Page 12 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • May 30, 2012 Waldwick Watch Group to discuss Adiga novel The Waldwick Library Book Club will host a discussion of “The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga on Thursday, June 14 at 7:15 p.m. This first novel by Indian writer Adiga chronicles the awakening of a low-caste Indian man to the degradation of servitude. Copies of the book are available at the circulation desk. The book club welcomes new members and drop-ins from Waldwick and surrounding towns. The library is located at 19 East Prospect Street in Waldwick. For more information, call (201) 652-5104. Auxiliary sets luncheon meeting The Waldwick Branch of the Valley Hospital Auxiliary will hold a luncheon meeting at noon on June 6. The luncheon will be held at Rosario’s, 29 Central Avenue in Midland Park. The cost is $25. RSVP to Maryann Tyls at (201) 444-5149. English classes on summer break The weekly English language classes at the Waldwick Public Library will conclude June 18 and 19. Meetings for the conversation group will resume on Monday, Sept. 17 at 10:15 a.m. and meetings for English Language Learning Activities will resume on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 10 a.m. English for Speakers of Other Languages programs at the library are free and open to adults who want assistance learning and speaking English. Registration for ESOL programs is taken at the circulation desk throughout the year. For more information, call (201) 652-5104. The library is located at 19 East Prospect Street. Boosters plan Golf Outing The Waldwick High School Athletic Association Booster Club will host the 2012 Warriors Golf Classic on Wednesday, June 27. The event will be held at Farmstead Golf and Country Club in Lafayette. The day will begin at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start. Participants may register beginning at 7 a.m. The cost to attend is $125 and includes a round of golf with cart, contests, prizes, and lunch at Nellie’s Place in Waldwick. Those who would like to attend the lunch only may do so at a cost of $30 per person. The cost for Waldwick High students who participate in the outing is $75 for golf and lunch. The cost for college students is $100. Opportunities to sponsor a hole are available for $100. To purchase a sponsorship, e-mail opderbeckt@waldwick.k12. nj.us. For details, call (201) 652-9000. The club provides funding that meets the needs of all athletic programs and student athletes within the school. Area In honor of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the Coalition of Northwest Bergen County Historical Organizations has put together a book on local history in the Civil War era, 1850-65. Each of the historical groups contributed stories, photographs, and cemetery lists from their towns. In the process, the history of northwest Bergen’s participation was brought to light, the political climate in the 1850s, the names of soldiers and the part their regiments played in the war, some fascinating vignettes of soldiers, and cemetery lists where Civil War veterans are buried. Included in the book are 12 letters from Garret Ackerman, a private in the 22nd New Jersey Regiment Infantry Volunteers, Company D. Ackerman lived on East Saddle River Road in Saddle River. The 22nd was made up of 939 Bergen County soldiers, most of whom were farmers. They had a correspondent from the “Bergen County Democrat” traveling with them and some of his letters are also included. Many others served in other regiments. Men from northwest Bergen fought in all the major battles. Some were in for the whole war and were at Antietam and Gettysburg and marched with Sherman to the sea. There were several in cavalry units that fought in the Shenandoah Valley. The 94-page book also contains color photographs of Civil War artifacts from northwest Bergen that are on display at the ‘Bringing the Civil War Home’ is now available The cover of ‘Bringing the Civil War Home: NW Bergen County 1850-1865.’ Schoolhouse Museum and the Mahwah Museum. The book can be purchased for $15 at the Schoolhouse Museum, 650 East Glen Avenue, Ridgewood, on Thursdays and Saturdays from 1 to 3 p.m. and Sundays 2 to 4 p.m. and at The Mahwah Museum, 201 Franklin Turnpike in Mahwah, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Email info@ridgewoodhistoricalsociety.org.