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A A Newspaper Devoted Complete News, Pictures To the Community Interest Presented Fairly, Clearly Full Local Coverage And Impartially Each Week VOL. XVII—NO. 28 FORDS, N. J., THURSDAY,, AUGUST 25, 1955 Published Every y PRICE EIGHT CENTS at 18 Green Street, WoodbrlSge, K. J. The Best Call of All! 3,200 Sign B.ofE. Post Sweetness Former Resident who Visited Stricken Flood and Area, Tells, Parents Children are Safe For Study, To Ev« J WOODBRIDGE—Worried Woodbridge parents, whose children were vacationing at Blue Mountain amp, East Stroudsburg, are thankful Light to a Somerville resident today. Aimou The man, Theodora Blitzer, formerly of Perth Amboy, hired a heli- By CHARLES E. GREGORY copter Sunday and flew to Stroudsburg in the midst of the flood area Petition Presented to and then found his way by car'to the camp where his two children Clara Barton Man Given. were staying. Mr. Blitzer took the Office of Township Post • at Last Nigbl's Despite all my gumshoe names of all trie Woodbridge chil- work, the mysteries in the dren and called their .parents-to Clerk Here Yesterday Commission Meeting tell them they were safe and. well. operation of our government Makin and Snider, EDISON—A petition bearing EDISON—Thomas McEvoy, Set- mount. The children at the camp; all of over 3.200 names was filed with fran Avenue, Clara Barton section whom are due to come home on + * * * schedule today, are: Barbara His Idol, To Meet he office of the Township Clerk of the Township, was appointed a I haven't been able to solve Dern, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kaus yesterday by a "com- member of the local Board of Edu- the disappearance of 1,064 j Murray Dern, Green Street; Lynn mittee of petitioners, comprising cation by the Township Commis- Samson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1:30 Sunday on TV five local residents for a referen- sion at a regular meeting last pansy plants. I have referred j William Samson, Barron Avenue; dum to be placed on the November night. to the Department of DeadjCarol and Charles Hietner, children WOODBRIDGE — Dick Ma- ballot on the question of a char- Mr. McEvoy will succeed Ernest Ends the case of the planting of Dr. and Mrs. Cyril I. Hutner, kin, the 11-year-old triple am- ter commission study for the C. Witham, a professor at Rutgers putee who performs in the Ise- University who resigned from the of hundreds of pansy plants •rove Avenue; Richard Flavin, township. % at the old high school, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Plavin, lin Little League,, will have one Twenty percent or 2,889 of the board about four months ago be- Grove Avenue; Alan and Lyn of his favorite dreams come township's registered voters sig- cause of poor health. then their'prornpt- removal— Jacobson, children of Mr. and Mrs. true this Sunday; afternoon at. natures were necessary before the Another appointment made bv and at what price. I haven't Lewis Jacobson, Tisdale Place; and 1:30 when he is scheduled to project could be permitted on the the commission last night was that a clue to the identity of the Kenneth Klein, son of Mr. aiid meet his idol, the Brooklyn ballot. of Stewart Robertson as a tax as- person or persons whose bril- Mrs. Morris Klein, Elmwood Ave-: Dodgers' Duke Snider, on the . On the committee were William sessor to work with the other two nue. The latter is the nephew of Happy Felton "Knot Hole assessors, George Hollingrshead and liant judgment is responsible Davison, Mrs. Earl "Mairi, Mrs. Steve Madger. for the location of a- hot dogState Senator B. W. Vogel. : Gang" television program on Walter M-cAndrew, Edward Grant stand on the lawn of our new In his phone calls to the parents, Channel 9. and William Keiser. Although he has been on the three and one-half million Mr. Blitzer told them the children . Mr. • Felton communicated Within a 20-day period the job only two weeks, James For- were safe from harm, that they with the Independent-Leader township clerk must either find gione, head of the department of dollar high school. These, I had; pure drinking, water from ar- earlier this week to state that the petition to be defective, or cer- public works, has had plenty of am sorry to report, are still in tesian wells and that; their only final arrangements have been tify its authenticity to the town- work to do as was indicated at the the pending file even though worry was that they couldn't get completed for Sunday's show ship commissioners. In. the latter meeting when residents complain- I shall continue to pursue an in touch with their parents to tell and he, along with the Brook- case, the appearance of the char- ed of various drainage conditions explanation. them all was well. He said they lyn Baseball Club, are looking ter commission study referendum and poor roads. For the most part seemed relieved when he, informed on the local ballot in November is these complaints stemmed from, •: V ' ••!*. .*• * them that' he would call all their forward to meeting Dick. The the recent heavy rains. : Iselin youngster will appear .in mandatory. My trouble, I guess, is that parents. • •,. uniform and will give a brief Simultaneous with voting yes When the commissioners were I'm getting behind in 'my exhibition of his fielding ability or no on the -charter review ques- asked about various problems, Mr. work and don't have a before a large TV" audience. tion, local voters will have the Forgione answered for them and opportunity of casting ballots explained what had been done a::< cl chance of grinding up one Friendly Society • Accompanying., Dick on the what could be done to alleviate case before another comes trip to Ebbets Meld will be his for five prospective members of a charter review commission, these conditions. alone. With all this backlog father, Dick Makin, Sr.; Wind- Mr. M. C. Werfel, Arrow h •Plans-ior .Bazaar sor Lakis,,: staff photographer; whose task it would be, if the ref- "waiting to be finished, I now erendum is adopted, to carry out Park, who at the last meetin i - Johnny Ros'le, sports editor; dicated his interest in the t have to apply myself to EDISON HEAD TO COME ... .... and Charles E. Gregory, pub- a study of the local form of gov- learning why the Board of EDISON—The" Friendly Society ernment. Candidates for the cedures at the meetings and lisher of this paper who, •charter review commission have the governing body that u Education 'without public of St. James' Episcopal Church through his efforts, made it would see him quite a bit. met Friday, night in the parish until September 9 to file their pe- notice of its intentions, call- possible for Dick to meet the titions of candidacy. present at last night's session i ed an eleventh-hour meeting* hall. The newly elected officers popular. Brooklyn outfielder. '$ raised several questions. He tn Mondav night to adopt a were in, charge. Dickie will . also probably If the referendum is adopted tioned the functions of the i school-building policy. The They were: Mrs. Joseph Bro- have a chance to chat with Don here, the charter review commis- Shade Tree Commission which card, president; Mrs. Arnold Nie- Newcombe, star Dodger twirler, sion members would take office adopted as an ordinance on * ± Board has i been fumbling haus, vice, president; Harold,Mac- who like Dick lives in Wood- within 15 days of the election and reading. Mayor Thomas Swalei •with schools for months, and Gorvin, secretary,, and. Wallace bridge Township. would be required to submit a plained the need of such a pro r suddenly "without warning Lampkin, treasurer. report of their study of the local j,, •.' its future, and the immediate i < i it picks up the ball for a long : form of government within nine •w •' to preserve the trees in the Tou- Hans for a bazaar arid supper A ship. tun.:while' the spectators are were discussed;, for Wednesday months. The charter review com- looking the other way. f - -'.. October 19. Mrs. MacGorvin will' Sewaren Founder mission has the option of recom- Introduced by Commissio-nr be chairman of the bazaar and mending no change at all in the O'Hara, the commission adopted :• ' -:•;• '.•'-••'' * : '•*- '. .*•', . '••. :,•'. Mrs. '•-• Brocard. chairman. of the Leaves $4,500,000 local form of government, or an ordinance for the creation of Imust sayy however ,; that supper. ; ' • ' . recommending a completely new (Continued on Page Five) form of: local1 • government, or, I- am impressed with the The Rev. -JSnies"J. Martin, pas- v SEWAREN; '•-V • PKETTY MISTRESSES OF A PRETTY FAMILY: -Maggie, Pat and Betsy Tallon, daughters of Dr. haste with which, the Board tor;:'addressed the: group. ' ''. lastly, recommending modifica- and Mrs. Thomas L. Talloii, 135 Green Street, are busy young ladies these days since their beagle, can make decisions when1 it The sum of $200 was donated Johnston De Forest of Cold Spring (Continued on Page Five) Ginger, presented them with a litter of 9 babies. Mother and children, and father, Jerry, are all settles down. Ttiwas" desper- bAy.tne society to the church for Harbor, L. I., who. died November doing well under the watchful eyes of their self-appointed puppy pediatricians. ate for help frorri-the Town- the purchase of convertible tables 25, 19S'2, has been appraised at ship ; Committee and: the to be used by: the Sunday school $4,506,280.66. The estate's net Kovac Appointed Teacher Luncteos: 1 classes and for social activities.