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ThG Tuesday, November 13, 1984 C3 On 0) nciu a Ernest Schillig Lucille Glass, was social worker in Plainf ield pi yT -sfc Courier-News Pholo By Kethy Johnson Riders guide horses through a ring yesterday at Union County's Watchung Reservation. Although this type of riding is still permitted, the 22 miles of bridle trails through the reservation have been closed for renovation and expansion. Stable saddled with closed trails By MICHAEL J. KELLY Courier-News Staff Writer The 22 miles of bridle trails through Union County's Watchung Reservation, already closed for the past six months, will not begin to reopen for at least another half-year, county officials said yesterday. In announcing a three-year plan to renovate and expand the system, officials acknowledged for the first time that all horse trails have been closed since June because of unsafe conditions resulting from poor maintenance.

Home planned for terminally ill PLAINFIELD Lucille Glass, 76, of Plainfield, died yesterday (Nov. 12, 1984) at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. Mrs. Glass was born in New Jersey and lived in Carteret before moving to Plainfield in 1949. She was a graduate of the New Jersey College for Women, which is now Douglass College at Rutgers Uni-' versity in New Brunswick.

She also was a graduate of the New York School of Social Work at Columbia University in New York. Mrs. Glass was a retired social worker for the Department of Social Services in Plainfield, where she worked until 1978. She was active in many community affairs in Plainfield, including the Neighborhood House and the American National Red Cross. She also was FUNERAL NOTICES DALE Donald Sr 54 on Monday, November 12, 1984, survived by beloved wife Marian, daughter Cherryl and Donald brother, Robert of Irvington, grandmother, Ema Hull.

Funeral services from the HANNON FUNERAL HOME, 43 West Somerset Street, Raritan on Wednesday, 1 p.m. Interment, Somerset Hills Cemetery, Basking Ridge. Friends may call Tuesday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. 13 HOMIAK Edward J. of Martinsville on Sunday, November 11, 1984 at age 44, beloved husband of Rita Bellomo Homiak, loving father of Lynn, son of Michael J.

Homiak, brother of Robert M. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral at the Krowicki Mc-Cracken Funeral Home, 2124 East St. George Avenue at Linden, New Jersey on Thursday, 9:15 a.m. Funeral Mass, St. Mary's R.C.

Church, Elizabeth, 10 a.m. Interment, St. Gertrude's Cemetery, Colonia, New Jersey. Visiting Tuesday and Wednesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. 14 JENSEN John Kincaid, of Gaithersburg, formerly of Fanwood, N.J., on November 8, 1984, beloved husband of the late Caroline Bauman Jensen, father of Thor John Christopher Peter K.

and Laura G. Jensen, brother of Mrs. Audrey J. Wreszin and Mrs. Janice J.

Shackell, also survived by two grandchildren. Memorial funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 14, at the Fanwood Presbyterian Church, Fanwood, N.J., at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. Arrangements by GRAY FUNERAL HOME, Westfield. 13 KASSEL Herman, age 81, of Linden, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, November 10, 1984, loving husband of the late Gretel (Gund), loving father of Herman Jr.

of Bridgewater, brother of Emil of Germany, also survived by 2 grandchildren 1 great- granddaughter. Relatives friends are indly invited to attend the funeral from the" Leonard Home For Funerals, 242 West Jersey Elizabeth, on Wednesday, Novem- ber 14 at 9:15 a.m., thence to St. John The Apostle R.C. Church, Clark, where at 10 a.m. a funeral Mass will be offered.

Interment St. Gertrudes Cemetery, Colonia. Viewing Monday, 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, 2-4 7-9 p.m. 13 SCHILLIG Ernest, on Friday, November 9, 1984, of Berkeley Heights, N.J., husband of the late Johanna (Peter), father of Karl P.

Schillig. Funeral services on Tuesday, November 1 3 at 10 a.m. from the "ROSSI FUNERAL T937 WESTFIELD SCOTCH PLAINS, N.J. -13 SONA Erminia, 92 on Sunday, November 11,1 984, survived by beloved daughters Lillian Bernabe, Flora Pernini, 1 brother Umberto Borghetti, 7 grandchildren, 4 great grand- children. Funeral services from the HAN- NON FUNERAL HOME, 43 West Somerset Street, Raritan on Thursday, 8:30 a.m.

followed by a Mass of Christian Burial from St. Anns R.C. Church, Raritan, 9 a.m. Interment, St. Bernards Cemetery, Bridgewater.

Friends may call Wednesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. 13 TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory ERNESTINE iN. Who Passed Away 1 NOV. 13, 1964 Treasured thoughts of one so dear, Often bring a silent tear, Thoughts return to scenes long past, Years roll on but memories last. Sadly Mined by Daughter and Family 1 a member of Temple Sholom of Plain-field.

Her husband, Abraham Glass, died in 1966. Surviving are a daughter, Elizabeth Loggia of Germantown, a son, Michael S. Glass of New York City; a sister, Clarice Brick of Little Silver; and three grandchildren. Arrangements are by Higgins Home for Funerals in Plainfield. John Kincaid Jensen GAITHERSBURG, Md.

John Kincaid Jensen, 62, of Gaithersburg, and formerly of Fanwood, died Thursday (Nov. 8, 1984) at Shady Grove Adventlst Hospital in Rock-ville, Md. Mr. Jensen was born in Philadelphia, and lived in Fanwood until 1969. He then traveled throughout the world for International Business Machines Corp, and lived in Montreal, Hong Kong and Ridgefield, before moving to Gaithersburg.

He was employed by IBM as program manager for Americas-Far East since 1947. He had attended Stevens Institute and served in the U.S. Maritime Service as a chief engineer during World War II. Mr. Jensen was a past president of the Philathalians of Fanwood.

His wife, Caroline Bauman Jensen, died in 1975. Surviving are three sons, Thor John Jensen of New York City, Christopher M. of New London, N.H., and Peter K. of Johannesburg, South Africa; a daughter, Laura G. of Montreal, Quebec; two sisters, Audrey J.

Wreszin of Basking Ridge and Janice J. Shackell of Fanwood; and two grandchildren. Arrangements are by Gray Funeral Home in Westfield. Norman Thomas Folk PLAINFIELD Norman Thomas Folk, 41, died Sunday (Nov. 11, 1984) at Muhlenberg Hospital here.

He was born in Plainfield and was a lifelong city resident. He was a cook by trade. Surviving are a daughter, Andrea Morton of Plainfield; a son, Tony Morton, also of Plainfield; his mother, Mabel Folk of Plainfield; six sisters, Edna Prather of Roselle, Nellie Washington of Elizabeth, Diane Folk of New Brunswick and Vanessa Folk, Carolyn Jones and Marion L. Folk, all of Plainfield; and seven brothers, William of Jamaica, N.Y., Melvin and Raymond, both of Philadelphia, and James David, John B. and Kenneth all of Plainfield.

Arrangements are by Judkins' Colonial Home in Plainfield. David A. Toupin BOUND BROOK David A. Toup(n, 42, died Sunday (Nov. 11, 1984) at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville.

He was born in Bound Brook and lived in Hillsborough before moving back to Bound Brook a year ago. Mr. Toupin was employed as a car salesman for several area car dealerships and had worked for Garden State Ford in Watchung for the past year. He was a communicant of St. Joseph's Church in Bound Brook.

Surviving are his wife, Alexine Toupin; two sons, David of Ringoes and Mark, at home; his parents, Mark and Mary Toupin of Bound Brook; a brother, Damion of Iceberg, and a sister, Nerissa Walther of Somerset. Arrangements are by Conroy Funeral Home in Bound Brook. Erminia Sona RARITAN BOROUGH Erminia Sona, 92, of Second Avenue, died Sunday (Nov. 1 1, 1984) at Bridgeway Convalescent Center in Bridgewater. She was born in Pescantina Verona, Italy, and had been a borough resident for the past 65 years.

Her husband, Victor Sona, died in 1948. Surviving are two daughters, Lillian Bernabe and Flora Pernini, both of Raritan; a brother, Umberto Borghetti of Italy; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Arrangements are by Hannon Brothers Funeral Home in Raritan Borough. By MICHAEL J. KELLY Courier-News Staff Writer SCOTCH PLAINS The vacant home, once part of a dignified estate, is slowly decaying.

All the windows are broken and boarded up. Two years ago, the plaster ceilings collapsed after vandals broke in, opened the radiator valves and turned up the heat. Last summer, a shed mysteriously caught fire and burned. But none of that deters Peggy Co-loney and the Rev. Charles Hudson.

Coloney is president and Hudson is vice president of the Center for Hope. They will sign a contract this month to rent the country home from Union County, which has owned it for 10 years. They will pay a token $1 a month to use the estate as head BERKELEY HEIGHTS Ernest Schillig, 78, a retired chef for area restaurants, died Friday (Nov. 9, 1984) at his home here. He was born in Aagarn, Switzerland, and came to the United States in 1927, settling in New York City.

He had also lived in Philadelphia and Maplewood before coming to Berkeley Heights in 1940. He was a retired chef for the Schwaebische Alb in Warren. He worked there 12 years, retiring this year. He had been employed by several area restaurants. His wife, Johanne Peter Schillig, died in November 1978.

Surviving is a son, Karl P. Schillig of Los Angeles, Calif. Arrangements are by Rossi Funer-' al Home in Scotch Plains. Donald Dale Sr. BRIDGEWATER Donald Dale 54, of Sycamore Avenue, died yesterday (Nov.

12, 1984) at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. Mr. Dale was born in Newark and had lived in Bridgewater for 32 years. He was employed as a line supervisor for Ogden Food Service of Elizabeth. He was a Navy veteran of the Korean conflict.

Surviving are his wife, Marian; a daughter, Cherryl of Bridgewater; a son, Donald Jr. of Whitehouse Station; a brother, Robert of Irvington; and his grandmother, Emma Hull of Newark. Arrangements are by Hannon Brothers Funeral Home in Raritan Borough. Mary Fiorentino BOUND BROOK Mary Fiorentino, 65, died yesterday (Nov. 12, 1984) at Somerset Medical Center in Somer-' ville.

She was born in Italy and came to Bound Brook in 1927. Miss Fiorentino had been employed as a packer by Bridgewater Manufacturing Co. for 15 years until her retirement three years ago. She was a communicant of St. Mary's Church in Bound Brook.

Surviving are a sister, Anna Mazzone, with whom she lived; and three brothers, Louis of Winterhaven, Fla John of Middlesex and Patsy of Bound Brook. Arrangements are by Conroy Funeral Home in Bound Brook. William Earl Jones PLAINFIELD William Earl Jones, 51, died Sunday (Nov. 11, 1984) at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Bernards. He was born in Los Angeles, and lived in Plainfield for a year.

He was employed as a clerk for the U.S. government in Los Angeles. Mr. Jones was a Navy veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of the Am-Vets and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No.

9793 in Los Angeles. Surviving are three sisters, Earline Robinson and Betty Brown, both of Los Angeles, and Gloria Hines of Plainfield; and a brother, Harry Cage of Ponoma, Calif. Arrangements are by Judkins' Colonial Home in Plainfield. George Mathews, actor who played gangsters GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -George Mathews, an actor whose career took him from Broadway plays to movie gangster roles to television shows, has died of liver failure at age 73.

Mathews, who lived in Caesar's Head, died last week at St. Francis Community Hospital in Greenville, according to the Mackey Mortuary. Records at the mortuary show the cause of death as liver failure. Known for his tough guy roles, Mathews' screen credits include "Pat and Mike," "Man with the Golden Arm," "Up in Arms" and "The Last Wagon." Mathews also appeared in a variety of television classics including "The Untouchables," "Dr. Kildare," "Gun-smoke," "Route 66" and "Perry Mason." Mathews, who was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., made his first Broadway appearance in 1937 in "Professional." He appeared in more than 20 Broadway plays, including "A Streetcar Named Desire," "The Desperate Hours," "Do Re Mi," "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" and "Antigone." He is survived by his wife, actress Mary Haynsworth, a Greenville native who worked only when she and her husband could appear in the same plays and television shows.

Jack Wrather SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -Jack Wrather, a businessman and member of Ronald Reagan's "kitchen cabinet" when Reagan was governor of California, died yesterday of cancer at the age of 66. Wrather headed the Wrather which owns the Disneyland Hotel, the Queen Mary complex and the Spruce Goose, and which produced and owned the TV series "Lassie" and the "Lone Ranger." In the mid 1960s, Wrather was a member of the "kitchen cabinet" that convinced Ronald Reagan to run for governor of California and advised him after he was elected. i Clinton Township may become landlord As a result of the lack of publicity, stable manager Hinton Williams said, residents continue to come to the stable to rent horses, only to leave when they are told the trails are closed. Ironically, the county forced the state Department of Transportation to guarantee that the stable would have access to the network of trails during the continuing construction of Interstate 78 through the reservation, expected to end in 1986.

While construction has cut off the stable from most the park for more than a year, the quarters for a hospice program. The hospice program cares for people who like the house are slowly dying. The non-profit, non-denominational agency plans to spend up to $100,000 by next spring to restore the aging building. "You have to have vision," Hudson said as he stepped over a hole in the porch floor during a recent visit. The stone and stucco building, together with 25 acres of property here and in Mountainside, was donated to the county 10 years ago this month by Edward J.

Grassmann, an Elizabeth real-estate entrepreneur and philanthropist. The Glenside Avenue tract, only a block off Route 22 and adjacent to the county's Watchung Reservation, was christened the Acadia Arboretum because of its wealth of flowers, shrubs and trees planted and Board consultant Robert O'Grady earlier this year, the township would have to build about 3,750 total housing units to meet the 20 percent set-aside for Mount Laurel housing. Meanwhile, council members met in an agenda session last night to discuss proposals that would satisfy the ruling. Among the alternatives is a proposal that the township buy land, build low-cost homes and act as the landlord. Another provision would create a separate zone for the low-cost homes.

"The township is not going to be able to stay out of the housing business," said Township Attorney Marc A. Vaida. "There's no way." housing rises in eligible have been looking at the housing they will occupy. "This is going to be a lovely little courtyard area," Byrne said, leading the way to the first completed building through an area that was half landscape, half mud. Although no deposits are being taken, buyers are putting their names in for certain condominiums, and the Bogans were torn between taking one that is ready now or waiting for one that is not yet built.

"This one has the best view," Ruth Bogan commented as she looked out from the deck in the first apartment. But she worried that it was too close to Hills Drive for her sons, who are 2 and 3 years old. "You can live with that view for a long time," her husband said. Byrne warned them that a com-merical development would obscure part of the vista down the guard dog for their property. "Mr.

and Mrs. Doran want to make sure this kind of thing doesn't happen again," the employee said. Contacted yesterday at her home, Mrs. Doran declined to discuss the incident except to confirm that she is considering a dog. The armed robbery was tte first in Delaware Township ir two years and I St DOT built a bridle trail on one of its temporary bridges over the highway, and stationed flagmen to hall earthmovers and dumptrucks as riders crossed the right of way.

Those efforts were negated by the county's own decision to close the system. County officials blamed some of the damage to the trail system on erosion from highway construction, but the dangerous conditions were primarily caused by heavy rain last spring and by a lack of trail maintenance. cared for by the former owner. But under county ownership, the property fell into disuse. The home together with Grassmann's trout ponds, stables, dog kennels and nature trails lies behind locked gates that fail to keep out vandals.

All this will change, Hudson said. "When this is finished, it will be what hospice is all about," he said. Because the hospice concept is based on home care for the terminally ill, no patients will stay at the site. The hospice vice president sees the property's natural setting as "an ideal situation" for the group's counselors and nurses who visit the dying every day. Staff members, family members who are caring for a dying loved one and the terminally ill patients themselves can visit the grounds and walk through the woods, Hudson said.

According to Vaida, the township would have to offer supervision to prevent developers from selling the low-cost homes above market value. The committee also plans to seek information from other municipalities to find out how they plan to comply with the court directive. Vaida pointed out that Branchburg is considering building mobile home units to comply with the court ruling. Several sites are being considered for the Mount Laurel housing, including a. 55-acre tract of land north of Beaver Avenue and Route 78 in the Annandale section and a 39-acre site east of Annandale between Route 78 and the NJ Transit railroad tracks.

Bedminster slope of the Pluckemin Plain. "We were looking at them when they were being constructed and we said, 'There's no chance of us having a pick of that John recalled. The Bogans didn't apply until the last possible week, when they were told of the housing by a friend. "I thought, what the heck, we might as well try," Ruth said. The monthly mortgage payment on the condominium would be less than their current rent, Bogan said.

"Here, you're gaining equity." When they left Village Green, the Bogans hadn't decided whether to take the apartment they saw or wait for one away from the road. They said they'd call the next day. "If we didn't have the two kids, we'd consider the view first," John said. "I could sit out on that deck and feel good about myself." in robbery one of the few reported in rural Hunterdon County in recent years, Barnes said. "We had a case about two years ago when an eldery woman was held up by three men who ransacked her home, but armed robberies are pretty rare in these parts," Barnes said.

By JERRY E. BEMBRY Courier-News Staff Writer CLINTON TOWNSHIP The possibility that the township could become a landlord for court-ordered low-cost homes will be discussed at tonight's Township Council meeting. Planning Board members will also attend tonight's 7:30 meeting at the Municipal Building in Annandale as the township seeks to comply with the state Supreme Court's Mount Laurel II ruling. Under that ruling, which requires growing communities to zone for low-cost housing, Clinton Township must allow 747 low-cost homes by 1990. According to a report by Planning Affordable Continued from Page C-l guidelines based on the median income for Somerset County.

John, who works as a machinist at Somerset Technology in South Bound Brook, averages $21,000 a year. Ruth works part-time in the deli at the Hillsborough They pay $525 a month for their one-bedroom apartment, where they sleep in the living room and give the bedroom to their sons. They pass up larger apartments so they can save money. "It's the only way you can do it when you're trying to buy a house," John said. "We weren't figuring on ha ving a house for a few more years," his wife added.

The couple are waiting for their mortgage application to be approved. Until then, they and other families who were found to be 6 BIG ROSES 59.00 I USUALLY AVAILABLE ALL YEAR ROUND YOUR F.T.D. TLRIST SATISFACTION GUARANTIED FANCY FRUIT CHEESE BASKETS Delaware Twp. cops hunt trio Continued from Page C-l worked her way loose from her bonds and telephoned police. She was not injured, but she was shaken, Barnes said.

An employee at the Doran house who did not identify himself said that the Dorans met with a security firm on Thursday to discuss, acquiring a DUNELLENGREEN BROOK 752-0090 BRIDGEWATERSOMERVILLE 725-5577 PISCATAWAY 966-0600 'THE PLAINFIELDS 756-LOVE NORTH PLAINFIELD 756-6677.