\ \ I '.r t , J.t_ „ i' January S^Ies Pars Today/; Friday, I -1 •(J < . * h\ Second F*»d Vol. LXVII. 4 Actions, 32 Pages CRANFORD, MEJtf JERSEY, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1965 TEN.CENTS" - M ^JfeW.ir^- Oiffer of Religious Pennant Municipal Budget to Be Iiitroduced Turned Down by Vote of 4-1 By'a 4-1 vote, Township Committee Tuesday night turned down n offer of Garwood Council* Knights ctf ColumtfUB, of a° "C&eTuesday-Night; Anticipated Revenues Natior^ Under God" pennant to be flown beneath the American flag at the^Municfpal Building. Public Affairs Commissioner Charles G. Siegfriefrcastthe^ only Vote in favor o£'accepting the pennant. PubHc Safety Commissioner Ed* Seen Holding Tax Levy Hike tb $60, ward Gill noted that the offer was made ra a spirit of deep reverence Towmsjbup Coinmittee Tues-~ Sentiment "- "apdsmcerity of purpose but re.com- «Jay night will introduce the menfted^that we not fly this or lyo5 mumypat budget show- For Teachers any other-'-vpennan't beneath the Township Endorses New Budgeting an increase of $102,561 in American flagon our flagstaffs." r He said he had arrived at nounced yesterday by Finance stand from the religious; cpm: Commissioner Wesley N. Phi-' Attention focused on teachers ity and patriotic standpoints> $45,000 by School Boa "As a community;" Commission-^- ? lo. Public*liearing 'fs sched- f -<Thc Board of Education recei ved , — • ^ T^T^—Jl • —_:'1_L^ '• 'i—"" ' •"" l ^ •) salaries at'the public hearing on er GiH said, "we demonstrate our uled for Marclt 2. -v the new $4 1 millipn school bud- berfef m the Almighty by our the "endorsement of its 1965-66 /^< f i Tn» "1 - i TT^ ¥ i The net amount to be raised get last Thursday night at Lincoln everyday adions in our homes, in by taxation .for municipal pur- BRAS§ ENSEMBLE — The students from Orange Avenue junior School. Aboirt 150 persons attend- the community, In thte meeting rsrss/ssxra School Budget .Endorsement poses, Commissioner Philo ppin.K High School shown rfbove with their instrumental instructor, Al- e me tte ed out, will be up only $60,000 due ed, the maHpffty of themjeaehers. room, in schools, and in our - - — tiednpattcrsoTirwitt-^upiJleiugut lli\s Ouburban Symphony Owheatra W5xcites "^"3 "symigogues. We" — ' ^ *** C.ritiri7.ei\ fit Tnwn Mppting to an lacrease Hi°-ahticlpated ieve»- <( S. Ropert Christensen presented ©f New Jersey m Tschalkowsky's 1812 Overture" at a family con- should be the living, daily symbols the boaid. - ^ ' Township Committee'' s- endorsement of the Board of Education'^^ s nues. , ' - - ce.rt on SunSay, February 7, in the'auditorium of Cronford High details of the budget, and Dr. Hen- of a belief in an Almighty God. The reduction was mad-e Mo: mo^osed school budget drew opposition from some residents attending. Because of- the change to the 50 School. They are (1 to r): Seated, Gary Feterien, Kai Bauman, *y d» Minoar, president, conducLed We begin our town?hip ^meetings day flight by the board prior to Tuesday night's meejing of the governing body. " ' ** percent ratio of true value, now adoption o£ the new budget. The Howard Shapiro-nndJRichijrd Schmidt, stand!ng,"*Richard Kimmel- the meeting. , with a prayer as testimony or this Geori^V: Morton, 19 Wopds Hole Rd-.-tteclaredr there shoal^-not m ^effect throughout the county, belief. increase in the amount to be tha finance commissioner ex- jnan, Robert -Zobal^§tephen Schlnk, Nickalas_Bayak1 Steven_Jack- The majority of the. speakers in ~ "From the - community stand"- xaised~-by_ local taxation has-huen^ «on and John Branigan. Another membeF of the ensemble, Ran- the audience were in favor of im- reduced f,rom $317,000 to $272,000 officials" and tha£Mhe township p<;ainea ui<u it m uimcuu to com-*- dolph Dalack, was not present wheii the picture was taken. '" plementing proposals to. inpreasc ppint, it is my hope that we will by the cuf. should not invade the prQymce of rjiare ttfe proposed 1,065 tax rate Salaries ^of career teachers in order be a unified group in every re- Dr. Henry Mineur, board presi- the school bo^rsj, whose niferabjjrs wth. last year's rate'. • to retain these s,ame teachers, or spect, There should be-ho divid- dent, said the budget will be re- are elected by thje voters to present, Vote Approval As presently estimated, the to"-attract experienced leachers. ing issues which can leave deep duced $10,QOO by eliminating the an adequate budget to operate the •euirent tax rate on real property il'i ifm scars. Hegretably, the flying of Jwill be $7.6& per* $100 of assessed John Drabble, president of the schools. -- - - , A •_ Cranford Teachers' Association, this pennant or similar pennants l jzah'intinn while-the-itete-jor busi- in sorte ^communities has been a Previously, Mr. Morton, a can- ness personal property will be pointed, out4hat the school system Board Invites Public' didate for the school board, said it had lost 37 teachers last year with dividing 4?sue — not a unifying $6.45. (fhese figures' do not re- force. had been rumored that the Town- flect the recent Clemin&haw reval- four or more years of experience. x To Examine Budget ship Committee would approve the Ordinun^e \ Those who left for other teaching . "Finally, ' from the patnofic 1 Township •Coinmittee>N3Cuesday uations which will not become ef- In an effort to answer any and present school budget even if it is jtective, until 1966), - . jobs received, more money, he standpoint, I believe the American all questions about the 1965-66 twice turned down by the vpters. night unanimously adopted ^ s'aid~, emphasising the fact that flag was meant to be fldWii alone— cffhr.nl hiiriffpf mpmhers of the Mayor Hr Raymond Kirwan d&L Commiseioner Philo explained -ft-is ttsctf-a anlnrv ayrrii thqt the-eshrfintcd 1066 fate -mik ••>» money is necessary at ca- Cranford Board of Education dared there is no formal commit- providing-increases of 4 to 4.S per- symbol of everything we behev<; ment between the Township'-Cofn- efii^ci^cj^eases of approximate!^' reer Revels." »n." will be available at the .school cent tor department lieads and ap-^8 to $$2 on properties with -true The teachers association had offices- m Lincoln School on mittee and Board .of Education^ Commiisioner Gill read the fol- 1 proximately 3 percent Xor pther value of $^BflQ to $35^08^ respec- asked the board- to substantially Saturday frorn 9 a.m. to noon. However, he stated the governing municipal enigloyes. '- lowing excerpt from a'letter from body believes the oroposed school tively. \^ r' increase the salary guide for the CrWord Clergy Council: "It is dur,desire to explain our. Only objection to the ordinance The propo.sjjd^$7*63^ate on. real teachers with experience, specifi- hudget in detail with any one budget is a good bifaget an'd, hav- "We look upon the flag itself, waq raised by Kenneth McGfath, 9? fol- cally for those in their eighth year who wants to meet .with us. "We ing given it their endorsement, 9 Mbrmandie PL, who urged thai unadorned and with nothing ad- would feel morally obligated t<J go . county (esti- of teaching and^up. This proposal ded, as a sufficient and noble sym- think the scho/il budget is a"^ very the ordinance' b^e' deferred uni significant document, and, we along with the present figures i»- ated>, $1.04; xjmiii^cipa^ ^LS'Tj-aiujl would benefit about 120 teachers. bol of a gjeat country which knows Mich time as "w^ know senior citizen^ and veterans, .26.^-v. In the new budget the board has want everjv citizen in. CranJbsd tess they rocemred new inionpftat- t> that it was founded upon faith in v Vto tax rate will b<£*^~ '{ The breakdj£w.n.<tf the $8.45 rate, on ^~ a $200 across-the-board in- to know how and why their tax tion. He stated later that '<i£ W the-Almighty God, a country where hlftve any overwhelming qcUon. by sona) follows: School, ^ to all teachers, tyhjch free men continue to-worship. Him dollac is being spent,"lpr1 ttenry r u p J. Mincur, board the voters .then we have, 'new* ln- »Wty, raises the staring salary of $ as. their consfacrmes* dfctate. Guurrf teacher with not experieace &ai flag 4s able to sal l hyy itsele f v hat^""?hat 1"" *", , T » • . Mioftaf By a $5,100 to $5,300. Mr. »t£ : Mr. Morton noteS the poard ot #aet"mol5th ai* tone efei i» wWeh il hha s always saidi ; namely, that thhe position "of roainteaaiKie supervis- totajL-a Also appearing>at the Suburban S explained that there is a 17Vi per- God is supreme or, and'&tSjOOO £y "tightening our Education had beeL cioestioned toxp^yers wi^, «bei at rising cost*. UK aiui the public hearing ia&i. $4,058, 643.50 ps ro vfarruly conceit will be the 'jatz combo shown abtfve, composed/of cent turnover of leaching staff over all men.men." r the remaining five months %Also adqpted" on flnal reading (Continued on Page'8) •Students Irom Cra'nford High School. Left to right in th'is plcrture each year. "We are. Hiring mainly of-We current school year so we night as to whether was. an amendment'Ctp the zqnmg Commissioner Siegfried declared budget was the I 2(eei .Seated, Richard Lu.diunx.&nd JohnDolin; standing, Jfojm Bod- in the new teacher fielrt which the Knights of Columbus_ajre con- eaft )ncre?pe our anticipated bol- jelt Drdlriance to simplify procedures nar, Robert Yurochko, instrumental'instructor at the high scnool;, puts pressure on our starting sal- cerned ovei: recent decisions which ince m the 1964-65 school budget ure to -adegiHttely * operate the" "^quireS ojf publfc ihstitiifions.isuch schools js«& board membew; an- as'chm-ches, schools, colleges and Lawrence Mann, David, Gershmari, ftobett Read andJMark Vogel, ary to be competitive with out- hhave eliminated the use of the by $3&,O0ft," • k* Event ^ Absent when the picture wps taken was Peter K.atz.