Beyond her marriage and family, Barbara Watterston has had a life long love for beautifying Clifton. And for her contributions, she will receive the 2010 Clifton Optimist Club’s Community Service Award. She and others (see page 65) will be feted at a dinner on May 2 at 4 pm at the Clifton Recreation Center, 1232 Main Ave. Tickets are $32.50 and can be purchased by calling Clifton Optimist Club members Tom Hawrylko at 973-253-4400 or Ted Munley at 973-473-2200, ext. 112. Watterston has been involved in keeping the city’s landscape clean and green for decades. In 1968 she was on the committee charged with restoring Botany Village by creating a Victorian village theme. The project was visited in 1970 by George Romney, then the US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, who called the historic restoration the best use of urban renewal funds he had ever seen.
She has also been a member of the Clifton Beautification Committee since its inception in 1990 and is responsible for the work done to the City Hall campus, including the creation of the Sculpture Gardens as
well as soliciting funds and arranging for volunteer efforts. Watterston also served on the Library Board from 1981-1986, has been a member of the Allwood Civic Assoc. and active in the Allwood Church.
Back in Feb. 25, 1969, looking over plans for the Botany Village urban renewal project are members of the project’s architectural advisory committee. Left to right are Edward Kwolek, Mrs. Joseph Sura, William Houthuysen, project architect, and Mrs. Ronald Watterston.
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