This Day in History: 1952-04-01
As part of the eighth-grade civics project called “Bordertown”, a comprehensive description of Mahwah’s town government was made into a pamphlet by Commodore Perry students Sue Heflin and Pat Oaksmith. They received letters from the holders of different positions in the town government which described their duties. A similar pamphlet about the town’s school was prepared by Byrd Avery, Nancy Schoemaker and Edna Scheld. It included material about the school budget and contained photographs of schools, churches and the Municipal Building (the Miller Road fire house).Recreation in Mahwah was investigated by Richard Trucksess, Guy Burton, June Fitzgerald and Carol Shoemaker. Included were the golf course, the airport, Sunset Lake for swimming, Winter’s Pond for skating, Ridge Road for hunting and the Ramapo River for fishing. Organizations described were the Commodore Perry Glee Club, the Garden Club, the township recreation program and the Boy Scouts. The booklets, maps and charts prepared by the students were displayed in the windows of Tax Collector Rinkey’s office. (Bristow)