Clinton Township Newsletter

1 2 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 7 www.ClintonTwpNewsletter.com c A L L i N G A L L P i z z A L o v E R s ! It's time for the Newcomers Club of North Hunterdon to have our annual pizza making social on Saturday, January 21 at 7:00 pm, at a member's home! Come out to enjoy a fun and delicious night where you will be making pizza and voting for your favorite – there are prizes too! S p o u s e s a n d g u e s t s a r e welcome! Here's how it works: Attendees are randomly divided into 8 teams. Depending on the size of the group, there will be two to four people on a team. Each team is then assigned a "secret" ingredient – for example, balsamic vinegar -- that must be included on your pizza. This is a great way to make new acquaintances! Please RSVP by January 13, 2017 to: nhnewcomers@ yahoo.com (and to obtain more details). T E W k s b u R y H i s T o R i c A L s o c i E T y T o H o L D A N N u A L M E E T i N G J A N u A R y 1 5 ; W i L L H o s T T A L k o N D & R c A N A L The Tewksbury Historical Society will be holding its annual membership meeting on Sunday, January 15 at 1:00 pm at the Mountainville Meeting Hall, 60 Water Street in Mountainville. The public is invited to attend and refreshments will be served. The Society will hold its annual reorganization meeting, at which time the Society's Nominating Committee will present a slate of officers for the positions of Vice-President and Treasurer, to be voted upon by the membership at large. The Society's Treasurer will be presenting a 2016 financial report and Standing Committee Chairs will present their reports on 2016 activities and proposed 2017 plans. Did you know that: • For more than 170 years, the Delaware and Raritan Canal has meandered across the narrow waist of New Jersey? • The D&R was one of our nation's most successful towpath canals, carrying more tonnage in 1866 than the more famous Erie Canal? • Johnson & Johnson, Roebling, and Fleischmann's Distillery all had their start along the D&R? • The canal provides the people of central New Jersey with both a water supply and a premier recreational facility? Canal author and historian Linda J. Barth will introduce you to the people, the bridges, the locks and the aqueducts that made the canal work. This waterway, now the centerpiece of a popular state park, transported men and supplies between New York and Philadelphia during three wars. Inventor John Holland used the canal to deliver his Holland VI Submarine to Washington for its Navy trials, and luxury yachts, like J .P. Morgan's Tarantula, cruised the waterway. Come learn more about this gem of central New Jersey! Linda Barth is no stranger to the Delaware & Raritan Canal, having grown up in the canal town of South Bound Brook. For over two decades, she served on the board of the Canal Society of New Jersey and, with her husband Robert, has led canal tours throughout the Northeast. The Barths enjoy cruising (at the leisurely pace of 5 miles per hour) on the historic canals of England, Scotland, France, Canada and other countries. The author of many canal and travel articles, Mrs. Barth has served as the curator of the Mule Tenders Barracks Museum on the banks of the D&R Canal in Griggstown, New Jersey. A retired teacher, she has written two books on the D&R Canal for Arcadia Publishing. Her children's picture book, Bridgetender's Boy, was published by the National Canal Museum in 2005. Hidden New Jersey was published by Charlesbridge in 2012. Her newest book is A History of Inventing in New Jersey: From Thomas Edison to the Ice Cream Cone. In the event of inclement weather the meeting will be postponed. Check the Society's website at www. TewksburyHistory.net or call: 908.832.6734 for more information.

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