Randolph - A Look Back
By Henry M. Holden
Visitors to Randolph experience some surprises. First, Randolph is located within the Highlands of New Jesey. Randolph is at an altitude that is close to 1,200 feet above sea level and a 5-6 degree F different in the air temperature.
That means that when there is moisture in Morristown (about six miles down the mountain) it is probably snowing in Randolph. What a resident or a visitor sees in Randolph is a aggregate of growth over three millennia. What we are missing are the creations of our forefathers. Much of the Randolph we see today is a 17th 18th and 19th century creation.
Missing today is the Apothecary, the Blacksmith, the Slater, the Cooper, the iron miners, the Tinsmith, the toys and games the children played with, and “the Dig.”
What residents (almost 26,000) and visitors to Randolph see are well maintained roads, a variety of home prices, taxes, an excellent school system, and for the most part neighbor helping neighbor, in a generally law-abiding community.
What we don’t see are the opportunities and boundaries that faced the early pioneers who were challenged by active wildlife such as black bears, deer, coyotes, and fox. They were also challenged with unfamiliar weather, and unfamiliar with the culture of the native people.
The blacksmith was a needed part of each new development. He came with iron to form tools for clearing the land, building homes and other structures, and providing items necessary for everyday living. He produced horseshoes and metal rings for the horse harnesses and bits need for the care of livestock.
The blacksmith helped other craftsmen by making hammers and anvils, knives and hooks used by the miller, carpenters, and other craftsmen in the area. He made hinges, locks and chains as well as nails, weapons, and traps.
The blacksmith needed three basic tools; a forge where he built a fire, a chimney or hood to direct the smoke away from the workers, and a bellow to supply air, to raise or lower the temperature of the fire. The fire was used to soften the iron that could then be shaped. Charcoal was used as fuel for the forge until it was replaced with soft coal in the mid-1800s. The hot iron was hammered on an anvil with a flat surface. Tongs were used to hold the hot iron, and vises held the objects in place. Files shaped and smoothed the products.
Blacksmith not only made new tools for other craftsmen, but he also made repairs on the tools as well. His business was where the needs were, often when the seasons. In the spring, he worked on tools for planting. In the summer, he forged tools for harvesting. In the fall, he made tools for ice harvesting, and then in winter he worked on items used year-round such as hooks, locks, horseshoes, and wagon hardware.
The apothecary was the forerunner of the modern pharmacy. Because there was little regulation, the apothecary dispensed medicinal compounds. that were a lot more dangerous. They also performed surgery and other medical duties we associate with a doctor.
The apothecaries prepared their medicines using a mortar and pestle. The pestle was a small tool used to crush the ingredients into a powder. Some of the remedies administered were calamine for skin irritations, chalk for heartburn or cinchona bark for fevers.
The preparations were then stored in ceramic or glass containers. Ingredients might include animal and plant parts or minerals and chemicals, which were mixed into a liquid base or molded into pills.
There was little concern over safety and medical alerts, heart monitors and smart watches were not even thoughts for the people. Fortunately, chicken soup gained a lot
of attention then and even today, as a safe but limited alternative.
Slaters came here as itinerant craftsmen carrying only their tools. Hammers and chisels were used to cut and trim, a “T” was used to square and measure, and a ripper was used to remove the nails.
Early lamps and household items were made from iron. They were dark and heavy.
Slate was used for roofing but also for flooring but slippery when wet. Because slate coverings are durable, lasting 60-200years with little maintenance, they were very wanted.
Slate was imported from Wales until slate deposits were discovered in 1785, in Pennsylvania. Quarries opened and continued to grow, spurred by a 90 mile canal and then rail transportation.
Settlers to Randolph began to utilize slate as the industry and merchants became prosperous. Community buildings such as churches where longevity of building materials was
Checkers were fashioned from dried corn cobs and sliced into individual checkers. (Photo Henry M. Holden) continued on page 4
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A Look Back...
considered important were built with slate roofs.
Decorating a home in the 18th century was difficult since most of the common place decorations were not yet available. Instead, iron was available. After 1700 thin sheets of iron were cut into pieces and sold to a tinsmith. The tinsmith then cut the sheet with a bench sheer to fit a pattern. Bending, crimping or hammering were done to shape the pattern. The tinsmith was then careful not to overheat or over hammer the sheet since these actions would damage the tin coating.
Tinsmiths used cylindrical, rectangular or cone shapes. First the piece was bent over a cornered or round form called the stake. Snips were used to make small cuts and nippers were used for trimming. The finishing was done with hammers, or pincers.
Soldering the joints held the pieces together. The slater either melted the solder in a kettle or melted it with a soldering iron. It was applied between the edge of one piece and the flange (bend) of another. A good tinsmith did not leave any solder visible in the front.
In early Randolph, education was not a priority. The first official schools in Randolph were the Millbrook school, in 1800, on Millbrook Ave. and the Wolfe School, in 1825, on Combs Hollow Road. All eight grades were conducted in one room. The children were separated by subject. There was no central heating, lighting or running water. Outhouses were used since there were no bathrooms inside.
Reading, writing, mathematics and history were the subjects taught. Students wrote on slate boards and used slate pencils, hornbooks and used abacuses for mathematics. If the students were using the inkwell on their desks a powder called pounce was used to keep the wet ink from spreading as they wrote. The schools did not have a library. Few books were available, and the children owned their books which were passed down to younger children or sold to classmates. Boys and girls usually missed school during
the harvest season to help their parents with additional farming chores.
Teachers had other duties besides instructing students. They carried water, swept the classroom, tended to the fire, shoveled snow, repaired the building and did whatever else was needed to keep the education functioning. Some older students were “drafted” to assist the teacher in the chores.
Coopers were specialized carpenters who made containers of wood for storing goods. The Cooper was a welcomed and sought after craftsman. The ability to make barrels is an ancient craft that requires intelligence, precision and strength. It does not, however, require many tools. Different sized gauges to set the groove and shaving knives and hammers were all the Cooper needed.
Some coopers made barrels that were water-tight and could carry liquids. They were called “tight” Cooper’s Barrels for liquid were most often made from dense wood such as White Oak.
Cooper’s used shaving knives also called drawing knives so called because these were drawn toward the craftsman when shaving the wooden boards barrels.
The shaved board called a stave, was fit tight against the first stave. The shaved board was heated until it could be bent and fitted tightly against the first stave. Hickory saplings, and more playable woods were used to make the wooden hoops that bound around the width of the barrel. The cooper also used iron hoops to bind the hoops that were bound around the width of the barrel. Coopers also use iron hoops to bind finish staves together.
Other coopers made barrels for grain and other dry goods like flower, sugar and tobacco. Thet were called “slack coopers.” Still other coopers made “shite ware” bowels and scoops, butter churns and pails. In certain English dictionaries the word shite is defined as vulgar and slang for very poor.
Taking care of life inside a rural home in the 1800s and early 1900s what is the responsibility of the mother. Along with help from her daughters, and occasionally her sons,
she would spend her days cooking, baking, preserving fruits and vegetables, cleaning and serving, tending the kitchen garden, making soap and candles, making lye from wood ashes, dyeing cloth, bargaining with. traveling merchants and doing numerous other chores. Mothers often relied on the popular Mrs. Guild’s books for advice on everything from the best home remedy for a stomachache to the best recipe for a chocolate cake.
Children spend most of their days working with their parents either outside farm chores or inside on household chores. They began light work as early as age five. Except for the time spent at church services and occasional country picnics with neighbors, socialization was rare’
As the Industrial Revolution began it produced kitchen appliances that shorten the amount of time a mother had to spend on a particular chore. Laws were also passed that mandated children attend school regularly. These changes dramatically alter the dynamics of home life. Both mothers and children were able to think about their lives in new ways.
Children always t00k great advantage of what little time they had to play. After the Chores are done, they might have picked up hoop and stick and rolled it around, or they might have taken out the wooden dominos and challenge each other to a game. They played marbles, Jacob’s ladder, checkers, (made from dried corn cobs, and sliced ed into individual checkers), Ring around the Rosie, hopscotch, bandy, (like today’s field, hockey), and hand shadows. They played with blocks, dolls, trains, and wooden pull toys. Today, all that has changed. It would be challenging to just find someone familiar with the games of yesteryear.
In 1995, an archaeological “Dig” took place at the intersection of Quacker Church Road and Millbrook Avenue that produced more than 1,400 artifacts representing various periods in local history. Some of these artifacts included household goods, bone fragments, personal items, bottles and early tools. Some are on display in the Randolph Museum.
Franklin Elementary School is excited to announce the permanent installation of a StoryWalk® along the path on the west side of the school. StoryWalk® was created in 2007 by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT, in collaboration with former staff member Rachel Senechal and is a way to promote early literacy, physical activity, and family time together in nature.
Franklin Media Specialist Sarah DiLorenzo explained, “It’s a fun and educational family activity that you can bring to your community! Take a stroll and enjoy successive pages from a children’s story along your path.”
Franklin’s StoryWalk® was made possible by Roxbury High School senior and Eagle Scout Candidate, Nick Blenx as his Eagle Scout Service Project.
“We would like to extend our gratitude to Nick and Boy Scout Troop 159 as well as Lowe’s, All Quality Fence, family and friends, and the Franklin PTA for their generous donations to make this project possible. Please enjoy our first book, Lawrence in the Fall by Matthew Farina and illustrated by Doug Salati. Books will change every two months.”
Franklin School Story Walk
tory Walk (L to R): Sarah DiLorenzo, Brian Hamer (Franklin Principal), Nick Blenx (Eagle Scout Candidate), BSA Leader, and Christine Malpica (Franklin PTA President)
Jefferson School First Grade Giving Tree
The first grade staff and students at Jefferson School collected hats, gloves, scarves and socks for Roxbury Social Services during the month of December for their annual Our Giving Tree project.
Staff and students throughout Jefferson School donated items and placed their names on our school “Giving Tree” in the hallway. The generous donations will be
delivered to Roxbury Social Services for those in need. This has become an annual tradition at the school, where all the students are learning the spirit of giving.
First grader Harper Bisson said, “I brought in some hats and gloves. It is great to bring things in so people don’t have to be cold anymore. We can give things to people who need them!”
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Jefferson Giving Tree (L to R) – Back Row: Christina Green, Carla Dexter, Brittany Tiger, Katherine Belmonte, Middle Row: Barbara Derrick, Bottom Row: Lucas Pichardo, Cooper McCurnin, Maria Peixe-Galle, Cadence Lenox, Ford Musibay, and Izabela DeCola. (courtesy of Jefferson School)
Home for the Holidays – Surprise Military Homecomings in Roxbury
Two Roxbury families had special visitors this holiday season, and no we’re not talking about Santa and his reindeer.
On December 4th while preschoolers at Nixon School were having some winter fun and creating special ornaments, Hailie, 4, and her brother Leo, 3, were surprised when their dad, Mariusz Cieslak, walked in. The kids hadn’t seen their father for 11 months as he had been deployed overseas in Syria. Upon seeing him, Hailie’s face lit up and she ran over to give her dad a big hug!
A second Roxbury family, this time from Franklin School, received that same surprise yesterday afternoon. James Rueter surprised his three boys following the fourth-grade winter concert during the school-wide holiday sing-along.
Towards the end, Franklin Principal Brian Hamer called the Franklin staff up front to sing “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”. Following the song, he called up front Bennett, 10, Mason, 6, and Nathan, 10. As the boys were walking towards the stage, one exclaimed, “I know what this is!”
Principal Hamer went on to say, “Students and staff, during the holiday season it is important to remember all that we have to be thankful for. The song the staff just sang was originally written to honor soldiers overseas who longed to be home for the holidays. At this time, I’d like to introduce our special guest, Mr. Rueter who just returned home from military deployment.”
Upon Principal Hamer’s announcement, Mr. Rueter burst out of a big present waiting on stage with his three boys running and jumping up to greet him with the room breaking out in applause and cheers.
Unlike Mr. Cieslak and Mr. Rueter, not all of our Troops will be home for Christmas. We thank all of our men and women serving and wish them all a Happy Holiday and a safe Happy New Year!
Rueter Family at Franklin (L to R): Back Row: Samantha Steenbock (mom), James Rueter (dad), and Brian Hamer (FES Principal), Front Row: Mason, Nathan, and Bennett
Cieslak Family Reunited
by Elsie Walker
Lake Hopatcong is the largest lake in New Jersey. Its community includes four municipalities (Roxbury Township, Jefferson Township, Mt. Arlington Boro and Hopatcong Boro) within two counties (Morris and Sussex). In 2011, it was the vision of local business owner, Béla Szigethy, to have a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing for, and improving, the Lake Hopatcong environment and experience after years of uncertainty regarding the state’s funding of necessary resources for it. Szigethy’s vision became a reality in 2012, with the establishment of the Lake Hopatcong Foundation which had a founding board of Szigethy, Tom Flinn, Marty Kane, and Jessica Murphy. The nonprofit Lake Hopatcong Foundation’s first office was in borrowed space at Nolan’s Point. Today, it is located at 125 Landing Road in Landing, occupying what was once the Landing Station (built in 1911) but which is now known as the Lake Hopatcong Foundation Environmental and Cultural Center. Recently, the foundation’s Executive Director, Kyle Richter, and Communications Director, Holly Odgers, sat down and talked about just some of the work the foundation does in four areas: environment, advocacy, education and community.
Environmentally, the foundation is about improving and protecting the water quality of Lake Hopatcong, and it partners with the Lake Hopatcong Commission on many projects. This past fall, there was an alum (aluminum sulfate) treatment to help reduce Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and enhance the lake’s overall health. Phosphorus, often
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resulting from run-off or pollutants, can fuel algae growth. The non-toxic alum binds with phosphorus in the water, causing it to settle to the lake bottom which reduces the chance of HABs, improving water quality, and enhancing ecosystem health. Another project is the floating islands of native wetland vegetation which can be found in Ashley Cove in Jefferson and in the Landing area of Roxbury. The islands improve the water quality by taking phosphorus out of the water.
An example of a volunteer project helping the lake is the Water Scouts. Originally started by the Knee Deep Club in 2010, the foundation took over the management of the group in 2013. The Water Scouts are volunteers who are trained in the identification and removal of water chestnuts and monitor specific areas of shoreline looking for them. Kept unchecked, water chestnuts will spread out and take over. “That messes up the ecosystem,” shared Odgers.
Advocacy is another part of the foundation’s work. It coordinates the Public Lakes Alliance of New Jersey which is made up of representatives for those lakes who support each other in environmental challenges, etc. and are advocating for the state legislature to give public lakes more funding for recreation. Also, the foundation has been advocating with Senator Mikie Sherill and Congressman Tom Kane Jr. on items concerning Lake Hopatcong. One such project is to get funding for sanitary sewers in Jefferson township. (Roxbury and Mt. Arlington are sewered and half of Hopatcong Boro is.) Aging and failing septic systems
can introduce things like heightened levels of contaminants and phosphorus into the lake. In March of last year, Congress passed, and the President signed off on, $750,000 in funding for phase one of the installation of sanitary sewers along the lakefront area of Jefferson township. With the funding, the Army Corps of Engineers will be able to execute the initial study and design work for the installation of the sewers.
The Lake Hopatcong Foundation is involved in education, too. The ”Study
Hull” is the name of the Lake Hopatcong Foundation’s floating classroom boat, a forty-foot, covered catamaran pontoon boat, with seating for 40 passengers plus crew. The foundation offers a four-hour field trip for grade school classes. They go out on the boat and learn about ecology. Among the things they do is take water tests to learn about the health of the lake. With tablets that can work as microscopes, the children can look at both zooplankton and continued on page 11
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to water health. The educational experience also includes a Discovery Hike where students learn about the role of the forest in the watershed and how losing forest can affect the environment and the lake. Finally, there is the EnviroScape Watershed Model, where students learn about runoff, pollutants, and ways to keep the community clean. There is a four-hour high school field trip as well. That experience is more in-depth. A foundation member comes to a class a day before the trip to talk with the students about what they’ll be seeing and doing. During the trip, the students learn not only about the lake’s ecological importance, but its history as well. The field trip involves the students using critical thinking as they study the lake environment. In 2022, The Lake Hopatcong Foundation was given the Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award in
the category of “Environmental Education”.
Besides school students, the foundation does free one and a half hour public cruises during the months of July and August. “[They are] fun and informative,” said Odgers. The cruise combines information on the lake’s unique ecology with that of its rich history. “[It’s] a beautiful afternoon on the water, “ she shared.
With the lake community including four municipalities in two counties, the foundation’s community focus is to “bring everyone together around the lake,” shared Richter. One initiative is the yearly Block Party held at Hopatcong State Park. The party has about 200 vendors, food trucks, marinas represented, etc. “It’s a celebration of New Jersey’s largest lake,” said Richter. Attendance is usually 3,000-4,000 people. The date of this year’s block party is May 17th.
Another initiative is the native plant sale. Held late April to early May, a large variety of plant species can be ordered online with a designated day for everyone to pick up theirs at the foundation. In announcing last year’s sale, Odgers had
shared that “Native plants are critical to the health of our environment, providing habitat for pollinators, insects, and wildlife, as well as contributing to the health of our soil and water systems.” The plants include coneflowers, columbine, cardinal flowers, and lesser-known ones.
Another event is a fundraiser for the foundation, the yearly Lake Loop. Held each fall, people bike, hike, or paddle around the lake. The event includes food and entertainment; it is held in the beginning of October.
Also, the foundation has a large conference room which is available to local groups to hold meetings and in which the foundation holds free programs such as one on native plants. An upcoming program is Stargazing 101 which will be held on January 23rd.
For more information on the Lake Hopatcong Foundation, visit its website at www.lakehopatcongfoundation.org or email info@lakehopatcongfoundation.org or call 973-6632500.
by Elsie Walker
IEleven Hour Rescue Virtual Auction
t’s an auction for a great cause and you don’t even have to leave your home to participate. It’s the annual winter Eleventh Hour Rescue auction which features a variety of items being auctioned off to help animals. There’s no overhead to the auction; all auctioned items are donated so all the money will go to the veterinary bills of the rescue, which in 2024 were $526, 000. Recently, Jeannie Patsarikas, of Long Valley, tricky tray/ auction team lead, and Kathy Dolce of West Caldwell, sponsorships and grants, talked about the auction and the work of the rescue. Its adoptable pets can be seen on its website at www.ehrevents.org
The virtual auction opens on February 15th at 9am and runs to Friday, February 21st at 4pm. It is held via a Facebook Group. 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 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 in the Roxbury Mall on either February 23rd from 12pm – 3pm or on February 26th from 6:30 – 7:30pm. While items are still coming in, Patsarikas noted those that have come in so far. They include a Bradford Portrait and Overnight Stay at the Opus Westchester (a $5000 value), $1000 Gift Certificate towards a 10+ day Regent Seven Seas Cruise, $200 Gift Certificate towards a 7+ day Royal Caribbean Cruise, 60 Minute Treatment at any Massage Envy, four tickets to the Sterling Hill Underground Mine Tour, a Kindle, Amazon Gift Cards, Longhorn Restaurant Gift Card, Clinique Makeup and Skincare, appliances (Ninja Air Fryer, Blender, Coffee Maker, Chopper), four Zipline Course Passes ( includes over 30 ziplines). wine and liquor, one- year Black Card Membership to Planet Fitness (valued at $300), and family fun games and activities (e.g., Pickleball Set).
Also, donations of auction items are still being taken. Patsarikas shared, “folks who want to donate can email me at trickytray@ ehrdogs.org. Then, I can work with them individually as to how they can get their donation to us. [Also,] here is our Amazon wish list link: https://www.amazon.com/
hz/wishlist/ls/2NE4B1CS1HB0T/ref=nav_ wishlist_lists_2. Their order will be mailed directly to me. “
Patsarikas noted the pictures of the items shown during the auction and shared, “David Warner [of David Warner Photography at www.davidwarnerphotos. com] donates his time and talent and photographs all our auction items. He does a beautiful job! “
Patsarikas notes that she enjoys “watching the bidding wars” during the auction while Dolce enjoys “participating
in the bidding wars.” Patsarikas noted that she also enjoys seeing people bid higher than an item’s stated worth because they want to support the rescue and “working with the [auction] team”. She also noted that the auction is “ lots of work”.
Of course, the bottom line is that the auction will be helping the animals rescued by 11th hour rescue. In 2024, the organization found loving homes for 14 small animals, 655 cats and 755 dogs. The latter includes Penny, whose story Dolce
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Mack and a friend, two long-time residents at Eleventh Hour waiting to find forever homes.
Penny, a dog Eleventh Hour rescued and cared for and who found a forever home.
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shared.
“We discovered after she came to us that she had a heart condition called Pulmonary Valve Stenosis that caused her to pass out with even minimal activity. She required extremely costly surgery, so we turned to social media to get the word out and Penny found a life-saving benefactor. She has since been adopted and is living her best life,” Dolce shared.
Dolce noted there are some long-term residents of the rescue waiting years for a home, like Mack. “Mack has been with us six years-a volunteer favorite. The kennel has about 30 longer- term resident dogs who have a team of dedicated volunteers who do everything they can to shower them with love and make sure they get daily attention. We recently added two rooms in the kennel that are just like the room in a house to let them decompress and get ready to live in a real home,” she said.
Some animals come to the rescue from dire situations. One such situation Dolce says still haunts many of the rescuers at Eleventh Hour. It was the discovery of 90 living and dead dogs packed into a truck and left at a New Jersey shopping mall. The neglect and cruelty were some of the worst
the rescue has ever seen. Eleventh Hour rescue and others in New Jersey mobilized and Eleventh Hour took as many is it could and fed, cleaned, veted, and socialized them before finding them forever homes. “We still get updates on the Hampton animals and we’re happy to report that they are thriving and loved,” Dolce said.
Eleventh Hour Rescue is made up of 275 active volunteers. Dolce noted that, “ 2024 was our 20th anniversary.
Reflecting on their work at the rescue and why they do it, Patsarikas, who has been a volunteer for eight and a half year and got her five cats from Eleventh Hour said, “I do it to save the animals’ lives.” She noted that it is heart-breaking to see the cruelty that some humans have done to animals. Dolce has been a volunteer for three years and has an Eleventh Hour dog and is a long-time foster of one. She noted that the rescue has very little overhead, and “donations go where people want them to go”
Patsarikas noted two other upcoming fundraisers that the rescue is holding: Murder Mystery at Vasa Park on March 29th and Barkfest at Horseshoe Lake on June 7th.
By Richard Mabey Jr.
TOn Eagle’s Wings: The Swimming Lessons
his is a condensed chapter of the book that I am presently writing, about my journey to earn scouting’s highest rank, Eagle Scout. This is a true story, however I changed people’s names.
In June of 1969, at the age of 15, I had just completed my sophomore year at Boonton High School. I began taking classes for the Swimming Merit Badge. I had had Rheumatic Fever when I was 12, and up till that time my Cardiologist, Dr. Martin Rosenthal, felt strongly that my heart was not yet strong enough for the strenuous challenge of the Swimming Merit Badge classes.
The classes were held at a docking station of the Rockaway River in Boonton Township. The beach area was owned by a Scout Commissioner, who loaned out the use of his large dock for the scouts to have an aquatic center. It was known as the Boonton District Aquatic Merit Badge Center.
I was not as strong and coordinated as the other boys were. My Swimming Merit Badge Counselor, Mr. Taylor, was quite a tough man. He was stern and strict. He had a continuous facial expression that seemed to convey that he was always upset about something. We met three evenings,
every week, in the pursuit of earning the Swimming Merit Badge.
In mid July, the first class of that summer’s Swimming Merit Badge classes had completed. There were about 25 scouts in the class. I was the only scout who failed the course. But, there was good news, another class was going to begin the next week.
My biggest challenge was swimming upstream. You see, we would be required to swim quite a distance downstream, then turn around, and swim upstream to return to the large riverside dock. It was during the swim upstream that I fell woefully behind the other scouts. Sadly, Mr. Taylor once again failed me for the Swimming Merit Badge classes.
A fury burnt in my heart. Fire filled the marrow of bones. I was more determined than ever to earn the Swimming Merit Badge. I was not going to let Mr. Taylor defeat me. That night, after being told that I failed the Swimming Merit Badge classes for the second time, I prayed and prayed and prayed for God to help me earn this most coveted merit badge. The long and short of it was that the Swimming Merit Badge was one of the required merit badges to earn the prestigious rank of Eagle Scout.
So, in mid August, I began taking the
Swimming Merit Badge classes for a third time. It was during these classes that Mr. Taylor’s anger toward me took on an even greater height. It was in early September, when I turned 16 and began my junior year at Boonton High School, that my third attempt at passing the Swimming Merit Badge classes concluded. Once again Mr. Taylor failed me.
But it wasn’t enough that Mr. Taylor failed me for the third time. With anger in his voice, he told me that I was wasting his time, taking the Swimming Merit Badge classes. Mr. Taylor’s last words to me, as I
walked away from the big riverside dock to the driveway, where my mom was waiting for me in her car, were these words. “Mabey, you’ll never make it to Eagle Scout!”
As the tears flowed down my cheeks, I got into Mom’s car. Mom asked me what happened. I simply replied to my dear mother, “I failed again.”
To be continued.
Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He has had two books published. He hosts a YouTube Channel titled, “Richard Mabey Presents.” He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@gmail.com.
Rosemarie D’Alessandro: Author and Advocate for Children
By Evan Wechman
Rosemarie D’Alessandro does not believe in quitting. She didn’t believe in it as a child and still doesn’t believe in it today.
D’Alessandro has lived in New Jersy her entire adult life. She has stayed in the small town of Hillsdale, New Jersey through several decades of intense difficulty. As a mother, she has endured more pain and heartache than most people would be able to handle. But she is not like most people.
D’Alessandro, who is now in her senior years, gives thanks to her faith and her inner fortitude for her ability to thrive even in the darkest situations.
“I’ve always been a fighter even when I was little,” she said. “All my experiences have made me stronger.”
D’Alessandro has survived the worst thing that can happen to a mother. Her wonderful daughter Joan, whom she affectionately refers to as Joanie, was murdered when she was seven years old back in April of 1973.
Joanie was a girl scout and a loving, trustful child. On April 19, 1973, which was Holy Thursday, she said good-bye to her mother as she went to deliver some boxes of girl scout cookies to her neighbor, three houses down from where she lived. Everything should have gone well, especially since the gentleman she was dropping the cookies off to was a Tappan Zee High School chemistry teacher named Joseph McGowan who worked about ten miles away in Rockland County, New York.
McGowan was entrusted with mentoring and assisting young students almost every weekday. But Joanie was betrayed. She was sexually molested and murdered on that Holy Thursday. Her body was found three days later on Easter Sunday buried in a space between rocks in Harriman State Park, in nearby New York State.
This would have been too much for almost any mother to handle. But D’Alessandro, over 50 years later, has remained steadfast in making sure such atrocities don’t occur to other parents.
In her powerful book, The Message of Light Amid Letters of Darkness, which was published last year, D’Alessandro honestly recounts what transpired during the nearly five decades of pursuing justice for her daughter.
In this stunning account, D’Alessandro briefly details what occurred 20 years after the loss of her daughter. At that time, she fought back against the legal system, which was allowing the killer, McGowan to come before the parole board seeking reentry into the community.
D’Alessandro wanted to protect other children who may face McGowan upon release. She tirelessly collected over one hundred thousand signatures opposing his parole. Such efforts led to keeping her daughter’s killer behind bars and enacting laws in her home state and on the federal level allowing more rights for victims of such crimes.
One of her proudest moments was in April of 1997 when Joan’s Law was signed by Governor Whitman. This said that anyone in New Jersey who murdered a child under 14 years of age in conjunction with committing a sexual crime will never be granted parole, nor see the light of day. A federal version was signed by President Clinton in1998.
She also rallied her supporters once again in 2000 to help pass a law in New Jersey eliminating the statute of limitations for wrongful death actions brought in murder, manslaughter, and aggravated manslaughter cases allowing victims to sue their perpetrators if they come into money after the crime. A New York version of the bill was signed by Governor Pataki in 2004 in Harriman State Park, the site where Joanie’s body was found.
State Park, the site of where her daughter was buried. Courtesy of Rosemarie D’Alessandro.
Though these laws are noted in the book, the real pain and misery are detailed in the letters that D’Alessandro provides between McGowan and a pen pal he corresponded with for many years while in prison. She was given these letters by a family member of the woman who corresponded with McGowan, who eventually died in jail in 2021.
The book is unflinching as D’Alessandro not only reveals the horrifying letters but details her own emotional responses to reading the words of her daughter’s killer. Though she received these letters shortly before his death, she couldn’t bring herself to read them until after he died.
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Rosemarie at Harriman
Rosemarie’s daughter as a child. Courtesy of Rosemarie
Author and Advocate for Children...
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the death of Joanie.
“When he died, I read the letters even though it was hard. I said these letters must get out there. When I read the first letter, it was so despicable. It was so hard to see what the attitude was going to be of these letters, and so I got sick”, she said.
According to her, he wrote about her daughter’s death in the same vein someone would write about the weather. He had absolutely no remorse for his actions.
Several months after the book was published, filmmaker Vanessa Martino transformed the book into a harrowing documentary, Daughter of Mine, which has since won numerous awards. It won “Best Documentary in the New York Shorts International Film Festival”, and more recently won the “Audience Award for Best Short in the Teaneck International Film Festival of 2024.”
At most of these film festivals, D’Alessandro usually delivers a brief but strong speech which accompanies the film. Though many people may consider this constant reminder of her daughter’s death to be immensely difficult, D’Alessandro believes that it is all a “tale of victory.”
For D’Alessandro, it’s about helping victims of abuse and their families. In the last several years, she has organized a nonprofit organization, called The Joan Angela D’Alessandro Memorial Foundation. Through this entity, D’Alessandro can not only push for more stringent laws for abusers, but even works with schools throughout the area to inform teachers of possible signs of abuse in their students.
More recently, D’Alessandro has been volunteering her time with parents who have gone through the tragedy of learning their child was subjected to abuse. She spends much of her free time counseling and mentoring parents who have lost their children due to such senseless violence. She connects with these mothers and fathers either in-person or virtually throughout the nation.
Though such work can be difficult, she credits all of it to her late daughter Joanie, who continues to inspire her.
“I have a relationship with her every day,” she said. “Her spirit is living and helping other people.”
Of course, D’Alessandro acknowledges she wishes she had a more typical relationship with Joanie where she could visit her every day and see her grow up, but there is still a strong bond.
“She (Joanie) inspired me. She wasn’t concerned about impressions and what people were going to think of her. But she had a presence and that was beautiful. She would come into a room, and you would notice her. She would be all smiles and as happy as can be.”
D’Alessandro said her daughter’s spirit of love and willingness to stand up for other people during her short life helps her work for others even today.
She often thinks back on the significance of her daughter’s actions and how it touched others. For instance, she was reminded many years ago when she heard from one of her daughter’s childhood friends about how special a person her daughter genuinely was.
The friend told D’Allesandro about how when she was a child and excluded by other children during recess, Joanie stood up to her friends and included her in all their activities.
“I didn’t know it happened at the time but she(the friend) called me 20 years ago and said Joanie would watch the children play and invite me to play with everyone too, and it didn’t matter what her friends thought because she made sure the girl played with them and her friends would say why are you doing that, and she would say oh no, she can come play with us. She was a leader,” D’Alessandro said. “She was the kind of person who would change the world without being fake,” she added.
According to D’Alessandro it would have been easy to give up after the tragedy she endured. She could have just stayed in bed all day, and not fought for herself and others. But her attitude, her faith’s belief in serving others, and her wonderful daughter’s spirit have allowed her to help others.
Not only is she helping to change laws that give victims and their families more rights, but she is helping pass on this courage to other mother’s going through the grief process.
“A lot of people don’t come to me. They are afraid. They feel uncomfortable and I think you’re not going to have change if you do that. You have to go through the uncomfortable and that is why even this whole story is a victory because here is a story of a person going through all the uncomfortable things and going through all the terrible parts and taking all the risks and that is how you change things, D’Alessandro said.
She understands the pain these grieving mothers are going through and how hard it is to stand up for themselves. But that is exactly why she is coaching them forward.
“You’ve got to deal with the uncomfortable and that is how you are going to stand up for what is right. You’re going to stand up for yourself and you’re going to stand up for others and you are going to deal with grief because grief is something you have to deal with. But you have to get out of the uncomfortable and if people need help getting out of the uncomfortable, I can coach them.”
Donations to the Joan Angela D’Alessandro Memorial Foundation can be made directly at https://gofund.me/78d81653.
By Richard Mabey Jr.
IBe This Destiny, Guided By God’s Loving Hand
n the basement of the old Mabey Homestead, my father had a little three by five card stapled to the wall of his workbench. It simply read, “better to teach a boy the moral way, than to rehabilitate a wayward man.” My father believed in that philosophy, that purpose, with all of his heart, mind and soul. Dad took his role as Scoutmaster very seriously.
In September of 1971, I turned 18, began studying at County College of Morris and working part-time at the A&P Grocery Store in Whippany. My father asked me if I would stay on with Boy Scout Troop 170 and help him with the scouts. At that time, there was only two other Assistant Scoutmasters, Mr. Floyd and Mr. Talbot. Mayor William Dixon was our Troop Committee Chairman. Deep in my heart, I knew my Dad really did need my help. I agreed to stay on with Troop 170.
I think that scouts and church kept me on the straight and narrow. I had all so many of my friends, who were getting lost in drugs and alcohol and the wayward life. The saying, “there but by the grace of God, go I,” is no joke. Now at 71, I deeply realize that I could have easily fallen into the mud and mire of the wayward life. I lost all so many friends, during that era of coming of age.
My dad taught me the beauty and splendor, hidden in the forest trail. To appreciate the beauty of the white-tailed deer. To respect the elm, the oak, the maple, the pine. To see the simple beauty that abounded in God’s little creatures. To just see the poetry in a squirrel hopping from one tree branch to another. I don’t think a day goes by that I don’t think of some moment that Dad and I shared in being scout leaders of Boy Scout Troop 170.
Reverend Kenneth Baer was Troop 170’s Institutional
Representative. Reverend Baer was the Minister of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, which sponsored Boy Scout Troop 170. Reverend Baer was a very positive influence upon my life, when I was in those painful years of leaving boyhood to become a young man. To fulfill the community service requirement of my earning Eagle Scout, I had mowed the lawn, raked leaves, and did odd jobs for Saint Andrew’s Church, for one full calendar year. This included painting all of Thorpe Hall and all of the Sunday School classrooms.
It was during that time period that I got to see Reverend Baer on Saturday mornings. We would talk for only a few minutes, in each of our meetings. But in those few minutes, Reverend Baer would share insights with me, on the sacred teachings of the Holy Bible. A gift that to this very day, I deeply appreciate.
I was a painfully shy young man. I was blessed to have a wonderful girlfriend, Penny Last, who encouraged me to write for my college newspaper. I studied hard and made the Dean’s List all through my time at County College. I worked hard at the A&P and was honored to be Employee of the Month, a couple of times. I held true to the principles of the Scout Law and the Scout Oath. I did my very best to be a good Assistant Scoutmaster.
I served as an Assistant Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 170 for over 20 years. From time to time, I will receive an email letter from a former scout. Those scouts have no idea what their letters mean to me. Now at 71, in the midst of the fight of my life, in facing the painful and frequent chest pains of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, I quite often read the letters that I have received from former scouts of Troop 170. I cherish each and every one of them. They bring hope and comfort to my heart, that I did something worthwhile in my
Yours truly, during the beard stage, with some of the
life, in being a scout leader.
I know that scouting has gotten a bum rap in the past few years. I stand firmly against child abuse. But still, in light of it all, I do think that scouting does offer a boy the chance to gain a love and respect for nature.
Life is not always fair. We cannot always understand why we are put through certain tests in life. To fully understand it all, would be like explaining Einstein’s Theory of Relativity to an ant. Our human understanding of things in life, is just a drop in the vast ocean of God’s infinite wisdom. Here’s the bottom line though, God loves you more than you will ever know.
Richard Mabey Jr. is a freelance writer. He has had two books published. He hosts a YouTube Channel titled, “Richard Mabey Presents.” He can be reached at richardmabeyjr@ gmail.com.
former scouts of the great Boy Scout Troop 170.
100 Years Ago This Month: Historical Events from January 1925
The month of January has been home to many historical events over the years. Here’s a look at some that helped to shape the world in January 1925.
• Christiania, the capital city of Norway, is renamed “Oslo” on January 1.
• Violence plagues Italy on January 2 as part of the fallout of Benito Mussolini’s crackdown on opposition newspapers. Though King Victor Emmanuel III refuses to grant Mussolini the dictatorial powers the latter requested, he grants the Prime Minister tacit permission to respond to the violence how he sees fit.
• Nellie Tayloe Ross is inaugurated as the Governor of Wyoming on January 5, becoming the first woman elected to a gubernatorial office in United States history.
• Bhanupratap Deo is proclaimed as the new Raja of the princely state of Kanker within British India on January 8. The 3-year-old would rule until 1947, when the princely states are abolished as India gains its independence.
• The British submarine HMS L24 sinks in the English channel on January 10. The submarine had collided with the Royal Navy battleship HMS Resolution, killing all 43 men aboard the L24.
• Al Capone survives an assassination attempt made by the North Side Gang on January 12 in Chicago. Capone was conducting business inside a State Street
restaurant when the rival gang riddled his car with bullets, prompting the mobster to order a bulletproof Cadillac.
• Joseph Stalin fires Leon Trotsky as Commissar for Military and Navy Affairs on January 15. A prominent critic of Stalin, Trotsky is eventually murdered at his home in Mexico City by a Stalinist agent in 1940.
• Huddie Ledbetter, better known as “Lead Belly,” is granted a full pardon by Texas governor Pat Morris Neff on January 16. The blues musician had served seven years of his prison sentence after being found guilty of killing a relative over a fight for a woman.
• “The Gentleman Bandit” Gerald Chapman is arrested in Muncie, Indiana on January 18. Chapman is apprehended thanks in part to informant Ben Hance, who is murdered in August in a killing that is believed to have been performed as retaliation for Chapman’s incarceration.
• Roy Olmstead, a lieutenant in the Seattle Police Department, is indicted by a federal grand jury on January 19. Olmstead is accused of smuggling alcohol into the country from Canada in violation of the Volstead Act.
• Curtis Welch, the only doctor in Nome, Alaska, sends an urgent message via radio telegram on January 22. The message alerts all major Alaskan towns of an impending outbreak of diphtheria, while a second message sent to the U.S. Public Health
Service in Washington, D.C. highlights the desperate need for antitoxin. Roughly 300,000 units of antitoxin are discovered in Anchorage on January 26, temporarily containing the epidemic.
• Paul Newman is born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, on January 26. The son of Theresa Garth and sporting goods store owner Arthur Sigmund Newman, Sr., the younger Newman would grow up to become one of the world’s most recognizable movie stars and a devoted philanthropist.
• A riot breaks out in Berlin on January 27. Numerous injuries are reported as
monarchists, communists and republicans clash during demonstrations held on the birthday of ex-kaiser Wilhelm II.
• On January 28, nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court Harlan Fiske Stone testifies before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Stone is eventually confirmed by a vote of 71 to 6.
• After nearly a year of fighting and 14,000 deaths, the Khost rebellion against King Amanullah Khan is ended in Afghanistan on January 30. The rebellion is ultimately unsuccessful, but many of the king’s reforms are delayed until 1928.
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