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MIXTION NORTHERN VALLEY and Pine C-7 Obituaries 17 C4t KdurilioB Today C-18 Movies and Theater C-7-1! Science in the News TekiiMoa 3 FRIDAY, 19TU 1 chools Ask Law Books Replace Bat For Ideas For Athlete i -3 Tenafly HAWORTH A former Haworth resident who once played professional baseball for the I i I 'l ft 'J i Houston Astros has joined a law firm in Florida. Robert J. Dickman, a gradu- ate of Northern Valley Regional High School, has passed the bar examination and joined Talburt, Kubicki, and Volger in South Miami. He was a member of the By NINA WOOD Staff Writw TENAFLY Schools are turning to residents for surscs-tions on curriculum improvements A committee set up to organize the schools' efforts is asking residents to supply possible course additions and to volunteer as consultants, speakers, and discussion leaders for exist ing cirriculum. DICKMAN Staff Photo by Ed Converv Prc-School Fun Toscano, a volunteer reader, shows picture to children.

Program, held Wednesdays at 10:13 a.m., is to get children used to school. Dumont four-year-olds prepare for kindergarten school days by attending weekly story hours at Lincoln School. Mrs. Rudolph football and baseball teams in high school and was a catcher at Rutgers University. In June, he graduated from the University of Florida School of Law.

He is married to Carole J. Herzfeld, formerly of Haworth. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Dickman, reside in Sparta.

Educator Helps Alma Mater BERGENFIELD Miss Barbara Wolf of Bergenfield has been elected to the board of trustees of the Montclair State College Development Fund. A retired superintendent of schools in Hackensack, Miss Wolf is president of the Montclair State Alumni Association. Study In City Of Lights TENAFLY Dr. Thomas M. Church of Tenafly will be in Paris next year, studying the geochemistry of marine sediments.

A graduate of Tenafly High School, Colgate University, and the University of California, he has received a post-doctoral exchange fellowship from the National Science Foundation. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Church of 6 Kenwood Road.

Student Spokesman DUMONT Charles Sutton of Dumont has been elected to serve on the Faculty-Student Assembly at Southampton College of Long Island University. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sutton of 45 Niagara St. assiM the schools' educational programs.

C'olcan said the sroup as started by residents who came to the steering committee with a plan and is now sponsored by the committee. He said two questionnaires are being distributed in the study. One goes to teachers asking tlu in where they see a possibility for using supplemental help of volunteers. The second survey asks residents if they would be interested in participating in the program and what they could contribute to school curriculum. Volunteer Experts The group is looking for tu- tors, assembly speakers, school seminar and discussion leaders, consultants for independent study and volunteers for after-school programs and occupational orientation.

The group is headed by Mrs. Ruthlee Adler. Stillman School Principal Charles E. Gilienwa ters, three librarians, three teachers, and four other residents are also on the committee. The steering committee headed by Colgan includes Mrs.

Maxine Beshers, Middle School Principal Ernest Mueller; Assistant Supt. of Schools Walter Wol-lam, Trustee Anne Ratner, Robert Prosser, elected student representative, and six teachers. High school teacher Guenther Teschauer heads the group studying the curriculum. The committee also includes two residents, two students, Middle School guidance counselor Dorothy Frost, and four teachers. County Gets Green Light InClosteY CLOSTER After more than six years of flickering and sometimes bitter debate, the Borough Council has approved county plans for a traffic light at the corner of Durie Avenue and Knickerbocker Road.

Knickerbocker Road will be widened to three lanes for 150 feet on both sides of the cross Hariung Wears Many Hats Well Middle School teacher Matthew Colgan heads the Steering Committee on Curriculum and Instruction composed of teachers, administrators, a school board member, an adult volunteer, and a high school student. For All Schools Colgan says the cirriculum studies are meant for all schools but. right now are focusing on the high and middle schools. The committee, created by a contract provision between the Board of Eduation and the Tena fly Teachers Association, is investigating creative approaches to class organization and methods of instruction. Residents are invited to join the study by writing their suggestions for creative school programs, different teaching methods, or class organization.

Each summary is to include the reason a resident favors the school plan he suggests, how the program would be implemented, examples of its use in other school systems, and other supportive data. Proposals should be submitted to Mrs. Carol Shanley at the Central School Office, 27 W. Clinton Ave. The committee will review the plan and answer the resident who submitted it within four to six weeks.

The committee may ask residents for further details or to appear before the steering group. Opinion Survey Colgan says the committee is considering all phases of curriculum in its investigation. The newest study of resident opinions has just begun and it will be several weeks before results can be noted, he said. Another committee provided for by contract and formed by the steering committee is studying the existing curriculum at the high school. A third group is working to build a file of community resources residents who can ected last year without opposition.

By day, Dr. Hartung is the president of' the Academy of Aeronautics- at La Guardia Airport in Queens; At night, he takes on his role as mayor, and he can be found at the Municipal Center just about every evening. The respect Hartung has gained as an-educator, (he has two engineering degrees and two education degrees, including a Ph.D, all from New York University), is evident from an honor he. received last month, along with astronauts Neil strong and Buzi Aldrin. He was By JOHN II.

KUHN Staff Writer TENAFLY When Wal-. ter M. Hartung looks at the future problems of Tenafly, he sees with the eyes of an engineer, a plannerf and a college president. Hartung wears all of these hats, besides the one as mayor of this town of 16,500. He presented all his multifaeeted sides during an interview in his office at the Municipal The tall, broad-shouldered mayor is finishing the first year of his two-year term.

He was el tax would make attracting new ratables an academic question. New ratables were a major campaign issue in the last election. The Republican party, which Hartung represents gained only 45 per cent of the votes, although it easily won in the three-way fight for two council seats. One party- advocated that the undeveloped East Hill area be used for ratables to help offset increasing taxes. "If we got help from a state income state, we could develop the East Hill for our needs rather than for money," said Hartung.

"We could put families in, rather than ratables." Hartung notes if ratables are put on the hill, houses would be needed for workers. Hartung does not view the election results as changing his views on East Hill. Nor does he see any fear that See HARTUNG, Page 3 made a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Hartung predicts the day will soon be here when Russia and America will have comparable space equipment. "Space is an objective of the world, not just of nations," said the mayor, adding more could be learned about space if all countries worked, together.

Hartung said space shuttles would be a way to gain revenues from the space program. He said a shuttle could be used to service satellites. "It's in the blood, you have got to find out what's out there," is the way he looks at space. His academy, which is the. only technical junior college east of the Mississippi and north of Florida, has 1,180 day students turning out engineering technicians.

"They are the men who keep the show on the road," he said. "Tenafly is suffering from taxes like all other towns," says the mayor, noting that 60 per cent of each tax dollar goes for schools. "Schools are expensive," he admits. "Property taxes have gone about as high as they can be pushed," said Hartung, indicating the state must provide some relief in picking up more of the school costs. He said Trenton controls the schools, approves what can be built and done, and it should handle the whole school problem.

A state income tax is the only way the state can provide more money, Hartung says. He hopes this will come at an early date to provide the property tax relief. Hartung sees the town holding the line on taxes, but predicted the school share of the local tax bite will probably increase more than last year. The mayor said the income Mack leaders charge while racists with arson in Engleuood's recent rash of fires. See Page A-21.

ing. Work is to begin next fall. Councilmen Esther Mansbach and Val Kudryk voted against the plan at a meeting Wednesday because, they said, a light could be installed without widen ing the pavement and destroying trees. Although county planners estimate the work will cost $65,000, the only bid received was for $97,000. The state pays 90 per cent, according to Councilman H.

M. Zendel, and the county and borough pay five per cent each. The cuoncil raised the cost of borough soil from Vi cent to five cents a cubic yard. This is expected to raise about $50,000 when the Hackensack Water Co. removes 1 million cubic yards of borough soil to expand Oradell Reservoir.

Acting police chief John Lindemann announced that, effective Sunday, overnight parking is prohibited on all brootigh streets. P.O. Expansion Bids Asked BERGENFIELD Bids are being taken to expand the U.S. Post Office here four times its size. Gerald J.

Turetsky, regional administrator for the General Services Administration, has announced that the building on Station Square will be extended and modernized at an estimated cost of $500,000 to $1 million. Postmaster William Major emphasized recently the need for additional postal space and facilities. The post office was built in 1935 to accommodate a population of less than 10,000. The population has more than trebled. Bids will be received at GSA headquarters in New Y'ork City until Dec.

30. Construction schedules and detailed plans were not available yesterday. 6' MAYOR OF MANY INTERESTS Dr. Walter M. Hartung stands on wing of plane at academv he serves as president.

Library Keeps Pace 'npipiliijin- Drug Addicts' Play A Must DEMAREST The Demarest PTA, which has been studying drug education programs, has urged all residents to attend the Dec. 6 performance of "Concept" by the Daytop House Players. It will be at 3 p.m. -at Dwight Morrow School, Englewood Daytop is a rehabilitation center for drug addicts. Its production is recommended for teenagers and parents.

Tickets are available from Mrs. Gloria Hartheimer of Demarest. Teacher To Show His Art DEMAREST Art teacher Joel Krauser of Northern Valley Regional High School will exhibit his paintings at "New Jersey Contemporary Art 1970," which Is running from Dec. 8-19 at the ersey City Mu- seum. The exhibition is by invitation only.

It will feature award-winning painters from New Jersey. Good Food And Santa Too OLDTAPPAN Hot dogs and soda with the "man in red" is offered to children, from 3-6 years old, at the "Luncheon With Santa" program of the Old pan Woman's Club. The fun begins at noon Dec. 5 at the Trinity Reformed Church. This is the sixth year the club has sponsored the luncheon as a community service project.

Mrs. Paul Dobbs is chairman. Actress Nurses 'Poppa' DEMAREST Miss Pat Dressel, a 1958 graduate of Northern Valley High School, is appearing in the movie "Where's Poppa?" starring Ruth Gordon and George Segal. She plays a nurse, using her stage name of Trish Van Devere. Holiday Choir Concert PASCACK VALLEY The Valley Singers, will present their winter concert Saturday, Dec.

12, at 8 p.m. in Northern Valley Regional High School, Old Tap-pan. Tickets may be bought from any member of the singers, the Stuart W. Smith Children's Choir and Bell Choir, or from Mrs. Joanne Celauro, ticket chairman.

The choir and the bell choir will join the singers in a program of music for the Jewish and Christian holiday season. The corps has 91 members. Membership applications are available Tuesday nights at Meadowbrook School, Piermont Avenue, Hillsdale. Charles W. Gordon is director.

Boy and girl hornplayers and drummere are being sought, as well as girl Color Guard members. Drum Corps Marks Time HILLSADALE The Valley Grenadiers Drum and Bugle Corps is in the preparation stage, looking ahead to the 1971 season. New music is being arranged and taught, and the Color Guard is preparing for winter competitions. The corps uses its own buses to transport members to the Paterson Armory Wednesday nights. The buses go separate routes, picking up corps members in Westwood, Washington Township, Paramus, River Edge, Ridgewood and Waldwick.

There are six individual instructors at the Armory: one works with new personnel, one with the Girl Color Guard, one with the saber and rifle section, two conduct regular and over-all drill, and the drum instructor is in charge of marching and maneuvering. Sparks On A Live Wire I 1 I I 'Fjigle St. opened on Sept. 3, 1968, a date Mrs. Martin and Miss Powers will remember.

The building was in use constantly. Summers were not markedly slower than the rest of the year. Mrs. Martin says the increase in library use directly parallels the increased education of the average resident. Both librarians have tried to keep the book collection current with the interests of patrons.

They say the type -of books and other publications stolen is an excellent barometer of the public's reading trends. Politically radical publications disappeared so fast the library could not keep them in stock. Quality literary magazines like the Evergreen Review last an average of three days unless special precautions are taken. When William F. Buckley ran as a conservative for mayor of New York in 1966, all of his works had been stolen by election day.

"Maybe this was some kind of offers Miss Powers with a questioning smile. Despite an unusually wide range of subjects and authors, the library has never been the target of above-ground censors or book-burners demanding the removal of controversial mater-aisl. "We've been very fortunate in See LIBRARY, Tage C-3 By BRUCE BRACKETT Staff Writer ENGLEWOOD A funeral home recently tried to deliver a casket to the city's public library in the belief the modern glass and concrete building was a reform Jewish temple. The library staff had to refuse delivery but not until they had told the funeral director how to find the. house of worship where a religious service was awaiting his arrival.

In a way, the incident typifies the philosophy which has governed the library under outgoing director Betty Martin and will continue the new acting director, Mary Powers. Basically, the philosophy is to meet the needs of as many people as possible. "The world today is a very complicated place, and people need all the help we can give them," explains Miss Powers in a Midwestern voice which suggests her hometown of Mauston, Wis. "We want people to know what's available at the library if they need it. Help Available "I'm not suggesting that everyone in Englewood should visit the library every day.

But they should know that we are here, if they need us, just like the hospital." Mrs. Martin has worked for 23 years to match the facilities of the library with the needs and de sires of its patrons. Resources to meet these needs range from daily stock market bulletins to playbills from New York shows dating to 1896. In a city which abounds with stockbrokers and investment counselors, the market bulletins fill an obvious need. But Englewood is also the site of the national Actors Fund Home.

Mrs. Martin, an alert woman of 62 with an easy smile and a voice slightly hushed from working around people intent on reading or studying, is now on terminal leave. She retires cially Dec. 31. An Englewood Cliffs resident, she came to the Englewood library in 1947 when it was a small one-story building on Palisade Avenue next to the Citizens National Bank.

She had left a job with the New York Public Library system, and Englewood seemed somnolent by comparison. Nostalgic Recollection "Englewood was a quiet little library then where one person could easily handle the desk except for the hours right after the children left school," she recalls. "During the summer months the library was virtually empty, and the whole staff could have taken their vacations at the same time." Things had changed noticeably by the time Englewood's two-story circular library at 31 2 i Wti Si.atetA!kM.'.c4M&. stolt Hholo by Jim ing director Mary Powers discuss mutual philosophy of trying to meet the needs of patrons. SERVING PEOPLE Englewood's retiring library director, Betty Martin, at right, and act.