W’""' PTA PRESIDENTS OFFER Saybrook j b o n 7 W i e n lio n S t All-Inclusive Civic Group m t n e s Is Cut Out A Fair Comparison Veteran Stand Illogical SCHOOL DISTRICT OF H H 1 NIIIK Representatives of snm et lo c al organizations, particularly ihe~ HILLSJOh', N. J„ THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1950 parent-teacher associations, which apparently have withdrawn from PRICE FIVE CENTS Of Survey the Municipal Civic Center Committee because they were not es­ pecially interested in its work, should now reconsider and perhaps The P.T.A. President’s Ooun- instruct their delegates to resume attendance at meetings of an en­ If The Census Taker Didn't Get You, UseThis vil oi Hillside, composed of larged organization. presidents of all local parent- Last Thursday night the civic center unit was officially trans- X Town Hall Unit Will , formed into a Council of Civic Associations which will, binder a fork 17FU-U teacher associations, together 112- 28-R9, DEPARTMENT' OF COMWRCE constitution arid by-laws still to be drawn, henceforth disculs every BUREAU OF THE CENSUS with the women who Will suc­ type of civic problem, which may even include the schools. ceed them next year, suggested ■ It seemed to us somewhat unwise for the P.T.A. groups to drop Expand Its Efforts 1850 CENSUS a compromise proposal in place out in the first place, because with representation in this organization, they would .be in a position to bring their influence to bear in what­ Expanding beyond the scope ori-* of the recommendationsNof the HAVE YOU BEEN COUNTED? ginully intended, the group known ' ( ’olunibin University Survey of ever direction*they desired. Now, if the scope of the council is to Rosen, vice president; Irvin P. include school affairs whenever this becomes advisable, it should tentatively as the Municipal Civic tin1 local schools at a recent Center Committee last Thursday Sower, secretary, and Paul Yama- practically be a necessity for the P.T.A.’s and other groups concerned Th« Canaua la nearing coaptation. IT jrou have not boon rlck, treasurer. conference of the Poard of Ed­ with education to have a voice in whatever comes up for discussion. night in the Municipal Headquarters counted hero or anjrahero alaa, plaaaa ftll out the rora was officially organized as the Copies of a sketch prepared by ucation, The Times learned Actually, there has always been a connection between a civic below and Ball It laaadtataljr to the B. 8. Canaua Dietrlot Council of. Civic Associations of Township Engineer Henry Kreh Jr. 1 inlay. center and the schools—the very important connection of funds. O f fie ® at th* address ihovn. Hillside, New Jersey. While pres­ showing a comparison of the three According to the • proposal, the Failure to recognize this would be like impersonating the ostrich of ently concentrating on. the question sites under consideration for the No. 1 item in the Columbia Survey, fable. If some unity and harmony between the forces plugging for proposed municipal building,* were My address on April i, 1950 w a s: of a civic centef the council will a new Saybrook School building, new school facilities and those favoring municipal improvements are now be in a position to consider distributed to representatives of or­ would' be eliminated. Mrs. Henry not obtained,* the likelihood is nobody will get anything any subject of a civic nature for ganizations comprising the council. G. Nulton, prominent P.T.A. worker House Number and Street. Additional copies will go to all civic Evert wthin this Council of Civic Associations there is one group Apt. No.. the advancement of the community. here, declared the Columbia plan already on record of being opposed to any action on a civic center fOr description of location) Permanent officers were elected, groups in ' the township together to. locate a new Saybrook school in before some decision is reached on the requirements of the school as presented by the organization with a,letter reviewing the work of the area of Windsor way would, system. the council to date. A special com­ C i t y , committee composed of Allan L. from all indications, have"\aroused This situation is most harmful. All residents of a progressive town, village . S t a t e _ Tumarkin, chairman, Joseph Hale mittee to prepare** this resume was considerable opposition anyway. mind should be in favor of both—needed additions to the school * and William Wellet. They are Wal­ appointed ’and is composed of Ed­ Under the council’s plan, the plant as well as a civic center: Working out the order of preference ter Howell, president: Dr. Robert ward B. M iller; of the Hillside larger addition originally proposed should be merely a matter of detail. But in Hillside it looks like the Heights Civic Association; William for the high school last,year would RELATIONSHIP of this Eeck, of Hillside Elks Lodge; Sid­ tail is wagging the dog. NAME OF EACH PERS0K WHOSE USUAL SEX AGE be built, plus “ the necessary addi­ PLACE OF RESIDENCE WAS IN THIS PERSON TO THE HEAD M COLOR AT ney Englander, of the Orchard T er­ tions to the th ree elementary HOUSEHOLD OH APRIL 1, [950 OF THE H0USEH0L0. OR OR LAST race Association, and Arthur Dienst, A special committee of the Council of Civic Associations has SUCH AS HEAD, WIFE, RACE BIRTH- Strike Of 1900 schools, namely: Calvin CooHdge, SON, R00HER. ETC. F of the Hillside Heights group. Hurden-Looker and George WlsIi- been appointed to acquaint all organizations in town with its aims ..a .. - . and especially on the subject of selecting a town hall site. The As a preliminary step toward im’ton." The council suggested that Township Committee has been requested to obtain figures on the Lionel Employes further discussion of the relative a referendum be held on this com­ cost of two of the proposed sites, the Bristol-Myers property and the ' merits of the sites being considered, promise during the week of June corner adjoining the Municipal headquarters. the Township Committee will be 12, since “the entire report of the Any‘comparison of property costs, in order to be completely fair, Shuts Plant Down requested to obtain figures on the Columbia Survey seems to have should consider all the angles of the situation. For example, assuming cost of acquiring the Bristol-Myers questionable merit for a present Four hours after 1,900 production property on Hillside avenue and referendum." that the Bristol-Myers site is ultimately selected, it is not merely a workers of the Lionel Corp, set up question of comparing the cost of acquisition with the North Broad the corner of North Broad street Additions to the three schools a picket line at three of (he plant and Ridgway avenue adjoining the mentioned would be a combination street corner. Erection Qf a complete civic center on the Bristol- present Municipal Building. Myers property, either piecemeal or at one time, should take into gates at the Hillside-Irvington line auditorium - gymnasium in each Tumarkin was named chairman of case, which is now lacking in all account the revenue that would be obtained from the sale of parcels yesterday, the company shht down three. * now in the hands of the township which would have been used for the entire plant. The union had re­ a committee to draft a constitution the same purpose. affd by-laws w*ith authority to select Cost $400,000 I^ss jected company counter-proposals The corner of Hillside and Liberty avenues is being reserved as his own committee. The next meet­ Favorable action by the Board of a town hall site. If the Bristol-Myers property is selected, the Hillside- to their new contract demands ing will be held yn Thursday, June Education on this proposal would Tuesday evening by a 895 to 295 1 in Municipal Headquarters. reduce the cost of the Survey recom­ Liberty corner will no longer be needed for that purpose and could mendations by $400,000, since the be disposed of for a cash consideration. The same would apply to vote. $500,000 for a Saybrook school the present Municipal Headquarters and the ground on which it Lionel Vice President Philip H.’ would be eliminated, but the coat itands, as well as the firehouse site in the industrial area, the need /for which would similarly no longer exist Marfuggi announced that the com­ Awards Granted of a larger high school .addition pany had withdrawn its proposals would add $100,000 to the estimate Or, tackling, the problem in reverse, if the present Municipal for renewal of the contract that ex­ made in the Survey. The overall Headquarters site were chosen, plus the adjoining corner, the cal­ pired May. 1. He said that workers Against Estate -cost as given in the Survey would culations should include the cost of land needed for everything could come back" to work only under be cut from $1,300,000 to $900,000. that could have been erected on the Bristol-Myers ground. The old contract terms and the Union County Judge Edward A. Mc­ Adoption of the plan, however, Bristol-Myers piece is large enough, it is generally agreed, for a would have to initiate new discus­ Grath and a jury heard two claims would ignore the Columbia Survey’s complete civic center grouping, including a municipal building, sions on the contract. against Alfred R. Laube, 1111 Salem recommendation to work toward avenue, us administrator of the es­ police and fire quarter* and even a library. The fire department CUT OUT THIS fOKM AMD HAIL TO: Michael Blasi, president of Amal­ establishment of the 6-3-3 system quarters would be located in an area which would make.another D im iC T SUPERVISOR, tate of the late William Meinke, of education in favor of the 8-4 U.