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iMBl Been Said Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side, and it tumbles over on the other. Martin Luther SECOND SECTION Suburban News 6 Telephone PLainfield 6-8000 PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1959 PAGE 25 1 I 1 9 fTv7 Democrats Accused of 'Private Deal )) jr Bridge Safety Is Questioned Bound Brook Fear that temporary repairs to Queen's Bridga may not be sufficient to assure safe travel by motorists and school children will be voiced to the Somerset County Board of Freeholders tomorrow by the mayors of Bound Brook and South Bound Brook. Major Daniel H. Conroy of Bound Brook and Mayor Nicholas J. Barber of South Bound Brook, whose municipalities are separated by the 84-year-old span, have voiced apprehensions about a remark by County Engineer Donald Stires as to the seriousness of tht condition which necessitated repairs to the bridge last week.

Municipal Research Proposed Shay Says Center Would Supply Information Somerville A blueprint for governmental participation at the grass roots was unfolded by George II. Shay, Democratic mayoral candidate, yesterday. lie proposed the creation of a Somerville municipal civic research center. The non-partisan unit would be a ready source of information for Civil Suit Dismissal To Be Asked right) a retiring teacher and three of her last year's pupils, (from left), Frederick Reinman, Connie Barnes and Joseph DeLuca. (Coronet Photo by E.

T. Wiggins) SCHOOL GETS 50-STAR FLAG Principal Harold Kederska of Woodland School in Warren Township receives 50-star flag presented to school yesterday by Mrs. Marion B. Wenman Pu lie Go Is Completed Somerville Favorable weather including some rain is the last major element needed to GOP Candidates Assail Actions of Bridgewater Trio Bridgewater The mayor and two uemocratic- townsnip com mitteemen were charged with making deals and accused yester day of trying to railroad decisions over the "Republican minority, Issuing the charges were Re publican candidates Karl F. Nann, incumbent, and James W.

Dobson, former mayor. They asserted that Mayor George F. Langon, a Republican, and Committeemen Lester Grimm and Leonard B. Galyean, had made a "private political deal" that was working against the will of the voters. The trio was charged with de ciding in private how Bridge water should be run and then dumping the decisions on Nann and C.

Norman Thompson, Re publican committeeman, interfer ing with the latters' efforts to be responsible to the voters. The Republican was never consulted on the largest township expenditure ever, the $1.6 million sewer bond ordi nance, the Republican candidates said. The trio "tried to ram through a sewer construction program that would have cost all the taxpayers, at least, $236,000. Through the alertness of the Re publican minority this sum was reduced to $195,000," they said The office seekers recited this record for the "three rulers:" De lay in road construction, substi tuting an "expensive, piecemeal' engineering system for a perma nent engineering department, discarding "capable and experi enced township personnel, dis courtesy to visitors at committee meetings and unwarranted at tacks on school officials. Any gains were the result of groundwork done by former Re publican administrations, Nann and Dobson declared, and con cluded, "The work of the leaders has been marked by delay, snap judgment and post position switching." The remarks were made yesterday to a group of campaign workers.

Traininir Program Set for 6Y? Leaders Bernardsville The Somerset Hills YMCA will hold an officer training program Oct. 8 from 5:30 to 9:15 p.m. in the YMCA at 35 Mill St. for new sophomore club officers and those junior and senior club officers who were unable to attend the Summer officer training camp. Howard Mayes chairman of the high school committee, said members would act as advisers to discussion groups and instructors to the officers.

The committee includes Parker Heath, vice chair man; Jjoris Dealaman, Jane Downs, Camilla Hill, Harry K. Johnson, Julius Mastro and Donald Pepper. Turnout golf course into shape for play by next Summer. Construction on the 18-hole course built by the County Park Commission on 155 acres off Garretson Rd. in Bridgewater has been Stires told the freeholders lasti week that re-enforcement bars! had been added to a bridge post( damaged by a vehicle and thatl another collision with the bar, located on the section near the South Bound Brook side, could have resulted in a pronounced sag and eventual collapse.

Imagine Chain Accident Conroy said yesterday that, if a "small accident on which no report was made could have done that much damage, just imagine wrhat would happen if we had a chain accident at 4 or 4:30 p.m. when- between 40 and 50 cars are on the bridge at one time." He said that promised repairs to the old bridge when the East-West Freeway bridges were com pleted could be more than a year away and that the county should do something to make sure the span was safe for motorists. Conroy questioned whether the necessary repairs to make it safe for traffic could have been accomplished in the two hours that the bridge was closed last week, and indicated that if there was any danger to the public, the people should be so advised. Children Use Bridge Barber, mindful of South Bound Brook ehildren using the bridge to reach parochial schools and Bound Brook High School, declared, "It's time we let them know how we feel before something happens the freeway-might be too late." He said that he and Conroy would call the freeholders' attention to the seriousness of the situ ation and would ask what could be done. "If it's as serious as they say it is, why don't they do some thing about it?" the mayor added Last week's repairs were order ed after an inspection by Dr.

Mor ris Goodkind of Bloomfield, bridge consultant. To Keep Bridge Open Stires previously stated that the county would keep the bridge open as long as safety allowed, and after the freeway bridges were completed, would close it for necessary repairs estimated at approximately $75,000 First indication that there was a sag in the bridge over the Rari tan River came to light last March. Since that time, the weight limit has been set at 15 tons. However, large trucks are frequently seen on the bridge. During the rush hours in the morning and late aiternoon, motorists forget or ignore the warning to proceed at 15 miles per hour and maintain a 40-foot distance between cars.

Conroy stated that sometimes between 40 and 50 cars can be seen on the bridge at one time. Inspectors from the Motor Ve hicle Division have brought complaints against many companies who allowed overweight vehicles to use the bridge, and numerous persons have been fined by Magis trates J. Berkeley Leahy of Bound Brook and Milton Weiss of South Bound Brook. 87 Enroll in School Peapack Gladstone Eighty- seven boys are enrolled in St. Bernard's School this Fall, Head master John M.

Durward said today. This is an increase of more than 50 per cent over last year's enrollment, he said. St. Bernard's is a day school for boys in Grades 7 through 12. If Co urse put Somerset County's first public was scheduled to start May 4 but got underway a month later.

At the time, the contractors, C. Carlso Sons of New Fairfield and Stanley J. Ziobro Inc of East Rutherford, promised to meet the Oct. 30 deadline despite the late start. Homemaker Course Set Somerville The second train ing course for homemakers wiL start Oct.

19 in Homemaker of fices, 86 Grant Mrs. Well ington Vanderveer, president of the Homemaker Service of Som erset County, said today. This course, arranged with the cooperation of the state Division of Clinical Health Control, N.J. state Department of Health, is given by representatives of the Extension Division of Rutgers. It is a 16-hour course.

Mrs. Frederick Adams, execu tive director of the county serv ice, said this year 4,000 hours have been devoted to 54 families in 17 municipalities. Cases in eluded maternity, virus, heart, broken bones, bed rest, and care of motherless children. 50-Star Flag Given To School Warren Township At the be ginning of the 1958 school year, Mrs. Marion B.

Wenman's third grade received copies of the weekly Reader, suggesting that boys and girls design flags showing their ideas on the arrangement of the new 49-star flag. Many interesting designs were submitted by the class and several of them were placed in the school display case. Since then the flags have become anachronistic with the admission of Hawaii. As one of her last official acts before she retired recently as a teacher in the township public schools, Mrs. Wenman and the members of her 1958 third grade presented Woodland School with a new 50-star flag at a presentation ceremony in front of the school yesterday.

Pupil Behavior To Be Discussed Warren Township Arthur Meredith, Somerset County prose cutor and John Morhart, chief probation officer of Somerset County will discuss the question, "Would corporal punishment be advisable in New Jersey Schools?" at 8:15 p.m. today in Central School. The discussion is sponsored by the Warren Township PTA as part of its regular program. The PTA recently adopted the theme Road To Growth' as its theme for this year at a recent meeting of the executive board. completed An architect for the William Gordon Co.

of Doylestown, the course designers, made his final inspection Sept. 21 and approved the work except for a few clean-up details, said Frank Tor-pey, commission secretary. With the architect on the in spection tour were Torpey, John Grace, the pro-manager, and Stan ley J. Ziobro, representing the contractors. Torpey said that all major con struction items were approved by the architect.

The course has been seeded, the last step to be taken this year. Torpey said rain was needed to get the turf growth started but that the lack so far was "not serious." Commission employes are watering the 18-hole greens and the practice green, the tees and other crucial fairwy areas seven days a week, he said. The commission will meet tonight and may accept the recommendations of the architect. The final move will be the formal ac ceptance of the course by the commission after a personal in spection. The construction deadline was met by the contractor despite a two-month delay when the com- mission's award- of the contract was ensnarled in court.

Work on the $350,000 course! PROMOTED BY FIRM William II. McKiever of Washington Valley 3Iartinsville, recently was appointed assistant chief engineer of the Bradley-Sun Division of American Can Company Plant in Washington, N. it was announced by Nicholas Marchak, vice president. McKiever has been with Bradley-Sun organization since 1950 and has served in the sales and production departments in addition to his work in engineering. Bakei Seeks Right To Enlarge Somerville Emil Wuest, own er of the Gaston Ave.

bakery, ap plied for permission to enlarge his commercial building at 85 N. Gaston Ave. last night before the Zoning Board of Adjustment Decisions on his and one other application was reserved and will be announced by Miss Edith A. Varley, board secretary. The proposed enlargement is contrary to requirements on side, front and rear yards, parking area, lot coverage and area and width.

Edward Hogan, attorney for Wuest, said the extra room would be used only for working space and not for additional sales or display space. Mr. and Mrs. A. S.

Englehart of E. Cliff St. objected to the enlargement. They said there would be increased noise and more difficult parking. Leroy Gunzelman a member of the board, disqualified himself in both eases.

He objected to Wuest not meeting the off- street parking requirements. Hogan said that lack of park ing was not an important con sideration since the bakery patrons did not use the existing lot. Mr. and Mrs. Carleton Myers applied to convert an attic of a home they own at 79 N.

Gaston Ave. to a fourth apartment. The house is an R-W Zone. 2nd Fatality Follows Crash Somerville A 33-year-old New Brunswick man died last night in Somerset Hospital and became the second fatality of an auto accident Monday night in Hillsborough. Gabor Toth of 42 Division New Brunswick, died at 9:15 p.m., state police reported.

He had been in critical condition since the accident with skull fractures and possible internal injuries. Toth was no relation to Shirley Toth, 16, also of New Brunswick, who died shortly after she was tossed out of the car as it swerved from River Rd. into a tree on the opposite side. Toth became the 14th highway fatality in Somerset County this year. George Balogh of New Brunswick, driver of the car, still remains in fair condition in the hospital.

The fourth passenger, Mrs. Helen Toth, 45, mother of the girl, was released from the hospital the night of the accident. The group was returning to New Brunswick when the accident ocurred. Bonnie Brae Staff Renamed Bernards Township Harry V. Osborne Jr.

of Cranford was reelected president of the Board of Managers of Bonnie Brae Farm for Boys Monday evening. Other incumbent officers reelected included Mrs. Reeve Schley of Far Hills and Mrs. Paul F. Switz of Red Bank, vice presidents; Bradford Cochran of Far Hills and John N.

Page of Mont-clair, treasurer and assistant treasurer, respectively; and Robert W. Kean Jr. of West Orange, secretary. Osborne, Mrs. Schley, Mrs.

Switz, Cochran and Kean also were re-elected trustees to serve until Jan. 1, 1963. Incumbent trustees of Bonnie Brae Farm whose terms will continue until January 1961 or 1962 include: Mrs. William G. Bern- the mayor and council on all phases of government and would activate the brain power of Somerville, Shay said.

Lists Reasons The center would be attractive for these reasons, too, he commented: It wouldn't cost a cent to set up, it would cut down on consultant costs, it would reduce the need for "innumerable special commissions, most of which die after their creation," it would be a spawning ground for future mayor and council candidates and it would strengthen the concept of home rule. Shay sketched his "original" idea on a blackboard for the press in Somerville Inn. The framework follows. As noted earlier in the campaign, Shay would appoint a five-man "little Hoover committee" to investigate and make recommen dations to the mayor and council on all matters relative to current municipal operations. A Republican would head the unit to era phasize the non-partisan aspect inasmuch as a Democrat would be mayor.

Form Nucleus After the committee completed its work, which could be from six months to a year, it would form the nucleus of the research cen ter. Added would be all operat ing heads of borough depart ments, ex-officio members of the Board of Education and seven citizens at large to be appointed by the mayor. The center would number about 20 persons, who would elect officers and break down into "task force" study groups each to study a particular area of government such as: Personnel and administration, capital expenditures, stands for purchasing, influence of federal, state and county legislation and a master plan and parking. A "reservoir of research" would be provided to assist the mayor and council and departments to plan for the future. Shay said it would probably take 18 months from the inception of the "little Hoover committee" to put the center into operation.

He declared, "This center will tend to eliminate much of the absurd partisanship associated with Somerville elections in the past. "It will attract men and women ragardless of party so they can devote their talents in making studies, surveys and concrete recommendations a 11 for the benefit of all of the people of this community and not for the political capital of any one party whether it be in or out of power." He said this "congress of brains" would not dictate policy or interfere with borough operating units in any manner. Top Notch' People Shay said "top notch" people would staff the center. "Somerville intelligence will be used as never before." Asked by a reporter where this talent would be found, Shay said both parties, ministerial, school and other groups would be tapped for nominees. Asked if the idea had been tried in some other municipality, Shay said it was an original one for municipal application.

He said he had gotten the notion from industrial research units. He said they researched for new products, to improve products and to utilize waste materials. The same thinking can be applied to government, he said. "This center," he concluded, "will become the civic laboratory where study and research can be undertaken and suggested solutions obtained in a manner singularly free from, partisan politics. It places responsibility for thinking about municipal problems where it belongs right in the laps of the citizens." Library Fills Gap in Staff Somerville The Somerset County Library has added three persons to fill the gap created by Summer help that returned to college.

Miss Dorothy Van Gord-er, director, "reported today. Beginning as library page is Miss Margaret Gorman of 28 Edgewood Terr. Working part-time at the library in connection -with her studies at Rutgers Library School is Miss Lilith Howell. Mrs. Lydia Hough of East Millstone, also a student at Rutgers, will work at the library one day a week.

college returnees are: -vnmcent Dobson of Bound Brook, to Madison College, Harrisonburg, Miss Mary Ann Schiava of Raritan, to Trenton State College, and Miss Brenda Myers of Neshanic, to Beaver College, Jenkintown, Pa. Missihard Somerville A motion to dis. miss a taxpayers' civil suit against North Plainfield Borough Councilman Frank E. MacDonald will be presented before Superior Court Judge Frank J. Kingfield tomorrow in Trenton.

The plaintiffs, municipal Democratic leaders in North Plain-field and Bridgewater, seek to oust MacDonald from either the council or from his office as commissioner on the Somerset County Board of Taxation on conflict of interest grounds. Last week Kingfield denied the plaintiffs motion te restrain MacDonald from serving on the tax board until the litigation was resolved. He also gave Frederick A. Onore of North Plainfield. defense counsel, a week to file a memorandum in support of the dismissal motion.

Onore argues the motion tomorrow. Basis of this motion, according to a notice filed with the county clerk, is that the suit was not instituted within the time limit prescribed under rules of civil service practice. The contention is that the plaintiffs had 45 days to bring action after MacDonald was sworn in for his second term on the tax board, June 2, 1958. MacDonald was appointed to the tax board in 1955 and elected to borough council in 1957. He is his party's candidate for mayor of North Plainfield.

Both this suit and a similar one against state Senator William E. Ozzard (R-Somerest) are endorsed by the County Democratic executive committee. Sunday Sale Ban Urged Somerville The Rev. Wayne N. Hadley, pastor of the First Baptist Church, is the sponsor of a resolution urging members of the New Jersey Baptist convention's 214 churches to resist any extension of Sunday sales in the state.

The convention, meeting in Ocean City, adopted a resolution Tuesday calling on the state's Baptists to make "every effort to keep Sunday set aside for divine worship." They were urged to oppose "at the polls and elsewhere" any business encroachments on that day and to refrain from patronizing stores doing business Sunday. The 120th annual meeting of the convention ends tonight. In other resolutions, delegates reaffirmed opposition to the manufacture and sale of alcoholic bev erages and to gambling in any form. They also voiced opposition to the use of narcotics for other than medicinal purposes, asked for the elimination of the sale of pornographic literature and came out against granting public funds "to hospitals, parochial schools or other institutions owned and operated by any religious body." munities. Under the over-all direction of Richard S.

Hamilton, community gifts department chairman, this phase of the campaign will be headed by a chairman in each community. This year, emphasis will be placed on completing the campaign as quickly as possible. Lothian announced that special report meetings would start Oct. 13, with the final report meeting scheduled Nov. 5.

Agencies included in this year's campaign are the American Red Cross, Bound Brook and Somerville Area Chapters; Boy Scouts of America, Watchung Area Council; Catholic Welfare Bureau, Catholic Youth Organization, Community Service Society, Girl Scouts of America, Rolling Hills Council; Jewish Community Center, Manville Youth Center, Retarded Children As- ciation, the YMCAs of Somerset Valley and Plainfield and the YWCA of Plainfield. of 1,500 Voters Anticipated In Bernards High Referendum Fund Drive Motorcade Will Tour Communities Somerville Public attention will be drawn Saturday to the 1960 United Fund of Somerset Valley campaign, wrhich officially was launched yesterday by Richard C. Lothian, chairman. The campaign, which is seeking $227,504 for 17 area and national agencies, will continue throughout October. jsfW -if' Bernards Township The future existence of a Bernards Township high school will be decided Tuesday when an anticipated 1,500 residents cast their votes at a special referendum.

Board of Education members expect half of the township's 3,000 eligible residents will take the time to vote approval or disapproval on the board's long-planned proposal to construct a $1,532,000 one-story building. Polls will be open from 4 to 9 p.m. at tne uaK sireei junior High School for districts one and three and at the Liberty Corner School for district two. The school, which would be located on the easterly side of S. Finley Ave.

near Collyer Lane in Basking Ridge, is necessary, according to the board, because the Bernardsville Board of Education will accept no new out of town high school pupils into Bernards High School after Sept. 1, 1961. Must Pay Tuition The township, which has no high school, pays $530 per stu dent for the education of township tenth, eleventh and twelfth graders. All hopes of placing its pupils in a Somerset Hills regional school are gone, the board has said, since two regionalization referendums have been defeated in the past year. If the Tuesday referendum is not passed, the board stated, the construction schedule will be al tered, leading to an increase in cost of as much as 10 per cent.

The building also could not be completed by September, 1961. No opposition to the school was voiced at a public nearing held by the board Tuesday but one resident did oppose holding referendum a blank yes or no without alternatives. The school will be a four-year instead of three-year high school to meet the state Department of Education's minimum require- by township residents in a special referendum Tuesday. The one-story school would be located on the Cedar Hill tract off S. Finley Ave.

PROPOSED BERNARDS SCHOOL The above $1,532,000 high school proposed by the Bernards Township Board of Education will be voted upon On Saturday, a motorcade of' new cars, provided by dealers and carrying agency volunteers, will visit each of the nine United Fund communities covered in the campaign. To Distribute Pamphlets Boy Scouts will distribute campaign pamphlets throughout the area and Girl Scouts will place posters in many stores. Lothian said that last' year more than 28,000 persons had received some kind of service from the 17 participating agencies. This year's goal represents the minimum amount to provide the kind of services needed in constantly growing communities, he added. Solicitation in the special corporation department, by August J.

Bee, is already underway with in-plant solicitation of special gifts contributors under ment of 500 students. Because of this, the removal of the present ninth grade from the Oak Street Junor High School will provide sufficient school space for primary pupils until at least 1971, according to the board. Capacities Revealed It will have a functional capacity of 597 students and a maximum capacity of 670. When necessary, probably by 1971, the school would be expanded to accommodate 1,200 students. Facilities include: 12 basic classrooms, four science laboratories and classrooms, three com mercial educational classrooms, single art and craft, home eco-; nomics, industrial arts, music classrooms, 70-seat library, 300-seat cafeteria, 600-seat auditorium and a two-station nasium, maple; roof, built-up roofing over lightweight concrete slab; frame, structural steel or precast concrete; interior walls, painted, unplastered block; corridor and gymnasium walls, wood paneling and painted block; ceilings, accoustical tile in corridors, accoustical plaster in classrooms; heating, forced hot water with oil-fired boilers; lighting, generally fluorescent.

The board's estimate of the in creased taxes for financing and operation of the school, assuming the proposed 20-year bond issue fmir ner cent, was- S54 a vear on a $15,000 home; $72, on a 000 home; $90 on a $25,000 home, and $108 a year on a $30,000 home. Architects are Micklewright and Mountford of Trenton. The classroom space is planned in proportion to the anticipated 70 per cent college preparation program with 30 per cent general, commercial and industrial arts. This is patterned after the Bernards High School curriculum. The cost breakdown is: Construction, site development, equipment and furnishings, $145,000, and fees and service, $85,000, for a total $1,532,000.

Cost per square foot would be $15, lower than square-foot costs of other schools recently build in neighboring districts, the board said. Construction Features Constructural features include: Exterior walls of cinder block and cement, faced with brick; floors, concrete with asphalt tile covering; corridors, terrazzo; gym of Short Hills. Arthur W. the direction of J. Stanley Stires.

sociationt United Cerebral Palsy, Drives to Start United Family and Children's So- Next week also will see USO, Visiting Nurse Asso- Buttenheim of Madison, Dr. Walter' M. Dunlap of West Orange, Walter L. Kidde of Montclair, William McCollum of Page, Reeve Schley Jr. of White-house and G.

E. Wiedenmayer of South Orange. start of many drives to be conducted in the residential and business areas of the nine com-.