. a_._-:.- P?gei6CRANP0BD (N.J.) CHRONICLE Thursday, January'1. "1982 Smoke detector Three Eagl$ scoytsjn in Garwood... tw& TKeniTworth.;-. Board, police/menrpromotecf\'7. • teachers still at school tax going _ loggerheads... new police: rank... page 14 • . - ;-.,.«,-. • '.. - ' USPS 136 BOO Second Class Postage Paid Cranford, N.J. 25 CENTS VOL. 90 No. 2 Published Every Thursday Thursday, January 14,1982 Serving Cntriford, Kenilworih arid "(i'krwood ? Richard sets bike record circlin If this were an ordinary week, we would use this space to tell you what's Special help too. , •'.'". ~"- r in brief at Kings. But this week, well simply _ay that we're having our exceptional Florida The Proctor and Gamble couipany is mailing thousands of coupons to be used iri 1 ;__ By R0SALI&_E0SS— — rinstead. _He was a cross country skier, and spent just $2d to $25 a night. The trip .Richard DeBernardis decided it was mountain climber and in 1976 had biked cost him $4,500. He had expected to Citrus satefarid we'll leave the jorrof telling yoilaBourTh^ other speciars t^hT the jDurchjisejj^^ tim6 for another a_ventute. "1 wanted 2,216 miles from Alaska to< Mexico in 40 spend $6,000. "For every coupon redeemed, P&G will donate a nickel. With the help of Kings to get~b_ck on the bike and do something days. He-left the university and embark- , Richard- rode a 12-speed Japanese else." ., \- •• ,J .. Because this is no ordinary weekat Kings shoppersrit can add up to an important contribution. ^ AndBOthree-yeai'sto the day that he reatils for $1,000, but was given to him : ' r. A year and a half later, he longed for OFr So please redeem the P&G coupons and think- about also making a Contribution started his Guinness-record bike trip another adventure and wanted to see a by the manufacturer afterTiisTJSA^trip.- There will be Special Olympicscompetstions heldibr bur handicapped friends .of your own tq_Special Olympics. •-..'•'' , -. • ground* the perimeter Of the United' different country. He decided- on Japan The hilly Japanese terrain resulted in • States, the 37-year-old adventurer biked because he- wanted a trip of 'no more •five flat tires, 17 broken spokes, one throughout ihe country during the-yeacAmt£tkere will bespecial ftmrJ-Taisiiig --fitHnnisetnes^special friends of ours, whether they compete in the Special away from the Imperial Palace in Tokyo than 80 days, Japan has good political .blowout and an axle replacement. The efforts nationwide to support the work of Special Olympics. •/•• : Olympics or not, are givingit^Il they've got everyday. * \ ,. for a 77-day trip along the edges of the ties with the tJ.{>.',.and,' based on the good twice-as-long American bike trip" netted four main islands of Japan.' DeBernar- nature of his Japenese friends in? this 22 broken spokes and_22 flats. _.. Many people wilf be helping in this fund-raising effort this Week. You can .„' Please give them all you can this week. ... dis was the first person.toaccomplish country, h$ waseure he would be safe. DeBernardis averaged 81, miles'- per this and earned himself another listing Helalso wjuited the challenge of "seeing day at an- average spe__ of 15 miles per u in-th-^GuinnessBoolrof World Records I' if I could, get ar,ou'hd'"without knowing hour ori his tour of the four islands :Hon- shu, Hokkaido, Kyushu andShikoku. He The Butcher's Corner •The Deli Corner* TheJFarmer's Corner The Grocer's Corner The Freezer Corner The Japanese trip started last Sept. 10 the language.]' ... tried to confine hjs riding between 8 a.m. and finished Thanksgiving Day after He trained, for a yeKr by running from and 5 p.m. but had to ride 20 times at At the Sliced to Order Counter: Florida Citrus Sale: Era Liquid logging 6,235LJrtlles. The USA- trip 4wo to eight miles a day and exercising -SHOW-CM night either to get to the next town or to American Grown Lean Domestic ' IndianRiver, _,—Laundry-Detergent: started Sept. 10, 1978 in Seattle, Wash, for two hours. make- more' time. "I had a flashing DeBernardisb^Zele^eastalong the^ After .getting lost repeatedly the first : yellow light on my bike," he said, "that USDA Choice „. Boiled-Ham ^ " See_Tess l_rapefruH: Dawn Liquid Orange The cold weather has presented a- ^Canadian borderT "soutfir~lq Florida, Rich's Caterer's Detergent. day otit, DeBernardis found a pohcemSn saved n\y life." Medium White sporting possibility: most parts of.! across the southern edge of the country who spoke English. The policeman ^of Eamfr s 12 02. ; The cyclist encountered 11 days of T_rkey Breast -.-•'.: 48 size six rn Bag 1.00- Camay Bath Soap_ Juice 99* the Rahway River are safe for ice" attd back to Seattle in 180 days. He wrote a note in Japanese for DeBernar-' Whole or Butt Half 1b. Solid White Meat ^___Z "A \b. H.99 ' Large White or Red Bounce Fabric Softener -skating, reports Ed Robinson, public finished March 8, 1979 and covered rain, but the worst day, he said, found Minute Maid : dis to show people. The note explained him on a 50- mile stretch of a wet, mud- keller'-s Bologna 3/*l- pkg.'of 20 sheets ___________ 99' safety commissioner...Despite the" 12,092 miles. • . what he was doing and asked residents American Grown USDA 36 Size _______ Lemon Juice; __ 7l_ oz. 19* average 5.6 degree temperatures dy dirt road where workers were DeBernardis is visiting in Cranford to direct him to a hotel and provide other' Choice Lamb: German Style '-» V_ lb. *1.19 Extra Large White or Red Mr. Clean Alt Purpose Sunday and Monday, only three buildirig. a tunnel'and fixing the road. $ Seneca Apple Juice 6 oz. 2/89* now with his parents, Amerigo and information. By .the end of the trip, Richard DeBernardis is about to eVnbark on a 6,235 mile bike trip Shoulder Cljops XIeaner_______ 28 oz. eont. L69- Heinz Eiteep Fried Potatoes tenants-complained to the Board of- On top of this, the wind was blowing at GO s Schickhaus 27' Helen,DeBernardis of Springfield though, the cyclist'had leaned key around the outer edge-of the four main 'island?sa? ? of py Blade Cuts _______ lb. L99 Juice Oranges; Folgers Instant French Fries or Health ab6ut insufficient heat and to 70 miles per hour against him as he Avenue. • /.. - ,- -. phrases in 'Japanesg_such as "Whatcjty, idkhi^ Vl^tTrT second listinliti g In GuinnesGi s Book of World Rib Chops Blade Cut ,Jb-.*3.89 Medium-100 Sizl__ ten in bag*t.OCL Coffee ____________ 10 oz. *3.89 Tom Karvelas, sanitarian, sara-none . risTRe bike shop?" y Xiverwurst Crinkle Cuts_ 12 oz. 59" j_lat Records. Well Trimmed Extra Large"64 Size _. 6 for *1.00 Kraft Strawberry informal talk tomorrow at the Cranford "I could not move,,' he said and "almost v Artificial Casing K lb. i Departmejnt.had.to thaw out seyeral DeBernardis had nothing but prdise. two miles long. "Imagine what-itwould kept my interesCbTETcan't say I like Loin Chops : lb. *3.99\.. Easy to Peel Oranges: P^ Book Store, 3,i"North Ave,, W., from l'to .quit, the-trip." He carried the bike With Cheddar Cheese - traffic" " lights for thecourtiesyof the Japanese people. be like biking through the Holland Tun- one better than another." ~__mb_ N_vels56 Size I i 3 p.m. He spoke last Friday to social downhill. The wind shifted and pushed Well Trimmed - .4/n- or Gliives ; 12 oz. 2/89" Monday...Elizabethtown Gas Co. The drivers pulled aside and gave him him and "the bike to the bottom of the nel," he said. ' ; DeBernardis might write a book or S $ White Rose studies classes at Orange Avenue fb. 1.59 Genoa or Hard Salami Medium.Tangerines 150 size _ 10/ I | said two consecutive record" gas room as they saw his-bikaapproaching mountain. Tf hile the biking was more difficult in buy property in a ski area: He bad been Howardjohnson School. jBreastotJLamb ___________ Ib. 69* Artificial Casing____ *1.89 Large Honeybells 80 Size 5/*l Unsweetened <f "sendouts" were e^fierienced Sun- in contrast td Americans he encountered DeBernardis rnJssed. only one day of Japan than America because of the hills involved in financial investing to__fm_L • r $ Macaroni and Cheese _IOoz.89 A former teacher at UCLA.and junior on hjs domestic trip who shot at him or v • ajid_oid.e_XDa_sT DeBoi-nardis-eould not his trip WJjipan^buT hopes to find spon- •.- •••» ^ Neck of Lamb for Stew _____.Jb. 99" Hot from the Spit! Large Temples 80 S ize • • 6/ 1 f"_ay" ;»nd Monday. .238,000 travel -wl),en a typhoon blew 100 mile- Grapefruit Juice Taste O Sea Dinners: ; - sors next time. If there is a next time, Weaver's_)_te_ Frye: Barbequed Perdue By the Case: , r"•"- I dekatherms were consumed Mon- high schools in Galifpn}iaJ.JDeBernardis.-^ tried-^-run-him^f^the-r^d^^~-'-77^~" ~TKE tK5pi 7win_s. Other Dian that, the •••-say which experience he liked better, "I J Regular or Pink 46 oz. Seafood Platter (9 oz.) or'. ay^cach dokathertn equals about spent four years as a-dean at the Univer- •" He had inten^gcTfoLeamp out rnost of adventurer founcl the going rough ort love my country," he said, "and when I DeBernardis is thinking of biking the Legs and Thighs_ 28 o^pkc 2.99 Chicken ____________ lb.*L79 Juice Oranges perimeter of England, or possibly New J Shrimp Dinner (7 oz.) _„, *1.39 960 cubic feet of natural gas). sity of Alaska. In 1978 he grew "tired of the time, but DeBernardis found the Japan's older narrow roads and'through did the USA I was learning about-a)! the Breasts________22oz.