oI NER •In honor of PA • VOC Municipal anager
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S 'P 0 N S 0 R E .0 B Y TEA NEe K T-A X PAY E R 5 LEAGU·E CASA MANA. SATURQAY EVE.NING .• FEBRUARY 18. 1950 PROGRAM
DINNER
HENRY OETJEN
President, Teaneck T aXpttyers Lettgue
RICHARD LEVIS
General ChairJntl!/.
HON. DONALD M. WAESCHE
Judge, Superior COUl't. Toastmaster
MAYOR CLARENCE W. BRETT
THE LITTLE SHAVERS
Thomas Durkin Robert Kinkead
Edward RaUka John Abel
RICHARDS. CHILDS
Father of Council-Manager Plan
MISS HELEN JEPSON
Formerly of ll'letropol;ttlll
Opera Company
PRESENTATION OF GIFT
PAl)L A. VOLCKER DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
PROf. JOHN E. DEBOUT A.r.ri.rttmt Secretary, Natiolltl! iHunicipai League
RICHARD S. CHILDS Chail'Jlltlll of COliIlCil. National iHunicipal League
HaN. WALTER R. DARBY Director. Divi.rion of Local GovemllJ.el2t State Of New Jeney
SAMUEL F. ELDREDGE . Mayor. Cape May, New Jeney
HaN. BAYARD H. fAULKNER Chairman, ColltllJ.iJJion 011 MUllici pal Govemwent State of New Jeney
HaN. J. \:,1 ALLACE LEYDEN Judge, Superior Cuurt, State of New Jer.reJ
DR. AND MRS. THOMAS H. REED COllJu!t,mt.r, National lHunicipal Leelgue
HAROLD V. REILLY Cit)' iltlanager, HackellJack, N. J.
JAMES J. SMITH Executive Director, New Jeney State Leelgue of Municipalitie.r
ALFRED WILLOUGHBY "f-xecutive Seaetary, Neltiona! Municipal League THE TEANECK TAXPAYERS LEAGUE HONORS
PAUL A. VOLCKER
Our Distmgltlshed Citizen
ON HIS 25TH YEAR AS A lVIuNICIPAL MANAGER
THE COMMITTEE
RICHARD LEVIS Gel1el'cd Chc,il'r!lctll
JAMES T. WELS] I Co-Chairman
CLARENCE W. BRETT ALVIN GARDNER
Reception MRS. HAROLD TAYLOR
Publicity MRS CLARA ESSLINGER
ANDREW A. PASSANNANT GEOlzGE CLAYTON
Tickets IvIAURICE VlBERT
Brochtl1'e T. J. E. BROWN
ROBERT L. EDWARDS GEORGE M. CADY DUNCAN E. HILL EDWARD :M. YOUNG Organizations MUllicipcil Employees
EDWIN GARRY
ARTHUR STORM DAVlD MUSICANT
Entertainment Decorations
DONALD M. WAESCHE
Mastel' of Ceremonies A PROFILE
of
PAUL A. VOLCKER
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.,Vo not suffer your good nature, when application is made,
to say, - 'yes' -when you ought to say, - 'no' - remember
that it is a public, not a private cause that is to be injured
or benefited by your choice.JJ-GEORGE WASHINGTON
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Upon learning that Teaneck had adopted the council-manager form of municipal government, Paul A. Volcker applied for the position of Township Manager. He was then (September, 1930) the City Man ager of Cape May, the first municipality in New Jersey to adopt this modern and efficient system of municipal home rule.
Misfortune almost laid in a heap Paul's fair hopes of appointment as Teaneck's Township Manager. He left Cape May for Teaneck in October, 1930, to meet and confer with the debutant councilmen-elect under the newHedged government. Near Mt. Holley, his automobile was accidently struck and irrepara bly damaged. It must have been "a guardian angel o'er his life presiding" that prevented serious injury to Paul. Collecting his shattered wits, he completed his trip to Teaneck by bus, and kept his appointment with the men who were to form the tenderfoot Township Council, which was soon to make its public debut. On Armistice Day, 1930, Paul A. Volcker, was appointed Teaneck's Township Manager, the first act of the first Teaneck Council under the non-partisan, council-manager form of government. Since that time Paul has become a distinguished Teaneck statesman. He has exceptional ability as a public administrator, the highest of ethical standards and ideals, sound judgment, and an even temper. He is exceedingly consci entious, and possesses the talent to work harmoniously with others. His accomplishments in Teaneck in the field of local government are brilliant. He has the admiring gratitude of every citizen who stands for honest and efficient government.
Our guest of honor this evening was born October 13, 1889, in Hoboken. Paul's mother was his devoted champion until her death in 1943, at the age of 85. Born in Eisenach, Germany, she came to America when she was 8 years of age, and was graduated from the Hoboken High School, where she later taught. His father was born in Meppen, Germany; came to this country when he was 26; and entered the whole sale tea and coffee business. His death came in 1936, at the age of 75. Grandfather Volcker was superin tendent of schools for the Province of Hanover, Germany. Paul was the .first of three children; all boys. When he was an infant, the family moved to Jersey City Heights, within two blocks of what is now known as Journal Square. In 1895 the family moved to Prospect Street, Brooklyn, where Paul entered public school. Four years later, they moved to the East New York sec tion of Brooklyn. The boys in this locality, of Paul's age, were zealous partisans; that is, they formed them selves into exclusive neighborhood gangs, full of mischief, and nearly always up to some youthful escapade, such as breaking in to unoccupied buildings; harassing the corner grocer; or engaging in stone battles. Paul belonged to the "de Bainbridge's" gang. The neighborhood grocery store was in the territory of the "de Marion's" gang. \Xlhenever any errand took Paul to the store, he was accompanied by a protective task force from his own gang.
Paul graduated from Brooklyn Boys High School in 1907. He entered Rennselaer Polytechnic Insti tute, where, in 1911, he received his degree as a civil engineer, standing second in his class, and in his senior year he was taken into the honorary society of Sigma XI.
His .first job, as a young engineer, was with the State of New York on the reconstruction and enlarge ment of the Erie Canal. He directed the work on the lock, dam, and power house at Lyons. It was in Lyons where he met and married Miss Alma Klippel. To him she was indisputably the charmingly gracious "vil lage queen'?; a Vassar graduate, class of 1913, where she had won Phi Beta Kappa.
After work on the Erie Canal was completed, Paul was transferred to the New York State Highway department, and spent several years building roads in Cayuga County. In 1916, he was appointed City Engineer for the City of Lebanon, Pa., and directed a million dollar municipal improvement program. Paul now desired the experience to be gained from association with business men; so, after six years as City Engineer, he resigned to become the secretary of the Lebanon Chamber of Commerce, which position he held until 1925, when he became City Manager of Cape May.
While in Lebanon, Paul became a Rotarian, a dutiful vestryman and the superintendent of the Sunday School of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, devoting some of his spare time to rebuking the devil, and denounc ing sin. In Teaneck he has served on the vestry of Christ Episcopal Church.
He is the father of four children: Ruth, Louise, Virginia, and Paul, Jr. Ruth was graduated from Sim mons College, Boston. She is now the research librarian of the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at Kings port, Tennessee. Louise graduated from Barnard, and Chicago University. She is now doing medical social work at St. Luke's Hospital, New York City. Virginia was graduated from Wellesley, and Chicago Uni versity. She is now teaching in the public schools of Illinois. Paul, Jr. is a graduate of Princeton, and is now a fellow at the Harvard University Graduate School of Public Administration.
In Paul's office at the Municipal Building, on the wall back of his desk, in a picture frame, is one of George Washington's commandments to all public officials. This excellent precept is quoted as a prelude to this biographical sketch. Any person facing Paul from the opposite side of his desk must see this explicit instruction to every holder of public office, because it is written in large, bold, - readable - black type. Any one seeking a political favor from Paul should .find the answer to any improper request in this injuncture of one of Our Country's leading founders. We wonder whether Paul put it there just for that reason - who can tell? However, this historic canon, or rule of American official conduct, epitomizes Paul's concepts and high principles as a public official. We are all here tonight to wish him good health, happiness, and con tinued success throughout all the years to come. I I PAT RON S I I
A. Thornton Bishop C. La wson Graffin David Musicant C. W. Brett William Haeker Agnes Norton T. J. E. Brown Dr. Cecil Haggerty Henry Oetjen Fred Buschner C. J. Harte Robert Pike George Cady Joseph Kenyon Alexander Summers Clara Christensen Martial Kilmurray Arthur Strickland George Clayton Frank Klimm John Tobler Walter Cummin Allen Knowles Raymond Tobler William Davis Frank Leers Maurice Vibert John Deeney Richard Levis Mrs. Janet Volk Henry Deissler William Lindsay Milton Votee Mrs. Jessie Enright William Lohr Donald Waesche Mrs. Clara Esslinger Arthur Liebl James Welsh Emil Feld Hans Meurer Edward Young
MUNICIPAL
Fire Department Library Employees
Police Department jl,!Itmicipctl Building Employees
Department of Public Works Health Depctrtment
Reaeatiol2al Departmen!
TEANECK SANITARY ASSOCIATION
GARDEN STATE NATIONAL BANK
PEOPLES TRUST COMPANY
OF BERGEN COUNTY
The Estate of
WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS
ALEXANDER STEINER JOHN MASSARI
GRATZELS BAKERY
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MILTON ROSENBERG, President "PATRONS"
CITY CLUB
WALTER G. SCHUBERT, President
Clarence Ballarine William Guthrie David Musicant Rev. Theo. Beiderwieden Harry Holder Nick Napoli Herbert Palmer Valentine Block Charles Jacobi ClilJord Peinecke Robert Burger Martial Kilmurray Adolph Peterson Edward Carr El well Kimball George Pierson Thomas Costa James Kondes John Primoshic Benjamin Daniels Lester Kramer Thomas Proven Irving Fleischmann Arthur Liebl John Ranges Monroe Franklin William Linn Richard Rodda Homer Gardner Charles Little Ernest Rosa ArthlH Goldin Charles Littel Milton Rosenberg C. Lawson Graffin William Makris Rev. Albert Stauderman Sidney Green Anthony Manno Stc'phen Szalay Harry Grosch Robert Morrill Harry Zimmer
KIWANIANS
Dr. Calvin A. Barnes Irving Halbre'cht E. E. Purcell James S. Brown Edward Hansen Milton Rosenberg Edward S. Carr John Mendez Norman Simels Austin J. Devine David Hirschmann Dr. Lawton Thomas Robert L. Edwards Donald M. Waesche Melvin E. Elting Henry Mulder Dr. Albert J. Hagens John Primoshic Harry Zimmer
ROTARY CLUB
REV, THEO, B.EIDERWIEDEN, Pre.rident
"],/:1" e are proud to h()/1or olle of our members"
Earle Bassett Dr. Edward Grueninger Clifford H. Peinecke Barnet Bookstaver Larry Kuuscla John Reinhardt Godfrey Budin Arthur Liebl Julius Richter Peter Butler Clarence Lofberg Richard Rodda George M. Cady John McCarthy Leroy W. Schubtrt John Co\ven Samuel Cutler Joseph McCrane WilJiam H. Schwanewede James DiBella Stephen McDonald Charles L. Steele, Jr. Louis DiBella Carl Mellone Arthur Storm Max Elsasser Robert Morrill Prank Swenson Ross B. English, Jr. \X/illiam Morrison Charles E. Tepper Dr. Walter Farr Hans Meurer Valentine J. Tomczak Leland Ferry Francis Murray Prank A. Weber John Flannery Nick Napoli Stanley A. Willey Philip Fraleigh Lester N. Neulen Edward M. Young Edwin Garry Joseph O'Neill Edward M. Young, Jr. MEMBERS OF RECEPTION COMMITTTEF;
c. W. BRETT, Chairman
Mrs. L. T. Aistrup Joseph Kenyon Martial Kilmurray A. Thornton Bishop Frank Klimm Rudolph Boesch Barnet Bookstaver Joseph McCrane T. J. E. Brown William Moore fred Buschner Francis A. Murray
George M. Cady Agnes Norton Clara Christensen Robert Pike Mrs. E. Conoscenti
Richard Rodda John J. Deeney John J. Draney Leroy Schubert Thomas Durkin William Slack Rev. A. P. Staudeunan Leland Ferry J. W. Stucke Philip Fraleigh Ivan Frye Mrs. Margaret Tuttle
Alvin Gardner Allen Walsh Christian Gloeckler frank Weber Kenneth Gulick Dr. R. D. Weitz
WilJjam Haeker James Welsh E. H. Hastings William Whitelaw C. J. Harte William Wilson Duncan Hill Stanley Willey E. K. Hines Dr. Gladys Winter Mrs. Geraldine Huston Edward Young THE TEANECK TAXPAYERS LEAGUE
EXPRESSES ITS APPRECIATION
FOR THE SPLENDID COOPERATION
AFFORDED IT BY ALL PARTICIPATING
TEANECK ORGANIZATIONS
r ,frOil! COller DeJig/ied by George Cad)', H,mJ Mel/reI' alld ]oJeph MOJhe,'