Category: Events

It was an average winter day on December 29th when a not so average event took place.  Dozens of former teachers, students and friends of Roosevelt School gathered to reacquaint and reminisce over their  common bond of a school that is soon to pass into history.

The East Ward School was completed in 1912 and renamed for President Theodore Roosevelt in 1920.  The elementary school served as an anchor for the East Newark community for decades before closing in 1976.  It then lent its name to the Roosevelt Children’s Center, which subsequently occupied the building  before moving to their current home on Pierson Ave.

Among the attendees were former Roosevelt teachers Beulah Smith Tiebout, Linda Brongo, Anna Moens and Eileen Godfrey.  Seated in the front was Dorothy DeWispelaere DeMay, an early former student and prominent Historical Society member.

 

 

 

As many of you know, Roosevelt School is slated for demolition sometime in January. 

Preserving the memories of our past is our business and so we would like to take a photo of any and all former teachers, students & employees, including Roosevelt ARC, at the School. 

The photo will be taken at 1 p.m. SHARP on Saturday, December 29th at the school on East Union St.

Please help spread the word to those you may know who taught or attended classes at Roosevelt School. THANK YOU!

For any info, please call the N-AHS Museum at 315-331-6409.

 

The holiday season is upon us.  Join us for some cheer on Sunday, December 2nd from noon to 3 PM as we celebrate with special events at both locations.  The Marbletown schoolhouse will have a bake sale and will host craft vendors.  Stop by and pick up a unique gift for that special person.

The museum will offer refreshments to those who visit. Come and enjoy the exhibits and decorations.

 

Please join us at 7 PM on Dec. 13th for our quarterly membership meeting.  Huron town historian Rosa Fox will give a presentation on James Madison Cosad.  James Madison Cosad (1810–1893) was a freethinker and farmer who in 1877 hosted the first meeting of what would become the New York Freethinkers Association.