Northwood News ♦ June 2004
120 Attend 50th Anniversary of Northwood Park
Slogging through mud in the 1950s when their neighborhood had just been carved out of the
woods of Maggie Reed’s farm. Standing on license plates and roller skating down
Cavalier Drive. Crawling through sewer pipes. Playing touch football and wiffleball in
Cavalier Court. Sharing community-owned drill, ladder, lawnÂmower, and floor polisher.
Fathers babysitting other kids as part of the “Sitters Club.”
Former neighbors shared these and many other vivid memories at a 50th anniversary reunion and party held
May 30 in the all-purpose room at Forest Knolls Elementary School. The event celebrated the unique
history of the 44 brick ramblers on Cavalier Drive and Belton Road, which were built by a member-run
cooperative.
About 120 current and former neighbors attended the party, with some guests coming from as far away as
Arizona, California, Washington State, Florida, Massachusetts and London, England. The photos —
by Dennis Hodgson, son-in-law of the Gershensons (see original owner Leo Gershenson in red shirt) — tell it all!
[Note: Click on any photo to see a larger version.] ■
