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THE LOPINTO STORY: FROM BASEBALL TO VIETNAM A yeur ago Frank Lopinto, 19, is slogging through the Vietnam ment of four marines came un pinto handed his rifle to a friend Ivopinto loaded the injured hospital treatmeht. Then he got nicely and would be as fil as First he wanted to help his was a ,lull, handsome youth en- jungle, playing a deadly se- der sudden attack. I/ipinto was and carried thc wounded man marine into Ihe copter. A short out of bed, climbed back into over in a short time. team. And help he did. The le (.aged in sheet metal work and rious game of war with the one them . One of the men " lei I to (he plane. time later Lopinto himself was bis' uniform and returned to the Those who rem em ber Lopinto gion team once again cap waiting for baseball season to North Vietnamese. to the ground wounded. in a helicopter being transferred When I/ipinlo was near the 1 "W- in high school say he was a tured the Bergen championship. begin so that he could play firfet to another sector. Il advanced to the state finals bane for the championship Bar Some of the adventures of the Lopinto and the other two ma helicopter there was a loud ex Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lopin quiet, courteous and determined where Lyndhurst youngster, a calm, carefree rines stood guard while medical plosion. He turned around. The A shell struck the plane. Lo- to, parents of the boy, received youth. was elimi ringer Walker Past baseball nated. team. chap when he was playing base assistance was rushed to thc marine holding Lopiiito’s rifle fiinto was struck with shrapnel. a fright, when a m arine arrived Lopinto waited until baseball Lopinto played his g a m e r —and A year ago . ball, are hair-raising. fallen boy. and his companion had been He suffered a slight concussion. to tell them tfyat. tho Frank had season was over last year be- Mich ‘went looking for bigger Now Frank, a Marine private, A short time ago a detach When a helicopter arrived Lo- killed. For five days Lopinto took been injured he was recovering lore he enlisted in the marines. foes. Hf in u t- e d The tragic story continues to unfold. The president of Cents the American Cancer Society has reported that while millions of admits have given up cigarette smoking their places are taken rapidly by youngsters. In Newton, Mass., a study was conducted among 13-year-olds and found that (jfcmnrcrcial Iffm her F.M’IO ¥ i ! k smoking was common among the youngsters and the habit was growing. TV, magazines and the other communications and SOUTH BERGEN REVIEW media that permit heavy advertising of smoking have much to answer for. Second-class postage paid at Rutherford, N. J TELEPHONE Vol. 47 No—36 LYNDHURST, N. J.. APRIL 6, 1967 GENEVA 8-8700-8701 Hero's Funeral For Narine DeJessa Will Seek Dollars In Meadowlands, Lyndhurst’s first casualty of He died last Sunday, March pate in had been postponed for 111*- Vietnam war Marine Pri- V;; 26, 1967. from wounds suffered a few days. He also asked for Lyndhurst Commissioners Invite Bids vale Joseph DeJessa a ill be from an enemy mortar blast Pictures of his two sisters, Mary buried Friday with lull military - J j B 1- vhile participating in a marine Ellen, 23, and Barbara Ann, 7. The Board of Commissioners The acreage is accessible to A. Pezzano. 203 Thomas Ave [Jay ii the streets pointing out honors. drive in yuang Tri province, Ir their new Easter clothing. v. ill determine whether there Polito Road, which ruus south nue and Ronald Cuneo, 707 that the community had suffi A requiem mass will In offer- •' ‘4 'tf* ~ HfXCi just south of the Demilitarized is some gold to be mined in the from Route 3 or from Belleville Meyer Avenue. cient park space. He said that DeJessa arrived in Vietnam ed for him Friday at 10 a.m. at Zone which divides North and meadowlands, via a sanitary fill Turnpike through land owned by the streets were primarily for last December. At the time of Bogle announced he will ap Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Scuth Vietnam. operation. Kearny and North Arlington. the pu'Sskge of vehicles and that his death he was a member of point a commissioner to serve The marine's body arrived at Bids will be sought and a pub And Commissioner John P. i* was hazardous for children to News of his death was re Company I, Third Battalion, of as liaison between the Boai-d of lic hearing held on the proposal Garde said he was voting in play .there. leased by the Pentagon yester the Third Marine Division's Education and the Board of yesterday morning. It lay in :.:fjgrol April 17. favor of thc ordinance to bring day. Third Regime.it. Commissioners. Problems that CLEAN-UP URGED state last night. At 8:30 p.m. to- . Lyndhurst has over 400 acres the matter to a head and for might be solved by both bodies Bogle also urged the people to night the Veterans’Alliance will - ilB" - His death is the 43rd Vietnam High School principal Joseph of meadowland on the south side public discussion. can be brought to the attention give Commissioners Peter F. hold a memorial service at the war casualty recorded in Ber A Polito remembered DeJessa ol the Erie Lackawanna tracks. Appointment of four new pa oi both, he said. Curcio and Peter J. Russo their • Nazare Funeral Home. gen County, and thc fifth re a: a quiet youth who was popu The acreage has been sought trolmen was announced by At the start of the meeting, co-operation to clean up the A graduate of Roosevelt ele ported this week. lar with his classmates. The for dumping in the past. But the Mayor Horace R. Bogle, Jr. Bogle called for a moment of si town, noting that children and mentary and Lyndhurst High school yearbook says he had commissioners resisted the The appointments bring the adults who purchase candy and His parents, Mr. and Mrs. lence in respect for the death of School, Marine DeJessa was a hoped to become an automotive pianT— number of policemen up to 36. other items from confectionery Joseph DeJessa of 200 Copeland Marine Pfc. Joseph C. DeJessa, siudent who was popular with transmission mechanic. Now the hoard will 'see if it Previously, Lyndhurst operated stores scatter the paper on the Avenue, received their last let serviceman from Lyndhurst thele faculty and his fellow stu- MM V;' ' ‘‘■ ■ B would pay Lyndhurst to al with a 32-member department. streets rather than throw them ter from the young marine In addition to his parents and who died in active service in 3nts PRIVATE JOSEPH D E JESSA low dumping on the grounds. The new policemen are: Rich Vietnam on March 26, the first in trash baskets. Monday. It was aaiea March 16. sisters, he DeJessa signed up March 26. is survived by a The bidders will be asked what ard Mueller, 536 Valley Brook v. ho has been killed there. Commissioner Curcio threat 1966>66 in New York, then com- fligh Shool before going on ac- and in it he wrote that the oper- Irother, Steven, 13. All are liv- tiiey will pay for the privilege Avenue: Patrick McSweeney, Bogle also asked parents to ened to enforce the anti-litter pieted his studies at Lyndhurst tive duty. etion his outfit was to partici- ing at home.nome. cl running a dundump. 240 Mountain Way; Raymond see that their children didn't (Continued On Page 7) The Big C lean-U p Lyndhurst's big clean-up is up. Is Miss Lyndhurst Golden Anniversary Here? just around the comer, Public "It is no secret,'' he said. Affairs Commissioner Peter "From all qides I have heard RtMso warned today. offers of cooperation It has One of the major events of Lyndhurst's celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of its name Wl be the beauty contest staged under the Called th e Fiftieth Anniver been heartening. I think the up Junior Women's Club. Lastwee* the first four entries were pictured. Today four more are presented.ented. These are LynaLyndhurst's answer to sary Clean-Up Drive, Russo is coming drive will be the best we beauty contests anywhere— and a great answer it is! Phcotos by Lynwood Studios aiming to havc Lyndhurst spar liave ever held in Lyndhurst." kling and manicured for the big At the sam e time Russo said cplebration next month when the drive against abandoned au Lyndhurst will celebrate the tomobile junks in open yards fiftieth anniversary of its nam* will be continued. ing. "We have had good success so Russo said literature has bce i far," Russo said, "but we are distributed all through the going to intensify thc cam township announcing the clean- paign." Frances Olkowski 50th Jubilee Attends Parley To Be Held As chairman of the Co-Educa Fiftieth Anniversary Jubilee tional Committee on thc Lynd of V.W.W.l. Kingsland Barracks hurst Board of Education, Fran No. 3407 will bj held at V F W. ces Olkowski, attended a por ot U.S.A. Hall, Valley Brook tion of the Public School Busi Ave., ness Officials of New Jersey- commander, and his entertam- Fifth Annual Conference, This ment committee hnve worked conference was held at Cherry »nd left no stone unturned to Hill Inn on March 30-31 and make this an outstanding event.