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Newspaper
Hillside Times
Location
Hillside, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1952
Page
1
The Times will publish on Wednesday November 26 due to Thanksgiving. The office closes Thanksgiving Day and material for next week should be submitted a day earlier than usual.
Milton B. Conford is slated to become Hillside’s town ship committee chairman on January 1 succeeding Mayor Robert C. Kirkpatrick. A longtime attorney and public legal figure, Conford has served since 1933 and held roles in the New Jersey and Essex County bar associations and the State League of Municipalities.
The letter questions why Metropolitan Life and John Hancock Mutual Life end support for the Visiting Nurses Association of Union County and shift costs to municipalities and the Community Chest. It argues the insurers hold vast assets and risked speculation, yet now leave low income policyholders to public funding while Newark Airport expansion and aviation progress remain debated.
The Union County American Legion committee urged President Truman to ignore mercy pleas for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. A Harden-Looker Post 50 resolution will be sent to the President. The group condemned a Newark ad advocating mercy and civil rights circulars urging disorder.
Mrs. Robert Lilley and Mrs. Joseph Brandt were named co chairmen of Union County's Telethon Committee for the Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy. The 181 hour telecast runs December 6 and 7 from 8 p.m. to 2 30 a.m. on Channel 7 WJZ TV to aid more than 50 000 cerebral palsied children in the metro area, including over 4 000 in New Jersey.
Eugene Kolakowski a Harden-Locker Post 50 Legion commander and Kiwanis treasurer will chair Hillside for the 1953 Elizabethtown Red Cross fund drive. Daniel Hussey Jr. announced the plan as Kolakowski forms committees and recruits volunteers across Elizabeth Hillside Linden Union Roselle Roselle Park Winfield. Gregor W Pearson assists while drive targets township and chapter wide support.
Hillside National Bank mailed a bonanza of checks to Christmas Club depositors. President James A. Owell reports more than 4,500 members received $520,000 this year as the 1953 Christmas Club opens. Depositors in Hillside and nearby areas join to ensure gifts are covered.
Hillside Red Feather workers under Mrs John Major surpassed their quota for the second year in a row. The town tops 100 percent while Linden and Roselle Park near that mark. Overall drive totals reach 393407.65 of a 603424 goal as a progress meeting is held at the Winfield Scott Hotel Elizabeth. George B Weber says the campaign continues until every prospect is solicited.
Several members of the Township Committee and municipal department heads left for Atlantic City to attend the State League of Municipalities convention at the Chalfonte Haddon Hall. The convention closes on Friday with Township Clerk Howard J. Bloy expected to become president during the gathering.
A proposed central flight clearance center for Newark Airport faces a stalemate over who funds it and legal responsibility. The plan, backed by NATCO and PA, would require pilots to clear before takeoff, check weight, license validity, runway use, and weather reporting, but CAA budget limits block full implementation while airport operations continue.
Township officials urged residents to observe new equipment at Mundet Cork Corp to curb dust smoke and odor. They report tests by smoke expert Thomas Howarth found emissions within local ordinance limits though inspections will continue for a month.
Allan S. Bergman announces the opening of Bergman Nash Motors at 1444 North Broad Street in the Masonic Building on December 1. The firm will provide complete sales, service, and auto repair with Nash models and a used car dept previously Chapel Auto Sales.
Rain is expected today with showers ending tonight. A cooler become is expected as skies remain cloudy tomorrow.
Commissioner Raymond Ro King says Hillside’s Civil Defense recruitment lags behind the national drive started on Armistice Day and ending Thanksgiving. He stresses permanent readiness, training needs, and continued headquarters hours as Newark Airport traffic rises and local services rely on volunteers.
The Civil Defense Council expresses appreciation to Syl's Sign Shop at 1192 Liberty Avenue for painting four billboards for the Civil Defense program. Syl Floryanti completed the contribution as part of the defense effort.
Samuel M. Jowitt was elected president of the Union County Health Officers Association at a Wednesday meeting in the Orchard Inn Springfield He is a Hillside Health Department veteran a Rutgers public health course graduate and has served as registrar of Vital statistics since 1931 and health officer since 1933 He succeeds the late Dr Clayton A Mentzer and is credited with notable public health contributions locally
Health Officer Samuel M Jowitt accompanied by State Board of Health inspector Arthur Price inspected restaurants diners and taverns this week as a preventive survey for code compliance. Future inspections will include barber shops and all food selling outlets under Hillside ordinances and State Code provisions to prevent disease.
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