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THE WESTFIELD LEADER TM HADING AND HOST WIMLY CIKCVUTIO WUKLY NEWSMUt IN UNION COUNTY Entered as Second < f o«t Office, "" WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1949 •0 45 Playground Callows Hill Road Site of County Brief Showers July 4 Winners Off On Soapbox Derby Here Saturday Not Sufficient to High School Plans Mayor Charles P. Bailey will officially open the fourth annual ini Y. Trip today running of the Soapbox Derby on Gallows Hill road here Saturday, Relieve Drought Service firing the starting gun for the first heat at 10 a. m. In case of rain, the event will be held the following Saturday. The local derby will Expected In Oct. Winners of Flower Water Co. Urges Mrs. • Cite* Two Concepts transform quiet Gallows Hill road into a roaring race site for a few Shows, Watermelon hours as nearly 50 contestants bat- Residents Not Three Elemeutary School Teacher* Upon bh Freedom Depends Hunts Announced tie for a chance at the Aug. 14 national finals at Akron, O. To Water Lawns Resign From Westfield Faculty I sovereignty;! Firemen Seek lod as the ruler of the land, and the aacred- Forty-five boys and girls, play- Extra traffic police will be on worth of The th'ree recent showers which Detailed architects' plans of the new senior high school are M- luriian individual eoul are the two funda- ground event winners, left this duty in the area and special po- 1 bncepts upos iich American freedom rests, Mrs. William bathed Westfield with a small pected in October, Frank A. Ketcham , chairman of the New 8itM aad ' of Westfiel] morning by bus from the Town Shorter Week lice will be assigned to the course. amount of welcome precipitation Building Committee, reported to the Board of Education at it* meet- ist president-general of, the National Society Hall for a special New York trip. Police Chief John R. Schreiber re- laughters American Revolution, told a gathering of were just "a drop in the bucket" ing Tuesday night. Mr. Ketcham said that contracts probably WdtfM Other events scheduled • for the quests that all spectators keep off be awarded from four to six weeks after receiving the finished draw- Persons a| July 4 ——, : . _ . lime May Co t. ..-.. - , off what is needed to aid materially coming week at the town's five the course at at times during the ) y y ings. He said that the datM tra- frvice in playflelds include a checker and owwed water Q M Before Voters races and remain in back of the HMIWW superintendensuperintendentt anand engiengi- in line with the reviled tehefoi* horseshoe tournament, a pet and 6 8 HMIWW icltei', whoBople was Road Repair Cost T?J??™1 ^^JT ! "" »« off thee PlainfieldUPlainfield-Unioi n WWafef r made by his committee. Origi- stunt show tomorrow, a track meet Members of the Westfield local, in safety areas provided to avoid Co. Mr. Haskew, in a statement Water Pressure nally, it was hoped that contract* Heritage of Mom," de- at the Roosevelt field next Thurs- Firemen's Mutual Benevolent As- extra work of clearing the tracks Llared, "The DeclarJ of Inde- today, declared that water supplies could be let late this (ummtr Or Shows Decline day, swimming at the YMCA pool sociation, will petition the Town of over-enthusiastic fans. are not dangerouslyjow, but added Low in Evening in the early fall, but changt? ill pendence gave man tjialitnable and Echo Lake trips. Council for a 56-hour work week, Plans for track clearance for rights of life, libertjfld puwuit that if residents do not curtail use some pans of the plans, made a Winners at the Columbus flow- it was learned this week. No for-the racing carts, service, inspec- of hose for lawn sprinkling, nec- revision in dates necesiaiy. •f happiness, se]f-t it,irea. Modern Streets Need show Thursday included: Best col- mal request from the firemen, now tion, first aid station and prepara- essary pressure to supply water 2 Weekend Fires son slid conscience." •poke of The board accepted the reaiciia* lection of flowers, Michael Yarustri working a 72-hour week, has been tion of the track have been com- for household use and emergencies the resources and iperity of Treatment Cull Department tions of thiee elementary school and Joseph De Bella; best table received by the Town Council so pleted by Councilman Robert F. j may suffer. teachers, who have accepted por- the country, declaritMhat Alad The coat'of maintaining West- arrangement, Bobby Spalto. The far, however. Gumbert, chairman of the public *»•- i.~- : "fete Sh Mr. Haskew declared: Fire Chief William Linden de- tions elsewhere. Miss Elisabeth' din's limp is now ou fe She field's streets is running1 about 60 winning team at the watermelon It is expected that the council works department, and will be ac- "The northeastern part of the. clared today that pressure in the Cupitt, a fifth giade teaclitt in discoursed briefly or material per cent as much during the last hunt included Jim Tillman, Vin- will probably place the request on complished under the direction of United States has been subjected water lines needed for fighting the Wilson School, has accepted a land spiritual progTej] ' the coun- five years as during the five-year cent Mai'vosa, Sam Peterson, Rich- the November ballot, as a similar William Vanderbilt, superintendent to a record drought. It has hitfires has been reduced consider- supervisory position in Doyle»> period from 1921 to 1926, figures ard Anzivino, Lester Brown, An- request for a shorter work week of streets and parks. • New Jersey especially hard and ably during the current drought, town, Pa.; Miss Marian D. Lonf, Declaring that tl country'* from the office of Town Engineer thony Tvuono, Bobby Robinson, by the Patrolmen's Benevolent As- Street banners will be placed at has materially affected all water especially in the evenings when fifth grade teacher in the McKin- Government is the »st wonder- John T. Hopkins reveal. Dominie Scorbone, Robert Powell, sociation was in last November's the starting and finishing lines, supplies. The Plainfield-Union ley School, will teich in Warren ((nl in the wotld/'lrs. Backer Morrow Novello and Mickey Muse. election, Voters approved the po- hosea are in use. He said that the The question of costs and the with spaced pendants between the Water Co.'s water supply is ob- department normally has pressure Township and Miss Cornelia Van td citizens to Ipeak their necessity of* street repairs arose Thirty-two children participated lice request by_ about two to onemarkers to decorate the course, by tained entirely from wells and the Looy, a fifih grade teacher in UK at the referendum. amounting to between BO and 60 lachar int i and help pjeiit inftltra- from an open letter from Ralph in the junior hike to Minnowska John Meeker. All main roads lead- water level of their wells has been Franklin School, has p» ^European i. this week and the Columbus jun- The Town Council may either pounds, whereas during the eve- accepted »ni . \V. Bumttead of 624 Maple street ing to the race course will be post-1 affected to some extent but not ning hours it has dropped to a» other position in Salem County. published in last week's Leader. ior softbail team defeated Grant approve or disapprove the request j Charles llBailey wel cd with directional markers. Town to a dangerous degree. When we low as 2% pounds, Miss Doiis M. Acker, teachtr'of In the latter five-year period 5-1. itself, or have it placed on the bal- e gatherkl and ,Itev. Engineer John T. Hopkins is co- asked our customers to discontinue physical education in the ataler ' (1944 to 1948) a total of (30,427 lot for the voters to decide. While no recent emergency has Irwin, 'atlciate minis- Flower show winners at the operating with Che site and derby the use of hose for sprinkling, the high school, was granted a year's• Preabj'lcfian Church, was spent on road repairs, run- Martin Burke heads the local. demand for water had increased called for the use of more than Grant playneld were: Most origi- planning committee. one line of hose, Chief Linden ex- leave of absence without pay, at invocation I Mrs. Becker ning from a low of $4,810 in 194? 35 per cent during the day and nal arrangement, Diana Shilman; Interest in the derby by a large i pressed the fear that serious dif- her request. to $6,919 in 1946. In the 1921-26 0 luced by Giy S. LymanJ prettiest flowers, Nancy Paulson; number of entrants from last year p? P«.cent during the hose run- ficulty might arise if a larger fire Alois J. Stadeck was appoint*! period (1925 records not avail, n n hours an of the Soijof the Anier. best arrangement, Christine Coy. promises a brilliant and colorful I S - This tremendous draft, should occur during the present school psychologist, replacing E4> able), $52,784 was spent. Costs Seek Data on • n. _ .. -"- nil n^ nn^ imiA iv1 n /In if #-1ltf¥l#i11 It - olution Bn(JDaughters of Watermelon hunt winners were: race here Saturday. Localized last all at one time, made it difficult drought, ward Ambry. He holds a B,R. nencan Revdition commit- per year ranged from $8,215 in Tommy Lake, captain, Neal Brown,' year, the 1949 derby On the county for us to maintain the pressure in A fire which originated in a degree from Seton Hall Collet* I thm-ge of thtjservice, Mrs. 1921 to $14,109 in 1924.