Your Want Ad The Zip Code Is Easy To Place- for Mountainside is Just Phone 686=7700 07092 An Official Newspaper For The Borough Of Mountainside VQL 15 No. 34 Seeend Ctqsi Paifggs PwblUh.d Eoch Thu,sdoy by 7i |. thirty Carp- lSuti-.cription Holo; 20 Cents Per Copy Paid 01 Msunlalnllda, N,j, MQUNTAINSIDi, N.J. THURSDAY. AUGUST 2, 1973 3 Nia Pro»idence Road. Moun , N j, 07091 I S6¥cj,jfiy ' Regional schools adding a new level of supervision HyABNERGOLD provide "on-the-seene' ' departmental thinking of the teachers, coordinators and the The recent decision to name teacher-loaders assistance. administration. The following list is suggested to assist subject area coordinators in each of "The role of the teacher-Iti'ader is to assist to provide a frame of reference for the tcaeher- the four high schools is part of a continuing teachers with problems of immediate concern, leader: effort to increase performance ill the to promote teachers' professional growth and "1. Provide assistance to teachers in the classrooms, where the actual work of the to provide assistance to the coordinators In the building, schools goes on, according to Dr, Donald school. The teacher •leader is to asgjgt with "2. Work with guidance: assist students in Meraehnik, superintendent of schools for the problems which are departmental in nature the selection of subjects and review requests Union County Regional High School district. and concern students, teachers, counselors and for changes of schedule. Noting that supervision of as many as 60 administrators. "3, Serve as a liaison with teachers, teachers in four schools had become a Her- "The teacher-leader will have a line coordinators, administrators and community culean talk for coordinators in such fields as relationship with the principal and a staff groups. English and social studies, the superintendent relationship with the cdbrdlnatur. "4. Assist with articulation between the said the Board of Education last month ap- ..O-O-- high school and elementary schools. proved teaeher-loaders in those two subject "IN DEVELOPING the duties of the teacher- "S. Provide assistance in areas of f r r f r areas to upgrade the level of instruction. leader, the committee attempted to reflect the (Continued an piqe 4) "We have had fulltime coordinators rather II I I than parttime department heads to permit a high level of professional expertise," Merachnik said. "But as the district grew to four schools and the number of teachers per coordinator Increased accordingly, the tasks increased and we needed extra help, ' "This will be applied to such' duties as teacher evaluation, supervision of teachers, CHAPEL TO OPEN — Services this Sunday will mark th« middle of Rt. 22, which has been standing since 1901. Plans inservice training, interviewing job candidates opening of the new Mountainside Gospel Chapel, located on for the widening of the highway by the N,J, Deportment of and leading summer workshops. Our leader- Spruce drive, off Central avenue. The $60,000 complex Transportation fed to the sole of the site to the state and ship was just becoming spread too thin," replaces the small church, situated on an Island In th* erection of the modern church. The superintendent added that teacher- (Photo-GraD'hics), leaders "hopefully will be training for possible duty as coordinators, as well as other professional opportunities," He noted that the six staff members named were chosen from Mountainside Gospel Chapel to open more than 30 applicants. SERVING. IN THE new posts for the coming year will be:- new $600,000 edifice on Sunday At Jonathan Dayton Regional, Springfield— At II am this Sunday, services will be held Julia.Latztr In English and Katherine Vendltti for the first time in the new Mountainside in social studies; Gospel Chapel, a $GOO,O(X) edifice on Spruce At Gov. Livingston' Regional, Berkeley drive, which replaces the plain stone and Heights—Dorothea Hooper in social studies; shingle structure that stands on an island on Kt At David Brearley Regional,. Kenilworth— 22 Richard Grundey in English; A! A.L. Johnson Regional, Clark—Mary Plans for the widening of the highway by the ' Fogirly in English and Barbara Sutherland in •*»,,-.,, N J Department ol Transportation led the social studies. congregation to seek new facilities, and the old Each teaoher-leader will teach one less class chapel, in use since 1U0I, was sold to the state. a day and will also be relieved of an additional The now building, located off Central avenue, period of nonteaching duties, such as study is more than a simple house of worship. In period or lunchroom supervision. In other addition to Ihe sanctuary, which has a seating'1- "wordSieaeh will teach four classes, rather than ' •'• capacity of 260, the structure includes, . fivejhd an additional nQntefiehmg": period, in classrooms, an auditorium, gymnasium, full the keven-perio'd school'day. They will not kitchen, offices and a lihrary. Plans are under receive additional pay, at least for the 1973-74 way to create a recreation field, and a parking school yemr. area, now being prepared, will accomodate 100 Reviewing the need, Merachnik listed the vehicles. number of teachers supervised by each In addition to Sunday services, one of the coordinator in the four schools. Initial nctivities in the new facility will be tha They are: English, GO; social studies, 3U; Daily Vacation Bible School, a program for mathematics, 39; science, 38; foreign youngsters from preschool age through sixth languages, 30; •business education, 22; in- grade, which begins on Monday, dustrial arts and home economics, TO; health Approximately las persons have active and physical education, 50, and cultural arls, membership in the congregation of ths 25. non-denominational church. The church's According to the faculty committee which history dates back to 1821, when residents of formulated the plan; Mountainside and Westfield began conducting "The district has grown from one to four "•-." a Sunday School in a local home. Two yean schools; there has been a tremendous increase later, the group moved to the Beehive in the number of students and staff members; there has been an extensive and rapid Sehoolhouse, WATCH OUT, BO81Y RIGGS — Marilyn Bardack of Mountainside, after.gaining some Tfie congregation disbanded during the Civil development of the curriculum; and tile number of tasks has multiplied. Kaeh school invaluablo tips at the borough's Recreation Department tennis lessons, could be. the War, but in 1871 was reorganized as the Locust next challenger should Billy Jean King fail. Mrs. iardack is one of many borough Grove Baptist Sunday School, In 1879, it has interests, needs, and concerns which became known ai the Union Sunday School, reflect the unique character'of the community rosidents enrolled in the currant half-hour adult sessions, held weekdays from 9 to without a denominational affiliation. - it serves. Therefore, there is the need for 11 a.m. at tho Eehobrook courts, A new series of lessons will begin Monday and run ~o~o-r teacher-leaders in each of (he (wildings to through Aug. 24,- . (Photo-Graphlcs) A DONATION OF land in 1893 led to establishment of a building fund and erection of the highway chapel in 1901. In those days, the area wag still rural, but construction of Rt, 22 iff' THE NOVEMBER CANDIDATES 1928-30 saw the "isolation" of the building on its ~" (Continued on page 4) Party set Aug. 11 MaryTC. Kanahe It happens occasionally; 1964, she began holding evening hours at her at community pool Mary 0, Kanane's telephone rings, either at office in Elizabeth on the first Thursday of each her office in the Union County courthouse in SANCTUARY — interior of the new Mountainside Gospel Chapel Is a simple, modern The Mountainside Community Pool will month—a schedule interrupted only once in sponsor an adult pool party Saturday evening, Elizabeth or at her home in Union Township, nearly 10 years, for a nephew's wedding. Last design. Workmen have been on the job daily preparing the church for its Sunday, and a caller asks; "Can I !• John Doc's will?" ^opening, and decorations are expected to be added*before then. The sanctuary, Aug. 11, featuring the music of Charlie G's year she also started evening hours on the third dance band, Reservations are 13 per couple and "Certainly," Miss Ka " replies. "When Monday of each month at the County Court- >wlth a seating capacity of 260, makes up the-main portion of the complex, which must be made by next Thursday, Aug. 9. did he die?" house Extension in Wegtfiold. >0lso includes a classroom and office area. (Photo-Graphics) Tickets sold at the door are $5 a couple. Oh, he hasn't died ji-t. "Some people would have to lose a day's pay At the game party, the pool will offer a new it's one of the few instances win-,; Miss if they couldn't come to my office in the "Baked in a Bucket" option. All those who have i..,nane, the Union County surrogate, can't give evenings," she pointed out, " made reservations for the band party are the help that someone asks Tor. Soon after being elected to her first term as eligible to make reservations for a bucket Now running for her third five-yenr term, surrogate, Miss Kanane also had a special Fifth Dimension and football- 1 containing: i pound lobster, a dozen steamers, Miss Kahane, a Ilcpuhlu an h.i:, the jnswci s to telephone installed at her home to take- calls fillet of fish, ear of corn, white potato, sweet most other questions at her fingertips. And she "at any hour of day ornight, to provide 24-hour potato, carrots and onions.