Three Hundred Attend Shanty Shack Patch Dance
About 300 teenagers gathered Saturday at Hillside Avenue School for the Shanty Shack Match and Patch dance. Harry Nowich and Mrs. Samuel Caroccia helped Peter Humanik, recreation supervisor, with arrangements. A jitterbug by Anthony Martucci and Marylyn Galik and a Charleston by Patricia O Hara and Marie Minissale were highlights. Refreshments were served by Calvin Coolidge School P T A members who acted as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside Avenue
Harry Nowich
Samuel Caroccia
Peter Hu- Manik
Anthony Martucci
Marylyn Galik
Charleston
Patricia O’hara
Marie Minissale
Calvin Coolidge School
P/T.A
Hillside Golfers Win Pro-Am at Canoe Brook
Hillside pair Milton G. Babe Lichardus and Fred Starko posted a 65 to win the P G A pro amateur event at Canoe Brook Country Club Summit. Lichardus carded 38 37 for 65 while Szarko with a seven stroke handicap captured Class A best ball with 65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside
Milton G. Babe
Lichardus
Baltusrol Golf Club
Fred Starko
Canoe Brook
Summit
Szarko
Hillside High
Two-Game Victories In Hillside Rec Loop
Hillside Rec Monday Night League results end in two to one decisions with Hillside Radio beating Koehler Plumbing White Diamond defeating Jim's Auto Repair Elmer's Tavern besting Hillside Sports Club Chick's a Food over Dan's Inn aniank lin Esso Service tops the Hungarian Club High scorers: Joe Coviello 595 with 233 high game Pete Miller 592 Lou Miller 566 Ted Bauer 564 Bill Lind 562 John Zadornza 547 Bob Carlson 529 Connie Feldbusch 529 Ed Binder 527 Paul Lucska 522
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside Rec
Hillside Radio
Koehler Plumbing
White Diamond
Jim’s Auto Repair
Elmer’s Tavern
Hillside Sports Club
Chick's A
Dan’s Inn Anianklin Esso
Joe Coviello
Pete Miller
Lou Miller
Ted Bauer
Bill Lind
John Zadornza
Bob Carlson
Connie Feldbusch
Ed Binder
Paul Lucska
Awards Presented At Cub Pack 198 Meeting
Cub Pack 198 held its regular meeting at Warden Tooker School Tuesday evening with acting cub master Charles Pepper in charge. Chester Babcock awarded bear books year pins and other awards. John Tharaldsen and his son presented a skit and a film on Pack Administration. Den 2 received a banner for 100 percent attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warden-Tooker School
Charles Pepper
Chester Babcock
J John ‘Tharaldsen
John, Jr
Den 2
Hallowe'en Window Painting Awards Presented
The Men’s Progress Club with local business leaders awarded gold silver and bronze medals in a school window painting contest. Prizes were given at the High School Annex Hillside Avenue and Saybrook Schools and at the High School by officials including Henry Goldhor and Sidney Birnbaum. Grand prize winners were Shirley and Gloria Swain and more students received prizes and theater tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men's Progress Club
Harry Meltzer
Recreation Commission
Harden-Looker
Mary Ann Uknius
Raymond Holurus
Judith Ferris
William Bisignani
David Decker
John Karlich
Henry G. Nulton
Hillside Avenue
Sarah Block
Gordon Jacobs
Ronald Orlando
Barry Waldian
Minett Needle
Dianne Mayer
Stephanie Bestracky
Rhoda Chaiet
Mildred Raphael
Board of Education
Saybrook School
Jeffrey Conford
Jean Rosenberg
Jorgce Winquest
Arlene Oliver
Henry Goldhor
Sidney Birnbaum
Shirley
Gloria Swain
Carol Weick
Robert Maxwell
Donald Punchata
Mayfair Theatre
Unger
Progress Club
Wayne T. Branom
Elaine Cohen
Miss Bennett
Joseph Lipschitz
Esso
North Broad Street
Conford Slated As Mayor January 1st
Conford, former counsel to the State Board of Tax Appeals and ex Assistant Attorney General, is named mayor-elect. He has held posts with Newark and Union City, served as Democratic committeeman and chairman, and was a 1949 Assembly candidate. He lives at 216 Conant Street with his wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Tax Appeals
Jersey City
Hoboken
Newark
Union City
Conford
Essex County
New Jersey
American Bar Association
Association of the Bar of the City of
New York
American Judicature Society
Hillside
Boy Scouts
Red Cross
Community Chest
United Jewish Appeal
Union County Council
Boy Scouts of America
Progress Club of
Hillside B'nai Brith Lodge
Irvington High School
Columbia College Schhool
Columbia Law _ Review
Conant Street
Amy
Jeffrey
Saybrook School
Jordan Colonial
Haeberle and Barth
Union
Alexander K. Mooring
Jerome Avenue
Arthur Northwood
Elizabeth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Clinton Avenue
Moering
State Dentistry Board
Vienna
Austria
Bertha Kelly Moering
Fred G. Moering
June J
Guidance Counselor Ms Chiovarou Addresses Hillside Students
Hillside High School students interested in a secretarial career attended a lecture by Mrs Edythe W Chiovarou guidance counselor from the Berkeley School of Secretarial Training in East Orange. She led a Q A session and fielded student questions afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside High School
Edythe W. Chiovarou
Berkeley School of Secretarial Training
East Orange
Jane Krumacher
Chiovarou
Wounded Marine Returns To Front
Pfc. Ralph LaTorraca son of Mr and Mrs Thomas LaTorraca 286 Hillside Ave was wounded in the left leg October 24 on Bunker Hill Korea by shell fragments He told his parents in a letter that he could return to duty the next day He is 21 and has been in Korea since September 2 Inducted last February He is in an anti tank company with the Fifth Marine Division trained at Parris Island S C and Camp Pendleton Cal He attended Irvington Vocational High School and was a carpenter before service He has two sisters Mary LaTorraca and Mrs Paul Cancellieri
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph LaTorraca
Thomas LaTorraca
Hillside Avenue
Bunker Hill
Korea
Fifth Marine Division
Parris Island
S.C
Camp Pendelton
Cal
LaTorraca
Irvington Vocational High Schol
Mary LaTorraca
Paul Cancelliert
Unique Hobby Fills Void For Resident
Mrs Edna Ness of 251 Williamson Avenue has developed a distinct hobby making decorative pieces from fish skin and bones. She creates shadow boxes with vases, animal heads, birds, and other art, using dyed skins and bones shaped into intricate forms. Ness notes the craft began after family changes and now occupies her basement, inspiring a plan to teach disabled veterans the craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Ness
Williamson Avenue
Ms. Ness
Nuss
George
Navy
Ness
George William Welch
Coast Guard
William
John
Auto Safety Talk Predicts Ten Year Injury Spike
Budd Crayer of the Bureau of Traffic Safety warned at the Hillside Rotary Club that by 1960 there could be 13 million traffic accidents as car totals rise from 30 million in 1945 to 65 to 70 million by 1960. He cited 308,000 deaths and 10.7 million injuries from 1940 to 1950 and urged education engineering and enforcement. He noted a new point system revoking licenses for habitual violations and a financial responsibility law taking effect April 1 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budd Crayer
Hillside Rotary Club
Bureau of Traffic Safety
Nj, Highway Department
Crayer
Hillside
Hillside Serviceman Arrives for Fort Dix Training
Pvt Alfred J. Haley Jr., 59 Clark Street Hillside, has arrived at Fort Dix and joined Company K, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division for sixteen weeks of basic training. He is son of Mr and Mrs Alfred J Haley and attended Hillside High School and Newark College of Engineering before joining Baker & Co. of Newark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside
Fort DIX
Alfred J. Haley, Jr
Clark Street
47Th Infantry Regiment
9Th Infantry Division
Pvt
Haley
Alfred J. Haley
Hillside High School
Newark College of Engineering
Baker & Co
Astor Street
Newark
Books On Display At Hillside National Bank For Book Week
Hillside National Bank hosts a fifteen‑book display for National Book Week with titles from Beverly Cleary to Carl Carmer. Doris Hubert and Harold Benzing oversee the display, while Miss Lottie Smolenski of Hillside Public Library supplies the titles and related materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Hubert
Harold C. Benzing
Hillside National Bank
Smith
Jennifer
Kugelman
Ralph J. Bunche
Carden
Vania Village
Vance
Lady Jane Grey
Bothwell
India
Aldrich
Roger Lewis
Maggie Rose
Th Sawyer
Ptlagie Doane
Crisisey-at-the
Mildred-haw— Rance
Carl Carmer
Rags
Elizabeth Morton
Lorraine
Jerrold Blum
d’Aulaine
Autoist Snatches Woman's Handbag
Mrs. Theresa Geiger of 1464 Lexington Place Elizabeth was robbed of her handbag on Salem avenue between Coe and Fairbanks streets. A short thin man in dark clothes leaped from a parked car, seized the bag, and fled in the vehicle. She found only $2 and could not identify the car or its destination. The suspect was 45 to 60 years old, about five feet five inches tall. Police report details limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Geiger
Lexington Place
Elizabeth
Third Grade Program Highlights Armistice Day Observances
George Washington School pupils from third and fourth grades, led by Mrs G Scannell, presented a program with master of ceremonies Richard Newman. Bobby Berkowitz recited A Penny to Spend and a play titled Whats a Penny. Harvey Kleppel read A Goblinade. Teddy Kozlik performed Armistice Day clarinet selections as children dressed as servicemen and nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Services
Richard Newman
Noted Rabbi Klayan to attend Sinai dinner for Rabbi Cohen
Rabbi Israel Klayan executive secretary of the Rabbinical Council of America and Mount Vernon rabbi will be the guest at a testimonial dinner for Rabbi Eliezer Cohen. The event is hosted by Sinai Congregation Board of Trustees on Saturday November 22 at 8 p.m. Cohen was elected president of the Rabbinical Council of New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel Klayan
Rabbinical Council of America
Congregation At Israel
Mount Vernon
N. J
Board of Trustees of
Sinai Congregation
Eliezer Cohen
Kavan
Yeshiva University
Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Josua Klavan
Orthodox Rabbinate
Washington, D. C
Klavan
Synagogue Council of
N. Y
Rabbi Cohen
Rabbinical Council of
State of
New Jersey
Breakfast Opens Hillside B'nai B'rith GO Campaign
A Townley's Restaurant drive by Hillside Lodge B'nai B'rith aims to boost membership 100 percent for the 1952 GO campaign led by co chairs Charles Rausch and Sam Cohen. President Herman Arbin urged participation, citing philanthropy and programs, with registration ending at a December 14 victory breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townley
Elizabeth
Hillside Lodge B'nai B'rith
Charles Rausch
Sam Cohen
Hillside B'nai B’rith
Herman Arbin
B'nai B'rith
B'nai Brith
Arlein
Boy Scout Troop 99 Investiture Ceremony Held
About 150 people attended the investiture of Boy Scout Troop 99 in the Church of Christ the King parish hall. Rev. Gerard B. Whelan accepted the troop charter from Rev. Rolland W. Munzen. Scouting officials and church leaders spoke, awards were given, and pageantry included color guard from John Dawson Gilmary Shea Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ the King
Rolland.w. Munzen
St. Michael's Church
Elizabeth
Gerard B. Whelan
Anton Rechner
Julius Felber
Henry B. Grant
Wesley Smith
Philip Leininger
Joseph Petrick
Catholic Action Committee
Union County Boy Scouts
Joseph B. Bagley
Marie Tyranski
Nepthers’ Auxiliary
John Dawson Gilmary Shea
Michael’ Prokopowicz
Charles Gfeller
William Ringwood
Powell's Key Shop Moves to Larger Quarters
Powell's Key Shop announces relocation to 1188 Liberty Avenue near Bloy street from Liberty and Princeton avenues. In two years of operation the exclusive locksmith serves Hillside homes and industries. Charlie Powell will offer a wide range of locks, lawnmowers, saws and tools with plans for a grinder for Stillson wrenches, pipe taps and dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell
Key & Law Shop
Liberty Avennue
Bloy Street
Liberty
Princeton Avenues
Powell's
Hillside
Charlie Powell
Photo Gifts Presented to Police and Fire Departments Ball
About 1,200 attendees at Hillside Local 70 PBA Ball at the Flagship Showboat Union Public Safety Commissioner Henry Goldher presented large placards with photos of the Police and Fire Departments to PBA President George Shelbourne and Hillside Local 35 FMBA President Carmen Dill. Smaller reproductions will be shared with department members and thousands of paper copies distributed to the public and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside Local 70
PBA
Union
Public Safety
Henry Goldher
Police
P.B.A
Hillside Local 35
F.M.B.A
George Shelbourne
Carmen Dill
Hillside Industrial Association
Academy Yearbook
Hollywood Avenue
Clarence van Deursen
Franklyn Weber
Initiation of 18 Knights at Linden Council Ceremonies
Rev Thomas F Canty Council 3197 Knights of Columbus initiated 18 candidates in a first class at Linden Council clubhouse last Thursday. Officers exemplified the degree with speakers including Theodore Ohsbar Giles O Sullivan Michael A McGuire and Rev Joseph B Bagley. Names include Stanley Arszol Robert Grovine Henry Holmes Vincent D Alesandro John Nadwodny Fred Zweidinger and others. Next regular meeting set for November 26 due to Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Canty
Knights of Columbus
Linden Knights of Columbus
Theodore Ohsbar
Giles O'Sullivan
Linden Council
Michael A. McGuire
Robert Grovine
Henry J Holmes
Vincent J. D'Alesandro
John J. Nadwoddny
Fred J. Zweidinger
John J. Jacknain
James M Coyle, Jr
Gerald J. Gotler
Louis M. Mayer, Jr
Michael Prokopowicz
Francis R. Brisson, Jr
Francis Saboski
George Byrne
Peter B. Krakil
Michael J
Bergman Opens Nash Motor Agency in Hillside
Bergman plans to open a Nash Motor Car Co dealership in Hillside as the new franchised Nash dealer for Hillside and nearby areas. A West Orange resident and former Air Force member, he serves as regional vice president of the National Used Car Dealers Association and has long been active in local civic affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bergman
Air Force
England
France
Germany
West Orange
Hillside
Hillside Lions Club
National Used Car Dealers Association
Detroit
Chicago
Nash Motor Car Co
Nash
Vicinity
Hillside Jewish Center Plans Thanksgiving Event
Junior members are invited to an all day Thanksgiving program on Friday November 28. Participants meet at 10:30 a.m. at Weequahic Jewish Center with lunches, games, arts and crafts and stories. They will travel by bus to Newark Center on High Street for swimming, movies and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside Jewish Center
Weequahic Jewish Center
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Hillside Times
Buchanan
Electrical Products Corp
Union County
St. Catherine's Church
Martin
71H Avenue
Union Beach
Waverly
Cohen
Orchard Terrace
Oos
Marks
Francis Place
Centennial Avenue
Cranford
Coe Ave
Gallard's Movieland
EL 6
Onne
General
John Kopp
Williamson Ave
Call
WELOP
Perse Sioi Epid
Pere Peoooede
J. M. Harris
Pet Shops
Tropical Fish Center
Bird Dept
Boxer
Hollywood Pet and Supply
C O
Liberty Ave
Princeton Ave
Leo Scoe
Johns-Manyville
Bette
Business Men's Bureau of Union
Pourse Construction
Salem Road
Asphas
Joseph A. Polivastro
Ontiacton Tel
White Street
Warner Ane
Et. Jones
Roselle
Thippopoilostt
Etifipi Fivile
Sodot Tinning & Roofing
Kar Abelhoer
Lon Te ‘Wilisi
E Tel
Terror Ted Neerere
Pierre Jenretse
A. iMtore
Ediside
Long Avenue
Walte Warren
APA Oreo FT ET PR
Eereer
Paratilure
East 2Nd Ave
Traselle
Hallowe'en
Auto Safety A
Moerine
Ray
Alexander K. Moering
Phillips
Boy Scout Troop
Powell’s Key Shop
K.C. Council
Nash Motor Agency
Jewish Center
Elizabeth Avenue
Chancellor
Ketsulalte
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