This Day in History: 1950-04-10

The Republican organization named Alvin F. Reuhl as their candidate for Tax Assessor of the Mahwah Township in the wake of the successive resignations of Robert M. Dunning and Ronald Lewis. Reuhl was unopposed.  Reuhl was a real estate broker in New York City and was then serving on the Arbitration Board of the New York City Real Estate Board and as Chairman of Insurance and City Hall District Rental Conditions Committee. He was a veteran of World War I and had lived in Mahwah since 1930. He served as head Air Raid Warden in Mahwah from 1940 to 1945. He was an original member of the Planning Board and a director of the mahwah Savings and Loan Company. His three children had attended local schools and Ramsey High School. Thomas Ackerson and Jesse Beers were the Republican candidates for the Township Committee in the election slated for April 18th. Ackerson was opposed by the Independent Republican candidate Charlie Nichols. (Bristow)