.'. i- •, V 1" • •{.- • i B«fc*nd dilaa Postage! No.,,1,5., 3 Sections, 24 Pages CRAtfEQRD? NEW^J&SEt, tHURSPAY, APRIL 30TST Cranford. N. J. TEN CENTS Plan Study te 40% Last Year; ose ,000 .'["• Of Teacher Decrect inlstQuarter Relief coats in Cranford shelved Compensation ( 7 .*,.-.. A compensation study committee a drop of approximately 4Q per-' will, be formed by the Board' of cent last year as compared , with 962, according-to. figures In the Education to look into the compen- annual report of the Department sation pattern of school employes of Welfare as submitted to the in Cranford. Township Committee recently. Township Committee Tuesday night received an offer of '• Mis. B. G. Gillespie, board mem- Total disbursements for welfare $110,000 from Cfanston Realty Corp.", New York City, for 5.5 ber, outlined plans for the commit- cases during 1963 came to acres, of township-owned property in I.ndustriaf Park, Public tee at a meeting of. the board lasi $1.0,905.79, as; compared with $18,- auction on the parcel will be held at the May 12 meeting. ' week. 93.40 in 1962, the ^report reveals. The firm proposes to build a 74,006-square-foot office- The township's net cost for relief Objectives of the committee will __—-—_ ......_ -.—-;- (engineering ; building for the " ast year, including refunds of Universal Corrugated Box be to develop a system which deals: $4,956.50 frgm .the. state and other Machinery Corp. of Linden. s.fairly and equitably in compensat- municipalities,, was $5,94,9, or Board FavorsEstimated cost is $450,000. ing for services'and to provide in- $3,855.38 less than the 1962 net cost At least 10,000 square feet centives for the highest degree of of $9,804.67. \St. MichaeVs of the building will be used for Receipts of the. Department of Photo' by Kotlarz- development and utilization of em- offices. The structure will be of HONORED AT DINNER — Theodore C. Chamberlain'(center), who Public Welfare for 1963 included a ploye potential. brick, steej, ,..and masonry con- retired .January 15 as deputy chief of the Cranford Fire Depart- $9,000 appropriation from the Variance Pleastruction. ment, is shown receiving congratulations from Mayor H. Raymond In addition the committee seeks Township Committee (as compared Township Committee Tuesday According to conditions of sale, ^Kirwan, at left, and Public. Safety Commissioner Edward. K. Gill, to make full use of • employes to with $12,000 in 1962, Including a night receivqd a recommendation the purchaser will-relocate a ditch $5,000 emergency appropriation), from the Board of Adjustment that 'both- pi whom commended him for his long service to the township, justify the dollars invested by the which runs -through the property community "and to make and keep plus $4,689 in reimbursements St. Michael's parish be granted a and construct a new roadway for at testimonial dinner Saturday night. MRS. MARY JANE GLOVBER RICHARD M. BRAND the Cranford school system at- from the state and $267.50 in re- vari.ance for a 10-classroom addi- which a credit not to exceed $52,- funds from' other municipalities, tion to the parochial school a^ Al- 800 will be given toward the pur- tractive to high quality employes^ for a total of $13,956.50.- The de- den and Miln Sts. The recommen- The immediate objective, Mrs. chase price of the land. The town- partment also had $4,349.64 cash datjon'was referred to the Plan- ship will vacate parts of Cleveland Gillespie pointed out, will be to on hand as »f January 1, 1963. ning Board. Retired Deputy Fire Chief study the compensation pattern" for Republican, Democratic Units and Harrison Sts: Health Officer Nicholas J. Rice, Plans show that the addition, teachers in three areas. — non- Universal, established in 1944, director of welfare, reported a bal- which will - cost an estimated classroom assignments, extra edu- is presently located in a 40,00OT Praised for Long Service ance of $7,400.35 as of December $500,000 to $600,000, will be 148 cational "courses, and outstanding Reelect Municipal Chairmen square-'foot plant on St. George's T"heodore C. Chambcrlnin of 51 Mansion Tor., who retired as 31, 1963. feet deep and when joined to••t]ne service. ' .. ' Ave.,., Linden. The corfipany de- deputy chief of the Cranford" Fine Lepartment on January 15, was , The average number of cases existing building will compose a The committee will list extra- Mrs. Mary Jane Glovier was re- Richard M. Brand was unani- signs and manufactures machinery per month last year was 11, as srhgle, L-snaped unit. Approxi- presented with a gold 40-year service pin from the township by curricular assignments for which elected cha'irman of the Cranford mously reelected Democratic mu- for the making and handling of compared with the J 962 average of mately 400 additional pupils will Mayor H. Raymond Kirwan as he was feted by the Firemen's Club, extra pay should be given and Republican Municipal Committee nicipal chairman as, the Cranford corrugated board and boxes. Dis- 17, and fhe average number of be accommodated. Exempt Firemen's Association and Cranford Branch 37, FMBA, at a those assignments which reasona- for the second, term at the annual Democratic Municipal Committee tribution of the machinery is persons aided per month was 44.5 The" Board of Adjustment also dinner_ Saturday night 'at the bly may b"5 expected of teachers. reorganization meeting --Monday held its reorganization meeting world-wide. ' Springfield Steak House. compared with 73 in the previous night in the community room of Monday night at the Cranford recommended the granting of a Additional manufacturing facili- In addition the committee will year. variance to Charles F.. Hansel, Jr., The guest of honor vCas praised seek to develop criteria for judg- the Municipal Building. Hotel. ' • • ties, are maintained in Holland and Expenditures were heaviest dur- Prospect Ave., for construction forhis long servlctrto the township Executive ing types of college courses which Other, officers for the coming The entire committee pledged .additional offices and engineering ing January, February and March year are: Vice-chairman, Charles itself to support the Democratic of a six-foot picket fence along the facilities in Zug, Switzerland, and by the mayor, Public Safety Com.- may be credited for extra com- side of his property. pensation. The committee'also will last year, with monthly totals, re- Harvey; secretary, Mrs. Estelle candidates, Charles Siegfried for Hialeah, Fla.' Universal is one of missioner Edward K. Gill and for- Cranford Lions Club was grant- Director Told study the possibility of the board's spectively, of $1,430.95, $1,594.46 Duemmler; treasurer, Paul A. Sut- Township Committee, and Harold the lead.ing manufacturers of this mer Mayor Nicholas S. LaGorte, ed permission to sell "Tricorn contributing part of the tuition and $1,041.09, Expenditures for ton; representative\to the county Seymour, Jr., for. tax collector. type of machinery in this country, now a member of the State Assem- Hats" in connection with Cran- costs of such courses, an'd develop- each of. the remaining nine months executive committee, Ronald Con- Mr. Brand thanked the conimit- Western Europe and South Ameri- bly. By Red Cross ford's Tercentenary Fair and the ing a sabbatical study program were well under the $1,000 figure. nolly, and alternate representative, t.ee for-its confidence in his leader- ca. • .. ' ' A number of n.ther gifts received hat was proclaimed the "official Mrs. Charles Dietrich of 6 which would include leaves-of-ab Heaviest expense totals for the Mrs. Katherine Bclden. ship and stated that the coopera- The Linden plant, which is the r hat" for the occasion. by the former deputy chief in- Adams Ave. was appointed ex- as well as part salaries for year were for ^food,'$5,012.51, and Trie committee endorsed Mrs; tion he had received from the home office for the, world-wide] cluded a gold wristwatch from the ecutive director of the Cranford teachers interested in full-time shelter, $3,155. Barbara Andrews f6'r the post of members in the past year was most Introduced and passed on first operation, presently has 211 em-i gratifying. FMBA local and a plaque from Chapter of the American Red Cross study programs. A continuance of the decrease in first vice-chairman of the Union reading was'an amendment to the ploye.s. This number -is' expected! Union Council, Boy Scouts of at a meeting last Thursday night relief' costs in indicated in addi- County Republican Commitee "We can look forward to a Dem- zoning ordinance reducing the set-^ to be increased to- 300 when In her report Mrs. Gillespie sug- ocratic victory in Cranfdrd this back requirements on interior America; citing him for 35 years of at -the home of the chapter presi- gested that the committee he com- tional figures supplied by the de- Present at. Monday night's firm moves to Cranford. • service in givng "merit badge testa dent, George W. Morton, Jr., of 19 partment for the first quarter of rieeti^g to express appreciation Tfovember," he predicted, "because roads in the 1-2 zone fmm 100 to Following a spirited verbal ex-' posed of one teacher each from •me tJandidotps the Democratic 50 feet. The measure was referred to local Boy Scouts, both present- Woods Hole Rd. the elementary, junior high and this year, with a total of $3^650.72 Btttr-nommation in last week's change between Mayor "H., Ray^-^ ed by Leonard R. Dolan, president She succeeds Mrs. Jrances Vf.