* _ . ox i/i ixa* ■( r .i ,-4 -Teton. stTov. o AS IT LOOKS FROM HERE Vol. 67, No. 16 awsj’’.:, ’ J April 21,1935 fs Up To The Drivers While 1954 saw a slight decrease in the nation’s auto­ mobile accident toll, nearly two million casualties were re­ corded. Even with the slight improvement over the more han two million reported in 1953, the results are staggering. M I L L B U R N A leading insurance company reports 35,500 persons cilled and 1,960,000 injured in 1954. Excessive speed was and j,e most dangerous driving mistake in 1954. Speed killed 12,380 people hnd injured more than 659,000. W eekend crashes accounted for 13,980 killed and 678,000 itirt during 1954. Thirty-nine per cent of the deaths and 35 SHORT HILLS ,er cent of th e injuries occurred on Saturdays and Sundays ast year. Three ofit of four auto accidents happened to passen­ ger cars driving in clear weather on dry roads, and 78 per M -a7' •ent of Vehicles involved in fatal accidents were traveling TEN CENTS «5» itraight ahead. — t • Founded 18881 Publis bed. *•; • everyiThursdA These' are grim statistics. The above figures point out :hat accidents are heavy, even though state and community .uthorities have spent millions of dollars in an effort to pro- X O W I lS h iO H t l l l ide safer and better roads and saner driving. , ‘ Barnes Ticket Insurance companies and other private.firms are spend- R p rn n d flifIC J R id s ng millions for safety education. State, county, local and 1Y tm u w o Carries Locally; ,arkway police are constantly patrolling streets and high- T A f-,1 C O H fi ^ 7 Q rays. More and better engineering thrmvays are coming 1 ULtU 1 ° Small Vote Cast ,ff the drawing boards It appears to us that almost every- Remodeiing of Town Hall will Approximately one out of five me is concerned with this needless slaughter and its accom- cost $206,379 according to the total registered voter* voted here in >anying waste of human and property values. of the low bids received by the Tuetday’a Republican and Demo­ Almost everyone, that is, but the drivers. Township Committee Monday cratic Primary according to an Traffic regulations were set up as a proper guide for the jftle B»rth“echoed ThoSln, official tabulation of the voting. There are 9,438 registered voters landling of traffic, and need the cooperation of all drivers. ancj contracts will be awarded at here and 2,006 Republicans and fhe problem starts and could ideally end with the drivers, the Committee’s next meeting on 139 Democrats went to the polls. IVho are the drivers ? May 2. A total of $250,000 had been There was no contest for Demo­ Each of us knows the answer to that question. It is provided in the ordinance author- cratic candidates and the major .incerely hoped that by continually reminding drivers of safe ‘“^ b i d d e J ' for general con- interest centered on the compe­ ' nng through new spaper messages, television, radio and tractor was PeUechia Construe- tition between the Anton and polling about 1,200 votes to about 700 tor the Anton forces. The bid of $47,254 less $1,000 if a con Anton ticket carried the county nection to the library is not need-need p r i n TY i. i/f ii - i n n i by about 4,000 votes. Remodeling of Town Hall, long recognized as a real ed. Max Huckman of Maplewood £\L 1/v / i^CPulLlTlCIll Annual Arts Robert A. Vanderbdt of Notting­ _____seed in order_ to 4provide adequate__ , ____ office_ __ space for expandexpand- was low bidder for plumbing with . ... ‘ ’ 1 r a bid of $5,900 and GeoreeGeorge L. D ________•____ TT'- . ham road, candidate for the As­ ng municipal business, is soon to become a reality now that Dennis of Newark was low bidder P r C p S r i l l ^ F O f Conference to sembly on the Barnes ticket, was he constructiton bids are well within the amount appro- forf0r heating work with a bid of _ high man locally, polling 1,326 votes. Charles A. Dupuis, Jr. of iriated for the project. $22,945. OlimmCr beaSOIl Feature Films White Oak Ridge road, also an The construction of the two new firehouses, the recent- The Pellechia Construction Co. Assembly candidate on the y completed library and the coming remodeling of Town ‘s tlle general contractor for the (jeorge h . Bauer, Superinten- An all-day film festival, jointly Barnes ticket, ran ahead of a U apparently bring to an end the need for municipal * dent of sponsored by the Midburn-Short number of hla fedow candidates. .j- x *.• f • 11 a nearing completion. tilis weeic ^ a t «!• Recreation mildrng construction of a sizable nature. Work on the Town HaU remodel- Department is now getting its out-' Hills Arts Center and the Millburn Robertaon D. Ward, Republican Township Public Schools wiU be candidate running unopposed fore 1 he high school situation is being adequately taken care tag probably will not start before door facilities to condition tor the held to the high school auditorium the Township Committee polled >f by the prize winning building now under construction, the completion of the new down- ,prjng and summer seasons, this Saturday, April 23, com- 727 votes, the smallness of his to- -lowever, the ever expanding school population seems to town firehouse on Essex street. The baseball and softball fields mencing at 10:30 a.m. The festi- tal probably being due to hia name joint to the need of at least one new elem entary school Completion of this budding is ex- in Tayior Plrk are ready tot val is open to the public. not being on the same voting line . ......... pected early this summer at games> the tennis courts art at Mth n the next t w years. which time ^ preSent quarters present being reconditioned and The day’* program, divided In- with either ticket. Dickinson R. to morning and afternoon ses- Debevoise, DemocraUc candidate At the rate Millburn Township is growing (permits for occupied by the Fire Department ^ weather conditions are favor- sions, will feature many unusual for Township Committee, pollea 50 new one-family homes having been issued so far this year) to Town HaU will be vacated. abie will be open for play this films, of various langths, cover- 123 votes. He also was running t appears the school problem will be w ith us for a num ber Plana caU for the construction Week end. The High School sthlet- tog a wide variety of aubjects. unopposed. ^ if years to come until the saturation point is Reached. con.teucfion JfiS oJS StuX y.'V w S Moat of the film* selected are in The Bamea candidates tor Coun­ CONG. ROBERT W. KEAN color and will appeal to all agea. ty Clerk, Register of Deeds and * —------------------ — of offices on the first floor now day evenings starting the first of The complete program follows: Freeholder*, also ran well ahead occupied by fire apparatus>aratu« and MMay, ar. ' OGNG. WALTER H. JUDD - iobart Avenue enlarged apace tor the Police De- A rK rtat ■ ■ . „ . morning seaaion. 10:80 a.m- to of their Anton opponent* locally May Change e - a to student* of foreign atfalr* to -‘Exploring Art Series,” polling nbout 1,200 vote* to m pertinent and ottor municipal of- ^ college* hod secondary ichoolt to „.rZr rJivtm resist and x ^ nprovement fice, both on m e n t^ th e public! A Litfle Liajtoe' r'v I f * *. q r i . this vicinity. The student* sre es- P*P® ^rintT ^Lee demon- , * . , Salk ule floors. The present public mee fie]d pxaygr0und and picnic area J J r . J l l U U S 1 H iK tog room will remain m it* sec- wm be o^ ned ^ gprinif at the _ I pecially urged to bring their quee- ^ ^ o f v.rious forms of pic- R e s o l u f i o t 7 H o H O r S Due to a possible delay to - delighted to present tore -Fiddle Dee Dee,” Ordinance Passed the receipt of the Salk vaccine ond floor location. A new main old Township Poor Farm area on T A Fnr “We are delighted to present Interim*. f / rl r * D L here, it may be necesaary to entrance 'V.U be cons rucUd on ^ 0ak Rid road More de. I O O p O U l g n i t M Representative Judd on this con- in S ” Lelond C . Rhodes ’ Improvement of the intersec- change the announced sched­ the east side of the budding. UUed information wiU be released n , r » U 1 troversial auujecisubject at thisuiis time,”ume, H maHn***n V.^’“Tnvi >n of Old Short Hdls road, Hob- The remodeling has been so said Milton O. Lange, president J^eps in pottery_ma ii g, T y --------------------- _ ule of inoculations for first and in the; near future on the program L a S t e m P r O D l e m S said Mdton O. Lange, president ^ p s ^oys A( ^ U fl meeting of the Shsde ■t avenue and Marion avenue at planned that no moving of offices of the Millburn Short Hills Re- fromO^ssndEnds. just wh t ^ commission, the Commis- second grade students, officials for this facility. i estimated coat of $10,000 was to other buddings will be neces­ publican Club.