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COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
The Board of Trade
The Board of Trade of the Village of Ridgewood was organized in 1904 with James W. Pearsall, President; Henry L. Patterson, Judge Cornelius Doremus and Peter G. Zabriskie, Vice-Presidents; W. J. Fullerton, Treasurer; Walter W. Wilsey, Recording Secretary; and W. L. Dooley, Corresponding Secretary.
The Publicity Department of the Board of Trade in 1905, first under the direction of M. T. Richardson and later under Collingwood Gordon, inaugurated one of the first campaigns conducted in the New York newspapers by a New York suburb. In this connection an at- tractive illustrated booklet, written by Henry P. Phelps, went through three editions and was distributed to about 15,000 people.
As a result of a suggestion of one of its members, I. E. Hutton, a movement was started in 1906 to secure for the Village the property now forming the east Plaza which, with property acquired by the Eric Railroad on the west of the railroad, enabled Ridgewood to pave the way for the handsome new station improvements which were secured during the administration of the present Mayor, the Hon. D. A. Garber.
Charles Mulford Robinson, a recognized expert in town planning, was engaged to make a personal inspection of Ridgewood and to sug- gest a system of public improvements. His report was published by the Board of Trade in 1908. This organization disbanded several years ago.
Business Men's Association of Ridgewood
The Business Men's Association of Ridgewood was organized on November 6, 1916, by the following officers:
President Vice-President
GEORGE R. YOUNG, 1. E. HUTTON.
HERVEY TERHUNE.
Treasurer Recording Secretary .C. C. VAN EMBURGH.
This association, which will be incorporated as soon as the necessary papers are filed, was formed to promote friendly business relations between the business men and the public; and in a broad sense, to use its influence in any and every way to help develop and advance the best interests of Ridgewood and its people.
The membership has not yet been completed but it is estimated that there will be about 100 members.
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CHAPTER IX BURIAL PLACES
PARAMUS CHURCHYARD
T HE oldest burial place in Ridgewood is that adjoining the Paramus Church, the ground for which was given to the consistory of the church by Peter Fauconier in 1730. It is not known when the first burial occurred here, though the earliest edifice having been completed in 1735 renders it probable that interments took place soon after. Many of the memorial slabs bear the marks of age and many of the inscriptions are nearly obliterated. It is here that many of the earlier settlers as well as patriots of the Revolutionary War are buried.
VALLEAU CEMETERY
The Valleau Cemetery oceupies a plot of ground opposite the Par- amus Church extending back from the Saddle River and is intersected by Harrison Avenue, Franklin Turnpike and the West Saddle River Road. The only part of it which has been used up to the present time is the seetion bounded by Harrison Avenue and Franklin Turnpike.
With the exception of a small section purchased from David G. Ackerman, the land embraced in the cemetery was given to the Con- sistory of the Reformed Church of Paramus in 1750 by Magdalen Valleau, daughter of Peter Fauconier, in whose honor it is named. At this time an exchange of land with John Ackerman became neces- sary to determine definitely its boundaries.
The cemetery was incorporated in 1859 and in November of that vear rules and regulations affecting its management were adopted, to which the committee made additions in December of the same year. It is now one of the most beautifully appointed burial places in the county and its monuments and carefully maintained grounds bear witness to the tender memories clustering around it.
TRUE REFORMED CHURCH CEMETERY
On the corner of Ridgewood and South Pleasant Avenues and in the rear of the edifiee of the Kenilworth Presbyterian Church is located the cemetery of the True Reformed Church, which was established by that society on a portion of the land donated to it by David Van Bus- kirk about the time of the building of their edifiee in 1858. Since that time, however, the edifice has been sold to the Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, its present occupants.
Since its establishment the burial place has been used as a place of interment by many of the oldest families of the township.
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SUMMARIZED FACTS, STATISTICS AND CHRONOLOGY
Average altitude 200 feet
Distance from New York 22 miles
Trains between New York and Ridgewood
More than 70
Monthly commutation to New York: $7.75 or .00587 per mile.
1100
Newspapers, weekly
Number of telephones in service December 1, 1916
2236
Church organizations
13
Schools (including High)
6
Schools in construction (High)
1
Schools ( Private)
2
Public Library
1
Hospital, complete ( Private)
1
Banks
2
Building Loan Associations
3
Y. M. C. A. (Completely equipped and free from debt )
1
Area of Village
. 5.66 square miles or 3630 acres
STREETS
Village-Improved by macadam or brick
29.14 miles
Village-Unimproved
7.94
County Roads
5.20
Private
17.22
Total
59.50 miles
POPULATION
1880
500
1905
3980
1890
1047
1910
.5416
1900
2685
1915
6729
NEW HOMES
Average
Average
per year
per year
1875 to 1885
2 to 3
1907 to 1911
100
1885 to 1895
8 to 10
1912 to 1915
35
1895 to 1906
10 to 20
1916
50
TOTAL PROPERTY VALUATION
Year
Land
Buildings
Personal
Automobiles
Total
1907
$1,258,285
$1.938.275
$324.975
$3,521.535
1908
1.491.126
2.535,500
354.750
.
4.381.376
1909
2.457.551
2,892,525
434.800
. ...
5,784,876
1910
2.729.776
3,275,225
477,876
. ... ..
6.482,877
1911
2.847,100
3.514,425
493,541
.....
6.855,066
1912
3,112,855
3,773,025
553.993
. ..
7,439,873
1913
3,354,540
4,060,175
511,807
$102.350
8,028,872
1914
3.332.283
4,274.525
526,973
106,700
8,286,566
191-5
3.316,305
4,418,250
586.835
149,825
8.517,300
1916
3,302,760
4,520,000
614,342
165,610
8,602,712
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Estimated number of commuters to New York
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RIDGEWOOD, BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
The taxable property in the Township of Ridgewood in 1876, the first year as such, was as follows:
Amount taxable to residents of the Township. $608,710
Amount taxable to non-residents of the Township 175,250
Total $783,960
Number of polls 303
Number of dogs
156
Amounts to be raised in the Township:
State General Tax $1.235.07
County Tax 2,165.35
Bonded Debt and Interest 1.429.13
State School Tax 1,616.51
Poor Tax 403.89
Road Tax
1,000.00
Township
200.00
Total $8.049.95
In addition to the above, the School Districts voted to raise a Special School Tax, as follows :
District No. 61-Wholly within the Township $1,600.00
Distriet No. 45-For the part in Ridgewood Township. 276.58
District No. 26-For the part in Ridgewood Township S.14
Total Special Tax voted by District on property in
Ridgewood Township
$1,884.72
DERIVATION OF LOCAL NAMES
RIDGEWOOD-Adopted because of its appropriateness, in 1866, at the suggestion of Mrs. Cornelia Dayton.
BERGEN-Probably from "Bergen op Zoom," an important town in Holland.
GODWINVILLE-From Abraham Godwin, of Revolutionary memory.
HO-HO-KUS-One source says from Indian word meaning "cleft in the rock": another authority, from Indian word Mehokhokus, "red cedar."
HOPPERTOWN-The former name of Ho-Ho-Kus, from the fact of its early settle- ment by the Hopper Family.
PARAMUS-From Indian, Peremessing. because of the abundance of wild turkeys. First white settlers ealled it "Peremesse."
SADDLE RIVER-Probably from Richard Saddler, a purchaser of lands from the Indians in 1674.
A CHRONOLOGY OF THE VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD
1662-The land in the Paramus section of Ridgewood was purchased from the Indians by Albert Zabrowski or Saboraweski.
1682-Province of New Jersey divided into counties-Ridgewood then part of Essex. 1687-A grant of land was made by the Lords of the Province to Samuel Kingsland. of five hundred acres, in which is now Ridgewood, between the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook and Saddle River and a portion extending westerly to the Heights. 1696 -- The sale of the same tract of land was made to Peter Johnson for thirty-two pounds and ten shillings.
1698-The same tract of land came in possession of Johann Van Emburgh.
1700-The first house was built by Johann Van Emburgh near Maple Avenue and was demolished about 1895.
1709-Boundaries of counties changed, Ridgewood becoming part of Bergen, town- ship of Barbadoes.
1725-The Paramus Church congregation commenced worship in 1725 or earlier. 1730-First school established in Paramus section.
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1735-Paramus Church was erected on land donated by Peter Fauconier. In ex- change he received in perpetuity two sittings. The building was used during the Revolution as a hospital and prison. The present building was ereeted during the year 1800 and remodelled in 1875.
1750-Magdalen Valleau gave land for the Valleau Cemetery opposite the Paramus Church.
1767-Franklin Township, containing Ridgewood, set off from Barbadoes Township.
1770-A schoolhouse was ereeted at the junction of Harristown and Rock roads, just south of the Garret I. Hopper residence, now used as a dwelling and within the present limits of Glen Rock.
1775-John Feli, of Paramus, elected Chairman of Bergen County Committee of Safety.
1776-Washington eneamped at Paramus after his victory at Monmouth, and later in the year. Again at Paramus during 1780.
General Heath encamped at Paramus.
General George Clinton encamped at Paramus; also in 1777.
1777-Colonel MeClaughey encamped at Paramus.
Colonel Aaron Burr achieved first military success near Paramus.
1779-Major Henry Lee-Headquarters at Paramus.
Washington army cantoned during August from Fort Defiance to Paramus. 1780-Lord Stirling-Headquarters at Paranmis.
Attack on Hackensack and Paramus by British, who returned to New York City with about fifty prisoners, mostly citizens and members of the militia.
1785-A schoolhouse was built at the Paramus Church. It was rebuilt in 1810, 1820, 1845, and 1871, and was discontinued in 1905.
1800-First grist mill built.
1818-The present oldest citizen, John B. Van Dien, was born in Ridgewood.
1823-The Kenilworth Collegiate Church was organized as the True Reformed Dutch Church of Paramus. Present building erected in 1858. In 1870, reorganized as Kenilworth Church, and changed to the Presbyterian denomination in 1898.
1829-Locality afterward known as Godwinville-named in honor of Abraham Godwin, of Revolutionary memory. The oldest road in Ridgewood, and associated with the historic days of the Revolution, was known as the Godwinville Road. It is now called Ridgewood and Godwin Avennes.
1840-Center of present site of Ridgewood only contained one house.
1848-The Erie Railroad, then known as Paterson and Ramapo Railroad, opened through Ridgewood.
1850-First store started about this time near the station by Albert Hopper-near where the Hutton Building now stands.
1853 -- Captain Samuel Dayton purchased the Van Emburgh Estate, comprising a large part of Ridgewood, and started the first development and sale of plots. Other purchasers during the same year were Samuel Graydon and B. F. Robinson.
The Van Emburgh, Hopper and Westervelt properties included almost the entire ground of the present Ridgewood.
1859-First railroad station built by the residents and known as Godwinville.
1860-First shade tree planting along Village Highways by Captain Samuel Dayton, Samnel Graydon, A. T. Cameron, A. J. Zabriskie, Richard Van Dien and B. F. Robinson on their Maple Avenue properties.
Christ Church was organized. Cornerstone laid in 1865 on Van Dien Avenue. 1873 the building was removed to Franklin Avenue and Cottage Place. Present building completed in 1900.
1861-Old Glory waved on Paramns Church until elose of Civil War.
1862-Citizens of vieinity left for Federal Service with 22nd Regiment, New Jersey Infantry. Returned in 1863 after nine months' service.
1865-First Postmaster was Benjamin F. Robinson, with a salary of $10.00 per year. Present site established in 1912.
1866-The Birth of Ridgewood. Present name adopted because of its appropriate- ness at suggestion of Cornelia (Mrs. William) Dayton. First Village streets laid ont.
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1867-First dwelling erected, after streets laid out, by T. V. Terhune on Oak Street. First private school established by Frederick Kidder in house now owned by M. T. Richardson on North Van Dien Avenne.
1868-Amelia Barr, the anthoress, established private school on North Van Dien Avenue.
1869-Fidelity Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, organized.
1870-Present Ridgewood House hotel established by J. W. Halsted.
1872-Franklin House hotel established on present site of Ridgewood News. De- stroyed by fire of 1881 and never rebuilt.
A brick schoolhouse erected on Union Street. This school building was the only school in center of Ridgewood until Beech Street building was com- pleted in 1895. It was then abandoned as a school and rented, first to the Methodist Church and then to the Colored Church. It was torn down in 1903 to make place for the present school building.
1874-Ridgewood Avenne House established. In 1876 destroyed by fire and rebuilt same year. In 1893 remodeled and present name-Ronclere House-adopted. 1875-First Reformed Church established. Building completed in 1877. Extensive additions have been made in 1890, 1900 and 1914.
First and only pastor to the present time-Rev. J. A. Van Neste.
1876-Ridgewood Township set off from Franklin Township.
1877-Private school established by Miss Rebecca W. Hawes.
1878-Dr. John T. De Mund first physician to practice in now the Village of Ridge- wood.
1880-First organized tree planting on highways. Trees were given by I. W. England and set out under the direction of B. F. Robinson and J. W. Edwards.
1882-First telephone subscriber was Garret Van Dien, then Postmaster, at 211 West Ridgewood Avenue.
The African M. E. Church established. First building erected in 1885. Present building erected in 1907.
1884-Judge David D. Zabriskie first lawyer to practice in Ridgewood.
1885-Ridgewood Building and Loan Association organized.
1888-Wells Fargo Express office established. First macadamized roads were built.
1889-Parish of the Church of our Lady of Mount Carmel established. First build- ing erected in 1890-present building completed in 1915.
Opera House (Town Hall) completed.
First newspaper established by Win. J. Tonkin-The Ridgewood News.
1891-Emmanuel Baptist Church organized. First church structure dedicated in 1892 and present one in 1912.
Co-operative Building and Loan Association organized.
Village Inn constructed and opened.
1892-Police Department established. Democratic Club organized.
1893-Ridgewood Club organized.
Electric light was introduced.
1894-Village of Ridgewood incorporated, at which time Glen Rock and Midland Park, previously part of Ridgewood, became separate boroughs.
Dr. Walter Van Emburgh first dentist to practice in the Village.
1895-Paramus Valley Council, Royal Arcanum, organized.
The Unitarian Society organized.
Board of Health established and duties performed by Village Trustees.
Historical display in Ridgewood under auspices of Bergen County Historical Society.
Beech Street High School Building opened.
Methodist Church founded. Building erected in 1900.
1896-Fire Department organized as Protection Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, with Dr. Walter Van Emburgh as Chief.
1897-Village Improvement Association organized.
Present system of garbage collection established by Village Improvement Association and taken over by Village Trustees in 1903.
Junior Order United American Mechanies organized.
Public Library established by Village Improvement Association.
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1898-White Star Club organized, later becoming the Town Club.
A second newspaper-The Ridgewood Record-established by L. N. Taft, later succeeded by The Ridgewood Herald.
1899-First National Bank opened.
First issue of Ridgewood Herald.
1900-Publie Water Supply, Gas, and Gamewell Fire Alarm System were installed. Ramapo Valley Chapter, Daughters of The Revolution, organized.
Last fire of a disastrous character.
Eagle Ilose Company, No. 1, organized. Later changed to Hose Company No. 1. Practice established of placing signs on houses containing contagions diseases. 1901-Ridgewood Golf Club organized; later merged with Ridgewood Country Club. Trees planted by citizens on Franklin, Godwin, and Ridgewood Avenues, through efforts of Village Improvement Association.
1902-Y. M. C. A. was founded. Present building erected in 1906 and entirely clear of debt in 1916.
Woman's Auxiliary, Y. M. C. A., organized.
Private School established by James B. Parsons.
Part of Orvil Township added to northeastern portion of Ridgewood.
1903-Sewerage System installed.
Mail delivery by carriers was commenced with three carriers.
Old Union Street School Building demolished and a new one erected and occupied in 1905.
Paramus Valley Photographie Association organized.
First Church of Christ Scientist organized. Building dedicated in 1912. -Board of Trade organized.
1904- Ridgewood Branch National Association of Letter Carriers organized.
1905-Bethlehem Lutheran Church inaugurated.
Mount Bethel Baptist (Colored) Church organized.
Four-room school buildings erected and occupied on Kenilworth Place, Union and Monroe Streets.
1906-Ridgewood Trust Company opened.
First Board of Health appointed.
1907-Glen Rock Building & Loan Association organized.
1908-The Arrow, a periodical of the Ridgewood High School, established.
1909-The Editor magazine moved to Ridgewood.
Ridgewood Chapter. Order of Eastern Star, organized.
Village Shade Tree Commission established.
Relief Society was organized. In 1913 name changed to Social Service Asso- ciation.
Third District Court opened by Judge Cornelius Doremus.
Orpheus Club organized.
Woman's Club established. Federated in 1910 and incorporated in 1914.
1910-Upper Ridgewood Association organized.
Linwood Park dedicated on Arbor Day and marked the beginning of a Park System.
Kenilworth and Monroe Street Schools were each enlarged from four to nine rooms.
North Jersey Rapid Transit Company trolley road was opened.
First celebration of the 4th of July was held by the Independence Day Asso- ciation.
Voters' League organized.
Ridgewood Country Club organized.
Branch of Boy Scouts of America organized.
The Federated Men's Club of the Churches of Ridgewood organized.
1911-Commission Goverment established.
Alumni Association, Ridgewood High School, organized.
Ridgewood Medical Society organized.
Court Midland Park, Foresters of America, organized.
Woodrow Wilson. then Governor of New Jersey, addressed citizens during political campaign.
Daniel A. Garber elected first Mayor.
Harrison Avenne School completed.
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Municipal Building erected.
Ridgewood Country Club and Ridgewood Golf Club consolidated under the name of former.
1912-The Cecilia Society organized.
Kenilworth Parents and Teachers' Association organized.
Woman's Club of Upper Ridgewood organized.
Republican Chub organized.
Junior Auxiliary, Daughters of the Revolution organized. In 1913 name of Penclope von Princips Chapter, Junior Sons and Daughters of the Revolu- tion, adopted and changed in 1914 to Theodosia Burr Chapter.
Upper Ridgewood Primary School started.
White Star Athletic ( lub name changed to Town Club.
West Side Collegiate Church organized. Present building erected in 1913, with an additional wing in 1915.
Ridgewood entertained on May 25th a President of the United States, for the first time in its history, in the person of President William Howard Taft. Present Post Office Building erected and occupied.
1913-Upper Ridgewood Community Church Society organized.
College Club ( Woman ) organized.
Woman's Political Union organized. In 1916 absorbed by the Woman's Suf- frage Association.
Citizens and Taxpayers' Association organized.
New High School site and Athletic Field-Hcermance Place and Ridgewood Avenue, was purchased.
Three portable school houses were placed on Beech Street school grounds.
Paranmis Chapter, New Jersey Society, Sons of the American Revolution organized.
West Side Collegiate Church dedicated.
Company L, 5th Regiment, N. G., N. J., formed.
Osman Building completed.
Ridgewood Country Club House opened.
Town Club moved to new quarters formerly occupied by Ridgewood Golf Club. Play House opened.
Opera House rehabilitated.
Police dogs introduced by Police Department.
1914-Ridgewood Council, Knights of Columbus, organized.
Local Option League organized.
Old elm at Ho-Ho-Kus marked by Ramapo Valley Chapter, D. R., as a route of Washington's Army.
Tablet placed by New Jersey Society, S. A. R., in conjunction with Paramus Chapter No. 6 on Paramus Church to commemorate events of the Revolu- tionary War connected with its history.
Garden Club of Ridgewood organized.
League for Creative Work organized.
Recorder's Court established.
Wilsey Building completed.
Reformed Church House completed and dedicated.
East Side Auto Bus Line established.
Publie Service Railway Company's trolley line to Paterson opened.
Fidelity Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons purchased old Town Club quarters.
1915-Citizens' dinner to members of G. A. R .- 50th Anniversary of cementing of peace between North and South.
Monroe Home and School Association organized.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union organized.
Ridgewood Rifle Club organized.
Portion of northwestern part of Ridgewood annexed to Orvil Township.
Contract awarded for new station and surrounding improvements.
Maple Avenue improved-new Amasite roadway, Glen Rock to Ho-Ho-Kus.
Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, new building completed, Prospect and Iludson Streets.
1916 -- Terhune's and Jackson's West Side Auto Bus Lines established. Community Christmas Festival established.
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Citizens' High School Association organized.
Victoria School for Little Children established by Miss Vivia Victoria and named in memory of her mother, Metta Victoria Victor, the authoress.
The Ridgewood Times established by J. Douglas Gessford.
Transcontinental Telephone Demonstration over lines of the American Tele- phone & Telegraph Company between Ridgewood, San Francisco and Pase- dena, California. The first time in history that officials of the Masonic Order extended verbal greetings to each other across the Continent. Semi-Centennial Association incorporated.
School Board reduced by citizens' vote to five members.
Preparedness Mass Meeting by citizens under the auspices of National Security League.
Day Nursery opened.
Company L, Fifth Regiment, N. G., N. J., in Federal Service on Mexican Border, stationed at Douglas, Arizona.
Infantile Paralysis Epidemie; Ridgewood afflicted with only one case, not fatal.
Ridgewood Chapter, American Red Cross, organized.
Grade Crossings at Ridgewood, Godwin and Franklin Avennes abolished.
New Erie Station, Godwin and Franklin Avenue, underpasses opened to the public.
New Upper Ridgewood School completed.
Business Men's Association organized.
Federation of Woman's Clubs of New Jersey held semi-annual meeting in Ridgewood under the auspieces of the Woman's Club of Ridgewood.
Emmanuel Baptist Church celebrated 25th Anniversary.
Ground broken for new High School on Heermance Place.
Old Railroad Station removed from former site to point below Ackerman Avenue on west bound traeks and turned into freight station.
John B. Van Dien, Ridgewood's oldest citizen, celebrated his 98th birthday.
Slogan adopted by Semi-Centennial Association-TO LIVE-LIVE IN RIDGEWOOD.
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APPENDIX
Semi=Centennial Association
Ridgewood, New Jersey
VILLAGE COMMISSIONERS D. A. GARBER, Mayor GEORGE U. WHITE DR. JOHN B. HOPPER
ADVISORY BOARD
GEORGE F. BRACKETT
DEWITT CLINTON, JR.
T. J. FOSTER
BAYLY HIPKINS
FRANZ SCHWARTZ
S. S. WALSTRUM
H. G. WHITE
J. D. VAN EMBURGH
OFFICERS
CORNELIUS DOREMUS, Chairman G. M. SCHINZEL, Vice-Chairman WILBUR MORRIS, Secretary S. S. WALSTRUM, Treasurer
F. Z. BOARD J. C. BOGART JOSEPH TURNER J. II. CHRISTOPHER
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CORNELIUS DOREMUS, Chairman
G. M. SCHINZEL, Vice-Chairman MRS. C. H. EDDY
MRS. W. D. FERRES
HI. W. CASLER
WILBUR MORRIS
MIRS. C. M. VAIL
BEVIER SMITH MIRS. F. F. KNOTHE S. S. WALSTRUM R. T. WILSON
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
H. W. CASLER, Chairman W. F. SCHMIDT, Vice-Chairman
E. B. LILLY
C. H. GREEN
D. R. DUSENBERRY
B. D. HILTON
A. GAMBLE
H. R. LE ROY
W. W. WILSEY
MUSIC COMMITTEE BEVIER SMITH, Chairman EDMOND MOREY MIRS. BERTHIA E. FRITZ EDWARD T. WHITE
ALBERT H. BOYD FRANK KASSCHAU
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F. A. DIMOCK B. G. SMITH C. C. MILES W. S. MOORE
MRS. E. E. ALLEY MRS. C. F. SHEETS
W. J. FULLERTON FREDERICK PFEIFER
J. H. SNYDER
PAST AND PRESENT
ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE MRS. C. H. EDDY, Chairman
ERNEST M. BULL MRS. A. P. TOPPING
O. B. SURPLESS J. D. CRAIG F. V. WATSON
LEWIS R. CONKLIN MRS. H. H. HAWES
F. H. BOGART W. J. FULLERTON
FINANCE COMMITTEE F. Z. BOARD, Chairman ALBERT SIIUMAN A. FRANK HALSTED
H. C. CHRISTIANSON FRANK M. STEVENS
PROGRAM COMMITTEE MRS. C. M. VAIL, Chairman
JOHN J. GLYNN HENRY C. SMITH
MRS. W. H. STRATTON DR. H. S. WILLARD
W. H. HENDRICKSON
PLAN AND SCOPE COMMITTEE
S. S. WALSTRUM, Chairman
CHARLES K. ALLEN J. H. DUNNING
FRANZ SCHWARTZ GEORGE N. ORCUTT
GEORGE T. BRACKETT C. H. WOODMAN
EDWARD BROWER J. W. PEARSALL T. J. FOSTER
RECEPTION COMMITTEE MRS. W. D. FERRES, Chairman E. J. MULLER W. J. DOWLING HARRY G. WHITE
W. O. DIETRICH F. C. ROBBINS
HISTORICAL COMMITTEE
R. T. WILSON, Chairman JUDGE D. D. ZABRISKIE J. H. WARD
MISS REBECCA W. HAWES EVERETT ZABRISKIE
UTILITY COMMITTEE
J. H. CHRISTOPHER, Chairman J. U. WHITE CHARLES D. SILLECK
ISAAC E. HUTTON GEORGE R. YOUNG
FIREWORKS COMMITTEE JOSEPHI TURNER, Chairman J. J. LANNUIER
J. E. MADDEN W. H. MOORE
DECORATIONS COMMITTEE MRS. F. F. KNOTIIE, Chairman R. W. MUNS
J. E. COYLE MRS. F. HI. WHITE
GEORGE M. SCHINZEL GEORGE A. STEVENS
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE J. C. BOGART, Chairman SAMUEL G. GRAYDON
WILLIAM R. BOYCE GEORGE H. STEVENS
J. BLAUVELT HOPPER W. L. PLATT
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FRANK A. BAXTER I. W. TRAVELL
C. C. ACKERMAN JOHN MCGUINNESS
GEORGE CORSA E. B. THORNTON
RIDGEWOOD, BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
MEMBERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Ackerman Bros. Ackerman, C. C. Ackerman, J. T. Aitken, J. G. Allen, Chas. K.
Glynn, John J. Green, C. H.
Groves, Robert
Gurney, Edward
Halsted, A. Frank
Allen, W. F.
Harrison, A.
Hawes, Miss Rebecca
Hawes, Mrs. H. H.
Smith, Brainard G.
Anderson, J. S.
Hendrickson, W. H.
Smith, Henry C.
Andrews, A. E.
Hilton, B. D.
Snyder, J. H.
Andrews, C'has. T.
Hipkins, Bayly
Hollister, H. H.
Banta, Wm. C.
Baxter, Frank A.
Bedell, Albert M.
Kasschau, Frank
Stevens, Frank M.
Bergen, Acqueduct Co.
Keenan, J. J.
Stevens, George A. Stevens, George H.
Board, Fred Z.
Kemble, Geo. I.
Bogert, F. H.
Keyser, Chas. S.
Knothe, Mrs. F. F.
Kraft, Henry P.
Lane, W. A.
Sullivan, J. R.
Surpless, Oliver B.
Boyce, Wm. R.
Lawton, W. D.
Talbot, Herbert R.
Boylston, J. W.
LeRoy, H. R.
Telleen, S. F.
Brackett, Geo. F.
Brower, Edwards
Bull, Ernest M.
Macdonald, E. S.
Thompson, Harry
Buttery, H. I.
McGuinness, John
Thornton, E. B.
Buzzard, Geo. S. Cable, Robert B.
Madden, J. E.
Tracy, Dr. W. A.
Casler, H. W.
Malefyt, K. E. de Waal
Travell, I. W. Traver, H. G.
Childs, Geo. W.
Mellor, D. G.
Turner, Joseph Vail, Carl M.
Christianson, H. C.
Miles, C. C.
Vail, Mrs. C. M.
Christopher, J. H. Clinton, De Witt, Jr.
Moore, W. S.
Van Dien, E. B.
Conklin, Lewis R.
Morey, Edmond
Van Duyn, F. W.
Morris, Wilbur
Van Emburgh, J. D.
Corsa, George
Muller, Edward J.
Van Emburgh, Wesley
Corsilia, Joseplı Coyle, John E. Craig, J. D. Craig, J. M.
Daniels, E. J.
Neill, Mrs. Margaret V.
Walstrum, S. S.
Dawson, James R.
Dietrich, W. O.
Nutry, John
Watson, F. V. Wessner, Dr. George A.
Doremus, Cornelius
Orne, Mrs. Anna M.
White, Edward T. White, F. H.
Dowling, W. J.
Paramus Valley Chapter R.A. Park, H. S.
Parsons, J. B.
White, G. U.
Dusenberry, D. R.
Pearsall, J. W.
White, H. G.
Eddy, Mrs. C. H. Estes, Harry E.
Pfeiffer, Geo. H.
Platt, W. L.
Reeve, Arthur
Reichard, Miss Martha
Willard, Dr. H. S.
Remington, W. E.
Willcox, M. B.
Ridgewood Playhouse ('o.
Ridgewood Trust Co.
Wilson, R. T.
Robbins, F. C.
Rogers, Edgar W.
Woodman, C. H. Wyckoff, J. Van Liew Young, George R. Zabriskie, Judge D. D.
Rohrs, Henry G. Ruegg, E. J. Scales, T. H.
Scheelje, Wn.
Zabriskie, Everett Zellweger, Henry Zellweger, Mrs. Henry
Schinzel, G. M. Schmid, Gus G.
Schmidt, W. F. Schwartz, Franz Silleck, Chas. D. Shuman, Albert Shumway, Albert
Shutts, Mrs. C. F. Smith, Bevier
Alley, Mrs. E. E. Anderson, Mrs. Gertrude P.
Anthony, Daniel
Hopper, Dr. John B.
Hutton, Isaac
S. S. Walstrum-Gordon and Forman Stanley, Geo. A.
Stockton, C. W.
Bogert, J. C.
Stokes, James Stratton, Mrs. W. II.
Bopp, John Boyd, Albert H.
Lannuier, John J.
Lilly, E. B.
Terhune, J. A. Thayer, Mrs. Josephine W.
Topping, Mrs. A. P.
Cavagnaro, John B.
Marx, H. S.
Muns, R. W.
Van Huyck, J. Phillips
Murray, Geo. H.
Van Winkle, F. O.
Muster & Bauman
Volkmar, George G.
Nagle, S. Jr. Coal & Grain Co.
Vreeland, Miss Maggie
Nicolai, Nathaniel
Ward, John H.
Dimock, F. A.
Orcutt, Geo. N.
White, Mrs. F. H.
Dreyfus, Fred. J. Dunning, J. H.
Pfeifer, Frederick
White, Joseph U.
Whitney, H. E. Wilcox, A. M. Wilcox, R. N.
Etesse, Mrs. Ida E.
Ferres, Mrs. W. D. First National Bank
Wilsey, Walter W.
Flint, M. S. Fobes, Hiram Ford, Howard H. Forster, B. D. Foster, T. J. Fritz, Mrs. Bertha E. Fullerton, W. J. Gage, Peter A. Gamble, Allen Garber, D. A. Graydon, Samuel D.
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Nowter, E. T.
Bonham, R. C.
Love, Aubrey
Madden, James
Moore, W. H.
Conklin, W. W.
PAST AND PRESENT
The Semi-Centennial Songs of Ridgewood
RIDGEWOOD MARCHING ON
Air-"Battle Hymn of the Republic."
Fifty years have we been waiting for the coming of this day,
With its joy and pride and glory that shall never fade away;
For ourselves and for our children have these blessings come to stay,
While the years go marching on.
Chorus
Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, głory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! For Ridgewood's marching on.
God has given us a country that is beau- tiful and free,
And the bands of steel that bind us, reaching now from sea to sea,
Make us brothers of all nations-those that are and are to be-
As the years go marching on.
Chorus
Ours the task to keep our freedom in its purity and might;
Ours to grow in strength and beauty, free our land from every blight;
Ours to share with weaker brothers every blessing in our sight,
While the years go marching on.
Chorus
Let our watchword then be "Progress" toward the highest and the best.
Till we reach the goal we start for, let us never pause to rest,
Living, loving, working, singing, with a gladness and a zest,
While the years go marching on.
Chorus
Sing we now for dear old Ridgewood, 'tis the best town that we know;
Let us work for it and love it, wherever we may go;
Ever forward, ever onward, ever upward may it grow,
As the years go marching on.
Chorus -Carrie E. Fobes.
77 Sunset Avenue.
RIDGEWOOD'S NEW STATION
Air-" Marching Through Georgia."
Let us sing a joyous song, now the task is done,
Sing it as we ought to sing it, fifty summers young;
Sing it so the echoes shall resound our homes among,
Ridgewood's new Station is splendid!
Chorus
Hurrah, Hurrah, just see what you can see! Hurrah, Hurrah, it sure looks good to me. So we join in one accord-no one can dis - agree-
Ridgewood is proud of the Erie!
We've got a dandy Station and we've got a dandy town;
We'll have a dandy High School and the taxes will come down;
We need a Public Library to deck our civic crown,-
Ridgewood is proud of its people!
Chorus
Fifty years ago to-day we hadn't much to boast;
Our Dutch and Swedish forefathers were honored at the most;
We never dreamed of bigness that came on us like a host,
While they were marching to Ridgewood.
Chorus
Truly there are many here who scarce can hold their tears
When they see this "crying need" we've hungered for for years; Let us all be unrestrained and greet it with "three cheers"-
Ridgewood is proud of its Station!
Chorus
How the good old-timers swore the thing could ne'er be done;
How the newer residents grew mad and poked their fun!
They little knew the blarney of Virginia's favored son-
Ridgewood is proud of Mayor Garber! Chorus
-- John J. Glynn.
Melrose Place, July, 1916.
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