[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 165 (Thursday, November 5, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1613]
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   IN HONOR OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOROUGH WOODBURY HEIGHTS

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                          HON. DONALD NORCROSS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, November 5, 2015

  Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the one-hundredth 
anniversary of the founding of the Borough of Woodbury Heights in 
Gloucester County, New Jersey.
  On May 25, 1915, the citizens of the future Woodbury Heights were 
formally recognized by the New Jersey Legislature as an independent 
borough out of Deptford Township. However, history for this small town 
did not begin in 1915. Settled in 1771, the area we know today as 
Woodbury Heights, New Jersey has a deep history of rich involvement in 
the South Jersey community. Indeed, many of the older homes can still 
be seen today, including the La Pann House, built in 1771, that is on 
the National Historic Registry.
  In 1892, six businessmen from Philadelphia and Camden: John Mayhew; 
E.R. Artman; Judge Pancoast; Howard M. Cooper; William Moland; and I.W. 
Wilson bought land from Deptford Township. There they laid out streets, 
built homes, and constructed a community hall in 1894, forming the 
nucleus of the future Woodbury Heights. In the 1900s, the once sparse 
town started to flourish when a train station was built. Later, Simon 
M. Snook donated Glen Terrace Lake to the borough and it remains one of 
the most popular recreation sites in the area. Over the next hundred 
years, the Woodbury Heights community thrived, and in the past century, 
the population of Woodbury Heights has quadrupled to reach over 3,000 
today.
  Mr. Speaker, the character of the Borough Woodbury Heights and its 
emphasis on community engagement is best exemplified by three of the 
figures featured on its official seal: a scale of justice, a shield of 
safety, and two shaking hands. This weekend, as the people of Woodbury 
Heights celebrate their Centennial, I congratulate the citizens, Mayor 
Robbie J. Conley, and the Borough Council on the past one hundred years 
and wish them another hundred years of richness and good fortune.

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