Author Archives: John McCormick
Memorial Day 2013 comes a day early to Riverton, Sunday, May 26
Who is this sailor about to go to war in 1944? Our own Society Treasurer, Mr. Paul V. Daly, CPA just supplied his service photo so we can include it in our website tribute to veterans. His name was one … Continue reading
10 Broad Street, Then and Now
Town Historian Betty Hahle wrote dozens of installments of her “Then and Now” column for the Gaslight News over four decades. The trademark feature of her well-researched articles was to trace the history and development of an organization or business, or … Continue reading
Panning for gold at PoCax 2013
Saturday I took my wife on a cheap date and went to PoCax 2013, the annual sale of postcards by professional dealers and exhibition of postcard collections by members of the South Jersey Postcard Club. I spent over an hour … Continue reading
Early 20th century development of Camden’s Forest Hill held great promise
A friend with a childhood connection to Camden similar to my own is kind enough to share with us these scans of postcards he recently acquired. As any postcard collector knows, RPPCs, or real photo post cards, can be among the … Continue reading
Why did the chick…er…turkey cross the road?
To get to the other side, of course. This was the recent scene at 10th and Cedar Streets in Riverton. These pics sent in by Mrs. Susan Dechnik. … Continue reading
Gaslight News – April 2013
Inside read about the upcoming 2013 Annual HSR Meeting on May 16, during which we choose Board members for the next 3-year term, learn of a new aim to recognize Riverton Preservation, and enjoy the four-part harmonies of The Pine Barons. … Continue reading
Bay Ruff Art Gallery
Scores of family and friends gathered at Westfield Friends Meeting April 6, 2013, to celebrate the life of Anne Knight Ruff who passed away in March at age 92. Read an earlier post here: Anne Knight Ruff passes after long illness; … Continue reading
It’s win-win-win as the HRC brings family-fun, prizes for athletes, and aids the RFCo.
Riverton resident Carlos Rogers goes for the hat trick June 9, 2013, 1:00 p.m., as The Historic Riverton Criterium returns this year for the third time to the gaslamp-lined streets of this near-square mile borough. In a crit, cyclists race … Continue reading
A perfect Palmyra-Riverton AA opening day plus groundbreaking for the new grandstand 4/13/2013
Today was a great day for the groundbreaking of the new Riverton Memorial Park Grandstand. It was also the opening day of the season for the Palmyra-Riverton Athletic Association. Scores of parents and kids started to gather here around 8:30 … Continue reading
Groundbreaking for new grandstand April 13, 2013; the start of a new page in Riverton’s history
As anyone who has driven along Cedar Avenue can attest, the grandstand that since 1930 had witnessed so many rites of passage for generations of Riverton residents, it was simply there one day and gone the next. For anyone not aware of … Continue reading
