Clinton Township Newsletter

2 6 J u l y 2 0 1 5 www.ClintonTwpNewsletter.com 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, July 8 at 10:00 am in the lower level of the Annandale Reformed Church. Our entertainment that day will be Russ Martone, a singer. Don't forget our Annual Picnic at Beaver Brook Country Club will be held on Monday, August 3 at 12:00 noon! You must make a reservation with Pat (735-0424) if you plan on attending. –Upcoming Bus Trips – • August 6: Brownstone in West Patterson, luncheon show to hear Bobby Valli, brother of Frankie Valli of the Four Seasons, sing all the hits of the Four Seasons! $90.00 per person • Colonial Williamsburg at Christmas: December 6-8. Please call Pat at 908.735.0424 for more information about these trips and to make reservations. P a r k i n s o n ' s D i s e a s e s u P P o r t G r o u P A Parkinson's disease support group for the Hunterdon area has been formed for those affected by the disease. The goal is to have an informal monthly evening meeting where news and experiences can be shared and concerns or questions can be discussed. The meeting is held on the third Wednesday of each month in the Grandin Room of the Hunterdon County Library, North Branch, in Clinton. The meeting starts at 7:00 pm and lasts about one hour. Please call Ron Zak at: 908.730.6114 or e-mail him at: ronzak@att.net with your contact information or if you have any questions. T h e l e b a N o N S e N i o r C l u b The Lebanon Senior Club is hosting a trip to Hunterdon Hills Playhouse on July 21 at 11:00 am. The price is $57 for non-members and $45 for mem- bers. Transportation is not included. "TWIST & SHOUT!," a Brand New Musical Celebration of the Sensational Sixties, is an unforgettable musical experience from the creator of "The Music of America." Journey back in time, celebrating that fascinating era featuring, among others, tunes from Burt Bacharach, The Beatles, The Four Seasons and the Four Tops. Price includes a full course meal, the show, desserts, tax and gratuity. If you're interested, please call Mary Ann at 908.236.8291. We hope you'll join us! The Declaration of Independence: A Transcription IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776 "The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. ... We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor." Signed, Georgia: Button Gwinnett Lyman Hall George Walton North Carolina: William Hooper Joseph Hewes John Penn South Carolina: Edward Rutledge Thomas Heyward, Jr. Thomas Lynch, Jr. Arthur Middleton Massachusetts: John Hancock Maryland: Samuel Chase William Paca Thomas Stone Charles Carroll of Carrollton Virginia: George Wythe Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Harrison Thomas Nelson, Jr. Francis Lightfoot Lee Carter Braxton Pennsylvania: Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin Franklin John Morton George Clymer James Smith George Taylor James Wilson George Ross Delaware: Caesar Rodney George Read Thomas McKean New York: William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris New Jersey: Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett William Whipple Massachusetts: Samuel Adams John Adams Robert Treat Paine Elbridge Gerry Rhode Island: Stephen Hopkins William Ellery Connecticut: Roger Sherman Samuel Huntington William Williams Oliver Wolcott New Hampshire: Matthew Thornton n Reach Over 14,000 Local Consumers Monthly n Change Your Message Monthly n Have Your Ad Designed – Free! n Run a Small Article (about 150 words) – Free! n Have your ad linked to your website at: www.ClintonTwpNewsletter.com email us at: want your message seen by over 14,000 readers? 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