Appendices/Author Information


Appendix A: Land Development

A-1 D.L. Risley land prospectus.

A-2 Testimonials to D.L. Risley

A-3 D.L. Risley correspondence with early settler Jacob Weiss.

Appendix B: Early Inhabitants

B-1 Dorothy Lumber Company News, 1900.

Appendix C: Early Taxes

C-1 Anderson Bourgeois mortgage receipt, 1913.

C-2 Tax Notice, 1898.

C-3 Tax Notice, 1920.

C-4 Tax Notice, 1930.

Appendix D: Early Schooling

D-1 Dorothy Teachers List, 1898-1924.

D-2 Dorothy School Attendance Record, 1900.

D-3 Dorothy School Lower Grades, 1920. Anna Merlock (left) and Miss Logergreen (right), teachers.

D-4 1949 Dorothy School Strike.

D-5 Dorothy School Reunion, 1974.

Appendix E: Local Stores

E-1 G.J. Hill invoices, 1903 and 1906.

E-2 Flanagan's Store account sheet, 1917.

E-3 W.J. Brown invoices.

Appendix F: The Poultry Business

F-1 Michael Csere invoice.

F-2a The Csere free-range poultry farm, 1921.

F-2b Babe Cherry's 3-story cage chicken coop (10,000 capacity), 1952.

F-3 Farmers Cooperative Association of Vineland invoice, 1958.

F-4 Farmers Cooperative Association of Vineland. 1960: Gerry Mamlock (board member), Ray Marinelli (top, mill manager), Elia Clemenson (President), Steve Csere (board member).

Appendix G: Local Politics and Elections

G-1 1922 ballot.

G-2 1929, Certificate of Election for Michael Oze as Township Member.

G-3 More recent officials:

• 1955: Michael Oze, Bennie Lisitski, George Merlock, Pete Merlock (Dorothy's Mayor in 1967), and Andrew Merlock.

• 1964: The Township Transportation Committee: Karl Everling (Clerk), Roland Marsh, Geza Mihalyi, Pete Merlock.

 

Appendix H: The Creation of Belcoville in 1918

H-1 Overview of lumberyard and housing.

H-2 Power plant.

H-3 Location of Fire House and Belcoville School.

H-4 Location of theatre.

H-5 Shell storage.

H-6 Administration building.

Appendix I: The Belcoville Volunteer Fire Company

I-1 Station House in 1918.

I-2 Members in 1925.

I-3 Members in 1952.

I-4 Chief Iversen Retirement Celebration.

Appendix J: Dorothy Fire Company

J-1 Dorothy's first ambulance, a 1941 Cadillac, (1949 photo).

J-2a Victoria and John Brna, 1930.

J-2b Section Fire Warden John Brna's Dodge 4-wheel drive Forest Fire Truck, 1958.

Appendix K: Dorothy Boy Scout Troop #62

K-1 Camporee and Star Scout Articles, 1965.

K-2 Boy Scouts of America Newsletter, 1965.

K-3 Troop #62 roster, 1966.

Appendix L: The Dorothy Post Office

L-1 In 1922.

L-2 In 1932

Appendix M: Dorothy During Wartime

M-1a The Dorothy Home Guard, 1917; William J. Brown, Joe Base, [unidentified], Steve Merlock, Steve Smith, Tom Lewis, Bill Ring, Henry Schelken, Pete Base.

M-1b World War II fuel oil ration stamps.

M-2a Aircraft Warning Service Identification card (Mrs. Victoria Brna, 1942).

M-2b US Army Aircraft Warning Building. Observation Post at 11th & South Jersey Avenues (Brna's Farm), 1942.

M-3 Dorothy Ground Observer Group.

M-4a Edgar (Illingsworth) Flanagan, in front of Flanagan's Store, 1943.

M-4b Joe Base, Sr., Mr. Base, Joe Base, Jr., March 1945.

M-5 Town Memorial Day Celebration in front of the Dorothy School, May 31, 1943.

M-6a Town Memorial Day Celebration in front of the Dorothy School, May 31, 1943.

M-6b Town Memorial Day Celebration in front of the Dorothy School, May 31, 1943.

Appendix N: Guido E. Seelman, Photographer, Printer, Editor ( - 1923)

N-1 Self-portrait of Guido Seelman, Publisher of the Dorothy Weekly News Letter.

N-2a Receipt for subscription to the Dorothy Weekly News Letter.

N-2b G.E. Seelman's calling card.

 

About the Author

Stephen Csere was born in Dorothy in 1914, the first of the five children of Michael and Louisa Csere, who emigrated from Hungary earlier in that year. Steve attended the Dorothy School and Atlantic City and Hammonton High Schools, before graduating from the Drexel Institute of Technology in 1937. He was employed as an engineer for the Mack Truck Company in Allentown PA for a number of years before returning to Dorothy in 1955 with his wife, Elizabeth, and three children (Mary Louise, Kathleen and Robert). At this time he established a poultry farm and worked as an engineer for the Atlantic City Electric Company.

During the next number of years before his transfer to the Atlantic City Electric Company's Deepwater Station, Steve actively participated in Dorothy's community activities, including:

• Member, the Weymouth Township School Board, 12 years.

• Member, the Board of the Farmers' Cooperative Association of Vineland, 6 years.

• Scoutmaster, Dorothy Boy Scout Troop #62 (1963-1967).

Since his retirement with his wife Betty to Pinellas Park, Florida, Steve has been playing tennis and keeping up with his growing family of seven grandchildren and one great grandson. He's also been collecting memorabilia relating to Weymouth Township and working on this history.

History of Weymouth Township by Stephen Csere

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