Your Want Ad T he» 7\p Code Is Easy To Place Just Phone 686 7700 ** Vl An Official Newspaper For The Borough Of Mountainside i ih.d Fork Huridl, L, T . VOL 11 No MOUNTAINSIDE, N J THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1969 f out >, P P nt H 3* N j J N.~ P.o.id.n,, Rood. »»»« N J 0709} Cloverleaf opponents plan four-week campaign for funds New threat Money to be used of overpass discovered for publicity drive Construction proposed By J\CK 1'FANNF, worker •• «>>•• will .! ti.f I..,. I ••• rh.- f.iii.l The Citizens to Preserve Mountainside will .irive. as link to Summit road hold their fund-raising drive from Monday, There ar*1 1 1 route corn-din it>irs who have \Ug. IS, to Saturday, Sept, 13, •iHv*» HiHirm.-in volunteered to <>drnin|otei the drive, Klebous The spectre of yet another overpass in the mil Klebous said this week. said. They will be in ciurge nf enlisting the borough which would be used to link Mill lane The drive had tentatively been scheduled for block workers fnr the lib routes in the and Summit road at Rt, 22 and give the county one day only—Saturday, Aug. 15. However, borough, K ieboiii said, because nf me unusual time of another "primary route across the Watchung Kiebnns "said that two more r>utf? coordinat- Mountain barrier" raised Its head at s nieednp the year that the drive is being conducted—— summer, when rruny families are on vacation ors ar* neoded—•one to handle all local busi- Monday night of the engineering and alter- nesses and another to take care of ,i section natives committee of the Citizens to Preserve —"We felt that it would require double- and triple-tripping because of the vocations. This of homes west of Beechwood School umi south Mountainside, The prospect was raised by Al- of Deer F^th, including Robin Hood road. fred H, Linden, chairman of the Union County leaves times for recall for those humps missed," Klebous said. Larkspur drive, Hawk ridge, Kavpn's Wood, Planning Board, and Walter Gardiner, county Juniper way and Long Meadow. traffic engineer, who addressed the committee The Citizens to preserve Mountainside Is a at the public library. group which has been formed to fight the state Klebous, who lives at 2Mi Apple Tree Citizens to Preserve Mountainside is a Department of Transportation's plans to con- lane, is a route eoordinatur, as are Mrs. James borough-wide group formed this summer to struct an overpass over Rt. 22 at New Provi- Willis of 342 Forest Hill way, Mrs. jack. oppose plans by the state Department of Trans- dence road and make a cloverleaf interchange Kukon of 344 Darby lane, Mrs, Mary Parker portation to construct a clovtrleaf interchange there. of 249 Evergreen ct., Mrs. ]ean Rormlund of at Rt. 22 and New Providence road. The inter- The group protests that not only would many 1447 Dunn pkwy., Mrs. Kay Smith of 221 New change, would include an overpass at New homes be lost in the project, but that the com- Providence rd., Frank Falter of 365 Green- Providence road across Rt, 22. plex would likely be a terminus In using Now brier ct., Ronald Martin of 1324 Stony Brook lane, Charles Burk of 1170 Wyoming dr., and The Union County Planning Board had en- Providence road as a connector between Rt, 22 and the now Rt, 78, when it is completed. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mullin of 227 New dorsed the project and, in fact, recommended Providence rd. it In a report, the interim road plan as pre- While agreeing that something better than pared by the county Planning Board, dated the current traffic control is needed at the February 1969, _ intersection, the group feels that the cloverleaf THE FUND-RAISING committee is meeting Referring to' that report Monday night. is too much, i every Wednesday evening at 8 through the Linden said that it was also recommended ••We'd love to get from $5 to $10 from each month of August in the meeting room of the at that lime that a grade separation be con- family or business," Klebous said. He ex- public library, structed connecting Mill lane and Summit road plained that with a minimum $5 donation from Klebous said that the group also hopes to to ' 'provide a continuous county road between each of the 2,200 families in the borough, the gather its own statistics on fund-raisin<; in Springfield avenue in Wesrfield and Baltusrol drive could top $10,000. Mountainside. He said the study would be made road in Summit," Much of the money is to be used to pay for available to all future fund-raising groups in the borough. "It's not going to be keyed to The report went on to suggest that Mill a publicity program which would bring the r< lane be included in the county road system, problem and its ramifications to the attention dollars," Klebous said, but~t0 the number of The Mill lane-Summit road connecdon, of all Mountainside residents. household responses," Liritlen said in paraphrasing tne report, would" —— The usual—rate—af—participation in fund "substantially increase the usefulness of this ALREADY IN HIGH GEAR under thedirection drives in the borough is about 20 to 30 percent primary route across the Watchung Mountain of Bill Cullin, the public relations program of the families living here, sources said. barrier," Includes the brochure, "Not All Four-Leaf Preliminary plans have also been made in Clovers Bring Good Luck," which is already case there are any funds left over, Should TOM INCATE. chairman of the engineering being printed, and the placing of full-page ads the situation arise the money would then be and alternatives committee, said, however, that in the dally and weekly newspapers which given to a eommuniry service organization the matter of .the Mill lane-Summit road over- servo the community. such as the fire department or rescue squad, pass was not taken up in detail because the An initial press run of 3,500 brochure^ is tiie library or a community center fund. a£b4500h most of the evening, brochures will be distribuwd by the 102 block poration proceecUngB in Trenton, In tiie maner of New Providence road, In- gate and his group formally told the Planning yiiiiiiiiiiilliliiiiliiiiiiiiiiiililifliiiiHiittiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilliiiilliliiij Board that they were opposed to a connection between New Providence road in Mountain- Bide and Glenside avenue in Berkeley Heights 1 which would be constructed through Union PROFILE - Thomas W. Long County Park Commission property. This is another in a series of Profiles oa Linden indicated that because of the op- ON-SITF SURVF.Y — Leaders of the Citizens to Preserve Mountainside cin/en'-,, left to right, are Bill Klebous, fund-rai<sinp chairman; candidates who will appear on this November's position from the local citizens' group and the look over plaits for the overpass and cloverleaf at Rt, 22 and New Bill Cullin, public relanons chairman, and Tom Ingnte, chairman ballots. expected opposition from the Park Com- Providence road, which they oppose. The intersection which is lor enylnet-rinsi mid .lltt-rnatives. * * * mission, the recommendation would probably the focus of the controversy is In the background. The embattled Thomas W, Long of Linden, one of the three be withdrawn. Democrats attempting to wrest Freeholder At no time, Linden said, did the county group seats from the COP in this November's recommend that New Providence road be used election, Ifloks at politics in the same way as a connector between Rt, 22 and Ri, 78, as he does education: "If you can walk out of Linden also explained that while the county Swimmers defeat Roundtop, 146-143; the school building feeling you didn't hurt planning board recommended an overpass anyone and may have helped, it's a wonderful across Rt. 22 at New Providence road, it had feeling. I hope to approach politics the same no idea that the state would come up with a way." (Continued on page 2) The 39-year-old principal of Linden's Soehl to close league season this Saturday junior High School sees no possible coneradic- .Msm^MmsmMim JS.Jtduejtoj^nd jgterlng ' " Lalt'f Huria'ay eVeningT^iie'K^CFswlmmers," Bob TTiompionT"RT,lj John Cole, MCP, ™2; 2; Chris Kraus, MCP, 3, politics. To him, politics is an extension of in a Qlosely contested meet, beat Roundtop John Perrln, MCP, 3. Event 29, girls 17 and under 50 yd, breast- his educational philosophy, "When you're try- Swim Club by a score of 146-143, The meet Event 5, girls 8 and under 25 yd. free- strokei Donna Bieszczak, MCP, 1; Cathy ing to Instill good citizenship in students, was not decided until die final event of the style- Pam Bieszczak, MCP, 1; LorrieGeiger, Fisher, MCP, 2; Nearing, RT, 3. you've got to get involved yourself." marks halfway spot night, when MCP took a first and third to MCP, 2; RT, 3. Event 30, boys 17 and under 50 yd. breast- Long noted that for years it was "taboo" for Roundtop's second and outscored them by Event 6, boys 8 and under 25 yd, free- stroke' Greg Welch, MCP, 1; Don Stragis, a teacher to enter the political scene. Now, three points. style; S. Clinton, RT, 1; Georgt Harbt, MCP, MCP, 2; Matigus, RT, 3. however, he feels it would be hypocritical to in summer program In a second scheduled meet for the week. 2; Cogniziola, RT, 3. Event 31, girls 12 and under 25 yd.