Girl Scouts Present Home Baked Bread
Recalling Betty Frazee and Colonial Times in Scotch Plains-Fanwood

On Sunday, June 1, at the historic Cannonball House in Scotch Plains, area Girl Scouts in the Washington Rock Council (Shown in photo) presented home baked bread and took part in other activities to earn a patch for their sashes. The activity was inspired by Blanchard Hiatt of the Fanwood Scotch Plains Rotary Frazee House restoration project to raise awareness of Frazee House and the long-term effort to fund its restoration. The house has stood for nearly 250 years near the intersection of today’s Terrill Road and Raritan Road in Scotch Plains. In the latter part of the 20th century the site was home to the Terry Lou Zoo. Girl Scouts met from 1 to 3 p.m. at Cannonball House in Scotch Plain and engaged in colonial games, butter-making and other activities to earn a Colonial Life and Times patch. The Historical Society of Scotch Plains Fanwood, which manages the Cannonball House, kindly hosted the event for the girls. Denise Hughes, president of the Fanwood Scotch Plains Rotary Frazee House, Inc. said, “We’re developing ambitious plans for the building and grounds around Frazee House and we look forward to holding this event, in the future, at the Frazee House site..” Community awareness and financial support of the Frazee restoration is vital to its completion. “Bread baking reminds us of the story of Betty Frazee and her encounter at the kitchen door with the Redcoats,” said Hughes. “In time, we hope that Betty and her bread, and Scotch Plains-Fanwood, will be as familiar to Americans as Molly Pitcher and the Monmouth battlefield.”