PART VII.
MODERN ORANGE
THE ORANGE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
WHILE the cemetery was first set apart by the Ecclesiastical Society, its maintenance seems to have been assumed, somewhat, by the School Society. Later, the Orange Cemetery Association was formed, and Mr. Isaac Platt Treat was in charge of it for nearly fifty years. Since his death, Albert M. Clark has been the Secretary and Treasurer of the Association. The original size of the cemetery was one-half an acre. This was increased in 1856 by the purchase of an acre, south of the first boundaries. About 1900 it was again enlarged by adding another acre. The members of the Association are to be commended for the excellent way it is maintained, all through the year.
ORANGE VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION
After several disastrous fires during the years of 1924 and 1925, it was felt that the old bucket brigade system was inadequate. Accordingly, the Volunteer Fire Association was incorporated on January 9, 1926, with the following fourteen men being the Charter Members:
Terrell, Alton T., Jr.
Hine, George T.
Gardner, John W.
Harris, Robert
Page, Donald
Knight, William A.
Hine, Frederick J.
Clark, Benjamin T.
Demarest, John R.
Beebe, James
Johnson, George
Curtis, George M., Jr.
Neal, Chester B.
Hall, Clarence L.
At a meeting held in the Orange Town Hall on March 10, 1926, the first officers elected were:
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