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MAYOR EDWARD A. WHITE of Fort Lee who delivered one of the bett addresses of his public career at the local Sesqui-Centennial celebra tion. Mayor White’s speed; is printed in this issue. Mayor Edw. White’s Splendid Address .(Continued from Page 1) But despite the obstacles of the time our forefathers were real pat riots and when at Concord on that memorable April 19, 1775, the embit tered farmers stood and fired, the “shot heard around the world.” From New England’s soil more than 20,000 voluteers sprang to aims to defend their country. Our forefathers of Revolutionary days were not ordinary rebels. They loved their homes in the new land of America and they wanted to be loyal to the mother country. Even as late as February 177C, Independence war without united support. .Otis, Dickin son, Hamilton, Washington and Jeff erson still felt that peace and bar mony might be established between the mother country and the colonies. All this was honestly meant, but the years of agitation had sapped the ties of loyalty more than men really r • JVUtW. In the full of 1775, the King refused even to receive a petition for recon ciliation from Congress, and soon aft exwards he sent to America an army of Hessians, bird out for slaughter. Is it any wonder then that Jefferson was inspired in drafting the Declara tion of Independence? IIow often have we listened with rapt attention to the .reading of the Declaration of Independence? It stirs every drop of blood in our body, our heart throbs violently as the ringing words echo in our ears. We can easily imagine s ourselves back one hundred and lifty years ago, struggling shoulder to shoulder with the great patriots, who were willing to sacrifice everything for their country. How proud we the people of Fort Lee should feel of the part played by our forefathers in setting America free. We should reverently celebrate this event to-day, for over this very ground passed our brave American soldiers, fighting despite the fact that their clothes were torn and ragged, their poor bruised feet worn through their shoes, and suffering from hun ger. They were wounded, they were weakened by disease and yet they kept on and on; their spirit never waver-' ing until the war was won and old glory floated on high. Let us revere our flag, let us con tinue to teach our children the spirit of ’7G, to that of the great world war, for it is this fighting spirit, this un dying spirit of patriotism that has made us the greatest nation of all time. Care of Goldfish There cannot be any satisfactory sue cess with goldfish unless they are kept In an mtuarluin with growing plants. When the plants are growing properly leave them and the fish alone, patting In occasionally pure water needed to supply loss by evap oration. Feed the prepared tisli food, giving only the little eulen each duy. Once the lank Is well going, leave It alone, suv* for the triweekly siphon ing off of excrement and other dhi in It. Success Seldom “Accident" The path of success Is the |>uth of common sense. Notwithstanding all that Is said about "lucky hits’* the best kind of success in every man's life Is not that which comes by uc cldent. The only "good time coming” we are justified in hoping for Is that which we are capable of making for ourselves.—Exchange. What Really Counts One’s age does not depend so much P; Upon the distance from the cradle us upon tlie way that distance has been traveled. Cliffside Park Had Celebration Monday (Continued from Page 1) George F. Iiall, Supervising prin eiual of Cliffside Park’s public schools, aided the effectiveness of the program very materially with a faultless read ing of the Declaration of Independ ence. Mayor Joseph W. Marini whose committee- arranged the very splendid July Slh program in ClifTside Park. The ball game between the married men and the single men at 3:30 p. hi., furnished lots of fun and resulted in a 4 - 3 victory for the single men. All in all the day was one of simple charm and good feeling supplemented by a spirit of national pride that everyone was glad to observe. The youngsters in particular will always look back and remember that the great occasion was most fittingly ob served in “their ohmo town.” The Committee consisted of: Mayor Joseph W. Marini, John Mc Donald, Herbert Olsen, Frank Meyer, William Michaelsen, Ferd Weis, Jos eph Woodcock, George F. Hall, Erwin Goemann, Le Itoy Heck, Mrs. J. B. Franklin, Joseph War, Chris. Hor andt, Mrs. W. Whitlock, Win. Grass man, La Mar Vieau, Paul Stetka, John MeClave, Mrs. Warrep, Mrs. Fi nucane, and S. N. Sears, Chairman. Class Jug Lamp Base A gul»on glass elder Jay makes t» very good lamp base and with Its handle Is very easy to na ve about, the Jug can be decorated on I'tie In side to make It look unusual by pour leg In for example u black paint and Stirling it around vigmou.-ly. When lids has, dried, pour In a green pain' and stir It around. The efleet will be most attractive. A Cat-alog A grammar school boy handed In ihe following composition "Cuts": "Cuts time’s iiiennt for little hoys to muul it ml rouse Is culled Muiilteuse cats. Some cuts Is rekernlzed by how quiet their purs is uiul these Is named Pttrsiun cuts. The cuts what hus very hud tempers Is called Angorle cats And cuts with deep feelins Is called Feline cuts. I don’t like cuts." post) £o||B »qi jo lunouiH at)] oj Suipaoeeu ‘se|ju.v sapid aq.L 'U|U|J(| ajom pun japjuq p|o3 aqj s-uquui ’uiu|) emits eq) )u putt ‘juiou ai|ip<.v at|l sesna.t sp|.|, peso «| pt^epi p|o3 eippu jo Su| t»iu aq) u( |nq 'jeddoe s| p|o3 joj fo|i« pmsti eqi iaieAvef ;■> ejni.mjimuui eqi uj V)°D *°i *°UV Faith’s Founda‘i6n The faith of Immorlalily deoends on a sense of It begotten, not on all argument of It concluded — Busline!!. Captain Harry Elkan who was grand marshall of the day for Fort Lee’s Sesqui-Centennial cele bration. Real Community Celebration Of 4th (Continued from Page 1) yard dash, in which Win. Carapezzi was given a five yard handicap, won by Alfred Schieimer with John Schae fer second. Girls— Eighty yard dash, in which Martha Dyson and Sophia Wakeham were given five yard handicaps, won by Martha Dyson with Josephine Alonzi second. Girls— running broad jump, won by Emma Weiss with Martha Dyson second. Boys— running broad jump, won by Wm. Carapezzi with Alfred Schiei mer second. Boys— running high jump, won by Wm. Carupezzi with George Alonzi second, and the Girls— runnig high jump, won by Josephine Alonzi with Emma Weiss second. The sack and potato races had so many entries that the girls and boys were divided into groups and the winners of each group, entered into final try outs. * The boys’ sack race was won by Frances Cavallo, the older girls sack race by Sophia Wakeham, the junior girls’ sack race by Laura Dy son and the potato races by William Carapezzi and Sophia Wakeham. In the finals for these, Frances Cavallc and Laura Dyson won the sack races, and Wm. Carapezzi the potato race. Gold medals with marathon runners engraved upon them, were given as first prizes, and silver and bronze medals, silver Eversharp pencils and large fire-crackers filled with candy to those who came second. After the awards, Mayor Herbert Jenkins gave a short ouLline of the history of the country, and in touching upon local matters, mentioned incidentally that he rejoiced that the site of the old school house had not been sold as had been proposed at one time, and that he thought it a very fine place to hold a celebration of this nature. The school house had been decorated in side as well as outside and after the talk, the guests were invited to enter the building, which is now used as a recorder’s court, and partake of ice cream, cake, and soft drinks. Each j person present received a medallion I which bore on one side the likeness of Independence Hall and the words, birthplace of the Declaration of Inde pendence 1770, and on the reverse side, the Liberty Bell with the dates 1771! 11)20 and the statement, To Com memorate the Sesqui-Centennial of the signing of the Declaration of Inde pendence. In addition, each child re ceived a fancy red, white, and blue crepe paper hat. The committee re sponsible for the great success of the affair was composed of: Mr. Herr mann, Chairman, Mrs. C. Davis, Mrs. E. Bronte, F. N. Webster, T. R. Clen dinen and Henry La Raia. Plant Samsons So great Is the power possessed by certain low forms of animal and plunt 'Ife that If a man could, in propor tion to his size, Jump as the grass hopper, lie would be ulile to cover the distance betweeu London and Bir mingham In a few leaps.—London Mail. Hard to Believe Doctor Price, ho Eighteenth-century statistician, computed Hint If the equivalent of one cent tmd been In rested at compound Interest at the time of Christ’s birth It would In 1708 have umouuted to 75.000,000 globes of solid gold, each the size of the earth. Sense of Smell Changes Smelt Is geuerully regarded as a Used and Inalterable sense. But as a matter of fact It Is constantly devel oping and Is the only seuse that be comes more acute with age, uud also much more discriminating. Heat From the Stars The surface temperature of the red stars ranges from 2,500 degrees to 1,000 degrees Centigrade. At the cen 'er, however, the pressure must nttaio housauds of tons and the tempera ure two or three million degrees. SAMUEL J. CORKER, OF FORT LEE a gitted citizen who stirred the hearts of his fellow-townsmen on Monday last with an eloquent address at mon ument Square. Fort Lee’s History Recalled in Address By Judge Doremus (Continued from Page 1) and party at Fort Lee, eight pounds, fifteen shillings.” This was on July 15, 177(1. On September 15, following, General Mercer was ordered to lay out additional works and a military engineer was sent him. Most of our knowledge of it, however, comes thru traditions and remains which lasted long afterward. It was never des troyed by the enemy; it simply yield ed to the changes of time and weather. It was little else than earthworks and they seem to have consisted of: 1. A main earthwork inside of the cliff; of this not a trace remains, even in tradition. 2. A redoubt on the bluff somewhat above the present Main street. 3. A large eaithwork with bastions on the hill near Parker’s Pond. 4. Two batteries of heavy ordance; the one on the edge of the cliff below the fort and the other above it at a place where in the 60’s a telegraph line crossed. “To get a clear view, stand at the switch of the trolley line, 500 feet east of Main street, on Palisade avenue. On your left, you notice an open space extending to the avenue beyond; on the south, i$ a stone church (The Ep iscopal). Sometimes a little pond occupies the center of this area, at other times it is dry. That is Parker’s pond and the street, east of this is Parker avenue. Looking a little clos er, you note a street running east ward at right angles to Parker ave nue— that is English street. Now if you will start at the rear wall of the house built by Mr. Becaze and a square, 250 feet on each side, one side parallel to Parker avenue, you are tracing the line of old Fort Lee. “Rifle pits were numerous only a few years ago; some were on the top of the hill between the road and the fort; others were opposite Schlosser’s hotel. The camps were extensive and well planned, but the garrison was never large enough to occupy them. Opposite the Episcopal Church is a well, stoned up square— now known as Washington’s well— which tradi tion says was dug by the soldiers. If you look to your right, you will see a brook. It is the same now as when the soldiers drew from it their sup ply of water. Ju.st up that brook is an embankment which appears to have been part of a redoubt. It is built with sharp angles anil is now about breast high and perhaps 200 feet long. General Morgan s men were en camped there for some*time. Right beside the road some of the old fire places are standing. They are built by piling up stones against a rock so as to form jambs, and kettles could be set directly on them. One who sees them will not fail to recognize them. On the hillsides around Suffern, N. Y. and in the Kamupo pass are many of them, of which family tradition gives the history and family pride pre serves. Opposite Schlosser’s hotel, too, were a few years ago remains of soldiers’ huts. “In the last six months of the year 1770 affairs in America vacillated as tonishingly; the feelings of the pat riots went from sanguine expectation to the depths of despondency and thence to the summit of the highest exaltation. On the fourth of July they had declared the country free from British rule, and in less than two months had experienced the crushing defeat on Long Island. They had won jin the little skirmish at Harlem but i had retreated to the hills of West chester county, and the armies had met at White Plains on the hills just south of the present business part of I the village and fought the battle of Chatterton’s llill. “The battle was fought on October 28, and by November 12, the army, except the garrison at Fort Washing ton, was in New Jersey— one part crossing from Tarrytown to Sneoden’s Landing, and the other from Croton Point to Tappan Creek, General Put nam had been appointed to the com mand of the army of New Jersey (whatever that may have been), and to General Green was assigned the command of Forts Washington and Lee, under immediate direction of Washington himself. Fort Washington remained the sole possession of the Americans on New York Island. Colonel Megaw, of the Pennsylvania line, commanded. It was directly opposite Fort Lee and on a clear day one could easily see it from the cliffs. . It was built in the summer of 1770 at the same time as Fort Lee. The two forts were to work conjointly in preventing the enemy from going up the river. Garrisons were kept in both though that at Fort Washington was always the larger. Fort Washington fell Nov. 15, 1776. Then it was that Lieutenant-General, the Earl Cornwallis, bosom friend of General Howe, left New York side of the river with 0,000 men and landed at the foot of the Palisades at the old Closter landing. “To make the bridge was the quick est and surest— to go to the ferry was to lose time because boats had not been gathered there. So over the hill toward Leojiia they came— hungry and cold— but determined. An Eng lish officer, who evidently pitied them, wiote, “I believe no nation ever saw such a set of tatterdenialions. There were but few coats among them but what are out at the elbows and in a whole regiment there is scarcely a pair of breeches.” “The retreat of Washington and his little army of ,‘1,000 ragged patriots from Fort Lee to Hackensack was one of the tragedies of the great Comman der’s career. “It soon was made apparent that he would have to abandon that point or have his command captured. This was in November, 1776— 150 years ago. The departure was so hurried that several hundred barrels of flour, most of his cannon, tents and baggage were left as spoils for the enemy. One cun see the Father of his country, with his staff and little, ragged army, march ing; briskly down Fort Lee hill, along the rough turnpike, then north to (now) River Edge, wher the bridge crossing the Hackensack river was destroyed to retard the pursuers. Coming south to Hackensack the Gen eral rested his men on what is now the Green. “It is to be noted had it not been for Fort Lee and the time required for the British to capture it, Wash ington’s army of less than ;i,000 would have been captured, the morale of the rest of the patriotic army destroyed anil the country lost. “Operations at Fort Lee at this par ticular moment were of momentous results. The war was not then six months old. You can imagine the total inadequacy of the resources of Washington in this heroic struggle at that time of the infancy of the great war. We are all proud of this battle monument erected directly in front of us and which is a classic in sculpture and design. It is a daily inspiration to those who pass as well as those who come from distant points to see it. The bronze and rock of which it is composed are of such enduring character that generations to come will profit by the inspiration received from gazing upon the faces and at titudes of the figures which you see there depicted.” After this highly interesting recital of Revolutionary history so closely associated with Fort I.ee, the Judge continued with some interesting re marks on patriotism and American ism. What Americana Eat The average American, according to recent statistics, eats 150 pounds of meat a year. In the same space lie con sumes 200 pounds of potatoes, and 150 eggs. He eats, however, less wheat than the Frenchman. Gardner Lumber Supply Co. LUMBER Sole Distributors' for Nelson Slab Shingles 515-525 49TH STREET, UNION CITY Phone Union 1427 UNION 7254 COAL I West New York Coal Co. —Where To Dine— Phone Fort Lee 83 or 332 Villa Richard HOTEL and RESTAURANT (Under New Management) COYTESVILLE, N. J. “Overlooking the Hudson” BENNY ROSSI Proprietor Bergendahl’s Tea Room. French Pastry Ice Cream Bon Eons Home Made Candies PHONE 4.‘J.7 ENGLEWOOD ENJOY YOUR MEALS AT — THE GARDEN OF VENICE Grantwood’s Most Beautiful and Up-to-date Restaurant Opposite Park Entrance on Palisade avenue Dining Room De Luxe — Quick Lunch Counter -Special Dinner Served From Noon On Daily $.65 ITALIAN SPAGHETTI AT ALL HOURS MARION RESTA URANT James Kelly, Prop. Cigars Soda Ice Cream Hall or Private Rooms for Meetings, Weddings, Parties, Etc. Accomodations for Dancing Corner Marion Avenue and Trolley Line ■' GRANTWOOD, N. J. Furnished Rooms Phone 186 Cliffisde The New Venice Hotel and Restaurant Coytesville, N. J. HUMBERTO BRUSINI, Manager TABLE D’HOTE AND A LA CARTE AT ALL HOURS Dancing Every Evening Large and small dining rooms for private parties Special attention to auto parties. Phones: Fort Lee 495—129 Phone Cliff side 1157 JOE’S LITTLE HUNGARY Good Food A La Carte at All Hours Steaks a Specialty Private Dining Rooms for Auto Parties 785 Palisade Ave. (Corner Marion Ave.) Grantwood, N. J. Tel. 660-M nEglewood Tel. 2351 Englewood The Engle-Cliffe Restaurant -Open All Year LEON ARRIGO, Prop. Special Italian Table D’Hote Dinner Served All Day, $1.50—Also A La Carte Palisade and Sylvan Avenues Englewood Cliffs, N. J. Fred Stohl’s fp ©lb ISinmpflti'ab Special Blue Plate Dinners Sandwiches a Specialty Accommodations for Auto Parties For Information and Reservations Phone Piermont 6G7 TAPPAN, N. Y.—LAST HOUSE IN JERSEY ON TEANECK ROAD