LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MEETING DATES & PROGRAMS

2012 MEETING AND PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Meetings are held at the Long Hill Township First Aid Squad building, 949 Valley Road, Gillette (between the Town Hall/Library and Valley Mall). Meetings and presentations start at 7:30 pm. Free and open to the public- Refreshments will be served.

• February 9, 2012 "Pictures of the Swamp" by Jane Kendall
• March 8, 2012 "Liberty" by Kevin Woyce
• April 12, 2012 "A Visit From The Past" by Helena Tielman
• May 10, 2012 "From Hells Gate to the Golden Gate" by Laurie Gaulke
• June 14, 2012 "History of the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Cemetery" by George Fricke

summer vacation

• September 13, 2012 "Morristown History Through Old Postcards" by Bonnie Lynn Nadzika
• October 11, 2012 "History of the Stirling Fire Company" by Frank Reilly
• November 8, 2012 "Maps" by Guy Roshto
• December 13, 2012 "A U.S. Soldier Behind The Iron Curtain" by Frank Reilly

2011 MEETING AND PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Meetings are held at the Long Hill Township First Aid Squad building, 949 Valley Road, Gillette (between the Town Hall/Library and Valley Mall). Meetings and presentations start at 7:30 pm. Free and open to the public- Refreshments will be served.

• February 10, 2011 "Maritime Museums and Boat Shows at the Jersey Shore" by Chet Ehrman a Basking Ridge resident, who summers at the shore and is involved in activities there..
• March 10, 2011 "Encountering the Suffragists" by Laurie Gaulke. Celebrating the struggle for women's rights presented by Laurie Gaulke, actress, storyteller and a resident of Long Hill Township,
  
• April 14, 2011 "Washington's Campaign of 1781" by Michael Yesenko, a teacher and Supervisor of Social Studies at Union High School. He has been Union Township's Historian for over 30 years. He has written five books on Washington's campaigns in New Jersey.
• May 12, 2011 "New Jersey Proprietors from 1664" by Bob Brandt a resident of Stirling and a member of the Historical Society who has presented other interesting subjects. Bob will help us learn of the function and importance of the Proprietors in the development of New Jersey as a colony.
• June 9, 2011 "History in Motion" by David Welch, a resident and major past politician of Long Hill Township, has a unique hobby of restoring antique military vehicles. His presentation will give us a look into his hobby at the June meeting.

summer vacation

• September 8, 2011 "I've Been Working on the Railroad---50 Years Ago" by Frank Reilly a resident of Stirling and member of the Long Hill Historical Society who has presented other interesting programs from his career in railroading.
• October 13, 2011 "Old Millington Schoolhouse Renovation Update" by Guy Roshto, a resident of Millington and member of the Long Hill Historical Society. Guy is knowledgeable about the plans and actions of the renovation of the Millington Schoolhouse (the old Town Hall).
• November 10, 2011 "East and West Jersey Incorporation" by Bob Brandt
• December 8, 2011 "Wild About Harriet" by Laurie Gaulke. Take to the skies with America's true "First Lady of the Air." Harriet Quimby was the first licensed woman American pilot, only 8 years after the Wright brother's historic flight, and was the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel in 1912. Learn about her at the December meeting.

2010 MEETING AND PROGRAM SCHEDULE

• February 11, 2010 "Stoneware of the 18th to 20th Centuries" by David Breslauer
• March 11, 2010 "Women's Suffrage"
• April 8, 2010 "Hannah Caldwell & The Battle of Connecticut Farms" by Barbara Grillo
• May 13, 2010 " A Visit to Paul Vickery's Collection of Antique Vehicles" at the former Clancy Farm, Millington; Antique Vehicles in a classic old towship barn.
• June 10, 2010 "The Old Mine Road" by Bob Brandt (Many historians believe that the Old Mine Road is the oldest continuously used road in the nation. It is 104 miles long running from Kingston, N.Y. to the Delaware Water Gap.)

summer vacation

• September 9, 2010 "New Jersey Country Houses: The Somerset Hills" by W. Barry Thomson, Introduced by Walter S. Carell
• October 14, 2010 "Millionaires, Mansions and Maids: The Gilded Age in Morris County" Presented by the staff of the Morris County Historical Society.
• November 11, 2010 "The War Man--The True Story of a Citizen Soldier Who Fought from Quebec to Yorktown" by Robert Mayers. This fascinating story will be presented by a direct descendent of the Revolutionary soldier, Corporal John Allison is the subject of this presentation at the November meeting.
• December 9, 2010 "Mrs. Fezziwig's Christmas" by Laurie Gaulke

• February 12, 2009 "Thomas Edison" by the Thomas A. Edison National Historic Site, West Orange, NJ.
• March 12, 2009 "Back Roads of Morris County" by Jim DelGuidice
• April 9, 2009 "Life in the Slow Lane" by Lois Hockenbury
• May 14, 2009 "Morris County Canal" by David Phraner
• June 11, 2009 "Tour Basking Ridge Presbyterian Cemetery" by George Fricke

summer vacation

• September 10, 2009 "Riding The Rails on the Gladstone Branch" byFrank Reilly
• October 8, 2009 "George Washington-Retreat to Victory" by Alf Walton
• November 12, 2009 "Walnut Grove-Cyrus McCormick's Homestead" by Walter Carell
• December 10, 2009 "Christmas Program" "Christmas of Olde" Bring an item to show or tell of an event (or both) from a past Christmas at the December meeting.

• February 14, 2008 "The Silk Mills of Stirling" by Rene Phelan
• March 13, 2008 "Mary Todd Lincoln" by Laurie Gaulke
• April 10, 2008 "Buried Artifacts" by Rick Pressl
• May 8, 2008 "Local Scouts Go to Philmont N.M. 1980" by Willy Paralari
• June 12, 2008 "Jockey Hollow Soldier" by Tom Winslow

summer vacation

• September 11, 2008 "National Register of Historical Places" by Kathleen Galop
• October 9, 2008 "Theodore Roosevelt-His Life and Times" by Charles McSorley
• November 13, 2008 "1870's Agriculture in the Great Swamp" by Charles Whitmore
• December 11, 2008 "The Story of Mary Hudspeth Benson" by Rev. Victoria Geer McGrath

• February 8, 2007 "The National Wildlife Refuge Right In Our Own Backyard" by Dorothy Smullen
• March 8, 2007 "George Catlin - Painted the Wild West" by Alf Walton
• April 12, 2007 "Basking Ridge Churchyard Update" by George Fricke
• May 10, 2007 "The Jersey Devil" by Angus Kress Gillespie
• June 14, 2007 "Everything You Always Wanted To Know About the Morris County Historic Trust" by Larry Fast
  • What is the Trust Fund, who is eligible, where does this year's $2 million come from, which historic sites have been helped?

summer vacation

• September 13, 2007 Do it Yourself "Antiques Road Show"
• October 11, 2007 "Barns Are Noble" by Mark Pilipski
• November 8, 2007 "Pictures of the Great Swamp" by Sherb Naulty
  • Sherb Naulty, a resident of Gillette, is a photographer of note who has turned his former occupation into a serious hobby. He has long had a passionate interest in The Great Swamp and will share that interest in pictures at the November meeting.
• December 13, 2007: "A Kaleidoscope of Color for Christmas"
  • Peg Arnold, a member of the Long Hill Township Historical Society, will present the history of kaleidoscopes and have many from her collection to demonstrate the "colors" at the December meeting.

Thursday, September 14, 2006 "Is it a Duck or a Weasel?" by David Welch (about rebuilding vintage military vehicles)