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Your Want Ad The Zip Code Is Easy To Place- ^Mountainside is Just Phone 686-7700 An Official Newspaper For The Borough Of Mountainside VOL, 11 No. 38 Seegnd Clflli pQSfggB THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1969 MOUNTAINSIDE, N.J, Publiih.d Each Thursday by Tfumnr PuLllshing Carp 15 Centi Per Copy Paid at Moyhtginsidfj, N,J ! Now Provident. Road, Mounioi nil de, N.J. 07093 IS Y»ariy Anti-overpass group expected to turn out in force Monday Meeting set for 8 p.m. at Beechwood PR man says drive gaining momentum A large crowd is expected to be on hand Monday night at 8 p.m. in Beechwood School as the Citizens to Preserve Mountainside reconvenes after a hiatus of about a month- -.and-a-half. The borough-wide committee was formed earlier this summer to combat plans by the state Department of Transportation to construct an overpass across Rt, 22 at New Providence road and build a clover leaf in- terchange at the intersection, if An executive committee meeting was being 'held last night at the Public Library to'pre- pare for Monday night'i meeting. Since Monday, Aug. 18, the committee's fund drive has been conducted in the borough and along with the solicitation of funds for the Operation of the committee a brochure, Not All Four-Leaf Clovers Bring Good Luck, has been distributed, 'Bill Cullen, public relations chairman, said this week that the brochure has met with excellent response and therein lies the reason committee members anticipate an excellent turnout, • * * }. /THE BROCHURE "really drives home what ijf-contemplated in the borough" by the De- partment of Transporatlon, Culien said this week. He added that many persons who weren't afifare of the plana,of the highway department Have been enlightened by the brochure and will be attending a meeting of the CTPM for die first time Monday night. The largest crowd to attend the four meetings itvtrrBf sft»~ -[ai of the CTPM was on Tuesday, June Democrats launched their 1969 campaign at the home of Mrs. \ Cooper'was the hostess at a tea given recently Tor the local candi- 24, when an overflow jiudience of more man Leslie Cooper (seated on the sofa) as candidates Beth Loftus (at i dates, at which Mrs. Robert Meyner was the giiest of honor. Both 200 residents jammed Beechwood School. table). Jack Walsh (left) and jack Palmer make plans for the » Shi and former Gov. Meyner, the gubernatorial candidate, will be That night, Ed Kuebler, an attorney, wag SEASON'S END — Russell Heitmann heads ilnwn ilic List mile as Mountainside Community guests at the champagne party seffor Sept. 13. elected chairman of the group. Kuebler had Pool ends anotiier summer of activities. Just ahead: another year of school. been a member of the ad hoc committee of (Echo.photo by Bob Baxter) five men,set up by Mayor Frederick Wilhelms Woman named Jr. to go to Trenton to meet with Department ^iiiifiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiitiiiiiiiimiittfiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiitiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiji^ of Transportation officials to discuss the plans by* Berns to run 1 ti^*>V«ii*-> >•>- •*'• (Continued fronrpage'14) |_ PROFILE —Thomas H. Hannen for a new Borough Hall Three people hurt Once upon a time, Thomas H. Hannen wanted for councilman to make headlines as a journalist; now he's Mayor Frederick J. Wilhe^ms this week out- "The 1904 'building at Echobrook would hoping to make them by getting himself elected A new candidate for Borough Council Is lines plans to use the Echobrook School build- continue to serve as offices for the Board in traffic accidents an Assemblyman from Union County's district always news, but this week's announcement ing as the new Borough Hall and police head- of Education until they move to their new 9C, Hannen, who is serving his third term as that Mrs, Thomas (Beth) Loftus was replacing quarters and to provide a community quarters, when it could be converted for mayor of ttny Winfield Township, is bracketed Arthur M, Goldberg on the slate of the Moun- recreation and social center. possible use ag a recreation and social'center in Labor Day rush with John P. Allaire Jr, of Clark as the Demo- tainside., Democratic. Party was novel indeed, cratic entry this fall. The Democratic duo faces The Board of Education last monfli announced for all age groups. Three persons were injured as a result of according to a party spokesman. According "Ik 1936 building will require moderate a pair of Republican incumbents—Peter Me- to the best memories of the borough's oldest that a $747,000 construction bond issue will be traffic accidents on Rt, 22, Mountainside, this ponough of PlainflBld and Herbert Keihn of presented to the voters in a referendum Oct. alteration to suit it for Borough HaU and past Labor Day weekend, political observers, there has .not_been_iu Police Department use, The building is e Rahway, Hannen assesses his chances as woman candidate for Borough Council since 14. TheTSfias wiU be used to build an addition " Among those injured were Juanita Johnson, 50-50, but he's confident mat momentum will at tiie Deerfield School in order to terminate swuGturaUy sound, Is centtaUy located and 48, and Debra Johnson, 16, botii of Glen Rock, World War H. has ample parking available. Borough business tip tte balance in the Democrats' direction all school uses at Eehobrook, which is'»» who were taken to OverlookHospitalinSummit as the Nov. 4 election approaches, The announcement of Mrs, Loftus' candi- garded as outmoded by modern educational offices can ba aeoomodated in die existing by the Mountainside Rescue Squad on Sunday The 46-year-old Human is a plastic exffu- dancy was made by R, Horace Cardoni, chair- standards. classrooms with minor modifications. All morning. Both Injured were reported in satis- man of the Mountainside Independent Demo- borough boards and agencies now without even sion engineer for Ronthor-Relss in Little Falls. Mayor Wilhelms declared, in calling for factory condition, having been treated for face However, as a young man he had hoped to cratic Party, Cardpni said; "We believe that desk space and storage room can all be lacerations! juanita Johnson was also treated the important role of women, especially house- approval of the bond issue; housed under one roof. The problems of in- become a journalist. He completed three years ' The recent announcement by the Mountain- for fractured ribs. Police said mat Mrs, at to University of Notre Dame before illness wives, in our Mountainside community de- sufficient heat jn winter, lack of storage Johnson, driver of the car, collided with a side Board of Education to conduct a space, overcrowding, inefficient facilities and In flie family forced him to quit college, serves recognition by virtue of representation rrferendum.onpet, 14 for faoIlltiesJoreE utility pole, after accidently steering the car pgpl p regards;education,and,.taxes.as die,, 1*+. rpy biggest issues in the current campaign. He "Beth Loftus is highly qualified to repre- and discussion, separately and jointly, by ti» "The functions of the Police Department will sent both our community and a constituency be" vastly improved under this plan. For many into the curb, The accident occurred on Rt, maintains that there should be more emphasis Board of Education and by Borough Council, 22 east, near the Parkway exit, on technical education in the high schools, not seen before on Borough Council." Mrs. ' 'It is our hope that this .proposal will gain years police activities have been seriously Loftus' running mate is John H. Palmer Jr. hampered by lack of space. We have no Herbert L. Hart, 21, of Springfield sus- "After all," he remarks, "everybody isn't the approval of our residents for it will tained minor cuts and bruises when his car college material. We still need mechanics, on the Democratic ticket headed by mayoralty . permit the community to correct three very interrogation, photographic, workroom or candidate John Walsh. storage space. One small room now serves collided with a car driven by FaustoBerrocal, plumbers and~other types of craftsmen, and pressing and serious needs. First, it will 18, of Amsterdam, N.Y. on Tuesday morning. the place to start training them is in high Mrs. Loftus was born Beth Greeley in eliminate the educational function of Echo- as boiler room, locker room, file and record room and houses teletype and other equip- Police said that the accident occurred on the school." Union. In 1953 she graduated from Mount St. brook School, a move long felt necessary eastbound lane of Rt. 22 in Mountainside, # • * Mary's Academy, North Plainfield. She re- from educational, operational and safety stand- ment. "Our one-cell lockup is considerably below when the vehicle driven by Berrocal cut In ALTHOUGH THE LEGISLATURE last year ceived her bachelor of arts degree as an English points. Second, it will eliminate the present front of Hart, with a subsequent collision. produced a law giving each community a share major in 1957 from Immaculata College, Borough Hall and police station which are State of New Jersey standards and when in use prevents our detective bureau from operating. Berrocal and tile passenger in his car, De- of the sales tax revenues, Hannen regards this THOMAS H. HANNEN Immaculata, Pa, hopelessly inadequate and beyond reasonable fonso Munoz, 47, of Summit, suffered no visible as a stop-gap measure. "It just Isn't enough. reclamation and continued use. Third, it could It is a source of. annual complaint by the five pre-induction physidals during the war Candidate Loftus' post-graduate years in- State Department of Institutions and Agencies. injuries. Sure, it helped somewhat. But local property and was rejected by all four brandies of provide a community recreation and social A two-car collision occurred at the inter- taxes have climbed so high mat they've offset cluded public relations projects for the Polio center, i # * * service because of poor eyesight.