The Courier-News from Bridgewater, New Jersey • Page 10

METRO B-6 Wednesday, Sept. 18, 1974, THE COURIER-NEWS By SAM MEDDIS TRENTON Officials of the state Department of Agriculture have scheduled a meeting here next week to decide the fate of 55 diseased horses being quarantined on a Hillsborough farm. The horses, infected with a contagious blood disease of their species known as swamp fever, are part of a controversial research project of the Animal Medical Center (AMC) of New York. Claiming there was an imminent danger the disease could be spread to their healthy animals and that the presence of the project was harming their business, horse owners in the densely populated Somerset-Hunterdon horse region banded together in April and brought a court suit to either have the infected animals removed or destroyed. THE AMC FILED a coun-tersuit to that of the local horse owners and also filed another suit in New York against tobacco heiress Doris Duke, from whose Hillsborough estate the project was allegedly forced to move and, without state authorization, to relocate on the Amerman Farm off Woodfern Road.

Following an appeal, the Appellate Division of Superior Court granted the AMC a temporary reprieve from an agriculture department order Old house deadline to alternate project site in the New England region. THE DEPARTMENT'S hearing and violation officer, Claire Welsh, emphasized that the spread of the infection-which horse owners had feared happened." She said, "This is a fact that: will probably be brought out at the hearing. The only question that remains is whether these horses should remain where-they are. They're not suffering any ill effects, but the con-" ditions are not ideal." She also noted that because the horses are confined the way they are, the AMC has not been able to continue its ex-; perimental program. "It's" more like a holding program." Another question is whether these animals are of any value to anybody." However, she stressed, "If it's proven they're not hurting anybody by staying there and if they're meeting the quarantine requirements, the state has no jurisdiction to say how long they can stay there." on the matter Sept.

25 at the Labor and Industry Building here. Stating that investigators from his department have been regularly inspecting the horses' present quarters and keeping an eye on whether a threat of a spread of the disease was posed during the summer months, Alampi said he is "not worried" that nearby healthy animals may contract the infection. "My concern now is for the diseased animals themselves," Alampi said. I feel they're crowded, and for that reason I'd like to see that condition relieved as soon as possible." He said the AMC is continuing its search for an Correction BRADLEY GARDENS Dr. John Murphy, new superintendent of the Bridgewater-Raritan School system, will address the Bradley Gardens PTA in the Bradley Gardens School tomorrow at 8 p.m.

The date was incorrect in yesterday's Courier-News. that the horses be removed or destroyed by May 1. In a surprise move, the agriculture department then amended its order and stated that the horses could temporarily remain on the Hillsborough farm providing that they be adequately quarantined. As legal maneuvering continued, another state-imposed "deadline" passed on June 15, with the agriculture department stating that, housed within specially screened barns, the horses posed no danger to healthy horses in the area and that the horses could remain on the farm until the appellate court could rule on the matter. THE APPELLATE COURT, which was assigned to hear the case in the early part of this month, has remanded the dispute back to the agriculture department now, according to the Agriculture Secretary Philip Alampi.

Alampi yesterday said his department will hold a hearing ASSISTING THE historians in their battle to save the building, estimated to have been built between 1820-1840, is Hampton's representative on the board, Mrs. Grace Bart-nett. Last night she read a letter from Charles R. Tichy, architectural restoration consultant for the state Department of Environmental Protection, who said the house "has architectural interest and should be preserved." Originally it was suggested the house be demolished to make room for proposed athletic fields. But the newest plans for the Voorhees campus show the building's location will not affect those fields.

Board members objecting to maintaining and restoring the building have emphasized the expense as well as the house's susceptibility to vandalism. Located about a quarter of a mile from the main school building and accessible only by foot, some members said the house could not be properly supervised. pi By DONNA HAGEMANN CLINTON TOWNSHIP made us a promise and we accepted that promise," argued Mrs. Louise Sliker, of the Township of Lebanon Historians, in an impassioned plea last night to the North Hunterdon Board of Education not to demolish an old stone house on the new Vorhees Campus. "If you prove to us that we're absolutely wrong, then the house can come down.

But if we prove to you (the house's value) the house can't go back up." The historical group has been fighting the board's plans to demolish the house since last spring when a March, 1975, deadline was set for final disposition of the building. in mid-July the board shortened the time allotment, calling for the historians' suggestions for possible use of the building by Aug. 1. Since then, it's been a matter of 14-and 30-day extensions with the historians' constant plea for more time. WHILE SOME BOARD members admitted last night they're "far from convinced" or "not turned on to" the historic value of the house or i STORE 2 BARCLAY F0XFIELD WIDTH PANTYHOSE (183) 1217 WEST 7TH STREET SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J.

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HANDY TUB REG. 1.19 9t SCHICK 9'S SUPER II TWIN BLADES REGULAR 2.19 iAYE I Plastic I StriptJ DISPOSABLE BOTTLES NURSER propositions for students' restoring it, it was agreed the board should honor its originally promised March, 1975, deadline. A motion to demolish the structure and donate the materials to the historical group was tabled until then. Mrs. Sliker's group has consulted 25 authorities con-cerning restoration possibilities of the building as well as suggestions for its use within the school.

Last night she said additionally proposed uses include an alumni or guest house, school radio or television station facilities, athletic fieldhouse, photography studio and gallery, archeological and geological museum and a school store. Previous suggestions have included facilities for the special education, home economics and art departments as well as a historical research library. The educational possibilities of restoring the house alone were emphasized by Mrs. Sliker who said students could be incorporated into all phases of the project from deed searches to analysis of the paint, from basic restoration of the interior to planning and constructing period furniture. DALTON SAID only one of several plans considered involved dividing sending districts and he disclaimed reports that the proposal had been under serious consideration.

"Educationally, it didn't seem to make much difference. Economically, it turned out it didn't make much difference." Nor would any of the plans drastically alter student transportation time, Dalton said. Besides recognizing a "general negative attitude" against splitting communities, Dalton said the committee felt it could achieve a good balance in both schools without such division across municipal lines. The bulk of the decision was logical, he said, based on merely looking at a map. Only Tewksbury, Glen Gardner and Hampton did not easily fall into one campus or the other's immediate area.

Dalton said the school population in Tewksbury is heavily concentrated toward the northern end of the township. And to also include Glen Gardner and Hampton at Voorhees would have put the new school at nearly 100 per cent functional capacity. So it was decided to send those boroughs to North Hunterdon. THE FIRST YEAR, Voorhees will hold only grades 9-11. Seniors will remain at North Hunterdon.

For 1975-76, 784 students will attend Voorhees while 1,625 will be enrolled at North Hunterdon. The following year Voorhees will be at 82 per cent its functional capacity with 1,049 students and North Hunterdon, with 1,475, will be at 80 per cent capacity. Dalton's committee also recommended the board take a strong stand against permitting transfers from one campus to another, except in the cases of "extreme hardship or educational needs." The curriculum and instruction committee has been assigned to formulate a transfer policy. It was also noted the current division is not binding. Dalton said while municipal splits are not required at the present, future boards should be free to reassign boundaries according to population shifts.

Scotch Plains missed So. Mississippi's win over Memphis State and also had 14 correct winners, but lost out when the closeness of the scores was compared. Mrs. Bittle wins a free day at West Point, including two tickets to the Army-Air Force game and dinner for two at Bear Mountain Inn. MURINE 18 CC FOR YOUR EYES REGULAR 1.09 MTWl PIUS.

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3.49 CHILD'S LUNCH BOX WITHOUT THERMOS REG. 95 1.5? By DONNA HAGEMANN CLINTON TOWNSHIP -Municipal boundaries dictated the division announced last night by the North Hunterdon Regional High School Board of Education, determining which students will attend the new Voorhees Campus in Lebanon Township next fall. According to the plan drawn up by an ad hoc committee, students living in Lebanon Township, Calif on. High Bridge and Tewksbury will attend the new school. North Hunterdon will continue to house students from Glen Gardner, Hampton, Bethlehem, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Lebanon, Franklin Township and Union Township.

The division put to rest many residents' fears that sending districts would be split to provide an equal distribution of students on each campus. But according to the committee's chairman, John Dalton, who represents Tewksbury, "There was very little enthusiasm for splitting communities" from the start of the committee's deliberations. Roofing contract awarded BEDMINSTER The Board of Education last night awarded the Robert H. O'Connor Co. of Fanwood a contract for roof repairs on the Bedminster School.

The bid of $30,990 was the lower of two bids submitted. The board approved the hiring of Mrs. Betty Henry as a part-time school psychologist for the 1974-75 school year at $8,000. The board also noted that student enrollment is down five students from last years' total of 335. A resident complained to the board last night that the playground facilities of the Bedminster School left something to be desired.

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Mrs. Louise Bittle, in the first weekly contest this year, had 14 correct winners, missing the St. Louis upset of the Philadelphia Eagles. Mary Ann Dell-Bene of o4f CZD rtrrsTir I.