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M i n i t - E d Hie Emmy Awards, television's method of petting its own back, failed to honor the most significant actors In the whole boob tube spectrum. Reference, of course, is to the canned laughter. Wbat comedy routine would succeed without the laffers for dollars? Wouldn’t it be refreshingly honest to call to the podium the fat and SOUTH-BERGEN REVIEW man who ‘haw-haws' and the skinny lady who ‘giggles’ and the stout woman who Just can’t restrain her excited shrieks? To them should 20 C«n|| p*r copy belong TV's most honored awards! Vet not a word of p raise fo r them w as uttered ! Published Qt*ÎSl Udg* M., lyndhurst " > VO L. S7, NO. S I T H U R S D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 13,1979 Storm Shorts Bogle Praises Run on dry ice distributors reached panic proportions as P ublic Works owners of freezers jammed with food sud When Parks and Public Property Hiose who had battery sets were able denly realized that the Director Ronald Bogle was given the to find out that they were being electric outage caused added duties of acting director of the pummeled by David. They also by David was going to Department of Public Works it learned that there would be no school be a long one. Ice house seemed to be a gratutious way of in Lyndhurst because most of them H on Route 17 was also filling in for the resigned Wal er had no lights. center of a traffic jam Janowski until a successor could be Tbe banks did not service the people by those who wanted a elected in N ovem ber. because they had no electricity. piece of old-fashioned But hurricane David ended all that. Hie traffic lights at Ridge Road and ice for their boxes. Most When the tail-end of the big wind Valley Brook Avenue went out and the stores sold out their and rain swept into Lyndhurst early unusual sight of Patrolman Robert bagged ice cubes in Thursday morning it meant the Downey directing traffic from the center of the intersection startled short order. beginning of one of the longest work * * * * sieges in the history of the public some motorists. works d epartm ent. "We had to put callers on priority," Hie storm created the Ilie re have been hurricanes before. said Bogle. "We inspected sites as usual amount of com And there have been blizzards. All soon as we could, determining which plaints. One resident have taxed the powers of the public were in need of q uick a tten tio n ." wanted to know what w orks d epartm ent. One of the first was the intersection Public Service was But never in memory of longtime of Ridge Road and Second Avenue ■;? doing down a t the sports residents was there tbe havoc created where a tree had fallen across Ridge SiW*— . complex when it should by David in the hours during which it Road. Traffic had to be rerouted and have had all of its forces roared through Lyndhurst. the crew had to attack the tree with working to restore Over M trees were knocked down by full force. electric power for the the storm. David caught the heavy Hero of the day was Bill Gannon, residents. tree population of the township at its superintendent of the department, * * * * t most luxurient. H ie long summer was who manned the 60-foot bucket ap One Rutherford nearly over and the big trees fairly paratus all day. This permitted him to fam ily spent the dripped with the weight of their leaves maneuver around big trees which previous week on a and new b ranches. were entangled in power lin es. L ik e an artist Gannon cut away at the safe camping trip. When the Furthermore the trees continued to branches. Then when he approached lights refused to go on grow despite the fact many of their power lines, some of which carried Thursday morning a longest roots had been blocked by the 10,000 volts, he donned heavy rubber package of candles macadam of the trees, the sidewalks, gutters, sewer and water lines and gloves and cu t aw ay the tre e tops. cane «Mt of the closet From emergettcy site to emergency g M g n M l« ~ . Consequently trees (feat had seemed site Gannon went with the big bucket “Oh, mama,” cooed sturdy and healthy actually were apparatus. eoe of the little ones, living their last because of the “ Without that piece of apparatus," “we're still camping changed conditions of their root said Bogle, “ we would have had havoc out.” on our hands. But B ill Gannon and his • * * * structure. They were harvested in brutal power saw and the assistance of It was difficult to fashion by D a vid . members of his crew worked that big realize that David could And Regie took the brunt of much of vehicle so that Lyndhurst was repaid cane such havoc. For the work. He went out in tbe morning, in one day whatever its cost had been. one fa m ily it w as alm ost took a ride around the township and 1 ca n’t say toomuch fo r the lo y a lty and a tragic realization. A then went into his (office and donned hard work of the public works crew.” couple got into their car his boots. Then he began a Bogle also had praise for township and thought they could supervisory task that took him all residents. back out from under a through the day and long into the “ Without complaining," Bogle said, tree that bad fallen ‘they fell to the task of clearing away across their driveway. “ Walter Janowski has to be praised the debris around their homes and in But as they backed out for the efficient, loyal and the street. It was a fine example of the tree lost its leverage hardworking force he left when he citizenship and you can say for me and fell, with the wife resigned,” Bogle said. “ Without a that I was proud to be a resident of a narrowly escaping complaint, the ere» went to work at township that could display that kind dawn trying to correct the damage of spirit." injury. done by the s to rm ." Bogle estimated it would be several Telephone calls soon flooded the days before the debris in the streets switchboard of the public works could be cleared. Trucks were taking K id s w ho don’t lik e department and the police and fire it as rapidly as possible into a school found D avkf* boards. meadows dumping ground. blessing. They retwwed Trees had fallen across streets. to school Wednesday Some had fallen on power lines and Recruited for service was Bogle's and on Thursday they outed the current. Therefore many of own parks department. had tbe day off became the township homes were in complete "In this emergency," Bogle said, David had blacked'«^ darkness at dawn. There were no “ we ail had to work together and my their schools. However, radios and television Sets running. parks staff did yeoman work. ’ ’ while this was the eale along most of the ridge 'M unicipal workers took a beating. forests this would be com m unities it d W kit af will clear away most of Authorities attributed called nature's house fect North Arlington. the street debris. this lucky state of af keeping. But in the com Tliey had school thoe. However trees that fell fairs 4« the fact the munities which treasure in b ackyards — and a lot storm broke late at the shade trees it was of them did — will have night when most folks just p lain h e ll. Today’s Leader to be cleared away by were indoors. They property owners. And it escaped being hit by M Pages w ill cost some of them a falling limbs and wires. O ver 125,000 hom es, Editorial .....« p retty penny. schools and commercial Vagabonding .. ....M buildings last their Hawk Rowe ...... 13 The storm gave a electric power is Bergen Restaurants. .. ....1» One of tbe major vivid illustration of how County when David Obituaries...... wonders of the whole nature takes care of swept through. Cast of Real Estate — swirling storm was that itself. The storm was damage has been placed Classified....... ..a - B iqjivies were few and brutal but it took down at $2S m illio n . Nobody, IhmnaJantlcs. far between, even overhanging limbs and however, knows for ‘ the environment uprooted old trees. In obstructions in «he tre«« were seriously * -THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER U ,USI Calling Young Monroe Engaged To Polish Beauties Freeholders In ■ \ Local young ladies of Polish descent between the Prepare Papal Music ages o< 16 and If still have an No. Arlington opportunity to vie for the Thomas N. Monroe of phia, a symphony orchestra title "Miss Polonia" by 'Hie Bergen County Board the area. They are often Rutherford has been and organ. participating in the Polka of Freeholders w ill hold its willing to attend a meeting engaged by the sacred music Party at St. Michael's next re g u la r m eeting on in their own or a nearby commission of the Arch Monroe, professor emeri Wednesday, September 19, auditorium at Ridge Road town when the trip to diocese of Philadelphia to tus of fine arts at Fairleigh in North Arlington at the and P a g e A v e n u e on Hackensack is too long.