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By Evan Wechman ennifer Goodman Linn who graduated Livingston High School and had the whole world in front of her passed away at the young age of 40 in 2011. Though her life was short, it was inspiring, fearless, and a motivating force to those who suffer from a rare cancer to keep fighting. Goodman Linn battled a rare cancer, Sarcoma, which eventually took her life, but not before inspiring hundreds of thousands of cancer victims and their families across New Jersey, the United States, and even internationally to not lose hope. This February and March, Cycle for Survival, the organization which Goodman Lin and her husband helped found will be hosting indoor stationary cycling events throughout the country at participating Equinox clubs to raise money for critical research. These funds will go directly to Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York City for rare cancer research and clinical trials at this worldwide leading hospital. Since 2007, over 340 million has been raised to help people who are fighting rare cancers. However, the impact that Goodman Linn started encompasses a whole lot more and is still felt today. According to her husband Dave Linn, “after her diagnosis Jenn and I realized fear wouldn’t help us. This realization provided the foundation for Jen to inspire thousands of people. She began to see it as her purpose to help people put their fears to the side and live their best lives.” Though Goodman Linn was diagnosed in 2003 she never stopped fighting. She was cycling at her nearby Equinox club in Manhattan as early as 7a.m., while undergoing chemotherapy. This helped her and her husband decide that this activity was tailor made for funding research since
most people can cycle for at least a little bit. “The atmosphere at a Cycle for Survival event is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. In many ways, it’s Jen’s personality brought to life,” say’s her husband Linn. “It’s a huge dance-party on bikes, and you can actually feel the hope and progress in the room. Many patients tell me that attending a Cycle for Survival ride was the very first time since receiving their cancer diagnosis that they didn’t feel alone.” The couple who met while pursuing their MBA’s at the Harvard Business School, initially thought about setting up a large organization with full-time employees and a large office space, but this was not truly what they wanted, which was to help others in the same predicament. As a result, they turned to Memorial Sloan Kettering who agreed to run Cycle for Survival where 100% of every dollar raised goes towards research, rather than administrative costs. Even today, Goodman Linn’s friends from Livingston High School as well as her parents Sandy and Len Goodman who still reside there work tirelessly together to gather Jennifer Goodman Linn. Photo is “Courtesy of Cycle for Survival” more cyclists to participate which results in more research, and of course, more hope. what we’re doing and I hope we would all be making her Goodman Linn once said “I will be a role model to others, proud.” demonstrating that without fear, anything is possible.” To find out more or to volunteer please visit The However, the ripple effect which has continued long Movement to Beat Rare Cancers | Cycle for Survival after her death is unimaginable. Goodman Linn used her business skills she learned at Harvard to work for many great companies such as Ann Taylor and Nickelodeon, but this inspiring event represents her passion and is at the forefront of all the people she touched. According to her husband Linn, “Jen always said even if it was too late to help her, we need to do everything possible to help the millions of rare cancer patients. That’s exactly
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Morris County Resident, Fishman, Keeps Playing the Harp to the Delight of Many
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by Jeff Garrett bout 20 years ago, Morris County resident, Faye Fishman took a vacation to Williamsburg, Va. Little did she realize it would change her life to a certain degree. By chance, she started chatting with someone playing the harp and thought she’d like to try it and soon thereafter, found herself under the tutelage of Olivia Stockert, a Harp teacher from Milburn. To say it struck a chord with Faye is an understatement. Now she finds herself playing the instrument – one she finds soothing and relaxing – before groups at senior centers and libraries in Morris County and surrounding areas. “I find the harp the harp to be a very forgiving instrument,” says Fishman, who played at the Randolph Township Library last month on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 21 in a program titled, “Medieval Through Modern On Celtic Harp.” She finds the audiences to be warm and appreciative as she takes in from the listeners the positive feelings and emotions she gives out on the harp’s strings. It’s a cycle of sorts which come full circle as
she talks about the songs she plays in an exchange with listeners. “It’s meditational – a relaxing, beautiful instrument,” she adds about the harp, saying it sounds beautiful for something so simple, re-stating the instrument’s elegance and appeal. Fishman has played several programs including Celtic Melodies, a St. Patrick’s Day Program and a Harp for the Holidays which includes songs from Chanukah and Christmas.She can play Celtic, Jewish, Medieval, Renaissance and even songs with a modern twist.She was also a member of The American Harp Society, NJ Chapter of the American Harp Society and previous Vice President of the North Jersey Chapter in the mid-2010’s. She finds fellow harp players to share the same feelings she has toward the instrument. They too, like to interact with audiences they play before. Fishman is a member of the Historical Harp Society, International Society of Folk Harpers and Craftsmen and member pf HarpAntics, a harp ensemble.She likes to attend Somerset Folk Art Festival every year to take their continued on page 4
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By Henry M. Holden essie Coleman was born in Atlanta, Texas on January 26, 1893, the 12th of 13 children born to a former slave. Her mother motivated her and instilled a driving force that helped her fight overwhelming odds, blatant racism, and sexism to become the first licensed black American pilot. From an early age her mother urged her to “become somebody.” Although her mother could not read, she managed to borrow books from a traveling library, hoping that somehow Bessie could teach herself to read. “I did,” said Coleman, “and I found a brand new world in the written word. I couldn’t get enough. I wanted to learn so badly that I finished high school;something unusual for a black woman in those days. The teachers I had tried so hard. I don’t wish to make it sound easy, but I decided I wanted to go to college too. Since my mother could not afford college, I took in laundry and ironing to save up the tuition money.” When Coleman thought she had enough saved, she enrolled in Langston Industrial College (now Langston University, Oklahoma). She seriously underestimated the expenses and her money lasted only one semester. When she realized she could not go on, she became depressed, moved to Chicago to live with her older brother, and found work as a manicurist. Coleman said, “I guess it was the newspapers reporting on the air war in Europe that got me interested in flying. I was an avid reader and searched the libraries looking for information on flying. I think all the articles I read finally convinced me I should be up there flying and not
just reading about it. So, I started searching for a flying school. “At first, I thought it would be easy, just walk in and sign up. I didn’t realize that I had two strikes against me. I remember hearing of a few women pilots before the war, but I had never seen one. The other strike against me was my color.” Bessie said, “I refused to take no for an answer. My mother’s words always gave me strength to overcome obstacles. I knew someone important and decided to see if he could use his influence to get me into a flying school.” Robert S. Abbott, the founder and editor of the Chicago Weekly Defender, was very enthusiastic about Coleman’s idea, but also pessimistic. After an exhaustive search of the flying schools in the country, he concluded that there were some who would teach a woman, but there were none that would teach a black woman. “He did have a ray of hope,” said Coleman. “He told me that Feance had more liberal attitudes toward women and people of color and suggested I study French.” Coleman took Abbott’s advice and went to night school. In a few months, she learned enough French and saved enough money to travel to Europe. Again, she underestimated the cost and her money ran out. She came back to America and found a job in a chili restaurant, but she would not let go of her dream. Coleman went back to Europe again in 1921. This time, she had more money and went looking for the best instructor she could find. Coleman learned to fly with the chief pilot of the world-famous aircraft manufacturer, Tony Fokker. Fokker said she had skill and what he called a natural ability. He encouraged her and was anxious for her
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to succeed. Coleman earned her license on June 15, 1921. “I returned to the United States with my airpilot license from the Federation Aeronautique International. I was the first black licensed pilot in the world. I had grand dreams, but I was a realist. If I could have a minimum of my desires, I would have no regrets,” Coleman said. Having reached continued on page 8
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continued from page 7 her first goal, she set a new one. Coleman voiced it this way: “I decided blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I had faced, so I decided to open a flying school and teach other black women to fly. I needed money for this, so I began giving flying exhibitions and lecturing on aviation. The color of my skin, at first a drawback, now drew large crowds wherever I went. At first I was a curiosity, but soon the public discovered I could really fly.” When Coleman went back to Texas, she ran into an age-old problem. At one of her exhibitions, the officials refused to let the blacks in the same entrance as the whites. “I wasn’t going to let them humiliate my people, who were coming to see me. I told them I would not fly until they let the blacks through the same gate as the whites.” The officials yielded to her demand, but still separated the blacks inside. She didn’t have enough clout to force that issue. Like many of the early aviators, Coleman had several accidents. Her first occurred in 1924, in California, while doing an advertisement for the Firestone Rubber Company. The accident did not stop her; she continued giving air shows. She began attracting national attention. Nothing
stopped her, not even discouragement from her friends and family. Even after witnessing the death of a student pilot, and herself suffering a broken leg and several broken ribs in a crash, she would not quit. On April 30, 1926, with almost enough money saved to open her school, she had another accident. This time it was fatal. Bessie was performing in a May Day exhibition in Orlando, Florida, for the Negro Welfare League. At 7:30 p.m., accompanied by her mechanic and publicity agent, William Wills, Bessie took her plane up for a test flight. Wills had taken the plane up on a test flight a week earlier and had landed twice because of engine trouble. Coleman was in the air barely ten minutes, at an altitude of 5,000 feet, when she put the plane into a 110-mile per hour power dive. The plane suddenly flipped over, and Bessie, who neither fastened her seat belt, nor wore a parachute, was thrown from the plane and plunged to her death. Wills, trapped in the plane, died upon impact. Minutes after the crash, a bystander lit a cigarette and unthinkingly tossed the lighted match to the ground, igniting the spilled gasoline. The wreckage
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A Valentine’s Day Story
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By Richard Mabey Jr. n August of 1942, my father had just finished his basic training, in the United States Army, at Fort McClellan in Alabama. He was granted a week’s leave. Dad was about to be assigned to the Seventh Army Air Corps, to be dispatched to Hickam Airfield in Hawaii. While on his week-long leave, Dad had lunch with his brother Earl and Uncle Earl’s wife, Eleanor. Uncle Earl and Aunt Eleanor had just gotten married in June. They moved into Aunt Eleanor’s homestead, in the 600 block of Boonton Avenue in Boonton. They lived with Aunt Eleanor’s widowed father. It was a Sunday afternoon that Dad visited Uncle Earl and Aunt Eleanor. A most fateful Sunday. After lunch, Dad and his brother took a walk to the front yard of Uncle Earl’s new home. They stood beneath a maple tree and talked. Across the street, on Boonton Avenue, a young high school girl sat upon the rock wall of her home, reading a book. In the dozens of times that Dad told this story, he always said that he asked Uncle Earl who was the girl sitting upon the rock wall. And Uncle Earl simply replied, “she’s one of the Kemmerer girls.” Then Dad was quiet for a moment and he simply said to his brother, “she’s such a pretty girl. I’m going to marry her.” Fast forward to February of 1943. Dad is at Hickam Airfield. He is assigned the task of fueling up airplanes. He is all so homesick. There is a certain anxiety and fear in the air. For rumors are abounding of another Japanese attack. It is now Valentine’s Day of 1943. Janet Kemmerer (my Mom) is working an after-school job at the A&P in Boonton. She is working in the Bakery Department. It is
close to closing time. Three Valentine’s Day cookies are still on the shelf. They had not been sold. Mom’s boss simply says, “Janet, why don’t you take those Valentine’s Day cookies home with you.” So, Mom does. Mom gives one Valentine’s Day cookie to her Mom, and one to her Dad. And, the other one she carefully wraps in a box, to send to the Airman at Hickam (being my Dad). Mom had become pen pals with Dad. Aunt Eleanor, knowing of Dad’s homesick blues, gave Dad’s Hickam Airfield address to Mom. Dad always said that Mom’s Valentine’s Day cookie, sealed the deal for him. That the second that he opened Mom’s box and saw the carefully wrapped Valentine’s Day cookie, that this really was the girl he was going to marry. Fate and Destiny are strange twins. How much of our lives, are totally our of our hands? Now at 70, I look back at all the times my father told the story of his Valentine cookie that Mom sent him. Dad would often laugh about how the cookie came broken in pieces and that the box was a little crushed. Then Dad would say that it was the best Valentine’s Day gift he had ever received. Was it by Divine decree that those three Valentine cookies were left unsold? And, Mom’s boss, at the A&P, could have easily taken those cookies home for herself. And why three cookies? If there were just two cookies left, Mom would have probably given one to her Mom, and one to her Dad. I often wonder, what if Mom had not been sitting upon the rock wall, that bordered her front yard, that fateful Sunday afternoon in August of 1942? And, what if Dad had not visited his brother, Earl, on that very same Sunday afternoon? And, what if Aunt Eleanor had not given Dad’s
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by Elsie Walker rom Saturday, February 17, 9am EST to Friday, February 23, 4pm EST, people can bid online for great items with the highest bidder knowing that they have not only won but also helped animals at the same time. It is the Eleventh Hour Rescue’s 2024 Winter Virtual Auction. Eleventh Hour Rescue is a non-profit, 501(c) 3 organization in Morris County founded by the late Linda Schiller. Many of those it rescues are animals in over-crowded shelters who are about to be euthanized just due to lack of space for them. Volunteer Jeannie Patsarikas noted that since its inception, Eleventh Hour Rescue has found homes for 45,000 dogs, cats, and small animals. ( It started with dogs and cats and a few years ago started taking in bunnies and guinea pigs.) She emphasized that is a no kill shelter. Another volunteer, Kathy Dolce, added, “Eleventh Hour Rescue relies on fundraising to support their mission. 100% of their funding is through the generous support of donators, sponsors, and private grants.” Recently, Patsarikas, of Long Valley, an eight-year volunteer and tricky tray/auction team lead and Dolce of West Caldwell, a two-year volunteer involved with sponsorships, talked about the auction and why fundraisers such as it are important to the rescue. The virtual auction was born as a result of covid. Patsarikas explained that during covid, in-person fundraising events were shut down. In Fall 2020 , an online Octoberfest was attempted but Patsarikas discovered tricky trays can’t be done online. The idea of having an auction was born. The organization does one auction a year, in the winter. This year, over 100 items will be auctioned on Facebook.
To join the Facebook group for the auction, people access it once the auction starts through a link on an Eleventh Hour Rescue webpage: https://www.ehrevents.org/wintervirtual-auction Once in the Facebook group, people will see pictures of each item and a description of it plus the opening and incremental bid for it. In the comments area, a person puts their bid. Those who bid are notified if someone else puts in a higher bid. After the auction closes, items won can be picked up at the organization’s Roxbury thrift store and Adoption Center. Details on that will be on the Facebook group page. Patsarikas noted that David Warner Photography (www. davidwarnerphotos.com) donated the photography services to take the pictures of items being auctioned. Auctioned items are donated by volunteers, foster pet families, small businesses, vendors, and previous adopters. At the time of the interview, items were still coming in, but when asked to give an idea of the types of items being auctioned, Patsarikas shared the following: “Wine and alcohol baskets, jewelry, high quality facial care products, gift cards (Amazon, Visa, local restaurants, Massage Envy, Pet Supplies Plus), dog and cat themed baskets, air mattress, $250 towards a reservation at the Ampersand Inn, tickets to Sterling Mine Hill, Bobsweep Robotic vacuum cleaner, vintage Barbie dolls, tools, toys and puzzles and games and family fun items. golf bag, crafts, tools, and many more. “ Although items generally range in value from $50 – hundreds of dollars, Patsarikas noted that there is one “outlier”. “Our big ticket item is Bradford Portraits. The package includes a 20- inch wall portrait on canvas with lavish
artistry plus a one- night stay at either the luxurious Opus Westchester or the East Miami Hotel. Its value is $5000,” Patsarikas said. “Bidding wars actually happen. People get into the competition of it, ” Patsarikas said. Dolce noted that it is a lot of fun watching the bidding and “it’s (the proceeds) all for continued on page 12
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By Henry M. Holden n our 2021 December issues, we shared the story of the Underground Railroad. Since then, we have discovered new information about navigating the UGRR safely. It involves coded quilts, and it follows below. The Underground Railroad was a network of safe routes and safe houses established in the early to mid-19 century. It was used by enslaved African Americans primarily to escape to a free state or Canada. All the underground railroad signal-toslaves stories were orally transmitted for several generations, but there has never been written corroboration. This does not mean the codes and the story did not happen. There is no doubt that there were communications between enslaved Africans on the run and safe houses. One story describes a small wood painted, black coachman, figure, used as a hitching post, or as a yard decoration,. It was in effect a signpost for fugitive black men. When the coachman’s light was lit, escapees knew that they had reached a safe house. According to folklore, coded quilts were used to indicate a safe house along the underground railroad route. Often the quilts would be hanging from a clothesline or windowsill, in plain sight. The quilter embedded a kind of code, which by reading the shapes, colors and the design the enslaved person on the road could know the area, and whether there was any immediate danger, or even where to head next. Under certain circumstances the quilt may have a bow tie stitched on to the cloth. This would tell the fleeing person to dress in disguise to appear of a higher social status, for example, his master’s personal property. A bear’s paw would tell someone to
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follow an animal trail through the mountains to find water and food. A log cabin would indicate that the people there are safe to speak with. This writer can picture quick fingers working either in secret, or with a small group of like-minded women also working on quilts. The quilters knew that if they were caught there would be serious repercussions. But that was secondary to their cause. They were knitting quilts that would show an escaped black man (and sometimes, but not often, his whole family) a route to freedom. Escaping men were often told to follow the north star for safe journey into Canada. Often, they began the trip at the first sign of spring when the weather was warming, and the snow had melted in the north. The quilt was embedded with a kind of code, so that by reading the shapes and motifs in the design the enslaved person would know if the area posed an immediate danger. At its center, a quilt is a gathering of historical and creative clues in the form of fabrics, shapes, symbols, textures, and colors, knowledge known almost exclusively to the African culture. Many ancestors of the enslaved people believe it happened, but others question the legitimacy of such events. Sharon Tindall is a Virginia-based quilter, educator, and one in a tradition of contemporary quilters who designed informational works inspired by this “quilt code.” “When I’m creating a quilt, I’m focused on the purpose of the quilt,” says Tindall. “I’m thankful I am able to create something of comfort.” Not all believe the quilts are coded, but continued on page 13
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Tindall is a believer and defender of the codes. For Tindall, the quilts become vehicles for the voices and footprints of people running for their lives. For Tindall, a quilt can be like a prayer. The pretext for her belief in the quilt codes is not unlike a person trying to explain supporting evidence for a belief in God. Simply put, Tindall is a believer. “I have the gifts God has given me and I am returning them back to Him through the quilt codes.” Quilts were often made to commemorate important family events such as marriage, a birth, or moving to a new place. Often made from scraps of various cloths, it gives physical, even functional, form to a family or individual’s past and present. Prior to 1999, the codes were unheard of even in the African American quilting community. That’s according to Marsha MacDowell, a quilt scholar and director of the Quilt
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Index, a massive online catalog of more than 90,000 quilts. In 1999, Jaqueline Tobin and Raymond G. Dobard published Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad. The story made it through the usual established protocols of the the New York Times Book Review, NPR, and others. National Geographic and the Kennedy Center developed elementary school curricula that referenced the codes. It should be noted that none of these institutions ever questioned the veracity of Tobin and Dobard’s claims; instead, they published book reviews as human-interest pieces and the public accepted it as fact. When we see an inspiring story online, from publications that have been around for more than 100 years there should be no doubt. Soon the story had stand-alone status and there was no stopping it. “Almost every February, stories appear in papers across the country,” MacDowell explains, referencing African American History Month. “If you’re wondering about our irritation, I think it’s more frustrating that the codes keep getting presented as fact.” That is to say, the authenticity of quilt codes is, among other things, a matter of emphasis. Maybe the protocols for experiences of belief versus fact are just different. When a person believes something, they have no need for proof. They don’t need dates, examples, nor firsthand accounts. They don’t have to do anything except believe. For something to qualify as a fact, it needs evidence. To define “fact” is no easy undertaking. Some historians float the issue that many of the quilt patterns cited as directives for enslaved peoples probably did
not yet exist during the height of the Underground Railroad, between 1850 and 1860. Based on surveys of quilts made during these years, the evidence for some of these patterns just isn’t there, breaking the spell of this captivating story. By 1793 enslaved Africans, were being imported in large numbers. There was a great deal of money to be made in the slave trade and for cotton farmers. White plantation owners began to see threats by black men and women who wanted their freedom. In 1793, and again in 1850, Congress passed the fugitive slave laws (which were repealed in 1864) that provided for the seizure and return of runaway Africans who escaped the plantation. Between 1850 and 1860 many saw an extreme need for the codes. White plantation owners began to fear for their lives and lobbied Congress to pass a Fugitive Slave Act. The first Fugitive Slave act of 1793 was a federal law that was written with the intent to enforce Article 4, Section 2, Clause 3, of the US Constitution which requires the return of escaped black men to the plantation. It was ineffective so Congress passed a second Fugitive Slave Act in 1850. It imposed sever penalties on the white offenders thus some say in creating the codes for survival. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 said captured fugitives could not testify on their own behalf, nor were they permitted a trial by jury. Heavy penalties were imposed upon federal marshals who refused to enforce the law from where a fugitive had escaped. The pros and cons as to whether there were codes is a debate that occurs every February during Black History Month and probably will continue for years to come.
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By Henry M. Holden rince Hall (1738-1807) was an emancipated back man and abolitionist who lived in Boston. During the Revolutionary War for Independence, (1775-1783) he fought alongside white colonial men. As a reward for that service, he was given his freedom. Hall just needed to look around to realize that, even though he was free, he was not as free as a white man. There were various degrees of freedom. So, he looked around and wondered who were the free and influential men of his day? They were all Masons, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington to name a few. So, Hall decided that joining the Masons was his best chance of getting someone to help him realize what it really meant to be a free man. At this time, in the colonies, there were 14 Masonic Temples. He applied to each one and each one denied him entry and membership. In a stroke of intense irony, it was a British temple that admitted him. Hall now had an advantage. Now that he was a Mason, along with the membership came the secret handshake, secret symbols, and access to places that, even though he was not a member of the current temple, he was amazed that he was nonetheless accepted as a genuine Mason. He would never have access to these places if he was simply a free black man. He used his Masonic status to create the first Prince Hall Free Mason Society. The Society was founded on September 19, 1784, just one year after
the Revolutionary War ended. Today it has the oldest and largest (300,000) initiated black members in the United States. Prior to the American Revolutionary War, Prince Hall and other free black men petitioned for admittance to the all-white Boston St. John’s Lodge. They were refused. The Masonic fraternity was attractive to some free blacks like Prince Hall because free masonry was founded on the ideals of liberty, equality, and peace. Having been rejected by colonial American Freemasonry, Hall and 14 others sought and were initiated into Masonry through Lodge No. 441 of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, on March 6, 1775. The Lodge was attached to the British forces stationed in Boston. Hall and other free black men founded African Lodge No. 1 and he was elected Master. When men wished to become Masons in the new nation the existing members of the Lodge had to vote unanimously to accept the petitioner. If any one white member voted against a black petitioner, that person would be rejected. In a letter written by General Albert Pike to his brother in 1875, he said, “I am not inclined to mettle in the matter. I took my obligations to white men, not to Negroes. When I must accept Negroes as brothers or leave Masonry, I shall leave it.” Masonic and Grand Lodges generally excluded African Americans. Since the votes were anonymous, it was impossible to identify the member who had voted against accepting a black member. The effect was the black men
who had legitimately been made Masons in integrated jurisdictions could be rejected. The black Masons therefore had limited power. After the war, when the military Masonic lodges left the area, they were given the authority to meet as a lodge, take part in the Masonic procession on St. John’s Day, and bury their continued on page 15
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Prince Hall... continued from page 14 dead with Masonic rites. They could not confer Masonic degrees or perform any other essential functions of a fully operating Lodge. On March 22, 1797, Prince Hall organized a lodge in Philadelphia, and called it African Lodge #459, under Prince Hall’s Charter. They later received their own charter. On June 25, 1797, Hall organized the African Lodge (later known as Hiram Lodge #3) at Providence, Rhode Island. Author and historian James Sidbury said, “Prince Hall and those who joined him to found Boston’s African Masonic Lodge built a fundamentally new “African” movement on an established institutional foundation. Within that movement they asserted emotional, mythical, and genealogical links to the continent of Africa and its peoples.” By 1797, there were at least 34 members in the Boston black lodge, but still the lodge was overlooked by white Boston Masons. Integration with the American white Masons was not imminent. Since they were unable to attain integration, the blacks concentrated on recognition from white Masons that, because black
Masonry descending from Prince Hall of Massachusetts and had received its charter from the English Grand Lodge, it was legitimate and not “clandestine” and therefore was entitled to all Masonic rights, such as intervisitation between black and white lodges, without prejudice. Many Grand Masters hoped that ultimately recognition would lead to integration, but they knew it would be a long time before that happened. After the death of Prince Hall, on December 4, 1807, the brethren were eager to form a Grand Lodge. On June 24, 1808, they organized the African Grand Lodge with the lodges from Philadelphia, Providence, and Boston, which was later renamed the Prince Hall Grand Lodge, in his honor. The Lodge was struck from the rolls in 1813, and unable to create a charter, they applied to the Premier Grand Lodge of England. The Grand Master of the Premier Grand Lodge of England, the Duke of Cumberland, issued a charter for African Lodge No. 459, later renamed African Lodge No. 1. The lodge was the country’s first African Masonic lodge.
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I Remember Mom: Mom’s Last Apple Pie
By Richard Mabey Jr. In late October of 2019, right after Mom, my sister Patti and I had breakfast, Mom announced that she was going to make an apple pie. The day before, we had just visited the Farmer’s Market and bought a big bag of apples. Actually, Mom picked out the sack of apples. She had it in her mind, at the Farmer’s Market, that she was going to make an apple pie. For Mom, making an apple pie, was a work of art. Just the right amount of sugar. Not too much cinnamon. Peeling the apples, then slicing them up into just the right sizes. And then slicing the slits on the top crust, so they were not too long and not too short. Mom never made just made an apple pie, she created a masterpiece. From the time I was a little boy, I always enjoyed watching and helping Mom make an apple pie. She would almost always hum the simple hymn, “Jesus Loves Me.” Sometimes Mom would quietly sing the words to this hymn. I remember as a boy, a certain inner peace would come over my heart, as Mom hummed “Jesus Loves Me” as she peeled and sliced the apples. As long as I can remember, going back to when I was three years old, Mom would tell me stories of her childhood growing up in Boonton, on the Sheep Hill area of Boonton Avenue. It was always a magical time when Mom made an apple pie. If I struck out playing baseball with my buddies, or got the cold shoulder from the little girl who sat next to me in Mrs. Raimo’s fifth grade class, or was struggling through science class, making an apple pie with Mom always healed my inner emotional hurts.
It was while Mom was making her last apple pie, in late October of 2019, that she told me of the time that Dad came to her home, riding his motorcycle. Dad had just come home from serving at Hickam Airfield, during World War Ii. Mom laughed as she peeled the apples, as she told me how upset her father was that Dad had the nerve to drive his motorcycle to take her for a date. Mom told me how they had planned to go to the diner in Boonton, then go to the State Theater. Dad had brought an extra helmet for Mom to wear. But Grandpa Kemmerer put his foot down and told Dad that he had to watch television with him and that he could eat with the family. Mom laughed as she recalled how her father really laid the law down to Dad. “The expression on your father’s face. All he kept saying to my father was, ‘yes, sir,’ as my father made it perfectly clear that that he was not going to allow me to ride on a motorcycle,” Mom recalled as she cut the apples into little wedges. The next day, Mom had a cardiac incident. My sister called the ambulance. They took Mom off to the hospital. We followed the ambulance. On the eleventh of November, of that year, Mom had surgery to replace her Aortic Valve. Sadly, Mom passed away on the twenty-third of December, a little over a month after her surgery. With great fondness, I look back upon that day in late October, when Mom made her last apple pie. I am immensely grateful that she told me the humorous story of how Dad came to her house on his motorcycle, during the time when they were dating.
Mom peeling the apples for her apple pie, in late October of 2019.
None of us have a guarantee for tomorrow. Forgive those who have hurt you. Love one another. Help the poor. Be kind to others. Offer a kind smile to a stranger. Find your true purpose in life. Forget political differences. Love is the key that unlocks the strains of human relations. For love knows no boundaries. Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He hosts a YouTube Channel titled, “Richard Mabey Presents.” Richard most recently published a book of poetry and short stories. He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@hotmail.com.
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crap from anyone. Laura is bitter over losing her son; losing her husband as she toils with the car company that it teetering on bankruptcy. Ferrari himself (Adam Driver) is a calm, calculating man who is always in control of his emotions, always. He too is a demanding man who does not suffer defeat very easily. He, after all is a car company that produces cars to support his racing team which is anathema to all the other car companies in the world. Being that he makes so few cars he needs to win races for his company to survive. What complicates Ferrari’s life is his other life, a mistress and a son that he tucks away in the countryside. Where his wife thinks that he is having multiple affairs, it his other secret life that lays bare the controversy in this movie. Only a handful of people know of Enzo’s secret. Like his first child, Enzo nurtures this young boy, teaches him about engineering and even though he is young, he educates him about practical daily matters. What makes Ferrari most appealing is that the director deftly moves us from a nasty wife at the beginning who is unlikable to a stealthy woman that we all respect at the end. Even though her husband has not been
kind to her, she stands behind him at all times. She is by no means a pushover, however, she is his fortress. Laura manages the books, delves out the salaries of the workers and is a very shrewd businesswoman. Another reason “Ferrari” appeals is the cars themselves and the racing scenes; lifelike and engaging, both the direction and cinematography make this movie a winner. I don’t think I will ever forget the near end of the last race scene that involved fatalities; never have I ever witnessed a scene like that in all the years I have watched film! Even though it is billed as a work of fiction, “Ferrari” is a work about real people who experience what the film depicts. Much of the story is based on the man, his company and his life, but not all of it is factual. What is factual about the man is that he loved his cars and his racing team, he built cars like no one else could. Where Henry Ford build an assembly line, Ferrari built works of art, something that Ford’s son who would later take over the business couldn’t do. At a little over two hours, “Ferrari” for the most part moves nicely (there are some slow points), it engages the audience and keeps the characters interesting and for the most part.
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Fighting the Flu: 3 Tips to Protect Your Health
hen most people hear about vaccines these days, the first thing that comes to mind is COVID-19. However, vaccines also help prevent other serious illnesses like the flu, especially for those at higher risk. According to the American Heart Association, people with underlying risk factors like heart disease, stroke, obesity and diabetes are at high risk of serious flu complications. During the 2018-19 flu season, more than 93% of adults hospitalized for the flu reported at least one underlying medical condition that placed them at high-risk for complications, based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even so, a survey on behalf of the American Heart Association found 3 in 5 U.S. adults may delay or skip the flu shot this year, despite warnings from health experts the influenza season could be severe after a mild 2020-21 flu season. “Unfortunately, the flu is back,” said Donald Lloyd-Jones, M.D., Sc.M., FAHA, volunteer president of the American Heart Association. “We’re seeing cases in communities across the country. If you’ve delayed your flu shot, it’s not too late to get one for the current flu season, which usually lasts until late spring. Getting it as soon as possible offers the most protection for you and your loved ones.” Knowledge Gap A lack of information may contribute to decisions to skip or delay the flu shot. The survey identified a significant knowledge gap, with an overwhelming majority (94%) of adults in the United States incorrectly answering at least
one of eight questions about the shot. Younger generations were less informed than their older counterparts, but across all age groups, more than half of U.S. adults answered at least two questions incorrectly. Despite the knowledge gap, some common misconceptions may be fading. Among all respondents, 73% know you can’t get the flu from the flu shot and 88% know you can get a COVID-19 vaccine and the flu shot at the same time. Flu and Heart Health There is a strong correlation between the flu and cardiovascular diseases like heart disease and stroke. Among adults hospitalized with flu during recent flu seasons, heart disease was one of the most common chronic conditions. According to the CDC, about half of adults hospitalized with flu have heart disease. In addition, research published in “The New England Journal of Medicine” showed those who are not vaccinated against the flu are six times more likely to have a heart attack within a week of infection. Preventing the Flu Take steps to protect yourself and your loved ones from the flu this season with these tips from the American Heart Association: Get your flu shot. Most experts recommend getting your shot early in the season, but it’s not too late to benefit from the protection. The flu shot is available to anyone at least 6 months old. While getting the shot isn’t a guarantee you won’t get the flu, it reduces the chances of contracting a severe case. Wash germs away. Washing hands frequently and thoroughly helps reduce the spread of germs, including those
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that cause viruses like the flu. Also make a point to avoid touching your face, since your nose and mouth are natural entry points for germs. Seek medical attention. If you get sick, seeing a doctor can bring relief and help shorten your illness. If the flu is detected early enough, you may be able to take an oral antiviral treatment that reduces the length and severity of your symptoms. Learn more about protecting your heart health and preventing the flu at heart.org/flu. (Family Features)
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pressing concern like a global pandemic can quickly overshadow other important health challenges facing families. One is the issue of childhood obesity, a problem the slower pace of life brought on by COVID-19 could exacerbate. Numerous cardiovascular and mental health risks are associated with childhood obesity, and many experts expect to see increases in both mental health challenges and obesity as a result of COVID-19. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood obesity impacts 40% of children between the ages of 2-5, increasing their risk for type 2 diabetes, asthma and depression. Data from a study published in the “Early Childhood Education Journal” from the American Heart Association shows children diagnosed as overweight between 7-13 years old may develop heart disease as early as age 25. However, preventative steps taken in early childhood can help reduce this risk. Keeping young children healthy while at home during the pandemic requires extra attention to their nutrition, physical activity and screen time. Programs like the American Heart Association’s Healthy Way to Grow, a national, science-based, early childhood technical assistance program, provide educational resources to help communities, educators and caregivers improve practices and policies for obesity prevention. These tips from the program can help early childhood professionals and caregivers promote best practices into the daily lives of children. Nutrition
Less than 1% of children have ideal diets, and under 10% have reasonably healthy diets, according to the American Heart Association. On any given day, 27% of 2- and 3-yearolds don’t eat a vegetable; among those who do, fried potatoes, which are high in fat and lower in nutrients, are most common. In fact, data shows kids eat less nutritious foods up to age 19. Children should consume a variety of foods daily, including vegetables, fruits, nuts, whole grains, low-fat or fat-free dairies, lean vegetable or animal protein and fish. At the same time, kids should minimize trans fats, processed meats, refined carbohydrates and sweetened beverages. Consistently timed meals and pairing new foods with choices they already enjoy are two ways to help form healthier habits. Be aware that healthy choices should apply throughout the day, not only for meals but also snacks and beverages. Eating together as a family provides an opportunity to model healthy eating and encourage children to try new foods. Also make water available and accessible to children throughout the day. For infants, feeding provides nutrition for their physical and mental growth. Healthy babies usually double their birth weight between 4-5 months of age. Infants and children with congenital heart disease and congestive heart failure or cyanosis (blueness) tend to gain weight slower. An 8-ounce-1pound gain in a month may be an acceptable weight gain for a baby with a heart defect. Physical Activity Only about 20% of kids perform enough activity to meet physical activity recommendations. Whether you’re working with children in a childcare setting or at home, look for ways
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to incorporate lesson plans that offer learning experiences about healthy eating and physical activity, and ensure the daily schedule includes ample active playtime. The Healthy Way to Grow program recommends all children, including infants, have at least two outdoor active playtimes daily, weather and air quality permitting. Toddlers should engage in 60-90 minutes while 120 minutes of daily active play is recommended for preschoolers. Half the time should be structured and led by a teacher or caregiver while the remaining playtime should be unstructured and up to the child. Learn more about protecting the health and wellness of children in your home and community at healthywaytogrow. org. (Family Features)
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