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i Eighteen Pages tknuu fcouillc News OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE BOROUGH OF BERNARDSVILLE AND BERNARDS TOWNSHIP Eighteen Pages Vol. XXXVI, No. 14. BERNARDSVILLE, SOMERSET COUNTY, N. THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1928.

SIX CENTS IE-MODELED BANK OPEN MAY 12 mill lUreHors Will Welcome on Opeaiaf nt the Maiiklnu SHrllnif Seoul Patrol New patrol leaders tor Boy Scout Troop i VVITC elected at a recent meeting as follows: fot Pairot, William Harks; Patrol, Louis Truppi; Patrol, Dotninich Gavonl, and Kangaroo Patrol, Walter Simet, 'P troop will a home made pie. and cake sale al the Fire Hall upeniug of the beautifully re- Saturday afternoon al 2:30 o'clock. and spacious banking quar- The pies and cakes will be donated by I oi I''" Hernardsville National women of community, Plans are will take place Saturday after- undei way for a hiking trip Ma) IS. iH O'clock, when the through the VVaU-bmiK Mountain- in V. N.

A. DRIVE FOR FUNDS CONTINUES Iteport In to llouo.1* Snliritntinii to Secure tMdfi, Th COMMITTEE DENIES CEMETERY PETITION Bfrnardk Township Vole l'n- iiuiiiioiivly Proposal to lino Inn BORO AUTHORIZES ROAD REPAIRS lint-ii I ii ei VpiiiitiirlatluBi to Various Hen-. o'clock, when the the community will be cor- received by the officers, direc- met personnel of the bank and in conducted through the in- ioii and shown every depari- its up-to-date equipment. The bank will be profusely decor- will) flowers and refreshments the near future. LIVELY PRIMARY IS FORECASTED I The Be local canvassers who work- 1( to secure $1,000 lor the work the Visiting Nurse Association report thai tha people of the community have thus i'ar responded splendidly, and with such en-opera 1 it i.s hoped to sonii be able to reach the goal set.

As May Day is "Child Health SO designated by the National Child Health Associations, many communities make the day or week one ot many activities concerned with the wj jgars will by the offl-I MlflMates Hunt Republican lu llllh and of the child. banking quarters have boen eu- and arranged to better aecom- 1 ht- patrons and to give greater jtllitiea to tbo public. On entering ie bank through the main door the inl oSce on tbe right Ls that of the Reside srs' ofBce. untl County to Hi' Voted For, With Primary Day now but live, clays away, candidates, great and small, of The Visiting Nurse Association of Somerset. Hills entered upon a program of health education at the ginning of their fiscal year which began May first, by incorporating group work into their activities.

This work and (nut spelling ontest. Allen Crafl represented the Bsr uardsville Grammar School Is Somerset County spelling contest held ai SomervilU- last Friday afternoon and captured the county championship tor the local school tor the first time since contests were, inaugurated. It look young Craft Dion than an hour and a half to down the last eon- Bernards Township Committeeij teatanl and take the honors The roads ol the Borougb will un (1 of Health Tuesday after-: Every school iu the county I dergo immediate repairs, according to noon denied a petition of Julius I peted ami Craft deserves much credit a program adopted by Mayor George Scharff of Newark to establish a pri- for his achievement D. Cross and the members of the coun- vale Jewish cemelery on what was i Arpard Fazakas represented the 1 oil St a meeting Monday evenlug la formerly tin acre E. M.

Skinner local school in the speaking contest Borough Hail. tract in Valley road between West Millinglon and Liberty Corner. The members of both township bodies were unanimous in voting Next to this is the cash-1 the last minute speech that will convincingly put over their candidacy and hours are filled with rushes hither office, of the the Next in order are the note feller and dividend tellers windows cms centers, adding others as is possible. ml booking room, and in the rear of; advice, new schemes more According to Miss Nellie Ogilvie, latter is a storage vault of the; or Mg erroneous statements made lwp9mlns nurHe here the work of type for storing tTunkB and wi nope that win in UI IU i health supervision has been carried on latest of the most modern tele- opponent and puncture the organiza- alwii'- Is also Installed tion back of him to the end that the so quietly through Individual visits to the homes only, that even the workers votes thus pried loose rebound to the i them selv i 8carc5ly re lI Pd thP dp lli. ntire bank has equip- credit of the other aspirants.

BK-ut such bookkeepers' While the Democrats in most cases leaks, chairs, ledgers and two of the are satisfying themselves with one, htesi electric bookkeeping machines, candidate for the nomlna helpful teaching material tor mothers the center of the banking aecttoa Uions open, In the Republican rank8 and others interested in securing from large safe deposit vault and a rhe oppo.sit.- mie. making difficult a this enterprise what it has mauds Which grew upon them. The rooms of the association here will be equipped with interesting and room and a wash room are choice and as each candidate claims I orated on the mezzanine floor. to have found a platform containing The bank has three large coupon, special planks that will cure all and to offer for the better health of its Designated days will be set aside, ithi for the private of safe de-1 sundry party ills, there is great con-' certain hours of which will be given fusion and the issue la considerably over to weighing of children up to clouded, school years, to the expectant mother box holders, and In the savings each teller has a separate hi. equipped booth, a revolving elepbone carriage and a special in front for use as a ladies' prriting alcove, with a window especially for the use of a teller.

Besides this there are steel recelv- I tng wii k''' trays, special reflectors for tho large safe deposit vault. Bteel liirnni equipment throughout and more room i now available for additional lafe daposll boxes. Provision is also made for customers to n-e a night safe which opens In Somerset County the Republican congest for the sheriff nomination is sought by four of its citizens, all "good niuii and true," according to the publicity given during their campaign, Bach has something to recommend him and. perhaps, If ail the virtues could bi combined in one of them, we might have a nominee of outstanding worth. TUis does not mean, however, that any men.

faced with carrying out i and to such other conferences as seem Helpful consultations will be given to health. individual problem? of WlUllli slide in the c-uteWeMWU 7" nam TandTesignation are: ign a tor which keys will be given. The main vault in the building wa slogan moved back 20 feel without dintm-lnng fha business. With the interior completely ie- irranged so tha? each department is I separate quarters the banking force able to give the public better than heretofore. Tbe entire lulpment, which makes for service snd speed, was installed at a cist of boW $21,000 the new bank iit was built at an outlay of prob- bty more than $78,000, Chester Brown, cashier, said the of the Imnk thoroughly she patience of the publif the aheratioiis when the funk ipli quarters.

On September the bank will be IB years old, and its twenty-flfth birth- will no doubt be marked by a ig B1 much gratification on the parr oi the of the bank and the general public because of its crowtb from a mere one-room bank We have long ago determined that at least our own rural community will not stand long In the line of those whose children's health is far below that of city children. But, because it takes working together to pull our- UJ iuw jiieu. uu out of that classification, the the requirements of the sheriff's office i liolp of a11 newlet There is no "make These four plaoe in lifo today for lhe erson who does not care what his community as a whole stands for. The defects of each and every child, or the sound- ness of those children for what our community Is. The Visiting i Nurse Association covers a large area KnuuuaiTO of room for growth and A young man, he will probably expenditure of efforts.

All it needs is the will to use, by every member of this area, what it has to offer and will develop as the need appears. Watch for the details of fhi saltation hours. against the burying ground after Joint public hearing was held at which twelve male and ten female propertv owners and representatives of residents of Liberty Corner and West Millington protested against the proposal oil the ground that a cemetery established in that section would greatly depreciate tho value of land. The protesters were: W. B.

Selover, for the Charles E. Qulncy estate; P. A. Jackson, representing a group residing along StOnehOUre road; Frederick W. Schmidt, C.

W. Trimmer, Mrs. Ida N. Hail, Mrs. P.

M. Looker, E. G. Weber, Reune Runyon, John Eggert. Mrs.

Mae Mrs. R. J. MacCualg, Mrs. F.

B. Hall, Mrs. C. W. Trimmer, Mrs.

R. Coss, Mrs. George Merdinge-r, Mrs. G. W.

Hartley, Mrs. Louis E. Bryan, Clifford King, Mrs. John Haas. Lloyd King, William Irving, James Grant and Charles Q.

French. Arthur A. Palmer, counsel to the committee, said that speaking from a legal point of view, the protesters can really only bring objections to the proposal from a sanitary standpoint. The question of sanitation was investigated for the- petition by Howard E. Bushnell, engineer, and found satisfactory.

The committee adopted a resolution to.finance the improvements to the second section of the Sutro-Stone- house-SehultK road, a distance of one mile to be built with state aid, the latter paying $10,000 and the township $3,333.33. FREEHOLDERS ACT ON ROUTINE BUSINESS Hoard Held Busy Session Last Friday In Us ltoom in the Sonimllle Court House. The Somerset Freeholders last Friday approved an application of Mrs. Dorothy Kite, Bartlett street, New Brunswick, for admission to Bonnie Burn Sanatorium, an indigent patient of the county. Besides roads, tho officials various other local improvements such as sewage, drainage ami iu addition the question of school esptjfitM was a subject which was disc ussed at some length hy Mayor Cross.

For Improving various with tarvia A and and slag and patching, ilie council appropriated up to $2,000 for the Claruiuont-Post Kunhardt road: $1,000 for Mt. Airy road; $1,000 for Anderson road and $175 for the erection of 175 feet of guard rail along Mt. Harmony road at the hairpin turu. The Mayor, Col. Frank S.

Talnter. I borough engineer; John Ten Elck, The boaird decided to contribute the atl supervisor, and Councilman sum of $5,800 toward the penetration of that area botweeu the trolley tracks on East Main street, Somerville. from North (lastou avenue to Station 19-0. and also appropriated $1,800 toward the cost of paving the turnout area with Belgian blocks on tho said East Main street, between Station 19-0 and 23-0. James J.

McGulrk, wore appointed a committee to investigate and recommend curb to curb repairs for Olcott avenue, a storm sewer for Seney drive from the Cat'hollc church property, and a storm sewer for Thompson street, to properly take care of sur- faoo water from a point at the Andrew Jones property. The county engineer was authorised Mayor said that he and tht to survey and stake a cutoff at Bassett's Corner, Pottersvllle, in such a manner agreeable to both Mr. Bassett and the board, and the county road supervisor was directed to build the new cutoff in accordance with the county engineer's survey. The county treasurer was authorized to borrow $35,000 in anticipation of taxes, and the county road supervisor was directed to fix the approach on the southeasterly end the concrete on Easton avenue, Somervllle, and to clean out the the entire drain- ago system on New Jersey turnpike. The Bridge Department was auth- The committee approved plans for i i replace a small stone cul- a storm sewer in School street and vert on Karitau avenue road, in the Ira K.

Brokaw, of liranohburg, whose Is: "Qualified by experience." several qualifications: to recommend him. the experience he has already had in the sheriff's office; his record environment and his i wilU I cuty bring to tlw office, if chosen, the as- priations and enthusiasm of the young man. coupled, no dottbl with notions ni Improvement. Robert Kaj ol Liberty Corner, ton well known to all In this part of ersel aa "Bob," Is another candidate tin hoiio: of representing party, Kay has l'l several position; trust through the selection of his party and has a largi a promises following through his member-' ship many years in the Republican County Executive Committee li Is needless to state that he will probably have the support of this end of the county A. Hahtted ol Somerville, Lindbergh lane iu conjunction with tho Somerset Board of Freeholders, who will do tho work when they lay a.

sewer from Maple avenue through School street to and down Lindbergh lane, a distance of 587 feet east to a proposed new street, then north to Oak street. The township authorities agreed to maintain this sewer after it is built, and to reimburse the county for the cost of installation. Township of Bridpowater. near the Peter place, with a twenty-four inch reinforced pipe twenty-four feet long, without parapets. The Bridge Department was also authorised to replace a broken stone culvert on Raritan avenue road, in the Township of Bridgewater, near the Italian greenhouse, with a thirty-six inch reinforced concrete pipe, twenty- four feet wide, with concrete parapets supervisor would go over every road in the borough before the meet Ing, May 21.

Tho engineer gave a very comppe hensive report on his study of the plans and specifications for a local sewtjge system as prepared by En- gtneer Clyde Potts of Morrlsiuwo, and this was received and ordered takes up at ii Joint session with the Board of Health after May IB. Col. Taintur's comments on the proposed or suggested sewaKe system for Bernardsvllle follow: May 7tli, To the Hon. Mayor and Council. Borough oi Bernardnvtlle, New Jersey, i (ie.ntlemen: As ordered, your Engineer has reviewed the Report and plans on the proposed Sewage System as by Mr.

Potts, and submitted to you by your Health Department several weeks ago, and now, as further requested. submitH the following comnionts: impossible to no Mr Potts' findings without being profoundly impressed with tbo great B. 11. 8. To nay Th" RernardaviHe High School baseball nine will stage a game on Olcott a field here this Saturday afternoon with the Hackettstown High School team.) in contesi well irt attending.

afternoon the local High School team went to North Plalnfleld (rherc thi nine of that place won the I'ani'- 7 ''I 2 Counsel advised the committee- that I move all four trees adjacent to because of the non-payment of taxes vert, he had foreclosed on the property of John Edwards. Michael W. Kins ol" Liberty Corner, and Mrs. Eva Crane and necessary retaining walls, also ro-! niul intelligence used in his argu ul m. r.l, and it Is hf.lir.wrt Uiut, Whether I or not, Immediate deoififlt) it made to Count; Knglneei Oscar proceed with tht- work recommended, to make iwrvej and Dvrouiih In any case now ha? in" nil M-" ami specifications tor this Reports in.isi valuable base from oi Maple avenue, Basking Ridge, and rebuilding of a small bridge near I which to make future calculation! and as a result, the township nre now owned by I the siabon place on the Raritan ave-j deductions, fflafl iin of Bridge- thorougli eonvinoim Elmer Riker, a ruad employee, was alul su i Jmil tnMe to the board stiitemein of reasons the Report shows paid tho four days he was absent from; approval 1 a modern up-to-date Institution third candidate for sheriff, has thirty ith a capital live times as large an I years of active work for his party, had on tin opening day.

'Hie bank was opened September 2S, 1608, iii a Jo.foot room in what was foea the David Huist building in Clare- "aont road. It started business with a in capital of $15,280 and its de- MNrtta on the opening day wore K. L. Kttchell was its first cashier, he remained with the bank for uur and a half until his death April, 1908. Mr.

Kitchell's able adminiK- wlthout reward to back his claim for recognition at this time. The fourth candidate, George W. Thompson, is running under the Injured iu Auto Accident. August Wue.ster, 51, of Skillmau id in Somerset Hospital, Somervllle, with a broken collar bone and lacerations on the face and head as the result of all nuto accident last Sunday afternoon on Page's liil! between here and slogan of "Regular Republican." The! Far Democratic candidate, C. Van Doren' Wuester was proceeding towards Carle, is assured of the nomination as when he lout control of he stands unopposed.

I his car, Striking a tree. Tht impact There is an oasy victory ahead for threw him through the the present freeholder, Clarenlce 1.1 0 Smalley. Republican, who is the only, Freeh Cleared In Love SnlU candidate for the office, This speaks i Common Pleas Judge John A. Freeh, well for Smalley's record and would T2, of Somervllle, was cleared at ration the capital was raiaod to argue ihat an opponent might make Flemittgton, Saturday, of a charge of 0 ami tho deposits were Increased WW.OOO, Mr. Kltchell carried the ia nk through Uio serious PaniO of 1907.

Aft or Mr. Kitchell's little impression on his vote at the alienating the affection of another general election in November man's wife with the filing of a verdict "eath the A look th A 6, 1801, present cashier, Chester C. helm, coining here T1 bank noon outgrew its old quur neceseitatlng the purchase in the piut a the corner of Mine and Claremont roads where it lf il the erection of a modern brick Proof iwo-story bank and office which was flnihlied and oc- ktl the bank's headquarters Vf ri 28, J818, ni Hie start the bank has had tContinued on Pago 8) Iteauty Parlor. Permanent wuviug; marcelling; mnni- and scalp treatment, and shop appointments arrang- Modern Harbor Shop, ll D. L.

Rtation Phone 212, Adv tf Slude- Erskina, Cadillacs, La Salles Bernardsville. work last week because of the death of his wife. Clerk Burrows was directed to bill Jacob Wolfe for 16 feet of s-iiith pipe, costing JS6.S8, and to notify him thai it' this is not paid within a week, will be referred to counsel fit Collection. w. (Jutleber, registrar of by items, and street by sin i A.

notification from toe county coun- what would be needed as to pipe sci that the Davis trial was sche-! diameters, and manholes, aud at duled tor June I3tu. Reports of tht hv time an estimate of cost of of the count; jail and superintendent of weights measures an opinion from the coiiniv coun- 6VM theti item together with tin from which the totals art In reward to Assembly ordered filed. Mil! 17n SgUfM ctu! anil cost ads up hard to i oason- vital statistics reported 2 marriages! A communication from tht Middle- and 2 deaths in the township during bush Reformed Church, asking the ably cliaugftil atid indeed It i8 lieved that tliev art as near riglit a- may IK- at this timt April. 0 board to donate the necessary Iron Swr rsJ onions and clutstM pipe across the driveway into tht new i kowmr, believed poHsible. and these I'" 1 I it i' 1 felt might be made without in Operetta and PicUre Exhibit hi School I Parsonage was rofermi to the roa iiny way nnrtlnr System.

Before The RernardKvlllf Pareut-Teacher; shoffiMK though, it Is thought Aaunpiat.lnn will Vinlri an I AssociaUon will hold an exhibition of pictures to be selected for the new evening at in the high school gymnasium, nished i better to from the Report Long Hill tuniinnintj I'lnli Meets. minimum cost shown therein for a Mrs. A. M. DcckeT of Madison, first K( Present Confltruction." or the Federation Garden (Here are glvt exc4 rpts froru pages- of New Jersey a very in- 5 nnd 61 ot lhe T(kpo rt.) by Uamberger Co.

of teresUttg talk on "Gardens," Tuesday Scanning these with the Tho pictures are Newark and will br on display for I Bt Ul0 regular meeting of the Long i ho 0 ire( tinK Hon)e public inspection. Hill Community Club held at the home ut fhan any ltle trlv ifii change in Our present Congressman, Charles no cause for action in the suit for A. Eaton unopposed for the $60,000 brought against him by Wil- Republlcan nomination, bis Democrs Unas H. Brougham naval ofB- tic opponent being Orren Jach Turner, II. photographer of Princeton.

The Republican voter will face a quintet at the polls next Tuesday, all aspiring for the United States Sena- tlillinuiiiii Klrp I'liiiis. of ail Members of the Ladles'Auxiliary of ih ni iv ot Reune Runyon rl0M aint in vi 1 "22? Tm ent AssiRting as tlOttettes wore lies- to present iuelf in the possible elim- fi 1S ayS HA dames M. P. Ellis Lewln. A.

Hicks ina. ion in entirety oi anything to do operettas. This part of tbe event will take place- In the auditorium. I Whitehousc. The juiy returned verdict after nioro than twelve deliberation.

and Miss Charlotte Wulff. with Pumping Area A. viz. The music dialinuin a Sewers, Pump lorial nomination art shades of opinion, so far as the 1 the Millingion fire company are plan- Amendment, is concerned, from "bone dry" in extremely wet Though, so far as we can determine ai this time, their personal feeling iu this natter will have little lleri on lhe present condition)! for sonic time to come at least, First, as la fitting, we mention Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, a former lu- cunibeiil of the offlcs, to whom is credited much constructive legislation doting his last term In educational and agricultural matters and who is, we understand, responsible for our present, excellent nmlor vehicle laws.

Fr-eliug'huyHen is wflalthy, so leekl honor more than pecuniary benefit. He is In his JlftlDH and still retains (Continued on page niiig a conimunity fnir and for Saturday afternoon and evening A special feature for the entertainment iiv young folk- wi be a children's playground. Among other of the many attractions will be a food sale and iKiotlie for the sale of fancy arlicles. Basking Itidfurc Propert). W.

W. Hill Of this place has nold estate of Ludwlg Sutro ln Basking Ridpo to Mrs. Kate Tacaks of Brooklyn, who will occupy the property Juno 1. The tract, comprises four acres, on which Is an fight room residence, a large garnet; and consldorable woodland To Hold Cattle Shon June Thursdfl-y, June 7, been selected as date for cattle show and picnic, to be hpld on the Far Hills Fair Grounds. This is the Second annual spring exhibit of the State Jersey entile Association, Tliuro will br farmers Ad a judging contest foi mission will be free.

j'ltin Exhibition School Wiu-k. Under tin direction of Coach Reuben Johnson and Mrs. Annahelle K. Newman, girls' physical instructor, students of Bernards High School, the seventh and eighth grades of the borough and township schools Hiwl tlio fourth grade of the Olcott primary school of Bernardsville, will present. Friday evening, May 18, an exhibition of work accomplished )u the "gym" classes during the term.

The event will lake place la Inn High School gymnasium here. It will be the first event of Its klad hold in the new building I concert, presented by tbe Music- Pomp station A payment, to be held at the home oflForce Main n' r. i Mrs. Schmidt, mi May 25. at 8:80 Miss Elizabeth Booth oi vllle entertained delightfully with two group! ot Bongi Announcement madt that tbe President's luncheon, at which the club will de the guests of Mrs.

Cliarle-- iliuni Halg of Summit, will be served nt tin Cominiiuiiy Ohuwh, Summit, June 12, al p. Possible saving In ra Governing thin suggestion 17,000 1,000 the fact that all of Pumping Are, east of the divide between Rnrltan aad FfOT Truck. The Bernardsville Fire new 16,000 Ln France chemical truck arrived here at six o'clock last night iWednesday) from Elmira, N. Y. it was demonstrated in the ceuter ami iho firemen held an Inspection ln fire headquarters at novon o'clock.

opening Straw Hat Day, Saturday, May Vi, at John K. Ncvinn" Store, Adv. Passaic sheds and that the drainage i-r eifiiuni altering through the sandy gravel formation peculiar to the latter would undoubtedly take care of Itsell satisfactorily (of many yean to oiii, Ami tins is pftoullarlj true in view ol tIn- liniiti'il BofOUgh area 1 Involved, coupled with Its siwrse de- vi lopment ami population, other small changes can made through the elimination from pretest consideration of Bodner street fal (Continued on page 2) Carmine's Modern Barber Shop. I lldres'a htlrcuttlng Private, eftklenl and clr-nii pervlco. Opposite O.

l. W. siHtlon, Phone Uernarde 8.12 Adv..