Ghoul-Led Plan Recruits Boys for Home Gardens and Farming
Government leaders urge preparedness for possible food shortage. Local principals outline action: home gardens guided by fathers, canning by girls and mothers, local farming for boys over ten, and rural work on farms under supervision. Programs include garden plots, canning curricula, and state supervision with honors at harvest.
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United States
State Commissioner of Education
State Secretary ‘of Agriculture
Agst
Roomnterest
Prinpals
Farmer's
Farmers Bulletin
United States Department of Agriculture
Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
Jimmy
Howeeer
YOUR BIT A BITE Nutley promotes home food gardens
Nutley launches a community garden drive titled Your Bit A Bite For the Nation. It urges residents to use any unused ground, join Wednesday town hall sessions, and visit demonstration plots to learn gardening from experts.
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The
Nation
Nutley
Town Fire Hoses Will Drag Plows For Gardens
The town Board of Commissioners voted to hire fire teams to plow gardens to bolster the local gardening drive. Mayor Diebitsch said private competition is not the aim, but timely garden work is essential. charges will match private rates and Engineer Eliot N. Smith will direct use of teams between street duties. Numerous plots and offers from residents and dealers are noted, with a model garden planned near Nutley Station by the Shade Tree Commission.
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Board of Commissioners
Diebitsch
Eliot N. Smith
Edgar Sergeant
Satterthwaite Avenue
Girls’ Agricultural League
William A. Lambert
James R. Hay
Anna M. Dodd
Newark
Ernest V. Cockefair
Bloomfield Avenue
Alice J. Bickers
Shade Tree Commission
Arden
Nutley Station
Defense League Badges Distributed at Drills
Badges for Home Protective League members were distributed at drills Tuesday and last night. The items measure about two thirds the size of the photograph and are finished with gilt. Each badge is equipped with two safety catches.
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Defense League
the Home Protective League
Machine gun shown at Town Hall for Protective League
A Marlin machine gun with extra barrels, ammo and gear is at Town Hall for the Protective League. It costs 1020 dollars and can fire 600 shots per minute at seven cents each. The squad includes James C. Bolger, Kingsland Hay, P. H. Holland, Hammatt Norton, F. S. Seymour, C. C. Tillinghast and Joshua Weimer. Lieutenant Bradford Turner of the 12th Regiment N Y N G visited to explain it.
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Town Hall
Protective League
League
Applegate
Kingsland Hay
P. H. Holland
Hammatt Norton
F. S. Seymour
Joshua Weimer
Bradford’ Turner
12Th Regiment
Stephen H. Dorr, Jr
Will Sell Flowers for Red Cross Benefit
Paul A. Rigo, a New York wholesale florist of 44 Daily Street, will donate ten packages of flowers for ten weeks to be sold for Red Cross relief. Packages sell for one dollar each and may be ordered by telephone. delivery is on request. Telephone Nutley 2248.
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Paul A. Rigo
Daily Street
New York
Red Cross
Mr. Rigo
Nutley
Sumner W. White
Mesdames Fallon
F. H. Norton
Philhower
Stebbins
Parsons
Ene Bush
Asina
Arnold
Sydney Ussher
Paina
J. N. Adam
Thomas Nichols
Charles Schunck
Fathers Mothers Sons War Time Sermon at St. Paul’s Church
The Sunday service at St. Paul’s Congregational Church features a wartime sermon titled Are the Young Man Safe and aims to comfort families Fathers Mothers and sons as the community gathers on April 22 at 11 A M.
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St.’ Pasl'é Congregational Church
Helen Keyes Ensemble Dances Delight Town Hall Audience
A matinée benefit for the Red Cross featured Helen Keyes Ensemble with fairies nymphs elves Columbines and Pierrots performing solos groups and interpretative dances. From two and a half years old to sixteen the performers danced with lightness while Miss Keyes explained the program and aesthetic dancing results. The afternoon closed with a united chorus praising the complete performance.
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Keyes
Funeral Service for Local Priest William L Cunningham
Funeral services for Rev. William L Cunningham rector of St Marys RC Church were held after his death at St Marys Hospital Passaic He died five days after an appendectomy cause heart failure Bishop O Connor and many priests attended The body went to Worcester Mass for burial Services included a children Mass and a guard of honor by the Holy Name Society Surviving relatives include two brothers and two sisters with a sister already deceased
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William L Cunningham
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
St. Mary’s Hospital
Passaic
O'Connor
John ,A- Duffy
Cunnningham
Atlantic City
Thomas J. McDermott
Sacred Heart Church
Kingsland
James T. Delehanty
Boonton
Edward Farrell
Church of St. Rose of Lima
Newark
Edward. M. O’malley
Church of Our Lady
Ridgewood
William F. Grady
Church of Our Lady of Sorrows
South Orange
Worcester
Mass
Thomas J. O’neil
Henry A. Cognolly
Francis
McCabe
Curtis
Wigg
Nicholas J. Hickey
Edward P. Whelan
Samuel Grega
O. F. ML
St. Clare’s Church
Delawanna
O. G. Magee
Springfeld
Wiliam J. Dower
Pittsfield
Father Costello
T.F. Canty
Jersey City
Joseph F. Dolan
Hackensack
T. J. Kernan
Shovlin
Tully
Hoboken
T. J. McEnery
Springfield
Father Cunningham
Church of Our Lady Help of Christians
East Orange
Bayonne
Church of the Star of the Sea
St. Mary’s
Francis A. Foy
Nutley Forms Home Protective League For Immediate Safety
Nutley officials report creation of a Home Protective League following a request from the Adjutant General of New Jersey. An organization committee includes three Commissioners, fire and police chiefs, and five citizens: Benjamin Hurd, John B. Applefite, Christopher Bellows, R. J. Dufourd, Arthur Dickinson. The group adopts the New Jersey Home Guard plan as approved for civilian defense.
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Nutley
New Jersey
Titten
Police
Benjamin Hurd
John B. Applefite
Christopher Bellows
R. J. Dufourd
Arthur Dickinson
Home Guard
New Jersey Committee
Son Public Safety
Adjutant General
State of
Rookies Drill On Light-Swept Oval At Park School
crowds of over 200 rookies gathered for a Home Guard drill at Park School with four 1000 watt searchlights illuminating the campus. Capt Applegate and staff drilled motor, horse and trumpet squads as Ward groups formed platoons and assembling points set for weeknight maneuvers. the event marked a first open-air drill at Town Hall Auditorium as rain interrupted practice.
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Park
Town Hall
Old
Thomas Nichols
Park School
Chestnut Street
Capt. Applegate
A. P. Dickinson
J. M.juch
H. M. Libby
R. J. Dufourd
League
Benjamin Hurd
Local Red Cross Expands to 2000 Members Target
The Local Red Cross reports 258 new members this week, bringing total to 672 with 414 previously, as seven working units are planned at five churches the Woman's Club and the Field Club. Monthly expenses expected near $200. funding via old papers, dances, and social events.
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the Red Cross
Red Cross
Ames
Cowan
Albert E. Howe
George LaMonte & Son
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Home Gardens First
Ieankinual
OF Red Cross
Helen Keyes
Centre Street
Passaic Avenue
Franklin Avenue
Elm Street
Prospect Street
Second Ward
Vreeland Avenue
West Nutley Station
Kingsland Street
Beech Street
Vreeland
Local Red Cross
Progressive
Woman’s Club
George A. Hillairs
Edmund Wright
William Longfelder
Arthur’ Preal
Joseph D. Little
Cole Prout
Carrell Diamond
M. D. Kantz
A. C. Dreischer
L. R. Horton
W. T. Hoyt
F. S.hunt
S. Sands
ED Lou Terhune
el Terhune
A. M. Slaughter
W. Wallace
Wickham
Albert Weischedel
M. L. Lewis
M- L. Lewis
Howard Rutan
J. M. Walter
Susan Lockhart
Leroy C. Smith
Alice Edwards
Grace Edwards
Ida Edwards
John F. Clark
C._R. Bedell
C.R. Bedell
Agnes Teates
Fred A. Kurz
Wright Sutcliffe
Andrew Febaing
William Edwards
Charles B. Schunck
A. B. Schunck
S. P. Cumming
R. E. Diffendorfer
A. E. SS Keewell
Misa Winifred “A Bettty
Beele Provost
Robert J. Boynton
Hazelton van Leuwen
Donald Cole Ee Dese John
Russell H. Dorren
CG. Dorr
Stanley G. Cole
Harry W
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