THE WESTFIELD LEADER the LEADING and MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER in UNION COUNTY ..J Second Qua Matter Published Office
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THE WESTFIELD LEADER THE LEADING AND MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN UNION COUNTY ..j Second Qua Matter Published Office. weirtfleld. N. J. WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, MARCH 27, 1952 Every Thursday 32 P*s.t-4 Cmtt Lays Plans For Election Officers Cancer Drive Aide* Testimonial Dinner Meeting Called For Council Tonight Police, Firemen The Union County Board of Mayor Charles Bailey, Jrade School Expansiou Elections has called a meeting of members of the Town Council all election officers Thursday eve- and their wives will be guests ning, April 3, in the council cham- of honor at the annual testi- Concert Soloist bers of the Municipal Building monial dinner foi- the govern- Voted Bonuses •Architecti s here. ing body today at G :30 p.m. in The meeting is being held to the Chi-Am Chateau, Moun- instruct the election boards in the tainside. Kinsey M. Merritt of Newsman To Speak Study Costs operation of a new type voting Elizabeth, vice president in Change In Zone machine to be used in Westfield charge of traffic of the Rail- in the primary election. All elec- way Express Agency, New [Additions. tion board officers are urged'to York, will speak. Requested For attend. Robert Snevily, town attor- go»rd of Education an- ney, will be toastmaster. As School Property t«l«y that Ray 0.' Peck of of last night there were still ,.«,!!) and Emil A. Schmidlin a few tickets available. These tatOrtnge have been selected Rotarians Elect may be obtained from Her- Cost of living bonuses far i srepare preliminary plans and bert R. Welch of Welch's bers of the Police and Fir* De- jTwtimates for a proposed ex- Hugh D. Clark Paint Store, 214 East Broad partments, were voted by th» of the elementary schools street. Town Council at its meeting Moll* , Bjdfeld- They were picked day night. Compared to • mui* Lofkt firms from New Jersey Will Succeed mum bonus last year of $200, tlM «! Nif Vork interviewed by the new figures will provide pajrnwntt ' •Sand building committee. Fred Bfeterf eld Phone Pickets of $400 to members of the ds> \JJJl M tufficient information —Westfield studloli —Weulfleld Studios partments earning $4,000 or 1«W lSde> the program will be Hugh D. Clark was elected pres- STEWART C. MORTON MRS. ROBERT E. EWART annually, $300 to those between naW with various civic organi- ident of the Rotary Club Tuesday On Duty Here $4,000 and $5,000 and $200 far Hpfi-is expected that the at the YMCA. Fred Bisterfeld is others. nipicfle will be asked to vote the, retiring president. ' jh proposed program early in Carwer Crusade Fund Drive Local Service On RICHARD L. TOBIN An indication that the Board RICARDO ODNOPOSOFF Mr. Clark has been a director of of Education wishes to sell th» Rotary, a vice president of the Emergency Basis Washington School property en *'•-'"•: / ' " fKjm of the very rapid in- Republican Club of Westfield, a Opens In Westfield Tuesday Elm street was seen in its request aD |i ichool enrollment in the Concerts Croup former trustee of the Union Coun- Although the local telephone of- Richard Tobin to the Council that the site be ty Automotive Trade Association, fice on Mountain avenue was pic- placed in the business lone. The tfftW pars, the present elemen- a member of the Echo Lake Coun- An intensive campaign designed is such," he said, "as will bring keted yesterday, the majority ot niet«>l» are badly overcrowded for this community to reach its the educational message and ap- property has a frontage of SB1 To End Season try Club and the Westfield Busi- operators were on duty most of th-3 To Address Club 'eet on Elm street and • depth t\tui reports. Even the use of ness Association, and the County, Cancer Crusade fund quickly was peal for funds of the American day, supervisory personnel filling ItU Wior high school for fifth. outlined today by Stewart C. Mor- Cancer Society to the largest of S81 feet on Walnut and Or* State, and National Auomotive in the gaps left vacant by the oper- chard streets. The Board pointed ' •tott grades has only tempor- Trade Associations. He has been a ton of 921 Kimball avenue, east. number of persons in the least ators who did not report. By eve- College Women |ur relieved the congestion on the Violinist To Give Mr. Morton is chairman of the possible time.. In general a mail out that adjoining; and opposite member of Rotary since 1945. He ning, however, fewer operators re- nopcrty are in the business son*. ift aMe. and next year it will Program Tuesday Westfield Committee of Union solicitation will be followed, sup- Plan Guest Night has served us chairman Of Inter- ported for work and the office was Rounding out of plans to open iNeemry to bring children t6' national Community Service Com- County Chapter, American Cancer ported by individual appeals and forced temporarily to handle emer- (Elm Street School from the Society, fund solicitation which pleas to business firms." Richard L. Tobin, author, lec- a public parking lot in the rear of The Westfield Community Con- mittee and has been program gency calls only. Jay Rodgers, stores on East Broad street be« nth side to take care of the ex- certs Association, will close Its cur- chairman and chairman of the starts Tuesday and continues Serving with Mr. Morton on the manager of the Westfield. office, turer, radio commentator, news- through April, designated as can- ween Mountain avenue and Kin) Kt«| increase in enrollment in rent season with a concert by Club Service Committee. active committee are Frank H. said service was normal until about paperman and war correspondent, cer control month. Bets, treasurer, Mrs. Robert E. will address the College Woman's itreet, was made with approval of it psrt of town. Based on new R i c a r d o Odnoposoff, violinist, 5 o'clock. UK! already built and planned, Born in Newport, R. I., he came The chairman pointed out that Ewai't, chairman of volunteer ser- Club at its guest night meeting he purchase of an additional ir» id statistics from all government Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. in the new to Westfield in 1938. In 1941 he his committee includes represent- vices, and Mis. John M. Wittke. Picketing started at the local Tuesday at 8:15 p. m. in the Ma- regular piece of land from HarrJ High School auditorium. The asso- opened his own automobile agency atives of all organizations and office and at tho Cities Service D. Taylor at a cost of $19,750. itloritios, an increase in school Others on tho committee in- sonic Temple. His topic will be A hearing on this -measure wal qllresients can be expected for ciation announced today it has com- in town. sections of Westfleld. "The setup clude: Mayor Charles P. Bailey, Station on Elm street, where ser- 'Bankruptcy As Usual". pletely sold out its' memberships vice trucks are kept, at fi:30 yes- set for the next meeting of tM mril years, according to J. Bliss Other officers elected were: H. R. Anderson, Horace E. Baker, Nephew of the famous author, Council April 14. ' utin, board president. for next year's concerts in the an- Vice president, Herbert L. Vance j Donald R. Belcher, Dr. Howard F. terday morning, following the strike by nearly 7,000 New Jer- Ring Lardner, Mr, Tobin has Bpent Two traffic ordinances wert The present program of the nual membership drive last week. treasurer, Henry L. Rost; secre- Brock, Dr. James Byrd, Mrs. V. most of his professional life work- uiid Is to construct a grade school tary, Donald R. Maxwell. Elected PTA Program A. Canigiula, Shelby G. Fell, sey Bell Telephone Co. plant and passed on first reading. One pro- Odnoposoff is a native South accounting workers in a wage dis- ing on the New York Herald Tri- hibits parking on the south iid« I the Boulevard site purchased by to the board of directors were Mr. Charles H. Frnnkenbach, Norman bune. AB radio news director of American whose concert tours Clark, Mr. Vance, Mr. Rost, Mr. T. Gilroy, Lonsdale Green Jr., pute. of South avenue between West «ichool board several years ago, divide his time about equally be- To Feature Panel the Tribune, he broadcasts a week- Broad street and Summit avenue id mother on the north side at a Chester B. Kellogg, Otto G. Lind- Tho company said the strike ly commentary over the Mutual te not yet selected. Mr. Schmidlin tween Europe, South and North (Please turn to page 2) berg. probably will delay mailing of from 7 a. m. to 8:80 a. m. Mon- America, and Australia. At the age bills, because of the absence of Broadcasting System on the im- days through Fridays and on the ill prepare the plans and co3t Toms River Group Also, Col. Leigh M. Pearsall, portant stories of the day. northwest side of East Broad tinatei for both of these school's. of twelve he was studying with accounting and clerical workers, Carl Flesch in Berlin and shortly Robert S. Purvis, Miss Nancy F. and delays in installation and re- Mr. Tobin reported the Lind- street for a distance of 84 feet addition, ah all-purpose room to after was chosen as soloist of the School Site To Appear April 3 Reynolds, Henry L. Rost, Mrs^ bergh case, the overthrow of Tam- from North avonuc. The other as a combination auditorium- Robert M. Skinner, Thomas A. pair of all emergency telephones. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. He Another mediation session was many by New York's Mayor La calls for the removal of two park- riim is planned for the Mrs.