Made in Hillside stainless steel castings pioneer Cooper Alloy Foundry
The Cooper Alloy Foundry Co. in Hillside advanced stainless steel casting, pioneering rings and sleeves for jet engines, achieving 100 percent x ray inspection in 31 days for Pratt & Whitney and Firth-Vickers. Its history traces to Wm. M. Sweet Foundry Co. of Philadelphia with Harry A. Cooper, moving to Elizabeth in 1931 and Hillside in 1941.
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Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co
Great Britain
Cooper Alloy Foundry: Stainless Castings Leader in War Effort
Cooper Alloy Foundry Co, led by Harry Cooper, expanded from eight to over 400 workers since 1922. It produced burner rings for jet propulsion, stainless steel castings for medical goods and arms, and hundreds of thousands of parts for the Manhattan District Project. The company earned two Army Navy E awards for war work.
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Harry Cooper
Elizabeth
Cooper Alloy Foundry Co
Cooper
Hillside
Navy
Cooper Alloy
Army Air Forces
Manhattan District
Largest stainless steel valve producer in the country
The firm ranks among the world’s top producers of corrosion resistant stainless steel castings and valves and fittings, supplying about three quarters of the nation’s stainless steel valves and fittings manufacturing.
Accelerated Second-Year Start For Union Junior College Students
Union Junior College Cranford offers a rapid path to sophomore status for a limited number of new students admitted for the second semester on February 6. Through dual summer sessions, half a year's freshman work plus two summers, students can begin second-year work by September. Applications are being received on a first come basis, with initial tests completed last Thursday and registration set for the week of January 30. Openings cover engineering business administration liberal arts and scientific curriculums.
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Union Junior College
Cranford
Kenneth C. MacKay
MacKay
Withers Heads A&P Yule Bonus Cancer Drive
Carl K. Withers, president of Lincoln National Bank of Newark and former New Jersey Banking Commissioner, named state chairman of the America Cancer Society drive. A&P to distribute a Christmas bonus totaling 2,250,000 to all eligible employees nationwide with six months service, following last year’s 2,100,000 bonus.
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Carl K. Withers
Lincoln National Bank of
Newark
New Jersey
America Cancer Society
Rhe Tn
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
John A. Hartford
William E Burnick 63 Funeral Held in Newark
Funeral services for William E Burnick 63 of 1185 Bank Street were held at Growney Funeral Home and St Catherine's Church. Interment followed at St Mary's Cemetery East Orange. Burnick died December 6 after a short illness and had worked 26 years as a mechanical inspector for Westinghouse Corp. Survived by wife Mary and brothers Henry Bridgeport Conn and Thomas Pittsfield Mass.
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William E. Burnick
Bank Street
Growney Funeral Home
North Broad Street
St. Catherine's Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
East Orange
Pittsfield
Mass
Burnick
Newark
Hillside
Westinghouse Corp
Mary
Henry
Bridgeport
Property Transfers Reported for Several Street Parcels
Transfers list includes Herman Ruth Pearlman and Frances Scharf with parcels at 14 Ridgway Avenue and 61 74 feet along Sherman Street. Isadore Sherman and Edward Scharf appear among buyers with properties on Leslie Street and Long Avenue and the easterly line of New York Frances.
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Herman Ruth Pearlman
Ridgway Avenue
Long Avenue
New York
Frances and
Edward Sch. Max
Sherman
Guhets
Leslie Street
Fee Nans Avenue
Isadore Sherman
Frances Scharf
Cub Pack 196 Holiday Party at George Washington School
Cub Pack 196 of George Washington School will host a Christmas and Chanukah party Thursday evening December 22 at 7 30 p m. Children ages 8 to 11 and their parents are invited and may apply to join. This year the Cubs collected food and toys for less fortunate families.
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George Ywastizington School
Chanukah Pai
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Bloy Street
Ramsey Avenue
Sweet Foundry Co
Sweet Company
Harry A. Cooper
United States
Canada
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
Hartford
Conn
N. Broad ST
Mayfair Theatre
Mr. Rother
Junior College
Withers
A & P Yule
Hillside Times
WaAverly
Syallow
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