Since President Todd is away on vacation, incoming President Carl called the meeting to order at 12:30 pm. The salute to the flag was followed by several moments of prayer offered by Carl. Our voices were raised, singing “America” under the guidance and encouragement of Steve Wescott.
It was noted that we had 17 of our club members present, with Orlando Rodriguez’s wife Tara and Katie Maker, who is attending Pepperdine University Law School, as his guests. She will be interning with Orlando this summer.
Happy Dollars were contributed by:
Mike Hanifan – open up with a $1 – for his daughter Katelin, who is a senior at Pope John High School, attended The Night of Gratitude event at the school and won three awards, two of which her brother Michael John had won back in 2019.
John Cuozzo – handed in $2 – for our participation in the upcoming Memorial Day parade.
Steve Wescott – gave $1 – noting that he finally was getting some recognition from his family for his birthday (70 years old on May 17th) because the birthday celebration for his daughter’s on May 11th seemed to always take precedence (she turned 40 this year). The club sang happy birthday to Steve.
Jim Taylor – gave $1 because he was happy for Steve finally being able to celebrate his birthday.
Carl Luthman – handed in $1 – because in 5 days, he turns 80 !!! Who would have guessed. The club then sang happy birthday to him.
Laura Camp – gave $1 – noting that her son-in-law finally left her house today to pick up his mother and taking her and her belongings back to his house in North Carolina where she will now be living. Laura opined that the room she used when she went to visit there may no longer be available for her use.
Announcements
Scholarships - Carl noted that he and Laura were at the County Technical High School today, interviewing students as potential recipients of one of our scholarships. He said that the kids they met with were quite exceptional in terms of their scholastic standing.
Annual Garden Party – Marge spoke about the Annual Garden Party event that will take place on Saturday, June 24 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm. It will be held at the Stillwater Community Center, on the rear of the former Swartswood Firehouse, just outside of the historic, beautiful and quaint village of Swartswood. The theme for the party is A Toast to Summer. The cost is a pittance – only $25 per person. The event is going to be catered by Dominick’s in Newton, with board members bringing deserts.
Flyers for the event were placed at every seat for lunch today.
Since there is no time to get tickets printed up, Marge said that it was decided to email an announcement to all of the members and ask them to send in their checks so we know we don’t have to do follow-up calls to see if you are going to be joining us. Checks can be mailed to 125 High St, Newton, NJ 07860 and be made payable to Newton Rotary Club.
Memorial Day Parade – Marge spoke about the Memorial Day parade that will be held in Newton. We are planning on handing out bottles of water to the veterans at both the beginning of the parade and at the end. The parade starts at 10:00 am at the Thor Labs location and ends at Memory Park.
Ticket Raffle – our Club is holding a raffle for two tickets to the Boots, Bourbon, BBQ event at the Sussex County Fairgrounds on Saturday, June 10th. Buz explained that this event will raise money to help the fairgrounds with its postponed repairs and much needed improvements.
Each ticket is $20, and the winner will receive two tickets to the event worth $160. The drawing for the winner will be during the Rotary luncheon on June 7th at the Hampton Diner. Call Marge ASAP if you would like to participate in the raffle.
The event will take place on Saturday, June 10, with doors (or gates) opening at 5:00 p.m. Dinner will begin at 6:00 pm, provided by the American B-B-Q Company. They will also be holding a 50/50 raffle and a live auction taking place at 7:30 pm. Music will be provided by Whiskey Crossing – how appropriate!
Program for next week is:
Wednesday, May 31 – the meeting will be In-service.
Program of the Week –
Sussex County Historian Wayne McCabe
In light of the fact that our scheduled speaker and her father apparently both came down with a case of the Covid virus, the County Historian served as the stand-in speaker. The topic was the different types of historic architectural styles found in Sussex County.
Wayne opened his talk by noting that there are at least 25 distinctly different types of architectural styles found in our county. These styles begin in the last 18th century with the Georgian (1735-1790), which came from England (example – Van Campen Inn), followed by the Federal style (1780-1830), which was the first uniquely American style of architecture. These were followed by the Greek Revival (1825-1860) (example – the County Court House), then the Gothic Revival (1840-1880) (example – Christ Episcopal Church, and the Horton Mansion, both in Newton), followed by the Italianate style (1840-1885) (example – First Presbyterian Church in Newton).
Wayne spoke about the late 19th to early 20th century style known as the Queen Anne style (1880-1910). The prime example of this style is the Merriam House located on Main Street in Newton.
Distinctive features of the American Queen Anne style may include:
- asymmetrical façade
- dominant front-facing gable, often cantilevered beyond the plane of the wall below
- Overhanging eaves
- round, square, or polygonal towers
- shaped and Dutch gables
- A porch covering part or all of the front facade, including the primary entrance area
- a second-story porch or balconies
- pedimented porches
- wooden or slate roofs
- front gardens with wooden fences
- differing wall textures, such as patterned wood shingles shaped into varying designs, including resembling fish scales, terra cotta tiles, relief panels, or wooden shingles over brickwork, etc.
- dentils
- classical columns
- spindle work
- oriel and bay windows
- horizontal bands of leaded windows
- monumental chimneys
- Painted balustrades
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