The Historical Society of Scotch Plains and Fanwood New Jersey http://www.historicalsocietyspfnj.org Founded in 1972, we currently operate the historic Osborn Cannonball House in Scotch Plains, while providing guest lectures at its monthly meetings and taking care to preserve some of the historic artifacts and legends from the area’s early days. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:30:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2011 Annual Holiday Open house at the Osborn Cannonball House Museumhttp://www.historicalsocietyspfnj.org/events/2011-annual-holiday-open-house-at-the-osborn-cannonball-house-museum/ http://www.historicalsocietyspfnj.org/events/2011-annual-holiday-open-house-at-the-osborn-cannonball-house-museum/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:30:33 +0000 admin http://www.historicalsocietyspfnj.org/?p=257 Decorating the tree 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.

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]]> http://www.historicalsocietyspfnj.org/events/2011-annual-holiday-open-house-at-the-osborn-cannonball-house-museum/feed/ 0 Osborn Cannonball House Museum Open House – Sunday, November 6, 2011 2PM-4PMhttp://www.historicalsocietyspfnj.org/events/osborn-cannonball-house-museum-open-house-sunday-november-6-2011-2pm-4pm/ http://www.historicalsocietyspfnj.org/events/osborn-cannonball-house-museum-open-house-sunday-november-6-2011-2pm-4pm/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:00:02 +0000 admin http://www.historicalsocietyspfnj.org/?p=252 The Osborn Cannonball House Museum located at 1840 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ, 07076, will be open on Sunday, November 6th, 2011, from 2-4pm.
The theme continues with “the invitiation to the dance” which will feature formal ball clothes from colonial fashion through the 1950′s.  Costumed guides will conduct tours.
Admission is free.  All are welcome!

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]]> http://www.historicalsocietyspfnj.org/events/photos-from-the-2011-union-county-four-centuries-in-a-weekend-event-at-the-museum/feed/ 0 Meeting on 25 October 2011 – Recollections Of Two Old Menhttp://www.historicalsocietyspfnj.org/meetings/meeting-on-25-october-2011-recollections-of-two-old-men/ http://www.historicalsocietyspfnj.org/meetings/meeting-on-25-october-2011-recollections-of-two-old-men/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:30:44 +0000 admin http://www.historicalsocietyspfnj.org/?p=233 Flash back a hundred years ago to South Scotch Plains in the early 1900′s.  Imagine how it was to live there…Then come to our monthly meeting and find out how it really was.

Long time Scotch Plains resident Elmer “Pete” Terry will have pictures, memories and maps of this area of Scotch Plains. In his talk, he will share recollections of his and his father’s.

His father’s were recorded in 1975 when he was 87 years old. Arriving in 1757, the Terry family was one of the first families to settle in Scotch Plains.  “The Old Homestead” that the original Terry family built still stands, has never been sold and has always housed a Terry.  Pete and his wife Judy live there now.  Pete was born and lived the first 10 years of his life in neighboring Plainfield.  Then his parents moved to “The Old Homestead.”  He graduated from Scotch Plains and went into the plumbing and pipefitting trade with his father.  In 1970 he went into business for himself with his Mechanical Contracting Company.  He was a contractor and commercial & industrial builder.  He furthered his expertise with an Industrial Studies degree from Kean College.  For many years he was the Vice President of Construction and Project Manager for Chem-Fleur Company, a fragrance and flavor chemical company.  A larger company bought it out and Pete worked for them in his same position until his retirement 7 years ago.

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, October 25th at 8:00PM.
Contact Richard Bousquet, President, for further information at 908-232-1199 or write to us.

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