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Denville Author’s New Book Makes Bloodwork Accessible for Children

By Jillian Risberg sk almost anyone, it’s never fun to have your blood drawn. For Christine Heimbach, you might get a different answer, since a routine visit to Labcorp sparked her to become a first-time author. While waiting to be seen, she heard a child arrive for his appointment screaming, crying and trying to wiggle out of his mother’s arms due to the fear and anticipation. “When it was time to take my own daughters for routine bloodwork, both children had a completely different perspective on this frightening task,” Heimbach says it made her think of a way to relay the message to other kids that our blood is amazing. ‘The Story of Me from the Inside Out’ is about how our blood tells a story. Rather than being afraid, look at it as an exciting opportunity to learn what is going on inside your body. To be able to share this book with the public gives Heimbach a great sense of joy. “As I designed it to help children, their families, nurses and physicians with the daunting task of bloodwork — whether for

Christine with daughters Kylie and Grace.

routine health checkups or a journey to answers regarding health issues,” says the former elementary teacher. Writing a book was always something she was interested in doing but wasn’t sure what to write about or when she would find the time. “My husband battled severe health issues, beginning in 2008 that required a tremendous amount of assistance to get him to a better place, my mother was diagnosed with cancer and lost her battle in 2012, and my health took a turn in a direction I was not anticipating,” Heimbach

says. “All these obstacles; plus teaching, being a wife, mother, daughter, friend, I found time not to be on my side.” According to the author, once she was finally in a better place and on her own health journey, a book was possible. “Writing children’s books gives me the opportunity to connect with children and families, as well as educate in a fun way about everyday life situations,” Heimbach says, adding she has more books coming down the pike. And the practice is spiritual for the author as it allows her to connect with

emotions and feelings. “I keep in mind what I would have needed as a young child and attempt to apply that into my writing,” she says of her childhood: ‘I recognize I had a strong connection to patience, love, humor, compassion and joy.’ “When it all came together it gave me a sense of security, belonging and purpose. This is what I am trying to accomplish with my stories.” It wasn’t until she became a mother herself that the former elementary teacher realized the power of language. She began reading to continued on page 6

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Pink Witches Fly Into Denville For Charitable Cause

Ellen Sandman, Gene Fitzpatrick, and Assemblywoman Aura Dunn with Chelsea Ambrosi, and her ﬁancé, Bryan Gonzalez.

ink Witches Night Out is part of downtown Denville’s most successful and well attended event. Each year this amazing affair gets bigger and better with nearly 1500 to 2000 attendees an awareness that reaches over 75,000 impressions on social media news coverage and more. Cancer has affected us all in one way or another, so please join us and supporting the continuous battle that many of our friends neighbors and family are fighting daily. The Halloween inspired night is about proudly honoring survivors

those still in the fight and their friends and family members and celebrating women health. Saint Clare’s Health was the main sponsor of the event. This year, the recipient of the funds was Chelsea Ambrosi, a 29 year old Denville woman who has been recently diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. The State of NJ Senate & General Assembly attended with a Joint Legislative Resolution that was presented by Senator Bucco, Assemblywoman Dunn and Assemblyman Bergen.

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Denville Author’s New Book... continued from front page both of her daughters from the moment they came home from the hospital. “The way I spoke to these brand new human beings from birth with softness, love and compassion would have them staring into my eyes and heart with curiosity. It’s baby’s first words, the expression of their voices and on their faces, the desire for little ones to develop conversational skills, painting with fingers, drawing with crayons, creating art projects, making snacks and meals together. Language surrounds us in a beautiful form of human connection. Stories can be just that.” She began writing, ‘The Story of Me from the Inside Out’ in 2018 and a year later submitted the 38 page manuscript to various publishing companies. “The process of publishing a book was incredible as I never realized all the work that goes on behind the scenes,” the author says. “The team at Mascot Books guided me every step of the way to becoming a

published author and I thank them from the bottom of my heart for helping me begin this incredible new journey in life.” Being a first grade teacher has 100 percent shaped Heimbach into a children’s book writer, she says. “After learning the writing and reading curriculum designed for Firsties, witnessing firsthand the writings of children at this age and reading books created for the young have all influenced who I am as an author. They say children are the greatest teachers in life and I couldn’t agree more.” She hopes those reading her book will be able to feel a sense of safety and curiosity about having blood drawn without the fear that typically accompanies this task. “If my daughters, Kylie and Grace (the main characters) can give others a laugh also, then I have done my job,” Heimbach says. To learn more, visit www.amazon.com/ Story-Me-Inside-Out/dp/1645438678.

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IRS, 501(c)(3) organization tasked with restoration and preservation of the historic farm. Balsam, Douglas, and Fraser Firs from 5 to 10 feet tall, Wreaths, Roping, Tree Stands, Firewood. Ayres/Knuth Farm is on the National and State Registers of Historic Places. This working farm, operated continuously since first settled, is one of the most complete examples of a 19th century agricultural complex in Morris County. Morris County Heritage Commission New Jersey Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places.

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IT HAPPENED IN OUR TOWN B.F. Kinsey and the Origins of the Denville Police Department

By Peter Zablocki t was January of 1932, the height of the Great Depression, and the fifty-four-year-old Denville Chief of Police had just volunteered and accepted a $600 cut to his yearly salary of $2,300. It was the least he could do. The founding member of the Denville Fire Department and its first-ever Chief became the only officially paid township Police appointee when he stepped down from the fire department in 1927 to accept his new position. It had only been two years since Ben and his wife Lucy chose Denville as the perfect place to enjoy their retirement from Hoboken, where Kinsey served as a Captain of the Hoboken Fire Department. The town had different plans for him. The Chief of Police left the township meeting inside the Denville Main Street School that cold

January evening, proud of being saved by a residents’ petition, which ensured he would keep his job after the dismissal of a motion made by the Township Committee to drop his services for economic purposes. Yet while some rejoiced, others on the Committee saw their efforts to reform the small town’s budget snubbed. Within two years, B.F. Kinsey, the man who will forever be Denville’s first Fire Chief and its first Chief of Police, would be unceremoniously let go in what amounted to Denville’s first political scandal, and with it, the impetus for creating a proper Denville Police Department in 1936. Before hiring Kinsey in 1927, the Township elected a part-time and unpaid Constable for a three-year term, beginning with the first one, elected in May 1913 after the town’s incorporation. Local laws empowered the Constable

to apprehend any disorderly person and take them before a county magistrate. Any violation of a specific

Township Ordinance was subject to arrest by the Constable. By the mid1920s, the role of the Constable was absorbed into a new position of a Police Chief and offered to the first Fire Chief and a recent town transplant, Ben Kinsey. At 200 pounds and sixfoot-three inches, the fiftytwo-year-old ex-firefighter sure fit the bill. Yet as intimidating as he was, Kinsey did not have too much to do in the quiet lake community of Denville – and apart from the summers where the Township hired a couple of part-time volunteer officers to help

him out, he was the only law officer in town. There was no police station, and if one wanted to call for a police officer, they would have to call Kinsey’s home phone. The imposing figure of Kinsey would then show up at one’s doorstep by driving his personal car to the scene. It was not until 1931 when the Township allocated enough money to purchase a 1931 Willys 97 Sedan for the Chief to ride around – the first-ever Denville Police car. Unfortunately, within six months, Kinsey would be forced onto the opposite side of the road by a reckless driver resulting

in an accident. Because the police car was only covered for liability insurance and not collision, the Chief was forced to pay for the damage of nearly $200 from his own pocket. Kinsey’s work dealt primarily with thefts and arson sprinkled with domestic disturbances. In fact, for the first few years of his tenure there were no newsworthy crimes in the small resort town. There was the man in 1931 who had lost his week’s pay in a craps game and, fearing to tell his wife, faked a holdup story. Perhaps too often, Kinsey continued on page 11

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It Happened In Our Town... continued from page 10 would have to drive home a mentally unstable woman who would venture into town from her Boonton residence. And as this was the Great Depression and many fortunes had dissipated only to leave the once-prosperous without any future prospects, there were at least three suicides by hanging that required the attention of the Township’s Chief of Police. There was also the counterfeit ring that operated in Denville’s still scarce but quickly expanding downtown. Kinsey’s reports also mentioned a man who lived in the vicinity with his wife and children and got himself in trouble when his “other” wife from out of state came calling. There was the case in late 1931 of a young seventeen-year-old woman who took out her father’s money from the bank to give it to her much older boyfriend, who promptly left her and skipped town, only for the girl to stage an unsuccessful fake holdup to save face. By 1932, Kinsey made quite a name for himself and Denville with a few higher pedigree cases, which brought county-wide attention. In early spring, he captured an escaped armed convict who fled from Rahway Prison and made his way across the county only to be pulled over by the imposing police officer. Then in August, the Chief managed to extract a confession from a deranged boyfriend of a local nineteen-year-old Denville girl whom he stabbed in the chest and liver after a lover’s quarrel at the Main Street butcher shop where he worked. The initial story by the accused Alvin Conger was that his girlfriend was unstable and stabbed herself after the two fought over one of her other potential suitors. Kinsey’s report would reveal that Conger lured the girl to his workplace and stabbed her with a hidden knife under the guise of going in for a kiss. Presenting the jealous young man with witness testimonies solicited a confession and further endeared Kinsey in the hearts of Denville

residents. The Chief would finish off the year with a few more highprofile cases, making it that much more shocking when the Township Committee decided to cut the budget for his position to save the township money. In October of 1932, Kinsey – together with a posse of twenty-four – concluded a week-long manhunt for a man who assaulted a female Dover school teacher who resided in Denville’s Union Hill section. He followed the success with another, in a crime involving a Denville man seen stashing his wife’s body into his car in the middle of the road heading towards Split Rock in Rockway. While the husband was promptly arrested, the Chief’s investigation led to his acquittal on the basis of the fact that both he and his wife were intoxicated, and she fell out of the car while attempting to drive home. Although the magistrate fined the man for drinking and driving – this was still Prohibition where alcohol consumption was illegal – he was spared a murder charge. Yet, as his presence was proving more necessary with each crime, the Township Committee voted to eliminate Kinsey’s position and revert to a volunteer-only Constable. The Township’s open meeting of October 7, 1932, was overwhelmed with sent in petitions and at least seventeen business owners reading pre-prepared statements on the need for the Chief to retain his job, regardless of the economic implications on the taxpayers. And although the townsfolk rebuked the Committee, which was now forced to retain Kinsey’s services, the newspaper editorials of the time made it clear that the people’s respect and allegiance towards the old Chief did not bide well with some of those in power. Abolishing the township police force was again met with failure when it came up for a vote at the subsequent Township Committee meetings of February of 1933 and

1934, respectively. At the last meeting, it was brought up that Denville could rely on the State Police force to help with local crimes. While some of those concerned with their taxes going up agreed with the Committee, others still backed the aging Chief. One citizen proceeded to read the public police report for the year 1933 to showcase that it would simply not be good enough to rely on the State Police. According to the report, Kinsey and his part-time volunteers, dealt with “auto accidents, resulting in 47 people hurt and taken to the hospital and another 22 killed; 9 disorderly conduct cases, 6 served warrants, 7 Grand Jury Cases, 3 manslaughter cases, 7 killed dogs, 13 house robberies, and 5 secured jail sentences.” As the sole paid police employee, he was also required to be on the job 24 hours a day and supply his own gasoline and insurance premiums for the police car. As the town was gearing up for a showdown between those in favor and those opposing having a Chief of Police, Kinsey privately met with Committeeman and Denville’s Chairman of Police, Thomas R. Moses, where he supposedly offered his services at nearly no cost to the town – apart from allocated funds for the maintenance of the police car. When it became evident to the Chief that this was perhaps more personal than a simple budgetary fix, he accused the politician of corruption. According to the Denville Herald, it would later be reported that Kinsey was asked to turn in his badge, which he refused. Nobody really knows what transpired behind those closed doors, nor in the meetings that followed. All those that could shed any light on the events of nearly one hundred years ago are already gone from this world. What we do know is that four months later, on December 26, 1934, the townspeople found out of the Township Committee’s notification to Kinsey that his employment would cease on December 31. Politicians cited continued on page 16

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Let’s Talk Aging For Seniors with Saint Clare’s Health By Mark J. Bonamo Mary Donovick, geriatric and palliative care nurse practitioner at Saint Clare’s Health has both personally and professionally grown up at Saint’s Clare’s Health. It started when her mother, who worked at the hospital for 35 years, brought Mary to Bring-Your-Daughter-To-Work Day in the third grade. Now, as part of Saint Clare’s community-minded approach to patient care, Donovick defines her work as having two key elements. “Geriatric and palliative care (symptom management) are very closely related. Both work with patients and/or their families to identify problems and help to manage them,” Donovick said. “It’s always our goal to manage symptoms, as well as improve quality of life, and to empower the patient to define what quality of life is for them. We are all born, and we are all going to die. Those are the two guarantees in life. It is a universal experience. A gift we can give to those receiving palliative care services is to give people choices who are near the end of life. We can give back power in the most powerless situation. We can help patients make choices that give them the best quality of life possible in a way that has the most meaning for them.” As the American aging population is rapidly growing, there is an increased number of people living well into their 80s and 90s. With life being extended unprecedentedly, Donovick said there are some quality-of-life choices that patients can make that are relatively effortless. “Annual wellness exams that are offered through Medicare is an important step in managing the senior population wellness care. These wellness visits are comprehensive for both the seniors’ physical and psychological well-being,” Donovick said. “These exams address important reminders to seniors to stay safe, as well as active to the best of their ability.” As seniors again, they often live with a measurable level of chronic illness, including heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, pulmonary disease, and cancer. Donovick emphasized that patients with these conditions should regularly follow up with their physicians and specialists, as well as maintain their prescription medication regimen. “A serious concern in the senior population is forgetting why they are taking certain medications, or failing to report serious side effects. It is critical for them to have an open and honest dialogue with their provider,” Donovick said. “If seniors are having problems, the physicians or medical providers can work with the patient and prescribe alternative medications or recommend other therapies.” COVID has had a negative effect on the care of seniors, including those important dialogues between patients and providers. However, Donovick pointed to two important fronts to focus on when providing care for seniors, particularly during the global pandemic. The first front is physical well-being. “Since the beginning of COVID, people have been afraid to

schedule routine appointments with their healthcare provider or to seek treatment. Health care providers are taking every precaution to keep all patients, staff and physicians safe. Unfortunately, what has emerged is the growing number of advanced cases of a disease because seniors are too often afraid to seek the care they need and deserve., For example, we are seeing people seeking treatment much later than they previously would have and are being diagnosed with a late stage illness” stated Donovick. We must encourage seniors to continue to see their providers for routine and problem visits in a timely manner. The second front is psychological. “Social interaction and family involvement is critically important to the overall wellness of seniors. Isolation and depression go hand-in-hand. Seniors are often very isolated, and COVID has deepened that divide. We have to keep a balance between working against isolation and keeping people safe,” Donovick said. “We have to teach our seniors the benefits and the use of technology, such as Zoom and FaceTime, which provided additional opportunities to socially connect. Social distancing and the increased numbers of vaccinated seniors has played a significant role in boosting social interactions and family involvement in seniors’ lives.” “The advice that I share with family members who are caring for or who are responsible for an aging family member is to visit them,” Donovick added. “You should always take COVID into consideration, as well as preventative and precautionary measures, such as masking and social distancing as recommended. As COVID restrictions change, explore opportunities for increased social interaction, such as library church, or senior group programs, Anything you can do to help boost social interaction, which as human beings we all need, old or young, sick or healthy, will help immeasurably.” At some point, we will all have to have a discussion with our families to plan for the end of life or for the unexpected. While these type of talks can be awkward or difficult, Donovick instead advocates a quiet revolution revolving around how people see these dialogues. “We need to change our thinking that these discussions are end discussions. Instead, they should be seen as beginning discussions,” Donovick said. “Dying is scary, but so is living in pain or living a life in which the quality is greatly diminished. What is important to that person? What defines their quality of life? That definition is different for everyone. Quality of life is important, but what is also important is quality of death. What does a good death look like to someone? Do they have a preference for location? At home or in a hospice facility? Do they have a time at which they would stop all treatments and focus on comfort or do they want to continue with all treatments at all costs? What we can do is to help identify their goals and priorities, and then help people live and die based on what they have chosen. “What do most people really want at the end? They want to be with their family. They want to be comfortable.

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They want love,” Donovick said. “These discussions should be with the people you trust the most, the people who would speak for you if you were no longer able to speak for yourself. These conversations should be put in writing in the form of an advanced directive or living will and specifically name your healthcare proxy or the person you have decided should speak for you. You should include what you would and would not want in your medical care, such as long-term tube feedings or ventilator support. You can also include other things that may be important to you, for example, what kind of songs should be played at a memorial service. These talks don’t have to be scary and once the ball is rolling often have people talking about the good times in their lives together. Consider these discussions a gift that you are giving your family. After having these talks, family members will not be left wondering if they honored their loved ones wishes.” Donovick chose to work in the hospital in which she grew up. That dedication to community is part of Saint Clare’s Health core beliefs and part of her dedication as well. For Donovick, doing her job with dignity and respect for all patients at Saint Clare’s is not just doing the right thing. In the context of her entire life, it is the only way to care for others. “I take care of friends and family, and I work next to friends and family. While you may be a number somewhere else, here at Saint Clare’s Health, we know your name. We really are a family,” Donovick said. “When COVID hit, we were taking care of our families, and we were taking care of each other like family. We know each other, we love each other, and we care about each other. I adore my patients. I feel blessed every day that I get to do the job that I do, because I get to give back.” “My dad died unexpectedly about five years ago. I do what I do because I get to give opportunities back to people that I did not have with my own dad. Every day when I’m doing my work, I feel like I get to speak to him, and to do the things for others that I wish someone could’ve done for him,” Donovick said. “It’s a tremendous gift.” Saint Clare’s Health offers inpatient geriatric and palliative support. They also have a Nationally Accredited and Recognized Senior Emergency Department, as well as provide convenient senior transportation services. For more information on palliative or senior services, contact Mary Donovick at 973-983-5755.

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MountainView Veterinary Hospital Now Oﬀers Acupuncture!

id you know that the ancient Chinese practice of acupuncture can be used as a complement to conventional veterinary treatments such as medication and surgery? Acupuncture has been practiced with animals for over 3,000 years and was introduced in the U.S. in the 1970’s. If your pet has arthritis, allergies, digestive issues, hip dysplasia, or certain neurological disorders, acupuncture may be able to help reduce pain and inflammation and improve your pet’s quality of life! Dr. Alli Sommerkorn, veterinarian at MountainView Veterinary Hospital in Rockaway and Denville, has added acupuncture to her broad list of certifications in pain management, recently completing her Veterinary Acupuncture Certification with Chi University in Florida. She is certified for small animals such as dogs, cats, reptiles, and birds. Dr. Sommerkorn’s interest in this scientifically-backed ancient practice began when a veterinary client brought his senior dog in to be put to sleep because the dog was in chronic pain and suffering. Dr. Sommerkorn could not bring herself to accommodate the request and asked if she could adopt the sweet fifteen-year-old lab pit bull mix named Jade. The owner signed Jade over to Dr. Sommerkorn, and she was

able to help Jade rehabilitate with physical therapy and weight loss. But she wanted to do more…and thus Dr. Sommerkorn began her journey into acupuncture. “Western medicine is so important but it is great to have access to all the tools in the toolbox with techniques from Eastern medicine,” Dr. Sommerkorn said. With the doctor’s help and the technique of acupuncture, Jade’s arthritis improved and she enjoyed another two years of love and care. Dr. Sommerkorn has seen acupuncture used not only for arthritis, but for palliative care for cancer and pain control, appetite stimulation, nausea, skin conditions, seizures, heart disease and occasionally for fertility. During a session, a veterinary acupuncturist will insert thin needles into areas such as muscles, tendons, fascia, and nerve fibers to ease symptoms by altering the perception of pain or stimulating neurotransmitters in the brain. Different sized needles are used, depending on the size of the animal, and an electrical unit can be used to help with severe cases. Most animals are pretty receptive to the needles, especially when used on the back, and offering treats always helps! Animals who are less tolerant or older may receive fewer needles, and animals are in the session for about thirty minutes if possible. Some

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It Happened In Our Town... continued from page 11 the economy as the reason, yet by January, barely four weeks after Kinsey’s firing, the position was filled by a virtual unknown, Harry B. Jenkins, who at the time had hardly any police experience. Denville was amidst its first political scandal. The local papers and editorials erupted with accusations of a corrupt bargain, abuse of power, and the enactment of a spoils system made infamous by political party bosses of the Gilded Age. After countless unanswered letters to the editor and requests for comment from the Township Committee, the town seemed as if it was going to implode. “The appointment of a new Police Chief in Denville was one of the nicest pieces of political manhandling seen in the county in a long time,” wrote one concerned citizen. “Ex-Chief Kinsey was dumped, apparently, because a minor political boss had to pay a political debt and found the chieftainship adequate currency for the transaction,” added another. “It is deplorable that petty politics should go as far as to get rid of one who was always on the job and did his duties so well,” exclaimed one editorial; while another added that since a new man was being hired for the same salary, “apparently, economy [was] not the real reason for the change.” Still, if it were not for Denville’s first – or at least the closest it got to having

one – political scandal, it might have taken quite a lot longer to convince the people of Denville to establish a proper Police force. The letters to the editor never stopped coming in, nor did the phone calls to the township councilmen. Within a year, Jenkins was sent for police tactics training and was granted additional funds to hire a fulltime patrolman. A year after, in 1936, the Township Committee voted to establish a proper Denville Police Department under relentless pressure from the public that never got over Kinsey’s sacking. The ordinance was proposed and signed at the Denville Fire Department building on Main Street on August 19, 1936. Harry B. Jenkins would go on to serve one of the longest tenures as the Denville Police Chief until he was himself unceremoniously ousted in 1962. Kinsey, the man who will forever appear on the Denville Fire Department’s and Police Department’s anniversary brochures as the first Chief, would peacefully live out the rest of his days in Denville. He would die in 1942. His badges, Police cap and whistle, quietly sit in a display case at the Denville Museum – his story, and that of the Denville Police Department’s beginnings, waiting to be told. All one has to do is ask. Peter Zablocki is a local historian, author, and co-host of “History Teachers Talking” Podcast. He serves as the Vice-President of the Denville Historical Society.

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centhound, a brand famous for its wellness-based dog grooming and routine care services, is happy to announce the opening of its first New Jersey location on Aug. 16. Located at 3056 NJ-10 W in the Shoppes at Union Hill, the new location will be opened by local owner Marni Denenberg. A current family building specialist in the field of third-party reproduction, Marni Denenberg is no stranger to helping improve the lives of those around her. She now looks to professionally extend her compassion by offering affordable and essential dog wellness services as she opens New Jersey’s first Scenthound location. This will be Denenberg’s first “Scenter” in the area, with plans to open additional locations in the near future. “I am thrilled to bring Scenthound’s oneof-a-kind pet care concept to Denville,” said local owner Marni Denenberg. “With two rescue dogs myself, helping pets receive the proper care they deserve is a true passion of mine. Dogs are family and they need routine maintenance – regardless of whether they are big or small, with short hair or long hair. I can’t wait to help

establish a new standard of routine pet care. We are also already in communication with local shelters offering our services, which is part of Scenthound’s charitablefocused mission. I look forward to making a positive impact in the community.” Scenthound takes a wellness-based approach that is dedicated to improving the quality of life for dogs. Embedded in the name, Scenthound focuses on the five core areas of maintenance: Skin, Coat, Ears, Nails, and Teeth. The brand’s employees are fully trained to give each dog the care required to stay clean and healthy, and its membership program brings dog parents peace of mind that their dog is getting this necessary care on a routine basis. Pet parents can select an affordable membership plan most appropriate for their dog and purchase additional services as needed. “There is a lack of understanding among dog parents that we intend to change,” said Scenthound CEO Tim Vogel. “Many dog parents don’t realize that only about ten percent of dog breeds require regular haircuts, but all dogs need routine care to stay healthy and comfortable. We started

Scenthound to provide basic grooming services for all breeds, and as we expand nationally, we hope to educate as many people as possible to make sure their dogs get the routine care they need to stay clean and healthy.”

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I Remember Dad: Proud Be, Thy Service to Country

By Richard Mabey Jr. t the dawn of soon becoming 68, I reflect upon the thousand and one questions that I would now love to ask my late father. My dad and his seven brothers and one sister, would often talk about the Holy Bible that their mom had setting open upon a little table in their living room. The legend goes that my grandmother believed that the open Bible was a source of spiritual protection for her family. And, the legacy is that Grandma kept the big, family Bible open to the page of John 3:16. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.” On the wall above the Bible were photographs of Grandma’s family. In the early Spring of 1943, the ship upon which my dad’s brother, Edward, was stationed on was sunk by a German warship, not far from the coast of England. Uncle Ed was missing in action for quite a while. I cannot imagine the horrific emotional and psychological pain that my grandparents endured, during that terribly uncertain time. In my time of growing up in the big family farmhouse along Mabey Lane, I

remember that my father would often reflect upon the era when Uncle Ed was lost at sea, missing in action. Dad often talked about how his dear, sweet mother prayed and prayed every day that her son Edward would be found and return home, safe and sound. A British ship did come upon the survivors of that sunken ship that Uncle Ed was stationed on. And, Uncle Ed was saved. The days when Uncle Ed was lost at sea, missing in action, had a most deep and profound effect upon my father’s heart, mind and soul. Somehow and someway, Dad convinced his mother and father to sign the paperwork that would allow him to join the United States Army Air Corps at the age of 17. Grandpa’s brother, Earl, was killed in action in France during the First World War. Grandma’s grandfather, William Storms, was killed fighting with the Union Army’s 15th New Jersey Regiment, during the Battle of the Wilderness. Her father was but a baby in a cradle when Great Grandpa Storms fell to a bullet wound. My grandparents the pains of war. And, they did not want another one of their sons to have to march off to war. My grandparents were very patriotic people, but they dreaded seeing another son leave the little hamlet of Lincoln Park, to go off

to fight in war. But somehow and someway, Dad convinced his parents to sign the paperwork to allow him to join the United Sates Army Air Corps. After his basic training was completed, Dad was assigned to the Seventh Army Air Corps. He was sent to Hickam Air Field in Hawaii. There he drove a fuel tanker truck and fueled up the many, many fighter and bomber airplanes at Hickam. He later became an airplane mechanic and specialized in changing the spark plugs of the infamous P-51 Mustang Fighter Planes. During his stay at Hickam Air Field, Dad had the honor to become acquainted with the great Jerry Siegel, the man who, with his friend Joe Shuster, created Superman. It must have been a few hundred times that I would be reading a Superman comic book, as a young boy, and Dad would tell me that he knew the man who created Superman. I deeply regret not putting my comic book down and listening more intently to Dad’s stories of having known the legendary Jerry Siegel. But at the age of eight, you don’t always appreciate what is right before you. Dad belonged to the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars organizations for decades. Dad loved his country and was a most patriotic man. In his 28 years

Dad in his Army Air Corps uniform.

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Denville’s Own and Livingston Teacher Appears on Wheel of Fortune

By Megan Roche ig money, big money! Denville’s own and Newark Academy teacher, Jim Coe recently made an appearance on Wheel of Fortune during Teachers Week, where Coe said it was nothing but fun. “I would absolutely do it all over again. I wouldn’t do anything differently and the game was what it was,” Coe says with a laugh. Coe comes from a board and card game loving family, so when he applied to be a contestant on Wheel of Fortune, he was ecstatic. He also stumbled across the application for the $100,000 Pyramid, where he also appeared a few years back. “I applied to both on the same day and $100,000 Pyramid called me that same exact day. I actually filmed that show in May 2018 and it aired September 2018. Both of them are very similar, they were both wild experiences that felt like a dream the whole entire time I was taping. I couldn’t believe it was happening,” Coe shared. When Coe applied for Wheel of Fortune, it was spring of 2018. “I applied in 2018 and I didn’t hear anything until late spring of 2019. Wheel reached out when they were holding auditions in New York City. There was a conference room at a hotel where they had a miniature version of the game set up. There were about 60 other people with me at the audition. We were all in a room and we just played the game. If you solved the puzzle, you won a little gift like an autographed photo of Pat and Vanna or a hat. They really just wanted to see if you had energy and were clapping and knew how to play the game. I was one of the last people in line to go. I thought “I’m going to run this board”, I was so sure of myself.

I spun and my go to letter was “R” and the guy said, “No R’s” and told me to sit. That’s when I thought my shot was over,” Coe recalled. When he got the letter that he was actually selected as a contestant, he couldn’t believe it. Fast forward to September 2021 and the dream was finally realized. Though the audition process was a long wait, Coe enjoyed every second, from filling out the application to appearing on the show itself. “I came home one day and it was my birthday. The mail came and I opened the letter and sure enough it was Wheel of Fortune with “Congratulations, You’re In!” and I thought “Oh my God, this is amazing!” They basically asked for my availability, and they would reach out when they had a slot for me,” Coe shared. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Coe flew to Los Angeles to appear on the show with other teachers from around the nation. As just the teachers were allowed on the set, the groups of educators became each other’s audience. When Coe arrived back to the East Coast after his appearance, his wife was eager to know how it went. That’s when Coe decided he wasn’t going to let her in on his winnings, until the episode aired at least. “Since the show was on a Friday night (September 17), I wanted her to watch the episode with everyone else. All I told her when I got back was ‘it’s not lifechanging money and I didn’t win any trips.’” Coe and his family took up space at the bar at Rockaway River Barn restaurant and watched the show live with friends and family. Eventually, the entire bar was invested in Coe’s game. He was fortunate enough to make it to the final continued on page 23

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Teacher Appears on Wheel of Fortune... continued from page 22 puzzle. “I’ll never forget that I picked the category place. I figured that as a history teacher, I could probably figure out a place pretty quickly. It was two words and I remember reading an article beforehand that P G H and O are the best letters to pick for the final puzzle. I get blank blank blank E T and blank O blank E. I realized that I was trapped because all I saw in the second word was “home” and it ended up being Quiet Cove,” Coe says. Although he didn’t guess it right, he wouldn’t go back and change anything about his experience on the show. The students at Newark Academy and tons of parents, colleagues, and friends were all so proud of Coe just for being on the show. Coe shared that he received numerous emails and messages in the days after his episode, congratulating him on a job well done. At Newark Academy, Coe serves as the dean for the Class of 2022 but also as the PA Announcer for pep rallies and play by play sports action. “I had to go to school the following day after my episode aired to call a soccer game. One of the dad’s came running up to me with his phone to show me pictures of the entire girls soccer team at his house watching the

show after their practice together. He was showing me photos and videos of them screaming as I was solving puzzles. It was really, really, fun and they got a good laugh out of me. It was awesome to see all the support and a rewarding reminder to see the lives I’ve touched through teaching,” Coe said. Looking to try your hand at Wheel of Fortune? Coe passed along a tip to make sure you get the most out of your experience. “When you are playing at home, you are just trying to solve the puzzle. When you are actually playing on the set, if you want to get to the end, you have to do the math. It’s all a numbers game. There is actually a board on the set off to the side of the camera that has the bank and potential earnings from that particular round that shows you where you stand. You are playing the word game, but you are also combining that with math. There is so much going on internally to try to trip you up,” Coe says. As far as the dream game show appearance, Coe says he’d love nothing more than to be on Jeopardy. “My long term goal is to be on Jeopardy. But, the rule with Wheel of Fortune is that you can only be on two game shows in 10 years, so I will be 42 before I can do that, but I’d be ecstatic if I could get that opportunity.”

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Grandpa’s Last Thanksgiving

By Richard Mabey Jr. y paternal grandfather, Watson Mabey, was a hard-working man who dearly loved his family. He married Bertha Storms, in the early 1900’s, when they both were all so very young. They would have nine children, one daughter and eight sons. Grandpa grew up in the home that his father, William Storms, built in 1890. As a boy coming of age, Grandpa worked with his father at the Mabey Icehouse that proudly stood along the Morris Canal, just east of Incline Plane Ten East. Later, when he was in his mid-twenties, Grandpa became the Chief Engineer of Incline Plane Ten East. None of us knew it at the time, that the Thanksgiving of 1967 would be Grandpa’s last Thanksgiving before leaving this earthly existence to enter the gates of the Heavenly Worlds. I was 14 years old and in my freshman year at Boonton High School at the time. Grandma and Grandpa would often stay with us for long periods of time. They would sleep in the spare room of the old Mabey Homestead. Thanksgiving Day was always celebrated at the old Mabey Homestead. The home would be filled with Grandma and Grandpa, Mom and Dad, my sister Patti, my aunts and uncles, and my many cousins. The old dining room table would be moved to the eastern wall of the dining room, to make room for three more folding tables. The tables would fill the dining room, the front door foyer and out unto the formal living room. I remember it like it was yesterday, Grandpa got up early that Thanksgiving Day. I instinctively also awoke early that Thanksgiving Day. I came down the stairs of the old Mabey

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A History of St. Francis: From Job Allen’s Iron Works, to John Heyward Glover’s Summer Home – from Slavery, to one of Baseball’s Founding Father – from Protectory to Sanitarium to Senior Living by Vito L. Bianco* The recent announcement of the sale of St. Francis, its pending closure, and probable demolition has shocked and alarmed the greater Denville community. The potential destruction and loss of this iconic facility, will be the most dramatic alteration to Denville’s beaucollic landscape since the burning of the Wayside Inn in 1953. Few Denville properties can boast such historic significance as St. Francis. Its origins date to the very founding of Denville itself, culminating with the establishment of St. Francis in 1895, which it has been ever since. For decades beginning in 1974, thousands of Denville residents answered the call of the Sisters of St. Francis to assist in raising funds at the annual Harvest Festival for St. Clare’s Hospital, which they once owned. Selfless volunteers happily endured many months of planning, manned the food tents, concessions, and keyosks, directed traffic, sold raﬄe tickets, and then cleaned it up only to begin the whole process all over again for the next year. What must those people be feeling today? The Denville Historical Society has spent the past 50 years trying to save what’s left of our historic places. To our credit,

we’ve had a number of successes, but also, regretably, many losses. Afterall, we’re just 17 volunteers with limited resources. Often, our Township government and the public have been very supportive. Never has there been a greater need for all Denville interests to ban together and stop this potential assualt on our heritage. Together we must Save St. Francis! In his will, John Heyward Glover left his property in New Jersey to his son, John Heyward Glover, Jr. with the right for his wife, Eliza, to occupy it as long as she was living. He also bequeathed to his son all of his furniture in Pequannock and Hanover Townships. John Heyward Glover, Jr. (181659) spent part of his youth vacationing and/ or residing in Denville. He returned to South Carolina and became a rice planter after his father’s death, and married Jane Porter Bolan (1820-1911) on March 15, 1838. His family carried on the tradition of spending the summer months in Denville until the Rockaway Farms was sold in 1840 “for $10,000 by the Glover estate.” Back in South Carolina, Eliza Glover was not entirely a part of the close-knit Glovers of Colleton County. She was described as “a beautiful lady, and much more refined

than most of her in-laws. . . . who spent her life helping the needy, as she was a young widow.” Her home at Fontainbleau, her principal residence when her husband died, was probably the most elaborate in Colleton. It was described as “a palatial brick two and one half story plantation home, containing a very large ballroom, white and black marble mantlepieces, decorative plaster and crystal chandeliers.” Eliza Vincent Glover died on

January 26, 1859. After John Heyward Glover, Jr. sold his father’s Rockaway Farms estate in Denville in 1840, the property changed hands 16 times in 22 years, until 1862, when it was purchased by Maria and Louis Fenn Wadsworth. An attorney, politician, judge, and professional baseball player Louis Fenn continued on page 29

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continued from page28 Wadsworth (1825 -1908), is considered to be one of the “Four Fathers of Baseball.” Louis Fenn Wadsworth was born on May 26, 1825, in Hartford, CT. His father ran a business known as J.C. & A. Wadsworth, which manufactured and sold clocks. Wadsworth graduated from Hartford’s Washington College (now Trinity College) in 1844. After college, he moved to Michigan but returned to the east coast to practice law in New York City in 1848. In 1851, Wadsworth was appointed as Deputy Clerk by the Clerk of the House in Albany. He also served as Clerk of the New York Legislature’s “select committee to investigate the funds of the late court of chancery,” for which he

was paid $500. In 1853, he was nominated for Schools Inspector for New York City’s 8th Ward on the Regular Democratic Whig ticket. For several years he had a place in the Custom House in New York and was an active Tammany man. Despite being a leading and prominent figure in local and state politics, “it was baseball that was his great passion.” Wadsworth was a first baseman with the Washingtons/Gothams as early as 1850, then with the Knickerbockers Baseball Club (1854–57), only to return to the Gothams. One of the veteran Knicks, told the New York Sun in an1887 interview, “I had almost forgotten the most important man on the

team and that is Lew Wadsworth. He was the life of the club. Part of his club suit consisted of a white shirt on the back of which was stamped a black devil . . . His hands were very large and when he went for a ball they looked like the tongs of an oyster rake. He got there all the same and but few balls passed him.” The game that Wadsworth played in the 1850s bore only slight resemblance to today’s game. Wadsworth, however, had a “crucial role in affixing nine innings and nine men to the rules of baseball. While Alexander Cartwright’s Written rules for the Knickerbockers in 1845 are generally thought of as the game’s establishing fundamentals, and are usually acknowledged to have established the distance between bases at 90 feet, the number of players on a side at nine and the length of a game at nine innings, they in fact did no such things. The nine players and nine innings, at least, are actually attributable to Louis Wadsworth.” It was not until 1857 that the New York Game rules were modified during the New York Baseball Convention among a group of 16 organized clubs, which was held to unify the playing rules. As a representative from the New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club, along with teammates Doc Adams and W.H. Grenelle, Wadsworth led the opposition to those who advocated seven players and seven innings, including his own Knickerbocker Club. Wadsworth convinced the other clubs to go with nine men and nine innings. He made the motion that

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resulted in the adoption of the standard we have today. Afterwards, a pariah among his clubmen, Wadsworth resigned and resumed his former affiliation with the Gothams. Wadsworth may have actually been paid to switch teams by the Knickerbockers, which, if true would make Wadsworth one of – if not the – first professional baseball player. In 1862, Louis Fenn Wadsworth retired from baseball and left New York to become a gentleman farmer on the old Glover Estate in Denville. He married Maria Isabel Meschutt, widow of Jackson Fisher, a wealthy woman of Morris County with two young children. In Denville, Wadsworth rekindled his educational interests and served as Rockaway Township’s Superintendent of Schools. In 1866, Wadsworth reported to the New Jersey State Board of Education that schools in Rockaway Township (which then included Denville) “are kept open while public money lasts, and, with few honorable exceptions, close when that is expended. . . .Our teachers, for the most part, teach but three or six months. They do not intend to make it a vocation, and never acquire the experience requisite to success. Until a sufficient sum shall be annually raised to procure able and experienced teachers, the schools in this township will remain in their present condition, and all who desire that their children shall receive even a fair education, must send them away from home.” Louis Fenn Wadsworth continued his practice as an attorney and also served as the local Justice of the Peace in Denville.

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The Denville Kiwanis Club Celebrates 75 Years

By Grace Maguire ince 1946, the Denville Kiwanis Club has promised to lend a helping hand to its community and its children. Made up of remarkable men and women, the Denville Kiwanis Club has made it to its 75th-year mark and recently installed its new Club President, Errol Ernstrom. Within those 75 years, the Club has done amazing things in its hometown and only hopes to grow bigger to be able to provide for the people of its community more and more. The Denville Kiwanis Club is one of over 8,000 Kiwanis Clubs worldwide, taking from the amazing goals of the organization and implanting them into Denville and beyond. Being 75 years old, the Kiwanis Club could be considered the oldest service club in the town of Denville. However, to new Club President Ernstrom, “Age has nothing to do with it. Helping the community is the bottom line.” Those words truly embody the ways of the Kiwanis Club and their ideals to help children all over the world. These good deeds and great impacts are shown through many food drives, clothing drives, and events for holidays to help families and children. These Club events give back to adults and children who need them and allow people from the community to volunteer and help give back.

There is never a shortage of generosity at the Denville Kiwanis Club. Their giveback attitude takes the form of events and activities for the community and children who need it. Every year the Kiwanis Club puts on a Father’s Day Pancake Breakfast in June, and so far, it has been running for 63 years. Over the past 20 years, the number of attendees to the breakfast rose from 90 to over 200 people. Club members only hope for that number to go up. Another annual event that the Kiwanis Club puts on is the Shredding Event every October. People can come and shred any personal documents and get them off their hands with ease. In past years, the club has also participated in Breast Cancer Awareness Rallies. The list of events they put on can go on and on, “We do many community activities,” President Ernstrom stated as he raved about all the good that the Club contributes. As well as the events the Denville Kiwanis Club puts on, they also contribute to many organizations and scholarships. They help raise money for the Boy and Girl Scouts, Joey Bella Foundation, many local school Key Clubs, The Eliminate Project, and more. The money they raise can also get put towards yearly scholarships for the children in town and beyond. The Club also has its hand in helping run the Annual

Pictured are Nancy Witte, Frank Cahill, Stephanie Turkot, Jimmy “G”, Carole, Errol Ernstrom

Township Holiday Parade the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Members and volunteers make the beautiful floats. The Denville Kiwanis Club truly looks out for the children of the community and does everything they can to give back and give them any resources possible. “We are a great club… we help children from all over the world and in Denville,” President Ernstrom stated. In the upcoming months and years, The Denville Kiwanis Club hopes to put on more events, such as a St. Patrick’s Day event, and reinstate their Holiday Dinner for the club members. With the rise in events, they hope to raise the number of volunteers and donations to give back to the community

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IT HAPPENED IN OUR TOWN:

eld Beacon Hill, Josiah Hall, and the Battle of Springﬁ women and children –

By Peter Zablocki osiah Hall stood motionless, darkness around him. From atop Beacon Mountain he could see for miles. He knew this land. The hills, the plains, and the farms with homes resembling dark specs on an otherwise flawless canvas. It was the night of June 23rd, 1780, and around him was his hometown, Denville. He strained his eyes but did not see what he was looking for. News of a battle waging in nearby Springfield had arrived in the town that morning. Below the hill upon which Mr. Hall and his compatriots labored, many locals anxiously awaited his signal. As Josiah looked towards distant Springfield, he was startled by an excited dispatch rider galloping his horse up the hill towards him. And then he saw it himself. A dull red glare lighting the sky in the distance. He instantly ordered the prepared stack of brush in the shape of a pyramid to be set ablaze. As young men hurried around him throwing wet leaves on the fire to facilitate bigger smoke, Mr. Hall resumed his watch. Only the presence of two fires meant victory, and to his dismay, Josiah was still merely seeing one. “Morris County’s proudest boast is that no redcoat ever stepped on her soil ex-

cept as a prisoner of war,” said one-time Supreme Court Justice, Mahlon Pitney. That does not mean that the British never tried. In fact, the inhabitants of this area had a good reason to worry. In Denville Township alone, there were four known forges before the Revolutionary War, one each at Shongum, Ninkey Pond, Cold-Rain and Franklin, all on the Den Brook. Most of the iron ore also came from nearby Mine Hill and Rockaway’s Hibernia. This supply of iron essential for cannon balls, together with the powder plants at Chatham and Mt. Tabor, were all very tempting for the British. As such, and because of the lack of proper means of communication,

even were transported to a place designed to hide them safely until the threat had passed. The “Hog Rock,” or “Hog Pen” was located near “Rockaway Valley,” with many kids still finding corn cobs, dishes, and pieces of iron in the area nearly two centuries later. Once moved to the secret location, the people and animals would stay there for several days until a dispatcher would arrive with the news that it was safe to return. The Beacon Mountain (today “Hill”) managed throughout the war by Captain Josiah Hall – a Denville resident and the Colonists devised a plan an officer in the American in which they used the old Revolution – was selected Native American system of as one of the 23 beacons for fire and smoke beacons to its easy visibility. This was transmit information. When regardless of it not being British forces advanced the tallest peak in the vicintowards the area, twen- ity. ty-three mountain peaks Josiah’s men lit the beawould light up one by one con and waited, staring at all across the state in warn- the sole light coming from ing. Their smoke and fire a distant mountain. Then a would be seen for miles. second glimmer grew and On that June night, the flamed on the peak. A big were Denville of citizens smile lit up Mr. Hall’s face. frightened. It was well He did not need to give the known that the British and order to light the second Hessian forces advanc- beacon, his assistants were ing towards them through already at it. Down below, Springfield were quick to many people exhaled. Their steal, plunder, and burn homes would be safe after wherever they went af- all. But it was not time to ter the conclusion of each celebrate just yet. The fires battle. Following an estab- at Beacon Hill grew bigger lished protocol, Denville’s continued on page 11 hogs, sheep, cows – and

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ooking for something to do on Thursday mornings? The Riverview PTA Women›s Bowling League was started in 1975 and is still going strong today. We are looking for new bowlers to add to the league. Every year besides having tons of fun bowling we also donate to Riverview School and its students. You do not have to be a member of the PTA or even have a child in the school to join this «funtastic” league. We only ask that you are looking to have a fun time with a great group of women. You do not have to have any experience bowling either; we

have bowlers with averages that range from the 80’s to the 160’s. Some have just joined us in the last year other have been with us since 1976. We also have bowlers of all ages, some even in their 90’s. Hope to see you at the lanes. We bowl Thursday mornings at 9 AM at Boonton Lanes. We do not bowl if the Denville School District is closed. If Denville has a delayed opening we start at 11. If you or someone you know would be interested in joining us please email us at PTABowling@optonline.net or call 973219-0161

I Remember Dad... continued from page 20 My grandparents, Watson and Bertha Mabey, this picture was taken either on a Thanksgiving or Christmas Day.

Grandpa’s Last Thanksgiving... continued from page 27 upon this earth. I often think of the proud patriarch. I loved my grandfather with all of my heart. He taught me, oh so very much about my family heritage and history. To this day, I draw upon the memory of his many stories

of the Mabey history and folklore in the stories that I write. I miss dear old Grandpa, so very much. Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@ hotmail.com. Please put on the subject line: My Life Publications.

was near and dear to Dad’s heart. It’s a funny thing. When I turned 18, I tried to join the National Guard. They turned me down because I have a damaged Mitral Heart Valve. So, I never got to fully know what it was like to be in the service. I know that my father got very homesick while he was stationed in Hawaii. I remember Dad’s younger brothers would kid around with Dad that, in every single letter that he wrote home, Dad would remind his brothers to take good care of his train village that was

set up in the upstairs hallway. If you have a relative or friend that is presently in the armed services, please do consider writing them a little note with a few words of appreciation for their selfless sacrifice. For they are the defenders of our precious freedom. Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@ hotmail.com. Please put on the subject line: My Life Publications.

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Tracing the History of Thanksgiving

By Henry M. Holden he annual celebration of Thanksgiving may be America’s most cherished holiday. It stands apart from Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. Thanksgiving also bears a resemblance to the ancient Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot, held in the autumn to commemorate the sheltering of the Israelites in the wilderness. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has in recent decades, been celebrated as a secular holiday as well. Thanksgiving began as a day of giving thanks and sacrifice for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Some evidence indicates that (wild) turkey may have been on the first Thanksgiving menu,

but venison, Indian corn and fowl were on the menu, when the Pilgrims hosted the inaugural feast in 1621. Although the American concept of Thanksgiving developed in the colonies of New England, it originated in Europe. Both the religious Separatists and the Puritans who came over on the Mayflower brought with them a tradition of preordained holidays—days of fasting during difficult moments, and days of celebration to thank God for their abundance. Historians have noted that Native Americans had a rich tradition of commemorating the fall harvest with feasting long before Europeans arrived on their shores. A question that is looking for a solid

answer is whether the feast at Plymouth was the first Thanksgiving. Some historians have recorded other ceremonies of thanks among European settlers in North America that precede the Pilgrims’ celebration. In 1565, for instance, the Spanish explorer Pedro Menéndez de Avilé invited members of the local Timucua tribe to a dinner in St. Augustine, Florida, after holding a Mass to thank God for their safe arrival. On December 4, 1619, when 38 British settlers reached a site known as Berkeley Hundred on the banks of Virginia’s James River, they read a proclamation designating the date as “a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God.” Puritans felt that they had a direct covenant with God and under siege from Church and Crown, and certain groups migrated to colonies in the New World in the 1620s and 1630s. This led to the foundation for the religious, intellectual, and social order of New England. Native Americans and many other persons take issue with how the Thanksgiving narrative is represented. Christopher Columbus, Juan Ponce de Leon, and Hernando de Soto are three of the many Europeans who plundered the Native American resources and kidnapped many into slavery. In their view, the narrative paints a cunningly disguised picture of relations between the Pilgrims and the Native American people, masking the bloody history of conflict between them resulted in the deaths of thousands. In 1827, the noted magazine editor and prolific writer, Sarah Josepha Hale, author of the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” began a campaign to establish Thanksgiving as a national holiday. For more than 30 years, she published frequent editorials and sent scores of letters to governors, senators, and presidents, earning her the nickname the “Mother of Thanksgiving.” In 1863, Abraham Lincoln, at the height of the Civil War, finally granted her request in a proclamation beseeching all Americans to ask God to “commend to his tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil

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strife and to heal the wounds of the nation.” Lincoln scheduled Thanksgiving for the last Thursday in November, and it was celebrated on that day every year until 1939, when Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the holiday back a week to spur retail sales during the Great Depression. Roosevelt’s plan, known sarcastically as Franksgiving, was met with intense opposition. In 1941, the president grudgingly signed a bill making Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday in November. In many American households, the Thanksgiving celebration centers on cooking and sharing a bountiful meal with family and friends and watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Parades around the country have also become an integral part of the holiday. New York City’s Macy’s department store has presented Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade since 1924. It is the largest parade attracting some 2 to 3 million persons along its 2.5mile route. Since 1953 it has been viewed by a large nation-wide television audience. The Parade features giant character balloons, floats, marching bands, clowns, performance groups, and TV and movie actors. The parade has been cancelled only three times, 1942-1944, because of a rubber and helium shortage during WWII. Beginning in the early 20th century, the President of the United States has “pardoned” one or two Thanksgiving turkeys each year, sparing the birds and sending them to a farm for retirement. Several governors also perform the annual turkey pardoning ritual. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in NYC, the parade was downsized and closed to the public. It was filmed as a broadcastonly event in the Herald Square area with 88 percent few participants. Volunteering is a common Thanksgiving Day activity, and communities often hold food drives and host free dinners for the less fortunate. Today, nearly 90 percent of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving, according to the National Turkey Federation. Other traditional foods include stuffing, mashed potatoes, yams, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie.

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Local Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Sentinel Fondly Recalls His Service

By Steve Sears evin Donovan is soon to be 60-yearsold, but he often thinks back to his younger days, when he proudly served as a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier sentinel at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Donovan, born and raised in New Jersey, enlisted in the United States Army in 1978 as an early entry, but went in in 1980. “I enlisted as a junior in high school. I went to basic training in Fort Benning, Georgia, then I went to The Old Guard, which is Fort Myers, Virginia, which is stationed adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery. I spent a couple of months in the presidential marching platoon, but I wanted more, so I volunteered for the Tomb in October of 1981.” “I consider myself honored. I consider myself very humbled to be able to do this job,” he says of his important role at the Tomb. However, he feels his role is rightly overshadowed by those who in honor are buried at Arlington National Cemetery. “There are people far more important, beginning of which the Unknown Soldier is right next to me, and as well as those 686 other acres of sacrifice. My job to go out in the hot and the cold was easy by comparison.

I understand what people think of us. We want people to come see the guard, come see the guard change, and understand why we’re there, and the unknown story behind this. It’s the reason why everyone wears the same uniform, same hat, the same gloves, basically interchangeable, because we are not supposed to be the focal point.” Guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier are regimented by the number 21. “A sentinel takes 21 steps,” Donovan explains, “faces the city for 21 seconds, does weapons manual, stands for 21 seconds, takes 21 steps, turns and faces the city again, and over and over again, 21 being for the 21-gun salute, internationally recognized as the highest honor they could be paid. Our job is to give as many 21’s to the Unknowns as possible.” He recalls some of his earlier days at the Tomb. “For someone to come up and say the Rosary, or to whisper, ‘Thank you,’ or something for watching over their fallen, was the most amazing feeling in the world, and the most humbling. I’m going to be 60 and my voice still trembles thinking about it. There are emotions that were invoked at the Tomb that are still there 40 years later.” The feelings, Donovan says, never go away. “I hope not. I’m fortunate enough

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to be in a position that I’m able to speak to schools, do different things, because now my job is to teach, and continue to honor the Unknowns. I’m fortunate enough to relive those days, frequently. I come from

New Jersey, it’s only a little over four-hour ride, so I go down maybe a half dozen times a year.” And Donovan calls Arlington National Cemetery “the greatest place in continued on page 35

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Local Tomb of the Unknown Soldier... continued from page 34 the world” for a very good reason. “If ever you need your character checked, just go to the cemetery and look around. Just walk around, look at headstones, watch a funeral, and understand what has allowed us this life’s opportunities. When you see the 686 acres of sacrifice, if you can’t say, ‘Thank you,’ you can’t understand that - whether you believe in a particular war, a particular skirmish, whatever it would be - it doesn’t make a difference. All the sacrifices were made for us.” During Donovan’s days as a sentinel, he had a good friend at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, also known as the White House. “Ronald Reagan,” he says. “President Reagan

used to call me ‘Kevin.’ I used to be at the White House often enough that President Reagan knew my first name, and he would ask, ‘How’s Jersey?’ ‘How are your folks?’ That kind of thing.” In addition to actually guarding the Tomb and honoring the Unknowns, Donovan most of all misses the camaraderie of his relief mates. “You’re down there, working hard with a finite group of people that you depend upon, and you’re still in the military. You love them like a brother. You would literally die for them, and you know full well they would die for you. That camaraderie is something that’s missed.” For more information about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, visit www.army.mil.

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Morris County Surrogate Now Hosts Television Show

By Steve Sears orris County Surrogate, Heather J. Darling, Esq. is seen often in Roxbury and beyond, doing good work representing the citizens of her township, county, and state. Now, Darling can be seen on RVN streaming television with her new show, “Have You Heard?” On her show, Darling discusses key issues such as business, law, politics, and much more. “There’s another host, Barry Lefkowitz, and we have a mutual friend who thought that I might be interested in appearing on his show, and that he might be interested in having me appear on his show, in reference to a couple of topics,” explains Darling, who has lived in Roxbury for 46 years. “His show is called ‘New Perspectives,’ and what we were talking about was the southern border. But I brought to it a perspective of a criminal defense attorney that has represented these kids that come across the border, and I talked about homelessness from the perspective of somebody who was a Morris County Freeholder.” After the taping of the show, the gentleman who runs the studio approached Darling about having her own show, and after a second show appearance, discussion further ensued, and it was decided that she’d have her own show and platform. Darling’s guests are

from both sides of the fence on issues. She may agree or disagree with them, but there is no debating. “That’s not what it’s about,” Darling states. “It’s about a Q&A on current events and issues, whether it’s business, law, politics, whatever. It’s national, it’s international.” “Have You Heard?” premiered on September 13 with popular former Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Sheriff, David Clarke, as Darling’s first guest. “He’s a good friend, and I appreciate what he has to say,” Darling, an accomplished attorney and active community member, says of Clarke. “I know he’s very involved and I thought it was very interesting because, usually people evolve from community involvement, which is what I was doing previously - I did a lot of community service work which ultimately led me to where I could do it on a broader scale when I ran for Freeholder, as opposed to David, who could’ve stayed a sheriff probably as long as he wanted. He has been invited to run for many offices, and obviously been promised great support by citizens and elected officials. He chooses now to remain outside of public office and speak as a citizen. I thought that that was a very interesting story, and very different from anything else that I would feature going forward, because the rest of us all did it differently.” In addition to Clarke, other guests have included NJMEP

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CEO John Kennedy, Senator Steve Oroho, and Mohsen Badran, President and CEO of ACCSES, NJ Inc. Darling, 51, is always - in addition to bringing to the air a variety of important topics - seeking to improving her show. “I’m always trying to improve my performance, so not only do I watch it, but I encourage feedback from friends, and the guests that are on the show. I prepare in advance with the guests to try to bring about the best show possible. I discuss with them what

we’re going to go over so that they know content, and they can prepare. I don’t want to take anybody off guard because I don’t think that’s fair, and surprise and shock value - that’s not what I’m going for. I’m going for meaningful content that our universe can actually get something out of.” The “Have You Heard?” weekly show airs on Mondays at 2:30 p.m. and Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. For more information about Darling and her show, visit www. realheatherdarling.com.

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