16 OCTOBER 25, 2018 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Ridgewood to
mark WWI end
at Onderdonk
House Nov. 12
BY EMMA MILLER
EDITORIAL@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
The Greater Ridgewood
Historical Society and the
Allied Veterans Memorial
Committee of Ridgewood and
Glendale are planning an event
to observe the 100th anniversary
of the signing of the World War I
armistice.
The truce was signed “on the
eleventh hour of the eleventh”
of November, 1918. The centennial
ceremony will take place on
Monday, Nov. 12 at 10 a.m. at the
Onderdonk House.
The ceremony will mark the
opening of a new exhibit on the
three World War I memorials in
the Greater Ridgewood area, in
Bushwick, Ridgewood and Glendale.
The exhibit will also look at
the contributions the local community
made to the war eff ort one
hundred years ago.
The Ridgewood Times and
Times Newsweekly is cosponsoring
the event, and is sharing
its archives with the Greater
Ridgewood Historical Society as
part of the exhibit.
The Greater Ridgewood Historical
Society is looking for more
artifacts, especially pictures,
from World War I. Anyone
willing to donate this type of
memorabilia should email them
at www.onderdonkhouse.org or
ridgewoodhistoricalsociety@
gmail.com with the subject line
World War 1 Armistice.
Past Commissioner Terrance
Holliday of NYC Mayor’s Offi ce
Veterans Aff airs and local NYS
and NYC Council representatives
will also participate in the
ceremony, which is open to all
residents and especially veterans,
active service members and their
families. Light refreshments will
be served.
The Vander Ende-Onderdonk
House is at 1820 Flushing Ave.,
Ridgewood, at the corner of
Flushing and Onderdonk Avenues.
It’s the oldest colonial Dutch
stonehouse in the city and a registered
Blue Star Museum, meaning
that active service members and
veterans are admitted to the museum
free every day.
For more information, call the
historical society at 718-456-1776.
Middle Village fi refi ghter
honored for Hudson River save
BY MARK HALLUM
MHALLUM@CNGLOCAL.COM
@MARKUUSAN
Weeks after Firefighter
Christopher Gaulrapp of
Middle Village helped to
save a drowning man from the Hudson
River, he received on Oct. 18 not only
an award from the Juniper Park Civic
Association but also a proclamation
from Councilman Robert Holden.
Gaulrapp, a Middle Village native,
started with Forest Hills Volunteer
Ambulance Corps at 15 years old and
attended John Jay College before joining
the FDNY as an EMT in 1999 and
became a fi refi ghter in February 2001.
“We received a call shortly after
roll-call, which is shortly aft er 9 o’clock
in the morning for a person in the
Hudson River - 45th Street. Our fi re
house is only about two blocks away,”
Gaulrapp said who said other rescue
vessels were already on at the scene.
“Due to the height of the bulkhead, they
weren’t able to get him up. At that point,
the lieutenant asked me to get into the
water. We jumped in and everybody
worked as a team. Members from Rescue
1 and Ladder 4 and Ladder 21 came
over and put a ladder into the water
and we were able to secure the victim.”
The drowning man, who was not
far from the pier, was pulled from the
water where he was treated by EMS,
according to Gaulrapp.
Gaulrapp was joined by his wife Jacqueline
and children Nora, 10, and Christopher,
8, when he received the award at
Our Lady of Hope in Middle Village.
“Firefi ghters are so amazing. They go into
burning buildings and jump into rivers.
They do everything above and beyond
and they risk their lives,” Holden said.
JPCA President Tony Nunziato
presented Gaulrapp with the
organization’s Hero Award; he
praised the fi refi ghters work not only
with the August rescue but his recent
work with FEMA in North Carolina
and years of service to the city.
“I wouldn’t even think about going
into the water,” Nunziato said. “The
man has an amazing family ... It’s just
built into them what they give to us,
and that’s why we salute them. The
FDNY, doing such a great job with their
heroism.”
Get ready for Glendale Halloween
parade & Maspeth Ragamuffi n march
BY EMMA MILLER
EDITORIAL@QNS.COM / @QNS
Halloween is almost here, and
Queens has lots of fun events
for the whole family.
From haunted houses to parades,
here are some activities for you to
enjoy no matter what neighborhood
you live in.
GLENDALE
All are invited to take part in one of
the oldest Halloween parades in the
city in Glendale on Oct. 31. The Glendale
Halloween march begins at 7 p.m.
from the corner of 69th Street and
Myrtle Avenue. Costumed spectators
of all ages will head west on Myrtle
Avenue to the parking lot of Stop &
Shop supermarket at Cypress Hills
Street. The parade will close with a
ceremony featuring prizes and raffl es.
MASPETH
The Maspeth Lions Club will be
hosting their annual Halloween
Ragamuffi n Parade on Oct. 31 at 7
p.m. Kids walk from the Mt. Olivet
Cemetery main gate to the Maspeth
Federal Savings parking lot and
receive candy. There will also be
prizes for the best costumes.
CORONA
The Queens Zoo is holding their
annual “Boo at the Zoo” on Oct. 27
and 28. The fun runs from 11 a.m. to
4 p.m. all around the zoo. Kids can
collect candy for completing activities
as well as make a Halloween craft
and hear a spooky story. There will
also be animals to meet throughout
the aft ernoon. This event is included
with general admission.
JACKSON HEIGHTS
For the 28th year in a row, Jackson
Heights will be having their Halloween
parade on Oct. 31 at 5 p.m. This is
the second largest Halloween parade
in NYC. Kids can start lining up at 4:30
p.m. on 89th Street and 37th Avenue.
The parade goes down to 76th Street
where goodie bags will be handed out.
File photo/RIDGEWOOD TIMES
A scene from the 2017 Glendale
Halloween Parade
Photo: Mark Hallum/RIDGEWOOD TIMES
City Councilman Robert Holden honored Firefi ghter Christopher Gaulrapp
at the Oct. 18 Juniper Park Civic Association meeting.
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