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		By: Mr. Local History		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here&#039;s some info from a local FB page:

Posted in You Know Your&#039;re from Basking Ridge FB Group…. 

Jayna Rydzinski I honestly can&#039;t recall any Asian-Indians, Chinese or any other Asian folks living in Basking Ridge in the 1960&#039;s - early 1970s. However, I believe there might have been a few Native American families living in BR at that time.

Gregg Ammon Harris In the 70&#039; Dr. Henry Kim, his wife and son, Johnny, moved in. Both mother and father were pediatricians, father also was an emergency physician at Morristown Memorial and Johnny was a varsity soccer player at RHS (class of &#039;76, I believe)

The Matsuoka family also lived in Basking Ridge in the 70s. Bryce was RHS class of &#039;79. He played soccer and the cello. They were Korean.

Steven K. Peer Also that Chinese girl, Hope Chen, don&#039;t remember how long she was in BR. Class of 1979

Pam Robertson Yes - also the Shiba family Randy (now deceased) and Dave. Class of 1975

Robert King Benny Hsoia class of 67. Pronounced Shaw. Played in the band The Checkmates.

Robert King Kashmiry family brother and sister late 60&#039;s.

Bill Lytle Hassan Dyam (spelling) and his older brother - they lived across from the Crawford farm. They both played football.

John M Babyak I was good friends with Ernie Chen and Dave Shiba, both RHS classmates ‘77. The Chen Family lived at 55 Juniper Way, and the Shiba’s lived at 32 Culberson Road. I believe Ernie and Dave are now living in the Chicago area.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s some info from a local FB page:</p>
<p>Posted in You Know Your&#8217;re from Basking Ridge FB Group…. </p>
<p>Jayna Rydzinski I honestly can&#8217;t recall any Asian-Indians, Chinese or any other Asian folks living in Basking Ridge in the 1960&#8217;s &#8211; early 1970s. However, I believe there might have been a few Native American families living in BR at that time.</p>
<p>Gregg Ammon Harris In the 70&#8242; Dr. Henry Kim, his wife and son, Johnny, moved in. Both mother and father were pediatricians, father also was an emergency physician at Morristown Memorial and Johnny was a varsity soccer player at RHS (class of &#8217;76, I believe)</p>
<p>The Matsuoka family also lived in Basking Ridge in the 70s. Bryce was RHS class of &#8217;79. He played soccer and the cello. They were Korean.</p>
<p>Steven K. Peer Also that Chinese girl, Hope Chen, don&#8217;t remember how long she was in BR. Class of 1979</p>
<p>Pam Robertson Yes &#8211; also the Shiba family Randy (now deceased) and Dave. Class of 1975</p>
<p>Robert King Benny Hsoia class of 67. Pronounced Shaw. Played in the band The Checkmates.</p>
<p>Robert King Kashmiry family brother and sister late 60&#8217;s.</p>
<p>Bill Lytle Hassan Dyam (spelling) and his older brother &#8211; they lived across from the Crawford farm. They both played football.</p>
<p>John M Babyak I was good friends with Ernie Chen and Dave Shiba, both RHS classmates ‘77. The Chen Family lived at 55 Juniper Way, and the Shiba’s lived at 32 Culberson Road. I believe Ernie and Dave are now living in the Chicago area.</p>
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