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Top News From Area Towns INDEX OF SUBURBS BELOW Northern Jersey's Greater Newspaper uxmn 25 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1968 Lincoln Pk. MunicipalBudget mi nu iwp wwwiwwiHMr wmwiiii mm mum jump" 56 Point Tax Hike agreed to correct the condition in front of its property. Marra called in Joseph Ward of Caldwell, a soil expert, and warned that the cost of the borings may run to between $500 and $1,000. The club owners will be so advised. The council approved an award of $10,000 from Contin--ental Casualty Insurance Co." for Sections 1, 2 and 3 in Lin-Park Homes where the builders went bankrupt.

Mayor Ruth Mitchell said she-would go along with the recommen- dation of Borough Attorney Frank Scangarella, but thought the borough could have gotten more if it had been fought in a higher court. Scangarella said this wasr the recommendation of the trial judge of district court and that the borough would have been handicapped since two of its witnesses, Planning Board Chairman Walter Rosenbrook and Borough Engineer Fred Gardner are no longer alive. He said he felt the most the borough could. have gotten in a higher court would be $21,000, adding that most of it would be eaten up with' legal and engineering fees. The council agreed to return $2,785 in cash to B.

and C. Builders, developers of William Manor on William St. and Ryerson and to keep 8 Ml I Hawthorne Town Budget At $1,378,787, 6 Point Drop NOT OLD ENOUGH Only one teen-ager responded to Wayne's First Aid Squad's recent appeal for volunteers to help man, ambulances. Sixteen-year-old Sheryl Engel of Audubon Parkway was invited to the Hamburg Turnpike headquarters. Here squad men advised her that she was nine years under the required age, but in view of her interest, treated her and dad to a tour of the station, inspection of the rig and a demonstration of some of the equipment.

Shown from left: Jim Palumbo, Ralph Vander May and John Butler of the squad, Sheryl and her father Dave Engel. Ramapo School District's Defeated Budg et Up Again $246,520 Budget For Riverdale, Tax Rate Hiked RIVERDALE The 1968 municipal budget of $246,520 was- introduced by the Mayor, and Council at a special meeting Wednesday night. It includes $206,297 for gen- eral appropriations; $40,222 as reserve for uncollected taxes. While general appropria- i tions have gone down $17,536 and the reserve for uncollected taxes up around $2,000, the estimated 1968 tax rate is placed at $6.11, an increase of 31 points. The amount to be raised by taxation for municipal purposes is $65,424 as compared with $125,583 last year.

This results from a $53,197 replace-. ment' revenue because the state is collecting personal property and business taxes this year. A breakdown of the $6.11, tax rate shows that schools will take the largest share, or $4.48, up 65 tax points; county taxes .89, up .11 points; borough, .57 cents, down 46 points and tax deductions for senior citizens and veterans 17 cents, up one point. The public hearing will be held March 6. The budget provides for an additional patrolman and salary increases.

The police budget for salaries is listed at $40,000 as against $35,596 for last year. The contribution to the public employes retirement system is shown as $4,733, whereas last year it was $2,500 last year. The Council is appropriating a surplus of $66,369 to support the budget, or $21,369 more than last year. Passaic School Crossing Guards Postpone Strike PASSAIC A threatened strike set for today by 36 school crossing guards dissatisfied over a 10-cent an hour pay hike offered by the City Council, has been postponed until next Thursday, it was announced by Mrs. Hazel Neumann, of 150 Harrison president of the School Crossing Guards Association." Mrs.

Neumann said she and other association officials met Wednesday wh Police Chief John Campbell who per-, suaded them to hold off strike action until a meeting could be arranged with City Man--ager Theodore Janeczek to try and settle the dispute. Meanwhile, The News learned from City Hall sources that if the guards go ahead with a walkout, the city will recruit new personnel to take the'r places. The guards are now paid $2 per hour. They are asking that their pay be increased to per hour, plus eight paid holidays. The council countered with a raise of five percent or 10 cents an hour Hints LINCOLN PARK A 56-.

point jump in the 1968 tax rate was forecast Wednesday night when the Mayor and Council borough budget. Actually, the hike is due to school and county taxes. Figures Higher "The budget for municipal purposes including the reserve for uncollected taxes totals $851,335, about $55,000 more than last year. General appropriations come to $703,471 which is an increase of The reserve for uncollected taxes totals $147,863 as against $107,124 for 1967. The estimated 1968 tax rate $8.13.

Of that amount, schools are responsible for $4.84, up county, $.83, up borough, $2.28, down $.02, and exemptions for senior citizens and veterans, $.18, down $.01. About $18,000 in new taxes are to be collected for running the government or a total of $531,096. The hearing on the budget was set for March 6. Councilman Joseph Guis-tino, finance chairman, said the budget was prepared with an eye toward economy, but the residents will still be able to enjoy all services. He said the budget provides for salary increases for borough employes, additional personnel, larger fringe benefits and additional equipment.

The borough collects its taxes from ratables or the assessed valuations of properties which as of Jan. 1, 1968 come to $22,357,000. The increase in ratables over last year is $414,000, which Guistino attributes to the garden apartments. Adopted on final reading was an amendment to the salary ordinance granting a $700 raise to the building inspector whose salary will be $3,000. A second ordinance adopted without comment at the public hearing was a change in the subdivision ordinance whiqh spells out the difference between a major and minor subdivision.

Borough Engineer Peter Marra was given authority to puoceed with soil boring tests in! connection with the reconstruction of a section of Two Bridges Road, which disintegrated due to a faulty i sub- base material. The has Bridges County Club Man Guilty in Driver Shooting HACKENSACK A Bergen County jury Thursday convicted a Lodi man of atrocious assault and battery and carrying a concealed weapon. The defendant, Marvin Wolf-er, 24, of 28 Spring Lodi, will be sentenced March 22. The jury deliberated for more than two hours before returning its verdict to County Court Judge Benjamin P. Galanti, who presided.

I Police charged that Wolfer was riding in a car operated by Robert Hascup of Lodi last July 9, when he pulled a gun and demanded money. Hascup fought for the weapon and was shot during the struggle. WAYNE Pines Lake Drive is a narrow, winding road set HAWTHORNE The Board of Commissioners Wednesday introduced the 1968 municipal budget of $1,378,787.82 that reflects a 6 point drop in the local municipal tax rate. The tax point decline will be -'Temporary, for it is estimated that when the local school, county and exemption rates -are determined by the county board the budget will reflect a 20 point increase meaning, an increase of $40 on a hme assessed at $20,000, and' $60 on a $30,000 home. The total budget reflects an increase of $102,392.21 over last year's figure of The amount to be raised by taxation for municipal purposes is $451,532.82, a decrease of $108,225.81 from the previa ous figure of $559,758.63.

This I reflects an estimated tax rate for local purposes of 31 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, a reduction of 6 cents from last year's 37 cents per hundred dollar assessed valuation. Explains Rate Finance Commissioner Arthur A. Brokaw stated that the local municipal tax rate went down because ratables amounting to $1.5 million are up in proportion to an increase in appropriations. The total general appropriations figure is $1,096,411.25 an increase of $88,640.75 over the the previous $1,007,770.50 fig- ure. The increase in municipal -appropriations are due to increased salaries to" municipal employes; increased group insurance, plan costs to cover employes's dependents, and added capital improvement costs.

Increased appropriations figures are: Salaries and wages, from last years $423,423 figure; other expenses 179 to I. capital inw provements, $118,000 from and statutory expenditures, $60,900 from $53,700, Reserve for uncollected taxes is $282,376.57 compared to last year's amount of and Wyckoff which swung the crushing blow. In tnat community, the vote was two to one in opposition to both current expense and capital outlay itemsj. In 1964, voters also defeated the Ramapo budget and it had to be referred to the mayors and councils of all three towns. If the budget is defeated again on Feb.

20, it would have to be submitted for a similar review by the governing bodies of Oakland, Wyckoff and Franklin Lakes. Officials would confer in closed session with the Ramapo Indian Hills School District members. The town officials could suggest budget cuts or leave the proposal untouched. In any case, it would have to be referred to the state Commissioner of Education for a final decision. v.

Woodcock Backs State College Site in Oakland OAKLAND State Senator Joseph C. Woodcock expressed his support for the selection of this borough as a site for a state college at an area meeting of Jaycees held at the Elks Club. He said he considered the suggested site on the mountain to be ideal and suggested an early meeting be arranged with State Chancellor Ralph Dungan of the Board of Higher Education. It should be a five-year college, he said to provide space for students at two-year colleges and offer a year of lie hearing on Jan. 22 gave little indication of an approaching budget upse.

In the election, the town of Franklin Lakes approved the proposal, but it was Oakland Appoint Judge, Court Instructs West Paterson PATERSON Superior Court Judge F. Crane notified the Mayor and Council of West Paterson by letter Wednesday that he will remove County Judge Stanley Polack from serving as municipal judge of of that community. Judge Crane '-noted thatthe governing body's nxt meeting is scheduled for Feb. 14. He indicated a desire that they appoint a municipal court judge at that session.

In the event they do not, he said, he will invoke his right to appoint another temporary municipal court judge, "I have been, aware for a considerable period of time of the vacancy in the office of judge of the municipal court of West Paterson," Judge Crane stated. "Since July of 1967, the Hon. -Stanley J. Polack, judge of the Passaic County Court, has been acting temporarily as the judge or West Paterson Municipal Court. "I am sure you can understand that we cannot have Judge Polack sitting indefinitely in this capacity as the burden of his duties as county court judge cannot permit the imposition of stantial, additional duties such as are involved in sitting as acting municipal judge," Judge Crane declared.

FRANKLIN LAKES There will be no budget cuts in the Ramapo Indian Hills High School District's proposed budget when it goes back before the yoters on Tuesday, Feb. 20 Following this week's budget defeat of current expenses ty a tally of 770 to 65,1, the board met in special session and bated whether to make budget slashes or to resubmit the proposal untouched. Board C. Clarke jFolsom said the board decided place the question before jthe voters a second time. Only a.7 per cent of the voters in the three-town sending district had turned out for this week's It's only the town of Franklin Lakes tpat apprpved the budget.

Therei had been no organized resistance from pressure groups, and the board's pub- 1 Report Frank Placed On Critical List POMPTON LAKES The condition of Pompton Lakes High School teacher, Joseph Frank, has worsened at St. St: Joseph's Hospital, Pater-son, where he has been a patient for 10 days. He was placed on the critical list Wednesday. Frank received internal injuries when he was accidently kicked while breaking up a fight between tow student in his woodworking class on Monday afternoon, Jan. 29.

He was' hospitalized and underwent surgery the following day. Bleeding internally, oe has been in poor condition in the intensive care unit of the hospital. Married and the father of three children, Frank is "8 years old and resides at 178. Emerson Paterson. ersoq tftve.

atcfaOU. $3,350 in escrow in place of a maintenance bond. Mayor Mitchell's 'appointment of Mrs. Florence Evans to the Public Assistance Board was unanimously confirmed by the all-Republican council. Mrs.

Evans is a Democrat jand a former member of thej board. Councilman Robert Freese said the ordinance committee is gathering information on an ordinance to establish the position of business administrator, but said that they to examine all aspects of it before moving ahead. This was a strong plank in the Republican platform last -November. budget, the surplus anticipated remains the same, miscellaneous revenues totals $492,255 compared to a $198,618.02 increase. 1 The commissioners also introduced a water utility fund budget of $277,200 that showed an increase of $5,450 compared to the 1967 figure of $271,750." A public hearing on the budget will be held on Wednesday, March 6 in the municipal auditorium at 8 p.m.

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We must have decent teachers." Mrs. Eck cammed up. their feelings. "There must be enough pe pie who realize the only thing' you can give your is education. Material things don't matter." Then, she added, "Is there anything more we can say to convince people to vote for that budget?" Municipal debt service is $15,456.25 a decrease of $356.25 over the previous $15,812.50.

On the revenues side of the Body of Boy, 5, Found in River, Drowned Dec. 3 CLIFTON -i The body of a five-year-old 1 1 boy drowned in the storm-swollen Third River in Nutley on Dec. 3 was found floating Wednesday afternoon in the pond behind the old Waldrich Bleach-ery, 153 River Road by a man who was burying his pet cat. The victim was Michael Kurcsics of 140 Franklin Nutley. The body was identified by his parents, Lydia and John Kurcsics.

An autopsy performed by County Medical Examiner Dr. Louis Bohl confirmed that the lad had died from drowning. Michael and his brother Patrick, were playing along the bank of the river, normally just a trickle, but swollen to a roaring torrent by heavy rains, when Michael was swept into the current and disappeared. An extensive search was conducted by firemen and skindivers but the body could not be located. It was feared that the body had been swept into the Passaic River and would never be found.

Shortly after noon Wednesday, Frank Moreland of 153 River Road, was about to bury, his pet cat which had died, when he saw a body floating on the surface. He called police and the body was removed to the city morgue. Nutley police were called and identification followed. Detective Sgt. Frank Sper-lazzi said the body had traveled a distance of over one had been washed over two rapids to get to the pond.

pond empties into the Passaic River. He said the body was in fairly good condition due to the recent very cold temperatures and ice on the water. Mrs. Eck said, "We have some fabulous teachers in the high schools They are not be- ing paid what they are worth. "It is awful to see the teachers working in shoe stores to give their kids what we take.

for granted." Eck added, "We more men teachers in. the system, yfct how do we expect them to send their kids to college?" "The parents of young children have got to step into this; they've-got-to work-for the schools," Mrs. -Eck said. "Peo pie don't seem to realize 'vou've got to for education." "When you go. down to a Board of "Education meeting' there are only a handful of vi que ucnaicu.

How Two Pines a "mj 1 Lake Families Will Vote on Wayne School graduate in one of the most beautimi areas of Wayne, Twenty-two years ago, a young married couple, Rich- ard and Gloria Eck, fell in love with Pines Lake built a summer home there. Four children and ten years later they moved to the lake peril manently. 352 is a big ranch house furnished with the kind of fur-. niture made for, comfort. The Ecks have been active school activities for as long as they have lived in Wayne.

i tvl "J' i 1 1 1 -j 1 1 1 1 X- )l i ''7K-- I VI, -f i -7 Ui study. what union you belong to. I also believe that principals of schools 'ishould not belong to a union." Against Bidding Garleit believes that because of inflation there should be some 'adjustments. "But it's the bidding of one town against another that disturbs me." -Garleit and his wife'-'both agree that teachers are among the most important people in 'a community. "I'm very 'strong about this.

But I'd like to see them I and no Holidays. 1 1 i The eyes of the area are on Wayne, a community driven by strife over school i needs. Teachers demand i more money, and are im- posing sanctions to under- DtllV MIL. 11 VJlllVUi Residents, too, are de-H manding ore ll school facilities and a higher quality of educa-fs tion for their children. Will the school budget pass when the voters get it The Paterson.

News sent reporter Audrey Stern to i iwu ijrjm. uui uuw wcy leei auum js; school situation. Mrs. Garleit said she often discusses the school situation with her neighbors. She wouldn't say how many were in accord with the Garleits' Garleit summed it up.

"I would li'ke to see a school board that is completely non- partisan and interested only in educations "I'm not anti-budgets. I have in years voted for school budgets and, I have also opposed them." "Salary should be based on 'competence and ability," Garleit explained thoughjfully. "Just having a master's "degree shouldn't entitle you to an automatic raise. "It's how yOiU're -doing yoi job, bud:" h. I.

If fa WAYNE As you cross over the small narrow bridge on Pines Lake Drive you are greeted by the sound of rushing water. The sound follows you into the wide, well lighted driveway of number 845. The name on the mailbox is Garleit. Mr. and Mrs.

Warren Garleit have lived in their sprawling ranch house in Pines Lake for almost 20 years. The Garleits have five boys, four of whom are still in the Wayne school system. They take an interest in their schools and in the school budget." 1 This year the Garleits have reservations about the proposed budget. "I'm not the talker in the family," Garleit said, sinking into an easy chair. 1 "But I agree with my husband in that I don't agree with the budget." Garleit laughed.

an old-time Democrat and I'm an old-time Republiqan. so we don't agree all. the time," he said. Garleit, an engineer with Bell Telephone and the holder of a. master's kiegree, seat-d himself on the ledge facing a hug brick fireplace.

Automatic Increases "We both have reservations about. the budget this said. TnThot a professional opponent of school but a school budget should be unanimously proposed by the school board." The thing that bothered him most was the automatic increase in teachers' salaries. nil iM.immi.iuw mninHM.irtli ralerson Xeirg Photo THE GARLEIT FAMILY, from left, Mr; and Mrs. Warren Garleits Andrew, fi, and Carl.

12. The family resides at 845 Pines Lake Drive. THE ECK FAMILY, from left, seated, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dave, 15.

The Ecks reside at 352 Pines noin nave served as presmenc 0f tnc.ir FlA. Eck is presi- dent of Solar Silica Corp. in Pompton Plains and is an engineer. Both Ecks are articulate and both are very much for the proposed budget 'and teachers' salary increases. been pro-school all our live Eck said.

"Through- the PTA we met teachers and parents and became involved education. "As far as the budget is concerned I feel if I voted the schooWJoard members into should.also support the budget." Mrs. Eck-interjected her sentiments. "The people gave David Caliri (president of the school board) tremendous support and. now they want to vote down the budget.

The library, music, drivers education those things are cut, and they are so important. No Budget "Extras" It's a minor budget. There is no gravy, in 'it, none of the extras, the kids should have. It js the most pared down Ini'-tnet. you can-Jiave.

"''It is difficult, to work in a community where the parents don't support education," you are dissatisfied. don't vote down the -budget," "Teachers should be treated as- professionals, not union members' he said. "I understand their position in trying to upgrade themselves, but it's backfiring. "As professionals y-should be willing to work overtime. As union people they expect to be paid on an hourly basis.

They should be paid their competence" as professionals." Garleit continued, "I oppose automatic increments in sal- I believe obsolete American ideal that you paid for what you do, are not Eck said. "Vote for the candi--dates you want. But don't vote down the budget." As a- handsome son and an equally handsome daughter quietly walked through the, living room, the Ecks.w armed up to the subject of teachers and their salary demands. "If anyone should be highly paid it is the teachers," Eck said. "It's distressing to tur children over to inferior teachers.

The future of our children depends on them. "They certainly should be paid what they are paid in surrounding communities of. the 7 same economical level. We have our prowing pains but we- nave a men economic level Wayne.".