Smouldering Blaze Forces Nightclothes Evacuation Of Tenants
A basement fire in a three story building at 1510 North Broad Street sent thick smoke through hallways early Saturday. All residents escaped unharmed as Hillside and Newark fire crews battled the flames in the C wing cellar. Fire officials said the blaze started in stacked mattresses and rags with cleaning fluid and four families chose to stay elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Broad Street
Paul Korlesky
Hillside
Newark
August H. Davies
Daviet
Bailey Avenue
William J. Woodruff
William Schwaib
Schwaib
Thief Steals Pocketbook From Town Clerk Home
The Township Clerk Howard J. Bloy reported a break in at his Windsor Way residence between 8:30 and 10:45 am Friday. A pocketbook with about $15, a purse with about $1.50 and a Newark store charge coin were taken from a desk near the kitchen and dining area. James I. Travis found the pocketbook in his Bradford Road yard. Separately Eli D. Zemble shot a deer Saturday in Fairhaven and hung it in his garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard J. Bloy
Windsor Way
Newark
Eli D. Zemble
Trinity Place
Fairhaven
Saybrook Assembly Thanksgiving Program Highlights
Saybrook School held a primary grades assembly featuring multiple classes. Students performed songs and recitations including The Turkey Ran Away, Ten Little Indians, Jack Frost, Thanks for Parents, The Turkey, Prayers, The Dance of the Leaves, The First Thanksgiving, They Found a Home, and We Give Thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saybrook School
Carol Pearlman
Lewis
Miss Scherer
Jack Frost
Barbara Levy
Bruce Duhle
Lynn Cistaro
Jo-Ann Peace
Marianne Santagato
Pie in the Face Incident Near Harding Terrace Home
At 9 10 p m Friday Jerome Eitelberg of 1382 Harding terrace heard garden noises and stepped outside to investigate. He was struck in the face by a pie thrown by youths. no assailant was caught. Police found no trace while noting the pie likely came from the nearby Jones Pie Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Eitelberg
Harding Terrace
Eitelberg
Jones Pie Company
Education Week Observed at Calvin Coolidge School
Calvin Coolidge School celebrated American Education Week with programs culminating in a World Friendship Assembly. Armistice Day speakers included Eugene Kulakowski of Harden-Locker Post 50 and Michael Gold of the High School S.G.A. The week featured voice recordings, discussions, dance, music, drama, and skill lessons. Co-chairs were Mrs. Dorothy Kirkman and Mrs. Muriel Ehrens. Art projects were shown with Miss Ann Bennett supervising. Eighty-five visitors registered at the PTA open house.
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Calvin Coolidge
World Friendship Assembly
Eugene Kulakowski
Harden- Locker Post 50
American Legion
Michael Gold
S.G.A
Dorothy Kirkman
Muriel Ehrens
Ann Bennett
P.T.A
Saybrook School Honors Hallowe'en Window Winners
Mrs. Adelaide Dunn's seventh grade led the Saybrook School upper assembly as Isabella Tortorello opened with announcements. David Harris introduced Board of Education member Mrs William Raphael who awarded prizes to Jeffrey Conford Jean Rosenberg Joyce Winquist Arline Oliver for the Men's Progress Club Hallowe'en window painting contest. A student play Just What the Doctor Ordered featured Rosemary Vitale Fred Willis and others, with a musical number by Caroline Weisbecker Janet Sweet Alice Mencher Dianne Butler Stewart Eisenberg.
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Adelaide Dunn
Saybrook School
Isabella Tortorello
David Harris
William Raphael
Board of Education
Men's Progress Club
Jeffrey Conford
Jean Rosenberg
Joyce Winquist
Arline Oliver
Rosemary Vitale
Fred Willis
Sharon Herman
Dorothy Fleck
Stewart Eisenberg
Stuart Bernstein
Howard Bell
Harold McBride
Roger Aldredge
Douglas Ruhman
Jack Radcliffe
Alfred Griffith
Eugene Richele
Ronald Susskind
Caroline Weisbecker
Janet Sweet
Alice Mencher
Dianne Butler
Theodore Weisbecker
The
Plano
Honor Students At Vail-Deane School
The Upper School Honor Roll for the first two months of the present school year was announced this week by Miss Margaret Cum ings of The Vail-Deane School in Elizabeth. Among the fourteen students listed were Caroline Morgan of 70 Bauer terrace, Mary Harrison Cooke of 820 Roanoke avenue, Joan Danager of 962 Revere drive and Joan Loeser of 854 Salem avenue.
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Margaret 8. Cummings
Vail-Deane School
Elizabeth
Caroline Morgan
Bauer Terrace
Mary Harrison Cooke
Roanoke Avenue
Joan Danager
Revere Drive
Joan Loeser
Salem Avenue
Fire Causes Slight Damage At War Memorial Building
A fire in the War Memorial Building at Liberty Avenue and Memorial Drive early Saturday caused only slight damage. Police were alerted by Robert Toth of 1320 Avy Street. Fire Chief August H Daviet cited a short circuit in a ceiling light fixture as the cause.
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War Memorial
Liberty Avenue
Memorial Drive
Robert Toth
Avy Street
August H. Daviet
Baldrey named melting supervisor at Cooper Alloy Foundry
The Cooper Alloy Foundry Co. announces the appointment of James H. Baldrey as Supervisor of Melting. Baldrey, formerly with Water vliet plant of Allegheny Ludlum Steel, brings eighteen years of stainless steel melting experience and aims to ensure high quality amid new casting processes and furnace expansion. He studied metallurgy at Rensselaer and leads in several professional societies. Also noted are a Christian Science radio program and a divorce hearing set for Irene Kemps vs Matthew Kemps proceeding before Advisory Master Tomasulo.
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James H. Baldrey
Cooper Alloy Foundry Co
W. P. McKown
Baldrey
Watervliet
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Company
Cooper Alley
Nicholas A. Tomasulo
Irene Kemps
Columbia Place
Matthew P. Kemps
Prospect Street
South Orange
Brownie Troop 44 Holds Investiture
Brownie Troop 44 of Hillside Presbyterian Church held an investiture service last week. New members Gail Cox Catherine Jeffrey Susan Eayle Judy Magee Susan Moser Margaret Pries and Judy Weisbecker received pins. Leaders conducting the service were Mrs. Evelyn Lane Mrs. Barbara Cox and Mrs. Mildred Tate. Margaret Pries former co leader of Troop 44 now leads Troop 69 in Saybrook School annex and Catherine Jeffrey Judy Magee and Margaret Pries transferred to Troop 69. Brownies aided in the first Girl Scout cookie drive and order books were distributed.
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Hillside Presbyterian Church
Gail Cox
Catherine Jeffrey
Susan Eayle
Judy Magee
Susan Moser
Margaret Pries
Judy Weisbecker
Evelyn Lane
Barbara Cox
Mildred Tate
Coleader
Saybrook School Annex
Margaret
Pedestrian Strikes Car Then Vanishes Near Joys Gas
An unidentified pedestrian struck Michael Roscoe near Joy's gas station on North Broad street last Thursday at 10 48 PM. The man walked into the night refusing aid and medical care after colliding with Roscoe's car at 29 Long avenue between the gas station driveways.
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Michael Roscoe
Millard Avenue
Roscoe
Long Avenue
Joy
North Broad Street
Home of Benjamin Smith Ransacked After Dinner
Police say entry was gained by breaking a lock on a screen door and a pane of glass on an inside door. Benjamin Smith of 1986 Nottingham Way found his master bedroom ransacked after returning from dinner at Sevoy last Thursday evening. No immediate missing items were identified.
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Benjamin Smith
Nottingham Way
Smith
Sevoy
Turning truck collision injures driver on Liberty and William
Police report a turning truck struck William S A Allister 20 at 279 William Street as he made a left on Liberty Avenue last Thursday at 6 25 pm. Richard Kelly 17 of 202 Lap Avenue drove around Allister and rear ended the car. Kelly's car sustained damage to the left front fender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S.A. Allister
William Street
Liberty Avenue
Richard Kelly
Lap Avenue
Allister
If Kelly
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Somebody Loves
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