A Lifetime in One Home
A South Orange treasure is coming to Maplewood.
Don Thomas was born in 1932 and for nearly eight decades has lived in the same South Orange home. But age and health concerns have recently made Thomas decide to sell his house and take up residence at Maplewood's Winchester Gardens.
Thomas sat with me last Friday afternoon and we talked about the years he spent in his beautiful South Orange home with his parents and brother.
Don’s parents were born and raised in West Orange. His father, John Henry Thomas Jr., earned his way through college working at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in West Orange as an amateur organist. It is there that he met his wife, who was an alto soloist in the choir.
His father was a General Practioner and had his practice in their home. He bought the house — which sat on a large piece of property — in 1928, spent some time working as a medical doctor during the war and, in 1940, he added a five-room addition which became his home office. He saw patients at his home for a fee of $2 - $3 dollars a patient.
Thomas laughed as he told me that his dad also made house calls for the rate of $5. Much of his father’s original equipment is still set up in the home office today. In fact, much of the original home has remained virtually unchanged in Thomas' lifetime — although a bathroom and the kitchen have been renovated. His home is filled with beautiful pieces of antique furniture that were built by his great-grandfather in the late 1800s.
Don and his older brother, John Henry Thomas III (Tommy), attended South Mountain Elementary School and South Orange Junior High (when it was located on South Orange Avenue. It is now a P & C Bank). He graduated from Columbia High School in 1950. Only the original CHS was there at the time — the central building — as no additions had been added yet.
Don later graduated from Teachers College at Columbia University, went on to Seton Hall University where he received his Masters Degree, and then earned his Doctorate from Rutgers. He was an English teacher in Livingston and a Guidance Counselor in Westfield. He is also the author of two books — What Exactly is the Answer
Don has been an active member of The Episcopal Church of Saint Andrew and Holy Communion for his entire life. He told me he is not their oldest member but he is the member who has been there for the longest amount of time. The second book he wrote is filled with historical facts about South Orange and its evolution, and Thomas enlightened me with stories and information about the development of South Orange before his time and the famous people who lived here and attended his church.
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