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Cranford Gift Days Today, Friday, Saturday o Vol. LXIX. No. 19. 6«eend Clan Foitaga Paid 4 Sections, 40 Fages CftANFORp, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1962 At Crtnford. N. J. TEN CENTS of Cranford Days 1962 Cranford Days1962 Dedication ration Schedule of Events Speaker To Run Thursday Congrcsswoman Florence P „.'-••" Thursday, May 31s* 'z. Dwycr (R 6D NJ) will be princi- 10:00 A.M. — 4:00 P.M. Exhibits at Municipal Building Cranford Chamber of Commerce pal speaker at the dedication of Through Sunday 8:G0 "P.M. Fashion Show, Dressmaking ° Leshner's and Cranford Days Com. Cranford's new Municipal Build- . i Cranford Days 1962, the township's 14th annual com- Contest at DramaticClub ing at 11 a.m. Saturday. The cer- munity celebration, will get.under way today (Thursday) and Shoppers Night — Downtown Cranford Chamber of Commerce emonies will be one of the high continue through Sunday with a varied program of events, Business Section lights of the.Cranford Days fes- special'features of which will include formal dedication cere tivities and. the public has heen F.Htrayf June 1st monies for the new Municipal Building and new Public Library] invited, to. inspect the new build- Mayor Nicholas S. LaCor 6:30 A.M. — 8:30 A.M. "Salute to Commuters" #Lions- Club, ing between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. g, chair- I j_ _\ __ _ __ ___ Saturday. - man of the Cranford. Days 6:30 P.M. — 7:00 P.M. , "Salute to "Computers".' /women's Aux.^Cranford^lits A flag raising ceremony, con- rary Committee, have issued per- /Cr^hford Chnmbj^of Co^ihierce 10:00 A.M. — • 0:00 P.M. Exhibits at Municipal. Bldg. .• • A . • • ......'.•• '•" Photo bjr sonal invitations to -towns- . 5:00 P.M. — 0:00 P.M. FirsJLAltLSquacLQpen House CRANFORD DAYS STYJEES?-^ -Mayor and Mrs, f lhE 7:00 P.M. — 'Otnu y.M,. Shoppers 'rp6lights'' >rte-and-^aftford-^>ays^J^hiHrmiaR~lloward M. Siege! tircd-iir 'appropT»TEe~Gay Nineties • <• ; . *' rMv—-—3rOO~AiMf-^—Granford—High—Schoot^Bra shown attiTe^^n^eeping7wlth~rtEe~Gfiny"NiHettes theme proclaimed costumes. ' . by Mayor LaCorte for the four-day community- celebration which ISuntlay Gongresswomjin Florence P, Dwyer will be the principal speak- Saturday, June 2n begins today (Thursday). • ~""~ . D.r. Deborah Partridge. Wolfe, _^ ji = • • • 1^ ~ -^ chief of education for the Com-er at the Municipal Building dedi- 9:00 A.M.— 12. Noon Field Day at Memorial Field CrmiToTrcHsflosters Club Wlttee on Education and Labor of cation at 11 a-m. Saturday, nnd Dr. 9:30 A.M. Flower Arranging Contest aatt Cranford Council of Garden'-Clubs tlftf-MQUsp of Representatives and Deborah Partridge Wolfe, chief of * ; — —-Municipal Building Mayor's PtadamMion a memBe>>^of , the faculty of education for the. Committee on 9:30.A,M. ^4-30 P.M. "Country Fair" at Cleveland Junior Service League Queen's College", milbe principal ^ducatiorr and Labor of the House of Representatives, will speak, at ••-•••- •-.-,- School" ••--'-— Every year the residents of the Township of Craniord speaker at the dedlbanw^gf the new" . Craniord Public Libri the* library dedication at 1:30 p.m. •10:18 A.M. — in:dS AM pause to_comfflefflerate-imd-celebrate Craniord^s cultural "Sunday. - " ^ ; prints and K-Nine at North and'civic progress. , - Forly--jQcal firms arid organi- Union Aye. Through the medium of Cranford Days, the youth zations have^sct^up exhibits for 10:00 A.M. — 4:00 P.M. Exhibits at Municipal Bldg. Cranford Chamber of Commerce of yesterday, today and tomorrow meet in a spirit of fun the second annuaT^e«ioford Days and pride to share with each" other the joys of the past Exposition sponsored by uffr-Cliam- 10:00 A.M.— 4:00 P.M. Open House at Municipal Bldg. ( and the present and the hopes and dreams of the future. (Music by Recreauon "Band •': •— ber of Commerce," which will I do hereby proclaim May 31 through June 3 aS Cran- (Continued on Page 2) 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.) - . ford Days 1962. In celebration of the Towiishlp of Cranr. 11:00 A.M. Dedication of Municipal Bldg. Red Cross, Women's Assn. of Cran- -ford's 91st birthday, all residents are directed to appear at V ford Realtors,, S|oy Scout Troop FLORENCE F. DWYElR scheduled events dressed-appropriately in the style of the Three-Day 10:30 A.M. —- 5:30 P.I#. Alrt Exhibit at Memorial Green Cranford Creativ^ Art Group ducted by Capt. N. R.rFiske Postr Gay Nineties. It is further directed that all businesses 2:00 P.M. , Cake Walk Exhibition at North YvetteV;»anee Stildio |, 335, VFW, will be hcjd at 10:45 shall be decorated accordingly and that all saJes.personnel Sales Ev^nt '—— •••• ; ' • • Union Avenue . y\ ' 1- • %).';•••.: • "' *'" a.m. in front of the building, with shall be dressed in the fashion of that day. , •>'.."' : music by the Craniord Recreation <B:00 P.M. — 8:45 P.M. Cocktail Party at Elks Lodge V .Cjpnfb^i; Elks Please accept this personal invitation to participate Band. in the fun and spirit of Cranford Days 1962. , . Is Scheduled 8:00 P.M. — 11:00 P.M. Teenage Dance s(t MacConqefL C Invocation prior to the dedica- • I proclaim that fun, friendliness and civic pride shall Cranford merchants are going Park (In case, of rain at tne r tion will' be offered by Msgr. Wil- 1 be the o/der of these days. ,-• . , •'all,out" with .old-fashioned bar- •••U, ; • ' • ••'• '.. '•'"• • .•• •• Casino).' • •'• ,.,£-. ; ' '• ••**-- liam B. Donnelly, pastor of St. gains for the Cranford Days sales Michael's Church, .n'nd presenta- 9:00 PJtf.— 12:00 P.M4' Barents* Gay Nineties Prom at jottfattM Iflgh School P.t.A. Mayor Nicholases. LaCortev • event which opens Thursday and tfc"i p^/'hc flag.for the uew biUld« tfbntinuesV through Saturday, it .•**#i Ing wi):t be made oii behalf of the ;' Sunday, June 3rd 1 was announced yesterday by Irv- ;. Xa^ies'. Auxiliary of Capt. N , It. i»g Bernst(il#ehairman of the re- Flslce JPbjtj' 335,. VFW, by Mrs. Morning . -family Church Services .tf^j^^motljoti.^commi.tte«. of the ?<••• . : Marion R. Jbncs of Cranford, past Cranfotd Chamber oi Commerce. l:80',PJW*.-4 2:00 P.M. Dedication of Cranford Library ori Piige 8}~ DEBORAH WOLFE -•fcOO-KMr** 3:00 P.M. ' ^Antiquei Car Exhibit at ord Board of RCftltors Mo$t stores also are .ottering gifts -Hf"—- Nomahegan Park building on Walnut avenue at 1:30 with purchases -, of , specified Need for Broad Based Tax; p.m. Sunday.. The ceremony will amounts. • y - 3:00 P.M. — 6:00 P.M. River Carnival at Nomahefan * Crawiford Jaycees ' '' Commirters'Fete for a broad based tax to relieve the mounting burden on be held in the library auditorium. " Local stores will be open Thurs- (Music by Recreation Band) real estate and to provide additional aid for education was empfiasiiged James B. Bryan, director of the day evening irntij 0 and moji Slated for Friday by Leonard E. Best, chairman of the, New Jersey' Committed fo/Sc&ool Newark Public Library and pres- stores also, will be open j The Town Beautifieation Program is sponsored jointly by the Cranford The, traditional "Salute to Com-Support, and I. John, Reimers, public relations director of the Newident-elect of. the American Li- evening- this week, Mr. Bernstein Chamber of Commerce __ and . the Township Committee. Cranford Days muters," honoring Cranford's Jersey Manufacturers' Association, Monday night at a "town hall" brary Association, who served as announced. Information Booths'are sponsored by the Cranford Chamber of Commerce. large commuting populace, will be meeting in the Municipal Buijdirig. consultant during.the building of Several thousand jetftra copies given Friday during the" second Sponsored by the Cranford the local library, also will speak. of the supplemeiu^m today's issue Note: In case of rain, all outdoor activities will be held one week later. day of the Cranford Days observ- John H. McCoy, president of the of the Citizen am Chronicle were 7 Thirteen Floats Chamber of Commerce, thtT two ---.:-•-; : .'. ••--••• „ • . ' • ance. •~ - — •"•" ••—-= library board of trustees, will ex- distributed !P<iesday in the trade speakers discussed the question, area surrounding the tqwnship. From 6 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., the "Can the Property Tax Continue (Continued on Page 8) inRiver Carnival Salea^personnel in many stores •••if VIA under tfte direction of Mrs. to Carry the Major Responsibility C. I.•••Mbtt, and the Lions Club, attired in* Gay Nineties Contest Sunday for the Support of Local Govern- istumes in keeping with the v-'l -.'••. under the direction of A. W. Kant- ment?" Dr. Clark W. McDermith, Circling Globe Exhibits af-40 'Manhattan Skyline' Themener, will serve coffee and dough- Roger Nult6n, general chairman Cranford Days tradition started superintendent of schools, served Jast year. nuts to the morning commuters. for the Cranford Days River Car' as moderator arid Edwyn M- Lewis, On Trip-to Steel The Women's_.Auxilinry of the Stores participating in the pro- Local Groups nival to be staged by the Junior chamber president, extended greet- For CHS Prom Friday Night American Legion, under tKe direc- motion include Abbe Juniors, Al- ings. More than 50 persons "at- Centers of W "Mood Indigo" is the title of the Junior-Senior Prom to be held tion of Mrs. JacTrrrviTngrswill dis- Chamber of Commerce at Nomn- ban-Lewis, Baron's Drug St<>re, tended. Sunday will mark^tKe start of a •0$ At Exposition in the Cranford High School gymnasium Friday night from 9 p.m. to tribute boutonnieres.