November 27, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 5 Glen Rock Library plans additional screenings of ‘64 documentary The Glen Rock Public Library will offer two more show- ings of “The Rock in the Glen,” a 1964 documentary about the Borough of Glen Rock that drew a standing-room-only crowd at an October showing sponsored by the Glen Rock Historical and Preservation Society. “The Rock in the Glen” will be presented at the library, 315 Rock Road in Glen Rock, on Thursday, Dec. 6 and Monday, Dec. 15. Both screenings will begin at 7 p.m. Narrated by long-term resident Mabel Hubschmitt, the 50-minute film was originally produced for New Jersey’s 300th birthday celebration and the borough’s 70 th birthday. Reservations are required for both showings of “The Rock in the Glen.” Call (201) 670-3970 to RSVP. “We had a full house for the first showing, and people in the audience would call out when they saw a relative or a grandparent in the film,” said Glen Rock Library Director Betsy Wald. “It was a really nice feeling to see how the film brought the whole town together.” The film, essentially a quality home move with sound, shows what Glen Rock looked like in 1964 with flashbacks to early days through black and white or sepia still pho- tographs. Originally part of Ridgewood, Glen Rock split off from the village when residents decided they wanted an elementary school closer to their own homes and funded the school -- now a private home -- on Ackerman Avenue near the corner of Rock Road. Hubschmidt has long been fondly remembered by old- timers including 1960s Mayor Allan Murray, who also appears in the film, for donating substantial amounts of land for the good of the community. Jim Aber, another long-time resident, helped make the recent showings possible by transferring the original film format to a DVD format for the Glen Rock Historical and Preservation Society, which carefully preserved the vener- able film. The intense popularity of “The Rock in the Glen” sur- Area Borough, village zip codes well rated Ridgewood and Glen Rock’s zip codes – 07450 and 07452, respectively -- have been named “super zip codes” by the Washington Post. The Washington-based daily newspaper used two cri- teria to determine which towns around America have the most desirable address: the percentage of adults who are college graduates and the family income of residents. Glen Rock showed that 65 percent of residents have college diplomas and that the median family income was $147,230. Glen Rock earned a “super zip code” standing, and placed in the 98th percentile of best places to live in the United States. Ridgewood scored in the 99th percentile, one of only 650 communities in the nation to do so and the only one in Bergen County to attain that score. Ridgewood’s percent- age of college graduate heads of family is 75 percent, and the median family income is $154,275. Both towns achieved “super zip code” status accord- ing to the Washington Post survey. Any zip code zone that achieved a 95 percent rating was considered “super.” J. KOSTER A scene from ‘The Rock in the Glen’ prised the library staff. “The first showing was completely sold out and the last time I looked, a week ago, we were almost sold out for the second showing,” said Robin Rock of the Glen Rock Library staff. “Now we have a third showing -- we never expected it to go for more than one. It’s been extremely popular.”