Cornwall Independence Day Committee July 4, 2009
GRAND MARSHALS
Andrew and Jeanne Maroney
If it seems like Andrew and Jeanne Maroney are everywhere, it’s simply because they are everywhere. And on Saturday, July 4, the Maroneys’ will be more visible than ever as grand marshals of the 2009 Cornwall Independence Day Parade. On that festive occasion the town will salute the Maroneys’ unending service to its citizens. They are fixtures at polling places as election inspectors, Jeanne for 45 years, Andy for 10 or more. “It’s nice to chat with people as they sign in and vote,” says Jeanne, who greets many voters by name.
Andy was born May 15, 1921 in a house that no longer exists on Hudson Street in the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson. He graduated from Cornwall-on-Hudson High School. Jeanne was born June 7, 1929 in Patchogue and grew up in Lakeview on Long Island. In 1938 her father got a job at the United States Military Academy and her family moved to Fort Montgomery. Ten years later they moved to Cornwall-on-Hudson.
The Maroneys met through West Point where Andy was the consolidated supply officer and Jeanne was a secretary after attending Woods Secretarial School in New York City. She graduated from Highland Falls High School. Andy is a World War II veteran, having served in the Navy, and is a past commander of the Cornwall American Legion. He retired from West Point in 1976 after a second heart attack.
Andy and Jeanne married June 5, 1949 at St. Thomas of Canterbury Church and recently celebrated their 60th anniversary. They live in the house they had built in 1949 on Barr Avenue in the village, where they raised two children, Andrew and Barbara. They helped start the Village Bandstand Committee in 1985 and arranged concerts for a dozen years. They still serve on the committee. The Maroneys are fond of history and in 1990 they helped launch the Cornwall Historical Society. They have been trustees ever since. “We’d like to preserve the feeling of the village,” said Jeanne, who served as an aide at St. Thomas elementary school for 11 years, in the cafeteria, on the playground and running the library. “This is a close-knit community, a walking community.” “This community is dear to me,” said Andy. “I can still see it as it once was.” He has fond memories of Cornwall Landing, a hamlet on the shore of the Hudson River. It was “a commercial hub” with its own post office. He said the Mead & Taft Company once employed 500 people there. The company built houses in Tuxedo Park and on Long Island and the New Jersey Shore. He said Cornwall Landing started to decline after World War II when passenger train service ended. Conrail demolished the buildings there and only foundations recall what once was Cornwall Landing.
Andy serves on the village’s Zoning Board of Appeals, the Riverfront Revitalization Committee and the Village’s Master Plan. He chaired the Cornwall Parks Committee when the town aerated the pond and built the pond gazebo.He also served on the Cornwall Central School District’s long range planning committee. He recalls an artist’s rendering of a middle school once planned for Angola Road property that was recently sold to the town. He said that the committee recommended paying school property taxes in installments, a wish that is still raised from time to time. “I try to suggest how to make our community better,” said Andy. When he’s not discussing some issue or other at a board meeting, you may hear him on the radio; he’s been a member of the Orange County Amateur Radio Club for nearly 50 years. The Maroneys are a strong team. “We like to do things together,” Jeanne said. They hike, bike and canoe all over the mid-Hudson valley. And on July 4, they will again be doing something together as they lead the parade on the street where Andy was born and pass nearby the street where they have lived for 60 years.
Andrew and Jeanne Maroney
If it seems like Andrew and Jeanne Maroney are everywhere, it’s simply because they are everywhere. And on Saturday, July 4, the Maroneys’ will be more visible than ever as grand marshals of the 2009 Cornwall Independence Day Parade. On that festive occasion the town will salute the Maroneys’ unending service to its citizens. They are fixtures at polling places as election inspectors, Jeanne for 45 years, Andy for 10 or more. “It’s nice to chat with people as they sign in and vote,” says Jeanne, who greets many voters by name.
Andy was born May 15, 1921 in a house that no longer exists on Hudson Street in the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson. He graduated from Cornwall-on-Hudson High School. Jeanne was born June 7, 1929 in Patchogue and grew up in Lakeview on Long Island. In 1938 her father got a job at the United States Military Academy and her family moved to Fort Montgomery. Ten years later they moved to Cornwall-on-Hudson.
The Maroneys met through West Point where Andy was the consolidated supply officer and Jeanne was a secretary after attending Woods Secretarial School in New York City. She graduated from Highland Falls High School. Andy is a World War II veteran, having served in the Navy, and is a past commander of the Cornwall American Legion. He retired from West Point in 1976 after a second heart attack.
Andy and Jeanne married June 5, 1949 at St. Thomas of Canterbury Church and recently celebrated their 60th anniversary. They live in the house they had built in 1949 on Barr Avenue in the village, where they raised two children, Andrew and Barbara. They helped start the Village Bandstand Committee in 1985 and arranged concerts for a dozen years. They still serve on the committee. The Maroneys are fond of history and in 1990 they helped launch the Cornwall Historical Society. They have been trustees ever since. “We’d like to preserve the feeling of the village,” said Jeanne, who served as an aide at St. Thomas elementary school for 11 years, in the cafeteria, on the playground and running the library. “This is a close-knit community, a walking community.” “This community is dear to me,” said Andy. “I can still see it as it once was.” He has fond memories of Cornwall Landing, a hamlet on the shore of the Hudson River. It was “a commercial hub” with its own post office. He said the Mead & Taft Company once employed 500 people there. The company built houses in Tuxedo Park and on Long Island and the New Jersey Shore. He said Cornwall Landing started to decline after World War II when passenger train service ended. Conrail demolished the buildings there and only foundations recall what once was Cornwall Landing.
Andy serves on the village’s Zoning Board of Appeals, the Riverfront Revitalization Committee and the Village’s Master Plan. He chaired the Cornwall Parks Committee when the town aerated the pond and built the pond gazebo.He also served on the Cornwall Central School District’s long range planning committee. He recalls an artist’s rendering of a middle school once planned for Angola Road property that was recently sold to the town. He said that the committee recommended paying school property taxes in installments, a wish that is still raised from time to time. “I try to suggest how to make our community better,” said Andy. When he’s not discussing some issue or other at a board meeting, you may hear him on the radio; he’s been a member of the Orange County Amateur Radio Club for nearly 50 years. The Maroneys are a strong team. “We like to do things together,” Jeanne said. They hike, bike and canoe all over the mid-Hudson valley. And on July 4, they will again be doing something together as they lead the parade on the street where Andy was born and pass nearby the street where they have lived for 60 years.
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