rfrc Franklin Lakes First Memorial Day Parade by BCHS Trustee Jack Goudsward

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1 j Frankln Lakes Frst Memoral Day Parade by BCHS Trustee Jack Goudsward I The tradton of the Frankln Lakes Memoral Day Parade started soon after Amerca entered World War II Pror to that a specal ceremony was held at the Masker Memoral then located n Crystal Lake Secton of Frankln Lakes Zachary Masker was the only resdent to lose hs lfe n World Frankln Lakes Methodst Church Ths was followed by the Massng of the Colors as the Natonal Anthem was played by the Hawthorne Band Next the Borough Servce Flag was brought forward The town had ordered ths flag and at the tme of the rfrc WarI After the ceremony concluded the partcpants would leave for the Wyckoff parade The Frst Memoral Day Parade was held May Its ncepton was under the auspces of the Borough Offcals and honored not only Zachary Masker but all World War I Veterans and those who were now n World War II servce wth the dedcaton of the Town sservce Flag The parade formed up n front of the then Town Hall now the Board of Educaton Buldng and was sad to have been the largest parade n town to that tme As the march stepped off the order of march was as follows Polce Department Flags Mayor Bowers and Councl Members Campgaw Musc School led by Mss Wesshuch Frankln Lakes School Board Grl Scouts Boy Scouts Jr OVAM PTA Church Organzatons Ran Bow Garden Club Cvlan Defense Councl Hawthorne Band Amercan Legon Wyckoff Fremen Oakland Fremen and the Campgaw Fremen The parade started at 9AM and proceeded along Puls Avenue Then turnng on to Frankln Avenue and then down Colonal Road to Hgh Mountan Road and the Masker Memoral The parade today stll follows part of ths orgnal route At the Masker Memoral the Invocaton was gven by Rev Harry Goodrch He was the Pastor of the Frankln Lake Rolt of Honor wth the Servce flag above t dedcaton t contaned twenty two stars Each star represented a servce man from town Ths flag would later fly over the towns Roll Of Honor located next to the town sold Town Hall Mayor Bowers receved the flag and sad n part Ths s a Servce Flag and a Memoral Each star represents one of the ctzens of the borough who s servng n the armed forces of ths country n ths war As your Mayor I have been selected to dedcate t and present t to the ctzens of the borough I dedcate t to servce When we look at t may we always remember that we too must serve Just as we wthout our armed forces would be helpless aganst our enemes so our armed forces cannot possbly wn ths war wthout the enthusastc and wholehearted support of the cvl populaton of our country All reports reachng us show that the morale of our armed forces s contnued on page 11 Early Wnter 2008 Bergen County Hstorcal Socety

2 p 1 II L Frankln Lakes Contrbuton to The Battle of the Atlantc By Jack Goudsward s a The towns nvolvement n the Battle for the Atlantc started long before the dark days of World War II It can be traced to the latter days WarI of World World War One the Unted Durng States Shppng Board put out a call to all Amerca to contrbute funds to revtalze the US Merchant Fleet and replace the shps lost n the war Frankln Lakes then part of Frankln Townshp answered the call The money they contrbuted was used to buld the West Campgaw It s sad that Mrs Woodrow Wlson pcked the name West Campgaw from a group j meant to perpetuate Indan names Such prde was felt for ths patrotc act that durng the ntal Scrap for the drve Second World War the name of thewest Campgaw was evoked to rekndle the patrotc fres Braun 1965 Wyckoff News The shp was bult n 1920 by the JF Duthe and Company of Seattle Washngton too late to enter war servce Her admnstraton was placed under the Merchant Fleet t Cor P oraton and then operated by varous shp companes She o dd not exclude her from nautcal supersttons Such s the events of her 1923 crossng of the Atlantc Salors have the superstton of not sngng relgous hymns Ths was avoded atall costs unlesslestprovoked Ths taboo was broken by two Methodst clercs One was the son of the Methodst Bshop of Oho and hs frend from Dartmouth They were workng ther way to Europe The crews sad they were punshed wth two days of a gale and two more days n fog n ce flled waters Luckly for the clercs some tradtons have passed on such as the tradton of throwng the offendng person or persons overboard to placate the masters of the deep and calm the ocean Ths s not the last tme the West Campgaw felt bad weather On her 1932 crossng of the mddle Atlantc she encountered a force eleven gale wth a barometer of NOAH 1923 New York Tmes 1923 But the West was Campgaw not all supersttons and bad weather Good news and acknowledgments dd come her way Late n 1927 the West Campgaw was one of 94 shps out of a fleet of 285 L Fnal restng place of thes Campgaw Capra and theu609 L 1 Wnter 2007 Bergen County Hstorcal Socety

3 f a f 4 r U to receve recognton for a hgh state of mantenance ths bought a sense of prde to the crew In 1933 the US Shppng Board was redesgned as theus Shppng Bureau and placed n the Department of Commerce then dsbanded replaced by the Martne Commsson when Congress passed the Merchant Marne Act of 1936 Later n T West Campgaw Capra on August l6 February of 1942 the War Shppng Admnstraton became part of USMC by executve order The task of the WSA was to purchase and operate the needed cvlan tonnage the US needed to wn the war McMllan 2001 At the begnnng of 1940 the West Campgaw was rdng at anchor offof Fort Eusts Va n the James Rver as part of the Martme Commssons lad up fleet But ths dd not last long In January of 1941 the US Lnes purchased fve shps from the lad up Fleet One of them was the West Campgaw havng used her before the company knew what she could do Snce neutralty legslaton banned allus shppng from the war zone the shps were bought wth the understandng that they could be sold to a wholly owned foregn subsdary for the North Atlantc operaton New York Tmes The fve shps were sold to the North Atlantc Transport Company of Panama but the US Lnes would act as agent for the operaton of the shp Now the West Campgaw started repars to ready her for war servce Durng ths tme she was renamed CAPIRA n honor of a small town not far from Panama Cty After repars the CAPIRA was assgned to convoy HX 122 She was outftted wth a general cargo and placed n staton 53 of the salng order She departed Halfax on Aprl salng to Lverpool But on Aprl returned to port wth Breakdown One after Another t94z On June she departs Halfax wth k4t 26 she convoy HX 135 carryng a general cargo bound for Lverpool The convoy arrved on July 12 wth no trouble from UBoats On July 31 she saled from Lverpool wth convoy ON 3 carryng a Specal Cargo The Capra dspersed from the convoy on August 14th and sals for Hualfjord n the USSR On September 29 she departs and arrves at Archangel on October 11 of 1941 as part of Convoy PQ1 Later as part of convoy QP 2 they leave Archangel and arrve 14 days later at Krkwall March the SS Capra was tme chartered to the War Shppng Admnstraton n the Port of Boston She was outftted to sal wth Convoy SC 77 salng from Halfax to Lverpool Her poston was 43rd n the convoy A note on the harbor report reads Her decks are loaded wth tanks greensh gray wth some lght blue and the greatest number I have ever seen on a Freghter She then breaks off from Convoy 77 and sals wth Convoy PQ 15 headng to Oban They leave and arrve at Murmansk as part of ConvoyPQ 15 The Capra then leaves and arrves at Archangel On June 26 she leaves for Reyjavk as a part of ConvoyQP 13 Bowerman 2006 Lawson 2006 Durng ths voyage the nstrument of the destructon of the Capra the U contnued on page 18 Bergen County Hstorcal Socety Wnter

4 L 1J 609 was completng tranng wth the 5th Flotlla The U609 went nto servce wth the 6th Flotlla HUNDIUS The boat was captaned by Kptt Klaus Rudloff and was a Type VIIC boat Ths type of boat was the most prevalent to see acton n World War II for the German Navy Helgason 2006 On August the Capra set sal from Halfax to Lverpool England wth Convoy SC 97 She was 23rd n lne wth the convoy She carred a general cargo that ncluded trucks tractors steel mats bulldozers and 250 bags ofjs Mal On August Convoy SC 97 was attacked by the U 609 along wth nne other Uboats Only theu609 fred torpedoes They ran true and ht and sunk the Capra and Bronxvlle The Capra lost fve of her crew Brtsh escorts drove off the Uboats but the damage was done The Capra settled beneath the waves at poston 57 13N33 Lawson 2006 Benjamn F Red a Second Class Seaman and survvor of the Capra 40W n the Atlantc snkng recounts the eventswe were ht n the number four hold about sx oclock n the mornng I stepped out on the Aft deck and one of the booms came loose and ht a member of the Gun Crew n the head There was nothng we could do she was gong down fast A Lfe raft came Ioose and ht me nto the cold Atlantc I was under 1 and a Dutch Merchant Seaman who was on the raft reached under and pulled me out A Canadan Corvette pcked us up I had swallowed some Desel fuel I stayed on deck most ofthe tme wth the wnd blowng n my face I dd not eat untl we got to a North Ireland Naval Base Red 2006 Ths was the only successful sorte for theu609 The next two patrols yelded no engagements On her forth and last patrol she was sunk by depth charges from the Free French Corvette LOBELIA formally the HMS Lobela a Flower Class Corvette She went down wth all forty seven hands Her restng place s 55 17N26 38W Not far from the fnal restng place of the Capra Ths ends the nvolvement of Frankln Lakes n the Battle of the Atlantc ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would lke to thank Charles P Lnder and Kevn Olsen for ther help TABLE 1 SWEST CAMPGAW CAPIRA TYPE TONNAGE COMPLETED STEAM MERCHANT DUTHIE and CO SEATTLE WA OWNER US Lnes Inc New York HOIvEPORT FLAG 5625 TONS 1920J F Panama Panama FATE Attacked and Sunk August SUNK BYU 609 Klaus Rudloff TABLE 2 US MERCHANT SEAMEN SURVIVORS OF THE S CAPRA Caras James Hggns Thomas Travs James B Deck Cadet Freman Engne Cadet US NAVAL ARMED GUARD SURVIVORS Ravella James A Barbar Wllam L Campbell John L Catoe James W Chastan Lawyal J DeChantsreter John G DeHaven Woodrow W Dudley Alvn D Freemen Wllam L Hertel Mathew Red Benjamn R Rcks Benjamn F Van Bushkrk Lester K FOREIGN SEAMEN LOST Chng Young Foo Chna Cuteger Carmelo Malta Knnear Thomas England Lt jg Slc Ch Cook Oler Chef Engr Mtchson Thomas 2nd Engr England The Fnal Restng Place ofthe SCampgaw Capta and theu Wnter 2007 Bergen County Hstorcal Socety

5 J r 1 l r L C REFERENCES CITED Bowerman Tom The WWII US Navy Armed Guard Web Ste Ste Accessed on Apr at www armed guard com Braun Mara S Frankln Lakes Its Hstory and Hertage Publshed ByPhllps Campbell Publshng 1965 Co Inc Colton Tm 2006JF Duthe and Co Seattle Wa Records of Pre WWII Shp Buldng Accessed on lne July at www Coltoncompany Helgason Guomunden2006 The UBoat Net Accessed on June at uboat net Lawsom Sm 2006 www warsalor com Accessed on lne July at warsalors com Marners Museum Photo of thes Campgaw Capra used wth permsson McMllan Joe 2001 US Shppng Board Accessed on Lne July at crwflags com Natonal Oceanc and Monthly Weather Revew Atmospherc Admnstraton November 1923 p227 New York Tmes 1923 August 5 Salors Supersttons Defy The Age Of Reason px3 New York Tmes 1927 December 25 Merchant Fleet Puts 94 Shps On Honor Lst pn13 New York Tmes 1940 July 910 More Shps end Lay Upp41 New York Tmes 1941 January 24 USLnesAcqure New Cargo Vesselp37 Red Benjamn F Personal Communcaton August Wyckoff News 1941 June 17 Defense Councl Alumnum p2 Newsletter prnted at Tech Repro Inc Hackensack Bergen County Hstorcal Socety PO Box 55 Rver Edge IVJ www bergencountyhstoryorg Deborah Powell edtors Kevn Wrght layout Items for the newsletter may be submtted to D Powell Attn Newsletter at 69 Chrste Ave Rver Edge NJ or emaled to dspowellc optonlne net neenruryngo conunuea trom page 4 Assocaton the Ere Ralroad Company promsed to place four electrc lghts near the ralroad depot mmedately and two more n the sprng The company also planned to layout the grounds on the west sde of the depot as a park wth a drveway leadng to the staton Crowds ofchldren masqueraded around Hackensack on Halloween makng holday calls Consderable speculaton n northern New Jersey real estate was gnted n October 1906 by the rapd progress made n constructon of sx tunnels arranged n pars under the Hudson Rver for the use of electrc subways the tunnels of the New York New Jersey Ralroad runnng from Hudson Place Hoboken near the Delaware Lackawanna Western termnal to Morton Street near Chrstopher Street n Manhattan the tunnels of the Manhattan Ralroad extendng from the present Pennsylvana Staton n Jersey Cty to a new termnal to be bult at Cortlandt and Church Streets n Manhattan and the tunnels of the Pennsylvana Ralroad runnng from Weehawken to 32nd Street The Borough Club of Tenafly began agtaton for a brdge across the Hudson Rver from Fort Lee to Harlem n October 1906 The Cty Club of Englewood organzed on October to second Tenafly s efforts n ths regard The Tenafly Borough Club alve not only to the needs of the hour but to those of the future announced that a Hudson Rver Brdge Rally would be held at Tenafly Hall on Monday evenng December to be addressed by the New York and New Jersey Brdge Commssoners Colonel Alfred T Holley of Hackensack n argung for constructon of a brdge across the Hudson Rver at the meetng held n Grantwood on January sad that the brdge could be bult at ths locaton at a cost of about seven mllon dollars because Columba Heghts and Woodclff offered so may natural advantages Charles T Logan of the Grantwood Taxpayers contnued on page 20 Bergen County Hstorcal Socety Wnter 2007 C

6 t rrankln Lakes Memoral llay cont from page 8 l a New Jersey Legslature went strongly Republcan the Senate beng 13 to 8 and the Assembly 41 to 10 Rversde and Demarest Boroughs were the only two dstrcts n Bergen County where votng machnes were stll used The frst snow squall came on November 5th More than SO representatves of Bergen County towns and boroughs met at the County Engneer s offce n Hackensack that evenng to form an organzaton for the purpose of furtherng the project of buldng a boulevard across the county to connect wth the proposed new Hudson Rver brdge Apples potatoes and other vegetables took a bg jump n prce Wth the advent of freezng weather blacksmths experenced a rush of sharpenng horseshoes The four vases of flowers around the fountan on the Hackensack Green were taken n out of the cold leavng the madens forlorn In December 1908 the County Buldng Commttee bowed to the publc wll and decded to erect a new courthouse on the old ste nstead of several other more central locatons n Hackensack The holday rush was on at the Hackensack post offce and delvery wagons worked overtme wth heavy loads of holday packages Santa Claus vsted the Chrstmas festval at the North Hackensack Sunday School extremely hgh Let us as prvate ctzens keep our morale equally hgh Let us have no doubts no complanng and no fears Let us gve all f necessary to brng vctory to our beloved land Ipresent ths flag to all the ctzens of the borough May t be ther symbol of ther dedcaton to the servce of the Unted States of Amerca and may God add hs blessng to ther servce After the dedcaton floral trbutes were placed at the base of the Masker Memoral Ths was led by Mrs Israel sster of Zachary Masker Other trbutes were placed by Mrs Harry Snyder representng the Wyckoff Amercan Legon Auxlary and Mrs HJ Payne representng the Ran Bow Garden Club Band musc preceded the Rfle Squad Salute and the soundng of Taps The ceremony concluded wth a Benedcton by Rev Goodrch NAMES OF SERVICE PERSONAL ON SERVICE FLAG Terrance Melvlle Albert Ernest Melvlle John ODonnell James ODonnell Edward Garman Wllam E Blauvelt Theodore Van Italle Kurt Roehrs Jr Joseph Rego Robert Kngght Robert W Brousseau Melvn Hoppper Theodore Wedanz Davd J Vervaet Robert Tlton Curts Thompson Charles Wnters John Deurloo Joseph Van Dyke Albert Cosgrove Wllam Cosgrove Curt Lechler y wth a team of Rocky Mountan goats pullng hs wagon loaded wth oranges and other good thngs up the man asle to the pulpt He presented Pastor Memoral Llay Program ts 1f2C EfIrtttatIN tat At Zachary MaskerVemoral f f Duryea wth an envelope contanng a sum of money and handed Mss Abby Wlls the church organst a mouse trap wth a 29 gold pece for bat together wth a poem referrng to the young lady as beng frghtened by a mouse n the organ A new fre alarm made from a secton of trolley ral was placed n the trangle on Man Street Hackensack but resdents complaned that t looked too much lke a gallows t ocaton ttlassrr of colors Vatanal nteom L7ecfcatoh of Strvce Flc trv lacry oredrr 1 wlutir 7 1 z Ya1tT 1Ytrt4 Hawthnrn Eland layrs 1utvcr G E31sss tnerc lawtlrnre E3 wd Apure lzalt tr 14ndccl wrr I3arot h lltorncy Idu cl Elo ll butct an Zrh u loskrn 1cnu r rl btrc Cathcru Isr cllr us xr lr Il roy 5sy dc adcr 1u 1 tvthorur t uxl grn Squ ul cncjctr Iv I Lrt urguw lrcl C Bergen County Hstorcal Socety Earlv Wnter 2008 t Y

7 C LLL Frankln Lakes Contrbuton to The Battle of the Atlantc The towns nvolvement n the Battle for the Atlantc started long before the dark days of World WarII It can be traced to the latter days of World WarI Durng World War One the Unted States Shppng Board put out a call to all Amerca to contrbute funds to revtalze the US Merchant Fleet and replace the shps lost n the war Frankln Lakes then part of Frankln Townshp answered the call The money they contrbuted was used to buld the West Campgaw It s sad that Mrs Woodrow Wlson pcked the name West Campgaw from a group meant to perpetuate Indan names Such prde was felt for ths patrotc act that durng the ntal Scrap drve for the Second World War the name of the West Campgaw was evoked to rekndle the patrotc fres Braun 1965 Wyckoff News 1941 The shp was bult n 1920 by the JF Duthe and Company of Seatt Washngton too late to enter war servce Her admnstraton was placed under the Merchant Fleet Corporaton and then operated by varous shp companes She was operated by the US Lne through ts subsdary the Yankee Lne Ths allowed the Amercan Shp to trade wth US possessons She started her career by plyng the Atlantc Colton 2006 New York Tmes 1927 Beng a modern shp By Jack Goudsward AW w Wnter 2007 Bergen Count y Hstorcal Socety r Pey uyk3a4ne1 dd not exclude her from nautcal supersttons Such s the events of her 1923 crossng of the Atlantc Salors have the superstton of not sngng relgous hymns Ths was avoded at all costs unlesslestprovoked Ths taboo was broken by two Methodst clercs One was the son of the Methodst Bshop of Oho and hs Dartmouth frend from They were workng ther way to Europe The crews sad they were punshed wth two days of a gale and two more days n fog n ce flled waters Luckly for the clercs some tradtons have passed on such as the tradton of throwng the offendng person or persons overboard to placate the masters of the deep and calm the ocean Ths s not the last tme the West Campgaw felt bad weather On her 1932 crossng of the mddle Atlantc she encountered a force eleven gale wth a barometer of NOAA 1923 New York Tmes 1923 But the West Campgaw was not all supersttons and bad weather Good news and acknowledgments dd come her way Late n 1927 the West Campgaw was one of 94 shps out of a fleet of 285 Fnal restng place ofthe S Campgaw Capra and theu609 to of pr w Bu of rel wr M Fel Adl byt was cv the Car For part lad long pure up I Can com neut shp were that own Atla 194 Nora Pang as a Nom to re ths

8 r f her rs g at all o0 tcs 1 ser were d eaters ns rt1 r esters hs aw ng tred Iof L r11 me aw E85 t to receve recognton for a hgh state of mantenance ths bought a sense of prde to the crew In 1933 the US Shppng Board was redesgned as the Bureau US Shppng and placed of n the Department Commerce then dsbanded and replaced by the when Martne Commsson Congress passed the Merchant Marne Act of 1936 Later n West Campgaw Capra onaugust February of 1942 the War Shppng Admnstraton became part of USMC by executve order The task of the WSA was to purchase and operate the needed cvlan tonnage the US needed to wn the war McMllan 2001 At the begnnng of 1940 the West Campgaw was rdng Fort at anchor off of Eusts Va n the James Rver as part of the Martme Commssons lad up fleet But ths dd not last long In January of 1941 the US Lnes purchased fve shps from the lad up Fleet One of them was the West Campgaw havng used her before the company knew what she could do Snce neutralty legslaton banned all US shppng from the war zone the shps were bought wth the understandng that they could be sold to a wholly owned foregn subsdary for the North Atlantc operaton New York Tmes The fve shps were sold to the North Atlantc Transport Company of Panama but theus Lnes would act as agent for the operaton ofthe shp Now the West Campgaw started repars to ready her for war servce Durng ths tme she was renamed CAPIRA n honor of a small town not far from Panama Cty After repars the CAPIRA was assgned to convoy HX 122 She was outftted wth a general cargo and placed n staton 53 of the salng order She departed Halfax on Aprl salng to Lverpool But on Aprl 26 she returned to port wth Breakdown One after Another On June she departs Halfax wth convoy HX 135 carryng a general cargo bound for Lverpool The convoy arrved on July 12 wth no trouble from UBoats On July 31 she saled from Lverpool wth convoy ON3 carryng a Specal Cargo The Capra dspersed from the convoy on August 14th and sals for Hualfjord n the USSR On September 29 she departs and arrves at Archangel on October 11 of 1941 as part of Convoy PQ1 Later as part of QP 2 convoy they leave Archangel and arrve 14 days later at Krkwall March the tme SS Capra chartered was to the Admnstraton War n the Shppng Port of Boston She was outftted to sal SC wth 77 Convoy salng from Halfax Her to Lverpool poston was 43rd n the convoy A note on the harbor report reads Her decks are loaded wth tanks greensh gray wth some lght blue and the greatest number I have ever seen on a Freghter She then breaks off from Convoy 77 and sals wth Convoy PQ 15 headng to Oban They leave and arrve at Murmansk as part of Convoy PQ1 S The Capra then leaves and arrves at Archangel On June 26 she leaves for Reyjavk as a part of Convoy Qp 13 Bowerman 2006 Lawson 2006 Durng ths voyage the nstrument of the destructon of the Capra theu contnued on page 18 Bergen County Hstorcal Socety Wnter

9 j Frankln Lakes contnued from page was completng tranng wth the Sth Flotlla TheU609 went nto servce wth the 6th Flotlla HUNDIUS The boat was captaned by Kptt Klaus Rudloff and was a Type VIIC boat Ths type ofboat was the most prevalent to see acton n World War II for the German Navy HeIgason 2006 Flower Class Corvette She went down wth all forty seven hands Her restng place s 55 17N26 38W Not far from the fnal restng place ofthe Capra Ths ends the nvolvement of Frankln Lakes n the Battle of the Atlantc ACKNOWLEDGMENTS On August the Capra set sal from Halfax to Lverpool England wth Convoy SG 97 She was 23rd n lne wth the convoy She carred a general cargo that ncluded trucks tractors steel mats bulldozers and 250 f bags of US Mal On Au ust g Convoy SC 97 was attacked by the U 609 along wth nne otheruboats Only the U609 fred torpedoes They ran true and ht and sunk the Capra and Bronxvlle The Capra lost fve of her crew Brtsh escorts drove off the Uboats but the lamaga was done The Capra settled beneath the waves at poston 57 13N33 40W n the Atlantc Lawson 2006 Benjamn F Red a Second Class Seaman and survvor of the Capra snkng recounts the events We were ht n the number four hold about sx oclock n the mornng I stepped out on the Aft deck and one of the booms came loose and ht a member of the Gun Crew n the head There was nothng we could do she was gong down fast A Lfe raft came loose and ht me nto the cold Atlantc I was under t and a Dutch Merchant Seaman who was on the raft reached under and pulled me outa Canadan Corvette pcked us up I had swallowed some Desel fuel I stayed on deck most of the tme wth the wnd blowng n my face I dd not eat untl we got to a North Ireland Naval Base Red 2006 Ths was the only successful sorte for theu609 The next two patrols jj yelded no engagements On her forth lam and last patrol she was sunk by de P th charges from the Free French Corvette LOBELIA formally the HMS Lobela a I would lke to thank Charles P Lnder and Kevn Olsen for ther help TABLE 1 SWEST CAMPGAW CAPIRA TYPE TONNAGE STEAMMERCHANT 5625 TONS COMPLETED 1920 JF DUTHIE and CO SEATTLE WA OWNER US Lnes Inc New York HOMEPORT FLAG Panama Panama FATE Attacked and Sunk August SUNK BYU 609 Klaus Rudloff TABLE 2 US MERCHANT SEAMEN SURVIVORS OF THE S CAPIRA Caras James Hggns Thomas Travs James B Deck Cadet Freman Engne Cadet US NAVAL ARMED GUARD SURVIVORS Ravella James A Barbar Wllam L Campbell John L Catoe James W Chastan Lawyal J DeChantsreter John G DeHaven WoodrowW Dudley Alvn D Freemen Wtham L Hertel Mathew Red Benjamn F Rcks Benjamn F Van Bushkrk Lester K FOREIGN SEAMEN LOST Chng Young Foo Chna Cuteger Carmelo Malta Knnear Thomas England Mtchson Thomas England Lt jg Slc Ch Cook Oler Chef Engr 2nd Engr The Fnal Restng Place of the SCampgaw Capra and theu609 D Items 1 tc 69 C or er t Wnter 2007 Bergen County Hstorcal Socety

10 j 1 j I own rpnl tng hkltr C 1965 Eder DNS REFERENCES CITED Bowerman Tom The WWII US Navy Armed Guard Web Ste Ste Accessed on Aprl at warmed guard com Braun Mara S Frankln Lakes Its Hstory and Hertage Publshed By Phllps Campbell Publshng Co Inc Colton Tm 2006 JE Duthe and Co SeattleWa Records of Pre WWII Shp Buldng Accessed on lne July at www Coltoncompany Helgason Guomunden2006 TheUBoat Net Accessed on June at uboat net Lawsom Sm www warsalorcom Accessed on lne July at Marners Museum warsalors com Photo ofthes Campgaw Capta used wth permsson McMllan Joe 2001 US Shppng Board Accessed on Lne July at crwflags com Natonal Oceanc and Monthly Weather Revew Atmospherc Admnstraton November 1923 p227 New York Tmes 1923 August 5 Salors Supersttons Defy The Age OfReason px3 New York Tmes 1927 December 25 Merchant Fleet Puts 94 Shps On Honor LstpNl3 New York Tmes 1940 July 910More Shps end Lay Upp41 New York Tmes 1941 January 24 USLnes Acqure New Cargo Vesselp37 Red Benjamn F Personal Communcaton August Wyckoff News 1941 June 17 Defense Councl Alumnum p2 Newsletter prnted at Tech Repro Inc Hackensack Bergen County Hstorcal Socety PO Box55 Rver Edge NJ www bergencountyhstoryorg Deborah Powell edtors Kevn Wrght layout Items for the newsletter may be submtted to D Powell Attn Newsletter at 69 Chrste Ave Rver Edge N or emaled to dspowellc optonlne net nrucu ttcfyl K Assocaton the Ere Ralroad Company promsed to place four electrc lghts near the ralroad depot mmedately and two more n the sprng The company also planned to layout the grounds on the west sde of the depot as a park wth a drveway leadng to the staton Crowds of chldren masqueraded around Hackensack on Halloween makng holday calls Consderable speculaton n northern New Jersey real estate was gnted n October 1906 by the rapd progress made n constructon of sx tunnels arranged n pars under the Hudson Rver for the use of electrc subways the tunnels of the New York New Jersey Ralroad runnng from Hudson Place Hoboken near the Delaware Lackawanna Western termnal to Morton Street near Chrstopher Street n Manhattan the tunnels of the Manhattan Ralroad extendng from the present Pennsylvana Staton n Jersey Cty to a new termnal to be bult at Cortlandt and Church Streets n Manhattan and the tunnels of the Pennsylvana Ralroad runnng from Weehawken to32nd Street The Borough Club of Tenafly began agtaton for a brdge across the Hudson Rver from Fort Lee to Harlem n October 1906 The Cty Club of Englewood organzed on October to second Tenafly s efforts n ths regard The Tenafly Borough Club alve not only to the needs of the hour but to those of the future announced that a Hudson Rver Brdge Rally would be held at Tenafly Hall on Monday evenng December to be addressed by the New Yor1c and New Jersey Brdge Commssoners Colonel Alfred T Holley of Hackensack n argung for constructon of a brdge across the Hudson Rver at the meetng held n Grantwood on January sad that the brdge could be bult at ths locaton at acost of about seven mllon dollars because Columba Heghts and Woodclff offered so may natural advantages Charles T Logan of the Grantwood Taxpayers contnued on page 20 Bergen County Hstorcal Socety Wnter 2007 W mk

11 7 a The Publc Hstory of the Frankln Lakes Nke Base NY93 94 Wth the advent of the Cold War and the preconceved threat of waves of Sovet bombers attackng the Contnental Unted States the Nke Weapon Systems were conceved and deployed The followng was taken from local newspapers and deals wth what the publc learned about the base durng ts 15 years of operaton Ths also shows how the base tred to ft n and become part of the communty Early n 1954 Army representatves and engneers began makng and surveys askng landowners the value ofther Land and would they be wllng to sell Ths started a large protest aganst An Instllaton n Mahwah Telegrams were sent to the Department of Defense Rep Wdnall State Senators The Board of Chosen Freeholders and Bergen Park Commsson condemnng thenstallaton The land under consderaton was located n Darlngton and Frankln Lakes The surveys were centered on the hgh ground of Phelps Road n Frankln Lakes The Darlngton land was partly owned by the County and Immaculate Concepton Semnary Rchard and Wllam Gass along wth Edward C May owned the Frankln Lakes property There was also the publc fear that the base would be dangerous and would adversely affect land values and would run the parkland At that tme the army sad t would requre 20 30acres for the base that would be garrsoned 24 hours a day by 40 men Wyckoff News March A fewweeks later t was announced that after a closed door meetng wth the Army the Freeholders started Condemnaton Proceedngs to acqure a secton of County owned Park land n Mahwah for the nstallaton of a guded mssle staton for the defense of the Metropoltan Area Of the 14 acres of parkland acqured only about 3 acres wll be used for the nstallaton The rest of the by Jack Goudsward land wll be opened to restrcted publc use n accordance wth Army regulatons The army also sad that t would probably requre 100 acres for the nstallaton The Army also put out for bd a constructon contract to buld the base The base would consst of a Launchng Area and Control Area The launchng area would nclude of a Guded Mssle Magazne Fuel Storage and Mantenance Facltes The Control Area wll handle Radar totrack arcraft and equpment to coordnate the Nke Mssles Tandy and Allen Constructon Co of Hackensack won the contract wth a bd of The contract called for the constructon of storage magaznes launchng platforms roads water system and a power plant The launch area s located near the property ofthe Immaculate Concepton Semnary n Darlngton Whle the Radar Installaton waslocated 1000 feet south ofthe land partally owned by Edward C Maya The Army reported that t took over a year to fnd an area that Would cause least dsturbance to the Communty and ft the defense plan for the Metropoltan RegonThey also announced that eghty seven men would be statoned at the base Wyckoff News May 13 June 20 August As 1955 arrved the Army started to make nroads nto the Communty Ths started off wth a talk at the Frankln Lakes Republcan Club A Guded Mssle expert from the Frst Army Ant Arcraft Regonal Command spoke at the meetng He was obtaned through the cooperaton of Capt L DeVanzo ofthe Army The speaker stressed several topcs The frst was that the mssles would only be fred when an enemy s approachng Second that the mssle would not be shootng down bombers wth atomc bombs overhead The mssle s desgned to target bombers before they reach ther target Ie gave guarded nformaton on Fall 2004 Bergen County Hstorcal Socety y

12 how the mssle works n conjuncton wth the radar The expert explaned that the mssle explodes on mpact or when t reaches lethal proxmty Informaton was also dsclosed that the Nke has an Atomc warhead capable of destroyng all arcraft wthn ahalf mle or more of the mssle He went on to descrbe the control ste It ncluded a combnaton Barracks and Bachelors Offcers Quarters Hall Admnstraton Buldng and a Mess All are one story aboveground and made of concrete The Launch Area contans a combnaton Barracks and Bachelors Offcers Quarters Mssle Assembly and Test Buldng and a Generator Buldng for Emergency Power Three underground chambers that are 28 feet deep 52 feet long and 28 feet wde for the storage of the Nke Two wll be on racks on the surface whle the thrd s on elevators to brng the mssles to the surface WyckoffNews March 3 Aprl Near the end of solders arrved at the under constructon Frankln Lakes Base They were lead by Sgt Wllam Shoemaker He came wth a Medc one Corp one Pvt 1st Class and sx Pvts They were under the command of Capt Herbert Anthony At the tme the Mltary desgnaton ofa Battery ofthe 43 d AAA Mssle Battalon NIKE was gven to the base Wyckoff News September Capt Herbert L Anthony wasborn Sept n Berln NY He wentto school n SdneyNY He entered the Army n January 1942 and served n the 386 AAAAW BN at Camp Edwards Mass He partcpated n the Lousana maneuvers and shpped over seas n January 1944 to England He partcpated n the nvason of Normandy and on nto Germany All ths was accomplshed as an Enlsted mar He receved the Bronze Star n World War 2 along wth Purple Heart and the Crox De Guerre from France He was commssoned a2d Leutenant on Sept at fort Rley Kansas and then promoted to ls Leutenant Jan 1951 n England whle wth the 4 AAAAW BN Then on July he was promoted to Captan Capt Anthony was the guest speaker at the Frankln Lakes Memoral Day exercses of 1956 Hs last publc appearance was when he addressed the local PTA He tallced about the development ofthe Nke Mssle and thenshowed ashort flm dealng wth the mssle system The publc too reached out to the men at the base The Wyckoff Post 83 of the Amercan Legon hosted adnner and dance at the St Elzabeth saudtorum The hgh pont ofthe year was the frst publc open house at the base Tours of 20 people were lead by Sgt Clfford Day It was announced at that tme the base would be opened to the publc thrd Sunday of the month from 2 PM to and on the 4 PM Vstors could brng cameras f they wanted At ths tme the base was n full operaton and armed wth the Nke Ajax mssle The base was under the command of Capt Wllam L Sullvan Wyckoff News December 20 December Capt WE Sullvan was born n Massachusetts He entered the Army n Jan 1941 and served n the European Theater n World War2 He returned to Cvlan lfe n 1945 and wasrecalled for the Korean Conflct on 1951 He served at B Battery at Packanack LakeNJ He then was gven Command of the Frankln Lakes base Capt Sullvan attended the 1957 Frankln lakes Memoral Day Servces as prncpal speaker along wth a Color Guard from the base WyckoffNews June In May of 1957 the dental Bus arrved at the base Ths allowed the statoned personal to attend to ther dental needs Before the arrval the personal had to travel to West Pont for treatment Wycko jnews May The Offcers were not the only ones to have contact wth the publc Early n 1958 Gary E Leebeck a 24 year old statoned at the base appeared before Magstrate A Edward Hook He fned the solder25 00 and500 cost ofcourt for drvng wth an mprope regstraton and suspended the fne and leveled a300 cost of court an a careless drvng charge The Careless Ber en Count HstorcalSoce Fall 2004 u S Y h a

13 I I J drvng Summons was ssued by Ptl John Bockhorn because Leebeck knocked down road and street sgns at Crcle Avenue and Pulls Ave Leebeck a natve of Wsconsn stated that he was gong too fast to make the curve and another solder n the front seat fell aganst hm causng hm to lose control WyckoffNews March Ths was not the only ncdent to nvolve the solders and the law Ths ncdent nvolved James E Roberts 20 of Backler Road LverpoolNY He escaped unhurt after httng a Utlty pole at 216 Darlngton Road n Ramsey PtI John Alberse sghted hm for drvng as fast as 70 mles an hour blowng a fre and skddng 175 feet then httng the pole Wyckoff News September The local Government also took an actve nterest n the base A safety nspecton nvolvng Cvl and Mltary offcals as well as then Frankln Lakes Mayor JohnI DeKorte revewed the precautons at the base Ths was n response to the exploson of8 Nke Mssles at Leonardo Base that clamed 10 lves n Mddletown Townshp n Monmouth NJ They were assured that ths could not happen at ths base Wyckoff News May In 1959 the base started to upgrade the nstallaton wth the Nke Hercules Mssle The mssle equpment arrved by ral and off loaded by crane at a at the sdng Susquehanna Staton n WyckoffNJ and trucked to the base The man mssle components were shpped to Campgaw Staton and convoyed under guard to the base Wyckoff News Aprl The 1960 Memoral Day Parade was a hgh pont for the Base The solders attendng the parade brought wth them a Nke Ajax on ts transporter After the functon a publc vewng of the mssle was held At the dsplay t was stated that the Hercules Mssle n now at the base and s 4 tmes the sze of the Ajax From 1961 to 1968 a rfle Squad always partcpated n the parade Upon arrvng at the memoral they would take part n the frng of the salute to the fallen Wyckoff News June21960 June May29 June May June May May The base contnued to do publc outreach programs Capt Guy DeChandease now the commander of the base gave a talk to the Junor Chamber of Commerce of Oakland He spoke on Cvl Defense and showed a flm of the Nke Hercules and Zeus Mssles He then held a queston and answer perod Wyckoff News August The year 1964held another hgh pont for the base It was at ths tme that 1St Sgt Wllarn A Leonard receved hs frst Oak leaf Cluster to hs Army commendaton Medal The ctaton accompanyng the metal stated Sgt Leonard was commended for unusual professonal competence outstandng leadershp ablty and exceptonal outstandng leadershp ablty and exceptonal resourcefulnes resultng n the hgh state ofcombat readness for hs unt Battery Commander Capt George S Gregory III presented the award Wyckoff News July In 1968 the base personal were agan n the news Ths tme Ronald McCabe a solder at the base lost hs lcense for 90 days for speedng Ptl Rchard Canova clocked McCabe gong 95 mles an hour on Route 208 McCabe pad a 15 dollar fne and 5 dollars cost of court WyckoffNews May The base opened to the publc for the last tme n 1968 On ths Memoral Day the publc was gven a hardy lunch shown a move about the Nke and toured the base Later ths year the base was turned over to the New Jersey Ar Natonal Guard Wyckoff News May August The base closed offcally on June At that tme t was the second largest n the country It was n operaton for 15 years The base land n Frankln Lakes fora tme reverted temporarly to the General Servces Admnstraton The Mahwah acreage reverted to the county The personal left and the mssles were removed After that the base passed nto hstory Wyckoff News March In realty the base was more than the Fall 2004 Bergen County Hstorcal Socety

14 people knew It was known as NY or RAMSEY DARLINGTON MAHWAH It was known as a DOUBLE SITE That s a ste that has sx launch sectons and twenty fourlaunchers The base was bult around the Nke Ajax mssle They had an alttude of feet Later the base was upgraded wth the larger Nke Hercules Mssle Ths mssle had an alttude of feet Durng the bases modfcaton between May 1958 and May 1959 the base ganed an AN FPS 71as an Alternate Battery Acquston Radar ABAR Ths was used to detect targets at longer ranges attanable wth the Nke Hercules The base also receved the Defense Acquston Radar known as AN FPA 16 The base also held a command center along wth a number of mantenance and support Buldngs All guarded twenty fourhours a seven day days a week ACKOWLEDGIv1ENTS I would lke to thank Mark Morgan for hs help n the Technologcal aspects of ths paper REFERENCES Wyckoff News 1954 Publshed by the Wyckoff News WyckoffNJ March25 May 13 June 20August 12 Wyckoff News 1955 March3 Apr17 September 22 Wyckoff News 1956 May 17November 8 Dec 20 Dec 27 Wyckoff News 1957 May 23 June 6 Wyckoff News 1958 Maz6 May 29 Sept 4 Wyckoff News 1959 Apr130 Wyckoff News 1960 June 2 Wyckoff News 1961 June 8 Wyckoff News 1962 May 3l Wyckoff News 1963 May 29 June 6 Wyckoff News 1964 May 4 July 30 Wyckoff News 1965 June 3 Wyckoff News 1966 May 26 Wyckoff News 1968 May l6 May 29 Aug 22 Wyckoff News 1971 Mar 1 l Bergen County Hstorcal Socety PO Box 55 Rver Edge NJ www bergencountyhstoryorg Deborah Powell Kevn Wrght edtors layout Items for the newsletter may be submtted to D Powell Attn Newsletter at 69 Chrste Ave Rver Edge NJ or emaled to dspowellc optonlne net contnued from page 14 I have several favors to ask We are lookng for someone to handle hosptalty at our lecture meetngs We are always lookng for docents and general helpers at HNBL to assst wth our vstor servces Lfestyles have changed over recent decades and the number of actve partcpatng members has declned There are never enough hands to do the work and we are grateful for any and every contrbuton oftme and talent A membershp drve s my hghest prorty We need your support and value your membershp Please spread the word and jon our very specal communty a nterest Remember the past cannot speak for tself and cannot save tself Help us extend the lessons of hstory to another generaton I hope to see you soon Best regards K Wrght BCHS PreSldert Effgy ppe found n Hackensack n1871 contnued from page 4 tendng afre and other adventurers Fnally the vstors arrved at the Campbell Chrste tavern and delvered the wrtten news report to the joval nnkeeper Todd Brasted who was so overjoyed at the news of an Amercan vctory that he ordered a round of hot cder and fresh donuts tote vstors on the house no less Then frend and foe alke joned our vstors to sng roustng tavern songs as we all celebrated A happy tme was had by all Huzzah Our vstors agreed that they had afne tme Ths has been the thrd year that Tna Ishhara has so ably produced and drected the event and all agreed has been the best year yet Submtted by Lous A Fallon that t Newsletter prnted at Tech Repro Inc Hackensack Bergen County Hstorcal Socety Fa yf a

15 f 1 gg 1 4 I The Roll of Honor of Frankln Lakes Methodst Church The RollofHonor was born ofthe conflct of the 20th century It was conceved after World War 1 to honor those who served and fell n the defense of ther country Ths s the story of the dedcaton of the Roll ofhonor of the Frankln Lakes Methodst Church The roll s made of Parchment prnted n color by Kevt Sgns bf PatersonNJ axed large enough to Bold ffty four names The roll was presented to the church by the Puls famly and was hung n the Church Hall At the tme ofthe dedcaton t held thrty three names of men from Frankln Lakes It would eventually hold the names offfty two men and one woman servce They were lsted n order of ther call to servce by Jack Goudsward r At 730 pm on Sunday Nght Ap the Dedcaton Cerennony was held The Rev Harry Goodrch Pastor of the Methodst Church conducted the servce and welcomed the famles of the men servng The famles seats of honor of the men servng were gven He also welcomed all the vstng famles Jacob Smth organst along wth members of the Senor and Junor Chors provded the musc The full servce had a martal ar and a patrotc keynote The was guest speaker Chaplan Olsen Harrson Chaplan Harrson was a Methodst Chaplan assgned to the 502 Coast Artllery statoned n Fa LawnNJ The Chaplan came from Kentucky and could speak Latn Greek Spansh and Hebrew He held bothabandbd degrees After hs assgnment wth the 502 Coast Artllery was completed he went to Washngton DC and became part ofthe 884th AAA Blt Later he transferred to the 5th Army 71St Infantry at Lt Harrson Fort Bennng Ga He then was transferred to the 5th Army s 71st dvson of the XX Corp and was sent to Europe There he crossed the Danube at Regensburg wth the Army gong nto Austra Hs Army career ended on After the war he returned to Kentucky The Roll ofhonor also survved the war Today t resdes n the Archves ofthe Methodst Church The members nscrbed on the roll all returned to Frankln Lakes at the end of the war REFERENCES Wyckoff News Aprl 1943 Paterson News Aprl Thomas Olsen Harrson Mltary Record Card World War II Chaplan Fles US Army Chaplan Museum Ft Iackson SC 1t t A 5 t Y 2 h MIFtltlt ltt l Il te ttttt t lttrrlr Rxf ta AY lr n tl s t t t 3fs tt x s mot Kns 3an x 5nz Lt tllt L13 h xv 8 z ytbty EVUeaY x ms rst4a L ftz1ll r1t ueaw 71 nrt 1S2jHaCrtx l ay I1Lfl2lLa zerz Ettscc4 rt akt9 1I EfS3 Lrs c 3 A91 ru b y APPENDIX A ROLL OF HONOR FromThe FRANKLIN LAKES METHODIST CHURCH GEORGE P WELSCH ROBERTTORDEN WILLIAM P KALFFr CHARLES A WINTERS LYLE BADKIN WILLIAM FORREST MELVINWINTERS VtNCENTALDROSE KERMIT E ALDER WILLIAM COSGROVE GEORGECVOODS HENRY VAN BROOKHOVEN ALBERT H COSGROVE WILLIAIv R WILSON RICHARD 1GASS Edw GZINSME STER WALTERAHL ERNEST R CUMMINS EDWARD GORMAN GEORGESTORRER MARTIN A AHL JOSEPH C VAN DYKE GEORGEVAN HEEST J ROBERT4YOODHOUSE Wm HERBERTPULIS ALBERTUS TIETSMA OWEN E COYLE LEA M WOODS DONALD VAN SCHAIK LOUIS ST RESr HAROLDCOSGROVE IOHN HOWARD PAYTTE r MARGUERITE LOVELAND OHN AHL RUSSEL A EDWARDS NILUAMVAN DYKE KENDALLWCH LTON JOHN B NCHOLS OTTOSH FTNER WILLIAM EDWARDS DELBERT TETER ABRAMCONKLN WILLIAM T GASS RUDOLPH H CONKLIN tohn PETERSON DOUGLASTETER HAROLDLOSS VALENTINE STORMS NORMAN WINTERS RALPH HOPPER Sprng 2004 Bergen County Hstorcal Socety

16 j C 7 C C t 3 t M p9w Y z To Honor Our Heros by Jack Goudsward ABSTRACT The War Memoral was an outgrowth ofthe Global conflct of the last century War Memorals took the form of Statues Bronze Plates and Tablets all to honor the fallen and those who returned Ths project was undertaken to document the locatons and hstory ofths town s Memorals Ths s the story of the numerous war Memorals offrankln Lakes New Jersey THE MEMORIALS The frst Memoral was bult n 1928 at the corner of Hgh Mountan Road and Colonal Road Itstood next to the then Crystal Lake Inn Crs Carlough constructed t of local stone It was erected to honor Zacharah Masker Fg 1 The Memoral conssted of a bronze oval tablet wth hs name and date of death Fg 2 At the base was alon s Head through whch a stream of water flowed Zackarah Masker was the caretaker on the Mackenze Estate and was lvng wth hs sster n Crystal Lake War 1 advance when World was declared He lost hs lfe durng the through BosDOrmont n France From 1928 to T941 only a small servce was held at ths Memoral That changed n 1942 when the town held ts frst organed Vlemoral Day Celebraton The frst Memoral Day Program opened wth an Invocaton by Rev Harry Goodrch of the Frankln Lakes Methodst Church The Massng of the Colors followed ths and the Hawthorne Band played the Natonal Anthem Mayor Samuel Bowers headed the dedcaton of the town s SERVICE FLAG Ths flag held a star for each of the town s resdents who were n servce At the concluson the Hawthorne Band played God bless Amerca Ra1ph Hendrckson the Borough Attorney presented the keynote address Those placng Floral Trbutes at the base of the Memoral were Mrs Catherne Israel sster of Zacharah Masker Mrs Harry Snyder presented for the Wyckoff Amercan Legon Auxlary and Mrs H Payne presented for the Ranbow Garden Club The Hawthorne Band played approprate musc The Frng Squad fred the Ceremonal Salute followed by Taps The ceremony concluded wth a benedcton by Rev Harry Goodrch Celebratons were held at ths memoral untl 1962 In 1949 a bronze marker was affxed to a large boulder that stood next to the then Muncpal Buldng Fg 3 It was located where Roll Of Honor stood durng the Second World the town s War The marker held the names of all those who saw servce durng both wars Durng ths perod servces were held at both Memorals In 1962 a porton of the Masker Memoral was then moved to Fremen s Feld Fg 4 The Memoral now conssted of a Concrete Block wth the Lon Head affxed to t The Oval Tablet from the Crystal Lake Memoral was gven to and remans n the care of the local VFW Once agan contnued the tradton of two servces In 1983 the last servce was held at the 1949 Memoral at the Muncpal Buldng and the Masker Memoral at Freman s Feld The Grand Marshall was J Nevns McBrde The parade conssted of several Mechanzed Unts of the Natonal Guard the VFW s APC Armored Personnel Carrer Smokey the Bear the Hawthorne Fre Dept Band Ramapo Hgh School Band as well as varous Borough Organzatons In 1984 a sngle Memoral was erected next to the VFW Hall Fg 5 Snce thenthe town has had only one MemoralServce But the route of the parade to the current Memoral stll follows part of the orgnal route along Frankln Ave The otherthreememorals were decommssoned and taken down The ste ofthe 1928 memoral s now under an Earthen Berm for Route 208 The 1949 Memoral boulder was removed from ts locaton to make way for the expanded drveway nto the Frankln Ave School The 1962 Masker Memoral ste at Fremen s Feld was removed and the Trees that surrounded t were cut down Ths s the story of the varous War Memorals of Frankln Lakes and the dfferent places where they were located and where the servces were held REFERENCES Wyckoff News Publshed by the Wyckoff News Wyckoff New Jersey May June May March31949 June May tune June Bergen County Hstorcal Socety Sprng 2004 f s

17 L 1 l 3 L L 1 The Cs an Defense of Frankln Lakes World War II was not fought only on foregn shores but rght here at home The Cvlan Defense of Amerca was homegrown and felt n each and every hometown It reached nto the local fre and polce departments schools and homes It touched every by Jack Goudsward person n the communty In May 1941 Presdent Roosevelt created the Offce of Cvlan Defense OCD coordnatng anumber of programs and mllons of people who wshed to defend ther homes Cohen 166 Ths s the story of the Cvlan Defense of Frankln Lakes As 1942 opened a sharp realsaton set n that Amerca was at war To prepare tselffor the devastaton that was seen r Europe The Offce ofcvlan defense was organzed Most people beleved that the Cvlan Defense BAY AR SMQ1 L BCC VER5 of Frankln Lakes was formed after the attack on Pearl Harbor But that s far from the truth On Jure Mayor Samuel Bowers apponted a Defense Councl Samuel Bowers s the frst apponted mayor n town hstory He took over from WH Anlay who ded n offce The orgnal members were Mrs Charles Gorman secretary Mrs Wllam Hll n charge of the Womens Sren Operaton Mr Wllam Puls 1Vr James DeKorte and Mr Edward May charman Later Edward May was named Commander NolWllam Puls No 2 and James Dekorte No 3 They were apponted for actve duty durng any ar rad or emergency The next step was to revew the resources of the town and apply them n the most effcent manner The polce and fre departments were the frst groups revewed The fre company had 78 men all under the Chef Edward Gorman The polce had 1I reservsts under the corrtnard of Chef August Bender Both groups receved valuable tranng from both chefs who were recevng tranng form the government Chef Gorman was called to actve duty and hs post of fre chef was flled by Mr HQ Hopper Attenton then turned to creatng the response groups whch were newly formed organzatons Frst wasthe offce ofar rad warden headed by Mr Lyle Badkn Under hm there were 13 zone wardens who n turn had three wardens workng n each secton of town The Transportaton and Evacuaton commttee was organzed by MrHS Dunnng He compled a lst of cars and trucks that could be used for emergences He had at hs command 11 staton wagons that could beused as ambulances SO trucks that could be used by other departments for defense and 360 Cars that could be used for evacuaton The medcal department was frst headed by Dr Wllam Bower He started the frst ad classes But hs dutes n hm from jersey Ctyprevented gvng the necessary tme to ths work so Dr AJ Delaro took over Under hs drecton 12 ad statons and an emergency hosptal were set up Each staton had a captan and 12 workers Each staton could handle l 2 dstnct accdents The hosptal had 25 beds and was equpped to handle all types of operatons The nursnggroup was headed by Mrs Edward Clark She was a regstered nurse and had four regstered nurses under her The road repar decontamnaton demolton rescue bomb squad and messenger squads were overseen by Mr Roy Bender He had at hs dsposal several trucks toad n these endeavors The messenger group was augmented wth Boy and Grl Scouts and chldren from ages They could carry communques from the affected areas back to the command center so approprate acton could be taken The Boy Scout were part of the BOY SCOUT EMERGENCY SERVICE CORP To be part of the Corp he had to be a Frst Class Scout and hold a number of the hgher mert badges The chldren from 16 to 21 years of age had to be able to walk rde a bke or drve a motorcycle or car The salvage commttee was headed by Mr Kenneth Broseman The salvage he collected wth the help of local resdents helped defray the expenses of the defense Councl Mss Clara Puls headed the gasolne and tre ratonng board Ths entaled a vast amount of detal work She had a staff of sx typsts to assst her n ths undertakng Mrs Wllam Hll and Mrs Lyle Badkn assumed command of the woman sren operaton Ther duty was to operate the sren n the case of an ar rad The woman would operate the sren n shfts of two woman from 6A1v1 to 9PM Then the freman on duty would take over from 9PM to 6AM Once all the personal were n place attenton turned to how and where to house the operaton The frst place chosen was the frst Muncpal Buldng Ths buldng was deal for the command center Wthn ts walls held the fore Wnter 2003 Bergen County Hstorcal Socety

18 j company polce room fre sren and ts central locaton made t the rght choce Later anarcraft lookout post was set up on the roof Next small ad statons were set up n local homes and the emergency was hosptal located n the Sunday school room of the Methodst church Ths well stocked hosptal had 25 beds and could handle a number of njures Wth all the defense workngs n place Frankln lakes was ready for ts frst bg test Wyckoff News January January 1942 January Aprl Aprl June August Messengers handbook 1941 Boy Scout Emergency Servce Manual 1941 On Sunday March Frankln Lakes held possbly the frst muncpal ar rad drlln Bergen County The detals of the drll were worked out by ChefAr Warden Lyle Badkn and hs assstant James Cleary The concept behnd ths drll was to test the full range of the organzaton At 200 PM the standard yellow flash was gven Soon after the blue and then the red flashes followed Accordng to the plan at 216 Ar Warden Herman Jost reported an ncendary fre on Puls andold Mll road where two people were hurt One fre truck and a staton wagon used as an ambulance were dspatched by Chef Gorman A second call came n from Warden Dan Rngers who was on duty on Crcle Avenue hs report told ofextensve bomb damage to the road and two people hurt A fre truce and staton wagon were rerouted around Frankln Ave to the affected area A thrd report came n from the area of Woodsde Avenue where Warden McKnlay Adamson was on duty Hs report told of two people trapped n a burnng car a by fallen tree When the rescue team arrved they found the scene just as t was reported A small tree was set aganst the car wth two people n t warden dd not set t on fre but the Arnold Walder reported from hs post on Ewng Avenue that an ncendary fre was burnng A fre truck and ambulance were sent to the area The longest trp was made to the home of Dr Spckers on Frankln Lakes Road where Warden CA Grossbeck reported an ncendary fre Ths trp was two and a half mles from headquarters and was done n under sxmnutes The last report came from Colonal Road and was turned n by warden E Lunde Hs report told of people trapped n a burnng house Rescue apparatus was dspatched to the area crews After each report the would return to the fre hall and ther tmes were gven Ths drll demonstrated some problems One was that some wardens were not at ther posts when the trucks arrved however the drll showed that 22 of the ar rad wardens called n and the polce reserves were at ther posts drectng traffc All the rescue vehcles responded and the Defense Councl felt that the test was success Wyckoff Flews March On Aprl a statewde blackout was held Ths test covered approxmately 1500 square mles and ncorporated the most heavly populated and ndustralzed area n the state Ths test was observed by both Army and state offcals Ths test all non defense traffc was halted All defense personal were to be at ther posts a halfhour before the test started Frankln Lakes dd very well n ths drll Wyckoff News Apr The Cvlan Defense had ts frst publc dsplay when a number of ts members partcpated n the towns frst Memoral Day parade n May At ths parade the towns servce flag was presented As more of the towns resdents were called to go to war the town fathers produced a servce flag Ths flag frst held the nacres of the frst 50 men of the town to go nto servce As each resdent left a star wth hs name on t was placed on the flag Ths tradton was kept throughout the war Wyckoff News May June On October on the of the grounds then Muncpal Buldng the servce flag was dedcated at a well attended ceremony The defense Councls members appeared wth tlher unts wearng ther armbands Both Boy and Grl Scouts along wth the local school chldren partcpated n ths event Wyckoff News March October October Durng that tme the only real problem was the staffng ofthe command center Ths problem was brought about by the need for more men n the defense ndustry In the orgnal plan women volunteers would operate the sren from 6AM to 9PM then tcould be sounded by the fre men on duty the rest of the tme The dea was put forth to move the sren operaton to the Hopper house next door to the center But John Hopper could not gve up hs full tme employment to man the post 24 hour a day So after great dscusson t was decded that the women volunteers would ncrease ther tme at the post and the post was not moved It would reman n the Muncpal Buldng for the rest of the war Wyckoff News July July The Defense Councls tme was not always taken up wth the defense of the town In September they took tme out to hold an outng at Shadow lake Beach Club A ball game as well as food was enjoyed by all the 200 people that attended the outng But that changed at 430 pm when a cannon sounded Ths was Bergen County Hstorcal Socety Wnter 2003 v Nl3 dkar3

19 to call to duty the defense personal Ths was a publc demonstraton of the defense unts Four Casualtes were rescued from a burnng buldng To add realsm to ths demonstraton the vctms were doused wth ketchup and charcoal They were treated by the frst ad crew and then removed from the scene by two ambulances to the hosptal on the grounds The Fre reserves put out the fre Polce reserves and Ar Rad Wardens handled the crowd Ths was the last publc outng held at Shadow Lake because t was then closed for the duraton of the war Wyckoff News September In November members from the Cvlan Defense Unts were on hand at the dedcaton of the towns Roll of Honor It stood on the grounds of the then Muncpal Buldng and held the names of the frst ffty men to go nto servce from the town The Roll was to presented the town by Counclman John J DeKorte and hs father James DeKorte At the ceremony Kathryn Melvlle made the presertaton and Evelyn Cosgrove dd the unvelng As 1943 dawned the naton as well as Frankln Lakes was gettng nto the flow of the war Raton books were dstrbuted and commttees were setup for the varous fund drves Ths dd not nterfere wth the dutes of the Cvlan Defense Thefrstblackout test for the year showed some confuson Most of the confuson resulted from the lack of knowledge on the publc s part Most dd not know what to do durng the dfferent alarms The bggest problem was leavng lghts on durng the red flash Ths test was consdered a success because the wardens were on duty and the publc cooperated wth them Thesecond was a Wednesday afternoon and tested the full range of support Staged throughout the town the test dealt wth all that could happen n a real attack and focused on njures The njured frst moved to one of the 12 ad statons around town The least njured were gven frst ad at the staton The more serously njured were moved to the emergency hosptal for treatment thereatthe end of ths drll a few mnor problems were noted but hgh prase was gven to all for ther performance Wyckoff News Aprl 1S 1943 July July Wth ths all n place war nerves were stll hgh In July the ar watch n the Wyckoff tower notced smoke A call was placed to the polce department who relayed the message to the fre department After some tme rdng around the Borough the smoke was found John Van Houten was burnng trash on hs farm on Frankln Lakes Road a mle from the tower Ths was the smoke that had been reported Wyckoff News July Im addton to marchng and drllng the Defense Councl also had the responsblty to keep the publc nformed of new defense orders The frst ofthese was the ban on drvng Ths would free up gasolne needed to defend the town n case of attack The other was the obscurng of headlghts Ths order came from the Offce of Cvlan Defense and was sgned by Governor Charles Edson Theorder establshed the way lghts were to beobscured and the areas were they were permtted The Councl also nformed the publc when the restrcton was lfted later that year Wyckoff News Aprl November A Memoral Servce was held n 1943 and was well attended Ths was not expected because of the ban on drvng At ths servce speeches were made and trbutes to the fallen were placed onthe memoral Once agan the Defense Councl had a large turn out It was nor the only tme trbutes were gven out ths year On hs vst to the Borough Councl meetng PFC Edward Gorman was presented wth hs old Fre Chef Badge Ths was done n grattude for hs servce to the town as chef Durng hs term thc fre company became part ofthe Cvlan Defense of the town He was later recalled to Fort Jacksor Msssspp Hs post was flled by HQ Hopper Wyckoff News May S 1943 May June As the drve toward vctory n Europe slowly went forward thoughts and efforts turned to other thngs Salvage drves were ntensfed Ths had many functons Frst t formed a sense of togetherness all the people workng and contrbutng to vctory Second t also removed a large amount of garbage from the town and ths brought needed funds nto the town In the area of bonds and loans Frankln lakes had a lot to be proud of Its ctzens reached F Wnter 2003 Bergen County Hstorcal Socety

20 deep nto ther pockets n ths endeavor Ths effort even reached down to the grammar school students of the town They were presented wth the SCHOOLS AT WAR FLAG Ths was done because 92 of the students bought bonds and stamps At the tme they receved the flag they had rased n bonds for that year Wyckoff News January June 1 J944 July A large attendance was seen at the Memoral Servce of 1944 Most of the Defense Councl members turned out n ther armbands to march along the mle route to the memoral A somber addton was made to ths years march An honor guard of four local boys carred a SERVICE MANS FLAG Ths flag rested on the coffn of the fallen solder at hs bural Wyckoff news June As the war came to an end lfe got back to normal The last salvage drve wasdorle wth great successthe Defense Councl wasdsbanded The town prepared to welcome ts sons home from battle and look to the future REFERENCES CITED Cohen Stan 1991 V for Vctory Amerca s Home front Durng World WarIt Publshed by Pctoral Hstores Publshng Co Inc Mssoula Montana Wyckoff News 1941 Publshed by the Wyckoff News Wyckoff NJJanuary Wyckoff News T942 January 1 January8January 29 March 5 March 12 Apr19 tlpr121 Aprl 26May 26June 4 June 11 July 16 July 23 August 6 September 30 October 8 October I5 Novemberl2 Wyckoff News 1943 February4FebruaryIFebruary 16 March 4March 11 march 25Apr115 May 27 June 3 July 1 July 8 November 4 November 11 December 9 December 16 Wyckoff News 1944 January 27 March 2 March 23 May 4 June 1 June 29 July 6 July 13 August 3 December 14 Wyckoff News 1945 January 25 February LS March I5 Aprl 12 June 21 October 4 December 6 Boy Scout Emergency Servce Corp Manual Publshed By Boy Scouts of Amerca 1941 A Handbook for Messengers US Offce of Cvlan Defense Publshed By theus Government Prntng Offce Washngton DC December 1941 APPENDIX A AID STATIONS AND LOCATIONS MrsW Bower Frankln Lakes Road Mrs Irene Kmble FranklnAvenue Phlp Byle Colonal Road Mrs JMartn Pulls Avenue Mrs MCummns Hgh Mountan Road Mrs E Pulls CrcleAvenue MrsADelano Ewng Avenue Mrs D Varvaet OldMll Road Mrs E Dunnng Woodsde Avenue Carl Voorhs Colonal Road MrsAHunt Summt Avenue PhlpWlson FranklnAvenue Cvlan Defense EmergencyHosptal Methodst Churches Sunday School Room APPENDIX B AIR RAID WARDENS AND POSTS McKenley Adamson Woodsde Avenue L Badkn Old Mll Road Abe Marshell FranklnAvenue WllamBlauvelt FranklnLakes Road R Masker Ewng Avenue James Cleary Pulls Avenue Wllam Mller Hgh Mountan Road Walter Cosgrove Colonal Road Bob and Otto Mutzberg ColonalRoad A Gtta Ewng Avenue J Nenols Frankln Avenue Ed Gorman Crcle Avenue Achell Pgveres OldMll Road John Hanson Washngton Street Danel Rngers Crcle Avenue H Howe Hgh Mountan Road Bert Roehers Frankln Lakes Road Herman Jost Pulls Avenue J Van Dyke Frankln Lakes Road Emar Lunde Colonal Road N Valentne ColonalRoad Arnold Walbed Ewng Avenue APPENDIX C AIR RAID SIREN OPERATORS Mrs Lyle Badkn Mrs John Gors Mrs Dewtt Pruden Mrs Helen Baker MrsWllamHanham Mss Clara Pulls Mrs J Bamert MrsG Hardy Mrs K Pulls Mrs Frank Banta Mss D Hendrcks Mss Myra Pulls Mrs Frank Bohrer MrsWllam Hll MrsWllam Pulls Mrs K Broseman Mrs Wm Hollrege Mrs Danel Rngers Mrs JBBurbank MrsHQ Hopper Mrs P Schaeffer MrsLH Bush MrsHP Jost Mrs John Smth Mrs Frank Carlough MrsC Kalf MrsJ B Storms Mrs Arthur Cummns MrsArnold Kmble Mrs Geo Storrer Mrs Benjamn Daycock Mrs Jesse Kmble Mrs Rchard Var Der Iaan Mrs James DeKorte Mrs W Kough MrsVan Hounten Mrs Joseph Demedc Mrs C Ltton MrsVerwaet Mrs H Dunnng Mrs James E Martn Mrs Ezra Voorhs Mrs Charles Fox Mrs Wllam Mller Mrs Ray Voorhs Mrs Wllam Gass Sr Mrs J Mortgat Mrs Kenneth Wable Mss Besse Geary Mrs F Oster Mrs Arnold Walden MrsH Goodrch Mrs Raymont Packer APPENDIX D FIRST RIDERS TAUGHT BY Dr AJDELARIO Wllam W Boyer Mrs John BrownMrsHJCarr Wllam Gustavson Mrs Josephne lobes Catherne and Los Masker Mrs Dorothy Ogden Robert G Post Mrs Kenneth J Storms Mrs E Vermuelen Mare Vtale MrAnd MrsVoorhs Mrs Mary Cooper Mrs Loretta Vtale APPENDIX E FIRST RIDERS TAUGHT BY PATERSON RED CROSS MrsAE Benson MrsW Bowyer Mrs JR Brosen MrsWConrad Mrs NS bannng Mrs John Ors MrsHQ Hopper MrsEG Macauley Mrs JEMartn MrsFrederck Oster Mrs Norman McDonald Mrs Davd Vervaet Mrs Ray Voorhs Bergen County Hstorcal Socety Wnter 2003 z I s

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22 l f 114 I r r1 The Ackerman Sawmll Ste Frankln Lakes New Jersey Jack Gottdsward 350 Valley Vew Drve North Frankln Lakes New Jersey Abstract A cultural resource nvestgaton of the ca Ackerman Sawmtl ste n Frankln Lakes New Jersey was arred out to evaluate the results of constructon actvtes of the New York Susquehanna and Western Ralroad Ths rr Ysearch ncluded a documentary research program and a archaeologcal survey ttttrmted he purpose of ths study was to dentfy and nterpret the exstng remnants of the saw mll ste as well as to understand the ste hstory and ts place n the ndustral hstory of Bergen County The documentary research nclud ed adeed search tax ratable revew and techncal and cen fraroad constructon on the ste sus data study The archaeologcal survey documented the remans of the mll and evaluated the mpacts of recent Introducton was Ths ndustral archaeologcal nvestgaton carred out n the town of Frankln Lakes n the norlhern part ol Bergen County The Ackerman Sawmll was located on the Pond Brook a trbutary of the Ramapo Rver Fgures 1 and 2 The locaton of ths ste frst came to the attenton of the author when he conducted volunteer research n con juncton wth a cultural resource survey of the area for the Bergen County Dvson of Cultural and Ilstbrc Affars Whnn the anthnr learned of nrooosed constructon on the ste as part of an upgradng of the facltes of the New York Susquehanna and Western Ralroad further research was carred out to document and understand the ste as t exsted before the constructon could mpact t A program of ste survey and mappng combned wth a lterature revew of sawmll technology documented the layout of the mll and some of the changes and mprovements made durng ts operaton Hstorcal research detaled the age and ownershp of the mll ste It also provded nsght nto the role played by ths rural ndustry n the develop ment of the local agrcultural communty Hstorcal Background The Ackerman famly were among the frst Dutch set tlers to receve land grants n what s now Bergen County New Jersey In 1727 Johannes Lawrence Ackertnan of Sad dle Rver purchased 444 acres n what s today Frankln Lakes The next year he released to hs brother Jacobus L Ackerman half of ths tract Johannes property was stuat ed n what later became the Crystal Lake secton of Frankln Townshp Johannes Ackerman bult a small house there sometme before March when hs frst son was born Ths house located a short dstance from the future mll ste was razed n 1890 and another bult n ts place Ackerman Homesteads Accordng to local oral tradton John L Ackerman son of Lawrence Ackerman and grandson of Johannes Lawrence Ackerman was the ndvdual who bult the Ack erman sawmll A revew of the tax ratables for Frankln Townshp Bergen County ndcates that n the year 1822 John L Ackerman was taxed for a sawmll In 1824 upon the death of hs father he nherted the ste of the famly homestead Lawrence Ackerman Wll Bergen County Wlls and PYObate LberC37 n jy ga Lal I l 1 B tp t r Pul2s r FM ritm waler Pond 7FS2 34 FRA1 t Sla ja I x01 runr t 323 P m 364 Campgaw o t Oakland 373 b BM De 1oe 1d 1 lso LFy 1 1 l BM y rcu ra 3 CtystalLake Pond v 6t BM Frankln Lakes t O Ir l t 1 Go E UE e 13M Port on ofu S G S Fgure 1 map 75 Seres Topographc Ramsey Quadrangle 1955 show 57 l ton of ste crcled Scale ng oca

23 RTE 208 t g ft Ia N Servce road Probable Locaton of Mlll n v G N a m t t7 0 Pond Brook ROW Dam Tmbers u Oo e o ot o 0 0 U v v O Raceway IC a S E o Y6 Vr Y W II 1 w tf n Q t a Ackerman Mll Ste Frankln Lakes tj J Ste Plan Mantenance road 0 20 QO Y feet New York Susquehanna and Western R F ure2 Plan drawn of the Ackerman Sawmll ste I A road return dated February shows the org low shed lke structures wth an open end near the water stuvey of the proposed road from Ramapo to Pompton wheel Wess Zmles Later Bergen New Jersey ncludng a wrtten descrpton of the land A County maps 186 and 1876 show the sawmll and the ttd drawn map accompanyng the road return shows the mll P and o P ktns 1861 Pease 187 tyrmll of John L Ackerman sttng on the banks of the On June John L Ackerman sold all hs land to and Brook The mll was depcted as a long low struc hs son James J Ackerman In ths deed John Ackerman t re Bergen County Road Return E 223 Ths conforms states that the lne s to start begnnng at Pond Brook th the tradtonal desgn of sawmlls whch were long near the mff late of Lawrence Ackerman Bergen Deeds x

24 I C464 Ths could mean that the mll was bult by John Acketman sfather Lawrence Ackerman and was then oper gated by John L Ackerman Ths would confrm part of the famly tradton whch states that John L Ackerman had a mll but would apparently argue aganst hs havng bult the mll James J Ackerman sold the sawmll and other land to Davd J Ackerman relatonshp not explaned on Febru 1 ary Bergen Deeds U5305 Davd J Ackerman n t ttun sold the land to Prsclla Ackerman relatonshp not explaned on March Bergen DeedsW Prsclla Ackerman and her husband John J Ackerman sold ths tract to Henry M Rawson on June Thus the land passed out of Ackerman famly ownershp after more than 160 years The Publc Road survey of 1894 shows a secton of McCoy Road that s no longer n use Ths secton of roadbed passed wthn 200 feet of the mll ste The road return shows the mll pond and dam stll n exstence Bergen County Road Return MapI305 The Geologcal Survey of the State of New Jersey undertaken n the years states that H M Ran son was the owner of a sawmll n the Crystal Lake sec ton of Frankln Townshp Vetmeue 1894 Appendx I The survey also states that ths sawmll had a fall of 11 feet and was not currently n use The name Ranson apparently a msprnt because the deed shows the name as Rawson was A revew of the 1902 Robnson Map for ths secton of Bergen County depcts the mll buldng but does not show the mll pond Ths map supports the observatons made n a letter wrtten by George J Ackerman n 1904 about hs vst to Crystal Lake n 1890 At a vst to Crysfal Lake n 1890 I found the old saw mll stll n runnng order the old wheel log carrage and gearng stll dong servce probably the same as when my great grand father John L Ackerman was accustomed to adjust the logs n place and saw them nto plank and tmber The beautful pond or lake as t s called surrounded by woods and hgh hlls was lke a huge mnor lyng flat framed n a wreath of varegated folage nestled down among the hlls so quet and unobstru sve wth no sound to be heard save lke the breeze rustlng through the leaves or the murmurng of the water fallng over the dam seemed a place ftted for the repose of nature But the hand of man n the march of mprovement lke tme has changed all thngs and the only thng left now to mark the spot of the mll pond s a small brook hat wnds ts tortuous course through the meadow on ts way to the Ramapo Rver Braun The Atlas of Bergen County Bromley 1912 shows the mll and the mll pond Ths map also depcts what appears to be amll buldng however t s not dentfed as such An nvestgaton of the US Manufactures Census of 1800 to 1900 shows that wthn northern New Jersey the number of sawrlls and grstmlls at the begnnng of ths perod were about the same As better woodlands were deforested and the number of lumber companes wth large land holdngs ncreased small sawmlls could not com pete The 1900 Manufactures Census states the tmber sutable for mllng has been removed and a large propor ton cleared for cultvaton New now Jersey contans however much valuable second growth tmber The cut s not large and lumberng s not an mportant ndustry US Manufactures Census 1900 The depleton of nearby woodlands combned wth the growth of large lumber companes may explan why the Ackerman Sawmll ceased operaton n the late 1800s Feld Investgaton The feld nvestgaton conssted of a pedestran survey followed by the mappng of the extant remans of the mll and ts related features No subsurface testng was under taken The survey had the followng objectves to dentfy the remans of the mll buldng and to search for exposed artfacts such as mll tools Careful measurement of the mll dams was completed and they were examned for repars or mprovements In addton the mpact of the upgradng of the New York Susquehanna and Western Ralroad on the ste was also assessed The Ackerman Sawmll ste les approxmately 200 feet west of New Jersey Route 208 It s located along the steepest grade of the New York Susquehanna and Western Ralroad Fgures 1 and 2 The sols of the sawmll ste are alluval and contan stream deposted sand slt and clay The area svegetaton s a mxed woodland the dom nant trees beng maple and brch Krause 1980 The ste s set n a valley created over the centures by the eroson from the flow of the Pond Brook The mll exploted the natural contours of the land by dammng the brook at ts narrowest pont Fgure 2 The survey revealed a small earthen dam located just south of the mll ste Fgure 3 Ths secton of dam s 29 feet long 29 feet wde and 6 feet hgh It was bult of rubble and earth Along the south sde of the dam s a lad stone wall facng the mll pond Ths was held together wth an early form of Portland cement tnewlon 1976 The functoned of ths wall was to prevent water from erodng the earthen dam Ths secton of the dam ends close to a sharp slope near the old road that served the mll Two features were encountered near the base of the dam close to the brook The frst was a set of beams lad nto the stream bed These beams could have been part of the housng for a water wheel although another par of sup ports s mssng The second feature conssts of a two course dry lad stone wall Its locaton ndcates that ths was also part of the wheel pt A large boulder used n the constructon of ths secton of dam protects the wheel pt from eroson On the downstream sde of the dam a broken cant hook was recovered These artfacts were used to roll logs nto the mll Sloane The western secton of the dam s the largest of all It measures 61 feet long and s comprsed of three sectons Large stones that could have served as eroson protecton now le n the stream near the washed out base of the west ern edge of the dam About 26 feet from the east sde of ths secton a stone apron dam was encountered Fgure 4 Ths s the strongest type of dam known Constructon of early apron dams used stones wth wooden aprons exten dng nto the up stream waters The dam at the Ackerman Sawmll was an mprovement on an old desgn Mortar bonds the core rocks and Portland Cement secured the nclne Ths porton of the dam was slghtly lower than the rest dvertng water away from the earthen sectons n lmes of hgh water Leffel

25 I I I r u r6 tee t j C af y u v tr s Sr rte YS t ra L n y a 4 G 3 4 t6 W f Sft Yf1x r KGat p k R pc yrltr176 fp rl F nv Fgure 3 Ste Phulo v U1 krman Sawmll Vre Cacrng west tjack Coudswarr n6 h r 6 I F nle ecn suu rjalguu s an J phou ra hcr Lyng to the eti Ule arncanl Is a 6ICu Icm Jutclo nstram Isom the prnn danr jl oot wde lruncat 1 a ul n ejthen da Thy slted n regent th po01 of the hat 1 prob upgradng loll Su yuhlrula anl 1e tcn flal hlrlr runnng to the north road Fgure a Th rca hrn on tju presumable Je trj erured lac lcr tl Road Return rt 1 r ste A 1980 sur hr 11 1 ITfflrllllI1I a Ic lrtiun alll t l IIP 1 n1ea UreJ 3 feet IoCcf Cn Il c l t j1 rt the area no Itcal th v r J 1 tc rir Iatuf 1 I In ufrl located n Ir I 1F thef lcl 1h n Irf u ederal l cal the uij Hrgh a rlu ll 1 IcKoad Ir lul ucl budges Of the arca l9as njl 1U Lnl ILIlhf IUlehllrp hic lurllfl rtltrll tj flun ll l1 a whose but nothng was foun of the Y apron darn I durng tn cs cfh ater G

26 a The dam followed the contour of he land Its heght Braun Mara S was 8 feet near the brook wth a low of 3feet 6 nches 1965 Frankln Lakes Its Hstory and Hertage Prvately near the ralroad The dam has a slght bow to t on the publshed upstream sde that provded extra strength along ts entre length Bromley George and Walter S Bromley Summary and Conclusons 1912 Atlas of Bergen County Volume 2 G H Brom The Ackerman Sawmll was probably typcal of Bergen ley Phladelpha N County s hstorc mll stes It was a small famly owned Federal Hghway Admnstraton operaton that served the communty from 1822 to Supplemental Study for the Preferred Alternatve Durng thrs tme the regon was changng from a rural RouteI287 from US Route 202 Montvlle heavly wooded area to a communly based on farmng New Jersey to the New York State Thruway Suf y As the 19th century drew to a close the hgh qualty fem New York Report on fleat the woods New Jersey n northernnew Jersey vanshed As a consequence pepartment of Transportaton Bureau of Envron of deforestaton the amount afrunoff ncreased dcamatcal mental Analyss Trenton ly Ln order o cope wth the change n water supply mll owners adopted dfferent strateges Some mllers located Hopkns GH ther mlls away from the man stream usng long head 1861 Map of the Countes of Bergen and Passac New races n order to prevent heu mlls from beng washed JerseyH G Cory Phladelpha away n tmes of floodng The Ackerman mll Krause Joln and Edward apparently attempted Crst to deal wth freshets by erect ng astone and later a cement apron dam Because C was 1980 Susquehanna New York Susquehanna and Western tower than the man dam the apron dam allowed excess Ralroad Carstens Publshers Newton water to flow downstream wthout damagng the mll Lampe Hazel A and Rose A Lvngston The apron dam at the Ackerman Sawmll was aded n ths 1976 Ackerman Homesteads Waldwck Publshng Com task by a tong raceway and a flume whch further helped pany Waldwck carry water away from the buldng Followng the removal of the prmordal forest cover 1ffeh sawmll owners had to depend on secondary growth forest These trees were not adequate for he needs of the Most sawmll owners converted to gstmlts or srm ntp1 went out of busness Tlus economc lrablty could explan James 188I Constructon of Mll DamsJames Leffe and Com pant Sprngfeld Oho NewJersey State Archves why the Ackerman mll was sold so often n ts later lfe The US Manufactures Census 1800 It may have been too costlyto convert to a grstmll US Government Prntng Offce On Fle New The east and west dams are the two mayor surv vmg Jersey State Archves Trenton structural remans of the orgnal Ackerman Sawmll Newlon Howard They show an Improvement overolder technques Portland 1976 A Selecton of Hstorc Amer canpapers on Con cement was used to Increase the strength and lfe span of cre Publshed by the Amercan Con the dams sometme after 1879 The dams and other features Crete Insttute Detrot Mchgan of the ste are nagenerally good state of preservaton lut have been adversely affected by the upgradng of the ral Pease C C I road bed The Ackerman Sawmll ste remans neverthe afg76 Atlas of Bergen County New Jersey Readng Pub less an mportant remnant of the ndustral hstory and lshng House Readng Pennsylvana development of Bergen County t Acknowted rnents RobnsoA E g I would lke to acknovledge DavdC Bachman and 1902 Map of Bergen County New Jersey Robnson Wade P and Caps for revewng an earler verson of ths Company New York report Stephen M Esenbrey helped wth the ste map Sloane Erc All are from the Unversty of Delaware Center for 1973 AMuseum ofearly Amercan Tools Ballantne Archaeologcal Research Wllam Sandy helped wth tte Publshng Company New York I am however most grateful for the generous ed research tonal assstance gven by Charles A Bello Herbert C Vermeule Cornelus C Kraft and Rchard Vet Ther patence support and con 1894 Report on the Water Supply Water Power the mtment to he ASNJ Bulletn s Flow apprecated of Streams and Attendant Phenomena Vol ume III Geologcal Survey of New Jersey Tren Bblography ton Ackerman Lawrence 1824 Wll dated August 1824 On Fle at the New Jer Wess Harry B and Grace M Wess set State Archves Trenton 1965 Trades and Tradesmen of Colonal New Jersey Past Tmes Press Trenton Bergen County Archves Deeds B7 B C4 464 VS 305 W12 Zmles Martha and Murray Zmles 594 W Road Returns E223 I Early Amercan Mlls Murray Bramhll House Fled Bergen County Cerk soffce New York o 61