M Frieda HelmstetterM. Frieda Helmstetter has gained unique insight into the character of the town and its people from her forty-year involvement in the education of Raritan children. She served as a contributing editor to a local history textbook. Jo-Ann Liptak, a thir-generation resident, traces her family roots in Raritan back to the 1880s. A retired educator and former member of the Somerset County Cultural and Historical Commission Advisory Board, she is currently a Somerset County Historical Society trustee. Read More Read Less