WESTFIELD LEADER the Leading and Most Widely Circulated Weekly Newspaper in Union County Entered an Second Claaa Matter Published Mr-BEVENTH YEAR—No
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WESTFIELD LEADER The Leading And Most Widely Circulated Weekly Newspaper In Union County Entered an Second Claaa Matter Published mr-BEVENTH YEAR—No. 45 Print Offlct. Wantflold. N J. WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1957 f]v«rv Thursd 30 Paget—10 Centi pilches Plan Some of Westfie.ld's Jamboree Scouts Olympic Games jgft:TripTo. Rescheduled At Foreign Students ftiftiflfif. /i ' j Town Playfields rf&|upi Lrusade Will Visit Here kets Ready Parents Invited lly Saturday To Annual Event Cement Strike Arrive Saturday ikee Stadium Saturday Morning churches are making Postponed from last week, the Delays School For Week's Visit -have a large delega- Olympic games of the Westfleld climax session of the Playgrounds will be held -this Sat- Hold. Up Work Crusade in New urday at 9:15 a.m., according to On Way Home jfrally at Yankee Stad- local recreation director Joseph On Junior High |urday. Coleman. Saturday afternoon, 54 foreign ^Jjjire free and may be ob- The event will begin with a The strike of cement mill work- teen age students will arrive at HUpe YMCA which is open s, coming on the heels of settle- Westfteld High School to be met land every evening, A grand parade followed by the bal- loon ascension contest. The hel- ment of the carpenters' strike, will by a large group of local resi- jJfOOO seats in a desirable dents who are taking the boys and lH the big ball park has ium-filled balloons with i-elturn further delay start of construc- post cards attached will be launch- tion of Edison Junior High School, girls into their homes as guests td and persons who get KERSHAW HARMS until Friday, July 26, when they until 6 p.m. on ed. The furthest postmark and according to William C. Child, earliest return will both be fac- chairman of the Board of Educa- will sail from New York to their (evening to claim their homeland. ' that the section will tors in the judging. Parents ar_> Kershaw Harms, tion construction committee. open for general use. —l'l oil Kt invited to attend. He quoted the architect, Fred The students, from 30 countries, _-___, i meeting i3 to start at A portion of the Weitfield contingent at the Fourth National Boy Scout Jamboree in Valley Forie Registration of the playfields Elasser, as stating there isn't a are part of a group of 767 stu- this week ia pictured in their official uniforms with Mayor H. Emenon Thomai on July 4 follow- has now reached 2,440 with at- Councilman, Dies bag of cement to be had in the dents sponsored >by the American ing the fl«« raiiinf ceremoniei in Minaowaikin Park. Left to right! William Holt, icoutntaeter of Field Service and tha U. 3. State Hl||il|irche9 here had hoped tendance soaring to 22,258 since metropolitan area. Jamboree Troop 31; William Rojeri, Eric Reilinier, auiatant ScoutmaiUr; Jan V>n Home, Bruce the opening of the fields. Department, who have (pent a Tjj|j||»uld be possible to ar- Varnum, Brook Cronwell, lenior patrol leader; Robert Staack, Peler Voft, junior aitlttant icout- Victim of Heart Mr. Child reported two weeks year as seniors at high schools In jf^|bus caravan as they did matter; Richard HolUtein, David Mayne, quarlermaeter; Jerry Madea, Junta Kefalonitii, Eugene Ken 'Powers of the Jefferson ago that construction had been 42 states. For the past three weeks • jfli*''8 aEro w'len between Barron, junior aniitant icoutmailer,- Kenneth Holland, Jimn Hutchiaaon, Richard Suiter, George Playground, won the town foul Attack at Club held up several weeks by the car- they have toured the U, S. in llfptl.-vOO went from the town Davidaon, Baird Tipion, Harriion Young, Jeffrey Sandefur, Robert Kefalonitit, Charlei Wiitar, shooting tournament at the Co- penters because one of the first Greyhound busses and were re- •dison Square Garden patrol leader; Mayor Thomae. (Storjt on page 30) lumbus Playfield last week. Dick Funeral services wore held stages of construction is building ceived by President EUanhower in Myers of-Wilson and Darryl Um- Tuesday in St. Peter's Episcopal forms for foundations' and foot- Washington. stcad of Washington were runner- Church, Perth Amboy, for secpnd busses were no), avail- ngs. While1 in Westfield they will be •1 companies were con- ups. ward Councilman Kershaw Harms Now the forms can be built, but Scouts Win Awards At Second of 14.Bennett place, who collapsed guests of the community and will the last ten days The coming events of the week there is no concrete to pour, he have time aa well to visit New I the same reply, natne- include a trip to the Polo Grounds and died of a heart attack Friday said. at the 'Ridgewood Country Club in York. eir vehicles had been Period Of Camp Watchung for a game between the Cincln- We still have hopes of com- The Executive Board of the {weeks ago for the finale nattl Reds and the New York Paramus. Town officials were pleting the building by September Four area Boy Scout troops at- among those who attended the High School PTA has been ar- : at the Itadium. Giants. Outstanding playgrounders 1958," Mr. Child said, "but it looks ranging hospitality under the co- . ehuVches in the tended the second period at Camp from Grant, Washington, Roose- services. more difficult as each week pass- Watchung, Glen Gardner, last Idabelle Diaz Wins chairmanship of Mrs. WalUci [trea are making a drive velt, and Wilson will make the Mr. Harms, 57, was touring the es." Ruckert of 638 Lenox •wnue end 000 at the stadium, one week. The camp is the year-round trip under the direction of play- golf course with seven friends training and camping center of Realtors' Scholarship The general contractor, Arthur Mrs. Curry Lea of 056 Weatfield :st rallfes of the kind ground leaders John, Holbrook, when he was felled and died al- Vennerl of Westfield, has moved avenue. the metropolitan dis- the Watchung Area Council Boy Jean Roppclt and 'Alice llinea. most Instantly. Interment WHS construction shanties onto the Scouts divided this year Into two private. The 54 students who will in program camps, Camp Kuwe and Also on the week's special calen- Rahway nvenue site and has bull- visiting In Westfleld are from 20 b%e last organized group Camp Ahquabl. dar will be pony rides, a trip to Mr. Harms was vice president dozers bringing the property to countries: Austria, Belgium, Coats New York Crusade Bowcraft, swimming at tho YM- of the American Smelting and Re- grade, but this work is relatively Rica, Denmark, Finland, France, Held, many of them In Camp Kuwe last week were CA, tether ball and hop scotch fining Co, of New York and a minor and could be finished with Germany, Great Britain, Greece,' train and private car Lincoln School PTA troop 173 of tournaments, and the annual pet former manager of the company's dispatch if the path was cleared Guatamala, Indonesia, Italy, lr) toy bus. The combined Westfield, with 17 boys, under the show. Perth Amboy refinery. for further work. Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Ijtfbway routes go direct- leadership of Camp Scoutmaster Lincoln Playground Mr. Child said steel for the job Robert Helmer oil Plainfleld; Mayor H. Emerson Thomas ap- Norway, Philippines, Spain, Swed- adium. There are two This week, in addition to the pointed him in January to fill the was ordered as soon aa the con- en and Turkeyi rcss lines that stop »t Mountainside Kiwanis Club Troop regular program and special tract was awarded and part of the 76, with 15 boys, under the lead vacancy caused by the death of Host families who are enter- entrance, events, there will be a kite contest the late councilman Robert F. present delay may be canceled out taining one or more student* Me: hale of the Crusade will erahip of Camp Scoutmaster Rich- and prizes for the best dec- because steel might have held up ard Dieti of Mountainside; Benja- Gumbert. Mr. Harms won the C. 11. Blrdsall Jr., G. H. DrtAey, i television in the metro- orated and the highest flying craft. nomination for the post in the the job anyway. L. G. Fortenbaugh, P. L. Hilnea, REV. DAVID FORTES, M.A. min Franklin School PTA Tropp This contest will be tomorrow L g, It it felt by those April primary with the second Qeorce iHaiUm,, J. P. HtrMrth' been sponsoring the 172 of'We.tntld, With 1» b»«, morning it 10 a.m. hHirWtt fotr cast tar, *»un«il c»n- under the leadership of Camp n.'K. HiHeWMICH," li, A* •t that hundreds will As the third week came to a 5 IrisKIWinister Scoutmaster James Salisbury of dldttea. • , [RotatfHosts Norman -- L. Kehrli,, RalpRa h < H in this last meeting close activities covered a hat pa- W. T. KingabmyKib , CurrC y L»«, H^ ade, hence the acqutei- Westfleld. With the Camp Provi- rade, foul shooting contest, Indian Born In Salt Lake City, Utah sional Troop were First Baptist Mr. Harms lived in Westfield 17 A. Leedom, It. M. Longley.'fl. S. big block of tickets, To PreachHere dancing, the making of an Indian Baseball Clubs Mantz, T. W. Moore, Frank Park, week of the Graham Church Troop 71 of Westfield, tepee, and swimming at the YM- years after residing in Omaha, with four boys, Jefferson School Neb. He was graduated from A. C. Patterson, C. M. Fond, A. K, i been witnessing huge CA. These arc all special events Rainey, W. L. Rlederer, G. Wii. ne of them overflow Belfast Pastor At PTA Troop-273 of Weatneld, with that fill out the daily program Michigan University In 1921 with Scries Winners five boys.