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Councilman Truslow Resigns Serving Summit Read the Heralc For Sixty Years For Local News and Summit Record WEST SECTION luutit t-Uat (la UWM HCUOM) SUMMIT, N. J., THURSDAY. MARCH 3. 1949 |tat«f«S M CUw Matter »t th* Pottorflrt *t Summit, ?. Under «U« Act of March 3, Iti}, 14 A YEAR Jersey Central Seeks Area More Than ZOO Councilman Truslow Resigns; Hate Increase far April 7 Attend Annual Mounting cost* and decreoied electric energy tax, State gross- re- net earnings have made it necea- ceipts and franchise taxes but not 20 Years of Service Praised iary tot Jersey Central Power k including federal income tuxes., Dinner Light Co. to aak for aa Increase la Doctor, lawyer, merchant, Common Council accepted "with deep personal .*•««•«. were approximately f2,O0O,O0O m butcher, the baker, electric rates according to aa an- J94&—30 per*; cent higher than thi ee representatives of prae Hong wuh <the roaigrtation of Councilman Frederick K. Trmlowttfec- nouncement by Edwin H. Werner, ,4Bppye«i other type of busini'sa i«iiycvi.r> tive as of the Tuesday niSht meeting. He .said tho (i^isjon president of the local utility. meet higher living costs th« Com- slon in Summit, turneiTLfTl out mon. t«jofler his resignation at-this time was prompted by in- "Under the proposed increase pany increased wages by 48 p«r th«m 200 strong l<wlj Thurada, ability to take «» active pan in council affairs tor the bal. which the company baa requeued cent since V-J Day." night to attend the t«nth annua. .inco of tlii* pr«A.-nt ye,ir. to be effective April 1, 1949, ac- First Increase dinner of the Qhambi r of Corn Resigns from Council Mr.• 'JYuslow rclcitr-a -Jiat "be- cording to the new rateg as Wed "This is the first electric rate raeree et Canoe Broik Coimlrj s ;Vist, of pressure ()f person,.!! budi. with the Board of New Jemey v Increase in the history of the Com- Cub, " • | . ns><( «i:,| ,'r»nsid* r<U!i)n5 of hfitlth," public Utility ComralMlonerj, pany," said Mr. Werner. "In fact, Joined by eommutcrjs, city he iv;is not a cnn.|i<i..ir.*- to «uc- woUld add 25 centa per month per the Company's record has been clala and gtieots fr&m nearby r<f,| hiiiiiM^ifti^y.rtr. H> i-ondud-' meter or 1 cent per day to the one of. continuous reductions in town*, the mcmberajjiip heard <HI tlwt ".irtor 20 ywrjj of" continu- home imer'jr electric bill," Mr. electric rates. Electric rate reduc- Thomas W, Colemnnj president ous publiii aervlce to the city, it Werner said. There will aLso be tions in 1946 and. 15M7 aione briefly outline the aims and pro- is not without n-grfit that I i**k (light increases in rates for com- brought customers of Jersey Cen- gram of the org<inlw»t on for the your fnvohibio Actio'n"'on thta re-' mercial, Industrial and municipal tral Power A Light total annual coming year and then 4'ttled bnck quest." ' wholesale users and for seasonal savings of $1,725,000. The new to a program of criteria nment fur " Counolhnnn poroy Bland, in of- customers. The increase raiaea the rates would restore $673,090 to the nUslml by talented provisional en fer: ng a resolution, fxlolling the Compan£> total electric -annual Company's gross annual electric tertainers. 20 yfar.-j. of public' a«rvice -by Mr.- CITY OFFICIALS joined with merchants to make Savings A Loan;: Councilman Percy M. Bland; Jo- Trtutow, sniil he folta "v-ery keen revenue by S8J5.0OO or 4 per cent. revenues. the Chamber of Commerce dlitnci the most success- Mr. Colernan outlined a [our. The Company has also filed a .re- seph Zelgner, fyf&tturo; Harry C. Kates, city's execu- program for th(| Chamber. l !-' "Customer demands on the ful held in the 10-year history of the Chamber. tive secretary; .Wife Chief Thomas \V. Murray, and Krwlutlon Lhntm Service* quest for increase In gas -rates Above, clockwise, are William Rockwell, Citizens this year which Includ s inatalla- where It supplies that service. Company's electric facilities have Walter Crann, sanitary inspector for tne Board of tion of adequate direct! >n signs on The resolution stated In part Trust; John Voegtlen and Charles Ackley, Hill City Health, Other pictures on page 17. (Photo by Jay) Mr. Werner stated that while grown at an unprecedented rate highways leading to thi city, more that Mr, Tnislow, »-ho baj been a the Company's electric revenues and construction of new facilities, parking facilities in trie business mfinbor of council since January increased 24 per .cent since 19M, necessarily interrupted during the district, Inquiry into th< poMibillty 1, 1340. "Iwu given the city uTOtint- war, is important amd necessary to Jubilee Committee of encouraging o large iepartment «'d amounts of time, and ho«'be«jr electric operating expenses and Church Women to Observe ( maintenance exclusive Of taxes maintain adequate service." store to open a suburlan branch «n ah!i>, diligent public servant" «i and depreciation jumped 69 per Mr. Werner stated that the Announces Essay here, end" further es •ftnslon of a iwllcr* rornmlssioner, a member Company has spent $S,&53,009 to Chamber activities a-? mtlined in of the'Prntion Fund, chafrrnftn of cent. Day of Prayer Tomorrow all commitiwji of Common Court* "Practically everything that |naprove and expand ctectric serv-, tho prospectus adopted last The World Day of Prayer-will be she said, will b> placed on the trays The need (or revision goes into electric s«rvic« Has gone ice, and another approximate $16,- Contest in Schools ( of the by- Fredrrirk K. Truttkm observed by Summit women at an at Overlook Hospital. laws and constitution, tl c adoption fight Attend Meeti up In price," Mr. Wefner said 000,000 will be required during the Students In Summit's .secondary interdenominational service which "Coal is 4T per cent more than In next three years malting a total of schools axe already busy with their The day's offerings will be used of aji opernting hudgit and de Exela»he of working pi will be held tomorrow at 3:30 p, tn. scrlptioa* of the dutle* of various 1945. The Company tues about $24,853,000 in electric impiove- part In the program to celebrate at Calvary Episcopal Church. for aid to migrant workers, Navajo repre«entativr« and city o eornmlttecfl rcre el«o dscusscd by elal», KKU1T rillien, half a million tons of coal annually menta made and to be made in a the city's 50th anniversary. Meanwhile, millions of persons In Indians, Christian colleges of the College President 1 the president. Incrwwe ent nt (he Tuoiwlay in its electric operations. Poles are six-year period. "The new rates," An easay contest, open to all boys 70 countries will celebrate tho day Orient and for Christian literature tat ion of all cla<«lficati( ns of local WMIOII of Summit'^ Ccmn ono-third more. Copper wire has he said, "will enable- the Company and giils in the junior and settlor with prayers for the aprtad; of 1 to, carry on its construction and for the newly literate. business and protowl >nnl firms To Address YMCA Cowncil. Without prnt«»t or com- almost doubled in price. Taxes ap- high schools. Is undpr way with Christianity throughout the world. urged and Mr. plicable to the Company's electric improvement program and pro- prises offered for the best essays. Radio nnd television programs Colcmnn ment from the attendee*, tect service1 standards." The Summit observance Is »pon- stro.ised that additional member- ell pa**ed a $1,000,000 boa< department, principally federal The teen-agers have been given sored by the Summit Council of throughout the day will be dedi- Annual Dinner a choice of two subjects, "The from commuters, en though to cover part of the coniitmrtion Church Women. Mr*- >Bric M. cated to tlie observance. their ortlers were not lo Dr. Paul M. Llmbert, prwidcht History of Summit" and "Whet •«ted here, of an adttitlon to Summit North Is chairman of the program In addition to Mrs, MacLeod was desired. of Springfield College. Sprlngflcld, I. Would Like to Sec Done in Sum- which will Include an address by those participating: In tho main Parking Problem P rennlal Mass., will be guest speaker at the Summit Schools Budget Parley to mit in the Next Fifty Years." Mrs. W. Murdoch MacLeod of New service include: Mrs. W, K. Bailey, In elaborating upon the four- YMCA's annual dinner meeting While participation Is not manda- March 15 at 8:45 p, m, in the Y ell, and "particularly- hk outsrtarid. York, secretary of the United Miss Margaret Brown, Mrs. Wood- point program for 1049,Mr. Cole- Ing work ai dh&Jriwin of th# pub- tory, it Is hoped that there will be Council of Church Women. ruff English, Mrs, Louise Grasty, man stated the "narkirg problem iAllti on Maple street. Next Topic in Be Held by YWCA entries fr.om.<?R.cli,of..thc forty, lic oftfety eornmittc* iind alll«dt Special "Serviccs-wtll- Ms*.--Leonard V,—•Busehman,- ami te ,p«en4ikJ". ...and- that . tho . ..JKiU~.bc: lish classes in the secondary school. by Miss Esther C. R«uber and Mrs. Kenneth Stiles. chant's committee is h<peful that "An Investment in Leadership," A silver dollar wlll^be awarded to A graduate of Franklin and A copy of the Mtolutlen wan Monday Night Mrs. Tracy GrUwold at 2 p. m. at Choir Members* Muted it can develop some the best entry la each chug and tlorm for providing mor Mawmall College, Lancii«t«?r, I'a,, spread in full on the minutea of The problem of stretching the the Palmer Nursing .HOMO on * adequate council.
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