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A r. It's Dccxi Said Of all the evils that infest a state, a tyrant is the greatest; his sole will commands the laws, and lords it over them. Euripides. THE COURI SECOND SECTION Middlesex County News Telephone 757-4000 PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1968 PAGE 17 Republican Freeholders Fire Planners 9 rney-Coordinator ED-NEWS Atto Plan Boar Civic Groups Urge Study f' A. I Subdivision estates within the development, Willow Way and Mulberry Lane.

Both will end in separate cul-de-sacs. The Planning Board also deferred action last night on a four-lot subdivision at the end streets within the development, of Willow Drive, near Oak Tree upi a Dem-Made Position Eliminated ELIZABETH The Union County Board of Freeholders last night fired the Planning Board's attorney-federal aid coordinator and provided $30,000 for the start of a master plan study which was to have been financed with federal aid. Ronald F. Exposito of Elizabeth was given notice that his $7,500 a year job would be abolished, for economy reasons, effective April 11. The six Republican majority members voted in favor of abolishing the job.

The lone Democrat present, Freeholder Arthur C. Fried of Westfield, abstained after objecting to having the resolution placed on the agenda, on grounds it was not discussed at Monday's executive session. Recommended by Board The Planning Board had voted Friday to recommend that the job created by a previous Democratic administration be abolished. Freeholder Director Edward H. Tiller assured Fried that the GOP majority does not plan to add to the staff of the county Mrs.

Kurt Dubberke of Gillette, Carl Varner of Scotch Plains, Miss Bernell Bennett of Plainfield and Mrs. Ida Wheaton of Plainfield. (Courier-News Photo by Fred Keesing) AT GRADUATION Participating yesterday at graduation ceremonies for the first class of Institutional Aide trainees at John E. Runnel! Hospital, Berkeley Heights, are, from the left, Dr. Charles Lomack, president of the board; Awaits Crown EDISON Miss Letitia Toth, selected Cupid's Queen of 1968 Riumells Graduates Class Of 13 Institutional Aides John J.

Wilson, secretary to the superintendent, said last BERKELEY HEIGHTS The John E. Runnells Hospital graduated the first class of Institutional Aide trainees in this area yesterday as 13 students received certificates of completion in the government sponsored Health Occupation Training Program. Edison Board Told Long Sideburns OK at John tr. btevens High bchool, floral bouquet today in John F. where she is recuperating irom Miss Toth was one of five semi-finalists who were judged on their general appearance, personality, poise and beauty from among 18 entrants in the contest.

Balloting took place last night at a dance the school. Runnersup were: Miss Hap piness, Linda Lupton; Miss Harmony, Betty Bryant: Miss Sweetheart, Maureen Doran, and Miss Valentine, Barbara Zahn. They were presented charms by Jay Brown in the role of Cupid. Although not at school for much of her junior year due to a severe accident last summer. Miss Toth worked in the guidance office and is now a guidance aide.

She has participated in the French Club, International Club, All Clubs Fair, Gym Show and backstage crew activities for junior and senior class plays. Miss Lupton, a senior, is a member of the Girls Athletic Association, Future Teachers of. America, Drama Club, RegalisJ Cor May EDISON The Board of that it has no authority to suspend a student because he chooses efers Action Road. The development known as "Timbergrove East" totals 2Vz acres and will be constructed by Nathaniel E. Schwartz of Middletown, who built most of the homes in that section of Edison.

He said the houses will be priced in the $30,000 bracket. ueen will receive her crown and a Kennedy Community Hospital, surgery Academy of Science and Senior Class Council. She also makes her own clothes. Miss Bryant, a senior, is a member of the Girls Athletic Association and Modern Dance uud. Miss uoran, is a junior and member of the chorus, Modern Dance Club and Stu dent Council.

Miss Zahn has been a homeroom representative to either the Student Council or Class Council since ninth grade. A talented art student, her works have been displayed in Art Department exhibits. 7 Go Down with Ship FLUSHING, Netherlands (AP) Seven crewmen are presumed dead in the sinking of the ton Swedish freighter Magne last night after a collision with the Kirribilli, also from Sweden. Twelve men and a woman were rescued, but one of the men died. is used for education or health purposes, and up to 50 per cent if it is used for recreation.

a lomt meeting ot coun- cilmen, school board members, the Planning Board and the Development Commission wj held last night to determine if the borough could use the land for health, education or recrea tion. No Local Use Those present concluded that the borough has no use for the land at this time, and that it would suggest that the govern ment sell it for industrial pur poses. The tract lies in the heart of the Middlesex industrial zone. Judson estimated that there was 100,000 square feet of building space on the property and that about six acres of it were DiacKtopped, presumably to keep radiation from seeping into the ground. The facilities had been used for storing radioactive mate rials, but, according to the AEC, was completely decontaminated when the AEC vacated the property in 1967.

The mayor estimated that the value of the land and buildings was several hundred thousand dollars. the emotional and spiritual needs of the patient. Mostly from Area The graduates yesterday werv mostly from the Plainfield area and Wilson expressed hope that the hospital will be able to keep the personnel, but he noted that other area hospitals are also experiencing shortage of aides. He said that John Runnells Hospital expects to start another class as soon as more people are recruited. "We need at least 120 persons for our patients," he said.

The federal program is administered in this state by the Hospital Research and Educa tional Trust under the direction of Jack Owens. Owens attended yesterday's ceremony. Will Become Acute Wilson also said the present shortage of help will become acute as the medicare program goes into full swing at all hospitals. "The program is designed to train those people who would normally start at a hospital without any training and in some cases wind up in the capacity of a dish-washer when they are capable of performing more duties and possioie improving their own education and experience level, Wilson said. Runnells Hospital instructors for the course were 'Irs.

Ida Wheaton, RN, and Mrs. Ellen Hatton, RN. The graduates are: Nancy Bray, Bernell Bennet, Mamie S. Boggs, Dorothy M. Collins, Ann L.

Coy, Gertrude Dubberke, Claire P. LePree, Josie J. Riddick, Alice Rudolph, Frances St. Hilaire, Carl Varner, Martha Varner and Olivia A. Wilson.

Dr. Charles A. Lomack, president of the Board of Managers at Runnells Hospital, present the certificate of com pletion to each graduate. night that the hospital initiated the program because of the ex treme shortage of personnel trained in the duties of caring for patients in the field of mov ing, feeding and other body mechanics as well as caring for Education was notified yesterday also affects several other high school students who faced suspension, because their hair was too long and in violation of the school dress code. Circulation Drops CLARK Circulation at the Clark Public Library dropped 10.8 per cent with the start of 1968, according to the monthly report of Edward A.

Temkin, director. The decrease, however, was accompanied by an increase during January in borrowers' requests for help in finding books and information. This service increased 28.8 per cent. During January, 517 books were added to the library shelves, bringing its book holdings to 20,454 volumes. Registration totals 7,962.

SUMMONS ISSUED WESTFIELD E. B. Flana gan of Lakewood was summonsed for careless driving after police said his car struck an auto owned by Antoinette C. Carnevale of 215 Elmer St. which was parked in the 600 block of Central Ave.

at 12:15 a.m. today. Use Provertr AEC to wear long sideburns. The decision came from state Education Commissioner Carl Marburger and referred to the suspension last June of Micah Bertin, first because he had long hair and later because he failed to trim his sideburns. Bertin was suspended shortly before his graduation from Edison High School, and though he trimmed his hair, he refused to shorten his sideburns, which remained below his ears.

The American Civil Liberties Union represented Bertin and appealed the local board's decision to the acting commissioner, Joseph Clayton. Clayton granted a stay of the suspension and the 17-year-old Bertin was permitted to graduate with his class. He is a freshman at Brandeis University. Superintendent of Schools Joseph Ruggieri could not be reached for comment last night, but Assistant Superintendent Charles Boyle said the decision by Dr. Marburger was in accordance with a New Milford case, in which the school board was overruled for suspending a student with long hair.

The commissioner's decision I Of Charter EDISON The Jaycees yes-erday joined several other civic groups in a campaign tor the election of a five-member charter study commission If tormed, the commission will conduct a nine-month study of the township's present form of government and submit its recommendations. The decision by the Jaycees ollowed a proposal last month by frank basse, defeated Republican candidate for Town ship Committee, to divide the township into wards with a councilman elected from each ward. The other groups concerned with the charter study are the League of Women Voters, Republican Municipal Committee, the Young Democrats and the Republican Club. Most advocates of the study claim that the rapid growth of the township and its present direction of development make a charter study necessary. The present form of mayor and uncil-at-large government was adopted in 1957.

Public Housing Will Be Topic WESTFIELD Ways and means ot providing low and middle-income public-assisted housing will be reviewed next Thursday at 8:15 p.m. in Holy Trinity High School cafeteria at a public meeting arranged by the Westfield Area Committee for Human Rights. Speakers will be Joseph A. Johnson, a Morristown physicist and Norman E. Scull, an East Orange attorney.

Dr. Chnstiann P. van Dijk, president of the Human Rights group, called the meeting "an opportunity for Westfield people to learn first hand about practical ways and means to provide housing assistance to families in our town who are caught in the midst of a deplorable situation." He noted that "the ne and more sophisticated methods of ob taining long-range financing will be of interest to large num bers of Westfield citizens." Dance Is Scheduled METUCHEN The Junior High Fellowship of the First Presbyterian Church will hold a dance Saturday from p.m. in the Social Center of the church. There will be live music.

Story Hour Slated DUNELLEN A Public Library story hour will be held Saturday at 10:30 p.m. in the library. Mrs. Roland Bahnsen will be in charge. meeting with county officials, said he would agree to ask for special legislation if necessary to permit counties to ap-As it now stands, the PUC is the agency that must authorize the EDISON The Planning Board last night deferred action on a proposed 48-lot sub-division on 26 acres in the "Pumptown Corner" area of the township.

The board decided to hold the application for further study after several residents from the area questioned the present condition of the sewer drainage system which they claim seeps into the area water system following heavy storms. One Source Found Township Engineer John Zim merman said his department has located one source of the seepage and is continuing to look for others. The obiectors claimed that the additional homes would create havoc with the present drainage system. Joseph Gulya, the developer, said he planned to construct houses in the $40,000 price range with each home oc cupying a half-acre lot. The property, he said, is the former estate of Walter William and many of William's installations.

including a generating station, swimming pool, greenhouse, ser vants quarters duck pond, and stable are still located on the property. Gulya said he intends demolishing all the remnants of he estate which was built in 1911. The property is located in Park and Plainfield Avenues adjacent to the recently completed Woodbrook Farms Schopl. Thomas Harris of Pumptown Corner was complained of possible flooding and also said the additional traffic from the development would add to an already dangerous traffic situation. New Streets in Plan If the plan is approved, the developer will construct two Marine rmer MIDDLESEX Energy Commission's vacated 10-acre tract in Mountain Ave.

may become the site of a Marine Corps training center. Mayor Charles Judson said last night that representatives of the Marine Corps and the AEC visited the installation yesterday and expressed the opinion that it would be "ideal" for a training center, The mayor added that he did not know what kind of training center the corps had in mind. Since the land was declared work but it is not clear how the division of cost would be made. PUC Has Funds Williams said the PUC has $2 million statewide for its work and this is a relatively small sum. He said on the other hand the railroads have "cried bankrupt." Williams noted that the industries affected contribute a considerable amount of taxes each year to the borough and he presented figures showing the amount for each industry.

The overpass is about 12 feet neight, considerably oeiow the recommended stand of 14 feet, said Williams. He noted that trucks have collided with the overpass structure in the past and may have damaged or weakened the structure. He said if the roadway was depressed at that point it would cause a drainage In addition to Freeholder Phillips and Road Supervisor Amodio, the luncheon meeting was attended by freeholder John Hoagland of Brunswick and Assistant County Engineer John J. Reiser Jr. Councilman Charles S.

Jennings with Mayor Judson and Councilman Williams represented the borough government. The group also reviewed 'ii i possiDie repairs ana im provements to the Raritan Avenue bridge and the engineering department will in- vestigate. Middlesex County to Get Legal Opinion attorney's office, which will be asked the future to provide the planners with whatever legal advice they need. The plan board indicated that Planning Director Alfred H. Linden Jr.

of Westfield would assume the federal aid coordinating duties previously carried out by Esposito. Fried, saying he is not op posed to economy, suggested that Tiller now ask the County Park Commission if it would be willing to have its legal work handled by the county attorney. He said the Park Commission has spent $60,000 in legal fees in the past three years. An emergency appropriation of $30,000 was voted to permit the planning board to hire a consultant for a water and sewer facilities study as part of a county master plan. July 1 Deadline Freeholder Harry V.

Osborne Jr. explained that the study must be well underway, if not completed by July 1 in order for municipalities to qualify for federal aid. The county has an application pending for a federal grant to finance a major share of all phases of the master plan, with funding expected in the near future. In the event all of the $30,000 is not actually spent before the federal funds are authorized, the county will be reimbursed for the portion spent after approval. Following through on a Plan ning Board recommendation that the county acquire a triangular parcel across Eliza- bethtown Plaza for future courthouse expansion, the board last night approved purchase of two parcels 45 Rayway Ave.

from Henry Kolodziejczyk for $19,000 and 28-42 Elizabethtown Plaza from the Pennsylvania Railroad for a parking facility and an extension of the county jail are being proposed for the site by the planners. Officers Elected BASKING RIDGE John J. Kearney has been elected president of the Bernards Township Republican Club. Other officers are: Bob Brokow, vice president; Bob Conway, treasurer; Mrs. Jane Fagundus, secretary.

Essex enth Plainfield; Patrick Romano, 20 Westview New Providence; Ronald Myers, Sky-top Drive, Scotch Plains, and Eli Hoffman, 358 Rolling Rock Road, Mountainside. Help Sought Samuel said information and campaign materials could be obtained at these addresses. Volunteers to help in the drive were also being welcomed at the local centers, he said. A voter registration drive is being planned and a fund-raising dinner, to be addressed by McCarthy, will be held at the Military Park Hotel in Newark at 7 p.m. next Thursday.

by the AEC last week, any federal agency including the military has the right to apply for the property, provided it has a specific use planned. If the Marine Corps applies to the General Services Ad ministration, which is in charge of disposing federal property, the application must also be ap proved by the Bureau of the Budget in Washington. The property will go into the hands of the state, the county or the borough or be sold at public auction only if no federal agency wants and can use the land. Ratable Sought The interest of the military was obviously a blow to Mid dlesex officials, who still hope that the land will be sold for industry to provide an additional tax ratable for the borough. Judson said that the Marine Corps' interest was a surprise both to him and to the office of Rep.

Edward J. Patten, It was the congressman's office which first informed Judson the land was excess and which previously had helped the borough collect $70,000 in lieu of taxes from the AEC. Under federal regulations, if the land is to revert to public use, a discount of up to 100 per cent may apply if the property On Aiding in Correction of Rail Overp ass fill 1 1 Drive Widens McCarthy NEW BRUNSWICK Mid dlesex County will seek a legal opinion to determine whether it can participate in the cor rection of a low level railroad overpass in Middlesex Borough which has caused hardships to, several major industries the area. At a luncheon given yesterday by Mayor Charles S. Judson and Borough Coun-cilmen for Middlesex County Freeholders and road department officials in Colonial House, Middlesex, Freeholder John A.

Phillips said the county must determine the question before it can join in a solution. The railroad overpass in question is at River Road and Factory Lane in the industrial zone of the borough. Might Condemn Bridge Another possible solution offered at the luncheon was to petition the Public Utilities Commission to have the railroad bridge condemned. The railroad is the Reading Railroad. This idea was supported by some representatives of industry at the meeting who said they have encountered difficulty in getting large trucks to pass under the low overpass.

Michael J. Amodio, county road supervisor, said the county should not be called upon to improve private property and stated that the railroad has the prime responsibility. "We should not overlook the, Throughout Union, dlesex Mayor Charles S. Judson, left; Anthony R. Derwitz, center, and Middlesex Councilman Charles Williams.

(Courier-News Photo by Fred Keesing) IMPASSE Inspecting the dilemma caused by an over-sized truck trying to get through the low railroad underpass in River Road near Factory Lane, Middlesex, yesterday, are, Mid been opened in many municipalities, including Plainfield, Mountainside, Scotch Plains and New Providence. First Delegate Richard Samuel of 534 E. Broad acting chairman of the campaign, said today that the first delegate chosen as a convention delegate was the Rev. Elmer Sullivan of Roselle, rector of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Elizabeth.

General headquarters for the "Volunteers for McCarthy" have been established at Samuel's home. Local headquarters have been opened at the home of Mrs. Vivienne Cordiano, 320 E. Sev WESTFIELD A drive which opened here three months ago to promote Senator Eugene J. McCarthy as a peace and civil rights candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination is being spread to all parts of Union and Essex counties forming the 12th Congressional district.

With the aim of electing delegates to the national Democratic convention pledged to back McCarthy, the campaign workers plan to establish a local headquarters in every munici- oalitv of the Congressional dis trict. Such centers have already said he has been advised by the county Engineering Department that the engineering solution is propriate money for such work, depress the roadway. Borough Councilman Charles F. Williams, who arranged the responsibility of the railroad," he said. Phillips told the borough officials and industrialists that some formula for cooperation should be established for future solutions to such problems.

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