The Item of Millburn and Short Hills from Millburn, New Jersey • 1

Vol. 5 2, No. 35 August 30, 1940 Tk MILLBURN Published every FRIDAY at MAJOR EUGENE C. HEINZ-INGER of Short Hills, now on active army duty enlisting aviation cadets. Major Heinzinger Seeks Flying Cadets Major Eugene C.

Heinzinger, Q. M. Reserve, of 24 Jefferson avenue. Short Hills, has been ordered to active Army duty for a period of six months in the office of Colonel L. B.

Magru-cler, 2nd Corps Area Recruiting-Officer at 39 Whitehall street, New York City, N. Y. Major Heinzinger will function as the Acting Assistant Adjutant General of the 2nd Corps Area. In addition he wi.l be responsible for the procurement of Flying Cadets in the 2nd Corps Area. Any young man in good physical condition and having completed two years of college is now eligible to become an Army Aviator.

Any local young men who might be interested can contact Major Heinzinger at the above address. Major Heinzinger recently finished a course of training at Third Military Area Headquarters in Newark, N. J. MISS PEGGY LYNCH of 51 Short Hills avenue gave a surprise personal shower for Miss Edna Smalley of Springfield on Thursday. Miss Smalley will be married October 5 to J.

Franklin Britten of Point Plea; ant. Among those present were Miss Lynch's mother and sister, Mrs. Thomas Lynch and Mrs. Frank Rodriguez of Short Hills, Mrs. John Smalley, Mrs.

Margaret Macintosh, Miss Helen Schaf-fernoth of Springfield, Mrs. Harold Burnett of Morris Plrins, Miss Edith Smith of. Bloomfield, Miss Elsie Graham and Mrs. Raymond White of Rahway and Mrs. Harry Lore of Millburn.

fit 4 J' J. i' I jj and Founded 1888 We Once Had Alien Mayor Alien registration got under way in Township post offices Tuesday, finger printing and all. Along with late instructions came equipment for taking the prints and so the whole job is being quickly and simply done both in Millburn and Short Hills, much as one would buy a stamp or mail a letter. About a dozen registrants presented themselves at the Millburn office the opening day and approximately half this number at Short Hills. Some of these proved to be old residents and the fact they were not citizens came as a surprise.

After checking on early registrations the remark was made that "judging from' what has come to light here, the country as a whole is in for some real enlightenment as to alien residents between now and the end of It was while an Item reporter was covering this assignment thnt a story was told of Mill-burn's early days and a then alien resident who sat as chairman of the Town Committee. According to the yarn this man who later shook the dust of our fair community from his feet and removed to Maplewood thereby causing his untimely death, took his seat with no public suspicion that he was not in fact a citizen. As with all local dignitaries, even unto 1940 he had not been long in office before he created certain enmities and these went gunning. Gathering facts took time and so another election was at hand before the plotters had their case in hand. Timing their shot they waited until the mayor came to the polls and received a ballot, whereupon he was taken into custody on a charge of illegal voting and haled to the local hoosegow.

The charge of illegal voting lating fizzled out as at the time of arrest he had not in fact voted, but he resigned and departed in high dudgeon and amid much gossip. While death has now intervened, the name of Millburn's one-time alien mayor is deleted lest relatives and friends still resident hereabouts take slight. Despite its Democratic origin, believe the story to be true. MR. AND MRS KENNEDY JPARNON, and their daughter, Nancy, of Pine street, Wyoming, i turned last week from Cha-tiHn, Cape Cod.

SHORTHILLS FIVE CENTS copy Haves Ouits Postoffice William D. Hayes, for the past 3 years Millburn postmaster, has tendered his resignation to Yashinglon. Recently he suffered a heart attack while in the rost orrtoe pnd he decided to retire following his return from the hospital. Edward J. Lonergan son of Edward F.

Lonergan chairman of the local Democratic ounty Committee, has been certified to the Fost Office Department for appointment as acting postmaster, with the approval of local and county Democrats. His designation has not yet been confirmed however. Many eyes are now turning to the local vacancy in hope. Floyd J. Harm for years a Democratic wheel horse is said to be an aspirant as is James J.

Tighe of South Mountain. As between these two the betting odds favor the latter. While Messrs Tighe and Hann are in the open as candidates others are said to be moving in, some with strong support. Mill-burn now a second class office is under civil service and if a competitive examination is held the field will be open. Should it turn out to be a non-competitive test then the individual designated to take the examination would naturally become the appointee.

Mr. Hayes a veteran of the World War, was filling the post here under tenure. He has done much to better local postal service and to please patrons. In addition to his routine duties he acted also as purveyor of Baby Ponds for Mr. Morganthau of the U.

S. Treasury and as alien registrar for Mr. Hoover of the F. B. I.

He was appointed for the four year term in 1933 and renamed under Civil Service last year. Following a rest Mr. Hayes will take over the business of the Sani-Klcen Company, manufacturers of cleansing compounds here for many years. IN A COMPARATIVELY light session in police court Wednesday night, only eleven unwary car owners paid the penalty of one dollar for parking without lights on Township streets. Two drivers were fined for speeding and three for careless driving.

Two of the latter were brought into court on the charge of a state motor vehicle inspector who picked them up on Morris turnpike. MILLBURN, N.J. MISS CAROL ACHENBACH, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H.

Achenbach of Mountain View road, is the guest of Miss Phyllis Munson of Seaside Tark for ten days. Busy Republican Headquarters Organization of Republican Headquarters in Millburn is now complete and workers express surprise at the number of residents and transients who are calling and "visiting the rooms to get Willkie buttons and banners and to learn of registration and voting requirements in nrtfpr to erst their ballots. The headquarters is fast becoming a clearing house for all Republican election activities as all party groups join in the work (here. Co-operating now are the Willkie-For-President Club, Independent Women's' Republican Club of Short Hills Millburn, Millburn Republican Club and Millburn Republican County committee. Active in behalf of these organizations are: Mrs.

Gaston L. Chanier and Mrs. George H. Drehcr for the Women's group; President Surridge and Miss Marjorie Cooke of the Willkie Club; C. Milford Orben and Mrs.

Dorothy Finch of the County Committee and W. Sherman Greene Jr. and J. D. Clark for the Republican Club.

Mr. Clark and Miss Cooke have been named to direct the headquarters work. Mrs. Bessie Clarke Drouet Dies Mrs. Bessie Clarke Drouet former Short Hills resident, died Tuesday night at her home in Central Park West, New York City.

She was the wife of Harry Drouet insurance broker of 120 Broadway and was in her 62nd year. Mrs. Drouet was promoting both art and education. She was founder and president of the American Student Foundation; a member of the advisory board of the Women's School of Applied Design and a member of the American Women's Society of Painters and Sculptors. "Station Astral" from her pen was widely sold about ten years ago.

Sir Conan Doyle and Sir Oliver Lodge were among her intimate friends. Mrs. Drouet was a daughter of Dr. Henry F. and Mary Davison (Continued on Page Four) MR.

AND MRS. S. A. MART-LAND and Miss Mary Martland, their daughter, have moved to their new home at 18 Edgewood terrace, Millburn was just completed. Tzvo Widely Scattered Breaks Detective Sergeant Lyon and Sergeant Stoeckle are investigating two cases of breaking and entering reported over the week-end in widely separated sections of the Township.

The residence of Mark Evers of 101 Oakview terrace, Short Hills, was entered sometime last week-end while the family was away. Entrance had been gained by cutting a screen of a rear window and breaking the window catch. A necklace, suit of clothes and two hats were reported missing. The second case reported was that of the Schaible Oil Company office at 239 Millburn avenue. Entrance there had been gained through a side window.

The only thing of value believed to be missing was a small bank containing approximately five dollars. Should Look Wonderful Edward Ryan 14 of Myrtle avenue, Orange was returned to his family safe and sound by Millburn Police Monday afternoon after having been missing from home two days and nights during which a teletype alarm had been broadcast to police of eight states. Young Ryan was discovered by a resident of Spring street who found him asleep in her garage, and Officer Curry brought him to headquarters where he was discovered to be the boy mentioned in the teletype alarm. According to his story he had borrowed the bicycle of one of his friends in Orange, and while riding it had run into a curb and damaged the front wheel. Fearing to return it in this condition he decided to abandon the bike and leave home.

He spent the first night in a deck chair on the roof of an apartment house somewhere in Orange and the second night in an old barn on Morris avenue, Springfield. During all this time the only food he had eaten was three tomatoes given him by a local gardener..