Past Residents
Artists
Dorothy (Dot) Kenny teacher Wins Prize
Mrs. Dorothy Kenney, Art teacher for our local schools, took 2nd prize for this painting called "Fullfillment'.
It was one of over 450 interest. Dot is holding “Charlie”
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Sports Heroes
Past Residents
Wilbur Viebrock
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Interview with Sondra Fechtner 60 year resident
Adella (Tibby) Wotherspoon, the youngest (then 6 months old) survivor of the General Slocum Disaster of 1904
Adella (Tibby) Wotherspoon, the youngest (then 6 months old) survivor of the General Slocum Disaster of 1904 where 1,021 of the 1,331 passengers died in New York City’s East River. This disaster was the most tragic event in New York City’s history until the terrorist attacks in 2001 on the World Trade Center. Tibby lived most of her life in Watchung and was an active volunteer with the Watchung Historical Committee and Garden Club.
Past Residents
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Charles A. Eaton, Statesman
Charles Aubrey Eaton, clergyman, journalist, U.S. congressman from NJ and a signatory to original United Nations Charter
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Adella (Tibby) Wotherspoon, the youngest (then 6 months old) survivor of the General Slocum Disaster of 1904
Adella (Tibby) Wotherspoon, the youngest (then 6 months old) survivor of the General Slocum Disaster of 1904 where 1,021 of the 1,331 passengers died in New York City’s East River. This disaster was the most tragic event in New York City’s history until the terrorist attacks in 2001 on the World Trade Center. Tibby lived most of her life in Watchung and was an active volunteer with the Watchung Historical Committee and Garden Club.
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Bobby Thompson, Baseball World Series Hero
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Henry Long, WW II hero
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