Posting
Dates
(Site Log Sheet)
22 May 2017
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Upcoming Events:
- Photo by Ralph Cooper, HPSUT
Endicott Reardon
Family Museum
Hosting
June 13th Historical Society Meeting
The Endicott Reardon Family Museum
in Seaville will be the site of the Tuesday, June 13, 2017 meeting for the
Historical Preservation Society of Upper Township. The location is
3036 S. Shore Road, Route 9, in the Seaville Village of Upper Twp. A
tour of the Endicott-Reardon Family Museum will begin at 7 pm with a
short DVD. Harriett Reardon Bailey will conduct the tour.
The Endicott-Reardon Family
Museum provides a history of life in mid-twentieth century America, with
emphasis on family life, traditions, and artifacts. Refreshments
and the Historical Society's monthly business meeting
will follow.
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www.ermuseum.com/
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www.facebook.com/The-Endicott-Reardon-Family-Museum-925771057498649/
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Prior Programs For
2017
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Photo by Ralph Cooper, HPSUT
Veterans Museum Program
The Historical Preservation Society of Upper
Township welcomes Atlantic County Veterans Museum committee members,
Dick Squires and Cindy Mason-Purdie, as speakers to our May 9, 2017
general meeting.
The new Atlantic County
Veterans Museum is housed in the historic 1832 Estell Manor House, and
holds a collection of military artifacts and memorabilia related to
Atlantic County residents.
Please join us at 7 pm for
snacks and at 7:30 pm for this interesting program at the Cape May
County Library: Upper Cape Branch, 2050 Tuckahoe Rd., Petersburg.
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www.aclink.org/vetsmuseum
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"Ocean City in the Rail Age" -
Train
history -Ocean City - Somers Point - Upper Twp.
New speaker and topic - "Ocean City in the
Rail Age" - for the Historical Preservation Society of Upper Township
program on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, 7 pm, at the Upper Cape Library
Branch in Petersburg.
Anthony Marino will present his
talk "Ocean City in the Rail Age."
His program will have maps and vintage trolley photos, in a Power Point
presentation, showing how Ocean City soon after its founding was quickly
connected to Atlantic City and Somers Point through steam railroads,
trolley lines, and steam ferry service.
Seaville was connected by
railroads to the southern end of the island and then by railroad and an
electric trolley line north to the Gardens area. This late 19th
century era of rail transportation allowed Ocean City to develop rapidly
before the age of the automobile began.
Anthony Marino received his undergraduate degree from Saint Joseph’s
University, served two years with the Peace Corps in Venezuela, and then
earned a Masters degree from Cornell University. He was a member
of the original faculty at Richard Stockton University when it opened in
1971. In 1979 he became the Deputy Executive Director of the
Atlantic City Expressway and spent 24 years with the South Jersey
Transportation Authority.
After retiring in 2003, Tony
became a volunteer for the Atlantic County Historical Society. He has
published two articles in its Annual Yearbook, one on the history of
Atlantic City Railroads and the second on the History of Atlantic City
Interurban Trolley Systems.
The
April 11th meeting starts at 7 pm with a social gathering and
refreshments. The program begins at 7:30 pm.
Meeting Location: Upper Cape
Branch Library, 2050 Tuckahoe Road, Petersburg, NJ
The previously announced program for April, on the
Woodbine Heritage, by Jane Stark, from the Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine
Heritage, will be rescheduled for a later date.
- Program notes,
updated as of 09 April 2017.
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Tuesday, June 13, 2017, 7 pm
Program:
TBA
Meeting Location:
Upper Branch Library
See 2017 Calendar for the HPSUT
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Click Here for Society's archived 2016 activity
pages
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Main Events For 2017
The Historical Preservation Society of Upper
Township has set the dates of our two main events for 2017.
They are:
- Strawberry Festival, Saturday, May 20,
2017
Rain date of Sunday May 21.
- AppleFest,
Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017.
Rain date of Sunday Oct. 15.
We hope you will include them in
your annual calendars.
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Membership Dues / Renewals::
Consider renewing/signing up today for the
HPSUT 2016membership year. See the
Membership Page for dues levels.
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Information You Can Use
Our Timeline:
2017
marks the
217th Anniversary of the Township and the
39th Anniversary of the
Historical Preservation Society of Upper Township.
Membership Dues / Renewals:
Consider renewing/signing up today for the
HPSUT 2017 membership year. See the
Membership Page for dues levels.
Or
print our
handy application form.
WANTED!
The Historical
Preservation Society of Upper Township is seeking information,
interesting stories, old books, letters, post cards, documents, objects
and other items relating to the history of our township. Please
help to preserve our past for our future generations. Thank You!
Newsletter
Attention all members with email addresses:
Please include your email address when you renew
your membership. It is quicker and easier to notify you by email if
there is a new event or a change in plans. Also the newsletter is
in color and looks much better on the screen. Thank you. Marj Bixby, newsletter editor.
See online copy on
Newsletter Page.
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Share your memories and artifacts:
Photos by
R. J. Cooper,
October 2013
Stories of
Upper Township, Cape May
County
Historical Preservation Society
is interested in archiving local memorabilia about our Cape May County
community.
For example, see photos of the Railroad Memories program,
held Oct. 2013 - See Facebook photo gallery -
here.
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