RamseyNJHistory
Daniel Kennedy is a local history buff and a board member of the Ramsey Historical Association.
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Ramsey’s Professional Athletes: Ryan Grant
Star football player Ryan Grant of the Green Bay Packers played his high school football at Don Bosco Preparatory High School in Ramsey, NJ.
Don Bosco Polish Institute, Ramsey, NJ
The school was founded in 1915 by the Salesian Fathers and Brothers (a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Saint John Bosco) after a fire destroyed the Salesian school in Hawthorne, New York.
Ramsey’s First High School
Back on June 23rd the featured post card was of the original Dater School building. This postcard features a view from farther down the street “in color”, post the renovations of 1923.
Interstate Lanes
Interstate Bowling Lanes. Inc partially opened a 40-lane bowling center in Ramsey. N. J. during October 1958.
Forest Rest
Depicted is a 1940 post card of a gas station and cabins along Route 2 called Forest Rest.
Salo Workbench Company
These are two advertisements from 1951 for the Salo Workbench Company, in Ramsey, NJ. The first is for the cabinetmaker’s bench, the second the Salo all-purpose work bench both imported from Finland.
Ramsey High School (Dater School)
Starting in 1912, the original Dater School building (torn down in 2006 to build the new grammar school) was the high school in Ramsey until 1937 when it switched to housing grades K-8.
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