Memorial Day 2021 Issue

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ake Hopatcong News
MEMORIAL DAY 2021 VOL. 13 NO. 2
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From the Editor
The cover story for this issue is an in-depth look at two Morris Habitat for Humanity builds
happening simultaneously in our area. One build is on a property in the Lake Shawnee
area of Jefferson for the Davis family, who will move into their home sometime before the end of
this year. The other build is at Roxbury High School, where students are helping to construct a
modular home that, when completed, will be transported to a property in Landing. That part of
the build will take about two years to complete.
Two very interesting and very newsworthy stories combined into one. The story is long—longer
than any other story published in this magazine in my tenure as editor. But, please, don’t let
the length deter you from reading it. Writer Melissa Summers has crafted a very informative,
thoughtful piece. Maybe, after reading it, you might even be inspired to volunteer at a Habitat
build site.
You might have noticed in the past that stories for this magazine begin and end on one or two
pages. This is intentional, mostly for layout purposes.
When I assign writers a story, I usually let them find the best path to a finished product. The
only parameters I ask is that they meet a deadline date and they write to a word count—sometimes
as little as 800, sometimes as much as 1,200. Comfortable lengths by most accounts. It’s only
recently that I’ve broken my own rule and let the length of the story be determined by the subject.
It started with Mike Daigle’s story about the Lake Hopatcong Commission, the Lake Hopatcong
Foundation and the four lake-town mayors banding together to help secure funds for Lake
Hopatcong. That story, which was published in the 2020 Holiday issue, ran over three pages.
In this year’s Spring issue, Jess Murphy’s well-reported and well-written piece on the Jefferson
Township Municipal Alliance also ran three pages.
Let’s face it, if you let writers write, they will—and rightfully so.
When I started working at the Daily Record back in 1984, newspapers were still thick with
pages and pages of copy. Photographs were big, headlines were bold, stories were long. There were
charts and graphs and pullout quotes scattered throughout.
But it wasn’t long before newsrooms across the country were reacting to the times.
Higher production costs led to less editorial copy. And, Americans, according to a multitude
of focus groups, were too busy to read long stories. So, despite the outcry from writers and
photographers everywhere, shorter stories and smaller photos became the norm.
I remember the battles in the newsroom between writers and editors, between photographers
and editors. In the end, though, those doing the layout always won. There was only so much space
for so much content.
And all this happened before the internet. Now, our collective attention span barely registers.
I often hear from readers how much they enjoy the magazine, that it is read cover to cover.
I certainly appreciate the kind words and hope that these few “longer” stories aren’t a deterrent
to reading an issue from front to back. These stories are more of
an anomaly, rather than the norm. I trust Melissa, Mike and Jess
will understand.
But back to the Habitat story—not the length—the actual story.
It is the second Habitat story in two years (Fall 2019 Vol. 12, No.
6), and it will not be the last. We will be following the progress of
the Roxbury High School students; look to the LHN website for
updates. And, when a family is picked for that house, we will report
about it in the magazine.
So many stories, so little space.
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MEMORIAL DAY 2021 VOL. 13 NO. 2
Morris Habitat for Humanity finds
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ON THE COVER
Roxbury High School senior Gavin Yiu helps
install a wall to the floor of the modular
home being built by students for Morris
Habitat for Humanity.
-photo by Karen Fucito
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Students Create Videos About
Recent HABS for Smithsonian
Story by ELLEN WILKOWE
Photo by KAREN FUCITO
Matthew Sinchi of Parsippany positioned
his tripod and camera to zoom in on
Roxbury Mayor Bob DeFillippo. Meanwhile,
Kailey Pasquariello of Jefferson reviewed her
questions pertaining to the blue-green algae
bloom that plagued Lake Hopatcong in 2019.
The two 17-years-olds had set up shop at the
Lake Hopatcong Foundation where Sinchi,
Pasquariello and a third member of the team,
18-year-old Veronica Carrion, also of Jefferson,
have been interning during their senior year.
The internships are part of their curriculum
as students at the Morris County Vocational
School District Academy for Environmental
Science at Jefferson Township High School.
Upon completion, the video will become
part of a trilogy that will focus on the
environmental, economic and social impact
of the 2019 Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB).
The videos will be housed on the Smithsonian
Institution’s website as part of their YES! Teen
Internship Program, which provided a grant to
the Lake Hopatcong Foundation to produce
the videos.
The grant provides funding and resources to
assist young people nationwide to discover and
digitally document their communities’ unique
history.
The Lake Hopatcong Foundation qualified
for the grant based on its 2019 traveling
Smithsonian Waterways exhibit, said Donna
Macalle-Holly, grant and program director for
the Lake Hopatcong Foundation.
“This made us eligible to apply for the YES!
stories,” she said. A letter of recommendation
from the New Jersey Council for the
Humanities helped seal the deal she said.
So, how did these three high school seniors
find themselves up close and personal with a
HAB?
As seniors at the Academy for Environmental
Science at Jefferson Township High School,
the trio decided to hone in on HABs for
both environmental and personal reasons.
Pasquariello and Carrion both live in the
vicinity of the lake.
“I’ve been a nature kid since childhood,”
said Carrion, who, because of the pandemic,
has been participating in the intern program
remotely.
“I live and work by the lake and saw how
it [the 2019 HAB] affected everything,” said
Pasquariello.
Carrion, who lives in the Lake Forest section,
also witnessed the effects and immersed herself
in advocacy as a result.
“I was really involved with HAB when it
happened,” she said. “I spent the entire summer
attending town meetings, working with the
Lake Hopatcong Foundation to get flyers out
for public education, and working with the
MUA [Municipal Utilities Authority] and the
beach [at Lake Forest].”
As mayor of Roxbury, DeFillippo knows all
too well the dire effects the HAB had on Lake
Hopatcong and its surrounding towns. When
approached by the interns for the project, he
was more than happy to participate and offer
up some optimism in the future management
of HABs.
“The algae bloom came at a horrible time,”
he said. “Businesses shut down, the lake shut
down and the marinas stopped. This was the
Matthew Sinchi and Kailey Pasquariello conduct
an interview dockside at Lake Hopatcong.
Veronica Carrion edits interviews while
working remotely from her home.
Photo courtesy of Veronica Carrion
worst (bloom) in the 25 years that I’ve lived in
Roxbury.”
DeFillippo referred to the bloom as a “perfect
storm” of contributing factors, including warm
weather, rain and phosphate runoff that made
its way into the lake.
Pasquariello took the interview to the next
level: “How did the towns work together to
resolve it?”
“The Lake Hopatcong Foundation brought
us all together,” DeFillippo said. “It was very
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positive to have four towns working together
to find a solution.”
Pasquariello also asked about long-term
preventative measures.
“The four towns agree that there should be
sewers all around the lake, and we are making
headway toward that,” DeFillippo said of the
importance of working with the three mayors
of the other towns surrounding the lake
(Mount Arlington, Hopatcong and Jefferson)
to protect the health of the lake.
“The prevention effort continues with
the mayors’ meetings, working with the
Lake Hopatcong Commission and the Lake
Hopatcong Foundation to come up with
projects to help cease HABs,” he said. “And
finding federal, state and regional groups to
find funds for preventative measures.”
With that, it was a wrap for the video. The
interns also interviewed the other mayors, local
business owners, representatives from lakerelated
clubs and the [DEP’s] communication
person, said Pasquariello.
“I was surprised that I got to interview the
communication person,” she said.
With Sinchi at the helm of filming and
Pasquariello on the interview front, Carrion
oversees the script writing. “It all came down to
what we were good at,” Carrion said, referring
to their respective roles. “I’m a good writer,
Matt knew how to use editing programs and
Kailey’s more social, so she does the interviews.”
In addition to producing the three videos, the
interns also participated in regular Zoom calls
with Macalle-Holly and Pete Bedell, intern
advisor with the Morris County Vocational
School District. This is all in tandem with a full
school workload.
The internship has opened their eyes not only
to HABs but also to the challenges that come
with the task of visual storytelling. “There’s
difficulty with scheduling and getting it just
right,” said Sinchi. “It could be nerve-racking
to see mistakes.”
Upon completion, the interviews were sent
to Carrion, who transcribed them and selected
quotes before writing them into a script.
“Nothing really surprised me, but it’s pretty
hard balancing school and college classes this
year and having to edit videos,” she said.
The experience has been equally as gratifying
for Macalle-Holly.
“I am very fortunate to have very dedicated
students for the project, and it has been an
enlightening experience for them,” she said.
So, what’s next for these interns?
Sinchi has his sights set on an environmental
engineering degree at the University of
Connecticut. “I want to help the environment
anyway that I can,” he said. A recent Eagle Scout
recipient with troop 173 from the Parsippany
area, Sinchi credits scouting with shaping his
future. “Scouts helped solidify that with its
‘leave no trace behind’ concept,” he said.
Carrion, too, plans to pursue the
environmental science field, specifically the
educational aspect, at New College of Florida
in Sarasota. “I want to promote awareness
to the environment,” she said. “There’s this
disconnect between what scientists do and
what the public knows.”
As much as she is impassioned by the
environment, Pasquariello, an EMT with the
Jefferson Township First Aid Squad, envisions
a career in nursing and will attend Ramapo
College in Mahwah this fall. “I have an
attachment to helping people,” she said.
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A native of Andover, Clinton Hill, 66, has spent the better part of the last three decades in
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his second career, selling fresh cut flowers from a roadside stand. Satisfying his need
to be creative, this year he is also selling homemade vases and candles.
WHAT MAKES LIVING WHERE YOU DO SPECIAL?
It’s a beautiful lake community. The friendly people are very supportive of each other and
its location to three highways, police and fire stations, and a lot of eateries and stores.
WHAT IS YOUR BEST MEMORY ABOUT LIVING IN THIS AREA?
My best memories of living in this area are the Christmas and holiday parties we had
with family and friends when our nieces and nephews were younger.
WHO MAKES UP YOUR FAMILY?
My family consists of Debbie my wife, Kodiak our Malamute, my son Troy
and his wife Tami, my three grandchildren, my sister Bev and my nephew
Justin.
WHO HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST INFLUENCE IN LIFE AND WHY?
My parents were a big influence in my life. They were hardworking,
honest people who everyone liked. They brought me
and my sister up to be honest and hard workers, too.
HOW DO YOU EARN A LIVING?
I worked for 4 or 5 business form printing companies for
about 30 years before they started to go out of business. I
then was a partner in MAC Gardens for two years growing
and selling vegetables and flowers. I now sell bouquets of
flowers outside my house. This year I’ll be cutting wine and
whiskey bottles and turning them into vases and candles.
WHAT’S THE CRAZIEST OR MOST UNUSUAL JOB YOU’VE
EVER HAD?
I guess I’m kind of boring. My most unusual job was watering
flowers and plants in a nursery after I got home from high school
for $1 an hour.
DO YOU VOLUNTEER?
I take pictures of events in Mount Arlington and drop them off
at the town hall or the library. I also take portraits and group
pictures for the Mount Arlington police department.
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I enjoy gardening. I have three garden areas. One at home,
one at the Mount Arlington Community Garden and one at
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I grow most of the flowers I sell in front of my house.
I‘ve been a bowler for 55 years. I enjoy fishing.
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Vaudeville Star’s
Great-Grandson
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Lake Museum
It was built as a cottage, that quaint
term wealthy Americans used to
describe the elaborate homes they built
in resort areas like Lake Hopatcong.
Between 1880 and 1930, fueled by easy
rail access, Lake Hopatcong flourished as
a resort that featured grand hotels and the
cottages of the rich and famous, such as the
Lotta Crabtree home in Mount Arlington
and The Boulders in Hopatcong.
Wait, the what?
The Boulders. Impressive eastward views,
fabulous stone-walled great room, elegant
bedrooms and dining and living areas,
sloping lawn to the boathouse and lake. Built
in 1903, it shared that quiet corner of Davis
Cove with its neighbor, the Rossmore, built
in 1902.
So, when did they put in the golf course
with the ball return that earned the player a
free drink at the bar inside the house? Or
the phone that squirted water when a person
answered it?
And just like that, an elegant, meaningful
home with an equally elegant, meaningful
name became Sleepless Hollow, the gag-filled,
riotous home to comedian and vaudevillian
Joe Cook. It even has a theater where Cook
staged performances, including dressing rooms
and an unseen passageway which allowed “the
butler,” who greeted guests at the front door, to
suddenly appear onstage one level below.
Cook’s librettist, Donald Ogden Stewart,
once said that “Joe lived on a mad gag-infested
estate in New Jersey which bewilderingly
expressed his genius.”
Cook started in show business in 1908 and
became a vaudeville and Broadway superstar in
the 1920s and 1930s. The showbiz press of the
time praised his multi-skilled act that featured
songs and juggling, physical stunts and
inventive storytelling. He also had a successful
radio career.
But Cook is little known today because of
his aversion to Hollywood and the onset of
Parkinson’s disease in 1940, which ended his
career, said Marty Kane, president of the Lake
Hopatcong Historical Museum.
Cook died in 1959 at the age of 69.
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Photos by KAREN FUCITO
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Joe Cook with his four children, Josephine,
Doris, Leo and Joe Jr.
His
lack of
recognition today is also due in part to missing
out on the early television era that saw many of
Cook’s contemporaries transfer their vaudeville
and stage acts to the small screen, Kane said.
“Cook is one of the three most important
Lake Hopatcong figures,” Kane said.
The other two are Lotta Crabtree and
inventor and industrialist Hudson Maxim.
Cook often featured Lake Hopatcong in his
routine, Kane said, and was an active supporter
of local organizations.
The lake museum holds the most extensive
collection of Cook memorabilia, including
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Thomas Helsel visiting
Sleepless Hollow in April.
more than 300 photos that show the wide
scope of Cook’s life, Kane said.
The collection also includes a piano with
signatures from hundreds of Sleepless Hollow
visitors who signed their names with a woodburning
tool.
And now, thanks to Cook’s great-grandson,
Thomas Helsel, the museum is in possession
of another prized instrument—Cook’s goldplated
trumpet.
Before Helsel, 51, of Sicklerville, N.J., a
senior research chef for Campbell Soup Co.,
turned to cooking and food service as a career,
he was an aspiring musician.
“Trumpet was my first instrument,” he said,
during a recent tour of Sleepless Hollow.
“The trumpet was handmade for Joe by
Vega Trumpet of Brooklyn,” Helsel said. That
nugget of information was discovered when
Helsel was in college and seeking a company
to repair the damaged instrument. “I was told
‘this is not a normal trumpet. It is brass covered
with 24-karat gold.’”
The repair was made in 1987, but finding
that the instrument was “beyond” special,
Helsel brought it home. A display case was
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made and the trumpet remained untouched
until Helsel handed it over to Kane at the
museum this past winter.
Along with the trumpet, Helsel also donated
other items, including a guitar, a warming
blanket used by Cook and passengers in his
first car, photos, portraits and a large glass
globe used in one of Cook’s acts.
Helsel has done deep research into the Cook
family, and his attachment to the home is not
just the ingenuity of the tricks Cook built in,
but his connection with their shared family.
Joe Cook married twice and had four
children, all with his first wife, Helen.
Helsel’s mother, Lidih Jo (Lee) Helsel, is
the youngest child of Josephine Georgia Ann
(Cook) Lee and Col. Edwin Clarence Lee, he
said.
Col. Lee, Helsel’s “Pop-Pop,” was a career
Army officer who served on the staff of Gen.
Dwight Eisenhower during World War II. He
was also was a member of the Mount Arlington
Lee family who developed Lee’s Marina, the
popular recreation center opened in the 1920s
that operates today under the ownership of
the Morris County Park Commission. Helsel’s
cousin, Bud Lee, signed the famous piano.
In the end, Helsel and Kane said that Joe
Cook lived a full life that reflected his active
and vivid imagination and approach to his
comedic craft.
Kane said one photo in the museum
collection epitomizes for him the meaning
of Joe Cook’s life. It is one of Cook and his
four children at Sleepless Hollow. For all the
comedic antics, for all the nights on the road,
it came down to his family, Kane said.
Cook lived at Sleepless Hollow for nearly 20
years before leaving to address his declining
health.
Realtor Karen Foley, who handled the recent
sale of the property for Prominent Properties
Sotheby’s International Realty, said in an email,
“Living at the lake for over 16 years, I’ve always
admired the grand historic lakefront estates,
especially Sleepless Hollow. I had heard many
stories during the time Joe Cook resided there.
What had intrigued me the most was the small
theater stage where Joe’s children, servants and
others had performed for their famous celebrity
guests of that era.”
The new owners, Joel and Tracy Beckerman,
are just as intrigued.
“We are both storytellers. I’m a composer
and Tracy’s an author. We fell in love with the
house and the story of Joe Cook. The potential
of owning this house and breathing life back
into it was too good to pass up,” said Joel.
Over time, many of the gimmicks that Cook
built into the house were replaced. The lot is
now 1.5 acres, down from the original 26, but
the theater remains.
Helsel presents
Marty Kane
with Joe Cook’s
trumpet.
As subsequent owners have made
Sleepless Hollow their own home,
one surviving artifact declares the
spirit of the place: Hanging in the
great room is a framed poster for the
1936 film “Arizona Mahoney,” one of
Cook’s two Hollywood starring roles.
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Helsel is surprised when he
finds his uncle’s name scratched
into Joe Cook’s piano.
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Jutta Braun
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the nursing
labs at
County
College of
Morris.
Kathy Prokop
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center at
Rockaway
Townsquare.
Bernadette Schicho in class at
County College of Morris.
CCM Nurses are Hands-on at Area COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics
It’s no secret this pandemic has been a “stepup-to-the-plate,”
“all-in” or any other cliché
you can think of kind of experience. And there
is no exception when it comes to our first line of
defense—healthcare professionals, and specifically,
nurses.
At County College of Morris, the education of
a new generation of nurses has continued as they
train amid a real-life crisis. Students have had a
front-row seat not only in their studies but in the
role that the college has taken in the fight against
COVID-19, according to Kathleen Brunet, CCM’s
director of marketing and public relations.
“When COVID-19 first arrived in New Jersey,
nursing faculty and other CCM professors and
students, staff and alumni provided much-needed
assistance by serving on the front lines, making
masks and face shields and offering other help
where needed,” Brunet said.
But it didn’t stop there. Once a vaccine became
available, four members of CCM’s Department of
Nursing began volunteering at vaccine sites.
Bernadette Schicho, 59, of Blairstown, knew she
had to be part of getting that potentially life-saving
dose into as many arms as possible. When the
opportunity came in mid-January from the Warren
County Medical Reserve Corps, she immediately
responded, “Sign me up.”
Schicho, an assistant professor of nursing, is
currently unaffiliated with a hospital but said she
still feels a strong desire to help others. “I can and
so I should,” she said. She found herself at the
firehouse in Belvidere among volunteers ranging
from nursing students to retired doctors and said
the facility is well run and organized, though
demand has slowed.
As a role model to her students, Schicho said
playing her part in fighting the disease reinforces
the idea that nursing isn’t just about caring for
sick patients. “Volunteering is something to aspire
to when they become nurses,” she said. “It gives
them a sense of responsibility of service to your
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community.”
Nursing Professor Kathy Prokop, 55, of Florham
Park, read about the need for volunteers and
registered with the Morris County Medical Reserve
Corps. “I believe in the vaccine, and I want to help
get it out there,” she said. In February, she began
working in conjunction with Atlantic Health
System to support the pre- and post-vaccination
screening at the Rockaway Mall Regional
Vaccination Center.
Prokop, who has taught at CCM for 28 years,
said it’s been difficult to adjust to primarily virtual
learning. “I’m with my students in the hospitals
when we do clinicals, but I miss being in the
classroom, I miss having interaction, and this is one
way to have that,” she said. “I’m a healthy person,
and I can go ahead and do my part, as small as it is.
It’s still doing something.”
In the first few months of the pandemic, when
Prokop and her students were not allowed to visit
the hospitals, it was hard for her not to be on
the front lines. “I’ve gone to the same unit at St.
Barnabas with my students for the past 20 years,
and I felt like I couldn’t do my part.” Instead, she
visited weekly, even though she wasn’t allowed in,
leaving snacks and other goodies for the staffers she
had partnered with.
One thing Prokop brings from the vaccine site
back to her students is the chance to experience
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misinformation that’s out there. “Being at the clinic,
I can help educate the people coming through to
the best of my ability,” she said. “The more you can
educate them, the less fearful they are.”
Two other CCM nursing professors are
volunteering at another vaccine administration
site at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta.
Professor Laura Parker, 60, of Sparta is a longtime
volunteer with the Sussex County Medical Reserve
Corps. She had trained with the American
Red Cross but wanted to handle more tasks in
healthcare. One of her first stints was offering
vaccinations during the swine flu pandemic.
When COVID-19 struck, Parker began by
working in a call center, but when the vaccine
became available in New Jersey in January, she was
excited to shift to the vaccine site. And she saw an
opportunity to get her students motivated to serve
their community. “I was able to get my whole class
signed up for the Medical Reserve,” she said. As
students, they won’t be able to administer vaccines
but can assist or handle the paperwork. “I don’t
know that anyone has been called yet, but they are
ready.”
Parker said the prospect of being involved with
such a massive undertaking can’t be duplicated in
a classroom. “They’ll gain knowledge of how the
public health system works and understanding of
how a big vaccination effort happens,” she said.
Parker said she has made her family proud and
takes pride in her role as a volunteer. “I feel really
good about the impact I’ve made,” she said. “It
really is fun, and you feel like you’re making a
difference. It makes me happy.”
Professor Jutta Braun, 65, of Stockholm, is also
volunteering at the Sussex Fairgrounds site. As a
member of the Sussex Medical Reserve Corps for
more than 10 years, she’s been a part of multiple
deployments after natural disasters but said the
pandemic has presented a unique opportunity
to connect her students with the health crisis.
“Everything you do as a nurse, you bring back to
them,” she said.
Prokop is worried about the toll the pandemic
will take on those still working to save lives and
the impact that will have on new nurses. “They
are beyond exhausted,” she said. “I’m afraid there
won’t be as many experienced staff members to help
the new grads, who haven’t had the educational
experience they would have had a few years ago.”
Students are embracing the reality of how
COVID-19 has shaped and will continue to shape
their careers in medicine but are concerned that
they won’t be fully equipped with interpersonal
skills, according to Braun. “They are worried about
not having enough clinical experience,” she said.
It has motivated the students to continue to
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have fears about going into the hospital, and we
have to discuss that and prepare them.”
There is so much to do in nursing, Parker said,
that even students with concerns about different
aspects of the job can find their paths. “If you want
to take care of babies, you take care of babies. If you
want to care for new mothers, that’s who you take
care of. If you want to give vaccines in the public
health realm, you can do that.”
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The Davis family gathers with friends after breaking
ground at their Lake Shawnee home in October.
Messages
of hope
and good
luck were
painted on
wall studs.
Frank Caccavale with two of his students,
Randy DePalma, left, and Matt Seminara, right.
Photo courtesy of Morris Habitat for Humanity
Volunteers, Families Don’t Let
Pandemic Get in the Way of
Housing Dreams
Roxbury
School s
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first se
of a mo
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Story by MELISSA SUMMERS
Photos by KAREN FUCITO
The coronavirus pandemic has slowed
down many things in the last year, but
it has not stopped the hammers from swinging
as Morris Habitat for Humanity took on two
ambitious projects that will provide homes to
some very deserving families.
Chief Executive Officer Blair Schleicher
Wilson said the organization continues to face
challenges related to COVID-19 and has had
to continually adjust. “The [housing] need isn’t
going away, in fact it’s gotten worse,” she said.
“We lost our volunteer program,” Wilson
said. “Corporate groups have not been there.
We had to take a good hard look at our business
model and how we’ll continue to deliver on our
mission. And we’re doing it.”
That’s where thinking outside the ‘tool’ box
came in.
On World Habitat Day—October 5, 2020—
a truly extraordinary venture kicked off via
virtual meeting. Roxbury High School students
set out to construct a modular home on the
school campus that will be transported and
assembled at a site in Landing.
The build centers around two sections of an
innovative class at Roxbury called Structural
Design and Fabrication (SDF), led by teacher
Frank Caccavale.
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Caccavale, who describes himself as one
of the “Habitat faithful,” has been a frequent
volunteer with the organization and had
brought students over the last few years to one
of Morris Habitat’s previous builds at 119-121
Main Street in Succasunna.
It was during that process, in February 2020,
that Caccavale collaborated with organizers
to design a program for high school students.
“They really believed that Roxbury was the right
school to take this on,” Caccavale said. “Habitat
already had a relationship with the town and
Roxbury schools had a strong commitment to
teaching students to work with their hands and
an education in the skilled trades.”
Roxbury High School’s original auto shop,
which had been used as district storage since the
early 2000s, was converted to a 2,000-squarefoot
classroom space in 2019. SDF had been
focused on smaller district and community
projects, but Caccavale believed his students
were ready for more.
“We had a space that was well-equipped,
and it became a partnership that really made
sense,” he said. “We are the first school that I’ve
heard of that is doing anything like this in New
Jersey.”
According to Wilson, this type of joint
effort has been successful around the country.
“We would love to replicate it,” she said of
the opportunity to make it part of a high school
education. “Because the world needs people who
know about all aspects of building, from the first
shovel in the ground to every level of contractors.”
Plans for the Landing home were drawn up
over several months of discussion and donated
by Babula Architecture of Morris Plains to fit
the unusually shaped plot of land at the corner
of Edith Road and Mansel Drive, Caccavale said.
“We are building it in two halves that are going
to be transported by trailer to the site. We made
one half relatively ‘easy,’ in the sense that it doesn’t
include plumbing, and therefore involves fewer
steps.”
It’s a plan that has suited this already challenging
school year well. “Scaling it back a little made
sense, and we are still hopeful to have the first half
done by the end of the 2020-2021 school year,”
Caccavale said. The second half and final details
will be completed by students enrolled in the
program during the 2021-2022 school year.
The foundation for the home, designed primarily
as a ranch with a garage and basement under the
living space, will be constructed by Morris Habitat,
and Caccavale said the home they build must fit
the footprint exactly. Walls have already begun to
rise from the structure currently situated outside
the SDF lab.
Not only that, but each half of the home must
be able to be successfully transported from the

ht.
Phyllis Chanda pulls a chalk
line across a piece of plywood.
bury High
ool senior
Monique
Whitfield
build the
st section
a modular
home.
Construction Site Supervisor Mike Dakak
works with volunteer Ray Hom at the
Lake Shawnee location.
high school to the site. “The roof is
unique, with trusses that fold flat in order to
clear powerlines,” Caccavale explained. “GAF in
Parsippany, who is donating all the materials for
the project, is bringing in some of their instructors
who will teach us how to do the roofing, once the
home is in place.”
Caccavale also decided to bring on a Master in
Residence. John Martin, who spent seven years
working with Habitat for Humanity, had to
step down to help manage family life during the
pandemic. Caccavale jumped at the chance to
bring Martin to Roxbury part time and approached
him with the idea. “We realized that with the
partnership with Habitat, I was the perfect fit,”
Martin said.
The best part is getting to see students experience
“aha” moments, said Martin. “In construction, we
use certain areas of math quite often,” he said. “If
they see it in the real world, they see where it’s
applicable—where it can be used.”
The project has become the highlight of the
school day for the 15 students enrolled in SDF. For
them, it’s an opportunity for open-air, hands-on,
in-person learning that could lead to a career in
any number of fields.
“I’ve taken classes like woodshop, and I really
love working with my hands,” said 18-year-old
senior Kyle Finnan of Landing. “When I saw
this class—I love construction, planning and
designing—I thought it would be a good fit.”
Senior Alex Harrington, 18, of Ledgewood,
had been planning to take the class since he was
a sophomore. With
hopes of becoming
an architect, he
wanted more than
just a classroom
introduction. “It’s so
much more handson,”
he said. “You
learn more when you
are actually building
something. Every
day I learn something
new.”
As the sole female
currently in the
program, senior
Monique Whitfield,
18, of Landing, said
she wasn’t the least
bit intimidated in
a field dominated
by men. “They don’t treat me differently,” she
said. “In the future that might happen. I’m not
scared of it, because I’m not going to let anyone
hold me back.” Whitfield, who wants to major
in civil engineering and own her own business,
can’t wait to see the final product. “I drove past
the lot already, and I can’t believe we’re doing
this,” she said.
Roxbury High School students attach a wall to
the first floor platform of a modular home.
Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill watches as
Marly Davis drives a screw into a sheet of
plywood at Davis’ Lake Shawnee Habitat house.
BUILDING THEIR HOME IS A FAMILY AFFAIR
Another major undertaking by Morris
Habitat for Humanity broke ground in October
2020. A four-bedroom house in Lake Shawnee
will become home to a family of eight, currently
living in a two-bedroom Newark apartment.
Scott and Marly Davis and their six children
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Habitat (con’t.)
were chosen last August in a random selection of
10 families who had applied and were accepted
into the program, according to Wilson.
The Jefferson Township property was not in
use prior to last year. “It was donated to Habitat
by the estate of a woman who raised her kids in
town,” Wilson said. “They wanted a family to
live there.”
The Davises have been together for 21 years.
Scott Davis, 54, was an Evangelical Christian
campus minister serving several New Jersey
colleges when he met Marly, who in 1996
was transferring from Essex County College
to New Jersey City University, then known as
Jersey City State College. Marly Davis, 50, was
president of the local bible study group, and
Scott was her advisor.
Marly was working as a nanny for a family in
Chatham in between missionary
trips to her homeland
of Haiti, while also
earning her
teacher
Roxbury High School students Kyle Finnan,
Michael Hills and Matt Seminara attach
joist hangers to ledger board.
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certification. “I was praying for a husband,” she
said.
Scott asked Marly to marry him and, shortly
after graduation from NJCU in May 1999, she
did.
They moved into their Newark home, not
knowing they would eventually outgrow the
space. They already had four children when
they temporarily took in five family members
who had escaped the devastation of the 2010
earthquake in Haiti.
That’s when Scott Davis first began his search
for a new home. “We have been looking and
praying for a place for 10 years,” he said. “Even
with good leads and suggestions from friends,
nothing even came close to affordable.” They
were not eligible for New Jersey affordable
housing, because the program can only
accommodate families of up to six people.
“I had worked on Habitat for Humanity
projects in Paterson and Newark for many
years,” he said. “I took my students and had
great experiences. I never thought I’d apply.”
The Davises first applied to Habitat in
Newark, but medical issues kept Scott out of
work. He couldn’t do physical labor for about
a year, which kept him from being able to
commit to the “sweat equity” Habitat requires.
In August 2020, Marly Davis had a revelation.
“God told me I’d have a house this year,” she
said. The couple checked Morris Habitat for
Humanity’s website and saw they were looking
for a family of eight.
They attended an information session and
pulled together a last-minute application in
just 10 days. Scott, who is now the Director
of Programs for Greater Life, a nonprofit
community organization that serves at-risk
youth in Newark, was concerned they wouldn’t
meet the rigorous requirements to be accepted,
but “we fit every guideline,” he said.
The day they got the call, they couldn’t believe
it. “This is our answer to prayer, and we are
really thankful,” Scott said.
The Davises said they had gotten used to the
constant urban noise. “But I always told my
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Marly, now a full-time stay-at-home mom, said.
Scott already knew through his previous
involvement with Habitat that there was
something special about the mutual partnership
between the organization and recipient
homeowners. The build is a reward in itself,
according to Scott. “This is my home,” he said as
he looked at the structure that rose around him.
“You give part of yourself. I know the beams, I
know this, I know that. There was nothing here
when we first came, and now there is. We’re
putting in that sweat and the hard work. It’s not
just a handout, it’s a lot of hard work, and we
are building memories.”
Marly has homeschooled all four of her sons
and two daughters, who currently range in age
from 6 to 18 years old. She makes do with the
limited space in the Newark apartment but
admits it hasn’t been ideal.
Now, building the new home has become part
of their education. The two oldest boys, Paul,
18, and Peter, 16, have been on-site with their
parents. “They are getting lessons while working
in the house,” Marly said. “They are applying
what they are learning—slope and intersect and
the coordinates and grid. Building a frame is the
same process.”
“It’s a new experience,” Paul said. “I learned
a lot about carpentry, and I’m putting that
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Peter had a hand in laying the roof. “It’s a lot
of math and science,” he said.
The boys look forward to having more
space for themselves and not having to share a
bathroom among all six siblings. The best part,
Peter said, will be having room to grow. “It’s a
safe neighborhood and a better environment for
my brothers and sisters.”
On May 5, Marly Davis helped kick off
Women Build Month at the site of her new home.
She worked alongside Congresswoman Mikie
Sherrill to bring to light the homeownership
challenges women face.
Marly is excited about being able to call
the shots in her own home. “Women identify
themselves with their homes, and I do, too.
Being a homemaker and a homeschooling
mom, it’s a lot for me to have a house,” she said.
“No landlord knocking on the door, just me
inviting people in.”
Sherill was thrilled to pitch in on the Davises’
new home. “To have a small part in this, to grow
our communities, it’s an honor to be here,” she
said. “We have a lot of single moms who have
trouble finding homes. Some women veterans
have children and they are harder to place.
Getting people moved into their own homes,
especially an affordable home, is incredibly
important.”
Groups like Habitat for Humanity work with
people to access the economies and budget
needs of owning a home and support them
through the whole process, according to Sherill.
“It takes a village,” Marly added.
Maryalice Hanzo, 79, of Oak Ridge, works
at Habitat’s ReStore in Randolph once a week
and heard about the Women Build event at
the Lake Shawnee site and asked her daughter,
Pamala Beers, 59, of Bangor, P.A., to join her.
It’s bonding time over nails, just not the ones
on their fingers and toes. “You’d think we’d do
more girlie things, but we always end up at
these,” Beers said.
“It’s so nice to work here, it’s a good feeling,”
Hanzo said of the work she and her fellow
volunteers do. “They are doing it because they
want to do it, and there is a lot to be doing.”
Phyllis Chanda, 63, Roxbury Township, first
started volunteering in 2018 when the Roxbury
Women’s Club was asked by Habitat to help
with a cleanup project on nearly completed
homes. She continued with the home repair
group, even climbing on roofs. A retired human
resources specialist, she still is sometimes in awe
of the work that’s done. “Anybody can do it,
whether it’s once a year or four days a week,
they’ll teach you,” she said. “The family has been
very involved—Peter especially was wanting to
try everything.”
The experience isn’t just meaningful to the
eventual residents, but also to those who are
taking time away from their own lives and
families to put nails into boards. Ray Hom, 59, of
Lake Hopatcong, has been at the Lake Shawnee
site almost every weekend since January. Hom
said his church used to take regular trips with
Habitat to build in Baltimore, Md., but he was
inspired by news coverage of the build closer to
home. “I’ve always been called to serve others
within the community and help it grow,” he
said. “I enjoy helping those who are struggling
to find affordable housing.”
Habitat for Humanity part-time Construction
Site Supervisor Mike Dakak, 71, of Landing, is
at the Lake Shawnee house three days a week.
“The Davis family is very hardworking and
engaged, often coming out in the middle of
winter,” he said.
HAMMERING AWAY AT THE PATH FORWARD
Despite the pandemic, Morris Habitat for
Humanity was able to complete 10 homes in
the last year in a region which includes sections
of Morris, Essex, Union and Warren counties,
Wilson said. And it wasn’t just volunteers who
were hard to find. “Because of factory shutdowns,
all the materials—lumber, windows, doors and
other components—are in short or no supply and
that’s something that’s completely beyond our
control.”
The organization is planning for future needs
and helping where they can because COVID-19
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Peter Davis
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their Lake
Shawnee
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has only shone a light on already delicate living
situations. “Family members who are supporting
a loved one, maybe paying their rent and now
have lost their job or even passed away,” Wilson
said.
Morris Habitat’s Neighborhood Revitalization
and Aging in Place programs had to shut down
for almost six months during the pandemic
because they could not enter recipients’ homes.
“Drafty windows, furnaces, plumbing, tons of
roofs. Those things might have been there, and
they were tolerating them because they were out
working most of the time,” Wilson said. “But
now they’re home, and it’s magnified.”
And so, the work continues.
Morris Habitat is breaking ground on two sixplexes,
or structures with six distinct living units,
in Summit and the first phase of a 25-unit project
in Randolph. But they can’t do it without the
help. “People are moved to help, and we can use
it,” said Wilson. “These are good projects that we
would love to be able to push out—it just takes
money.
“I welcome and invite families, individuals,
companies to come out and support your
neighbors in need of a safe and affordable place
to live,” she said. “These are the people we need in
our community.”
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Households throughout Hopatcong participated in the spring
borough-wide garage sale on Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2.
The borough has been hosting the event for 22 years, scheduling one in
May and another in September.
More than 70 households preregistered for the spring two-day event,
selling everything from antiques, books, clothing, knick-knacks and
jewelry to tools and TVs.
Despite a chilly start to the weekend, traffic to the participating
households picked up as Saturday got warmer, said one homeowner, who
added that Saturdays are always the busiest garage sale day.
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Keeping
Our Eyes on
the Post-
Pandemic
Prize
A
Story and photo by MELISSA SUMMERS
“ re we there yet?”
Just like family road trips of our
younger years seemingly dragging on forever,
the COVID-19 pandemic has taken us on a
journey without a destination in sight. And so,
the cliché childhood quandary has taken on a
whole new meaning in 2021.
Heard for decades coming from back seats,
the frequently uttered idiomatic phrase is now
being echoed in our schools, on our athletic
fields and within our small businesses across
the country—and certainly isn’t any less
resounding in my household.
We are more than a year into something
that last April I thought would obviously be
over and done with by the summer. That’s
when busy shopping centers became ghost
towns, schools locked their doors and anything
resembling “life before COVID” disappeared.
Events and commitments were erased from
our calendar and our family postponed an
iconic trip last summer, not just for a few weeks,
but for a whole year. But we are determined it
will happen this summer.
We’ve become used to, yikes, the “new
normal.” The term itself gives me the shivers. I
The author with her family: husband John,
kids Rebecca, Trace and Kylie.
have masks and face covers shoved in my purse,
my glove compartment and coat pockets.
There’s a giant bin of them by the front door.
Even my 3-year-old, Rebecca, carries a spare in
her backpack, and calls out gleefully, “I need
my mask!” whenever we park the car. She
doesn’t have a clue why she has to wear one,
but clearly it’s become part of her normal, and
that just stinks.
Now we watch people in movies and
TV shows made just a few years ago and
automatically wonder why the characters aren’t
standing 6 feet apart or wearing masks. The
pandemic has seeped its way into the plot lines
of prime-time shows and forced game shows to
place on-stage contestants awkwardly far from
the hosts.
We’ve made some progress, like indoor dining
and limited capacity at sports events, but many
have perfected the ways of curbside pickup,
grocery deliveries, socially distant gatherings
and my favorite, “drinks to go.”
The older kids have mastered the art of the
“Google Meet Education,” sitting in front
of their Chromebooks in their pajamas and
raising their hand with the click of a finger
rather than the lifting of limbs. The excitement
of returning to in-person learning in September
was quickly doused by a series of “close contact”
quarantines.
It has become a hassle just to go to school,
amid app-based screening tools and confusing
schedules. Students are not able to use lockers
and must carry with them all personal items,
including their coats. So, yeah, my 12-year-old,
Trace, stands at the bus stop without one.
Rebecca is fortunate to go to preschool three
full days a week, and Trace’s middle school has,
at best, been able to pull off daily half-days
of in-person learning. He’s at an age where
running around with neighborhood kids still
counts as a social life.
Face-to-face contact with friends and peers
is crucial at any age, but it has been most
significantly felt by Kylie, 16, and a junior in
high school. She watched last year as some of
her friends saw their senior year blown to bits
by canceled proms, graduations and senior
trips. And she’s terrified of losing what’s left of
her high school experience.
Kylie shops in stores where clothing comes
with a coordinating face cover and works her
part-time job selling coffee and donuts from
behind a plexiglass shield. And, she’s back to
playing high school field hockey and softball
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The journey has made us accustomed to
having our temperature taken everywhere
we go, and the temporal thermometer sits
prominently on the kitchen counter.
Every morning that someone wakes up with
a sniffle or sore throat results in a panicked
rush to check for fever and a rundown of
a memorized symptoms list. “Do you have
shortness of breath? A cough? Chills? Body
aches? Loss of taste or smell?”
Then comes the agony of deciding whether
the results of such an analysis means a doctor
call, doctor appointment, COVID test,
quarantine or any combination of those things.
Or… is it just allergies?
Turns out... some of those symptoms were
because of COVID-19 for Kylie, setting
off a 14-day quarantine for the rest of us,
testing, more cancelled classes and a flurry of
notifications, phone calls and emails. It was
bound to happen sooner or later.
It hasn’t been all bad though. I can count on
one hand the number of times I’ve actually put
on makeup in the last year, I’ve expanded my
legging and yoga pants wardrobe, and wearing
a mask comes in handy for covering up random
zits. My day job in New York started paying for
round-trip Uber rides when most of the transit
services shut down.
Not only that but being in the middle of a
pandemic has legitimized those of us who were
already wiping down bus seats and shopping
cart handles, and opening restroom doors with
paper towels. It’s become acceptable to slither
in and out of a store hidden behind sunglasses
and a mask without having to interact with
anyone.
We have hit all the stops and starts along the
way. Schools have finally gone back to full time.
Proms, graduations and other events are in the
works. Theaters are opening. We’ve rejoined the
local socially distant gym. Even though some
indoor dining has returned, for those of us still
not totally comfortable, the outdoor seating is
popping back up with the warmer weather.
Grandma and Grandpa got their vaccines,
and we are in the process of getting ours, too.
It’s just not clear whether all of the sacrifices
of the last year truly made a difference in the
long run. We still don’t know the long-term
physical effects on those who were infected,
nor do we know the true impact the pandemic
will have on the education and mental health
of our youngest generation. Life may never
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HISTORY
High and Dry at Lake Hopatcong
visitor arriving
A at Lake
Hopatcong 100 years ago would have found a
thriving resort with many hotels, restaurants,
dance halls and amusements. One thing they
would not have found was alcoholic beverages for
sale—at least not legally.
The seeds for prohibition in America were
planted in the mid-19th century when supporters
of the national temperance movement began
to decry alcohol as the root of societal evils,
including laziness, promiscuity and poverty.
Leading proponents including the Women’s
Christian Temperance Union, the Anti-Saloon
League and many Protestant denominations,
believed banning alcohol would lead to a happier,
healthier, more prosperous America.
The movement gathered steam around the
turn of the 20th century, driven by growing antiimmigrant
sentiment and women’s groups that
saw temperance as a way to combat domestic
violence. Supporters of prohibition assailed
the impact of alcohol on families and the
inappropriately prominent role they felt saloons
played in immigrant communities. Following a
resolution by Congress calling for a constitutional
amendment to implement prohibition in
December 1917, the 18th Amendment was
ratified in January 1919.
Although a majority of Americans, particularly
those living outside of cities, supported the
implementation of a national prohibition act,
it was also opposed by a substantial number,
including President Woodrow Wilson.
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In order to enforce the amendment, Congress
had to enact legislation to enforce the ban. The
National Prohibition Act, commonly known
as the Volstead Act, was passed on October 28,
1919. Although Wilson vetoed the bill on the
basis of moral and constitutional objections, the
House and Senate quickly overrode the veto and
Prohibition took effect on January 17, 1920.
The new amendment had a profound impact
on the country. The allure of the forbidden
gave rise to a glamorous depiction of alcohol
consumption. In many ways Prohibition set in
motion the change of social mores in America
during the Roaring ’20s. The exploits of the
flappers and gents who frequented speakeasies
were widely documented.
Prohibition led to a pervasive disrespect for law,
particularly in larger cities. Out of 7,000 arrests
in New York between 1921 and 1923, only 27
resulted in convictions as jurors had little interest
in jailing bootleggers.
While the possession of alcohol was not
illegal, Prohibition led many otherwise lawabiding
citizens to walk the line of criminal
behavior in order to
purchase it. Criminal
organizations took
the lead in the
production and
distribution of illegal
alcohol. With this
new revenue stream,
Prohibition turned
organized crime into
a major business.
Corruption reached
unprecedented levels
as payoffs to ignore the
law became common.
Instead of reducing
crime, poverty and
violence, Prohibition
Well-known bootlegger John J.
Dunne at his Lake Hopatcong
cottage, which had formerly been
owned by Lotta Crabtree.
led to increased criminal activities such as
bootlegging and widespread alcohol consumption.
Throughout the country, many resorts offered
alcohol and generally had little difficulty
concealing the illegal activity from authorities.
Local officials were often complicit in allowing
the sale of alcohol in their communities. While
Lake Hopatcong was no “Boardwalk Empire,” it
was not difficult to find booze at the lake.
As noted in “Hopatcong Historama,” a 64-page
book published for the Lake Hopatcong Yacht
Club’s 50th anniversary in 1955, visitors to the
lake during Prohibition “never had to go thirsty.”
Several speakeasies provided “cooling draughts of
spirits,” including one River Styx establishment
that provided “a curb service for boaters, shaking
up a quart of gin while the customer waited.”
In his 1976 book, “History of Hopatcong
Borough,” Stuart Murray interviewed former
Hopatcong Mayor Fred Modick, who had been
a borough police officer during Prohibition, and
Borough Councilman James Francomacaro, who
had served as police commissioner during that
era. Modick explained that in recognition of the
importance of tourism, police
had to know “when to keep
fun from turning into trouble,
yet let the fun go on without
interference.”
Confirming the existence of
numerous speakeasies in the
borough, Francomacaro said, “if
people wanted to drink, despite
the laws that said they couldn’t
buy the stuff, they drank
anyway.” Apparently, it was
fairly common for customers to
bring bootleg whiskey purchased
at a local cottage to borough
establishments where they could
then buy soda and ice legally.
Both men indicated that the
Mad House (located where
Townhomes at Lakepointe
now stand) was known for its
homemade gin.
While the Lake Hopatcong
Breeze mostly avoided
discussion of Prohibition and
raids, the lake was mentioned
in other New York and New
Jersey newspapers numerous
times as establishments
were raided, shut down and
quickly reopened.
One such event occurred
on August 30, 1922, when
some 20 agents backed by

state police staged simultaneous midnight raids
on the Monticello House in Landing, Schaefer’s
Hotel and Grill in Mount Arlington, and the
Great Cove House and Espanong Hotels in
Jefferson. Alcohol was reportedly found at each
location, with the Espanong Hotel yielding
brewing equipment, hard liquor and 315 bottles
of beer.
As happened nationwide, local officials were
often either lax in enforcing or openly hostile
to Prohibition. In June 1923, popular Mount
Arlington Mayor Richard J. Chaplin pleaded
guilty and paid a $1,000 fine for the sale of alcohol
at a hotel he owned on Howard Boulevard.
The September 5, 1925 Breeze reported that
Mayor Clarence Lee and members of the Mount
Arlington Council denied charges of failing to
enforce Prohibition laws and refuted allegations
of allowing illegal establishments to run openly,
concluding that “the police department and
the officials of the borough would be glad to be
informed of any places still operating illegally.”
While small raids continued occasionally, a
bigger incident during the summer of 1927
brought publicity to the lake. On August 12, The
New York Times reported that 16 state troopers
and six detectives from the Morris County
Prosecutor’s Office raided Lee’s Pavilion dance
hall at Nolan’s Point (now the location of the
Jefferson House) resulting in six arrests, including
one of the co-owners, a Paterson police detective.
Thirty bottles of liquor were found behind the
soda fountain, according to The Bergen Record,
and a reported 100 people were on the dance
floor at the time of the raid. The orchestra leader,
Frank Dailey, (who would later open the famed
Meadowbrook in Cedar Grove) was held as a
material witness.
The New York Daily News on August 13
reported that “police were also on the watch for
nude moonlight bathing parties which have been
distressing the staider sojourners around Lake
Hopatcong.” Assistant Morris County Prosecutor
Frank Scerbo claimed that with the influence of
illegal alcohol “working girls from New York and
Jersey cities go to Lake Hopatcong and Budd
Lake for their vacations and
throw off every restraint,”
adding that “parents in the
cities would be
horrified at the
conditions under
which daughters
are vacationing in
the country.”
Evidently, he
was not offended
by any male
behavior.
A raid of the
Espanong Hotel the
following afternoon
resulted in more confiscated booze and
the arrest of the owner. On August 14, The New
York Times reported that the Lake Hopatcong
Association, a local business group, claimed the
recent raids had calmed everything down and that
“Lake Hopatcong is perfectly safe for one’s family
at all times.”
While most visits by Prohibition agents did not
make the news, New York newspapers reported
on raids at Kay’s Hotel (which had replaced
Lee’s) and the Yellow Bowl (now the location
of Patrick’s Pub) in 1930 and 1931. One of the
most impressive arrests at Lake Hopatcong came
in May 1931 when agents seized a truck filled
with 40 barrels of beer being operated on behalf
of notorious gangster Waxey Gordon.
Lake Hopatcong had its own well-known
bootlegger, John J. Dunne of West New York,
who started Prohibition as a day-laborer and
retired a beer baron in 1930, worth a reported
$15 million. In 1924, Dunne bought the Lotta
Crabtree house in Mount Arlington. He operated
breweries in plain view, was arrested many times
and somehow always avoided jail. Dunne was
extremely generous to lake causes and hosted
many elected officials at the Crabtree house.
Lake Hopatcong’s own Hudson Maxim, an
inventor and businessman with strong opinions
on most subjects, wrote and spoke out vehemently
against Prohibition. Testifying before the United
Hudson Maxim
in a publicity
photo from
1924 when he
threatened
to sue to add
coffee and tea
to the ban as
intoxicants
under
Prohibition.
States Senate in 1926, Maxim stated that
Prohibition did “more harm than good… and is
actually promoting intemperance and breeding
crime” and that “in the interest of temperance and
humanity, we should do our very best to wipe out
the blot of its black hand upon the Constitution.”
(Maxim received much publicity in 1924 when
he threatened to sue to add coffee and tea to the
ban as intoxicants under Prohibition.)
The 1920s ended, the Great Depression struck
and in November 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt
was elected president with a pledge to end
Prohibition. In December 1933, the approval
of the 21st Amendment rescinded Prohibition.
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fondly at those “dry” summers of the Roaring ’20s
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Comfort Food
My
husband,
Aaron, gets
annoyed when he sees
meatloaf or macaroni
and cheese on a restaurant menu.
Irked, he will ask, “Why would you want to
have that when you are going out to eat?”
According to him, these dishes don’t belong
in fancy restaurants. These are foods that
could—and should—be made at home, on the
cheap. Aaron does, however, admit they are
delicious.
The trendiness of comfort food in restaurants
is definitely lost on him. Comfort foods,
however, have been menu bestsellers since the
‘80s. In 1988 the upscale foodie magazine Food
& Wine declared comfort foods to be “hot.”
Not that we need a definition, but just
what exactly are comfort foods? According to
Sciencedirect.com, they are foods that have
nostalgic or sentimental appeal, reminding us
of home and family. They are generally high
in sugar and carbohydrates that the body can
process into temporary stress relief. Comfort
foods are usually associated with childhood
and home cooking. (Could Aaron possibly be
right?)
Now into our second year of quarantine, I
often find myself dreaming of my childhood
and craving the comfort foods my mother,
Gertrude Kertscher, used to make. I recently
had a flashback to a supper she prepared for us
once in a while when I was growing up on the
lake. Velveeta cheesebread with spinach salad
was a treat she didn’t make often, but we all
loved it.
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She never made it for company. In fact, it
wasn’t in her usual rotation of supper dishes at
all.
During the week, we had things like goulash
and noodles, pork chops, baked chicken with
Rice-a-Roni, spaghetti and meatballs with
brown gravy, meatloaf and, in the summer,
baked trout. Every meal was accompanied by a
green salad and dessert, even if dessert was just
canned fruit cocktail.
She may have made cheesebread when the
budget was stretched, and we couldn’t afford
to have another dinner featuring some kind of
meat. Good old Velveeta to the rescue!
My German mother, a professionally trained
“Hauswirtschaftsleiterin” (domestic engineer
or professional housekeeper) always kept a box
of Velveeta in the refrigerator. She’d use it in
her excellent macaroni and cheese with Spam
(Vol. 10 No. 5 Labor Day 2018) and every
now and then for cheesebread. And not much
else, really. Maybe grilled cheese sandwiches
for lunch once in a while. It lasted practically
forever. We liked to joke that Velveeta had a
radioactive half-life of 50 years.
Garlic salt was another one of the ingredients
that made this bread so delicious and even a
bit exotic. The unusual fragrance—for German
palates—of garlic wafting through the house
was absolutely intoxicating for us.
In the spring, just after the ice melted off
the lake, but before
it was really warm
enough to play
outside, my brother,
Frank, would have
rather stayed indoors
to build model
airplanes. I would
have preferred to
embroider or draw,
curled up next to
the fireplace in the
living room. But there was always work to be
done outside.
My father, Horst Kertscher, anxious to get
his hands in the dirt and the yard in shape,
would start cleaning off the flower beds while
my brother Frank and I would set about
completing our chore—raking the lawn.
It was a task we both dreaded.
Our fingers would get numb from the cold,
our backs stiff and our arms would be sore
from raking. The wind would be blowing off
the lake, the weather would be damp and gray.
The towering oak trees that surrounded our
yard produced tons and tons of acorns, which
were hard to pry out of the lawn with metal
rakes. It was hard work, and we were miserable.
I’m sure it was a mother’s instinct, but
Gertrude had a knack for knowing the perfect
food to serve to her cold, miserable work crew.
After a day of working in the cold, with blisters
on our fingers, fragrant, crispy, buttery, garlicky
cheesebread was our perfect comfort food.
To compensate for the butter and carbs,
Gertrude served a fresh spinach salad with a
tart vinaigrette. Back in the ‘60s we didn’t have
triple-washed baby spinach in plastic clamshell
boxes—the supermarket spinach was gritty and
sold in a bunch fastened with a thick rubber
band. It needed to be washed a few times and
stemmed before she could add it to the salad.
Be grateful for fresh salad greens in plastic
clamshells!
I scoured the internet in search of a recipe
for Velveeta cheesebread but only found one
photograph on Pinterest. It looked somewhat
similar to Gertrude’s creation.
Here is the recipe for Gertrude’s authentic
version, to the best of my recollection, as it was
never written down. Feel free to jazz up your
version with spiffier cheeses, fresh garlic, herbs
and extra virgin olive oil.

VELVEETA CHEESEBREAD
Ingredients
1 24-ounce semolina baguette
12 ounces Velveeta cheese
1 stick butter
2 teaspoons garlic salt
Procedure
1 Preheat oven to 350°.
2 Slice the baguette into 1-inch slices almost all the way through,
leaving about ¼ inch at the bottom unsliced so it holds together.
Place the sliced baguette on a sheet of aluminum foil about 12
inches longer than the baguette. (I use the 18-inch-wide heavy-duty
foil so that it is wide enough to wrap around the entire baguette.)
3 Slice the Velveeta log into slices and insert them between the slices
of the baguette.
4 With a cheese slicer, slice the stick of butter longways and place
along the top of the baguette with the cheese.
5 Sprinkle the garlic salt over the top of the stuffed cheesebread and
bring up the edges of the aluminum foil, folding it over the
baguette to seal it in.
6 Place the cheesebread covered in foil on a cookie sheet.
7 Bake 30-35 minutes until the cheese is melted.
8 Set the oven to broil, move the oven rack to the top, open the top
of the foil and run the cheesebread under the broiler until the top
is nicely browned and the cheese starts to bubble.
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SPINACH SALAD
Salad
Ingredients
1 5-ounce clamshell baby spinach
¼ cup red onion, thinly sliced into rings
2 hard-boiled eggs, shelled and sliced longways into
quarters
¾ cup cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
1 medium-sized carrot, peeled and grated
6 medium-sized mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
Procedure
Add the salad ingredients to a large bowl. Toss with the
kosher salt.
Vinaigrette Dressing
Ingredients
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons vinegar
A tiny pinch of sugar
Salt and pepper to taste
Procedure
Whisk the dressing ingredients together and pour over the
spinach salad just before serving.
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WORDS OF
A FEATHER
Although I did
not intend to
write this month’s
column as a sequel, I
am inspired to write about what I observe as I
ramble about in the natural world. Last month,
love was in the air, so I wrote about mating
rituals. This month, rather unsurprisingly, new
life is everywhere.
A resident pair of sandhill cranes strut proudly
behind my home with their two offspring,
which are called colts because of their strong
legs. A mother otter decided to move her babies
from one pond to another, and I watched her
carefully and competently transport each pup
in her mouth, much as a mother cat transports
kittens. My most magical sighting, however,
occurred on my own lanai (what decks or
patios are called in south Florida, where I live).
Right before my eyes, a new butterfly came
into the world.
A friend called in the middle of the day, and
I went outside to my lanai. I sat down on the
edge of the pool to stick my feet in the water
while we chatted and happened to look under
the coping stones. A delicate chrysalis was
hanging there, and it was slightly trembling.
As I watched, the butterfly inside seemed to
unzip a flap in it and wriggled itself out. Its
wings were sort of crimped and hung down
uselessly as it slowly walked about an inch away
and hung, upside down and motionless, for a
few minutes. The air dried its wings, and I saw
them straighten.
Within minutes, the butterfly flapped them a
few times, then took its initial flight. It landed
not too far away, clinging to the screen of the
pool cage. It quickly became a dexterous flyer,
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Chrsysalis and
new butterfly.
New, Wild and Precious Life
Column and photos by
HEATHER SHIRLEY
LAKE HOPATCONG NEWS Memorial Day 2021
White Peacock
so I opened the door to let it out. It flew out
to my garden and rested on my plants, happily
posing for photos and sipping nectar.
I felt awed by this event, this new life
that I witnessed come into being. OK, I
guess technically it was not a new life but
a transformed one, since it had been alive
in other forms (egg, larva, pupa). Still. The
alignment of universal forces for this event to
occur are incomprehensible to me.
My pool is screened in—how did a caterpillar
get inside? How did it crawl upside down, mere
inches above the water surface, to transform
into its pupa stage? How did my (clearly
ineffective) pool cleaners miss this precise spot,
so as not to disturb the chrysalis? How on earth
did my friend call, motivate me to go sit on
the pool steps to talk to her, so I happened to
glance at an inconspicuous spot—all at the
right moment? The alignment of circumstances
staggers me.
A week or so later, I was swimming and guess
what? There was another chrysalis hanging
from the coping stones! Looking around the
pool cage, I eventually spotted the second
butterfly up at the apex of the screen.
Concerned it wouldn’t find sufficient food, I
vowed to help this new butterfly head outside
into the wild, wondrous world. Eventually,
with perseverance, a large kitchen strainer and
a very gentle touch, I was able to release it. I
have, in subsequent days, enjoyed seeing a pair
of butterflies flying together in my garden.
I am a birder—passionate about observing,
identifying and keeping lists of the birds I
encounter. People do the same for butterflies. I
am not a keen butterfly enthusiast, but because
I enjoy knowing a little bit about a lot of things
in the natural world, I dabble. After researching
my natural history library, I learned that my
new butterfly friends are called white peacocks,
native to south Florida. With a wingspan of
about 2 inches, these butterflies have lovely
coloration of white, orange and purple scales
on their wings.
There are about 725 species of butterflies in
North America. They’re differentiated from
other insects by their scaly wings; in fact, the
scientific name for their order, lepidoptera,
translates from Greek as ‘scaly wings.’
Their four wings (two front and two hinds
on each side) are covered in tiny scales that
overlap like roof shingles, and the way they
overlap makes up the pattern and coloration of
their wings. Some scales are pigmented while
others refract light. I had always heard that if
you touch the wings, you disturb the scales,
and the butterflies won’t be able to fly. Further
investigation disproves this. Scales get damaged
naturally and butterflies can still fly—but of
course, touching and potentially hurting these
fragile creatures are not encouraged.
They are indeed remarkably fragile and
vulnerable. Out of every 100 butterfly eggs
laid, only one grows to adulthood—and even
when one survives those incredible odds, most
species’ lifespan is just two weeks.
It makes me think of a line from my favorite
poet, Mary Oliver: “Tell me, what is it you plan
to do with your one wild and precious life?”
I hope my butterflies have a joyous, safe and
fulfilling time on Earth, however limited. I
hope you do, too. It’s a pretty special place and
time.
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