Learn How To Hunt The Jersey Devil This Spring
Tony DiGerolamo, author of “The Pineys,” a book series about a family of hunters who hunt the kin of the “Jersey Devil,” will be the guest speaker on April 6…
Tony DiGerolamo, author of "The Pineys," a book series about a family of hunters who hunt the kin of the "Jersey Devil," will be the guest speaker on April 6 at 2:00 p.m. at the Sheldon Wolpin Lakewood Historic Museum, Kuser Hall, 500 Country Club Drive, Lakewood Pine Park, Lakewood, N.J.
DiGerolamo’s talk, "How to Hunt the Jersey Devil,” is steeped in local flavor and folklore. He has written for the Simpson’s comic books and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher. Enjoy refreshments and an opportunity to meet this renowned author.
For more information about Tony DiGerolamo visit his website at http://www.thepineys.com. To R.S.V.P., call Robin Wellet at (732) 330-5384 or email at rwellet@aol.com. Donations are always appreciated.
About The Lakewood Historical Museum.
The Lakewood Historical Museum, Pine Park, Lakewood, N.J., is housed in Kuser Hall, a two-story, 16,000-square-foot former classroom building. Through the volunteer efforts of members in the Historical Society and the Heritage Commission, the first floor of Kuser Hall has been transformed into a showcase, featuring galleries of Lakewood memorabilia and artifacts. Funds are needed to restore the second floor of Kuser Hall and to acquire and build an elevator. Meanwhile, Kuser Hall is the last remaining building of five that made up the Newman School, an exclusive preparatory boarding school for boys, which closed in 1942 as young men left for the war. The building, which the township acquired in 1964 through Green Acres Funding, was the math and science center of the school.
About The Jersey Devil.
The Story goes, that the Jersey Devil originated with a Pine Barrens resident named Jane Leeds, known as "Mother Leeds." The legend states that Mother Leeds had twelve children and, after discovering she was pregnant for the thirteenth time, cursed the child in frustration, declaring that the child would be the "Devil." In 1735, Mother Leeds was in labor on a stormy night while her friends gathered around her. Unfortunately for her, the thirteenth child was born normally. However, it transformed into a creature with hooves, a goat's head, bat wings, and a forked tail. Growling and screaming, the child beat everyone with its tail before flying up the chimney and heading into the pines. In some versions of the tale, Mother Leeds was supposedly a witch and the child's father was The Devil himself. Some versions of the legend also state that local clergymen subsequently attempted to exorcise the creature from the Pine Barrens.
