![]() ![]() Other curious and questionable instances have occurred at the Center for the Arts, and can’t be explained. “It was a clear ‘hey, how are you?’ too.” She hadn’t been upstairs either, I was the second floor all by myself,” said Macready. So, I went downstairs and asked my volunteer if she needed me. “Several months ago I was upstairs and I heard a ‘hey, how are you?’ and I thought someone wanted me downstairs. Often times, Macready will stay into the early hours in the morning, occasionally until 4 a.m. “Dan was a very reasonable individual, too,” said Macready. We think it’s because we give him credit, it should’ve been called the Ballinger farm if he was running it on his own. “I’ve never seen him and Ann has never seen him. The teacher, Dan Hines has since passed away, and identified the man as Ballinger through old photographs of family members displayed in the kitchen. The man never said anything, just nodded and walked in,” said Mason. He told the man even though the art reception was over, but he could come in. He was leaving through the side door and saw a man dressed in a suit. “One time, there was a teacher here from seven to nine. I think every once in awhile Raymond shows up because it was never called the Ballinger farm. In the 50s, the Jaggard family bought it. “It was always called the Evens farm after that. “I’ve had teachers tell me Raymond Ballinger married one of the Evens girls,” said Janice Mason, an art teacher at the Center for the Arts and founder of the New Jersey Pastel Painters Society. Those who work in the Center for the Arts occasionally work late, and have encountered a different kind of visitor. “The building is owned by the township now it’s a historic site, it cannot be sold,” Macready said. Eventually, the home had reconstructive and restoration work done, and in 1999 the Center for the Arts moved in. The property was purchased by Evesham Township in the mid-1950s. ![]()
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