Verona-Cedar Grove Times from Verona, New Jersey • 1

Vol. XIII, No. 37 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY YKRON'A, N. THURSDAY MORNING, SF.ITKMHKK It, 1961 Second Clan Pantag raid at Monklalr. N.

J. 36 Taes Prir 10 CmH Worhly Looks in Both Cases Memorial School High Opened CD Effort Increased In Verona i i Cedar Grove's First High School Starts Initial Sessions With I Enrollment. iVerona Election Pace Quickens Counly Tax Burden Discussed by Candidates; Need for Ka tables Also Cited. Verona's election pace visibly quickened this week as both the Republican and Democratic candidates for Mayor and Council entered Into a discussion of the need lor ratables on the one hand and the county tax burden on the other. Both sides claimed Increasing support among the voters and Indications were that Interest in the campaign will surmount that of last year by Nov.

7, Election Day. At stake Is the question of political control on the governing body since the terms of two Republican councilmen are expiring along with that of Mayor Willard E. Dodd, none of whom are candidates for reelection. Developments were these: School history was made In Cedar Grove last week with the opening of the township's first high school, to be known officially as Cedar Grove Memorial High School. Art official registration of 331 boys and girls started the first year of the new educational Institution last Wednesday, and by Friday had settled Into the daily routine despite the lack of some non-delivered classroom equipment furniture.

Memorial was initiated with all the trappings of an established high school, Including a mascot (Panther Republicans The Republican candidates for Mayor and Council in the Verona election held out the hope of easing the tax bite by taking the initiative to correct inequities that exist in the county tax structure. Declaring that the borough's overall tax burden can be mitigated only by the process of putting more net dollars into the tax "pot," Robert B4Howe, the Republican candidate for mayor and Anthony F. Ditri and Samuel E. H. France, the Republican candidates for Council placed rezoning for office andor laboratory or research building as a means to realize the highest net ratable return from tax sources.

1 -a-v V.y v. 1 LA Nuclear Energy Class Planned; Monitoring of Fallout Set. Verona's civil defense effort will be aimed at having the borough as adequately prepared as possible In the event of a nuclear attack on this area of the eastern seaboard, Rob ert Coad, CD director, announced yesterday. "We can only strive to follow the advice and directives of the county, state and federal defense agencies," Coad declared. "If we can provide even minimum protection and alert our citizens to the steps they should follow there will be some element of survival guaranteed and our task will have been accomplished." One of the first defensive and preparedness steps will be a course in basic nuclear energy for members of the police and fire departments and such agencies as the Rescue Squad and Ambulance Unit, Coad said.

The course also will be given to nine monitors who have been recruited to man three recording stations to determine radioactive fallout at the Forest Ave. School, Engine Co. No. 2 firchouse and the F. N.

Brown School. Schedule Basis The monitors will staff the stations on a schedule basis and are expected to serve as the nucleus of a citizens corps who may be called upon for duty from time to time. The borough's CD plan also cans lor those who take the nuclear course to be so trained as to be able to offer training in turn to other members of the public. The initial and subsequent indoctrination courses will be conducted by George Dib of Cypress an engineer with the Vitro Chemical who is the newly appointed radiological officer of the Verona Civil Defense and Disaster Control organi zation, As outlined by Dib, the course will cover (1) funda mentals or nuclear energy; (Continued on Page 31) Bowden Pond Is Improved Work on lee Rink in Township Done in 90 Degree Heat. While Cedar Grove sizzled, along with the rest of the country, in 90 degree heat this week, work was being done on the Bowden Pond skating rink to insure skating for township youngsters next Winter.

According to Township Manager Kennedy Shaw, grading of the pond surface has been completed with the surface leveled off so that there will (Continued on Page 31) Teen Danee Tomorrow Another teen block dance will be held, under the spon sorship of the Recreation Council of Cedar Grove, at the recreation site on Little Falls Rd. tomorrow evening from 7:30 P.M. to 10:30 P.M., according to William J. Enchel-maier. Live music will be supplied by a local group called the "Rampages." Cutowski and Suzanne Brochu, (top photo.) Below, members of Mrs.

Calvin Thomas' first grade at Verona's Brook-dale School look over their shoulders as though wondering what the future has in store for them and the world. (Staff Vhotos) Looking- for all the world like a bored couple caught by the camera at El Morocco, two Pompton Ave School youngsters in Cedar Grove, members of Mrs. Jane Bugnand's kindergarten class, enjoy a lollipop and milk during the first week of the new term. The blase couple are John Calling All Boys and Girls Meeting Set Oct. 9 to Discuss Needs of Youth in Verona Adults Invited Too.

Democrats The Democratic candidates for Mayor and Council in Verona's Borough election charged yesterday that the Republican Administration has failed to protect Verona taxpayers from bearing an ever-increasing and unfair share of the County tax burden. Councilman John Burguil-los, candidate for Mayor and Jerome Bakst and James Swallow, candidates for Council, said the Republican Mayer, the Republican Council majority, and the Secretary cf the Board of Assessors and his associates failed to act after Newark, in 1960, granted homeowners a 10 per cent cut in assessments. Newark's move, the Democrats said. shifted an extra portion of the County tax load to Verona find other communities in Es-ex County. Efforts of the Democratic minority on the Council Bur-guillos and Richard Sandler to press for action by Verona to grant homeowners here equivalent relief "ran into a Republican stone wall," the Democrats said.

They added that G.O.P. inaction is a "betrayal" costing Verona taxpayers "thousands of dollars" for which the Republican Party "must take the blame." Burguillos, Bakst and Swallow said the present assessment "mess" stems from the long-time Republican practice of filing the Board of Assessors with "political appointees," and from the poor perform ance of the present Secretary (Continued on Page 20) Board Scans Shelter Plea Verona CD in Request to Schools to Expand Building Plans. A plea to have underground fallout shelters included in any school building program is under study by the Board of Education, C. Vincent Geiger, superintendent, reported yesterday. The proposal which was made by the Verona Civil Defense and Disaster Control Committee in the form of a letter by Robert Coad, director, was received by the board Monday night.

Geiger said that the board will seek more details in connection with the communication and that personally he is "open to conviction" on the merits of the request. A meeting of school officials, Coad and the school architect will be arranged, Geiger also said. According to Coad, the CD unit has received a number of inquiries from citizens concerning shelter areas in the tchools. He said the civil defense organization was interested in learning whether shelters could be included in the building programs for the high school, the F. N.

Brown School and the Brookdale School. CD is of the opinion any other future building plans should include shelters, he stated. Should the board decide to In their appraisal of the ratable problem, Howe, France and Ditri also called for "great vigor" to follow up re- zoning with a professional survey to determine what industry and business are seeking in the way of sites and community services. The candidates suggested that such a survey be placed at the disposal of the Verona Economic Development Committee which they previously proposed to be established For More Net Dollars Recalling the borough's existing development and the limitations on vacant land, plus the community's dedication to good schools which has resulted in the education budget accounting for more than half of the tax dollar, the Republican candidates urged that the entire tax picture be understood and ap- (Continued on Page 20) Parking Ban Is Protested Merchants, Republican Candidates Oppose Restrictions. Verona merchants have decided to circulate petitions among customers urging the Board of Freeholders to hold up action on proposed no parking regulations to be enforced during morning and afternoon rush hours.

Simultaneously, the Republican candidates for Mayor and Council, Robert B. Howe, Anthony F. Ditri and Samuel E. H. France have filed an objection with the board.

The merchants have also indicated that they question a proposal to ban parking during snow storms until all ploughing operations are completed. A meeting is scheduled to day by the freeholders to dis continued on Page 20) Pete,) school colors (black and gold) and a school creed, all of which were contained in an official jtudent handbank de livered to all students on opening day. Operation Satisfactory According to Principal Joseph G. Newlin the first week was eminently satisfactory, from' both the standpoint of the faculty and students, with all classes operating according to schedule, and students responding to their new, but as yet incomplete school, with enthusiasm. The high school is at present functioning in the existing facilities of the former Memorial School, built as an elementary school a decade ago, while directly adjoining it, construction is proceeding on.

the addition which will make it a full four year high school in the Fall of 1962. Because of the construction, approach to the school is from the East side only, from Ridge with exits on the western side not in use except in case of emergency. Student Handbook The student handbook, en titled "Panther Pause!" after the mascot which was chosen by vote of the future students held in their respective schools last June, gives the student in readily available form all of the information he will need on his school, teachers, facilities, policies, ground rules, responsibilities and privileges, sports, student government and council, the library and the various educational departments. On the inside front cover appears the CEGME-Hi (Sig-ma-Hi) Creed: "It is with (Continued on Page 31) Council Agenda Lisls Hearings Principal items on the agenda of the Cedar Grove Township Council at its next public meeting on Monday evening will be two public hearings. The first hearing will be on the purchase of a used Scoop-mobile, at a cost of $8,300, to be used by the Public Works Department.

The purchase was opposed by Councilmen William Maloid and Nicholas Albano Jr. at the Sept. 5 meeting. Maloid said the ex pense of the purchase, originally proposed at $13,500 for new machine, had not been justified by Township Man ager Kennedy Shaw in his re ports. Mayor Robert E.

Byrnes defended the purchase on the grounds that present equipment was obsolete, and the machine was needed to provide necessary services. The other hearing will be on the renaming or three streets in the Township a portion of Devonshire South, a portion of Commerce Rd. in the Industrial Village, and renaming Fairview Rd. as Fox in honor of former Mayor George L. Fox.

Possibly on the agenda will be the introduction of a regu latory taxicab ordinance, which would include provi sions for investigation of drivers, quarterly inspection of equipment, and the possibility of meter installation on cabs within the township. The council is presently consider ing whether the ordinance should include allowance for a flat rate to out of town destinations. Township Firemen Attend Convention A group of five delegates from the Cedar Grove Fire Department, along with about twenty members of the volunteer group, will attend the New Jersey State Firemen's Association convention and parade at Atlantic City this weekend. Fire Chief Charles Lamken will head the delegates, which will include James J. Scavello.

executive board member of the Volunteers of Essex Bill Ward of the Center Samuel Ross of North End and Al West of South End Co. Ash Candidates To Talh on Oct. 5 The Verona candidates for Mayor and Council have been asked to speak at a "candidates meeting" beinf arranged by the Verona League of Women Voters Oct. 5. Discussion of program and planning ill take place tonight at an executive board meeting of the league at 8 P.M.

at the library. Mrs. Robert Shephard, chairman of the Voter Service Committee of the league, said "the unusal dejrree of Interest in local elections this year guarantees a lively interesting- meeting for all." The candidates will be given the opportunity to debate issues and present their views to the electorate. HolidayStudy Unit Reports Christmas Program Rec ommendations Similar to Raubinger'. A report of the Committee to Consider Christmas Pro grams in the Cedar Grove Public Schools, closely paral Idling in its recommendations the? ruling made last week by State Education Commissioner Frederick M.

Raubingcr, was delivered to the Board of Edu cation Tuesday. Completed in June, follow ing several months' deliberation, the Cedar Grove group's report was mailed to members for endorsement last month before final preparation and submission to the Board this week. According to Richard E. Harris, president, the board will consider the report at its next public meeting on Tuesday, and it is his feeling that the Board will favorably consider the recommendations it contains. These include recommenda-(Continued on Page 20) Cedar Grove Schools Have 2,102 Registered A total of 2,102 children were registered in five Cedar Grove public schools on opening day last week, it was reported by Leonard R.

superintendent of schools. This figure does not include those students in the third and fourth year of high school attending out of town schools, not yet reported. Broken down by schools, the figures are as follows: Pompton Ave. School, 378; South End School, 593; Ridge Rd. School, 291; North End School, 509, and Memorial School, 331.

paredness will most likely rest in the event of an emergency," Ebert said. "For the sake of their children, they should be adequately prepared to cope with whatever situation is likely to arise." Interest in Shelters Mr. Ebert last week said that the interest in fallout shelters had increased greatly in the township, and that he had distributed more than 40 pamphlets put out by the of fice of Civil and Defense Mo bilization in Washington giv ing specifications for shelter construction. In addition, some groups of residents, notably those on Catherine have been investigating prices and specifications for commercial neighborhood shelters. Dr.

(Continued on Page 31) civic and social organizations and churches are being invited as well as parents and other adults, said yesterday that Jacob Buchler, of Green Acres Dr. has agreed to act as meeting chairman. Buehler, a former captain in (Continued on Page 31) Pool Report Given Mayor Democratic Candidates Present Data for Dodd to Study. Data dealing with municipal swimming pools in Livingston, Mil lb urn and Hasbrouck Heights has been submitted to Mayor Willard E. Dodd by Councilman John Burguillos and Jerome Bakst and James Swallow, Democratic candi dates for mayor and council, respectively.

Burguillos, who offered the report to Mayor Dodd at last week's meeting of the govern- (Conttnued on Page 31) Recall Action Deadline Soon Maloid Says Petition Is Still Alive, But Not for November. Two weeks remain before the deadline for a threatened petition in Cedar Grove which would call for a referendum at the November election to replace the Council-Manager form of government, but Councilman William C. Maloid asserted Thursday that he did not intend to activate it at this time. The former commissioner, who has consistently opposed the present form of govern-(Continued on Page 20) Rotary Club to Show 'Guns of Navarone' The Verona Rotary Club will present "The Guns of Navarone" at the Verona Theatre on Wednesday, Oct. 11.

The outstanding war, picture will be shown at 7 and 9:45 P.M. Tickets are priced at 90 cents and are available from Rotarians. All proceeds will be used to aid the Rotary Scholarship Fund for worthy Verona students. of England, but a 36 year As the result of a recent lament that young people have "nothing to do" during leisure time, a group of Verona citizens have arranged a meeting in the auditorium of the F. N.

Brown School on Oct. 9 at 8 P.M. to discuss "the needs, desires and wishes of our youth" in respect to an enlarged recreation program or youth center. Dr. Morris Portuguese, who has made arrangements for the town meeting to which representatives of the P.T.A.'s, police and fire departments, Merit Certificates Given by Legion Post George D.

Hansen of .247 Fairview and Benjamin Franklin Leah formerly of Verona, and now residing in Totowa were the recipients of merit certificates from the American Legion on Saturday. In making the awards, Peter V. Gradone, Post Commander cited their long service to the youth of Verona, told of their scouting activities and how their dedication to the boys of Verona has helped in furthering the cause of good Arrangements were made by Bob Carlisle, producer for MGM Telestudios, a former Verona resident who lives in Montclair. Recalling that Verona offered the kind of settings desired by the advertising firm handling the Rubinstein account, he contacted the Oechsners, William Johnson of Servisoft at 756 Bloomfield the Donald G. Lockw-ard real estate office at 750, Great Expectations and Dr.

Bendict Lo Cicero, principal of the junior high school to obtain permission for the shootings. "We selected Verona," he said. "because it had the right combination of suburban char acteristics and business section to fit in with the program idea." He also said that he had ex-(Conttnued on Page 20) An Old-Timer Retires Ouen Tinner, Well Knoicn to Township Residents, Leaves Post Office. Owen Twiner, a native Town Setting for TV Verona Locations Selected for Commercial on Rubinstein Show Saturday. Verona became a setting for a TV program Monday as an MGM Telestudio crew, a $200,000 special equipment truck from Canada, directors, producers, designers, audio and camera men, stagehands and photog For Home Preparedness Cedar Grove Course lo Start September 27; CD Head Urges Attendance.

Full-scale plans for a stepped up program of Civil Defense In Cedar Grove were announced this week by Township CD Director Robert Ebert. Starting on Sept. 27, the first of a series of courses is being offered in resident of Cedar Grove, and a custodian at the Cedar Grove Post Office since the present structure was erected in 1949, will retire this Saturday after thirteen years (Continued on Page 31) Shim L. JZt-d li 1M ISjXff mXJ home preparedness, radio, and radiological aspects of Civil Defense. "All residents are urged to take advantage of one, or all of these courses," Mr.

Ebert said, "particularly the homo preparedness course." The course will deal with home fallout shelters, the proper stocking of such shelters with food, water and other necessities for a two week seige, first aid and home nursing, and county and municipal plans for evacuation in case of attack. Civil Defense officials are particularly interested in attracting women to the course, and have started a recruitment rampaign among the women's clubs and ladies' auxiliaries in order to attract a large attendance. "It is on the women of the raphers moved into the bor- ough under a Battle Plan for Rubinstein Location" assignment. Operations which started at 7:30 A.M. and continued to after 5 P.M.

will result in a one-minute commercial to be shown on the Helena Rubinstein teen-age show starting Saturday on Channel 4 at 12:30 noon. Three settings were used in the video tape recording which will be tied in with an MGM film. One was outside the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Oechsner at 21 Stocker Rd.

which will appear in the TV program at a later date. The other two locations which are expected to appear on this Saturday's show were the Great Expectations Maternity Shop at 750 Bloomfield Ave. which was made into a candy store for the film and the Junior High School. adopt the proposal, the cost of the school expansion program will be increased but presently officials are uncertain whether the extra costs would have to be incorporated in the referendum slated later this year. A report that federal funds are available to (Continued on Page 20) Today's Index Page Verona index if Classifed 22 11 Church 32 Editorial Obituary Social 25-29 Sports 34 Theatre ld Postmaster James DeMaio of the Cedar Grove Post Office bids farewell to Owen Twiner of 69 Ozone who will retire Saturday after 13 years as custodian in the building.

Mr. Twiner, who is a familiar figure to Cedar Grove residents, will move to Florida. (Staff Photo) town that the burden of pre.