Hillside Week Reflects Quiet Municipal Business and Community Events
Hillside's quiet week saw many municipal matters postponed due to the New Jersey Municipalities Convention in Atlantic City. The week featured a football prep for tomorrow's game with Weequahic High School Newark and a Rosary Society benefit for Christ the King church. A Hillside High School schedule for events is noted, with Esocoff of Elizabeth elected to a sixth term as vice president of New Jersey region of the National Jewish Welfare Board. A 45 day license suspension is listed for Hodovance of 1285 Myrtle Street.
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New Jersey
Atlantic City
Ted
Weequahhigh School
Newark
Pity of the Rosary Society
Church of Christ the King
Hillside High School
M. Esocoff
Elizabeth
Cooper Oy Cop
National Jewish Welfare Board
Esocoff
Union County
Hodovance
Myrtle St
State
Township eyes joint garbage disposal and vehicle cleanup
A Port of New York plan to extend a road through Elizabeth Newark area could push disposal sites further from Hillside and raise costs. The Township Committee is urged to consider a joint commission for garbage disposal and to address private property with old cars to improve neighborhood appearance.
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Port of
New York
Elizabeth-Newarks
Meadows
Meadllor
Democrats claim township win signals party strength
Democrats view a 122 vote edge in the Township Committee race as an overwhelming victory despite GOP gains nationwide. They cite vote of confidence for the committee and its 1952 record, while Republicans note a narrow win and pledge to act as watchdogs without clear candidate plans for the next race.
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Alex JeMenza
Leaves Burn Firemen Sweat in Sewer Catch Basins
The fire department battled leaf and debris fires in storm sewers while residents reported thefts and an arrest. Ida Shisler reported $12.55 stolen from a dresser. Stanley Appel said a wife’s watch valued at $175 was missing. Michael Smeda, 45, was arrested after parking illegally and deemed unfit to drive, later released on $500 bail.
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Ida Shisler
Stanley Appel
Williamson Ave
Flier-Husband Receives Bars
Arnold R. Fox husband of Phyllis Segal Fox of Hillside New Jersey was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U S Air Force after graduating from Officer Training School Lackland AFB Texas He will train as an aircraft maintenance officer at Chanute AFB Illinois A Long Branch High School graduate he earned a BS in business administration from Monmouth College West Long Branch New Jersey He is a Delta Sigma Pi member His wife Phyllis is the daughter of Mrs Ida J Segal of 1601 Summit Ave Hillside New Jersey
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San Antonio
Arnold R. Fox
Phyllis Segal Fox
Summit Ave
Hillside
N.J
U.S. Air Force
Officer Training School
OTS
Lackland Afb
Tex
Fox
Chanute Afb, Ill
Lieutenant
Long Branch
N.J.) High School
Monmouth College
West Long Branch
Delta Sigma Pi
Phyllis
Ida J.segal
Summit Ave., Hillside,n.j
Weequahic Indians Run To Take On Hillside Comets Thanksgiving Clash
November 24, 1966 preview of the Hillside Comets and Weequahic Indians football Thanksgiving game. outlined are probable starting lineups with positions and heights for both teams amid Hillside’s goal to halt a long standing Hillside dominance and Weequahic’s recent improvement after last year’s 19 13 win.
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Weequahic Indians
Hillside
Comets
Berkeley Heights
Hillside Comets
James J. Taigia
Thomas Hopkins
Bob Cadwallader
Vincent Lacullo
John Smagowicz
Joe Senichka
Mike Spolowicz
Jim Hutchinson
John Mendes
Steve Alibrando
Walter Kirk
Dragotta Promoted to General Traffic Manager at Bristol-Myers
Dragotta of Van Drive Watchung New Jersey rises to General Traffic Manager at Bristol-Myers Hillside. The appointment announced by Stephen Pida VP Manufacturing Hillside facility notes Dragotta joined Bristol-Myers in 1931 and has served as Shipping Supervisor Foreman Traffic department head and department head traffic. He will supervise all shipments of Bristol Myers products across the United States.
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Carmine Dragotta
van Drive
Watchung
New Jersey
Bristol-Myers
Hillside
Stephen Pida
Hillside Pharmaceutical
Dragotta
Bristol- Myers
Bristol & Myers
United States
Zoning Board to Study Variances Appeals
The Zoning Board of Adjustment will meet at 8 p.m. on Thursday December 1 to hear Adela Monchia’s request to convert her single dwelling at 1416 Mann Ave into a two family home in an R40 zone. The board reserved decision on Robert Ognowski’s garage variance and Sidney Margolis’s two family house on Gurd Ave. Sidney Fuchs and David Tucker opposed. The board has approved variances for M G Godfried at 361 Hollywood Ave to add to a duplex, Charles Fasullo at 143 Yale Ave for a single dwelling, and Morris Delmar to relocate a single dwelling on Sweetland Ave.
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Zoning Board of Adjustment
Adela Monchia
Mann Ave
Robert Ognowski
N. Broad St
Sid
Ney Margolis
Gurd Ave
Sidney Fuchs
David Tucker
M. G. Godfried
Hollywood Ave
Charles Fasullo
Yale Ave
Morris Delmar
Sweetland Ave
Viet Soldier Shows Slides To Students
Joseph Cozzi of 70 Warwick Road recently presented colored slides from his tour of duty with the First Cavalry Division in Viet Nam to Lincoln School third graders in Harrison. The visit expanded to other classes studying the police action as the soldier thanked the students. Cozzi, a Bloomfield High and Rutgers grad, was an ambulance driver and helped inoculate people in Viet Nam. His Bloomfield classmate Rosalie Gammarata arranged the correspondence and visit.
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Joseph Cozzi
Warwick Road
Viet Nam
Calvary Division
Lincoln School
Harrison
Kim
Bloomfield High School
Rutgers University
Misa Rosalie Gammarata
Pro Cozzi
Women To Hear Police Director
The Hillside Business and Professional Women's Club plans a 6:30 p.m. meeting Monday at Kingston Restaurant Union with Newark Police Department officers led by Police Director Dominick A. Spina hosting. The club will hold its annual card party on Friday December 2 at Stauffer’s Mall Short Hills and its Christmas party December 16 at Kingston Restaurant Union.
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Hillside Business and Professional Women’s Club
Hillside State Bank
Kingston
Union
Newark
Dominick A. Spina
Stauffer's
Short Hills
Eileen Geiger
Irene Phillips
Hillside thief Moyano arraigned in Florida charge
Vince Moyano 24 was arraigned in Florida on a Hillside robbery charge and remanded to Union County jail. He faces indictment for the November 15 Liberty Pharmacy $6,000 robbery and is held on $2,000 bail. He was arrested in Coral Gables after his wife alerted police to his contact attempt following a New York City to Miami flight with stolen cash. Moyano, a former Liberty Pharmacy employee, was dispatched to Hillside State Bank with $6,009.93 in funds but never arrived.
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Hillside
Vince Moyano
Union County
Liberty Pharmacy
Liberty Ave
Moyano
Coral Gables
Fla
New York City
Miami
Hillside State Bank
Herbert Freedman
Pharmacy
Hillside Police
Robert Mason
Pneumonia Fatal To Auto Victim
Michael Mirda aged 75 of Hillside died at St Elizabeth Hospital from pneumonia linked to injuries after being struck by a Pontiac driven by Leo C Gruneburg Irvington driver. Mirda suffered two compound fractures and facial lacerations. Autopsy performed to determine cause of death under New Jersey law.
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Michael Mirda
Columbia Ave
Hillside
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Noy
Bloy St
Luoy Pontiac
Leo C. Gruneburg
Marshall St
Irvington
N.J
Gruneburg
Mirda
New Jersey
Recount Yields No Change in Township Race
Public Affairs Commissioner Anton A. Vit Jr. canceled the absentee ballot recount after a brief machine check. Nov. 8 results show Vit, the Republican incumbent, with 4 171 votes, while Democrats Lute Share and Alexander J. Menza won with 4 466 and 4 293 votes respectively. Ostrin had 4 101. County Election Board chaired by J. Frank O'Donell oversaw the 15 minute Westfield recount.
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Anton A. Vit Jr
Superior Court
Walter L. Hetfield III
Lute Share
Alexander J. Menza
Vit
Solomon P. Ostrin
Westfield
County Election Board
J. Frank O'Donell
R. Schuyler Bogart
Hillside Camera Club to judge monthly show on Hillside Ave
On November 28 at 8 20 p m Sam Needleman of Maywood NJ will judge Hillside Camera Club's monthly competition in color and black and white at Hillside Avenue School 145 Hillside Ave Recent winners include Color Class B Baron Hick en Tom Palma William Oak ley Seymour Lampt Ida Gauch Color Class A Joe Roth Marty Fischbein Color Salon Grace Priest Gerald Harris Black and White Class B Tom Palma Ed Thomas
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Sam Needleman
Maywood
Hillside Camera Clubs
Hillside Ave
Baron Hicken
Tom Palma
William Oakley
Seymour Lampt
Ida Gauch
Joe Roth
Marty Fischbein
Grace Priest
Gerald Harris
Ed Thomas
Sisterhoods Plan Waste Paper Drive on Sunday
Mrs Harvey Raf fle president of the Sisterhood and Mrs Isadore Jacobs chair man of the drive urge all newspapers to be brought to the Clark Street entrance of the Sinal Youth Center on Sunday November 27.
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Sinal Sisterhoods
Harvey Raffle
Sisterhood
Isadore Jacobs
Clark Street
Sinal Youth Center
Three Hillside GIs Benefit From Cold War G I Bill
Hillside residents among 133 UJC students using the Cold War G I Bill include Walter J. Chmiel 366 Harvard Ave a business major Robert T. Sforza 1487 Franklin St liberal arts and John M. Stierberger 69 Hillside Ave enrolled as a special student in the Evening Session. The act signed by President Johnson extends World War II and Korean War benefits though smaller, with 55 Day Session fulltime students and 79 Evening Session parttimers. The Veterans Administration reports 210000 benefit checks mailed in October and 35000 applications pending, with potential growth if Vietnam War ends. Miss Wiersma notes faculty policy allows returning servicemen to file applications despite death of other applicants.
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Hillside
UJC
Walter J. Chmiel
Harvard Avenue
Robert T. Sforza
Franklin Street
John M. Sterberger
Hillside Avenue
Mr. Chmiel
Mr. Sforza
Stierberger
Lyndon B. Johnson
Miss Wiersma
Veterans Administration
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