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A Lf '6-" It's Been Said It is good discretion not to make too much of an man at the first, because one cannot hold out in that proportion. Francis Bacon THE COOMEK-NEWi SECOND SECTION Suburban News Telephone PLainfield 7-4000 PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1962 PAGE 27 ome Brought Area Farmers Fear Bankruptcy, in Spite of Aid fcM My'' jr 1 1,200 Dairy Farms Affected In Somerset and Hunterdon By CHARLES DUSTOW shines is something farmers Making hay while the sun can do these days at least not DacKDone of somerset and Si ft V. j- 4 I' 4- FRIENDLY TOWN VISITORS New York youngsters were welcomed by Westfield host families yesterday when Friendly Town visitors arrived for a two-week vacation. Mrs. H.

E. VVolfson (left) greets Russell Barnwell, back for the fifth summer, while Mrs. Leland K. Beach welcomes Raquel Arroyo, her summertime and Christmas holiday guest for the past three years. (Photo by Tony Dell) Westfield Is Friendly Town To Youngsters from New York By RUTH COULBOURN ithe Beach's three high school 31 and the third contingent is Westfield Eager, shiny-jand bright small faces peered college age sons.

Her one important assignment walk- children, Susie and Johnnie, some of the corn stunted and dried as a result of the prolonged drought. (Hanson Photo) STUNTED CORN Farmer John Wengryn of Wenhall Farm, North Barneh, shows his two fMl Skiih mr.ian from a bus window some reflecting shy wonder and others alive "with recognition as city youngsters arrived yesterday for a 2-week vacation in Westfield and the area with Friendly Town host families. To many of the children, the visit meant the renewal of old ties; to others, the establishment of new friendships. They were tagged as to their identity, dressed in their Sun day best and carried their va cation wardrobe and small personal belongings in containers of many descriptions. Before the youngsters left their crowded tenement neighborhoods, they had been given physical checkups and a clean bill of health.

While with their host families and in transit they are covered by insurance. They come from homes financially unable to provide a romp in the country and, for most, a backyard play spot, flowers and trees and perhaps a swimming pool means the opening of a new world. on many of the 1.200 dairv 1 did not want to comment on the suggestion that milk prices be increased. But, he showed obvious concern over the plight of county farmers. "It's a sad situation," he said.

"It's very serious, too, for farmers are digging into the future by using up winter reserves. They'll really feel the pinch when winter comes Hunterdon County, where agriculture is looked on as a principal $8 million-a-year industry, is also feeling the pinch. "We've had only half our normal hay crop and the sit uation is getting worse" said county Agent William Mc- Intyre. THE POSITION is being aggravated, he said, by the fact that milk prices are now "as low or lower than in 1950 while prices of just about everything farmers need have practically doubled. He added: "The squeeze is really on now.

We could end up with a lot of cows being thrown on the market for sale and. with farmers being forced out of business. "In turn, this would mean a heavy economic blow for the county. Though it's not generally realized, many com munities here rely on agn culture for their economic well being." One Hunterdon farm that of Douglas Pickle in Blooms- bury has had such a poor hay crop that only 3,000 against a normal 9,000 bales have been produced. And now these are being fed at the rate of 25 bales a day plus silage! AT HIS B-Bar-D farm, Rob ert Davidson plodded along a dried up brook channel and shrugged in despair.

He forecast many farmers would be forced into accept ing loans they could not afford to repay to buy food for their cattle. "That's why we think it would be better to increase milk prices," he said. "For many of us, farming is a way of life. We'd rather stick to it arid face hardship than look for another liveli hood Scholarship Given To Area Resident Belle Mead Jeffrey Cla- man, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Jules L. Claman of Ludlow re cently received a scholarship of $1,440 from New York University where he is majoring in industrial management. He is Dresentlv employed at the Tobacco Merchants Associ ation in New York. Nobody At Zone i Hunterdon Counties. The reason: A 22-day drought turning rich pastures into parched stubble; a drought ruining corn crops, drying up streams and threat ening hundreds with economic ruin.

With every continuing day of dry weather there mount ing gloom down on the farms Not even the designation of Somerset and Hunterdon as drought disaster areas making them eligible for emer gency federal aid has brought much local cheer. FARMERS AGREE they need help badly. But, what they want is rain. low interest loans are helpful, but they only in crease our debts giving us more burdens to carry, points out farmer Robert Davidson of the B-Bar-D dairy farm in Three Bridges Flemmgton. Right through the two counties, farmers are experiencing crop failures with bad ly needed hay crops being reduced by 50 per cent or more, difficulties providing water for cattle and milk yields falling.

They know that, even if rain comes today, the year will have been ruined for them financially. For. with normal hay crops lost, they're using up winter reserves leaving themselves with no alternatives but to replenish winter stocks at inflated prices. SOME FRANKLY admit the drought is hitting them so hard they may face bank ruptcy. "They're not says Somerset Agricultural Extension Service Agent Har old Repair.

"Some farmers will be knocked out of busi ness. That much is certain. It really is as serious as that." The situation is "rougher" than it was in the drought of 1957, he said, because this year drought conditions also are being experienced in Pennsylvania and New York states forcing New Jersey farmers to go further afield and pay higher prices for winter feed. With some 600 farms cov ering 55 per cent of its land, Somerset has plenty of rea son to be concerned over the drought. Already, say Repair, vital hay crops are down by 40 to 50 per cent.

Many farmers are finding themselves unable to make a second hay cut, falling back already on winter reserves. REPAIR HOPED the emergency federal program would allow farmers to use surplus national grain stocks at re duced prices and that it would release soil bank fields for what hay they could offer. Typical of drought prob lems facing farmers in the county is that experienced by John Wengryn on his 400- acre Wendell dairy farm in North Branch. For the first time in his memory, a brook on which he relies for his cattle has run dry. Water is now having to be pumped for his valuable 600 head of Holstem Fne- sians.

Normally at this time of the year, the cattle would be out to pasture getting all the nourishment they need. BUT WITH yellowing dry fields, Wengryn is having to use winter reserves of baled hay and silage, augmenting it when possible with green chop and even weeds. He's had only a third of his normal hay crop. Because of it, his milk production is down from 1,000 to 730 pounds a day. "Things are really bad." he says iarms maiting up me economic ing the dog is carried out with much enthusiasm and almost with the same spirit but not quite so is her annual visit to the dentist while here, a project handled by the Beach family.

For the past two years, Raquel also has visited, her adopted family during the Christmas holidays. THE BUS also brought youngsters for host families in Mountainside, Scotch Plains, Fanwood, Berkeley Heights and Millington. Another group will arrive July Chest Drive Aides Named Peapack Gladstone Mr. and Mrs. James B.

Thomson of Willow Ave. have been named Somerset Hills Community Chest trustees repre senting this area. Active in civic affairs, the Thomsons have served more I than eight different communi- has headed the Citizens' Com mittee for Pollution Control; served as boy scout den mother, and has solicited for cancer and chest drives, a building contractor, iThomson served for four years on the school board; directed the local Civil Defense program and is a member of the Zoning Board of Adjustment. He is a candidate for election to the Borough Council. As a commander in the Naval Reserve, Thomson served in World War 2 and the Korean War as a pilot.

He will retire this summer after Somerset and Mrs. Thomson were graduated from Bernards High School, Bcrnardsville. FOR HUNGRY COWS Somerset County Agricultural Agent Harold Repair, right, inspects a load of "green, feed" which farmer John Wengryn prepares to feed his cattle. The feed, also being examined by Wengryn's son, Johnnie, must substitute for the grass now depleted as a result of the 22-day drought. Wengryn's Wenhall Farm is in North Branch.

(Hanson Photo) RUSSELL BARNWELL ofjty organizations. the Bronx, who is making hisi Mrs. Thomson is a past fifth summer visit to the home 'president of the local PTA; of Mr. and Mrs. H.

E. Wolf son of 812 Coolidge greeted his hostesses with a big wide grin and in return received a warm hug. He is looking for ward to the renewal of friend-j ships in the neighborhood and a chance to ride a bike sup plied by his host family. His eyes danced with glee when his other hobby eating was mentioned. The childless Wolfsons anxiously await his arrival each summer.

Also on the bus was Rus sell sister, Kathenne, who for the second year is the; guest of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Pearson of 311 Baker Ave. -ns due Aug.

14. Mrs. Eugene Martin of 2078 Church Scotch Plains, welcomed back Louis Dianni for the fifth year. Mrs. William J.

Stiles of Mountain- view Millington, was on hand to greet for the second year Marie Rodriquez. Mrs Warren Bowers of 329 Hunter Scotch Plains, and Mrs William Robbins, 111 Pater- son Fanwood, were on hand to welcome their small guests. Arrangements for the chil dren visits which are co ordinated by the Herald Trib une Fresh Air Fund were made by the recently organ ized Union County Fresh Air Fund Committee, composed of Mrs. Frank Rugg of West field, Mrs. A.

R. Jones of Scotch Plains, Mrs. Erwin iKlingsberg of Mountainside, Mrs. J. B.

Warrington of Cranford and Mrs. R. E. Merz of Berkeley Heights THE PROJECT is endorsed by the Westfield Council of Church Women and is in its sixth year of increased participation. Mrs.

Rugg said vacation homes were being sought for the July 31 and Aug. 14 visi tors and requested that interested families contact her or any member of the committee if they could find room for one small guest. Green Brook Clearing Job Nearly Done Green Brook The 5-month program to clear a 5-mile stretch of the Green Brook through five area municipalities is nearing completion, coordinator Walter A. Kafka said today. Kafka said he has been ad vised by the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, which is financing the clearing project, that work in the brook and along its sides has been completed and that the mayors of Plain-field, North Plainfield, Green Brook, Dunellen and Middlesex have been notified to meet with Kafka at his office, 60 Green Brook on July 24 in preparation to turn the project over to the municipal ities involved. The one exception to the completed program, Kafka said, was a new contract issued June 9 giving the J. F. Chapman Company of Hillside 90 days until Aug. 8 to eliminate a bend in the brook east of the Washington Ave.

Bridge, Dunellen. Kafka said the Army Engineers and the resident engineer will also attend the meeting to hear any complaints the mayors might have about the clearing work. The Chapman crew and one from the Paul E. Lehman firm of Chambersburg. began clearing the brook of debris and the removal of small trees on both sides of the stream for a distance of 10 feet back on March 1.

The non-penalty contract gave the firms 120 days to complete the project but due inclement weather the con tract was extended to July 31 and then changed again to July 13 by the Army For Raquel Arroyo years of duty. Brooklyn, her arrival at the! Natives of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leland! Hills, both Mr. K.

Beach of 616 Clark St. for the third summer means the welcoming of "little sister" by 1 Edison For the first time in recent history, the Board of Adjustment received no opposition to any case on its Thief Likes Lounges Mountainside A thief specializing in chaise lounges apparently visited Mountainside Monday night. Augustus Williams of 350 Cherry Hill Rd. reported one lounge stolen from his back yard, and Robert Carter of 373 Upland Dr. reported two lounges taken from his yard.

Two Cars Collide Westfield Cars driven by William S. Hamnett of 245 Senaca PI. and Sarah A. Dey of 793 Milton Rahway, collided in front of Ham- nett's home about 6:55 p.m. lyesterday.

Objects Hearing beth, Block 498, Lot 33, Wood Residence zone. Joseph A. Giess of Rahway, Block 410-A, Lot 4, Mary Ellen Residence "AA" zone. Menlo Agency of Avenel, Block 700, Lots 129-132, Bur- chard St. (Planning Board subdivision required).

Anna L. Smith of 293 Grove Block 427, Lot 3, Grove Residence zone. Edison Oaks of Kenilworth, Block 558, Lot 29, Peru St. and Warwick Residence zone. Miami Gets Snow i-.

r. r-xxvc pounds of snow landed at Miomi Tntornatinnnl A rnrirt i.ioim i.v-.w-. and the weatherman didn know a thing about it. The load, flown in yesterday from Denver. by jet, was or 'month.

NO MORE BUBBLING Assistant Somerset County Agricultural Agent Roger Locandro and farmer Robert Davidson of the B-Bar-D Farm in Three Bridges, survey the dry bed of a brook that had served as a favorite watering spot for Davidson's cattle. (Hanson Photo) I Midweek Ulessage What Must I Do to Be Saved? Bv REV. D. BRUCE LAKE Pilgrim Covenant Church, Pfd. Perhaps the most welcome question a pastor of a church can hear is the question asked of St.

Paul by the Philippian jail-keeper, "What must I do to be saved?" It is the "moment of truth" in the great task of preaching the Gospel. But how does one give an answer? We live in a day of abbreviations. We have our news capsules, condensed novels, and "ten easy lessons." Therefore, it will be quite modern to answer this question by giving the rudiments of the answer. We might call them the "ABCs" of salvation. These may be summed up in the words, acknowl-edge, believe, and confess.

A. Acknowledge your sin and need of a Savior is the first step. I John 1:9 says. "If we confess our sins. He is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

If we say we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us." B. Believe in Jesus Christ as your Savior is the second step. Acts 16 31 says. "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved." It is almost a cliche' to say it, but it is the truth that believing in Christ is more than believing about Christ. The Scriptures tell us that even Satan believes in God.

In fact, we might say no one is more orthodox in his theology than Satan, yet he is at enmity with God. C. Confess Christ as Lord and Savior of your life. This confession is not that of owning up or acknowledging sin, it is declaring publically your faith in Christ. It is the step of decision.

Romans 10.9.10 says, "If you confess with your hps that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that od raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For man believes with his heart and so is justified, and confesses with his lips and so i saved." Edcar Smiths IVote 25th Anniversarv docket last night. With one exception, the eight cases heard last night dealt with appeals for vari ances for single family dwell ing. The exception was the appeal of Dr. Rudolph Domino of 228 Plainfield who bought a house across the street on the corner of Plain-field and Ovington Aves.

Dr. Domino wants to convert the entire first floor for professional use. Without a variance he is permitted to use only up to 30 per cent of the house for office purposes. Appeals made for variances erally involving shortages in lot, frontage or sideyard re quirements were: John J. Dafgek of 8 Utica Rd.

for Block 835. Lot 2, W. Sherman Residence "BB" zone. Paul J. Lehon of Liverpool Esther Mariano of Eliza Bridgewater Mr.

and fined Jonn LeDonne Edgar Smith of Country Clubland M. Ferraiuolo of West Rd. were honored recently onjCaldwell a total of $64.20 for their 25th wedding a i an overweight Wengryn welcomes the'for single family houses gen Two Truckers Fined Bridgewater Acting Magistrate Virtnr Ri77nlr vpstpr. To See Yankees Play Bound Brook The Loyal p.m. surprise lawn party! dl UlKll Iiuiuc Floral arrangements cen tered the refreshment tables promise of federal aid "But, I'd much rather see an increase in the price of milk," he adds.

"That would be a better solution. Farmers could then afford to buy extra feed." NEW JERSEY'S assistant and the couple received nu-'Order of the Moose Lodge 988 merous gifts. About 45 guestsjwill sponsor a bus trip Aug. secretary of acriculture Wil-'N- Block 410, Lot 4, in Oldldered by a department store Uam Lvnn UkingiRaritan Residence "AA" for rehearsal of a promotion a Sok'aVfar'ir conditions in ne. project scheduled for next were present from Bayonne.jiu to larucee aiaaium.

New Providence, North A bus will leave from the Branch. Bradley Gardens and Lodge home, Talmage Ave. at Somerville. Somerset yesterday -'d he.