Clinton Township Newsletter

2 2 O c t O b e r 2 0 1 4 www.ClintonTwpNewsletter.com s e n I o r s ' c o r n e r • The next meeting of the Clinton Township Seniors Club will be held on Wednesday, October 8 at 10 am in the lower level of the Annandale Reformed Church. Our speaker that day will tell us about the use of therapy dogs. Hope to see everyone there! For more information, please call Pat at 908.735.0424. • We still have space available for the following trip: Dec. 2-3: Victorian Cape May at Christmas Remember, you don't have to be a member or a senior in order to take a trip with us! Call Pat at 908.735.0424 for more infor- mation and prices. We do hope you'll join us! UPS/Clinton • GrayRock Village Mall 1802 Rt. 31 n. phone: 908.638.3500 email: store4525@theupsstore.com www.theupsstorelocal.com/4525/ Ask us about the many things we can do for you! Proud to Print CTNL every month! Frank F. Apgar & Sons Septic Tank Cleaning Family Owned Business Annandale 908.735.5248 D e J e S u S i n S P i r e S p e r F o r m I n g a t l e B a n o n r e F o r m e d c h u r c h Lebanon Reformed Church invites area senior citizens to a complimen- tary Italian Dinner and Entertainment on Saturday November 8. The entertainment featuring "DeJesus Inspires" will be singing your favorite songs. The Church and Fellowship Hall are wheelchair accessible. Jaime DeJesus and Nancy McCauley from Clinton, NJ have performed throughout the Northeast Tri-State area for decades including Caesars in Atlantic City and opening for Jay Leno at the Sands Casino in Bethle- hem, PA. What makes their shows entertaining and unforgettable? Their comedy and audience interaction is coupled with strong, talented vocals, performing solos and duets from 'The Great American Songbook' classics from the 40s, 50s and 60s to the current, as well as Broadway/Movie hits and Motown favorites. Have your dancing shoes ready! Call for show time and remember, reservations are required, as seating is limited. Please call 908.963.8899. Visit Jaime and Nancy's website for more information: www.DeJesusSings.com. c l I n t o n r e a l e s t a t e . c o m An Exaggerated Spring Bump! Real Estate is back and prices are rising! The number of home sales in New Jersey rose by 29% from 2011 to 2012 and another 15% from 2012 to 2013. We expected this Summer market to be early and strong but heavy Winter weather caused January 2014 to be the first month since 2011 to have lower home sales than the same month the previous year! And the snow storms just kept coming, right through March. As a result we experienced an exaggerated Spring bump – a later but stronger Spring market than we anticipated. Will this more intense demand yield a higher sale price for your home? Let's talk real estate. Donald Sherblom, Coldwell Banker, Clinton (908) 735-8080, ext 132. Please call my cell: 908.797.9900. Only at ClintonRealEstate.com: ALL CLINTON TOWNSHIP HOME SALES! I m m a c u l a t e c o n c e p t I o n c h u r c h c e l e B r a t e s 1 5 0 y e a r s s I n c e I t s o F F I c I a l o r g a n I z a t I o n All are invited to History Presentation on Sunday, October 19! A historical presentation of the 150+ years of the Church is planned for 7:00 pm Sunday, October 19, held in the Church Hall on the Church's lower level. All are welcome; refreshments will be available. Immaculate Conception Church moved to Annandale in 1969 after out- growing its original church building in Clinton. It began with a small group of Palatine and Bavarian German iron workers and farmers, smuggled into New Jersey by their Lutheran and Reformed kin to escape the religious wars in Europe. By the time of the Revolutionary War, they were served by circuit riding German priests from St. Joseph Church in Philadelphia. Just before the Irish potato famine, the Mulligan brothers arrived in Clinton and within a decade owned the limestone quarry at the Red Mill. When the railroad was being built through the region in 1850, some of the Irish workers decided to stay put and got jobs with the quarry and the Taylor Iron Works. About that time, one of the Mulligans fit his barn on Halstead Street to serve as a church when a circuit rider arrived. Finally, in 1864 several of the members decided it was time to officially become a congregation and petitioned the bishop to do so, then filed for state incorporation as St. Mary's Church of Clinton. That status became official October 17, 1864. – F r a n k c u r c I o "Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble." ~ William Shakespeare, "Macbeth" c l I n t o n t o W n s h I p r e s I d e n t n e e d s y o u r h e l p ! One of our Clinton Township residents, Alan Bilbee, needs a liver transplant to live. He caught Hepatitis C from a tattoo in the 1980s and is currently receiving care at Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia while awaiting trans- plant. Alan used to work as a masterful painter and remodeled homes in Northern NJ with his brother Howard. Unable to work since 2005, Alan is looking forward to getting healthy again so he can fish with his sons, play with his granddaughters and meet his far-away grandsons. Even with insurance, Alan is facing very high expenses. Since May 20, 2014, his wife Kathy Bilbee has been paying $40 a night as a guest of Gift of Life Family House in Philadelphia, which serves as a "home away from home" for organ transplant patients and their families. A fundraising campaign for transplant- related expenses has been established with the nonprofit HelpHOPELive. All contributions are tax-deductible. To donate, please visit: www.helpho- pelive.org and search for "Alan Bilbee" or call: 1.800.642.8399. Thank you.

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