Plainfield Home Guard proves worth and training gains
Plainfield Home Guard members, drawn from diverse walks of life, endure long night drills at the Netherwood water tower and city patrols. They train in police procedures, target practice, and infantry drill with plans for noncommissioned officer schools to bolster local defense and emergency response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Home Guard
Calkins
Netherwood Water Tower
Greenies
Wal Aail
Afty
Weague
City Electrician Urged as Necessity by Officials
Officials argue a city electrician would replace out of town inspectors and reduce fire risk from defective wiring. Current costs for fire alarms and police boxes plus inspection fees total about 2400 annually, with contractor fees rising. a salaried electrician could save money and improve safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Underwriters
Public Service Corporation
Board of
Ganewell
Ity
Yann Co
Sei
Perth Amboy
City Electri cian Urged for Prompt Hire and Oversight
A proposed city electrician would regulate electrical contracting, enforce permits for new and added wiring, and allow inspectors to monitor work from application to completion. The plan argues this would curb unsafe practices, reduce fire risks from unpermitted changes, and improve accountability across all electrical projects.
Noble self denial of national special aid praised in war effort
The Plainfield Chapter National Special Aid Society with 1500 members merged with the Red Cross, prioritizing national aid over local plans. A Montclair Special Aid Chapter of 3000 members followed suit, with Newark News praising the move for unified, efficient war effort support under national government sanction.
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Noble
Plainfield
National Special Aid Society
Red Cross
Special Aid
National Special Aid
National Kerk Crom Society
Montclair
Red Cros
Newark News
Matter of Difference Between Cold and Heat
A Courier News reminiscence piece discusses the MacDonald property at East Plant Street and Waterhog Avenue with a walled excavation used to house a hot water boiler. The article surveys old town scenes and local lore, interspersed with humorous asides about dehydration and city changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacDonald
East Plant Street
Watehong Avenue
Courier-News
Tier’s Pond
Voller Ander
Dow
J. Fred MacDonald
Bakers Endorse Bread Curtailing
More than 200 bakers from the Greater New York district met at the Grand Central Palace to discuss the government's non return of unsold bread to retailers. They endorsed the order as a wartime saving measure and resolved to cooperate with authorities for future food plans.
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Greater
New York
Robert Barnard
Ernest Zeek
J. Kornfield
Grand Central Palace
Washington
Plainfield
Ward's
Shulte's
Ble
Food Commission
National Bakers’ Convention
Plainfield Woman Heads New Jersey Defense Committee
Mrs Charles W Stockton of Ridgewood elected chairman of the New Jersey Division of the Woman's Committee of the National Council of Defense at a Newark meeting. State leaders attended as plans were laid for wartime activities with Mrs H Otto Wittpenn as honorary chairwoman and Mrs B Breese as secretary.
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Charles W. Stockton
Ridgewood
State Federation of Women's Clubs
New Jersey
Woman's Committee
National Council of Defense
Newark
H. Otto Wittpenn
Jersey City
Yeer
RB. Verde Breese
Seymour Cromwell
der Bardaville
Mra
Stockton
Sien
James PF Fielder
Edward F Fotckert
This City
John J. White
Atlantic City
Ira A. Kip, Jr
Richamt
A King Moves to New Auto Paint Building on Grove Street
A. A. King, auto painter, relocates from Somerset Street to a new building at 12-08 Grove Street near West Front Street. The expanded shop boasts a 75 by 50 foot area and full repainting facilities. Wilbert T. Rintliff and Charles Kane join on lower floor to handle magneto and battery work as local agents for Exide Batteries.
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King
Somerset Street
Grove Street
West Front Street
Wilbert T. Rintliff
Charles Kane
Bint
Kane
Exidv
Favors County Home for Wayward Girls Proposal in Uaiog county debated by Major Irwin
Major Irwin proposes a county home for wayward girls to reform and secure appearance in court. He cites Helen Usher held as a material witness in a white slavers case and envisions placing many local girls in a reforming home run by probation officers. He notes cost savings for police and the State but wartime events postpone his plans.
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Uaiog
Wirle
Charles W. Irvin
Woodland Avenue
Thin City
Irwin
Helen Usher
Pom
Uberty
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Summer School Set to Open Next Monday
Plainfeld announces a six week summer school at Whit ter School corner FM street and Madison avenue for city pupils who failed grades five seven or eight. Mrs X Warder leads the program with a $1 fee. Registration continues through Monday. Subjects include English grammar history and other standard courses.
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Ann Larivans
John Rosell
Amiv
Florida Grove
Washinton
Fourth Street
Mainfield Avenue
Plainfield
Plainfeld
Whitter School
FM Street
Madison Avenue
Yeatry
Wardoer
City
Feth
Seasion
Engagement Announcement Made In Fashionable Style
A Philadelphia resident Herbert Alfred Stanley Brown of North Avenue receives a unique engagement reveal from Miss Emma Ada Campbell of Tioga. A gold ring and a bouquet noting two names mark the moment as guests witness the novel method.
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Phillies Delyfle Press
Herbert Arthur Stanley Brown
Mre
I A. Abern
North Avenue
Pinintolien
Philadelphia
Tioga
Emime Ada Campbell
Charles Henry Cai
Brie
Arthur £. Brown
Waltham
Mass
Te Jahie
Emma Ada Campbell
Herbert Alfred Stanley Browm
Mise
Virginia Kiet
Mine Lillie Salmons
Virginia Hume
Mies Baena
Marian Lindner
Mise Hume
Mise Wiltelmina Newlands
Florence Nuttall
Peer Prive
Kathryn Hanbert
Ada Snively
Robert Orr Greham
Saturday Closing Affects Local Merchants Plan
Beginning tomorrow Central district merchants led by the Business Men's Association will close shops on Saturdays for several years as part of a trial. The Standard Oil Company agent will operate from the West Prominent street plant, while the Plainfield district aims to push the program nationwide.
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Cuttings
Elwer Te Cutting
Central
Husiness Men's Association
Aarrland Casualty Company
New York
Hewn
Standard of Company
Hie Offies
West Promt Street
Garages Drive Slow Permit Pace in Plainfield
Building permits in Plainfield show little activity beyond garages. Building Inspector Doane has issued no new permits for other structures in weeks, signaling a continued slow permit pace for the area.
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Plainfield
Doane
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Com-Powell
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Clinton J. Pierce
Court of Common Pleas
Crawford
New York State
Pierce
Union County
New Jersey Bor
James J. Connolly
William Newcorn
New Jersey Assembly
Plainfield District Court
Judge Newcorn
Common Pleas
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Plainfield Trust Company
City Electrician
Courier News
W. de la Reehe Andersen
Weat Watchung
A. A. King
Favors County
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