m m m m Largest Circulation In BELLEVILLE NEWS Belleville WS W> OUtt PAKt Entered as Second Class Mall Matter, At Newark, N. 3., Post Office, Under Act of March 3, 1878, On October 9, 19^ PRICE TWO CENTS BELLEVILLE, N. J., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21,1934 TOWN OF BELLEVILLE VOL, X, NO. 17. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER ERA To Distribute Commission Confers New Year’s Frolic Community Chest Christmas Food Bonus On 1935 Budge At Capitol Theater Reports Received An Opportunity To Share 35,000 Packages Will Be Officials Discuss Items 11 Workers Thanked for Aid Five-hour Stage And Screen Given To Needy In Schedule for Next In Annual Charity Show Planned At Local Your Christmas Joy Essex County Year Drive Playhouse Center Market, Newark, is the The first conference on the 1935 The Welfare Federation of Belle­ scene of feverish activity today, municipal budget was held at the A special stage and screen show town hall Monday evening by the will be presented at Warner Broth­ ville, at a meeting held December 13, where between 400 and 500 men, re­ received a report from Lawrence E. Only three more days in which to send in that contribution^ to the Christmas board of commissioners. The session ers’ Capitol Theater in Belleville New cruited from clients of the State Em­ was closed to the public. Year’s Eve, from 7 P. M. until after Keenan, general manager of the Com­ Fund, sponsored by the Civic League of Belleville and the Belleville News. We uige ergency Relief Administration, are munity. Chest campaign which has Departmental budgets, submitted midnight. you to do it now—to delay may mean to forget. engaged in preparing more than 3-5, for consideration last week, were dis- Three screen features, seven ads just been completed, which divulged 000 package of food stuffs, to bo . ; ^ b May«- William that those conducting the campaign of vaudeville and a number of select­ You are wishing others a Merry Christmas and you expect to have one yourself, distributed as a Christmas bonus H, Williams, finance dii’ector, told ed' short subjects are promised oy through Mr. Keenan’s leadership had among the 3-5,000 families on relict been successful in securing subscrip­ but have you stopped to consider those most deeply in -want- and what this day will other board members that the legis­ Ben Wcshner, manager, for the five- in Essex County. lature may pass bills to relieve hour entertainment. tions aggregating a sum in excess of mean to them? The charm of Christmas lies in the thought that we live in the mem­ Something like 280,000 separate $ 10,000. nicipal finances and prevent' an This will he the first time a pro­ articles will go into the 35,000 pack­ crease in the tax rate. gram of such an extensive nature Notwithstanding the fact tha’t the ory of our friends. ages being made ready for distribu­ total raised is somewhat lower than Another conference will he 1 has been presented on a New Year’s For some strange reason, many of us in the past few years have come to think tion. Included in the articles being early in January. Eve in Belleville, Mr. Weshner an­ the quota of $17,000 which was set provided by the relief administration nounces. by the board of trustees, it is par­ that if a man is “down on his luck” or if he loses his job, all he or his family need to are 70,000 cabbages, approximately ticularly gratifying to note that the see him through is food. This is essentially true, being a necessity of life itself. But 17,500 pounds of cheese, about 70,- sum raised this year is only $700 less 000 cans of broth, 35,000 cans of Assemblywoman Talj Christmas Services than that raised last year. This ex­ don’t forget that his morale, courage, happiness and comfort are also to be considered meat and 35,000 packages of rice. cellent result makes it possible for __and these are very important factors. Let us help to rebuild, and let us start now. There are also 35,000 hags of pota­ At G. 0 . P. Meetii the trustees to allocate to the par­ toes, each containing twelve and one- At St. Peter’s Church ticipating agencies the same pro rata half pounds. share apportioned last year. The Belleville, distribution center Mrs. Mary T, Yuill Discus) Solemn High Midnight Mass The trustees felt unanimously that looking......... — , ------------ „ ...... , will he located at- ERA headquarters, this gratitude should be extended to to his family night after night to fi^id only gloom—stories of the struggle that is go 248 Mill street. In Nut-ley packages es Bill Relative To Lawrence E. Keenan, general mana­ Will Be Celebrated ing on to find means of support. He feels ashamed because he can find nothing to will be distributed from 234 Franklin Education ger of the campaign; Herbert C. do. He feels he is not wanted and that he is of no importance in his community. Day avenue. By Pastors Schmutz, the ' publicity director, and In order to have the packages ol to George Weston, leader of the after day brings hours of idleness. Personal pride is broken down, standards are un­ food ready for distribution to the The Belleville Woman’s Republics Special Christmas masses have house-to-house campaign. The work dermined. The dangers are self-evident, and in this economic crisis you and I must clients in time for Christmas, it was Club met on Thursday afternoon, been arranged at St. Peter’s Church. done by the local government league do something to help carry him through with his ideals untarnished. Oui job is to found necessary to suspend a num­ the Women’s Club house, 51 Rossmt The program follows: in assisting the publicity director and ber of projects in the county, the place. The president, Mrs. Join- A solemn high midnight mass will in assuming the responsibility of the make him realize that he is of value to his community—and through the Civic League men engaged on them being tempor- j O’Brien, Jr. presided and extc he celebrated by the .pastor, the Rev. contributions from clubs and associa­ Christmas Fund this is possible. arily assigned to the work of making greetings to the members and gij Fi\ Joseph M. Kelly, assisted by the tions was particularly, noteworthy. ready, the packages for delivery to Mrs. Mary T. Yuill, assemblywfj Rev. Frs. John S. Nelligan and James The. thanks of the trustees were ex­ Let us remind you again that we are appealing only for those who reside in Belle­ clients. spoke on Bill 169, relative to A. Hughes. tended also to Mayor Williams, who ville. We also wish to reiterate that each and every dollar will be used to carry a lit­ Preparation of the packages is un­ tional purposes, which was di| The masses on Christmas will he at took charge of contributions of pub­ der the direct supervision of Maurice and endorsed. Mrs, Ahhie G, 7:130, 8:30, 0:30 and 11 o’clock. Spe­ lic employees; John Portenstein, who tle warmth, comfort and cheer into some of these destitute homes. There will be no “Buck” Class, of the works division chairman Essex County Rej cial musie will be sung by the chil­ managed the manufacturer’s portion administration expenses. of the Essex County ERA office. Committee, made an address, ex] dren of the parish at 8:30 and solemn of the campaign; to Wayne R. Par­ When the packages are ready, those ing her regard for the dull, and benediction will he given after the 11 mer, who conducted the campaign We have previously submitted nineteen cases. We close our appeal with a num­ for Newark clients of the ERA will ing her remarks with one of Edgar j among school employees; to Philip. o’clock mass. This will conclude the ber of others. All have been investigated by a local charitable organization, whose be distributed direct- from Center A. Guest’s poems, in the spirit of' services for the day. Dettelhach, who had charge of spe­ Market, while trucks will transfer filling the niteh, and accomplishing On Christmas Eve the chorus choir cial gifts; to Sweeney Lithograph assurance we have that these are all worthy and deserving appeals. The only means supplies to the suburbs for distribu­ the work, for which one is bogm Mi=fl( of the church, under the direction of Company and to the Civic League of of identification will be a number for each case. Contributors are urged to read the tion to clients not residing in Newark. Bertha Kline, executive secretary o Belleville. the Community Service Bureau, K Thomas A. Haney, organist, will sing descriptions carefully and to make personal selections when forwarding their gifts. Use of Center Market was secured the following program: The trustees were also pleased by through the cooperation of Commis- a talk on her work in Belleville. Mi Organ prelude on Christmas themes the encouraging report submitted by Be thankful that you can give and let us endeavor to make this a Mei^y Christmas sioner Anthony F. Minisi, of New­ A. Joan O’Brien rendered the Pia| “Silent Night” and processional by the John P. Dailey, treasurer of the Wel­ ark, and his deputy, Col. Richard solos “Flower Song” by Gustav La fare Federation, reflecting from Mr. for everybody. |Sg|| chancel choir; Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, 4-' 4.- * 4: 4.- Hartdegen. Arrangements were made and “Magnolia” by M. Davis, jand 11® Sanctus and Benedictus from the Dailey’s efforts the collection of over by George Vr.