RFH girls’ night at home circa late 1970s/early ’80s Photo/Leslie Gunther
This Retro Pic of the Day is being reprised in loving memory of RFH ’80 Jenny McCullough (top, right) who passed away very suddenly recently. Jenny knew the true meaning of unbreakable bonding among childhood friends and firmly believed that “love never dies …. ” You were so loved, Jenny, and you will be forever missed by us kids and times together you never forgot and reminded us of frequently with a good laugh and tons of love …
What do you get when you put a gaggle of RFH girls in a flowery ’70s wallpapered kitchen with a nouveau push-button wall phone? A girls’ night — starring the phone. We’re not saying that was the case here, just imagining. Follow us in this inspired daydream into the past. Hey, there was such a thing — a girls’ night starring that phone.
This photo gallery/reflection are dedicated to my friend, Fair Haven-raised Jenny McCullough, RFH ’80, who passed away very suddenly recently, because “love never dies … ”
Call it falling for bucket list wish — even if you’re a kid with, literally, just a little plastic bucket to fill with river time gifts of sand, shells, water and sunny day memories. Go ahead, fall for it. Most Rumson-Fair Haven area kids do … down by the Navesink River.
RFH girls’ bake sale fun Photo/Marc Edelman, Facebook
Football season at RFH is pretty sweet. Always has been. And it’s not just because of the game. It’s about those sideline hustles, too, like, for instance bake sales.
Yes, bake sales.
No, it wasn’t always just about football at game time back in the day — as if that wasn’t enough. Oh, as tradition has it, there were always lots of things happening before, during and after games, whether on the field, off the field, around the bend or, well, in the parking lot. Yes, the parking lot. That’s where some epic bake sales sweetened up game days — and sometimes spiced them up.
Chris Bowden, RFH Class of 1976 was the first girl to play soccer on the boys’ team. Photo/RFH 1976 Yearbook
This Retro Pic(s) of the Day was originally posted in October of 2015. It’s being brought back to commemorate the season and a first with a first girl to play on the team. Imagine that …
They’re on the Fair Haven police beat, sworn to protect and serve.
They are the Fair Haven Police Department’s two now new patrolmen, Jacob Gold and Katherine Martinez; and, they were sworn in at the Sept. 14 Fair Haven Borough Council meeting.
Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) senior Charlie Ingrassia is running toward a touchdown with an award for his overall student character, heart and dedication to football, on and off the field.
The Nor’easter kept Rumson Fire Department’s Oceanic Hook and Ladder Fire companies busy responding to many calls for everything from electrical fires to downed wires to flooded homes to trapped cars and downed trees.
With the advent of the football season comes memories of old days when the RFH Band played on with more members, but many may not recall that the football team was small.
Band was big in the 1970s. But, going back more than half a century, like back to the 1930s, when RFH was Rumson High School, the football team appeared small. There was no regional. And the population was, well, small. There were sprawling estates, farms (with a lot of asparagus growing wild) and berries aplenty for picking.
Fair Haven p.m. kindergarten of 1965 at Youth Center Photo/archives of Elaine Van Develde
Our annual back-to-school reprise all about those first days of school along with some who, what, when and boogeyman parts … Take this little trip back in time with us to remember Fair Haven’s kindergarten days of yesteryear …
It was a real first and last class act of 1965 — the kindergarten class that was the last to get its first lessons learned in school at what was the Youth Center in Fair Haven. You know. It’s the building that was the police station until it was leveled to make way for a new borough headquarters. The ghosts remain, though. We Fair Haven kindergarteners of the 1960s are pretty sure of it.
Back in the day — OK, waaaaay back in the day — there was a third school in Fair Haven for kindergarten, you see. It was the Youth Center. That was also way before preschool. People now know it better as the Fair Haven Police Station and by its newly adopted name that hasn’t quite caught on yet, and may never for “older” folks still in town — Fair Haven Community Center. Phooey to that. Some things just need to keep a name for nostalgic purposes alone. Besides, the youth part soothes us old codgers.
That and it’s just a matter of what sounds like home to you. For instance, my very nice grandmother, a Matawan native, was pretty hostile about the “new” Aberdeen split and name. Paid it no mind. And if forced, said it with “blah, blah, blah” contempt. Back to the Community Center … There, I said it.
A reprise Retro Pic of the Day, originally posted on Sept. 14, 2016 in the spirit of a balmy locals’ summer day, knowing that the summer spirit never truly ends for the Rumson-Fair Haven area young and forever young at heart …
With locals’ summer and school’s start, students’ thoughts naturally turn to warmth and freedom. They start to daydream before they even hit the classroom — especially on a Friday. That’s how it goes in the R-FH area when those beaches become barren and more room is made for the locals to get down to the business of soaking up that locals’ summer partying spirit.
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