Civic Center Financing Set for Liberty Hillside Area
Township plans permanent financing for three buildings the Civic Center at Liberty and Hillside will cost 783000 with net after down payment 743850 for a library and firehouse and garage totals 208000 plus 83 74 net. Budget includes architects and landscaping with bids later and extra sewer and park projects noted along with rezoning and fence agreements.
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Tre Civic Center
Liberty and
Hillside Avenues
Hillside Avenue
Leslie Street
Chestnut Avenue
Milton B Canford
Elizabeth River
Garden Store Parkway
Central Avenue
Township Eyes Full Time Assessor and Sewer of Paved Roads
Commissioner Robert C. Kirkpatrick signals possible shift toward a full time assessment chief as industry to residential ratio moves toward the 30 percent Ellside average. Engineer Henry Kreh stirs meetings with a dry well idea for pavement depressions while Mayor Conford asks cautious questions. A letter from Robert J. Tabit laments teachers lack of retirement recognition, noting the broader need to reward long service in schools and township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Kirkpatrick
Ellside
Thenship Committee
Henry Kreh Jr
Kreh
Barh
Conford
Robert J. Tabit
Board of Education
Township Committee
Ese
Subdivision Plats Approved by Planning Board
The Planning Board approved several subdivision plats last night. Plans by Albert J Sauer for the corner of North Avenue and Riverside Drive subdivide into four lots. Harvard Builders plan at Harvard Avenue and John Street creates two 50-foot lots. John C Peak’s plan at Westminster Avenue and Wilder Street yields four lots with three 70-foot fronts and one about 85 feet. The Recreation Commission proposed a conference next Wednesday night on reserving land for recreation townshipwide.
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Alfred J. Sauer
Elizabeth
North Avenue
Riverside Drive
Harvard
Harvard Avenue
John Street
John C. Peak
Westminster Avenue
Wilder Street
The
Recreation Commission
Rotary To Stress Local Problems At Hillside Club
William Hebler, new president of Hillside Rotary, outlined a busy year plan to improve understanding of community problems and curb indifference. Board to pick committee chairs Friday. two Rotary nurse scholarships had only two applicants indicating a gender gap in nursing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William ©. Hebler
Hillside Rotary Club
Hebler
PTA
Rotary
Armateur
Charter study petition signed to place issue on ballot
Mrs Andrew Miller of 1067Thomas street and her son Donald join Louis Pratt of 183 Witzpatrick Street in signing a petition to place a charter study on the November ballot. Pratt cites 40 years of government under study and urges community volunteers to sign at 219 Hillside avenue, with committee chairman Robert L Kaplan present Thursdays.
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Andrew Milller
Thomas Street
Donald
Louis Pratt
Witzpatrick Street
Miller
Harden—-Looker School
Pratt
Hillside
Hillside Avenue
Robert L. Kaplan
Vacation School Closing Program at Hillside Presbyterian
The Hillside Presbyterian Church vacation school held a closing program with memory work and singing by four departments. Handicraft displays featured ceramic pins by the junior department led by Mrs. George Maples, plus a Granada Indian Mission project that raised $10. Prizes for new members went to Ellen Eayle, Valerie Jean Altenburg, Patricia Conlan, Rebecca Aldredge, Jane Wood, Craig Pinter, Arlene Jeffrey, and Catherine Jeffrey. Enrollment reached 127 with 99 average daily attendance. directed by Mrs. Edward Kayle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside Presbyterian Church
George Maples
Granada
Arlene
Catherine Jeffrey
Edward Kayle
Acme Super Market to Locate on Liberty Avenue
Township committee confirms zoning plan to rezone rear of a large 391 foot parcel opposite Ryan and Fitzpatrick Streets to Business A with 400 off street parking spaces. Acme Food Company ready to sign lease. other stores planned. Public hearing set for July 20 on rent controls extension if legislature bill is signed.
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Third
Race
Vine
Henry Kreh Jr
Garden State Parkway Authority
North Union Avenue
Hillside
Union County Park Commission
Conant Street
Elizabeth River Parkway
Planning Board
Central Avenue
Long Avenue
Cedar Street
K & K Collision Works
Route 22
Henry Goldhor
Board of Adjustment
William Gural
Goldhor
Voorhees Street
Liberty Avenue
Township Committee
Zoning Board
Ryan and
Fitzpatrick Streets
John Cozier
Wanda Lief
Cozier
Acme Food Company
P.O
U.S
H. Alexander Smith
Clifford P. Case
R. M. Abrams
Abrams
Benjamin Gerber
Maple Avenue
Milton B. Conford
Anthony Moriello
Civil Service Commission
Robert C. Kirkpatrick
Edward Isbrecht
Kirkpatrick
Isbrecht
Adolph A. Winston
Albert Stavitsky
Vine Street
Bnai Brith Plans Yankee Stadium Baseball Night
Hillside Lodge 1514 Bnai B'rith announces its first annual baseball party at Yankee Stadium on a Tuesday in July with 80 tickets sold for the night game between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians. Bob Rosenberg says buses will transport attendees and a stadium meeting with Phil Rizzuto is planned. An expanded athletic program includes a golf tournament at Oak Ridge Country Club on July 15 and two B'nai B'rith bowling teams in the fall.
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Hillside Lodge
Rosenberg
Oak Ridge Country Club
Colonia
Hillside Servicemen Reunite with Navy Bonds
Joseph W Kovac son of Mr and Mrs Paul E Kovac of 1293 Myrtle street writes of meeting former Harrison Motor Freight employee Robert J White while aboard the Destroyer Sumner. They trained together at Bainbridge Maryland and reunited on a dock at Ceylon India. Kovac has served over two years in the Navy and his ship operates in Korean waters. His brother John R Kovac of Westinghouse Manufacturing is in the Naval Reserve at Bainbridge. Both graduated Hillside High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Kovac
Paul E. Kovac
Myrtle Street
Harrison Motor Freight
Robert J White
A. M. Sumner
Joe
Harrison
Kovac
White
Bainbridge
Ceylon
India
John R. Kovac
Westinghouse Manufacturing Co
Naval Reserve
Hillside High School
Gradual program aims to lift Hillside taxes on industry
The Hillside Board of Assessors outlined a plan to raise industrial assessments toward residential ratios. Powell Co. findings show 1952 industrial rate at 23.41 percent rising to 25.41 percent in 1953, with further increases anticipated to reach about 30 percent. Overall industrial valuations for 1952 stood at 9.49 million and 1953 at 10.32 million, suggesting a potential $1.87 million jump, though some properties are over assessed and others reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Powell Co
New Brunswick
Kirkpatrick
Industria
Board of Assessors
Tilateton
Hillside
Powell
Township Committee
State Division of Taxation
Bank marks 33 years with Balderston tenure noted
Sunshine Club president Mrs Freda Orloff presented a bouquet to Miss Juanita Balderston on the bank’s 33rd anniversary and her 33 years of service. Balderston began July 6 1920 at the North Broad Street bank, served as operator, bookkeeper, teller, and vault custodian, and witnessed several expansions and leadership under Richard S Earl and James A Oneil.
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Freda Orloff
Sunshine Club
Hillside National Bank
Juanita Balderston
Miss Balderston
Hollywood Avenue
North Broad Street
George Compton
Hillside
J. F. Chapman
Derston
Ridgway Avenue
Richard S. Earl
James A. Oneil
Oneil
State Department of Banking & Insurance
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