The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey • 23

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12. 1989 THE HOME NEWS ntuiwn Developer challenges Dismal Swamp ruling Alarms no cure for dairy store robberies By REGINALD KAVANAUGH Home News staff writer Edison Tyler Estates Inc. filed a Superior Court suit yesterday challenging the Edison Planning Board's decision to eliminate part of a housing development in the Swamp. The suit is the latest chapter in 'the Metuchen development company's attempt to obtain approvals for townhouses, apartments and single-family homes on a 375-acre tract Four years ago Edison Tyler pro contended in the suit the planners' decision to require donation of the 315 acres was "an improper attempt to placate" residents and members of Save Our Swamp, who have been opposing the entire project Several members of SOS filed the suit that resulted in the scaled-down approvals granted Edison Tyler last summer. Tripp charged that deeding the 315 acres would constitute "a taking of private property for public use without just as guaranteed by the federal and state constitutions.

posed building 2,200 housing units and 80,000 square feet of commercial space on the property bounded by Talmadge Road, Coolidge Street, the Conrail Port Reading and Con-rail Lehigh Valley railroad rights of way and Tyler Road. Subsequently, the company revised its proposal downward, seeking approvals for 1,514 housing units and the same amount of commercial space. Edison's planners in 1987 approved a preliminary site plan for the commercial property and 1,514 residential units including single-family homes, garden apartments, townhouses and mid-rise apartment units. But those approvals were struck down in another court action when Superior Court Judge J. Norris Harding said there appeared to be a conflict of interest involving former planning board chairman William Bonn.

Subsequently the planning board approvals were scaled down to 863 housing units. The suit filed by Woodbridge attorney Steven J. Tripp is asking the court to overturn the planning board's decision. The decision blocks Edison Tyler from building 179 townhouses on a 315-acre wooded tract, and requires the developer to turn the land over to the township to be preserved in its natural state. The planners also directed the developer to provide an access road to the stand of trees.

Michael Seidner, project manager for Edison Tyler, said in August the land being sought for the township has a value of $9 million. Edison Tyler's complaint asks the court for compensation for the 315 acres should the planning board's decision be upheld. Tripp Shocked by swastika, E. Bruns. condemns anti-Semitic vandalism Model-airplane fans unhappy at possible loss of space at park By LENNY MEUSURGO Home News staff writer EAST BRUNSWICK The Township Council unanimously proved a resolution last night condemning an anti-Semitic vandalism incident that took place last month at the East Brunswick Jewish Center.

In the resolution, the council states it "wants to make it perfectly "clear that racial, ethnic and bigotry will not be tolerated in any form in the township of East "Brunswick." measure also applauds the efforts by law enforcement officials who are trying to track down the 'culprits who scrawled a swastika outside the Jewish Center at 511 RydersLane. Detectives from the East Brunswick Police Department and the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Off By LYNDA DEXHEIMER Home News staff writer PISCATAWAY Progress and development have created one more underdog this time, the operators of radio-controlled airplanes. The Ambrose-Dotys Brook Park may be turned into a golf course and recreation center, irking some of the people who have been using it for other activities. The park's air space is currently home to a 100-member group called the Central New Jersey Radio Control Airplane Club, and they're not happy about it being taken away. "We've never given (the county) any trouble, we never ask for anything," said Jim Lang, the club's president and a Piscataway resident "We've worked hard at keeping the good neighbor policy." Field and safety chairman Ernie Evon said the club has been in existence for more than 20 years and has always maintained the park space they use for their hobby.

"We developed it" said Evon. "That's our biggest expense, really. It's an all-encompassing hobby. "We want to stay where we are." The Middlesex County Board of Freeholders is in the process of conducting a feasibility study of the 315-acre park, bounded by Hoes Lane, Behmer and Sidney roads, to determine if the site is appropriate for an 18-hole "executive course" and a recreation center, including soccer, baseball and Softball fields. For the many club members who spoke last night the hobby is very important Lang described the model airplanes, which vary in width from 50-100 inches and may weigh between five and 20 pounds, saying lawn mower engines are generally louder.

He said on a typical afternoon fty- Simplex Ave. area may By SUSAN TODD Home News staff writer NEW BRUNSWICK About 30 residents from a small neighborhood off Jersey Avenue listened intently last night as a planning official explained the reasons why "their properties were likely to be declared blighted by the city. David Rizzo, from the city's Office of Policy, Planning and Economic Development explained how the properties met the qualifications set by the state's land-use law for blight Residents who posed questions tq officials afterward wanted to know whether the city had plans to redevelop the area, and what impact the blight designation was likely to have on their ability to secure home improvement loans. By SUSAN K.UVIO Home News staff writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK Would an emergency alarm have meant the difference between life and death for Aileen Morris, a convenience store clerk gunned down in a robbery Tuesday? Probably not given the hit-and-run nature of robberies common to small retail stores, said Andrew Kerstein, president of Krauszer's Food Stores. "The panic-button alarm system used in most banks would be ineffective given the length of robberies common to this kind of store," Kerstein said.

The robbery is so quick that there isn't even time for the employee to reach an alarm." Robbery appears to be the motive in the violent shooting of Morris, a 39-year-old mother of nine, while she was on duty at the Allston Road Krauszer's Tuesday morning. Morris' assailant or assailants. still at large, fired several shots and made off with an unknown sum of money. Authorities say not all the cash was taken from the register. The violent homicide in Kendall Park only a few miles away from a number of other Central New Jersey Krauszer's stores shocked store managers, many of whom said they have heard about robberies in other stores but have not had one in their own.

Kerstein called the incident "absolutely an oddity," and "very atypical." A Fords Krauszer's was the site 10 years ago of another robbery-related murder. An 18-year old Wood-bridge sales clerk was shot at point-blank range. Three men were sentenced in the case. Although there weren't any calls from employees of the state's 182 Krauszer's stores with refusals to report to work in fear of their lives, Kerstein said a tragedy like this one brings "an initial reaction of a heightened awareness of the incident" and likened it to the feeling of boarding an airplane after hearing a report about a crash the day before. Concern at the stores "Anytime something like this happens especially in this case, since it is an unsolved crime there is concern among all small retail stores," Kerstein said.

Several non-violent robberies have occurred recently at such stores, according to police reports. A cash register containing $80 was stolen last weekend from the Bagel Nosh on Route 27 in Edisoa In Woodbridge, a male purchasing a soda at the Krauszer's on Florida Grove Road reached into the register and swiped an undetermined handful of cash. Police reports said a similar incident took place recently in another Woodbridge Krauszer's, and again in Franklin, but authorities have not been able to determine if the crimes are linked. But statistics on Krauszer's stores around the state indicate, according to Kerstein, that the frequency of robberies has dropped "in the last several years." Store managers and employees are trained to deal with safety issues, and a director of loss prevention evaluates how safety measures can be improved, he added. "The program we have in place is a good program, and what happened (Tuesday) is clearly an exception," Kerstein added.

Safety depends upon the store's location and clientele, said one Central New Jersey assistant manager, who asked to remain anonymous. "I know all my customers, and they know me," he said. Store managers in the New Brunswick and Franklin area say they do not keep much money in the cash register at one time, and refuse to cash $50 and $100 bills. That's why such a brutal robbery puzzles some store managers. "Most people know, especially 'smart' robbers with guns, they won't get much money from a store like this," said one manager.

"It just doesn't make sense I guess some people are just crazy." Highland Park offers Body Recall program HIGHLAND PARK A unique fitness program called Body Recall, especially designed for the older adult is being offered beginning Oct. 23. The program's purpose is to keep people physically independent until the end of life through a program that is enjoyable, safe, beneficial and possible for all people. Introductory classes will meet 9:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for five weeks in the Reformed Church gym.

The cost is $40 for those 60 years and older, and $55 for all others. For information call 572-0177. ice are still investigating the Sept 24 incident said township police Detective Sean Coman. "It's an active investigation," Coman said yesterday. "We're not letting it die.

We're going to keep looking until we find someone." Backwards swastika Detectives believe the swastika scrawled backwards was the work of children and not linked to "Skinheads," or white supremacists, mainly because the Nazi symbol was drawn so thinly and faintly with a neon-pink crayon. "I definitely think it was an anti-Semitic act" Coman said. "But the person who did it was not intelligent enough to know what an authentic Nazi swastika looks like." Bernhard Rosenberg, rabbi at Congregation Beth El in Edison, commended the East Brunswick council for its resolution. One woman said she has recently received mailings from real estate offices, inquiring about her interest in selling her small home, leaving her with the impression that there was something planned for the area. Christiana Foglio, who heads the Office of Policy, Planning and Economic Development said while the administration considers Jersey Avenue "ripe for redevelopment" there are no specific plans for the area.

The so-called blight designation can be applied to property that for a variety of reasons is considered by municipal officials to be an economic or social liability. The reasons can range from delapidated buildings to vacant land that remains unused for many years. The Planning Board overwhelm Services were held in August in Florida. A family memorial service will be held at Clayton Funeral Home in Adelphia, N.J, on Oct 21 at 3 p.m. Frederick Gloff, 87 DOVER TOWNSHIP Frederick Gloff of the Ocean Beach section, formerly of New Brunswick, died yesterday at Point Pleasant Hospital.

He was 87. He was born in Newark and lived in New Brunswick before moving to Ocean Beach in 1946. Mr. Gloff was a retired self-employed contractor. During World War II, he was the recipient of 11 awards from the NAM.C.

War Products Committee, Washington, D.C. He was a founder and charter member of the Ocean Beach Fire Co. 3, and was active with the fire company until earlier this year. His wife, Helen Gloff, died seven years ago. Surviving are his sister, Betty Mance of the Fords section of Woodbridge; a niece, Betty Ann Mance, also of Fords, and a nephew, Frank Rapolla, with whom he lived.

Services will be 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Timothy E. Ryan Home for Funerals, 809 Central Seaside Park. Burial will be at Alpine Cemetery, Perth Amboy. GARN In New Brunswick, on Oct.

8. 1989, Mary T. Cregnole of Georges Road, North Brunswick. Surviving are her husband. Wallace F.

Garn; two daughters, Nancy Garn Pastor of North Brunswick and Loretta Garn Barton of Port Arthur, Texas. Arrangements are under the direction of Selover Funeral Home, 555 Georges Road. Friends and relatives may call at the funeral home Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. KARL In Edison, on Oct. 11, 1989, "I think it's positive that the town council has expressed sensitivity to the Jewish community and has expressed political outrage over the incident" Rosenberg said in an interview yesterday.

"It's a sign of community and comradeship the Jewish and non-Jewish communities standing together in unity." Rosenberg said he was disturbed by the temple desecration last month in East Brunswick and also angry about a series of other anti-Semitic acts in Central New Jersey and New York City, including the recent beating of several Jewish men outside Brooklyn College. The rabbi called for strict penalties, such as mandatory jail terms, for people convicted of committing anti-Semitic acts. Copies of the township council resolution are scheduled to be sent to the East Brunswick Jewish Center and to other area religious groups. be blighted ingly favored a motion to blight the area. The recommendation now goes to the City Council, the only local government body with the power to actually blight the properties.

The city planning department had originally proposed a much larger area, including most of Simplex Avenue and St. Peter's Cemetery, as part of the blight study, but Rizzo said the size of the area was cut once officials took a closer look at some of the properties. Under the amended proposal, officials are recommending that a stretch of houses along Simplex Avenue between Pine and Hay streetsa small park, the north side of Hay Street and a 4-acre tract of wooded vacant land be blighted by the council. Joan L. Fitzpatrick, 52 SOUTH PLAINFIELD Joan Ala Fitzpatrick died yesterday at Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center, Plainfield.

She was 52. She was born in Newark and lived in Kearny for many years before moving to South Plainfield 28 years ago. For the past 10 years, Mrs. Fitzpatrick was assistant marketing manager at Starpointe Savings Bank. She was a member and past treasurer of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus Council 6203.

Mrs. Fitzpatrick had also been a former pack leader of Cub Scout Pack 207 of Franklin School, South Plainfield. She was a communicant of Sacred Heart R.C. Church, South Plainfield. Surviving are her husband, Bernard T.

Fitzpatrick; a son, Thomas B. of Scotch Plains; five daughters, Donna Ruotola of South Plainfield, Sharon M. Pennpacker of Folks Township, Maureen K. Beattie of Lebanon, Diane J. Carletti of North Plainfield and Jean M.

Fitzpatrick of South Plainfield; her parents, Harry and Arlene Ala of Kearny; two brothers, George Ala of Parsippany and Steven Ala of Garfield, and a grandson. Services will be 10:15 a.m. tomorrow at McCriskin Home for Funerals, 2425 Plainfield followed by an 11 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Sacred Heart R.C. Church.

Burial will be at Hillside Cemetery, Plainfield. John of Piscataway. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Quackenboss Funeral Home, 156 Livingston New Brunswick. Burial will be at Franklin Memorial Park, North Brunswick.

Friends and relatives may call at the funeral home Friday 1-2 p.m. MIGLIN In New Brunswick, on Oct. 10, 1989, Norbert M. of Sayreville, formerly of South River. Services will be 9 a.m.

Friday at Mal- JE. Adele Herrmann, at 93, noted Highland Park artist "We don't cost the county a penny and we maintain our own field." Jim Lang ers might number as many as 20, with perhaps more on a sunny summer weekend and considerably fewer in cold months. The club draws primarily from Middlesex County residents, and its members cover all professions, from school teachers to toolmakers to engineers. "We don't cost the county a penny and we maintain our own field," said Lang, adding that the group is completely insured, as a club and as individuals. County Parks Commission representatives were on hand at last night's club meeting to answer members' questions, as well as Freeholder Vincent R.

Martino, who is running for re-election. "It seems to me that there's enough land there that we can have a strip set aside for our use," said Lang. David R. Campion, county parks superintendent disagreed. "There is a degree of danger to your sport I don't think you could put a model airplane field in the middle of a recreational area," said Campion.

Campion, Martino and county parks planner Ralph G. Albanir urged the club to create a committee and work for their cause with Piscataway Township. "I dont think it's necessarily cast in stone," said Martino, adding that when the freeholders make their final decision they consider input from the municipality involved. son, Shawn Donelson, Douglas Donelson and Robert Morris and five daughters, Lisa Donelson, Yvette Morris, Beverly Morris, Re-nee Morris and Robyn Morris, all at home; a brother, Hector Iglesias Jr. of Manville; two sisters, Adette Badders of Bricktown and Elaine Iglesias of Manville; her parents, Hector Iglesias Sr.

and Margarita Iglesias of Manville, and a paternal grandmother, Carmen Castillo of Puerto Rico. Arrangements are by Cusick Funeral Home in SomervUle. Services will be Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Griggstown Reformed Church, Canal Road, Griggstown. Burial will be at Franklin Memorial Park, North Brunswick.

Piscataway; two sisters, Anna Schaefer of Piscataway and Lena Holzer of Maine; a brother, Joseph of College Point N.Y.; three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Services will be 2 p.m. tomorrow at Quackenboss Funeral Home, 156 Livingston New Brunswick. Burial will follow at Franklin Memorial Park, North Brunswick. Thomas Dozier, at 74, foreign correspondent VALDOSTA, Ga.

(AP) Thomas A. Dozier, a former foreign corre spondent for Time and Life magazines, died Tuesday after a brief illness. He was 74. Dozier worked for The Atlanta Constitution and The Nashville Banner, before working as a report er and editor in the foreign news department of United Press International. In 1941, he became assistant director of the press division of the State Department's Inter-American Affairs office in Washington.

Dozier served in the Air Force from 1944 until the end of World War II. Aileen Morris, 39, shooting victim; was mother of nine JACKSONVILLE, Fla. E. Adele Herrmann, formerly of Highland Park, N.J., died Aug. 3 at home.

She was 93. She was born in Plainfield, and lived in Highland Park before moving to Jacksonville 10 years ago. Before retiring in 1958, Miss Herrmann was an art teacher and supervisor of art in the Highland Park school system for 26 years. She also taught drawing and painting classes for adults at the New Brunswick Art Center. Miss Herman held a B.S.

degree from Rutgers University and an MA degree in arts from Teachers College of Columbia University. She also studied at the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts, Pratt University, the Art Students League of New York and privately with a number of top U.S. artists. She is listed in Who's Who of American Art Miss Hermann's paintings have appeared in numerous New Jersey juried shows, including the West-field Art Association Show, the New Jersey Watercolor Association Show and at the Jersey City, Trenton, Newark and Montclair museums. She held one-woman shows in Plainfield, Perth Amboy, Toms River and Asbury Park, all in New Jersey, and in New York City, Phoenix and Jacksonville.

She received numerous honors and medals for her paintings. Surviving is a sister, Mary Herrmann of Jacksonville; three nieces and a nephew; six great-nephews and a great-niece, and two great-great-nephews and a great-great-niece. Memorial Flowar Wsditlng Flowers a Silk Fresh Fruit Baskets Worldwide Service South River 257-2357 We Honor Most Major Crtdil Crdt SOUTH BRUNSWICK Services are scheduled Saturday for Aileen D. Morris of the Kendall Park section, who died Tuesday of gunshot wounds suffered during an apparent armed-robbery attempt at the store in which she worked. She was 39.

She was born in Puerto Rico and came to the United States in 1955. She had resided in Manville for 15 years before moving to Kendall Park in 1978. Mrs. Morris was employed for less than a year at the Krauszer's convenience store in South Brunswick. Surviving are her husband, Robert Morris; four sons, Glenn Donel John Karl, 77 PISCATAWAY John Karl died Wednesday at Roosevelt Hospital, Edison.

He was 77. He was born in New Brunswick and lived in Piscataway most of his life. Before retiring in 1977, Mr. Karl was a welder for 33 years, working most of the time for Mack Motors in New Brunswick and Plainfield. He was a member of the Washington Valley Rod and Gun Club, Bridgewater.

His wife, Elizabeth Bertalan Karl, died in 1984. Surviving are a son, John N. of iszewski Memorial Home, 121-123 Main Sayreville, followed by a 9:30 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Victories R.C. Church, Sayreville, Burial will be at New Calvary Cemetery, Parlin.

The following groups will meet at the funeral home Thursday: the Sayeville Senior Citizens Tuesday Club, 2:30 p.m., and the Sayreville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4699, 7:30 p.m. Friends and relatives may call at the funeral home Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m..