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selection of ___ Hear Local Coach Granted High, Wulum Martin, Cranford High team. 'Visit to A SmaH Planfet School athletic 'director and var^ the home where the action takes _Mr. Mercer, new to the group, "Visit to a/Small Planet" will sity basketball i**w*h. was after- One week.from tomorrow at 1 8:40 p.m. the Cranford Dramatic place. Mr. Jones has been a mem-;was a member of the Summit br presented^ on February 12, 13,dinner, speaker Tuesday night at to Conference ' GARWOOD — Superintendent Club curtain will open on the ber of the club for two years and Players and appeared in the "Fol- 19, 20, 26, and: 27 at the club's the weekly meeting of the. lions .... , highly amusing play, "Visit to a has worked on staging. T' lies" and "Life With Father." Mr. theatre, 78 Wlnans avenue. Reser- Club at the Coach and Four Res- of/ Schools Lewis' F. Laird and Anderson, staging chairman for vations should be made as early Mrs. Mae Crissey, reading teacher •t 'I Small Planet" The setting will The young bachelor, neighbor's taurant He presented a brief his- role is intfrpret<»d hy Jnrk Hnrt-' Visit to a Small Planet," worked as possible by calling the bolt tory of, tfgtfri»t|iq»ii ytwi iii* evolu- in the local public schools, will at- office which - is -open Monday place in a Virginia country home, well, who wasih the cast of "The backstage for "TheMatchmaker." tionoflhe rujes. Types ofoffense tend a nercd u *cond' ehu mail-matter .«t- TEN CENTS •:vm He is -a- former-member of -a- .through Friday-each week, teaa. nnrf hy PnivPTRity in New 24 CRANFORD, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY^FEBRUARY 11, 1960 Po»t OKice at Cranlord. N. J. and the Malc^m%Rer7^MfT~Hartwell-has; at Rutgers matic club in Staten Island. 7:3b to 9:30 pjn. .. Martin with the for the Brunswick today. begin to unfold the story for theworked with the Hillside Drama' first-night audience. groUp in their. presentation of Mrs. F. H. Washbou)rtie plays, a "Gramercy Qhhs.fe" 7 of Winnie the Pooh" will be giv- , housewife who finds herself being The general's ajde is played by League to Present en to teachers to familiarize chil- ind Elects Directors, hostess to a most .unusual gifcst. David McGrath;..a new member, dren with Christopher Robin and Last seen in the" .drama group's who resides .at the Southern Club. Winnie the Pooh' his playmates. production of "Desk Set," Mrs. Farris S. Swackhamer who On New High School Referendum Washboum6"has, been active in the s 3 Seats Go to South Side portrays a resident of the "visitors" For Shut-ins tears Talk By Mayor club's Experimental Theatre. Last Day "xi An aroused south side elec- : awn planet, has been seen in the Cranford's nursing homes as Deborah Partridge Wolfe. 62 South Union avenue; Homer Nearly a dozen committees are summer she appeared in the Foot- • I r club's productions of "Caine Mut- well as its elementary schools will 310 Prospect street, and Clifford D. Siverd, 9 Woods Hole at .work this week urging a "yes" torate went to the polls by hills Theatre, Bound Brook, in Ha». Prop iny," "Teahouse of the August be entertained by the cast of Dinner Aides vote for the proposed new Ugh the hundreds in Tuesday's an- "The .Great Sebastians." Moon," "The Desperate Hours," ad, were e.lected' to t)wee-year' terms as directors of the Cranford PT A Groups to Be As nual school election and put 'Winnie the Pooh," Mrs. Wilmar school at the March 15 referendum Guest performer, Mrs. J. R- and ''The Matchmaker."',-Mr. F. Lange, arts and interests chair- Named by GQP litcd Fund at the annual meeting Sunday hi the Municipal Build' three representatives from its Haver, of. Plaipfield, portrays a as an outgrowth of a Citizens for a Swackhamer has worked back- man of this year's Cranford Jun- James F. O'Brien, Republican ""Joseph Kohn, 25 Princeton road, and David N. Tyre, 102 Maka- an area on the Board of Educa- romantically inclined daughter of stage and is photographer for the *' drive whose terms had e?t- • -^ Better Cranford meeting last Wed- To Endorse the house. She has acted - with the ior Service—League play;,, an- municipal chairman/has been ap- Mrs.: Michael Battaglini, president, announced today that the tion: Cranford Dramatic' Club; nounced Monday. "ere reelected to the board. nesday night at the home of How- Those elected were H. Ran- Keniyon Players, the Theatre Arts "Two-television technicians are ; pointed as local/ticket chairman I Action was taken on the recom- Cranford' Board.of Parent-Teacher Organizations "p*v»»»"Ti«»ni<«; that Guild, and last year played her :. Excerpts from the play will be First United ard M. Siegel, 712 Willow street. dall Kreger, 56 Livingstojl D. K. Sacken and George ,R. Mcr for the Lincoln Day Dinner be- ' Ration of a nominating com- membmembee r PTA'P s be asked to endorse the,proposed high school p .present role for the first time at presented at Cranford Hall, Brook A steering committee, under the avenue, who received 1,978 Grath. Mr. Sacken has been active Lodge, arid Brookside Nursing ing sponsored by the Union Coun- ,c headed.bheaded.y Mrs. W.J. Hofl- gram. For that purpose, she added,d'' a program of disseminatioii n of Foothills Theatre. c chairmanship of Mrs.-Robert E, votes; Gus A. Gutierrez, 55 Liv- in the Experimental Theatre and Home on Tuesday, March .1, ber ty Republican Committee. - i»nd includindi g MMrss . Hollis Fund Citation information is to be set* up in all units for the next three weeks, at Russ Morrell, a hew member, VHR«ynv>ndKirwan,C "Blosserrwas set^ip-following-lasV ingston avenue. 1,664 votes, and on the staging Committee. This is tween 2 and 4|).m, For the first The dinner, to be held on t •orhirh tirrag mom- has the role, of the "visitor." Mr. Mr. McGrath's first role for the and Robert M. Crane, all week's meeting, and members of berships will be polled. -•: Berrterd Litwack, 18 Mendejl ave- ' time last year" the league took its Thursday evening, February 11, tors of the fund. ' nue, 1,654 votes. "'" ' Morrell is a past president of the club this group, include David N. Tyre, The formal motion was passed - ' annual play, "The Willow Plate," at the Hotel Suburban in Summit, _, announced were six newly Playmakers of Orange and was # s0 Milton Barnett, William T. Cole, Mrs. Lawrie Montgomery, Dr. Al- at; a special meeting Defeated were three, incumbents to local nursing homes.' y./ is in the Republican tradition of d directors who will repre- New School seen there in "Teahouse of the ' M.. N. Anderson and Richard ime Robert M. Harmon and Wesley N. bert AUinger, Mrs. Elliott Hume, who were seeking second three- "Winnie thc;Pooh" will be given honoring Lincoln as the founder six of the fund's,agencies, re- held in Livingston Avenue School August Moon" and *'Pal Joey." He Mercer, are- cast as two soldiers. Philo were honored Sunday for Mr. Siegel, Mrs. E. Lf Brantley, year terms. They were Edward v in the grade schools as follows: of the GOP, according to Free- ntsiingx previously designated di- last Thursday. Mrs. Herman E. Gill, 407 Central- avenue, who pol- worked at Studio 5C. 6f^Broad- outstanding service to the com-Edward W. Mafek, Stuart W. Mc- Series Begins Wilde, president of the Union way theatre, both acting iind Roosevelt, February 29, at 1:15 holder jay A. Stemmcr of Clark, LOW PRICES ON They are; Miss Helen led 1.427 votesj Leonard E. Moody, munity by the board of directors Fadden, Mrs. John L. Snook, Jr., Check-Up Visit to Plant p.m.; Livingston, March 1, at 9:30 the general chairman for the 24 Springfield'avenue; the County Council.:". attended ' the 11 West Holly street, 1,332 votes, directing. He has acted in "Golden of the Cranford United fund. At Herman Lieberman 'and Mrs. G. Boy," and "Caine Mutiny" at the a.m. and 10 a.m.; Bloomingdale, event. ';" . are. 111 Forest This Evening meeting as a guest. and Mrs. Marguerite'Kott, 182 Lo- Interrupt* Theft of Safe the fund's annual meeting cita- E. Thurston. ,~ ,/ '' Chester H. Philips, architect for VA fbllow-up session was held in New York theatre, and also direct- March 2,..at..10' a.m.; Walnut, «•• Secretary of Labor. James Mit- fev. Robert Bizzaro, cust drive, 1,261 votes. . er , tions and "Oscars" were present- Epple and Seaman, will describe the Board of Education rooms oa 1 ed "Wintqjfset" there. Mr. Morrell 'An attempt to remove a safe March 2/ at 1:15 p.m.; Lincoln, nue; Mrs. Robert Harmon, 21 Among initial actions of the • The . current . expense budget chell will be the speaker. ed to the fourjmen for their excep- Clark W. McDer- •was on a national and- interna- from the premises of the Petro March 3, at 1:15 ptoy.; and Brook- Other local members on the com- rlceley placep ; Mrs. Theodore committee was the establishment structural details and. explain Monday. Dr. item was approved by ".a comfort r tional service during the 1059 cam- endent of schools; tional ,tour of "Flame-Out," pro- Plastics Co., 16 Quine street, ap-' side, March 4, ut 10:30 a.m. andmittee arc: Mayor Ira Dorian, i i, 425 Lexington avenue; of a. telephone' committee^ under costs of the proposed new senior mitb. superin able 603 vote margin, 1,583. to 980,. parently was;, -thwarted; by a [OPEN SUN., FEB. 7,9 a.m. to 9 p. paign. • direction of Mrs. George S. Sauer, high school at a public hearing ar- Prank principal of ll. RANDALL KREGER although it was defeated • in the duced, written, 'and" directed by 11:15 a.m. St. Michael's School Nicholas St. John LaCorte, Patrick I avenue, and John F. Kunze, 2 In making the presentations, A lap Mowbray. Mr. Morrell stud- gheck-up visit' made to the;, plant children, will be invited to the to urge' a favorable vote by local ranged by the Board of Education Cranford High School, and Frank Sherman and Lincoln School dis- E. Grail, Mrs. Charles Wimmer, street. • ., •" . United Fund President B. C. Bel- ied at the school of speech and by. Fred Petrozzieljo'of 95 Fourth dress rehearsal at Roosevelt on Roderick K. Smith, Miss'Frances residents on the budget item in tonight at 8:15 'at Brookside Place Martz, director-of secondary ©du— tricts and .eased, through by 33 [cranford needs a successful en pointed to the service of many votes ,at Walnut. The capitaT out- dramatic arts of Syracuse Univer- avenue, Garwood, one of theoown- February 27 at .10 a.m. • Johnson, Thomas E. Parrott and this week's annual school election. School. cation, described the) building pxo- ers. at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, ,Police I fund, the meeting was told lundreds of volunteers as the lay item also' passed,-1,497 to 998, This year a synopsis of the story Mrs. Clarence B. Ogden. Contacts were made to local The meeting is one of four tjTjkm jn>m the km^-range plan- . sity and has done, radio and tele- Chief Lester W. Powell reported, yor Ira D. Dorian, who re- ery backbone of the fund's opera- churches last week-end requesting scheduled to acquaint citizens with ning stage until its. final.adoption Sees CHS losing at Sherman and Lincoln on, and emphasized that in mak- M vision work in New Mexico. Mr. Petrozziello called the police nted the grass roots pressure that announcements be made at details' of the bond Issue referen- by the Board of Bd'v*?'*i' i last and carrying Walnut by a bare 16- A bumbling example, of the when he discovered the rear door at sought such establishment of ing presentations to four campaign dum to be held on March 15. ' vote margin: ". . . ' leaders who exemplified outstandi- Sunday services urging residents month, i ' . . Accreditation • military is shown byi Earl Neal had. been forced open. Investiga- single fund raising campaign in to vote in the election. ' Mrs. Bernard B. Kott, chairman It was decided that the PTA's A total of .3,200 ballots was cast, playing "General ' Powers." Mr. TV-HI Fl SERVICE AEROSOL TOOTH PASTE ng effort and achievement the tion by Detective Lt.' Ralph J. 157 and 1958. He urged aggres- A speakers' bureau has been set of the public relations committee, would organiie a "series of coffees (Continued on Page 8) Neal appeared in the club's pro- joard was in fact honoring the Koury/Sgt. George C. Ward and vc tactics by the fund to obtain up under the chairmanship of Mrs. will present a historical report o* as the method of informing their duction of "Gigi," has appeared in •ntire group of campaign workers. Endangered Patrolman Edward J. Klubenspics TAPE-RECORDERS creased support from those who Thurston and a ..training program the . two-and-r<-half year study mffn^fyA'p* conccniing the plans the Experimental Theatre and i indicated. th.'tt intruders had light have their own favorite The four recipients were active Cranford High School's accre- Quick' Service — RnablePrices i widely varied activities of the has been planned for the speaker^ that preceded the Board of Edu-fbr .the proposed high scfeooL They serves on the publicity committee. rolled the. safe, weighing about Parities within the fund, and. to cation's expansion plan.' : didatipn by the Commission on Board Okays Formerly of Detroit,- Mr. Neal has 400 pounds, to the rear of the We Feature RCA Tubes und. Mr. .Barnett, who is past at the Board of Education rooms will use the services of the speak-: [tempt to bring into theiund those G.FrankZnV^ZiV g Secondary Schools of the Middle worked as a television announcer building and' then had been .resident of^Hhe Cranford".Bust-" in Lincoln School at 9:30 aJQ. t^ T 69c cics which now, conduct school principal, will discuss the States AssociiliorTisTthreateriedTif and has done several commercial .frightened off by the- owner's.re- ness Association and a resident of morrow and again at 8:15 p.m. on the Citizens fbr a Better Cranford 8 Alden St. TOatct (ext& ise-torhquse drives outside of educational program.around which /• Friday, February 19. .Speakers' in scheduling. speakers from the additional facilities arc not pro- movies. > turn. (Continued on Page 8) Rbselle, was chairman of the fund campaign among the merchants. kits are being assembled which in- ihe building was designed. Board of Education, school staff vided. C Frank Zimmerman, prin- '/ Walter Jones, seen last year in The safe's contents consisted TEK clude slides, photographs of build- Edward Gill, 'finance chairman. -ind a lay group. Mrs.. Battaglini Project PUmJs "Desperate Hours,'-here, plays a mainly of company records, Mr, BRidge 64483 Mr. Cole, of 16 Central avenue, cipal, said today. • ' ' VAN'S WESTFIELD FEDERAL SAVINGS served as cashier and organized ing projections. Boor plans, and will speak, on how the bond issue The Planning Board reported to Petrozziello said\ 1 Mr. Zimmerman' pointed out news broadcaster and master of TOOTHBRUSH site; reprints of articles oii the new wJH be financed, and what the pro- Mrs. suggested the ama Club's many ol the accounting-procedures e s the Township Committee Tues- for the fund*durtag~its-first- two, school which- have- -appeared —in gram will cost individual taxpay- next president^ meeting as-an-ap».lifeSi:dpV.W . §£§§i°*> ,wUi be neces- day night that it has approved the years of operation. Mr. Harmon, the Citizen and. Chronicle, basic ers. •;'•••'.•'•- ' - .••. ", propriate time/to correlate mcth-jsary at the high school in Septem- proposed" plairi?~of" thc~Cranford ~ Hester Scores 28 39< \Small Planetwho resides at 21 Berkeley-place, information concerning need, as " Channing Rudd, board member, ods of polling the memberships ber because of increased enroll- Business Association for an off- eg-'Ufuoiy CjHtXty was in charge of the starters' cam- well as building cost figures. Or- will serve as chairman and mod- ment. street parking area in the central In Cager League paign, while Mr. Philo, of 9 Iro- ganizations deslrnjg speakers have erator. All members of ihe Board In his statement, Mr. Zimmer- BERNARD LITWACK business area. ' of Education,* as well as adminis- man, cited a report from the com Also received was a letter from John Hester was high point man 39c )pens quois road, worked Jn the resi- been asked to contact Mrs. Thurs- dential drive, as area leader for ton or the Board of Education of- trators and staff members who mission stating that trouble sessions the'' Honorary PBA requesting in the Boys' Recreation Basketball Up-to-date, authentic Army planned the new facilities, will be Tax Collector or staggered schedules- "if per- more suitable facilities for the League this week with 28 tallies [juipment will be used jn" the Districts 10, 11 and 13. fice. SHOWER CAP Mr. Belden announced that the . Mr. Tyre is in charge of prepar oment to assist to an*w«Ftag| sisted in over a period" could re- Cranford, Police Department. Both us his team, the Bandits, defeated tranford Dramatic Club's produo Leaves LWY board of directors had wished to ing question and answer fact from the audience \ sult in a nigh school's not being communications were referred to the Drifters. 56-17, • of "Visit to a Small Planet," Phins to liHif i [-sheets which wiir be distributed Jar format will be follow-j placetLin_the.-.accredited..Jist-_1__ committee of the whole. •'•'In other junior league games, phich opens tomorrow night* at Mr. Zimmerman quoted the com- 16c service to the fund and its, member at four public meetings to be spon- «d ^ at ihe three remaining public Board to Aid Adopted on ttnnl reading was an the Playboys slaughtered the mission's report, as follows: ordinance designating Tulip and i dub theatre, 18 Winans aye- (Continued on Page 5) (ConQntied on Page 4) hearings, which are scheduled as Bearcats, 55-6. Phil Mazzella Mrs. Edward F/George, costume Second Term ' ''The commission agreed- that Torbu'sh streets one way between follows: Wednesday evening, Feb- Tax Collector Howard Cowper- scored 18 points for the winners. |hairman, reported that theNew- double sessions or staggered sched- Bond Issue Spruce- and Beech streets. Also $1.00 ruary Z* (not February 17 as yesterdad y thaht Mrs. John L. Snook, Jr., former Rich Rubenstcin scored seven rk Army Reserve Center has thwaite y ules would not be causes for im- approved was an ordinance vacat- points for the Untouchables in previously announced) at Livings- he will seek the Republican nomii- mediate removal of a school from .president of the Cranford League ing parts of Davis, street, with aned the uniform equipment for Speakers Laud Monsignor of Women Voters, has resigned her ton Avenue School; Monday. Feb- a ' their 20-10 victory, over the Rer men who. portray military nation for reelection to "a second the list of accredited schools, but oiaPublis Sc .Safet LaCorty Commissionee abstaining.r. Nich- FRIENDSHIP GARDEN tvary 29, at Bloomingdale Avenue four-year term in. the April pri- if these arrangements persisted position as member of the board of bounders. oliccmen in the three-act comedy. .directors of the league in order to Esso . Standard Oil Co. was In the senior league, .Walsh and May 8, at Lincoln School. manes. over a period the school would be Members of Mrs. George's com- AtDinner Marking Elevation We want an informed vote on A former'member of both the serve on the steering committee of aWyrded the contract for supply- DePalmcr each scored 12- points HAND and BODY LOTION in danger of losing its place on the ing the township's gasoline rc- Tribute to the priestly qualities Board of Education and Jthe Town- Citizens _for a Better Crdnford, it ; -for--the- Islanders in -their- 49-23~] list.—Each—case-J toJ : quirements-orrits-bid-of~.037-7-per— co-chairman; Mrs. R. E. f ~the" RCTRev." Msgr." William B. Uams, board president, said in urg- ship Committee.. Cowpcr- was ahnouncehwarz, Mrs. P. O. Maier, Mrs. members must when the league has. lso spoke, giving a resume of the The first stage of the Board of not longer be acceptable. The no official stand on issues wrjich. sideline variance to Royal Lasher $1.00 . B. Newbert, Mrs. D. K. Sacken guest of honor's accomplishments burden of proving otherwise rests District Session Set J Education's expansion program arc \o be on the ballot." • • to permit construction of a split . n