This Day in History: 1952-03-30
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin T. Bennet were honored for his thirty-six years of service to the School District as Clerk of the Board of Education. The Bennetts were retiring to Florida. The dinner, held in the Chapel of the Reformed Church was attended by many present and formed officials of the Board and the Township. At the speakers table, in addition to the Bennetts, were Board President D. Cameron Bradley, Township Committee Chairman Charles Feldman, Supervising Principal Roy Austin, Dr. S. D. Beers, dinner Chairman John Fallows and former Board Presidents David Hopper, Havilah, Smith, John Warhol Jr. and Alfred G. Heflin. A plaque signed by all present and past members of the School Board still living in Mahwah was presented to Bennett which hailed his “single-minded” devotion to duty, his zealous attention to detail and his most helpful assistance in guiding the actions of the Board in accordance with school law and precedent through thirty-five years of faithful service.” Mrs. Bannett was presented with a leather handbag for the help and support she had given her husband through all these years. (A list of those who attended followed
On March 27th The Township Board passed a resolution in honor of Bennett for his service as Tax Collector since 1934. It honored his “outstanding service” and named him an “excellent public servant”. who had “brought honor &credit to himself & the Township.”
(Bristow)