The Woo the Home Builder an Independent Newspaper Published in the Interest of Woodbridge Township
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WOOBBRIDGE TOWNSHIP WOOnBK IDG R TOWNSHt V IDEAL WELCOMES INDUSTRIAL SITES THE WOO THE HOME BUILDER AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP SEVENTEENTH YEAR Woodbridge, N. X, Friday Afternoon, April 22, 1927 PRICE THREE CENTS—$1.50 PEE YEAR WOODBRIDGE Daylight Time Starts .c. I Miss Duff First Woman Queer Weather, not MAN'S FACE Monday at 2 A. M. \ to Open Law Office Here Dae to Tornado In TOWNSHIP IS Daylight Saving Time, the TO STAGE BIG the Middle West CUT IN HALF bane of farmers; but the boon of factory and office' workers People are wondering what will start at 2 A. M. next Mon- SHOW NEXT thp weather will be. like for the WHEN AUTO day morning. Turn, your clock next month or so, after experi- J] ahead one hour before going to encing the sudden heat wave on .si bed Sunday night, and you TUESDAY EVE Wednesday, followed by a ter- HITS POLE •won't be late on the job the" rific showers and electrical dis- next morning. If you forget turbance last night. In Middlesex County, ( you'll hare to make a lame ex- Annual Laiigh-Fest Expected! In an interview with fan V. S. Matthew J. Lund of Keasbey, cuss to the boss. W-:ulu>r Uuivau at the White- Board's Report . Shows, j The periodic advancing of the to Draw Record Crowd to. Hail Huildin;:, ls>w York Cky Driver of Car, Unhurt. Figures Reveal Startling | clock gives all workers the bene- St. James Auditorium. \ this morning, the Leael-r-r was fit or an extra hour of sunlight tolu that tli? wr-athw would I Drove Car in Which Man Possibilities of Expansion. and recreation, time to work in Harry Lavin to be Inter-1 el<--ar in the v.--\X -tvviitj-faur I Was Killed in 1922. the garden and on the lawn. hours, followed bv li.w.u H-ni- The Woodbridge office, of the loeiitor. i peraturr. Pennsylvania Railroad calls Thf "cjiier-r'" wea.tl.f-r bfin.i; special attention to the follow- experienced aloe:; tlu Atlantic VICTIM AT HOSPITAL ing changes in the time table, PLENTY _0_F_ HUMOR! Seaboard is not bi-iun L-aused by Growth" in Valuations starting Monday morning: the tornado di?iurbau;'e- in the Grand Jury Dismissed Charge Midwest, the forecaster said. of Manslaughter Against Land-, Improvements, EASTERN STANDARD TIME Surprise Number and Snappy, Thf heavy rain which changed road.and Personal Proper- WEEK DAYS Comments on Prominent j Township streams to roaring ! Lund Five Years Ago. Westbound Bastboxmd rivprs at 10 o'clock lust nighi, was tht> first h>--avy rain in this ty Reveal Progress. 6:04 A. SI. 4:57 A. M. Local People Will be Big| James Kara, of Paul street. Fords, 6:33 A. M. 5:35 A. M. section in three -weeks. On Wednesday the thermo- :is at thr- Penh Amboy Hospitp) this The feet that Woodbridge Town- 7:29 A. M. 6:34 A. M. • Attraction. Six End Men; jnooii, with serious facial injuries and ship is the third richest, and has the 9:15 A. H. 7:13 A. M. meter in front of the Leader Will Dispense Mirth. j office registered 96 in the shade, : cuts about the arms and legs, as the largest area of all municipalities in 10:48 A. M. 8:16 A. M. i result of an auto accident on King 12:37 A. M.. 9:22 A. M. and 310 in the direct sun, at Middlesex County is clearly brought 1:20 P' M. i George's Road near West Pond Road out in the abstract of ratsbles for 12:08 P. M. Judging from the rapid .sale of Uiej j at 8:20 this morning. Matthew J. 1927 issued by the County Board of 1:40 P. M. 1:30 P. M. seats for the big annual minstrel j !Lund, 43, of Bayview avenue, Keas- Taxation this week. The Township 4:01 P. M. 1:38 P. M. show of the Knights of Columbia at j bey, driver and owners of the car, Is the third largest in net taxable *4:42 P. M. 2:53 P. M. the St. James' Auditorium next j Tax Bills to be i is unhurt. 5:05 P. M. 3:42 P. M. valuations, with a total of $16,062,- i Tuesday, the "standing Room Only" J Kara's face was cut in half by a 774. Carteret is in fourth place with 5:12 P. M. 4:35 P. ML I sign will greet ,atecoiu.:r:- to'tl.f: big \ piece of windshield glass, which $11,958,667. Fifth place goes to 5:33 P. M. 5:44 P. M. Sent Out in May;- [struck him between the lips and 5:56 P.'M. I local laugh-fe^t of the seAE'in.' "With j Sayreville Borough, with total valu- 8:33 P. at. i shearing upward, almost lifted of ations of $6,068,837. 9:02 P. M. 9:26 P. M. I Harry St. Clair Lavin as interlocutor, j 10:45 P. M. j the top part of his face. Perth Amboy, seat of industry, 12:12 A. M. i and John Egan, Joe Romond, Hen i Rate Drops 3J.Pts. t Liind told Officer Egan, who re- SUNDAYS which is expanding to Woodbridge ! Dunham, Michael Lie Joy, Nick Lan- ! ported the case, that he tried to waterfront and rail sites, leads the 7:33 A. M. 9:43 A. M. 3:11 A. M. 12:08 P. M. } gan and John Keating as endmen. Every effort-is being made by the; avoid hitting another car and-struck list with $47,494,300, New Bruns- i provided with plenty of mirth-pro Tax Collector's department to get; a. telephone pole. Kara was rushed •wick being a close second with $40,- 11:22 A. M. 5:47 P. M. 1:14 P. M. 6:49 P. M. I ducing ammunition, the bombard- the tax bills into the maii at the earl-1 to 'the Perth Amboy Hospital by the 120,029. N iest possible moment, and a corps of police officer, suffering excruciating 5:11 P. 5L 9:28 P.M. jmerit of humor ought to \\ni th»; A composite picture of the county, auxiliary' workers has been added to pain, as he had not lost eonseious- however, clearly illustrates that 5:16 P. M. I glooms to rout in anic!; ovd«»r. 10:07 P. M. the regular office staff to expedite j ness. An anaesthetic was adminis- Woodbridge Township, Perth Amboy, 11:39 P. M. I Under the -;apable direction of Jo- the making out of bills. It is a bigjtered to the injured man by Drs and New Brunswick are the three * Daily except Saturday and Sunday. ! seph Donnelly, the principals and job, but with everyone working atjschull and Meinzer of the hospital, large municipalities, with amazing chorus have rehearsed faithfully, and top. speed, the bills should reach j who immediately set about to restore possibilities of expansion and growth should be letter perfect when the ^OODBRIDGE may .feel Justly proud of the fact that it is one of the property owners shortly after the! by quick surgery the mangled fea- for Woodbridge, while Amboy and curtain rises next Tuesday night. two communities in . Middlesex County boasting a woman lawyer. flrst of next month, according to tures. New Brunswick have practically BUCK FACE ! There will be plenty of melody, iu- Miss Bessie Duff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Duff, of Main street,, reached the limit of exploitation of ! eluding modern favorites as well as announced the opening of offices at 66 Main street, in the Vagelos Build- over a decade,' The car was to™i to Herbert's ing, this week. Miss Duff is a graduate of Woodbridge High School, the tax bills will show a reduction industrial water and rail frontage. j time hcs-.orivi plantation songs, ni- „.. Class of 1922. While at the Barron avenue institution, she distinguished in rate, a welcome change brought ~ PoUc( of Woodbridge It seems strange to the casual ob- COMEDIANS l-ways favorites with minstrel audi-j n 1r I ences. i herself by an active participation in athletics, debating, and scholastic about through the efforts of the -ad- i^7 , ^ that on December server, then, that Woodbridge Town- journalism. She was a member of the varsity debating team, the girls' ministration, which was elected by 7th., 1922 Matthew Lund was the ship, with its large voting population, Among the principals will be j basketball team, and soe'al editor of the school paper. Graduating after the people on a promise of lower driver of ear which turned the and its strength in taxable valua- AID ISELIN : rn er of King I Ethel Campion, Veronica McLeod, j three years* study from the New Jersey Law School at Newark in 1925 taxes. The comparative"schedule" or S? . George's Road and tions, has had so little representa- | Margaret Ruth, Josephine Somers, j tion in the administration of county she entered the office of Wight, Wight & Golenboek, -well known Perth 1926 and 1927 rates shown below Fords avenue m such manner that business. These figures back up the CHURCH FUND I John Campion, Michael Palko, Al-j Amboy law firm, where she obtained extensive experience in many shows a drop of 44 points under last it overturned, pinning underneath contention of Woodbridge people jbert Jacobson, Edward Kennedy,; branches of the Jaw. Miss Duff was admitted to the New Jersey Bar, and year's rate for the Township's share its three occupants, Lund, John [David Gerity, Edward Dunigan,.| sworn in last January.