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a» r- 16 > i- - < ~i ct a z n < •-< o o _i<^ -i THE WESTFIELD LEADER pq ill O •"• "UlL The Leading and Most Widely Circulated Weekly Newspaper In Union County _l l- ?q in to 3 rj UJ Q. <r 3 Second Cliu Poitoga Pall Published EIGH \.R — NO. 18 at WeitfltM, NT J. WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11. 1975 Bvury Thursday 32 Pages—15 Cents Action Stalled on Attendant Parking Lot Bowing to an appeal to local businessman and reconsider the use of former member of the Town Parking Lot No. 4, behind Council, and Frank King, East Broad St. stores from executive director of the Elm St. to Mountain Ave., Westfield Area Chamber of the Town Council Tuesday Commerce, who recom- night tabled nctjon on a mended further study of the $14,500 appropriation to use of Lot No. 4 which they implement a trinl period for fell preferable to the Elmer attendant parking on Lot St. tract for the trial. No. 5 off Rimer St. Both claimed that a Councilman Thomas greater revenue return Pluta was the lone would be gained from use of dissenting member in voting an umnetercd lot in the Elm for the delay. SI. lot which has 40 more Council action followed an spaces than the Elmer St. appeal by Morris Knmler, a location and is adjacent to more stores. Their views were supported by Coun- Four Appeals cilman Allen Chin, chair- man of the parking and Before Zone Bd. transportation committee of the council, who said that The appeal of Cornwall Lot No. 4 had been the first Santa Claus will be making his annual visit to Westfield Saturday under the auspices of Homes for permission to choice of his group,for the the Exchange Club to repeat his popular performances of the last 25 years. erect eight one-family iittcndnnt parking test • • - < i dwelling on (irondvicw Ave. period. Chin added that will be among the hearings Walter Gardiner, country Santa to Visit Westfield Saturday before the Hoard of traffic engineer, also felt Adjustment at its II p.m. Hint the Lot No. 4 project For the 26th consecutive will be given a special food will be given to the meeting Monday night In Ihc year the Exchange Club of Christmas stocking as a gift would provide a better flow Union County Chapter of the council chambers of the of traffic. Westfield will give its an- from the Exchange Club. Association for Retarded municipal buildings, nual Christmas Party to the Inside the theatre there will Children. Live music will be While the project is dead children of Westfield at the be gifts, singing of Christ- Also under consideration provided under a grant from Killft will be the appeals of Louis for this year at least, since Rialto Theatre Saturday. mas carols and cartoons. the Music Performance and Dione D'Amorc to two meetings are required Promptly at 9 a.m. the Toys and games contributed Trust Funds, a public serv- for passage of ordinances by Fire Department's "Cherry by local merchants will go to extend their homo at no the council und any pending Picker" will lift Santa, gift the lucky winners. The club ice organization created and Moss Ave., of Custnve ;iml ordinances die with the end laden, from the tower of the will present a brand new financed by the recording Mnrcin Cohen to erect a of the council year Dec. 31, Firehouse at North Ave. and bicycle to one lucky boy, and industries under house at lllilt Prospect St. the issue is expected to be on another to a lucky girl. agreements with the mid of Leonard L. and escort him to the Rialto. He Mildred L. Cerefice to the ngcndn for next year's will arrive at approximately Admittance to the theatre American Federation of Town Council. Further 'Musicians. The grant was convert a one-family house 9:30 a.m; ' is free, but each child is at 136 St. Paul SI. to n discussions on the project The children may • first asked to bring a donation of obtained with the arc planned next week. cooperation of Local No. 151, professional office iind one- greet Santa as he descends canned or packaged food family npnrtment. Mayor Alexander S. fromthe Tower at the Fire- which will be shared with A.F. of M. Williams, who supported housej and follow him to the the less fortunate. Bonrd of Adjustment tubling the ordinance ; All the children of Wesl- approval Is needed because theatre where each child As was done last year, the field are welcome. Tuesday night, warned each of the owners needs n however that he might not variance to various sec- lend bis support to the School Boards Assn. Concurs lions i)t the town's zoning $14,500 lot improvement MAP H THK code. during the next budget year. With Westfieia on Teacher Strikes TOWN OF WESTriELD Williams commented that UNION COUNTr, Glass and Paper tentative revenue figures NEW "JERSEY for next year, other than The New Jersey School the right of teachers to negotiated teacher salaries. those gained through Boards Association strike. A resolution urging However, a ruling by the Recycling property taxation, appear Saturday defeated a this - position' was parliamentarian limited the "disturbing." He predicted resolution to censure unanimously approved by vote to the issue of the strike Saturday, Dee. 13 a $250,000 decrease in Commissioner of Education the Westfield Board of statement only. Westfield's Drainage Problem Chart Saturday, Dec. 27 -9 a.m. revenue for 1976 and In- Fred G. Burke for com- Education last week. In other action at the 4, p.m. creases of $70,000 for wages ments he allegedly made The original censure NJSBA's meeting held at South Ave. Municipal and snlnries and $50,000 for regarding the right of attempt had been prompted the Nor.th Brunswick High Parking Lot, "other expenses." While the teachers to strike. The by the Commissioner's School, representatives of Manned by: Troop 173, 1975 budget showed an in- school boards group, at their remarks about the right to local boards of education Town Charts Drainage Problem Areas Troop 273, Dec. 13; Troop crease of six percent, these semiannual delegated approved a resolution to strike as well as statements Thirty different areas of due in the spring. Com- of properties); 8, Wood- 30, Lamberts Mill Rd. 72, Sub-Junior Women projected [actors could Assembly did vote, that state imposed budget continue efforts to effect Westfield which present pletion of the project is Dec. 27. cuuse a 13 percent hike in however, to officially oppose further changes to the brook Circle, (vicinity bridge and Lehigh caps could be waived for drainage problems have anticipated to reveal the 9, Wells St. (low point Valley R.R.). State's newest been charted on a map serious flooding problems (Continuedon page4) Administrative Code between E. Bd. and Local Pupil Costs Below Average which will serve as a master which have plagued the Fairacrcs); 10, Harding, proposal for implementing a plan for action, Councilman Harding-Coolidge St. area. "thorough and efficient" Coolidge, Stevens, Cranford Per pupil costs in West- state, 'region and county Frank MacPherson MacPherson said that the vicinity; 11, St. Paul St.; 12, field's current 1975-76 school averages. Westfield's per education. 5 reported at Tuesday night's previously-completed flume Crosswny PL; 13, Ludlow budget are below the pupil costs for ad- Major changes to be meeting of the Town on the Robinson's branch PI. and Nelson PI.; 14, West- average for the state, the ministration are $36.14 while sought by the NJSBA in a Council. has alleviated flood con- field Ave. and South Ave.; region (which includes the region has a high of substitute proposal for the Residents whose areas ditions in that section of 15, Chestnut St. and East Bergen, Essex, Hudson, $60.93, the county is next code include: a re- are not shown on the map town. Broad St.; 16, Sherman St. Passaic, Morris and Union with $59.51 and the state has structuring of the code so above are asked to contact Listed on the drainage and Harding St. Counties) and Union $57.72 average ad- that it is more consistent their councilmen. Mac- problem chart above are the County. ministration costs. with the law (Chapter 212) Pherson promised that the following areas: 17, Marcellus Dr.; 18, According to figures "Two conclusions which than, the NJSBA believes, is council expects to "move 1. Breeze Knoll Dr.; 2, Carleton Rd. (between released by the New Jersey can be drawn from studying the code now posted in the rapidly" to correct Orenda Circle; 3, Seneca PI.,.Grove St. and Midwood School Boards Association figures in the NJSBA report New Jersey Register; a problems. and Forest Ave.; 4, PI.); 19, Windsor, Grand- in a 1975-76 cost of education are that Westfield is con- provision for efficient ad- Digging for the detention Prospect St. and Lincoln view, Myrtle vicinity; 20, index, Westfield's total centrating its educational ministrative procedures; basin in Fairview Cemetery Rd.; 5, Edgcwood Ave. and Elizabeth Ave.; 21, expenditures for each funds in the instruction area and a provision that the is expected to be completed Forest Ave. vicinity; 0, Shackamaxon Dr, (vicinity student average $1,692.01 while the total cost per pupil Department of Education in January, the councilman Bennett PI. and Kimball Nottingham PI.); 22, Tice while the average per pupil reflects overall ef- cannot require duplicate revealed, with construction Ave.; 7, Wychview Dr. (rear PI. and Mohawk Trail; 23, costs for the state are ficiencies," said Howard information from local Tudor Oval; 24, Geneseo $1,736.40, for the region are Tomlinson, assistant school districts.