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ANK REGISTER 10 Cents 10 Cents ANK REGISTER PER CORY. JVOLTJME LXXIV, NO. 44. BED'BANK, N. J., THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1952 SECTION ONE—PAGES 1 TO 16. Schools Set Dates Hebrew Society. Honors Charter Members Mrs. A. Ei Burdge For Registration. Form Grand Jury Board Holds. Children planning to enter Bed Of Little Silver ' Bank public schools next fall may Association of Public Hearing register at the -following schools on, the designated days: Tuesday, Heads Countv PTA May 6, at Oakland Street school; Monmouth County On Transfer Thursday, May 8, Fort Monmouth Winners in Council school; Friday, May 8, River Officers Elected Most Parents Agree Street, and Monday and Tuesday, Civil Defense Poster Hay 12 and 18, Mechanic Street And Charter Members With Wort to Contest Are Announced The purpose of the pre-sohool To Act as Trustees Alleviate Congestion roundup is two-fold. It enables ALLENTOWN—Mrs. A. Edwin sohool authorities to review the Presentation of the certificate of With a few exceptions, the board Burdge of Little Silver was elected expected fall school population In incorporation to the Grand Jury of education at a publio hearing president of the Honmoutli County and gives an opportunity for each Association of Monmouth. county last Thursday night at the Branch Council of Parent-Teacher associa- child to have a medical and den- was made by Ralph S. Pearce, Avenue Junior high school on a tions, at the annual meeting last tal evarainatlon. Chairman, Everott E. Smith and proposed pupil transfer, seemed to week, at Upper Freehold township To register their children, par- Robert J. Runyon of the by-laws have the support of parents of high school. ents must bring the child's birth and constitution committee, at a children involved. Mrs. Charles Ferguson, vice certificate, evidence of vaccination meeting held recently at the Old The board has proposed, in an president'of the New Jersey. P.T.A. and all other health' data. In or- Orchard Country club. effort to alleviate overcrowdedneas installed the following, in addition der to be eligible for enrollment In Elected to office for 1953 were at the Mechanic Street school, to to Mrs. Burdge f Mrs. John Polhe- the kindergarten.in'Sept,< 1952,. a Willis A.-Woolley, Long Branch, move the sixth grade from that nras, Neptune; Mrs. John Preston, child's fifth birthday must occur president; Thomas S. Field, Jr., school to tho River Street school. Mlddletown village; Mrs. Milton on or before Nov. 1, 1952. The Middletown, vice president; Percy At the same time it proposes to Roberta, Terrlneville, and Mrs. board of education has ruled that C, Ryder, Interlaken, secretary and move the seventh and eighth Lewis E. Smith, Jr., Highlands, all children entering the Bed treasurer; Norman Oakley, Way- grades from the Branch Avenue vice presidents, Mrs. Robert Grant, Bank public schools must bo suc- side, chairman of planning commit- Junior high school to River Street Bradley Beach, recording secre- cessfully vacclnatedor bring evi- tee; Nicholas J. Connors, Long because Indications are that by tary; Mrs. Herman O: Wiley, Bed dence from their family physi- Branch, public relations chairman, 19S4 rooms in the Branch ave, Bank, corresponding secretary, and cian. Tho school doctor, Dr. Phil- and Charles Frankcl, Asbury Park, building will be needed for high Mrs. Richard Silver, Manasquan, ip Costa, the school dentist, Dr. attorney. school purposes. treasurer. Two hundred and forty- Eugene Newman, and the school' Those against the proposal seven delegates attended the all- nurse.'Miss Harriet Francis, B.N., The charter members who will will be in attendance. act as trustees are Mr. Woolley, Mr. seemed to have no specific objec- day session. ' Runyon, Mr. Smith, Mr. Pearce, tions to the move, but were just Speakers at the morning session Irene J, Vores, Ira Wilbur Jackson, opposed to the transfer in general. were Charles I* Worth,, supervis- William D. Ayers, Mr. Field, Mr. Says Children lough* • ing principal of Upper Freehold Oakley, Nicholas J. Connors, Earl township schools, and Joseph L. Fourth Charter F. Van Hlse, Sheldon L. Woodruff, One man, however, asked what Clayton, county • superintendent of Frank A. Gray, Mr, Ryder, Aubrey protection the board would give schools. B. Howland, Richard Switlik, 'Law- Mechanic fti'd Branch Avenue stu- dents at River at Askedby-John- Night Observed Thirfesn charter members of the Ladies'-Hebrew society Finkelstein, Mrs. Sadie Rueckhaus, Mrs. Lena Cohen, Mrs. Es- rence R. Burdgo, Oscar J. Munroe Praises P.T.A. and Raymond F. Dodd. Giblon what he meant, he replied of Red Bank 'were honored ahspecial ceremonies at the Temple ther Felsmat), Mrs. Bertha Madansky and Mrs. Lena Straus protection against tha narcotics Mr. Clayton praised the mem- Upon accepting the office of presi- bers for services rendered in com- By Kiwanis Club of the Congregation B'nai Israel, Sunday. The women were Other charter members, unable to attend, are Mrs. Sarah Hur- threat which he thought would ba munities. He said "School people dent, Mr. Woolley pledged his untir- greater at River st. than at other ,witz, Mrs. Sarah Yanko, Mrs. Gussie Goldberg, Mrs. Ida Pinack, ing cfrorts to promote and carry out everywhere are depending on the Lincroft-Holmdel given life memberships in the society.' Pictured,'left to right, the objectives of the newly formed schools and against lethal weapons support of the P.T.A. to aid them are Mrs. Anna Grand, Mrs. Ida Swartz, Mrs. Henrietta Katsin, Mrs. Anna Lefkowitz Goodman, Mrs., Gertrude Seigfried, Mrs. which he said might be carried by in solving school problems." Group, Holds Diniie.-, organization which are: pupils in that part of town. He Mrs. Sophia Gordon, Mrs. Rose Kerber, Mrs. Sarah Levinsky, Fannie Weinstein and Mrs. Anna Mindlen. To Increase tha effectiveness of added his son objected to going In the past two and a-half years, the grand jury system; to Impress Mr. Clayton stated, 150 classrooms At Crystal Brook. Inn Rabbi. Arthur H. Hershoh, Mrs. Anna Meistrich, Mrs. Bertha to River Street school because- have been added to Monmouth upon the members their responsi- children up there went "tough".. bilities, and to acquaint them with Mr. Glblon, replied the board county schools,' but that school of- Sixty-seven members, their wives the powers and duties delegated to ficials are still.called uopn to' ap- and gueste attended the fourth Firemen to Hold Lombardo to Conduct them by law, whon serving as grand would not tolerate Any criticism prove the, use of emergency class- charter night* anniversary dinner Many Eye Operations Performed jurors; to aid the legally constitut- of the River Street school or its rooms, as enrollment continues to and dance held .Saturday evening Open-House Party Show From Field House ed authorities in obtaining for the administration or entertain e.ny~ increase. Mr.' Clayton praised the by the Lincroft-Holmdel Klwanls grand jury list the names of citi- thought that the environment there /retiring county president, Mrs. club at Crystal Brook inn, Eaton- RIVER PLAZA—The Hose com- FORT MONMOUTH—The "Lucky zens who conspicuously possess the Is not good. He praised William George O. King, of Highlands, for town. The group was welcomed by pany which recently put into ser- By Red Bank Doctor in India Strike Hit Parade," with Guy Lom- special qualifications required of Pazlcky, principal of that school, her co-operation with "the county Anthony Flasconaro. bardo and his Royal Canadians, as "one of the beat in the system." character and citizenship com- vice a specially designed BOO-gal- them by law; to advocate such • Four candles on a large birthday Jon International pumping engine, will conduct Its show tonlghtstart- changes in legislative rule and ad- High School First mittee. * , cake were lighted by Past Presi- Dr. William' Matthews, eye, 1ear. additional surgical cases. "So you ing at 8:30 o'clock direct from the •will show off its new equipment to nose and .throat' specialist- of: 189 see, we 'have been somewhat busy ministrative procedure as may from In reviewing- the circumstances Dr. Alfred F. Jochen, director dents Henry Handleman, Mr. Flas- fellow volunteers from this area at field house here. Helen O'Connell, time to time seem desirable. which led to the proposed plan, of the Vocational- and Technical conaro and Harry Pitcher, and by Broad' St., Red Bank, has wrltten.to here. The technique is somewhat one of America's top girl vocalists, an open house Sunday afternoon assdciates'of the many cataract sur- different than that used in the Also to encourage expression* of Mr.' Olblon explained that while high school of Middlesex county, President Joseph Mendres. Mr. from noon until 6 o'clock. takes the singing spotlights as the board, from past census figures, speaking on "Mental Health," said Pitcher gave a resume of the club's gery cases, and. other operations he State's, Often; we operate both eyes "Your Lucky Star of the Week" in opinion* by laymen, the bench and The Hose company's fire house on has been performing-the last ftwo' for: cataracts at'one sitting, which the musical report on the top tunes the bar and to disseminate infor- anticipated the overcrowdedness at; that somewhere in our educational 1951 achievements, and President months among the' natives of India ; Mechanic «t,, its first concern was* process, schools 'should teach stu- Mendres and Lawrence Buck, vice Foster st, will be the scene of the Is-hardly ever done in the States of the land, mation concerning; subjects having party, arrangements for which arc as a resident of the American Mis- because of the fear of post-opera- an important bearing upon the gen- the high school which had been dents the- many .physical changes president, briefly outlined the club's sion hospital at Taxllla, Pakistan.
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