; Italian for­eign minister and son-in-law of Premier Mussolini, occupied a place of honor in the front row of the diplomatic corps box. Ciano will discuss axis problems with German officials tomorrow and will catch a night train home. Says Bloodshed Unnecessary
All the bloodshed of the past 10 months could have been avoided, Hitler said, for it was not Germany who wanted war. The great aim of the Nazi movement, he ex­plained, was simply to "strike off the shackles of Versailles;" and it would have been possible to achieve this aim peacefully. His pre-war policy in pursuit of this aim, he said, was two-fold: "Real friendship with Italy and a similar relationship with Eng­land."
At Munich, in September, 1938, it even seemed as though this peaceful revision actually would be realized, he told his uniformed audience. It was a time when, "thanks to growing common sense, it ap­peared as though international co­operation might lead to peaceful solution of the remaining prob­lems. But the agreement to this end, signed in Munich on Septem­ber 29, 1938, by the four leading interested States, was not only not welcomed in London and Paris but was actually condemned as a sign of abominable "weakness."
The Munich agreement was con­demned and sabotaged, he went on, because peaceful revision threatened to upset the plans of "Jewish capitalist war-mongers, free-Masons, armament manufacturers and war profiteers, international business men, and Stock Exchange jugglers."
And so it came about that Po­land was "pushed into war" and the peace offer Germany made after conclusion of the Polish cam­paign denounced as "cowardly."
Hits British Troops
In the subsequent Norwegian campaign, which he explained was necessary because of an Allied at­tempt to hit at Germany through Scandinavia, German soldiers met “very brave" resistance from Nor­wegians troops. But the British there, he continued, were poorly trained, badly equipped and "defi­nitely inferior in every respect."
Turning to the great westward push through Holland, Belgium and France, Hitler disclosed that the capture of Paris was not in the original plan of campaign, but after Paris was taken, encircle­ment tactics made possible the rushing of organized French military resistance and left Mar­shal Henri Petain no choice but to sue for peace.
In asserting there was "no real round for prolongation of the war," Hitler confessed he felt only "disgust" at the prospect of a fight to the finish. But "from Britain I now hear only a single cry; not from the people but from the politicians ­that the war must go on. In neither this world nor the next," he exclaimed bitterly, "can (Prime Minister) Churchill and Reynaud (former French Premier) answer for the suffering they have brought upon their people.”
Hitler said German losses, "from the polar regions to the Spanish border, were extraordinarily small. We are prepared for much greater losses," said Hitler. “The men saved now are available to carry on the fight for freedom." At the moment many of our di­visions are returning from France. Many are on leave. Weapons and equipment are being repaired or being replaced by new. The loss of weapons in Norway and especially in Holland, Belgium and France was extremely insig­nificant, and in no proportion to the results achieved. The army and air force are stronger than they were at the beginning of the action in the West. War materials are being pro­duced in such quantities that in some departments it actually is necessary to slow down manufac­ture because of a lack of storage facilities. Thanks to the four-year plan, Germany is prepared to assume the heaviest burdens. We possess today the two most im­portant raw materials: coal and iron in, I dare say, unlimited quantities."
Reviewing the latest revelations in the German white book, Hitler said "Churchill will not be able to lie away" messages allegedly ex­changed by French Generalissimo Maxim Weygand, former French Premier Daladier and others in con­nection with the alleged planned northern campaign of the Allies. He charged the "misuse" of Scandinavian lands by the west­ern powers was particularly ob­vious."
The Fuehrer said German meas­ures anticipating the English and French occupation of Norway con­stituted "one of the boldest strokes of German arms,"
Even while the Norwegian cam­paign still was under way, he said reports became "more and more threatening."
Says Allies Make Task Easy
"On the French-Belgian border a great concentration of French troops took place with the obvious purpose of striking a lightning blow at Germany over Belgian ter­ritory," he declared. But, Hitler asserted, the enemy actually made the German task easy by the vast concentration of western forces in a limited area. "I saw there the necessity of two military actions," he went on. "First, the smashing of mechanized forces on our right wing; second, reaching the sea:"
Hitler went back to his original aims.
"Since establishment of the Na­tional Socialist regime its foreign policy has had two objectives he told the Reichstag.
"First, true friendship with Italy; second, the establishment of simi­lar relations to England. I have published these thoughts and defended them in countless speeches. I am still sad today that despite all my efforts it hasn't been possible to achieve that friendship with England which 1 believe would have been a blessing for both peoples,
"But I am happy the first part of the foreign policy has been realized. I am thankful first of all to the genius who stands today at the head of the Italian people. Only due to him has it been possible to bring together the two revolutions which have so much in common, and now finally by a common flowing of blood to seal the bond which is destined to bring Europe together in a new life."
Declares Italy Great Aid
Hitler said Italy's attitude had been a great aid to Germany. "From the beginning Italy took from our enemies the freedom of strategy;" he declared, "It entered the war on its own free decision.
Our gratitude must, therefore, be so much greater. Our coopera­tion in political and military fields is complete. At the end stands common victory."
Throughout Hitler's speech ran a high note of personal praise for the armed forces and the German people; capped by the announce­ment that Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering has been ele­vated to the position of Reich's marshal of Greater Germany In addition, may now wear the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross. Colonel General_ Wa1ther Brauchitsch, the army commander ­in-chief, and Colonel General Karl Rudolf Gerd von Runstedt,
Commander-in-chief in Poland, were made field marshal generals, and other generals were promoted field marshal.
Goering closed the Reichstag session after the singing Deutschland Ueber Alles and the Horst Vessel song.
"Never before has there beet such a session," the newly-pro, noted marshal general said. "You my Fuehrer, again and again stirred the German people up. To the world you even gave prophesies of vast magnitude,
"Today nobody can deny all your prophesies had usual fulfill­ment."

1978: JACK LACY: THE EARLY YEARS

HOW TIME FLIES! HOW TEMPUS FUGITS! DO YOU REALIZE IT HAS BEEN 29 YEARS (30 IN JUST A FEW WEEKS. LORD ABOVE, AM I GETTING ON IN YEARS. IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY!

1941: TRENTON HIGH SPECTATOR STAFF

ANYONE YOU KNOW IN THIS PHOTO OF THS' SPECTATOR STAFF?

WERE YOU A STOCK CAR RACING FAN? CHECK OUT WWW.WALLYCAMPBELL.COM

FROM JEFF HARDIFER, THIS INCREDIBLY INTERESTING WEBSITE ON THE RACING CAREER OF LOCAL RACING LEGEND , WALLY CAMPBELL. THANKS SO MUCH FOR TELLING US ABOUT THIS SITE, JEFF. I HAVE MANY HAPPY MEMORIES OF THE HOURS I SPENT WITH MY BUDDIES DON SLABICKI AND ERNIE PLAAG AT ROCKY DINATLE'S GARAGE HANGING OUT WITH THOSE MANY STOCK CAR DRIVERS. ATCO, PITTMAN, AND OTHER RACING VENUES WERE ALL A PART OF ROCKY'S INCURSION INTO THE AUTO RACING GAME. TO THOSE MANY RACING FANS WHO MAY VISIT THIS SITE, BE SURE TO ADD WALLY'S WEBSITE AS ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES. AND THANKS AGAIN, JEFF FOR THE HEADS UP. BY THE WAY, ROCKY'S LOVELY WIFE WAS "LUCKY LUCY," LEADER OF AN ALL-GIRL CONTINGENT OF "HELL DRIVERS." THEY PERFORMED DARING AUTO FEATS WHICH WERE EVERY BIT AS EXCITING AS JOEY CHITWOOD AND LUCKY TETER. UNFORTUNATELY, A VIEWER SENT ME SOME PHOTOS, BUT THEY WERE NOT RECOGNIZED AS VALID FILE TYPES. WHEN I LOST MY COMPLETE COMPUTER HARD DRIVE A FEW MONTHS AGO, I LOST THE EMAIL ADDRESS OF THE SENDER AND AS A RESULT, I HAVE NO PHOTOS OF LOVELY LUCY AND HER EQUALLY LOVELY FEMALE DAREDEVILS.
TOM GLOVER
WWW.WALLYCAMPBELL.COM

HERE COMES HIT NUMBER 40,000!

MOVING UP ON 40,000 "HITS" ON WWW.GLOVER320.BLOGSPOT.COM.

THANK YOU FOR VISITING!

TOM GLOVER

1992: HHS '52: "I SHOULDABEEN THERE!"

HAD I NOT SKIPPED FIRST GRADE AND GONE RIGHT
INTO SECOND GRADE BACK IN THE EARLY1940'S,
I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE CLASS OF 1952 AT HHS. ....
NOT TO COMPLAIN, HHS 51 IS STILL WHAT I TERM
"THE CLASS WITH CLASS."
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THIS EMAIL FROM CANDY JENS WITH THE THE ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ WHICH APPEARS IN MY "THE WAY WE WERE" ARTICLE:

Tom:

Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane! Do you remember the Make Believe Ballroom on WNEW? William B. played "old" music even then (Miller, Goodman, etc.) but it's still listenable today. I share your opinion of "new" music!
(CANDY: ANYONE WHO RECALLS DON CORNELL IS A GENUINE EXPERT IN THE ART OF NOSTALGIA!)

1 - Mills Bros.

2 - Eddie Fisher, Wish you were Here

3 - You Belong to Me

4 - High Noon (can't remember the costar)

5 - Auf Wiedersehen (with spelling help from my German-born husband)

6 - Any Time

7 - Maybe (no points - I hadda Google that one)

8 - Leroy Anderson

9 - I Went to your Wedding

10 - Kay Starr

11 - Jumbalaya

12 - Don Cornell

Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

Candy

OH, BY THE WAY....YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN'T SEND YOUR ANSWERS TO THE LATE, GREAT "MERCER MESSENGER." YOU CAN EMAIL THEM TO ME IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE NAMED THEM ALL CORRECTLY, OR NEARLY CORRECTLY!

HOME OF THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE FARM?

A WEEK OR SO AGO, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A COLUMNIST FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES ASKING IF I COULD ASSIST HIM IN VERIFYING THE STORY THAT CHRISTMAS TREE FARNS HAD ORIGINATED HERE IN WHITE HORSE, HAMILTON TOWNSHIP. THE GRAPHIC TELLS THE STORY OF BILL MCGALLIARD'S SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT IN CULTIVATING CHRISTMAS TREES ON HIS WHITE HORSE PROPERTY.

1989: HANUKKAH IN HAMILTON

HERE WE HAVE SAMANTHA AND JOSH DITTRICH LIGHTING THE MENORAH IN THE CONCLUDING HOURS OF HANUKKAH, 1989. HERE'S WISHING A HAPPY HANUKKAH, KWANZA, RAMADAN, AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL WHO FOLLOW THOSE FAITHS.

1928: TRENTON CHRISTMAS PAST

HOW I MISS THOSE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING TRIPS "UPTOWN" DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASONS OF MY YOUTH! GOLDBERG'S, KRESGE'S. WOOLWORTHS, SWERN'S, STOPPING TO ADMIRE THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE MIRRORED WALLS AT THE MAYFAIR THEATER! MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS.

1987: SAINT RAPHAEL'S CHRISTMAS WONDERLAND

THANKS TO JACK LACY FOR THIS EXTRACT FROM HIS LATE, GREAT "MERCER MESSENGER." AS USUAL, THE PTA WAS AT THE FOREFRONT IN SUPPORTING THEIR PAROCHIAL SCHOOL.

1940: THE GERMAN AMERICAN BUND UNDER FIRE

THE BUND WAS GETTING QUITE MILITANT BACK IN THE LATE 30'S AND EARLY 40'S, RIGHT UP TO THE ADVENT OF WWII IN 1939. THERE WERE NUMEROUS GERMAN-AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO WERE WERE PRO GERMANY.

1921: WAS DEUTZVILLE AN ORPHAN?

BACK IN 1921 THE RESIDENTS OF DEUTZVILLE, BORDERING TRENTON (AS DOES BROMLEY AND BROAD STREET PARK) ACCUSED THE TOWN FATHERS OF NEGLEGET OF SERVICES. MANY DEUTZVILLE CITIZENS FELT THE THE MORE AFFLUENT HAMILTON NEIGHBORHOODS WERE GETTING MORE ATTENTION. THE RESIDENTS WERE UP IN ARMS AS CAN BE SEEN IN THIS ARTICLE.

1940: WOMENS' CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION

THIS TEMPERANCE GROUP WAS PROMINENT FROM THE 1800'S UP TO THE MID 1940'S. THIS ARTICLE ON THE YARDVILLE-GROVEVILLE AREA CONTAINS SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT FAMILIES FROM THOSE TWO COMMUNITIES. ...TANTUM, MARTIN, MOUNT...WELL SEE FOR YOURSELF!

1940: A TIMELESS CLASSIC

ONLY A FEW MOTION PICTURES HAVE LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION ON ME. THIS IS ONE OF THEM.

KUSER FARM BECOMES KUSER FARM PARK

THIS EXCELLENT TWO PAGE SPREAD FROM THE TRENTONIAN IS FROM THE EARLY YEARS OF HAMILTON'S ACQUISITION OF THE KUSER FARM ESTATE FROM FREDERICK AND EDNA KUSER.

1947: THAT "GOLDEN WAVE" WAS REALLY GOLDEN!

ONE OF OUR ARCH RIVALS BACK IN THE GOLDEN YEARS OF HAMILTON HIGH WAS THE VERY TALENTED GUYS FROM TRENTON CATHOLIC. THERE ARE MANY FAMILIAR NAMES ON BOTH OF THOSE TEAMS, NOT TO MENTION THE VERY POPULAR HAMILTON COACH, "KIP" BREESE.

1947: THE MARVEL OF THE AGE

MR. LAND'S INVENTION WAS SURE TO OBSOLETE THE FILM CAMERA. I REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST POLAROID CAMERA THAT I SAW IN THE EARLY 50'S. IT WAS A HUGE CAMERA AND THE PHOTOS TOOK A MINUTE OR SO TO DEVELOP. TODAY'S DIGITAL CAMERAS LONG AGO OBSOLETED THE POLAROID AS WELL AS MAKING A DENT IN THE FILM CAMERA'S POPULARITY.

1947: THINGS WERE BETTER IN "THE GOOD OLD DAYS?"

FROM MY "CRIME, MORALS, SOCIAL VALUES" FOLDER COMES THIS ARTICLE PROVING THAT THIEVES AND OTHER N'ER DO WELLS HAVE BEEN, AND ALWAYS WILL BE WITH US.

1947: JEANIE PAGLIONE

SHE WAS JUST AS PRETTY THE LAST TIME I SAW HER. JEANIE WAS A CLASSMATE IN "THE CLASS WITH CLASS," HHS '51

1947: THE TIMES NEWSBOY

I NEVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING THE LOCAL MCGUIRE FAMILY. HOWEVER, I AM QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROMINENCE OF THE FAMILY NAME.
HERE'S YOUNG HUGH MCGUIRE ON HIS PAPER ROUTE DELIVERING THE TRENTON EVENING TIMES.

1947: KLOCKNER DANCE

BEFORE THERE WAS A POLICE CAR AT EACH SCHOOL, BACK WHEN COKE WAS COCA COLA AND DRUGS WERE SOLD AT DRUG STORES, BEFORE KIDS CAME TO SCHOOL WITH KNIVES AND GUNS, BUT DURING A MUCH MORE CIVILIZED TIME, THE SCHOOLS HAD AFTER HOURS DANCES. REMEMBER THOSE SATURDAY NIGHT CANTEENS AT HAMILTON HIGH? HERE'S A PTA SPONSORED DANCE AT KLOCKNER WHEN INNOCENT CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN GOOD CLEAN AND WHOLESOME FUN.

2008: THE GRAPHIC PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED

A FEW DAYS AGO I POSTED A NOTICE THAT THE FOLKS AT BLOGGER.COM WERE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM OF VIEWING THE GRAPHICS. YOU PROBABLY HAD A PROBLEM ACCESSING MY PHOTOS AND ARTICLES UNLESS YOU HAD A VIABLE GRAPHIC SOFTWARE PACKAGE. I HAVE PHOTOSHOP AND WHEN I DOUBLE CLICKED ON MY IMAGES, THEY WERE PRESENTED ONSCREEN VIA PHOTOSHOP. NOW WE ARE BACK TO NORMAL. IT WILL NO LONGER BE NECESSARY TO GO THROUGH THE HOOPS TO VIEW MY GRAPHICS. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE, AND THANKS TO BLOGGER.COM FOR THE QUICK REMEDY.

1947: BLIZZARD

EVEN THOUGH IT HAPPENED 60 YEARS AGO, I REMEMBER THIS BLIZZARD QUITE WELL. DON SLABICKI AND I WERE WORKING FOR FRED AND EDNA KUSER. WE SPENT MUCH TIME SHOVELING THE WALKWAYS AROUND THE KUSER HOME. LOOK CLOSELY AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JUST DISCERN SOME OF TRENTON'S DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS DURING THE CITY'S GOLDEN YEARS.

1947: WHEN COMMCYERCIAL TV WAS IN ITS INFAN

THIS YOUNG FELLOW WAS LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF MOST OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. THE IDEA OF BUILDING ONE OF THOSE NEWFANGLED TV SETS WAS BEYOND THE KEN OF ALMOST EVERY CITIZEN EXCEPT FOR AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC EXPERTS. BARS AND RESTARUANTS STARTED PLACING TV SETS IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS. SPORTS WAS THE MAJOR FARE ON THE VERY EARLIEST TELEVISION SETS. I REMEMBER WHEN TV WAS DARK ALL NIGHT, SIGNED ON AT ABOUT 2 PM IN THE AFTERNOON AND WENT OFF THE AIR AT AROUND 10 PM.

1947: HI TECH PORTABLE RADIOS

JUST BEFORE COMMERCIAL TELEVISION CAME ON THE SCENE IN THIS YEAR OF 1947, THE AMAZINGLY SMALL PORTABLE RADIO WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. HOW THESE HI TECH MARVELS CHANGED IN THE ENSUING YEARS AS THE TRANSISTOR BROUGHT THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR PORTABLE RADIOS THE SIZE OF A PACK OF CIGARETTES.

2007: WITH DEEPEST HUMILITY

Every once in a while I write a column that draws very favorable comments. My recent Trenton Times "Sentimental Journey" column resulted in a number of emails along with many person to person comments over the past week since the column was published on the sad state of today's televison programming. Along came this email from a gentleman whose crusade for decency in media is known nationally. Thanks again, Mr. Bozell, I am truly humbled and very grateful.

(BRENT'S WEBSITE IS http://www.mediaresearch.org)

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Dear Mr. Glover,

I was sent, and just read your Dec. 1 piece in the Times (“Today’s Missing Messages of Hope, Aspiration”). Ten cheers, one hundred cheers, one thousand cheers for you! One of the finest pieces on this subject I’ve ever read. You made my day, my week, my month.

You also restored my faith in humanity.

What a breath of fresh air.

Gratefully,

Brent Bozell

YOU CAN READ THE COLUMN BRENT REFERS TO AT NJ.COM.

CUT AND PASTE THE FOLLOWING URL:
www.nj.com/living/times/community/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1196487106205730.xml&coll=5

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1947: HAMILTON TEACHERS GET A RAISE

HERE'S A BIRDS' EYE VIEW OF THE POST WAR FINANCIAL SITUATION IN THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION FROM HAMILTON, EWING AND LAWRENCE. INTERESTING!

1947: HAMILTON TEACHERS GET A RAISE

HERE'S A BIRDS' EYE VIEW OF THE POST WAR FINANCIAL SITUATION IN THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION FROM HAMILTON, EWING AND LAWRENCE. INTERESTING!

1947: HAMILTON TEACHERS GET A RAISE

HERE'S A BIRDS' EYE VIEW OF THE POST WAR FINANCIAL SITUATION IN THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION FROM HAMILTON, EWING AND LAWRENCE. INTERESTING!

1947: HAMILTON TEACHERS GET A RAISE

HERE'S A BIRDS' EYE VIEW OF THE POST WAR FINANCIAL SITUATION IN THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION FROM HAMILTON, EWING AND LAWRENCE. INTERESTING!

1947: HAMILTON TEACHERS GET A RAISE

HERE'S A BIRDS' EYE VIEW OF THE POST WAR FINANCIAL SITUATION IN THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION FROM HAMILTON, EWING AND LAWRENCE. INTERESTING!

1947: HAMILTON TEACHERS GET A RAISE

HERE'S A BIRDS' EYE VIEW OF THE POST WAR FINANCIAL SITUATION IN THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION FROM HAMILTON, EWING AND LAWRENCE. INTERESTING!

1947: HAMILTON TEACHERS GET A RAISE

HERE'S A BIRDS' EYE VIEW OF THE POST WAR FINANCIAL SITUATION IN THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION FROM HAMILTON, EWING AND LAWRENCE. INTERESTING!

1947: GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

FROM THE "ADVERTISING" FOLDER, "KIRKMAN FLAKES" JOINS "DUZ," "CHIPSO,"AND OTHER LONG FORGOTTEN STAPLES FROM MY PAST. DO YOU REMEMBER"SAL "HEPATICA," "SWANS DOWN," "DRENE," "FORHAN'S" "KREML," AND ................ MAYBE YOU CAN ADD TO THE LIST OF CLASSIC PRODUCTS WHICH ARE NO MORE.

1947: THE LINCOLN-JOHNSON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

THANKS TO THE W.C. MOORE FAMILY OF TRENTON, THIS INCREDIBLE RELIC OF THE POST CIVIL WAR ERA WAS SAVED FOR POSTERITY BACK IN 1947. TOO OFTEN, THOSE WHO HOLD HISTORIC RELICS AND MEMORABILIA TOO OFTEN DEEM THEM "JUNK" AND THROW THEM IN THE TRASH. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY HISTORIC ITEMS IN MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WHICH I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO RESCUE FROM THE RECYCLE BIN.

1947: THE "SPUCE GOOSE"

THIS GIANT WAS IN THE HEADLINES BACK IN POST WAR AMERICA. THE HUGE PLANE DID MANAGE TO GO AIRBORN FOR A VERY SHORT RUN BUT NEVER BECAME A VIABLE AIRCRAFT.THE SUPERSTRUCTURE WAS FABRICATED FROM PLYWOOD. MANY PEOPLE SAW THE RECENT HOWARD HUGHES MOVIE WHICH PORTRAYED A REPLICA OF "THE GOOSE."

1947: NOTTINGHAM VFD NEEDS A NEW PUMPER

THEIR 1926 PUMPER WAS SORELY IN NEED OF REPLACING. NOTE THE TAX IMPACT WHICH CHIEF FOLEY QUOTED. AHH, THOSE WERE INDEED THE GOOD OLD DAYS!

1947: UNREQUITED LOVE

SEE THAT "KAISER" IN THE UPPER RIGHT ENGRAVING? IT WAS ONE OF THE CARS OF MY DREAMS. FOR SOME REASON, I ALWAYS WANTED TO OWN ONE OF THE "ORPHAN" CARS AS MADE BY HUDSON, STUDEBAKER, NASH, AND KAISER-FRAZER. REMEMBER THE "OLD WIVES TALE" THAT TOLD US THAT THOSE CARS WERE INFERIOR TO THE "BIG THREE" DUE TO THEIR POOR TRADE-IN VALUE. WHAT A CROCK THAT WAS! THOSE CARS LASTED LONGER THAN THE CARS IN THE "BIG THREE." DON'T MISS THE REAL STEEL BUMPERS ON THOSE CARS! TODAY'S PLASTIC BUMPERS WITH THAT "SHOCK ABSORBER" BACKING IS FAR INFERIOR TO THE CARS OF THE 30'S 40'S AND 50'S.. THE FENDERS WERE ALSO MADE OF HEAVY STEEL; UNLIKE THE CRINKLY ALUMINUM FOIL BODIES IN TODAY'S AUTOS.

1947: MERCERVILLE SCHOOL

HERE'S THE CLASSES AT MERCERVILLE IN 1947.

1947: GRAMMAR SCHOOL HONOR STUDENTS

THOSE HORNETS WHO WENT TO KUSER GRAMMAR SCHOOL DURING THE 40'S CAN SEE THEIR CLASS IN THE ABOVE GRAPHIC. THE EIGHTH GRADE ARE THOSE WHO WENT ON TO BECOME HHS '51. WORKING BACKWARDS YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE THAT THE SEVENTH GRADE CONSTITUTES MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS IN THE CLASS OF '52, DOWNWARD TO RECEPTION GRADE, CLASS OF '59. HAPPY HUNTING!

1947: KEEPING THE YOUTH ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS SADLY LACKING IN OUR PRESENT SOCIETY. VIDEO GAMES, IPODS, AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DIVERSIONS HAS REPLACED SOCIAL INTERCOURSE WITH ELECTRONIC OBSESSION.

2007: THIS MESSAGE FROM MY WEB HOSTING SERVICE

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1947: HAMILTON SQUARE SOCIAL NOTES

I AM COMPLETELY ENTHRALLED WITH THESE LITTLE SOCIAL NOTES FROM OUR VARIOUS COMMUNITIES. THEY NO LONGER APPEAR IN THE NEWSPAPERS OF TODAY. THEY LENT A SPECIAL CHARM TO THE SOCIETY AND SUBURBAN PAGES. ACCORDINGLY, I ASK THAT YOU ALLOW ME TO INDULGE MYSELF WITH OCCASIONAL SOCIAL CLIPS OF THIS TYPE. MANY OF THE NAMES ARE FAMILIAR TO ME AND PRESUMABLY TO MANY VISITORS TO THIS SITE.

1947: THE TRENTON FREEWAY: IN THE BEGINNING

IT WAS A TRULY REVOLUTIONARY MOVE WHEN TRENTON DECIDED TO CUT THE NEW TRENTON FREEWAY ALONG THE BED OF THE CANAL. GREENWOOD AVENUE ONCE EXTENDED ALL THE WAY TO SOUTH BROAD STREET, BUT THE FREEWAY CLOSED
PART OF IT OF AT THE BARLOW CIRCLE AT SO. CLINTON AVENUE.

1947: DVRA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

BACK IN TRENTON'S GLORY YEARS, THE DELAWARE VALLEY RADIO ASSOCIATION HELD A DINNER MEETING IN THE HOTEL STACY TRENT IN DOWNTOWN TRENTON. THE LATE ED RASER, MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE ABOVE, WAS A TRENTON RADIO PIONEER AND A REAL GENTLEMAN.

1956: Clara Schlagel Stonaker passed away

From Jack Lacy, HHS'56, the following information on the passing of another classmate:

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Sadly we report that Clara (Schlagel) Stonaker, HHS56, passed away Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 22) at home. According to a family member who has been in touch with classmate Nancy (Higgins) Lettiere, Clara "...died with a hospice nurse at her bedside. All funeral arrangements were kept very private." She had resided for a number of years in the Toms River, NJ area but a check as late as earlier today of the Ocean County Observer ands the Asbury Park Press, the two newspapers serving Toms River, did not revel an obituary.
Jack

1947: CHRISTMAS REINACTMENT

HERE ARE A FEW PHOTOS SHOWING THE ACTIVITIES SURROUNDING THE ANNUAL CROSSING OF THE DELAWARE. THIS YEAR, TRENTON IS GOING ALL OUT IN PRESENTING "PATRIOTS' WEEK." NJN IS ALSO SCHEDULING A TV PRESENTATION OF "TEN CRUCIAL DAYS." SURROUND SOUND SCREENINGS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THEIR CENTER CITY TRENTON STUDIOS. WATCH FOR THE NEWSPAPER ADS FOR PATRIOTS' WEEK.

1947: NICK STILLWELL

SOME TIME AGO I ENTERED A POST BEMOANING THE FACT THAT WE TRIED TO ORGANIZE A HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR EFFORTS WERE IN VAIN. AFTER MANY HOURS TRYING TO GET HAMILTON ALUMNI TO PARTICIPATE, WE GAVE UP THE PROJECT. APPARENTLY NICK AND HIS FELLOW HORNETS ALSO TRIED TO ORGANIZE AN ASSOCIATION. APPARENTLY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. IT IS A MYSTERY THAT A SCHOOL WITH SUCH A SPLENDID HISTORICAL HERITAGE CAN'T SUPPORT THIS WORTHY PROJECT. THE LAST FORMAL INVOLVEMENT IN WHICH I PARTICIPATED AS AN ALUMNUS WAS IN THE EARLY '80'S WHEN ALL ALUMNI WERE INVITED TO THE ANNUAL "HOMECOMING" EVENT. NOTHING SINCE: CONCLUSION? APATHY ON THE PART
OF BOTH HAMILTON ALUMNI AND HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL .

1947: JAKE THIEL: A TRENTON P.D. LEGEND

THIS FELLOW'S NAME COMES UP QUITE FREQUENTLY AS I PERUSE THE PAGES OF MY NEWSPAPER COLLECTION. JAKE MARRIED MY UNCLE CHARLIE'S SISTER, PHOEBE. HIS POSITION ON THE TRENTON POLICE FORCE OF YESTERDAY RANGES FROM GOOD DEEDS TO CATCHING THE BAD GUYS. HE WAS AN EXTREMELY POPULAR POLICE OFFICER, MUCH LIKE TODAY'S "OFFICER FRIENDLY."

1947: THE LADIES OF THE PENNINGTON ROAD VFD