In a ceremony at the Scotch Plains council meeting, in honor the the 40th Anniversary of the Historical Society of Scotch Plains and Fanwood NJ, Mayor Nancy M. Malool proclaimed March, “Historical Society Month.

 

 

Long time Scotch Plains resident Elmer “Pete” Terry will speak on the taxation of the Township of Fanwood (now present day Fanwood and Scotch Plains) at the turn of the twentieth century. He’ll discuss how politicians of the time imposed taxes and supported their organizations. The Treasurer Reports of 1889-1890 & 1891-1892 tell the story of Fanwood Township’s precursor to “The Empire” as the vouchers show where the money flowed.

This “The more things change, the more they stay the same” talk by Pete Terry at the monthly meeting of The Historical Society of Scotch Plains & Fanwood.

The meeting is open and free to everyone. It is held at the Scotch Hills Country Club on Plainfield Avenue and Jerusalem Road in Scotch Plains,  on Tuesday, February 28th at 8:00PM.
Contact Connie Klock at 908-232-9489 for further information or write to us.

The Osborn Cannonball House Museum will be open Sunday, December 4th, 2011 from 2-4pm.
This will be our holiday celebration.  Please join us for hot mulled cider and party snacks.
Also featured will be formal ball clothes from colonial fashion through the 1950’s.  Costumed guides will conduct tours.

There is also the SPBPA “Old Fashioned Holiday Celebration” to welcome Santa at the Alan Augustine Village Green.

This will be the last open house of the Museum for 2011.  It will be closed for the winter and reopen the first Sunday in March.

The museum is located at 1840 East Front Street in Scotch Plains, NJ.