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Elsie Pew Lloyd, was teacher ThC CCUriSf-HSUJS Mond.y.F.bru.r,2.1981 Cash woes peril day care center Anna Kinney, 104; helped form church staff nor the number of children has grown since the city took over the center. The children are between the ages of 3 and 5. Most of them spend nine hours a day at the center, which is open for 10 hours. They receive breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack. The emphasis at the center, according to Dowe, is on teaching the Spanish-speaking children enough English so they can enter kindergarten speaking English.

About 20 students attending the center are not Hispanic. But the intent of the program for all student is to provide a bilingual and bicultural experience, Henry said. All of the teachers are bilingual to some extent. The children are selected based upon five criteria, Dowe explained. First priority is given to children identified as being abused or neglected by the state Division of Youth and Family Services.

Children with a learning disability or an emotional, mental or physical handicap are given second priority. A child who would be placed outside the home if he is not able to attend the center is given third priority. Fourth and fifth priorities are given to children whose parents either work or are in a full- or part-time training program. The sixth category includes other children who could benefit from the center whose parents are classified as the center will for the first time this year pay in part for the service they once received free. By March the parents, all of which must be classified as low-income to be eligible for the program, will pay between $5 and $16 per week for each child depending upon the family income.

At an age when they are just beginning to discover the world, children at the Bilingual Day Care Center have learned that there are two languages and the center director, Viola Dowe, said she hopes they will master both. Most of the Hispanic children have parents who do not speak English, Dowe said. But after a short while at the center they learn to speak both languages, she said. "It is so wonderful to see the Spanish children speaking English and the black children speaking Spanish," Dowe said. The $157,700 contributed to the center to operate in 1981 is almost $40,000 less than it received last year.

That amount is expected to keep the center afloat only until October, said Elaine Henry, director of the Plainfield Action Service (PAS), the city agency that oversees the center. Last year the center had a budget of $195,000. And, since the city took over the center, great pains have been taken to keep the budget at a minimum. Except for fixed costs, which the center has no control over, no other items in the budget have increased, Henry said. When the city took over the facility, the lease was re-negotiated with the landlord for a lower rent.

Neither the 14-member charged in smuggling try BOUND BROOK Elsie Pew Lloyd, 88, an elementary school teacher and longtime resident here, died yesterday (Feb. 1, 1981) at Somerset Valley Nursing Home in Bridgewater. She and her husband, Hubert moved to the township 60 years ago. Her husband died in 1951. A graduate of Trenton Normal School, now Trenton State College, she taught in Grantwood and Lambertville.

She was a member of the Bound Brook Presbyterian Church and its Womens' Association. She is survived by a son, Hubert a daughter, Barbara Gove of Bound Brook; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Arrangements are by Taggart-Cham-berlain Funeral Home in Bound Brook. Marguerite M. Rodgers TOMS RIVER Marguerite M.

Rodgers, 86, of Toms River, died yesterday (Feb. 1, 1981) at home. Born in Philadelphia, she lived most of her life in Mountainside before moving to Toms River eight years ago. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Westfield. She was predeceased by her husband, Frederick G.

Rodgers Sr. She is survived by two sons, Frederick G. Jr. of Fanwood and Charles S. of Scotch Plains; two daughters, Katherine R.

Smith of Summit and Mrs. Ansley G. Van Dyke of Toms River; and nine grandchildren. Arrangements are by Anderson and Campbell Funeral Home in Toms River. Estelle M.

Hayes ST. CLOUD, Fla. Estelle M. Hayes, 79, fbrmerly of Dunellen, died Friday (Jan. 30, 1981) at home.

She resided in Dunellen for about 30 years before moving to Florida 25 years ago. She was a charter member of the Arbor Rescue Squad and Holy Innocents Church, now St. Francis Church in Dunellen, and the Lydia Chapter, Order of Eastern Star 41 of Plainfield. The widow of Clinton Hayes, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Arthur A.

Ross i of Jacksonville; a sister, Ann Dunekack of Plainfield; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Arrangements are by Fisk and Jernigan Funeral Home in St. Cloud, Fla. Rose Gerelick Winiski PLAINFIELD Rose Gerelick Winiski, 87, of 137 Crescent died Saturday (Jan. 31, 1981) at Muhlenberg Hospital in Plainfield.

Mrs. Winiski was born in Throop, but lived most of her life in Plainfield. She was a communicant of St. Joseph's Church. Her husband, Anthony B.

Winiski, died in 1948. She is survived by a son, Victor of North Plainfield; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Arrangements are by Higgins Home for Funerals in Plainfield. Victoria Christy BRIDGEWATER Victoria Christy, 74, of 738 E. Main Finderne, died Friday (Jan.

30, 1981) at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville after a short illness. Born in Highland, she lived in Finderne 40 years. She was a communicant of St. Joseph's Church in Bound Brook. Surviving are her husband, Anthony; two sisters, Frances Bartosh of Burlington, and Bertha Gavinski of Drums, Pa.

and several nieces and nephews. Arrangements are by Bridgewater Funeral Home. Landing gear folds NEW YORK Six passengers sustained minor injuries Saturday night when the landing gear collapsed on an Eastern airlines 727 jet as it touched down at LaGuardia Airport en route from the Bahamas to Albany, according to police and airlines spokesmen. The right main landing gear collapsed and cracked a wing, causing a fuel spill, according to Dalton James, an Eastern Airlines spokesman. The injuries apparently occurred as flight personnel evacuated the 121 passengers aboard Eastern flight 30 around 10: 15.

time for lesser offenses because of a critical overcrowding problem in the jail, he said. Sheriff Ralph Froehlich said the investigation implicating Sweatte and Ferguson was completed only Friday. He said he did not know the Rahway resident was ready to be released from jail at the time. "Had I found out sooner, I would have called Judge DiBuono and told him to withdraw the release order," he said Friday. Sweatte and Ferguson were named as suspects following an investigation conducted by Union County police Sgt.

Carl Bracaglia. Although DiBuono signed the release order sometime during the day on Wednesday, authorities allege that Sweatte and Ferguson participated in the smuggling attempt later in the evening. At about 6:15 p.m., a security officer discovered a handmade sheet rope hanging from a fifth-floor window. Attached to the end of the rope was a plastic milk container holding a bar of soap for added Driver in chase By TOM NUTTLE Courier-News Staff Writer A Union County man who led Hunterdon County police on a wild chase in a stolen car last April has been sentenced in Flemington to 10 years in state prison. Shelton Lane, 25, of 28 John Cranford, will not be able to get out on parole for at least five years, according to the sentence by state Superior Court Judge William M.

D'Annunzio. Lane also listed a Plainfield address. The judge sent him to Rahway State Prison, where he is serving time for violation of parole for an earlier crime. The parole violation occurred because he was arrested for the Hunterdon County crime. The 10-year sentence he received Friday will run concurrently with the sentence he is now serving.

The maximum sentence for the offense is 10 to 20 years in prison and a fine of $100,000. Lane was arrested in Readington April 2 after the chase through the eastern part of the county, which began after Jacob Lewis of Readington told police that his Austin of Fanwood and Beatrice Totten of Cranford; 13 grandchildren; 29 greatgrandchildren and eight great-greatgrandchildren. Arrangements are by Speers-Van Arsdale Funeral Home in Somerville. Marion A. Reynolds NORTH PLAINFIELD Marion A.

Reynolds, 71, of North Plainfield, died today (Feb. 2, 1981) at Muhlenberg Hospital in Plainfield. Bom in North Plainfield, she lived here all her life. She retired four years ago as a seamstress for Teppers department store in Plainfield after working there for more than 25 years. She was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church in North Plainfield.

She was the widow of Frank S. Reynolds who died in 1963. Mr. Reynolds served as chief of the North Plainfield Fire Department for many years. Surviving are two nieces, Janet D.

Hamilton of Brielle and Helen D. Squier of Watchung. Arrangements are by Memorial Funeral Home in Plainfield. Charles A. Smith FLEMINGTON Charles A.

Smith 75, of 21 New York died Saturday (Jan. 31, 1981) at Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington. Born in Stanton, he lived in the Flemington area all his life. He was a self-employed plumber before retiring in 1972. He was a World War II Navy veteran; a member of the Disabled American Veterans; and a past president of the Delaware Valley Plumbing Contract Association.

Surviving are his wife, Catherine Malone Smith; a son, Charles A. a daughter, Judith, both of Flemington; two brothers, William of New Providence, and David of Plainfield; and two sisters, Leila Hildabrant of Whitehouse, and Helen Alpaugh of Middlesex. Arrangements are by Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home in Flemington. James D. Howard PLAINFIELD James D.

Howard, 83, of 705 W. Front died Saturday (Jan. 31, 1981) at Muhlenberg Hospital in Plain-field. He was born in Willington, S.C. where he lived most of his life before moving to Plainfield two months ago.

He was a retired track man for the WC Railroad in South Carolina. He was a member of the Mount Lebanon Baptist Church in Parkville, S.C. He is survived by three daughters, Sallie Franklin of Plainfield, Georgia Huff of Augusta, and Helen Woodridge of Greenwood, S.C; a son, James Blair of Greenwood, S.C; a sister, Virginia Reed of Washington, D.C.; a brother, Buddy Howard of Alexandria, 27 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Arrangements are by Judkins Colonial Home in Plainfield. Emily Rogale Verderber WARREN Emily Rogale Verderber, who emigrated to the United States from Austria, died yesterday (Feb.

1, 1981) at Green Brook Manor Nursing Home. Verderber, 83, lived at 14 Reinman Road and moved to Warren in 1939 after living in Brooklyn, N.Y. for several years. Verderber owned the Plainfield Knitting Mill with her husband and retired in 1950. She was a communicant of Our Lady of the Mount R.C.

Church in Warren and a member of its Rosary Society. She is survived by a sister, Stefanie Gebauer of Warren and several nieces and nephews. Arrangements are by Higgins Home for Funerals in Watchung. Eugene G.Sanders BELLEVILLE Eugene G. Sanders, 27, of Lincoln Terrace, died yesterday (Feb.

1, 1981) at Clara Mass Hospital. Born in Plainfield, he lived in Milling-ton before moving to Belleville five years ago. He is survived by his wife, Debbie; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sanders; a brother, Edward; two sisters, Loretta Mascola and Sue Sanders, all of Milling-ton.

Arrangements are by Gailaway Crane Funeral Home in Basking Ridge. Anthony Cossavella WARREN Anthony Cossavella, 78, of 499 Warrenville Road, died yesterday (Feb. 1, 1981) at home. Born in Italy, he lived In Green Brook and Watchung before moving to Warren 25 years ago. He was a self-employed wholesale grocer who retired in 1979.

Surviving is a niece who lives In Florida. Arrangements are by Higgins Home for Funerals in Watchung. SOMERVILLE Anna Kinney, 104, of 21 Fairmont Somerville, died Friday (Jan. 30, 1981) at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was a charter member of the Emanuel Reformed Episcopal Church in Somerville.

She was born in Flemington and lived in the Somerville area for many years. She was predeceased by her husband, William, in 1964. She is survived by three sons, William of Lakehurst; Linden of Lavalette, and Richard of Somerville; four daughters, Mildred Starner of Somerville, Margaret Leland of Boynton Beach, Catherine LeRoy Redd Sr. WESTFIELD LeRoy Redd 74, of 1133 Boynton died Friday (Jan. 30, 1981) at Memorial Hospital in Union.

Born in Keysville, he lived in the Westfield-Scotch Plains area for most of his life. He was employed by the Westfield Taxi Service. He was a member, and exhalted ruler of the Centennial Lodge No. 400; the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World in Westfield, and the New Jersey State Association of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World. He was the manger of the Jerseyland baseball team of Scotch Plains and the Centennial Lodge baseball team.

He is survived by his wife, Grace; a son, LeRoy Jr. of Westfield, two daughters, Evelyn Scott of Westfield and Gloria of Somerset; a sister, Marion Chambers of Roselle; five grandchildren; a niece and six nephews. Arrangements are by Plinton Funeral Home in Westfield. John L.Johnson NORTH BRANCH John L. Johnson, 83, of 1057 Route 28, North Branch, died Saturday (Jan.

31, 1981) at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was born in Summit and lived in North Branch for 26 years. He was a meter reader for Elizabethtown Water Co. for 40 years before retiring 18 years ago. He is survived by his wife, Grace Messier Johnson; a daughter, Elizabeth Pardoe of Meriden, N.H.; and three grandchildren.

Arrangements are by Speers-Van Arsdale Funeral Home in Somerville. FUNERAL NOTICES BARONE Lillian Anna (nee Koemple), suddenly In her 57th year, on Friday, January 30, 1981, ot Palm Coast, Florida, formerly of Scotch Plains, beloved wife of Patsy Barone, devoted mother of Miss Linda Barone, Pat V. and Frank Barone, sister of Mrs. Edna Kern and Henry Koemple. Also four grandchildren.

Funeral on Tuesday, February 3, at 8:30 m. from the 'ROSSI FUNERAL HOME," 1937 Westfield Ave, Scotch Plains Funeral Mass af St Bartholomew The Apostle Church at 9 30 a m. Interment St Gertrude Cemtery, Colonia, Visitation Sunday and Monday, 2-5 p.m. and 7-10 p.m. 2 COSSAVELLA Anthony, of 499 Warrenville Road, Warren, on Sunday, February 1, 1981, survived by a niece in Florida.

Funeral service at Higgins Home for Funerals, 752 Mountain Blvd Watchung, on Wednesday, February 1981, at 10 a m. Interment Holy Redeemer Cemetery, South Plamfield Visiting hours Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. In lieu ot flowers contributions to Warren Twp. Rescue Squad Inc. 3 MORRIS Walter (Tut), on Sunday, February 1, 1981, In his 8ist year, husband of Alva H.

Morris, father of Caryl M. Chirello, brother of Maude Jones, residence, North Plamfield. Services will be held at the MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, 400 Franklin Place at East 7th Street, Plaintieid, on Wednesday, February 4 at 11 a m. Interment private to the family. Visiting Tuesday, 7-9 m.

Plamfield Lodge No. 835 O. Elks will hold Services Tuesday at 7:45 m. Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F.

A M. will hold services Tuesday at 8 m. in lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Trinity Reformed Church, North Plain-field or the North Plaintieid Rescue Squad. 2 REDO Leroy 74, of 1133 Boynton Ave West-field, suddenly on January 30, 1981, at the Memorial General Hospital in Union, N.J., beloved husband of Grace, father of Leroy Redd Mrs. Evelyn Scott and Mrs.

Gloria Smith, fond brother of Mrs. Marion Chambers, grandfather of 5, 1 neice and 6 nephews. Memorial services for Centennial Lodge No. 400 I E. of w.

Westfield will be held at the funeral home at 7 pm. tonight. Friends may call at the Plinton Funeral Home, 411 West Broad Street, West-field from 3-5 and 7-10 today. Funeral services will be held at the Sf. John's Bapist Cnurch, Morns Scotch Plains at I Tuesday.

The Rev. Kelmo C. Porler Jr. Pastor officiating. Interment Fairview Cemetery, Westfield The family and friends will assemble at 518 West Broad Street for the funeral precession.

REYNOLDS Marion of North plaintieid, on Monday, February 2, 1981, in her 72nd year, widow of Frank S. Reynolds, aunt of Mrs. Janet D. Hamilton and Mrs. Helen D.

Squier Funeral services at the Grace United Methodist Church, 20 Park Place, North Plaintieid on Wednesday, February 4 at II a.m. Interment Mt. Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Warren, Calling hours at MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, 400 Franklin Place at East 7th Sfreef, Plaintieid on Tuesday, from 7-9 In lieu ot flowers the family requests that donations may be made to the Greet United Methodist Church. 3 SANDERS Eugene of Belleville, on February 1, 1981, beloved husband of Debra. son of Charles and Edna.

A private service will be held al the Gailaway and Crane Funeral Home, 101 South Finely Avenue, Basking Ridge. Friends may visit at the funeral home Tuesday 2-4 end 7-9. In lieu of flowers contributions may be sent in his name to the American Diabetes Association, 345 Union street, Hackensack, N.J. 07601. -i VERDERBER Emily (nee) Rogale, of 14 Relnman Rood, Warren, on Sunday February 1, 1981, sister of Stetanle Gebauer, severa' nieces and nephews.

Funeral from Higgins Home for Funerals, 752 Mountain Blvd Watchung, on Tuesday, February 3, 19(1 at 9 30 a followed by a Mass of Christian Burial, Our Lady of the Mt. Church, Warren, at 10 a.m. Visiting hours at Hlyglns Funeral Home, Watchung, Monday 7-10 Vislfing hours at George Werst Funeral Home, Glendale, Y. Tuesday 7-10 pm Wednesday 2-4 end M0 pm. Interment Thursday, February 5, St.

Johns Cemetery, Middle Village, N.Y. -1 WINISKI Rose Ineel Gertllck, of Crescent Avenue, Plainfield, on Saturday, January 31, beloved mother of Victor Winlskl, 7 grandchildren, great-grandchildren. Funeral from Higgins Home for Funerals, 209 Bth Street, Plamfield, on Wednesday, February 4, I 30 a.m. followed by a Mess ol Christian Burial, St Joseph's Church, North Plainfield at 9 a.m. Interment St.

Mary's Cemetery, Plainfield. Visiting hours Tuesdey 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. -1 By KATHERINE D. BARRETT Courier-News Staff Writer PLAINFIELD There's a warm homey atmosphere at the Bilingual Day Care Center. The pitter patter of little feet, laughter and the sounds of happy children fill the room.

The tots cuddle up to their teacher, hugging her knees as if she were mom. They are comfortable with her. For many, the place has become a home away from home. The only one of its kind in the area, the Bilingual Day Care Center at Madison Avenue and West Second Street offers a unique learning experience for both Spanish-speaking and English-speaking pre-schoolers. The uniqueness of the experience comes alive once one enters the door.

The days of the week are written both in Spanish and English. The coat rack is labeled "coats" on one side and "abrigos" on the other. Again, this year the city was the local funding source for the day care center by contributing $30,000. The federal government also gave the center $127,700. But the fate of the center has become increasingly uncertain.

Struggling to stay within its budget, the city is finding it more and more difficult to assist the center which was thrown into its lap in 1978 when the Spanish Community Organization of Plainfield (SCOP) folded. The city's fiscal limitations mean the parents of the 72 pre-schoolers attending Freed inmate By PAT HAMPTON Courier-News Staff Writer ELIZABETH Two Union County Jail inmates, including a Rahway man who was released by a judge Friday, have been charged with attempting to smuggle contraband into the lockup, according to authorities. Reginald Ferguson, 22, of 447 W. Fifth Plainfield, and Lawrence Sweatte, 18, of Rahway were given summonses in Elizabeth Municipal Court Friday. They were charged with criminal mischief and attempting to provide implements for escape from the jail Wednesday night.

Ironically, Sweatte, who was serving time for receiving stolen property, was released from jail Friday the same day he was charged with the smuggling incident. State Superior Court Assignment Judge V. William DiBuono signed the release order Wednesday before the alleged smuggling attempt occurred. The judge has been reviewing the possible early release of prisoners serving Two men shot at bar FRANKLIN Two Highland Park men received gunshot wounds early Saturday morning after a fight in the parking lot of the Sportsman Inn the second shooting there since September. James Knuckles, age unknown, was in serious condition this morning and John Brooks, 25, was listed in fair condition at Middlesex General Hospital in New Brunswick.

Police said a fight led to the shooting in the bar's parking lot at 543 Somerset St. sometime after 2 a.m. Saturday. No charges have been filed, and police would not release additional information. The incident was reported Saturday by a Sportsman Inn employee.

Another shooting occurred in the bar's parking lot last Sept. 3 when Patrolman Charles H. Biddle was shot in the head as he tried to break up a fight. Biddle is now back at work. Two New Brunswick men, Sigfredo Luciano, 29, of Lee Avenue, and Armando Aruca, 35, of Suydam Street, are awaiting trial in the case.

Luciano is charged with aggravated assault and Aruca is charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault. Luciano has filed countercharges of aggravated assault against Biddle. for capping the site with impervious materials to protect against water contamination. Although the landfill will remain open, officials have estimated that it will last only two years based on the rate of dumping. But Environmental Commission members contend if residents using the landfill will separate newspapers, cans and bottles from their garbage, the life of the facility can be extended considerably.

The majority of homeowners here pay private scavengers to get rid of their household garbage. But some take their trash to the dump, which has been in use for many years. Officials are unable to estimate the percentage of residents using the facility. Howell said recycling bins are kept at the landfill site where residents may deposit glass and metal containers, aluminum foil and paper. She said marked bins are maintained for foil products and all-aluminum cans, tin and mixed metal cans and clear and colored glass.

A shed is available for stacking bundles of newspapers and clean paper such as cardboard and materials received through the mall. Cardboard boxes should be flattened before being dropped off. Howell said can also should be flattened and the bottoms removed. Officials also ask that metal rings be taken from the tops ot bottles. weight, leading authorities to surmise that an outside accomplice was expected to show up and place contraband in the container.

The accomplice never arrived, and sheriff's officers conducted an immediate search of the jail minutes after the rope was discovered. No contraband was discovered in the jail. But the subsequent investigation revealed that Sweatte, a jail trusty, used a mop to break a screen and lower the rope through the window after Ferguson reportedly handed the rope to him, according to authorities. Just prior to the alleged smuggling attempt, the lights beaming on the outside of the jail were shut off as part of the county's new plan to conserve energy. After the incident, the outside of the facility was again lighted.

Ferguson is still in jail awaiting grand jury action on armed robbery and drug possession charges. It is not known whether Sweatte will be returned to the facility. given 1 0 years 1980 Cadillac had been stolen. After chasing the car south through Readington, Raritan Township police stopped it at a roadblock at the intersection of Route 202. and River Road in Raritan Township.

Police arrested a juvenile in the Cadillac. Lane, in an allegedly stolen Lin-cob Continental, was also apprehended nearby, police said. Police alleged the Lincoln was stolen from a corporation in Woodbridge. The juvenile appeared before a Hunterdon judge. Except in special cases, the disposition of juvenile cases are not released publicly.

At Lane's arraignment April 3, Hunterdon County Assistant Prosecutor JoAnn Byrnes told the judge that Lane had at least five convictions for various crimes. On Oct. 27, Lane pleaded guilty to stealing the Cadillac by threatening Lewis with bodily harm. By the plea bargain between the prosecutor's office and Public Defender Thomas Pavics, the state dropped the second charge of receiving stolen goods the Lincoln. The nine-member body will travel to Cranford on March 26; Springfield on April 23; Berkeley Heights on May 28; Kenilworth on June 25; Roselle on Aug.

27; and Linden on Sept. 24. The road sessions will be limited to the fourth Thursday of each month. Public sessions held regularly on the second Thursday of each month will continue to be held in Elizabeth but will begin at 7 p.m. instead of 8 p.m.

Hunterdon County's freeholders went on the road three years ago as a one-year experiment. The practice was dropped due to poor attendance. tried entrapment to witness the younger Worsfold's behavior. Donald Worsfold promised he would have Bret committed to a psychiatric hospital the following day, Smith claimed, but later changed his mind. Worsfold was arrested along with two friends, Michael Mynyj and Michael Nacamuli, both of Warren.

In an unrelated case, Worsfold was also indicted July 16, 1979, on three counts of aggravated assault charging him with knifing three township residents in the parking lot of Rublnettl's restaurant on Mountain Boulevard April 15, 1980. Smith has been found not guilty of two separate charges of assault and battery in the past. One of Worsfold's two criminal trials may begin next week, but because of a case backlog in Somerset County, the civil suit may not be beard until 1982. Pupils got day off PHILADELPHIA Some 200,000 Philadelphia public school pupils, already behind in their studies because of teacher strike last fall, are getting an unscheduled day off today because of a strike by bus drivers, custodians and other blue-collar school workers. Freeholders taking show on rosid Panel urges more recycling To combat the obscurity of county government, the Union County Board of Freeholders will take to the road beginning Feb.

26 when it is scheduled to meet in the Westfield Town Hall at 7:30 p.m. Freeholder Chairman Rose Marie Sin-nott said the board hopes to inform the public about its work and to hear from those who do not want to make the trip to Elizabeth to talk to the board. Freeholder John K. Meeker of Westfield, urged that a check be made on attendance, noting that the road stint would mean some inconvenience to freeholders and county staff. Chief: Accuser Continued from Page Bl across the seat out of the way." Later in the police station, the chief claimed that when he tried to question Worsfold while he was still handcuffed in a small office, Worsfold again lunged at him and yelled, "I will kill you." Smith said a fight ensued and his shirt collar was ripped.

In sworn testimony last July, Special Officer Clifford Montross III said he saw Smith go into the room wearing black gloves and then beard crashing noises. Smith said he dismissed Montross as i special officer Jan. 1 "because I didn't feel his services were needed by the township." Patrolman William Stahl has also testified that when he returned to take photographs of Worsfold, the suspect's eyes were "puffed up and black and blue." He said the suspect bad a small cut on his face and swollen knuckles. He testified that Worsfold had no such marks on his face when he arrived at the police station. However, Smith testified that he saw Worsfold through television monitor throwing himself against the steel bars and walls ot his cell.

He said he ailed Worsfold's father, Donald, that morning By JIM McCOMBE Courier-News Staff Writer BENARDS More extensive use of recycling facilities at the municipal landfill would extend the life of the dump as well as conserve energy resources, members of the township Environmental Commission say. The commission is urging residents to remove metal, glass and paper from their household garbage and take it to the recycling center. Township officials say recycling will prolong the landfill's existence because more of the materials placed there will be biodegradable. Permanent recycling bins are located at the landfill site on Pill Hill Road, which intersects Mount Airy Road opposite West Oak Street. Township Committeewoman Joanne Howell, a member of the environmental agency, said the dump and recycling area are open from 9 a.m.

to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. She pointed out that the facility is open only to township residents who must have windshield decals to be admitted. The decals are available free at the information desk in the municipal building until 4:30 p.m. weekdays and from 7 to 8 p.m.

Mondays, Because of appeals by many residents, the Township Committee recently voted to keep the landfill open. Municipal officials had considered closing the dump at the end of 1980 to avoid the high cost of meeting state requirements It Is Easier For Your Family if you select a family plot before it is needed. All Lots Sold in Fully Developed Areas 2 Grave Plots Including Perpetual Core Call or Writ for Descriptive) Booklet HILLSIDE CEMETERY SsSBQESEE Tel. PL 6-1729 Woodland Avenue, Plainfield.

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