Then and Now of Iselin
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"I remember the railroad gates. I would ride my bicycle with a couple of kids up to the tracks. I was 10 years old when I got my first bike. Mr. Boylan, the Principal's Father was the Gateman. He was about 20 feet above the tracks in the Gatehouse. He would raise the gates up or down. At times "us" kids weren't too nice; sometimes we would reach out and hang onto the gates. He couldn't raise them. He would holler and come down and chase us." A definite "No, No," but funny then....
See how John's serving in World War II as a U.S. Marine influenced his giving back to his Hometown and Community of Iselin.
Learn about Cooper's Dairy and the important role the Cooper's played in the development of the Town and the role they played in creating the Iselin First Aid Squad.
Learn why and how the St. Cecelia's Iselin Fair was started "75 Years Ago" and continues to play an important part in the Iselin Community and throughout the State of N.J.
Learn how and why a second Fire Department was needed in the Town.
Share the excitment of going to the pony races in Iselin - once the home of The Central Jersey Pony Trotting Club.......
and much much more about the great town of ISELIN.
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About the Book
This is a pictorial book about a small town in N.J. called Iselin, where I have resided for over 85 years. Iselin was proud to be known for a Dairy Farm where cows grazed in the meadows and "Milkmen" use to deliver milk to residents throughout Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County. Iselin once had a "rural Railroad Station" and is now N.J. Transit's busiest rail station in the Northeast Corridor known as Metropark.- 25 miles from New York City.
My sister Ethel gave me the incentive to write this book. She gave me pictures captured by my Mother Anna Miele Muglia of the early years in Iselin, newspapter clippings and other memorbilia that I sent to Mother while fighting in World War II. I have dedicated this book to my Mother Anna Muglia Miele.
"I also started thinking about writing this book after I showed a friend some pictures of the early years in Iselin and what I had done in the Town." He said to me: "do you know that these pictures are not ony great, but priceless!" "Once they are gone, who has anything like them?" "Why don't you share them with others?"
I hope you will enjoy going down memory lane with me as I reminisce with pictorial history of Iselin from the 1920s up to the current day and observe the changes made to Iselin throughout the last 80 years. May you have a wonderful journey through time. You will see why ISELIN is a great town.
About the Author
John T. Miele is an 85 year life-long resident of Iselin. He was influential in changing the landscape of residences, Houses of Worship, schools and businesses along with his Father Tom Miele, as they created new streets and landscaped throughout the Town of Iselin & Woodbridge Township as Excavators and Landscapers.
John is a World War II United States Marine Corps Veteran, having served in the Pacific Rim for three years.