Red Cross Campaign Reaches 414 Members Ahead of Ball
The local Red Cross drive reports 414 memberships enrolled by yesterday afternoon as chairman Jorgé Bo Philhower leads the campaign toward a 2000 member goal. A mass meeting at Town Hall tonight features Mayor Diebitsch, boy scouts, and an address by Rev. Sydney Ussher. A ball at Town Hall on Saturday, April 21, will culminate the drive with entertainment from the Russian Balalaika Orchestra and a series of committees coordinated by Mrs. Carrell Diamond.
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Mrz
Jorgé Bo Philhower
Red Cross
Town Hall
Diebitsch
Ram
Sydney Ussher
Frederic Clements
Edward F. Duggan
N. Hersloff
Gothwaite Dorr
W. H. Arnold
I. B. Hazelton
Emil Diebitsch
August Brauer
Edwin Sharp
Gilbert Livingston
4.C. Powers
J.D. Little
Benjamin
Lodges Weigh Moving as Rent Increases Loom
Three lodges meeting in Masonic Hall consider relocating due to rent hikes. Proposals discussed to set Fortnightly Club upper floor for meetings, with a plan requiring substantial funding to renovate. No final decision announced.
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Masonic Hall
Town Rules Free Jobs for Men Enlisting in War
Town approves a resolution to hold town jobs for men who enlist with the colors with pay differences covered by the town up to the federal wage. Mayor Diebitsch leads the measure approved by the Board. Objections to Coeyman avenue curb and sidewalk assessments are denied. Other items include bids for gravel and stone and land offered in Nutley avenue for summer vegetable cultivation by Kate Catterfield of New York.
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Diebitsch
Board of Commissioners
Coeyman Avenue
William Archibald Wallace
Department of Public Safety
Cook
The
Home Protective League
League Hs
Whitford Avenue
Department of Public Works
Maple Place
Department of Streets
Kate C. Catterfield
East Seventieth Street
New York
Nutley Avenue
Deer On Golf Course Escape From Nearby Preserve
Two deer seen on the Yountakah Club links by early morning players and residents on Wednesday. Alfred Howe and wife of Kingsland road first spotted the animals emerging from woods near their home and crossing the road onto the course.
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Yountakah Club
Earl
Alfred Howe
Kingsland Road
Names in a New York Social Register Fragment
A long list of individuals with varied surnames and titles appears to be a partial social register or directory. The dense fragment includes many Mrs and Miss prefixes along with first names and surnames, some linked to New York, suggesting a society column snippet or membership notice with no narrative or dates.
Home Protective League plans field day and new squads
Chairman Benjamin Hurd outlines expansion of the Home Protective League with a machine gun squad, motorcycle unit, riot gun squads, automobile detach ment, bugle and drum corps. Enrollments urged. drills planned Tuesday and Friday nights, indoor until weather ok. Subscriptions target at least 5000 dollars for immediate needs and charity.
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Benjamin Hurd
Home Protective League
J. B. Applegate
Talk on Cinemas at Woman's Club Meeting
The Bloomfield Woman's Club discussed moving picture censorship and the club’s role in improving local film standards. Officers were elected including second vice president Mrs. Louis E. Carman and president Mrs. George B. Philhower. Delegates to the New Jersey State Federation meeting were named along with new members and a Red Cross report noted sixty two dozen compresses sent to New York. The Legal Department will host a Real Property talk by Charles B Meyers on April 27. A health board suggestion led to a resolution urging the Commission to reappoint two board members whose terms expire Dr Edward Crytell and Andrew Fleming.
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A. V. Beeken
Bloomfield Improvement Society
Woman’s Club
Bloomfield
Louis E. Carman
Gilbert R- Livingston
George B. Philhower
William J. Eneleg
New Jersey
Miss van Winkle
Dean Welch
William Longfelder
William C. Ryan
I. Brewster Hazelton
Red Cross
New York
Tegal Department
Charles B. Meyers
Newark
Gilbert R. Wilson
Edward J. Hayden
E. G. B. Miller
Board of Commissioners
Edward Crytell
Andrew Fleming
Riot Call Parade Plans To Town Hall And Park Review
The plan describes a morning riot call using the police fire alarm system on May 30 to summon the Home Protective League and allied groups. They will parade from Police Headquarters, march through streets, then assemble at Park Oval for a review and machine gun squad exhibition.
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Home Protective League
Park Oval
Park School
Mr Matthews Recovering After Operation at St Barnabas
Rev Douglas Matthews of Grace Church who underwent surgery at St Barnabas Hospital New ark was reported progressing rapidly yesterday and expected to go home Tuesday.
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Douglas Matthews
Grace Church
Monpee
St. Barnabas’ Hospital
Newark
Red Cross Benefit Today Showcashes Helen Keyes Ensemble
The Red Cross benefit features the Helen Keyes Ensemble at Town Hall this afternoon. Fifty pupils aged two and a half to sixteen perform motion poetry, dance studies, and interpretive pieces including Echo, Tales of Hoffman, Night and Morning, and a Hungarian Czardas. Matinee starts at 4 with strong attendance anticipated.
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Red Cross
Helen Keyes
Ensemble
Ich
Margaret Dickinson
Echo
Susan Ames
Anna ° Powers
Charlotte Couchlan
Marie Hartman
Marjorie Clements
Milk Bacteria Counts Rise With Few Drops in February
The Board of Health reports higher overall bacteria levels in March across several milk dealers. Notable figures include Borden grade A 2,000 and 3,000, Cerami 520,000, Haberle 18,000, Reilly 580,000, Steinlauf 47,000, Tuers 16,000 and 8,000. George W Hawksworth, registrar of vital statistics, recorded eight deaths, twenty births, and three marriages alongside illnesses such as scarlet fever and tuberculosis.
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Board
Steinlauf
Tuers
George W. Hawksworth
Flag Raiser at Mill Ceremony Honors Company Victory
George LaMonte and Son employees raised an American flag purchased by the officers atop the mill buildings Monday. Patriotic songs and speeches marked the observance, reflecting company pride.
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George LaMonte & Son
Concern
Nutley Firms Vie for Stone Contract in City Bid
John Hawkins of Park Avenue was the low bidder at Tuesday night’s Commissioners meeting for this year’s cracked stone contract. Bids varied as firms did not bid on all items, with Wardeman Co of Lyndhurst Osborne and Marsellis of Montclair and Van Keuren and Sons of Newark among the next low bids. The contract will be let by the Commissioners Tuesday night.
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John Hawkins
Park ‘Avenue
Commis
Wardeman&Co
Lyndhurst
Osborne & Marsellis
Nutley Scouts Offer Civic Aid in Local Crisis at Town Hall
About seventy five uniformed Boy Scouts and leaders led by E S Gardner and Frank L Busby tendered their services to Nutley officials. They pledged to assist in emergencies, offer first aid and signaling, and support Red Cross recruitment. A Scout demonstration is planned for Saturday night April 28 at Town Hall.
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Town Hall
Red Cross
Nutley
Boy Scouts of America
Legion of Service
Scouts
E. S. Gardener
Local youths enlist in navy and army reserves
About fifteen Nutley youths joined the colors or applied for service this week. Gerald Winser enters Coast Guard Patrol to pilot new motorboats along the coast from New London to Barnegat. Frank Kane heads to Navy training in Newport. Others join college battalions at the University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers, or the army engineers at Newark.
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Gerald Winser
Gerald C. Winser
Hampton Place
Coast Guard
Thi
New London
Conn
Baregat
Maine
New York
Frank Kane
James Kane
Chestnut Street
Navy
Newport
Thomas J. O'Neil, Jr
Brookfield Avenue
University of Pennsylvania
Weld Arnold
Whitford Avenue
Harvard
Neville Pratt
Lewellyn Pratt
Highfield Lane
Rutgers College
New Brunswick
William Davis
Frederic Davis
Colonial Terrace
Rutgers
Nutley Library Bird Bath Donated by Improvement Society
The bird bath on the library grounds was donated by the Nutley Improvement Society in memory of William J. Kitsley, an early and active member of the organization.
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the Improvement Society
Nutley Improvement Society
William J. Kitsley
Elks Install Officers In Nutley Ceremony
Nutley Ledge of Elks installed officers on Wednesday led by Exalted Ruler Samuel Falkenbury with Leading Knight Joseph Blum Loyal Knight Edmund Guthrie and others including Charles Findlay Henry Windheim A Hartman and R W Ballard in the ceremony Paul Hickey served as inner guard.
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Nutley Ledge of
Elks
Samuel Falkenbury
Joseph Blum
Edmund Guthrie
Charles
H. Findlay
Ryler
Henry Windheim
Agrave A. Hartman
R. W. Ballard
Funeral services for Alexander G Willse
Alexander Grant Willse died Monday from acute bronchitis at his home 312 High street. Funeral was held Tuesday by Rev. Henry J. Condit. Interment in Glendale Cemetery. He was forty seven, ill six weeks, born in New York, served here fifteen years, member of Industry Council No. 35 Jr. O. U. A. M. Jersey City. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs Sarah Hegelara and Miss Mary Willae, two sons Willie of OE.
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Alexander Grant Willse
High Street
Henry J. Condit
St. Paul's Congregational Church
Glendale Cemetery
Willie
New York
Industry Council No. 35
Jersey City
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Carrell Diamond
W. K., Stebbing
Benjamin Hard
G. B. Douglas
Deine Fre Teers
Marc Michael
C. RB Royce
P. “Ames
Hay
W. J. Minsch
George ‘Young
G. H. Dorr
Virginia Dorr
Hammatt Norton
Laura Hersloff
Hortense Nats
Margaret Geer
Louise Philtower
Ruth Libby
Elizabeth O'Neil
Theona * Brauer
Bhy Carman
Florence Shaped
Po. Libby
WT. L. Armstrong
Bennett
A. J. Elder
George W. Blake
Harry’ Bluhm
Lloyd Goodrich
Any Gilazelton
Mra
Edgar
Ts. F. I. Bennett
Ind
Willie Fer, Jr
Anna Lehr
Thomas H. Ince
Fioe
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Thanks - Protective League
Helen Morton
Margaret Michael
S. A. McGuire
A. B. Uadt
J. G. Murray
R. J. McGovern
Nestor
A. Z. Old
Louise Osborne
Annie P. Owen
A.f.peterson
Frank Fate
C. J. Royce
M. B. Rosenstock
C. A. Snedeker
Frank T. Shepard
Birk
Eliot Saith
Eacne-Be
Camp Fire Girls
Battalion American Guard
Boy Scouts
American Red Cross
Woman's Chibley Field Club
Sewanee Club
Nutley Club
Yountakah Country Club
Woman's Club
George Bronson Philhower
Praise Health Board Members
MR. Matthews Recovering
Hawkins
Aviation Corps
Richard W. Booth, Jr
Richard W. Booth
Battalion of Engineers
Frederic Reimer
Charles Connolly
Robert
Connolly
Chestnut Place
Charles Donaldson
Knight Donaldson
Union Avenue
Leon P. Cary, Jr
Leon P. Carey
Grant Avenue
Wallwin Masten
Booth
Shas
Donaldson
Masten
Leon Carey
Stevens
Dalton DeWitt
John DeWitt
Governor’s Island
DeWitt
Douglas Pierson
Franklin” Avenue
Walter Searle
Franklin Avenue
William Dunn
Church Street
Calvary
Newark National Guard
Reginald and
John Marsh
Fred-Dana Marsh
New Rochelle
Alexander G. Willse
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