Local ORT Day observed by Hillcrest chapter meeting
The Hill aide Chapter of Women's American ORT will meet Thursday evening March 2 at 9:30 at Sinai Congregation 1531 Maple Avenue. Mrs Louis Spevack education coordinator will speak on ORT Day and a film will be shown. Mrs Morton Klein is membership chairman and Mrs Bernard Bierman ORT Day chairman.
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Hillaide Chapter
Women's American Ort
Sinai Congregation
Maple Avenue
Louis Spevack
Morton Klein
Bernard Bierman
Purim Carnival At Conservative Congregation Hillside
The Purim carnival of The Conservative Congregation of Hillside was held Sunday February 26 from noon to 3 PM at 910 Salem Avenue. Students from the Hebrew School and USY members ran game booths. Prizes were awarded and there was a snack bar selling food and drinks.
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Hillside
Salem Avenue
Hebrew School
USY
Jewish Vocational Service Expands in Northern New Jersey
Mrs. Mac Popick of B nai B'rith Women Hillside announced plans to enlarge the Jewish Vocational Service offices at 60 Branford Place Newark. Albert A. Bell presented expansion plans to extend services from eighth grade through college and shift from part time to full time operation in the Northern New Jersey region.
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Mac Popick
B'nai B'rith Women
Hillside
B'nai B'rith Vocational Service
New Jersey
Northern
Pingry School Launches Summer Science Institute
Pingry headmaster Dr E Laurence Springer announces the Pingry Summer Science Institute directed by Ernest Shawcross and C Brett Boocock Jr. The program runs June 28 to August 16 for 40 eleventh graders with no tuition. Applications due March 10. Shawcross holds degrees from New Jersey State College Seton Hall and attended multiple universities. he served in WWII and has taught at Pingry since 1946.
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E. Laurence Springer
Pingry School
Pingry
Ernest C. Shawcross
C. Brett Boocock, Jr
Shawcrass
Newar's
State College
Union
Seton Halleuniversity
South “Orange
Hay
Columbia University
Rutgers University
Stevens Institute of Technology
Union College
Pingry School Alumni, Accelerated Reading Program Report
Mr Shawcross and Mr Boocock are noted alumni with ties to Newark State College and Pingry School. The 1960 accelerated reading program at Pingry serves about 160 students with remarkable gains including a student reaching 15 000 words per minute and 95 percent comprehension.
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Shawcross
Newark State College Alumni Association
Westfield
Boocock
Williams College
Rutgers University
U.S. Air Force
Pingry School
J. Warner
Pingry
Julian Meltzoff
Plea for Tolerance Echoes in Hillside Times
A reader from Union, New Jersey writes February 13, 1961, to the Hillside Times expressing sadness at the ongoing call for tolerance and urging community harmony.
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Bishop Street Union
N. J
Hillside Times
Tolerance and religion in a Christmas scene dispute
A Jewish reader argues for religious tolerance and constitutional government over a township nativity display. He cites two centuries of American heritage, condemns bigotry, and urges understanding of all faiths while criticizing correspondent Levitas for intolerance and misusing the First Amendment.
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Levitas
Leyitas
Bankers Attend New Jersey Credit Conference
Henry G. Groh vice president of Hillside National Bank attended the consumer credit conference of the New Jersey Bankers Association in Atlantic City recently.
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Bankers
Henry G. Groh
Hillside National Bank
New Jersey Bankers Association
Atlantic City
Sinai Observes Purim Festival
The annual Purim celebration for Sinai Congregation marks the ancient Persian Jewry deliverance. Services include the Book of Esther reading at 6 15 p.m. on Wednesday and 6 30 a.m. Thursday March 1 and 2. The Sinai Hebrew School and Youth Center hosts Purim services and a cantata The Story of Purim on February 26 at 10 30 a.m. The fourth and fifth grades join the adult services.
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Sinai Congregation
Maple Avenue
Sinai Hebrew School
Holtz
Sinai Hebrew School and Youth Center
Hillside Serviceman Completes Army Stenographer Course
Fort Benjamin Harrison reports Army Pvt. Harry T Congdon of Hillside New Jersey has completed the stenographer course at The Adjutant General's School on February 7. Trained to shorthand dictation at 9 wpm and typing from notes at 45 wpm he entered service in July 1960 after basic training at Fort Dix. Congdon is a 1955 West Side High School Newark graduate.
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Fort Benjamin Harrison
Mnd
Army
Harry T., Congdon
Harry J. Congdon
St. Louis Avenue
Hillside
N. J
Adjutant General's School
Congdon
Fort Dix
West Side High School
Newark
Joyce Cammarota’s 18th Birthday Party Noted
Irene L Selgneider reports a gala party for Joyce Cammarota, daughter of Mr and Mrs Conrad Cammarota, at 1014 Salem Avenue. A buffet followed, with gifts for the senior from friends and classmates. The Jolly Dozen met at Mrs Martin Emet’s home on Harvard Avenue and later observed Mrs George Zemanovic’s birthday with gifts, cards, and refreshments.
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Irene L. Selgneider
Joyce Cammarota
Conrad Cammarota
Salem Avenue
Cammarota
Jolly Dozen
Martin Emet
Harvard Avenue
George Zemanovic
Kosher Products Display Highlights Sinai Sisterhood Meeting
At Esther Berkowitz Hall Congregation Sinai Sisterhood presented a kosher products display led by Mrs. Eliezer Cohen. The program was part of an observance organized by the Women's Branch of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Sinai Sisterhood’s affiliate.
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Sinai Sisterhood
Esther Berkowitz
Eliezer Cohen
Women's
Union of Orthdox Jewish Congregations of America
Labor Man To Head United Fund Drive
Charles A. Valano of Phoenix Lodge 345 IA Machinists AFL CIO named general chairman of the fall United Fund for Eastern Union County campaign. He is the first labor leader to head the fund and Community Chest, having served as vice chairman in the prior five drives.
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Charles A. Valano
Phoenix Lodge
International Association of Machinists
AFL
CIO
United Fund For
Union County
Organized Labor
Fund
Community Chest
United Campaigning
Walano
Harry A.cooper
United Fund
Cooper
Cooper Alloy Corp
Hillside
Oak Ridge Road
Clark
The
Community Welfare Council
Eastern Union County
Union County Central Labor Union
American Type Founders
Woman Bank Teller Hails From Union and Frackville
Mrs. Katherine W. Revock widow of Samuel Revock of 1001 Nicholas Avenue Union became a commercial teller at Hillside National Bank last week. She studied in Frackville Pa and Drake Business College Elizabeth. She spent 10 years with Forstner Chain Corp Irvington and since 1956 at National 1 State Bank Summit.
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Katherine W. Revock
Samuel Revock
Nicholas Avenue
Union
Hillside National Bank
Revock
Frackville
Drake Business College
Elizabeth
Forstner Chain Corp
Irvington
National 1
State Bank
Summit
Mrs Lois McCurdy Joins Doctors Nurses Association
Mrs Lois McCurdy D N of 1511 Schley street joins the American Association of Doctors Nurses, announced by executive director Robert Bickford. McCurdy works in Dr Leonard W Leeds office in Irvington and is wife of Monroe Garden Apartments superintendent. She and her two daughters Barbara a senior and Lois a freshman attend Hillside High School. The group promotes welfare and recognition for doctors nurses nationally.
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Lois McCurdy
D. N
Schley Street
American Association of Doctors’ Nurses
Robert Bickford
McCurdy
Leonard W. Leeds
Stuyvesant Avenue
Irvington
Monroe Garden
Hillside High School
Barbara
Lois
School Science Exhibit at Hillside Bank Display
Children from Hillside Avenue School present a solar system and space themed display at Hillside National Bank. The exhibit includes a model of the surface, a star scope, a star finder and a telescope, with project booklets on stars planets and space.
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Hillside National Bank
Hillside Avenue
Lights Time Out After Prospect Street Wire Down
A high tension electric wire fell in the Prospect street area last week, cutting off service for about two hours, police reported.
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Prospect Street
Hillside Times Publication Details and Subscribe Rates
The Hillside Times priced at 10 cents per issue with annual subscription three dollars and fifty cents. Published by Times Publishing Co. at 144 North Broad Hillside, Elizabeth New Jersey with second class postage paid.
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Side Times Publishing Co
North Broad
Hillside
Elizabeth, N. J
First Aid Unit Members Attend New Jersey Meet
Three Hillsisy Ambulance Squad members attended the Second District meeting of the New Jersey State First Aid Council in Winfield Park. Mrs Eileen Prince Mrs Angela Rippo and Peter Semchessen joined Henrietta Froehlich executive director of the Union County Heart Association who addressed the gathering.
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Hillsisy Ambulance
N. J. State First Aid Council
Winfield Park
Eileen Prince
Angela Rippo
Peter Semchessen
Henrietta Froehlich
Union County Heart Association
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Slifer Typewriter CO
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