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ouiotv .5. i> UJ Is. UJ ^;- /O *= cc ,•;. OTir~o -;> CLARK, N.J., VOL. 12 NO, 33 THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2002 myclark.com TWO SECTION Memorial Day parade honoring those who died in hattte Popp • Bullman, James, Cpl. Co. C 14th Regiment, New on its 11th patrol by mines off North Hokaido Island, Jersey Volunteers. This Clark hero resided on Raritan Japan. All hands were lost a set to honor heroes Road where the Windsor Diner is presently located. He • Makowski, Edward J., Serial No. No. 0-751919, symt was killed in action at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864 U.S. Army Air Corps. Killed in action March 3, 1944 By Michael N. Moretti will be this weekend. along with 7,000 other Union forces during that battle. while serving as a bombardier aboard a B-24 Liberator Managing Editor For the 2002 Memorial Day celeb- • Miller, John B., U.S. Army. Former address, 2 Val- on a combat mission over Italy. This hero was assigned ration, the parade committee would This year, more than in yeais past, ley Road. Father Adam received notice on Dec. 9,1918 to the 14th Air Force, 450th Bomb Group, 723rd sacri like to reinstate the tradition of cir- the community and the entire nation that his son, perviously reported as missing in action Squadron. By Cheryl Hehl has divided its gaze between events cling around the war memorial monu- since Oct. 16, 1918, was now reported to have died Staff Writer overseas and concicrasness at home. ments when the parade festivities • Padusniak, Joseph G., Tech5, Serial No. 32385995, Nov. 12, 1918 of bronchial pneumonia, following U.S. Army. Killed in action Dec. 18,1944 while serving Though much time may have The growing spirit of patriotism has come to a close. wounds received in action. passed since they served, once a year grown into a rediscovery of soldiers The parade is set to begin at 9 a.m. with the 99th Infantry Division at the Battle of the • Bienko, Bennie, SIC, Serial no. 02245585, U.S. Bulge. on Memorial Day, veterans take to the who have kept the spirit of America at the intersection of Fulton Street and Navy, killed in action Nov. 13,1942 at the Naval Battle • Ruddy, John L. Jr., S2C, Serial No. 06464195, U.S. corners, supermarkets and other publ- alive. This Memorial Day the town- Westfield Avenue, continuing along of Guardalcanal while aboard the U.S.S. Monssen. Navy. Killed in action Nov. 13,1942 at the Naval Battle ic places to sell Buddy Poppies in ship is displaying this revitalized Westfield Avenue to the high school memory of the war dead. It is their sense of patriotism by reinstituing an • Bitsko, Charles, Pvt, Serial No. 34559648, U.S. of Guadalcanal while aboard the U.S.S. Juneau. where the service will commence. ultimate tribute to those who served old tradition of honor. Army Died in. the line of duty November 1942 while • Schmitt, Martin, Cpl., Serial No. 32594212, U.S. The parade committee this year is aboard a troop transport ship in the Pacific. On Aug. 21, and died, and a way for them to help The township in conjunction with Army. Killed in action Nov. 30, 1944 while serving made up eight members: William 1944, a new bridge was named in his honor in the vic- those who served and now, still need American Legion Post 328 and Clark with 102nd Infantry Division near Linnoch, Germany. Duffy, chairman; Councilman Alvin inity of his unit's camp in the South Pacific. Both of the help. VFW Post 7363 will conduce parade Buried overseas at the American Military Cemetery in Barr, Martha Kamiuchoff, Township approaches bore a sign proclaiming his name, thereby the Netherlands. Their collective experience spans of honor on Monday. The Memorial Historian Brian Toal, Mayor Sal two World Wars and several foreign Day parade will coincide with the perpetuating the cherished memory of a good soldier. • Witkowski, Joseph, PFC, Serial No. 12203849, Bonaccorso, LL James Cerasa, Henry conflicts. They have followed war township's traditional annual Memor- • Clauss, Paul J., PFC Serial No. 3224035, U.S. U.S. Army. Killed in action July 9, 1944, while serving Varriano of Clark UNICO, and Coun- mules through Flanders Field, ial Days services that honor Clark's Army. Killed in action by machine gun fire, Dec. 15, with the 8th Infantry Division near St. Lo, France dur- cilman Peter Nevargic. dropped from landing barges onto the fallen heroes. 1944 on Leyte Island, Phillipines while coming to the ing the Normandy breakout. "The mayor wanted the change the aid of a wounded soldier. beaches of Normandy, faced ihe bitter According to the 2002 parade com- • Wilkes, John Jr. First Lt. USAF. Died in service service to include a parade," Duffy • Graves, Melvyn, Pvt., Serial No. 42100647, U.S. cold of Pork Chop Hill and trudged mittee, there is much precedent in the said as to how it the ideas came to Oct 9, 1958 while piloting an F100-F Super Sabre jet. Army. Killed in action Jan. 24, 1945 while serving in Lt. Wilkes was on a routine training flight when his jet the rice paddies in the Mekong Delta history of the community to pay fruition. Duffy had been doing the in oppressive heat. They are the veter- respects to those citizens who have France. This hero was under heavy mortar and artillery crashed in the desert near Phoenix, Ariz. He was 28 and memorial ceremony for the past 10 ans of foreign wars and have never been killed in the line of duty, fighting fiie and was hit in the neck by a piece of shrapnel. His resided at 465 Madison Hill Road. years and now he is chairing the para- forgotten those who served and never for the nation. During World War II, father, Herman Graves was mayor of Clark from 1927 de committee. to 1932. • Kaspiel, Kenneth, SP4, U.S. Army. Killed in action came home. the residents of the township cele- "This year has a more patrotic Feb. 1, 1968 while serving in the infantry, as a result of brated "I am an American Day" origi- • Green, Russel W., Pvt., Serial No. 42000833, U.S. Regardless of where they served, theme," Duffy said. "We have not had Army, Killed in action April 26 while serving in the Ita- multiple wounds from an exploding land mine in the the difference in race, religion or nating in 1942 and continuing through a parade like this in the township vicinity of Chu Lai Vietnam. the 1950s. lian theatre of war. He was one of the Americans who upbringing, all veterans share a com- since 1952." fought on Anzio Beach, Italy. • Winters, John P., LCPL, U. S. Marine Corps. Killed mon bond — a deep and abiding At the conclusion of the parades, all To plan the event, the committee • Grossman, Alvin R. 2nd LL Serial No. 0803810, in action May 25, 1969 after being hit by fragments respect for those who died while serv- of the participants in the parade, along has been busy and getting busier. Duf- U.S. Army Air Corps. Died in the line of duty June 14, from a mortar shell near Cam Lo Quang Tri Provine, ing their country. with spectators, would circle around fy said the the committee has been 1943 while conducting training exercises aboard a navi- Vietnam. On Memorial Day, Cranford veter- the Honor Roll, which is a large white meeting for the past year to plan the gation training plane. The Lieutenant had just earned his • Sevell, Robert L., Capt, Serial No. 093427, U.S. ans will stand tall and salute the men wooden board listing names of Clark event. "At first it began once a week wings as an Army pilot two weeks prior to his death. Marine Corp. Killed in action Feb. 28,1968 while copi- and women who never came home, residents who went off to war. and now it has come to three times a • Hutchinson, Eugene F., Torpedoman's Mate 3C, loting, a Sea Knight'helicopter en route to a downed air- giving their buddies a salute borne of Then, in 1947, the Honor Roll was week." U.S. Navy. Killed in action Nov. 7,1944 while serving craft near the beleaguered Marine base at Khe Sanh, respect, friendship and patriotism. replaced with something more perma- Currently, the committee is compil- aboard the Albacore, S5218. This submarine was sunk Vietnam. In Flanders Fields the poppies nent The present war memorial ing the long list of participants in this blow monument located in front of Arthur year's parade, with more than 50 dif- Other groups will include all the Band —just established this year will well as people depicting historical Between the crosses row on row L. Johnson High School is testament ferent organizations marching. At the township youth groups, veterans play the bagpipes. Also included will figures. That mark our place; and in the sky to the patriotism in the past, of resi- head of the line will be the Vietnam groups, and the Union County Police- be old convertible limousines honor- "There is a renewed sense of pat- the larks, still bravely singing, fly dents and soldiers, as this ceremony Veterans of America Chapter 688. men's and Firemen's Emerald Pipe ing members of the community as See TRADITION, Page 2 See BUDDY, Page 2 Preparing and preventing Threat of violence yields new tactics in school system By Michael N. Moretti occurred in the past five years, children are not necessarily safe once Managing Editor schools across the country have begun they are inside the confines of a t - Everyone who has gone to elemen- to institute a new kind of emergency school building.

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