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- --fe [ August 26, 1948 ] j j r r LOOKS FROM HERE~] IN TWO SECTIONS PART ONE floss Meeker F/e/c/ It hardly seems possible that another year has rolled j aIKi we are again on the verge of another football |U11 but Coach Paul Cherin’s announcement that practice IS° ’ would start September 1 emphasized the fact we M IL L B U R N S|d i00n be spending our Saturday afternoons watching “ reat American sport of football. \ check at the new athletic field showed a fine turf built __ and ' t|ie playing surface and indications are that the stands “ der construction would be ready for spectators by the w j|1(r |lome gam*. It is doubtful whether the showers and ITEM C"r facilities under the stands will be available for the first SHORT HILLS K but in any event the seats will be ready for the ne •ctators. Another check with school authorities brought forth an nhatic “of course” as a reply to the question of whether S IX CENTS Sb FoWBP 1888 Pukli»l«eJ every T U r .d .y a t MILLBURN, N. J. s will be«over shortly. Undoubtedly the Board of Education has given consider- c-thought to ail appropriate name for the new field and 1Q 7Q M illb u m A ll Teaching yjvV'j.i-i.lv hasJ *in-------- mind dedication---------- ceremonies. However, in es INCthe BoardIU -has--------- not-------- determined op« a name we suggest J jj Positions Filled name of A. Ross Meeker, who has done so much towards and development of the field, be used officially J D U For Coming Year Mr. Meeker, through long association m Township public w lu U lU U lU lt as 'a member of the Township Committee, Board of A book contalnlng lhort hla. Dr. Roosevelt Baa ter, supervis ucation and Recreation Commission has contributed a great torlcal and deicrlptive iketche* of ing principal of Millbum public I t0 tbe development of the Township. We believe this Wyoming, Millbum and other schools, announced this week that * s»rvice merits public recognition and what better recog- commuting town* along the Lacka- all 19 teaching positions created g sen ■vv r ° Tr:.ij» wanna'e railway route, wa*was by resignations, retirements, and ion could there be than to give the name Meeker M e ld brought......................... in the other.. day by an athletic "plant which will be one of Millburn’s proudest Thomas Dunn, Millbum resident. the additional classrooms added ssessions? Similar to a tourist's guide-book to the South Mountain and Glen- let, it was put out, apparently, by wood Schools had been filled. Ac the Delaware, Lackawanna and cordingly a full complement of Western railroad around the iaat ludent Loan Fund Helps Many teachers will be on hand for the decade of the last century. The In a timely article in last week’s issue of The Item, the date— of— its... ,publication----------- -could not opening of schools on September elooment of the Millbum Student Loan Fund was traced definitely be determined a* the 13. Four additional teachers to i“» l r ----- —17 ■> -------pages badlyConsiderable tom. Some iavor.bl, evidence, com- n,it ..«*has been--------------------------------- heard since the article appeared as apparently- - however, dates it around 1873. those already announced in pre Fund had not received the publicity it deserved and some Wyoming, while a beautiful vious issues were revealed by Dr. idents w ere even unfamiliar with the Fund’s existence and region( was slow in * developing, Basler. These are Michael J. portance in educating the students of the Township. according to the booklet, which Dainer, Miss Margaret Ann Sip- The liberal term s and ease of repayment have made it laments this fact when it states: pell, Miss Ruth M. Hayes and Burt -oible for some 65 students to embark on and in most cases ^ ^ arSk°ble°ad“vX g e foHm* C. Van Buren, Jr. Mr. Dainer will replace Robert nplete a college education without an overwhelming de) provement, and why it has not been Clausen ss sixth grade tfvsber: rying a high rate of interest facing them upon graduation, improved sooner it would be hard at Wyoming School, Mr, Clausen c fact that the benefitted students themselves appreciated to tell." having resigned to acc«j>t a teach Fund is obvious from the record of repayments made. Settlement began when a wealthy ing fellowship a t Indiana State Further financial aid for students desiring a college edu- merchant visited the >rea »nd Teachers Coliege, Terre Haute, ion but not having the necessary cash is provided in many S o r ^ n d standing alone Indiana. A resident of Union, Mr. Ddiner is a graduate of New tances by the colleges or universities themselves witn 1(k# an ,.old Engush cartie- that ark State Teachers College and ork grants” or scholarships and also locally through Mill- jmpressively reminds one of the has done graduate work at Mont rn Scholastic Boosters which this year is giving financial past. The land In the immediate clair State and Seton HalL Prior ,o six local stuflents who m also b.r.owTng Iron, the « to the war he taught In the New one with "an eye for the beautiful ark public schools and served as udent Loan Fund. or a bargain,” perceived its possi Certainly it can be said that no Millbum student with an a captain in the Air Corps dur bllltiesbilities in real estate, formedrormeo a FORERUNNER OP JERSEY CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY IN MILLBURN. Most residents won’t recall the old ing the war. nest desire to go to college cannot do *0 for financial company, bought the land and Mmburn EIectric Company plant as it appears here in 1897 in a photograph loaned by Arthur F. Kendall of 11 Douglas street. The plant was Miss Sippell is a graduate of .sons. divided it up into several building »|Bau» located where Mayflower Laundry now stands and later moved to Main street behind the Millbum Coal and Oil Company office, Brothers College, Drew Univer lots. O. H. Pierson of New York MenUfled the plcture are Mr. Kendall, leaning on the shovel, John R. Sllance, chief engineer seated In the chair, Rollinson H. Whittingham, sity, and has done graduate work selected and laid out the land. , manager lan d in g behind Mr. Sllance and Peter Farley on the wagon. At that time the plant also made ice. Much the same real estate con- •*" at Newark State Teachers Col ★ ★ lege, §be will replace Miss Violet jjustment Bd. ditlon existed then as now, it AMONG THOSE WHO attended * j ( f Scrap Paper would seem from this statement JS_c. Briggs on the staff at Hobart Ave the annual session- of the Chris- / \ C l U l l o C l l O O l nue School. taken from the article: “We do not Blood Donors tlanson Choral School held at ants Exception know the price of lots here, but Miss Hayes, a graduate of Drive Sept. 26 Item Price Penn Hall Junior Coiiege. and T q g t a r t presume It varies according to lo Newark State, will teach the first Preparatory School in Chambers grade at Glenwood School, a new The next scrap paper collec cation. We are Informed that un To Receive ) Steinbach . burg, Pa., the first two weeks in position created by the additidnal tion throughout the Township usual encouragement will be of Up Sept. 1 August, were Ruth Tombacher, of class rooms and shifting of pupils ermission with certain restric- will be held on Sunday, Sep fered to those who buy and wish October 11 s to erect a one family house We’re awfully sorry, but Stamp Cover Myrtle avenue, and W. Lindsay between Hobsrt and Glenwood tember 26, according to an an to build.” sharply rising production costs Smith of Short Hills. The Board of Education will property located at 83 Stewart nouncement by the American The village then expanded to a Each blood donor recruited by schools. She has taught both 1 was granted John Steinbach make It mandatory that we in again sponsor the Millbum Adult kindergarten and first grade In Legion which will sponsor the point where a "row of stores was the Blood Donors Service of the ★ the Beard of Adjustment at a crease the yearly subscription collection. Residents are urged soon to be occupied”, there was a Millburn-Short Hills Red Cross School this year for a 10 week Belleville, N. J., and Peoria, 1111- ring Tuesday night The mat- price of the Item by mail to Chapter for the September 24 Jr. Olympic to save old newspapers and depot at which five trains stopped session beginning October 11, it no's- first came before the Board on <3.50 per year, effective Sep blood bank will receive a Clara Mr. Van Buren will teach com magazines for that date. Tie daily each way, and a population was announced this week by Scott ;ust 10 and was continued until tember 1st. The price of single Barton Postage stamp cover, it mercial subjects at the high the paper into bundles and of fifty was boasted. The article copies on the newsstands will be Game Winners sday night. goes on to mention that the streets was announced this week. The W. Stevens, director. Mrs. L. R. school replacing Miss Onalee A, place at the curb by 9 a. m. are from sixty to seventy-five feet 10c. stamp cover will be presented Fay Is chairman of the Board of V.