Three Board of Education Members Relected Despite Weather
Inclement weather reduced turnout to about two thirds of last year as Walter Leibe Arnold McClow and Helen Kirkpatrick won reelection to three year terms by margins near two to one. Ferguson Schnabel and Miller opposed them with lower totals, districts showing shifting support and strong organization acknowledged as key to the incumbents’ victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Walter Leibe
Arnold H. McClow
Helen Kirkpatrick
Arthur J. Ferguson
Robert G. Schnabel Jr
Edward B. Miller
New Ordinance For Police Introduced By Township Committee
The township committee introduced a police department ordinance on first reading removing the captain position and requiring high school education or equivalent for applicants. A public hearing is set for Wednesday March 8 and a salary ordinance for all municipal employees will be prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Avenue
Norman Street
Hillside Avenue
Public Safety Committee
Committees Named by Hillside Republican Club
At a Monday night meeting in the Presbyterian Church the Hillside Republican Club formed committees appointing members to organize activities and coordinate party work for the local party efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Hillside Republican Club
Hillside School Debate and Tax Talk Reflect Local Friction
A Hillside town paper criticizes heated school board campaigning and urges calm debate focused on facts like a proposed half million dollar school wing. It notes rising assessments since 1949, modest tax relief, and warns against personal bitterness hindering discussion of future capital needs.
Merchant Injured Resisting Holdup Near Police H Q
George White owner of a candy store at 10 Hollywood avenue was assaulted during an attempted holdup at 8:40 p m Sunday. A gun was drawn, a soda bottle struck him, and a panel truck fled with two accomplices. White received head wounds and sutures before police arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George White
Woodruff Avenue
Hollywood Avenue
White
James McNichol
Pennsylvania Avenue
North Broad Street
Gulf Service Station
Newark
McNichol
Frank Erdman
George Shelbourne
Milton M. Lilien
Ernest Voelk
Vincent Moynihan
Civic Service Drive Urges Board of Education Vote
A sound track engaged by the Better Education League marched through the township Monday afternoon urging residents to vote in Tuesday's Board of Education election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Education League
Board of Education
Minister's Daughter Will Become Nurse
Miss Ruth Gamblin daughter of Rev and Mrs Harold A Gamblin of 78 Mertz Avenue will receive her nurse cap at ceremonies tomorrow evening at Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. A Hillside High School graduate she worked for Prudential Insurance Co Newark for one year before entering the hospital in September 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Gamblin
Harold A. Gamblin
Mertz Avenue
Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Hillside High School
Gamblin
Prudential Insurance Co
Newark
Civil Rights Award To Honor Mrs Henry G Nulton
Hillside Lodge B n ai B rith will honor Mrs Henry G Nulton with its Americanism award on Monday February 20 at 8 30 pm at Hillside Avenue School for years of community work advancing harmony among townspeople Born in Malden Massachusetts she studied at Simmons College and Harvard Widener Library She was the first director of Girl Scouts in Eastern Union County and led Saybrook Junior High and the High School P T A S She now serves as Commissioner of Girl Scouts for Union County and is a past president of the New England Society Grace M Freeman Assemblywoman of Essex County and author of Freeman Civil Rights Law will be principal speaker the program includes music by Mrs Sonya Dayne and Pearl Goodman and the Choral Group of the Women s Chapter of B n ai B rith Frank Ross and Grace M Freeman will extend greetings with Mrs Charles Rausch leading the Women s Chapter guests include prior award recipients and members of Hillside Township Committee and Board of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside Lodge
B'nai B'rith
Henry G. Nulton
Hillside Avenue
Nulton
Malden
Mass
Simmons College For Women
Widener Library
Harvard
Union County
Saybrook
P.T.A.S
Girl Scouts
New England Society
Grace M. Freeman
Essex County
Freeman
Sonya Dayne
Pearl Goodman
Frank Ross
Men's Lodge
Poisoning of Six Dogs Stirs Neighborhood Near Newark Line
Neighbors report the death of six dogs from arsenic poisoning over several weeks in the Liberty Avenue area near the Newark line. Police investigated a meat package found last week and tested positive for arsenic. No suspect identified. no drugstore clues found. A Saybrook PTA Ways and Means Committee showed cartoon motion pictures at Coe Avenue School auditorium, chaired by Mrs. Frank L. Foote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Avenue
Newark Line
Joseph Karetnick
Field Place
Joseph Berger
Wyndmoor Avenue
Leo Menkin
Winans Avenue
William Raeter
Samuel Lehrer
Joseph Kuezera
Leslie Street
Ing. Alton J. Begel
Summit
Winans Avenues
Focal Drug
Ways and Means
Saybrook School
P.T.A
Coe Avenue
Frank L. Foote
Three Scouts of Troop 94 Win Religious Awards
Robert Healy, 13, of 1200 Columbia Place, a first class scout and den chief of Pack 198, won the Ad Altare Dei award at St. Theresa Church in Linden along with twenty other scouts led by Nat Gold. The ceremony featured sermons by Rev. Kozolewski, Rev. Muenzen, and Rev. Rackley. Also noted were Aleph and Ner Tamid awards presented to Michael Gold and Norman Walensky at the home of the Golds, with Michael, 14, a Star Scout in Cub Pack 198.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Healy
Columbia Place
Union County
St. Theresa Church
Linden
Kozolewski
Roland Muenzen
Catholic Action Committee
Donald Rackley
Roselle
Robert
Church of Christ the
Phillip Walensky
Harold Menzie
Gold
Healy
Michael Gold
Norman Walentsky
Walter Leibe
Board of Education
Fitzpatrick Street
Michael
Norman
Thomas Street
Express Thanks In School Board Vote
Voters elected Helen Kirkpatrick to another term and acknowledged contributions from workers. Arthur J Ferguson Edward B Miller and Robert G Schnabel Jr thanked supporters while pledging continued vigilance for children welfare and home security. Continued on Page Hight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Helen Kirkpatrick
Hoar
Arthur J. Ferguson
Edward B Miller
Robert G. Schnabel, Jr
Whiter Leibo
Arnold H. McClow
Edward B. Mille
Robert G. Schnabel
Aaa
Military Award For Lt Col Luftman For Meritorious Service
Lt Col Marty Luftman receives a commendation from Col Henry G Nulton for organizing the first inspection team for ordinance equipment and for cutting vehicle delays by over 90 percent. Luftman, a Hillside resident, previously directed New Jersey housing programs and served in World War II with the 29th Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marty
Luftman
Henry G. Nulton
Ivision Cmmander
Thevision of
New Jersey
Gray
Plattsburg, N. Y
Army
Weather report notes windy conditions and possible snow flurries
The weather forecast describes periods of strong winds with intermittent conditions and a chance of snow flurries. The report emphasizes gusty winds and cold snaps likely affecting outdoor activities today.
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Leibo
McClow
Calvin Coolidge
Harden-Looker
Ferguson
Schnabel
den-Sboker School
Harden-Locker
Walter Leibo
David O. Evans
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Conant Street
Evans
Central Avenue
Emma
W. Knox
James Duffy
Michael O'Lock
Jack Valenti
Charles W.taylor
Evelyn K. Carey
William W. Robin
Marion Tysewski
Louis Ortstein
Benjamin Hale
Henry J. Konzelmann
George W. Herlich
Harry Schnabel
O’lock
Knox
Charles Holzworth
West Side
Emanuel Reiter
North Side
Daniel W. Leib
Union Avenue
Mary O'Lock
Ellsworth J. Sterner
Caroline Major
Allan L. Tumarkin
Konzelmann
Harry S. Luftman
Joseph Coppola
Emma Etling
Paul Yamarick
Joseph Buttwell
Thomas Keyworth
Mayor J. Helsing
Major
Rose Lampe
Irene Ely
Kenneth Bauer
Harry Grossman
Republican Club
Hillside
Starko’s Liquor Store
Liberty Ave
N. J
Hillside Hobby Shop
Hollywood Ave
Sporting Goods
American Flyer
Lionel
Civic Service By
Education League
Mrs. Nulton
B'nai B’rith
Charles Rausch
Hillside Township
Henry Goldhor
Samuel Ehrenkrantz
J. Bernard Harkavy
Jess J. Wasserman
Harry Cohn
Edward B. Krasny
Rubin Ritz
Mark Swanger
Ernest Kleinman
Mae Norman Fosman
Scouts
Troop 94
Norman Walensky
Salem Pharmacy
Salem Ave
Walter R. Lee
Home For Funerals
Hillside EL
Lt. Col. Luftman
Robert P. Patterson
Winthrop Rockefeller
William Clark
Newbold Morris
New York City
Col. Luftman
New Jersey State Housing Authority
Adele Braelow
Michael Bruce
Morris Place
Harry I. Luftman
Growney Funeral Home
John J. Growney
Broad St
Hillside, N. J
Hurden St
Bellows & Company
Maple Leaf
Maple Av
Hillside, N
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