Retro Fair Haven Folk Singer Parading

Fair Haven Folk Singers in a Fair Haven parade circa early 1970s
Photo/Jack Croft via Mary Croft

They had the “whole world” in their hands. The whole wide world. And they didn’t even know it.

It was a song the Fair Haven Folk Singers used to strum, sing and march to in parades. It encapsulated some happy insular times in one tiny niche in the world aptly called Fair Haven. The mission of the Fair Haven Folk Singers was a simple one — learn to play the guitar, all three chords, strum, sing, smile and spread the joy of music.

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In Memoriam: Former Fair Haven Fire Company Chief, Longtime Fair Havenite, Dwight Havens, 74

The mourning buntings are draped. The flag is at half staff. The marquee on the Fair Haven Firehouse announces the passing of 53-year Fire Department member, former chief and First Aider, Dwight Havens.

Dwight, a former longtime Fair Havenite and Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) graduate, more recently of Jonesborough, TN, passed away on Feb. 21, surrounded by his children. He was 74.

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Old News: A ‘Cheers’ to Iconic Places & People

There’s a reason why the 1970s and ’80s TV show Cheers was so popular.

The title song said it all in one sentence “You wanna go where everybody knows your name, and they’re always glad you came.” It resonated with millions. Everyone wanted that place to go to where they knew they belonged. A nose-to-the-screen-free environment. Face-to-face social interaction with a family of another kind that, good or bad, always showed up. Regulars. A place like Cheers — with parents.

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Retro RFH Rainy Day Senior Lounge Groove

RFH seniors of 1974 lounge in the Senior Commons
Photo/RFH Yearbook

The year was 1974 and the top hits were The Way We Were and Seasons in the Sun. Ironic …

Rainy days and Tuesdays, Wednesdays and maybe Thursdays never got RFH seniors down. After all, they had the Senior Commons.

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