Middletown Forum : Forest Hills, Wild Wood? http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Middletown Forum : About Middletown : Forest Hills, Wild Wood? Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:45:08 +0000 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:15:24 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.12 360 www.middletownusa.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1811 Middletown Forum http://middletownusa.com/images/blog-logo.jpg http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ Forest Hills, Wild Wood? : Mike!! So he bought his title... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=10414&title=forest-hills-wild-wood#10414 Author: Impala SS
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Posted: Aug 30 2009 at 10:15am

Mike!!  So he bought his title just like Ann Mort did. Boy thats some movers and shakers . I dont mix with those kind of people.]]> Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:15:24 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=10414&title=forest-hills-wild-wood#10414 Forest Hills, Wild Wood? : Follow the money. http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=10409&title=forest-hills-wild-wood#10409 Author: Mike_Presta
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Posted: Aug 30 2009 at 6:12am

Follow the money.]]> Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:12:37 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=10409&title=forest-hills-wild-wood#10409 Forest Hills, Wild Wood? : TudorSam Ashworth is not a historian,... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=10407&title=forest-hills-wild-wood#10407 Author: Vivian Moon
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Posted: Aug 30 2009 at 5:36am

Tudor
Sam Ashworth is not a historian, nor does he have a degree in history.
I believe that his degree is in graphic arts.
He sits on all these City historic boards because he was the director of the Middletown Historical Society.
I would consider Roger Miller to be our local historian.]]> Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:36:15 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=10407&title=forest-hills-wild-wood#10407 Forest Hills, Wild Wood? : Thank you for the insight Mr.... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=10405&title=forest-hills-wild-wood#10405 Author: TudorBrown
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Posted: Aug 30 2009 at 4:42am

Thank you for the insight Mr. P.

I have another question.  What exactly makes Mr. Ashworth a Historian?  Is it a title he's bestowed upon himself, does he hold some kind of degree in History? Confused
]]> Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:42:19 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=10405&title=forest-hills-wild-wood#10405 Forest Hills, Wild Wood? : Sometimes it depends upon what... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=10271&title=forest-hills-wild-wood#10271 Author: Mike_Presta
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Posted: Aug 25 2009 at 9:53pm

Sometimes it depends upon what the definition of "is" is, or, in this case, the definitions of "first" or "oldest".
I believe that Forest Hills was indeed the FIRST golf course constructed in Middletown, and therefore the OLDEST.  However, for many years this was the most "private" type of course that "private" can be.  There were no memberships available to anyone for years, and in that early period, only those invited by Mr. Verity could play there, and only when he decided to allow them to play.  Forest Hills was both figuratively AND literally in Mr. Verity's back yard.
 
Then came Wildwood, another "private" golf club, but one to which "memberships" could be purchased.  This would make Wildwood the "first" and "oldest" "country club" or quasi-private golf course in Middletown.  To this day, it remains the ONLY eighteen hole golf course within the city limits.
 
So I guess, depending upon definitions, either could correctly be called the "first" or the "oldest"!
 
I hope that this helps to confuse the issue!!! LOL LOL
 
 
]]> Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:53:50 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=10271&title=forest-hills-wild-wood#10271 Forest Hills, Wild Wood? : Thank you for checking! http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=10270&title=forest-hills-wild-wood#10270 Author: TudorBrown
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Posted: Aug 25 2009 at 9:23pm

Thank you for checking!
]]> Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:23:59 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=10270&title=forest-hills-wild-wood#10270 Forest Hills, Wild Wood? : I just checked my copy of "True... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=10265&title=forest-hills-wild-wood#10265 Author: Merrell Wood
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Posted: Aug 25 2009 at 6:58pm

I  just checked my copy of  "True Steel" and Forest Hills was established first. Also, it is where it is because of who used it, Mr. Verity, his friends, clients and company executives.]]> Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:58:24 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=10265&title=forest-hills-wild-wood#10265 Forest Hills, Wild Wood? : Sam Ashworth stated that Wild... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1811&PID=10233&title=forest-hills-wild-wood#10233 Author: TudorBrown
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Posted: Aug 25 2009 at 9:48am

Sam Ashworth stated that Wild Wood Golf Course is the oldest in town, built in 1922.

I thought I had read in True Steel that George Verity started on Forest Hills Golf Course around 1912 though?




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