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RARITAN TOWNSHIP MOST PROGRESSIVE WITH THE SUBURBAN NEWSPAPER LARGEST IN GUARANTEED THIS AREA CIRCULATION "The Voice of the Raritan Bay District" Vol. V!.—No. 27. FORDS, N. J., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1941 PRICE THREE CENTNS Winner Of 1st Prize In Fishing Contest ncgr Board Silent Fords Lions Primary Vote^ WUIAU state !£ops x0 On Appealing Club Slates Total Is 623! KeePin&Jf^>r ^Salary Raise I I Named By Mayor To Report Actual Or Impending Disputes ! _ C* if? V L*_ ' In Township To New Board Created By Edison I? \1~L*^~. Elliott Rule WOODBRIDGE—Frederick A. Spencer. Township Gem- mi tteeman of the First Ward, was appointed "reporter" to Again sWily l Bbeasonroe Represented Lack rO flownshi Spirited Contestps -—— . .. hoGet Permissionm Voter1 To Submist "report impending or active labor disputes in the Township Expected, However, To Take With Team In Middle- Responsible For Tues- Question of $300 In- Action Soon On Basis to the office of the New Jersey State Board of Mediation", by sex Bowling League day's Indifference crease On Ballot Of Sorg Opinion Mayor August F. Grejner Monday night. The appointment was made at the request of William L, Nunn, Chairman of REV. SCHMAUS IS NAMED EGAN IS EASY WINNER DECISION TO BE MADE X the New Jersey State Board of TUITION PUPILS' SHIFT AS SECRETARY OF UNIT AT POLL IN NOVEMBER FOR SHERIFF LOCALLY Mediation. TO WOODBRIDGE SOUGHT i _. 1 In a letter to Mayor Greiner. Report On Dedication Of Only 50% Of Eligible Voters Mr. Nunn wrote; Rankin States Belief All Decision On Next Move Ex- Memorial To T. Wesley Registered; Machines "In several ways, Municipal icial Is 'Mass Raises' Should Be pected To Be Made State and Federal governments Liddle Is Submitted Make 1st Appearance have indicated their desire that Approved By Public Public October 13 the wheels of industry be kept FORDS—The Fords Lions Club RARITAN TOWNSHIP—Only 623 turning and that production efforts WOODBRIDGE' "Shall the nn- RARITAN TOWNSHIP — Nelson resumed its semi-monthly dinner voters turned out to cast their not be stopped or curtailed by dis- nual salaries now paid to the mem- Fuson, a Rutgers University physics meetings at Thomsen's Community putes and stoppages of work, bers of the police fore?, specifically instructor, this week became the Hall after adjourning for the usual ballots on the new voting machines especially during this critical period including the grades of Camains second registrant from Draft summer recess. R. L. Predmore at the primary election Tuesday. of national emergency. I of Police, Sergeants. Plain Clothes- Board No. 2 to be sent to a camp presided. ! me'i, Traffic Officers and Patrol- In the only contest on either ticket "One indication of this recogni- 1 for conscientious objectors. It was announced that during Joseph V. Egan, of New Bruns- man of the first class be tnnrased tion was the recent creation, by by ordinance $300 over that :iow He is now In Patapsco Camp, the summer the administration the Legislature and by Governor 1 Elk Ridge, Howard County, Md., building at the Boy Scout Camp in wick, organization candidate for paid foi each of said grades, f.o ba the Democratic sheriff nomina- Charles Edison, of the New Jersey, where conscientious objectors are Raritan-on-the-Delaware was com- State Board of Mediation. This Oilman, Formerly Director effective January 1, 1942?" assigned to "work of national Im- pleted and placed In operation. Ths tion received a majority of near- board is charged with the respon- That is the question which will portance." building was donated by the Lions' ly 10 to one over his nearest sibility of preventing and adjudi- Of Relief, Accused Of appear as R referendum on tha Club of Fords to Raritan Council Mr. Fuson's objection to the draft competitor. cating labor disputes throughout Defrauding Raritan general election ballot in November, was based purely on religious as a memorial to the late T. the State. In order to be effective The Township committee, at « Wesley Liddle, who was an active Egan polled 256 votes, while grounds. He is a member of the Thomas Layden, a local resident, in assisting in the maintenance of meeting: held Monday night, passed Fellowship of Reconciliation group Lion and an ardent booster of PROSECUTION ORDERED a. resolution authorizing the Town- scouting. Anton Lund headed the was second on the ticket with 27 industrial peace in the State, the , ___ _, ,-, — »,_.„ »*A»T-.IV and of the Refugee section, Ameri- votes. Patrick J. Moran polled 24 Board seeks the cooperation of a! AFTER CONFAB MONDAY ship Clerk to place the question on can Friends' Service Committee of committee in charge of the erection the ballot. Philadelphia, v/hlch does not recog- ofthe building and he was warmly votes and 18 votes were cast for great number of people, including nizo bearing of military arms. commended by the club and scout Mayor William J. Chevalier, of Municipal officials. Issuance . Of False Relief Members of the polico depart- Sayreville. ment recently handed a petition to The instructor was born In Can- officials. He was assisted by Ben Information Sought "That's how big the fish was that didn't get away", says Jensen, Anton Horvath, William The heaviest vote was in the "Governor Edison, and those ap- Orders Alleged In Com- Police Commissioner Herbert B. ton, Kwangtung, China. His par- Rankin asking for the $300 raisa ents, American born, were mission- young Walter Consver, of 13 Summit Avenue, Fords, as he demon- Thomsen, Louis Kirsch, Daniel Democratic side, with 329 votes cast pointed by him to the Board, have plaint By Trogcr strates the size of the fish he caught recently at the annual Sandorf, Edward Miljes, Chris Leh- in the six districts, while a total given careful consideration to the in salary. The matter was taken aries in that region for about 15 up at the regular bi-monthly cau- years. He attended schools in Junior Sportsman and Fishing Contest held r.t Roosevelt Park man, Martin Sindent and William of 294 Republican ballots were methods by which the Board and RARITAN TOWNSHIP-William Lake. He was av:*rdcd first priz e for the largest fish. Olsen. tallied. cus of the Township Committcit China and the United States, receiv- the municipalities throughout the | oitman, former relief director in Friday night and after comidpr- ing degrees from the College of A number of new voters were State can cooperate with each the Township, was released Wed- The club was informed that Jo- registered in each poll, but it is other. As a result, active cooper- able discussion it was decided to Emporia, Kansas; Kansas Stats seph Fitzgerald, Niels Christiansen nesday under $1,500 ball by Re- place the question on the ballof. Teachers College, Kansas University estimated that only about 50 per ation is sought in the following corder Alfred C. Urffer to await and J. Allyn Peterson made cash cent of the eligible voters have and University of Michigan. He has contributions toward the construc- two matters: the action of the Grand . 7 on Rankin View been instructor at Rutgers for tion of the building and that Judge registered so far under the new "First: We shall be very pleased charges of defrauding the Town- system. if you will designate a municipal "In that way," Commi;.oioner inorf than two years. Adrian Lyon donated a regulation ship of nearly $1,300 while directing Rankin ^aid this week, "it will ba Boy Scout flag which is to b= Still Can Register official as a Reporter, whose re- relief activities here. The other obj°ctor from, this To be eligible to vote in the sponsibility it will be io report im- up to the people to decide whether board, who was sent to the camp flown from the top of. the new or not the members of the pollca structure. general election in November those pending or active labor disputes in The complaint states that "during several months agD, was Reuben Special Services Are Held j Struck By Car Driven By who have not registered this year your community to the office of the The period between January 1, 1940 department should receive a raise. Cobbs, Negro, of Metuchen. Aid Tornado Fond In my opinion, when mass raises In Honor Of Occasion; I Trenton Man On Route must do so with the Township New Jersey State Board of Media-1 and May 1, 1941, ho did prepare The Lions approved a donation Clerk no later than October 7. tion. If such rpports are made I and issue or cause to be preparcci such as this arc requested, ins Rev. Broek Speaker 25 Saturday Night of $10 to Woodbridge Chapter Am- The^e were no contests for any promptly, the Board will have an! and issued false and fraudlent re- voters should decide." erican Red Crors to be used in aid- of tb? county committee posts immediate knowledge of all point' lief orders .to a number of people In the meantime, members of tin In Police Court RARITAN TOWNSHIP—A special WOODBRIDGE—Another motor ing those affected by the "twister" and members elected Included: of friction in the various parts of 1 to the amout of $1,275.70." department say that they do nol service, to dedicate a stained-glass vehicle fatality occuired in the which struck Hopelawn recently. Democrats, first district, William the State; and should be able, wlih 1 intend to campaign for the ra'se-^ window and an illuminated cross, Township Saturday night when The Fords group will again be C.