This Day in History: 1952-04-12

James Acker, an 83 year-old man from Fair Lawn, was stricken and died of a heart attack while fishing on the Ho-Ho-Kus creek near the Mahwah-Wyckoff border. The Mahwah police were notified by the Wyckoff police when it was determined that the death had taken place in Mahwah. It seems a fitting way for an old angler to go. (Bristow)