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SCOTCH PLAINS FANWOOD VOLUMi 24 - NUMBIR 37 SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD, NJ, THURSDAY, SEPTf MBER 10, 1981 aSCfNTS UNITED WAY BENEFITS FANWOOD Document Fanwpod homes of architectural significance by Joan T, Monahan - Fanwood's only example of the Colonial or Georgian Fanwood's only one mile Revival style popular at the square...but'that square mile turn of the century. harbors a host of. "architec- There were some homes turally significant" buildings. listed which may come as They're now well delightful surprises to Fan- documented, thanks to the wood historical buffs. The efforts of 23-year old Janet north side of Stewart Place is Foster, who's spent recent a prime example. Stewart months prowling around Place houses an unbroken Llewyellen Fisher, Fanwood Borough Clerk, represen- Fanwood and 20 other row of small frame houses ting Mayor Theodore Trump, left, hands Marie Stewart, municipalities in Union built at the turn of the cen- General Campaign Chairman for the United Way of Plain- County. tury. They were built field, North Flainfield and Fanwood, center, a proclama- Miss Foster, a preservation speculatively in 1905 by Mr. tion commending the United Way system "which is a great planner, was hired by Union Hand, the owner of a large benefit to the citizens of Fanwood," The proclamation also County to help draw up an lumber company, Hand praised " dedicated persons (of the United Way) for the historic survey to meet Lumber, which occupied time and effort which they devote and the contributors to federal laws calling for iden- quarters on South Avenue the United Way of Plainfield, North Plainfield and Fan- tification of historic proper- until recently. The houses wood," Looking on is Mayor Steven Novak of North ties throughout the nation. were all .two-and-a-half Plainfield. stories of frame construction No, 33 Stewart Place, Fanwood, is one of the borough homes She researched Fanwood and and were probably originally of architectural significance, A historic preservation researcher SQUAD MEMBERS TAKE TO STREETS uncovered a total of 36 covered with wood shingles. has listed over 30 homes of similar status. See story on Stewart On September 27 if your doorbell rings it might be a buildings worth note. They They had two-bay gable end Place on page 10. member of the Fanwood Rescue Squad on his annual walk run the gamut, from Spanish through town to request assistance in meeting the costs of Revival stucco homes to Col- Continued on page 10 operating a Rescue Squad, The Fanwood Rescue Squad Is onial farmhouses, from available without charge to residents of Fanwood 24 hours Georgian revival to Queen a day. It costs money to run this type of service. The squad Anne, .from class shingle- Large public facilities operates two ambulances with the latest equipment. Costs style to Federal. of first aid supplies are continually going up along with the A handful have been well- many other costs involved to run an efficient rescue squad. to pay sewerage costs known to Fanwood residents, ly instead of billing property The Rescue Squad asks for citizen assistance during its among them the historic old Scotch Plains Township ches, school, the YMCA and Fund Drive once a year. During their walk through town, railroad station - a "Richard- Manager Tom Atkins will be other large users. owners on an average across- squad members will ring the doorbells of those who have sonian Ramanesque" circular meeting with representatives The story of sewer-user the-board amount which had not yet contributed. Any size donation will help. Residents stone building which now of Scotch Plains' major sewer billings began three years been included in municipal who have any questions concerning squad operation are houses Family Investors at users within the next few ago, when the federal En- property tax bills. On the sur- asked to question members as they take their walk. the corner of North and Mar- weeks, to inform them that vironmental Protection face, the intent of the EPA CLUB DONATES TO SQUAD tine, the frame Victorian they will soon be billed Agency ordered the Mid- seemed admirable. Atkins ex- Gothic railroad station which separately for sewer usage, dlesex County Sewerage plained that it was the posi- Roberta DiFrancesco, representing the Evening Member- Authority, which serves tion of the federal agency ship Department of the Scotch Plains Woman's Club an- now serves Fanwood as a with billing dependent upon Community House, the total water consumption for Scotch Plains and most area that each sewer user should nounced that a check for $100.00 has been donated to the municipalities, to bill each pay his exact share for the Scotch Plains Rescue Squad. Urner-Gibbs at 25 Tillotson sewers. The separately-billed Road overlooking the library facilities will include chur- property owner Independent- amount of water he used for Upon learning that the Squad's headquarters on Bartle sewerage. Avenue had been broken into and a first aid kit stolen from However, for Scotch the ambulance, as well as accessories for the cable television Plains and several other system being missing, the Club members unanimously Thefts, break-ins, fire spell municipalities, the mandate decided to give funds to help replace some of the stolen represented just one more Items. Mr. Ed Sorge, President of the Scotch Plains Rescue bureaucratic headache, for Squad, thanked the club for Its generosity and said he busy days for P.D.'s the bookkeeping, billing and hoped the donation would encourage other residents to gasoline from an automobile record-keeping would have remember the squad when allocating funds to civic groups. parked in the lot of Snuffy's necessitated the purchase of Famous Restaurant. The car another' computer by the MR. PYTHON'S A HEAVYWEIGHT owner, upon leaving the township, an employee added restaurant, noticed to the township payroll, and something suspicious, and costs for postage, printing, summoned police, who etc. Atkins pointed out that found the youth in the nearby Scotch Plains is a municipali- woods. Charges are pending ty of 98 percent single- before the Juvenile Court. residence private homes, with Over the Labor Day few huge sewer users, and the weekend, three males stop- red tape involved in the ped for gas at the Scotch separate billings would have Plains Oarage Mobil Station added to the taxpayer's total at Route 22 and Park costs through increased taxes Avenue. Two engaged the at- to support the new approach, tendant while a third asked to Scotch Plains elected to use the men's room, which join several other adjoins the office. He gained municipalities in fighting the Continued on page 3 law. The municlDalities ap- The Terrys of Terry-Lou Zoo kneel with a huge python, One half of a telephone pole is suspended in a brace above the Continued on page 3 that was taken out of its cage in the monkey house of the street at the intersection uf Happel Court and Westfield Road. zoo in Scotch Plains, NJ. for his annual weighing and A driver drove off the roadway, hit tree, then pole, slicing it in measuring. The python, now eight years old and nameless, half. The ear careened back into the road, rolled onto its side, Squad delivers baby hit a curb, and righted itself, weighs 250 pounds and is 16 feet long. The python was only Some mighty delighted He's the third child for the six feet long when he was acquired by Frank Terry Jr., zoo Every weekend, virtually police were unable to detect Scotch Plains Rescue Squad Fry family, and both baby proprietor, five years ago. He will probably grow to 20 to unnoticed and unheralded, a any stolen property. members emulated happy and mother are reported in 30 feet long. volunteer group of citizens, On Friday, September 4, a poppas on Sunday, August excellent health. The squad Helping with the annual program are: (Left to right) The Sierra Club of Scotch home in the 200 block of Vic- 31, as they delivered a baby crew included Nancy Miller, Frank IV, 8; Anna, 10; Louise, co-proprietor; Val, the Plains, provides backup for tor Street was entered boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Fry Harold Hill, Sr., Gordon former Valerie Solowey of Edison Township; Air Force the Scotch Plains police in through a rear door with an of Scotch Plains. Lapp, Bob Mitchell, Sr. and Staff Sgt, Frank III of Air Force Base, Goldsboro, N.C; the form of patrols. Over the undetermined amount of The Souad crew reported Bob Mitchell, Jr. Other and Terry. Watching the process (at right) is Clint, 4, past weekend, an alert Sierra property stolen. to the Fry home at 1:00 p.m., squaders assisting on the The python and nearly 300 other animals, birds and Club member alterted police Scotch Plains police ap- and at 1:06, young Mr. Fry scene were E, Fiedler, Sue snakes, some native some exotic, may be seen daily to an apparent break-in at prehended a youth in the had entered the world. He Franco, Dan Sullivan, Judy throughout the year at the zoo on Old Raritan Road at Ter- Park Junior High. The evening on September 4 and was no lightweight, weighing Sullivan and Mark Zyla. rill Road. It is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. school had been entered, but charged him with siphoning in at 10 lbs,, 4 oz. 2 ... THE TIMES, SEPTEMBER 10', 1981 LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION YMCA schedules groundbreaking DESIGN CONSULTANTS Sunday, September 13, While visiting the Y that entitled to a choice of free programs, 1981 will be a very big day for day everyone 18 and over is A great afternoon, a the Fanwood-Scotch Plains invited to enter the drawing for incredible prizes including chance for a free cruise, YMCA.