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Jones, Robert Earl
Lived in the Actors Fund Home -
Frazier, Marion Leroy "Boo"
Dizzy Gillespie's cousin lived on Irene Court in Teaneck bordering Englewood's 3rd ward. -
Whitaker, Ozi William (1830-1911)
Ozi William Whitaker was a Reverend. He attended Middlebury College and the General Theological Seminary. He was ordained in 1863. He served St. John's Church in Nevada before coming to Englewood and serving at St. Paul Episcopal Church. He returned to serve in Nevada afterward and became the Consecrate Missionary Bishop in 1869. He became the Bishop-Coadjutor of the Pennsylvania Diocese in 1886 and maintained the position by himself a year later. He married Julia Chester Sidell.Tags Religion -
Teaneck Board of Education
The Teaneck Board of Education serves the Bryant, Hawthorne, Lowell, Whittier, and Theodora Smiley Lacey elementary schools. The board also serves the Benjamin Franklin Middle School, the Thomas Jefferson Middle School, and the Teaneck High School. The board consists of nine members who serve in three-year terms.Tags Education -
Teaneck High School
Teaneck High School is a public school. In 1922 the land was purchased to build the high school and students from grades seven through tenth began attending in 1929. The building was constructed in the Collegiate Gothic style, leading to students giving the school the nickname "Castle on the Hill." Eleventh and twelfth-grade students were added in 1930. Eventually, the school taught ninth through twelfth grades.Tags Education -
Dismus, Janis Ellen Greene (1938?-1982)
Janis Ellen Greene Dismus was an educator.. She graduated from Miami University with a B.A. in business. She also earned an M.A. in educational administration and counseling. In 1969 she was a guidance counselor at Teaneck High School. In 1975 she joined the Englewood Board of Education. She was president of the board from 1978 to 1981. She was promoted to coordinator of educational services in 1981. She was also a member of Galilee Methodist Church. Janis E. Dismus Middle School was named after her. She married William Dismus. She had two daughters, Cynthia and Diana.Tags Education -
Samuel, William (1926-1989)
William Samuel was a Reverend and mason. He founded Mount Calvary Baptist Church in 1957. He owned Samuel Mason Contracting in Englewood for thirty years. He married Nannie B. Fisher. He had a daughter, Annie R. Thompson.Tags Religion -
Wilson, Joseph (1893?-1978)
Joseph M. Wilson was a Reverend and carpenter. He built the Community Baptist Church in the 1940s. He was also a member of the North Jersey District Baptist Association and the American Legion. He married Maggie M. Thompson. He had a daughter, Dora Allen.Tags Religion -
McQueen, Frank D. (?-?)
Frank D. McQueen was a Reverand. He founded Galilee Methodist Church in Englewood.Tags Religion -
Pearson, Edward Lawrence, Sr. (1888-1982)
Edward Lawrence Pearson Sr. was a Reverend. He founded the Galilee United Methodist Church in Englewood. he was also a minister at the A.M.E. Zion church in Orange, New Jersey, for seventy years. He retired in 1972. He married Estelle. He had three children, Edward Lawrence Jr., Etheal, and Neva.