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PLAINFIELD, N. COURIEB-NEWS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1954 Telephone Plainfield 6-8000 PAGE TWENTY Two-Session Relief Seen (Picture to the Left) South Plainfield The double -1 -1 sis. Pjr i Photo by Richard C. Gains admit daylight to all sides. This picture shows but 4 small portion of the new school being built, and this section will include a science room, kitchen, cafeteria, boy's and girl's locker rooms and a gymnasium, which will be a combination auditorium with a stage as well as athletic equipment and some classrooms.

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION The South Plainfield High School is rapidly taking shape. Under construction on four acres of ground along side of the. present Junior High School, it will form an L-shape in the finaly assembled building. The building will be in the form of a rectangle with a center courtyard, which will Coronet Photo by E. T.

Wiggins will be closed approximately a week. The roadbed under the bridge will be depressed 30-36 inches. Abutment work fpr the Prospect Ave. and the new Madison bridges is being completed. Two tracks are expected to be in use after Nov.

15. A RAILROAD'S BRIDGE WORK Steel workers are shown placing the first steel girder for the Jersey Central Railroad's bridge over Wash-' ington Dunellen. The girder, 33 tons, is larger than those placed at Rock Ave. The street Sewage Outlet Talk Slated New Brunswick Middlesex County Sewerage Authority will meet with the New York City Health Department next Monday to discuss plans for building an outfall in Raritan Bay for its planned trunk sewer line. Edward J.

Johnson, authority counsel, who will be present, announced the meeting at the Interstate Sanitation Commission headquarters in New York, will be attended by Chester A. Ly- decker, chairman of the authority; Marsh B. Tipton, vicechair-man, and Commissioner Herbert B. Dailey. The meeting was called when New York health authorities ex pressed fear the outfall may contaminate New York beaches or waters, Mr.

Johnson said. Meanwhile, an authority spokesman said members were surprised to learn the State Department of Health had given The American Cyanamid Company of Bound Brook three to four years to end polution in the Raritan River. liglit Bulb's Progress Told South Plainfield Public Service Electric and Gas Co. presented a demonstration of man's progress with light to South Plainfield Rotary Club last night in Herm's. The program was presented by Harold E.

Bowles and John Shalman, both of Newark. Mr. Bowles and Mr. Shalman explained the light industry is celebrating its 75th anniversary! this year, and Public Service is showing exhibits marking the progress made since Thomas! Edison invented the incandescent! light bulb. I The club's board of directors appointed a committee to in-1 crease membership 10 per cent.

Guests inolnrleil- TTarrv Van. Reekunuand George W. both of Westfield; James Chuillii and James Hollywood, both ofi South Amboy; Stephen A. Zatko1 of Hillside, John Cocker of Lin-J den, Raymond Maude of Perth! Amboy, Daniel Huntsman of Richmond, Mayor Daniel; H. Conroy of Bound Brook, Charles Chulek, Nelson Formani and Alfred Enander, all of Dun- ellen and James Sheedy, Alfred 1 Walker, C.

W. Hopkins and Thomas Power, all of Legion Meets Tonight South Plainfield New officers of Chaumont Post 243, American Legion will assume their posts when the Legion meets at 8:30 p.m. today in Legion Hall. Richard Coleman is the new commander. The auxiliary also will meet at the same time in Legion Hall.

Democratic Club Meets Thursday Middlesex Eorough Democratic County Chairman Thomas Lee and Luther Martin, Democratic congressional candidate in the Fifth District, will be guests of the Middlesex Borough Democratic Club Thursday at 8:30 p.m. in the Rescue Squad Building. Samuel Barone, Democratic municipal chairman, has announced that the following deputies are registering voters at deputies' homes: District 1, Mrs. Steven Radosti and Joseph Dinunzi; District 2, Albert Lambiase, Mrs. John Murray and Mrs.

Irving Wilpon; District 3, Dominic Barone and Mrs. Walter Dalrymple, and District 4, John Skelly and Mrs. John Pivarnik. 1 Not Gassed5 Raritan Township A refrigerator maintenance man told Mag istrate Christian Jorgensen lasti night that he wasnt "gassed" that is, not from drinking when he became involved in an acci dent Aug. 26, but the judge thought otherwise after weighing the evidence.

Charles E. Zimmerman of New Brunswick told the court that, in the course of his occupation, he had inhaled methol chloride and freon, used as refrigerants, and that was why his breath smelled that way. He also admitted to drinking "five or six beers." He had been examined by a physician, however, who declared him in no condition to drive at the time of the accident in Route 27 near the Westinghouse plant He was fined $200 and $25 costs, and his driving privileges were revoked for two years. The case was prosecuted by Randolph Appleby, Middlesex County assistant prosecutor. James P.

Emmino of Brooklyn was filled $10 for driving without a license and $1Q for driving without headlights on the New Jersey Turnpike. Others found guilty of traffic offenses and fined $10 each were as Loretta Hoff of 563 Trinity PL, Westfield, careless driving; Eugene McGrath of 15 Park PL, Metuchen, speeding; Albert Agabiti of Mercerville, driving without license in possession; Joseph Guandagnino of Highland Park, speeding; Robert C. Traver of 5 Talmadge Me-tuchen, careless driving; Bernard Bruno of Highland Park, passing a red light; and Daniel Lasasso of 1766 West Fifth St, Piscataway Township, no registration in pos session. Woman's Club Sees Skit Dunellen The annual "Get- Together" of -the New Market- Dunellen Woman's Club was held yesterday in the parish house of Holy Innocents Episcopal Church. The Executive Board was hostess.

A skit, "The Bachelor's Rev erie," was presented and featured Mrs. William Lockwood, Mrs. Kenneth Cree, Mrs. Harold Daun- cey, Mrs. James Fox, Mrs.

George Gay, Mrs. Harvey Vail, Mrs. Rus sell Runyon, Mrs. William Bogart, Mrs. Alfred Savio, Mrs.

Maurice Miller and Mrs. Seymour Wester- velt. Mrs. G. Fred Snyder, accom panied by Mrs.

Richard Eckman, was soloist Miss Frances Rob erts reported on the Citizenship Institute held in New Brunswict. Mrs. Thomas Piddington, chair man of the Evening Department, was guest Mrs. A. Bert Krug, president, was in charge of a business meeting.

Mrs. Bogart, by Mrs. Irene Piddington, was in charge of a penny sale. The cancer dressing group, Mrs. Alton Hill, chairman, will meet Sept.

22 at 10 a.m. the Dunellen Rescue Squad Building. A public dessert card party will be held Sept 27 at 1 p.m. in the parish house of Holy Inno cents Episcopal Church. Mrs.

A. G. Karz and Airs. Lockwood are co-chairmen. Reservations can be made by contacting Mrs.

Charles B. Lake, DU 2-6896. The State fall conference will be held Sept. 24 at the New Jersey College for Women, New Brunswick. Tax Office Open For Vets to File South Plainfield Councilman Thomas B.

Smith announced today that as an added service to veterans who have not yet applied for the $500 tax exemption on their homes, the tax office will be open at 8 p.m. Sept 27 and 28 to accept applications. Arrangements have been made with Mrs. Marie Maritz, clerk to the tax assessor, and Borough Attorney David Schneider to process the applications, which must be filed prior to Oct. 1.

Eligible vet erans may also file during the regular daytime office hours before that date. Only veterans who served in the armed forces during war- time are eligible. The deed and a photostatic copy of honorable discharge must accompany the application, which applies to 1955 taxes. CofC Picks Beauty Queen Raritan Township An 18-year- 01a uaven village girl was crowned Miss Chamber of Commerce Sunday afternoon at the Raritan Township Chamber of Commerce picnic at the Com mons Piscatawaytown. Judy Pierce, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Pierce of 29 Seymour Ave. was picked over nine contestants by four judges. Eunice Wagle, 18, daughter of Mrs. Clara Wagle of 66 Central Ave.

was runner-up. Placing third was Dons Ann French, 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. N.

French of 28 Silverlake Ave. ffi' 'Afrjfr IN DUNELLEN IT'S LEVY REXALL DRUG STORE PRESCRIPTIONS OUR SPECIALTY 334 NORTH AVE. DU 2-6267 FREE DELIVERY it jStory Fails I 1 1 session situation in most of the public schools here is expected to be eased by Christmas or shortly thereafter with the com pletion of the new, high school. The school system this year has absorbed the tenth grade and will include the eleventh and twelfth grades next year. Until this year pupils of all three grades have attended North Plainfield High SchooL Construction of the new school last Desisned by Ernest T.

Brown, architect it will accommodate 1.200 Dumls. For more than 25 years South Plain- lield has been sending cnuaren to North Plainfield High School, but overcrowded conditions there necessitated the need, for a local high school. Voters in May, 1953, author-izerl the new construction at a special referendum. More than 40 classrooms, a combination gymnasium auditorium, three shops, special rooms and a largs cafeteria will be constructed. Joseph Belluscio is the general contractor.

ATOM PARLEY PLANNED New Delhi (P) Prime Min ister Nehru told Parliament to day he is summoning an all-India atomic energy conference here in November to promote development of atomic power for peaceful purposes in India. IN SOUTH PLAINFIELD IT'S PETER PAN PHARMACY For Prescriptions Drugs 10 PLAINFIELD AVE. FREE DELIVERY PL 4-7607 SGEHZ Milk Cream i Buttermilk Cottage Cheese i Butter Eggs Delivered Fresh From Our Nearby Farm "Your Best Buy in Health" GALL PL 6-2277 Kmmmam 1 White-Collar Employes, Westinghouse Agree Pittsburgh (JP) Westing-house Electric Corporation and the Federation of Westinghouse Independent Salaried Unions yes terday reached an agreement giv ing 15,000 white-collar employes in 47 plants $1.40 to $2.80 week ly salary rises and increased pen sions. The agreement, extending the national contract to Oct 15, 1955, is effective Aug. 2 and is subject to union ratification by Sept 27.

Westinghouse has a plant in Metuchen, N. J. Library Sign Repairs Asked Dunellen The Borough' Council will be asked to authorize the repairing of the library sign on Borough Hall and the listing of the library hours on it. Mrs. Francis Maranowski, li brarian, said she had been authorized to have the hours painted on the sign, but discov ered that the sign was in need of repairs.

Mrs. Forrest Stein, substitute librarian, reported to the library broad last night that 48 new members joined the library dur ing July and August and that circulation during July was 200 higher than the same period last year. Circulation in July and Au gust totalled 2,564 books. The Green Thumb Garden Club will be asked to assist in decorating the library. The Dunellen League of Women Voters will be permitted to use the li brary for its first fall meeting if the Council Chambers are in use.

Mrs. William Bogart was chairman in the absence of Mrs. William Johnson. Club Plans Bridge For Scholarship South Plainfield Plans have been made for a luncheon bridge to be neia baturday at 1 p.m. in the Far Hills Inn by the South Plainfield Suburban Woman's Club.

Proceeds will be used to establish a scholarship fund for a local High School girl. Mrs. John Graf and Miss Barbara Kane, co-chairmen, are assisted by the following com mittees: Tickets, Miss Eleanor Brodzik and Mrs. Neil Hender son; prizes, Mrs. Fred Neinbott and Mrs.

C. E. Baumann; pro gram, Mrs. Francis Caron; fa vors, Mrs. Francis Diana; trans portation, Mrs.

G. A. Baltchford; publicity, Mrs. S. W.

Higgins; and general, Mrs. Ernest Seiz, Mrs. John Hawkins. Mrs. Alfred Parella, Mrs.

William Carlson and Mrs. Joseph Hazlett Jr. Tickets can be obtained by contacting Mrs. Graf, PL 4-0481, or any member of thecommit tees. Transportation can be arranged by contacting Mrs.

Baltch ford, PL 5-2764. Iselin Mr. and Mrs. John Geiser of 144 Bedford Ave. held a family reunion recently observance of their 17th wedding anniver sary.

SeWon Schwartz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Schwartz of 22 Julsworth was home on leave recently from electronics training at the Great Lakes, Naval Training Station. Miss Florence Frazer of 35 Mc Kinley Ave. has returned home after spending two weeks at Long Beach, Calif.

Mr. and Mrs. James J. Kin nf 225 Elizabeth Ave. are the par- boy General Hospital Saturday St Cecelia's PTA will mf tl Fines Levied On Speeders New Market Louis Limmer 1144 W.

Front Plainfield, and Donald Damirez, New Brunswick, were both fined $28 last night by Magistrate Arvid M. Johnson for speeding." William Seattle, Camp Kilmer, paid $26 for speeding and not having his registration. Ronald Laliberte, Richard Howarth, Mill-town, and J. C. Smith, Camp Kilmer, all paid $13 fines for speeding.

Benjamin Oliver, 52 Marlborough Middlesex Borough, was fined $13 for careless driving. An $8 speeding fine was paid by Harry Anderson of Highland Park. Thadeus Zychlinski 805 Drake Middlesex Borough, was fined $8 for a stop street violation. Michael Riley, Newark, paid a $25 fine for soliciting without a license. A similar charge against Edward Skinner, Newark, was dismissed.

Joseph Ventriglia, 429 E. Fifth Plainfield, was fined $25 for being disorderly. A fine of $10 was paid by Paul Perhac, 122 Third Dunellen, for dumping without a permit. Kathryn Allegar, 202 W. Second Plainfield, and Clarence Henry, Robbinsville, were both fined $15 for being disorderly.

Paint Party Slated Again Raritan Township The Pot ters paint party of last Saturday will be resumed next Saturday when residents from all parts of the township will "pitch in to paint the outside of the new Potters Civic Center. The threatening hurricane held up operations last week, but the volunteers managed to paint the entire inside of the biulding. The project is being sponsored by the Citizens Housing Committee, which has received several donations to put the only community meeting hall in snape. The building has been constructed by Potters residents oyer the past eight years. It is a one-story cmderblock structure Mvith a ceiling high enoueh to permit the playing of games.

It' is surrounded by an acre of ground for outdoor sports. CluVs Art Unit Maps Fall Activity South Plainfield The Art Department of the Suburban Women's Club last night planned a fall program of painting in the home of Miss Helen Brodzik, 147 Hamilton Blvd. The group will work with textiles, trays and tiles. The club also decided to keep a scrapbook of this year's work. Mrs.

Betty "Sheridan was ap pointed and Mrs. Mari lyn Hawkins was chosen publicity chairman. A tentative date was set for the showing of film slides photo graphed by three members who toured Europe during the sum mer. Present were Mrs. Sheridan, Mrs.

Pauline Marciniak, Mrs Doris Carlson, Mrs. Hawkins, Miss Brodzik, Miss Sylvia Brodzik and Mis Barbara Kane. The next meeting will be Sept. 27 in the home of Mrs. Carlson, 1111 Maple Ave.

Couple Marks eddingMlleStOlie Arbor Mr. and Mrs. John A brated their 32nd wedding anni versary Sunday afternoon at an outdoor barbecue at their home. Because Mrs. Petro is recovering from a recent fall, only the fam- nktfcuucu uic aiuu juarriea in iNorcnampion, 32 years ago, the couple have three children, John E.

Petro of Plainifeld: Albert Petro of Fel- iton, one daughter, Mrs. Edward Miller of Felton and five grandchildren. The couple attend St. John's Church, Dunellen. QUEMOY VISITED Taipeh, Formosa (IP) Nationalist China's Vicepresident Chen Cheng and Defense Minister Gen.

Yu Ta-Wei vesterdav visitad Quemoy strategic Nationalist out CNJ Bridge Takes Shape Dunellen Steel work for the Jersey Central Railroad bridge at Washington Ave. was begun yesterday. A 33-ton main support girder was put in place. The street will be closed for a week. Three bridges will be con-.

structed in the borough at Wash-ington. Prospect and Madison Aves. Two tracks will be put in service after Nov. 15. Abutments for the Prospect and Madison Aves.

bridges are now under con struction. Abutments for the third track will be prepared by Mar. 15, 1955, and the track will be opened by June 1. The project is expected to be completed Sept. 1, 19oa.

After the bridge at. Washing ton Ave. is completed, the roadbed will be lowered 30-36 inches. The street, prior to depressing the road bed, will be open to auto mobile and small truck traffic. Larger trucks will be detoured.

Afesault Case Dismissed Middlesex Borough John Ke- hoe. 341 Cook Ave. was found in nocent on an assault and battery charge by Magistrate Charles Bradley in Municipal Court last night Everett Turner, Brooklyn, N. Y. failed to appear -to answer charges of careless driving and failure to exhibit his driver's license and forfeited $25 bond.

Fined $10 plus $4 costs each were Lawrence Kenzel, Mountain New Brunswick, charged with careless driving; and Morton lHosenstein, Newark, charged with passing on a curve. William Winn, 441 Bound Brook Dunellen, paid $1 plus $4 costs for failure to have a registration in his possession; and Frank McManus of Cranford paid a similar assessment for driving with a defective muffler. Pomona Grange Slates Initiation New Market Initiation for the Middlesex Somerset Pomona Grange will be held Oct. 29 in the Millstone Valley Grange Hall, East Millstone. The grange, meeting Saturday in Franklin Park, was addressed by Franklin Nixon, chaplain of the National Grange and master of the state Grange, "and Andre MallegoL lecturer of the state Grange.

The "Hounds for Plainfield barber shop group, en tertained. They were directed "by Sang Giovanni and Sidney Thompson, president was nar-: rator. Miss Edna Smith and Mrs. Ralph. Smalley also entertained.

A donation was made to the Na tional Grange Youth Leadership Training fund. Miss Eleanor Mer- relL lecturer, arranged the program. Office Opened For Registration South Plainfield Eligible voters not yet registered will have an opportunity to do so during evening hours next week before the Thursday, Sept 23, deadline. Borough Clerk Charles Carone today announced that his office will be open from 7-9 p.m. Mon day through Thursday as a special accommodation for voters who are unable to register during the regular daytime hours.

Registration must be made be fore Sept 23 order to vote in the Not. 2 general election. Recreation Commission Meeting Rescheduled New Market The meeting of! the Piscataway Township Recrea tion Commission, scheduled for today, has been postponed until Thursday a 8 p.m. in the Municipal Building. Cubs Plan Picnic Dunellen Plans were discussed recently by the Cub Pack 127 Committee in the home of Charles Magyar, 132 Second St, for the annual picnic to be held Sunday at Johnson Park, New Brunswick.

The group will leave from Washington Park at 1 p.m. The committee also plans to have the pack attend a football game. No definite plans have been su.de. sonar, you do dozens of chores quickly and at low cost at the mere flip of an electric switch. It is typical of Edison and the electric industry that he immediately began to work on improving his product.

From that first practical lamp have sprung all the developments which" contribute so much to our daily lives in this modern Electric Era. Further developments in the electric industry are promised for the future. Public Service is constantly working on new plans, new ideas and new programs to improve and enlarge its electric service for you. Yes, during Light's Diamond Jubilee, as well as during the future, electricity does so much ON OCTOBER 21, 1879, Thomas Alva Edison was successful in the creation of the first practical incandescent lamp. As a result of his invention, which was completed in Edison's laboratory at Menlo Park, New" Jer-sey the great electric industry was born.

This year, 1954, as a part of the electric industry, Public Service is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Edison lamp. Today, thanks to Mr. Edison, we live in the Electric Era. From the invention of the Edison lamp have come all the developments which contribute so much to our daily lives. Electricity Serves you in hundreds of ways in your home, in the stores and restaurants down the street, in office buildings, factories and farms.

Thanks to the Edison yon enjoy the magic of radio and television, you are protected by radar and 8:30 p.m. tomorrow in the schoolPetro of 2.01 Chestnut PI. cele- costs so little. for a topy of Iho new book, "Tho Gonio in fhm Amber wfich fels of tho deveopmenf of tho efe-trie industry. Writo Bo Public Sorvno Electric end Cat 80 Park Place, Newark New Jersey.

PVBLICESEKVICE cafeteria Mr. and Mrs. Leon KamietisTti of 42 McKinley St are the parents of a son, born in St Peters Hospital, New Brunswick, Sept 6. a jiittenger WaS elected president of the Friday Night Social Club last week in tne nome of airs. Mary DeRob-erts, 117 Bond St Mrs.

Robert J. Greiner was elected treasurer ana Mrs. DeRoberts, secretary. More than 75 guests attended a homecoming party held recently for Gecrge TriDak. son of Mr and Mrs.

John TriDak of ah Adams St In the Navy for 13 years, it was the first time he had spent his birthday with his parents since 1939. His brother. Stephen, expects to be called into the Navy soon. uGHTT0RTmDQM il (DM! UlfBUOQ post island..