Raiders to Seek State Baseball Title on Saturday
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SCOTCH PLAINS FANWOOD VOLUME 19 NO. 22 SCOTCH PLAINS • FANWOOD, N.J. THURSDAY, JUNE 9; 1977 20 CENTS f t Carnival" At H.S. Raiders To Seek State Baseball Title On Saturday Coach And Team Are Daily News Choices The Blue Raiders of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School are but a game away from the state championship for Group 4 (largest) high schools in the state. The championship game will be played on Satur- day, June 11 at Mercer County Park in Trenton, when the Raiders meet Piseataway. The Raiders qualified for the June 3. finals on Tuesday, June 7, when they topped Bergenfield, 3-2, Westfield had won two of the behind the fine pitching of Ed previous three games, but the Reilly. Reilly gave up three hits Raiders were ready this time, as en route to his tenth victory. The they won 2-1. Reilly was on the Raiders scored all their runs in mound for the SP-F team, and the first inning. turned in a superb performance, Scott Rodgers singled sharply giving up two hits in the full A "carnival" atmosphere will prevail at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High this weekend, as the seniors present to left, then Tim Laspe followed seven innings. the musical "Carnival" as their senior play. The chorus is in rehearsal above. See them in real life, carnival with a walk. Reilly then blasted a Wesifield scored first, but the costume, in the high school auditorium, June 10 and 11, at 8 pm. long homerun to give the Raiders came back, led by Raiders the lead. Bergenfield catalyst Mike D'Annunzio. scored two unearned runs to D'Annunzio fired up the ball Summer Experience Voters^ Choices make the score close. In the last club and the Raiders were on Local voters in Fanwood inning, the Raiders held a slim their way. Reilly opened the followed state trends in their one-run lead. Reilly rose to the inning with a triple and scored For Gifted Children selection of gubernatorial occasion by getting the last three on a single by Frank Carlino. "There are children who need something beyond crafts, ping pong, candidates for both Democratic outs by strikeouts. Carlino went to third on a single swimming — a recreational program for gifted and interested children, and Republican tickets, Even before their Tuesday by Henry Janssen and scored on that provides stimulation and awareness of the interrelatedness of arts choosing Republican Ray win, the Raiders were the choice a wild pick-off throw. and sciences," says Dr, Albert DeSousa. Dr. DeSousa, who is prin- Bateman and Democratic of the New York Daily News as Sochan and three members of cipal of Brunner elementary school and also serves on the Board of the incumbent Governor Brendan No. 1 team in the state. The the ball team — Reilly, local Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA, is helping to formulate a new Byrne. However, in Scotch Daily News singled out the D'Annunzio and Rodgers — will and very exciting summer experience for these children. It will be Plains, where Tom Kean's Raiders and coach Jim Sochan be honored as guests of the Daily called Elementary Rennaissance School — a brand new concept in the headquarters is located just a for the honor, following the News for dinner and a game at Fanwood-Scotch Plains community. stone's throw from the team's defeat of Westfield on Yankee Stadium. The basics: Elementary Ren- —— ——__— — municipal building, tallies indicated a preference for Kean students will visit and observe. naissance School is designed for over Bateman. Scotch Plains It's the creations of our own Historians To Provide gifted and interested children, Dems chose Byrne. local children — and the fourth through sixth grades, and Kean edged out Bateman by children will try their own hands is sponsored by the YMCA, in less than 100 votes - 953 to 859. Battle Information at artistic creations. conjunction with the Union The two other Republicans Catholic High School summer The ecology of New Jersey. A panel of distinguished historians, including John Cunningham of appearing on the ballot for the New Jersey Historical Commission, will set the record straight school program. The program What is it? It's the problem of governor — Sarcone and will run for five weeks, and industrial development and eco- about the location and importance of The Battle of The Short Hills at Angus — tallied only 87 and 65, the History Symposium to be held here on June 14th. Sponsored by provide 60 hours of stimulating nomic need, competing with respectively. experience. farming and gardening for space the Scotch Plains American Revolution Bicentennial Committee, the Brendan Byrne was far and symposium will be held in "The Commons" of the Union County Is it school? Not really. Is it in this Garden State. Maybe a away the top choice of the camp? Not really. Then what is visit to a South Jersey food pro- Technical Institute, 1776 Raritan Road, Scotch Plains at 8 pm. it? It might best be called a slice- cessing plant will illustrate a Continued On Page 32 Presenting facts concerning the "Citizen Involvement as of-life experience. Each day is point. Maybe a visit to a manu- the battle will be two main Rebels, Tories and Victims of planned as an experience in facturing plant, or a discussion The Fanwood speakers: Frederic C, Detwiller, Plunder." He will use slides and tasting the fruits of science and with an expert in solid waste, Architectural Historian for the illustrations from his newly pub- the humanities. will hit home, Bicycle Rodeo Society for the Preservation of lished book on the battle: "War Some examples: the art of Rennaissance School will and Registration New England Antiquities and in the Countryside, June, New Jersey, What is it? It's a "force" students to use abilities scheduled for author of a recent book on the 1777." Mr. Swan will discuss the local sculptress, who'll show the to observe, abilities to organize June 11,1977 battle; and Harry Kels Swan, "Military Significance of the class her craft. It's an art thoughts, and abilities to express (Saturday) Curator and Historian for Battle of The Short Hills." A museum, and the Rennaissance Continued On Page 3 dalf Washington Crossing State period of questions and general Park. Mr. Swan is a descendant discussion will conclude the • IMIlMlllMMf 1M* Forest Road Park has been of Captain Jedediah Swan, Symposium, CANCELED leader of the local Revolutionary The Symposium is an event Calendar The Times Is militia. Once the assertions on for the general public, especially the battle have been verified by teachers, librarians and the I Thursday, June 9 — Bd. of Legal Paper •••• the two speakers, the panel of press, in an effort to communi- 1 Ed, Agenda Session, Adminis- distinguished historians will dis- cate to others and encourage j tration Building, 8 pm. For Plainfieid 1 Index cuss the significance of the bat- interest in the battle, military j Saturday, June 11 — Raider The Times was recently 1 CHIT CHAT 12 tle, as related to other Revolu- punch and samples of Aunt : Baseball Team, Mercer County selected by the Plainfieid City 1 CLASSIFIED ADS . 33 tionary events. The historians, Betsey Frazee Bread will be [ Park, Trenton, 4 pm, Council as official recipient of 1 EDITORIALS . 4 representing Union and Middle- served, as a sample of some of [Tuesday, June 14 — Battle S ENGAGEMENTS . 12 the legal advertising for the city I GOLDEN ACERS 9 sex Counties where the battle the fare to be available during I Symposium, U.C.T.I., 8 pm. of Plainfieid. Henceforth, legal i LEGALS 35 took place and Essex County, the Battle Commemorative j June 13-17 — Drop off dona- ads from Plainfieid will appear 1 REAL ESTATE 30 where the battle is often mis- Weekend on June 25.26 at the I lions for June 18 YMCA Auc- I SERVICES 35 placed, will be moderated by regularly within these pages. 5 SPORTS 21 Institute, when the Brigade of tion, "Everything Under the Editorial copy from Plainfieid : THEATRE REVIEW. 29 Robert Fridlington of Kean the American Revolution will I Sun," Marline Ave. Brown will also be a new addition to !YMCA , , , . 24 College, Union. encamp in 18th century style and I House, The Times weekly content. Mr. Detwiller will speak on stage a battle re-enactment. damage, and extending the no Math And Language DiFrancesco fault provisions to classifications Game Carnival Appointed To other than private passenger cars, Commission "1 am hopeful that our study Assemblyman Donald T. commission will be able to DiFrancesco, R-Union, Morris, develop feasible recommen- has been appointed to a special dations for submission to the legislative commission to study Legislature to address the state's New Jersey's "no fault" auto insurance crisis," DiFran- automobile insurance system. cesco said, DiFrancesco, completing his "This is an area which affects first term in the Assembly, was millions of New Jerseyans and appointed to the eight-member which has imposed a severe commission by the Speaker of financial burden on many of the Assembly. them," he added. "Hopefully, The commission has excep- the commission and the tionally broad authority to study Legislature will move with all aspects of the "no fault" law dispatch to ease that burden." and how it has operated since its DiFrancesco, a resident of inception in 1971. Scotch Plains, is a practicing at- "I am particularly interested torney here. He also serves on RICAN in why, despite the no fault law, the Assembly Committee on insurance premiums have risen Banking and Insurance. LIGHT Michael Lahey, Douglas Bird and Tara Finney of the kindergarten dramatically, almost to the point class enjoy the Flannel Fun board at the Math and Language Carnival of being out of reach of many at School One.