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ELLA M. HAVER<br />
Educator and civic leader Ella Haver played many roles in<br />
the life of <strong>Hunterdon</strong> <strong>County</strong>. She was born in Franklin<br />
Township in 1913, lived in Clinton for more than 50 years, and<br />
then moved back to the township in 1965. She was graduated<br />
from Clinton High School, received a degree from Montclair<br />
State Teachers College in 1934, and her master's degree from<br />
Teachers College of Columbia University in 1945.<br />
Miss Haver taught at schools in Hamden,<br />
North Branch, and Green Brook, and then -- concentrating on<br />
science, biology and chemistry -- at schools in North Plainfield,<br />
Cranford and Warren Hills. She also taught Sunday school<br />
and vacation Bible school. After retiring from teaching, she<br />
obtained real estate and insurance licenses.<br />
The niece of <strong>Hunterdon</strong> <strong>County</strong> "helping teacher" Jennie<br />
Haver, she became president of the Jennie Haver Memorial<br />
Scholarship Fund in 1971 -- which has raised $572,310 since its inception in 1942,<br />
providing scholarships to 279 students from county high schools.<br />
In 1988 the <strong>Hunterdon</strong> <strong>County</strong> Chamber of Commerce honored her with its Golden<br />
Award. Among her other civic activities, she is senior coordinator for Franklin Township<br />
and serves on its recreation commission and board of assistance. Miss Haver is a<br />
member of the <strong>Hunterdon</strong> <strong>County</strong> Retired Educators, Council of Parents and Teachers,<br />
Chrysanthemum Society, and Flemington AARP.<br />
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