This Day in History: 1912-12-31
The reverend Dykema and his wife were surprised to see a ghostly procession carrying a somber and sinister object across the cemetery toward the Ramapo Reformed Church Parsonage. Six or eight men were carrying this eerie load. Mrs. Dykema thought it might be a night funeral. The cortege eventually turned into the north gate of the Parsonage and a knock on the door revealed a group of friends and Parishioners headed by Mr. E.F. Carpenter with a gift of a genuine leather couch for the Domine and his wife. they were totally surprised since they already had received two handsome paintings from the Congregation for Christmas. (Bristow)