By Johnson Foy, publisher, Nutley Sun

1918 Nutley Sun Editorial

(The following article was first published as an editorial in The Nutley Sun on December 28, 1918. The publisher of the newspaper at that time was Johnson Foy. Although the editorial was unsigned, it’s assumed Foy was responsible for writing it. The article is a capsulated report of the events of Nutley in 1918, which according to the publisher were “little of significance and nothing constructive.”)

Little of significance and nothing constructive occurred in Nutley during 1918. In common with the rest of the country the town marked time while the war went on and also in common we were troubled almost constantly with shortage of necessities and epidemics of disease.

By Barry Lenson

Let’s pretend we’re in Nutley on a bright summer day in 1938. It’s a perfect day for golf, so you toss your clubs into your Packard or Ford and motor off to play a round on one of the most beautiful golf courses in America.

And you don’t need to leave Nutley to do it – you’re just driving down to the Yountakah Country Club on Washington Avenue.

Yountakah had it all, including a challenging 18-hole golf course, an elegant clubhouse, and even a swimming pool.

This was living! Don’t we all wish it was still there today?