Englewood Makes History

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  • Richard W. Smith.jpg

    Richard W. Smith was a businessman and a resident of River Edge. He commonly wrote to the editor of The Record and gave his opinion on the newspaper's articles in the early 1960s. 

    He was married to Emma Rapp.
  • Frank Sherry.jpg

    Rank Sherry was a journalist and reporter for The Record in the 1960s. He received an award for his work in 1964 when he was honored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews.

    He lived in Rochelle Park. He had two children, Stephen and Diana. 
  • Charles Austin.jpg

    Charles Austin was a staff writer for The Record. He reported on religion.
  • Jane Salodof.jpg

    Jane Salodof was a staff writer for The Record. She was active in the late 1960s.
  • William N. Wallace.jpg

    William N. Wallace was a sports reporter for the New York Times.
  • Robert Runde.jpg

    Robert Runde was a writer and editor for the Record in 1969.
  • Enterprising Women.jpg

    Pheobe Seham writes to Kim Hirsh thanking Hirsh for the article she wrote about the "Notebook for Enterprising Women on August 8, 1983. Seham also provides information about the Women's Rights Information Center to newspaper readers.
  • Kim Hirsh.jpg

    Kim Hirsh was a writer for the newspaper The Record in 1983.
  • B.C. Forbes.png

    Bertie Charles Forbes founded Forbes Magazine, a business and finance publication. B.C. Forbes was appointed to the Englewood Board of Education in 1938.

    He married Adelaide Mary Stevenson. He had five sons, Bruce, Malcolm, Duncan, Gordon, and Wallace. After Forbes' death, his son Bruce took over. Bruce died in 1964 and Malcolm then took over. Stevenson "Steve" Forbes Jr. succeded his father Malcolm after his death in 1990.
  • Housing Eighties families The_Record_Mon__Jul_11__1983_.jpg

    The article "Housing Eighties Families" discussed the struggles of families to afford housing. There was an increasing amount of single-parent households, usually led by women. The article also mentioned a similar struggle for seniors. 

    Numerous organizations such as the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, the Bergen County LWV, the YWCA, and the Women's Rights Information Center were involved in the gathering of statistics and proposals to help families find housing.
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