This Day in History: 1940-08-12
Miss Aleta Hopper was hired by the Board of Education to teach the newly adopted music program in the Mahwah Schools. The contract called for her to teach two days a week in the different schools on a rotating schedule. For this she was to be paid $500. She was the daughter of David Hopper who, among his many achievements, was for many years the Superintendent of the Ramapo Reformed Church Sunday School. The date of her appointment, sadly enough, coincided with the day her mother, Mrs. Anna C. Hopper, died. (Bristow)