Collingswood High School - Knight Yearbook (Collingswood, NJ)

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ix ,mu 5' .JK What's for lunch? Joe Trainer, Dan Havens Way Over Yonder Way over yonder is a place that I know Where I can find shelter from hunger and cold And the sweet-tasting good life is easily found Way over yonder - that's where I'm bound I know when I get there, the first thing Illl see ls the sun shining golden - shining right down on me Then trouble's gonna lose me - worry leave me behind And l'll stand up proudly in true peace of mind Way over yonder is a place I have seen In a garden of wisdom from some long- ago dream Maybe tomorrow l'll find my way , 1rcmmi:A, . up gl .. g .. irvzg' H i 1:11 K g -ai. dil+ 31l - ?'4 . '5'i-'lW '3 7' ' Peace and quiet Z : my 1. I . -get P'-m'5'1g-I Tom Williams fl, Lisa Duffin iflfg -wwwwi' 'El I l f p ll it - I 1 ra: Quiet reading Silhouette

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The development of Collingswood was planned in 1874 by E.C. Knight and R.T. Collings. Also during this time, 827 acres were purchased, in what is now the heart of Collingswood, to be set aside as Knight Park. The park was to be a memo- rial to Knight's mother. . . . The Roberts Park area was one of the first land pur- chases that began Collingswood's growth. . . , The Knight Historic House on Coll- ings Avenue was built by one of the first settlers, Richard Collings. Edward C. Knight inherited the house three genera- tions later , . . In 1873, Collingswood was voted to be a dry town. . . . ln 1878, the first post office was opened. Ten citizens gathered in 1881 in the shoe shop of James Riggins and chose the name of Collingswood. . . , J. Stokes Collings opened the first general store in 1882 on the corner of what is now Collings and Haddon Avenues. , . The Winter of 1899 had below zero weather, 19 of snow, and people were housebound for .u Knight Park Haddon Ave. at Christmas three days. . . , In 1900, trolleys began running on Haddon Avenue. They were heated by coal stoves and the fare was 5C. . . . A smallpox epidemic broke out in 1902 . . . In 1906, Collingswood High School was established at the Garfield School and in 1910 the first C.H.S. graduating class held its commencement in the new E.C. Knight High School. . . . Knight Park began playing a great part in the cultural, social, religious, and athletic history of Collingswood. Sunday evening church services were held there in the summer, community and school pageants were frequent, and band concerts were presented Saturdays and Sundays for many years. . . . The trolley tracks which had long been buried under asphalt along Haddon Avenue were dug up in 1943 by Public Service for scrap for the war ef- fort. , . . ln 1938, Collingswood celebrat- ed its 50th anniversary ..., In 1981, Col- lingswood is a family-suburb of Phila- delphia. . . . ,.,, , New , Hangout at corner of Haddon 8: Collings Haddon 8a Washington Aves