Ethel Tintle Kochka and her husband, George, on their wedding day at St. Joseph Church, Echo Lake, in the late 1920s or early 1930s. Her sisters serving as the bride’s attendants are Irene, standing; Cecelia, seated; and Marie, by a basket of flowers. (Photo provided) Looking back: Tintles were early Echo Lake settlers When 50 families came to the United States to work in the iron mines of Ringwood and Charlotteburg, John Peter Tintle Jr.... Columns 18 Jun 2025 | 11:45
Verina Mathews Genader, who received her K-8 education at the one-room Echo Lake School before a second room was added, became a teacher there. She is seated in the back of the primary-grade classroom with first-, second- and third-graders in 1949. (Photo provided) Looking back: A benefit of self-education Children who were educated in the small rural country schools in the West Milford until the mid-1940s, when the last of these... Columns 19 Mar 2025 | 09:30
