Township acts to end nuisance under smoke ordinance
Township Committee orders Mander Cork Corp to file a plan to reduce smoke and fumes within 30 days or face court action. Smoke inspector Charles Hanson to contact firm. fines up to 100 dollars or ten days jail per day if violations continue. Local speeding concerns on Leslie street prompt traffic slow-down measures after bicycle accident injures resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mander Cork Corp
Charles Hanson
John M. Brown
Hanson
Samuel Jowitt
Kremer
Leslie Street
Jack Smith
Joseph Lathrop
Alexian Bros
Liberty Avenue
Henry Kreh Jr
Hillside
Yellow Cab
Albert Schoen
North Broad Street
Broad Motors Co
Hillside Defense Council Reactivated After Township Action
The Hillside Defense Council is revived as Township Committee selects Raymond R. King as chairman. Eight former members return with Mrs. Emmet T. White as secretary and key officials including Mayor James J. Holsing, Fire Chief George P. Dover, and Police Chief Norman L. Sanford. A first-week meeting at Municipal Headquarters aims to organize the group and pursue FCC wavelength approvals for communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside Defense Council
Raymond R. King
Emmet T. White
James J. Holsing
George P. Dover
Norman L. Sanford
Arthur T. Lee
Stanley H Weston
Elmer Petersen
George M. Runner
King
FCC
Driscoll
Hillside Rotary Plans August Activities
Hillside Rotary Club outlines August plans including joining Roselle Rotary for lunch August 4 at the Baptist Church, a fishing trip from Forked River on August 8 led by Fire Chief George P. Dover, and a joint meeting with Union Rotary at Hitchin Post on August 7. Frank Stengel reports on J. A. Dietrich’s attendance at the Rotary International Convention in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside Rotary Club
Ladies’ Aid Society
Anson C. Crane
Hillside
Roselle Club
The
Baptist Church
George P. Dover
Union Rotary Club
Hitchin’ Post
Frank Stengel
J. A. Dietrich
Union
Rotary Inter
Detroit
Local Resident Seeks 500 Signatures Over Flying Planes
Howard T. Jackson an electronic engineer seeks 500 signatures for a protest petition about low flying planes that jar his home at 1512 Bond Street. The petition targets Gov Alfred E Driscoll and follows a township protest resolution sent by Township Clerk Howard J. Bloy to the Governor and Port Authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard T. Jackson
Bond Street
Alfred E. Driscoll
Jackson
Howard J. Bloy
Port of New York Authority
Howard Will Presented For Probate In Newark
The will of the late Mrs Anna K Howard who died May 7 is offered for probate with surrogate Charles A Otto Jr by executors Mrs Caroline K Van Nass daughter of 278 Cram Street and the Howard Savings Institute Newark. The legatee is Mrs Van Nass. By surrogate order this will replaces a prior admitted probate document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna K. Howard
Charles A. Otto, Jr
Caroline K. van Nass
Cram Street
Howard Savings Institute
Newark
van Nass
Lads Club Plans First Corn Festival at Watchung
The Lads Club announced its first annual corn festival set for August 20 at Seeley’s Pond in Watchung Reservation directed by Arthur McGinn and Jo el Jenkins. The group also plans a Hillside Hobby Shop model airplane club at Hillside Recreation Center and nightly softball and activities for boys ages 8 to 14 with Dr. Gerald Booken as physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seeley's Pond
Watchung
Arthur McGinn
Joel Jenkins
Hillside Hobby Shop
Hillside Recreation Center
Liberty Avenue
Gerald Booken
Newark
Time Passes Quick With A 60 Day Note Joke At Detroit Rotary
Edgar Guest spoke at the Detroit Rotary International Convention urging a lighthearted trick to make time pass. He advised signing a 60 day note and planning a speech two months ahead, then forgetting about it to see time slip away. The piece also reports local efforts to curb airplane noise around Newark Airport and recalls wartime siren night memories from Hillside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Guest
Rotary International
Detroit
the Times
Howard T. Jackson
Bondstreet
Driscoll
Newark Airport
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Hillside Times
North Broad Street
Defense Council
Attempted Safe Cracking At Route 29 Plant
Police investigate an attempted safe cracking at R. F Stengel and Son air conditioning firm 425 Route 29. Entry occurred through an unlocked window and door knob of the safe was knocked off. No theft reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F Stengel and Son
Route 29
Delay In Naming Youth Guidance Council Members
The Township Committee delays reappointment of the Youth Guidance Council formed in 1949 to study its jurisdiction and functions. Present chairman Anthony H. Lamb leads members Mrs Mabel Hughes Mrs Caroline Major Dr Henry J Konzelmann Police Commissioner James A Oneil Alexander Mooney Rev Harold A Gamblin and Police Sergeant Ernest Voelk as the panel awaits meetings and attendance improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth Guidance Council
Juvenile Delinquency Board
Board of Education Guidance Department
Anthony H. Lamb
Mabel Hughes
Caroline Major
Henry J. Konzelmann
James A. Oneil
Alexander Mooney
Harold A. Gamblin
Ernest Voelk
Haas Graduates As Parachutist
LAKEHURST July 27 On July 28 1950 at 9 am a class of 17 Navy parachutists will graduate with a jump at Naval Air Station Lakehurst New Jersey Seven are from this area One paratrooper is a Navy Wave the third regular Navy Wave to perform such a jump The Hillside student is W Haas son of Mr and Mrs Victor Haas of 566 Buchanan Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst
Vriday
Navy
Naval Air Station
N. J
Hillside
W. Haas
Victor Haas
Buchanan Street
Two Hillside Residents Named to Union Junior College Honors List
CRANFORD Two Hillside residents appear on the Union Junior College spring semester honors list announced by Dean Kenneth C. MacKay. Honorees are Leslie A. Baylis of 369 Columbia Avenue and Andrew K. Knox of 35 Hurden Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranford
Hillside
Union Junior College
Kenneth C. MacKay
Leslie A. Baylis
Columbia Avenue
Andrew K. Knox
Hurden Street
Lane Use Dispute Over Private Driveway Draws Township Action
Township Attorney Emil Herrigel reports no ordinance bars truckers from using the lane between Mertz and Hillside Avenues despite complaints by Thomas R. Schlitz. Magistrate Clarence E. Kremer was told to seek trespass grounds, while property deeds vary on private status. Chapman Milk Co. trucks use the lane which serves Mertz avenue garages. Schlitz rejects proposed surrender of rights and roadway paving costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Herrigel
Clarence E. Kremer
Mertz
Hillside
Kremer
Thomas R. Schlitz
Mertz Avenue
Herrigel
Chapman Milk Co
Schlitz
Need State Dept OK For Used Cars
Albert Schoen a real estate agent and developer on 1450 North Broad Street has been ordered to obtain permission from the State Motor Vehicle Department before operating a used car lot on North Broad Street between Hollywood and Coe avenues. Schoen owns the property eight months and had sought a zoning change from Business B to Business C for retail sales storage and lumber assembly after the zoning board denied the request last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Schoen
North Broad Street
State Motor Vehicle Department
Hollywood
Coe Avenues
Schoen
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Petition Seeks State Action Over Low Flying Planes
Howard T. Jackson of 1512 Bond Street urges Hillside residents to sign a petition at the Hillside Times office 1443 North Broad Street protesting persistent low flying planes over Hillside New Jersey. The group asks Governor Alfred Driscoll in Trenton to take official action after years of nuisance in clear or foggy weather day and night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard T. Jackson
Bond Street
Hillside Times
North Broad Street
Township Committee
Driscoll
Times Office
Jackson
Clark
Alfred E. Driscoll
Trenton
N. J
Hillside
Hearing on Elizabeth River wells by Elizabethtown Water Co
A hearing will be held in Trenton on August 14 on the Elizabethtown Water Company Consolidated plan to take up to 3 million gallons daily from wells along the Elizabeth River parallel to Conant Street. Objections must be filed with the Division of Water Policy and Supply prior to the date. The project aims to supply Union and Hillside townships Elizabeth City Plainfield Union Water Co and related areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Elizabethtown Water Company Consolidated
Division of Water Policy and Supply
Department of Conservation and Economic Development
Thurlow C. Nelson
Water Policy and Supply Council
Elizabeth River
Conant Street
Linden
Union
Clark Township
Roselle
Hillside
Plainfield-Union Water Company
Elizabeth
North Jersey
Drops Request For Industrial Zone Zoning
John Forthuber asked the Township Committee to rezone land bordered by Glenwood and Stockton avenues Route 29 and Paul Street for industrial use. The zoning board will not hear the request, and Forthuber is not expected to apply. The committee has notes from the State Highway Department urging the change and received local protests. The land lies in part of the Forthuber farm and greenhouse area abutting Route 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoen
Hollywood Avenue
Gabriel Blakesberg
Long and
Liberty Avenues
James C. Hanrahan
Elizabeth
Westminster
Marine Terrace
Crystal Terrace
Riverside Drive
Lakeview Drive
Bertram S. Reitman
Sun Oil Co
State
Charles Eckert
Salem Avenue
Adolph L. Kiefer
George W. Harrington
Eckerts
Hanson
Paul Street
Sweetland Avenue
Central Avenue
Conant Street
Long Avenue
Harvard Avenue
Bloy Street
Cornell Place
Tillman Street
Stockton Avenue
Wilder Street
John Forthuber
Glenwood
Stockton Avenues
Route 29
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Forthuber
Real Estate Bureau
State Highway Department
Forthaber Farm and Greenhouse
Route 4
Enlistees Retain Employment Right
July 25 in Trenton reports that enlistees and reservists leaving private industry or government to serve are eligible for reemployment rights under Public Laws 572 and 599. The Selective Service Act extension to 1951 is noted with details on eligibility, duration, and reservist provisions, plus agency contacts in New Jersey for assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Bist Congress
Secretary of Labor
Maurice J. Tobin
Tobin
Opon
Selective Service
Bureau of Veterans
Department of Labor
Robert K. Salyers
Charles L. Hoffman
New York
Bureau
New Jersey
Warren §. Hood
Division of Veterans’ Services
Department of Conservation and Economic Development
Division
Armed Services
Veterans’ Services
Draft Board Calls Fifty For Induction
Fifty youths aged 25 will receive notices to appear for physical examinations today. Draft Board No. 42 serving Hillside Elizabeth Union Springfield and the Roselles issued the call last night. If fifty are not reached, the board will draw from 24 year olds and younger. Edward W. Earle, secretary of the board, announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside
Elizabeth
Union
Springfield
The
Roselles
Edward W. Earle
Grubin Relocates Medical Practice to Hillside
Dr. Charles J. Grubin announces moving his office from 1410 Maple Avenue to 123 Hillside Avenue corner Bond Street on July 31. He has practiced in Hillside five years and establishes his residence there. A Flower Medical College of New York graduate, he interned at Jersey City Medical Center and served five years in war service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Grubin
Maple Avenue
Hillside Avenue
Bond Street
Grubin
Hillside
Flower Medical College of
New York
Jersey City Medical Center
New Hillside Avenue Post Office Opens August Fifteenth
Postmaster John Leonard of Elizabeth announced a new Hillside Avenue post office near Chestnut Avenue will open about August 15. David O. Evans holds the building contract for the 3,300 square foot depot with a 401 square foot loading platform, supplementing the North Broad street office. The staff will include eight or nine carriers and five clerks transferred from North Broad street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside Avenue
Chestnut Avenue
John Leonard
Elizabeth
David O. Evans
North Broad Street
Leonard
Hillside Mfg. Co. Erects New Plant
Hillside Manufacturing Co. plans a $40 000 brick and steel one story plant of about 10 000 square feet at 1415 Chestnut Avenue beside 1410 Chestnut Avenue. The project adds aluminum and brass tubing and pipe manufacturing for industrial and plumbing uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside Manufacturing Company
Chestnut Avenue
National Moodite Company
Union County launches 60 day auto speed and signal violation crackdown
Police chiefs from Cranford and other Union County municipalities vote to start a 60 day enforcement program targeting excessive speed and traffic signal violations. A new traffic safety committee will work with the Union County Highway Safety Coordinating Committee and state officials to assess results and adjust focus as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranford
N. J
Union County
Union County Police Chiefs Association
William A. Fischer
Union County Highway Safety
Clifford W. Dunphy
Rahway
John R. Schreiber
Westfield
Joseph L. Gorsky
Fanwood
Lyman L. Parks
Union County Park Police
Fischer
Arnold H. Vey
Leo R. Welch
Safety Education Bureau
Division of Motor Vehicles
Respec
Tively
New Jersey Highway Safety Coordinating Committee
Edward Cohn
Union County Highway Safety Coordinating Committee
Alexander Campbell
Union County i
Lewinski Rites Set For Mary Kielton Lewinski
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Kielton Lewinski of 1232 Robert Street are planned Saturday at Growney Funeral Home 1070 North Broad Street. A high requiem mass will follow at St Catherine Church with interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. She died Tuesday night after a four month illness at age sixty one. She was born in Poland and came to the United States forty years ago and lived here twenty one years. She was an active communicant of St Catherine's. Surviving: husband Frank W. Lewinski. four sons Walter B John F Henry Leo. two daughters Helen Blake Emilie A Wittmer. five grandchildren. one brother Peter Kielton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lewinski
Growney
North Broad Street
Mary Kielton Lewinski
Robert Street
St. Catherine's Church
Holy Sepulcher Cemetery
Lewinski
Frank W. Lewinski
Poland
Walter B
John F
Hillside
Henry
Union
Leo
Elizabeth
Twoaughters
Helen Blake
Emilie A. Wittmer
Dunellen
Peter Kielton
Secuueus
Sun Tube Seeks Site for Stamp Pressing Work
Raymond D. Leonard of Sun Tube Corp says the firm is searching for an industrial site nearby to house stamp pressing for condenser units for television sets. Residents along Long Avenue complained about seven presses operating on three shifts daily, prompting the location search to avoid complaints. Four German presses have been installed recently with more due by February 1951, and the new presses are quieter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond D. Leonard
Sun Tube Corporation
Long Avenue
Leonard
Addi
Visit Rahway Pool Hosts Kids at Hillside Rec Center
On Tuesday July 25 thirty children enjoyed a day at Rahway Pool under supervision of Mrs. Josephine Carroccia Rosemarie TENarco and three mothers who accompanied and assisted the group at Hillside Recreation Center in Rahway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rahway Pool
Hillside Recreation Center
Josephine Carroccia
Rosemarie Te@narco
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rotary
Howard
Haas
Union Jr. College
State Dept. OK
Times Aids
Eliz. River
Szarko’s Liquor Store
Liberty Ave
N.J
Butchers
Sinzinger
Coe Ave
Walter R. Lee
Home For Funerals
Salem Ave
Hollywood Ave
Sporting Goods
American Flyer & Lionel
Draft Board
Dr. Grubin
Hillside Mfg. Co
TOBIA
N. Broad 81
Salem Pharmacy
Salem—Ave
Bellows & Company
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