This Day in History: 1950-09-13
One of Mahwah’s best known citizens was buried. James A. Glasgow Sr. had died at the Good Samaritan Hospital on September 10th after a brief illness. He was born in Scotland in 1877 and had lived in Mahwah for 55 years. He was an internationally known raiser of show pigeons. He had served for 20 years on the Board of Education and was a former Township Committeeman and a Police Commissioner. Services were held at the W.A. Carlough Funeral Home in Ramsey by the Rev. Sloan Howard of the Reformed Church. Internment was in the family plot in the Mahwah Cemetery. He is survived by three sons, James A. Glasgow Jr., John Glasgow, Robert Glasgow and a daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis, all of Mahwah, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.(Bristow)