..Distribution as 77S ,,;« Utht rairf poMlbly abed wfth •- mow late i«i<ht. Low in Mp, [ Red Bank Area f ' T«monw partly dowdy, Ugh in 4b. PreelpttaUopB B prtbalsUity ''" ' . Copyrighfr-The Red Bank Register, Inc., 1965. droppindi g oH toto abou b t UU per ctnt DIAL 741-0010 today. MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 87 YEARS VOL. 88, NO. 121 ssss THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1965 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE HACK SMOKE — Giant clouds of it rose from the fire as, the tar paper, roof of the Fair Haven Yacht Works' AFTERMATH OF BLAZE — This, is what the Fair Haven Ya=ht Works looked like after yesterday's devastating . main' building burned. Launching site was the only structure left standing after yesterday's fire. fire. More than 200 firemen from borough and surrounding communities.fought the blaze. Million Dollar Loss-in-Fair Haven By MARGOT SMITH Mayor Eugene Magee said "We're thankful it Arthur Bennett, first assistant, was acting chief FAIR HAVEN — The worst fire in the borough's wasn't nighttime, and the wind wasn't strong." He in the absence of James- Acker.' He said aerial history damaged an estimated million dollars' worth offered thanks to all participating fire companies trucks from Red Bank,. Rumson and Belford helped,. of pleasure boats in one blazing hour yesterday. and said the incident "points up the need for no to bring the blaze under control almost an hour - the Fair Haven Yacht Works at the foot of de- parking restrictions on deNormandie." Cars lining after it was; discovered. Norrriandie Ave: is a total loss as are about 4Sof the the streets slowed firemen. The sole injury reported was to Robert O'Neil craft that were drydocked there for the winter. IN LUMBER AREA whose face was burned from exposure to heat. He About a dozen other boats appeared damaged, but was treated at Riyerview Hospital. '- repairable. Charles Smith, a yard wotkeij, said the fire ap- More than 200 firemen from Little Silver, Red peared to start in a lumber area behind the office Among the close calls recounted was -one by Bank, Rumson, Sea Bright, Navesink and Belford building. Miss Inez Meyer, the secretary, and a pet Henry Stadler.who told how his 75-foot Philjean,-. aided the Fair Haven volunteers in what Monmouth dog named Rusty were quickly evacuated. Three County Fire Marshal Leonard Mack called "the other yardmen were on the premises. Carl A. Gerd- that held it at water's edge. The boat slipped into most marvelous job ot fire control I've seen." ing, 79 Bingharii Rd., Rumson, operator of the yard, the water.and safety while the ones docked next to Cause of the fire is undetermined.- was away when the blaze started. He is not avail- it suffered severe damage. Mr. Stadler's boat was able for comment. ; not insured. ' ' : : HUtL HOLE — Through a burned-out hull, firemen are t«m dampening down what Mr. Mack, who owns a grocery store a block from the fire site, was at the scene hefore the alarm Six unchristened boats and about 30 other large Casualties included 3 43-foot Pacemaker valued <ftjit Ufi (if the fair H«v«n Yacht Works where 45 boats were demolished yesterday. sounded at 11:40 a.m. deluxe Ones were housed inside the main boatshed. at $50,000, a 45-foot Wheeler named Queen of the Within; minutes flames visible across the river All were ireduced to a heap of charred metal parts. New York Boat Show in 1953, valued at J60.000, a blanketed the yacht works. Oily black smoke bil- Explosions heard during the height of the fire 42-foot launch valued at $35,000 and numerous smal- Developer to Be Told lowed upward. were 'attributed to propane gas tanks. One flew ler boats valued at $15)000 and up. Homes on Fair Haven Rd. were wet down as a through the air, just missing the head of Councilman The "Canvasback" owned by Frank E. Wildey, precaution when flames reached the fence separat- Robert Matthews. 77 Fair Haven Rd., was spared while boats all ing "their back yards from the boat works. The home Fire police and a water-charged hose kept vigil around it were damaged. of Kenneth Warren, on deNormandie Ave., adjacent over the night. Fire equipment remained on the Owners filed through, the ruins all afternoon, Solid Doors Violation to the boat yard, was scorched and its electricity scene until after 10 p.m., although the ruins were some-unable to find; even-thB remains of their, curtailed. reduced to smouldering-embers by early afternoon. pleasure boats. MAfAWAN ' TOWNSHIP - fine up to $200 fqr each day so that there Is no possibility of Strathmore ' Gardens; Atlantic after the fifth day. a door being hung between kitch- Ave., can .expect written notifica- Arising from the hanging of en and dining areas. It has made tion .that the installation of solid solid doors is the possibility that sure that archways between the doors in the dining rooms of its the 80-20 ratio between one-and two areas are high and 'wide 26 one-bedroom apartments is' a two^bedroom apartments can be enough to prevent the hanging of violation of a provision' of the disrupted by tenants, by virtue a door. Gemini 6 Heading Earthward township garden apartment ordi- of increased privacy with a solid Mayor Henry E. Traphagen was nance shortly. door, using what was Intended to reluctant to direct Mr. Hausmann Building Inspector George F. be a dining, room as., a.'.seomd to. notify.the .builder .that final Hausmann. told the Planning bdfl 't '?'[ ' ' * construction 'is 'in .vioiation .be- BoarJ'tnat tie' his Verbally-noti- . Walter If. ijebricke, board at- cause it, does not confprm to final (led the develofier: of rthb' Vioiai tofneyvatlviseil the 'board of this approved'plans. ..; ,, . 1, Fearful of the possibility, the After Historic Rendezvous Uoii. •:''"•'" •'") i' ".'• •.' •• •"•' ' ' possitjiHty; :] •, i: r. ! ! •:....•..•;..•.'; landing area G60 miles south of township mipht .los e. irj .litigation, By HOWARD. BENEDICT day journey that already has Scheduled splashdown time iri Five ships and 21 aircraft, ( Bermuda to retrieve the Gemini Original plans, approved by th$ .'. Jonathan: Whi#,> 73 Andover he asked if the board's.'decision AP Aerospace Writer shattered every manned space 10:29- a.m. EST — a flight of 2:1 :aded by the carrier Wasp, board, ^ere for folding doors..' La., • has. questioned, the, .reason woujd be. upheld "as this is really flight record. hours, 52 minutes. f»vere stationed in the planned 6 astronauts. SPACE CENTER, Houston, Lt. Col., Borman The hanging of .solid doors was for. the. delay in' notifying 'the The two spacecraft executed Air Force only a minor deviation from, the Tex. (AP)—The Gemini 6 astro- and Navy Cmdr. Lovell' are to never approved by the hoard. • builders of this' violation. He has, an historic meeting in space plans." nauts Walter M. Schirra, Jr. and land in the same area at 9 a.m. The ordinance states that a at past- meetings', raised quesi Wednesday and whirled around Mr. Gehricke assured him that Thomas P. Stafford headed for Saturday. bujide'f must .apply for board' ap- dons as to why the board issued the world in formation, six to certificates' of Occupancy when it was in violation, and that while a blazing re-entry through the proval; of imodifications, of the 200 feet apart, for more than Schirra and Stafford, thwart- there was a known violation of the possibility of-losing in court atmosphere and triumphant re- plans in' the same. manner as jf five hours. ed in two earlier Gemini 6 the is always present, he doubted a turn to earth today after com- he were submitting preliminary launching attempts, rode a pow- court would reverse the board's pleting one of man's greatest Gemini 6 was scheduled to erful Titan 2 rocket into space plans for approvil. ; .!-, He reiterated his-points, last decision to demand that the doors adventures, a rendezvous with fire its braking rockets during '.V_i'_» 'i«» 1 .i'V i' it. • '*i I • '' Wednesday to start the pursuit Jf he does not do so, he, has night. "YW defeat the whole in- conform with plans. another spaceship. its 16th orbit above the Pacific tbntof the 86-20'ratio'by allowing of the Gemini .7 astronauts; who five days in which to present re- The mayor concurred with Their orbiting companions, Ocean today to slow its speed so were: heavily bearded and vised plans to the board and solid doors &tStrathniore Gar- other board members after Mr. Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Bor- that atmospheric friction will slightly weary after 11 days in cease construction. If. he does dens," he^asserted.- . Gehricke explained that there man and James A. Lovell, Jr., drag it back through the heat orbit. notj he can be called before the Since this problem arose, the was no question of the violation will remain behind in space for barrier of the atmosphere and a The dramatic chase covered magistrate. If the construction board ..has: requested that a 11 of the conformance with final another two days, coming home parachute landing in the Atlan- 105,000 miles and more than 3'^ continues, the magistrate dan levy plans for apartments be prepared plans provision of the ordinance. Saturday after a marathon 14- tic Ocean. orbits. '.'.•..•;• Expertly steered by command pilot Schirra, Gemini 6 executed Delays Passible in Keansbiirg eight orbit - shifting maneuvers that eventually placed the two space vehicles in the same orbit only a few feet apart.