tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74428463490632322682024-03-23T21:27:15.362-04:00Aberdeen NJ LifeA blog about living in Aberdeen, New Jersey.Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.comBlogger1955125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-43643544189046621562022-07-25T17:06:00.001-04:002022-07-25T17:06:58.031-04:00Matawan Historical Society<p> I have been volunteering at the Matawan Historical Society for over a month. While there I found that many people knew of my work on this blog and appreciated it. Today I noticed that the site was difficult to find in a routine Google search, so I am adding this post to see if that helps the system locate my blog. </p><p>I hope to eventually move much of this research to the new <a href="http://matawanhistoricalsociety.org" target="_blank">MHS website</a>. It will take some time. I encourage you to check out the society's website and Facebook page.</p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-15550059018075016752016-10-25T23:23:00.000-04:002016-10-25T23:23:14.945-04:00Principe de Paz in Cliffwood BeachLa Primera Iglesia Presbiteriana Principe de Paz (First Presbyterian Prince of Peace Church) has been meeting in the old Bayview Presbyterian Church at the corner of West Concourse and Greenwood Avenue for the past five years. Their congregation served the Puerto Rican and Cuban communities in Asbury Park for more than twenty years as a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pcusa/posts/10151176432250208" target="_blank">Presbyterian mission development project</a> before coming here.<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/julissa.alvarezgarcia.7" target="_blank">Julissa Alvarez-Garcia</a>, the commissioned lay pastor at Principe de
Paz, has been involved with her congregation since Asbury Park. She worked with a Presbytery committee to facilitate the move, which included a lengthy layover at Shrewsbury Presbyterian Church while a permanent home was found. <br />
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Alvarez-Garcia and the congregation, with support from the Presbytery, have significantly renovated the old Bayview building and improved the grounds. Some things you can see and some you cannot. The parking lot was paved and sidewalks and ramps were built. The boiler system was replaced. A leaking oil tank was discovered and removed, along with many truckloads of affected soil. The most recent improvements include the demolition of the vacant manse next door. (Thanks to Councilman Greg Cannon for his assistance with getting the utilities capped.)<br />
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Alvarez-Garcia and her congregation hosted the 25 June 2013 meeting of the Presbytery of Monmouth. And she was chosen by the Presbytery to serve as one of their commissioners to
attend the 222nd annual session of the PCUSA General Assembly in Portland,
Oregon in June 2016.<br />
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Principe de Paz are good neighbors and a welcome addition to Cliffwood Beach. Check out <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Iglesia-Presbiteriana-Pr%C3%ADncipe-De-Paz-15-West-Concourse/283902868450818?pnref=story" target="_blank">their Facebook page</a> for details on their activities. Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-61936586731866556392016-08-14T20:47:00.000-04:002016-08-14T20:47:02.398-04:00History: Free Public High Schools in New JerseyHigh schools in New Jersey started in the big cities -- Newark in 1836, and Trenton in 1842. Unfortunately, each local district established its own approach to post-common school education, yielding little agreement on what a high school might teach, or even whether a particular school district wanted to provide education beyond grammar school. Many communities didn't want to pay higher taxes just to fund a "poor man's academy", so little was done outside of the big cities to provide free education past the eighth grade.<br />
The system of free public schools in New Jersey is based on the Free
School Law of 1871. About fifty years earlier, the State School Fund had been an effort to help townships educate the poor. Between 1817 and 1871, the state
abolished pauper schools, tuition payments, and the funding of sectarian
schools and gave us school districts, local
superintendents of schools, school boards, state tax education apportionments, and, of course, the beginnings of local school
taxes.<br />
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In 1905, State Superintendent of Schools Charles J Baxter sent a letter to local school districts, pointing out that they had a constitutional mandate to provide free education to students up to and including the age of eighteen under the Free School Law of 1871. In the letter, Baxter told districts this could be accomplished either by operating a high school within an individual district or by making arrangements with a nearby district to accept their students. Baxter threatened to withhold the state school aid apportionment of any district which failed to comply.<br />
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Monmouth County Schools Superintendent John Enright tested eighth grade graduates of Matawan and Raritan townships and found five Matawan twp graduates eligible to study in high school. "These graduates have a high school course to finish before they are graduates from the school. They are simply leaving the grammar school department to undertake the studies of the high school department.The granting of diplomas this time is something new and an incentive for the younger scholars to continue along and work hard to obtain them. This marks the close usually of the ninth year work. Sometimes scholars cannot stay in school after passing from the grammar to the high school department and some of them would be as proud of a diploma obtained in that way as if they had taken the entire course and become full fledged graduates." (<a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/matawan/journal/1898/1898-05-26.pdf" target="_blank">26 May 1898 edition</a> of The Matawan Journal)<br />
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County Superintendent Enright gathered the local school boards in December 1907 to explain new state rules on fees charged to sending districts as well as maximum high school tuition and daily attendance charges. (<a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/matawan/journal/1907/1907-12-12.pdf" target="_blank">12 Dec 1907 edition</a> of The Matawan Journal) <br />
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The Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library has some dated but still useful books on this subject:<br />
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<li>The New Jersey High School: A History, by Robert D Bole and Laurence B Johnson (1964) (974.9 B)</li>
<li>Elementary Education in New Jersey: A History, by Roscoe L West (1964) (974.9 W)</li>
<li>Education in New Jersey 1630-1871, by Nelson R Burr (1942) </li>
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Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-88003166622176281472016-06-22T15:13:00.001-04:002016-06-22T15:15:16.721-04:00Matawan Presbyterian Church Fire - Christmas 1955It was Sunday morning New Year's Eve 1955. The congregation of the
Matawan Presbyterian Church gathered at the high school for worship that
day, an arrangement made only the afternoon before. A rented organ
played the introit. The choir wore borrowed robes. The women of the
church had hung drapes and arranged desks on the school's stage. And in
the center of that makeshift chancel was a table covered in maroon
cloth, upon which stood an old brass cross recovered from the communion
table during the awful fire that destroyed the First Presbyterian Church's sanctuary on
Main Street on Christmas Sunday the week before.<br />
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All signs of smoke and ash had been carefully removed from that cross,
but the fire was on everyone's minds and in everyone's hearts. Memories
of the blaze and the fight to save the edifice were of course fresh and
raw. Their thoughts dwelt on an odd mixture of the heroic and the
mundane, the corporate and the private, and the spiritual and the
worldly. They had borne witness to the heroism and generosity of the
firefighters, but also the drilling of holes in the sanctuary floor to
drain inches of water from the building. Everyone was grateful that no
lives were lost, but most didn't know that a widower had stood vigil the
night of the fire over the body of his deceased wife, which had been in
the burning building and safely evacuated.<br />
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Members had felt the hand of evil in the destruction of their historic
church home, but also saw signs of hope in the preservation of the
church's records, its pulpit Bible and brass cross, its communion set,
and its baptismal font. Many had watched the last symbol of FPC's
presence on Main Street -- the old Stanford White steeple -- as it was
pulled down from its precarious vigil into the ashen debris below. They
were wondering what would be next, so they gathered at the high school
for words of encouragement and solace but also of hope in the future.<br />
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Reverend Chester Galloway rose to deliver his sermon that morning. In
his hand was the pulpit Bible he had used for the scripture lesson on
Christmas Sunday. The Bible's cover had been charred and its pages
soaked through when it was found, but it survived sheltered on the shelf
within the pulpit where Reverend Galloway had left it. The Reverend
stood for a new beginning when he opened his sermon with a bit of tough
love, saying, "We can sit down and cry or we can pick up the pieces and
start all over again."<br />
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Reference: "Presbyterians Pioneer at Matawan," pp. 55 - 60<br />
Thirty-year-old Russell H Apgar, a member of the church since January
1948, had confessed to setting fires on Christmas Eve in the Sunday
School building and on Christmas Day in the sanctuary as his
"contribution" towards a budding church school expansion campaign. He
was assessed to be insane, was moved to a mental hospital in Trenton,
and was later convicted of arson and sentenced to 5-7 years in state
prison.<br />
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Below are selected newspaper articles from the period related to Apgar and the fire: <br />
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8 May 1947 - This excerpt from The Matawan Journal providing news from a Borough of Matawan meeting, suggests that Russell Apgar was a fire fighter at the Midway Hose company in Matawan. A review of regional newspapers shows many Apgars were fire fighters.<br />
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15 Jan 1948 Matawan Journal<br />
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29 Dec 1955 - Matawan Journal<br />
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5 Jan 1956 - Matawan Journal<br />
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16 Feb 1956 - Matawan Journal
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7 Jun 1956 - Matawan Journal<br />
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<br />Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-13654461897586376222015-08-21T23:46:00.000-04:002016-05-09T20:06:33.120-04:00History: State Route 35 South at GSP Exit 117 in October 1956<br />
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My wife came across this interesting video from the Jack Kirby Archives showing a driver exiting the Garden State Parkway at Exit 117 on 6 October 1956. He headed south on Route 35, turned right on Bethany Road, then made a left into a new housing development under construction in Holmdel.<br />
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I've made a timeline of this short video and added some stills from the video. Although I've been careful, I'm sure I've omitted some observations and made some mistakes. I'd be interested in your additions and corrections.<br />
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<li>0:10 Garden State Parkway Exit 117; Sign: Matawan/Keyport</li>
<li>0:22 Sign: Keyport/Keansburg (left arrow); Middletown (right arrow); Keyport water tower in distance</li>
<li>0:26 Merged onto Route 35 South - view in distance of Route 35 North overpass</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">0:29 Sign; Route 35 N visible in background</td></tr>
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<li>0:29 Sign: Red Bank/Asbury Park (right arrow); Keansburg/Atlantic Highlands (left arrow)</li>
<li>0:31 Signs: Route 35 (right arrow); Route 36 (left arrow); tall, narrow sign across the highway, illegible</li>
<li>0:33 Beers Street intersection on right?</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">0:36 Turn in road before current Home Depot</td></tr>
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<li>0:35 Turn in roadway approaching entrance to current Home Depot; Sign: Briarcliff Homes </li>
<li>0:37 Sign: Route 35 Red Bank/Eatontown/Asbury Park</li>
<li>0:38 Sign: Old Manor Estates </li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">0:44 Dutch Motel; unidentified restaurant</td></tr>
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<li>0:44 Signs: Esso (right); Dutch Motel (right); restaurant (right); Texaco (left)</li>
<li>0:45 At Holmdel Road & Route 35</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">0:46 Old Manor Estates sign; Sunoco garage</td></tr>
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<li>0:46 Sign: Old Manor Estates, Turn Here, from $14,990</li>
<li>0:48 Sunoco garage</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">0:52 Restaurant with airplane on roof; steaks and chops</td></tr>
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<li>0:52 Restaurant with airplane on roof near roadway; sells steaks and chops; possibly nearing Hazlet Avenue intersection</li>
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<li>0:58 Signs: Foxwood Homes (right); Molly Pitcher Inn (left, in distance)</li>
<li>1:00 Sign: Turn right at Bethany Road</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1:03 Fitzgerald's Green Acres Bar</td></tr>
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<li>1:03 Fitzgerald's Green Acres Bar</li>
<li>1:07 Sign: Raritan Ridge, left turn</li>
<li>1:08 Sign: Old Manor Estates, Holmdel Township, 200 Feet Turn Right</li>
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<li>1:11 Farm stand, possibly Casola Farms; old truck has an illegible business identified on side</li>
<li>1:14 Bethany Road</li>
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<li>1:19 Bethany Road railroad crossing</li>
<li>1:25 Bethany Road at intersection with Telegraph Hill Road (on left)</li>
<li>1:31 Old Manor Estates model homes on left and right side of Bethany Road; parking area on right</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1:39 Bethany Road approaching construction site</td></tr>
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<li>1:39 Bethany Road - approaching Old Manor Estates construction site</li>
<li>1:46 Bethany Road - major construction site</li>
<li>1:56 Bethany Road - Newly built Old Manor Estates homes</li>
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FITZGERALD'S GREEN ACRES BAR<br />
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The <a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/DATA/matawan/independent/1981/1981-03-18.pdf" target="_blank">18 Mar 1981 edition</a> of The Bayshore Independent contains the obituary of Frank G Havey, of Hazlet, who moved to the area in 1958 and worked as manager at Fitzgerald's Green Acres Bar for eight years.<br />
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SGT PEPPER'S CLUB <br />
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The restaurant with the airplane on the roof was originally called Hazlet Lunch and was operated by Bill Kahlert, according to Hazlet Township, <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=w_M7PqIEbKkC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=kahlert%27s+hazlet&source=bl&ots=Cr8AmE39GU&sig=8EA2vsRA23gcvXqYbhXqQ12_8Qw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAGoVChMIxODkzei7xwIVimk-Ch3hRwNO#v=onepage&q=kahlert%27s%20hazlet&f=false" target="_blank">pp 12-13</a>, by William B Longo. Kahlert was a pilot and owned his own plane. A plane was added to the roof at one point and the restaurant became a local landmar,, according to Longo, who said the luncheonette closed in the early 1970s and reopened as a disco later that decade. (Check out Longo's old photos, post cards)<br />
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A Keyport Facebook group consensus was that Hazlet Lunch later became known as Sergeant Pepper's and then The Red Barron, burning to the ground sometime in the late 1970s or early 1980s. The group said it was located where the Midas service center is situated today, near the Hazlet Fairgrounds and the Buhler automobile dealership.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/DATA/matawan/independent/1979/1979-08-29.pdf" target="_blank">29 Aug 1979 edition</a> of the Bayshore Independent (pg 2) reported on the 24 Aug 1979 fire that destroyed Sgt Pepper's Club on the eve of its reopening. Heat lamps being used to dry a new coat of polyurethane on the bar caused the fire, according to officials. The roof caved in and the airplane fell inside the burning structure. The club, which operated for two years as Sgt Pepper's, operated as a go-go bar during the day and a rock-n-roll club at night. It had been closed for two months due to ABC violations related to the go-go bar. It had previously been called The Hangar, The Red Baron, and The Hazlet Lunch. The owner planned to rebuild.<br />
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25 Mar 2016 Note: Timeline of video has been edited above based on feedback in comments below.Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-44067608138152723652015-08-05T23:13:00.000-04:002015-08-05T23:13:12.087-04:00A&P in Cliffwood to Close Before Labor DayThe A&P grocery store in Cliffwood is closing its doors on Friday 4 September 2015. It is part of a larger corporate bankruptcy, according to the <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2015/07/20/which-ap-stores-are-closing/" target="_blank">20 Jul 2015 edition</a> of The Wall Street Journal. Other local A&P groceries being closed include the Route 9 store in Old Bridge and the store on Route 35 in Holmdel. Corporate is raising some quick cash as part of its Chapter 11 proceedings. Others not yet named will also close or change hands soon enough.<br />
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The Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company opened this grocery store in Cliffwood on 6 October 1959. (See <a href="http://aberdeennjlife.blogspot.com/2012/10/history-p-grocery-stores-open-in.html" target="_blank">related article</a>)<br />
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The Cliffwood store survived the arrival of Price Club, whose box store in Hazlet soon killed the small, family-run Foodtown in downtown Matawan. But A&P couldn't stop the bleeding as shoppers flocked to the many well-stocked and competitively priced
stores in the area, including Shop Rites on Lloyd Road in Aberdeen and Route 35 in Hazlet and Stop
n Shops in Aberdeen and Keyport.<br />
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Opinions of A&P in Cliffwood weren't mixed; the store had grown increasingly unpopular in the area, leaving it to serve
more as a large convenience store than as a grocer. It was my impression that A&P wasn't as "fresh obsessed" as its advertising implied. I can't tell you how many times I found expired products on the shelf or in my grocery bag. My neighbors complained that prices weren't competitive and selection was poor.<br />
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Residents will just have to wait and see what will become of the space. The economy is strong and vacancies that abounded along Route 35 two or three years ago have all been filled. The intersection of Route 35 and Cliffwood Avenue has just been upgraded. Perhaps a new tenant will be found quickly?Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-90125020538090836972015-07-19T15:02:00.000-04:002015-07-19T15:02:04.995-04:00Several Cliffwood Beach Road Projects Nearly Complete<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Aberdeen Township's three main objectives for flood mitigation, as posed in the <a href="http://www.seabrightnj.org/sbnj/About%20Us/Sandy%20Recovery/Hazard%20Mitigation%20Plan,%20Monmouth%20County,%20New%20Jersey/Learn%20more%20about%202014%20Hazard%20Mitigation%20Plan%20Update%20-%20Draft.pdf" target="_blank">2014 Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan for Monmouth County</a>, were to deal with 1) State Route 35 between Cliffwood Avenue and Raritan Boulevard; 2) Lakeshore Drive near the beach park; and 3) Amboy Avenue near Matawan Creek. <br />
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The NJ DOT had been planning a major project on Route 35 for some time, and that work seems to be nearly completed. Some landscaping still needs to be done on the parcel across from the Goodwill, where the construction crew has been putting its equipment and supplies for the past two years, but that's about it. Route 35 has been raised and the creeks now pass easily under the roadway. No more detours onto County Road and Cliffwood Avenue. The intersections at Cliffwood Avenue and Amboy Avenue have been modified and new signals added to improve traffic flow. Amboy Avenue no longer feeds into Cliffwood Avenue but dead ends after McDonald's and the auto parts store. And the roadways have all been repaved and lined.<br />
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Lakeshore Drive was recently raised down where the creek passes under it and around the park at the beachfront. The roadway was newly paved, shiny new guard rails were installed, and lines were painted. Only time will tell if this work will provide meaningful flood mitigation.<br />
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There has been some work going on along Amboy Avenue between Prospect Avenue and the Blue Rock Cafe. The road was closed to local traffic recently and only limited vehicle traffic was crossing the bridge. The Up the Creek Tavern by the Keyport Marina has been totally rebuilt and raised quite high -- maybe it should now be called Up Above the Creek? I'm not quite sure of the status of the roadway and bridge. The Blue Rock Cafe is open and doing a rousing business despite the road closing. If you are in the area, be sure to grab a beer or have a meal, or both.<br />
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My 2015-16 Aberdeen Township tax bill arrived yesterday. Enclosed was a letter from the Township Manager discussing the township's careful stewardship of tax revenues. Much of the discussion focused on the township's adroit use of county, state and federal programs to repair and maintain our roads. It's an interesting read, mostly the part on page 2.<br />
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The manager appreciates our patience as those of us with awful road surfaces await planned improvements. She claims to have a map of the township on her office wall to remind her of the need for roadwork in particular spots. I am being patient, but I might send her a photo to add to her wall of the large pool that forms in front of my house when it rains ever since a township crew repaved the fire hydrant apron in front of my house.<br />
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All in all good news. Taxes are only going up about $5/month and improvements to my street are towards the top of the waiting list. Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-71135711776745956292015-07-18T17:35:00.000-04:002015-07-18T17:35:18.043-04:00Van Wickle House - Prominent Matawan Family at Broad and Church<br />
Jason Peist, an owner of 171 Broad Street in Matawan, wrote me this week to share some historic images of the house, which stands on the southeast corner of the intersection of Church and Broad Streets. He invited me to post the images and the history behind them for my readers. Most appreciated.<br />
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Below is a set of photographs of the house circa 1919, showing each side of the building. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">171 Broad Street (Broad Street view - W side) circa 1919. Visible to the left is a water tower at a factory along the nearby railroad tracks, and a house on Orchard Street, which was behind 171 Broad. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">171 Broad Street (rear view - E side) circa 1919</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">171 Broad Street (side view - S side) circa 1919. This was a side entrance. In the window can be seen some beakers, presumably related to the dental office inside. To the left is a house across Church Street, and to the right are two large houses on Broad Street, approximately where the Municipal Building now stands.</td></tr>
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If you look closely at the detail below of the Church Street side of the house, you will see a sign that reads DENTIST facing out to passersby at the street corner. The "ickle" portion of the dentist's name can be made out in italicized print arching across the word DENTIST.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">171 Broad Street (Church Street view - detail) circa 1919</td></tr>
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The current owner did some research and found that from 1899 to 1929, the house served as the home and office of its first owner, a dentist named Orwill Van Wickle. The first floor was his dental practice and the living quarters were upstairs. My research turned up that Orwill was the brother of a long time mayor of the borough.<br />
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The 1900 Federal Census for New Jersey listed Orville Van Wickle (Sep 1855 NJ NJ NY) as head of household on Broad Street and with the occupation of dentist. Also in the household was his brother, Daniel E Van Wickle (Apr 1864 NJ NJ NY), a merchant; sister Ora Van Wickle (Dec 1870 NJ NY NY); and widowed sister Anna A Conover (Apr 1858 NJ NJ NY).<br />
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Anna Conover was head of the Broad Street household in the 1910 Federal Census. Her sister Ora appeared as Aurelia. Her brothers had married, Orwill to Alice a year earlier and Robert to Florine three years earlier. Robert and Florine had had three children, but only 3 year old son Robert was still alive. Orwill was a dentist.<br />
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I found their parents and siblings in Matawan in the 1870 Federal Census. James Van Wickle (53 NJ) and wife Elcy (48 NY) had children Alice (25 NJ), Ann (23 NJ), Sophia (21 NJ), Ida (18 NJ), Orville (14 NJ), Lucina (12 NJ), Eleanor (9 NJ) and Orelia (6 NJ). James was a farm laborer with real property worth $4,000 and personal property worth $600.<br />
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Orwill initially hung his shingle as a dentist in town, working from the Post Office building. The professionals listings on the front page of the <a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/journal/1893/1893-10-21.pdf#search=%22wickle%22" target="_blank">21 Oct 1893 edition</a> of The Matawan Journal show Dr O Van Wickle, Dentist.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orwill's brother Daniel served for many years as Matawan's mayor. (Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 121st session (1897)</td></tr>
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Orwill's brother Daniel Ellswoth Van Wickle served many years as Matawan's mayor and head of the Borough Board of Commissioners, among other political positions. The 1908 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MlcpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA583&lpg=PA583&dq=%22van+wickle%22+mayor+matawan&source=bl&ots=TsRhQ4w-xF&sig=nXkb4hRzCB_mkU6CrV5LuLPMIpM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CC8Q6AEwBGoVChMIrbT56cblxgIVSW4-Ch005wMD#v=onepage&q=%22van%20wickle%22%20mayor%20matawan&f=false" target="_blank">Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Treasury of the State of New Jersey</a> shows Daniel E Van Wickle as mayor of Matawan. The Matawan Journal's Personal Mention column (pg 5, col 2) of the <a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/journal/1901/1901-09-19.pdf#search=%22wickle%22" target="_blank">19 Sep 1901 edition</a> of The Matawan Journal reported that R C McElrath of Jersey City was the guest of Dr and Mayor Van Wickle on Sunday. Mr Van Wickle presided over the last meeting of the Board of Borough Commissioners in 1896, according to an except of a May 1896 article summarized in one of my Matawan history blog articles. (<a href="http://aberdeennjlife.blogspot.com/2011/02/below-are-some-primary-pieces-of-local.html" target="_blank">link</a>) <br />
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The <a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/journal/1915/1915-09-16.pdf#search=%22wickle%22" target="_blank">16 Sep 1915 edition</a> of The Matawan Journal (pg 1, col 6) showed Orwill Van Wickle running as the Republican candidate for member of the Monmouth County Executive Committee, presumably the equivalent of county freeholder. The same edition's social page (pg 6, col 1) said brother Daniel's wife and sister Ora were hosting "auction bridge" and a social hour after the game.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Post card image of the Matawan public school on Broad Street.</td></tr>
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The house is currently across the street from the Matawan Municipal Building, which served as the Broad Street School for many years. Matawan's first public school, pictured above, was built during Van Wickle's tenure in the home and was just down the road. That school eventually served as the Matawan High School until Matawan Regional was built. <br />
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Orwill Van Wickle died in 1926 and is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery. His wife, Alice Ryer Van Wickle, died in 1936 and is buried there as well. (<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=van+wickle&GSfn=orwill&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=14592516&df=all&" target="_blank">Find-a-Grave</a>) <br />
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The house was purchased in 1929 by Frank Bliss. He and his wife did a major renovation of the home, adding a sun porch, a 9' entrance door, numerous built-ins, a large rear bedroom and bath, and an upstairs office. They stored away the original entry door and kept all their renovation paperwork, all of which the owner still has. For good or ill, Bliss stripped off the gingerbread details from the face of the home.<br />
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I've only touched the surface on this story, but alas my time is out for research today. Below are some relatively current images of the home, from Google Streetview. Thanks, Jason, for the information. Please let me know if you (or any of my readers ) can add to or correct anything here.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">171 Broad Street (Looking down Church Street from the corner with Broad Street) circa 2014</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">171 Broad Street (Looking down Broad Street at the corner with Church Street) circa 2014</td></tr>
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Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-33246402413300925182015-03-07T21:30:00.002-05:002015-06-27T23:28:55.403-04:00Veterans Buried at Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Matawan, NJA friend at the First Presbyterian Church of Matawan gave me a list of 37 veterans of American wars who are buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery on Route 516 near Route 79 in the Freneau section of Matawan, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The list was produced by the American Legion Post 176 in Matawan.<br />
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The list is from the time when the church still owned the cemetery. I can't vouch for its accuracy but present it here so the roster doesn't get lost. I checked around and didn't see it posted elsewhere. If I've duplicated the effort, no harm done.<br />
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I've added my research notes in italics and brackets after certain listings. <br />
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American Revolution<br />
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<li>Captain Samuel Carhart (25 Jun 1737 - 26 Dec 1809)</li>
<li>Lieutenant Samuel Forman (3 Nov 1713 - 18 Jan 1792)</li>
<li>Private William Forman (? - ?)</li>
<li>Private Thomas Geran (1 Mar 1760 - 1 Apr 1842)</li>
<li>Private Mathias Hulsart (1756 - 1846)</li>
<li>Captain Thomas Hunn (6 Oct 1736 - 15 Sep 1797)</li>
<li>Private John Lisk (15 Feb 1756 - 23 Mar 1823)</li>
<li>Private Matthew T Roberts (21 Mar 1755 - 2 Mar 1837)</li>
<li>Ensign Cornelius Vanderhoff (17 Oct 1762 - 10 May 1816)</li>
<li>Private Christopher Van Pelt (1750 - 15 Oct 1816)</li>
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War of 1812 <br />
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<li> Private William Hyers (29 Oct 1772 - 10 Aug 1831)</li>
<li>Major Peter La Torrette (28 Feb 1785 - 11 Sep 1849)</li>
<li>Private Robert Little (1784 - 29 Oct 1821)</li>
<li>Private Asher Tice (19 May 1781 - 26 Feb 1865)</li>
<li>Second Lieutenant Samuel C Vanderhoff (? - 12 Dec 1847)</li>
<li>Corporal John Van Nuyse (14 Sep 1792 - 21 Sep 1845)</li>
<li>Private William P Walton (16 Mar 1770 - 27 Jan 1823)</li>
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US Civil War<br />
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<li>Private Elisha Arose (9 Jun 1821 - 30 Aug 1902) </li>
<li>Private William R Bloodgood (? - 2 Apr 1896)</li>
<li>Private Benjamin Cooper (6 Jul 1814 - 21 Aug 1891)</li>
<li>Private Gershom Cottrell (21 Mar 1823 - 19 Nov 1907)</li>
<li>Private William M Cottrell (18 Aug 1819 - 5 Aug 1895)</li>
<li>Private Thomas S Ellison (1826 - 1908)</li>
<li>James J Hyer (5 Aug 1818 - 21 Feb 1906)</li>
<li>Private David Provost (12 Sep 1749 - 5 Mar 1819)</li>
<li>Private William R Ralph (1828 - 14 Jan 1889)</li>
<li>Private David O Rappleyea (12 May 1848 - 28 May 1896) <i>{David was age 2 in the South Amboy household of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Rappleyea in the 1850 Federal Census. He enlisted on 15 Sep 1864 for the US Civil War and served in Company H of the 38th New Jersey Infantry Regiment. His company left </i><i><i>on 4 Oct 1864 </i>for City Point, VA, where they and the other companies formed a brigade of the Army of the James, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, and served garrison duty til the end of the war at Fort Powhatan, James River. The regiment lost 14 to disease. David mustered out on 30 Jun 1865 at City Point, Virginia. He married Mary and settled down in Manalapan, where they had a son William H Rappleyea about 1869, according to the 1870 Federal Census. David, Mary E and sons Alonzo and Edward were residing in Matawan in the 1880 Federal Census; William was not listed and is presumed to have died young. David filed for an early disability in May 1891 from his residence in NJ.}</i></li>
<li>Private/Sergeant Howard Reeder (? - 24 Jan 1900) <i>{The Falls River Monthly Meeting of Friends recorded Howard's birth as 1827. Howard was living with his wife Hannah Ann and daughter Sarah in Lower Makefield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the 1850 Federal Census. His father, Charles M Reeder, age 75, a farmer, was enumerated on the same page of the census. Howard enlisted in the US Civil War on 26 May 1861 and served as a Sergeant in Company I, 3rd Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment, 32nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He mustered out 30 Aug 1862. He joined the 5th Regiment Militia Infantry for a couple of weeks in September 1862 as part of a call to the defense of Maryland against Lee's Army. He subsequently served as a Private in Company I, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 161st Pennsylvania Volunteers. He deserted on 24 Aug 1864 but returned and mustered out with his company on 11 Aug 1865 at Richmond, Virginia. His military pension record shows that he filed a disability claim as an invalid while living in NJ in January 1896.}</i></li>
<li>Private Job Roberts (4 Sep 1842 - 1925) <i>{Job Mott Roberts was born in Ohio, the son of Thomas T and Ann (Throckmorton) Roberts. In 1863, Job enlisted in the 2nd Infantry Regiment, which was part of the Army of the Potomac. Job could have seen battle at Chancellorsville and/or Gettysburg that year. He was an insurance agent living in Staten Island with his wife Ella in the 1900 Federal Census. In the 1920 Federal Census, Job was living with his cousin, Catherine J Scobey, in Atlantic Township (named Colts Neck since 1962).</i> </li>
<li>Sergeant Charles P Van Brackle (5 Jun 1844 - 29 Jul 1889) <i>{Charles is one of the rare people I have come across to appear in what's left of the 1890 Federal Census, which was mostly destroyed by fire. Actually it is his widow, Rhoda, who was listed in the veterans schedule, likely related to his pension. Charles had two listings. First he served 5 Dec 1861 to 4 Jun 1863 as a private in Co G, 31st NJ Infantry. He then served 16 Sep 1864 to 30 Jun 1865 as a private in Company D, 28th NJ Infantry.}</i> </li>
<li>Private John H Van Pelt (? - 13 Apr 1903) <i>{Caution should be observed in using the following information, as the names could represent more than one person. John looks to be John Henry Van Pelt, var John Henry Vanpelt, born in March 1840 in New Jersey; son of John Henry Van Pelt, Jr, born about 1816 in New Jersey, and his wife Rebecca, born about 1818 in New Jersey; and grandson of John Henry Van Pelt, born about about 1781 in New Jersey. John (12) was living with his parents in Marlboro in the 1850 Federal Census, along with brother Hendrick (11), Mary (9), James (7), Noe (5) and Esack (1). John's grandfather, father and siblings James (15) and Esaac (12) were living in Marlboro in the 1860 Federal Census. I found a John H Van Pelt who enlisted on the Union side of the Civil War as a Private, Co G, NJ 3rd Infantry on 27 April 1861 and mustered out at Trenton on 31 July 1861. He enlisted again on 12 August 1861 as a Corporal in Co K, NJ 5th Infantry and mustered out at Washington, DC on 25 October 1862. He re-enlisted on 16 September 1864 as a Private in Co D, 38th NJ Infantry, and mustered out on 30 June 1865 at City Point, Virginia. A John H Van Pelt filed for a pension claiming service in Co G, 19th NJ Infantry (Note: Not 3rd, as above); Co K, 5th NJ Infantry; and Co D, 38th NJ Infantry -- application 16757, certificate 89813. John may be identical with John H Vanpelt (33) with wife Rebecca (24), living in Marlboro in the 1870 Federal Census. They were on the same page of the census with Hendrick Vanpelt (55) and his wife Margaret (50), possibly John's uncle and aunt. John's father remarried about 1870. John (30) lived in his parents' household in Marlboro in the 1875 NJ State Census, with his father, John H (56), step mother Annie E (31), step-brother Holmes (5) and step-sister Mary (1). John may be identical with John H Vanpelt (40), who lived in Manapalan in the 1880 Federal Census with wife Sarah (24) and daughter Mary (1). John's parents, John (66), Anna E (35), appeared in the 1880 Federal Census in Madison, Middlesex County, along with John's step-brother Holmes (12), step-sister Mary E (5) and step-sister Sarah (3). John may be identical with John H Van Pelt (60 - Mar 1840), living in Raritan, Monmouth Co, NJ in the 1900 Federal Census with wife Sarah (46 - Dec 1853), nephew John (14 - Jan 1886), grand-nephew Wesley (3 - Jun 1896) and grand-nephew (?) George W (30 - Dec 1869). The <a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/journal/1903/1903-04-23.pdf" target="_blank">23 April 1903 edition</a> of The Matawan Journal contains a brief obituary for John. "John H Van Pelt, an old soldier who lived on the Atwater Place, was buried last Friday (17 April). On Saturday April 11 he went to visit James Emmons in Colts Neck and the following Monday he died suddenly. He was 64 years old and leaves a wife and two sons. Interment was in the Mount Pleasant burying ground." See his grave's Find-a-Grave listing <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=van+pelt&GSiman=1&GScid=1964569&GRid=36229588&" target="_blank">here</a>.}</i></li>
<li>Private William Van Pelt (? - ?)</li>
<li>Charles Warn (1845 - 1926) <i>{Charles was enumerated in the 1920 Federal Census as a house builder living in Keansburg with his wife Sarah and sister in law Mary Morris. He was enumerated in the 1850 Federal Census as the 2 yr old son of James M and Margaret Warn and grandson of James M Warn. Charles' father and paternal grandfather were farmers.}</i></li>
<li>Private John E Yetman (1825 - 28 Nov 1893) <i>{John Enoch Yetman was a private in Company A, 28th NJ Infantry in the war. He was born in Manalapan, was married to Catherine Elizabeth Applegate in Cranbury, lived in Newark, Millstone and Matawan, and died in Hoboken. The family, including John, his wife and four children, was enumerated in Matawan Twp in the 1880 Federal Census. Ancestry has a nice photo of John in his Civil War reunion uniform.}</i></li>
</ul>
World War I<br />
<ul>
<li>Private Herman Lamberson (23 Apr 1888 - 16 Jan 1936) <i>{Herman was assigned to the 566th Casual Company, 155th Depot Brigade at Camp Lee, Virginia. He was the son of John and Bertha Lamberson. Herman's father worked in one of the local brickyards in 1900, according to the 1900 Federal Census.}</i></li>
<li>Elmer J Morgan (? - Mar 1950) <i>{Elmer J Morgan was born about 1900 in New Jersey, according to the 1940 Federal Census. He and his wife Ethel (age 40) and son William E (age 9) were living at 34 First Street in Matawan at the time. Elmer was a truck driver. I couldn't find a military record. Elmer and Ethel were in Matawan in the 1930 Federal Census. They were each 30 years old. Elmer worked at a local buffing company.}</i></li>
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World War II <br />
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<li> William Hubbs (2 Aug 1914 - 12 Mar 1959) <i>{Corporal William Hubbs was assigned to the 1060th Base Unit, Army Air Force, which was a personnel distribution center in Greensboro, NC during the war. He was the son of Charles P Hubbs, Sr and Ameline "Lina" Applegate.}</i></li>
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Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-10866275091940491162014-12-23T17:14:00.000-05:002014-12-23T17:14:07.404-05:00History: JCP&L Ad Recommends Sun Lamps as Restorative (1934)The <a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/journal/1934/1934-12-21.pdf" target="_blank">21 Dec 1934 edition</a> of The Matawan Journal included the following advertisement by the Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) company. The ad promoted the use of sun lamps as "a scientific way to make up for the real sunshine that most of us haven't the opportunity to get. These lamps are highly beneficial to men and women as well as children. Their restorative rays are not costly, either. One penny supplies them for fifteen minutes."<br />
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<br />Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-29987888678436042582014-12-23T17:02:00.001-05:002014-12-28T00:44:28.329-05:00History: Large Prohibition-Era Still Operated for Months on South Concourse (1934)According to the <a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/journal/1934/1934-12-21.pdf" target="_blank">21 Dec 1934 edition</a> of The Matawan Journal (pg 1 col 8), two persons were arrested at a home on South Concourse in Cliffwood Beach for operating a 2,500 gallon still. The device filled the house from cellar to attic, according to officials. One of those arrested had to be smoked out of an escape tunnel built from the basement to a place behind the garage.<br />
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The article said the site was a red brick house at the entrance to South Concourse. The original property owner, who lived in New York, built the house in his spare time over a two year period in the late 1920s. The building and loan foreclosed on him when hard times hit and the house fell into disuse. A renter took the property and made significant improvements about six months prior to the raid.<br />
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This event is mentioned on <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=yVC30cjY2HwC&pg=PA108&lpg=PA108&dq=prohibition+AND+%22south+concourse%22+AND+cliffwood&source=bl&ots=7sQqzIDxgY&sig=QpZnCivvqxcnPN9hPj7ToQpcOgs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vOWZVPSBJ67GsQSv_ILIAw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=prohibition%20AND%20%22south%20concourse%22%20AND%20cliffwood&f=false" target="_blank">pg 108</a> of Matawan and Aberdeen: Of Town and Field, by Helen Henderson.Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-69208353457677461272014-12-20T13:52:00.002-05:002014-12-20T22:33:24.474-05:00History: Green Acres Project Planned for Cliffwood Beach (1976)The <a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/independent/1976/1976-09-29.pdf#search=%22sheffield%20and%20bungalows%22" target="_blank">29 Sep 1976 edition</a> of The Matawan Journal (pg 2) contains the following article that both laments the lost glory of Cliffwood Beach as a popular beach resort and boasts of plans for a Green Acres project to make a park with tennis and basketball courts and other amenities just off the beach. <br />
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I moved to Cliffwood Beach two years after this article was published. The park project was all that was described in the article and more, with basketball courts, fenced-in tennis courts, bocci ball frames, swings, slides and climbing toys for children, and a small recreation building for a recreation manager to provide equipment by the hour. There was a new sloping lawn, parking lot and paved pathways intersecting the property. Bird watching signs were placed along a paved shore path near Treasure Lake to encourage nature enthusiasts.<br />
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The beach area was rather isolated, though, so it became a place for people to hang out after hours. While much of the activity was innocent, being mostly out of sight led to graffiti, destruction of equipment and property, other crimes, and frequent visits from the police. The bird watching signs were defaced and torn off their posts. Eventually the recreation building had to be torn down, the tennis courts were converted into a street hockey court and then abandoned, and new swings and recreational equipment and a beach volleyball area were added. The seawall -- already in existence by 1976 -- was made into a promenade a few years ago, with formal access from the harbor end of Cliffwood Beach.<br />
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Sandy flooded the area, bringing with it a heavy coating of the dune sands pushed off the beach and onto the basketball courts. The ground in the park became spongy and alkali. The paved walks were submerged in muck and mostly unseen. The storm also changed the effect of the tides on the park -- tidal flooding began to fill the roadway and low lying parkland with frequent surges of seawater and even actual waves. The seawall promenade and the land behind it were pounded and some sections undercut, lifted and cracked by the raging Raritan Bay, but the walkway mostly survived.<br />
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The article below starts out with local residents' reminiscences and local impressions of life in Cliffwood Beach. They offer their personal theories of how the resort, built in the 1920s, had been left untended and for the most part disappeared fifty years later. The article ends with local officials discussing the planned creation of an adjoining park that rose and has mostly fallen during the ensuring 40 years. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Can Cliffwood Beach Recapture Glory of Past?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">MATAWAN TOWNSHIP</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You wouldn’t know to look at it, but Cliffwood Beach was once one of the garden spots of the Jersey shore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now
all that remains of the boardwalk is a line of forlorn black
pilings poking their heads above the waves. The dance hall has
vanished without a trace. And the salt water swimming pool resembles
a giant concrete planter for reeds and brush mysteriously
deposited in the high ground above the shoreline.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The
swimming beach has been eroded away and most of the fossil-rich
cliffs have followed them , blasted by storm-driven waves on one side
and undermined by septic tank seepage on another.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Treasure Lake is still there, but the water is shallow, stagnant, and slick with algae.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Some
Cliffwood Beach residents remember the glory days, before
harsh weather and public and private neglect took their toll. Mrs.
Mardell “Mardy” Edwards, Woodmere Drive, rummaged through her keepsakes to dig out a sheaf of old Cliffwood Beach postcards.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“
I ’m not really an old-timer," Mrs. Edwards said. “I’ve only been
here 27 years. But it was beautiful, really something. Now
you can see what neglect can do.”</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The
postcards might have come from another world. Still fresh with the
pastel colors of 40 years ago, they depict clean beaches, wide
boardwalks, a bustling pool scene, rowboats on a tree-shaded lake,
and an elegant dance hall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“People
who drive by this area on the highway have no idea of the
resources that are available,” Mrs. Edwards said. “ The beaches
around here, years ago, were poor man’s paradises.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A neighbor, Mrs. Alex Mose, was a regular summer visitor to Cliffwood Beach before moving here 16 years ago.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“We had homes up on the cliffs, and you could see all the way to New York ,” she recalled . </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“There
was dancing in the casino, bungalows every here. But the people
at the helm were asleep at their posts, and they let the
beach go to pot. You can’t imagine what we had here at one
time.”</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“They
didn’t think too much of maintaining the area for the future as they
did of developing it for the present,” Mrs. Edwards said. “There
was always a lack of maintenance and then we had a big building
boom in the 1950s.” </span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The
building boom, she continued, brought unexpected problems. “We
have clay soil around here, and most of the houses built then
had septic tanks,” she said. “ Clay soil doesn’t go with septic tanks. The tanks seeped and the cliffs were washed out from underneath.”</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Over the years, Mrs. Edwards said, hurricanes caused damage to the area that was never repaired.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“The
salt water pool was bulldozed over after storms cracked it ,”
she said, “ and the waves carried most of the beaches out to
sea. A lot of the bungalows were washed away and so was most of
Cliffwood Drive .”</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nature, however, has not been the only destroyer.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“The
new sea wall is already decorated with broken beer
bottles,” Mrs. Edwards said. “Nobody goes swimming barefoot
anymore. We keep a garbage can down there by the water’s edge, but
people throw the bottles anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“Then
there’s the eternal battle to try to save the horseshoe crabs,”
she went on. “Some people think they’re doing us a favor
by killing them, and we tell them, ‘Next time bring the crabs home
and let ’em decay under your windows, and you’ll see how
much of a favor it is.’"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Some
people believe—and they’re wrong—that you can get stung by the
crab’s tail, but nobody’s ever hurt. By broken glass, yes; but
by the horseshoe crabs, no.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Although
the story of neglect in Cliffwood Beach is a sad one,
Township Manager Donald Guiuzzy said Matawan is hopeful of doing
much to restore the area.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A
sea wall has already been built to protect the land against
the waves, and an earthen slope has been raised behind the
wall.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“We hope to finish our slope protection project by mid-October,” Guiuzzy said. “We’re planting grass, some flowers, and crown vetch to stop erosion.”</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The
next phase of the overall project, he said, will be to install
recreation facilities, including four tennis courts,
shuffleboard and basketball courts, chess and checkers
tables, perhaps bocci and horseshoe pits, a parking area,
walkways, and “tot lots” for small children. Guiuzzy said the phase
should be finished by spring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“The
recreation phase is all funded by state and federal grants,” he
said. “We went out and aggressively tried for grants, and we got
them.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Guiuzzy said projects for restoration of the beach itself “look good for approval” by the Army Corps of Engineers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“We want to restore one mile of bathing beach,” he
explained, “and we hope we can start doing it in the winter. So
far, we’re four years ahead of schedule. We’ve shown some of
our plans to the engineers and gotten some very favorable
reactions. We think they’ll help us.” </span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Half of the cost of restoring the beach, Guiuzzy
said, would at first be funded by the federal government and half by
the township. Ultimately, he said, the township hopes to secure 10
percent of the cost from the county and 25 percent
from the state.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“There’s
a lot of potential," Guiuzzy said. “ For instance, we’d like to
cooperate with Old Bridge Township to create a marina on Whale
Creek, right on the county line , financed by the Corps of Engineers. I think that would be a great joint project for the two townships.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Guiuzzy said he didn’t know if the area could be restored to all its former splendor as a resort site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“It’s difficult to make a prediction like that,” he said, “But one thing I do know: we’re making it a lot better than it is now." </span>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-64819441454261298162014-12-01T06:25:00.001-05:002014-12-01T06:25:05.111-05:00Holiday Movies Were A Disappointment<p dir=ltr>I usually have to choose among several great movies for my Thanksgiving dose of Hollywood, but, oh what a disappointing selection of flicks were offered last Thursday. </p>
<p dir=ltr>The best drama - The Imitation Game - was only playing on four screens nationally, and I wasn't heading into the city on Turkey Gridlock Day. Hopefully, this story of the breaking of the Enigma code in World War II, will reach a wider audience soon.</p>
<p dir=ltr>I'm not sure who was targeted to see Horrible Bosses, but its first name says all you need to know. The sassy penguins movie was a nice offering for kids. I wasn't up for another space adventure genre flick. And while there was considerable hunger for a rebellious young female archer, I didn't want to commit to that franchise.</p>
<p dir=ltr>NYTimes: ‘The Hunger Games’ Dominates the Holiday Weekend http://nyti.ms/1yqBzfR</p>
<p dir=ltr>I heard from several sources that Birdman was well acted but a confusing story.</p>
<p dir=ltr>I found a quiet gem called Saint Vincent. Bill Murray was great in this comedy about a grumpy neighbor with a story.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Kudos to Cinemark, the latest owner of the Hazlet multiplex. The new seating is luxurious.</p>
Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-41289707139656295232014-11-27T07:34:00.001-05:002014-11-27T07:36:23.580-05:00Bridges From FergusonIn many ways, Michael Brown isn't the ideal poster child for the movement that has blossomed as a result of his death. He and a friend robbed a convenience store. This wasn't a Stop n Frisk gone bad. Maybe he shouldn't have been killed, but he wasn't coming home from Grandma's minding his own business when he was confronted by police, as I've read in some advocacy pieces. <div><br></div><div>And Ferguson isn't the exemplar for a community deserving of sympathy. If they voted and participated actively in local government, Ferguson residents would have a police force and municipal government that better represented their interests.</div><div><br></div><div>Intractable problems get worked out as people form bridges and become better acquainted. As long as barriers keep communities insular and separate there will be no peace. Michael Brown's death unfortunately will not bring understanding, not to those who see no problem with high black incarceration rates and high male black mortality rates. </div><div><br></div><div>Who knows? Brown's death might cause law enforcement to rethink policing policies that focus on poor, urban areas, thereby filling courtrooms and prisons with young black men. But if that change comes, it will be because of the tumult over his death, not the circumstances. </div><div><br></div><div>Aberdeen has long been segregated by race. One part of town was labeled Africa on an old map. Only participation in municipal government and social organizations, and personal and community bridge building, offer any hope of real understanding and progress. </div>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-57308464786714770982014-11-25T06:48:00.001-05:002014-11-25T06:48:26.103-05:00Route 35 Construction at Cliffwood - UpdateNJ DOT funded road construction at the Route 35/Cliffwood Avenue intersection seems to be winding down. Cliffwood Avenue now has three lanes (left, straight and right) coming out of Cliffwood Beach. The final paving job is not done, but new sidewalks and curbs have been added, new traffic lights installed, and some landscaping has been done. The old Burlew's Pizzeria lot seems free of construction equipment and supplies. Amboy Avenue no longer connects with Cliffwood Avenue. Bagelicious should be pleased to have traffic coming and going normally again.<br />
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I noticed Monday morning that the land movers had moved to the Route 35/Amboy Avenue intersection and there was digging going on along the McDonald's property. Construction at Amboy Avenue can be expected to last well into 2015. Those of you who switched to Amboy Avenue to avoid the Cliffwood Avenue intersection will now have to rethink that strategy.<br />
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Final paving and line painting will likely finish up the project sometime next year.Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-72864368332468595182014-11-04T04:58:00.000-05:002014-11-04T04:58:20.231-05:002014 Elections - Go Vote!Elections are being held in Aberdeen and Matawan today.<br />
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FEDERAL<br />
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For US Senate, Cory Booker (D) is up against Jeff Bell (R), Joseph Baratelli (L), plus 4 other candidates.<br />
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For US Congress, Frank Pallone, Jr (D) is up against Anthony E Wilkinson (R) and Dorit Goikhman (L)<br />
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COUNTY <br />
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For Monmouth County Freeholder, Lillian G Burry (R) and Gary J Rich (R) are up against Larry Luttrell (D) and Joe Grillo (D)<br />
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SCHOOL BOARD <br />
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Aberdeen-Matawan School District offers two board slots for Aberdeen and one for Matawan.<br />
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For Aberdeen, Allison Friedman (Bailey Road), Weymouth D Brittingham (Orchard Street) and Todd Larchuk (Ayrmont Lane) are vying for two available seats. Larchuk is an incumbent. The second slot was held by Dennis Daniels, who is not running.<br />
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For Matawan, Africa J Nelson (Main Street) is running unopposed. The slot was held by Charles Kenny, who is not running.<br />
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QUESTIONS<br />
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There are two public questions:<br />
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1) There's an effort to amend the state constitution to allow courts to hold offenders without bail if they choose. The current constitution requires judges to offer bail.<br />
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2) Another amendment to the state constitution would increase the percentage of business tax revenues dedicated to open space preservation, and air, water and soil conservation.Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-50502209067139878942014-09-21T20:58:00.000-04:002014-09-21T20:58:27.079-04:00Inkanto: New Peruvian Restaurant Opening Soon in HazletA new Peruvian restaurant is supposed to have its grand opening soon on Route 35 in Hazlet. I saw workers outside the front of the place today, so maybe it will be soon. The answering machine message sounds optimistic but isn't offering a date.<br />
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Check out the article in <a href="http://patch.com/new-jersey/holmdel-hazlet/new-peruvian-restaurant-coming-to-hazlet" target="_blank">The Patch</a> from back in June. I'm not sure what the delays are, but probably a few hangups with permits.<br />
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It won't be the easiest place to get to from Cliffwood Beach. If you take Route 35 South, you'll have to make the jug handle at Bethany Road and come back Route 35 North. The restaurant stands alone across from TGI Fridays in the place where Spirits used to be. Pass Hazlet Plaza then the place that used to be Dino's Fishery. It's on your right just after that. If you get to Yesterday's, you've gone too far.<br />
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Watch <a href="http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/985584" target="_blank">Chowhound</a> and <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/inkanto-fine-peruvian-international-cuisine-hazlet" target="_blank">Yelp</a> for clues to its actual opening. Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-16795264728077422792014-09-16T11:06:00.001-04:002014-09-16T11:06:26.288-04:00Single Lane at Cliffwood Ave & Rte 35<p dir=ltr>If your travels involve the intersection of Route 35 and Cliffwood Avenue, consider an alternate route. Construction has reduced the flow out of Cliffwood Beach to one lane, so the cars going straight stop traffic during the left arrow and those wanting to make left turns stop the whole procession. God help those at the jug handle wishing to merge into the backed up cars. A cop with a flare might help.</p>
Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-22919973214251169712014-09-12T00:47:00.001-04:002014-09-12T00:47:58.124-04:00NJNG Budget Reconciliation Gives Me GasMy New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) bill arrived in the mail today. Despite a major effort by NJNG to brace their customers for budget plan adjustments that come in the September bill every year, the bill is poorly executed and seemingly skewed to the benefit of the company.<br />
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NJNG merged the August charges into the September bill by crediting the August amounts. In principal, it would make no difference to me whether I paid July 7th to August 6th and then August 7th to September 4th, or one consolidated bill covering the whole period. But I noticed that the price for gas is higher in September and they applied the higher rate for the whole period. That's an overcharge.<br />
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Also, NJNG managed to charge me so much for my budget plan last year that I had a small credit balance, even though I withheld budget payments for several months to keep from building up a huge balance. But that hasn't kept NJNG from raising my monthly budget plan amount by about 10%.<br />
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In order to understand the new balance on my September bill, I had to go back to my August bill and check the Annual Budget Review in the bottom right corner of that paperwork. Based on that reconciliation, I had a difference in my budget versus actual to the tune of about a $100 owed to NJNG. It is perfectly reasonable that the amount owed should be paid, but nowhere on my bill does it show that transaction. My September bill simply shows a New Balance, with no calculations on either the August or September bill.<br />
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NJNG provided two statements in today's billing envelope. The two statements carried the same Previous Balance but one presented a new Starting Balance. They credited the August charges and my August payment back to me, then recharged me for two months of use at the new, higher September rate. And they failed to document the payment for the budget plan shortfall.<br />
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This billing is the biggest mess I've seen from a utility since JCP&L left me without power for two weeks after Superstorm Sandy.You might want to check your bill.Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-49414834127476340092014-09-01T11:35:00.001-04:002014-09-01T11:35:00.061-04:00Suicide By Train In HazletAnother suicide-by-train occurred this morning. Someone reportedly stepped in front of the New York-bound NJ Transit train near the Beers Street crossing between Hazlet and Aberdeen-Matawan stations. Bus service moved passengers around the incident. <div><br></div><div>The Asbury Park Press incorrectly suggested that only Middletown, Hazlet and Aberdeen-Matawan stations were affected. Obviously the writer doesn't grasp the basics of rail transportation. At least they reported some local news from our area for a change, however grim. </div>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-58759123931222547272014-08-31T05:14:00.001-04:002014-08-31T12:37:35.753-04:00History: Charles Heyl, Matawan Baker (1939)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The <a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/journal/1939/1939-01-05.pdf" target="_blank">5 Jan 1939 edition</a> of The Matawan Journal reported the impending retirement of Charles Heyl, a long-time baker in Matawan. The piece was on the front page with a banner headline, but Charles was surprised at the coverage, saying he hadn't told anyone about his plans. There seem to be a few errors in the timeline, based on my research, which I've provided below. I was unable to find reporting on Charles' death, which seems to have occurred between 1943 and 1950.<br />
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Charles was born 17 Dec 1870 in Aschuffenburg, Germany to Peter Heyl, according to his passport application in 1922. His naturalization papers in 1895 say he was born 17 May 1870. His 1900 Census record showed his birth in Dec 1869.<br />
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Charles sailed for America from Antwerp in Jun 1887, according to his passport application in 1922. His naturalization papers in 1895 say he arrived on 27 Apr 1887.<br />
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The 1892 New York State Census showed Frank Heyl (55 Germany) and wife Mary (52 Germany) with children Charles (20 Germany), John (18 Germany), August (12 US), and Edwin (10 US) living in Brooklyn, Kings County, NY. Frank was listed as as engineer.<br />
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Charles was naturalized on 16 May 1895 in New York County, NY. At the time, he was living at 2459 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan. He was a baker. A neighbor, Charles Linder, merchant, served as witness. <br />
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Charles married about 1897 to a German woman named Frances, who emigrated to the US in 1892 or 1893.<br />
The 1900 Federal Census showed Charles (30 Germany - Dec 1869) and wife Fanny (25 Germany - Sep 1874) living on Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, along with daughter Mary J (8 mos Germany - .Sep 1899). Charles was listed as a baker.<br />
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The 1905 New York State Census showed Charles (35 Germany) and Fannie (30 Germany) with daughter Theresa (5 Germany) living at 2463 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, NY. Charles was listed as a baker.<br />
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Charles moved to Matawan and established a new bakery on the "Gehlhaus Block,"
where Charles Gehlhaus had operated a bakery for many years. Frederick "Fred" Meyr became his partner in the operation of Heyl & Meyer Bakery, which opened on 13 Jun 1908.<br />
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The 1910 Federal Census showed Charles (40 Germany) living on Main Street in Matawan, along with his wife Frances (35 Germany) and their daughter Theresa (10 Germany). Also in the household is Frederick Meyer (35 NJ NJ NJ), Charles' business partner, and August Ludwig (18 Germany), also a baker. August emigrated to the US in 1909 and remained an alien. <br />
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The <a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/journal/1911/1911-08-10.pdf#search=%22charles%20heyl%22" target="_blank">10 Aug 1911 edition</a> of The Matawan Journal reported the visit of Mrs Heyl's sister and niece, Mrs Rossback and Lena, respectively, of New York. Her nephew, Charles Rossback, stayed with the Heyls for several weeks.<br />
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The 1920 Federal Census showed the widowed Charles (49 Germany) living on Holmdel Road in Matawan Township, along with his daughter Theresa Heyl (20 NJ Germany Germany). Also in the household was his business partner, Fred Meyer (43 NJ NJ NJ). Both Charles and Fred were listed as bakers. <br />
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Charles filed a US passport application in 1922 for an upcoming voyage to Germany. His application said he was domiciled on Main Street in Matawan and was working as a baker.<br />
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Charles remarried about 1922 to a German woman named Elise, nicknamed Ella, who emigrated to the US in 1922. UPDATE: She was Ella Schwab, daughter of Franz and Kunigunde (Hornbacker) Schwab, according to her obituary. <br />
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Charles put an addition on his home on Valley Drive and resumed his baking.<br />
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The 1930 Federal Census showed Charles (59 Germany) living on Valley Drive in Matawan, along with his second wife, Ella (38 Germany) and a boarder, Emma Wilson (17 NJ NJ NJ). Charles was listed as a baker with his own business. Ella remained an alien.<br />
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Charles and his wife Elise (40 Wuerzburg, Germany), of Matawan, sailed from Hamburg aboard the S S Deutschland on 19 Mar 1931. <br />
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Two months after the headline (at top) saying he planned to retire, Charles was rushed to Perth Amboy Hospital, as reported in the <a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/journal/1939/1939-03-30.pdf#search=%22charles%20heyl%22" target="_blank">30 Mar 1939 edition</a> of The Matawan Journal. He and his wife had returned a week earlier from a vacation in Florida. <br />
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The 1940 Federal Census showed Charles (69 Germany) and Ella (48 Germany) living in Matawan Township.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/journal/1943/1943-12-23.pdf#search=%22charles%20heyl%22" target="_blank">23 Dec 1943 edition</a> of The Matawan Journal reported a recent dinner honoring Mr and Mrs Charles Heyl.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/journal/1950/1950-11-02.pdf#search=%22charles%20heyl%22" target="_blank">2 Nov 1950 edition</a> of The Matawan Journal reported that Mrs Charles Heyl would be sailing to Germany to spend four months visiting relatives.<br />
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UPDATE: Ella S Heyl, resident of Valley Drive in Matawan, died 7 Oct 1955 at Monmouth Memorial Hospital in Long Branch, according to her obituary in the <a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/journal/1955/1955-10-13.pdf" target="_blank">13 Oct 1955 edition</a> of The Matawan Journal. She was buried as Ella Schwab Heyl at St Joseph's Cemetery in Keyport. Her gravestone says she was born in 1892, according to <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=heyl&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=33&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=107288985&df=all&" target="_blank">Find A Grave</a>. Her obituary said Ella had lived in Matawan for 35 years and was survived by her daughter, Theresa Diggin, of Matawan, and three sisters in Germany. <br />
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Fred Meyer died on 12 Jun 1958, according to his obituary in the <a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/journal/1958/1958-06-19.pdf#search=%22charles%20heyl%22" target="_blank">19 Jun 1958 edition</a> of The Matawan Journal.. Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-53493754235890103672014-08-26T23:33:00.001-04:002014-08-26T23:33:50.363-04:00Police Action At Aberdeen StationThere was significant police activity at the Aberdeen-Matawan train station this evening. When I deboarded the 8:02 pm train from the city, there were half a dozen youths sitting along a curb next to a large police van, apparently handcuffed. The entire area in front of the old white station building was cordoned off with police and law enforcement vehicles and lit brightly with high intensity lamps. I was 't sure where to meet my ride and didn't stick around to ask what was happening. I suspect it was another concert train with drunken revelers. Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-67106455866256183672014-08-24T23:38:00.000-04:002014-08-24T23:38:23.006-04:00Route 35 Road Work - Intersections UpdateI discovered <a href="http://www.nj.gov/transportation/about/press/2013/documents/Rt35GreenwoodDriveintersectionimprovementdetails.pdf" target="_blank">more details</a> about the Cliffwood Avenue and Amboy Avenue intersection road work at the NJ Department of Transportation website tonight. It helps explain what the final outcome of the road work will be. The elaboration could have always been there, but I didn't notice it. If so, mea culpa.<br />
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So, on Cliffwood Avenue passing the A&P Shopping Center, entering Cliffwood Beach, they are adding a right turn lane. On the Goodwill side of the road, leaving Cliffwood Beach, they are adding a thru lane, resulting in a left turn lane, a thru lane, and a right turn lane.<br />
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Amboy Avenue will get an additional thru lane and improved traffic light sequencing to improve traffic flow onto southbound Route 35 (towards Hazlet). For safety reasons, they plan to close the road behind McDonald's that connects Amboy Avenue with Cliffwood Avenue.<br />
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A lot of the digging between Cliffwood Avenue and Amboy Avenue has been to add storm drainage. You can read the 2013 notice about the overall construction project <a href="http://www.nj.gov/transportation/about/press/2013/031413a.shtm" target="_blank">here</a>. They were calling for the work to be completed in 2015. The biggest part of the job, lifting Route 35 and adding new culverts through the area that routinely flooded, seems to be done. The intersection work at Cliffwood Avenue has quite a ways to go yet.Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-60964257083910475672014-08-24T22:31:00.001-04:002014-08-24T23:39:59.571-04:00History: Trolley on Main Street, MatawanTrolley days on Main Street in Matawan.<br />
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Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442846349063232268.post-78892508714386024222014-08-20T00:37:00.001-04:002014-08-20T00:53:40.361-04:00History: Joseph Rose (1809 - 1877)<br />
Joseph Rose, a prominent businessman and Democratic New York City revenue official, relocated to the Cliffwood section of Matawan Township in 1860 after an infirmity brought an early end to his hectic city life. He had purchased a farm in Cliffwood about 1832 and owned a large home on County Road, so he and his family were well acquainted with the Bayshore. He is recognized in New York City history for playing a role in the purchase of Central Park. Local history in Matawan recognizes him for selling the land used in the development of Rose Hill Cemetery. He served one term as a Monmouth County Freeholder representing Matawan Township.<br />
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Below are some research notes on Joseph Rose and his wife and children:<br />
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Joseph Rose was born 25 Oct 1809 in Manhattan, New York, son of Joseph Rose, who was born in 1768 in Manhattan, New York and died on 21 Nov 1852 in Matawan, according to notes at <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=110630076" target="_blank">Find-A-Grave</a>. <br />
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The 1820 Federal Census includes a Joseph Rose in the 10th Ward of New York, NY with a male less than 10 (Joseph Jr), a male 26-44 (Joseph?), and a female 26-44 (Joseph's wife).<br />
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He married Frances Stanton Willet on 23 Oct 1827, according to notes at <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=110630076" target="_blank">Find-a-Grave</a>. <br />
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The 1830 Federal Census includes a Joseph Rose, Jr in New Barbadoes, Bergen County, NJ with 1 male 20-29 (Joseph), 1 male 30-39 (?), and 1 male 60-69 (Joseph Sr?), 1 female less than 5 (?), and 1 female 20-39 (Frances). <br />
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The 1840 Federal Census includes a Joseph Rose in the 17th Ward of New York, NY with 2 males under 5 (sons Joseph and George), 2 males 15-19 (laborers?), 1 male 20-29 (Joseph), 1 female under 5 (daughter?), 1 female 20-29 (Frances). There were 3 persons in manufacture and trade (Joseph and two laborers). <br />
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The 1850 Federal Census lists Joseph Rose, Jr (40 NY), a gun smith in the 4th Ward of Manhattan, NY with $8,000 in real property, with wife Frances S Rose (42 MA), sons Joseph Rose (15 NY), George Rose (13 NY) , William Rose (10 NY) and Cordelia Rose (5 NY). Also in the household was Mary Curran, of Ireland.<br />
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The 1860 Federal Census lists Joseph Rose (50 NY), a farmer in Matawan with $30,000 in real property and $6,000 in personal property, with wife Frances S Rose (50 MA) and daughter Cordelia Rose (15 NY). Also in the household were Thomas and Margaret Martin, farm laborer and servant, respectively, of Ireland. Also in the household weree Jacob Seal of Wirtemburg, farm laborer, and Mary Rose (18 NY), possibly another daughter. <br />
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The 1870 Federal Census lists Joseph Rose (60 NY), a farmer in Matawan with $35,000 in real property and $30,000 in personal property, with wife Frances S Rose (50 CT). Also in the household were three farm laborers and an elderly man named Clark Phelee (74 NY).<br />
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Joseph Rose died 4 Dec 1877 in Matawan, according to notes at <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=110630076" target="_blank">Find-a-Grave</a>.<br />
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His obituary appeared in the <a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/data/matawan/journal/1877/1877-12-08.pdf" target="_blank">8 Dec 1877 edition</a> of The Matawan Journal. The text (as much as I could read) is found below:<br />
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---, one of the oldest residents of this township. For two or three days it had been reported that he was very ill; but so vigorous had he always seemed that few anticipated a fatal result. He had been complaining for two or three weeks, but was not confined to his bed until Friday last, and from that time he seemed to fall into a frequent stupor and unconsciousness, and died on Tuesday morning, 4th inst, at 9 o'clock. The cause of his sudden death was Bright's disease of the kidneys, and the rapid degeneration of these organs produced a condition of anemia which hastened his end.<br />
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Mr Rose was a gentleman of intelligence, integrity of moral character, sociability and possessed of a very warm and benevolent nature. He began business in New York city in very early life, was married before he was nineteen, and growing up with the growth of the city he won to him very many friends by the close adherence to business, promptness in all his business engagements and strict honesty in all his dealings.<br />
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While a resident of New York, he represented the city in the Legislature for one term and refused renomination. He was a Democrat in politics and a warm partisan. He served for two terms as Collector of City Revenue under Comptroller Flagg, and his integrity was held so high that on the election of Comptroller Haws, though politically an opponent, he was urged to remain in his position, and he continued as Collector of the Revenue until compelled by vertigo to resign. He, as occupying the above place, had much to do with negotiating the purchase of Central Park.<br />
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He was an officer in the old City Guards and an intimate associate of Hon John Kelly, Judge Chas P Daley and other prominent men of New York.<br />
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About 45 years ago he purchased a farm at Cliffwood and has ever since been the owner of the same. He owned the site of Rose Hill Cemetery and sold it to the cemetery corporation. That place is honored with his name, and in it is his family plot where his remains will be interred. For several years prior to his permanent removal to New Jersey his family spent their summers at Cliffwood. Shortly after the severe attack of vertigo that compelled him to give up a lucrative position and a profitable business besides, he removed in 1860 to his farm and has for the past 17 years resided among us, endearing himself to this community, and during the time represented the township for one term to the Board of Freeholders.<br />
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On the 23rd of October last, only about six weeks ago, a merry company gathered at his residential home to join with him and his wife in celebration : their golden wedding. We referred then to the miniature sheaf of wheat overhanging their bed, less a symbol of ripening years. ---------- it becomes also the symbol of his having been gathered in by the great harvester, Death.<br />
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Mr Rose will be missed not alone by his widow and large family of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, but the whole community, and in his benevolence his loss will be keenly felt by many living in the immediate vicinity of his home.<br />
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The funeral will take place on Monday next, 10th inst, at 1:30 pm, the long delay being occasioned that the youngest son, from Colorado, might be present at the funeral.<br />
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See also the <a href="http://frommainetokentucky.blogspot.com/2013/09/sundays-obituary-joseph-rose.html" target="_blank">8 Sep 2013 article</a> of the blog From Maine to Kentucky, which contains a rendering of the above obituary, along with images of the original text.<br />
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In 1853, the State of New York authorized the purchase of 700 acres of Manhattan for the establishment of Central Park. See <a href="http://www.centralpark.com/guide/history.html" target="_blank">Central Park History</a>.<br />
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The 28 Oct 1893 edition of The New York Times carried the obituary of Frances Stanton Rose, widow of Joseph Rose. She died suddenly at Morristown, NJ in the 87th year of her age. Her funeral was to be held at the First Presbyterian Church of Matawan on 28 October at 11 am. Directions to take the train from New York were provided.Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09082406276423678772noreply@blogger.com0