WESTFIELD LEADER Thm Leading and Moat Widely Circulated Weekly Newspaper in Union County .Vrv-EIGHTH YEAR—No; 47 Bnuretu Second
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WESTFIELD LEADER Thm Leading And Moat Widely Circulated Weekly Newspaper In Union County .Vrv-EIGHTH YEAR—No; 47 BnUretu Second. Claw iUtf _ PilMUiwd , Pimt Otto; We.ta.id. N. j WESTFIELD. NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1958 •varr Thuratir 24 P«|••—10 Cmti first Intercity Playground Events More Than 1200 Protest Offers Scheduled AtTeenage Field TomorrowSign Petition For Swim Pool For HS Property Groups To Contractors Show Interest High In iteHere; Interest in School Proposal For New , New Postal Rates Election, Group Says At A Glance Confusion Exists 'arents Invited 3 Take Specs For More than 1,200 registered vot- A last-minute warning that new On Appraised Beechwood Work ers have now signed petition's re- postage rates will go into effect Tomorrow, at the teen age play- questing the WestAeld Board ol tomorrow, was issued today by nd, there will be the first MOUNTAINSIDE—T h i r t y Education to call a special elec Postmaster Edwin A. Lake. Value of Land inter-city playground tournament, three contractors have taken spec- tion to vote on the inclusion of a Where mail users still have on [,ir ind parents night; Teenagers ifications for the five prime con- swimming pool in the new additior and supplies of 3 tent stamps, 2 Some of the residents whoa* ».,m Kenilworth, Summit, and to the high school, it was an ent postal cards, 4 cent air mail property is to be taken for the ad- tracts for the Beechwood School, 1 * "3d, Plains will visit Westtleld it was reported by Board Presi- nounced this week by 0. H. Read postal cards nnd S cent air mail dition to the new Senior High lomrticipate in round robin tour- of 650 Forest avenue, who is dent Frederick Wilhelms Jr. at tamps, they mayy be used byy the School are protesting the amount Ejments. Besides the tournaments, chairman of the group circulating additioddii n di of money which the Board of Eil< bc a 1 1 lr last week's Board of Education of an ordinary 1 cent [here will plays™" " f" meeting. the petitions. tamp. ucatlon U offering: 'or their land. booths for refreshments and No concerted drive for signa- Plenty of these are on hand at In a statement, the owner* «ay . The booths will reopen Bids will be opened Aug. 12 and that the offers are below the $70 s construction ,will start in Septem- tures is being made, Mr. Read ;he local post office, plus supplies v night for the parents. pointed out, but more than SO Df new 4 cent stamps, 7 cent air ner front foot that they had bees .to in the evening there will be ber. Opening of the school is persons have volunteered to obtaii led to believe was the value on scheduled for the fall of 1959. mail stamps, 5 cent ai* mail postal lies »nd.a dance for both the signatures among their friends cards and 8 cent regular postal which their property would be tak- lingers «nd their parents. Eleven general contractors,, 12 and neighbors so that the sent! lards. —Keeping Pho plumbing, heating and ventilating en. Rowland Smith of Columbus ment of the community can be spokesman for the school FREDERICK C. ONKSEN firms, eight electrical companies determined. Curt W. Frantz of In general terms, new postal A ie In first, John Jackson of rate increases provided for in leg- board said that the $70 per foot , evdt second, and Doug Reid and three steel contractors have 643 Raymond street, and Grover 8 picked up specifications from the islation passed last month, will go value wd3 the appraisal made by BcKinley third in the town Connell of 207 Watchung fork, a member firm of the American architect, Fred Elsasser. who have been distributing the into effect a; follows: first class shoe tournament held last Onksen Named mail, tomorrow; second class mail, Institute of Appraisals, on street .' at Roosevelt playground. In Mr. Wilhelms said this repre- petitions, report that several per- frontage for the property; to a sons telephoned them for the successive increases on Jan. 1, "doubles, Rowland Smith and Fire Captain sents good competition if all tho 1959, 1930 and 1981; third class depth of 125 feet. "Beyond that "vid Lo*nB of Columbus came in firms bid. blanks following announcement in depth," the spokesman said, "th« the "Leader" last week that the mail, increases on Jan. 1, 1950 and it, with John Jackson and Jerry John R. Rice, finance committe« July 1, 1900. value of the land reduces." All the' 'rty of Roosevelt second, and 19 Year Veteran chairman, said bonds to finance petitions were making the rounds. property in question Is composed r Reid and Nick Piscopo of the school construction should not The petition, which will be sub- New first class rates, effective of rear yards. tomorrow arc as^followi: ItKinley third. The following Fills Vacancy bc sold until September. The bond mitted to .the board in the near —WeHtfleld StucJIoB' Referring to the report last week market is down now but is ex- future, requests that a special Letters, per ounce 4 cents lildren represented their play, 150,000th VISIT — One of WeitfieU't Diitrict Nuriei fell • Postcards, each 3 cents that a group was circulating peti- .ounds in the tournament: Lin- Fire Lieut. Frederick G. Onk- pected to pick up in the early fall, election be called to authorize the warm welcome *• (he m«ke> the 150,000th viiit iince the found- tions for another vote on the ques- sen, a fireman since 1939, was ap- he said. board to raise approximately $90,- Airmail letters, per oz 7 cents foln, Joe Weintraub and Bob iitf of the Diitrict Nuriinf Allocution here in 1912. Airmail postcards, each B cents tion of including a swimming pool lussen; Washington, Bill Ander- pointed captain of the Fire De- The traffic signal light in Route 000 by a special tax, which might be levied over a one or two year in t.he high school addition, th« i ,n(j Roger Doyle; Columbus, partment last week at an ad- 22 in front of Echobrook School property owner's statement said: Jowlsnd Smith and David Long; journed meeting of the Town still has not been removed it was period. "These funds, together "Another group of citizens ha» •efferson, Fred Bass, Ed Thorne Council. reported. Charles Jerome, attor- with money authorised in the District Nurses Make $91,000 Contracts been petitioning the town for the |nd Tim Senff; McKinley, Doug The appointment is effective ney for the board, suggested a trip April 29 bond election, would en- protection of the property owners ieid and Nick Piscopo; and Roosc- Aug. 10 when Onksen will fill the to Trenton to see state highway able them to install a pool in what To Local Firm whose land is being Requisitioned elt, John Jackson and Jerry Fo- position left vacant by the July authorities personally might expe- would otherwise be a fourth gym by the Hoard of Educutioil for the 14 retirement of Capt. Clarence dite the job. nnsium in the enlarged building," 150,000th Helpful Coil ;crty. Mr. -Read said. addition. A. Vanderbilt. Mr. Wilhelms and Fred G. Wil- Part of Freeholder I Total registration at the end "Proponents of the swimming The 150,000th visit by a nursi "This group also hns been meet- it live vceks was announced today Now 40 years old, Onksen was dauer agreed to make the trip this ing regularly and is waiting to graduated from the Senior High week. The highway department pool point out that the facilities from the District Nursing Associ Recession Program i director of recreation Joseph would be used not only for the ation was recently recorded. Thi hear how they will fare on tha . Coleman as 3,302. Daily at- School here in 1937. He served agreed several months ago to re- price to be paid for their prop- in the U. S. Navy during World move the light which has proved physical education program in the first homo nursing visit in West- The Road Contracting Co. of tidince totals have now reached high school, but would be available field for the newly organized conr Westfield was awarded four con- erty. ,. War H and saw action in the solo- a traffic hazard rather than a help, tracts totaling {91,050 as the "Much was said before the ref- mon Islands, Guadalcanal and according to police and school of- for use by organized groups munlty service was made 46 year | Featured this week on all the throughout the summer and in ago this summer by Miss Mary Board of Freeholders began its erendum as to how proud the peo- other Pacific campaign!. 'He was a ficlals. •••;.•. road Improvement and works proj ple of Westfield are of their (ait mnds was the annual par- Navy firelighter at CMhp Parks in off-hours during the entire schoo Clark. Following her, Mlsa Allot) : Charjes j. W»daB,' A jt Att presenpsntt only|/%fc.^J, %a^; J Kk kH'i fJie one .'djs- ect program last weok. town and of the ever-incveailnjf C\itit : pg valuations due to the superior fa- teion wllTbe;ti)ind in )BfScfi6o1sTrSportedh1s1rigW8t*Bf: Scfi6o1sTrSporte » YMCA poftl offers any swimming tric't nurse until lDafl/whchn g sec ^'The program, which will have mk'i paper. The touint- Onksen became a volunteer fire- show 976"children will be enroll*! /•clHtles to the community,' 'the ond joined the staff. Today, Mini an expenditure of 1478,000 in i cilities that we demand and wllT jilnt Jl the week was paddle ten- man in 1939, began as a paid fire- in the school system in September.