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Newspaper
Hillside Times
Location
Hillside, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1950
Page
3
A New Jersey Fact Finding Panel recommended denying the CWA CIO union’s demand for a $7 weekly wage rise for New Jersey Bell Telephone operators. The panel found operator wages fair and working conditions good, and urged bargaining on its recommendations to reach a contract.
New Jersey locals of the International Typographical Union may tax members 25 cents weekly to fund a Somerville newspaper if the LTU backs publication. Robert C. Sirkpatrick of Hillside announced after a meeting at the Elizabeth Carteret Hotel. Somerville Local 623 strikes at the Somerset Messenger Gazette over hours and wages as the publisher threatens an open shop.
March 13 presents Columbia Survey of local schools at the high school auditorium. March 15 Board of Health meeting. March 21 Progress Club affair honors the high school basketball team. March 22 Township Committee meeting. March 23 Municipal Civic Center Committee meeting. Past Commander Paul Kifner and Adjutant Bill Willis of Harden-Looker Post 50, American Legion attend. Wednesday Township Committee sessions and March Board of Education and March meetings noted.
48 year old George M. Smith of 803 Morris avenue Newark appeared before Magistrate Clarence Kremer and pleaded innocent after a Liberty avenue collision with Mrs Edna Hoelle of Union. He was released on 250 cash bail and hearing set for March 11 after being deemed unfit to drive by Dr Milton Lilien.
In a Catholic Information reflection, readers express desire to visit Jerusalem to trace Jesus life from Pilate's palace to Calvary but admit lack of funds and inability to take time from work. They imagine kneeling at fourteen devotion points recalling biblical scenes and seeking spiritual solace.
The speaker recalls early Christian journeys to the Holy Land, the Turkish capture of sacred sites, and how the Church set fourteen Stations of the Cross in every church to mark the sacred shrines. The note invites visitors to join during Lent for guided reflections at each station.
Notice announces Hillside Township will publicly sell Tax Sale Certificates 439 and 768 on March 8, 1960 at 7:46 p.m. at Municipal Hall 1284 North Broad Street Hillside. Certificates cover Lots 82–85 in Block 51 on Harvard Avenue and Lots 184–186 in Block 61 on Princeton Avenue. Sale subject to statutory provisions and reserve of 1700 dollars. Payment due schedule and bids per statute.
Fifth grade pupils at George Washington School staged a February 20 program directed by Miss Carolyn DeCollis. The act included Days of Darkness re enacted by a large cast and musical pieces by Howard Schwartz and Rita Gross. Principal William Kraublatt and fifth and sixth grade pupils attended. amid a separate report, Peter Norton was arrested for drunken driving on North Broad Street after a chase by Police Patrolman Paul De Graw.
A Hillside Times reader at 417 Sanford Avenue argues they are a legal town resident awaiting final citizenship papers. They defend Columbia University experts and the education standards used to survey the local school system, insisting no outsider label should apply.
Union County Agricultural Agent Fred D. Osman notes that after leaves drop on deciduous plants, certain insects become easier to control. Stinger spray materials enable targeted treatment when standard timing is challenging.
The guide discusses controlling scale insects on ornamentals with oil sprays and lime sulfur, warns about plant damage at leaf stems, and covers houseplant care for flowering plants. It also corrects prior blueberry pruning guidance, noting best berries come from 5 to 6 year old wood.
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