THE WESTFIELD LEADER THf LEAPING AND MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER fN UNION COUNTY Uir.lered as Second Olasn Mailer Published 1 [--SEVENTH YEAR—No. 22 l'n«l Office. Wratfleld. N. J WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1947 Every Thursday. 26 Pages—5 Cent* ; >p To Hold Typical Emergency Housing Winter Concert House At Of HS Band Set Philhower Resigns As School Head; loryJan. 16 For January 17 Board Sets Hearing On New Budget I Receive First Wiil Re Sixteenth To Resign July 1 To Enter Germany Program Of Senior Higher Salaries Supervisor Will I Recent War School Organization Force Increase Retire From ure of an "open house" pro- The sixteenth annual winter con- stated for next Thursday cert of the Westfield Senior High System July 1 fin the Westfield Armory wilj School Band will be presented by In '47'48 Figures Jresentation to the 60th Cav- the music department of the school Reconnaissance Squadron at Friday, Jan. 17, at 8:30 p. m. in Four Candidate* Saw Growth Of ational Guard post, of an .the Eoossvflt Junior High School lean flag which made several auditorium. Anthony P. Ingrain To Be Selected Schools Here During i "0rEta" in the war, accord- will conduct the concert, At Feb. 11 Election 30-Year Term aj. James G. Depew, squad- Members of the band include: nmander. Eleanor Pulley, piccolo; Margaret Psychologist The school election, at which fnur Charlea A. Philhower, for out of service by St.- Fischer and Eleanor Puliey, flute; members of tho Board of Educa- years supervising principal of I on La Point of Union, the James Blackwood, oboe; Bonnie tion will be elected and the school Westfield public schools, filed the record of being the Bunting, Phil Byrne, Jack Collins, To Speak Here budget for the year July 1, 1947 resigation effective July 1 ^ be carWed into Paris, the Housing Committee Receives 74 Jeanne Cory, Betty Hanshew, Bet- to June 30, 1943 will be voted on, meeting of the Boaid of Education; be carried across the Ger- ty Johnson, Joe Mazza, soloist, Woman's Club Will will be held Feb. 11, it was an- Tuesday night. Mr. Philhdw«ra order, and the first to enter Applications From Questionnaire Janet Nein, Lois Pierce, Dick Stur- I nounced at the meeting of the board who has been active in the field ' of Luxembour, when Ser- ner, Kenneth Tucker and Betty Hear Mn. Abbott Tuesday night. Polling places will education for move than 45 LaPoint's unit was assigned Williams, clarinet; John Arman- will retire from the profession. nnlj I be the Washington School for the trout, bass clarinet. "Understanding Ourselves ; brt the Prince of Luxembourg Chairman Ely Sees Need Of Immediate first and second wards and the During his regime as super i his domain after the Ger- Also Mary Martin, Nancy Kan- Others" will be discussed by Mrs. Lincoln School for the third and ing principal, the Junior Hlg Iwere routed. Living Quarters For Many Families del, Frank Patton and soloist Stan T. Grafton Abbott at the meeting fourth wards. A public hearing School was organized, tho, . Tate, alto saxophone; soloist, Fred of the Woman's Club on Monday on the budget will be held in the tenanco department of the schofili nt LaPoint was on head- The Eniergeney Housing Committee reports that it has received Combs and Joan Garretson, tenor at 2:15 p. m. at the Masonic Tem- n t g CIIAIU.ES A. PIIIMIOWBIt was organized with a stiperviK* <" "rs assignment with Troop B, 74 applications in response to its housing questionnaire. While not all saxophone; Hoger Spindler, bari- piel . Junior High School Jan. 21. building and grounds, the bull Reconnaissance Squadron, of these applications would necessarily qualify for emergency housing, tone^'saxophone;* Alian'Bdnneli, Mrs. Abbott is an accredited psy- Members of the board whose department was organized I |sor to old Troop K, 102nd it appears to indicate that there is a definite need for the furnishing j Phyllis Hudson, soloist, Roger chologist, teacher, writer and lec-terms expire are; Donald E. Belch- health department was inaug Troop" Cavalry when the er, president; Bryce I. MacDonald, Borough School of suitable living quarters as soon as possible, Addison C. Ely, chair- j_ s mjth, Jeanne Walke„ r and John turer. She was graduated from ed with ii health supervisor, was a horsn organization, the man, believes. Some of the cases Webster, horn; Mary Bavosa, Nan-!Smith College (B. A.) and from Clancy D. Connell and Frank A. ing Mr. Phllhower's 30 year ti J stationed in Westfield. The Ketcham. Mr. Belcher has stated coining to the attention of the com- cy Beyer, soloist, Phil Clark, Fred | Radcliff (11, A.) and has taken Budget Passes the athletic program of the schools.*| Iras issued when Sergeant La- mittee show tha husband living in Entwistle, Art Goding Bill Rcyn-iwork at Harvard, Her activities that he will not be a candidate for was expanded and a new athletic, i's outfit was headed for Paris St. Paul's Men re-election. Both Mr. MacDonald one place and the wife and. child oi,iS) Allan Schott, Jack Tittle and include: Educational consultant of field opened, and the music depart-2, dually waj the first United living in another; a mother and Carol Voss, cornet. I the American Social Hygiene AB- and Mr. Ketcham will bo candi- Shows $8,368 ment was augmented to include in*/; force to enter the liberated two Westfield veteran sons living 1 Also Bob Arnold and soloist, Bill sociation, consr"—' ~ " *• V1J Increase Over '46-'47 strumental Instruction in graded he night before another unit Will Form Club in one furnished room; a veteran j Long, trumpet; soloist, John Lan- ueation-Divisio and Junior high school and a band ' (in and was hailed in many Petitions must filed by Jan. 22. with wife and three children living I caster, and Prank* Tiite, baritone; Massachusetts school budget calling for an in the Senior High School. Bra RS the first to do so. Of- with a family of seven in a small I Doris Dabney, Janice Horstman, Public Health, An ambitious building program of Troop B, however, have Organization Meeting 'aso of $8,368.06 over 194G-47 house; veteran, wife and'child con- Richard Jensen, soloist, Lee Me-1 gist Massachusetts sue calls for 'anJ" increase of ap-1 and totaling $49,868.66 was np-was also initiated during his office nticated proof that the flag Tomorrow Night tinually nmving from place to place Gormick, Walter Smith and Bob which included the building of Jjin *,ed on Sergeant LaPoint's for want of living quarters. Wimmer, trombone; Jay Eibelhaus- ed car was the first- Amori. The St. Paul's Men's 'Club will Unless quarters can be found er and' soloist, Don Miller, tuba; andard in the city.- •".'- be organized tomorrow evening for these people and others like Jean Barnett and AI Wolfred, j flag will be received by Ma- when men of the Episcopal Church them through new construction or bells and chimes; Ann Wolfred, lepew for framing and display will meet in the parish house nt 8 the conversion of one family homes xylophone; Betty Smith, tympani; J arraorylounge. Mayor Chas. p. m. By-laws for the club will be to two family homes, it may beMike Couch, Geoffrey Edwards, personalities may be improved and different i Jlley, members of Town Court- adopted and its first directors and necessary to apply for emergency Herb Entwistle, Leroy Hilgeson how people may better learn to live Educa Id other officials have been in- officers will be elected. The or-housing of the general type con- pp which could not be purchased dur and Dilys Jones, battery. together, ppler philosopsyy for ev-ing the period of shortages. dead. |to be guests of honor, ganizational meeting is a result of structed in Cranford, a picture of Librarians are Barbara Craig , public schools has gro., ...,.„,, the work of a committee formed at eryday living with a practical ten- Mr. Belcher was elected to the HlBhcr trans tatlon CMt r ddition to the flag presenta- which appears in this issue of the and Shirlic Newman. point check-up given in her warm i , • KUK TI •„ i, h,,,l I P°[ « °-' in Sept., 1917, the first year of hlinj her events on the program a dinner of the men of the parish Leader, Mr. Ely declares. friendly manner has .been of help board in 1945. He previously hud gult0(1 when the board agleei\ tot ffl %J 3437' D * — •* fcdude an exhibition of box-in November,' . • seved j teachmCC>TO jng d 5taft n has' j more tlm, Tho committee reported that the and interest to all who have had -.orved from 1936 until 1042, when ] trunBpol.t the kindergarten chil- j ° -• - • ' estling and fencing by teams Rev, Frederick W. Blats will first application for conversion the privilege of hearing her. he resigned to accept a position i to and from home at noon in doubled during that time with pa Elfz«beth.,YMCA *n& *speak at the meeting and. fallowing flora a ono family to a two family!PTA's Sponsor with the Navy Department. MMr. addition to the insular morning ftftl tauchorh a i in 1917-18.co8 m trill by Junior "Essex.Troop" OTganft*tf<m;'*HiM<tars ihts, group house has been forwnrded to the" MacDffliaia.waB electaiin I9ii JorSohd-aftoiaioon rtuis, <vrithl68 thii year. A total of 41 ^_ a three year term and has served Th(j tranan01.tatiim comm|tta) of ich has riding drill every] will heir Rev.