PUBLIC LIBRARY 425 E.BROAD ST. ADV. School Unvote THE WESTFIELD LEADER Feb. 25 THE LEADING AND MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN UNION COUNTY Hecond Claea Postage Paid WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1969 SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR—No. 27 at WoBtnolj. N. J. 24 Pages—10 Cents Town Awards Town Digs Out School Budget Defeated, From Bids For Pool letHeaval y Snow Bids totaling less than the $800,000 appropriated tor the work were ment throughout the business sec- New Election Feb. 25 " tion normal. awarded by tine Town Council Tuesday night for construction of the •WestfieM voteis defeated a school budget proposal for Clio first time Commuter parking lots had been Westfield Memorial Pool in the North Scotch Plains Ave. park eute. in history Tuesday, when 10 per cent of Uie town's registered voters cleared in time RESULTS OF TUESDAY'S SCHOOL ELECTION A completion date is anticipated to be set later this week when a turned down the $8.2 million proposal by a 4-3 margin. ing's rush hour, meeting will be held with the contractors. ,, . ,. Budget: At a special meeting last niffht, noberl E. Ohaus, rolirkig chairman bound on highways, at weekend va- ditional snow predicted, residents Bids totaling $704,043 were accep- of the finance committee, recommended to the Board of Education that cation spots, or wishing they were. were urged by Acting Mayor Wal- No ted for the five divisions of pool Current Expenses Yes the same budget bu resubinitted to Traffic, almost at a standstill ter Perry Tuesday night to remove < $(1,31)4,711 > construction, but approved charge Name Leaders tlie voters. A second vote on the Sunday, still moved cautiously cars from streets to facilitate snow Ward 1 246 240 Ohaus Deplores orders on the bathhouse construc- Monday morning but by Tuesday budget has been sot for Tuesday, removal. During Sunday's storm, 232 tion, plumbing, drainage and elec- rising temperatures, combined with Ward 2 194 Small Percentage Feb. 25. trical work have reduced Uie con- For UJA Appeal accentuated with strong winds, efforts, of the municipal public Ward 3 147 278 Of Tuesday's Vole "Any reduction in the budget struction cost for the pool complex wires, branches and broken tree works department, found move- Ward 4 146 248 would impair the quality of the ed- to $696,000. Several prominent leaders of the limbs hindered the flow of traffic. Eobert E. Ohaus, retiring Board A Pathways' concert Sunday night ._,•.. j , . ucational program and long esteb- Successful bidders were the Hal- WestfiekUMountalnside Jewish com- Absentee 7 10 munity 'have Ibeen named to key in Mountainside was postponed and of Education member and chairman ]feh d ,^andards ot our sohool s mer Construction Corp., -Aft. Ver- posts in the Westfield area cam- • Snowstorm Causes a Woman's Club meeting cancelled of its finance committee, made the tomtern," „ MlMr. nOhau.hn|los HTOlllnmrdeclaredf . non, N. Y., general construction Total 740 1008 paign to .spearhead local support of Refuse Accumulation here Monday because of the storm. following __statemen t on the defeat Voting on Uie amount to be rais- site, $182,500; and swimming pools, the United Jewish Appeal's third Capital Outlay of the Westfield school budget: $294,500; Dan MeCarron & Son, (The religious fine arts exhibit at 'The facfthat six'p'er "cent'of the ed by local taxation, the electorate nation-wide Emergency Fund drive on Sunday's snow accumulation the Presbyterian Church has been < ((52,885) voters of the town of Westfield were defeated a current. expense budget Elizabeth, general construction, behalf of needs of the Israeli ipeople caused a refuse accumulation at Ward 1 • 242 ' 244 bathhouse, $123,000; John P. De- extended an additional week because a'ble to defeat the 1969-70 budget «' $6,304,711 by a vote of 1,008 to and destitute Jews of the World. many area households. ,, 191 , 238 vairey Inc., Murray Hill, plumbing of bhe storm, but the Rev. Robert E. Ward 2 leads me to believe that a truly 740, and capital outlay expense of Adolph. M. Gross, general chair- Westfield refuse collectors were Home's presentation 'has been defi- Ward 3 149 279 representative group of the West- $52,885 by 1,020 to 742. irten, announced the following ap- unable to make tiheir regular col- munity postponed. (Maplewood, electrical work, $44,- s. Ward 4 153 249 field citizens was not present at the Largest margin of defeat for both pointments: Co-chairman of the lections on Monday because of the This year's first major storm, al- 175. Absentee 7 10 polls Tuesday. Ot the 1762 voters portions of the proposed setool inaugural gifts division, Harding heavy snow. Tuesday and Wednes- leged to be the worst in Che area t that turned out 742 voted for the budget came from the third Ward Bids received last month tad Brown, Harold Gast, Robert Low- day collections could not be made in eight years, caused damage budget and 4020 voted againsl it. which defeated the current expense all Total 742 1D20 at households where paths had not throughout "The budget, in the considered budget 278 to 147 and Che capital rcadvertised."ittoeause Jtfhey were Hoffman of Mountainside; co-chair- ibeen cleared to Uie refuse cans. Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4 abeentee Total opinion of the finance committee outlay 279 to 149. In only one' poll-' considered too high and exceeded „!„„ of the intermediate gifts divi- Early Candidates The Westfield and the board as a whole, achieves jn,g place did either portion -win ap-' the time limit set by the council S1OI1| sanford Simon of Westfield and wires on the home of Frank H, *"' Campbell 412 356 331 308 14 1421 for conKplwon. It has been ex- pj« Francis L&hr of Scotch Plnins; David of 123 Massachusetts . St. a balance between the expense of provai. Ward 1 okayed the current 14 1300 pected ttat' the pool will be ready co-chairmen for the telephon, David caused damage to sections of bis Kaplan , 375 324 294 2% quality education and reasonable cost expensc proposal by a narrow mar- to the taxpayer. j f i votes.' for summer swimming. Kabakow and Louis Kessler; public home and halted telephone service. Weiss ... 374 324 301 283 15 1297 g n o s x R to the cans. It is impossible Later in the afternoon, W. E. Rit- "The proposed budget would have A total of 1762 voters cast bal- J. Kenneth Boyle was appointed relations, hCester Fienberg; execu- (Continued on page 2) tn a vacancy on the library board tive secretary, Mrs, Al Finkelstein, zel of 882 Pennsylvania Ave, re- lets in the eleaMon, with 17 of by Walter G. Perry with approval and treasurer, Jules Upcon of West- loads tnrouSBl the •»«» snow- ported wires burning on his roof. these absentee votes. Largest vote of the counfcil members. Mr. Perry tield. The association suggests using High winds also caused several Heart Fund Seeks /••is in the first ward with 486. served as acting mayor in tire ab- Mrs. Louis Kessler, chairman of large plastl<f .bags to contain the television aerials to break. Mora than 16,000 residents are eli- sence of Mayor James C. Moran, the Wes-tfield Area UJA womens' overflow until collection can be J. Wallace Scanlon of 250 Hyslip gible to vote here. Perry ahso commended town em- drive, also announced several' key made. ' (Continued on page 2) $9,500 Goal Here A slate of unopposed candidates (Continued on page 2) (Continued on page 2) odorsed toy the Joint Civic Com-' \ goal of $9 500 has been set for --nittee was elected. Douglas leachers federation Llaims Salanes the Westfield portion of the Union .aimipbell led the ballot with 1,421, ..ounty Heart Association's annua. i.'.owed by Dr. Harry Rajijan,' 1,- - und diive this month, it was an id Mrs. J. Paul Weiss, the Still Need $40*000- Not Comparable to System's Standing lounced by Dr and Mrs John Den 5"ncumiber.t seeking 'reelection, Teadiers ,de»lre "a larger shan>.Louis Genesson, Uie (uli staterrieiiti .olm, tie local chairmen The chairman said the local goa \n organization meeting of the To Fitlfill "Dream" of an overall campaign tar. Board of Education wiH be •the- fts their part of <in 'overs Education offices:" Jl.iod raised by the county gxoui today by William lfyit for 1H» sltonfirtit cWw "tueMaQ pub- button of public education to * : Bowers, vice-president of the . "A community appeal began last 1 Volunteers now are being r« >ir.q, erfucotfoif in WesMfiB," laddie weil4>eing and prosperity of Was ,-' raited tor the Heart Sunday cai Community Rehwons Corporation. spring and to date has brought less tfo)»a»y tcorts the l*ad«r for "uii- •field, the Realty Board of Scotcl Mountainside Okays The non-profit local organisation than $50,000 tfrom some, 500 doiiors founded charges" in an article two •Plains and Fanwood recently too. ass to be conducted in Union Count JS the high point of the 1959 Heaii seeks a total of $90,000 as en initial who beltavo they have' an invest- weefcs ago a full-page ad in faieir local pa^ei Education Budget -lTufia Campaign. The volunteers vfih-/\ step toward the redevelopment of ment in their town and in their signet by members of the execu- urging all citizens to support the MOUNTAINSIDE — The $1.2 mil- the Cacciola ] PI. area by the con- fellow men. tive board of thev Federation, An- school budget because of the im- call on their neighbors.