THE WESTFIELD LEADER the LEADING and MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER in UNION COUNTY Entered As Second Class Mutte R Publlshod YEAR—No
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THE WESTFIELD LEADER THE LEADING AND MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN UNION COUNTY Entered as Second Class Mutte r Publlshod YEAR—No. 51. Post Otnce. We«tllM*l N I WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1953 Every Thuradny 28 Pages—5 Cent* School Speaker [egistration for 25 Years a Cop. [eat Will Break dult School Set Water Pressure Still Low; fomorrow, Maybe or September 21 Emergency Continued New Catalogue To Thrift Shop Needs You Can Get Be Mailed Out Only Heavy Rain ather Bureau Things for Babies - Water Co. Seeks Water At Y Next Week Up With The Thrift Shop, conducted by late Increase The Weitfi.ld YMCA ulud Will Ease Rules Registration for the Westfield the "L»dcr" lait night to ex- the We3tfield Service League as a dult School will be September 21 benofit for many charities, issued tend an invitation to any fam- Good, News i the cafeteria of the Roosevelt Average Hike Would ily without water to get a sup- Officials Say an appeal today for.baby furni- unior High School. Registration ture and clothes. A spokesman for ply at the association building y mail will be received during the Be 55 Cents Monthly on Ferris place. The Y h«« it* FairandCOOLER the shop said: "The needs of our •eek of September 14 at which youngest customers cannot be Tho Plainfield-Union Water Co., own well and offers to supply Warn of Increasing ime every family in Westficld will water for drinkinglor cooklnf f eekend Forecast met. We have many requests for iave received a copy of the fall rvlng some 44,000 residential Danger of Fire baby furniture and clothing and nd industrial consumers in 20 to anyone bringing his own Weather Bur.au, talogue, with a complete descrip- nunicipalities in the Westfield- container. ,, s, our supply is far below demand." .on of each of the 25 courses to fmir mB<I h Among the items needed are 'lainfield area, today announced There has been no change in e offered. Classes begin October he state of emergency declared by I. T—rrow partly cloudy play pens, high chairs, cribs and JOHN E. BEBOUT LT. AUGUST BEr.NiM.KR hat a new schedule of rates had *L chance »f •eall.r.a and continue for ten consecu- 3cen filed for approval with the Mayor Charles P. Bailey Saturday, L chance all kinds of clothes. The shop in ive Monday nights. Borough Schools *,..». Outloolkk fof r weekk. its appeal says: "If your family Hate Board of Public Utility Com- >ecause of low water pressure and The Westfield League of Women hero will not be until there is a •4 hlr and cooler. has grown and you are wondering lissioners. The new rates are de- 'otcrs will present a course cn- Lt. Benninger 25 jood rainfall, officials aaid today. Js the record-breaking what to do with old baby things, Jr. E^sex Troop igned to increase the average Open Next Week i itled "You and Your Govern- 'amily's water bill by about 55 The pressure has been fluctuating ilwiw will come w an end at call We. 2-2530. We will bs glad lent" to inform. citizens of the to pick up whatever you have." cents per month, $1.65 per quar- from hour to hour, but has re- i. The list of new records that Announces Plans tructure and organization of mn- Years On Force «rly billing period or $6.60 per Mountainside schools will open mained near the point considered * ten set this week is lengthy. icipal, county and Btate govern- ear, officials said. Thursday, September 10, Superin- dangerous from the sanitary and .ample, Tuesday's 100 degree ment. The league is a non-partisan Emphasizing that water rates tendent of Schools Charles J. Wa- \re protection standpoint. It was the highest ever record- Newcomers Plan Capt. Delaney Is irganization whose purpose is to Was Once Member ad not been increased for 25 das has announced. Residents in the Brlghtwood t My first day of September. iromote informed and active par- Of Bicycle Group ears, a company spokesman The offices of both tho Central area, upper Prospect street and sw.V back on Sept. 1, 1898 New Supervisor icipation of citizens in govern- minted to rapidly rising costs, de- Ayenue School and the Route 22 Madison avenue were without wa- a He thermometer registered Luncheon Meeting ment. > lining earnings, and additional School will be open each day in- ter from 5 p.m. until midnight- i text highest—a mere 97. And Beginning his 26th year of ser- "Either you run your govern- :apitnl requirements as the basic cluding September 9 from 9 a.m. Saturday and last night residenti •trdw w»s the 10th consecu- William G. Fullard, president of vice with the Westficld Police De- 'actors responsible for the move Junior Essex Troop "B" of Cav- ment or government runs you," to 3 p.m. for registration. on top floors of apartment houses 7ity on which the maximum Resume Program partment Tuesday, Lt. August owards higher rates. • All teachers will meet Wednes- nentute reached 90 degrees or alry, has announced plans for the itates the league. "It can be as reported their supply failed. good or as bad as you, individu- Benninger is one of the few vet- day, September 9 at 10 a.m. in the it In 1944, there was a stretch Wednesday at Y year's activities. Capt. James De erans of the force who can recall The official said: "Most of the The fire department, on constant tott days, from Aug. 10 to 17. "aney of the 50th Reconnaissance ally; permit it to be. Government money collected in water bills is Route 22 School. Mrs. Harry Lake alert, had a 6,000 gallon tank * a your direct and personal re- the days of the "six day bicycle of Orchard road, membership fever, If it will make you feel The Newcomers Club of West- Battalion NJNG will be supervisor races" when the town's patrolmen used up in employee wages, in truck supplied by the Dcin Oil' »better, on Sept. 21, 1895 there field, a YWCA sponsored organiza- this year during the absence 0 iponsibility. You cannot delegate power to operate the pumping sta- chairman of the Board of Educa Company as an emergency meat. ' hat obligation or pass it on to oth- covered their beats on two-wheel tion, will entertain the entire staff I a official reading of 102. Of tion, will resume its luncheon Capt. Arthur K. Kling Jr. West- ers, worked six days a week, and ;ions, in purchasing necessary ma ure over the weekend. Fred Zink, ine, ill these figures are offi- meetings at the YWCA Wednes- field, Cranford, Garwood, Fan- ers. You talk about what's wrong terials and supplies and in pay- of teachers at lunch in her garden president of the company, said that with our government. Why not the two-way police radio system at 12 noon, following the meeting. I but It has been not at all dif • day. The meeting will open with wood, Mlllburn and Summit are was a thing of the future. ment of federal and municipal the town can have the, use of th« iearn what is Tight about it and axes. The costs of these and oth- After lunch, the teachers will go truck each weekend for as long ai lit to find a thermometer which election of* officers. Names pre- represented by the cadets,'age" Born In Newark, Lt. Benninge: what to do about righting the er items have doubled and In some to their respective schoojs to pre- the emergency lasts. II straining to bust itself all sented by the nominating commit- 12 to 18. movod to Westfield in 1929. Oni tee are: Mrs. Eugene E. Broberc wrongs?" ases tripled during the period for paro for the opening the next day- B the place. Harry R. Schmidt of Summit I: of six children, he has a brother, president; Mrs. N. N. Bally, vice Approximately 14different which the current rates have been Six teachers will be new to tho The situation is serious for New cadet captain this year. Other of former police Lt. Charles Ben Fir* Chief William LlUra president; Mrs. Horace W. Ger speakers will discuss 10 topics with in effect. For example, in 1928 i staff. mj farm crops, said the State fleers are First Lieutenant Gordon ninger, now retired, who joine cost $165 to buy and install 10C Mrs. Margaret Gold la principal pleaded with resides.!* to be) •Mtment of Agriculture, but "a aide, corresponding secretary question and answer period at Smith, Second Lieutenant Henr; the conclusion of each presenta- the force in 1925. Another brother feet of 6-inch pipe. Today th of the Central Avenue School and •specially careful dariag tfc* Ed waking rain could change Mrs. Walter Read, recording sec- Turner. Non-commisisoned officers Albert Benninger, is a freeholde retary; Mrs. Torg Tonnessen tion. Mrs. Warren T. Kingsbury, same job costs in the neighbor- Mr. Wadas is school superintend dry spell. "Five grass |m 1 picture." are 1st Sgt. Donald Bowlin, an of Union County. Known as "Gus hood of $350. Tuesday Indicate how drr '*• The excessive heat and lack of treasurer, and Mesdames Emi president of the Westfield League ent and principal of the Route 22 Platoon Sgt. William G. Fullan of Women Voters, will' serve as to friends and co-workers, Lt. Ben- "Ichool. grasses are this year. White ire has affected peach and Hladky, Robert Pollard and Harry Jr. ninger was made a detective i 'A phenomenal increase In wa-] tha water prassara renaiae .