Saybrook Cub Pack 191 Receives Charter
Cub Pack 191 the first organized in Union County in 1950 received its charter Tuesday night at Coe Avenue School. Lorin Watts presented the charter to Morris Adelman with David Harris and Bobscat badges to the boys. Den lists include Richard Blumstein Richard Adelman Michael Rain Alylum Ravitz and others.
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Union County
Coe Avenue School
Lorin Watts
Morris Adelman
David Harris
Saybrook School
Bob
Hillside Photo Service
Joseph Ram
Newark
Sylvia Ram
Anne Guldher
Richard Blumstein
Richard Adelman
Michael Rain Alylum Ravitz
David Romano
Bert Nusbaum
Lorin Weisenfeld
Robert Abramsoan
Lowell Deehl
Stephen Guldler
Allan Hirschfield
Fred Popick
Larry Peterman
Jay Wein
Allan Grutowsky
Return of Mayor Helsing Enlarges Hillside Primary Fight
The article outlines a crowded Republican primary in Hillside with Mayor Helsing under reconsideration. Albert Schoen Emanuel Reiter and other hopefuls contest the race while Democrats Milton Conford and Robert Kirkpatrick enter. It discusses party strategy assessors, possible retirements, and impacts if Helsing withdraws. The piece also weighs housing expansion ideas noting Hillside apartment issues and the cost implications for education and municipal services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Holsing
Albert Schoen
Emanuel M. Reiter
Harry Wessels
Charles Comiskey
Harold Sirkin
Paul A. Kifner
American Legion
Frank la Tora
Alexander Mooney
Youth Guidance Council
Reiter
Fifth District
Sirkin
Milton B. Conford
Robert C. Kirkpatrick
Hillside
Streets Designated Light Traffic After Complaints
The Township Committee designates Florence Avenue and Norman Street as light traffic streets in response to resident complaints. Traffic signs will mark the change. A reply to Irving Handshuh notes No 7 Green Flyer runs on schedule and a school bus serves Abram P. Morris School as a goodwill transit gesture. Sterner & Kane accepted two township property offers: a tax lien parcel on Westminster Avenue for 40 dollars per foot and a 122 foot parcel at Lakeview Drive and Marine Terrace for 4270 dollars. Both Sites go up for public sale March 22.
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Florence Avenue
Norman Street
Abram P. Morris School
Irving Handshuh
Highland Avenue
Sterner & Kane
Elizabeth
Westminster Avenue
James Hanrahan
Lakeview Drive
Marine Terrace
Cleaning Plant Reported Broken Into by Cleaner Theft
Jack Fisher part owner of Fisher Brothers Cleaners at 1480 North Broad Street reports the plant was entered Monday night. About $39.40 in cash and clothes were stolen from a vasn register after entry through an unlocked lavatory window.
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Jack Fisher
Fisher Brothers Cleaners
North Broad Street
Proclamation Designates March 1950 as Red Cross Month
Hillside Township Mayor James J. Holsing proclaims March 1950 as American Red Cross Month. He stresses Red Cross service in war and peace, disaster relief, home services, nursing, and rehabilitation, urging citizens to respond generously. February 28, 1950.
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American Red Cross
United States
Red Cross
James J. Holsing
Hillside
N. J
President Honors Photographer for WWII German duties
George W. Zoerner of 1258 Salem venue and Hillside Photo Service at 2 Ridgway avenue received the President’s thanks through Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray for his service in the United States Military Government in Germany prior to the German Federal Republic. Zoerner served as photographer and motion picture operator and interpreter with the 63rd Division from January to November 1945 before hostilities ceased.
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George W. Zoerner
Salemvenue
Ridgway Avenue
Army
Gordon Gray
Truman
U. S
German Federal Republic
Louis A. Johnson
Secretary Gray
United States
Germany
Zoernst
63Rd
Brotherhood Week Observed By Harden Looker School Grades Three To Eight
Harden-Looker School held Brotherhood Week with an assembly program on Friday. Frank Finn opened with exercises and Eileen Lynch announced the program. Fifth graders sang selections and performed a pantomime while fourth graders presented plays and songs about friendship freedom and American ideals. The entire assembly closed with America the Beautiful. Later sixth through eighth grades joined in similar programs in their classrooms.
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Harden-Looker
Frank Finn
Eileen Lynch
Ol’ Commodore Gray
Comiskey Withdraws From Township Race After Holsing Entry
Charles Comiskey of 222 Silver Avenue withdraws from the Republican primary for Township Committee after Mayor James J. Holsing reconsidered his own candidacy. Comiskey says the move is to honor the public and party and praises Holsing's prior work.
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Charles Comiskey
Silver Avenue
James J. Holsing
Comiskey
Jim*Holsing
Jim Hoelsing
Jim Helsing
Wessels Declares Candidacy for Township Committee
Harry M. Wessels of 227 Ryan Street announces his bid for the Republican nomination to the Township Committee. A Hillside resident for 27 years, he has long worked as an electrical contractor and is currently connected with the Hanovia Chemical Company of Newark.
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Harry M. Wessels
Ryan Street
Hillside
Hanovia Chorchical Company
Newark
Kirkpatrick and Conford Seek Democratic Nominations
Kirkpatrick of 297 Ryan Street and Conford of 1438 Compton Terrace announce they will seek the Democratic nominations for Hillside Township Committee. Kirkpatrick, labor leader and printer, cites long civic work and tax relief as goals. Conford, a tax consultant and former assistant attorney general, emphasizes municipal finance experience and tax policy expertise.
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Robert C. Kirkpatrik
Ryan Street
Milton B. Conford
Compton Terrace
Kirkpatrick
Union Printers’ League of New Jersey
Joint Union Labor Council
Hillside
Hillside Red Cross Open House At Elizabeth HQ
Hillside residents are invited to an open house at the Hillside chapter of the Elizabeth town Red Cross. Exhibits cover water safety disaster work home nursing and canteen services with staff and volunteers present tonight 8 to 10 and tomorrow 1 to 5 with guests from local industries. The drive asks Hillside to raise 8500 in March to support Red Cross services.
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Hierbert R. Otto
Hillside
Elizabethtown
Americnan Red Cross
Salem Avenue
Elizabeth
Otto
Red Cross
Newbold Names Red Cross Aides for Hillside Drive
Thomas T. Newbold, chairman of Hillside's 1950 Red Cross campaign, announces three vice chairmen for the residence division. Abraham Mankowitz will head the north side, Anton A. Vit the south, and Mrs. Helen Kirkpatrick the west. The goal is $8,500.
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Thomas T. Newbold
Hillside
Abraham Mankowitz
Anton A. Vit
Helen Kirkpatrick
Senior In Contest On Poetry Reading
Forty two New Jersey high school students will take part in the 12th annual Poetry Reading Contest sponsored by Rutgers English Club. The event at State University building 16 Washington place includes registration at 9:30 a.m., semi finals at 10, and a 3:30 p.m. final. Hillside entrant is senior Maxine Grant, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Grant of 1520 Bond Street.
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Newark
New Jersey
Newark Colleges
Rutgers
State University
Washington Place
Hillside
Maxine Grant
Charles Grant
Bond Street
Clerk Extends Evening Voter Registration Next Week
Township Clerk Howard J. Bloy announced extended evening hours for voter registration starting Monday March 6 for the April 18 primary. The office will be open 9 am to 6 pm and 7 pm to 9 pm Monday through Thursday, with petitions for offices due by Thursday March 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard J. Bloy
Bloy
Township Committee Proposes Budget With $241,519 Tax Rise
A budget hearing approved an increase of $108,312.46 in taxation, lifting total levy to $727,447.05 from $624,794.69 last year. Major items include a $24,000 rise for capital improvements, $18,966 for Fire Department salaries, and $15,984 for Police salaries, plus new allocations for retirement, foreclosures, relief, and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recreation Board
Sanitation Bureau
Board of Assessors
Central Avenue
Zients Chairs National Unit School Workshop at Atlantic City
Bernard B. Zients president of the Better Education League chaired a national unit workshop on secondary school education at a conference in Atlantic City. The session ran alongside the 78th Annual Convention of the American Association of School Administrators with participants from across the nation including Mrs Eleanor B Allen and Dr Constance Warren. The group aimed to map areas for citizen interest and future study by the Better Education League.
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Bernard B. Zients
Better Education League
Sunda
National Citizens’ Commission For
Atlantic City
Zients
National Commission
American Association of School Administrators
Roy EB. Larsen
Commission
Henry Toy Jr
Eleanor B. Allen
Los Angeles
Cal
Board of Education
Constance Warren
American Association of University Women
Sarah Lawrence College
Do. M. Sims
Piqua
Ohio
Max Rubin
Great Neck L. L
National Organization
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Harter
Sam Romano
Henry Goldherden
Wesley Smith
Fred Schreihofer
Vernon T Laws
Helsing
Republican County Committee
Grumman
Maple Avenues
Maple
North Broad and Bailey
Szarko’s Liquor Store
Liberty Ave
Hillside Hobby Shop
Hollywood Ave
Sporting Goods
American Flyer & Lionel
Salem Pharmacy
Salem Ave
Holsing
Wessels
Walter R. Lee
Home For Funerals
Conford
Art Color Printing Co
Dunellen
Carruthersville
Hilleside
French Camp
Miss
Christin Grothers College
Memphis
New Jersey State Patrolmen's Benevolent Association
Hillside Lodge No
International Typographical Union
The
International
Dunellen Typographical Union
League of N. J
Lt.u
American Federation of Labor
New Jersey State League of Municipalities
Rutgers Law Review
New Jersey Law Journal
Edison
Vanderbiltt
Growney Funeral Home
John J. Growney
N. Breed St
Hurden St
Red Cross Chapter
Pen House
Newbold
Fed “Bellows & Company
Board of Health
National Unit
Abraham Lincoln
Will Rogers
Herbert Hoover
America
James A
Jim) Oneil
Republican Township Committee
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