T"° anklin news-recorD one section, 24 pages / Phone 725-3300 Thursday, January 6, 1977 Second class postage paid at Princeton, N.J. 08540 I!,No. 1 $4.50 a year/t5 cents per copy O0’s chee Washington’s men in Millstone a ViI ge’ Torches light victory 0Portrait"Portrait of a Village"is a carefullyof Somerset Court HouLppreaehed the segched 50-page hislory of Revolutionary Millstone, complete with 100 .maps, most important photographs and other graphic county’." march from battle iisplays. It was published by the Chapter II deal Somerset mrough’s Historic District Com- Court House ant American nissinn to coincide with the reenact- Revolution,and it’ ~ on this chapter nent of the events of January3, 1777. that the ial production The book is edited by Diane Jones "Turnabout" was Hap Heins to Millstone church ;tiney. Othercontributors are Marllyn Sr. contributed a in the way of information and s to this chapter. :antarella, Katharine Erickson, Otherchapters ¢LI with the periods by Peggy Roeske Van Doren, played by Terry 3rnce Marganoff, Patricia Nivlson Special Writer Jamieson, at whose house on River md Barrie Alan Peterson, each of who.n wrote a chapter. times. The final c is "250 Years Road General Washington stayed on of Local ChurchI tracing the It was January 3, 1T/7, all over that night 200 years ago. ’ ~pter I deals with the origins of history of the DuReform Church in again. On Monday evening The play gave the imnression that ~erset Court House tnow Millstone. Washingten’s army marched by torch war was not all *’fun and games."The The chapter concludes: The booksells can be and lantern light into Millstone opening scene was of the British ca- forge, farms, and a variety obtained b following the victory that morningat cups(ion of Millstone (then Somerset all industriesas wellas its legal 359-1361. Princeton. They pitched tents and Court House) earlier in 1776. Then governmental functions, Peggy Roeske built campfiresin the snowaround the there wasthe love story of native son Dutch Reformed Church. Frederick Frelinghuysen and Ger- The Eastern New Jersey State trude (Gitty) Schenk. Mr. Artillery was under the company Frellnghuysen joined the army and commandof Capt. John Doughty, Mrs. Frelinghuysen had no word from CANNONEERSfrom the EasternNew Jersey State Artillery of non in the streets of Millstone Mondaynight to announcethe since its former leader, Capt. Neff, her husband for ten days, until he notes Bridgewaterfire an authentic thrse-poundMueller designcan- Colonialarmy’svictory at Princeton. (Stuart Crumpphoto) had beenkilled in the battle of Prin- returned with the armyto Millstone on ceton. The company’s present-day January 3. asbestos-fibre dangersee here spokesman, John Ruffo of And what a blobdy, bedraggled Bridgewater, reported, "The troops bunch the army was. Mr. Eight elementary schonls remain closed in Townsblp are exhausted. They’vebeen on their Frelinghuyeen and Dr. Van Buren of potential cancer hazards caused by flal asbestos fiber feet for days." appealed to membersof the audience but no such danger exists in the Franklir to help carry the woundedand lay Public For ten days, in fact - the so-called themon pewsof the church, whichwas the superintendent reported yesterday. "Ten Crucial Days." On Christmas actually used as a hospital. (The "We have no asbestos in any instructional or in any staff Day they had crossed the Delaware gravestones of some Revolutionary yte said. River and surprised the Hessians at soldiers whodied were visible outside "Wedo have asbestos sprayed on the ceilln and water Trenton. Then they had overcomethe the windows.) in the boiler roomsof three of our schools - MacMce British at Trenton and again at The final scene was General Princeton. G. Smith. But these areas arc not )led for any ex- Washington’s war council. TomPaine ! parred of time by any individuals." said. The companycarried with it a hand- was there to repeat his famouswords, made cannon - the only liand-made "These are the times that try men’s replica which crossed the Delaware souls." The council stuck to their and was fired at Princeton. Their decision (madeat Kingstonearlier in breeches had been sewn by an 82- the day) to march on to Pluckemin to cost town $15 0 year-old manwho insisted on their and then to Marrlstown for winter Franklin Township Council has agreed to put 5.000 in its budget authenticity. Their field kitchens - quarters - rather than try to take the tripods and iron pots hangingover the British at Brunswick. year to help finance the construction for the open fires - had been madeat the Old Responsible for the whole show First Aid Squad. MillstoneForge, which itself is said to was Barrie Paterson, chairman of The squad has been housed at the Con! fity Vohmteer Fire date back to 1693. Mills(erie’s Historic District Com- epartment’s HamihunStreet headquarters, bt relations between the The troops were accompaniedin the dlission. The response on the pert of the first aide~ have deteriorated ,f several reenactment march from Princeton boroughand area residents obviously it has been reported. The first ai squad in by Boy Scouts from Manville and exceededhis expectations. promisedthat they wouhl seek ~.. Neshanic and by the. Bridgewater The production was restaged at 9 I’heir plans call for construction of a $30. 10 building on Girard Colonial Color Guard.The color guard p.m. Meanwhile, in Memorial Hall played the pipes and drums, and the next to the church, there was a Squad vice president Doug Doerrhc only soldiers fired their musketson signal, reception, with punch, coffee and ;431 had been collected during the ’s fund drive to raise to the delight of some 500 area cookies served free of charge. There , for constructionof the building. residents whoturned out at 6:30 p.m. was also an exhibit of "Fibers and squad had contendedthat it might he I perations Thenat 7 p.m. all peeked into the Fntos" - woven items by Phyllis ds were not available to he begin constructing the church to view a production entitled Perry Marganoff and photographs by ¢ first aid facility. "Turnabout"- "a saga of oppression, Donnie Van Doren. And the newly courage, and freedom." The published "Portrait of a Village - a production was written and directed History of Millstone, N.J." was on by Midge Guerrera, and featured, sale. of interest? Jose~ Cathy,college students at Villanovaagainst the "commercialism"o,= the re-enactments. among others, members of the All in all, it wasa night to remember andLa Salle home~: enacteda good-naturedprotest (MarkCzajkowski photo) Hillsborough High School Modern in Millstone. r Whatwill they do for the Trieen- The Franklin Tuwnship I)lanning was expected to have ap- Dance Performing Group. )roved a resolution at its meetinglast night to send a letter to the town- The history was narrated by Mrs. tennial? ship cmmcllrequesting that the cunncil’s attorney investigate possible conflict of interest charges in the Ion(afire approval granted by the andinside... board at its June meeting for a plauned unit dew;Iopment(PUD}. WRITER MIKE TEER lists the The plan, presented by 1020 As.%ciates Corporation headed by Ber- NewYears Resolutions which he tram E. Bonner. is for the construction of approximately 2,400 promises not to break for at least a housingunits and commercialand industrial units on a 700-acre site in day or two. the center of Frunklin Township between DeMott Lane and Cedar Grove Lane. FRANKLINHIGH ski team is sub- The conflict of interest charges have been an an-golng controversy ject of feature on page8. ~ongboard memberssince the time of that approval. JSf, eclfically, the alleged conflict charges have revolved around1020 MONDAYWAS the last of the ’10 i/]aociates’ attorney William Ozzard, former board chairman George Crncial Days,’ with activities being ~voy and township cmu~oilman aml planning board member highlighted hy a re-enactment of the ~ph Mar(inn, ’ . Battle of Princeton. See pages 4-5. ’lYre letter to the council was discussed at last week’splanning board xeeutive session, and was prepared by current board chairmanRobert arts ...~ ................ l-2B /[orgenberger. cookbook ................. 7A classified ............... 3-14B letters . 3A lypertenslon screening police blotter ............... 2A sports .................... 8A Franklin Townshipresidents will have the opportunity of checking ut their blood pressure level at the newfree hypertension screening Iinie {high blood pressure} sponsored by the health department and to e held monthly.The next hypertensive screening clinic session will be eldon Monday, Jan. 10, at the Municipal Building, DeMott Lane ¯ om 7:00 p.m. A medical doctor will be in attendance for eon- uhation. ¯ Patient education, diet, weight control and other preventive easures.will be utilized at this clinic. For an appointment,please call ie Health Department8’/3-2500, Ext. 231 or 232. ree paptest clinic Thede ls Franklin held monthly.,Please Townshiphealth departmentcall the willhealth hold department a free Papfor ’][’eatan ap- [nic on Tuesday, Jan. II, °’’~at 2 p.m. for all township womenThis intment at 873-2500 Ext 31 or 232, health officer John Carlano ; announced. THE2ND REGIMENT of the MiddlesexCounty Militia fires off a roundin front of the Hillsborough ABritish grenadier. ReformedChurch near the andof Monday’scelebration. Neshanlc Troop 1776 is seenat left, ¯ .... .. , . ¯ / .," j i’ 1 2.A~ Ihe Franklin NEWSRECORD I police blotter A 25-year-old NewBrun- sported by the Community At this point, Mr. Simpson Townshipresidents last week, stole a 29-inch Zenith color swick man was killed early First Aid Squadto St. Peters allegedly emerged from his police reported. television valuedat $350 and.a NewYear’s morning when the Hospital, where he was car and swore at William and A Franklin Boulevard man solid state turntable valued at car he was riding in flipped pronounced deed 25 minutes DennisResnak of 133 MainSt., had his homebroken into and $100 betweenDec.