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Newspaper
Hillside Times
Location
Hillside, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1955
Page
1
Members of the Pansies Club held a June fundraiser at Irvine Goldberg’s Hillside home to aid the ambulance fund. Attendees included Lynda Kuhmann Jeni Glick and Michele Maurer among others from Compton Terrace and Belleview areas.
Robert E Noone of Linden Hillide receives three Esso Research and Engineering Company awards from the Coin Your Ideas Committee for suggestions that propose a change in the design of research equipment.
Merkle Motors of 1415 Maple Avenue staged a loud kite over the Hillside dealership on North Broad Street Automobile Row. A motorcade of thirteen trailer trucks each filled with four new Dodges signaled the arrival of 52 cars amid plans to keep the Hudson dealership. The piece also notes Hillside exiles and local residents moving to Hunterdon County and Princeton area amid traffic concerns and weekend resort travel.
Reader alert: price drop at Shop Rite for 29 cent apple sauce jars. store promotion highlights 1 cent deals and savings across grocery lineup. Limited quantities available at participating locations. check local circulars for exact dates and stock.
Two hundred and eighty Scouts and leaders from twenty four troops arrive at Camp Wilinebaxo for the second camping week. Provisional groups are led by central staff including Troop 93 and Harden-Looker Post 50. Volunteers from Troop 38 build turtle and snake pits under Dr Crit M. Williams health and safety chairman for the Southern District.
Township officials push for license eligibility to depend on paid personal taxes. Adolph A Winslow notes potential ordinance. health board to be included. Deputy collector Leslie J Reed’s duties end due to cost. Parking lot talks, hospital land request, and zoning issues also noted. resignation of Frank N Sulkowski from the fire department accepted.
Retorted sanitary trunk sewer assessments and storm sewer assessments were levied Friday night by the General Board of Assessment Commissioners. The board assessed York Engineering Corp. $5,355.73 for the opening of Surrey coach in Westminster with $3,255.45 for land at Exeter Way, and Gateway. Assessment for storm sewer in Montgomery Street was set at $2,045.96. RETURN FROM TRIP Mr and Mrs Prin Clark of 124 West Kinatieel have returned home after a trip to New England visiting relatives and friends.
Township officials announced veterans may buy 50 foot lots from the Veterans Housing project block on Wolf Place Baker Street and North Union Avenue. Some adjacent property owners will be invited to discuss widening and traffic safety on Salem Avenue at the July 19 meeting.
Birburu Paras daughter avowed winner of a bathing beauty contest held Monday night at Newark’s State Theatre. Miss Pirie received a trophy from Murray Sharp sponsor and was awarded a wardrobe bathing suit and bouquet. The winner plans to enter the Miss Seafood Princess Contest in Point Puttern later.
The board of assessors remains under Democratic control as election officials report ongoing debates over appointment and possible resignations. City monitors note political tensions involving Mayor Hegre Coldhor and council members while voters prepare for upcoming proceedings at Hillside.
Hillside Presbyterian Church reports 103 graduates from the Bible School with four departments presenting memory work and prizes. The event featured crafts displays, a junior choir, and a Veteran’s Project update for local government notices.
Trustees urge Township to lease township owned plot on Gard Avenue for a Little League baseball field. Estimated cost 5 000 dollars for field, two dugouts, fencing, bleachers and parking. Planning Board backs recreation use and aging land to be reverted to township if dissolution occurs. Committee to study legal terms and form girls league potential. Delegation led by Kate Shire.
The Township Committee discussed regulating hedge height on private property to improve motorists’ sightlines at intersections. Mayor Henry Goldhar said the panel will confer with Township Attorney Adele Bricow on permitted hedge heights. Police Chief Paul F Korlesky urged enforcement to trim hedges blocking views.
The funeral for Harry Wessels 4h of 427 Ryan Street who died of a heart condition at Horseshoe Lake was held yesterday at Walter Steep Panera Home Services followed by interment at Gricelind Memorial Park Kenile worth Rev C Morgan Wagner Calvary Tutherah Charen officiating His son and daughter helped revive him after he was pulled from the water but he died at Dover General Hospital Wessels born in Jersey City later lived in Hillside Former electrical contractor employed by Hanavia Chemical Co Newark 14 years He was a member of Hillside Judge 241 AM Essex County Forest Tall Cedars of Lebanon past patron of Hillside Chapter 192 DEA and Liberty Park Community Association Survived by his wife Delle Oran Wessels two daughters Della Pim and Mabel Voelk two brothers Lewis and Emrich and four grandchildren
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