Villadom Times Weekly Local Newspaper

Midland Park May 26, 2010 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 11 Midland Park’s Memorial Day Parade this Saturday, May 29 will be led by Grand Marshal Albert Douma, a US Navy veteran of World War II. Douma was drafted when he was 23, spending 18 months in the Paciﬁc Theater fueling battleships, carriers, destroyers, cruisers and PT boats. He was then assigned to the destroyer USS Fred D. Berry, where he spent eight months at sea before the war was declared over. He was sent home on a merchant marine ship and arrived home on Thanksgiving Day, 1945. The parade, which will step off at 10 a.m. from the municipal building parking lot, will precede the traditional Memorial Day services at Veterans Plaza in Wortendyke, scheduled for 11 a.m. James Cova will be the principal speaker. A short service will also take place at the ﬂagpole adjacent to the Little League Baseball ﬁeld at 9 a.m. The Midland Park High School’s 82member concert band will be prominently Douma named grand marshal of Memorial Day Parade ing for this event. The solemn occasion will also be marked by the display of essays written by students in grades K-6 related to the meaning of Memorial Day under the auspices of the Midland Park Fire Department. The three winners in each grade will march in the parade with the ﬁre department. “Over time, too many of our important holidays have lost some of their meaning on younger members of our population. This is a small, but helpful way to remind young people of the full signiﬁcance of Memorial Day in America,” said Superintendent of Schools Dr. William Heebink, who credited Fire Chief Mark Berninger with suggesting the contest. “Our kids should know what the veterans did for them,” said Berninger. As in previous years, the parade route runs east on Highland Avenue to Vreeland, down Vreeland to Franklin, west on Franklin to Godwin and northwest on Godwin to Veterans Plaza. Residents are urged to line the parade route and attend the memorial services. The community at large is invited to the ﬁrehouse on Witte Drive after the services for hot dogs and soda served by the Ladies’ Auxiliary. VFW Commander Hank Douma and this year’s Grand Marshal Albert Douma. featured at the 2010 Memorial Day ceremonies this year. The band will perform the Star Spangler Banner and a special piece with a naval theme that it has been prepar- First Church of Christ, Scientist of Ridgewood is seeking approval from the Midland Park Planning Board to convert the former Bank of America branch on Godwin Avenue into a church building with a seating capacity of 81 members. The use is a permitted use in the B-1 zone. The church bought the ¾-acre site at auction when the bank branch closed in August, 2009. The tenant, Ackerman’s Music Center, which has been at that loca- Church seeks site plan approval NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADER IN CONTEMPORARY VARICOSE VEIN TREATMENT tion since the 1960s, will vacate the building by summer’s end and will be moving to Wyckoff with minimal disruption to the store’s business, according to owner Ray Rosario. The work would be done in phases, with the auditorium, ofﬁce and part of the Sunday School area as Phase 1, and the library/study, and related improvements and the bookstore in the area now occupied (continued on page 35) CHUBACKVEINCENTER A NEW STANDARD OF VEIN CARE 265 Ackerman Ave. Ridgewood, NJ 201-693-4330 �� Birthday Registration Now Available Let the Birthday person create their own Wish List Featuring fashion forward brands for girls size 4-16 Custom made dresses for Christening, Birthday and Flower Girl 828 Franklin Avenue Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 www.stageleftusa.com 201.847.8243 Book Signing Thursday June 3 • 7pm �� Come Early Only 100 copies available to be autographed. Percentage of the proceeds go to local charity. �� 201-934-7755 119 Interstate Shopping Center, Ramsey, New Jersey Intersection of Route 17 & Franklin Turnpike ADVANCED HEARING SERVICES, INC. Thomas J. Higgins, BC-HIS*, ACA** www.HearNJ.com Supervising Licence. NJ Hearing Aid Dispenser * Licence # 743 Member International Hearing Society *Board Certiﬁed by the National Board for Certiﬁcation in Hearing Instrument Sciences. **American Conference of Audioprosthology