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THIS township was taken from the western part of Roxbury, March 22nd 1871. Its east line begins at Chester township near Levi Harvey's farm, and takes a northerly course to the Musconetcong at the gates of the reservoir near Stanhope, two and a half miles from Lake Hopatcong. The spur of the Schooley's Mountain range on which the churches are located was called Mount Olive for thirty years before it became the center of the township to which it gave its name. Previously it was called Rattletown. Benjamin Olive, who located land near the churches, really gave name to the neighborhood.
The population of Mount Olive in 1875 was 1,760, and in 1880 1,982. Other statistics were furnished by the assessors in 1881, as follows: Area of the township, 18,317 acres; valuation of real estate, $756,200; personal property, $237,504; debt, $137,025; polls, 428; State school tax, $2,176.71; county tax, $2,036.18; road tax, $1,500; poor tax, $200.
The surface of Mount Olive is even more hilly than that of Roxbury, as it contains more of Schooley's Mountain. A large portion is capable of cultivation, and other parts afford good pasturage. Wood and timber are grown in some localities, thirty years being about the average time.
This township has the honor of being crossed by that ancient line dividing East and West Jersey; it extends from its extreme northern border through the center to its southern border near Bartleyville.
In the center of this township is a beautiful sheet of water, called by the Indians Kankankianning or Little Pond, but known to summer tourists as Budd's Lake. It is about three miles in circumference and is easily approached on all sides. There is a gradual descent toward the lake for about half a mile all around it, but in no instance does the land rise more than 150 feet. The sources of its supply of water it is not easy to determine. There are no considerable streams running into it, no large springs near its border, no extent of marshy ground near it, and yet there is a continuous outflow of water to the south branch of the Raritan near Bartleyville.
The Musconetcong flows from Lake Hopatcong on the northern border of Mount Olive. The South Branch enters this township near Flanders, where there is a beautiful valley nearly a mile and a half in width. The scenery of this valley from the hills westward and toward the Mount Olive churches is rarely equaled.
At Flanders and Bartleyville there are several mills grinding feed, large quantities of which are sent by teams to Dover and Mine Hill and the surrounding iron mining regions. One is located on a small stream coming from the hills northwest of Flanders, and can be used only a part of the time. Two others and a sawmill are located on the South Branch in Flanders, and two on a stream which is the outlet of Budd's Lake and enters the South Branch at Bartleyville. One of these is a mile up the ravine and is known as the Richard Stevens property.
May 15th 1713 Peter Garbut and Francis Breck located 2,500 acres of land, a part of which is now in Mount Olive township. Next John Reading located 250 acres, which includes the northern half of Budd's Lake. In 1752 Ebenezer Large located 1,725 acres north of Budd's Lake. It extended from what is called the Mary Norris tract westward toward Hackettstown. This is now nearly all owned by Archer Stevens's heirs. On land owned by J. S. Wills stands a white oak bearing the initials M. N. I. P. It marks the corner of lands belonging to Mary Norris and Israel Pemberton. In 1714 John Budd located 1,000 acres of land on which Flanders now stands. In 1757 Martin Ryerson located 218 acres, lying north of Budd's Lake, and south of and adjoining the Large tract.
Samuel Heaton and three brothers came to Mount Olive previous to 1753 from Wrentham, Mass., to set up iron works. How extensively he operated is not known, nor how successfully; but this mountain range is rich in iron and has been worked at intervals ever since. In 1846 the Crane Iron Company opened mines on land belonging to Aaron and Charles Salmon. Several thousand tons of ore were raised entirely free from sulphur. When sulphur was found in the ore the mine was abandoned, the process of burning it out not yet being in use. In 1848 A. A. Drake and Jacob Yager opened a mine on the property of Aaron Salmon jr., which is now worked by the Mount Olive Iron Company. The surface or red ore was very rich and free from sulphur. The deeper ore, containing sulphur, was less valuable and the mine was abandoned. At this time the lease was held by the Musconetcong Iron Company, of Stanhope. In 1864 the Lehigh Crane Iron Company leased the mine and raised over 1,000 tons, when it abandoned the undertaking. In 1869 A. A. Drake leased it and raised about 5,000 tons. In 1873 the National Iron Company leased the mine, raised about 1,000 tons, and failed. A. L. Salmon acted as superintendent for this company, and opened in this mine the largest vein ever discovered on this hill. The widest opening was 20 feet. The lease was assigned to A. L. Salmon to secure him against loss. In 1873 Peter Uhler, of Glendon, Pa., purchased of Mr. Salmon a half interest in the mine, and about 5,000 tons of ore were raised in two years, the ore being used by Uhler at his furnaces in Glendon, Pa. The mine was idle four years. In 1879 William George and B. K. and G. W. Stickle, the present Mount Olive Iron Company, leased the mine, which is now yielding large quantities of ore. The same company is also working the John Drake and Jacob Yager mines, which lie near by on the west. The heirs of Charles Salmon own a mine lying east, which is now worked by Henry G. Miller. On the adjoining farm Peter Salmon's heirs have a mine, opened by A. A. Drake in 1861, leased by the Crane Iron Company and worked till 1865. In 1870 this mine was leased by the Musconetcong Iron Company. It is not now worked. In 1847 A. A. Drake discovered the Osborn mine. The ore contains sulphur and has not been worked for ten years.
On the outlet of Budd's Lake are the ruins of two bloom forges for the manufacture of charcoal iron, which were among the earliest in this township and Roxbury. At Bartleyville proper is an iron foundry and machine shop for the manufacture of mill castings, machinery and plows, meeting the ordinary wants of the farming and mining community. This foundry is owned and worked by William Bartley. In years past these hills furnished large quantities of charcoal, but the demand at present is more for railroad ties and timber.
Flanders in its beautiful valley is the largest settlement in the township. About fifty houses lie within a mile of the churches. The first school-house was of logs, and was built in the last century. It was located where the store of D. A. Nicholas now stands. The deed of the present school-house lot was given August 10th 1805, the buyers paying four dollars for one-fourth of an acre. It is near the High Bridge Railroad. The house now in use is the second on the site, and is well adapted to educational purposes. The post-office was established July 27th 1822. The first postmaster was Henry Halsey; the present one is D. A. Nicholas.
Mount Olive has two churches, a school-house and four dwellings within a quarter of a mile. Its post-office was established in 1872. R. H. Stevens has been the only postmaster. Miss E. H. Stevens is assistant postmaster.
At Budd's Lake about twenty houses cluster near Sharp's large boarding-house. The capacity of this house is 150, and its location upon the lake is exceedingly beautiful. The post-office was established in 1857 and the first postmaster was Jesse M. Sharp. The present postmaster is James Mills.
South Stanhope has the railroad depot, a school-house and the Roman Catholic church. The employes of the Stanhope furnaces have built here a pretty village.
Bartleyville is a cluster of six houses and a school-house. The iron foundry gives employment to about fifteen men. The post-office was established January 9th 1874. The first postmaster, William Bartley, is the present incumbent.
Mount Olive Presbyterian Church.--In 1752 Rev. James Harcourt, pastor of the Roxbury church at Chester, for years known as the Pleasant Hill church, began preaching at Mount Olive in the log church. The date of this building is not known. This was an out-station of the Roxbury church, and it is believed Mr. Harcourt had regular appointments here once a month for about eleven years. In 1768 Rev. William Woodhull became pastor at Chester, and he continued to preach at Mount Olive nearly fifteen years. In 1768 James Heaton gave an acre of land for church, burial and school purposes. The trustees to whom the deed was given were Jacob Cossett, Richard Stevens and Job Cossett. The log church is believed to have been already built, as the church was to be for the use of the Baptist, Congregational and Presbyterian denominations and the Church of England. It was chiefly used by the Baptists and Presbyterians.
In 1785 Rev. Lemuel Fordham, pastor at Chester, commenced preaching at Mount Olive, and he continued till 1815. During his ministry, in 1809, a new church was begun by the two denominations. It was in process of building nine years, and was completed in 1818. When Mr. Fordham preached his farewell sermon in 1815 his pulpit was a work bench in the church, and his sermon was three hours in length. Rev. John Cassner began labor here in 1815, and continued three years. In 1818 Rev. John Earnest Miller, who came from the Reformed church at Albany, began preaching. Very soon the church building was completed, and that great innovation "a stove for the house of the Lord" was introduced. In 1823 Rev. Abraham Williamson began labor here.
On the 8th of September 1834 the church of Mount Olive was organized. All the period from 1752, when preaching was begun by Mr. Harcourt, till this time the church organization had been at Roxbury church, Chester; the pastors lived there. This place was an outstation five miles away, and many of the members lived two or three miles further. Service was held not oftener than once in two weeks, and part of this time only once in four weeks. In 1762 three families named Stevens, Salmon and Budd settled near Mount Olive, and a large portion of the families on this mountain to this day are their worthy descendants.
At the organization in 1834 48 members of the church at Chester received their certificates of membership and were organized as the Mount Olive Presbyterian Church. Of these only six remain. Rev. A. Williamson continued their pastor. The elders chosen were John Van Dyke, William Stevens, Augustus Wolfe, Archer Stevens, Aaron Salmon, John S. Salmon and Abraham Budd.
Several interesting revivals had come to this church in previous years, and the increase of membership had made a separate church organization desirable. In 1849 the Rev. J. McConnell was called to the pastorate, and he remained four years. The union house of worship had so far supplied the Baptist and Presbyterian churches. September 30th 1852 the corner stone was laid for a new house of worship for the Presbyterian church. The building, 35 by 60 feet, with basement, was completed December 28th 1854, and on the 29th was dedicated.
July 15th 1854 Rev. David M. James was called to the pastorate, which he held till April 1869. At that time Rev. Robert S. Feagles was engaged as supply for one year. He was followed for a short time by Rev. William Belden. Then Rev. Dr. J. S. Evans was the supply for more than a year.
During 1870 and 1871 the church was thoroughly repaired. The basement on the right side was made serviceable for Sunday-school and prayer meetings. The pulpit was enlarged by a recess, the ceiling of the auditorium frescoed, the roof renewed, and the building painted, at a cost of about $1,500.
October 2nd 1872 Rev. Chalmers D. Chapman was installed pastor. He was released in April 1875. In the following month Rev. Oliver H. P. Deyo became the supply of the church, and he so continues.
The elders of the church are Richard P. Stevens, William Salmon, Amzi C. Stevens, Robert D. Caskey, Ira B. Stevens and A. Lynden Salmon. The present membership of the church is 95, and that of the Sunday-school 75. The latter was organized sixty years ago. The superintendent is A. L. Salmon. The value of the church is $5,000; of the parsonage, $2,000.
In 1870 a union chapel at Budd's Lake, two miles from Mount Olive, was built, at a cost of about $3,500. It has a debt of $1,000. It is occupied by the Baptist, Episcopal and Presbyterian denominations.
The Baptist Church of Mount Olive, the second organized in the township, is designated "The Schooley's Mountain Baptist Church." It was constituted a church in 1753, with about 12 members. One of these was Samuel Heaton, who came from Wrentham, Mass., to set up iron works. The first house of worship was commonly known as the log meeting-house, and was probably built before the date of the deed. The second was built in 1810. It was 32 by 40 feet, seated with square pews, and was owned by the four denominations. In 1842 the Baptists and Presbyterians, being the only ones interested in and occupying the church, repaired and newly seated it. They were joint owners but were both outgrowing the church. In the autumn of 1854, the Presbyterians having built and occupied a new house of worship, a meeting was called and an agreement made to sell the old house at public sale, dividing the proceeds between the two denominations, and have it removed from the ground by the following April--all of which was done. The present house, of stone, was built upon the old foundation, with a gallery over the entrance, a spire, and a bell weighing over 600 pounds. It was dedicated February 27th 1856. It was repaired in 1870, a pulpit recess being added and the church newly roofed, frescoed and furnished, at a cost of $1,300. The present value of the house is $3,500. In 1874 a new parsonage was built, costing $3,000. There is no debt upon the church.
From the first gathering, in 1753, till September 27th 1786, this church was a branch of the church in Morristown. Twenty-five members were added at Schooley's Mountain during this year, and the branch was dismissed in September and reorganized November 18th 1786, as the Schooley's Mountain Baptist Church. The ministers attending at the constitution of the church were Revs. Reune Runyon, Abner Sutton and David Jayne. Twenty members were enrolled at that time. There is no record of the ministers who supplied this church till May 7th 1790. It was doubtless served by the minister at Morristown, as in May 1790 the Rev. Mr. Vaughn was requested to continue preaching the ensuing year, one Sabbath in four. In 1794 Elder Isaac Price was requested to preach every other Sabbath, and he continued to do so in 1797. From this year till June 30th 1832 there is no record of the pastors or of the membership; and yet it is known that there was occasional if not stated Baptist preaching. Samuel Cazad spoke and expounded the Word, but he was not ordained. Elders Jayne, Sydam, Ball and others preached occasionally and administered the ordinances. In June 1832 Elder Michael Quinn was appointed missionary for this field by the New Jersey Baptist State Convention, and on June 30th it was recorded that the church had been reorganized and a covenant adopted by 13 persons, of whom Samuel Cazad is first recorded. Elder Quinn occupied this field two years, and baptized 22 persons, one of whom, Joseph Perry, became the esteemed pastor of the Mariners' Church at Philadelphia, Pa.
In November 1833 Elder John Teasdale, of Lafayette, and Elder Timothy Jackson, of Wantage, left an appointment to preach on their return from the annual convention. So great was the interest awakened that a protracted meeting was held, day and evening, for several weeks, and many professed faith in Christ and were baptized. Thus a new impulse was given to the church. In February 1834 Rev. John Teasdale took charge of this church for one year, preaching once in four weeks. He baptized 32 persons. Elias Frost, a licentiate of the New Jersey Baptist Association, labored with him. January 1st 1835 Rev. C. C. Park took pastoral charge here. He remained two years, laboring half of the time in other fields. The New Jersey Baptist Convention helped in his support. His influence in the temperance cause was of marked benefit to the community. John M. Carpenter, a licentiate from Mount Salem church, took charge of this church, and was ordained September 2nd 1837. He continued two years, and baptized eight persons. Rev. T. C. Teasdale, of Newton, preached once a month during 1839. He baptized ten. Rev. Thomas Ritchey took charge April 1st 1840, and remained two years. He baptized four converts. During his pastorate Samuel Cazad died. He had been a member over sixty years, and believed in planting and maintaining the Schooley's Mountain Baptist Church. He left by his will a farm of eighty acres, with a good house and other buildings, for a parsonage. Besides this he left another farm, one-third of the proceeds to be appropriated to the American and Foreign Bible Society, the remaining two-thirds to the support of the ministry of this church. He then provided that if this church should become extinct the property should go to the New Jersey Baptist State Convention, to enable that body to continue a missionary in this field till another church of like faith should be organized, and the property then should return to the church; it should never be sold. Samuel Cazad has thus helped to preach the gospel in the Baptist church of Mount Olive for more than a hundred years. In June 1842 John Teasdale entered again upon the pastorate, in which he continued over nine years and baptized 86 persons, one of these being Rev. Asahel Bronson, who became his successor. The latter remained a year and a half, and baptized one convert.
The house of worship was still the joint property of the Baptists and Presbyterians. The successors of Mr. Teasdale illustrated anew the fact that two bodies cannot occupy the same space at the same time. A house of worship half the time is not enough for a growing church. The result was that the Presbyterian body resolved to build a church for themselves, and an honorable spirit was manifested by the Baptist body, who at a joint meeting in the fall of 1854 agreed to the sale and removal of the old house of worship, and a division of the proceeds between the two denominations. It required twelve years to bring about this amicable settlement, and it cannot be said they were all amicable years.
In July 1853 Rev. T. F. Clancy was chosen pastor, and he remained nine years. He baptized 53 persons. During his pastorate the death of his wife brought great loss to his household and the community.
The society soon began the erection of a new house of worship, of stone, 32 by 45 feet, which was completed and dedicated February 27th 1856, value $3,500. Mr. Clancy resigned in March 1863, and removed to Elk Lake, Pa. May 1st 1863 Rev. H. B. Shermer began to supply the church, and in the fall of the same year he accepted the pastorate. He served the church nearly six years, and died March 22nd 1869. He baptized 12, and 15 others were baptized by Rev. H. C. Putnam, who supplied the church a short time. He was a faithful pastor and a kind-hearted Christian gentleman. In his pastorate the parsonage farm was rented, and another parsonage, with a lot of two acres, was purchased; it was half a mile from the church and was used ten years. In October 1869 Rev. George F. Hendrickson was called to the pastorate. He remained three years and six months, and baptized 29 persons. In the spring of 1871 he was greatly afflicted in the sudden death of his wife. His church sympathized with him so tenderly as to become thereby much endeared to him, and the kindly feeling remains. He resigned April 1st 1873, and removed to Fairview, N. J. October 1st 1873 Rev. J. G. Entreken was called to the pastorate. He remained one year and added 17 members to the church by baptism.
During 1874 a new parsonage was built, one-eighth of a mile from the church, costing $3,000. There is no debt upon it. The church this year dismissed 28 members to organize a new church at Drakeville. January 1st 1875 Rev. Samuel Spoul was called to the pastorate, and he remained till his death. He baptized 11 converts. A man of ability and kindness, he was much beloved by the church and community. He died July 25th 1880, aged 68 years. April 1st 1881 the church called Rev. M. M. Fogg to the pastorate.
The number of scholars in the Sunday-school is 56. The library has 400 volumes. The superintendent is John Sandy.
The officers of the church in September 1881 were: Rev. M. M. Fogg, pastor; deacons, John B. Stevens, George L. Salmon, D. H. Wolfe; trustees, John B. Stevens, William Wolfe, Calvin Conklin; church clerk, J. B. Stevens. The church membership is 110.
Flanders M. E. Church.--The third church in date of organization is the Flanders Methodist Episcopal church. The first known resident Methodist was Mrs. Mary Bell. She was born in New York city, October 25th 1753, and there united with the Methodists. During the Revolution she suffered many hardships, was robbed of her property, and for personal safety fled from the city and sought refuge in the quiet valley of Flanders. This was about 1783. Here she resided nearly forty years, and earnestly labored to establish the church of her choice. She removed to Easton, Pa., where she died August 19th 1836.
Another important character in the history of this church was David Moore, who was born in Morristown, November 25th 1749. At the age of 19 he united with the Presbyterian church, and he continued in this relation about fifteen years. He resided in Flanders when Methodist ministers first visited the place. He opened his doors for preaching, and they continued the service there once in two weeks for several years. A class was formed, with which he united. He was appointed leader of the class and filled this position about fifteen years.
The date of this organization is not definitely known. In 1783 Rev. Samuel Rowe was appointed preacher in East Jersey. In 1786 the Flanders circuit is named, and Flanders is supposed to have a chapel. Rev. John Tunnell was the presiding elder. It is quite well known that Mr. Moore assisted in building the church. It was for years without walls or doors, and the floor was only partly laid; yet it was occupied as a place of worship once in two weeks. So strict was Mr. Moore in attending meetings that for seven years together he was not absent from the house of prayer, though he had removed six miles.
Miss Jemima Baxter was born in 1765, and became the wife of Judge William Monroe (who died April 27th 1854, aged 90 years) and the mother-in-law of Rev. Manning Force. She was one of the earliest and most devoted members of this church, and for fifty years the house of Judge Monroe furnished a comfortable lodging place for traveling Methodist preachers. His house was near the church; seeing the preacher's horse tied with no shelter and no food, he was sorry for the exposure of the animal, and while the service was going on he removed the horse to his barn and fed it, and sent word to the preacher where it could be found. His further thought was that for this once he would invite the preacher to his table. This was probably in 1794, during the ministry of the Rev. Mr. Bostwick, and it was the beginning of a kindly course on the part of Judge Monroe toward the Methodist organization, though his wife had been for several years a member. He afterward became an efficient worker in the Flanders church Mrs. Monroe died December 28th 1832, aged 67.
The first church building remained unimproved till the pastorate of Rev. Elijah Woolsey, and continued in use till 1857. The old church was then removed. It sheltered this cluster of God's people nearly four-score years; as a barn it may shelter some of God's creatures one or two scores of years more. In 1857 a new church was erected through the zealous efforts of Rev. J. B. Heward and Rev. M. Force. A parsonage worth $1,000 was secured in 1858 for the Flanders church, which now has joined with it Drakestown--quite the western part of Mount Olive township.
When Flanders circuit was formed it included a very large territory and lay partly in Sussex and Warren counties, N. J., and partly in Orange county, N. Y. East Jersey in 1792 included New Germantown and Flanders.
The pastors of the Flanders circuit, so far as known, have been as follows:
Revs. Simon Pile and Cornelius Cook, 1787; Jesse Lee, 1788; Aaron Hutchinson, 1788, 1789; John Lee, 1788, 1789; Daniel Combs, 1789; Richard Swaim, 1790, 1791; Samuel Fowler, 1791; Jethro Johnson, 1792; Robert McCoy; 1792, 1800; John Clark and Daniel Dennis, 1793; Samuel Coate and Shadrach Bostwick, 1794; John Fountain and Robert Dillon, 1795; Thomas Woolsey, 1796; Samuel Thomas, 1796, 1797; Thomas Everard, 1797; James Campbell and David Bartine, 1798; Aaron Owens and Thomas Smith, 1799; Daniel W. Dickerson, 1800; Elijah Woolsey, 1801, 1802; Benjamin Iliff, 1801; Gamiel Bailey, 1802; Johnson Dunham and John Walker, 1803; William Mills, 1804, 1805; Henry Clark, 1804; George Woolley, 1805; Joseph Chattle, 1836, 1839, 1840 (from 1805 to 1836 Flanders was supplied by the Asbury circuit); W. C. Nelson, 1836, 1861, 1862; Crooks S. Vancleve, 1836, 1838; Edward Sanders, 1838; Edmund Hance, 1840; George Winsor, 1843; Benjamin Kelly, 1844, 1845; Abraham Owen, 1846; Josiah F. Canfield, 1847, 1848; T. T. Campfield, 1849, 1850; C. A. Lippencott, 1851; Swaim Thackaray, 1851; John S. Coit, 1854, 1855 (Flanders supplied by the presiding elder in 1852 and 1853); Jonathan B. Heward, 1856, 1857; E. W. Adams, 1858, 1859; George T. Jackson, 1860; John L. Hays, 1863, 1864; Richard Thomas, 1865, 1866; H. Trumbower, 1867, 1868; S. P. Lacey, 1869; T. Rawlings, 1870-72; J. W. Hartpence, 1873; S. K. Doolittle, 1874-76; G. F. Apgar, 1877-79; D. E. Frambes, 1880, 1881.
In 1789 the pastors on the circuit reported great prosperity in their work. It was during the labors of Rev. Samuel Coate and Rev. Shadrach Bostwick that Judge Monroe came to "first endure, then pity, then embrace" Methodism in his neighborhood. Eleven members were added to the society in 1797 and 20 in 1800, while a decrease of 18 was reported in 1799 and of 15 in 1801; 149 were gained in 1802 and 175 in 1803, but 38 were lost in 1804. In 1805 the name Flanders for the circuit gave way to "Asbury," which was the title for many years; Flanders charge reappears, however, in 1842. The membership is given as 228 in 1846, 163 in 1847, 150 in 1849, 170 in 1850, and 233 in 1851. In 1857 Rev. Manning Force, who had done so much for this society, took a supernumerary relation. He removed in 1861 to Sussex county, and died February 22nd 1862. There were 144 members in 1859 and 90 in 1880. At the latter date the officers of the society were as follows:
Pastor, Rev. D. E. Frambes; stewards, W. K. Miller, James Abel, John Chip, B. Cristin, W. S. Fisher; trustees, W. K. Miller, B. A. Howell, W. R. McDougall, W. S. Huff, John Chip.
The superintendent of the Sunday-school was G. W. Wentworth, M. D. There were 75 scholars enrolled, and 350 volumes in the library.
In 1786 John Tunnell was presiding elder of the district which included Flanders, and which in fact covered the entire State. At this date mention is first made of a chapel at Flanders. In 1792 Staten Island and New York city were also included. All of New Jersey remained in one presiding elder's district till the close of the last century, and it belonged to the Philadelphia Conference till 1836. The New Jersey Conference appears in 1836, with the Newark district covering the Flanders charge. Since 1857 Flanders has been in the Newark Conference, and in the Rahway, Morristown, Newton and Paterson districts. Presiding elders so far as we can learn have taken charge as follows:
Rev. John Tunnell, 1786; Rev. James O. Cromwell, 1788; Rev. John Merrick, 1791; Rev. Jacob Brush, 1793; Rev. Thomas Ware, 1794, 1803; Rev. John McClaskey, 1796; Rev. Freeborn Garretson, 1799; Rev. Solomon Sharp, 1800; Rev. Manning Force, 1836; Rev. John S. Porter, 1842; Rev. Daniel Parish, 1845; Rev. Thomas Sovereign, 1848; Rev. C. A. Lippencott, 1852; Rev. J. Winner, 1856; Rev. J. M. Tuttle, 1857; Rev. C. S. Vancleve, 1860, 1865; Rev. A. L. Bruce, 1862; Rev. Charles Larew, 1866; Rev. M. E. Ellison, 1870; Rev. Thomas H. Smith, 1874; Rev. J. N. Fitzgerald, 1878; Rev. C. S. Coit, 1880.
Flanders Presbyterian Church was organized February 18th 1852 by the Presbytery of Elizabeth. Rev. Dr. Ogden, of Chatham, preached in the Methodist Episcopal church, and the organization was completed with 27 members. The elders chosen were Samuel White, William Bartley and D. A. Nicholas. The members and families composing this church were also from the Roxbury church, of Chester, and the preaching during the first year was mainly by the minister of that church. June 30th 1853 Rev. John N. Husted was installed pastor. He was released April 18th 1855. Rev. David M. James was installed June 10th 1856 and released October 2nd 1867. Rev. Martin F. Hollister supplied the church part of the year 1868. Rev. Mr. Denton and Rev. Myron Barrett, of Newton, also supplied the church for a time. Rev. Daniel W. Fox, the present pastor, was installed June 15th 1870.
The church, built in 1853, 30 by 50 feet, with pulpit recess, cost $3,500. It has been repaired and improved, at a cost of $800. The parsonage was built in 1875 and cost $3,300.
The officers of the church in 1881 were: Rev. D. W. Fox, pastor; D. A. Nicholas, William Bartley, Hezekiah R. Hopkins, J. C. Green and M. B. Howell, elders. The church membership is 74. The Sunday-school superintendent is D. A. Nicholas. The scholars number 50. The library contains 225 volumes. The Union Sunday-school at Bartleyville has for its superintendent William Bartley. There are 75 scholars.
The schools of Mount Olive are among the oldest of the old township, and men of 85 years do not recall the time when the school near the churches was established. A deed of one acre of land for school and church purposes was given in 1768 by James Heaton. Thomas H. Briggs, who taught this school nearly sixty years ago, died at Succasunna in 1876. Teaching was his profession and his pride. He said that he obtained a copy of every grammar and mastered what was new in each; and he believed he had a larger number of books on the English language than any other teacher in New Jersey. A misfortune that lost him a leg made another profession impracticable, and he loved this so well that he never desired any other. He was honored with a State certificate for life.
Samuel White of Flanders taught more than forty years, and, excepting four years, his teaching was in Roxbury and Mount Olive. His last service was in the Pleasant Hill district, near Flanders. Sickness attacked him while in school, and he died after a brief illness, in March 1880. There are school-houses at Mount Olive, Draketown, Flanders, South Stanhope, Cross Roads and Bartleyville. The stone school-house at Bartleyville was built in 1848. This as well as other school buildings shows what changes have come with the years. The early school-house was made of logs, an opening was left for a window, and a sheep skin was used for glass. When the building was framed, the chimney, built from the ceiling up with large sticks covered with mud, gave the principal light. The time was regulated by an hour glass, and the pupils drank from a cup made of a cow's horn or a gourd shell. In their recitations they were required to toe a chalk line or a crack in the floor; but they were taught obedience, trained in habits of study, and encouraged in the practice of virtues worthy of imitation by the present generation.
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Farrakhan Meets Mandela
JOHANNESBURG: Despite the fact that Louis Farrakhan was visiting South Africa over the weekend, Hawthorne reports that the American Muslim's meeting with Nelson Mandela "came and went with barely a flurry of interest. People in Soweto wouldn't be able to tell you who Farrakhan is." Mandela met with the controversial Farrakhan for an hour, but took pains to explain that it did not signify an acceptance of the American's beliefs.


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Deborah Walker '05
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"Most of my memories of the Service-Learning Center are about the thoughtfulness, and the reflection and discussion. People just made this a part of their life, I think," says Deborah Walker. For her and her fellow staff, the S-LC was more than a workplace, and the work more than a job—it was part of each individual's dialogue of faith. Growing up in Detroit with two preachers for parents, "I was used to these rich conversations each week, studying the Bible and applying it to your life, so when I came to Calvin, I was looking for that. I think the community feel in the Service-Learning Center and the reflection we did about what it means to serve and to be a learner—all those things fed me."
Community and conversation emerged as themes in Deborah's experience of service, fostered both in the office and its Grand Rapids network. While organizing food drives as a student coordinator, she noted the valuable collaboration between community partners and local organizations, combining resources to address the many layers of food insecurity and homelessness. Around the office, she participated in discussions about theological and historical perspectives on the Bible and about current issues and events. "I was humbled here because people knew so much," she says.
Deborah received a double education at Calvin, at the S-LC and in the teacher training program. As a Math Education student and Academically-Based Service Learning coordinator, she developed "the mindset that there's always something to give; you shouldn't just be taking in life. Your actions impact the world. I see teaching as service, and that's the biggest thing I think I've done that's a gift to the world." Deborah went from Calvin College to the Mustard Seed School in Hoboken, New Jersey, a K-8 institution intentionally serving a socioeconomically diverse population, and from there to the Harlem Children's Zone, which comprises 100 blocks of Central Harlem and a comprehensive cradle-to-college approach to combatting poverty. Deborah teaches sixth grade math at one of the Promise Academy charter schools. "There's a lot of passion there. Everyone's around the mission of getting these kids to go to college and combatting poverty and expanding people's worlds, because a lot of people in New York—if you live in a certain borough, especially if you're born in poverty, you don't get beyond your block or beyond your borough," she says.
As her world has expanded, from Detroit to Grand Rapids to Jersey and NYC, she also broadens the horizons of her students. "Teaching for me is an act of service, just interacting with kids and finding ways to love them and let them know they're cared for and they matter… this is something I love and I'm passionate about but… it's me giving something to God and giving something back to the world, in a way. That's what I learned here that I take to every place I go."
"Calvin is all about being present," Deborah says, "being present in your society and being present in your life and being present in whatever you do." She quotes the Calvin motto: "'I offer my heart promptly and sincerely'— I'm here to serve and I'm here to give because I have this connection to God, and the Service-Learning Center can be the hands and feet of that. It's great to think about these things and talk about them and reflect on them, but this is where you can find a place to actually live out those ideals or desires and hopes of serving and giving your heart to God."
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We appreciate your compliments about the Notes 8 UI, Steve O'Grady .
I am sitting in Chris Baltnik and Nathan Freeman's session right now, entitled "Designing the User interface: Why Your interface Matters."
Nathan has said several times that building a nice-looking user experience is hard work.
I absolutely agree, and that's why I want to publicly thank the development team who has worked very hard, and been very patient with many design iterations.
Steve O'Gady said "Nice work, Desgin team. " And I say "Thanks, dev team for making us look so good!"
Thanks , dev team, for making us look so good!
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hi guys
this XIV has been running for some time, after an issue we had so we were recommended to configure Call Home
now I really don't know how to configure it
is this the interface? there is no other documentation to configure SMTP - Call Home after the XIV has been setup
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NEW YORK – The astonishing story of Henrietta Lacks, who died of cancer in 1951 but whose still living cells are now the basis for much medical research, has captivated the U.S. for the past two years — and there is no sign of the debate, or its controversies, abating.
As revealed in the bestselling 2011 book "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," this is a tale of a poor black tobacco farmer who never consented to having her tissues taken but whose cancer cells have proved so important they have formed the foundation for work leading to two Nobel prizes.
Yet Lacks' family never knew about it — even as the cells were used around the world in research, or when they themselves were asked for blood samples two decades later. The book described the indignity of the family's ordeal even as giant corporations profited hugely from Lacks' cells, known as HeLa in medical parlance.
Her children, again without their knowledge, had their medical records studied and even published. It was a story of the complex intersection of medicine, race and profit that seemed to have a happy ending as the book, written by Rebecca Skloot, became a best-seller and Lacks' contribution to medical science was recognized.
But now history seems to have repeated itself. A group of scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg recently published a paper in which they sequenced the entire genome of a HeLa cell — essentially putting Lacks' DNA sequence up on the Internet for all to see. Amazingly, they failed to alert anyone in the Lacks family about their intentions or ask their permission.
Skloot was outraged, arguing that scientists appeared to have learned little. "The publication of the HeLa genome without consent isn't an example of a few researchers making a mistake. The whole system allowed it. Everyone involved followed standard practices. They presented their research at conferences and in a peer-reviewed journal. No one raised questions about consent," she wrote in a column in The New York Times.
David Kroll, a board member of the Henrietta Lacks Foundation, was furious that Lacks and her family had again apparently fallen into a scientific ethics blind spot. "I was pretty appalled. I could not believe this was happening all over again," he said.
The impact was rapid. Though the scientists at EMBL had insisted that the genome could not be used to make any sensitive medical conclusions about Lacks or her living family members — such as whether they had a predisposition to certain diseases — one researcher told Skloot they had done precisely that by downloading the genome and provided proof of their deductions confidentially to the writer. Eventually the EMBL revised its publication, removing full details of the genome, and apologized.
The incident has added an unexpected last chapter to what was already a remarkable story. Lacks died quickly, aged 31, after being diagnosed with cervical cancer. The cells taken from her have been used in experiments all over the world and even in space.
HeLa cells have helped make hundred of millions of profits for companies all over the world and been used for medical breakthrough after breakthrough. They have been used to develop the polio vaccine, in vitro fertilization and even cloning.
Yet before Skloot's book was published, her story was little known. Now, not only is Lacks honored — she has had a school named after her — but her case is held up as a prime example of the abuse of medical ethics where getting consent from test subjects is now seen as a primary moral duty. "The scientific community can still be arrogant and have a disregard for people's feelings," Kroll said.
That seems to be particularly true of this latest incident involving the publication of the genome of the HeLa cells. As genetic technology and medicine becomes more common it is going to raise key issues of privacy. The human genome is becoming easier and cheaper to map in its entirety and the sort of breaches that just took place with the HeLa cell line are likely to become more frequent. That could open up many people to unscrupulous employers or health insurance companies trying to analyze DNA sequences for confidential information.


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Semester taken: Fall 2009
Instructor: Dr. John Bell
Homework 4 - Scientific Visualization
This program uses a dataset containing information on 400 buildings located in the downtown district of Chicago, IL. The data was generated from the Emporis database. The remaining information contained in the dataset was indiviudually copied from the internal links found on the previous mentioned link. This was a time consuming and tedious process but necessary to get a useful dataset.
The application was created with C++, freeglut, and OPENGL.
This visualization takes this data and allows the user to make several analysis of the dataset. This includes but not limited to:
There are four data representations this program displays:
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Take a whack at our Thanksgiving-themed trivia before carving up the turkey and chowing down:
1. As per tradition, the President pardoned two turkeys yesterday. This lucky duo was not only saved from the Thanksgiving table, but they also got to stay at a luxe Washington, D.C. hotel where they feasted on grains and cranberries. Which hotel served as their crashpad?
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2. True to form, the Donald says he will not be doing any of the cooking this Thanksgiving, which he and his family are spending at one of his resorts. Which sunny locale has the Trump crew chosen to descend upon for the holiday?
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3. The 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is filling the streets of New York City today. Which hotels offer rooms with views of the festivities?
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4. Other countries celebrate their own Thanksgiving holidays. Where is it celebrated on the second Monday in October?
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5. Although the first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the pilgrims and Native Americans in 1621, it was not declared a national holiday until over 200 years later. Which president made Thanksgiving a public holiday?
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Terry Francona will be making his return to the dugout.
According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the former Red Sox manager has agreed to become the next manager of the Cleveland Indians.
Francona interviewed for the Indians managerial position earlier in the week, and was very excited after the interview.
In his eight seasons with the Red Sox, Francona led the team to a 744-552 record and 2 World Series Titles.
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Mobile, Alabama -- Tyler Skaggs gave up two home runs, Montgomery scored eight runs in the ninth and the Biscuits took the series from the Mobile BayBears with a 15-4 victory Monday at Hank Aaron Stadium.
Skaggs (5-4) won four of his past five starts with a no-decision in his last start at Pensacola. The left-hander left Monday afternoon after five innings and 94 pitches trailing 4-3.
"It was one of those days, one of those games nothing went right," Mobile manager Turner Ward said. "Even Tyler didn't have his best stuff. He ran out of pitches. He needed his fastball. He couldn't locate it. But he still battled out there and gave us all he had."
Montgomery starter Nick Barnese left after four innings, and Merrill Kelly (4-1) pitched three hitless innings. Instead of the shaky Biscuits bullpen getting hammered, however, it was Mobile's bullpen this time.
Kevin Munson gave up three runs in the eighth, and Yonata Ortega allowed eight runs on three hits and three walks in the ninth as the BayBears suffered their worst loss of the season. Neither reliever was helped by the defense as Mobile committed three errors in the last two innings.
David Nick doubled in Marc Krauss for the second time in the ninth, but Marquis Fleming got an inning-ending double play.
Once again the Biscuits grabbed an early lead. Ryan Garko's bloop single made it 1-0 in the first inning. Brett Nommensen's two-run homer in the second made it 3-0, and Michael Sheridan's solo shot in the third made it 4-0.
Mobile made it a two-run game in the third. Rossmel Perez ended Barnese's no-hit bid with a sharp single to right with one out. Wladimir Sutil, making a rare start in left field, moved Perez up a base and Evan Frey drew a walk to load the bases. Chris Owings grounded to second for the force out, but shortstop Hak-Ju Lee's throw to first was in the dirt, allowing two runners to score.
Owings was caught stealing with Stephen Drew batting to end the threat. Drew finished his two-game rehab assignment with the BayBears and is headed to Atlanta to join the Diamondbacks for Tuesday's game. He went 0-for-3 with a walk.
Nick's RBI double to left scored Krauss from first base to make it 4-3 in the fourth, and the sparse crowd waited to see the BayBears rally late as they had twice before.
Second baseman Nick stopped a Biscuits' threat in the fifth when he made a diving stop of Greg Sexton's grounder on the grass for the putout with runners at first and second. Sexton was robbed of a hit in the third when Sutil made a running catch at the wall.
Center fielder Frey opened the door in the three-run eighth when he misplayed a sinking liner that would have been the third out. Ty Morrison's hot shot at Nick was scored an error to plate the first run, and back-to-back singles by Omar Luna and Garko made it 7-3.
Mobile loaded the bases with one out in the eighth against Kirby Yates. But Matt Davidson's fly ball was pushed back toward the infield, and left fielder Luna threw out Frey at home to complete a rare double play.
Montgomery put the win away with eight runs in the ninth. Lee's two-run double and Morrison's two-run single followed back-to-back walks and Krauss' error on a catch at the wall. By the time utility infielder Dan Kaczrowski finished the inning, Montgomery sent 12 batters to the plate and scored eight runs on four hits, three walks, an error and two wild pitches.


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The Power of Moms is a website for mothers of all religious preferences. Our Spiritual Sundays section is a place where our authors can write about thoughts that are more spiritual in nature, and our goal is to gather a wide variety of perspectives. If you (or someone you know) has something to add to this section to help us reach a wider audience of mothers, please send the submission to [email protected] Thank you!
"Why did God make me this way?"
This was my child's lament in the throes of algebra-induced frustration. I tried, unsuccessfully, not to cry too; I ache for it to be different for her. Despite her struggle with math, she acknowledges God's power to change her abilities. Yet she was, to some degree, blaming Him; her comment indicts God for not allowing the needed comprehension to come easily for her.
I am powerless to change this for her. I know that God can help, yet up to this point He has chosen not to. I felt my role was to help lead her to see what God was accomplishing in and through her struggles.
When I asked what she thought, she came up empty. I reminded her that God made her wonderfully:
"I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well."
– Psalm 139:14
Then I shared with her what I have observed as I have watched her struggle through this challenge:
- She has learned the value of hard work through redoing assignments to garner comprehension of difficult concepts. She's seeing the fruit of her labor with a steadily improving grade.
- She is growing in the humility of asking for and accepting help.
- She has given others the opportunity to use their gifts to serve her as they tutor her.
- She readily empathizes with those around her as they struggle with their own challenges, academic or otherwise. I've watched her encourage her siblings in their learning.
- I see her learning how to bear up under the hardship with grace, accepting that this challenge is likely to linger, and despite wishing things to be different, she will carry on.
As I direct her to these thoughts, asking her to see how God is using this teaching experience, I fear they smack of platitudes. They don't ring hollow or false, just ethereal, I suppose. They are true, but seem to bring no consolation to her sweet soul for the present trouble.
So, I remind myself, and her, that this is the very reason I cling to Romans 8:28 so tightly, for it contains my hope that "Whatever God has permitted, He will redeem for His purposes."
Though I may not see God's vision and purpose, He has promised that it will be brought to good use and for His Glory. For this is the essence of faith:
"Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see."
– Hebrews 11:1 NLT
We don't yet see how this will be used for His glory or our own good, but because of our faith we have confidence that what we hope for (redemption) will actually happen.
God works all things together for our good.
Even algebra.
QUESTION: What trials or struggles do you think are being permitted to occur in your life right now?
CHALLENGE: Set aside time to sit down and make a list, similar to the author's, of what things you are learning or attributes you are developing because of a particular struggle.
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The Russian government has bailed out the MiG Corporation after it lost more than $300 million last year and reported total debts of $1.25 billion. Twenty-four MiG-29 SMTs that were built for Algeria will be bought instead by the Russian Air Force for $690 million. Another $417 million will be provided through an issue of additional shares, so that MiG can be integrated debt-free into Russia's United Aircraft Corp. (UAC). The government also promised to buy some carrier-based MiG-29 KUB versions. MiG head Mikhail Pogosian noted that the company's order book is worth $2.8 billion. According to reports in the Russian press, more than 200 of the Russian Air Force's fleet of 281 MiG-29s remained grounded in January after inspections prompted by two crashes in October and December. A defense ministry spokesman said that corrosion had been found in the tail units of some aircraft.
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Australia's Burbank Group has ordered an AgustaWestland (Stand 7010) AW109 Power light twin helicopter. The Melbourne-based company has also taken an option for a GrandNew light twin helicopter.
The Italian airframer has sold almost 40 aircraft to Australia, including the AW119ke, the AW109 Power, the Grand/Grand New family and the AW139. The burgeoning local helicopter market comprises corporate and VIP transport, emergency medical services (EMS) and offshore applications.
Worldwide, AgustaWestland says it sold more helicopters in the commercial sector in 2010 than it did in 2009 and that the first quarter of 2011 has already proved fruitful, with important orders coming from Qatar and Portugal.


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Claudette's Fight for Rights: An Essay by Jeremy Felix
Jeremy Felix, a seventh-grade student at Glen Meadow Middle School in Vernon Township, NJ won the Scholastic Scope national essay contest for his essay on Claudette Colvin. Kristen Lewis, executive editor of Scope magazine wrote to Jeremy, "We loved how you captured the dauntlessness and courage of Claudette Colvin…Wonderful work!" Thank you to Language Arts teacher Nancy Grimaldi for connecting us with Jeremy so that we could share his essay here. Thank you to Jeremy Felix for such a powerful piece of writing. Claudette's...read more
Raising Activist Kids
The Washington Post shared, "The Best Books for Raising Activist Kids." Proud to have It's Our World, Too! Young People Who Are Making a Difference: How They Do It — How You Can, Too! by Phillip Hoose (FSG) among such amazing children's literature titles. "As protests and marches continue to sweep the country, parents can use books to help them broach complex topics with their kids. Many kids recently attended protests for the first time and these budding activists often have tough questions. . Here is a list of books...read more
March 2 Named Claudette Colvin Day
The city of Montgomery, Alabama has declared March 2nd, Claudette Colvin Day. That date marks the day in 1955, when the impassioned teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of Jim Crow segregation, refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus. "She was an early foot soldier in our civil rights, and we did not want this opportunity to go by without declaring March 2 as Claudette Colvin Day to thank her for her leadership in the modern day civil rights movement," —Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange Author Phillip Hoose worked...read more
Leave the Books on the Bed
Loving the Horn Book article,"'Leave the books on the bed': Shaping a child's social conscience" by Jen Mason Stott, the librarian at King Open School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Explore the book list. "…grounding difficult conversations in shared books shows respect for a child; a grownup trusts him or her to think critically about complex moral questions. . Part of growing up is constructing opinions based on the information available — whether online, print, or word-of-mouth. As kids hurtle toward adulthood, there's an urge to imprint on...read more
Pop-up Museum of Black History
A high school in Oak Park, IL created a pop-up museum for African American History Month that included Claudette Colvin. "I teach African history, so we talk about how our history classes are white-washed and what that means and how that supports the racial hierarchy," said Spoor-Harvey said while standing near a poster of Claudette Colvin… . OPRF student Honora Nudnik, who was in the hallway working on her laptop near the Colvin poster, said she didn't know the woman the image depicted. She did know Rosa Parks. ....read more
Claudette Colvin Interviewed by Great Big Story
We love this interview with our friend, Claudette Colvin.read more
Students Protesting National Anthem
The following article appeared in the Portland Press Herald… History lesson vindicates students protesting national anthem As Justice Fortas wrote in 1969, children don't shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door. By Phillip M. Hoose I write in response to the Sept. 15 Associated Press article "High schoolers joining chorus of anthem protesters" (Page A5) that presented the difficulties that school administrators experience when students make visible social protests during the national anthem. The author...read more
Horn Book Summer Reading
Need suggestions for beach reading or books to bring to summer camp? Horn Book just released their summer reading list. The list includes Phillip Hoose's The Boys Who Challenged Hitler. "Hoose brilliantly shows how the astonishing bravery of ordinary Danish teens started something extraordinary." —Horn...read more
All Gratefulness to Maine Libraries
Knud Pedersen, the subject of The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and The Churchill Club says in this video that "gratefulness has no distances." Indeed, Knud, it does not. Phil Hoose, FSG and readers owe you much gratefulness for your bravery, for your ingenuity, for your stubbornness and for all the ways you have preserved this incredible story of valor and loyalty. Thank you. Phillip Hoose, while unable to be in Maine to accept the 2016 Lupine Honor for the book, also proclaims that "gratefulness has no...read more
Give Claudette Colvin the Presidential Medal of Freedom
On March 2, 1955, a young African American woman boarded a city bus in Montgomery, Ala., took her seat and, minutes later, refused the driver's command to surrender it to a white passenger. "It felt like Harriet Tubman was pushing me down on one shoulder and Sojourner Truth was pushing me down on the other shoulder," she mused many years later. "History had me glued to the seat." READ MORE in the Washington...read more


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Boldin on possible trade: 'I want to get it resolved'
Published: April 16th, 2009 | Tags: Anquan Boldin, Arizona Cardinals, New York Giants, New York Jets
One day after the Arizona Cardinals said they would listen to trade offers for Anquan Boldin, the Pro Bowl wide receiver appeared on The Michael Irvin Show on ESPN Radio in Dallas and talked about his future. This according to The Dallas Morning News:
- Boldin said he's open to getting traded to any team, especially to the NFC East, where the Eagles and Giants need an elite receiver.
- Boldin, who said he just has a player-coach relationship with former Cardinals (offensive) coordinator Todd Haley, said he wouldn't mind playing for him in Kansas City.
- As for getting traded, Boldin said: "I just want to get it resolved. It's been going on way too long." Later, he said: "It would hurt, but at the same time, change is necessary. My only problem has been management, always has been."
Giants general manager Jerry Reese told reporters that "we won't force anything" in a possible trade for Boldin. The New York Daily News reports that the city's other team, the Jets, have called the Cardinals about Boldin.
The Baltimore Sun, citing a league source, also reports that the Ravens have expressed interest in Boldin. The Sun asked Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome if the team had contacted the Cardinals about Boldin. His response: "With the draft coming up, I've had a chance to talk to eight different teams over the past 48 hours."


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At its inaugural staging in April, the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) did more than enough to seize a space for itself in the world's crowded airshow calendar. So next May 28 to 30 EBACE will be returning to its launch venue at Geneva International Airport's Palais d'Expositions (Palexpo) and is provisionally slated to remain at the Swiss gateway at least through 2004 before other European locations are considered.
The 2001 show drew 3,620 professional visitors to meet 190 exhibitors in Palexpo's 172,000-sq-ft Hall 7. Using a specially built footbridge (which, through a neat feat of diplomacy on the part of organizers, actually straddled the French-Swiss border), showgoers could step right out onto a static display area to view 31 business aircraft. This was a degree of convenience that has yet to be achieved at NBAA shows, where visitors inevitably need to be bused between downtown convention centers and the airport. Indeed, by holding the show at an airport with excellent scheduled services from throughout the continent, EBACE was able to encourage busy European corporate pilots to at least make a day trip to the event.
EBACE is a 50-50 joint venture of the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) and NBAA. It has replaced EBAA's annual meeting, which had historically been held at a hotel near the association's Brussels, Belgium headquarters each April.
But, insisted NBAA president Jack Olcott in his keynote speech to the European show, "EBACE is not the NBAA Annual Convention moved east. It's not the EBAA meeting on steroids. It's a separate event focused on business aviation in Europe."
European business aviators have much in common with their U.S. cousins in terms of the issues and challenges they face. The EBACE 2001 agenda was packed with intense debate over serious airport access problems and accusations of excessive regulation.
The EBACE agenda continued the strong reputation of EBAA meetings of robust face-to-face dialogue with European regulators. The information sessions on operational and technical issues were also very solid in content and were generally very well attended.
What business aviation in Europe has yet to share with North America is the latter's explosive growth over the past couple of decades. Through good times and bad, the number of turbine aircraft registered in Europe has remained fairly stagnant at around the 2,000-unit mark. However, this figure does not fairly reflect a marked increase in the average size of aircraft on European registers or the fact that activity levels (including growing numbers of aircraft visiting from other continents) have been rising.
Olcott and EBAA chief executive Fernand François are convinced that the growth of the European bizav fleet will start to pick up once European companies truly buy into the concept of a corporate aircraft as an indispensable business tool. It is their contention that EBACE is an important medium for spreading this message.
For all this, EBACE has yet to rival the annual NBAA shows in the hot news stakes. The only major order announced was the sale of 50 Dassault Falcon 2000EX twinjets (25 firm and 25 optioned–worth up to $1 billion) to Executive Jet's NetJets Europe fractional-ownership program. The French manufacturer also unveiled a mockup of its new EASy cockpit but chose to remain tight-lipped about the new FNX business jet, which was subsequently announced at June's Paris Air Show.
Among the aircraft exhibited on the static line were a Boeing Business Jet, a Gulfstream V and GIV-SP, an MD Helicopters MD 900 and a corporate-configured Fairchild Dornier 328JET. Shown for the first time anywhere was Raytheon's Hawker 800XP mockup with Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics. Other mockups gracing the Geneva aisles were Eurocopter's new EC 155 and the Airbus Corporate Jetliner. Bombardier was a surprise omission from the EBACE starting lineup, although it did host the show's press facilities at the Palexpo convention center.
NBAA members can get more information about the EBACE 2002 event by contacting Kathleen Blouin, who heads up NBAA's EBACE USA office. Her counterpart in Europe is EBAA's Darcy Christiansen. Exhibit space for the European show is priced at $2,200 for each three-meter (just over 32 sq ft) booth unit.
The May dates for the 2002 event place EBACE in the same month as Germany's ILA airshow at Berlin Schonefeld International Airport and just two months prior to the UK's Farnborough International Airshow. The later date will, however, avoid the inconvenience of a clash with the Easter holiday, which caused no small degree of aggravation to exhibitors this year.