Where: 713 West Crystal Lake Ave., Haddonfield, NJ 08033

Contact: Randy (YRC) 609-760-5394

Please come out and welcome home Captain Justin Oliver from his tour in Iraq. He is a Helicopter Pilot and yet another member of the 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion in the New Jersey National Guard. Justin has been a professional Soldier for 13 years. Justin graduated from Haddon Township-Paul VI High School in 1994.

He and his wife reside in Woodbury with their 10 month old daughter Keira. His wife Danielle and his brother have put together a Christmas Party and have asked us to join them in welcoming him home. WWR will pick him up at their home Woodbury and escort them to His Brothers house in Haddonfield.

Please come out and join the Police, Fire Fighters, WWR, YRC and friends to welcome home this Hero.

Hope to see you there.

*Media welcome at family’s request

Contact: Ann 856-906-3301

Please come out to welcome home Sgt. Craig Pennell from serving one year in Iraq. Craig joined JROTC in his freshman year in high school 1997. He completed 4 years of JROTC ending as 3^rd in command of the unit. He joined the Army National Guard at age 16 (with parents signatures).

Craig graduated from Riverside High School in 2001. After graduation he went off to boot camp at Ft. Jackson, SC, August 2001. He was in boot camp when the 9/11 attacks occurred. He finished boot camp as a specialist. AIT was completed at Ft Eustis, VA, where he specialized in Apache Helicopter Maintenance.

He attached to 1-150^th AHB Unit from Mercer County Army National Guard where he started as a helicopter mechanic and advanced to Crew Chief and rank of SGT.

His civilian job is with the 1-150^th AHB as Helicopter mechanic. He left Mercer County Army National Guard Station on Jan. 31 2009 for Ft Still, Ok and then deployed to Kuwait on April 18^th 2009 and then on to Iraq with Alpha Unit. This is his 2^nd enlistment with the Army National Guard.

Please come out and join the WWR and friends, the Yellow Ribbon Club, the town of Riverside and Delran and Craig Pennell’s family in welcoming him home. Please come out and help us make some noise.

Craig is a member of the Delran Fire Company, Delran EMS and he assists with Riverside High School JROTC Ranger Training in his spare time.

• TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other

• THREE. Don\’t believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.

• FOUR. When you say, \’I love you ,\’ mean it..

• FIVE. When you say, \’I\’m sorry,\’ look the person in the eye.

• SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married..

• SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.

• EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone\’s dream.. People who don\’t have dreams don\’t have much.

• NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it\’s the only way to live life completely.

• TEN. . In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.

• ELEVEN. Don\’t judge people by their relatives.

• TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.

• THIRTEEN. When someone asks you a question you don\’t want to answer, smile and ask, \’Why do you want to know?\’

• FOURTEEN.. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk..

• FIFTEEN. Say \’bless you\’ when you hear someone sneeze.

• SIXTEEN. When you lose, don\’t lose the lesson !

• SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R\’s: Respect for self; Respect for others; and responsibility for all your actions.

• EIGHTEEN. Don\’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship..

• NINETEEN. When you realize you\’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

• TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.

• TWENTY-ONE. Spend some time alone.

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Now Mr. Henry F. West thought the steeple should house a bell, but knowing the congregation could not afford one he decided to donate one on his own.

The church received the bell in the summer of 1852, but unfortunately it could not be placed in the steeple.

Shortly after the arrival of the bell a tornado hit Gloucester City and the 82- foot steeple was torn off its foundation.

Now, Mr. West was superintendent of Washington Mills, and the Mills needed a bell to let people know the starting time, 6 a.m., and the quitting time, 6 p.m. of the work week.

The bell was placed in the bell tower with the promise to the church congregation that it would also be rung for all church services on Sunday.

In 1893 the Washington Mills became the Argo Mills Co. However, the bell kept ringing until 1920 when Argo Mills closed its doors.

The building that held the bell was bought by Armstrong Cork Co. in 1950, and torn down to make room to store cork.

The bell was bought by the Gloucester Jaycees in the 1950s, and they had it cleaned and put on a float and paraded on July 4^th as Gloucester’s oldest bell.

After the parade it was placed in the side yard of the Presbyterian Church for a couple of years.

Then, the Gloucester vandals took over and were throwing rocks and stone at a piece of history of Gloucester City.

It was placed back in storage and brought out again for the Centennial Celebration parade in 1968.

Today, the bell is in the street department building where it is waiting for the city to resurrect it again.

And it will not be long, because it will be restored and placed on display in a permanent place and protected till the end of time.

Source of information: \”The History of Gloucester City\” 1664-New Jersey Tercentenary 1968 green paper cover, page 31.

Centennial Celebration, page 3, 1868, Gloucester City, N.J. 1968.

The NJ DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife advises hunters that the Spring Turkey Permit Application Period opened today, Monday, January 25. Applications can be made either through the online license website or at a license agent. The application period remains open until February 22, and applicants can review and edit their applications online until the application period closes.