Editor Karl Nash, taught Ridgefielders about themselves
Jack Sanders
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While most people considered him a newspaperman, Karl Nash was really a teacher. His subject was Ridgefield and his students were its residents. As a country newspaper editor and publisher over 60 decades, he spent his life telling townspeople about themselves, their neighbors and their institutions.
Born in 1908, Karl Seymour Nash was descended from several founding families of the town. His Main Street homestead had been in his family since 1708.
His father died when Karl was 13, and his mother, Christie, was left with five children and little money. She worked as a librarian at the Ridgefield Library almost next door to their home. As the oldest child, Karl helped care for the children and did many chores. He later delivered milk for his grandfather’s Walnut Grove Farm in Farmingville.