H ightstqwn Gazette. (^th YEAR—NUMBER 39 HIGHTSTOWN, MERCER COUXTY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, FEBRUjW Y 17, 1944 PRICE—FIVE CENTS Straw Colored Armed Services Defense Councils Urged to NEWS o r OUR 1944 Car Plates Accept Local Spur Paper Salvage" Efforts MEN«</WOMCN On Sale March 1 Men for Duty Every Defense Council chairman in IN UNIFORM The 1944 registration tags and drivers Local Board No. I, Mercer County, Lace Workers the 563 municipalities of the State were licenses go on sale on March 1st and Princeton, reports that Russell Linden urged today to redouble their efforts in can be placed on vehicles at once. In order to conserve steel, only one plate Sherman of 167 Rogers avenue and Hold Annual the collection of waste paper and to Staff Sgt. John Malpaia Gets Air Medal... will be issued to be displayed on the Austin Francis O'Reilly of Academy keep it moving toward the mills. rear of the vehicle. Its color will be street were inducted into the Navy im­ The appeal was made by Leonard straw background with black numefals. mediately from their pre-induction ex­ Dinner-Dance Dreyfuss, State Civilian Defense Di­ As a further convenience to the public, agencies will issue tags to anyone, re­ amination on January 21. Frank John rector and his successor, William A. gardless of county residence. This will Melicharck of rural route, Hightstown, The second annual dinner-dance o f : Wachenfeld, who enters upon his new also conserve steel, as agencies will is­ is under orders to report for active duty the Levers Lace Auxiliary Workers | duties next Monday, sue only county p^te designations in with the Nai^ on February 19. was held Tuesday night at Old Hights [ “Right now this should be the first which the agency is located, avoiding "Walter John Belz of Peddle School Inn. Mrs. R. Henzler, branch presi- (order of business for all Defense Coun­ the necessity of having other county and Charles Frederick Emery of West- dent. was master of ceremonies, andicil chairmen and the chairmen of the plates on hand. In other words your field. formerly of Peddle school, are un­ introduced the.g.uests of honor: Mr. and 'Salvage Committees,” they said. “Every car plates will be identified by agency der orders to report for active duty Mrs. Charles Mozur of Native Lace i possible means must be used to ac- rather than by county as formerly. with the Army on February 23. Works. HightsUDwn, and Solomon and j quaint the citizens of your community Komar of the Native Lace Works, New (with the seriousness of the shortage of Ih e Hightstown agency will issue the Austin O'Reilly has two brothers in York City; and members of the cxecu-[paper; the need to conserve the paper same Mercer County numbers as in the service. Sgt. Charles -A. O'Reilly is tive committee of .Amalgamated Levers, we now have and to salvage the waste the past two years. Those wishing to stationed at Lomita, Calif., and Pfc. Phi’adelphia, Bertram J. Saxton, Joseph paper that is now being burned or de­ reserve the number they now hold, may Thomas J. O’Reilly is attached w a de­ Alaltby. Alfred Jackson and Airs. Ala stroyed. Every housewife, every retail do so, at once, by presenting applica­ pot supply squadron. \. tilda Matzko. tion card, signed by the owner of the store owner, our school children, the car, together with the usual fee. Driv­ Louise Kollmar was prtsented by Mr. teachers must be made aware of the Afozur with a piece of lace and Mrs. fi^t that salvaging waste paper is a ers licenses may also be resen’ed in vital part of the war program.” advance in the same manner. Begin­ Mrs. C. J. Keeler Frank Eufemia received a $25 War ning March 1 to April 3 all agencies Bond presented by the Auxiliarv'. Vir­ If no plan for the regular colicctioii ginia AlcGovem also received a $25 wiU be open daily from 9 a. ttl until 6 Again to Head of waste paper has been made in any p. m. Until March 1st and after April W ar Bond. Eight dollars was added to community, steps to do so should be 3rd all agencies are open from 9 a. m. the pin money jar for boys in service. made immediately. Dreyfuss said. It to 4 p. m., excepting Saturdays 9 a. m. School Board Mrs. Francis Washboume is in charge should be collected at least once a 4 p. m. .A.;jcnocs are closed on hol- of the jar, month, oftener if possible, on a day and Sundays throughout the year. set aside for that purpose and the The 1943 drivers and car licenses ex­ Mrs. Charles J. Keeler was re-elected people of the community informed in pire on March 31, 194. president of the East Windsor Town­ SuppertoBeHeld .advance to have their bundles of waste ship school district Board of Education ! ^ ! paper ready for collection. at the reorganization meeting held Monday night at the high school. Jus­ In Frcucs Chapel* ^ Chairmenm**' ^'f*"** in many coo'«'>‘ commumties salvage have Stamps Validated tin Stiff was chosen vice-president. J TL.T.instituted regular collection pbns and Mrs. Keeler was nominated by C 1. U 0 S Q 3 Y . N l K l l t doing a “fine job,* Drc3riu5s said. Allen Ely with the second of W alter C- ^ ® In many others, however, no action haj la a carancioey at Um HaadqoarUrs for Uaitad Stata* Army Force* For Fresh Pork Black. No other nominations and elec­ been taken and the matter has been in tfa* Soatk Pacific Area, Staff Sergoaat Joha .IL Malpa** of HigiiU- tion was without roll call. The presi­ A covered dish supper and entertain- * “left to chance.” town, was awardad tlio Air Modal, January 14, 1M4. Tka prasanUtioo dent will announce members of commit­ ment will be held in the Eaches Ale-; Charles A Eatpn, Jr., chairman of wat made by Brif. Goiaral AllUon J. Bamatt, in tba absanca of Lt. Sold by Farmers tees at the March meeting. morial Chape! Tuesday at 6 J 0 p. m .‘thc State Sah-age Cotnmittee announcr Ganeral MUUrd F. Harmon, Commanding U. S. Army Forces in tba The Board of Education is now com­ This affair will take the place of the cd that New Jersey must increase its South Pacific. Considerable confusion exists as to posed of Mrs. Keeler, president; Justin annual Martha Washington supper and w a'tc paper collection at least 2300 OP-A regulations on sale of fresh pork Stiff, vice-president; C. .Allen Ely. terms I the Third Church social night. Afem- . tons a week. By tba diractipn of tbo President, Sgt. Malpass, assistant aerial bers and friends of the church arc in- -------------------- anginaar, racarrad the award for fire hoary bomber strike sortie* during slaughtered and sold by farmers. expiring in 1945; W alter C. Black, Dav­ tba period of July U to July ZS, 1143. .According to information received by id Farr and John W. West, terms ex­ vited. the county agricultural agent, the OPA piring in 1946; Earle \V. Love. George ; The entertainment following the sup­ Harold Hurley has validated 12 stamps in Ration Book E. Phillips and Richard H. Whitby, per will include violin selections by Dr. Cpl. Allan J. Croshaw Baaed Cadet Howard Eldridge 4 for the buying of pork and other ra­ terms expiring in 1947. Wm. S. Liiierick accompanied by Al- tioned meats from farmers. jfred M. Alasonheimcr. Jr. Selections^ Presented With ‘Somewhere inNorth Ireland’ Relates Flying Experiences The OP.A has always provided that Cruibury Mission Society ion the musical saw will be played by meat stamps in any one ration book San?er Robinson accompanied by Airs. Cpl. .\llan J. Croshaw, son of Mr. ' .Aviation Cadet Ho^\'ard Eldridge sta^- • could be used ahead of their rc^ Iar Officers Elected at Meeting G. Franklin Eldridge. .A. truth or con- Edison Medal and Mrs. Raymond Croshaw. is based 'tioned at Goodfellow Field, Texas, re-i validity dates for buring meat from sequence' program will be conducted by jomewhere in North Ireland with a Franklin K. Hampton assisted by Le- lates some of his e.xperiences in a let- ' farmers. However, only a few stamps M r'. George B. Mershon was elect­ Harold Hurley, a lineman employed tank destroyer battalion. He arrived are left in Book 3 which expires Febru­ ed pre'ident of the Wr»men’' Mis'ion- Roy Pullen. overseas shortly after New Year after , ter to The Gazette. Extracts from the by the Jersey Central Power &: Light ary 27. ar>' Society of the Cranburv- Presbyter­ Members of the program ccramitiee Company, was presented with an E i - being transferred from Fort Lewis, 1 cadet’s letter follow: ian churdl at the annual meeting held are Airs. Clarence Spencer. Air. and Wash. In a letter to his parents, Cor­ The red stamps validated in Book 4 son medal Monday night at a steak The old ball is still rolling down here and which may now be used for buy­ at the of Miss .Anna Fisher. Mrs. .Aust;n Wright, Mr. and ■ Mrs. dinner held at Old Hights Jnn. poral Croshaw commented on the life in “beautiful'’ Texas. My training in ' Other officers named were Afrs. C- Frank W. Malsbnry, Mr. and M r'. Wm. under British blackout conditions and ing meat from farmers are those num­ The affair wa' staged b>' the electric basic lacks only an hour and fifty min­ bered and lettered **,A” through Frar.k Fulton, vice-president; Mrs.