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What's New 2018
E-mail: uppertwphistory@yahoo.com
Last Posting Date
(Site Log Sheet)
14 Dec. 2018
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Celebrate
Christmas With Us! Annual Holiday Dinner
@ The Tuckahoe Inn When: Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018
Where: Tuckahoe Inn, 1
Harbor Rd and Route 9, Marmora, New Jersey 08223
Program: Social Gathering
6 pm, Dinner will be served at 6:30 pm
RSVP coupon - PDF
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https://tinyurl.com/ybtrk69l .
Previous Meetings:
Note:
The scheduled program for Nov. 13th was canceled
due to the speaker's family issue. The HPSUT hopes to re-schedule the
“Forgotten Warriors Vietnam Museum” program in the future.
Bob Holden, HPSUT Board member and
the Society's Historian, stepped in and presented an enlightening
program on WWI. Holden showed a series of film clips from movies
produced / directed in the U.S.:
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Local Vietnam Museum
HPSUT November Meeting Program
When: Tuesday, Nov. 13,
2018 The Historical Preservation Society of Upper Township Meeting.
Where:
Upper Township Branch of the Cape May County Library at 2050 Tuckahoe
Rd.
Program: “Forgotten Warriors Vietnam Museum” presented
by the owner of the museum, Vietnam Veteran, Thomas Collins. The
Museum, located at the Cape May Airport, 529 Forrestral Rd., Rio Grande,
NJ, displays and preserves: military equipment, artifacts, and donated
personal memorabilia from Vietnam war veterans. See the Museum Facebook
page
here.
There will be social time and
refreshments at 7 pm followed by short business meeting; program at 7:30
pm. Please join us ! ______

Joseph G. Bilby, center, co-author of the book, “A
History of Submarine Warfare along the Jersey Shore” was this month's
speaker for the HPSUT October Membership Program at the Upper Cape
Branch Library. Pictured are Mike Horan, left, HPSUT Vice President and
Program Chairperson; Bilby; and Barbara Horan, HPSUT Corresponding
Secretary. Bilby is the Historian of the NJ
National Guard Militia Museum of NJ in Sea Girt and spoke about the
history of submarines off the New Jersey coastline, from 1776 through
World War II.
- Photo by Ralph Cooper, HPSUT Publicity / Board
Member .

September's program speaker was Tom Maddox, center,
owner of American Diving Supply, pictured with Carol Williams,
President, Historical Preservation Society (HPSUT) and Mike Horan, Vice
President and program chair of the HPSUT. Maddox gave a presentation
about his 2.5 mile dives on the Mir deep diving submersibles while they
filmed to explore the wreckage of TITANIC as part of a History Channel
expedition. >
www.americandivingsupply.com
- Photo by Ralph Cooper, HPSUT Publicity / Board
Member .
The History of Dennisville and “Cedar Mining” was
presented by Ray Rebmann, Curator/Historian of the Old School House
Museum, Dennisville, as the program for the Historical Preservation
Society of Upper Twp. in June. Pictured, from left: Tom Champion,
historian of Belle Plain State Park; Mike Horan, HPSUT vice President;
Carol Williams, HPSUT President and Rebmann. >
www.dennistwpmuseum.org .

May 2018 History Program: Kristin Qualls, center,
Wheaton Arts Director of Exhibitions; with Carol Williams, right,
Historical Preservation Society of Upper Twp. President and Mike Horan,
HPSUT Vice President at the May 8th, 2018 meeting of the Historical
Society. The program by Qualls covered the history of glass making in
South Jersey including the Marshallville in Upper Twp. and Cape May
Court House. >
www.wheatonarts.org/ -
Photo by Ralph Cooper, HPSUT Board .
 History of Glassmaking in South Jersey
Tuesday, May 8, 2018 “The History of Glassmaking”
The impact that glassmaking had on the growth of South Jersey. -
Presented by Kristen Qualls, Director of Exhibitions &
Collections, Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center
These historical programs are
held on the 2nd Tuesday each month at the Upper Cape Branch Library
meeting room.
Location: 2050 Tuckahoe Road, Petersburg, NJ
Speaker's website:
http://www.wheatonarts.org/ .
April 10th Program - First
Frontier Settlers The First
Frontier: Whaler Yeomen in Colonial New Jersey”
The story of the first permanent European settlers
as well as a discussion of how the Eastern Seaboard was the original
American frontier. - Presented by Jim Stephens, Deputy
Director, of Historic Cold Spring Village. The Tuesday, April 10, 2018
event starts at 7 pm. These historical programs are held on the 2nd
Tuesday each month at the Upper Cape Branch Library.
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postings ...
. Annual Potluck Dinner and Show & Share
For
Upper Twp. Historical Society Mar. 13th
Join with members and friends of
the Historical Preservation Society of Upper Township for our annual
covered dish – “Potluck” Dinner on Tuesday, Mar. 13, 2018, 6 pm, at the
First United Methodist Church, Route 49, Tuckahoe.
This is the
first meeting for the Society’s 2018 program year. See our website for
details on the monthly programs.
There is
no charge for this dinner / program, however, please RSVP with the
Society’s Mar. 13th Eventbrite page >
https://uppertwphistory.eventbrite.com
This Potluck
Dinner gathering of Historical Society members and guests is always a
popular event for our community.
The Board of Trustees will
provide the meat dishes and we hope that everyone else attending will
bring a vegetable, bread or dessert.
The popular “show and share”
will be held following the dinner. Members and guests are welcome to
bring in items and tell the stories about their family artifact.
For additional information,
please contact Carroll Bailey, 628-2425,
carrollbaileyupper@outlook.com .
Our monthly Membership Meetings
will resume again in March 2018. Watch for details this website and the
HPSUT Facebook page.
. SAVE The DATE -
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Annual Covered Dish Dinner - Show and
Share. The March meeting of the Historical
Preservation Society of Upper Twp. will be held at the United Methodist
Church, Rt. 49, Tuckahoe, NJ. .

Regular monthly Membership Meetings / programs held
on the 2nd Tuesday @ 7 pm at the Upper Cape Branch Library.
See 2018 Calendar for the HPSUT
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Here .

Click Here for Society's archived 2017 activity
pages .
Main Events For 2018 The Historical Preservation Society of Upper
Township has set the dates of our two main events for 2018. They are:
- Strawberry Festival, Saturday, May 19,
2018
Rain date of Sunday May 20.
- AppleFest,
Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018.
Rain date of Sunday Oct. 14. Note: Above dates are
tentative - pending Board approval.
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Membership Dues / Renewals::
Consider renewing/signing up today for the
HPSUT 2016membership year. See the
Membership Page for dues levels. .
Information You Can Use Our Timeline:
2018
marks the
220th Anniversary of the Township and the
40th Anniversary of the
Historical Preservation Society of Upper Township.
Membership Dues / Renewals:
Consider renewing/signing up today for the
HPSUT 2018 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.
Ralph Cooper, newsletter editor.
See online copies 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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Business Support for Twp. History: Carol Williams, President of
the Historical Preservation Society of Upper Township (HPSUT),
accepts a $500 donation from the Upper Twp. Business Association
(UTBA) in appreciation of the Society’s year-long partnership
with the UTBA’s “Shop Local” campaign. Making the presentation
is Ralph Cooper, UTBA Treasurer and Board member. Cooper also
serves as a Board member of the HPSUT. In addition to the UTBA
information table displays during Society open houses and the
Historical Society Strawberry Festival and AppleFest, the HPSUT
was recognized for distribution of “Shop Local” cards and the
annual Community Guide for visitors at the Tuckahoe Train
Station during the Seashore Lines Santa Express trains. The
presentation was made at the Historical Society’s annual
Christmas Dinner, Dec. 11, 2018 at the Tuckahoe Inn, Beesley’s
Point - Photo HPSUT .
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Rotary Recognition for HPSUT Members: Robert Garrett,
left, and Robert Holden were both recognized this month for
their community service by the Ocean City-Upper Twp. Rotary
club. Garrett was cited for his extraordinary service. Holden
was named Upper Twp. Citizen of the Year by the Rotary Club.
- Photos by Ralph Cooper, HPSUT Board Member >
http://ocutrotary.org/ | >
www.facebook.com/oceancityuppertownshiprotary/
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Donations for the Food Pantry at the Seaville United Methodist
Church, collected at the Historical Preservation Society of
Upper Township annual Christmas Dinner, Dec. 11, 2018 .

HPSUT Christmas Dinner, Dec. 11, 2018
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Winter SHOUT Newsletter - 2018-2019
Click above for printable PDF
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Click above for printable PDF

2018 AppleFest 2018
Photo Gallery on Facebook - Photos by R. J.
Cooper (58 Photos) .

Sonia Forry, right, is the volunteer Blue Bird box monitor at
the HPSUT Gandy Farmstead in the Greenfield section of Upper
township. Gail Fisher, left, Cape May County Coordinator with
the New Jersey Blue Bird (BB) Society, installed the box on
Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018 and also conducted an orientation /
training session on the monitoring process.
Blue Birds
welcome at Upper Twp. Historical Gandy Farmstead
Blue Birds will be calling the
Gandy Farmstead home with a new project announced by the
Historical Preservation Society of Upper Township (HPSUT).
The HPSUT has been
developing this new project, in conjunction with the Cape May
County Chapter of the New Jersey Blue Bird (BB) Society and the
Upper Twp. Green Team (GT), and a new nesting box has been
installed at the Gandy Herb Garden.
In
addition, Sonia Forry, HPSUT member, has volunteered to monitor
Gandy BB box for the coming year.
Gail Fisher, Cape May
County Coordinator with the New Jersey Blue Bird Society met
with HPSUT and GT members in Sept. and conducted an orientation
session.
While the Blue Bird
Society has a system for checking the box(s) on a regular basis,
the main role for a box monitor is in the Springtime, when the
baby blue birds hatch.
Working with the monitor
information, Gail will determine when to come to Gandy and band
the birds next year.
If the Gandy Herb Garden
location works out for this first box, there is the potential
for adding a 2nd
box, in the open field, near the back of the Farmstead, beyond
the fruit tree orchard, next year.
To volunteer and help
with this, or other activities at the Gandy Farmstead, please
contact the HPSUT via email at
uppertwphistory@yahoo.com or
call (609) 390.5656 (Please leave a message).
Note: The
Upper Twp. Green Team is interested in partnering with other
groups to facilitate additional bird boxes under the CMC Chapter
of the NJ Blue Bird Society.
For example, several locations along
the Amanda’s Field walking trail have been scouted by Gail
Fisher and the Green Team and the Township has approved initial
installations, when volunteers are signed up.
Please contact the Upper
Twp. Green Team via email
UpperTwpGreenTeam@yahoo.com
if you’d like to volunteer to monitor Amanda’s Field Blue Bird
boxes or just want to learn more details about the program.
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SHOUT Fall 2018 -Newsletter Click on
above graphic to read or print 12-page PDF version.

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- Photo by Ralph Cooper, HPSUT
Transportation Heritage Festival - Saturday, April
28, 2018 Historic Tuckahoe
Train Station and Grounds
The Festival is being held at the
Historical Preservation Society of Upper Twp.'s
Tuckahoe Train Station in conjunction with the
United Railroad Historical Society, Inc.
The theme for this year’s event is “Railroads and the
Military” and will feature train rides, military vehicles,
historic buses, cars, and a special motorcar train ride. The
family friendly festival will also have a 1950’s era
Pennsylvania Railroad military display train, a scale
live steam train, vendors, a model train layout, historic
motorcars and much more.
See the
URHS website for ticketing and other
information.
Note: Copy of Festival Press Release, dated
01 April 2018,
here. .

SHOUT Spring 2018 -Newsletter Click on
above graphic to read or print 8-page PDF version. .

SAVE The DATE - Saturday, May 19, 2018
Strawberry Festival at the Gandy Farmstead
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- Photo by Ralph Cooper, HPSUT
Our Upper Township's Tuckahoe Train
Station was a focal point for Santa Express Train experience
during the 2017 Holiday
Season. The historic Station was staffed by HPSUT volunteers and hours
were coordinated with train schedules.
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2017 AppleFest 2017
Photo Gallery on Facebook - Photos by R. J.
Cooper (25 Photos) . View over 180 photos from
prior AppleFest events - 2016
Photo Gallery on Facebook - Photos by R. J.
Cooper (25 Photos) - 2015
Photo Gallery on Facebook - Photos by R. J. Cooper
(17 Photos) - 2014
Photo Gallery on Facebook - Photos by R. J.
Cooper (51 Photos) - 2013
Photo Gallery on Facebook - Photos by R. J.
Cooper (50 Photos) - 2012
Photo Gallery on Facebook - Photos by Glen
Stewart (23 Photos) . - 2009
Photo Gallery on Facebook - Photos by Glen
Stewart (14 Photos)
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Successful 2017 Strawberry Festival. The
Historical Preservation Society of Upper Township (HPSUT) held
the 28th Annual Strawberry Festival Saturday, May 20, 2017
at the Gandy Farmstead on Tyler Road in Greenfield.
Strawberries, strawberry bread and all of the strawberry
shortcake sold out. Sales included 640 quarts (80 cases) of
strawberries and 60 loaves of the strawberry bread.
May 20th Photo Gallery
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http://tinyurl.com/mffyn9a
Link to Photo Pages - PDF - Here
- Photos by Ralph
Cooper, HPSUT Board Member .
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New Jersey Historic Preservation Office

Three themes have been designated to help frame New Jersey’s
350th anniversary.
Be a Part of the Celebration –
Innovation, Diversity, Liberty
... ... ...
The Historical Preservation Society of Upper Twp. is a
proud member

www.upperbiz.com
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The Historical Preservation Society of Upper Twp. is
supporting partner
www.UpperTwpGreenTeam.wordpress.com
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Society Brochure - Scanned
PDF Copy -
Page 1 ~
Page 2 (Updated
version
as of Sept. 2013)
History Society Brochure
Read about:
- Membership, Mission
- Friendship School
- Gandy Farmstead
- Tuckahoe Train Station
- History Tour Information .

Photo by R. J. Cooper,
August 2013 -
Gandy Farmstead - Narrative History - Handout
(MS Word File) (PDF)
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Strawberry Festival Photos
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2016 Photo Gallery 2-page PDF File Photos by R. J. Cooper
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2015 Photo Gallery on Facebook Photos by R. J. Cooper -
2014 Photo Gallery on Facebook
Photos by R. J. Cooper -
2013 Photo Gallery on Facebook
Photos by Glen Stewart
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2012 Photo Gallery on Facebook Photos by R. J. Cooper
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Photo by R. J. Cooper,
April 2013
Friendship School, Palermo District - Upper Twp. NJ
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- See Society's Links Page
for other Twp. / area groups / activities
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The association maintains
3 historic sites in Upper Twp:
The Friendship School
859 South Shore Road (Route 9)
Palermo, in Upper Township
The Gandy Farmstead
26 Tyler Road (Route 616)
Greenfield, in Upper Township
The Tuckahoe Train Station
Railroad Avenue and Mill Road
Tuckahoe, in Upper Township.

Official Seal -
Upper Township Cape May County - New
Jersey
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