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w. SECOND SECTION Middlesex County News THE COlfilER-NEW It's Been Said I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day. Abraham Lincoln LD PAGE 17 PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1963 Telephone PLainfield 7-4000 Council Edison Residents Protest Stepheiiville Pkwy, Road Is Sued Variance Request Put Off By Paper Three Hurt 'Highway' Bond Plan Seen Proposal Metuclien Zoners Adjourn Meeting To Secure Data Somerset Press Initiates Suit Over Legal Ads In Edison Auto Crash 'One of Poorest9- Westfield Governor Hughes' $750 million bond issue was assailed last night by former state Senator Wesley L. Is Denied New Brunswick The Mid Metuchen A request for dlesex Borough Council's de Edison Approximately 50 a variance on property in Edison.

Three persons Lance as "one of the poorest plans for solving the state's cision to advertise ordinances residents appeared before the Martin Ave. was adjourned needs I have seen in my 25 years in public life. were injured after two cars collided in Woodbridge Ave. Township Council last night. until Aug.

14 by the Board He made the criticism at a last night, and police charged and other legal notices in the weekly Middlesex Mirror is being challenged in a law suit opened by Somerset Your Responsibility" by Dan Republican workshop at Roo one driver with careless driv protesting the Master Plan proposal for a high-speed highway along Stephenville Pkwy. iel Johnson, field director for sevelt Junior High School. ing. the state GOP committee; a Press Inc. of Somerville, pub Police gave a summons to movie entitled "Political lishers of the weekly Middle Republican council candi Party Volunteers," produced sex Chronicle.

Richard J. Fennell, 26, of Sayreville, after his car was by the American Heritage The workshop was sponsored by the state and Union County GOP committees. "It would be difficult to find a plan that incorporates more bad judgment," Lance said, "and in the interest of A complaint initiating the in collision with a vehicle Foundation, and talk on "The date John Bunker, spokesman for the group, said they had been advised that there would be heavy traffic along Stephenville Pkwy. driven by Donald H. Osborn, Responsibility of a Political I -LC I tnci.r-- V- i Li i 4 I I i i i 6 Radcliffe Highland Superior Court Law Division action was filed for Somerset Press Inc.

yesterday with Middlesex County Clerk Party" by Mayor Edmund Park. Hume of Maplewood. He termed the council ana Police said Fennell had good government it ought to be defeated." the builders of home on Ste Attending the meeting were Frank D. Schatzman. been drinking.

many Republican candidates phenville Pkwy. "hypocriti Defendants in the action Lance is chairman of the for county office, including Fennell suffered a contu were named as Spayth Week cal." The builders, he claimed, did not tell buyers of state GOP legislative commit sion of the right knee. Osborn state Senator Nelson Stamler. lies of 323 Front tee and chief strategist in his homes that a "highway suffered a laceration of the Dunellen, and the Mayor and party's all-out campaign of Adjustment last night. The adjournment was voted because the board sought 'more legal facts which should be presented." The applicants for the variance are Stanley Kravitz and Howard Green, who wish to build a one-family house on property that has a 50-foot frontage and an area of 7,000 square feet.

Zoning ordinances require that the width of the property be at least 67 feet at the building set-back line and that the area be 7,500 square feet. Officials Belief Township officials seek to determine whether Kravitz and Green are connected with the Kraveen Corporation, which is proposing to build three houses on property adjacent to the lot in question. At the Aug. 14 meeting it should be determined exactly who the members of the corporation are. Herbert Weissberger, a zoning board member, pointed would be built there, and the council allowed the homes to be built.

Council of Middlesex Bor ough. against the Hughes bond plan, which would use New Jersey right hand, and Ethel Osborn, a passenger, complained of pains in her stomach, police said. Turnpike revenues to pay off Somerset Press said in the the $750 million bond issue complaint their Middlesex All three were taken to Bunker asked the council to warn other buyers that the "highway" was to be built, and asked that it be zoned for 'Colossal Interest Chronicle was published from 643 Bound Brook Middle Middlesex General Hospital, New Brunswick, by the First Aid Squad, where they were The Governor's proposal, Lance asserted, would put the sex, and was the only news light traffic, eliminating buses state in massive debt and cre paper published in the bor ough. ate "colossal" interest costs. 'as sim inec! I- as hi: lex ul pre IT I 3S 5 I 'all T4 ar en llo Ai rar, tin nt rs 0 1 igi.

he F. rri 1 ec! er riJ ih ri i It was claimed that failure treated and released. Both vehicles were towed from the scene. A car owned by Stephen J. Hughes would use funds by the borough to advertise from the Turnpike to pay off legal notices in the Chronicle the bonds, starting in 1972 Koper of Pensacola, was violated state statutes.

But, Lance said, the Turnpike in collision with a tractor Commission says the bonds Court orders are being OS THE MOVE A. Clayton Hollender (left) and incent Scully, vice chairmen in the Community Hospital drive in Edison, team up to chart the latest progress in the proposed hospital's $3.2 million fund drive. The drive has hit $2 million. Hospital Campaign Reaches 2 Million trailer driven by Walter and trucks. Democratic Councilman Bernard Dwyer said the new road is not intended as a highway and will be zoned for light traffic between Park Ave.

and Grove Ave. He said the Master Plan does not connect Stephenville Rd. with Route 287. Accepts Suggestions Dwyer also said he would take any suggestions offered by the group to the Planning Board. will not be paid off until 1975 1 i i Miilwa mi 'r Hi iti sought directing that legal notices of the borough be ad Scott of New Brunswick in at the earliest.

In the mean vertised in the Chronicle and time, money has to be obtained from somewhere to pay off not in the Mirror. Applica out that the variance might not be necessary if the prior Vineyard Rd. yesterday after noon. Police said Koper's' 7-year old son, Howard, had been sit tion has also been made for the $750 million bond issue. owner of the Kravitz and costs against Spayth Week Lance also pointed out that Green property did not also ting alone in the car and had state Treasurer John Kervick lies.

Edison The campaign thermometer reached the $2, released the hand brake. stated that improvements to own the Kraveen Corp. property at the time the- zoning Somerset Press has been 000,000 mark this week in the Community Hospital Group's a ftA i it i The residents proposed that A car driven by Paul Vechy the Turnpike will be paid for drive to raise funds lor construction oi a zuu-Dea nobpua ordinance was passed the highway be constructed of Perth Amboy was in colli by state bonds, instead of us represented in the action by Attorney Richard H. Thiele of Somerville. No official confirmation of I which would serve Woodbridge, Edison and Metuchen.

sion with a car driven by Ber ing the funds from the Turn Trie latest oiiiciai total pike tolls. Rev. Joseph S. Harrison Youth Leader Is Appointed pledges and commitments from Iselm, along Oak Tree Rd. to Plainfield Rd: It would then turn right onto Plain-field Rd.

to Park Ave. At the end of Park the road could cut diagonally across to nard Weiss of Princeton in Parsonage Ave. near Lafayette yesterday afternoon, police said. "If this bond issue is. ap proved, both the sales and in pushed the drive well beyondj Anvil 111 come tax will be needed to pay for it," Lance declared goal.

Picks Aides Route 287 and Talmadge Rd. Edison Mayor Anthony Yel- In other matters, Aug. 14 By Church Engineer prior ownership of the lands could be made at the meet-' ing. Marian Stevens, a resident of Martin told the board that the Kravitz and Green property had been bought from a private party, and that the Kraveen Corp. property had formerly been owned by the Borough of Metuchen.

Drainage Problem She also pointed out that a drainage problem which exists on Martin St. would be affected by the construction encsis, who is president of the hospital group's board of trustees, hailed the gain as Westfield The Rev. Jo Dunellen Mrs. James Bor-man has been named chairman of arra'ngements for the visit of Eighth District of was set as the date for a public hearing on an ordinance to amend the traffic and parking regulations. To Start Job "an encouraging achievement ficials tomorrow night to the seph Stephens Harrison, mis-sionary-in-charge at St.

David's Episcopal Church will join the staff of St. Paul's Westfield Charles Van The ordinance calls for pro Benschoten of 1329 Hidden VFW Post 5479 Auxiliary at the Tri-Boro Post, Prospect Episcopal Church in charge Ave. hibiting parking on both sides of Oak Tree Rd. from the Edison-South Plainfield border line to the Edison-Wood-bridge Twp. line.

Two other roads would have restricted of youth activities, the Rev. Circle, Mountainside, whose appointment as town engineer was reported yesterday in The Courier-News, will begin his At a meeting last night in Richard J. Hardman. senior and cash proof that there will be no loss of momentum until we raise what we need to buy our hospital." "We have come a long way since the day we started this campaign," said Yelencsics. the post home.

Mrs. Helen rector, has announced. of houses on the two properties and that Campbell School Flash reported on last week's The Rev. Mr. Harrison, who new duties Sept.

1. The starting salary will be $11,500. VFW state convention in At would also receive an added number of school children. spent five years in the Meth parking between 4 p.m. and midnight: Farmhaven Ave.

on both sides from Oak Tree Rd. lantic City. The former township engi odist ministry before becoming an Episcopalian, has had These committee chairmen but there is still a long way He added that the state Constitution requires a bond issue to be used for a single purpose and it may be unconstitutional to lump together two different programs, such as college construction and institutional buildings such as prisons or a home for retarded children. 'Poor Government' Even if it proves to be constitutional, Lance said, it is "poor government." The people should be allowed to choose the program in which they are interested and not have to vote for a combination, like a "tie-in sale." He also pointed out that only eight per cent of the total amount will go to institutions and agencies. Lance also said that the interest costs in the $750 million will be $509 million, bringing the total cost to $1,259,000,000.

In addition to Lance, the program included a talk on "Your Election District neer and director of public works in Berkeley Heights, to East Calvert and Cin to go. Fortunately, we still for the coming year were ap experiences with youth work der Lane, both sides from Oak have a tremendous potential will replace Lindsay M. Col pointed: Membership, Mrs At the next meeting it is to be determined when the present owners acquired the properties and who owned the properties at the time the zoning ordinance was passed. in both churches. Tree Rd.

to the south termi in our three communities Charles Peterson; hospital, nus of Cinder Lane. There are thousands of fam Born in White Mills, in 1926, he attended rural lins, who resigned to take a similar position in La Junta, Colo. Mrs. Charles Gorman; com Ordinance OK'd Dr. Alexander Ross Firm Names Westfielder ilies, businesses and indus munity service, Mrs.

Henry Schultz; poppies, Mrs. George David Baer substituted for An ordinance was approved tries still to be heard from in schools and was graduated from high school in Hawley, Robert Greenberg, attorney our drive and it is just a mat Henne; publicity, Mrs. Pratt Pa. He received an A.B. de- authorizing the expenditure of $26,000 for sidewalks on the following streets: Lincoln ter of time and hard work.

Maxwell; ways and means, PROFITS RISE Conshohocken, Pa. OP) Alan Wood Steel Co. yesterday re for Kravitz and Green. Greenberg, who is also attorney for green from Alleghany Col Westf ield Dr. Alexander Yelencsics said he and other Mrs.

Horace Halloway, legis lege, where he majored in the Kraveen is ex Ross of 411 Poe Ave. has been lative, Mrs. Edward Schultz; Highway from Colton Rd. to Strugess Vineyard Rd. ported net income for the English in 1947, and an S.T.B.

pected to be present at the Americanism, Mrs. Elmer second quarter of 1963 of named manager of organic from Boston University School from Johnstone St. to Old Post Aug. 14 meeting. Michael, and uniforms, Mrs $849,000, equal to $1.13 a campaign officials are still making personal solicitation calls every day of the week.

Yelencsics estimated that well under 50 per cent of the chemical research and devel of Theology in 1950. He did and New Dover Rd. from the Oak Tree Rd. to the Board Peter DeMarco, Mrs. Andrew share as compared with a year of graduate work at opment by and Chemicals Ference and Mrs.

Russell 000 and 23 cents for the same Boston University and served of Education property approx Inc. of Rahway. The firm was Shields. period last year, as a part-time member of St. Mark's Methodist Church in Industry Unit Chooses Staff Bernards Township The recently-appointed Industrial formerly Metal and Thermit Corp.

Ross, who joined and Brookline, doing youth and college work. business and residential population of the three municipalities had contributed to the campaign up to this week. "We have had an extremely low rate of refusals, so far, but it is a monumental job to For a year he served two rural Methodist churches in Castle Creek and Glen Castle, N.Y. From May, 1952, to May, make individual solicitations 1954, he was assistant minis in a population area of 80,000 ter of Elm Park Methodist people, Yelencsics said. Committee last night elected, former mayor Lloyd Harjes of Old Farm Rd.

chairman for the balance of the year. Township Clerk Charles E. Anstedt was named secretary at no salary. During the next three weeks the committee will meet in executive session with Mayor William G. Badg- four years ago, received his B.

S. in chemistry from Wayne State University, Detroit, and a Ph. D. in organic chemistry from the University of Michigan. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the New York Academy of Science.

He noted that the only seri Church, Scranton, and then served a pastorate at the First Methodist Church in ous problem in the campaign imately 2,000 feet away. A clause eliminating the proposed construction of sidewalks on Fairmount Ave. was deleted from the ordinance. The Township will provide $3,900 of the costs of the sidewalks. Special assessments of property owners will be made to cover the remaining James Roosevelt, township business administrator, announced that the ban on the use of water has been lifted for customers of the Edison Township Water Company and the Elizabethtown Water Company.

The restrictions for customers of the Middlesex Water Company have been relaxed, he added. Customers may water their lawns between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. has been the recruitment of Belpre. Ohio.

volunteer workers. He added that the shortage of workers In December, 1955, the Rev. Mr. Harrison became lay has slowed, the progress of lev. Planning Board Chair reader in charge of Zion Epis the campaign, but has not re duced the level of giving.

copal Church in Windsor, man Horace Murphy, attorney Anthony P. Kearns and N.Y., where he served subse "The response has been quently as deacon-in-charge representatives of the profes generous," said Yelencsics Strinss Detached From Variance and priest. He assumed the sional planning firm oi "We have received some very missionarv-in-charge post at Brown and Anthony to deter substantial gifts from indus try and business, and the lev St. David's in July, 1959. Bound Brook The Plan He has been associated with numerous civic and service el of family giving has been higher than we anticipated in mine what type of industry and how much is desirable and what effect the introduction of industry will have on the tax rate.

organizations. most instances. ning Board last night removed conditions it had attached last month to a variance awarded Miss Esther F. Stryker of Watchung Ave. for a The Rev.

Mr. Harrison, his wife, the former Jean Staf- I rrf if, Jf) ft Yelencsics said the board of trustees has not decided on any deadline for winding up the campaign, but expressed The committee primary concern is the development of a 600-acre commercial zone in the Liberty Corner feld and their four children, Jane Louise, 10; Stephan Court, John Mark, and Subdivision chairman Paul Van Nest reported terms of hope that the goal would be section. David Francis, five months. the board request differed will reside at 132 Euclid In addition to Harjes, com reached by September. He added that the Commu nity Hospital Group has ap Ave.

i from the tax map of her property and, consequently, the mittee members include Ralph Robertson of Lyons plied for federal aid under Ernest Reismger of tairview the Hill-Burton Act. He said East, William Baikie of S. Finley L. R. Edge- no indication has been forth coming from federal officials comb of Old Army Rd.

and on the amount of aid that Allan Stoecker of 79 Field- Clubs to Vic In Ridinjj Contest Neshanic The Neshanic Stable Mate 4-H Club will participate with six other 4-H horse clubs in a riding contest Sunday at the Bridge-water 4-H Fair Grounds in Milltown Rd. Mrs. Muriel Harris of Bed-minster will judge English riding and J. L. Rothgeb of Rocky Hill will judge western riding.

Winners will represent the clubs at the 4-H fair next month and also at the Flem-ington Fair. Court Session Omitted Somerville There was no Municipal Court session here last night. Magistrate Robert O. Brokaw is vacationing. Court will be resumed next week.

might be granted. stone Dr. He pointed out, however, 0 board withdrew its minor conditions. Mrs. Ruth Kissel, chairman, took note of a prospective Bound Brook High School Adult School program, called "Know Your Community," to be given Oct.

16, 23 and 30. She urged interest in it now. She said roles of all key local agencies and institutions would be discussed. The board gave tentative approval to Frascella's Liquor Store, 12 John to build a nearby parking lot to accommodate between eight and 10 that it is conceivable for the proposed hospital program to qualify for as much as Worker Burned In Fall inlo Vat Middlesex George Reynolds, 55, of the Annex Hotel, Bound Brook, suffered second degree burns of the left forearm, right hand and back yesterday when he fell into a vat at the" Russell Burns Compound Company in Lincoln Blvd. where he is employed.

He was taken to Somerset Hospital Somerville, by the Middlesex Rescue Squad where he was admitted. His condition is good. 000 federal funds. $100 Stolen in Edison Edison One hundred dollars was stolen last night from the home of Mrs. Helen Kuritz of 180 Easy SU police reported.

Police said entrance was gained through an unlocked window while Mrs. Kuritz was away, and the money was taken from a bank in the bedroom closet. "A fully-equipped 200-bed hospital will cost considerably more than our $3,200,000 goal would provide. We hope to receive enough in federal aid to make up the difference," Yelencsics said. Chairman Jay Stemmer and right is Maple-wood Mayor Edward T.

Hume. Standing are County Vice Chairman Elmer Dellmire, left, and Freeholder Peter J. McDonough 3rd. (Photo by Fred Keesing) GOP CONFAB Republicans chat with former state Senator Wesley L. Lance, seated left, before a GOP Workshop last night in Roosevelt Junior High School, Westfield.

Seated, center, is Union County Republican cars..