Clinton Township Newsletter

1 7 A p r i l 2 0 1 4 u s e d b o o k s a l e T o b e n e F i T o p e r a T i o n s h o e b o x USED BOOK SALE to benefit OPERATION SHOE BOX for military per- sonnel will be held at Lebanon Reformed Church Fellowship Hall on Saturday, April 12 from noon to 4:00 pm. Coffee will be served and baked goods will be available. Please call 908.236.6167 for more info. u p C o m i n g h u n T e r d o n T r i C e n T e n n i a l e V e n T s F o r a p r i l C l i n T o n p r e s b y T e r i a n C h u r C h r u m m a g e s a l e Fri.& Sat., April 11-12 • 9 to 12 noon • 91 Center St., Clinton Come find many treasures at great bargain prices! Clothes, toys, books, household items. Proceeds to benefit Mission Minis- try projects. For more information, call 735-5029. n C b l i b r a r y ' s a p r i l e V e n T s Please join us at the Library and enjoy our April programs! April 1 - Launching Garden Club (drop-in) 7pm April 2 - Workforce Wednesdays 1pm April 5 - Author Katherina Sheehan meet & greet 11-1pm April 7 - Homeschoolers' Board game Day 1-4pm April 8 - Book Group 7pm April 10 - Spring into Nutrition 7pm April 16 - Fred Miller Lectures in Song 2pm April 17 - Singer/guitarist Kenny Cunningham 7pm April 19 - Artist Neha Pallod Limaya reception 12-2pm April 21 - Homeschoolers' Board Game Day 1-4pm April 24 - Mandelas and Music with Kim and David Cheifer 7pm April 26 - Giant Airships with John Andrews 1pm Drop-in Scrabble: every Friday at 1pm Please register as these programs will fill! Call 908.730.6135 or visit the Library's Events Calendar at www.hclibrary.us. Dates, times and details are subject to change. See you at the Library! April 5-13: Common Threads: Historic Quilt Display. Free and open to the public. Location: Route 12 County Complex, Building #1, Assembly Space, 314 Route 12, Flemington from 10am - 4pm. April 5: Children's Historical Craft Proj- ect: Fiber/Quilt Project. A historical craft project for children with Carol Weisenbacher and Susan Miller. After finishing the craft project, participants will take a short walk to the building next door to view the Historic Quilt Display. Location: Extension Center, 314 Route 12 County Complex, Flemington from 10:30am - 12pm. April 5: Hunterdon Settlement Pattern Series Lecture: The British Migration. Join David Reading for a discussion on the history of the English Migration into Hunterdon County. Refreshments follow. Location: Main Branch of the County Library, County Complex, 314 Route 12, Flemington starting at 2pm. April 6: Tour of Governor John Reading's Home. Join us for a unique opportunity to tour this 254-year-old Georgian style mansion Gov. John Reading Jr. built along the South Branch of the Raritan River in 1760. This home is privately owned and generally not open to the public. The Reading house is a testament to Governor Read- ing's wealth and social standing. It is a Georgian mansion with special details. Also included in this special tour is a circa1775 Reading English-style barn and a restored 1740's farmhouse. Location: River Road, Flemington. Starting at 2pm. April 8: Common Threads: Quilting Tradi- tions of Hunterdon County. In conjuction with the Quilt Display of Hunterdon's historic quilts, attend this wonderful lecture lead by Hunterdon County Historic Society's Curator of Textiles Judy Grow about their history and the people who made them. Refreshments follow. Location: Main Branch of the County Library, County Complex, 314 Route 12, Flemington starting at 7pm. April 12: Hunterdon Settlement Pattern Series Lecture: The History of the Palan- tine Migration. Join us as Hunterdon Historian Stephanie Stevens details the German Migration into Hunterdon County that began in the 17th Century. Refreshments follow. Location: North Branch of the County Library, 65 Halstead Street, Clinton starting at 10am. April 12: Children's Historical Craft Proj- ect: Pysanky - The Polish/Unkranian Art of Egg Dying. Just in time for Easter! Join expert egg dyer Susan Schmitt as she teaches children to make beautiful hand colored Easter eggs. Refresh- ments follow. Limited to 12 children, ages 8 to 12. Location: North Branch of the County Library, Clinton starting at 2pm. April 22: Lindbergh Biography Part I: The Early Years. Jim Davidson, author co-author of "New Jersey's Lindbergh Kidnapping and Trial" will present a 1 hour powerpoint presentation entitled "Lindbergh, the Early Years." It will focus on Lindbergh's early aviation career as a barnstormer and air mail pilot culminating in his design of the airplane "The Spirit of St. Louis". We then follow Lindbergh across the ocean to Paris and his heroic return to the United States with gigantic celebra- tions in Washington and New York. On to his 80 city tour of US cities follow by his trip to Mexico and the Caribbean where he met his future wife Anne Morrow. Back to New Jer sey where he marries and has Charles Lindbergh Jr. and builds Highfields in the Sourland Mts. ending with the night Charles Jr. was kidnapped. Refreshments follow. Location: Hunterdon County Historic Cour thouse, Main Street, Flemington starting at 7pm. April 23: Lindbergh Biography Part II: The Daker Years. Author Jim Davidson continues his back to back bio of Lindbergh with the darker years: the kidnapping, the trial, the allegations of his Nazi leanings, his later years away from the probing public. Refreshments follow. Location: Hunterdon County Historic Courthouse, Main Street, Flemington starting at 7pm. April 26: Ode to Hunterdon: Hunterdon County Through the Eyes and Words of Hunterdon's Poets. In celebration of National Poetry Month, Hunterdon poets gather to share works reflecting the county's beauty and its grit, from the extraordinary to the mundane. In poems that draw on the county's 300-year his- tory, its evocative places, quirky characters and iconic events, Juditha Dowd, John Richard Smith, MaryAnn Miller, Ray Brown, Vasiliki Katsarou, Basil Rouskas, Kathe Palka, Ravenna Taylor, Skye Van Saun, Paul Matthews, Warren Cooper and Ross Gay elevate the senses and set spirits soaring. At this one-of-a-kind event, Hunterdon poets voice their odes to the county we love on its 300th anniversary. Refreshments follow. Location: Historic Court House, Main Street, Flemington starting at 7pm. April 27: Mayhem on the Mountain: The Sourlands and the Lindbergh Kidnapping. Local East Amwell historian Jim Davidson will give a one hour talk on the early stages of the Lindbergh kidnapping and its effect on the Sourland Mountains and town of Hopewell. Us- ing a powerpoint with many pictures from the time period, Davidson will cover from the time Charles and Anne Lindbergh settled on buying their property on the mountain to the building of their house and to that fateful night of March 2, 1932 when Charles Jr. was kidnapped from his crib. He will follow the course of events from Hopewell becoming the epicenter of the world until the baby was found dead just outside of town in May. Refreshments follow. Location: Historic County Cour thouse, Main Street, Flemington starting at 3pm. April 29: Flemington During the Lindbergh Trial. Author Jim Davidson continues our 2nd week of the series on Lindbergh in a discussion of the famous Lindbergh Trial. In the very Court- house where it took place, Jim will share how Flemington was effected by the legal proceed- ings. Flemington was a sleepy country town until Richard Hauptamnn was found to have $14,000 of ransom money in his garage. Extradited to New Jersey and arriving in Flemington in October of 1934, the town was turned upside down. Over 700 reporters and photographers were here, two airports were set up and miles of wires were run. During the 6 weeks of the trial, Flemington was the epicenter of the universe. Crazy things hap- pened in the courtroom and in the town. Using rare pictures from the time, Jim Davidson will present an hour long powerpoint entitled "When the Circus Came to Town". Refreshments follow. Location: Historic County Cour thouse, Main Street, Flemington starting at 7pm. a p r i l aT T h e r o u n d V a l l e y r e C r e aT i o n a r e a 1220 Lebanon-Stanton Rd.,Lebanon, NJ 08833 phone: 908.236.6355 Sunday, April 6–Geology Walk: Round Valley straddles the Highlands and Piedmont provinces. Take a short hike on two of our trails, discover the differences and maybe find a piece of iron. 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $2.00 fee for ages six and above; pre-registration recommended. Sunday, April 13–Bird Walk: 9:00 am to 11:00 am No fee to participate. Join John DeMarrais and Alan Rennie, NJ Audubon Society member, on 3\4 mile flat trail loop. Traverse the water's edge, which is usually a busy place for Black-backed Gull and Osprey that hang out there day in and day out. Then take a short drive to the swimming pond where abundant waterfowl enjoy the early spring serenity. If you have a field guide and binoculars we suggest you bring them. Saturday, April 26–Earth Day Celebration: Get a look at our four hiking trails, identify and cut some invasive plants, and consider adopting a trail. 10 am to 12:00 pm. $2.00 fee for ages six and above; pre-registration recommended. Bring hand clippers if you'd like to cut back invasive plants. Round Valley Recreation Area (South Parking Lot) 1220 Lebanon-Stanton Rd., Lebanon, NJ 08833 phone: 908.236.6355. "The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it." – Christopher Columbus F l o w e r S a l e ! The Auxiliary of Annandale Hose Company is having an Easter Flower Sale on Friday, April 18 and Saturday, April 19 from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm at the Annandale Hose Company Station 2 on Rt. 31 South. Please help support the vol unteers of the Annandale Hose Company!

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