Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • June 8, 2011 Glen Rock American Legion member Jeanne Rey honored by John Koster Jeanne Rey, who served as a U.S. Navy cook at the San Diego Naval Base during the Korean War, served as the grand marshal of the 2011 Memorial Day Parade in Glen Rock. She was selected by veterans from both the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. “I sat on two cushions,” the diminutive sparkplug of American Legion Post #145 said last week. Her own service was as a “commissary seaman” -- not seawoman. She has been supporting the men who fought ever since by organizing events, supervising logistics, and selling poppies decade after decade. This Ridgewood High School graduate is a long-time Glen Rock resident. One of her missions was to make sure that Glen Rock’s distinctive monument to World War II veterans, the ship’s bell of the U.S.S. Lang, was not removed to make way for the larger monument to Glen Rock’s 11 Sept. 11 victims. Research she coordinated revealed that the ship’s bell had sailed on a U.S. destroyer that had served in both the Atlantic and the Pacific, escorting convoys and rescuing survivors. In one case, the U.S.S. Lang was involved in the rescue of another destroyer that fell apart in mid-Pacific due to materials stress. Not a single sailor was lost. The U.S.S. Lang was named for Seaman John Lang from New Brunswick, one of the boarding party that helped capture a British warship during the War of 1812. Rey stayed on the case and the bell stayed put. The 911 monument was installed in the same park, but farther back from the street to foster meditation and prayer. Large-scale ceremonies take place there every anniversary of the terrorist attack, in which Glen Rock suffered the largest number of casualties in proportion to population of any community in Northwest Bergen County. The Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Glen Rock is now officially named for Tom Egan, long-time VFW Commander, who died recently. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and his son served during the war in Iraq. Veterans from both the American Legion and the VFW, along with unaffiliated veter- Correction of candidate’s biography Glen Rock Councilwoman Pam Biggs, an uncontested candidate in this week’s Republican primary, is presently the chief operating officer of a small manufacturing business. She is not, as was previously reported, a full-time homemaker. Biggs is retired executive from IBM, where she had 31 years of corporate experience. A Glen Rock resident for over 30 years, she was named a Bergen County Volunteer of the Year in 2006. She is the co-founder of the Glen Rock Relay for Life, an event she has chaired for seven years. She works with youths in Glen Rock, serves on the board of advisors for the North Jersey American Cancer Society, and is active in Saint Catharine Church. Biggs is a graduate of Glen Rock High School and holds a bachelor’s degree in languages and linguistics from Georgetown University. She and her late husband, Tim, raised their two children, Ashley and Brett, in Glen Rock. Jeanne Rey while serving in the U.S. Navy. ans and civilians, lined the parade route to salute Rey and honor the memory of Egan and to remember what they did for all the service personnel from Glen Rock.