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Appreciation for our Healthcare Workers, Coronavirus Causes Disagreement Perth Amboy 4/9/20 *Photos by Paul W. Wang Regarding City Events 3/30/20 Caucus & Council Meeting via Phone Conference By: Carolyn Maxwell and nizations will have to decide cember 31, 2022. “What is the Katherine Massopust whether or not they will post- cost to the city?” PERTH AMBOY – The Caucus pone the festivals.” Carr responded, “$3,157.08 and Council Meetings originally Petrick said, “Since it’s only It’s $300,000 total and there are scheduled for March 23rd and four of us here to vote (Council- steps in salary ranges across the 25th were rescheduled to March woman Milady Tejeda was not board.” He also went back to let 30th due to technical difficulties. available in person or via tele- the council know for Ordinance The issues were worked out and conferencing due to work re- No. 3 the increase should be both meetings were held back- lated obligations), then it’s a 2-2 $97,000.” to-back. They could be viewed tie. This will cause the postpon- Councilman Irizarry conclud- and/or heard through the Zoom ing of a decision and the resolu- ed by thanking Mr. Carr and his App or through regular tele- tions have to be tabled.” team for a good job to settle this phone. Irizarry had a question re- (Ordinance No. 4). One of the longest discussions garding Resolution R-131-3/20 The caucus was then opened involved Resolutions: R-129- – Authorizing settlement of up to the public. 3/20 – Special Permit for the Cande Land, LLC vs. The City The first speaker was Resident Committee Patriotico Cultural of Perth Amboy and Perth Am- Jeremy Baratta via telephone. Puertorriqueno of Perth Am- boy City Council by way of a “I see that the door to city hall boy to be held June 12th, 13th, consent order for final judge- is locked. Is the public allowed and 14th 2020 at Rudyk Park. ment. “Will this set a prec- access to the building?” R-130-3/20 – Special Permit edent with this order from the Council President Petrick re- for the United Dominicans of courts?” sponded, “No.” Perth Amboy for the Dominican Law Director Peter King re- Baratta then questioned, Festival to be held August 14th, sponded, “How you (the coun- “How can people participate if 15th, and 16th 2020 at the Rob- cil) will act has nothing to do they don’t have any means?” ert Wilentz Field on First Street with the precedent. This is a B.A. Carr spoke up, “Any and Sadowski Parkway. writ order to drop the rent. It’s phone can be used: cell or land- Councilman Joel Pabon stated, the lesser of two evils to go be- line.” “It would be irresponsible to fore a judge for a rent increase. Baratta continued, “What have any festivals due to what’s We can fix the ordinance.” about the homeless or others happening (coronavirus pan- B.A. Frederick Carr had asked without phones? It’s not open demic).” that they table Ordinance No. 2 to the public and where is the Council President William – An ordinance to amend an or- agenda packet?” Petrick suggested that these two dinance fixing and establishing Carr answered, “The agenda is resolutions be removed from the a schedule of salary and salary on the city’s website along with agenda. ranges in increments for offi- the backup material.” Councilman Helmin Caba cers and employees for the city The next person who spoke questioned, “Will the two fes- of Perth Amboy re: Teamsters via telephone was Stephanie tival committees need to reap- – January 1, 2018 to December Márquez-Villafañe. “I want to ply for permits? What kind of 31, 2022. “The Teamsters need thank the council and the ad- timeframe will they have to ap- to ratify.” ministration for allowing this ply? Let’s not get ahead of our- Irizarry questioned Ordinance to be an option (teleconferenc- selves.” No. 3 – Establishing a schedule ing and phone participation). Pabon spoke up again, “It only of salary and salary ranges in It’s not preferable, but it’s better benefits both sides. The commit- increments for officers and- em than nothing.” tees (of the two festivals) need ployees of the city of Perth Am- The caucus portion of the to tell their sponsors. We should boy regarding AFSCME (The meeting was adjourned at 5:17 just cancel this year’s festivals. I American Federation of State, p.m. bet New York will not have any County and Municipal Employ- The regular meeting started parades.” ees) - January 1, 2018 – Decem- around 5:35 p.m. It was agreed Councilman Fernando Irizarry ber 31, 2022. He questioned the to by the council that each agreed with Councilman Hel- titles of an Assistant Aide and a speaker during the public por- min Caba, “We should table the Senior Legal Aide. tion will be given a 3-minute two resolutions in case things Carr responded, “An Assistant time limit. change.” Aide would help out in the Tax Resident Jeremy Baratta was Irizarry’s other concern was Accessor’s Office and a Senior the first person to speak. He ref- the name of the fire officialLegal Aide will help out in the erenced R-131. “The city coun- on the application should be Legal Department. We would cil is named as the defendant.” changed because that person is have also a Legal Stenographer Council President Bill Petrick no longer in the fire department. to help out in the court system.” explained the lawsuit. “A man Petrick responded, “At the Irizarry then questioned Ordi- purchased a building and he time the application was made, nance No. 4 – An ordinance to wanted to increase the rent for that person was the fire official.” amend an ordinance fixing and one or more tenants. We do not Petrick then stated, “It’s up to establishing a schedule of sal- have a Rent Leveling Board, so the city (regarding whether or ary and salary ranges regard- the man’s lawyer told him to go not these festivals will take ing OPEIU (Office and Profes- to court.” Showing appreciation for our healthcare workers at Hackensack place).” sional Employees International Meridian, Perth Amboy Caba then stated, “The orga- Union). January 1, 2018 – De- *Continued on Page 2

Updates on Coronavirus Outbreak: www.perthamboynj.org & www.amboyguardian.com 2. The Amboy Guardian *April 15, 2020 Coronavirus Causes Disagreement Regarding City Events 3/30/20 Caucus & Council Meeting via Phone Conference Petrick answered, “The land- Take care of yourself. Enjoy *Continued from Page 1 lord came here several times to your backyard and the fresh air. discuss this.” I want to thank Frederick Carr Baratta stated, “The Rent Lev- Baratta stated, “The court for putting the information re- eling Board has not been ap- rendered nothing. Why is the garding the coronavirus. You pointed by the mayor. Rent can- city not doing anything, so this are putting numbers out on the not be increased above 5%.” doesn’t happen again? The number of cases because not Petrick said, “The (previous) council should change the ordi- everyone has the mayor’s Face- landlord did not make any im- nance, so you appoint the rent book page. Thanks to the tech provements for over 30 years. A leveling members. You need department and to the city clerk new landlord bought the prop- to protect the citizens from ar- for putting the meeting togeth- erty and made improvements.” bitrary rent increases. I would er.” Baratta said, “This should look further into this and also to Council President Bill Pet- have not been turned over to a why the mayor is not doing her rick asked the council members judge. The man did not have to job.” if they would agree to put the buy this building. I didn’t see Council Comments: towing ordinance on the agenda anything in the papers about Councilman Caba said, “We for the next meeting. They all any improvements. He wants definitely live in strange and agreed. “It’s a brand-new world to increase the rent from 200%- challenging times.” He pleaded and I’m glad it worked out this 300%. The lowest is 40%. to all residents in surrounding time (the phone conferenc- There is nothing stating about towns to stay home and save ing).” Petrick noted that every- any improvements.” lives. “Take this seriously and one should not litter the streets Petrick stated, “We will vote put this into action. Talk to with used masks and gloves. “If on this by consent agenda.” friends and family and stay at a you are wearing them, dispose Joel Rosa from Kearny Av- safe difference. Use social me- of them properly. Don’t throw enue thanked the council for dia to keep your sanity.” Caba them on the ground. Throw their effort of coming together.then quoted Charles Darwin, them in a garbage can. It’s not I use Zoom in conference are- “It’s not the strongest, nor the up to the city workers to clean na. I couldn’t find the agenda.most intelligent that survive. up the community – it’s up to There’s a chat area. You should It’s the one that is most adapt- everyone.” He mentioned the submit the agenda on the chat able to change.” emergency services and also the area in the Zoom App.” Caba then added, “Let the po- DPW. “Having the one-armed B.A. Fredrick Carr instructed lice and essential workers do bandit trucks lessons exposure Rosa on how to find the agenda their job.” He then thanked all to our DPW workers. I want to on the city’s website. the city employees and first -re thank the IT and every city, pri- When it came to vote, Ordi- sponders on the job. “God bless vate employees, medical work- nance No. 2 (re: Teamsters) was everyone.” ers and unpaid volunteers. They tabled during the caucus. For Councilman Fernando Irizar- sacrifice and their families sac- the consent agenda, R-124 thru ry thanked the administration rifice, too.” R-127 and R-131 thru R-142 and the Mayor, OEM Manager Councilman Fernando Irizarry was moved by Councilman Larry Cattano and all who work asked, “What is the role of the Irizarry and seconded by Coun- to make the city safe. “Some council and what should we be cilman Caba. R-128 (agreement people are not taking the CO- doing in this crisis?” between the City of Perth Am- VID-19 virus seriously. It may B.A. Carr answered, “Do what boy and Perth Amboy Blue Col- take something life threatening your doing now. We are essen- lar Union the National Brother- to them to realize the serious- tial.” hood of Teamsters Local #97) ness. Stay healthy and safe.” Council President Bill Petrick was tabled. R-129 – (Puerto Ri- Councilman Joel Pabon said, adjourned the meeting at 6:16 can Festival) & R-130 (Domini- “I want to thank everyone who p.m. Councilwoman Milady can Festival) were all tabled. is working on the citizen’s be- Tejeda was not able to partici- For the regular public portion, half. There is so many doing pate in either meeting because Resident Jeremy Baratta spoke so much. Go out only when of work obligations. first. He questioned why was necessary. Be smart. You don’t R-131 voted on. know what you’re bringing in. Budget Still Not Passed 4/1/20 Business Meeting via Phone Conference By: Katherine Massopust Henry stated the city could run B.A. Glenn Skarzynski stated, SOUTH AMBOY – Resolution into problems by operating on “The ambulance which costs No. 20-109 thru 20-111 passed. a temporary budget. “We obvi- between $250,000 to $300,000 For Discussion items a & b ously need to run the city.” which the NCIA will finance. B.A. Glenn Skarzynski stated Law Director Francis Wom- We have to put 5% down. We that these items were memorial- ack advised the council of the have the money to put it down.” izing certifying the LOSAP for circumstances that the budget McLaughlin then asked about the First Aid and Fire Depart- needing a new hearing and that the summer co-op program for ments. Councilman Thomas the council can vote on the bud- students. Skarzynski stated that Reilly thanked all the volun- get now. the plan is to have this program. teers who are committed to this Director of Revenue and Fi- The discussion is on the jobs for town. There was no discussion nance and CFO Daniel Balka this program is funded. on item c which was a letter reminded the council that they Reilly stated that some of the from DEP regarding stormwater have to mail out tax bills for the larger raises in the budget were permit program notifications. bank while the temporary bud- unacceptable to him. “I haven’t Item d was the 2020 budget get is out. answers to my satisfaction.” which initiated an intense dis- The council stated that no one B.A. Skarzynski stated that cussion. Mayor Fred Henry em- had sent out any material on the the raises were authorized by phasized that South Amboy was budget; they also admitted they the council last year therefore now running on a temporary didn’t reach out to anyone to get the city is obligated to pay these budget. Henry stated that is nec- the material. Council President individuals the salaries as pre- essary to run the city right now Mickey Gross pleaded with the sented in the budget. “The sal- and there will be no additional council. He stated, “Although ary guide was approved by the personnel added to the payroll. it’s a crazy time, the council council and dictates what the Councilman Thomas Reilly needs to sit down, put aside range is.” stated, “We don’t know how their differences and agree on Reilly stated that a part-time long this pandemic will take a budget and work together for Code Enforcement Personnel place.” Reilly advised the coun- the good of the city.” should not be making more than cil of the now large unemploy- Councilwoman Zusette Dato fulltime DPW workers.” ment rate due to the coronavi- stated, “I understand the crisis Council President Gross ex- rus. “It’s getting worse with the we’re in now. Our CFO is right. plained that these are part-time economy what’s going on.” We need to move this along.” workers and they do not receive Gross stated that the council Councilman Brian McLaugh- any benefits. B.A. Skarzynski that there was an emergency lin wanted to know how much budget in place. Mayor Fred the new ambulance cost. *Continued on Page 3 April 15, 2020 * The Amboy Guardian .3 Coronavirus Pandemic, Perth Amboy, Woodbridge *Photos by Paul W. Wang, Katherine Massopust

The DPW puts fencing up on the playgrounds

The marina piers are fenced off

Long lines to get into Wegmans Supermarket

Budget Still Not Passed 4/1/20 Business Meeting via Phone Conference

B.A. Skarzynski stated he ble thanked the first responders. *Continued from Page 2 would email all the material Councilwoman Thomas Reil- asked to the entire council. He ly thanked the food pantries in emphasized that each fulltime assured the council that all un- town. “Brian McLaughlin’s Empty playground position costs the city $30,000 necessary expenses are gone, wife, Amy chose pictures on the per person in benefits. and the First Responders are porch for the charity Friends of Gross stated each part-time fully stocked with protective South Amboy. She raised mon- employee were only allowed gear and so are the police. ey for the food pantries. They to work 24 hours per week. After another brief discussion, are picking up that need to as- (3 8-hour shifts). Skarzynski all of the council agreed to re- sist the food pantries in town.” stated the salary rates are com- view the budget over the next Council President Mickey patible with surrounding mu- two weeks and make their deci- Gross stated there are 20 cas- nicipalities and that the fulltime sion at the Wednesday, April 15, es of coronavirus presently DPW workers receive benefits. 2020 meeting. (4/1/20) in South Amboy. “I He also stated the part-time Council Comments: want to compliment the emer- Code Enforcement personnel Councilwoman Zusette Dato gency personnel everywhere. have a flexible schedule remindedwhich everyone to fill out If anyone has a question on the is necessary. “The gross rate is the 2020 Census. “So much de- coronavirus, call 732-745-3100. $25/hour for inspectors.” pends on that complete count. We’re going to be testing for at Reilly requested a list of em- You can do it online, by phone, least a month. We’re going to ployees with their salary in- or on paper. Your count is so get through this.” creases that were being put in important. It’s important to Mayor Fred Henry stated, “I Empty Streets at night place in the budget. think of others. Reach out to want to thank the professionals. Again, Gross pleaded with the someone who is homebound. It’s good to have all that coop- council to get the budget ap- Any little bit. Keep our busi- eration.” proval done. nesses in mind. Many restau- Skarzynski stated, “Dan (CFO Dato stated, “We cannot spend rants have takeout and are using Balka) and I are here every day. any extra money. No raises or measures to keep people apart. Please reach out by phone or Attend Public Meetings overtime in the near future. Get Help them. Help all of us. We email.” all the facts out and I can live will get through this together.” The meeting went into closed Have Your Voice Heard! with the budget.” Vice President Christine No- session at 7:02 p.m. 4. The Amboy Guardian *April 15, 2020 LOCAL PERSPECTIVE

EDITORIAL THE COMMUNITY VOICE Easter and Passover 2020 Obituary: Catherine S. Onuska & Beyond Catherine S. Onuska (nee istrative assistant for 40 years, Micari) a long-time resident of until she retired in 1982. She Perth Amboy, NJ, passed peace- was a parishioner and member fully on March 30, 2020. She of the Rosarians of Holy Trinity was 98 years old and lived in Church which later became The Perth Amboy for 74 of those Most Holy Name of Jesus Par- years. Catherine was born in ish at Holy Trinity Church. Bellport, New York and raised She is preceded in death by In light of the COVID-19, this South Amboy Mayor Fred Hen- in Southampton, New York her devoted husband Michael J. is one year that will be jarred ry. Mayor McCormic of Wood- where she met her husband Onuska, Sr.; son Michael J. Jr. into everyone's memories to tell bridge also gives daily updates. Michael J. Onuska while he She was the daughter of Frank generations from now, as for a Recently, Congressman Frank was serving in the U.S. Coast P. and Frances (nee Trimboli ) lot of people who were around Pallone held a public phone Guard. They married in 1943 Micari; and sister of James & in 2001. JFK getting assassinat- conference to answer questions and moved to Perth Amboy four Steven Micari. ed, the space shuttle Challenger about the Coronavirus. and a half years later in 1946, She is survived by her be- explosion are some events that The updates change daily. where they raised their family loved children Frances and her of seven children. husband Thomas Smith, Mary everyone remembers where Please submit updated informa- Catherine S. Onuska She was a founding member Anne and her husband Jack they were when these tragedies tion to amboyguardian@gmail. October 5, 1921- March 28, 2020 occurred. The gas crisis in 1973 com. It will be posted on our of the League of Women Vot- Pace, Catherine Pisarchik, ers in Perth Amboy and became Theresa and her husband John comes to mind. website www.amboyguardian. the Perth Amboy Board of Edu- This virus has affected people com. For answers to frequently more active in community poli- Cosmas, Rosemarie and her tics during the 1970’s and was husband Ken Berman and Bar- cation for 17 years, as well as worldwide. Many are compar- asked questions, and for impor- participated in numerous city ing COVID-19 to the Flu Epi- tant links, go to www.pertham- appointed to the Board of Edu- bara Ann Orfini; dear sister Sara cation by Mayor Jankowski in Cunliffe; grandmother of 18 and review boards. demic in 1917-1918. boynj.org. She was an avid reader of COVID-19 has shut down When we look at the Coro- 1976. She later played a critical great-grandmother of 33; many role in converting the Board of nieces, nephews and cousins. the Amboy Guardian and kept events that have occurred for navirus, we tend to look at it up on all the local news and hundreds of years, even when only through the eyes of our Education from being appoint- ed by the mayor to an elected My mother, Catherine Onuska happenings. When she was no other viruses have existed. For own surroundings and how it longer able to leave the home, instance, the New York St. Pat- affects us. So, to us, the wholeBoard of Education, reflecting of Keene St. in Perth Amboy the needs of a changing commu- passed away on March 28th at she would have one of us bring rick’s Day Parade which has oc- country is feeling the effects of it to her as soon as it became curred every year in New York COVID-19 the way we are. On nity. She was a member of the the age of 98 years. She was a Board for 17 years, serving as community activist beginning in available. The photo was taken since the 1700’s was cancelled.. April 10, Missouri became the in 1984 when she was on the Presently, Schools, Churches, last state mandating closure of vice president. She was further the 70's, at a time when it was active in the community serving quite unusual for women to take Board of Education and heavily all sport events, theaters, and all schools. Hopefully schools involved in community work. all venues of large crowds have will be able to open for Fall with the Housing Development an active role in local Perth and other appointed boards, re- Amboy politics. As one of her been suspended or cancelled al- 2020 classes. Thank you, together. There are some positive maining active in local politics seven children, I can speak as until her later years. She was to how challenging it was for Rosemarie O. Berman, Ph.D., Memorial Day is the unoffi- things from all of this. People RN cial start of summertime, hon- are working feverishly on de- employed by Chevron, Inc., a woman to be taken seriously Perth Amboy as a telephone op- during those years. As you can Associate Professor of Nursing oring those who made the ulti- veloping a vaccine and effec- (Retired) mate sacrifice, will probably be tive treatments for COVID-19. erator, bookkeeper, and admin- see by the write-up, she was on cancelled if things progress as News reports state there are they are. The Fourth of July is some positive results pending the curve” by not going out. says that the next month is criti- Stay Home When going out is unavoid- cal in combating this illness. If another event that may not be experimental trials. There are This is a time for everyone to able, practice social distancing we each listen to him, the life celebrated. many companies producing res- STAY HOME except for essen- by staying at least six feet apart you save may be your own, that During this year’s Easter pirators and private individuals tial business. It is heartbreaking from others. You can have the of someone you love, or the (April 12) and Passover (April 8 sewing masks for those who to see so many in New Jersey COVID-19 illness and not have loved ones of others, including - April 16) crossed over, and all need them most. and New York as well as the any symptoms, and thereby un- courageous health care workers churches in the tristate area no On a personal level, people are rest of the country getting sick knowingly infect others. and first responders. matter what denomination were home. Some people are learning and dying because of the spread Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Direc- forced to have virtual services to cook, while others are read- of the coronavirus. We can all online (if they were able to). ing books long sitting on their tor of Infectious Disease at the Marianne Zanko Komek make a difference and “flatten There were some churches in shelf. Pollution is down. Some National Institutes of Health, more sparsely populated towns people are spending more time in other states there were al- with their families. The CDC recommends social economic fallout from this, we lowed to have services. The pandemic is something COVID-19 distance and wearing a mask in will know very soon how many Pope Francis held a socially we would never expect to occur. is Here food stores. The State Govern- people will survive from it. I'm distant Easter Mass in St. Peter But in the end, we believe that Well folks, COVID-19 came ment issues: "Stay at Home" concerned about the economic Basilica with one person in each we can tell future generations to America as we expected it to, or “Lockdown” with many recovery from this crisis and the pew. how we recovered, stronger, and infecting many with severe nonfood businesses closed for effect it will have. So, for now, Everyday there are updates better, and smarter. We always health issues and death. Many 30 days. Now, it's too early to don't panic whatever you do. from New York Governor An- do. people have recovered from it. count the dead from this virus. drew Cuomo, New Jersey Gov- Send us your stories on how We’ll leave it at that. As for the Orlando “Wildman” Perez. ernor Phil Murphy, New York you celebrated Easter and Pass- Mayor Bill DeBlasio, Perth over in 2020. C.M. & K.M. 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By: Anton Massopust III and fire. in combat with the soldiers. “There is only one way this war Like the Iliad and the Odys- There is also a small cameo ends - Last Man Standing!” sey, the story of 1917 is a war by one of the best actors in Eng- 1917 is a recent movie that story about the hero’s journey. land, Benedict Cumberbatch. was nominated for Best Picture He desperately tries to reach his 1917 is a great history lesson in 2020. 1917 tells the story of goal to save lives. to teach kids about what com- two British sol- This entire movie was shot bat was like during World War diers who are tasked with a mis- in one shot. In other words, no I and what sacrifice is all about. sion to go across enemy lines to quick cuts, the cameras just Many brave men and women deliver a message to a colonel kept rolling as the two actors had to go through all of this just not to attack because military had to stay in character for the to survive. intelligence found out they were shooting of the entire film. It Is this movie better than walking straight into an am- is though you're traveling with Parasite (Best Picture Winner bush. The enemies were waiting them. 1917 has the same feel as 2020)? That's like comparing for them. One of the young men Saving Private Ryan, it’s a first apples to oranges, but I think finds out his brother is in the person view of every battle and that it should have won best troops slated for the attack, so every encounter that the sol- picture. It’s the struggle of the the mission is double fold. The diers go through. You experi- common man. It’s not just an other soldier regrets going but ence what the soldiers are going average war picture, but defi- ends up being the only man that through. There’s gorgeous cin- nitely worth your time, both can stop this attack from going ematography and beautiful cos- propelling and riveting. Give it through. The two soldiers’ jour- tumes. The writing is perfect. a watch. It’s available on DVD, ney through a hellish landscape The soldiers talk the way sol- Blue-Ray and On Demand right including traps, trenches, cra- diers talk. The use of sound ed- now. ters, mud, rats, enemy soldiers, iting gives you a feel like you're

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By Phil Kohn. Dedicated to the memory of his father, GM3 Walter Kohn, U.S. Navy Armed Guard, USNR, and all men and women who have answered the country’s call in time of need. Phil can be contacted at [email protected]. The ’s “Vienna Offensive” ends in a Soviet victory on April 13; Vienna is taken by Soviet and Bulgarian troops. U.S. Marines occupy the island of Minna Shima (Minnajima) off Okinawa. Gen. Eisenhower makes his first visit to a liberated Nazi slave-labor camp, Ohrdruf Nord, near Gotha, in east central . Appalled by what he sees, he sends communications to Washington and London strongly urging that reporters, photographers and government members be sent to visit the camps and make a record “in case there ever grew up at home the belief or assumption that the stories of Nazi brutality were just propaganda.” In Washington, D.C., President Truman learns of the Manhattan Project from Secretary of War Henry Stimson, who tells him only that the Allies have a new, highly destructive weapon. U.S. bombers conduct a large-scale fire-bombing of Tokyo on April 14, in which the Imperial Palace sustains significant damage. In Europe, the Canadian First Army assumes military control of the Netherlands, where German forces are now trapped in the Atlantic Wall fortifications along the coastline. In Germany, the U.S. Seventh Army captures Nuremberg and Stuttgart. Reichsführer-SS orders that no prisoners at the Dachau concentration camp — about 10 miles northwest of — “shall be allowed to fall into the hands of the enemy alive.” The Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, near Bergen, in northern Germany, is liberated by British troops on April 15. They find 60,000 sick and emaciated prisoners in the camp, and 13,000 corpses scattered about the grounds. The body of Franklin D. Roosevelt is interred in the rose garden of his estate, Springwood, in Hyde Park, New York. On April 16, Hitler issues his Order of the Day to German troops on the Eastern Front: “He who gives orders to retreat . . . is to be shot on the spot.” The Red Army starts its final offensive against from a line along the Oder and Neisse Rivers. Attacking: over 2,000,000 Soviets with 6,000 tanks and self-propelled guns, some 6,000 aircraft and around 64,000 artillery pieces. Defending: 1,000,000 Germans in strong, well-prepared positions, but lacking in armor, aircraft and artillery. Off Poland’s Hel Peninsula in the Baltic, the German freighter-turned-troopship MV GOYA is torpedoed by Soviet submarine L-3; only 183 survive of the between 6,500 and 7,000 civilian refugees and wounded soldiers aboard. (Exact numbers are unknown because of the chaotic boarding conditions when the ship was taking on passengers.) The British on April 17 take Taungup, in southwest Burma, depriving the Japanese of their last coastal supply base. In Italy, Brazilian troops liberate the town of Montese, near Bologna, after three days of fighting. In Germany,Wehrmacht units in the Ruhr are surrendering in large numbers. In the United Kingdom’s House of Commons, Winston Churchill pays tribute to Franklin D. Roosevelt: “ . . . the greatest American friend we have ever known, and the greatest champion of freedom who has ever brought help and comfort from the new world to the old.” Ernie Pyle, beloved American war correspondent, is killed by machine-gun fire from a Japanese sniper on the island of Ie Shima, near Okinawa, on April 18. Pyle had cov- ered the war in North Africa, Europe and the Pacific for the Scripps-Howard newspaper syndicate. Says President Truman: “No man in this war has so well told the story of the American fighting man as American fighting men wanted it told.” In Germany, Allied troops take the cities of Magdeburg and Leipzig. The last German forces in the Ruhr surrender, with 325,000 German Army Group B prisoners taken. The Red Army reaches the suburbs of Berlin on April 19. Nazi Reich Minister for Propaganda takes to the radio and exhorts the nation and predicts that, in spite of all misfortunes, Germany will yet prevail, that the “perverse coalition between Bolshevism and Plutocracy” is about to break up, and that it is (“our Hitler!”) who will “still turn back the tide and save Europe, as he has thus far, from falling into the clutches of the Kremlin.” Red Army artillery shells begin to fall in Berlin at 11 a.m. on April 20, 1945. Adolf Hitler celebrates his 56th birthday in his Führerbunker in Berlin. Reports say he is in an unhealthy state, nervous and depressed. The U.S. Seventh Army captures Nuremberg, once the locale of Hitler’s massive pre-war Nazi rallies. The British Home Secretary says that 60,585 British civilians have died and 86,175 have been seriously injured in air attacks during the war. The opens on April 21 as Soviet forces launch offensives in and around the city. The Red Army overruns the headquarters of the German High Command, at Zossen, about 22 miles south of Berlin. Hitler orders an all-out counterattack by German troops in Berlin, to be led by Obergruppenführer , a commander in the Waffen-SS, the combat branch of the SS. Der Führer expects every remaining soldier, tank and aircraft to be used in this action. In the Ruhr, German Field Marshal Walter Mod- el, commanding Army Group B and generally acknowledged as one of the Werhmacht’s best defensive tacticians, commits suicide after surrendering his troops to the Allies. The Polish II Corps takes Bologna, Italy, on April 22. French troops capture Stuttgart and drive to the Swiss border. In the Führerbunker in Berlin, when Hitler finds out that Steiner of the Waffen-SS did not initiate the counter-attack he had ordered the previous day, der Führer launches into a bitter tirade against the treachery and incompetence of his military commanders in front of several high-ranking members of the German High Command. (Steiner had reported to his superiors that the order could not be obeyed because of a lack of resources and personnel.) Despite the pleas of his entourage for Hitler to head for the safety of the Bavarian mountains, der Führer vows to remain in Berlin to the end and to himself head up the defense of the city. Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler leave the Führerbunker for the last time. Dessau, in northeastern Germany, is reported to be cleared of German troops on April 23. The British Second Army reaches Harburg, Germany, across the River from Hamburg. German radio reports that Hitler is in the “main fighting line” in Berlin, and “will remain there despite all rumors.” Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, commander- in-chief of the Luftwaffe — now in Berchtesgaden, Germany, escorting Nazi treasures being removed from Berlin — sends a telegram to Hitler. In it, Göring says that if he does not hear back by 10 p.m., he will take command of the Third Reich as Hitler’s Deputy, on the assumption that Hitler has been incapacitated. Irate at Göring’s audacity and interpreting it as treason, der Führer responds that, in return for his life, Göring must immediately resign all his posts. Later that day, , Hitler’s secretary and Nazi Party Chancellery Head, orders Göring’s arrest. In the meantime, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler — without authorization — approaches Count Folke Bernadotte, head of the Swedish Red Cross, and asks him to transmit an offer to begin negotiations for a separate peace with the Western Allies. Himmler stipulates that the neither the Red Army nor the is to be involved. In San Francisco, California, delegates from 50 countries meet on April 24 to discuss formation of an international organization to be called the . is Elbe Day: The first contact between American troops (First Army’s 69th Infantry Division) coming from the west and Soviet troops (58th Guards Rifle Division of the 5th Guards Army) coming from the east occurs at about 4 p.m. at the Elbe River, near , Germany, about 81 miles southwest of Berlin. The RAF attacks “The Eagle’s Nest,” Hitler’s chalet, and the SS barracks in Berchtesgaden, Germany, in the Bavarian Alps. The last German troops withdraw from Finland into Norway. Berlin is surrounded by eight Soviet armies. In the southwest Pacific, the Allies conduct an air raid on Surabaya, Java. The New Zealand 2 nd Infantry Division crosses the Po River during the Al- lies’ “Operation Grapeshot,” an offensive into the Lombardy Plain in northeastern Italy. In Washington, D.C., President Truman is brought up to date on the full details of the Manhattan Project. German troops at Bremen, Germany, surrender to British and Canadian forces on April 26. Allied troops now line the Swiss border from Basle to Lake Constance. The U.S. Third Army takes Regensburg on the Danube. Hermann Göring’s fall from grace is announced publicly in Germany; Field Marshal Robert Ritter von Greim replaces Göring as commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe. The Battle of Bautzen, East Saxony, in far eastern Germany, concludes, with remnants of the German 4th Panzer and 17th Armies retaking the city from the 2nd Polish and Soviet 52nd Armies after days of pitched street fighting. The Germans’ attack is their last successful one of the war. Italian partisans take Genoa and stage a revolt in Milan. The Red Army completes its encirclement of German troops in Berlin on April 27. Soviet troops reach the Alexanderplatz, a large square and transportation hub in the center of the city; Spandau, the westernmost of Berlin’s 12 boroughs, is also taken. Tempelhof Airport, in the south-central portion of the German capital, is under Red Army control. German Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler’s offer of surrender to the Western Allies is rejected as an attempt to split their alliance with the Soviet Union. (The Allies had early on agreed on no individual peace negotiations.) When Hitler gets word of what Himmler has attempted, he strips Himmler of all offices and authority, expels him from the Nazi Party and orders his arrest. In France, Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain, leader of the collaborationist Vichy government, is arrested when he crosses into France from Switzerland. The government announces that total casualties in Britain from German V-2 missile attacks are 2,754 killed and 6,523 seriously injured. On April 28, Soviet troops in Berlin are fighting in the Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin’s government center, and reach the Anhalter Bahnhof, one of Berlin’s most important train stations, just a half mile from the Führerbunker. The U.S. Fifth Army takes Brescia, Italy, 30 miles east of Milan. The British Eighth Army reaches Venice. New Zealand troops capture Padua. Italian partisans capture Italian Social Republic Head of State Benito Mussolini (heavily disguised as an Italian soldier), his mistress Clara Petacci, and 12 of his cabinet members in a German convoy trying to reach Switzerland. All are shot dead in a nearby village. The bodies of Benito Mussolini, Clara Petacci and the other fascists executed the previous day are brought to Milan on April 29 and hung upside down from lampposts in the square where 15 partisans had been executed a year earlier. The bodies are shot at and spat upon. Dachau concentration camp is liberated by troops of the U.S. Seventh Army, freeing 31,600 inmates. Some soldiers and inmates summarily kill between 30 and 50 German POWs in what becomes known as the “Dachau reprisals.” No soldiers ever face charges. In Berlin, Adolf Hitler marries his longtime mistress, , in the Führerbunker. Hitler also dictates his “Political Testament,” in which he justifies the political and military actions of his 12-year-rule, blaming the war on international Jewry and exhorting the German people even after defeat to adhere to the principles of National Socialism, especially its racial laws. Allied Convoy RA-66 sailing from the Kola Peninsula of northern to Loch Ewe in Scotland is attacked by at least two U-boats north of Kola. The British frigate HMS GOODALL, escorting the convoy, is torpedoed and sunk, killing 95 of her complement of 156. This is the last Allied convoy to come under attack in the war. At Caserta, Italy, SS Lt.-Gen. Karl Wolff, representing Col.-Gen. Heinrich von Vietinghoff, supreme commander of German forces in Italy, signs an agreement ending the fighting in Italy. Hostilities will cease at noon on May 2. With the Red Army only a few hundred yards away, Adolf Hitler and his wife of one day commit suicide in the Führerbunker at 3:30 p.m. on April 30. Their bodies are im- mediately taken outside and incinerated with gasoline by their SS bodyguards. In his political testament dictated the previous day, Hitler has appointed Joseph Goebbels as Reich Chancellor and Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz (in Flensburg, Germany, near the Danish border) as Reich President. Dönitz accepts the office, but Goebbels declines. The Red Army continues its advance into the German capital. Fires burn, buildings are shattered by bombs and artillery, and the city is largely in ruins. The “thousand-year Reich” that Hitler proclaimed a dozen years earlier is at an end, and the promise that Hitler made in 1933 — “Give me ten years’ time and you will not recognize Germany anymore” — has come true with a bitter and ironic twist. The U.S. Fifth Army, in northwest Italy, links up with French troops on the French-Italian border. Radio Hamburg on May 1, 1945, announces that Adolf Hitler has died in battle, “fighting to his last breath against Bolshevism.” Großadmiral Karl Dönitz, now Reich Presi- dent, orders the utmost German resistance in the east, where tens of thousands of German civilians are still trying to escape from the Red Army. In Berlin, Joseph Goebbels performs his only act as Reich Chancellor (a position he has refused to accept): He sends a letter under a flag of truce to the commander of Soviet forces in central Berlin, informing him of Hitler’s death and requesting a cease fire. The request is rejected. Later that evening, Goebbels and his wife murder their six children, aged 4 through 12, then commit suicide. Yugoslav Partisan leader Josip Broz Tito and his forces capture Trieste, in northeastern Italy, assisted by New Zealand troops. The Allies announce the cessation of hostilities and the surrender of all German forces in Italy. This is as a result of unauthorized and secret negotiations with the Allies by the German commander-in- chief in Italy, Col.-Gen. Heinrich von Vietinghoff, and SS-Lt.-Gen. Karl Wolff. In Burma, Indian paratroopers land to the south of Rangoon. The Australian I Corps, led by Lt. Gen. Leslie Morshead, begins a series of amphibious landings on Borneo, in the East Indies, in order to liberate and secure British Borneo and Dutch Borneo for their critical natural resources: crude oil and rubber. The Battle of Berlin ends on May 2 when General der Artillerie , district commandant for the defense of Berlin, unconditionally surrenders the city to the Red Army. Soviet soldiers hoist the Red flag over the . During the two-week battle for the German capital, the Soviets suffer more than 360,000 casualties. It is estimated that German casualties number over 340,000, with 480,000 German prisoners taken. The New Zealand 2nd Infantry Division enters the seaport of Trieste, in northeastern Italy, as the German Army in Italy surrenders to the Allies, with hostilities ceasing at 12 noon GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). RAF Bomber Command launches a major sortie against Kiel, Germany. Rangoon, Burma, is liberated on May 3. In Europe, German envoys sent by Reich President Dönitz meet with British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery at his headquarters on Lüneburg Heath, south of Hamburg, to discuss peace. The envoys return to Dönitz and recommend the unconditional surrender of all forces facing the Allied 21st Army Group, commanded by Montgomery. 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Bishops have writ- November 29, 2000. thou art a model of all the states Emeritus Stephen Sulyk while a ten letters of condolences from Stephen Sulyk was born to in life. I unite my will with the patient at Virtua Voorhees Hos- many lands recounting beauti- Michael and Mary Denys Sulyk will of God through the merits pital, Voorhees NJ was called ful moments shared with the on October 2, 1924 in Balnycia, of my Savior Jesus Christ, and home to the Lord. Archbishop Archbishop and listing various a village in the Lemko District in particular through his patient Sulyk, 95, served as Archbish- generous gestures made by him. of the Carpathian mountains in wearing of the crown of thorns, op of the Ukrainian Catholic I trust that these reminiscences Western Ukraine. In 1944, he which with tender devotion Archeparchy of Philadelphia will be published and will con- graduated from high school in thou didst daily contemplate. and Metropolitan of the Ukrai- tribute to the lasting legacy of Sambir. After graduation, the Through the merits of the holy nian Catholic Church in the a man who overcame the chal- events of Word War II forced Virgin Mary and thine own . lenges faced by a village boy him to leave his native land and graces and virtues, I ask thee to The present Metropolitan- whose youth was scarred by a share the experience of a refu- obtain my earnest petition, pro- Archbishop Borys Gudziak in devastating war. Not a stone is gee. left standing in Metropolitan’s vided it be for the greater glory a written statement reflected on He entered the Ukrainian Metropolitan-Archbishop the life of the late hierarch with home village, today found in Catholic Seminary of the Holy of God and my own sanctifica- Emeritus Stephen Sulyk these words "With natural sad- southwestern Poland. His be- Spirit in Hirschberg, Germa- tion. Guide and purify my in- October 2, 1924 - April 6, 2020 tention, O holy protectress and ness but also with Paschal hope loved village is gone. But the ny. In 1948, he migrated to advocate, so that I may obtain the Philadelphia Archeparchy legacy of its Son will remain the United States and contin- bers of the Orthodox Church in the pardon of all my sins and bids farewell to Metropolitan- among us." ued his priestly studies at Saint Ukraine at the time the Soviet the grace to persevere daily, as Emeritus Stephen Sulyk. As Archbishop Sulyk was ap- Josaphat’s Seminary and The Union was collapsing, Ukraine thou didst in walking with cour- a priest and bishop, he was a pointed Metropolitan-Archbish- Catholic University of America was becoming an independent dedicated minister of the Lord op of Philadelphia by St. John in Washington, D.C. age, generosity, and fidelity nation and the Ukrainian Catho- down the path of life. (Mention in the Archeparchy for 65 years Paul II on December 29, 1980 In 1952, he received his S.T.L. lic Church was emerging from your request.) since his priestly ordination in and was consecrated bishop in degree from the Catholic Uni- its existence as a persecuted Saint Rita, advocate of the im- 1955. We thank God for his life Rome on March 1, 1981. The versity of America and was or- catacomb church under atheistic possible, pray for us. and raise prayers of gratitude principal Consecrator was His dained to the priesthood on June communism of the Soviets. Saint Rita, advocate of the help- for his service." Beatitude Josyf Cardinal Slipyj, 14, 1952 at the Immaculate He has served on various less, pray for us. Arcbishop Borys concludes his and the Principal Co-Conse- Conception Cathedral in Phila- committees of the United States Recite the Our Father, Hail tribute, "In these days, priests crators were Bishop Basil H. delphia. Conference of Catholic Bishops Mary, and Glory Be three times and laypeople from differentLosten, Bishop of Stamford and After ordination, he served and the Synod of Bishops of the each. K.M. & C.M. states and different countriesBishop Nilus Nicholas Savaryn, as assistant pastor in Omaha, Ukrainian Catholic Church.. have shared with me their tes- O.S.B.M. Bishop of Edmonton. Nebraska; Brooklyn, N.Y; St. June 14, 2002 was the fiftieth Nicholas parish in Minersville,, anniversary of his ordination Pa., and Youngstown, Ohio. He to the Holy Priesthood and his Check out our website: received his first pastoral as- Golden Jubilee was observed signment in 1955 in Phoenix- with the celebration of a hier- ville, Pa. with the additional archical Divine Liturgy and a WWW.AMBOYGUARDIAN.COM responsibilities as Chancery testimonial banquet on June 23, Secretary. 2002. for the latest breaking news! From July 1, 1957 until Octo- October 1, 2019, he was hon- ber 5, 1961 he was pastor of St. ored by the Archeparchy on the Michael’s Church in Frackville, occasion of his 95th birthday. Pa. During his short tenure of During his retirement years, four years, he built, furnished he lived in Cherry Hill, N.J. and paid for a new church and He was predeceased by his Answers parish social hall. Annual gross parents and the following sib- income rose from $10,000 in lings: Ivan, Vasyl, Dmytro, From Puzzle 1957 to $60,000 in what was Anna Nicholas and Ivan, Jr. On Page 11 considered a financially - de In addition to several nieces pressed area. and nephews, he is survived by After a short stay at St. Nicho- the following cousins: Frank las parish in Philadelphia, on Stec (Christine), Steve Boyduy, March 22, 1962, he was ap- Lidia Devonshire, Theresa Nord pointed pastor of Assumption (Tim), Donna Sauchak (Greg), Church, Perth Amboy, N.J. Stephen Stec (Tonya), Kristin Within a year, he completed a Magar (Steve), Lauren Stec and LOOKING BACK new elementary school. During Jordan Stec. his pastorate, he converted the Due to the coronoavirus pan- rectory into a convent for nuns, demic, private funeral services built a new rectory, purchased for the late Metroplitan-Arch- and landscaped additional par- bishop Stephen were conducted ish grounds and renovated the on Bright Monday, April 13, parish church. He also com- 2020 by Metropolitan-Arch- piled and printed a series of bi- bishop Borys Gudziak in the lingual texts for use in liturgical Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral services. On May 31, 1968, His of the Immaculate Conception. Holiness Pope Paul VI granted Philadelphia, Pa. He was bur- him the dignity of Papal Chap- ied in the cathedral crypt next to lain with the title of Monsignor. +Bishop Soter Ortynsky, +Bish- On December 29, 1980 he was op Constantine Bohachevsky appointed Metropolitan-Arch- and +Metropolitan Ambrose bishop of Philadelphia by Pope Senyshyn. There was a very John Paul II. He was consecrat- limited number present at the ed bishop in Rome on March 1, funeral due to the coronavirus 1981. epidemic. The funeral was live He supervised the construc- streamed on the Facebook page tion of a new chancery center of the Archeparchy of Philadel- and bishop’s residence and ca- phia at 10 AM. thedral rectory. He renovated A public requiem Divine Lit- the sanctuary of the Immaculate urgy for the repose of his soul Conception Cathedral and land- will be celebrated at a future scaped the adjoining grounds. date still to be determined. He established the Seminary PERTH AMBOY – Texeco Gas Station. * Endowment Fund to finance the *Photo Courtesy of Perth Amboy Free Public Library education of seminarians and to provide income for St. Jo- This photo was restored under a grant from the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission saphat’s Seminary. to the Kearny Cottage Historical Association. At the request of the Vatican, he was involved in sensitive diplomatic talks with mem- 10. The Amboy Guardian *April 15, 2020 SERVICE DIRECTORY Call Carolyn @ 732-896-4446 TTellell Our Advertisers

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