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Kij Celebration, but 15 Years Vns Blurred Some Memories V-J Dav in Plainfield? It Was Just One Bv DAVID BREWSTER possible to get any work done. Lester Hukmg, a clerk at Public was leading the "music" with a huge whiskey bottle, and an-, other man was pounding a wash tub." he remembered. Frank Gregory, of the Gregory Music Center recalled the "mu uf course, I as drunk for a week." Iks conversational friend, a man whose ejes misty I and distant at remembering the' war's end. recalled the day with great detail. city was one hugh parade." he remembered "We all.

sic" that night and all through' Service remembered. "Every time you would lock for a he would be out in the street." Some residents could not recall the day very clearly. Or.e woman abruptly, I don't remember nothing" A woman who had her first child on Dec. 7. 141 said she remembered Pearl Harbor quite well, but she couldn't recall V-J Day.

A man who has been an iceman here for 30 years said he remembered being carried on soldiers' shoulders when he was a 16- Downtown Plainfield was "the worst traffic jam I have ever seen, anywhere." said Lieut. Cornelius P. Coffey of the Plain-, field police, who that evening was assigned to try to control traffic. "We just kept them go-; ir.g around in circles." he said "and nobody even seemed to; know it." Coffey reported the1 wartime 10 m. curfew for youngsters was ignored that night.

"No one even thought about it," he said. Manuel Silverstone, who runs a magazine shop in Front recalled the night clearly. He remembers a huge winding parade started on foot in North Plainfield. and nearly everybody joined in the irresistable; rush of released emotions. "The fellow at the head of the parade bers he was on duty that night, "but the day doesn't stick in my mind." For seeral persons interviewed, the day was spent in the services Stephen Eandrea of Harris' Taxi lay in a bed in Camp Kilmer listening to his camp mates firing off ammunition outside the barracks.

"Quite a celebration," recalled Plainfield Police Chief Arthur G. Phillips, who was in the Marine Corps in Georgia. Taxi driver Wilbur Morns of 1517 S. Second recalled he was in Okinawa awaiting orden to invade Japan when the message came. "We didnt do much," said Morris, "and 1 guess my wife and children were more excited back home.

But it was quite a relief." Chicago. He also kept cool during the excitement. "We were calmly fishing when one of the fellows I was with dropped his glasses in the lake. He sent one of the boys back to the camp to get him another pair. The boy came back with the news the war was over, but we kept on fishing.

Some of the best news about that day was how many fish we caught." Disbelievers The mayor had another story to tell about a grubby band of men ho came out of the woods after a six-week's camping trip and asked what was new. The mayor did his best to convince them of the atomic bomb, "but they just wouldn't believe me," he laughed. of that poor fellow. He might as well have ripped up thtrse tickets then," Broker Remember Paterson Bond, who works at Orvis Brothers and Company, but was in New York and in the Navy when the news came, kept a cooler head than the man with the gas tickets. He remembers next day the market broke, and there was a terrific volume of trading.

"They told me I was crazy," Eond smiled, "but I bought a bunch of Boeing stock for $22 a share. Six months later I sold it at $35." Mayor Richard P. Dyckman, was on a fishing trip in Canada, vacationing from his job in At 7 pm. on a hot ani xr.ujjzyj Tuesday exactly 15 years ago to-j morrow. Harry I Truman announced World War 2 had ended, and Japan had agreed to surrender.

That day. although it was r.oj great surprise, seemed of mo-i mentous importance to most a -ked to recall it yesterday, but they admitted their memories were a bit fc'urrrd; the day had somewhat, paled. Did We Win? One man. idly chatting with a friend in Front St. put it bluntly: "Did we really; win the war?" he aked.

And: then he continued with a the next day. He he received no requests to borrow instruments; "there was enough commotion." Urge Liquor Ban At 8:30 p.m.. the night of the announcement. New Jersey Governor Walter E. Edge asked all liquor sales to end until noon the next day.

Several men said the bars outside the center of left work early in the afternoon, and I remember, after a of drinks. I ran into a fellow who wanted to S125 worth of gas tickets. Of course the announcement hadn't come through yet. so I went home to get some money to buy the tickets. "When I came back, this fellow was gone.

I remember when the word came through about 7 that night, and I still had the money in my pocket. I thought in World War nothing at all year-o'd soldier 1. but recalled of V-J Day. Doesn't Stick town remained open, Factory and fire whistles split the air. The next day, with a national holiday proclaimed, it was im-; Bennett of the Capt.

Irving North Plainfield Police remem tahiftdfr It's IUhmi Said He that has no cross will have no crown. Francis Quarles SECOND SECTION Lttc id Xews PAGE 11 PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1960 Telephone Plainfi.ld 6-8000 Driver Jailed On 2 Conn Is In Plainfield Case, Lord Clash, Disagree On Security, Port Authority i. mm I- il, i vi 4- Police Say Motorist Has No License; 'Cyclist Ticketed Miss ile Jctport Aired X3sr i XV I jfs- "il i 'r -v xx Dominick Delago, 20, of 129 Walnut was jailed yesterday when he was unable to put up AT $200 bail en charges of operat cwsmen I ill IV ing a car without a license and without the owner's permission. Delago was arrested in Le- land Ave. The ear was owned by Leonard Luczak of 219 Fifth St.

R. J. Davis, 27, of 1221 Third a motorcyclist, was issued summonses for speeding and for disorderly conduct after Somerville Senator Clifford P. Case and his Democratic opponent, Thorn Lord, agree, basically, on the major issues facing the nation today. But in many respects they disagree on how to reach the objectives.

This was made apparent here last night in their first joint appearance of the Senate campaign. Both Case and Lord agreed that national defense and the security of the world were paramount considerations. Closely he was halted in W. Front St. by Motorcycle Patrolman B.

L. Dunekack. The disorderly charge was filed after Davis taunted Dune kack about his speed. Taken to police headquarters, he was re tied in with this, they agreed. assistant head nurse in the emergency room at Muhlenberg Hospital.

On the table is Miss Diana Wig, another nurse, who kindly consented to the "operation." (Photo by Fogel) SI Tl'RES PI EASE Miss Elizabeth Angers-bach assits Dr. Robert Rubin in a demonstration of just one of her many duties as an is a sound American economy. Points of Disagreement iYifi People Plainfielder Charged in -iTr' 5, i leased after he posted $50 bail. Two Men Jailed Two men, Laurence Hurling, 23, of 210 Johnston Ave. and Richard Lawa, 28, of 225 E.

Fifth were jailed on drunk and disorderly charges. Police took Velma Alexander, 6, daughter of Mrs. Mary Alexander of 312 Lee PL, to Muhlenberg Hospital for treatment after she hurt her eye with a nail while playing on her front lawn. Paul Kavka of 501 Ritter South Plainfield, told police a canvas bag, containing $66 in change, was stolen from his car, parked in the municipal lot in Auto Mishap Hospital Lights Never Turned Off SENATE CANDIDATES MEET Senator Clifford P. Case left, and his Democratic opponent in November, Thorn Lord, right, greet each other at a dinner in Somerville of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journal- istic fraternity.

Welcoming them is dinner chairman Edward G. Green, Courier-News suburban editor and vice president of the fraternity's New Jersey chapter. (Photo by Harvey Patterson Jr.) Bedminster A Plainfield man Amundsen Editor's Note: While the city sleeps, there are those people who work at night. The emergency room of a city hospital is cnnNtantly bu.y. Here, a C-N reporter visits Muhlenberg Hospital's emergency room and observes a typical occurance in the life of a night nurse.

But they disagreed on such things as: 1. The defense posture of the nation today. 2. Whether Congress has the power to investigate and perhaps to control actions of autonomous, state-created groups like the Port of New York Authority. 3.

What to do about the worsening situation in Cuba. They covered a wide range of subjects at a dinner meeting in the Somerville Inn of the New Jersey Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic fraternity. About 50 newsmen from throughout the state heard the candidates speak and then peppered Case and Lord with questions for more than an hour. Lord said the United States was about two years behind Russia in rocket development the so-called "missile gap." Because of this, the Trenton Democrat added, the country is suffering a "steadily increas- J-M Strike Talks Resume Monday was charged with hit-and-run and drunken driving yesterday by Chief Vincent Kavanaugh in connection with a smash-up in Route 202-206 at the intersection of River Rd. An hour and a half after the accident had occurred at 7:30 a.m., Kavanaugh found the missing driver.

Richard C. Apgar of 616 E. Sixth Plainfield, parked in a deserted sideroad asleep behind the wheel. Car Sideswiped Apgar's vehicle, headed south Quits Boro Agency The expected resignation of Hubert W. Amundsen, director Manville Bargaining on the Johns-Manville strike dispute is scheduled to resume Monday at 10 a.m.

when union negotiators will present to company representatives their demands on the By STEPHEN FERRIS A beacon in the night for those who are sick or injured, the lights of Muhlenberg Hosptail never go out. Miss Elizabeth Angersbach, assistant head nurse, was busy checking a chart in the Emergency Room when the outside screen door was pushed open and two men from the Plainfield insurance issue. Since the last session broke up at 2 p.m. Thursday, union Ion the state artery, reportedly E. Second St.

Vytautas A. Liobis of 949 Kenyon Ave. said four collapsible lawn chairs were stolen from his backyard. A. W.

Eld, owner of Eld Tire Store, 14 Washington said his store was entered during the night and that an adding machine was taken. Window Broken Mrs. Sara Worrell of 1327 S. Second St. said boys, uninvited to a party for her daughter, had thrown a brick through a window at the front of her home.

Mrs. Margaret Segblock of 175 Brook Ave. was taken to Muhlenberg Hospital by the North Plainfield Rescue Squad after she was bitten by a dog. She was released after treatment. leaders have been consulting with lawyers and an insurance expert in order to draft language to settle the dispute, a union Rescue Squad entered, a stretcher between them in his early 20s lay under a blanket.

A young man had swerved into the north-j bound lane, sideswiped a car (driven in the opposite direction Miss Angersbach directed the by Al Koenig of Dorchester, and spokesman reported last night. He added that the next move would then be up to the company. I The question to be decided question to be decided; light was switched off and the Hivtnr loft thp omcrnAnrv rrvnm men into the Emergency Operat caused the latter to skid side oss uof over50?" in Room and they placed Angersbach relaxed for a ways into a utility pole. The Koenig vehicle was a of the North Plainfield Redevelopment Agency, has been submitted to the agency's chairman, William F. Shaffer.

In a letter dated yesterday, Amundsen, who announced his intention at Wednesday's meeting of the agency, reiterated he felt his usefulness to the borough was ended. The action is effective Aug. 31 "unless sooner relieved," the letter said. Explaining the resignation, Amundsen cited a "lack of cooperation from other municipal bodies having a vital function in the development of the Urban Renewal Program and insincerity on the part of the responsible body for initiating the project and then inducing its impotence stretcher on the floor. The two moment.

There was still much total wreck and Koenig himself men then stepped back outside (to do before she went off duty Rnnvl OTvc now is whether the insurance is- IXItll 1 VAY? sue shouid be set aside tQ pass nrtunef onto other issues, or whether it lJilll be seUled first. Warren Township The Board, The spokesman said the union was transported to All Souls Hospital in Morristown to be iiiai lias miiuficu t'uuns 10 siup the advance of communism. But Case, who is seeking his second term in the Senate, claimed this wasn't the case. The nation has, he declared "an invulnerable deterrent" to war. Regarding the Port of New York Authority, Case and Lord treated for a back injury while Miss Angersbach and an other nurse bent over the pa tient for a better look.

His face was pale and sweaty and he had Squad Unit of Adjustment has announced took the position Thursday thai After skidding over 100 feet. its approval of a variance appli Apgar's car had smashed into a it would put aside the insurance question and negotiate the other Elects Staff guard rail, but with hfs fender iccnoc TVlo rn nin- Viae His right arm was bleeding and cation by Carl L. and Phyllis J. Andreasen of Busy Bee Lane, made to the board on Aug. 9.

Busy Bee Lane was deter- scraping against a tire, he drove ine metropolitan area on settling the insurance ques- needed a jet airport when his shirt was opened, cuts; f- Rrn(lV Mi Katherine away to the spot where Kava tion first Lord, who resigned his seat mined as "suitable" by the by apathy and opposition. Meanwhile, the union committee in a release last Authority members have said board meaning that although it ton l3t fnr tho Irval avvcH.cv. nuu me naugh found him asleep, authorities said. Apgar's Car Seen The chief said that Apgar was returning from "the all-night bars" in North Jersey. After the accident, other motorists had on nis cnesi were aisciosea.

WJJS elected president of Miss Anger.sbach wnt to a tne Green Brook Rescue Squad phone, dialed operator and call-cacjet Corps at its first meeting ed for a doctor using the word'iast night at the Green Brook "tat." which stands for emer- Rescue Squad Building, cer.cy. She then went back to Other officers elected for the the patient Corps, a group of Green Brook When an intern arrived, he young people from 16 to 21 who township road system it is Fisf.hAr nnFprfain governing body to act to save on the Port Authority when he was tabbed for the Senate race, said its location should be determined only after careful study of all possible sites. Case agreed but with the stipulation that "I have a strong presumption against Morris he made in a letter to employes the previous day cessible by public vehicles, including fire equipment. The decision enables the An-dreasens to apply to the Planning Board for a subdivision their Green Brook urban renewal project. Among the necessary items for rejuvenating the 12.3-acre area is adoption of a master plan.

to car of Fischer had expressed that the union chose to Open House Held By 6Y' Day Camp Seventy-five parents and friends of Camp Munger's 85 girl campers attended the final open house of the day camp season yesterday in the YWCA. The girls demonstrated a variety of talents for their guests including singing, tumbling, gymnastics and a water show. On display were handicrafts the girls had completed during this final session of the day camp. The campers took side trips to the Bronx Zoo. Hackle-bainey State Park, Trailside Museum, and had a cookout at Surprise Lake in the Watchung Reservation.

A campers reunion is planned for Dec. 27. i.m",ly died (or Somor Rrsev, Srrtpt'uTi', A purse b.n to .1 are. cret n.rea sccn stopped report that a strike when there was "every in-! County" for the jetport. And the candidates disagreed dication that an amicable agree the highwav.

Apgar failed a drunkometer ana rsiucn wei if a telephone. Having found a'cer captain. William Schank. card with the patinent's name and lieutenant. Miss Jeannette and home phone number on it.

Passareillo. again over whether Congress had authority to investigate Port Authority procedures and to ment could have been reached while employes continued at work drawing their pay." test at the Somerville State Police barracks, where he was Is Convalescing Mrs. Louise A. Doty of 1459 E. Second who has been ill Banquet Scheduled The annual Summer banquet of Miquin Lodge, Order of the Arrow of WTatchung Area Council.

BSA, will be at 6:30 p.m., Aug. 27 at Camp Watchung, cite for contempt officials who 1 1 1 1 The union release asked, "Where was Mr. Fischer when have refused to bring authority school cadets shall be on -v anaugn ana uiei from 3:30 to 7:30 p. m. and all :F.red Koenig of Far Hills.

Apgar A and woman's voice answered when Angersbach in Muhlenberg Hospital, is convalescing at the home of a records before the House com- the employes were at work draw-! on week-'kimself was uninjured. day until 7:30 p. m. even after theimittee conducting the probe. identified herself the woman be- ing their pay, ends.

The working cadets shall! Court appearance was set for cousin, Mrs. t-orey oi wen uaraner. iteservauons can Washington Valley Sunset be made with David Thomson at Lord said it was "not legal and boy. 1 Mii ffrm sftor wnrki i cpi. in ueammster -viumci- excited "It's my if she said.

Miss came know nkcrs inn ni oicrt I Dal Court. Lake, Bridgewater. 'the camp. bach rwe quietly and asked if a 21-hmir first aid contract expired in an attempt to reach an agreement. The company's negotiating team stated a flat "No" to the issues then while the employes were work proper" for the House to hold the Port Authority in contempt for refusing to bare its records.

The authority is a "creature of there were a family doctor course, starting in tnr. -u fctc no family doctor." the answered a ll'i ail u', I As a fund raising project fori ing, and also "No" up to this; the states," he said, not subject to conaressional control date." Grumbling and Gripes Greet the News That Gas, Power Rates Are Headed Up I Case, a lawyer like Lord, said The committee release said! Mis Angersbach said every--the cadet treasury the cadets thing would be alright and fm-'will sponsor a dance. "One Last ally was able to put down the, Fling." on Aug. 26 in the Green1 phone. She then called for a Brook Rescue Squad Building.

I staff doctor who said he'd come Senior members who are the! right down. corps' monitors are Erwin La When Miss Angersbach hung hey. Earl Totten. L. F.

Pieshi irp the phone, she went back in- ar-d Chester Roshak. There was no enthusiasm for the Public Service rate increases permitted yesterday by the Public Utilities Commission, and there were a few serious grumblings registered by area residents contacted at random todav. that a letter requesting insur- authont tQ conduct investi ance figures was requested three of such autonomfus months ago, and again while lbodies and that he felt the Su-employes still were receiving CouH woud ruJe this Pay- it were to get the case. The figures finally received Turning to Cuba, Case said the other day referred not of the Red threat to the local plant but to all J-M infiltrate the Western Hemi-plants in the nation, it was was a long-term problem, serted. one in which the United States The union charged that the ould have to work with Latin company negotiator had backed! American countries to help keep the Emergency Operatm To Room.

felt cool with the air; Celt I) rate- conditioning and she told the- rv Csivjtnrp Piir'i dvx-tor of her conversation. of Gangi. Italy, brother of Jo-! I away concerning a point on the, the hemisphere's nations inde- i I 1 1 A The overhead surgical light jseph Puglisi of 122 Sumner; had been turned on and quickly will mark the 50th anni-i and efficiently patient's cuts versary of his ordination tomor- were sutured. The staff doctorjrow by celebrating the noon, ordered X-Rays of skull and Mass at St. Bernard's Church.

I chest and the patient was re- At 2 p.m. he will he guest of! moved to an Ray room. After, honor at a dinner at the Martins-! issue oi oz-nour wee, aim naucuuciii. later returned to the same posi "Our electricity bills aren't too bad, so a slight increase won't affect us too much," said Mrs. Irving Schwartz of 4 Orchard Ave.

"But those people with gas bills are already paying exorbitant bills, especially my sister," she added. E. K. Long of Washington Rock Rd. East, Green Brook, said'he quit using gas to heat his home several years ago, since the rates were so high.

He said he was not too unhappy about the boosts in the electricity rates. "If anything," argued Alexander Grant of 12" Pineview "gas rates should be lower now. They are using more efficient, cheaper processes in getting their gas, and yet they raise the prices. And I'll keep on kicking about my electricity bill as well. I don't feel good about those increases at all." Mrs.

George Wilde Jr. of 718 E. Seventh St. said, on the other hand, her gas bills were not too bad. "It's the lights! We use very few lights in the Summer only have the television on.

and yet the electricity bill is terrible. These new boosts are going to hurt us plenty." Mrs. Kenneth R. Douglas of 1303 Park Ave. was the most lenient with the company.

"I don't like to see it happen," she said, "but it stands to reason, with everything else going up and the company being forced to pay increased salaries, that we must suffer some new boosts." tion. Picket lines were far more sparsely manned last night than at any time during the 11-day-old strike. Lord claimed "we've waited too long to work in Latin America as we should have." The United States must place more reliance in the Organization of American States to help solve economic and social problems in the hemisphere. The United "Anything is too high, and it's not in my nature to like it, but I suppose we have to pay it; we don't have any choice." This statement of Carlton G. Parker of 318 W.

Seventh St. summarized the views of residents contacted most of whom were unaware of the proposed rate hikes. Parker thought the increases were "probably fair," but some persons contacted notably Joseph MacLean of 232 Belmont Ave. were more upset. "I'm retired," explained MacLean, "and jast about everything is too high for me these days.

Of course I'm against the increases. It's all right for the people who are getting wage raises every time prices go up, but it sure puts me in a pinch." The approved $10,163,000 additional annual revenue will boost rates in both gas and electric services, while the temporary increase granted in February, 1959, raised only gas rates. Some persons contacted were particularly displeased about more hikes in gas rates. the pictures had been taken, he ville Inn. was placed on one of the hos-i Pita! stretchers and taken backr-iniie Ii to the Emergency Operating KlX)rn First place winners of con- tests this week at Green Brook Plasma was doing its job and part nlavrronnd wpt-p- nh To Join Society States, he added, has relied too Frederick Carl Fischman of; much on unilateral action in the young man began to Carol Hartwick and! out of shock.

The doctor andixorman Jenkins; give awavi nurses taped the young man's! checker. Mane Ianniello and 1100 Kenyon Ave. has been ap-jLatin America. proved for membership in the! Case denied this, however, and International society ot tne nation iiaa been co- chest and strapped it tightly. He Gary Weidman swing contest, then remov ed to one of the Mane Ianniello, and merit point, wards.

The overhead surgical iMonica Faltermeier, 275. operating to a great degree with Latin American countries. Consultants, the organization announced today..