Hillside post office celebrates first birthday with growth notes
Hillside's Industrial Branch Post Office on Hillside Avenue will mark its first birthday Tuesday August 28 with cake. Supervisor James Sterner says receipts reached 200000 for the year, far surpassing the 80000 forecast, serving industry in Irvington Newark and Union along with locals. Postmaster John P. Leonard praises the branch for safer, quicker service than before. In Chicago Arthur Gottesman of Hillside NJ is among 50 youths receiving pre induction scholarships to the University of Chicago funded by the Fund for the Advancement of Education, enabling a two year liberal education before military service. Gottesman, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph J Gottesman, will join the College after completing his sophomore year at Hillside High School.
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Hillside
Hillside Avenue
James Stermmer
Sterner
Weh
Irvington
Newark
Union
John P. Leonard
Elizabeth
Shicago
Arthur E. Gottesman
Field Place
N. J
University of Chicago
Fund For the Advancement of Education
Ester
College of the University of Chicago
Whic
Bbrd Foundation
Columbia
Wisconsin
Yale
Gottesman
Joseph J. Gottesman
Hillside High School
Jenny Kyveh, Jr
Joseph Forthader
Hhat
Hiawatha Avenue
Board of Education
Calvin Collidge
Kreh
Forthaber
Buchanan Street
Stockton Avenue
Paul Streets
Herbert J Connington
North Broad Street
Hillsiders Honor Two Women in Lakewood Double Funeral
A double funeral was held Tuesday for Anna Tulpan, 60, and her mother Mrs. Fmenna Kacimasa, 87, formerly of 110 Clark Reef, who were shot last Thursday night in Lakewood. Police say Pawel Yasiewicz, 45, a Polish DP, killed them after a dispute over Tulpan's attentions, then fatally shot himself as officers closed in. Tulpan had lived in the area six years and previously owned a house now held by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Plonski. her former husband Frank Tulpan, tavern owner, was separated from her, and her earlier marriage was to Bruno Zochowski. Burial was at Molv Cross Cemetery, North Anlint on.
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Tor Wits
Anna Tulpan
Fmenna Kacimasa
Clark Reef
Lakewood
Rockie Funeral Home
Pulaski Street
Newark
St. Casimir's
Moly Cross
North
Anlineton
Paul Plonski
Tulpan
Frank Tulpan
Monroe Street
Passaic
Bruno Zochowski
Hillside Public Schools Reopen Schedule Announced
Dr. Branom outlines return dates with high school orientation on September 5 and general registration August 27 28 for new students. Principals hold registrations August 30 31. A staff workshop September 4 5 centers on teaching moral and ethical values in schools.
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Hillside Public Schools
Wayne T. Brapom
Ruhl Custer
Liberty Avenue
Jam
A. P. Moris
Pam
Branom
Car Ornament Stolen From Union Resident Vehicle
A car ornament and fender guide valued at 4.50 were reported stolen Monday night from the auto owned by Hathaway Foote of 27 Oswald Place Vauxhall Union while parked in the lot at Whatfield Wire and Cable Hillside Avenue.
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Hathaway Foote
Oswald Place
Vaux Hall
Union
Whatfield Wire and Cable
Hillside Avenue
Hillside Residents Ponder Cape Cod Style Public Buildings
Travelers compare Hillside to Cape Cod and New Jersey shore towns noting Cape Cod’s town halls parks and libraries as landmarks and praising New England meals under three dollars. They suggest Hillside’s lack of similar public structures stems from local funding hesitations while former Commissioner Robert O Thompson visits Florida.
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Hillside
Cape Cod
Cape
New Jersey
The
New England
Major S F Brink Transferred to Germany in Air Force Move
Major Samuel F Brink of the 108th Fighter Bomber Wing at Turner AFB Albany GA is reassigned to the 12th Air Force in Germany. A Hillside NJ native, Brink previously joined the New Jersey Air National Guard and will depart late this month after reporting to Turner last March. He graduated from Rutgers in 1951, served since 1942, married Ruth A Campbell of Princeton, and has a daughter Margaret aged four.
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Turner Air Force Base
Albany
Georgia
Samuel F. Brink
Hillside
N. J
108Th
12Th Air
Camp Croft
S. C
Ft. Monmouth
Drew Field
Tampa
Hawaii
Ruth A. Campbell
Princeton
Margaret
Fire damages two cars on weekend in Newark area
Fire crews battled two auto blazes over the weekend. A short circuit damaged Lewis Davis’s car at 565 Plymouth road with hood and tire burned and wiring harmed. Charles Germent’s vehicle at 206 Sherman avenue near Route 29 and Dixie Diner had a gas tank fire with limited damage.
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Fir Companies
Lewis Davis
Plymouth Road
Liberty
Harvard Avenues
Robert Sonniac
Charles Germent
Sherman Avenue
Newark
Dixie
Aluminum Stolen At Adecomb Steel Plant
Police investigate weekend theft of 500 dollars worth of sheet aluminum from Adecomb Steel Corporation 460 Hillside Avenue. Entry gained through a side window. Two coils described as 115 feet and 150 feet long weighing 100 pounds. Detective Thomas Duffy assisting.
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Adecomb Steel Corporation
Hillside Avenue
Paul T. Korlesky
Korlesky
Thomas Duffy
Church Picnic This Saturday at Royal Garden Picnic Grove
Christ the King Church hosts a parish picnic all day Saturday August 25 at Royal Garden Picnic Grove Rahway 990 East Hazelwood Avenue. Entertainment food games prizes and continuous dancing are planned with Vic tor Mason as general chairman and a large committee handling donations tickets transportation and decorations.
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Christ the King Church
Royal Garden
East
Hazelwood Avenue
Rahway
Victor Mason
Julia Krajeck
Henry Grant
Isabella Byrne
Anthony Rechner
Marie Casciano
Joseph Cravee
Anthony Kokoll
Carvechin
Led Hirsch
Margaret Cavalcante
Joan Kreshok
Duff
Issler
Joseph Grant
George Byrne
Lucille Policastro
Ernestine Policastro
Helen Grygiel
Diana Zemanovicc
C. Jajosky
J. Krajesk
Doere Flein
Wm. Welch
Fannie Intrabartola
Anna Maleski
Mary Robertozzi
Innestine Policasta
Josephine Nohe
Matos
Pericki
Lillian Capri
Theresa Bellicello
Jager
Cernigikiac
Rosky
Andrews
Wallack
Joseph Graa
Fashions of Past Benefit Polio Fund
Donnie and Jimmie Gillmore twin brothers and Georgie Gillmore staged a fashion show on Parkview Terrace to raise funds for the polio drive. The children modeled past styles and sold home-made popsicles and sodas, collecting 1.52 dollars for Emanuel Sten, March of Dimes chairman.
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Polio Fund
Donnie
Jimmie Gillmore
Georgie Gillmore
Parkview Terrace
Jimmie
Donald , Gillmore
Emanuelsten
March of Dimes
Fines Levied by Police Magistrate on Multiple Traffic Violations
Police Magistrate Clarence F. Kremer fined Jerry B. Wayne 28 dollars for leaving the scene of an August 8 accident involving a parked car on Winans Avenue. Additional fines included Lowenstein Brothers Inc. 203 dollars for overloading a truck on Route 29 and Theodore Drake 103 dollars for driving with a revoked license.
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Jerry B. Wayne
Winans Avenue
Clarence F. Kremer
Esther Orchse
Conant Street
Wayne
Winans ‘Avenue
Lowenstein Brothers, Inc
Boyd Street
Newark
Theodore Drake
Burnett Street
C. Roger Test
Oakland Avenue
Springfield
Nicola Facchino
Parker Street
John T. Hoskins
Baldwin Street
Pred Platner
Broadwell ‘Avenue
Unov
Sollie Castellane
Corey Avenue
Vito Caccamo
Myrtle Eyeet
Benjamin Berkowitz
Clinton Place
Aaron A. Katehen
Wyndmoor Avenue
Ignazio Palmisano
Fairchild Place
Kremer
Singer Genevieve Paxiuta Plans Europe Tour
Coloratura soprano Miss Genevieve Paxiuta of Hillside and her parents will sail on the Coronia for a Europe tour next week. They will visit France Germany Switzerland Italy and Sicily with recitals planned. Paxiuta hosts a radio program Pleasures in Song on WPOH FM and returns October 4th.
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Genevieve Paxiuta
Hillside
Europe
France
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Sicily
Paxiuta
Wpoh-Fm
Rider College Grants Degree at 86th Commencement
John Christopher Grander of 110 Virginia Street received a bachelor of science in commerce at Rider College's 86th annual commencement exercises in Trenton. Grander majored in accountancy. Vice President Alben W. Barkley delivered the principal address and received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the college.
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John Christopher Grander
Virginia Street
Rider College
Trenton Graunder
Alben W. Barkley
Hope College Graduates Wed in Franklin Memorial Church
Hope College graduates Miss Alice M. Gravenhorst and Paul K. Cook married at Franklin Memorial Methodist Church with Rev G Shepherd Harper officiating. The bride wore Chantilly lace and nylon net with orchid and stephanotis bouquet. reception followed at the church. They plan to reside at 803 South 2nd Street, Champaign Illinois after a trip in the New England states.
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Alice M. Gravenhorst
William &. Gravenhorst
Compton Terrace
Paul K. Cook
Petey Cook
Holland
Mich
Franklin Memorial ‘Methodist Church
Clayton van Hall
Rochester
N. Y
Hope College
Donald Chayvenhorst
Marie Haldenwang
Madison
Marquivette
Donald Gravenhorst
Robert DeYoung
Jack Wickert
Cook
Hillside Hieh School
Heb Husband
Welland Christian Hieh School
University of Inois
New England States
South 2Nd Street
Champaien
Cross Appeal For Blood Relief In Midwestern Flood Aid
Mrs. Herbert R. Otto, Elizabethtown Red Cross chair, explains the current drive is an emergency fund for flood victims, not the annual national appeal. Volunteers assist at Hillside National Bank and Mayfair Theater as the drive aims to raise $9,000 by month end.
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Red Cross
Herbert R. Otto
Center Street
Otto
Hillside National Bank
Mayfair Theater
Jane Simpson
Della Wessels
Jsan Waterson
Elsie Goddard
Vandals Destroy Court Net Behind Hillside Center
Recreation supervisor Peter Humanik said the tennis net behind Hillside Recreation Center on Liberty Avenue was cut with holes in block shapes over a weekend, requiring replacement at about 30 dollars.
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Hillside Recreation Center
Liberty Avenue
Shanes
Peter Humanik
Traffic light plan aims to curb Liberty Avenue hazards
Township Committee reviews complaints over speeding in residential areas and approves installing traffic signals at Liberty and Winans avenues. Police crack down on speeders, patrols urged, and signs to be erected as residents cite crossing difficulties and cut-through traffic on nearby streets.
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Liberty Avenue
Liberty Park Commuitte Association
Virgina Street
Liberty Park Association
Ryan, Thomas and Conant
Long
Central Avenues
Plymouth
Livingston
Robert C. Kirkpatrick
Liberty
Winans Avenues
Milton B. Conford
Bloy
Ryan
Mayer Raymond R. Kine
Johnson Co strike ends with wage increase dispute
Thirty five workers at the Robert A Johnston Company chocolate plant on Central Avenue end a four week walkout after management and labor agree to seek approval from the Wagner Stabilization Board for a wage rise. The agreement covers a wage increase only with other demands dropped. Local 262 CIO will file petitions. an 11 percent rise already granted prompts cost of living provisions. Production resumes gradually as ovens clear surplus, with full restart about three days.
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Robert A. Johnston Company
Central Avenue
Wiese Stabilization Board
Harold Ward
United Bakery Confectionery
Cannery, Packing and Foods Service Employee Union
CIO
Newark
Weequahic Adult School To Reopen With New Courses
The Weequahies Adult School in Newark resumes its twenty eighth session on September 25, offering 39 courses. Classes meet Tuesdays 8 to 10 15 pm through December 11 with registration Sept 11 18 and 20 from 7 30 to 9 pm. Fees rise to 4 for single period and 7 for double period classes. New courses include Collecting for Fun Education and Profit with J Jerome Sehlessey and Tax Problems for the Layman with Samuel Densimin. Existing titles cover public speaking psychology and various arts and crafts. many subjects are expanded or updated for this year.
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Weequahies Adil School
Newark
J. Jerome Sehlessey
Newark Stamn Celerior
Samuel Densimin
Cshvereationa
Institute of Management and Labor Relations
Aers University
Edward Huberman
William Kalb
Frank 5. McKenty
Upsala College
Resuamer
Weyman
Steenurafe
Hillside
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Branch
Soph
Jean A. White
Ienry Goldhor
Hillside Photo Service
Bob Thompson
Mass
Falmouth
Robert O. Thompson
Largo
Fla
Ocean Yovve
Florida
Bob Rae
Maj
S. F. Brink
Oing
Decomb Steel
Walter R. Lee
Home For Funerals
Salem Ave
Hillsidf EL
Solomon’s
Liberty Ave
Szarko’s Liquor Store
Affleside
N. 2
Urope
John C. Grunder
Salem Pharmacy
Charles F. Ackerman
Hollywood Avenue
Emanuel Gersten
Princeton Avenue
Elizabeth River
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Sylvester Construction Co
Young Avenue
Gurd Avenue
Cary Willin & Sons Inc
Westfield
Board of Health
Weequahic Adult School
Graney
Broad Street
Hillside Butchers
F. Sinzinger
Cok Ave
Tobia’s Appliances
Clinton Ave
Michael Tobia
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