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VOL. VI.—No. 22 FORDS, X. J., FRIDAY, AUGUST 15. 1941 PRICE THREE CENTS Board Ends Hansen Is Inducted As Commander}? inance S Problem Of Operation Of American Legion Post In FordsIn Raritan Fords Brock TRANSFER OF STUDENTS Takes Office In Simple But Impressive Ceremonies Of School Saturday; Holm Praises Giesing Administration Improving Is Discussed FORDS—At a short and informal ceremony Saturday TO WOODBRIDGE DENIED Votes To Discontinue Bon- night in the New Brunswick Avenue headquarters, Carl N. Record Tax Collections In "Brook" In Fords Really Is Hansen was installed commander of Harry Hansen Post Commissioner Of Education hamtown Classes For No. 163, American Legion. July Put Township In Swamp, Rankin Says; Annual Soap Box Derby Expected 'Indefinite Period' Other officers inducted were Soren Christen, Eric Excellent Condition Breeds Mosquitoes Rules Against Use Of Schuster and Rufus B. Allen, vice commanders; Walter H. To Attract Large Field Of Racers Lybeck, adjutant; Bartolo DiMat- Woodbridge High teo, finance officer; John Damback, REDUCTION IN TAXES TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE ARSENAL ACTIVITIES chaplain; Joseph Fofrich, histori- Fourth Yearly Classic To Be Run Over Florida Grove an, and Philip Romito, sergeant-at- Play Safe! IN 1942 SEEN LIKELY Road Course August 23; Many Prizes Are Ottered PETITION FOR CHANGE SEEN AS DANGEROUS arms. AT ACT ON CONDITION Holger Holm, former state vice Bicycle Riders Urged FORDS — Entries for the fourth annual Wood- NOW FILED TOO LATE commander, who installed the offi- $251,590 Cash Balance Is bridge Township Soap Box Derby are beginning; to pour I Pupils To Be Transferred cers, praised the administration of To Follow These Will Meet Tonight In An the outgoing commander, Arthur in from all sections of the municipality, Sam Gioe, Other Receiving Districts To Clara Barton And F. Giesing, pointing to the new Simple Rules Reported By Mayor, Not Effort To Eliminate recreation director, last night announced. The champion- home and full treasury of the post Including Trust Fund ship event will take place Saturday, August 23, on Florida Anticipate Tuition Rev- Piscatawaytown which he was leaving to the new RARITAN TOWNSHIP —Bi- "Open Sewer" officers. cycle riders, attention! RARITAN TOWNSHIP — Tax Grove Road near the Middlesex County Girls' Vocational enue For 1942 To help prevent bike accidents, Collector James Kirkpatrick, in a FORDS—Ways and means of School. BONHAMTOWN —Due to in- The new commander has served Police Chief Charles Grandjean eliminating the swampy condition seven terms as finance officer and report to the Township Commis- The annual'affair, sponsored by TRENTON—Application of the creased defense activity at Raritan has announced a ?et of ten rules, sion Tuesday night, showed a total of land on New Brunswick Ave- the Township Recreation Depart- one term as county delegate! observance of which, safety ex- Raritan Township Board of Educa- Arsenal, the Raritan Township Among the guests were ^County of $210,971.73 collected in taxes, nue, in the rear of Bacskay's bowl- Registration Slow ment, portends to foreshadow pre- perts declare, will make cycling current and delinquent, and other tion for permission to designate + Board of Education, at a regular Commander John J. Gavin, Roy E. safer without minimizing its en- ing alleys, .will be discussed at a vious derbies conducted locally. Woodbridge High School ns a re- Anderson, J. Vincent * Weaver, revenues during the month of meeting. Monday night, ordered joyment. Tere they are: July. The amount is the highest caucus of the Township Commit- Only One-Third Of VotVot- Youngsters are now readying ceiving institution for its high i, closing of the Bonhamtown ele- John Krempasky, members of the their home-made racers and are school tuition students was denied local and county auxiliary, Fords 1. Obey all traffic signals, monthly collection this year. tee tonight. ers Comply With Wednesday by Dr. Charles H. Elli- mentary school for an indefinite Receipt of 5133,993.19 in fran- r'aring to hit the starting line. Fire Company No. 1 and visiting signs and rules. Observance of The subject was brought up at New Rules Indications are that between 45 ott, .state commissioner of educa- period. Legionaires. 'stop' signs is important, because chise,and gross receipts taxes from a meeting of the Board of Health and 55 non-powered jalopies will tion. Located directly across Wood- motorists on 'through' streets are the state department, most of Monday night by Committeeman A light luncheon was served which was payment on taxes over- RARTTAN TOWNSHIP—A to- comprise the starting Hold on Der- Commissioner Elliott's refusal bridge Avenue from the main ar- after the ceremonies. Eric Schus- unprepared for sudden appear- James Schaffrick, of the Second by Day. There will also be a large ance of bicycles from side streets due for the years 1938, 1939 and tal of 1,726 voters were registered to permit Raritan Township to senal gates, the 33-year-old school ter acted as master of ceremonies. Ward, who urged the board to outside contingent to participate transfer its students to Wood- or highways 1940, caused the unusually high remedy the matter promptly. Com- Tuesday in the township on the housed six elementary grades of Mrs. Emma Smith, a charter July collection. in a special event for out of town bridge was based on three major 102 pupils and four teachers. member of the auxiliary post, was 2. Ride in single file. There mitteeman Herbert B. Rankin, of second day of registration to es- entries. The collection of these taxes points: "the petition was filed with Increased employment and de- presented with a gift of money by is grave danger when groups of the Third Ward, said that he had tablish permanent registration. Those interested in entering a the Commissioner of Education the post for distinguished service. cyclists ride three or four places the township in an excellent visited the site and stated "al- With 502 voters registered on car may do so by applying for an fense activity at the government financial condition for the remain- four months after school budgets arsenal creating extreme traffic Well past sixty years in agi, Mrs. abreast on heavily traveled though it is called a brook it is the first (day, two weeks ago, the entry form at any of the town- for 1941-1942 had been finally Smith has rarely missed a meeting roads. der of the year, Mayor Walter C. really nothing but an open sewer." total now registered is 2,229— ship playgrounds or at the Parish hazards resulted in the board's ac- Christensen, chairman of the de- fixed. Contractual arrangements tion to close the school. or an affair of the post and her 3. Keep out of car tracks Mr. Rankin also said that the area, just one third of the estimated 6,- House, 555 Rahway Avenue, de- had been completed with teachers vigorous and constant support of partment of revenue and finance, which is in the heart of the Fords Fred A. Tal'bot, superintendent and ruts. Numerous accidents told members of the committee. 500 eligible voters now residing in partment headquarters. and other school employes for the Legion program has earned are due to riders being thrown business section, has a bad odor the township. Derby Facts 1941-19-12, and tuition receipts for of township schools, was instructed her the praise of both post and from bikes in front of oncoming Mayor Christensen reported a and is a mosquito-breeder. Deadline for registrations for 1941-1942 had been anticipated in to effect the transfer of the pupils cash balance of $251,590.75 in the Date: Saturday. August 23; auxiliary. traffic. those who wish to vote in the prim- Time: 1 P. M.; ' Place: Florida fixing the amount of the local and teachers to other township current account, not including Mr. Bacskay, who attended the school Lax in the several receiving 4. Don't do 'stunts' or race meeting, promised he would fill in ary election on September 16 is Grove Road, midway between schools. John Anderson, clerk of cash balances in trust funds and next Tuesday, August 19. Resi- districts." the board, was authorized to ar- in traffic. other allocated accounts. the land if the Township would pay Woodbridge and Ilopelnwn, near 5. Don't carry a 'passenger' for the cost of the piping. On a dents of the township may regis- the Girls' Vocational School; range for transportation of the Molnar Pipes Exhaust The mayor further pointed out ter at any time during next week Raritan Township petitioned for children. or permit children on roller that a continued improvement in suggestion made by Mayor August prizes: a championship trophy, the change in designation on the skates to hang on for a ride. F. Greiner, Mr. Bacskay was in- by applying at the office of the sweaters, roller skates, pen and '-. To Transfer Pupils tax collections during the balance township clerk, AVilfred R. Wood- gn-unds of adverse economic con- Fumes Into Car, Dies 6. ' Always signal intention to of the year will make possible a vited to attend the conference to- pencil sets, for both driver and ditions and the fact that the tui- It was indicated that some of night. ward, in the municipal building, mechanic. the pupils will be transferred to make right or left turns. substantial reduction in next tion rate at Woodbridge is $105 Stelton Furniture Finisher year's tax rate, i Piscatawaytown, Important Rules Clara Bartotv school and some will 7. Make repairs off the trav- Health Officer Harold J. Bailey Totals for the two registration as compared with rates ranging Any boy between the ages of from $136 to nearly $160 at tho be sent to 'Piscatawaytown at Found Dead; Resuscita- eled portion of the roadway. reported that his office had receiv- days at the various polls are Dis- 9 and 15 is eligible. The total which a vacant classroom will be 8. 'Walk' the bike across ed $322 during the past month as trict 1, Tuesday, 271, total, 423; legally designated high schools, tion Efforts Fail follows: plumbing permits, $160; weight of the car and the driver New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, opened for use. heavy traffic unless it is con- Junior Auxiliary Unit District 2, Tuesday, 398, total, must not exceed 250 pounds. The During the discussion, it was 'STELTON—Leo Molnar, 59- trolled by officer or traffic light. plumber's licenses, $110; ice li- 501; District 3, Tuesday, 220, to- Metuchen and Highland Tark. censes, $2; barber's licenses, $fi; car must be built entirely by the Big Saving: Seen brought out that opening of year-old furniture finisher, of 9. Don't 'hitch' rides on tal, 302; District 4, Tuesday, 218, youngster, although advice from new gates at the arsenal and park- Knapp Avenue and Lincoln High- trucks or other vehicles. Installs New Officers beauty parlor licenses, $3; butch- er and grocer licenses, $10; milk total, 251; District 5, Tuesday, adults is permissable. The car The township school board also ing lots on both sides of the school way, died early Tuesday morning I'O. Always keep brakes and 382, total, 442, and District 6, pointed out that under the pro- front and rear lights in good licenses, §2; sewer permits, $20. must not be more than '72 inches has created a problem which is at of carbon monoxide poisoning af- Elaine Gloff Is Inducted As Tuesday, 2G7, total, 309. long, nor equipped with wheels posed transfer n]iU1 taxpayers of % its worst during the hour when ter piping1 the exhaust from his operating condition. r Mr. Bailey also noted that three President Of Fords cases of tuberculosis, two cases of with a diameter of more than 14 Raritan would save $12,000 a year children arc on their way to school motor into his tightly closed and inches. after the change had been in oper- and thai some shifts at the ord- locked automobile. Legion Organization pneumonia and one of measles ation three years. nance depot start leaving work as were reported to him during July. 'Molnar was found dead in his FORDS—The installation of the 8 More Men To Leave Dr. KilioU, in hiH ruling, wrote: early as 3 P. M., the hour at which car, on'the highway, not far from Auxiliary To Install new officers by the Junior Auxili- B. J. Dunigan, registrar of vital school is dismissed. "The petition was filed with the his home, by a passing milkman, ary to Harry Hansen Post No. 163, statistics, reported that there were For Camp Tuesday Schedule Is Completed Commissioner of Education four Henry Dobanski of Gatzner Ave- Officers Next Month American Legion, took place Sat- 1G marriages, 15 births and 11 months after school budgets for nue, Jamesburg, who notified urday at the home of the junior deaths recorded in the Township Of Local Candidates 1941-1942 had been finally fixed. police. Plans For Ceremony Made chairman, Mrs. Paul Chovan, 22 last month. Volunteer In Group Sched- Contractual arrangements had Fire Co, Carnival Ends The body was removed by Coro- Fairfield Avenue. uled To Leave Piscat- been completed with teachers and ner James J. Flynn who said the At Meeting Of Group The officers installed by the Voters Will Choose Com- other school employes for 1941- Week'sRunTomorrow man was a suicide, death being due county auxiliary president, Mrs. awaytown At 7 A. M. 1942, and tuition receipts for to asphyxiation hy carbon mon- On Tuesday Nigiit Kuthenne Coakley, assisted by the Fords Church Bazaar mitteemen, Women, And 1941-3 942 had been anticipated in oxide. RARITAN TOWNSHIP—Local FORDS—At a regular meeting county-junior chairman, Mrs. Ruth Trustees Of Land fixing the amount of the local Home-Produced Bazaar At- iA short penciled note, not di- Douglas, wore: Miss Elaine Gloff, Board No. 2 yesterday announced school tax in the several receiving of the Ladies' Auxiliary to Harry Closes Sunday Night the names of eight registrants who FORDS—The following is a tracts Big Crowd To rected to ajiyone, told where some Hansen Post No. 1G3, American president, Vivien Knudson, vice districts. money and his tools were located president; Audrey Gloff, treas- have been ordered to report for complete list of candidates for the Legion, Tuesday night, plans were induction at the Municipal Build- primary election for the positions "Two of the respondents, New Piscataway Nightly and said the money should be used formulated for the installation of urer; Edwina Chovan, secretary, Carnival Has Successful for his funeral expenses, accord- Gloria Sunshine, historian; Doro- ing, Piscatawaytown, Tuesday. of county committcemen, county Brunswick and Metuchen, havo PISCATAWAYTOWN — The ing to Police Chief Charles Grand- new officers on September 23. Run Over 2 Weekend; committeewomen, Justices of the just completed .substantial addi- Mrs. Carl Hansen will be in thy Knudson, chaplain, and Lynn The men are the 'board's quota annual home-produced bazaar of jean. No reason was given for his Sunshine, sergcant-at-arms. Prizes Are Awarded in the seventeenth draft call. They Peace and Trustees of Free School tions to their high school plants Raritau Engine Company No. 1 actions. charge of refreshments. Mrs. Wil- Lands: and deem it unfair to withdraw liam Baker, newly installed county Corsages were presented to Mrs. will report at 7 o'clock in the morn- swings into its final two-night The Piscatawaytown safety FORDS—After a successful run ing preparatory to leaving; for the Republicans Raritan Township pupils for stand at the cornel' of Woodbridge president, with her staff of officers, Coakley, 'Mrs. Douglas, Mrs. Cho- over two week-ends, the annual whom, in part, these additional squad was summoned and admin- will install the local slate. The af- van and the Misses Gloria Sunshine Trenton induction station. Justice of the Peace—Joseph ~E. and Plainficld Avenues, opposite istered artificial respiration for bazzar and carnival sponsored by Taylor. plant facilities and equipment had the municipal building. The affair fair will be open to the public. land Elaine Gloff. Our Lady of Peace Church came Francis Dietz, of 531 Central been provided. The addition to more than an hour but the man Mrs. Coakley commended Mrs. Trustees of Free School Lands closes tomorrow mpcht. failed to respond. Officers John Commander Carl Hansen ad- to a close Sunday night. Avenue, Highland Park, has been New Brunswick. High School cost dressed the unit Tuesday night and Chovan for her fine work with the designated leader of the group and —Minnie C. Adams, Pearl San- $225,000 and will be available for The carnival opened last Satur- Calomoneri and William S. Doll junior unit. Others who, spoke The closing night's program was Paul Xemeth of Talmadpe Road, dahl, Mae E. Greenhaljfh, Laura A. day night and has been meeting investigated. informed the members of some of highlighted by naming winners of use in September, 1941. The ad- the activities listed by the post for briefly were Mrs. . Douglas, Mrs. Stelton, is the only volunteer. Mouncey, Marguerite FitzRan- dition to Metuchen High School with great success nightly. A large John Palladino, Molnar's son-in- Chovan,'Mrs. Arthur Perry, presi- the various feature awards. An at- dolph, Irene M. Stern, Laura F. number of diversions is being of- law, with whom he lived, said he the year. Plans are being complet- tendance prize of $25 cash wjn Others who will leave are Wil- Martin. will also be available for use in ed, he said, for the past command- dent of the senior auxiliary; Mrs. liam H. Scruggs Jr., Negro, of 252 September, 1941. The cost of fered. Refreshments are also avail-'apparently was in good health and Rose Sunshine, Miss Julia Dani awarded to Steve Simmen of Phoe- County Committeemen and Wo- able. k (spirits when he left home about ers' dinner and then a Hallowe'en nix. Durham Avenue, Metuchen; Wil- this addition with equipment is parade. The auxiliary will partici- and Mrs. Bavtolo DiMatteo, past liam J. Hammill, Oak Tree; James men: $175,000. I'ire Chief Ezra Grant is chair- 17:30 A. M., bound for Metuchen pate in both. unit president. Other winners were: blankets, First Ward • from where he commuted to work Mary Mikusi, 19 Erin Avenue, and Riley, 69 Wildwood Avenue, Clara man, assisted by a general com- Miss Helen Parent was the win- Refreshments were served and a First District: Saving Challenged mittee composed of Albert Fried- in New York. W. Korczowski, 316 West Pond Barton; George Kermes, William M. Frances Boos ner of the miscellaneous club this gift presented to each junior mem- Malthaner and William Barnaby "As to the petitioner's conten- rich, Harold Drake, Edward Mon- Surviving Molnar are his widow, ber after the ceremonies. Road, Hopelawn; Charles Xagy, Second District: Kenneth Van tion that the tuition rate at sev- week. Mrs. Arthur Perry was Amboy Avenue, Clara Barton; Mrs. Jr., of Highland Park. aghau, Oscar Piller. William Fer- jElizabeth; a son, Eugene, and a awarded the dark horse prize. Pelt eral of the designated high schools cho, George Graff, Paul Berrue, (daughter, Mrs. Lillian Palladino, THAT'S OVER WITH Joseph Bokus, New Brunswick Ave- Third District: Daniel B. Whal- is allegedly beyond what Raritan nue, Fords. Lamps, M. Popovieh. Robert Ellmyer, John Bernat, !all of Raritan Townshipship. RARITAN TOWNSHIP — The en; Helen Nagy Township can afford, it is neces- Joseph Ambrosio and Walter Rush. Board of Commissioners approved 2S William Street, Fords; Elmer 2 Clara Barton Units Fourth District: sary to point out that the average Other committee members in- Do You Want UCast Vote PlCHJC Oil AugUSt 24th payment of the third quarterly in- Martin, West Brook, Me., Rotary Bertha Kelleman tuition rate of the four designated clude Edward Voorhees, chairman, stallment on county taxes amount- clock, Henry Dunbach, Maxwell Fifth District: C. Wallace So- high schools was $139 in 1940- Robert Bishop, Arnold Neihaus, ing to §24,211.19. Avenue, Fords. Plan Picnic August 31 field; Agnes C. Lund 1941 and will be only slightly high- blanket booth; Kenneth Wait, WOODBRIDGE—New voters. Schaffrick Club Sixth District: Konrad Stern; er in 1941-1942. chairman, Louis Ricca, Kenneth. or voters recently moved into Raritan Company, Auxili- Irene M. Stern "With a deduction of the $t>0 Stout, grocery booth; Sheriff Julius the district, who wish to vote in Annual Outing To Be Held Seventh District: John. J. Hab- per pupil state apportionment, it Engel, chairman, Charles Oliveri, the primary election on Tuesday, Pens Work Overtime As Brand New ary To Jointly Sponsor orak; Tessa C. Fry toy booth; Oscar Piller, chairman, AtVarady's; Kaminsky will be seen that the net tuition September 16, must register by Outing To Sand Hills (Continued on Vatje 3) cost last year was only $79 per Eiler Rasmussen, Thomas Swales, next Tuesday night in order to General Chairman Local Group Gets Questionnaires pupil to Raritan Township, an Jr. and Si*.. G. Stanley VanSickle, cast th,eir ballots. CLARA BARTON—Plans for a amount which cannot be consid- Alex Hassara, Joseph Costa, John FORDS—The James J. Schaf- Girl, 6, Hurt Ellmyer, Sr., Joseph Stout, bingo As a convenience to tho^e who WOODBRIDGE—Another large Rodder, Corroja Avenue, Iselin; I icnic to be held by Raritan Engine ered excessive. Moreover, the pe- cannot register during the regu- frick Association will conduct its Alexander Koy, 32 Woodland Ave- Company No. 2 and the Ladies' Fords Child Struck By Car titioner made no effort to negoti- booth. annual picnic August 24, at Va- group of Township young men are lar office hours, Township Clerk working on their draft question- nue, Fords; George Moog, 11 Mary Auxiliary on Sunday, August 31, Driven By Amboy Man ate for a lesser rate prior to filing Other Committees B. J. Dunigan will keep his office vady's Grove, Ford Avenue. naires that were sent to them dur- Avenue, Fords; Frank Tamsics, at Buffalo's Grove, Sand Hills, the appeal in this action. Edward Monaghan, chairman, open^tonicht, Monday night and Frank Kaminsky is general chair- ing the past week by the local draft 213 New Brunswick Avenue, Hope- were discussed at a meeting of the Tuesday night fvom seven to man, assisted by George McCabe, company Monday night. FORDS—Six-year-old Elsie Bas- "Testimony at the hearing con- refreshments booth, assisted by [board. Those who received the lawn; Paskell Merritt, Amherst soka, of 490 Crow's Mill Road, clusively established that the re- Charles Pfeiffer, Wendell Slavick, nine o'clock. John Detk, Alfred Kutcher, John [forms are as follows: Avenue, Colonia; Francis Evans, Additional arrangements for the Orosz, Joseph Matusz and Commit- was seriously injured early Sun- spondents are able to provide a Frank Gavenda, George Graff. Al j John Muller, Howell Avenue, 50 Fairfield Avenue, Fords; Joseph affair will be made at a special day evening when she was struck full school day for high school PAYS $S PLUS teeman Schaffrick. McCabe, 592 West Avenue, Se- Wilson, Peter Bachmann, John I FORDS—Thomas Turkucz of 80 i Woodbridce; Alexander Sere3, meeting of the picnic committee of by a car driven by Urban B. pupils, while on the other hand Madison, Thomas Finley; candy The committee has planned a ;RFD No. 1, Box 96, Rahway; John waren; John Swinson, New Dover both organizations Monday night, | Mary Street, was fined S5 and varied program including atheltic Adam, 31, of 528 Hazel Avenue, Woodbridge High School operates booth, James Swales, chairman, jSabo, 276 Goodwin Street, Perth Road, Colonia. at the firehouse, Joseph Merke, Perth Amboy. on a part-time basis due to the •Carl Folger; dart game, Walter costs Wednesday in the Perth Am- events, games and dancing. 1 boy police court on a charge of Amboy; Stephen Mago, E Street, Henry Pfeiffer, Florida Grove chairman, announced yesterday. Adam told Officer John Govelitz fact that its present enrollment Rush and Elwood Wait; penny |Port Reading; George Kovack, 303 [Road, Hopelawn; Steve J. Soos, Jr., The company also voted to at- far exceeds the full day capacity pitch, William Meseroll; penny tub, speeding 40 miles an hour in Smith ; that he was driving west on New Street. OBSERVES BIRTHDAY Avenel Street, Avenel; "William 159 Maple Street, Fords; Michael tend a parade to be held by the Brunswick Avenue, near Grace of the hiuh school building. Fred Schultz; other booths, John PISCATAWAYTOWN — John i Jennings. 380 Avenel Street, JKarnas, 37 Robert Street, Se- Sayreville fire department Satur- Plea Called Late Powers, chairman, James Mona- Woodbridge; Robert Rodney, 41 Street, Fords, when the child sud- OBSERVES BIRTHDAY jColletto Sr. of Plainfield Avenue jwaren; Henry W. Schrimpf, Jr., day, August 23. The unit will leave denly came from behind a car that "A petition to change a high ghan; Paul Berrue, chairman, Rob- KEASBEY—Miss Clara Janeile i entertained friends at a party at ! George Street, Sewaren; John Ne- 1103 Grove Avenue, Woodbridge; the Amboy Avenue firehouse with ert Ellmyer, Anthony Woods, John ;meth, 135 Green Street, Wood- was traveling in the .opposite direc- school designation should be made of Smith Street, was honored o„.n. ,| his home in observance of his 48th 'John A. Nagy, King George Road, the truck at 12:30 P. M. that day. tion and ran into the left front Ellmyer, Ralph Ambr'osio, William Friends were present bridge; Theodore Sipos, 107 New j Woodbridge; Edward E. Christo- several months before budgets are her nineteenth birthday by a group [birthday. A donation of $10 to the Rari- fender of his auto. The little girl set so that the issues may be ad- Fercho; Joseph Ambrosio, chair- frem Brooklyn, Maspath, L. I., Street, Woodbridge. jphersen, 84 Woodbridge Avenue, man, Harold Drake, Joseph Stumpf of friends at a delightful party ar- tan Township Safety Council am- was taken to the Perth Amboy judicated in such time as to permit ! ranged by her aunt, Newark, Union, New Brunswick Julius Kwiatkowski, 85 Wood- Sewaren; Stephen J. Ducsak, -88 bulance fund was voted by the General Hospital where she is be- and Anthony Governale. Mrs. James Second Street, Woodbridge. the affected receiving high schools Hansen of Fords. and Raritan Township. land Avenue, Fords; Charles A. members. ing treated for a fractured pelvis. (Continued mi Page 3) FRIDAY, At'GrST 15, 1941 FORDS AND RARITAN TOWNSHIP BEACON LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTJCES tec Will meet ai T P. M. f KST) In Woodbridge held Monday, August 4, Upon acceptance of the minimum (EST) in the Committee Chambers, m,>nt hly i nst.ill infill s nf $.".nii. plus easterly line of said Ji» foot lU'ft'r T«i W-.">S; I>uvki>t 11S/141 Willard Neary Takes the rommltfee Chambers, Memorial 1 !)•(]. I was directed to adver- bid. or bid above minmium, by the Memorial Municipal Building, Wood- interest and other terms provided of Way 3!<0 feet, more or less, to a XOTICK OF 1'lilUf SALE for in contract of sale. pnint where it intersects the euater- Municipal Building, Woodbridge, tise the fact that on Monday eve- Township Committee and the Pay-bridge, New Jersey, and expose and TO WHOM IT MAY CONCKIlN: Nev,- Jersey, and expose und sell at ning, August IS, 1911, the Township ment thereof by the purchaser ac- sell at public sale and to the highest Take further notice that at said ly lino of a 22 foot night of Way: public sale and to the highest bid- Committee will me*-t at 7 P. M. cording to the manner of purchase In bidder according to terms of sale on sale, or any date lo which it may thence (7) southerly iilniiK Ihe At a rpRiihir meeWiis of the Town- Aniboy Girl As Bride der according to terms of sale on (BST) in the Committee Chambers, accordance with terms of sale on file with the Township Clerk open to be "adjourned, the Township Com- e.tsterly line of said -~2 foot Right of ship Committee of fi'if Township of file with the Township Clerk open Memorial Municipal Building, Wood- file, the Township will deliver a bar- inspection and to be publicly read mittee, reserves the right in its dis-W.iy i'O feet, more or less tu the WooilliridKe, lield .Moi;ilay, August 4, to Inspection and to he publicly read bridge, New Jersey, and expose and gain and sate deed for said premises. prior to .sale, Lots 47 u> ">0 inclu- cration to reject any one or all northwest corner ol' lands conveyed 1941, I was (lirecH-d to adver- prior to sale, Lot ^C (part) in Block sell at public sale and to the highest DATED: August Z, 1?41. sive in Block -tSl-A. Woodbridge bids and to sell said lot in said tki H- I*. Trail: thence (!S > easterly tise the faet that on Monday eve- Weds Nancy Bagala In Cer- ITT to he known anil designated as bidder according to terms of sale on Township Assessment Map. block if such bidder as it may se-a Ions the northerly line of Trail's nins. Ausii.st IS, 1341. the Town- lot 2«-A In Block 477-C, Woodbrtdffe file with the Township Clerk open to B. J. DUXIGAN, lect, due regard being given, to land r.fi- feet, more or less, to a ship Committee will me.et at 7 P. emony Performed In Holy Township Assessment Map, more inspection and lo be publfrOy read Township Clerk- Take further notice that the terms and manner of payment, In point in the westerly llm- of lands M.. (KST) In the Committee Cham- particularly described as follows; prior to sale, Lots S3 to SK inclu- To be advertised Augu.st 8 and Township Committee has, by reso- case one or more minimum bids shall now or formerly .lohn Clear; thence bers, Memorial Mmiicip,!? HuikUnff, August IS. mil. In ih.- Fords Bea<-on. lution and pursuant to law, fixed a i 9) northerly alonK the westerly line Rosary Church Beginning at a point formed by sive in Block 517-O, Woodbrldge be received. "Woodbridge, New Jersey, and ex- Township Assessment Map. minimum price at wliieli said lcus Upon acceptance of the minimum of Clear'*? land 372,5 feet, more or pose and sell at public sale and to the intersection of the northeasterly Merer To: W-1G7: Docket i:W.< TOO in said block will be sold together less, to an anRie In, siimi-; thenee line of Meredith lioad and the with all other details pertinent, said bid, or bid above minimum, by the the highest bidder accord: IIK to FORDS—Miss Nancy Virginia J Take further notice that the NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Township Committee and tile pay- i mj still northerly along: dear's terms of sale, on lile with tin? Town- s c*uthe.astt*rly line of Midwood Way Township Committee has, by reso- minimum prii'f? beins (-"".OO plus land 1101.20 feet to the Point or Bagala, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.as nail] ito«f! and Way are shown on To Whom It May Concern: ment thereof by tlie purchaser ac- ship Clerk open to inspection and lution and pursuant to law, fixed a costs of preparing deed and adver- cording to the manner ot purchase place oi bfjrifmfnjT. a Map entitled, "Middlesex Colony,minimum price at which nuhl It/ts in At a regular meeting of the Town- tising this sale. Said lots jji said to be publicly read prior to sale, Salvatore Bagala of 28« OaColonlak , New Jersey, property of the ship Committee of the Township oi block if sold on terms, will require in accordance with terms of saJa lots ,'i5:t Vo ">'•'> inclusive in iiioi-k caid block will be sold together with on file, the Township will deliver a Containing 21.54 acres, more or Street, Perth Amboy, was married Middlesex Finance Co., January all other details pertinent, Faid Woodl.rMse, held Monday, August 4, a down payment of 520.00, the bal- r.lO-F, Woodbi-idtre Township As- lain, Hindi man, Pilat and Tooke.r, 1941, I was directed to advertise ance of purchase price to be paid bargain and sale deed for said prem- less. sessment Map. minimum price being ?:'»30.00 plus ises. Til ACT -I* to Willard Raymond Xeary of 44I -ii nd.sca pe. I-3ngine.ers, 52 Broadway, costs of preparing de^d and adver- the fact that on Monday /evening, In equal monthly installments of Take further notice that the N. Y. ("ity," and from said "beginning Ansilst IS. 1911, tlw Township Com- $fi.l>f> plus interest and other terms 1>ATIC1>: August 5, 1941. Lot 1 iu Hloek :.-! Gordon Avenue, this place, at a. tising liiis sale. Said lots in said B. J. DITNIGAN, Township Committee has. by resoEu- point running <1> K. 3fi*-G3'-2ij" K. bloek'if sold on terms, will require mitiee will*met-1 at T P. II. (KSTJ in provided for in contract of sale. TH V(T -:t ' ceremony in the Holy Rosary R. C til on g tl><- northeasterly hue of the Committee Chambers, Memorial I Township Clerk. I,i)l I In lH.M-k XI7 tion and pursuant- to law, tlxed a -Mi;r»-dith lioad 193.00 fe*-t to a point; a tlnwn payment of f2:',.(ji>, the t'.'J- Take further no!ice that qi said [ To be advertised Ang-ust S and fiifiiiimini )>nce ai ivlii-0i s-iid hits in J ance of purchase price -to be paid Municipal Building, Woodbrldge. New Tit V< T ~i Church, 'Perth Amboy. Rev. Ber-tliem-t;, (2) X. :,-', -W- 10" E. 2i>l) feet Jersey, and expose and sell at pub- sale, or any date to which it may i August 13. 1941. in tlie Kurds Heaeon. said bloek will be sold tofcether e w in equal monthly installments of be adjourned, the Towns--.up Com- I.nl I in Itloek :t-S with all other details pertinent, said1 to ;i point; tlir-n''e, o'clock. A inception was held at Jine or Mereditli Iload lit.'JH feet tp Take further notice that at said the Township Clerk open to inspec- NOTICE OK PI'BLIC SALE BeKinnin^- at a point formed by costs or preparing ilfcd and adver- the southeasterly line, of Midwood tion and to be publicly read prior to and to s«ll siiid lots hi sai.l block .To Whom It May Concern: tising thlij sale. Said lots in said the' Neary home after the cere- sale, or any date to which ft may be to such bidder as it may select, due the interseition of the northerly line U'ay, thence, (4 j southwesterly adjourned, the Township Committee wile, J.'
With all the activities that claim women's attention these days BRAND NEW, FULL SCALE 88 note there are few wasted hours. -The wonder is they can accomplish MAHOGANYNewstyie SPINET PIANO • UNLIMITED VARIETY so much and continue to run their homes so efficiently. Ask one GENUINE IVORY KEY TOPS SALADS • MAGNIFICENT PELTS of these homemakers with a hundred outside interests just how §^ rave about! •LASTMINUTE STYLES she does so much and she'll tell you she uses Built to Sell for.. .325 ^Delicate crab meat on electricity wherever and whenever she can. .crisp lettuce. TONIGHT! Anniversary Price. .269 IT MAY BE A LONG TIME before you A Thor electric washer does its work better s can buy such beautifully styled, high and faster than you can wash by hand. quality FUR COATS at present .... Actual Saving to You 56 An electric ironer Allowance made for your old piano . . . Pay only # puts a fine finish on *5D0WN-*5 PER MONTH each article and you IPIIIH Kiiinll i-iirrjini; flinrcf) Low Prices Some of ihe Quality Specifications: can be seated while Three pedals, reinforced hammers, remarkably evon over- NO STORAGE CHARGE ON AUGUST SALES you work. Moderate strung scale, full bronze metal plalc, bra.su hardware, folding music desk, solid copper-wound bass strings. OPEN EVENINGS prices and easy pay- Fully Guaranteed by Both the Manufacturer and Griffiths ment terms. "The Music Center of New Jersey" A. Greenhouse GRIFFITH PIANO CO. One of the'mony Flagstaff foods sold exclusively through 278 Hobart Street, Perth Amboy .your local independent grocer. CREATORS OF FINE FURS PUBLIC (Opposite Scars-Roebuck) We serves you faithfully, hc»v 195 SMITH ST. PERTH AMBOY A-35J5 flies only quality fpod*( ~" OPEN EVENINGS FORDS AND RARITAN TOWNSHIP FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1941 PAGE THRE
Fifth District: Charles Mangi- Npv • Club Gives Birthday Party HOUSING Candidates ne; Margaret L. Catalano. Adele Sharo Marries Pupil Transfer Every month an average of In Keasbey For Ann Antol Sixth District: Bernard F. 4,500 families are moving from (Continued from Page 1) Dunigan; Phoebe E. Levi (Continued from Page 1) Second Ward In St. Stephen's Rites districts to make appropriate bud- slums into modern homes provided KEASBEY—Members of Club Seventh District: William H. getary plans in time. First District: John Parsler; by public housing. Eleven met with Miss Mary Ann Huber; "In the instant case, the educa- Margaret Faczak Antol in Crow's Mill Road to ob- Second Ward Fords Girl, Michael*Tartza tional interests of the high school serve Miss Antol's birthday anni- Second District: Albert New- pupils can be better served by re- versary. man ; Hannah Pfeitfer. First District: United Sunday In Perth Second District: Anthony Ben- taining present designations inas- After a short business .session, ^Third District, Harold Marten- ;ola; Joseph Seaman; much as the high school provisions the members motored to Keansburfj sen; Elinor Baiint Amboy Church Ceremony , Third District: Joseph F. Lev- of the respondents appear to be where they spent the rest of the By A. W. Wiegand {been formed by the camp during Fourth District: Wilson John- FORDS — Miss Adele Sharo, ndoske; Florence Quadt much more adequate for the re- M1\Y TO S \Tl KDAV evening:. Llddle Cabin Dedicated To Camp the past few weeks to work en son; Hazel L. Cline Fourth District: daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. Anthony spective high school enrollments Present were: Mrs. M. Sgromolo, camp projects which will add to tli2 .Fifth District: Wesley Chrisrten- Sharo of 276 Ford Avenue, and Myrna Loy William Powell Last Sunday the dedication of Fifth District: Joseph Elko; Hel- than those of Woodbridge High Mrs. Michael Matula, Mrs. M. Pi- betterment of Kittatinny. The sen; Maiy' B. Larson Michael Tartza, son of Mr. and the Wesley Liddle Cabin at Camp n Fodor School." "LOVE CRAZY" rint, Mrs. Bartolo UiMattoo, Mrs. crew has a free stay at camp by Sixth District: Xiels Ingstrup; Mrs. Stephen Tartza of 810 Am- Kittatinny took place, with most of ;thus working; in addition to the Sixth District: Joseph Nagy, Mrs. J. Sereda, Mrs. the scouts in camp and their par- boy Avenue. Perth. Amboy, weiv James Cagney Pat O'Brien Paul Antol, Miss Josephine Wood- camping their physical develjjp- Seventh District: Floyd Mance; Seventh District: James K. married Sunday afternoon at Si. Birthday Party Is Given ents and friends viewing the cere- iment is helper! immensely by a few Black; Carrie Staunton "Devil Dogs of the Air" zin.ski, Miss Helen Dunich, Miss mony. Helen Brown Stephen's R. C. Church, Perth Am- For Mrs. Doll In Lindeneau Rc-jti Dunich and Miss Antol. idays of •hard work. Many boys Eighth District: „ boy. Rev. John Xowak, curate, of- Scout Executive William H. Wat- ; Eighth District: Fred R. Walker; LATE SHOW EVERY SAT. I have made application for a posi- ean Dry la V ficiated. son gave a short address on the (CIare Mattenson ; PISCATAWAYTOWX — Mrs. ENGAGEMENT TOLD ition of this sort, but/only a few Ninth District: Louis Halisky; reason for the camp's receiving th» Ninth District: Alexander Mon- Miss Emily PoUwski of Eliza- ] Willium S. Doll of Russell Avenue si V - >]<>>. - TI r.s. - win). HOPELAWX— Mr. and Mrs. | have been selected. The crew cabin as a memorial to Wesley Lid- dics; Mrs. Mae Laubach beth sang "Veni Creator" and was guest of honor at a dinner in Samuel Walchak of 19 Erin Ave- i worked last week on general camp Tenth District: dle, a member of the camp com- Tenth District: John Nagy; An- "Avr Maria." Prof Ignatius J. j celebration of her birthday Sunday nue announce the enn-atfement of improvement, such as cleaning out mittee. He explained 'that the : na Smolinski Third Ward Maciejewski was at the organ. ; at the home of her mother-in-law, their daughter, Violet, to Waker brush from the vicinity of the Lid- Fords Lions Club wished the camp First District: Stephen Hutnick; The bride was given in marriage , Mrs. Caroline Doll of 282 Wood- Kaczor, son of Mi-, am! Mrs. A. Idle Cabin, and removing stump.% Third Ward to have a lasting and fitting mem- ennie W. Notaro by her father. • Miss Stephana bridge Avenue. Lindeneau. Piado, 18.'! Ryan Street, Hili.side. and vines from trails. This week's First District: Lawrence Mc- ory of the Club's late member. Second District: Andrew Jan- Sharo of Fords was her sister's Guests included members of the No date has keen set for the wed- work crew has a more definite job, Nulty; Madeline Miller With the help of the scouts of Srisevits; ifrances C. Weston maid of honor. Misses Julia Tar- Immediate family. Miss Ruth Ell- ding. that of working on the Camp Na- Second District: Joseph Utassy; Troop 51 the Lions Club had erect- Yrarii Lodge, which needs much Frieda R- Grode Third District: Harry A. O'Con- tza. sister of the bridegroom; Stella nryer and Miss Dorothy Hughes Skarzynski of Hopi-lawn, and Rose ed the building before the campin? , more time and labor before it will Third District: George S. Luff- nor; Mary R. Mullen served. Blyskal of Brooklyn, cousin of the season began, and all during the be completed. •barry; Lillian Quinn Fourth District: Joseph P. Som- CLASSIFIED camping year it h&d been used as .s May V. Dunn bride, were bridesmaids. COOLING PI ANT •» Oprr.l Two of the scouts of Troop 51 : Fourth District: Stanley Brook- the camp office and quarters of the Fifth District: Stephen C. John Sharo served as best man. NOW RITZ Elizabeth are on this week'.i crew. Robert ;field; Ella Linn MMUNC * OlO*Gt REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Camp Director. Mr. Watson then Browne, Stanley C. Chapman; Hel- The ushers were John Keller. Joim See / How the\j Campaign introduced Mr. A. Lund, a member | Drake and Charles Fritz have Fifth District: John Azud; Mrs. JiON'T \my until you h;iv« aocii n Wielonski, Mary A. Maier X.vcb, of Linden and James Xe- fights the Nnzis. • The story of the Fords Lions Club, who spoke been chosen along with two other P. J. Donato ROBINSON DIETRICH RAFT of the "Underground" struggle tills h:trBaii], W
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ft m order to have "any chance for that peace which we so earnestly desire." Mr. Wallace, a keen student of human Sky-Raid On The Western Front {Mid-Summer Heat) Willkie Strikes For Unity PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY nature and something of a philosopher, 1940 G.O.P. Presidential Candidate Grows Greater —by— understands the mental machinery of THE BEACON PUBLISHING CO. In Stature As He Welds Forces For Democracy With Offices at aggressor governments. He knows that they 611 New Brun«wick Avenue, Fords, N- J. will disregard American interests in the Wendell Willkie, the private citizen outshone Wen- TELEPHONE: PERTH AMBOY 4—2123 mistaken view that this country will not dell Willkie, the Republican nominee for President, in his Subscription $1-50 per year fight. He also knows that there is immi- Elmer J. Veciey Publisher and Managing Editor most recent visit to the Pacific Coast. It was the same Entered at the Post Office at Fords, N. J., asnent danger of war unless we do something informal Willkie, but there was a more serious cast to his second class mail matter on April 17, 1936. to change the convictions in certain govern- voice, and there was an unselfish grandeur about the 1041 mental circles. trip which the 1940 political caravan lacked, almost neces- sarily. $100,000 For Garand While sacrificing none of his privileges aa an Amer- The Army and the Marine Corps have ican citizen in criticizing his Government where he thought Good Judgment accepted the Garand rifle, after months of constructive criticism was due, Mr. Willkie declared that Members of the Raritan controversy, and production is coming the Nation can have only one President and one foreign Township policy at a time. He implied that 1940 was the year for Board of Education used good judgment along to close to 40,000 a month as the debate, not 1041, and that loyal Americans should support this week when they resolved to close the nation prepares for defense. the foreign policy of the Administration earnestly. Bonhamtown school for an indefinite peri- Meanwhile, we understand, a bill has od due to increased defense activity at been introduced in Congress to grant $100,- Mr. Willkie's attitude is an historic parallel to the Raritan Arsenal. 000 to the inventor of the rifle, John C. support accorded Abraham Lincoln in his efforts to pre- serve the Union by his defeated opponent, Stephen A. The arsenal is located directly across Garand, who freely and willingly turned the rifle over to the United States without Doug-las. the street from the school building which * * * * accommodates more than 100 elementary asking anything for his patent rights. Should President Roosevelt disclose every move in grade children. Certainly, there should be no delay in passing upon this grant. If a citizen of advance to the American people? To Mr. Willkie such While the probabilities of an explosion this country is patriotic enough to give a a question is absurd. The President must be prepared did not enter the discussion which resulted valuable defense weapon the government to act suddenly and swiftly, he said, and he must not in the-board's action, the extreme traffic should be too intelligent not to award reas- be hampered by publicity. To Wendell Willkie, Franklin hazards, brought about by increased em- onable compensation. Mr. Gai*and could Delano Roosevelt is the outward expression of the Amer- ployment, prompted the decision. have sql4 his rifle, upon a royalty basis to ican Nation today. He is the symbol of democracy. He Transfer of the pupils to other schools foreign nations but he did not choose to represents the outcome of an exceptionally vigorous Presi- may cause some inconvenience to both do so.. dential campaign in which debate was not limited, punches parents and child. This, however, is negli- It is refreshing, in this day of prac- were not "pulled," and in which decisions were made. gible when compared with a mind that is tical individuals, to hear about one citizen To Wendell Willkie, the American way in an emergency free from thoughts of danger to youngsters no,'t interested in selling something for is to support the President. removed from a hot-bed of dynamite. more than it is worth. Whether the inven- Despite these firm convictions, Mr. Willkie refused tor of the Garand rifle asks compensation to criticize by name any isolationist leader, although he A Basic Right Is Re-Affirmed or not, he should be given substantial rec- did declare that the President should not be obligated to ognition by a grateful nation. tell the United States Senate every move he contemplated. We've heard a lot about the "right to In avoiding personalities, Mr. Willkie obviously sought to strike" in this country during the past few A Trend In The War bring- about unity in national thought rather than to split years. It has been set up as an absolute hairs over certain persons. privilege^ and along with it has gone the The trend of the war in Europe may Of one thing Wendell Willkie is certain: The United implication that anyone who wanted to be judged by the fact that London had Copyright l94l^Linco1n Newspaper Features. work if others were on the picket line was only one air alert in the month of July. States can outproduce the German industrial war machine. opposing the "right to strike." It was -the most peaceful month the His faith in American enterprise and American ingenuity Little or nothing was heard during this British capital has enjoyed since the Ger- is boundless, and his information is firsthand because he 2 Parties Are Given'faiman Association ListsAnna Remeta Is Bride has seen the American industrial machine at work. same period concerning the "right to mans began bombing the great city in Aug- Social In Fords August 20 work." And so the individual with no ust, 1940. For Elizabeth Bryan In Nuptial In Rahway Yet as Mr. Willkie sees it, the President must not grievance against his employer and with a In the months of May, June and July FORDS—The first in a series o* delay in naming a co-ordinator of defense. It is not a socials and make-believe ballroom need for less defense and less action to the Republican desire to go on peacefully earning his liv- there were only twenty alerts and some'of Bride-To-Be Feted At Sur- dances, sponsored by Ralman's As- Menlo Park Girl Becomes ing frequently fell victim to the "right to sociation, will take place" "Wednes- 1940 nominee, but more and more defense and more and these were bomb free. prise Showers; To Mar- Wife Of Demcsak In strike" doctrine. He might be barred by In the meantime, the German capital, day night, August 20, in the audi- more action. There must be a co-ordination and a unity, torium of Our Lady of Peace Church Ceremony force from his machine, he might be forced Berlin, has probably had more alerts and ry Robert A. Balog Church. • he said, which will outdistance the Nazis at their own into "joining up" against his will, and in received more bombs than for any similar FORDS—Miss Elizabeth Isabelle The committee on arrangements FORDS—Miss Anna Hornets., game. any case his basic right to work where and period in the course of the war. This is Bryan, daughter of Mr. and MIR. includes Louis Cyktor, Joseph daughter of Mrs. Jack Remeta and * * * * William Bryan of Evergreen Ave- Nagy, John Kasmer and William when he chose was ignored. indicative of what lies ahead of the Ger- the late Jack Remeta, of Menlo The issues of today are amazingly simple, as Mr. : nue, who is to be married to Rob- Pirint. Defense has pointed up this issue as mans, who have yet to show th,at Berlin ert A. BnloR, son of Mr. and Mrs. Park, became the bride of Joseph Willkie reasons them. Briefly this is his analysis: perhaps never before in our history. For "can take it." George Balog of Hamilton Avenue, Demcsak, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Hitler has builta force which, can live only was guest of honor at two surprise Charles Demcsak of this place. The surely there is no right that should be more The occupation of much of the Ger- showers this weel\. by expanding. Everything in its-way must.go, Chris- Anderson Home Scene ceremonies took place Sunday af- sacrosanct than that of an American to MVs. Helen Raymond of 'Mea.de tianity, the churches, liberty and individuality of men man air force in Russia gives the British ternoon in St. John's Greek Cath- work for the national security. And in a distinct edge in bombing attacks and, Street, Perth Amboy, was hostess Of Pre-Nuptial Party and women, the British Empire, and the United Stales certain strikes in defense plants, there are for the first shower at the Bryan olic Church, Rahway. Rev. John what is more important, offers them the home here. Present were: Mrs. Slovika officiated. of America. If Hitler is to maintain himself in power, indications that many of the men concern- opportunity of surpassing the numerical Thomas Griffin, Misses Genevievo Rita Peterson, Who Is To The bride had her sister, Miss the United States must disintegrate. With such a ed were confused as to whether the right strength of the German air arm. Griffin, Rita Peterson and Mary Be Married August 30, Mary Remeta as maid of honoi. malicious, destructive force in the world, can the to work was really theirs. Frankel of Perth Amboy; Mrs. Bridesmaids were Miss Helen Dem- United States remain calmly aside and wait for its The United States, through the produc- Pauline Clayton of Scwaren; Mrs. Is Honor Guest csak of Fords, sister of the bride- In a much-needed statement, the Board tion of heavy bombers, is playing a big Edward Wolf, Miss Eleanor Wolf. groom, and Miss Anna Kocsak of turn? No! It must anticipate every Nazi move and of Directors of the National Association of part in bringing about this new condition, Mrs. Harry Finella and Mrs. Eliza- FORDS—Mrs. Martin Sorenson Avenel. Mrs. Michael Strand, an- plan its own moves ahead of Hitler's. Base^ must beth Monahan of Metuchen; Mr.i. of this place and Mrs. Edward other sister of the bride, was ma- Manufacturers recently affirmed once which will mark an epoch in the conflict. Anna Quaekenbush of Matawan; Ryder, of Metuchen, gave a show- tron of honor- be established wherever military and naval techni- again the lately-neglected principle of the Misses June Berndt. Mary Onder, er for Miss Rita Peterson of Perth Frank Toth of Princeton Junc- cians think necessary. Moves must be quick and right to work. After calling attention to Elizabeth Budnamv. Mary Soly- Amboy at the home of Mrs. An- tion was best man. George Dudies sudden. The Navy must be used to insure that Amer- ( Bombs And U. 5. Gunboats ncck, Virginia Cole, Arline Mundy. drew Anderson, of 121 Hornsby of Phoenix and Joseph Palko of the "spectacle of American workers in de- Mrs. Joseph Simons, Mi's. Anna ican-made goods, manufactured for the express pur- / Japanese bombs have been dropped Street. The bride-to-be received Newark were ushers. fense industries being coerced . . . into •Lucas, Mrs. Anna Solyneck, Mrs. many handsome gifts. pose of defeating Hitlerism, are delivered without upon an American gunboat, anchored Carl Cole, Mrs. William Mundy The wedding reception for well joining labor organizations not of their own and Mrs. Joseph Kovacs of FonK Miss Peterson, who is the daugh- over 100 guests was held in the loss. across the river from Chungking, China. Also Guests ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Pet- Park fire-house. choice as the price of a job," the statement erson, of B,race Avenue, Perth Am- "It is better to keep war out of America than Amer- went on to say: Damage was superficial and there were no casualties. The Japanese have apolo- Guests present at the shower boy, will be married to Merrill ica out of war," Mr. Willkie declared, adding that it was "Denial by government, by employers, given by Mrs. George Baioq; and Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. An- Fords Notes his "deliberate conviction" that fewer American lives by other employees, or by anyone of the gized and this apparently ends the inci- Mrs Robert Reilly at the Salop: drew Anderson, of Hornsby Street, dent. residence in Hamilton Avenue in- on Saturday, August 30. would be lost in action to defeat Hitler than in waiting worker's right to work is un-American and cluded Mrs. Edward Balog, Mrs. Among those present were: Mr. —Miss Carol Bryems of Xew within America's shores merely in defense. ^ a long step toward dictatorship." In 1937 another gunboat, the Panay, Joseph Co livery, Mi's. Elizabeth and Mrs. William Peterson, Cath- Brunswick Avenue has returned Lombard!, Mrs. Frank' Tenny, Mv>. Mr. Wilikie came to the Coast, he said, entirely at his With the needs of national defense was sunk on the Yangtze river by Japa- erine Peterson, Mrs. M. Nesley, home after spending: a week with nese bombs' which were dropped in a deli- Margaret Maskovich of Perth Air.- Mrs. Chris Olson, Mrs. R. Doran, her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. own expense because he thought every American should calling the country to maximum produc- boy; Mrs. Kondash of Hoptlawn; Mrs. George H. Ryder, Mr. and Viggo Woldsen of Metuchen. do all he could these days to unite the Nation behind the berate attack upon the American warship. Mrs. Berkowitz, Mrs. Hansen and Mrs. George Schnabel, Mr. and —Mrs. Judith Ong-aro of Poplar tion, and with every last bit of skilled Miss Merle Hanson. Miss Hazel So- President of the United States. His appearance here labor desperately in demand, any plan or The testimony of officers and newspaper Mrs. Earl Anderson, Mrs. Mabel Street has returned after spending correspondents, like Weldon James, defi- rensen ant] Mrs. Soreu.soji. Mrs. Tyrrell and Miss Rita .Peterson, of some time with her daughter, Mrs. was sponsored by Americans United, a .spontaneous group effort to prevent workmen from contribut- Aina Sorensen, Mrs. Harry Jensen, Perth Amboy; Mr. and Mrs. G. Albert Kalokiva, of Lake George, nitely demonstrate that the Panay attack Mrs. Amlnw Dudies, Miss Annn of hundreds of Californians, which sprang into existence ing to defense because of non-membership Nesley, Mrs. A. Nesley, Mrs. John X. Y. ' as an expression of discontent with the program of the was intentional. Dudies, Mrs. William Bryan, Mrs. Cahil and Miss Constance Nesley, —Mr. and Mrs. Martin Olden- in a given organization is hardly in the best Thomas Whatney. Mrs. George Ba- and Frances Dobriski, of Wood- boom of Kin^ Georjre's Road, of isolationists. We do not know whether the attapk log and Mrs. Robert Reilly • of interests of the nation as a whole. It is bridge; yirs. h. TuttJe, of Sfcelton, Wood'bridge, and Miss Gertrude Here the mass meeting was .said to have set a record this important truth that is the core of the upon the Tutuila was plainly deliberate or Fords. Miss Marie .Kuhlthau, of Milltown, Nier of Avenel, with Mr. and Mrs. not but the incident illustrates the danger 1 Doris Schoder, of Plainfield. Carl Dunbach of Rahway, were the for the Civic Auditorium with more than 12,000 persona matter, and which makes the N. A. M. Hopelawn Residents Enjoy guests of Mr. and -Mrs. Fred Olsen inside, and several thousand listening by amplifiers out- statement both timely and worth heeding. of the Far Eastern situation and the wil- Other Guests of Xew Brunswick Avenue. lingness of the Japanese to take risks. Outing Held At Echo Lake j Mrs. J. Weber and Mrs. W. Web- side. In Southern California, the unity mass meeting in er of —Mr. and Mrs: Leonard Fischer TirvDi^T ATO^ T *• > Hopt'Iawn; Mrs. J. Sabo of, of Evergreen Avenue and Mr. and Hollywood Bowl is estimated to have attracted 19,000. A Fighting Spirit Essential HOPELAWN —An outingwas . Kt,asl Ml, aml Mrs_ Edward R - Mrs. Frank Lorber of South Am- Nate While In The Chriitian Science Monitor. Everybody has heard of the meek, mild Half The Legs In The Nation held by a group of local residents ! ^ of Meluch Au t Zimmer. j boy; Miss Marge Mandy of Raritan The critics of the government's foreign and friends aL Ec.io Lake. Boating |man of Martinsvii]e; Ml, aml Mra, : Township; Wilbur Fischer of Fifth and inoffensive little man who is brow- and refreshments were enjoyed, f Andrew Anderson, Ml, and Mrs Street; John Manton Jr., of Lin^ Increase In Relief Needs policy have something to shout about, at Those present were: Me. an.j; i beaten and down-trodden, by go-getting Mis. John Kish, Mr. and Mrs. Ste- AJb Andersoil( Lois and Ruth Street; Elmer Fischer of Xew Shown In Raritan In July last! phesn JohKisnh lusanhd Msonr ,an dRobert Mrs , Steof ' Anderso/i, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brunswick Avenue and Raymond Menlo Park citizens, careless of the rights of other Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Perth Amboy; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hunt of Evergreen .Avenue, eii- RARITAN TOWNSHIP — Com- people. Here we have a virtual stoppage of the Sorenson, Royal and Merrill And- joyed fishing at Beach Haven over Botlnar, Eileen Gelles, Mr.and Mrs. . * n.- 1 —'Mr. and Mrs. Martin Diffc of missioner Henry Troger, Jr., Di- import of raw silk, without regard to the ,i--n- r< ii c c-4. *. T i t : erson ot this place. the weekend. As a result of .the little man's attitude, \\ illiam Gelles, of Staten Island;! / Harvey Avenue have returned from rector of Public Welfare and chair- his rights are disregarded throughout life welfare of half the legs in the nation. Mr. und Mrs. Loui* Losso, Mr. and —Raymond Schmidt of Gordon a vacation in South Jersey. man of the Township Relief De- by those who are certain that they can run The ladies, we know, simply cannot get Mrs. John Sydorko, and Mr. and St John's Church Society Avenue is spending some time at —Mr. and- Mrs. William Sands partment, reported that July along without silk stockings. Nobody Mrs. John Dmxhak, Jr.. of Has Bus Ride To Keansbarg Beach Haven. and daughter, F]orcnce, of Christie (showed a flight increase in the over him with impunity. Never showing place. —Miss Viola Fullerton of Xew Street, visited friends in New York ; number of persons on relief rollfi. blames the good ladies. Certainly, the Brunswick Avenue visited her sis- j The total number of clients in- any fight, the little fellow becomes a door- FORDS—Members of the Youn; City. men of the country do not. West Raritan Republicans ter, Mrs. Elmer Chase of Plain- —Mr. and Mrs. William John- I creased from 246 to 249, although mat for aggressive individuals who take ad- People's Fellowship of St. John's I field, Sunday. the number of families remained So it has come to pass that this nation Chapel enjoyed a bus ride to son of Wood Avenue entertained vantage of his peaceful disposition. To Have Picnic August 24 f —Mr. and Mrs. Stanley* Keldsen friends from Jersey City Sunday. constant at 70. takes a more "serious consideration of Keansburg Sunday. and daughter, Jean, have returned The observation in regard to the little PISCATAWAYTOWX — Ar- Those attending were: Mrs. —A Children's Nipht program Commitments for the month home after two weeks at Harding will be held at the firehoust to- amounted to §1,072.4. man, applies with equal force to the na- vague rights in the Far East and the halt- rangements for the annual outing Charles Warso, Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Lake. . tions of the world today. It is especially ing of aggression than it does in the ap- of the West Raritan RepublicanEaumgarten and son, Charles Wai- pearance of the well-turned calves of Am- Club were completed at a meet- go, William Waifco, Thomas War- 8 Building Permits Issued pointed in regard to the United States be- ing of the group Wednesday night go, Lorraine Wargo, Jei-main Loos- Iselin Bride-To-Be Given cause there are some nations in the world erica. What an issue! at the home of Commissioner and er, Constance Van Horn, Gloria I Keasbey By Thompson During July who are thoroughly convinced that this re- Mrs. Henry Troger Jr.. Woodbridge Moore, Sarah Jane Peterson, Hard- Shower; To Wed Sept 14 RARITAN^ TOWNSHIP — Avenue. ing Peterson, Mildred Colletta. —.Mr. and Mi's. Jack Manchec George H. Thompson, township public will no,t fight regardless of affronts, Notes On The Human Race The affair will be held Sunday, Steven White, Joseph Petorie, of Dahl Avenue entertained friends ISELIX" — Miss Rose Lewis, building inspector, reported eight indignities or injuries. Aueust 2-1. at Shady Brook Grove, Ralph 'Varady, Matthew Jago, from Garwood Sunday. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank permits issued during July for con- Wei], folks, we see by the newspapers —Mr. and Mrs. James Quish of This was evidently the thought in the Mam Street, Bonhamtown. Com- Charles Moore, Lois Christensen, P. Lewis, of Kennedy Street, was struction estimated at $11,473. that a man, aged 73, has married a girl, missioner John Pardun is general Jeanette Larsen and Jerry Swanick. Crow's Mill Road, along with the guest of honor at a surprise The permits included one two- mind of Vice-president Wallace when, in aged 16, with the blessing of the bride'i chairman. friends, are spending the ivcek miscellaneous shwer held at her story dwelling, three alterations, —Members of the choir of the touring through Maine and Can- home. three garages and twelve tourist a recent address, he declared that the mother. ada. —Conimitteeman and MrPiscatawas y Baptist Chapel en- The Iselin girl will become the cabins. United States must demonstrate "through This merely goes to show that it takes Charles J. Alexander of Xew 1 joyed a picnic supper with Mrs. —-Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Derail bride of Arthur Graham Giddis, son every action and attitude" that it is "com- all kinds of people to make up the human Brunswick Avenue have returned Russell Harrison and Miss Lottie and son, John, and Michael Kimash of Mr. and Mrs. George #iddis, of The Federal Bureau of Investi- pletely willing to go to war if necessary" race. home after spending a few days in i Smith at the Stepping Stones sum-jJr., of Dahl Avenue, motored to North Plainfii-H on Sunday, Sep- gation is looking into 20,000 draft Atlantic City. jmer cottage. }Shark River Sunday. tember 14. evasion cases. FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1941
may, her renegade heart refused to| > Peach Merchandising A short story, with an unusual twist, listen to her experienced mind. That night Polly cried herself tol sleep. She knew she was a fool, but! Campaign Is Launched sometimes being a fool was so glori-J in which fate revises the rules of ous. Middlesex County Growers Then on the last evening of the cruise, Diek asked Polly to marry him. To Be Aided By Inten- love for two pretty vacationers They had been standing on deck gaz- ing at a sky whoso beauty of stars sive National Drive gripped them. Around them lay a sibilant mass of moving waters tipped NEW YORK, Aug. 14—An in- with moonlight. tensive national merchandising Later he told her that he had noticed campaign to help peach growers her that first day on deck. He had of New Jersey move a bumper By Rebecca Klang not known how to obtain an introduc- crop rapidly into consumption will tion to her as she did not participate ROMANCE is a capricious dame. in any of the ship's recreational acti- be staged throughout the market- Her whims are as changeable as the vities. Then her illness hail given him ing season for this fruit, the A. & weather and as unreliable. Some- his chance. P. Tea Company reported today. times it amuses her to be kind. Some- A little appalled by the narrow mar- Preliminary reports indicate times she is cruel and makes of your gin by which love might have been that Middlesex County will pro- search for love a lonely trail marked shut out of her life forever. Polly's with disillusionment till your life be- heart sent a grateful thanks to the en- duce 30,540 bushels of the total comes an emotional dead-end street. New Jersey crop of more than terprising Sylvias of the world who 1,460,000 bushels, Harvey Baum, This is the story 'of Polly and Syl- forced the phlegmatic Pollies to con- vice-president and general man- via, bachelor girls deluxe, through no tinuo their search for happiness. ager of A. & P.'s produce-buying fault of their own. They were nice When she told Sylvia about Dick's girls, had cute figures, dressed well, proposal, Sylvia acted as if she knew affiliate, the Atlantic Commission and were pretty. "I hope we have nice weather for young man. He turned to Company, announced. New Jer- the cruise," Sylvia yawned, and fell Polly. "Is there anything all along that would happen. sey's 1941 production is estimated The two girls were roommates and blissfully asleep. I can do," All she said was, "And you wanted shared a furnished apartment. Al- to go to a farm!" Then she kissed her. at more than 200,000 bushels though their temperaments were differ- In the morning when they were Polly smiled pitifully, above the 1930-1939 average. •snatching breakfast at the drugstore at least that was the way Dick's parents met him at the pier, ent they adjusted beautifully to each and ho introduced Polly to them. Total U. S. production this other. Polly was easy going, had a counter where they ate morning in she hoped she looked. sense of humor, and took life in its and morning out, Polly started her "You've done more than They were delighted. year is expected to reach 66,102,- wail of protest again. Sylvia was so enough. I'm probably 000 bushels, one of the most stride. Sylvia was dictatorial, had ini- Tho first day after a vacation, when tiative, and loved to manipulate other busy wearing down her resistance that sea-sick." a girl returns to work, is always an or- abundant crops in recent years, people's lives, including Polly's. To she did not hear the young man next "Complete rest is all deal. Sylvia arose slowly out of bed Baum said in pointing out that keep peace, Polly let her do all the to her requesting her to pass the sugar Polly needs now," said and dressed. She did not want to go his company is conducting the bossing. So the two girls cheerfully til! he had asked three times. When Sylvia. "I'll look after back to the office. The girls would peach drive in response to re- pooled expenses, borrowed tach other's she finally passed it, she annihilated her." start questioning her about the won- quests from growers. last pair of sheer stockings, and life him with a fiery glance from her long- "I'd rather be alone," derful things that had happened on the lashed eyes. "The abundant supplies of top was one sweet song, that is, until vaca- Polly said quickly. cruise, and she could not. tell them the quality peaches available this year tion time started to draw around. Then Polly listened to a cruise sales talk Couldn't Sylvia catch on? truth. She wished Polly were around the trouble started. for one week,, and wearily gave in "Why don't you go and for moral support. However, Polly gives housewives an excellent op- play ping-pong, Sylvia? had spent her last vacation weekend portunity to build fall and winter Blue-eyed, brown-haired Polly, hav- as usual. At last The Day arrived. Their I'll send for you if I need as the guest of Dick's parents aiu' supplies through home canning," ing gone through a blitzkrieg of ane- you. Maybe Mr. Dawson Dick was driving her to work that Baum said, "and this fact will be mic romances that somehow did not friends saw them off and acted as if pan out, wanted to go to a quiet farm they were going to make a world plays ping-pong." morn ing. He had a good job, and stressed in our special peach adver- "I do," said Mr. Daw- Polly would stop working after her tising. We also wilt stress the for a rest. tour. There were steamer baskets, marriage. Blonde, brown-eyed Sylvia had books, and a bottle of medicine guar- son. "Are you sure that vitamin content of peaches in co- other ideas. To track down romance, anteed to ward off the ravages of sea- there isn't anything I can Sylvia felt lost and forlorn without operation with the federal gov- one had to go places where there were sickness. Polly was very grateful for do for you?" Polly as she entered the drugstore and ernment's 'Food-for-Defcnsc' pro- 1 plenty of men. that. "No, 'thanks," said Pol- seated herself at the breakfast counter. gram. ' It was very close to vacation time The next two days were fearful. ly. "I'm sorry I made Listlessly she ordered her coffee, or- The cruise was a bitter disappoint- such a nuisance of my- ango juice, and English muffins. Adrertiaing Program so Polly was arming for war. Then self." . A special advertising fund of one evening Sylvia breezed in from ment to Sylvia. The passengers con- Unhappy, she found herself thinking the office with a peculiar gleam in her sisted of middle-aged couples, eight "It was a pleasure," how empty the apartment would seem $15,000 has been set aside by the said Mr. Dawson. He did after Polly was gone. She was too A.&P. to push the sales of peaches eye. Polly recognized the gleam. other young women besides herself and Sylvia said nothing until they wove Polly, anil four, unattached, young not .seem anxious to leave engrossed to hear the man next to her in its stores through the country, about to retire. Then she announced males. There was a gorgeous red- the room. ask her to pass the sugar. He had to the food chain official said. The casually: "We're going for a cruise head with a line and a figure that "Shall we go?" Sylvia ask her three times. amount is in addition to funds this year." made the other girls wish they had asked and took his arm. When she passed it, he said. "You being used to promote fruits and This was even worse than Polly had missed the boat. Three of the unat- About an hour later seem to have an aversion to passing vegetables of all kinds in the com- anticipated. She plopped down on tached males were dancing in attend- sonioone knocked at the me the sugar. Why?" pany's summer "Nutrition-for- the hasock near the bed. "I'm not ance on her. The fourth specimen door. Polly was surprised. Startled, Sylvia stared up at him and Defense" campaign, he added. going," she mutinied. was reticent and unfriendly. It couldn't be Sylvia. She recognized him as the man who had never knocked. Quickly, Fruits and vegetables purchased "Oh yes, you are," Sylvia said and They bad been out to sea about four ;\skeU hvv fov the suftiw thai morning cold-creamed her face. days when Polly became aware of a she closed the book. she had been trying to convince Polly by the company in the first eight "Come in," she said, weeks of the over-all produce "Have a heart," burst out a desper- young man leaning over the rail. Sud- to take the cruise. ate Polly. "I've always gone where denly a bright idea seized her. If and nearly keeled over "I'm sorry," Sylvia said, "I was drive wore upped more than 18 you dragged me, but this is too much. there was some way she could bring when she saw it was Mr. thinking of so many things that I didn't per cent over the corresponding Two years ago, you shanghai me to a Sylvia, who even now was moping in Dawson. hear you." period of 1940, Baum said in fancy hotel where everybody is athle- her stateroom, to his attention, may- "I was worried about "You always have breakfast, here," pointing out that the campaign tic and most of the girls look like John be she could still salvage some happi- you, so I came in to see said the man. "I've been sitting next is in line with recommendations Powers models. There are ten girts ness for her. She thought awhile, how you were getting to you .Cot months now." of federal nutrition experts who to every male. I turn out as popular and then was satisfied with her pkyi. along. I left your friend "Really," said Sylvia. It had boon say that consumption of fruits and as a hornet's theme song. After play- She arose from her deck chair, and still playing ping-pong. sweet of him to notice her. vagetables should be increased 70 ing sixty hours of tennis in a blister- suddenly began to -sway. She acted "I feel much b"etter "Will you pass me the sugar tomor- to 100 per cent to maintain ade- ing sun, you manage to annex what as if she were about to faint. The now," Polly said. row if I only ask onue instead of three quate dietary standards. you fondly hope is ;i prospective pur- young man noticed her distress, and "How about a little Polly arose from her chair and began to sway. She looked as though she times?" chaser of a wedding ring. Then his came over. walk around the deck?" was about to faint. The vouna man noticed her distress and rushed to help. Sylvia nodded. wife and twins come down for the "Is an.vt.hing wrong?" he asked. Polly did not know how "IK that, a promise?" asked tho man. weekend and break up the tea party- "I just don't feel well," Polly said. to refuse. lie was really a very nice young man Still you won't learn your lesson." "If you don't mind, will you please That was how it started, Before ing her, and soon her treacherous Polly walked over to the dressing with a pleasant gleam of humor in his ween World Sylvia said scathingly: "You get take me to my room," they had known each other a clay, he heart began to realize that she wanted table so that Sylvia could not read eyes. discouraged much too easily, Polly. "I'd be glad to," said the young was calling her "Polly" and she was him to find her. Her attempts be- her eyes. "I'm an old cowhand from "It's a promise," Sylvia said. Whether you like it, or not, mu- How can you find romance if you man and took Polly's arm. saying, "Dick." There was no more came more and more feeble till they the Rio Grande," she1 said, "and I've Suddenly tho bleakness was gone sical films are on the up and up don't give romance a chance? You've Sylvia was very surprised to sec time spent by Polly adorning a deck stopped altogether. been vaccinated against romance, es- from (be morning, and the disappoint- this season, with all the major got to get around to have things hap- Polly enter with that nice young man chair. One evening he kissed her. pecially Summer romance. I don't ments from the Hummer cruise. Ro- studios having two or more musi- pen to you. Love needs a glamorous who did not bother with girls. At first she had tried to shift his Her cheeks were flaming as she en- take Dick seriously and I know that mance was a capricious dame, and no cals ready or about to be setting, a gay mood. It will never Polly said: "I don't feel well, Syl- tered their stateroom. Sylvia road one ever knew from wluvl netting she attentions to Sylvia by pretending she I'm just another passenger to him. would strike. Why romance could produced . . . find you in a commonplace atmosphere. via. This gentleman was kind enough had forgotten to do this and to get her confusion. That's wily we get along so well." "I'm not going;," snapped Polly. "If to escort me here." "And you didn't want to take the even operate from a drugstore lun- On its part, Metro has "The that so that he and Sylvia would be cheon counter. Chocolate Soldier," with Nelson romance wants to give me a break, "That was very kind of you, Mr. cruise," she said. "I told you you had Yet even as she spoke, Polly knew she'll find me. I'm sick and tired of . . . . , Sylvia said cordially. thrown together. However, it just to do your share in looking for ro- that she was lying. She was falling Sylvia could scarcely wait for tomor- Eddy and Rise Stevens, young didn't work out. He was always find- mance." in love with Dick, and do what .she row morning lo come. Metropolitan O p e r a contralto ; playing tag with her." "Richard Dawson," answered the "Smilin' Through," with Jeanettc MacDonald; "Lady Be Good," with Eleanor Powell and Ann Sothern; "Panama Ilattie," also with Miss^ Sothern; "Babes on Broadway," with Judy Garland and Mickey Rooncy . . . Paramount has "Kiss the Boys Goodbye," with Mary Martin and Don Ameche; "Birth of the Blues," with Binfr Crosby and Mary Mar- tin; nnd "Louisiana Purchase," with Irene Bordoni, Vera Zorina and Victor Moore . . . Twentieth Century-Fox will pre- sent "Sun Valley .Serenade," with Sonja Henio and her skates, and "Right to the Heart," with Alice Fayo and John Payne . . . Columbia has "You'll Never Get Kich," with Fred .Astaire and Rita Hay worth; "Pal Joey," screen ver- sion of the current Broadway sue cess; and "Go West, Young Lady," with Penny Singleton. Universal's offerings in music are "Hollzapoppin," with Olson and Johnson; "Sing Another Chorus," and "Moonlight in Ha- waii," both with Jane Frazze; "Swing it, Soldiers," with Ken Murray, and "Melody Lane" with the Merry Macks . . . "Four Jacks and a Queen," with Shirley Temple and Ray Bolger, and a Kay Kyser number will be RKO's contribution to the musical cycle . . \ Republic has several cm sched- ule, including "Ice-capades of 1942," with Dorothy Lewis, Jerry Colonna and James Ellison; "Mountain Moonlight," with the Weaver Brothers and Elviry; "Gobs in Blue"; "Yokel Boy"; "Chatterbox," with Judy Canova, and "Marines on Parade," with A! Pearce and his radio gang . . . Some of Both! With the above proof, we can see that we're in for hearing mu- sic, good and bad, liked and dis- liked, and there isn't much we can do about it . . . Cecil B. DeMille's headache at the present writing is the produc- tion of "Reap the Wild Wind," which will have to gross approxi- mately §2,750,000 before it re- IT IS said that almost all animals pos- Up to a few weeks ago, Eight Ball was one dark night in front of the orderly turns a penny to its producers, sess a sixth sense. Since we're not ex- just another inhabitant of the Illinois room, and within a few days Eight Ball because of the costs of TechnicoW perts on the subject of animal behavior, prairies. Then, growing tired of nature was the particular pride of the 6,000 avi- prints, exploitation and distribu- we can't state definitely that such is the in the raw, he apparently decided to adopt ators and technicians stationed at the field. tion . . . a civilized mode of life. He made his The tiny mascot's favorite hangouts are case. We can, however score a point for debut into the world of men and machines Sheridan's pockets and anywhere that one Betity is about to abandon her the pro side by telling you about Eight at Scott Field, Illinois—one of the na- of the army's jam jars can be found. He dancing shoes and begin emoting Ball, the furry little flying squirrel shown tion's better-known flying fields. seems highly pleased with domesticity— in a big way. She is appearing or. in the photographs above. Private Eugene Sheridan picked him up and his new diet of jam and bread. the screen these days as the "typi- cal American working gir>," and the change is for the better, accord- ing to box office records . , . ••FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1941
Taxpayer's Association Enlisting SKIPPY By PERCY CROSBY
Citizens In War To Cut Budget HOW Doer IT F€EU TO I5E , I DREAMT Success over a broad front is in- and consequently assure full public j THE NEW HEAVYWEIGHT dicated in early reaction to the support to all necessary >economy .THAT I KNOCKED OUT | New Jersey Taxpayers Associa- moves. CHAMPION?" tion's recently inaugurated state- By starting the drive in mid- JOE wide drive to cut 1942 budgets of summer it will be possible to com- the counties, municipalities and plete the organizational phase by schools. early fall and devote the final three Already a number of communi- months of 1941 to intensive work ties haVe signed up as participants to secure large-scale reduction of in the drive and immediate enroll- 1942 local budgets. ment of an additional large num- ber is in prospect, with officials Issue Is Non-Partisan and taxpayer associations working As this drive moves forward to- jointly to cut tax costs. The preps ward its goal of reduced taxes in has hailed it aw a "patriotic under- 1942, it must be remembered by taking" and public opinion is cer-citizens and officials alike, that tain to be solidly behind the drive. in these critical times economy is Copr.(Percy L. Crosby, World rights r«cr\cd Launched two weeks ago by the not a partisan issue—'that it is not 1941 JKing Features Syndicate. Inc. organize'] taxpayers of New Jer-| a "political football" to be "kicked sey, the drive arises from the ur- around the lot" by smart politi- gent need to safeguard taxpayers ticians. Economy in non-defense irom unwarranted tax oppression governmental spending is a vital By WALLY BISHOP during the national emergency, issue and demands, the patriotic MUGGS AND SKEETER while freeing a greater portion of co-operation of ail who sincerely our tax resources for national de- support the national defense pro- fense costs. gram. \ ILL SAY/WHAT dUSr BECAUSE HIS N THATS NOT YOUR n FATHER ISN'T MAKIN1 i FAUa/YOU CAHT THATS WHAT I TOLD In announcing1 the state-wide ( DlD"SLUGGER In its opening phase the drive i HIM-- drive the Ntew Jersey /Taxpayer? IS IT -x \ MITCHELL GIVE OUT SO WELL IN HIS ) t KELPJT/ consists of three main divisions: NEW BUTCHER (a) enrollment of communities Association stresses the two-fold VERY I- ( ITTOYOLJFOR? need to concentrate the nation's in- SHOP/ throughout New Jersey, with tax- rr-r j i j payers and officials acting jointly dustrial forces on defense produc / s to reduce local spending; (b) ap- tion and to concentrate the nation's pointment in each community of a tax resources on financing defense competent, nun-salaried "Economy costs. Survey Director" to conduct a The Association pointed out that thorough-going survey and deteiv "so great a portion of our taxpay- mine what service?; may be cur- ing resources must be drafted for tailed or eliminated during the defense purposes that it is simply emergency; (c) an intelligent- and out of the' question for any loca' continuing publicity program Lo government in New Jersey to at- keep citizens fully informed of the 1 tempt to keep its spending pro- purposes and progress of the drive , gram at the present high level."
OTHER EDITORS SAY l'Ml. Kii-: !• ." ».-"~ViJu it.-, -i. W.,-'J ii,'. Short Cut to Socialism the front one? Architects are al- A British IiibcjriU; member of ready planning such homes, if what Parliament who was recently on ••.we read is correct. It will do away POLLY AND HER PALS "good will" tour of this country I with class distinctions, they say. said the war cost Is so terrific that j It will be more economical; it will when it is over all Britons will have save on the heating bill. HUMPH/ AND 11= HE HADN'T to "start from scratch." BUT I "THOUGHT VOU DIDN'T SO THAT Yes, the grocery boy can come in BEEN GOOD-LOOKING-- No doubt the M. P. was being along with the dinner guests, the WANT BEN TO MAKE LOYE TO "THAT WAS WAS THE ©AMBLE VOU WOULD HAVE EXPECTED realistic. Another English visitor. meter-reader with the parson, the VOU ( VOU ASKED MB TO BEFORE I WE TOOK/ the feminist leader, Miss Beatrice •furnace man with the bridge party. r=LlRT WITH HIM/ KNEW HOW ME TO ENTERTAIN HIM/ Gordon Holmes, tells Americans And the cook can pop her head in that a confiscatory tax on incomes the drawing room door on the way HANDSOME is "the fastest method of convert- out and tell the lady what she did HE WAS-. ing a country to socialism ever with the left-overs. known." And, when a national But what will a small boy do? debt roaches the point where the Will he always wipe his boots and politicoes consider that its repudia- never touch the front hall walls tion will cause less popular elec- with play-dirty hands? Then, too, toral revolt than the collection of when Mother was in the living taxes to pay it, they repudiate. room and there was definite need If we could turn back the hand of two or three or four doughnuts of time to our twenty-first year or cookies, or a slice of bread and most of us would be willing to jam, a fellow had a sporting chance start again, "from scratch." De- with a kitchen door. We view the nied that magic volition, those past proposition with some nostalgic 40 who have acquired a home, a misgivings. — Christian Science |—tidiness, a savings bank account. Monitor. or a few securities. . . . may be ex- cused for feeling that such a new deal would be arrived at by dealing Tunney's Good Influence their cards from the bottom of the Commander Tunney is against KRAZY KAT deck.—Nation's Business. cigarette smoking, especially be- fore breakfast, and is so outspoken about it that some of the officers \T5/1 6'IU REP R7CW 2S-/VI Calling All Americans at the naval operating base here FISHES FLY- The Council Against Intolerance refrain from lighting up in his ALL, K4VEr in America makes the ominous presence and others have sworn off 6 statement that it possesses "evi- altogether. — New York Herald dence that divisive propaganda is Tribune, dispatch from Pensacola, being used by the Nazis to disrupt Fla. morale in the camps," To help counter these efforts it has just is- COST OF LIVING sued a program handbook, "Calling The cost of living index of the All Americans," for use by group Bureau of Labor Statistics has ad- leaders working with the troops. vanced six per cent above the fig- There are passages in this book- ure of August, 1939, when the war let that ought to make any soldier began. Secretary Perkins reports think: "Let's take a look at our- the cost of food and house furnish- selves. When you were a young- ings have made the sharpest gains. ster, what kind of people did your family dislike? Did you hear talk Resident of Finland says na- at home against the Jews or the tion's aim is security. Negroes ov the Catholics or the Japan is likely to get oil under Methodists or the Chinese? Did new ban, exporters say. Copr. 1941. King Futures Syndicate, Inc, world .righu r you hale city people or Bostonians or Southerners, or those who didn't speak English very well?" In The News This Week To think a prejudice through to DETECTIVE RILEY By Richard Lee its sources is sometimes to get rid of it. A soldier in battle isn't like- V-VASSUH: PASS RIGHT; UH-HUH../friANKS,WILLIE.' OKAY, WN I WE HAVE WHO LEFT HERE 1 LETME «E... DONtEV 'BOOf ONE ly to ask the religion or racial ...AHSHO'PEELSAWFUL TUAf'SALlFOK NOW/.' sOMt PEOPLE UZ&.Z WHO f MR. SHE WAS fiCilti' origin of the man at his side. He eWf PO I'M GOING TO SPEAK fo MIGHT BE ABLE ro ,Trif STAGE SAID SHE WASflRED AN'WAS , wrfnts to know will he stand or run, 'TRENT' •WE STAGE-DOOfWAN, ANSWER SOME ....HE LEFT HER LA$T ? J [<3O\H a nation, just as it is a bad thing j-^v^CO'ATAfe/CAUVrLtACt..-. AfJD SCURWWF If.' AiAt/V t"Pe Laura Wheeier Smartens kitchen Ex-Clara Barton Teacher With Colorful Cross Stitch SPORTS ECHOES In Army Training School CRESCENT ON THE SILVER SCREEN (Continued from Sport Page) CLARA BARTON—Word has •been received here that Preston PERTH AMBOY, N. J. Shortstop—Honus Wagner. Gillis of Glcncourt Avenue, now Ditmas 'laugh after laugh, while Ann Ruth- T Romance and comedy take a joy I erford and John Shelton bring a Left field—Tris Speaker. stationed at Fort Bragg:, N . C, is FRI. - SAT. - SUN. in an Army school receiving in- ride together in "Barnacle Bill," refreshingly new romantic team to Right field—Babe Ruth. Wallace Beery's newest starring the screen. structions in the use of the Amer- vehicle which comes today for a The story is essentially of the Catcher—Mickey Cochrane. ican aiming circle and batteiy com- veritable fun-fest at the Ditmas young newlyweds, played by Miss Pitchers—Ed Walsh, Walter Johnson, Eddie mander's scopes. Theatre. Rutherford and Shelton. Their Plank, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Christy Mat- Gillis. for the past two years a Beery forsakes Western adven- marriage takes place in an early member of the local school teach- ture for the waterfront and a tuna i scene, but only after some side- thewson and Bob Feller. ing staff, was inducted this sum- fishing fleet, and is teamed with splitting plotting by Morgan, as mer under the selective service act. Marjorie Maian, the "lady black- the girl's father, and little Vir- Rethy, If 2 10 He is one of ten chosen to study smith" of "Wyoming," in a rollick- ginia, as her kid sister. Then trou- GREINERS the use of The new devices used to ing love affair that is augmented by ble looms-for the bride and groom, Seyglinski, 3b 3 2 1 compute ranges and accuracy of fights, thrills and other excitement. when the boy's ex-sweetheart puts Continued From Sport Page Barcellona, lb 3 10 gun fire. Beery plays a waterfront loafer •in an appearance. Tigers (7) J. Moore, rf 3 2 1 who falls in love, is faced with the | Her scheming finally gets the de- AB. R. H.\Y. Gyencs, p 4 2 3 Perfumed Butter care of a small daughter, played • sired results, with the young Orlick, ss 2 0 0 J. Seyplinski, cf 3 1 0 Perfumed butter can be bought in Lubro, lb 3 10 VanDalen, ss 2 11 Paris. by Virginia Wcidk-i, and gots to bride's jealousy reaching a boil —al work. He champions the fisher- that leads to a wild quarrel. A Kriesel, p 3 0 1 Dobos, 2b 3 0 0 men against a price-fixing combine separation follows, with the newly- Ryan, c 2 2 2 Hutter, c 4 1 1 GUY and emerges the hero of the fishing 'weds returning to their respective Ur, cf 3 2 2 Erdeyi, sf 3 3 ;> KIBBEE village. I families. Then it takes some more Ferarro, 2b 3 0 2 CQPR. 1940. HE6DLECRAR SERVICE, INC Dochinger, 3b 3 0 1 Totals 31 14 10 FALL YELLS! "• Majestic • hilarious plotting by the families to Chestnut, If 3 0 0 Tijrers 020 230 0— 7 l.l\ i: 1> \\ 1\Y1T1N(; K\- In .line with their policy of pre-! finally patch up the trouble. Kitchen Towels Pattern 2727 \iiiiiMii:\T iiv nwixr; is "Scattergood senting the pick of screen enter- Miiisky, rf 3 13 Cyclones 000 105 S—14 1(101 IMUU.STKH Vdllt 1.IY- They look like applique, these inches; illustrations of stitches; i\<; itotm si in-: IN TMK tainment, the Majestic Theatre Boyle, sf 2 1 1 1 Pulls The towel motifs, only they're easier materials required; color I, VTKVI 1- \TTKlt.\K. KI.MI- 7 management announces that they Fords Girl Becomes Bride Patrol Covers U. S. l\ \TI0 \ n I It HOLIDAY Strings' have scheduled "The Bride Came for they're in cross stitch. Do schemes. Totals 37 7 12 Wisconsin's recent author izatioiij in-: \n .\o\v. C.O.D.", starting today. James inAmboy Church Ceremony the fruits anil vegetables in Send ten cents in coin for this Cyclones (14) ol a uniformed traffic patrol marks —plus— their natural colors, the bands in Carney and Bette Davis are co- FORDS —Miss Gladys Schade, pattern to Needlecraft Dept., AB. R. H. the completion of such action by all Chapter Ten starred in the new Warner Bros, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon the color of the kitchen. Pattern 82 Eighth Avenue, New York, Dunfcc, If ..- 1 0 0 48 states of the Union. comedy, the romance between an Schade of 758 King George's Road, 2727 contains a transfer pattern N. Y. Write plainly pattern "Riders of Death Valley" aviator and an heiress, a frothy was married to Theodore Tympan- of 6 motifs averaging 8 x 10 number, your name and address. Buck Jones - Dick Foran fitory Hle'.'kly modelled along ick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Blue Blood Iceberg Below Water streamlined laugh lines. Tympanick of 327' Berry Street, The expression, "blue blood" orig- For Cagney and Miss Davis, "Th<: Woodbridge. The ceremony was The larger portion of an iceberg inated in Spain, where light-com- is below the water. The portion Bride Came C.O.D." marks their performed at St. Stephen's Church, plexioned persons whose veins have IT. JAMES' AUDITORIUM first co-starring effort, and accord- Perth Am boy. a blue appearance, claimed pure de- above the water is only about ing to all advance reports, the team scent irom the Spanish stocl:, with- one-cighlh to one-tenth of the whole A reception was held later at mass. sets a new record for smooth co- the home- of the bride. After a out moorish or Jewish admixture. ordination in getting the most out short wedding trip to Atlantic City, liefer To: WI7-1; l)i.cko( 1^0/liiS RE-UPHOLSTERING of the clever comedy script. the couple will live in -South Am- NOTICE OL' PUBLIC SALE Origin of Church Monday Nite boy. To Whom It May Concern: Origin of the word "church" is • OUR SPECIALTY Strand At n reKufni- meeting of the Town- The Bumstead family of screen, ship Committee of tlie Township o( Irom the medieval English FtankHORGAN comic strip and radio fame—Pen- KclVr To: Wli-*?; Hoeket lTJ/t'M WoodbriiiKo held Monday, Aueust 1, "chirche"; derived originally from . Ann Ruth«rlo>d Wll i ttr,/4-.\O 10 11, I was directed to advertise the Greek "kyriakon" (the Lord's SLIP COVERS ny Singleton as Blondie, Larry the fact that on Monday even ins, 8.30 O'CLOCK SHARP ]olin She Item-. 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