Hillside Water System Report Delves Into Public Ownership
Township Engineer Henry Kreh Jr released a detailed analysis on acquiring Hillside’s water system for municipal ownership. The report outlines cost components, taxes, potential bond issues, and future pricing under public control, with little conclusion without comparing to Elizabeth’s similar move and noting unresolved legal aspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kreh, Jr
Hillside
Kreh
Elizabethtown Water Co
Neh
Weeter Company
Water Company
Elizabeth
Elizabethtown Water Company
Anton A. Vit Jr
Adele Braelow
Vit
Town To Consult Architects For Municipal Center Plans
A township committee votes to remove a reversionary clause from a Summit avenue land deed sold to Hollywood Holmes to ease mortgage financing while protecting neighborhood conformity. It also adopts a temporary 1951 budget of 205640 and sets pay dates, seeks bids for Fire Headquarters addition, and plans a tax revaluation meeting with assessors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit Avenue
Hollywood Holmes
Geldher
Hollywood Avenue
Goldhor
Anthony D'Amiano
Board of Education
Crane Withdraws From School Board Candidacy
Elizabeth Daily Journal editor and publisher Robert C. Crane will not seek election to the Board of Education this year. Mayor Robert C. Kirkpatrick, who helped persuade Crane to run, said Crane’s schedule with conventions labor negotiations and new equipment installation at the paper will prevent him from devoting needed time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Crane
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Board of Education
Robert C. Kirkpatrick
Crane
Kirkpattick
Milton B. Conford
Paul Miller
Fire Chief Warns On Inflammable Rayon Sweaters
Fire Chief August H. Davies warns Hillside residents and cleaners about inflammable brushed rayon sweaters sold by peddlers. He notes cases nationwide of sweaters bursting into flames with heat contact and urges traders not to process or clean the material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August H. Davies
Hillside Servicemen Assigned to Fort Dix Bond Unit
Second Lieutenant Richard Krafski of 307 Ryan Street Hillside has been assigned to the 716th Military Police Battalion at Fort Dix. He entered active duty in August 1951 and completed the Company Officers Course at Camp Gordon Georgia on December 7 1951. A Hillside High School graduate he earned a Bachelor of Science from Seton Hall College South Orange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside
Fort DIX
Richard Krafski
Stanley Krafski
Ryan Street
716Th Military Police Battalion
Krafski
Provost Marshal General School
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Hillside High School
Seton Hall College
South Orange
Board and Township clash over school budget antics
Report recalls a contentious Monday meeting where Board of Education members and Township Committee debated the school budget amid civic delegates. A press access dispute and optimistic postmeet chatter followed, highlighted by Frederick Renard of Hillside Industrial Association praising the budget and proposals for federal aid while Fire Chief August Davyiet warned cleaners about inflammable rayon sweaters after a near fire at Lexington Cleaners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Businessmen's Association
Wnnder
Frederick A. Renard
Hillside Industrial Association
Renard
Walter Leibe
Cys
Three Bricklayers Hurt In School Building Fall
Three Newark residents employed by Hansen and Jensen Construction Co. were badly injured when a scaffold support failed at the George Washington School addition on Leslie Street. They fell two stories to the ground and were taken to St. Barnabas Hospital with rib, spine, skull fractures and other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington School
Leslie Street
Newark
Hansen and Jensen Construction Co
Elizabeth
St. Barnaas Hospital
Max Belfer
John Sessa
Constantino di Giovanni
Charles Grubin
George Shelbourne
Charles Wiresnik
Hill Is Candidate For School Board
Frank J. Hill of 17 Fairbanks street has announced his candidacy for the Hillside School Board election on February 13. A Hillside resident since 1942 and longtime educator, he served as social studies chair for 30 years, taught at Senior High School 1935–1948, and joined West Side High School faculty in 1948 as a playground supervisor and basketball instructor. He holds degrees from Rutgers and adds graduate work at Seton Hall, Columbia, and Montclair. He and his wife have four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Hill
Fairbanks Street
Board of Education
Hillside
West Side High School
Newark
Congress of Parents and Teachers
N. J. Secondary School Teachers Association
Newark High Schoolmen's Association
N. J. Association of Teachers of Social Studies
National Association of Approved Basketball
New Jersey Education Association
Hill
Hillside Lodge
B.P.O. Ellis
Hillside Council 2197
Knights of Columbus
Rutgers University
New Jersey
Conant Street
Bradford Road
Thomas Street
A. Cardaci
Long Avenue
Lans
Walter Benson
Hillside Heights Civic Association
Adele Braelow
Howard J. Bloy
Ninth District Civic Association
Central Avenue
Public Affairs Committee
Anna Capra
Conklin Avenue
Public Safety Committee
Milton B. Conford
Paul F. Korlesky
Weather Outlook: Clouds and Rain Likely Today
The forecast indicates overcast conditions with a chance of rain this afternoon. Tomorrow is expected to be fair and warmer, with improving skies and mild temperatures.
Direct Curb of New Gasoline Stations
Township Committee moves to amend the Zoning Ordinance requiring all gasoline station applications to be reviewed by the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The action follows Newark’s example. applicant Aaron R. Flanzbaum of Plainfield spoke on behalf of American Oil Company for a corner station at Route 29 Cornell Place and Yale Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton B. Conford
Adele Bradow
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Conford
Newark
Aaron R. Flanzbaum
Plainfield
American Oil Company
Route 29
Cornell Place
Yale Avenue
Raymond R. King
State Highway Department
Long Avenue
Henry Kreh Jr
Highway Department
Glenwood Avenue
Cottee
Kreh
Arthur E. Dienst
Merkle Motors
Maple Avenue
Gilbert C. Chamberlin
Board of Education
Correction on Township phone-number request attribution
A corrected report states Adbert Rothbard of 101 Voorhees Street, vice president of the Ninth District Civic Association, requested a list of essential phone numbers for residents. The prior item attributed the request to Steve Bacina of 574 Tillman Street.
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Times
Steve Bacina
Tillman Street
Adbert Rothbard
Voorhees Street
Ninth District Civic Association
Mayor Praises Kreh Report On Hillside Water Plan
Mayor Robert C. Kirkpatrick commends Township Engineer Henry Kreh Jr. for a detailed report on obtaining a publicly owned soft water supply for Hillside. The 1951 Township Committee favored action, pledging prompt study and steps to implement a soft water system with support from Committeemen Conford Goldhor Malone and King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Kirkpatrick
Henry Kreh Jr
Kreh
Hillside
Township Committee
Conford
Conford, Goldhor, Malone
King
Brennan Enters Race For City School Board
Raymond J. Brennan of 1599 Crescent Avenue filed Monday for the Board of Education election on February 18. A Newark native educated at St Benedict's, he works in the New Jersey Bell Telephone plant department and holds roles in the Telephone Pioneers of America Cab Pack 196 and local PTAs. He is a church member, a husband and father of three children at George Washington School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond J. Brennan
Crescent Avenue
Board of Education
Newark
Brennan
St. Benedict's Preparatory School
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company
Telephone Planters of America
P.t.a.'s
George Washington School
Blessed Sacrament Church
Gail
Raymond, Jr
Larry
P.T.A
Hillside School Budget Backed by Delegates and Board
Delegates from civic and parent associations and the Township Committee approved the 1952-53 Hillside school budget in an advance showing at the School Administration Building. The plan calls for a $134 948 28 increase in tax levy amid broader public funding and construction effects.
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Virginia Street
the Times
Howard J. Bloy
Steel Shortage Halts Hillside School Building Program
The failure of federal authorities to allocate steel threatens to stop additions at four Hillside schools. Only 43 of 140 tons needed for the high school wing have been approved, delaying completion beyond this year. Mascolo warned that substitutions would raise costs and require plan revisions.
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Hillside
Anthony J. Mascolo
Frank Grad & Sons
Newark
Board of Education
Calvin Coolidge
Harden- Looker
George Washington
Mascolo
Albert Scaccia
Max Schleifer
Harden-Locker
William M. Raphael
Harlow H. Curtis
Schleifer
Walter C. Krumbleyel
Hillside Avenue School
Board of Public Utilities Commissioners
Green Flyer
George Washington School
Krumbiegel
Race Segregation Dropped In Korea Elimination Noted
Maj. J. P. Gorman told the Progress Club of Hillside at Korean Night in Union about the end of racial segregation in Korea and praised helicopter medical air transport aiding faster evacuation. Capt. D. J. Oostenick Jr presented slides of life in Korea before and during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
J. P. Gorman
Progress Club
Hillside
Townley’s
Union
D. J. Oostenick, Jr
Civic Groups Form Alliance to Back School Board Candidates
Independent civic groups meet at Polish American Hall on Bloy Street at 8:30 PM to form a consolidated alliance in support of several candidates for the Board of Education race on February 13. William Galik serves as temporary chairman and will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloy Street
Consolidated Alliance
Board of Education
William Galik
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Union County Park Commission
Howard J. Broy
Salem
Board of Assessors
Bloy
August H. Davyiet
Lexington Cleaners
North Broadstreet
Frank J, Ju
Tobia’s Appliances
Liberty Avenue
Clinton Ave
Lauds Kreh
Education Board
Walter Ieibo
Prewayne T-Branom
Essex Counties
Arnold H. McClow
Branom
Calsvia Coolidge
Salem Pharmacy
Salem Ave
Solomon’s
Solomon
Liberty Ave
Szarko’s Liquor Store
N. J
Jacki Wenz
Compton Ter
North Broad Street
Hillside Butchers
Sinzinger
Coe Ave
Home For Funerals
Chrysler
Plymouth
North Broad 81
Hillside, N. J
Coe Avenue
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