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Newspaper
Hillside Times
Location
Hillside, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1975
Page
7
A Hillside reader thanks the Elks Emergency Educational Fund for supporting her nursing degree at Seton Hall and lauds the local Pop Warner program. She highlights long-term involvement, championships, and the program’s influence on youth, including cited rival teams and coach selection.
A grateful note praises Pop Warner cheerleaders and honor guard members for a Bicentennial salute to the United States Armed Forces during Hillside High School’s Thanksgiving Day football game. The message from Marge Tato, Marge Bieg, Toni Damore, Helene Davis, and coaches commends their performance and spirit.
Mrs Mary McTaggart thanks Sunland fire crews after a November forest fire surrounded residents from Sunday night November 23 until the fires were contained by Tuesday noon November 25. She praises readiness of engines and firefighters and notes Hillside Fire House on Hollywood Avenue had no hole or recent addition to accommodate a new engine.
A reader questions why impasse is used in police contract news and suggests the township committee lacks familiarity with labor proceedings. The writer notes PEAC claims unfair labor practices and urges firmer negotiations to resolve the dispute.
The Hillside Bicentennial Committee asks residents to share names and full addresses of local men and women serving away from home, hospitalized veterans, or confined individuals. Dr. Dennis Vodarsik says the goal is to include all Hillsiders in the 200th Anniversary Celebration. Send details to Mrs. Ann Herguth at the Township Clerk’s office or the Bicentennial Committee by December 15.
Rutgers University is leading efforts to curb community noise including a unique three course at Cook College for municipal health officers and sanitarians. The program covers home, apartment, and neighborhood noise sources from loud stereos and air conditioners to trucks and horns, warning that chronic noise can subtly affect hearing and disrupt daily life.
Residents note louder disturbances from low flying aircraft and other triggers as walls shake and property is damaged. Officials and activists agree recognizing the issue and studying effects is a step forward, though legal aspects remain complex. Deieso voices cautious optimism that noise nuisances can be resolved by involving those creating the disturbance and asking for quieter use of stereos and equipment.
The Hillside Times reports that February saw new owners of Pierce Manor, cutting vandalism and welfare tenants. They evicted destructive renters, reduced glass losses from $1000 to $200 monthly, and aim to raise tenant standards while the city bears flood responsibilities. Community praise grows as neighbors notice improvement. The managing agent is Forman Mortgage Company of Irvington.
Secretary Kissinger testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the administration gives next to no weight to balance of payments in arms sales decisions. He argued foreign policy is the primary factor, amid dismay over rising arms shipments to Iran, Saudi Arabia, and other troubled regions. He notes Pentagon estimates of about 12 billion in arms deals this year, with Iran and Saudi Arabia driving increases and warns economic gains are outweighed by added global risk. He cites demonstrations flights by Egyptian pilots in Iran and Saudi training with Syria, and calls for Congress to gain veto power over major arms sales while urging Europe and the Soviet Union to reduce arms traffic to avert war.
The item lists the editor Thomas L. Moses and publisher Bernard Levine with other staff roles including advertising manager ID Kushner and business manager Sylvia Zonderman. It notes subscription prices $6.50 inside New Jersey and $7.50 outside, membership in the New Jersey Press Association, second class postage paid at Elizabeth, and identifies Volume 52 Number 6 dated Thursday December 4, 1975.
The Garden State Radio Club of Hillside joins the Associated Humane Societies to recruit citizen band and ham operators. They plan a Newark Animal Care Center meeting to start an emergency transport program for injured animals on roads and highways. An all interested persons meeting is set in about one month. Contact Associated Humane Societies Newark for details.
Kean College of New Jersey hosts Kate Millett on Thursday December 11 at 8 p.m. Millett, renowned author and educator, will discuss the growth of the feminist movement and its impact. The event invites students and the public to join the lecture.
The Union County Department of Youth Services has merged Satellite Areas A and C and relocated two offices to Elizabeth and Fanwood. The new consolidated office serves Elizabeth Hillside Roselle Roselle Park Linden Rahway Clark and Winfield. Joseph Sharp, Area C coordinator since 1973, leads the new Satellite Area at 1206 East Grand Street Elizabeth with phone lines 355-1323 1902 or 925-2577.
A government notice lists a December 2 1975 Hillside Township final reading meeting for ordinances amending personnel and traffic chapters in the revised general ordinances. It includes clerk authorization and fee references, with miscellaneous items and a brief horoscope fragment.
Forecast period December 7 to December 13 warns of possible legal problems haunting Capricorns this week. Restlessness among associates may arise if productivity falters. Do not discuss future plans. a few in authority may seek your attention. An older person may help. keep personal items secure and follow simple safety precautions amid twists.
Police learned Eastern Tri-Pak Hoffman Place was entered and a ship painting a digital clock and an AM FM radio were stolen. Lights were broken on traffic signals at Salem and Co Avenues. The North Ave pumping station was entered and tools valued at 150 dollars were taken.
Municipal court sessions on November 20 1975 report fines for various offenses including leaving the scene of an accident failing to pay a toll driving without a license and assault and battery. Individuals named include Patricia Doyle Harriet Nadler Jean Smith Darnell Jones William Stroughn Charles Hilger Cornelius Poulsen Randi Scipio and Paul Prather with outcomes or pending actions noted. A separate hiking club event for Union County Hiking Club members is announced with two guided rambles in December led by Mildred Schutz and Raymond Carriere.
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