THE WESTFIELD LEADER the LEADING and MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER in UNION COUNTY SIXTY-Foutfln R&AK—No
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THE WESTFIELD LEADER THE LEADING AND MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN UNION COUNTY SIXTY-FOUtfln r&AK—No. 19 WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1954 32 Pages—5 Cant* Increase Seen in Community Concert Features 400 Register for Heart Fund Drive Water Co. Reports Tests Juvenile Crime Russian-Born Violin Virtuoso Spring Semester Leaders Named; On Well In Kenilworth Cases Over '52 Violinist In less than a decade before the Of Adult School Camillo Chairman American musical public, the vio- lin virtuoso Tossy Spivakovsky, Civil Defense Council Police Chief Reports who will appear at Westfield High Ballroom Dancing To Collect $2,400 in Meeting Wednesday Pumps '/^-million Progress Concerning School Tuesday evening at 8:80 One Day Campaign o'clock, in the third of this sea- Leads Courses in Gallons a Day Traffic Problems son's Community Concerts, has es- Number Enrolled By Personal Visits Norman T. Sprague, Civil De- tablished himself, as the New York fense director has announced there Cases involving juveniles rose Times put it in 1962, "among the Approximately 200 people regis- Jack J. Camillo, chairman for 1 be a meeting of the Westfield Plans for Pipeline, from 28 in 1852 to 66 in 1953, ac- choicest of violinists before the tered in person Monday night for the fourth consecutive year of the Defense Council, Wednesday, at cording to the annual report of public today . His playing had the second semester of the West- local Heart Fund drive which opens 8 p.m. in the Mayor's office in the Well Field Told the Police Department presented the polish of a master of the craft. field Adult School according to an in February announced today the Municipal Building, Prospect to the Town Council by Chief Al- It had something even more valu- announcement made today by Wey- appointment of the following drive street. KENILWORTH — More water bert Ffirrmann. The number of able—a personal point of view." man O. Steengrafe, director. Pre- leaders: Mrs. Bette Schafer, co- for residents of the 20 Communities persons involved increased from Born in Odessa, in southern vious to that 60 people registered chairman; Frank Betz, treasurer; served by the Plainfleld Union 48 to 117 and of these, 118 were Russia, Spivakovsky was taken to on the closing night of the fall Mrs. Louise H. Vogt, chairman, Rescue Squad Water Co,—500,000 gallons s day boys and four girls, the report Berlin before he was two. There semester and 150 people have reg- heart receptacle committee; Don :an be provided by the com- shows. he studied violin under Arrigo istered by mail, bringing the to- aid Bagger, publicity committee pany's new well here, it was report- The greatest number of charges Serato, and later under the cele- tal number of registrations to chairman, and Charles Doerr( Officers Elected ed today by a company spokesman. against juveniles were in the dis- brated Willi Hess. He first ap- about 400. chairman, special gifts committee- Equally important, it was point- orderly person and morals cate- peared in public at the age of 10, It was announced that both Mrs. Schafer is president of the d out, is the fact there is no in- MRS. HILDA KOCH Westfleld Women's Republican gory, the report states, account- and as a wunderkind concertized classes in Pianoranging would be 1 Name Committees dication that the drawing off of ing for almost twice as many as throughout Europe, winning ac- cancelled this spring due to the Club and the organizer of numei ' To Plan Station water from the new we,ll field will in any of the other types of crime. TOSSV SPIVAKOVSKY claim as soloist with some of Eu- illnesB of the instructor, Mrs. Hel- ous shows for the entertainment interfere with other water supplies, of servicemen at Camp Kilmer. There were 19 cases of larceny, rope's foremost orchestras. en Stout. She will offer both YW Sets Annual Members of the Westfield Res- George M. llaskew, chief en- 18 of breaking and entering, 17 classes again in October. Mrs. Vogt is an organizer and gineer for the water company, an- For Spivakovsky, as for Thos. first president of the Chansonettea, cue Squad at the first meeting of of vandalism, 10 of auto thefts Mann, Albert Einstein and hun- The instruction committee, with the year at Fire Headquarters nounced these conclusions at the and violations, six of hold up and Fire Chief Gives is on the executive board of the end of a 24-hour test of the new dreds of other persona distinguish- Dr. Wilbur Harkrader as chair- Meeting, Dinner Women's GOP Club and is a mem- Thursday night, named the follow- robbery, and one each of robbery ed in the arts and sciences, the man, had a meeting following reg- ing administrative officers for well, 557 feet deep, which is lo- and burglary. Fifteen juveniles ber of tho Woman's Association of cated north of the Kenilworth Yearly Report rise of Adolph Hitler to power istration, and it was decided that the Presbyterian Church. 1054: J. A. Thomas, 514 Forest were charged with running away marked the end of an era. Spiv- the only course to be cancelled due Members to Hear avenue, president; W. H. Redlem boulevard and a short distance east from home. akovsky did not, however, come to insufficient enrollment would be of the Railway Valley Railroad Former Refugee Mr. Betz is president of the Jr., 664 Hillcrest avenue, vice- tracks. The Chief stated that "Juvenile Criticizes Lack of immediately to America; he made Photography Fundamentals. Suburban Trust Co.; Mr. Bagger, president; J. T. McAllister, 744 delinquency has been a most pro- his way instead to Australia and All of the remaining 21 differ- a town councilman and Mr. Doerr Crescent parkway, secretary and The company hopes to be at» Radio Equipment New Zealand, vAere he remained Mrs. Hilda Koch will be the thorized to drill four to six wells vocative problem throughout our ent courses will be definitely of- guest speaker at the annual meet- active in many public affairs. Mr. C. F, Fredericks, 1002 Irving ave- ration and we in Westfield are until his departure for the United fered and the only course which Camillo said, following the first nue, treasurer. In order to provide an additional Fire Chief William Linden, in a States. ing and dinner of the Westfield three million gallons daily, Mr. striving: to cope with this ever-in- has been closed by reaching max- YWCA to be held Thursday, Jan. organization meeting of tho group The proposed site which is being creasing problem. I feel that great report to Town Council stated that The young violinist first attract- imum enrollment is the 9 o'clock Saturday at which the above were Haslcew said. "The project is a the local department is still with- 28 at 7 p.m. at the YWCA. considered by the Town Council major step towards protection of progress has been made with the ed attention in America when he class in Tailoring. A refugee from Nazi Germany appointed, that this year, funds for lease to the squad for election creation of the Juvenile Confer- out radio equipment on the appara- performed the difficult "Violin will bo collected "through a per- the water supply against the mid- tus and such is a "must in fire Classes begin Feb. 1 and con- in 1938, Mrs. Koch fled to the of the new Squad Station, was dis summer shortages which have ence Committee «nd we are indeed Concerto" of Bela Bartok with the tinue for JO consecutive Monday United States to bring up her sonal solicitation campaign, not cussed uml the committees which grateful to the members of this fighting today." He reported a to- Cleveland and Pittsburgh Sym- mail order campaign. The n come to constitute an annual tal of 940 calls answered during nights ending April 5. It will be young son. Later joined by her will be necessary for its construc- problem throughout the East." committee for their devotion to a phony Orchestras so successfully possible for people to appear on husband, she has long ago gained tional organization has changed its tion were appointed. wonderful community service." the year. Report indicated that of that Artur Rodzinski, then at the the opening night and register for policy to the personal soliciation Plans also call for a new pipe- these, 69 were general alarm fires: U. S. citizenship and her family in order to keep costs of maintain- A report of the operational sec- line, 24 inches in diameter, to link Regarding traffic problems, the helm of the New York Philhar- any one of tho 20 courses where is a typically American one. Since tion indicated that in the last 40 houses, one store, five grass, monic-Symphony, invited him to vacancies exist. The office will be ing a campaign to a minimum.'' the company's eastern territory Chief reported a progressive ycav four false alarms, two apartments, the end of World War II, Mrs. He added, "the town will bo divid- quarter of the past year the squad with the terminus of the Elizabeth- "due to the time and energy spent appear with America's oldest or- open at 7 p.m. Feb. 1 to take care Koch has twice revisited Germany; made 58 ambulance calls nnd spent four garages, two out of town, one chestra in a performance of the of additional registration. ed into wards, districts and then town Water Co.'s large now pipe- by the Council in the revision- of tool shed, three factory, one re- Her last visit, during tho summor blocks for the purpose of carryii»9 1S4S man hours on resident duty at line at South Plainfleld, he stated.