Complete News, Pictures A Newspaper Devoted To the Community Interest Presented Fairly,-Clearly Full Local CoTerage And Impartially Each Week VOL. XIV—NO. 26 FORDS, N. J\, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1952 PRICE EIGHT CENTS Raritan Township Lions Install 6 Fines Imposed Dump Stirs 9 everses Sweetness New Officers at Ladies Night Upon Nixon Man Committee RARITAN TOWNSHIP—Simon McPherson was installed RARITAN TOWNS-HEP — Six AND (as president of the Raritan Township Lions Club at the annual installation and ladies' night, Monday, held at thepenalties were imposed ' upon a .Klover Klub, Route 25. He will succeed Clayton White. Nixon man who was found guilty Difference Other officers are: William McCord, first vice president; of five 'motor' vehicle offenses Light Brace Eggert, second vice president; Morris Dolliver, third when he appeared, before;. Magis- Agreement on Warren's By CHARLES E. GREGOKT trate Christian Jorgensen Monday .vice president; Henry Metz, trea- Demand to Move It surer; Charles Schoemakier, assist- Charles Cranendonk; greeters, night. v ' ant treasurer; Norman Vroom, 1 Schoo rchi I have some mixed emo- John Hansen , Anthony Peters and Theodore Goustiy of Nixon was From Keasbey, Far Off tions about the new facade secretary; John Kovaeh, assistant Louis Nagy; bowling, Morris Dol- secretary; Ralph. Nelson, lion fined a total of $25 plus $15 in WOODBRIDGE — Where to on the school architectural tamer; John Hansen, assistant liver, Joseph Oallahan and Frank costs and had his driving license situation. This is because I Takacs; -music, Ralph Nelson, move the garbage dump? That's lion tamer; Louis Nagy, tail John Kovach, Fred Newman, Wal- revoked. He was fined <$5 plus $3 the question! can't be sure just yet whether •twister; Tony Peters assistant tail .on eabh- of the following charges: Tuesday night, Committeeman Body of Metuchen Teacher, 27, Long-Opposed twister, and, Richard Jago and ter O'Donnell and Charles Cra- it is solid, or a-thin veneer. nendonk; safety, health and wel-No driver's license in possession, William Warren, Second Ward Charles Erm, directors. demanded the Town Committee * * * * fare, Anthony • 'Peters, Michael failure to observe the officer's di- Recovered from Clay Pit Pond Plan Accepted; Naturally, I am pleased Guests at the -meeting were Schwalje, G. Stanley Van Sickle, take immediate steps to move the District Governor-elect Edward Walter Christensen and Norman rections, passing a red light, care- garbage dump from Keasbey, and WOODBRIDGE — A report of ,that the Board of Education Walder and Deputy District Gov- Gibson; education, Dr. Bailey less driving, and refusing to sur- met opposition from other mem- "accidental death ~by drowning" says it will examine a num- •ernor-elect Charles Verasca. bers of. the committee. was handed down yesterday after- Talks June 30 Pepper, Samuel White, Commis- render his registration plates. noon by Coroner Lee J. Thompson ber of architects before se- .Name Commiitees sioner Martin O'Hara, Dorian The license revocation •will Ibe "The garbage dump in Keas- bey," claimed Mr. Warren, "is after an autopsy was performed on WOODBRIDGE — After many lecting one to design a new Committees were announced as Reed and Stewart Johnston. terminated! only at the discretion the body of Kenneth Harned, 27- months of controversy, the Board high school and a new ele-follows: Boys and girls, George Jamesburg pilgrimage, Clayton of the magistrate. overloaded. It is 300 feet from a year-old Metuchen High School of Education has finally agreed to mentary school in Colonia. Vincz, Prank D'Aquila, Henry White, Commissioner. Brace Eg-- Others fined by Magistrate Jor- school and it stinks. The previous teacher, by Dr. William C. Wil- call in a number of architects for Previously, a majority of theMetz, George Thompson and gert- and. Norman Gibson; club gensen were Michael Jacobine of committee selected the site and entz, County medical examiner. conferences and ideas, before em- Stanley Loetzer; civic 'betterment historian, Morris Dolliver; repre- Newark, speeding, $5 and $3; just because they did a wrong is The body was discovered float- ploying one to plan the new pro- Board had been unwilling to and improvement, Charles Erm, sentative on safety council, Mi- Helen Dowling of West Point no reason to continue it. I make a ing in an abandoned clay pit off posed high school and Inman Ave- consider anyone but Pierson Russell Calamoneri, Prank Auch- chael Palazzolo; representative to Pleasant, careless driving, $10 and motion that Mr. Alibani, chairman nue grade school. moody, Carl Baratta and Charles of the sanitation committee, be Main Street by Captain John R. & MacWilliam, the firm community service council, Stew- $3; Frank White of Metuchen, Egan, while on his way to work The move, suggested W Edwin Schoemaker; citizenship and pa-art Robertson; sickness commit- speeding, -$20 and $3; Leroy Tate empowered to pick a site and move which has handled all school triotism, Commissioner Russell M. it from Keasbey immediately." yesterday morning. Casey, vice president of the Board, work in the Township for tee, Alex F. Melko, Russell Walker .of Metuchen, careless driving, $5 The young man has been miss- and amended by Winfield Finn Walker, Leonard Nelson, Al Lar-and Louis Nagy; ladies' auxiliary, and $3;-Walter. Basara, Jr., of "Now just a minute," broke in ing since late Friday night when several years, including the son, Lloyd Gernert and William Mayor Hugh B. Quigley, "why and Leon E. McElroy, came as Henry Metz, Fred Newman and South River, failing to keep to the he attended a farewell party for somewhat of a surprise, as pleas new Avenel and Colonia Comiskey; sight conservation and Richard Jago. • right a-t. an intersection, $5 andshould he have a right to pick the another high school teacher at aid to the blind, Anders Christen- site? He can put it right in our by citizens' groups last year that schools. I felt, and have ar- Membership, Earl Christian, .$3; Prank Smalley of Plainfield, Sarg's Old Corral on Route 35 and the Board consider another archi- gued consistently and open- sen, Steve Varga, Stewart Robert- Leroy Height and Clayton White; | speeding, $5 and $3; Joseph Kuz- back yards. We are not going to Upper Main Street. son, Samuel Kirkpatrick and Sol : tect in addition to Pierson and finance, Robert Glidden, Joseph niak of Sewaren, speeding, $2 andtake it in the First Ward. We had When Harned and the other ly, that a wide canvass of Epstein. it for 20 years and that was MacWilliam, were emphatically architects must be made be- Ruggieri and Dr. Pepper; pro- ',$3, and President Simpson of teachers left the tavern, he entered rejected. Social and social affairs, Wil- gram, John Kovach, Alex Melko , Camp Kilmer, careless driving, $5 enough. You can't remedy the sit-the car driven by a woman teach- fore the Board could assure liam McCord, Ryland Clarke and (Continued on Page 6) land $3-, uation unless you spend money. er. The story told to Captain Egan In making his motion, Mr. Casey itself it was obtaining the You have to cover the dumps with and Plainclothsman Fred Leidner noted "we have proceded in proper finest possible plans. dirt and you must lay water lines. by the others in the party was that ••'AfiVJik fashion to have a local survey and Until now, I was rebuffed Cnmniitteeman Peter Schmidt (Continued on Page 6) . KENNETH HARNED a survey by Dr. Ackley and we —as were others who told the Stringent Regulations of Trailer Iselin in Protest made the suggestion that the gar- have gone to the point of appear- uage be dumped in water-filled ing before the State Department Board they felt such process clay pits, but that did not meet asking permission to exceed our was wise and practical. I re- CampsAimofProposedOrdinance Over Pupil Shift with approval of other members Aaroe, Van Ness Praise Citizen bonded indebtedness. Most of the member the time last Fall WOODBRIDGE — An ordinance "with teeth in it" to who visualized garbage floating board members are of the opinion when a plea in an open meet- WOODBRIDGE —- The expected around. However, Mr. Schmidt that the Department will concur ; ing of the Board for some license and regulate trailer camps and camp-sites in theprotest against the proposed re- kept insisting on his idea and CouncilAims^PledgeCo&perationin the necessity for building new kind of architectural com- Township and to provide penalties for violations, was moval of the..eighth,grade from Mayor Quigley asked him: "How schools. This is the proper time for adopted on first reading by the Town Committee Tuesday. would you like it in Iselin." WOODBRIDGE—"Our intention is to become a re- this Board to anticipate and con- parison was rejected in toto, Iselin, to Keasbey next school year, sponsible Citizens Council, not a pressure group. We shall sider the nature of the buildings Hearing on the measure will be held July 1. The new ordi- was received by the Board of Edu- "I wouldn't," answered Mr. with Winfield Finn being the nance .will take the place of the old one, parts of which take into account the interests of all the people and all the to be constructed. I'd like to move sole source of support for it. cation Monday. Schmidt. schools in the Township, and not represent the interests that the chairman of the Building A powerful argument by were declared illegally the courts. A delegation from Iselin asked By this time Mr. Warren's pa- Committee, contact an outstanding The courts held that the Township whether the girls' court couldn't tience seemed exhausted and he of some of the people who may be working against the architect, other than Pierson and Walter C.