Previously, meetings were held in a piano factory on Church Street. July 1916 Five shark attacks, four of them fatal, take place in a period of 12 days, in Monmouth and Ocean counties. The Phyllis Wheatley Club, an organization for black women, is formed with 23 members. The post office at 155 Main St. is built. In April 1974, plans for its renovation and expansion are announced.
Members purchase supplies with their own money.
Matawan United Methodist Church and the adjoining John Terhune House at 147 Main St. are torn down to make way for the expansion of the post office and construction of a parking lot and a commercial building. Matawan celebrates its 300th anniversary with various activities, including a parade and food fair. Dell's Meat Market on Church Street closes. The 82-year old store, operated by Frank Dell and brother Paul, was opened by their father, Frank A. Dell, in 1906. Frank A. Dell died in 1942.