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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1917
Page
3
A writer notes delays in uniforming public utility guards and recalls a West Passaic avenue shooting after a motorist refused to stop. The piece argues for practical Europe style liquor reform and criticizes prohibitionists, claiming American experience is unique.
The letter laments rising school costs in Nutley and New Jersey, noting 49 000 children in public schools at a total cost of 18 200 000 dollars or 63 dollars per child for 1915 16. It contrasts past tuition with current expense and argues for careful censorship and fair tax collection.
The Yantacaw Chemical Engine Company row was eased as the Board of Commissioners acted on a recommendation by Town Attorney Hull. Former Chief Alonzo Bross and Andrew Fleming were virtually reinstated, with conditions tied to their prior rights and duties. Fleming and Albert C Keyser agreed to withdraw opposition to a replevin and conversion suit, while voting on other local matters included guardsman discipline, property issues, and sidewalk refusals pending street work.
Several hundred Boy Scouts will hold their second annual rally and exhibition of Scout work tonight at Town Hall. Twenty three items in the program cover all scout activities including fire making rope climbing and first aid.
Funeral services were held for William Roberts Sergeant Bo who died Tuesday at his home on Sat terthwaite avenue at age seventy nine from heart failure. The ceremony occurred Thursday afternoon at Grace Episcopal Church with Rev Nathan A Seagle officiating. Interment followed at Mt Hebron Cemetery.
Miss Mary A Cunningham sister of Rev W C Cunningham who died last Wednesday died yesterday morning of heart failure in the Nutley rectory. She lived in Worcester Massachusetts and taught in public schools there. She arrived in Nutley to attend her brother's funeral and was staying at the rectory during the removal of his effects.
Nutley High School lost to Irvington High yesterday afternoon on the Park, fifteen to three. Miss Eleanor Parsons of Wells College will return today for a short visit with her parents at Grant avenue. Mr and Mrs A H Merriam have returned from a month in Ashville North Carolina. Elsie Klotz of Bloomfield avenue is ill with bronchitis.
The Fortnightly Club and Ladies' Aid Society held meetings with high scores and planned hostesses for May. A large alimony case involves de Lukacsevics, with a 1907 marriage to Mirton Moore linked to Oak Crest property, a bankruptcy tied to Dune Manufacturing, and receivers selling cars. The vice chancellor fixed weekly alimony at $100, noting lavish spending in hotels and cafes during the year.
Brooklyn residents Mr. and Mrs. George B. Norcross and their kin Miss Katherine Norcross Theo dore Norcross joined Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. O'Neil of Brookfield avenue for a Sunday visit. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Homer Stover of Grant avenue yesterday. Irving R. Brown, a Board of Education draftsman, has two paintings on show at the Independent Society of Artists exhibition in Grand Central Palace, New York, through May 10. Brown studied at the Art Students' League and the Metropolitan School of Fine Arts and plans an outdoor sketch and painting class this summer.
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