County, Township in Accord on Park
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v \ THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY TOP COVERAGE TOP COVERAGE Leader-Press and Leader Shopper Leader-Press and Leader Shopper —top circulation coverage in —top circulation coverage in Woodbridge area. Woodbridge area. Serving Woodbridge Township, Carteret and Edison Entered M Jnd Claw Mall Woodbridge, N. J., Wednesday, July 3, 1968 PubliilMd At P. O. WocxJbrldKf, N. .1. On W«dni>fld«y TEN CENTS County, Township In Accord On Park 4 J •Bang-up July Fourth* Compromise Gesture WOODBRIIH.F, — If Urn for any resident to leave town will include Tommy Leonettl, weatherman coperateg tomor- and travel on overcrowded Steve De Pass, folk-singer; Eliminates Five Acres row Woodbridge Township highways to have enjoyment Los Powell Trio, roller skat- ghould be playing host to ap- on Independence Day." ing, dancing and acrobatic JULY proximately 50,oon for what The little tots. Murphy de- group; the Kardwells, magic is predicted to be the best clared, will be delighted with feats with doves, Los Cracker- Fourth of July celebration iif all the free rides from 2:00 jacks, acrobatic group. to 6:20 P. M. They will also Of Industrial Land the history of the municipa- The big fireworks display enjoy Bob Hermine's nine- WOODBRIDGE •+ Woodbridge Township uable acreage for light industry," He dl»- lity. piece midget band. All the will last an hoar, starting at 9:00 P. M., and dancing from has won a small concession from the Middle agreed with Otlowski in that he felt not too Starting at 1:00 P. M., at midgets will be dressed in many Woodbridge residents would use th* Merrill Park and continuing "Uncle Sam" uniforms. 10:00 to 11:00 P. M., will con- sex County Board otyfreeholders in regard clude the evening's activities, to the proposed county park to be established park at least not until all the improvement? until 11:00 P. M. there will be The teenagers have not been something doing for young and with music by the Jerry Shaw in the vicinity of the Middlesex County Girls promised materialize." forgotten. There will be con- Orchestra. Vocational and Technical High School on Con- The details of the agreement were com- old alike practically every tinuous dancing all afternoon minulr, according to Frank There will be plenty of very Boulevard and Florida Grove Road. pleted at two conferences held recently. Tho with the music furnished by first involved Otlow'sH, Lee and Council Pres- Murphy, Director of the De- such favorite teen bands as parking space and no charge The county in a compromise gesture has partment of Parks and Recrea- for admission or for any of eliminated a 4.59 acre tract, facing Convery ident Joseph Nemyo. The second meeting the Generations and the Cita- Monday included Lee, Otlowski, Nemyo, Free- tions, who is in overall charge tions. the events. Boulevard and a .61 -acre tract on Florida of the event. Merrill Park is located be- Grove Road, which are zoned for light holder John J. Hoagland, chairman of th* From t:.10 P. M., to 4:00 P. Department of Welfare and Education; Dr. "We have made every ef- M., Paul Brennan, well known tween Isrlin and Colonia, with dustry. This will leave the County 40 acres fort", Murphy said, "to make WJRZ disc jockey, wilt be on the main entrance on Chain for development into a park. The 4.59 acre Burr D. Coe, superintendent of the county'* sure that the safety and com- hand to greet all his fans. O'Hills Road, Colonia. The tract is 315 feet deep and is 675 feet in length. vocational and technical high schools and fort of each individual atten- The big, two-hour show of other entrance is off Green Mayor Ralph P. Barone had objected to the Louis B. Migliorini, president of the Voca- ding are taken care of ade- TV, radio and stage stars, Street, Iselin. park because it is on the Perth Amboy line. tional School Board of Education. quately. There will be no need will start at 7:00 P. M. and Rain date is July 6. There has been a great deal of development At the outset, the Freeholders planned * of houses and apartment houses on the Perth park area of approximately 45'/J acres of Amboy side. It was the feeling of the admin- land. The local administration, in the debate, 7 istration that the park was designed for Am- contended to include all the land in the proj- boy residents, inasmuch as there is very little ect would deprive Woodbridge Township of 'Project Understanding housing on the Township side of the line — important parcels of land "which are con- most of the land being devoted to commer- sidered potentially valuable from the stand- the history of the struggle for will also be presented. cial and light industrial purchases. The mayor point of commercial ratables. Four-Day Seminar on equality by the negro will be contended that the county was taking prime The final day of the pro- light industrial land away from the Township. 3 Parcels Debated Race Prejudices Set the topic discussion. A motion gram, July 25, will be devoted Three parcels of land were in question: \) picture, "Raisin in the Sun" to create a personal idt nifica Will Service 200,000 4.59 -acre tract along Convery Boulevard; By Local Commission will be presented at 2 o'clock Tomorrow is the 192nd birthday of our nation — "a 2) A .92 -acre tract along Florida Grove Road, that afternoon. ! tion with the racial problems. A At the mayor's press conference yesterday, WOODBRIDGE—"Project Un- film from the National Educa- nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the prop- attended by George Otlowski, director of the and 3) A .61 -acre tract also along Florida derstanding", a four-day semi- On Wednesday, July 24, mem. tional Television Film Service osition that all men are created equal." Despite our Board of Freeholders and Freeholder Thomas Grove Road? bers of the Project Understan- faults, the United .States of America is still the best H. Lee, the former stated the park was not All parties are agreed that the Township nar on prejudice, "the brainchild ding group will present their ob- will be presented. All programs of Rev. Brian McCormick of St. will begin at 7:00 P. M., with country on earth and we are' mighty lucky to live designed just for the residents of Perth Am- of Woodbridge will retain the 4.59 -acre tract servations on the role of the in here. Tttnprrow is the day for all residents jn Wood- boy, but estimated it will service 200,000 peo- as land zoned for commercial use, and the .Tames Church, will be sponsor- dividual in race relations. A the exception of the movie on bridge toVMigMp to show that "Patriotism is NOT •Wy-««-«whicn will be shown ple from WoodbridRe, Carteret, and Perth .61 acre tract qn Florida Grove Road. ed by the Human Rights Com musical program incusing on the BBflU" hy Myiag the Stars and Stripes from every The agreement tntisf leaves the County of interaction of human relations. at 2 P.M. Amboy, based on attendance figures at mission July 22 through 25, at home, every store, every public building, every plant Roosevelt Park. Middlesex with a tract of more than 40 acres St. James Auditorium. and every church in the municipality. And as we "Freeholder Lee, county chairman of which Freeholder Lde and members of his Rev. McCormick, an HRC raise the flag tomorrow morning let us repeat to our- parks," Otlowski said> "has plans for an at- staff consider ideal "for accommodating member, has enlisted the aid of Township's Shade Tree selves: "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United tractive park. There will be picnic and rec- both athletic fields and facilities for the vo- the Commission and other mem- States of America and to the Republic for which reation areas, baseball diamonds and a fool- cational school and general recreational and bers of the community including it stands. One Nation, under God, indivisible, with Lib- ball field." park facilities for residents of the entire Michael Van Dzuxa, 171 Green erty and Justice for Alt." The director also noted that about 17 acres area." Street, Woodbridge and Miss Program Begins In Fall of the site will be used for future expansion of Lee "Is Pleased" Cathy Mudrak, Perth Amboy. the Vocational School. WOODBRIDGE - A shade tree- Freeholder Lee said he is particularly "It should be noted", Mayor should be approximately 250. "When the school Is expanded, it will program for the Township of The planting will be done under pleased at this agreement because the county Ralph P. Barone said yesterday 'I'm The Whipping Boy' have a beautiful site," Otlowski said. "1 want can now proceed as rapidly as possible with at. his weekly press conference, Woodbridge is growing closer to the Township's landscape speci- to compliment Woodbridge with what it did "that, although Woodbridge reality. plans to develop the site. Freeholder Lee's alist, Robert Rupert, who will on the site of Woodbridge Senior High School. department and the County Planning Depart- Township presents no manifest At his weekly press confer- They made a beautiful setting out of it. That problems of prejudice, our HRC rain township employees to do is what we hope to do with the Vocational ment have prepared and submitted applica- ence, Mayor Ralph P. Barone the work. Mayor Gets Crank Letters tions for $487,000 in state Green Acres funds has embarked on an ambitious announced that he, Dr.