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police department anu uie tire com* tree from interference with other panics in town. Councilman John Cullen communities,«' . ' * iTownship seeking today.Aifronpass. mvaltiunload cemetery plotsInCouhisIts not your average pre-Christmas holiday story, but the Township of Franklin has somewhere near 161 cemetery plots that it does not know what to do with,i At a recent council meeting Councilman Robert Mettler reported that the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Mitkllebush has been maintaining the plots since about 1940 when the first ones were purchased by the town, The township never paid a “perpetual care” fee to cover the cost of the upkeep, and the cemetery association would like some sort of retribution.■Apparently the cemetery plots wero used as a sort of “potter's field” for township residents (hat died without money or rolatlvos to pay for thoir burial. Mr, Met tier suiu township records are so poor (hoy only show around 100 plots while the cemetery claims the number is near 161, Only six have been used.Times have changed, howevor and it him boon so long sineo the township had a case whore someono died and the township had to toko care of tho burial,Qfuttnl KrimjInAn nimnftti* .Innn Mnuanni*Social Services Director Jean Mossnor said the Local Hoard of Assistance, which oversees tho welfare offico, wouldhave to come up with a new policy regarding the matter,“The situation has never come upsince I have been here and I don’t think the previous welfare director had that problem,” she commented,Mrs, Messner said that state regulations arc so strict that in order for a local welfare office to be reimbursed by the state for such a funeral, total cost cannot be more than $500. She hasn’t seen any for less Hum $1,000, she sold.At the suggestion of Councilman Joseph Martino, Township Attorney Thomas Cnfferty is investigating the legal aspects of the township donating most of the cemetery plots back to Ceciar Grove in turn for the perpetual care on the rest.Concallsibi1)tlieshefeesautltheBiDenctniiwascritSuit possibleAlthough the Franklin Township Council In its last agenda session voted against lion ting n bond to raise $77,000 for a community conter to bo Uilit by tho township Housing Authority, tho chairman of that authority thinks the project “hasn’t boon killed yot,”Leon Cohen said tho housing authority has been discussing “options” for notion on the matter and ho pointed out that the council decision was not a formal one,0|neti' is h six-) In will regi centnondlwforPiHOLIDAY DIDADLINPRago!orfoiliuIII
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Franklin News Record
Franklin, New Jersey, US
Thu, Dec 18, 1975
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