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BR 19 mm mm i Irni OBITUARIES PAGE FORTY-EIGHT PLAINFIELD, N. COURIER-NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1958 -A Joseph S. Cohh C. Hver, South Branch Four-year-old 'Bamberger's Reassures Wayne Wright, son of Mr. and! South Plainfield Joseph S.

Cobb, a resident here for five Law Thomas Meyerhoff Westfield Thomas W. Meyerhoff, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. R.

Meyerhoff of 726 South Ave. died unexpectedly last night (Oct. 7, 1958) in his home. He was born in Linden and had Dies years, died Monday (Oct. 6, 1958) 3 Cars Figure 111 Collision J.

V. Adarr.s, 27, of New Brttns-vick. was issued a summons for careless drivine yesterday after yei Mrs. Marvin Wright of Orchard ilealtn rlan oeneiiciaries in his home at 1302 Cherry St. He was 57.

Lane, is in good condition today in Somerset Hospital, Somerville, where he was admitted Monday. Mr. Cobb, a native of Hastings, lived here three years. He was a N. was employed in the re frigerator and air conditioning re No employe of Bamberger's will suffer as the result of a shortage of more than $200,000 in the company's union-management health plan reserve fund, according to David L.

Yunich, company president. Notices to this effect were posted in company stores today. Rahway Frederick C. Hyer, 83. of 460 Elm one of the oldest practicing lawyers in New Jersey, died last night (Oct.

7, 1958) in Rahway Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was the father of Frederick L. Hyer of Plainfield who is an assistant cashier of the Plainfield Trust his car and two other vehicles received facial cuts when he were involved in a collision into a wire lence while play- pair business. He was a charter fourth grade pupil at McKinley School, a member of Cub Pack 176, the Westfield YMCA and was a communicant of Holy Trinity Front near Hamilton inS near ms nome member of the Service Managers Association of Greater New York and Ostego Masonic Lodge of Church. police said.

The shortage came to light after the death last week of Ab The other two vehicles Cooperstown, N. Y. Mrs. Tompkins, Films Director Somerville Mrs. Margaret Van Nuys Tompkins of Country Club director of audio-visual aids for Somerset County schools, died early this morning (Oct 8, 1958) in Somerset Hospital.

Mrs. Tompkins was formerly president of the Bridgewater Township Board of Education, the board of trustees of the. Somerset County Guidance Center and the Somerset County Council of Social Agencies. She was also a board member of the Somerville Visiting Nurse Association. Mrs.

Tompkins did most of the experimental work at the Tompkins Motion Picture Laboratories in Route 22, which were owned and operated by her late husband, Stanley A. Tompkins. After his death in 1945, she directed the enterprise for several years. Mrs. Tompkins was appointed rre4r9e2 Judges Besides his parents, he leaves three brothers, Kevin Randal State National Bank.

driven bv Milton Schneider, raham G. Lew, 52, business agent for Local 21, Retail Clerks Inter- He leaves his widow, Mrs. Hazel M. Rozelle Cobb; a son, Earl Cobb The elder Mr. Hyer, a lifelong of 136 Ramsey Middlesex.

E. and Jefferey all at home: of Milford, N. two daughters Ire Honored rational Association, AFL-CIO. He suffered a heart attack at his his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

James J. Frank of Ro- and Leroy Cates, 29, of New Brunswick. Joseph A. Peters, 33, of Rah- Mrs. Raymond Cameri of North resident of Rahway, had served as city attorney here and as town attorney of Clark Township.

He had also served on the Rahway Arch Gulick Dies When Tractor Tips home in East Orange Readington, and Mrs. Ed selle, and his paternal grand Elizabeth County Judges Car Lew was the founder of the ward Rosenberg of Mitchell Air mother, Mrs. Catherine Meyer way, was issued a summons ior leaving the scene cf an accident roll W. Hopkins of Plainfield. local, its business manager, the Base, L.

a step-son, Rodnck E. hoff of Linden. Board of Education. He was honorary chairman of the board of business administrator, and George W. Cook, 27, of Se- and Ervin S.

Fulop of Hillside fund's Suter of Elmsf ord, N. two sis The funeral will be held at 8:30 directors of Rahway Memorial and one of its four trustees waren, was issued one for failing; were honor guests at a dinner of ters, Mrs. Korra Osborne of Mil- a. m. Saturday in the Dooley Fu Hospital and the Rahway Nation to have his car reinsDected after the Union County Bar Associa There is one other trustee from ford and Mrs.

Walter Greening of neral Home. A High Mass of Re al Bank, a director of the Rahway it had failed inspection, following jtion last night in the Elizabeth Eustice, and nine grandchil quiem will be offered at 9 a. m. in Holy Trinity Church and burial Savings Institution and a mem dren. an accident yesterday near 1110.

Larteret Hotel the union and two from the com pany. 3,000 Affected Flemington Arch Gulick of Rocktown Ringoes RFD, second vice president of the Hunter More than 100 persons hon ber of Lafayette Lodge 27, and will be in St. Gertrude Ceme tery, Woodbridge. Rahway police reported. Cars driven by Fred J.

Haas 18, of 1805 Chapel Fan- AM. He had been a member of the ored the two former District Court judges recently elected to Funeral services will be held tomorrow in the Dwyer Funeral Home, Tarrytown, N. Y. Burial will be Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, More than 3,000 employes of L. Bamberger Company, the state's largest department store, law firm of Hyer and Armstrong wood, and Robert L.

Alston, county court. county audio-visual aids director here since 1910. A Democrat, he cf 422 W. Fifth collided at! Among those attending were North Tarrytown. Mrs.

Ann 31. Laina; are members of the plan. In ad dition to its main store in New Oranse PI. and Roosevelt Superior Judge Walter L. Het- in February, 1951.

In the Summer of 1957, she improvised a system for cleaning and repairing field 3rd and Nicholas A. Toma waged an unsuccessful campaign for Congress against former Republican Rep. Donald H. McLean yesterday, according to police. Services for Mrs.

Ann M. Tyr rell Laing of 86A Trelawn Terr Miss C. Vermeule ark, Bamberger's has branches in Plainfield, Morristown, Princeton were held yesterday in the Me sulo, County Judges Milton A. Feller and John E. Barger, and 15 District Court clerks and Piscataway Township The and Paramus.

654 reels of motion picture film to save the county's $35,000 educational collection from the wrath of "Old Sol." of Hillside. He leaves his widow, Mrs Edith B. Cook Hyer, and a daugh morial Funeral Home. The Rev. Earl E.

Hair, minister of the Wat funeral of Miss Cornelia Ver Essex County Prosecutor meule, 97, was held in her River deputies led by Judge Harold Borden. Mitchell Will Speak ter, Mrs. Virginia Howell of chung Avenue Presbyterian Church, officiated. Interment was A native of Somerville, Mrs. District Judge Julius B.

Kwa- in Alpine Cemetery, Perth Am- Rd. home today. She died Sunday (Oct. 5, 1958). The Rev.

Alyle Schutter of the Second Reformed Church, New don County Board of Agriculture, was killed at noon yesterday when a tractor he was operating flipped over and crushed the 61-year-old farmer, state police said. Police said the incident occurred on a Route 69 farm here, adjacent to the Farmer Clawson Farm, owned and operated by Gulick. Gulick, a lifetime resident here, was hauling stones from a field near the highway when his tractor turned over, according to police. Gulick, who had operated the Clawson farm for 37 years, was born Nov. 18, 1896, the son of the late Peter K.

and Catherine Gulick. He was an elder of the Kirk-patrick Memorial Presbyterian Church of Ringoes. Rinsoes lick was master of ceremonies. boy. Mrs.

Laing, widow of Ray mond M. Laing, died Saturday. Tompkins was graduated from Cornell University with a degree in chemistry. After her marriage she lived for several years in Rochester. N.

where she was Swarthmore, in addition to his son. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow from the late residence in Elm Ave. Interment will be in Hazelwood Cemetery.

Brunswick, officiated at the serv Charles V. Webb has started an investigation with an eye toward "fixing accountability for the shortage." Webb's office has seized the records for the health plan and a company executive has been named to administer the fund The prosecutor said he would have the books audited and would go into the records of Local 21 to see if there is any shortage. The last audit of the health plan was made a year ago. Mrs. Bertha Grissler an analytical chemist for the Board of Education.

Bedminster Bertha Griss She was a member of the Elizabeth U. S. Secretary of A business meeting preceded the Labor James P. Mitchell, former, dinner. Westfielder, will speak tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.

in the Elizabeth-' tt, 7 1 Carteret Hotel as an anticipated 11! illlS 1 CUIll, 500 persons extend a testimonial i TJ, dinner to Rep. Florence P. DwyerJ 13 111 IS TatllCr Among them will be about 501.,.. persons from Plainfield and its1. Bridge waterA local man was surrounding area, led by Mrs.

"Jured about 8:30 a.m. yester-Libbv Sachar of Plainfield, for- when his, car moved in his mer Union County Juvenile and i whlIe he was looking League of Women Voters and tha Benjamin Smith Sr. ice. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery, New Brunswick. Arrangements were in charge of Quackenboss Funeral Home, New Brunswick.

Miss Vermeule was the daughter of the late Adrian and Maria Veghte Vermeule. Survivors are a niece, Miss Edith Vermeule of New York, and ler of Lamington Rd. died last night (Oct. 7, 1958) after a long illness in the Chester Retreat Nursing Home, Chester. She was Second Reformed Church here.

Benjamin Smith of 704 W. She is survived by a daughter, Fourth died today (Oct. 8, 1958) at John E. Runnells Hos Bamberger's treasurer, Gerald Mrs. Melvin Mantz of Country Club a brother, James Van Nuys of Manasquan, and three pital, Berkeley Heights.

Goldstein, one of the fund's trus the widow of William Grissler, who died earlier this year. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Layton Funeral Home. Grange, Powhatten Lodge of Ringoes, Amwell Lodge AM of unuer ine venicie 10 aetermme Domestic Relations Court judge, He was a native of Swainsboro, tees, went to the offices of Local grandchildren. chairman of the affair. two nephews, Leroy and Warren Vermeule, both of New and has been employed by Services will be held at 2 p.

m. 21 last Friday when the plan be Honorary chairmen are U. S. Lambertsville, and on Oct. 17 he was to have presided at a policy development conference of the the Jersey Central Railroad for Senator Clifford P.

Case of Rah 26 years. gan looking for a man to replace Lew. During the visit Goldstein reported discovering two checks, Friday in the Speer Funeral Home, with the Rev. Thomas P. Haig of the Second Reformed Church officiating.

Interment will way and state Senator Robert C. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. McGregor Rep. Crane of Elizabeth. Mrs.

Matilda Desmond for $750 and $250, bearing his Mitchell is a longtime friend of County Board of Agriculture. Surviving are -his widow, Mrs. Emily Rittenhouse Gulick; a son, Richard S. Gulick of Rocktown: be in the New Cemetery. Friends forged signature as a co-signer, Basking Ridge Service for Mrs.

Dwyer and her husband, Joseph Dwyer. may call at the funeral home the prosecutor office said. Lew's what was wrong with his reverse gear, state police reported. Police said Vincent Strelko, 38, of 382 Union had pulled up a hand brake on his car and had started to look under the car. Strelko asked his daughter, Cynthia, 6, to step on the accelerator, and the car shot backwards about six feet and hit a tree.

Strelko's head was pinned between the tree and the open car door. Strelko was treated in Somerset Hospital for scrapes on his from 7 to 9 p. m. tomorrow. signature as co-signer was in three brothers, LeRoy Gulick of Mrs.

Matilda C. Desmond of Whitenack Rd. were held Monday in an Elizabeth funeral home. Cora Smith; seven sons, James, Benjamin Joseph, Robert, Ronald and John, all at home, and William of Phoenix, three daughters, Miss Betty at home, Miss Ruth of 523 Madison and Miss Cora Lee of 727 W. Third three brothers, William and James of Millen, handwriting different from that Coshocton, Ohio (JP) U.

S. Rep. J. Harry McGregor, Ohio Republican, died yesterday at his home here. He was 62.

His body was found by his administrative assistant when the latter reported for work at the McGregor residence. which designated him as payee, Arthur A. Tait Burial was in a family plot. Mrs. Desmond died Friday (Oct.

3, the office reported Elizabeth, Asa Gulick, a local resident, and Ernest Gulick of Mil-ford, and one grandchild. The Rev. Homer W. Horsfield, pastor of the Kirkpatrick Memorial Presbyterian Church, will of- Funeral services for Arthur A. Goldstein reported the discov 1958) in Morristown Memorial Hospital.

She was the widow of ery to Bamberger's and its coun Woman Hurt in Crash Neshanic Mrs. Thomas N. Wright, 40, of Clover Hill was reported in good condition today in Somerset Hospital, Somerville, after she received a fractured right hand at 5 p.m. yesterday when her car rammed a Tait of 1357 Belleview Ave. were largely attended yesterday at the Brethren Meeting Room, 610 Ar sel, Former Deputy U.

S. Attor James E. Desmond, former Union and Charles of Statesboro, and one sister, Mrs. Ida Cuspert of Bridgeton. ney General William F.

Tomp County Freeholder. forehead. lington Ave. Members of the kins, notified Webb. The other Brethren served as pallbearers.

ficiate at funeral services Friday at 2 p.m. in the Holcombe Funeral Home. The Amwell Lodge will hold masonic services tomorrow Bamberger trustee of the fund, Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Mount Zion Franklin D. Scaff Interment was in Hillside Cem in addition to Goldstein, is Wade Bennett.

telephone pole here. She was tak AME Church with the Rev. John Board Explains Plan Westfield Franklin D. Scaff, 62, died in his Garden City, L. Edward Matheis Three Bridges Edward Matheis, 50, of Railroad died today (Oct.

8, 1958) in Hunterdon Medical Center, Flemington, where he had been a patient since Sept. 7. Funeral services will be announced by the Holcombe Funeral Home, Flemington. etery, under the direction of the A. M.

Runyon and Son Funeral Home. W. Johnson officiating. Burial en to the hospital by the Hillsborough Rescue Squad. at a p.m.

in the funeral home. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m. Detective Lieut. Leon Neidorf of the prosecutor's staff said many of the checks drawn on the Mr. Tait.

owner of A. A. Tait will be in Hillside Cemetery. Friends may call at Judkins Colonial Funeral Home from Friday Branchburg The reasons for home Sunday (Oct. 5, 1958).

A former resident of Rahway, he was the brother of Mrs. Fred W. Bauer of 738 Mountain Ave. fund were made out to Lew per Cow Dras Woman xsunai win De in Union Ceme tery, Ringoes. and Company, catalog and book binders, died in his home proposing an 80-foot right-of-way, North Branch through Neshanic until time of services.

Flemington Mrs. Emily Station, as a key thoroughfare in 68. of Stockton RFD 2, was re John B. O'Donnell sonally. Neidorf said the money, deposited in the National State and Union National banks in Newark, should have totaled more than $200,000.

At present, the detective said, there was about future developments here, were explained last night to the Town ship Committee in a letter from The funeral of John B. of 217 E. Seventh St. was the local Planning Board. ported in serious condition today in Hunterdon Medical Center, where she was admitted yesterday afternoon after being dragged by a cow on her farm.

She suffered a fractured arm and leg. $900 on deposit in both banks. The letter, signed by Edward nem yesterday from the A. Runyon and Son Funeral Hnm The parent union said it was A Requiem High Mass fnllnwprf placing Local 21 under interna in St. Mary's Churrh with iha tional trusteeship and had sent Rev.

Michael J. Mora its auditor and attorney to New Blaufuss, board chairman, listed the following purposes of the planned street: To connect Route 202 and Route 22; to serve future shopping centers on Route 202; to provide connecting links between northern industrial zones and established industrial areas brant. Mrs. Henry Banta was or ark to check over the local's ganist ana the children's choir of at. Aiary School sang the The health plan, financed by Tipsy Driver Fined Manville Neal Salvatore Pa-cilio of Bayonne, was fined $205 for drunken driving last night by Magistrate Jack Trombadore.

Pa-cilio's license was revoked for two years. Interment was in St. Marv'c in Neshanic Station and to pro Cemetery. Pallbearers were Nor vide better access to all indus trial development. man iiobel, Alex Aiken.

Pujl.ii inllWVWWWUIII JJMJiLi.M.MWWWW.L.AUII.Jl.l.U'j.WV.. 4 v. sit. the store, is a fringe benefit provided in a contract between the local and Bamberger's. Most of the money goes for medical and surgical insurance and death benefits.

The missing money was part of a reserve fund accumulated from such sources as rebates and interest. Stevenson and Charles Roberts members of the International Union. Air. O'Donnell. a retirpd nrintpr P.

CASEY SON "Crescent Home" DnuECToms of nnrxBALa 151 EAST SEVENTH STREET AT AVE. Webb emphasized in announc wno was lormerly employed at the Art Color Printing Company plant in Dunellen, died Friday. The International Typographical Union held services in the fnnpr. ing the initial results of the probe that the shortage would not af fect the store's employes. al home Monday evening, led bv Yunich, in his announcement.

97 YEARS OF Jir. AiKen. me Kev. Neil Speaking Course Meeting Slated A demonstration meeting of the Dale Carnegie Course will be presented at the Park Hotel Monday at 7 p. m.

by the Institute of Effective Speaking (N. Two sessions will be held. At 7 p. a demonstration will be given of the Carnegie system for remembering names and faces. The second half begins at 8:30 p.

m. and covers other material. The Carnegie course covers effective speaking, conquering fear, developing self-confidence and other aspects of improving' Smith recited the Rosary there said: "Employes of Bamberger's who are entitled to benefits under this health plan are assured that all benefits will continue to me same nignt. In addition to survivors men- aerslup be paid in accordance with the schedule provided in the plan." tioned previously, Mr. O'Donnell is survived by a step-son, Franklin H.

Steenman of Newark'. Lew lived in East Orange. He was the founder, as well as the first business manager, of Local William Fieseler 21. Most of our business comes through people we've thoughtfully served, The reason understanding, sincere guidance and dependability in fielp-j William Fieseler, 58, of 1215 W. Front was found dead at rau tr.g you select a Tine monument.

Clark Patrolman Roy George 4 his home last night (Oct. 7, 1958). Death was apparently due to a heart attack. Mr. Fieseler was found bv his was reported in fair condition to day in Rahway Hospital.

The 31- landlord, Harry Golden, who call ed the Plainfield Rescue Sauad year-old policeman received back injuries yesterday when his police car was rammed from be GET FULL and police. City physician Dr. Ed hind by another vehicle in Cen ward C. Loizeaux pronounced Fieseler dead at about 9 p.m. tral Ave.

He lives at 14 Peter MPOWi Circle. Mr. Fieseler's second wife died ijUiLDI in June. A daughter, Miss Juanita Fieseler, lives in New Brunswick, as does a step son, Russell Darko. The funeral arrangements will be announced by the Higgins "Home for Funerals." 3Irs.

M. Vander Kooh Services for Mrs. Matilda Vander Koogh of 87 Westervelt Ave. were held yesterday in the Memorial Funeral Home. The Rev.

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Rozelle Cohb. rpsirfpnee First Presbyterian Church, offi ciated. Interment was in Hillside Cemetery. Mrs. Vander Koogh, widow of Charles Vander Koogh, died Sunday.

1302 Cherry So. Plainfield, on Monday, Oct 6, 1958. Services at the Dwyer Funeral Home, Tarrytown, N. on Thursday. Oct 9, at 11 a.m.

Interment Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. North Tarztown, N. Y. 8 ADDAMIO Alfonso, suddenlv in JOHN L. SMITH Akron, Ohio (JP) John L.

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