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Newspaper
Woodbridge Leader
Location
Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1929
Page
4
The Woodbridge Leader, published Fridays by The Woodbridge Printers in Woodbridge New Jersey, lists address at 104 Main Street and post office registration. It invites reader correspondence but will not publish anonymous letters and notes republication credits.
The state vows a 1930 program to eliminate 16 grade crossings at a cost of 2 million dollars, though critics say it covers only about half a percent of New Jersey's 2,982 crossings. They warn the schedule leaves 684 heavy-traffic crossings unsafe and stress a larger, statewide program is needed.
An editorial argues that New Jersey’s state senate favors rural counties over urban areas, creating rotten boroughs. It cites population imbalances with Hudson Essex Union and Middlesex counties underrepresented versus Cape May County, and criticizes rural influence on Prohibition era and blue laws. It warns urban growth clashes with static rural power and condemns rural legislative zeal.
St James School led Township Schools with every pupil depositing in the Educational Thrift System. Of 3 009 attending this past week, 3 248 students deposited nationwide. Port Reading Iselin No 16 and Woodbridge National Bank reported 99 and 90 percent respectively with other schools ranging from 51 to 86 percent.
Joseph Dennis of 512 Compton Avenue Perth Amboy is hospitalized at Rahway Memorial with deep facial and head cuts from a collision on St George's Avenue last Monday. Dennis rode as a passenger in a car driven by Clarence V. Longstreet of 74 Jefferson Street Perth Amboy. Longstreet, heading north on St George's near Lido Street, reported the other car fled the scene. he could not read its plate but suspects Michigan plates.
In a bygone year the year 160 B C. New Year’s Eve scene unfolds with sleighbells, clinking glasses, and a plum pudding steeped in brandy. Snow rests on frosted windows as candlelight glows while toasts and Lang Syne echo, some cheer, some tears.
In a village tavern near the oak, three old friends named Secundus Tertius and Primus gather each New Year’s Eve. They reminisce on life, ghosts and folly, debating whether merriment and friendship outlast time, with a toast to a looming year and shared past.
John Durufe of 14 Woodbridge Avenue Port Reading reported a gas station theft Saturday. Three men in a touring car refused to pay for 10 gallons and attacked Durufe when he tried to collect. Two men restrained him and the third struck him before fleeing. Durufe believes he can identify the assailant who struck him.
Contract outlines conveyances from Bale of Property Radio Associates to Jacob Raphae and others. Includes Lots 29-30 in Block 445A Map and adjacent parcels along Two Woodbridge with transfers to Harry D. Mid, Lote 21-22 BI 4443 Map, Oliver Good, Lote 64-65 Bl 646C Map, and Geo Walsh.
A reflective piece discusses geography education in American schools and the broader view of world places. It mentions Argentinian and Barbadian contexts, historic explorers, and city notes such as Montreal, Boston, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and Los Angeles to illustrate how place names and regional identity shape learning.
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