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The Ilderan Club – Where Rahway’s Social Class Met and Played

Posted on by Dan DiBella Posted in Our Publications, Our Town Rahway

The Ilderan Club Submitted by Al Shipley, City Historian and Rahway Public Library Research Consultant          “One of the oldest and best known of the athletic and social clubs of not only New Jersey but the entire nation” was the way…

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WHAT, WHERE, AND WHEN IN OLD KENILWORTH: Fife and Drum kids “stole the show”

Posted on by Dan DiBella Posted in Kenilworth, Our Publications

Fife and Drum kids “stole the show” In the 1930s numbers of Kenilworth youths participated in fife, drum, and bugle corps units from Elizabeth to neighboring Cranford. Then in 1936, with support from their folks, the Kenilworth Fife, Drum, and…

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WHAT, WHERE, AND WHEN IN OLD KENILWORTH: A “Special” Officer’s Memories

Posted on by Dan DiBella Posted in Kenilworth, Our Publications

A “Special” Officer’s Memories Back in the mid-1950s, the police department had 12 members. That small efficient group was augmented by “special officers” and the police reserves. Robert “Bob” Moldenhauer, 93-years old, served as a special officer for a record…

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WHAT, WHERE, AND WHEN IN OLD KENILWORTH: Landmark Gas Station May Vanish

Posted on by Dan DiBella Posted in Kenilworth, Our Publications

Landmark Gas Station May Vanish The long, vacant landmark service station on the Boulevard at S. 20th St. has an unknown future. Resident Charles E. Vitale, Sr., 1902-1979, built it block by block in 1925 along with the labor of…

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