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Vol. 59.'(No. 47 SOUTH AMBGY, N. J...FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27,1940 Price Four Cents F. B. /. Put on Trail of Draftee I Miming For Past Five Weeks

During the season South The local draft board this week triet Attorney who may issue war- Amboy probably was ttie only mu- reptnted.to file U. S.TKstriet-At- rant and turn it over to the P. B. I. nicipality in the State of New Jersey torney Wm. B.'Smith, at Trenton, for execution. wliich aid not go to the trouble of Edward Haranowski's Kill, a 11the case f ThomaTh s J . Wliki The local board has two volun- decorating its headquarters to an ac- ;, Sayreville. Wis- teers for induction with the quota Nic Orva sad His Orchestra En- ceptable manner. Prong, 200-Pounder, Was i nitwskl has been mi&ijing from his due on Jan. 14th and back of them It would seem that some provision Largest of the Lot [home for the past five weeks and there are already examined and gaged to FUnush Music should be made eacSi year to decor- for his fa.ilure to respond to notices found acceptable for service taaininit ate city-Hall, since besides adding When the deer hunting season t» report to (the local draft board a total of 83 men In Class 1-A. This Tuesday eveciRf, one ef the out-j headquarters for physical examina- standing events la Uw saci&lcaleu-||ftsmh to the Christmas spirit, such decora- Board No. 5 Sent Out Querriesclosed Saturday night, the big party total is the outgrowth of 110 phy- JOi £ n tions would serve in a sense as a This \Vc«k 01 hurilers'aT'the*Bergen Hill*Oun| tion, the F. B. I. will now take sical examinations conducted' by lo- dar of South Asbey Cwjrxa No. 425. j ' P sort of city advertisement. Neigh- Club's lodge at Warren Grove' broke j over th^matter of ascertaining his cal physicians comprising the local Knights oo!! CclJitbus. tht!:ee annualanimali. Council President New Year's Eve anire some itime ago, and men passing the examinations 4s a aad hifciss creiwilrcreh«ura havemhavelmonyy wlwilll reign when the neww ccoun- 4ihen disappeared. Ordinarily he been er.gasedi to furnish tansie and id' hold's its first meeting for or- boy? registrants of this city, Sayreville, In the deer woods. The kill of six favorable indication as to the phy- elaborate prep«raUoas tlmt have been ganization on New Year's Day. If the suggestion was officially Parlin and Old Bridge- were placed on display in front of .would have been included In the sical condition Of the local enrollees. II ls contingent schedule to be induct- Out of the total examinations on- made lor this event, sasvae its «Jips-| understood that during the made to some civic organization like 401. Walter B. Samuel, No. 1466. Prank's Market on Boidentown ave- ing any New Year's Ev«

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women who assisted In the cam-J. liana way, Nicholas J- Hovtey, J. and competed against some of the merly of this city, but at the pres- paign. Raymond Downs, William J. Nasle. leading college stars in the country. ent time attached to the aero unit LOOKING BACK The company set aside a sum ofJohn Connors, Thomas Downs, Jr., He was just In the midst o! a suc- stationed at West Point, spent the money for the upkeep of the ambu- James McDonnell, Frank O'Connor, cessful basketball season when the Christmas holidays with relatives on 22 YEARS lance and to pay Its running expens- Stephen Connors, Frank Ryan. Ota.armistice spoiled the whole thing. Augusta street. Lieutenant Con- • • • es. An organization has been form- Lyons, James Cleary, Thomas Lovt- logue has practically fully recovered Issue of December 28, 1818 ed within the company which will.ly, Samuel J. Crozier, Thomas Cant- FJre escapes are beiriK erected on from injuries recently sustained in i • * * take care of any great emergency Ion, and John Woods, St. Mary's school building. a fall from an airplane several thous- The Eastern Coal Dock Company that might arise. However, there The floor committee will be com- and feet in the ah-. and Protection Engine Company are several calls received during the posed of the local Council Nvho are Ttie homes of a number of fam- have received 100 per cent flags for day that a girl could easily handle or have been In the military ox naval ilies in this city were thrown open their full membership In the Red without calling a Companv F man.service of the United States. on Christmas day to any soldiers Cross during the present drive. from work. It Is for this purpose that now stationed in and near this city' the members of the company would i The Board of Trustees of the South Under Captain Hlgglns there are 'lark of Zarro" The Morgan basketball team me_ t like to see a meeting of the young i Amboy Hospital assisted by the VVo-nearly one hundred soldiers station- and"defeated" an aggregation" from I women of the town called'and an i man's Auxiliary, have been tortun- (0 in this city since the outbreak ot Camp Rarltan an the 8.Mary™ organization effected. When the am-; ate In securing the Hibernian Dra- the war. At Morgan there are over At Empire Soon Court on Friday evening The line- Duiancbulancee wawass nrs firsi t uiougithoughu t oi f thee of- matlc Club of New Brunswick, ttoo d men who have ups: Morgan—Kutcher and Brlck- fleers were in touch with several of j give the two act comedy "A* man ..forwards; Docorety, center; the officerl s of ththe Woman'W' s MotoMt r YankeYanke e Visitor,Visitor" in this citt y on JJanu-i Corps of America, who are stationed ary 14 for the benefit of the hospital. I Lombard! and Tasstni, guards. it was in- * Camp Rarltan — Smith and Ml- at Eahway;, aanmd they promised to as-1 The club has kindly volunteered «»I !?*• tf sist in forminning such an organization services, which is certainly very «n- ^ those entertain^ llane, forwards; Santon, center, Wil- at their hornet son and Herman, guards. in South Amboy. erous on its part. o*» * «ri The boys will soon be returning Prank U Dey. proprietor of the a day that will never be tor- •o«* from France, some of them badly Empire Theatre, has also generous-. On account of there not being a wounded and crippled, and there will ly offered the use of the theatre free, I coo*roIe^ be more need than ever for ambu- for the presentation of the ploy. The I Joe Coley, a well known athlete of the Board of Education lances. . They will no doubt be sent Board of Trustees are hi hopes th^frsaa the upper part of the county, T,as scheduled to be held In the of- to the Colonla Hospital, and be In a people of this ci,ty will be present in now serving with the O. 8. Army In fice of the City Superintendent of position to visit their homes in this large numbers on this occasion, as, the occupation of tile surrendered Schools on Monday evening was city whenever transportation U avail- the hospital Is for the benefit of all.(German territory, has the following V* postponed until Friday evening- able. The armory on First street, It is such a worthy object that the'to say about South Amboy where he • * • will be available for a meeting when- theatre should be packed to its full TOS well known: "This is a place The men of Company P ore very ever the officials are notified. ctpaclty. | about the stee of South Amboy. but desirous of seeing a Woman's Mo- * * « tor Corps formed in this city. Ever • ... | the Birls in Greducuort did not ap- Blnce they started the movement to South Amboy Council No. 426, K. "Hank" Thomas, the popular Riv- P**l U> me like the girls in South secure the ambulance they have been of C, will hold Its annual reception le star, has been granted his hon- Amboy did. It has a railroad eta- advocating such an organization. and dance on Tuesday evening, De- orable discharge from the army and tlon, a tew cares, and a blind tiger, With the understanding that there cember 31, at Bt. Marys' Hall. The I once more in these parts. During Just lik« South Amboy." Tvould be such an organization, they committee Is composed of Edward his time In the army. Thomas has eccurcd the aid of a number ot young Trevasklss. Michael J. Nogle, Johnj played football with the army team Lieutenant John A. Conlogue, for- A41M

r b r H CJD v/r -i The only way, because it is one system of saving that Any of These Classes are at \ does not allow withdrawals-during the year. This assures Your Disposal: you, at the end of the year, the full amount you planned to save. There is no better way to save for Christmas. rxr\ Class 25 - 25 Cents Each Week Totaling $12.50 RToIL)rL J u. id. Class 50 - 59 Cents Each Week Totaling $25 JO Class 100 - $1.00 Each Week Totaling §50.00 Class 200 - $2.00 Each Week Totaling $100.00 1 Class 500 - $5.00 Each Week Totaling $250.00 It is much more pleasant to buy Christmas Gifts when the financial strain does not fall on a single month's income. Deposit a small sum weekly in our Christmas Savings Club. You will never miss the payments. But when Christmas rolls around next year, you will have a nice sum for the things you want to buy. Or you will have money for any definite purpose. VMbk'i. ' fcit Zh

^^ THE SOUTH AilfiOY Cfi'JKEW published Every Friday by THE SOUTH AMBOY CITIZEN. Inc.

J. MELFORD ROIX, Editor DITH'S drab room over- E looked a snow-cove.ed roof. Entered ts Second Class-Matter M the South Amboy Post Office Not the clean, cheery snow liki Under the Act of March 3, 1879 they had back home on the farm but a murky gray covering,' on which rested the Soot of a thou- Subscription Rates: $1.50 per Year by Mail; $2.09 by Carrier sand city chimneys. $2.00 Outside oj Zone 1. Four Cents per Copy "So this is Christmas," she Paul Biylinski moaned, leaving her chair to pace The South Amboy Citizen, Inc. COMPOSITION BESPONSD3IUTX the floor. "Oh! What I'd give to COAL—FUEL DIL be back home tomorrow!" , This newspaper will not be liable for errors appearing In any ^ The South Amboy Printing Co., Inc. g But then, Edith had two Christ- South Amboy South River tdvertisiii'g beyond the cost of space occupied by the error. t mas presents to which she could look forward. Today, Christmas eve, the mailman MUST bring her annual package from home. And HARD WINTER MEANS FIRE HAZARD tomorrow there would be Christmas This is a bard winter. The South Tecently suffered one of pinner with Ken—dear Ken who was the coldest periods in its history. Snow storms in the central working so hard these d3j-s that he could hardly take area destroyed scores of lives and millions of dollars worth of time off to think property. Many regions have experienced cold of abnormal in- 1 about Christmas. Edith heard the tensity. And the forecasts say that conditions such as this will bell ring down- probably extend well info the spring. stairs and she This kind of a winter inevitably gravely increases fire haz- skipped to her door, opening it ards. Old Man Statistics, turning to past precedents, can show softly and wailing you how many more of us will die, how much more property will tensely while the old landlady, an- be laid waste. But Old Man Statistics with his grisly- figures can '' V ,'\ ' ' swered. be beaten. We can show him that he isn't right this time. ' I Yes, it was the To take a simple illustration, a severe winter puts great niannnm! And then came the shrill cry: "Miss Harris! Mail for you!" strains on heating plants, stoves, etc. We pile wood and coal in Edith practically leaped down- the furnace, and keep the fireplace roaring. That is safe enough stairs, for there would be her pack- if our heating equipment is in good order. But that is a very age from home. Then her heart sank, for the landlady handed her Speedway Auto Sales Co. big "if indeed. Most of us tend to put off until tomorrow what only two letters, a greeting card New State Highway .. Melrose, South Amboy should be done today. If the furnace isn't quite right, we figure from her friend Margie and (of all PLUMBING AND HEATING things at Christmas!) a bill from Foot of Edison Bridge that it may get by—or that there will be plenty of time to have the department store. 228 First Street Telephone S. A. 292 $ it fixed in the future. Maybe the chimney is throwing off a bril- Edith climbed sorrowfully back to liant display of sparks—but we guess that there is no immediate her room and wept, Something was wrong, for Mother and Dad never danger. forgot her at Christmas. She cried That's the attitude fire likes. That's what makes Old Man spasmodically the rest of the day, while downstairs she heard the Statistics' forecasts of destruction come true. That's why; fire other roomers shouting Christmas costs us hundreds of millions of dollars each year. greetings as they arrived and de- Know that your heating equipment is right—don't guess. parted. And that's a job for an expert. Know too, that all other gre haz- But finally Edith consoled herself, for she could still look forward to ards in your home are under control, and reduced to the mini- with Ken tomor- mum. If you do that, this winter won't see the end of your home row I —and, perhaps, the end of lives in your family. He was due at two o'clock that day, and after church Edith hurried —i # home to get ready. At 1:30 she was seated restlessly awaiting the ,*, " TRAFFIC IS MOVING ON SCHEDULE doorbell. Most of us can remember the tremendous congestion in She'was still waiting at 2:30, for transportation which existed during the chaotic days of 1917 and Ken did not arrive. And Edith was getting hungry. 1918. Railroad service broke down. Needed shipments were de- Three o'clock passed, and Edith layed for months. But, believe it or not, that was not the fault frowned. .>.,..•• of tho nulros&L .<••-«"v ' ^~v.~—«,«v< «M.«.-..-... "What could have happened to i)t him?" she asked herself, This is shown in the 1918 report of William G. McAdop, di- At four o'clock she.cried. It was Arky's Pharmacy rector general of the United States Railroad Administration. De- too'much! First her family had for- gotten, and now Ken had chosen Your Home Drug Store Miller, Bergen & Welsh, Inc. scribing the potent causes of congestion he pointed to "the ne- Christmas day to tell her in this cessity for giving priority to shipments of government freight, painful fashion that he didn't caret Broadway and First Street South Amboy, N. J. and the lack of central control, even in a single department, to At 0 p. m. misery began mingling with th^ pangs qf hunger, Edith put decide tho degrees of importance in priority." on her coat and started to tho corner "As a result," says, a recent commentator, "the railroad restaurant. But she never got past -yards were choken with thousands of cars bearing the little red the door. There she ran into a breathless Ken. tags which called for government priority movement, with no one "Edith,; dear!" he cried. "Sorry to tell which priority had priority over all the other priorities." to be so late, but I knew you'd un- In other words, due to confusion among the maay and var- derstand when you got my note." 'But—" Edith was confused, "I ied governmental departments, railroads were forced to use thou- didn't receive any note. Ken." sands of their cars for warehouses cars which, had they been "What? But I sent a special de- livery message when the boss asked promptly unloaded and released, could have been put to work at me to finish that once moving more freight and eliminating congestion. laboratory experi- Today our preparedness program involves unusual demands ment this after- noon. What hap- for railroad service. But there is small danger that conditions of pened to it?" 1917 and 1918 will be repeated. The railroad industry has worked The blundering long and hard with the proper government departments in mak- old1 landlady an- swered him. ing plans for just such an emergency as we now face. Every pos- "Please come sible precaution has been taken to avoid .congestion—to see to it In or go out, and close the door," that freight is not loaded and shipped until it can be unloaded she barked from and delivered. In other words, freight cars are not to be used for the hall. Then— The Gundmm Service warehouses. The .railroad plant is the finest in history. Thia "Incidentally, Miss Harris, I for- Chas. Komar & Sons, Inc. got to give you these things. They LAWRENCE A. KENNY, JR., Director time the traffic is moving on schedule. arrived this afternoon." 234 First Street Telephone 288 1| ; ..•• ' —-r*—— She handed Edith the missing spe- 112 South Broadway Telephone S. A. 241 cial delivery letter—and a huge i THE RIGHT TO LIVE package from home! Edith tore into Industry— employe relations involve far more than ques- the Christmas box and found a note from Mother. They'd had a bliz- tions of wages, hours and working conditions. They involve far zard; couldn't get to town; she more than, a bare controversy over the "open" versus "closed" hoped Edith would get the package Christmas day. shop. These are issues, true enough, but wholly minor, except "- A few minutes later o happy Edith insofar as they touch upon the real issue which we all, worker sat across the table from her Ken and employer alike, face today; the issue of whether an industrial in the little restaurant around the comer. America can remain an America of individuals, without class and "And now, dear," he began very 1TTfi regardless of creed. Unfortunately, thia real issue ha",become carefully. "How about your Christ- clouded. We have been so busy looking at the trees that we have mas present for me?" "But I gave you the fountain pen. \ lost sight of the immensity of the forest. Ken," she protested. H. H. Swift, head of one of the country's largest enterprises, "Yes, silly one, and I appreciated recently listed five points that the worker is most interested in: it. But if you want to make me still happier, listen to this. The boss U "First, to be considered as an individual. Second, to feel that he came in tonight and said I'd done has a dignified and secure part in a worthwhile enterprise. Third, such a fine job on that research Ll \] u project that he was raising my sal- an opportunity to think, and at all times to express himself, about ary. Know what that means?" things that are going on about him, and to do so without creating "Not the faintest idea," Edith lied. For, after all, you can't, take the resentment. Fourth, a good pay check; that is, the going wage, words out of a man's mouth when not feeling that he is working for less than ho is worth—nor less he's about to propose 1 Marathon Bus Co. The South Amboy Construction Co. than his fellow men in equivalent work and of the same ability (Released by Western Newspaper Unfon.) EDWIN Wf. EMMONS AND KOCCO COLUCCI -M Fifth, the privilege of being let alone to live his own life." 108 So. Stevens Avenue Telephone S. A. 107 Badger Feast HENRY STREET , - SOUTH AMBOY f Even in the most rigid totalitarian economies, the worker One of tho strangest surviving Christmas customs is the badger gets paid. He has a job. He has security, at a price. But he has feast held at Ilchester, Somerset. It lost every vestige of control over what he is to be paid, of how was started by poachers in Norman lonjr or at what he is to work. More, lie has lost irrevocably the times, says the Montreal Herald, and has continued without a breaic. privilege of being an individual. He is part ofj a vast machine. The lnds of the village catch a This country is a land of individuals, of rugged individualism. bailger, kill and dress it some time before the feast. On Christmas eve The only justification for the labor union is to advance the cause it is strung on n spit over n huge of the individual; not to crush him into a common mold. The 'lire at the inn and cooked slowly. great problem of industry, as Mr. Swift so aptly pointed out, is When it is ready the party attack it with fingers and pen-!:nivep; no tho problem of the individual and of how to guarantee him a fu- cutlery ntlicf Ih;,') this i:i'allowed. ture as an individual. Unless wo can do more than offer him 1 # paternalized security, which destroys his right to live his own Swim When Manned. Cottontail rabbits are • accom- life, wo have lost the "faith that is America." plished swimmers while still young, eccordlng to John D. Beule of the co-operative wlldllfo research unit Listed Five Ways at the Pennsylvania State college. Telephone subscribers In Sao Like catti, they ovoid the water, but Paulo, Brazil, are listed under five when alarmed, even If only two classifications: name, street ad- weeks of age, they will swim dress,'buj?Ine?a or profession, post streams to escape. This phenome- "SHELL" SERVICE STATION office box and nutomoblle license non baa been observed by Beule sev- Car Wnshed,, Grca&ciL and Dumber. ....-...•. eral times while togging young tab- CaHed for end Delivered blta to study their, living habits,. .... ".A Friendly. Tayemwith tho Real Cor. 4th Sfc'STOflgcway Avenu* Bin of Rights Old JSlea, Blaiao BJstleneDleblcb 674 The first 10 amendments-to the Constitution constitute the Dill of Mnrlcne Dietrich is credited with 117 North Brwadway Telephone S. A. 397 1? Sights, making U'ousora popular for women, /, biJ ,±«i< J' W, 1'ilt

. CHURCH NEWS. i v «!**.*.w,vi~«-«i* *t~sr"ft!iiss.i.rr.yg..~'..'gsfe.£T s.^^j^xx!^ix&Sti CHRIST El'ISCOPU, CHl'RCH Organised 1S52 ifftiWirsn, Rev. Harry Stszisbury Weyrich Rector OX OUR STAGE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2Stb lay Headers John Joseph Dowlicg William Henry Johnson Choirmaster and Organist Yflshes for th Paul Zuyciiioelc I SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS December 29, 1940 Pius And ' 7:30 a. m..—Holy Communion. IfeYearl941 10:45 A. M. Presentation of Chuic.i Boris Karloff in "THE GAY CABALLERO" School. OSering, Choral EJ- With Cesar Romero eharist and Sermon. •'TIKE, APE" 7:30 P. M. Christmas Play. "The Eoly NaUvity." NEW YEAR'S DAY AND THURSDAY NEW YEAR'S EVE liist Showing in Sayrevffle, South River, South Amboy Pawlowski's Market Oppenheim's 5,10 and 25c Store I 11:45 P. M. Holy Communion los The Circumcision (New Years Dsiy). and (vicinity > 508 Washington Road j ^"tl* Broadway South Amboy, N.J. 10 A. M. Holy Communion. I Bins Crosby, Mary Martin, Basil Rathbone, in "Look not mournfully iuvo the past; It comes not back agi'j! "Rhythm On The River" Wisely improve the PMSMH- It Is thine I Also Go forward to meet the shaan Interesting and helpful 90 Proof cervlce. Quart Guckenheimer Blend Tomorrow Monday ONE DAY ONLY Thursday WATCH NIGHT SERVICE 90 Proof Quart •TUES. AT FIRST BAPTIST Old Crow Rye 2—FEATURES—2 Continuous Performance 100 Proof MILUOMS OF READERS 2—FEATURES—2 NEW YEAR'S DAY A Watch Night Service, beginning 4/5 Quart lOOOtherGoodBuys COULDirTPUTtTDOVJM! at 11 P. M. Tuesday evening has been arranged at the First Baptist FULL LINE OP CHATEAU MARTIN, MISSION BELL, And now It tprings to thrill' Church. inq life on the screen I 2—FEATURES—2 A program of spechl music has LA BOHEME AND OTHER WINES been planned and Howard Smith, organist, who appeared at the ch- To All Our Customers—A HAPPY NEW YEAR Jano's urch recently, will give on organ re- cital, and there will also be a short best and address by Paul Currie, student at UMGN WINE AND LIOUOR STORE biggest the Eastern Baptist Seminary. MAX ZlMMEIMiIAN. Proprietor IWtowlng the service, there will TELEPHONE 438 picture be a social hour in the social room 631 BORDENTOWN AVENUE FEATURE NO. 2 by far! downstairs. i FEATURE NO. 2 jjSg»K3Srt3Btmtaagtari»<«iiW^ ill! tf •: iK^^ai. :i iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifm^ii^liiiiHiai niiaiii nil iin

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ADDED AITRACTION' FOR THE LADIES •>•••• South Amboy Daylight Bakery Gruntcrs and Groancrs '•' 103 NORTH BROADWAY TELEPHONE S, A. 153 . IS DANK NIGHT Lonesome Stranger PLAYIUCKY DINNERWARE A'Happy New Year

It was severel weeks ago that we LET THE SPmiT Or KINDLINESS AND HOSPITAHTy THAT TODAY . '-commented here about the cleverness j GLOWS WITHIN US ALL riHO EVEN GRCATCa IXVBtSilOH «f one of the recently elected Coua- cilmea who.acquired an Iron door' AS SEASONS COME AND SEASONS CO THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. mat so thit? office seekers wouldn't! DISCOUNT •wear out iUs Jront porch. How we I have to sorrowfully report that he ON ALL OUR FINE CLOTHING no. longer lias that door mat—some RAR1TAN DINER Frank's Market -one stole it. AND FURNISHINGS • Telephone S. A. 171 fill Bordentown Avenue Telephone S. A. 277 * Uardentown Avenue Oh, by the way . . . For 3 Days Only . . .

What well known local politician • , _ ^ . *__ i has been told to be sure to stop la a certain local residence New Years jnorning before he goes toi the Coun- SAT. MON. TUES. cil meeting, "or else?" DEC. 28 DEC. 30 DEC. 31 What ever happened to the old fire ' Open These Evening* bell that used to hang in the steel oea icwer beside City Hall? if * Where Quality Rules Why Is a city politician still car- No Charges No. C. O. D.'s rying In his pockets a list of com- mittee appointments, when the HP-1 No Charge for Alterations yolntments were made almost half a year ago? * Shoes and Price Fixed Merchandise Excepted What well known local former business man Just finished a year's 'worrying about the threat of a AT JOE JEROME'S TAVERN, L. BRIEGS & SONS .Keaasburg watitrcss to sue him? way and Scott Avenues Telephone S. A. 557 PERTH AMBOY, N. J. What well known local politician was asked some time ago if he was 611 Dordentown Ave. Tel. S. A. 277 "carrying a white carnation in his FREE DELIVERY buttonhole?" RESERVATIONS STILL OPEN South Arahoy . What has happened lately to the ^ Specials for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Dec. 20, 27, 28 former baseball pitcher who served in the World War with the 312th -Field Hospital, 303 Sanitary Train? Ana what has happened to "Wide •Open," the lad who was once one •of the most popular men about town, !• ,but hasn't been seen around town • EVERYTHING SOLD AT THE for a long time? E LOWEST PRICES ALLOWED Blue Moon Bavarian Hormel's Spam and Saturday night the Four Horsemen BY THE A. B. C. met close to a local lunch wagon and Spread Cheese 15c TreetorPrem 23c

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Meteors travel in streams, smd th« ! . . tl* Wctu/.y line ol Briyiton Are'. New t'rfcaa Probtenis ! AU taois ©rna&ss ''kita sracta c«r jpsjcels ^ mse twenty -six EIK! fifty k^miretit&s Population trends, revealed by the earth, traveling around the sun, oa ber tweaty-four (£4) OQ Block Jilty-. Hxt to I of iaiul-s£d pKssaiSis UniuKa pareic- j (26.60) tout to tie point ana place of four (&4) £4i &&QWB oa & Oi.-rts.ln rasp en* . < . , N» - 1840 census, which etiowedj|. these nights crosses one of tiia tdtE«d "Map. ci' PotUoa vt th« dty of her twe 'tag'Ci Sii'Cuy tif Fcrti-i Aznbojf- iboy, y riawiirtlremaininng Perth A3ii»y Blsowlng Avenue Vim . b S i part of lot 24. oa tim East by Brighto i& Oooipany'py s Pitjjicrtyjy " m&da by C. three ii; na suburban development, BEISO pal of loss £4 aad '29 on Bioci I Avenue, on toe south by reimdning part c nnmaan c . E.E , aiut more p»rt3ct3 - half of confront' municipal authorities with •' &4 &£ s^i-.'itt'c R.T'ji^ ^Ssiii?2iai*'d oil' ft OlT" «f lot a6 nad on the West by lands, now ularly <2cBoribcd ca follows, to wit: Block f r A NEW MIRACLE Of GASOLINE tUiUi taap. su«U^3 *'Mwp ol & portion of or late, of E. R. Noe, ta isaa down on BEGINNING 6* a point ojj.tiia W«st- earnesa i cumbet thougnr of tproblem and intelligens callingt apfo-r CHEMISTRY ibe Cii; of rv«4i Acat»y. tlwwing. tis said inszi. eriy sl(ie of Brighton Avenue disUint oce proach. TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO htuidred End four (104) feet Northerly .. A. «. £VS»K»« The subject was well presented by\%] II.n I II E C II M A f A Ks°1'* tiie right to the use ot me Southerly from teae Northwe Middlesex two (22) on said map: tbeiice BasUriy loesi Ux Us\"ies. ! population of the country increased Brighton inaa **coty*ix and fifty County Clerk's office In Book 558 ol, along last said line and parallel «ith $53.50 HecogniEins ,the importance of, 213 j^j cent," Mr- Pomeroy point- cistntaiaing a sound educational • ec| outi "wiule from 1930 to 1940 it ijstesa, eScirls are directed upon increased slightly more than the ha- Donald f/Jeed, Jr. iaviuss which will not injure high tlonal Increase, seven per cent, educational standards but which will: "The rural population increased reduce costs through greater effi-'lrom 1920 to 1830 only 4.4 per cent, GENERAL ' ciincy. I as against 27.3 per cent for urban. Those who sceff at the possibility From 1930 to 1940, the increase of INSURANCE of tills may be surprised to learn rurai population stepped up to about BROKER that thoroughly reliable factual evi-,the national average, just under 7 deuce supports the aims of the tax-1 per cent.. Urban population is now payer eroups• increasing at approximately the same Telephone S. A. 44 Speaking at the tenth annual, ratfi, slightly over 7 per cent; the mcvtaig of the New Jersey Taxpay-1 other slightly under for the past dec- 237 BORDENTOWN AVE. trs' Association recently, Alvin Bur-1 aae. per, director of the Department of "If tills trend of slowing in the Governmentaent l RResearch of the State population of the country increases, Chamber of Commerce, revealed that the population will reach maximum [ cper-iiing' costs oi New Jersey's edu- oi uppioximately 140,000,000 in about cational system can be reduced by 1855, will remain stationary until betw«a £8,000,000 and $10,000,000 1970, and then begin to decline. This HAVE YOU VISITEP annually "without impairing the ef- is the estimate of the Scnpps Foun- ticieiu\v or adequacy of our school dation for Research in Population &crv;ees aiwt without cutting salar- Problems, and is based on the low John's New Round ies." estimate of future population, which Since part of these savings could (jssumes no net immigration after be Uifd to improve the general qual- 1940; medium mortality; low fertil- Bar ity of the educational system, the ity. If the birth rate does not con- final results would be to give taxpay- tinue to drop, as it b now, and we ers materially greater returns from assume a net gain of 100,000 per In Mechanicsviile public education for far less money. year by immigration, the maximum A savins of at least £6,000,000 an- population for the United States of It's the Newest, Nicest. Longest nually can be made, for example, by approximately 158,000.000 will be in Town. Join the Ever In- increasing average class sizes from reached by 1080." creasing Crowd- It Attracts the present 24 pupils to 30 pupils. Nightly This Is in accordance with recom- Important factors in connection mendations in the Mort Survey No. with the trend, continued Mr., Pome- NIC onvo 1, dealing with school costs and econ- roy, are a decrease in the number And Ills Tea for Two Orchestra omies, and which, By the way, was of children, an Increase in the up- Every Saturday Night financed by the State Teachers' As- per age brackets and a growth of the Hall for Rent (or All Occasions sociation. laboring class. Fewer children mean An additional $1,500,000 can be an adjustment of school facilities Banquets, Weddings and All Eaved by creator efficiency in janitor- and administration. Increase of the Social'Events ial services in the school districts. upper large brackets means more peo- ple who will require old age assist- SU1I more savings recommended by ance, adjustment of public health Johnny's This Year is a Happier, Merrier One Because Burger include co-ordination of pur- programs to care for the greater chasijiK text books and other educa- % f tional supplies, maintenance, fuel. In-. number of senile disease cases and Of Christmas Clubs surance. etc.. and by elimination of I recreation plans placing more em. Half Way House unwarranted mandatory laws affect-! Phasis on advanced age groups, John Wnjclcchowsil, Prop.' tag school expenditures. Other roads! Likewise to be considered are the to economy lie in abolition of the of. changing pattern of occupational op- 533 Ridfreway Avc. flco of county superintendents, dls-1 Portunitics for urban population and coatinuaacc of one or more of the the accumulation of a large depen- six state teachers1 colleges and re- dent BrouP. already a reality in oreanltatlon of school transportationlrnanv citlcs> bringing an added tax facilities. foburden tforBp the lysuppor fOr t reofUef unemployed Certain factors, of course, will re-| «*-^ JULIUS O. ENGBL, Sheriff. EQUIPMENT TO KEEP GEORGE h. DUHTON, Solicitor. 260,000 WORKERS »04»20.400 13-13-41 Busy. DEPOSITS INSURED SHERIFF'S PALE • In Chanocry of Now Jersey * iBetwten, TOE -PERTH AMBOY 6AV- The federal Deposit Insurance Corporation rJTOS INSTITUTION, a corporation ot Now Jersey, Complainant, ana DEATIUCB WASHINGTON, D. C. COHEN Aim EDWARD OOHE37. Her bus- banfl, .elunjB,, JDetautants. ™,EL Fa- tor MAXIMUM INSURANCE tbo Bflle of imortgagsd premises CeAtd ' FOB EACH DEPOStTOrV OF POUCVOWNERS' MOMEV IN Decanter 0. 10(0. PROPERTIES AND MORTGAGES IS ENOUGH By virtus of ths above stated Writ, to mo directed and delivered. X will espoea TOQIVE MODERN HOUSING FdSt to Mile fit publio venduo on MORE THAN 6,600,000.PERSONS, TUB Eioirrn DAY O? JANUARY, A. D,, 1941 khlhk'i\ UUAJMilJU. T<, l'J4

f*M 1*0 * ^1 III St. Mary's School Notea '•Seal Cejjsss ti Mi fey fiitmcl By Jaffi£s T. Tedgf. 1LA. •• * it- fe*«" la.V'wi&iassidisy 5iartr<"*: ^So1--isS^saasSiF- ssamfely of' S*. Sioaar al. Pmice. The action portrayetd the spiritual, is c«n-« *=ir,su: oaUy routine of the boys and girls from anything taawrul sy u.are ci the village. The English lesson than We can come irwa wsueUvjis consisted of en oral composition by y without life. Keaw dU ;-*! osa -'^ai Nebus, describing the Christmas Straul> s Market Wishes for the habit (nothias CJLII g;v* ; *iai :i customs that prevail in France. At , &a Xi phi*. UA coocluuon a short marionette play Carl II. fetrxub. sophic axiom, u tu> true u^v as was r.veu in English, portraying the ever. I cinnos, eiv you Siw.j*if j Christmas spirit of America. Be- Full Line of Turkeys, ChuLiits, <;«cs«, Ducks, Etc. am without funds; I taxaa eive ivreen the scenes, an old folk song For New Year's. Of dor "Yours Now NewTear 1941 fciv< ody &n *as sung m French. Trie t renew you aa applpp e it I h y 110 North Broadway TclManion, Edward Sibol were mem- bers of the class taught by Mam'- 139 North Broadway Telephone S. A. 453 I silt. Fifth and sixth grade pupils IUKTK pan in the marionette show. j They were Jean Dowllng, Thomas 'Keyes, Rose Mary Bloodgood, John | O'Brien. In conclusion the entire least sang "Silent Night." i Tlie silent attention of the student ibody was evidence of their appreci- ! alion and enjoyment- APPY I through generation fana the par- Our English Class Hers's Wishing All pf Tmi ents In the same way as th* bixSy. the sophomores of the For the soul Is. a stable &ui*s.ta^ce;i -I.,.,.;,,.) 0 division finished reading it has no parts- Trie theory, Uicre.'Th"^"^e Hous' e of the Seven Gables," fore, that the child's soul vs tnsde by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The days through the combination at scaae following the completion of the read- iort of spiritual cells is s.!su:J. If tng were spent In discussion of the we admit the nature cl th« so>ul &s novel. We said the story is a ro- it has been outiuied in tOTcedics mance. Immediately the boys dis- articles. If we assert tfc* Iasiate- ••IIow could it be a ro- riality of the human soul-*ub- cs: s they asked. "A romance tance, there Is no ^vt^i^^tasawvBnttiafeHit^ tal generation. "Tiie House of the Seven Gables There Is only one possible Is aa example of a romantic novel. n&Uve. The human saul u The story Is a romance In Its char, by God. Creation mtaaas simply actcrs. Its settings and its atmos- McCloud's Market and literally the tn^fctrny tj scsne- phere. , ' thing out of nothing. It is hard "Die boys were subdued, and class H 135 North Broadway = Telephone S. A. 146 W to picture creation; C&coosctoudy continued. We are looking forward our minds begin to confuse it with to continuing our study of the novel transformation, the mating of wa- next year when we read Silas Mar- ter from hydrogen and oxygen, tor ner by George Eliot. instance, or the desisniss cf a Sally Ann Qulnlan. lew Year Greetings new dress. All material thtecs m • • that we seel around us are the re- Mag the cheer of the gear... M&it&t&nt el the good. THE SOUTH AMBOY sult of chance, not ot crcaUoa ci- Classroom Decorated xectiy. Following the age old custom, the Hay contentment and IQIJ COQJ ;su tt&i various classes ot St. Mary's High BUSINESS DIRECTORY The human sou) is spiritual, and, end Grammar Schools have decor- therefore, not subject to any proc- ess ot transformation. If it is pro- ated the rooms with artistic taste. duced at all. and we have inevita- Again we visit in spirit the Crib COAL AND WOOD INSURANCE ble proof ot Its existence iX must ot Uie Christ Child In , 1941 be produced by Cod Himself. Re and we raise our hearts and voices alone exists of Himself; He alceie In that beautiful anthem, "O Come has Infinite poser; lie alone can Let Us Adore Him." •create. There Is no ottwr *ay that John Kaboskl. PAUL BRYUNSKI C. T. MASON the human soul can exist ' • * • A. SEPKA (Successor to R. P. Mason) When did your soul besia to ex. Athletics ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR 1st? It Is Interesting to speculatp e Friday. Dec. 13, witnessed the first FUEL OIL that It has eslstel d frota all eter- game ot the season, when the boys! .125 NORTH FELTUS STREET ' TELEPHONE S. A. 9S INSURANCE game ot the season, wh y CONCRETE BLOCKS IN nityy,. or that perhappps this ts Uie ot St. Mary's played away from thei perenniaill modedl T . IS aay bayb * RELIABLE UNITED STATES bad many owners before semeiuw PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANIES It got mixed up with you. Then again. If you are a psaUslst. you AIL KINDS OF EXPLOSION INSURANCE think you are really a part of the NOTARY PUBLIC •God that made you. oae ol the b51- FEED AND GRAIN 231 First Street ' Sonth Amboy Jions of tiny emanations ot the all- pervading Divine force. Interesting conceptions, these, Old Lehigh and YVilkcs-Barre and they can be neither proved nor disproved In their, entirety. St CP.BOSTWICK • you wish to assert that your own soul existed from time Immemorial, COAL there Is no convincing decvoa&lra- Insurance Of Ail Us tion to prove you false. B,ut swi CENTER AND ELM STS. Fire. Automobile. Liability arc making a gratuitous assump- Explosion, Casualty, Etc. tion—there is not a shred ot «vt* Telephones: Surety and Fidelity Bonds 'dence that will uphold sour view. South Amboy 7 Sooth River 8 Telephone 60 There Is no sufficient reason that tho soul should haw existed thus 120 Eoscwcll St. Booth Amboy unconsciously since the dawn ot time. Pantheism is a somewhat differ- ent matter- It can be sho\ra that Jacob J. Jacobsen God Is of His nature slaiUdty U- NOTARY PUBLIC sell; He can have no parts. How Old Bridge Coal Co. you and I and Napoleon and JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Caesar and that dog running down Dealer in HIGH GRADE Seal Estate—Insurance the street can all be parts ot the W- representative of the American vlne Indivisible substance Is a proa- Automobile Association Jem that no pantheist can satisfac- Lehigh Coal and Wood torily explain. 114 B. Broadway South Ambof Again scholastic philosophy holds Also Broad Top Soft Coal Telephone 020-J :the common sense position. "Rio Main Office -soul is of Its nature ordained to union with the body: It Is at Its 235 Feltua St. South Amboy PLUMBING AND HEATING .best In union with the body. > Whmt more natural,' then, than that the Telephone 182-W soul is created by God at the mo- ment conception takes place? From Branch Office, Old Bridge, N. J. .a practical point ot view this Ques- Telephone 182-B-2 G. T. tion Is ot the greatest moral Im- portance. Many materialistic t FRANK PAZDAN, Proprietor .ers of thel day Justify afcortlon, the destruction ot the child la the Sanitary and womb, on the ground that the hu- man foetus is not truly man. Abor- tion, they hold, is but the destruc- Heating Engineer tion ot a living mass, and It PAINTS. ETC. amounts to nothing more than the, MERCO OIL BURNERS killing of a plant or oa antaat. Telephones. A 292 But It cannot be denied .that the Telcplione 435 embryo In the womb Is on incipient 228 First St. South Araboy human being; life begins as soon as the vital principle begins to «p-j EUGENE A. MORRIS erate. 'From the moment ot coa-i ception the human cell Is destined! Paints, Oils and Varnishes to be a man, not a plant or an Mil- • Hall mal. There is only one soul in raan, Brushes, Glass, Bronzes the rational soul. Therefore, the Rates Furnished Upon Request child in thel womb Is as much a Gold Leaf, Stains, Etc human being as you or I—It has ] Wall Paper the inalienable right to life as] much as we and only God who K»VO1 238 First Street South Amboy us that life has the right to tafeel H. LEWIS it nwoyj To kill the innocent, by! PLUMBING AND abortion or any other means, cati-j CARPENTERS & BUILDERS HEATING no tbo lawful. Origin ot Chorea Oil Burners Origin ot the word church la from P. O. Box 492 With Internationally Famous the medieval English chirche; de- j FRANK A. MACEDULSKI "BALL FLAME" rived originally, from the Greek Ky- i CARPENTEB and nTJILDEB 138 John Street South Amboy Tiakon, (the Lord's House.) ! Jobbing Promptly Attended To Telephone 681 Albatrosses Fly Around World Estimates Given Ornithologists and seamen believe AUTO PAINTING that most albatrosses Qy around the South Arnboy, N. J. world several Umc3 during the course of their lives, says Collier's, ACETYLENE WELDING SIMONEZINO DODY WOEB First Appendicitis Operation The first appendicitis operation performed was reported by Mcsti* vier in 1759 and the pathological ap- Webb's Auto Body Shop pearances were clearly described in JOHN J. CROSS OEOHGE WEOD the nutopsy. . , ' ISLECTRIC AND... ' Brain of American Imilaa - 7"ACETYTLENB 'WEtDINlJ ~ The overage cranial capacity of the early American Indian was 1,471 Gcncral Repairing cubic centimeters for the male and Bcotl ATtntia ; Soath AmlHar 1,800 cubic centimeters {or the fe- DAVID AND MAIN STREETS . male. •-..• • • '." ...•••- TcSephoao B. &. BBS PMJ1

it u^t the te-m has elevated 'it-mi- ;«sMs«*aBSi_jo!_-!_i &st&fc§g&s-!^ -31a£i?iJs*%£is>^i&B$6is*Uis^^%ii&'"*si o cc at competition in the city to i-gi point. HAPPY NEW YEAR! oetii organized all of the : local. teams were building' Telephone S. A. S57 records wiih the hope in ; 108 North Broadway they could be matched BOB BEATTIE, ilgr. Free Deliveries .<-a Ue highly "touted Collucci man-! 6«: Sunshine—Very. «;y., very. £culty In trying to schedule a game1 8un Oil - 30 18 i Fence—Scaieti^s* ts j-:^i *sa. •with the Clowns. It seems, from f Be Santis Tavern 29 i», Pick—FWA worker's ar=_-£»- the stories that we Save heard, that it John Half Way Stop 28 tile former Hofiman High champs;? Zall's _ - . 21 2' | got a, ta coop la. are evading every challenge that is;f, Mechanksville S. C 20 28; Praise—Scesetiasis cs»:_sis . par. cflered them by local teams. !j Gus George's Tavern 18 »; ty picture We undeptand that Bill Colucci. Casey's Milkmen 19 •Baby—Wat. wahi is the booking manager of the club, f Supreme Laboratory 15 30 Gutter—M_ny's tisa -fci siau roll- And vse also know that when theQ Builman's Essa 16 32 ed in 'em . . . aUee fijs.. too. | former is affiliated with an/ sporting 11 Raritan Diner - 16 32 Alley—Let's See. Firs; s-ii Second organization In the capacity of book-j street's got one. ing manager, he never schedules a i Nebus Plumbing Monday Night Scores Pocket—Two baii: 1-3 Si£ Bate's, same unless he believes the edvers-ij Anton-ChuckO) E50 931 S78—2757 and the women try fear fciai. &rg to be a colorful combine which fj 106 North Broadway Telephone S. A. 503 Rariten Diner(G) Forfeit Stucks—Ask SiB E^se-.'.^-]. will prove a credit to both the club|« Strike—Ask the CIO S5K«-X lUst and the fans. |J Mechanicsvilie (2) 809 S37 917—2663 one I Therefore, with this thought in',I; DeSantisd) 860 789 848—2497! Touch—Got fire t 1 mind, this corner is of the belief that'' ! Miss—-Somethxs two The Clowns will perform against the'I s* Zall's (2) 898 858 973—2723! kind of . . and U; •y bt.-ia nutss up other local teams of the city. The, V %4 John'sH.W.S.U) E01 956 851—2603'a man's game. • cuidid opinion is that Colucci is not j 5 I Apple—AsSc the guy wiwteased in1 purposely evading games with the!L. Hoffman Drug Store Casey's (0) 715 745 794—2254, the tenth- (Catholic Club and the Qus George ^ % SunOilO) 756 875 905—2535 Ba(w) II—Imperial a ice* rimps team, but wul schedule them for the j to Broadway and Augusta St. South Amboy 3. I do it when they tnj_i titfr «%a TO>- i iiiore important games of the season. Era T if i Heiner'sO) nn 959 801 805—2755 bed. " | But no matter what form of show- vi n Bullman's(O) 002 838 822—2562 Good Shot—Name iccre