SERVING CRANFORD, QARWOOD and KENILWORTH Vol. 94 No. 47 Published Every Thursday Wednesday, November 25, 1987 USPS 136 800 Second Class Postage Paid Cranford, N. J. 30 CENTS y?~''i Service tonight >ffS& The annual community | Thanksgiving service win take, place at 8 p m. today at the Trlni-' ty Episcopal Church, North and | Forest avenues. Clergy from, Cranford congregations will par- \ ticipato in the service. Tree lighting A traditional tree lighting | mv. ceremony will take place Friday j at 7 p.m. at the town Christmas tree hi the parking lot opposite | the municipal building. Santa will i greet children and Us helpers1 will distribute treats, the madrigal singers and brass] ensemble from Cranford High] School will perform. Garwood A Garwood beekeeper has quite a collection: 180,000 honey pit* Santa's first visit to town: C ^-^I,a>icaggy.^-^,^ZI::.' ••^..: •--^- —a roll students were announced for, c *• - ,i t« />i . r. * I1J,ws-on-de8lrod-gl+ts-to--perform^WiTrte^VVoTTrierland MedreT cording to police esTimalesT the first marking period. Page 19. -Sa^^nd-M^laus^t-Mangea oi mor Sun d a r Building event sponsored by-uajTExTravagaliza '87 Stage Show Sunday. Mayor's Park capped event. More photographs 25 ^ #™£ c? ? ?^ / , y- and received candy canes In show- In ffrehouse parking lot followed SS1 ui m? . a"d Mrs. Claus played by fernle Ragucci and musical parade and child visits with Santa that on pages 13, 18 and 21. Photo by Greg Price. Donate food Dot Mikus. Photo by Greg Price. Cranford Family Care is pro-] viding food baskets to less for- tunate residents for Thanksgiv- Their ancestors signed the Mayflower Compact ing. Story and photo on Page 2. At least four local and former son Bob, a local policeman, are Kiamie Agency and looks for new residents have multiple reasons to members of the state Society of ancestral lines in his spare time. celebrate the Thanksgiving season. Mayflower Descendants which The Merrills now live in Pay for subs Their ancestors signed the observed Compact Day in Plainfield Washington, N.J. and Venice, Fla. In an effort to attract more, Mayflower Compact and celebrated Saturday. Joan traced her husband's line back substitute teachers, the Cranford I the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth The society reports another resi- to two pilgrims. Holden's father, school board has increased, the | Colony. dent, Laura Jane Lannin, among its John Doty Dodd of Summit, resear- daily pay rate and has added an , Raymond Ebert Jr., for example, members, but she appears to have ched the family tree from a 19th Cen- incentive. The rate will increase I is a 13th generation descendant of moved. She is a descendant of Brad- tury document and established that automatically with each 15 days i William Bradford, a Pilgrim father ford, too. Two other Bradford descen- his middle name derived from the of service until the minimum is and governor of the colony who was dants from other towns were honored Mayflower Doty. reached after 45 days of duty.' the person most responsible for its Saturday when all "cousins" were Lyman Hill, a descendant of Page 5. survival. asked to stand. "It makes for a nice Thomas Rogers who lived in English Robert Rich Merrill traces his feeling to see all these 'instant' Village, was a society member until lineage to two of the 41 signers of the relatives," said Mrs. Earl Mosley of his death last year. Mayflower Compact, Isaac AUerton the society. William Bradford's wife, Dorothy, Restores clock and Richard Warren. Allerton Joined There are subgroups, too. Ebert is drowned while the Mayflower was I restored a hug* lSl-year old dock _ f& j a member of the "1 |UfVl UUV i Jwu V*A1 TCI t woo BHlUitg I and Installed It atop an SO foot document between William Brewster Edward Doty Sodety." the half of the company that died high tower. Page 2. and Myles Standish, who were Most of the local descendants have within four months of landing. Brad- among the first signers of what Sally taken active interests in genealogy. ford succeeded him and was elected Holden calls the basic document to a Ebert's mother did most of thegovernor 50 times, remarried, and participatory democracy. research on the Bradford lineage wrote the definitive history of Aid homeless Mrs. Holden is descended from Ed- with help from a professional Plymouth Plantation. Several churches in Cranford ward Doty, an indentured servant genealogist, and he has a research "It's kind of fun to think our family Mayflower descendant Raymond Ebert Jr. with facsimile of | are aiding the homeless in the who was aboard. She said that permit admitting him to study at the came over on the Mayflower," Mayflower Compact. Original was signed by his ancestor, county by hosting families and women and seamen couldn't sign, but U.S. archives in Bayonne and Holden says. "It's nothing we ever William Bradford, governor of Plymouth Colony 13 generations ' collecting food, clothing and per- indentured servants like Doty could. Washington. A 15-year resident of did, but it's a way to keep in mind how ago. Facsimile owned by the New Jersey Society ofMayflower sonal articles for shelters in large These descendants plus Merrill's Garwood, he sells real estate with the our country began." Descendants is in his keeping. Photo by Greg Price. cities. Page 14. Pep Heller helps political refugees to obtain asylum The CHS Booster Club will hold al By JOANNE McFADDEN poration from providing aliens with asylum seekers because they compassion and fairness, and all peo- "Well, economically the newcomers a W J*Uy M^*""" ***** By boat, plane and on foot, political legal representation. After the Hai- reminded him of the Vietnamese ple who want to participate in the contribute more than they take. They 7 at Memorial Fteld. refugees are coming to America to be tian detention policy was condemned boat people and persons fleeing American dream get the opportunity are not freeloaders. They have get- free of persecution based on race, in federal court, the government Europe before World War II. "These to do so," says Heller. up-and-go." Heller believes the religion, social group or political opi- agreed to release the Haitians if they are people who have not committed Heller continues to take cases economy can absorb them because could be found legal representation any crimes. They are perfectly because "I am continuously remind- they are both producers and con- Toll hike , „ ^^ harmless people," says Heller. ed of the thing that I went to law I However, many are apprehended at no cost to the government. sumers. With the abundant "help One agency to come to the rescue "There is an ambivalence about school for - that is, to help people like wanted" signs around Cranford, he A plan to double the .25 cent toll I crossing the border* or at airports as refugees.'' He now spends most of his | on the Garden State Parkway has I they try to enter the United States was the Lawyers Committee for immigration. There are definite anti- says he is sure there is work for all Human Rights, founded in 1978, immigration sentiments. But in New pro bono time at hotels located near who want it He also believes that the met with opposition from local \ without proper papers. Kennedy Airport. Due to over- I politicians. Page 20. f At the New York City immigration which helps persons who claim to York Harbor is the Statue of Liberty, resources currently being used to have fled persecution, a that says "we're open.' These people crowding at the detention center in guard the borders could be put to bet- detention center, alone and frighten- New York, aliens with suspicious ._ . ed, they look for help. And in walks characteristic that differentiates come here to be treated decently and ter use. 1 000 yard man \ Jeffrey Heller of Cranford, an at- refugees from persons who emigrate they wind up in jail," he said. papers are now being detained at Socially, Heller believes the ' J I ^Qrney who counsels and represents for economic reasons. The United After hearing about the Haitian hotels, some for as long as eight mon- newcomers strengthen the polyglot Cranford High's Pat Jacques I the aliens on a pro bono basis. Over Nations defines a refugee as "any refugees, "I knew I couldn't sit ths, with restricted telephone access of America; that is, each individual (became the school's first and on- f the past four years, Heller has person who cannot return to a home around and do nothing," says Heller. and no visitors, exercise, or fresh air. enriches our culture. 1,000 yard rusher in 1987 Page j counselled clients from over 00 coun- country because of a well founded A year later, his client became only Heller is working on a project trying fear of persecution on account of the second Haitian to receive asylum to improve conditions at the hotels. "But most importantly," he says. I [16. \ tries including Afghanistan, Ireland, don't believe there is any the Soviet Union, Israel, Haiti, El race, religion, nationality, member- out of 500 Haitian cases in New York. "Some legal action might be under- ship in a particular social group or Encouraged by his success, Heller philosophical or moral justification ¥ ~1 „ «*^— lrZJi~ I Salvador, Pakistan and Zaire. taken on behalf of those at the hotels. for drawing a line on a map and say- LOOKS tOr KldS J Heller took his first pro bono political opinion." The Immigration took more pro bono cases.