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Originally Posted by bigfanNY
My wifes Family is from the Netherlands and they settled in Midland park after arriving at Ellis Island in the early 20's. There they found a comunity of fellow Dutch like the Vandemeer's. And in 1938 the entire town turned out to celebrate Vandy he was given every award the town could dream up.And from all accounts was a gracious Gentelman who was always there to help the town and anyone in it in any way he could. To this day Midland park's favorite son.
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Jonathan,
Thanks for sharing that info.
Here are a few pieces of memorabilia from Midland Park's Johnny Vander Meer Day on September 21, 1938:
An original program from Johnny Vander Meer Day
A Johnny Vander Meer medal that I believe was given to special guests at his Testimonial Dinner in conjunction with JVDM Day.
The last photo features Vandy as the Guest of Honor at the Testimonial Dinner.
The Testimonial Dinner was held at Swiss Chalet in nearby Patterson, NJ.
Many thanks to net54's Chris Gamble for allowing me to add these to my Vandy collection several years ago.