HSR President Gerald Weaber invites the public to Songs of the Civil War:History and Myth- We look back at the many changes to the borough’s postal service over 140 years with “Special Delivery – Riverton’s US Post Office.”
- Gerald Weaber extends a special thanks to donors
- Editor John McCormick encourages readers to comment and point out errors in Don’t believe everything that you read.
- Join the party as Mrs. Tilmont, a retired Riverton teacher, celebrates her 96th birthday.
- Help us honor veterans on the HSR website page at Riverton Remembers its Veterans.
- Click here to view the PDF file for issue#147_Gaslight_News_Feb12
Gaslight News – February 2012
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Gaslight News – November 2011
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- HSR President Gerald Weaber appeals to members to support Marking Time in Riverton, an ambitious new set of initiatives to preserve and promote local history.
- Our Museum-for-a-Day at the New Leaf Tea Room, in cooperation with the Library’s Candlelight House Tour, is a rare opportunity to share some of the HSR’s seldom seen historical treasures with the community.
- A State of the Website 11 months and 50 blog posts after our website reset last January invites readers to visit, and comment at rivertonhistory.com.
- Members received an insert form with which they can renew their membership for 2012 and possibly choose to make a donation toward the special projects agenda set forth in Marking Time in Riverton: Preserving and Promoting Local History.
- Click here to view #146_Gaslight_News_Nov11
- Click here to view 2012 membership dues and contribution form (two forms printed on one side of paper)
Gaslight News – September 2011
- An outline of the Sept. 28 Meeting to take place at Riverton School regarding the Borough’s proposed improvements to Riverton Memorial Park by Gerald Weaber, President
- Mrs. Patricia Smith Solin’s feature article on a long-gone institution – The Riverton Lyceum Association
- “A Report from the Front” asks for help from readers in adding to our understanding of Riverton’s role in the US Civil War
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Gaslight News – May 2011
- Tribute to former HSR president Mrs. Betty B. Hahle
- A recap of Kate Butler’s March Vintage Fashions presentation
- Nomination Committee Report and Proposed By-Laws
- An outline of the June Annual Meeting to take place in the former Cinnaminson Nat’l Bank
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Gaslight News – February 2011
- Cole Dairy oral history video & Rivertonhistory.com Feb. 24
- Eliza Dupree served up Titanic menu at the New Leaf Tea Room Nov. 30
- Ladies’ & Gentlemen’s Accessories of Past Eras the topic of March 23 meet
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Gaslight News – November 2010
- Titanic “survivor” speaks at historic New Leaf Tea Room 7:30 pm Nov. 30
- Cole Dairy, 5th & Main — Where Riverton “Got Milk”
- Ms. Lucy Beard of Alice Paul Institute acknowledges our debt to the past
- Riverton’s Veterans Memorial being upgraded as more names are sought
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Gaslight News – September 2010
- Help HSR and Alice Paul Institute mark the 90th anniversary of a woman’s right to vote
- Riverton School’s 100th Birthday helped focus attention on preserving history
- How I spent my summer vacation
Gaslight News – May 2010
- Society to meet May 27 at Riverton School’s 100th Birthday Open House 7 PM
- Rehabbing Anchorage House (C. Cecil Fitler)
- DeNogla’s ghillies stepped to the beat of McDermott’s Handy
- Another Riverton treasure surfaces — in Delran
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Gaslight News – March 2010
- McDermott’s Handy brings traditional Irish music to March 17 HSR meet
- Ireland’s Potato Famine launches waves of 19th century immigration: Riverton’s Irish Row
- Many reminisce at 100th anniversary of Riverton School
- Kate the Cook and the Strike Anywhere matches
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Gaslight News – November 2009
- HSR combined Board and general membership meeting to conduct business Nov. 30.
- Fascinating Fitlers among the movers and shakers since Riverton’s early days
- Mrs. Lincoln take tea at the New Leaf with a few intimate friends
- Historical Note: the Blizzard of 1888
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