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“The Palisades Are the Balcony of the World”
William A. Mackay, Coytesville
PALI SAD IAN
“Finds tongues in trees, books In running brooks.
Sermon, in stones, and good in everything ”
—As You Like It
VOL. XIX. NO. 8
PALISADE, N. J., FEBRUARY 5, 1926
PRICE 4 CENTS
NUMBER DECLARE CANDIDACY FOR
SCHOOL BOARDS IN FORT LEE AND
CLIFFSIDE, ELECTION TUESDAY NEXT
White, Vieu and Knutsen Combine Efforts in Cliffside
Park—Sectional Representation Plea Made for Mr.
Rautenstraugh of Palisade—Retiring Cliffside Trus
tees May Not Run Again.
Up to this writing the known candidates for the school
board in Cjiffside Park ai’e Le Mar Vieu, Joseph White and
Peter Knutsen, and it is rumored Leo Barber, a Mr. Morrel and
a Mrs. Kane will also be in the running. In Fort Lee the can
didates so far are Walter Rautenstraugh of Pasilade, Joseph
Cook and Mr. Oetel.
Thp unnnnnfpmpnt nf nnrwlirla t oe ' ---—
usual is a last minute affair and few
have concerned themselves about
Tuesday’s elections.
In Cliffside Park the terms of Trus
tees J. Hattemer, Robert Davidson and
Dr. W. W. Schmidt expire, and it is
understood will not be candidates for
re-election. ' The White-View-Knutsen
combination, it is conceded, have the
support of the younger element and
have a form of backing that will be
helpful to their candidacy. Leo Bar
ber is a young man well known in so
cial and civic circles, while Mr. Mor
rell hails from the Hudson Heights
section and Mrs. Kane from West
Grantwood. Time and place of elec
tion and other details are contained
in a legal advertisement on page 4.
In Fort Lee Mr. Oetel and Joseph
Cook, from the upper end of the bor
ough, are candidates to succeed them
selves, and a new candidate is Mr.
Walter Rautenstraugh of Palisade. By
established custom, each section of
the borough has had two members on
the Board of Education. During the
past year, however, Palisade has had
only one member, thus lacking its
fair share of representation. As to
Mr. Rautenstraugh, he is qualified to
give the benefit of experience in both
business and education. By training
he is a mechanical engineer. He has
been for many years an educator and
is now head of the department of in
dustrial engineering at Columbia Uni
versity. He has had an active busi
ness career for fifteen years and was
recently made president of the Fred
F. french Company of New York,
sgietails as to polling place, time, etc.,
J<A be found in a legal advertisement
on page 4.
MRS. McGARRY, WIFE
OF CONTRACTOR, DIES
Grim Reaper Takes One of Coun
ty's Most Lovable Women
After Long Illness.
The Grim Reaper took another ot
Bergen county’s esteemed residents
when it called Mrs. John J. McGarry,
wife of the well known contractor,
last week. She died on Saturday
surrounded by her husband and chil- ,
dren in her home in Edgewater. The
news of her death, quickly spread,
and all her loving friends and neigh
bors were shocked to hear that she
had passed away.
Mrs. McGarry was one of the most
lovable women of our county, where
she was known to thousands as a
worker for every charitable cause.
She gave every spare moment of the
day to help those unfortunates whose
care and assistance were needed. In
her death Bergen county loses one of 1
its ceaseless workers who at all times
was ready to aid in every move to
bring happiness and sunshine in
every heart. '
Before her marriage Mrs. McGarry
was Miss Nellie E. McNally, daughter '•
of the late Michael McNally of Fort ’
Lee. Besides her husband she is sur
vived by one son, John J. McGarry, '
Jr., and two daughters, Rita and Ma- '
rie, and by a brother, John McNally
of Edgewater. i
f Her funeral jm Tuesday last was i
one of 'the largest ever witnessed in 1
eastern Bergen county. It was held i
from the Church of the Holy Rosary,
Edgewater. -Seventy automobiles, sev- i
en~of which were laden with floral i
tributes, were in the cortege. Many
people were turned away from the ,
church, the spacious edifice being j
, filled to its utmost. ,
Prominent men from all over the
county, including many Republican .
leaders and local officials as well as j
from New York attended. A detach- ,
ment from the Edgewater police head- s
, ed by Lieut. Mackay acted as escqrt ,
at the church and accompanied the >
cortege to the Holy Name Cemefery
i.'*■* ’ in Jersey City, where interment was
/ made. The requiem mass, was cele
brated by Rev. Father McGuirk, rec
tor of the Holy Rosary Church, as
sisted on the altar by the Rev. Fa
, “ thers Ferretti of Grantwood, Coreo
ran of Fort Lee and Thompson, for- 1
merly of Holy Trinity Church, Coytes- I
| ville. i
Vr God rest her soul. i
Fairview Civic Club Dance
Fairview Civic Club •will hold its
annual Valentine dance at its hall on
McKinley street, Fairview, on Satur
day, February 13.
'U'i'' William Pierson and Howard Lin- I
, quist are in charge of the arrange- 1
ments, • % 1
Who Can Vote at School
Election
Anyone who has lived in the
state oije year, in the county five
months, and in the borough thirty
days, is entitled to vote at the
school election. Anyone so quali
fied, who for any reason was not
registered at the last election, may
enroll with any member of the
Board of Education before Feb. 9.
The Palisade member of the Board
is Mrs. G. E. Clark.
LOCAL PRESENTATION
OF “THEJIOTTENTOT"
Play Also Given at Barnard Club
in New York City—Cast
Entertained.
Despite the very unfavorable weath
er conditions of last Friday evening,
a good sized audience assembled in
Carney Hall, Grantwood, for the per
formance of "The Hottentot.” pre
sented by The Community Players of
this section and directed by Mrs. S. E.
Darby.
Everyone seem to feel repaid by
the very amusing farce comedy
which, with its lively action and con
stant humorous repartee kept one
laughing and almost forgetful of the
extreme cold spell.
Every performer in the cast did his
or her part so splendidly that no one
can be singled out for special mention
and whether a new or somewhat
seasoned actor, each one reflected
great credit on their coaching and
natural ability.
Appropriate music was furnshed by
the Lakesonian orchestra of Palisade,
rhe stage properties were under the
care of Mrs. J. C. Vosburgh, the elec
trical effects in charge of Mr. Butolph
ind Mr. W. E. Sammis, Jr.
Members of the cast were Mrs. S.
S- Darby, Mrs. J. M. Akin, Miss Mar
iorie Sammis, Miss Irma Fleury, Mr.
Warren Sammis, Jr., Mr. Winfield
lacobi, Mr. John Purdon, Mr. Albert
3tein and Mr. Edwin LeCato, Jr.
After the performance the cast and
i few friends connected with them
.vere charmingly entertained by Miss
Sleanor Pennell at her home in Pali
sade, where all ‘enjoyed dancing and
lelicious refreshments.
Another success was scored in the
>lay, ‘The Hottentot,” of our local
Community Players when it was pre
sented Saturday evening in New York
city at the Barnard Club in West
i'ifty-seventh street, through the club
nentbers, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sammis
>f Edgewater Heights Park.
The club rooms were crowded with
m audience of two hundred people
vho received the many humorpus pas
sages with great enthusiasm and
aughter, to which the actors respond
'd with a spirited performance.
After the presentation they were
lulte overwhelmed with congratula
ions and expressions of enjoyment
or the well done play which some of
he audience had previously seen in
)rofessional presentation but had not
sxceeded the enjoyment of Saturday
svening.
Oiir Community Players’ Club re
vived much favorable comment on
ts splendid progress for so young an
irganization.
Refreshments were served to all
md a thoroughly enjoyable social
sour was spent with cast and audi
nce, the latter of which included
everal Grantwood residents who were
inable to see the play over here on
rhursday evening.
bounty P.-T. Ass’n to
Broadcast Program
On February 11, between 9 and 10
). m., the Parent-Teacher Associa
ions of Bergen county will broadcast
i program from station DWODA, Pat
irson. The wave length Is 224.
The program will be conducted by
W. Daine. The Cliffside High
School Orchestra—Marcelle Doublier,
axophoni&t, and Melba Rosmond, pi
.nist—will perform, and possibly oth
ir local talent will be heard.
This is the third broadcasting event
liven under the auspices of the com
ilned Parent-Teacher Associations of
his county.
Sergeant McDermott Made
Acting Asst. Police Chiei
Sergeant Andrew McDermott of tin
Fort Lee police department has beei
appointed by the police Committee, o
which Councilman Schall is chair
man, as acting assistant chief of tin
department.
DISCUSS TAXING OF
INTERSTATE PROPERTY
Englewood Cliffs Council Receive:
Important Communication at
Bi-Monthly Meeting.
At the last bi-monthly meeting o
the Mayor and Council of Englewooc
Cliffs several important communica
tions were read. Mayor Jenkins hat
sent a telegram to Congressman Ran
dolph Perkins asking where the peo
pie of Englewood Cliffs could get coal
to which Mr. Perkins sent the replj
that he had taken the matter up witl
Secretary of Commerce Hoover am
that measures would he taken to re
lieve any distress. Ex-Mayor John (1
Ropes sent a copy of a letter address
ed to the Board of Freeholders, ii
which he stated that the Interstate
Park Commission received $20,000 an
nually from the Dyckman street ferry
$6,000 from the Alpine ferry and $24,
000 from concessions, making a tota
of $60,000, although the county is de
prived of $85,000 annually, because
this property is untaxable. Anothei
communication was from Secretarj
King of the Interstate Park Commis
sion stating that their representative
Major Welch, would meet the borough
attorney, Hon. William Seufert, En
gineer S. Wood McClave and thf
mayor at the engineer's otllce on Mon
day morning, February 1. The mayoi
asked all the members of the counci
to attend the meeting, and Council
men Wunsch, Herrmann and Engei
agreed to do so.
An amendment to the ordinance fix
ing the salaries of the borough clerk
the collector, the assessor and the re
tainer for the borough attorney was
offered and received its first reading
Under the new schedule the rates wil
be: Retainer for counsel, $500; hor
ough clerk, *500; collector, $500, anc
assessor, $350.
It was considered necessary to ap
point a committee to represent the
Mayor and Council In all its dealings
with the fire company. Mr. Herrmann
chairman, and Mr. Debus form he
committee.
Councilman Houghtaling urgeei the
adoption of a building code, and the
following committee was appointed tee
do the preliminary work toward the
drafting of a “sane, just and sensible
code,’’ to quote Mr. Houghtaling:
Chairman, R. H. Houghtaling; F. De
bus and H. Enger.
It was further moved anel seconeleel
that in calling for bids for garbage re
moval it would be stipulated that all
garbage would have to be taken out
of the borough and disposed of in a
sanitary manner. Councilman Rose
stated that he was trying to obtain
two-way flood lights for that part of
Sylvan avenue between Bayview and
Palisade avenues.
Municipal Notes From
Englewood Cliffs Boro
On Monday morning Mayor Herbert
W. Jenkins, Councilmen Herrmann
and Enger met Judge Seufert, Engi
neer S. Wood McClave and Major
Welch of the Interstate Park Commis
sion at the upper end of the borough
to confer on the matter of the place
ment of the disposal plant of the pro
posed new sewerage system and the
main trunk line running over the
cliffs.
No objections were raised at that
public hearing on the budget of $22,
200, on Wednesday evening. After
the hearing, however, considerable
interest was shown at the conference
between the Public Service repre
sentative and the residents of First
street and Irving avenue. The resi
dents had asked the mayor and coun
cil to try to obtain gas service for
them,. several of them having heard
that the Fort Dee council had gotten
it for some of their* people without
cost to the owners. The residents
were disappointed when the Public
Service representative told them that
each one would have to pay *200 for
it. Councilman Rose will look into
the matter further.
Two Ft. Lee Women Held
■ On Assault Charge
Mrs. Ida Marchisio, of Hudson ter
race, Fort Lee, and Mrs. Ida Moody,
also residing on Hudson terrace, were
arraigned before Recorder William
Ennis in the Fort Lee police court on
Monday night on a warrant issued by
Justice of the Peace Edward Johnston
in Hackensack on complain of Miss
Christine Cung.
Miss Christine Cunz, who resides
on the bluff in the Hudson terrace
section of Fort Lee, charges that the
women attacked her on her own prop
erty and “beat her up.” Both pleaded
not guilty. They were held for the
grand jury on a charge of assault
under bail of $150 each, which was
furnished by M. Marchlsio, husband
of one of the women.
P
PUBLIC HEARINGS
CLIFFSIDE PARK
; Public hearings on a number of
important ordinances will be'held
at the Cliffside Park Ilorough Hall
1 on next Monday night, February 8,
including hearing on the local
budget and tax ordinance for
the ordinance creating a uniform
ed chief of police with a yearly sal
i ary of $3,000; the ordinance provid
ing for an appropriation of $13,500
for repairs and additions to the
pumping station; the ordinance
amending the zoning law to make
1 property on Anderson avenue north
of Pleasant avenue in Grant wood a
multi-family district; the ordinance
fixing the salary of the borough
clerk and building inspector and
the ordinance providing an appro
priation of $25,000 for the erection
of a firehouse in Grant wood.
SON OF ENGLEWOOD
CLIFFS COUPLE RECEIVES
HIGH FRENCH HONOR
Major G. W. L. Prettyman, Son of
Commander and Mrs. Davis,
Decorated January 28.
On Thursday, January 28, Com
mander and Mrs. Cleland Davis of
Hudson terrace went to Governor's
Island to witness the ceremony of the
decoration by the French Government
of Mrs. Davis’ son. Major G. W. L.
Prettyman. General G. A. L. Dumont,
military attache of the French em
bassy at Washington, conferred on
Major Prettyman the Cross of Officer
of the Legion of Honor, for highly
meritorious service during the World
War.
General Dumont, who is at the
Waldorf-Astoria, New York, \Vas es
corted to Governor’s Island by Lieu
tenant-Colonel Marmon, General Staff.
A battery of guns boomed the mili
tary salute in his honor as Major
General Charles P. Summerall, com
manding the Second Corps Area, re
ceived him. At eleven o’clock the
Sixteenth Infantry Rand with a guard
of honor, rendered the French na
tional anthem, followed by the Star
Spangled Banner. Major Prettyman
then received the cross which ranks
third among French military honors,
and which General Dumont also holds.
Major Prettyman was a captain in
the 7<!th field artillery of the Third
Division when he went overseas, but
after distinguishing himself in the
battles of the Marne, Chateau-Thierry
and St. Mihiel, he commanded a com
bat battalion in the battle of the
Meuse Argonne and was elevated to
the rank of major.
While in Germany with the army of
occupation he was appointed as the
representative of the United States
Government on the Inter-Allied Com
mission on Navigation, and later
served as special assistant to Walter
D. Hines, the head of the American ,
Arbitration Board, which met in j
Paris, and director genera] of the
railroads during the World War.
Major Prettyman also served on the
Mexican border in 11116 with Squadron
A of the New York National Guard,'
and holds three citations for gallantry J
in action from the United States Gov- j
ernment. He .holds degrees from j
Princeton and Harvard and since his j
resignation from the army has re- j
Burned his practice of law at 16 Ex
change place, New York.
After the ceremony the guests were
entertained at breakfast by Colonel
and Mrs. W. C. Rivers at their home
on Governor’s Island.
Bridge Toll Bill Passes
Pennsylvania’s Upper House
The senate passed and sent to the
house the Buckman administration
bill, providing for the collection
of tolls on the Philadelphia-Camden
bridge over the Delaware river. The
vote was 337 to 1, Senator Schantz of
Lehigh voting in the negative.
The question was one of eight sub
jects suggested by Governor Pinchot
in his call for the special session.
Under the bill tolls may be charged
for all traffic except pedestrians, and
the bridge is to be free after the capi
tal cost and interest has been returned
to New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Phil
adelphia.
Something to Remember
\Editorial)
For the benefit of those who do
not know, it is worth while to
remember this thought:
It has been remarked that in
Palisade our troubles, when we
have any, are usually imposed upon
us from the outside. We don’t al
ways agree with each other, but
we respect each other, and we can
work together. People do not like
to be used as a laboratory for the
experiments of enthusiasts who
have more learning than experi
ence, or who take salary from one
source and advice from another.
Robbery in Palisade
Thurs. Eve. Last Week
__i
The home of E. E. Miller, 1017
Edgewood lane, was entered Thursday
evening of last week and a small
amount of jewelry stolen.
Entrance was gained through the
rear window while the family was
away from home for a few hours.
OCTOGENARIANTELLS
OF EARLY SETTLEMENT
Mrs. A. G. Sage of Englewood
Cliffs Recalls Days When Ho
boken Was Only Shopping
District.
Last week the Palisadian printed a
short account of Mrs. A. G. Sage’s
eighty-fourth birthday. Mrs. Sage is
one of this section's oldest residents,
and her memory goes back to the
time when Leonia was known as
“Engiishtown.” She has given to the
Palisadian's representative some in
teresting historical data which fol
lows :
Mrs. Sage was born in England in
1S12, but came with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Grace, to America, when she
was only six years old, and lived with
them in Canal street. New York, un
til She was twelve. At that time, her
mother and father moved to Coytes
ville, which was then part of the settle
ment known as Engiishtown. Engiish
town took in Leonia, part of Ridge
lield, and the section around the site
of the present Lin wood house, and
was so called probably, in contrast
with the Fort Lee settlement where
many Germans lived. Here the
Graces found Englishmen and their
families, the Coytes, the Williams, the
Sages, the Lyons and the Moores.
Some of these, the Coyte, Williams
and Sage families had been neighbors
in England. Here, growing to girl
hood, Eliza Grace met Alfred Sage,
the son of George Sage, a carpenter.
Later when they married they lived in
the house still standing near the Lin
wood, and owned at one time by the
father of the present Al. Hewitt.
I Life in the settlement was not easy.
To do any shopping one had to walk
to Hoboken. Those who worked there
had to walk back and forth in the
same day. Many of the men were
cobblers, and Mr. Moore would walk
to Hoboken to get his shoe bindings
Later William Kyle ran a bus to the
old Fort Lee boat landing, so that one
could at least ride that far. But the
young husband, Alfred Sage, at first
worked in Closter, and then got a posi
tion at. Dyckman street, New York,
with Kepler and Schwartzmann, the
publishers of “Puck.” Every morning
he had to climb down the steep moun
tain side, and row across the river
with one of the Monahans, Herman
Sage and Will Wood, getting to work
at seven o’clock.
The settlement was growing, and
among the later arrivals were the
Hydes and the Markhams. Perhaps
this growth made Alfred Sage look to
the future for about this time he pur
chased some property farther north
and near the cliff edge. While work
ing at Dyckman street he planned to
build a house on the newly acquired
land. Accordingly after she had put
the children to bed, Mrs, Sage would
carry his warm supper and meet him
at the site of the proposed new home.
Every night after a days work in the
city, a row across the river, and a
climb up the steep mountain-side, he
would work on his house. It took him
about seven years to build It, but to
day it stands symbolizing the courage,
the perseverance and the faith of
those early settlers, and his family
still live in it
There is much more that could be
told—how for almost fifty years Mrs.
Sage raised the grapes, and made the
clear grape juice used at the Commun
ion Service in the Reformed Church
how Mr. Sage built the parsonage, and
other houses, and later helped to form
the borough of Englewood Cliffs—
more about their children, Mrs.
Brooks, Mrs. Dubois. Alfred Sage and
the late Mrs. Ropes, who worked so
hard for the community—but we can
only stop here and wish Mrs. Sage
many more years of happiness in “the
house that love built.”
Palisade Boy Wins
Drug Store Radio
Master E. Nixon of 2C Warren ave
nue. Palisade, was the luckiest
youngster in town on Tuesday last.
He had the key that fit the lock on
the beautiful radio set in the Palisade
Drug Store at the Junction.
Over 4,000 were given out over a j
period of about two months and only j
one would unlock the lock releasing
the radio. The lock was placed
ready for keys on Monday and in less i
than 24 hours the lucky key did the
trick.
Missing From Home
Ethel Muller, 17, of Central road.
Fort Lee, has been reported missing
from home.
She was employed at the aluminum
works In Edgewater and last week
after drawing two weeks’ pay dis
appeared.
WHEN A MAN RESTS ON HIS
LAURELS IT CRUSHES THEM.
CLIFFSIDE PARK POLICE ROUND UP
GANG OF YOUTHFUL THIEVES AND
SOLVE SOME ROBBERY MYSTERIES
Several of the Boys Held for Grand Jury—Ages Range
From 8 to 20 — Steiner, Knipping and Jessen Rob
beries Proved Against Them—Police Deserve Credit.
Twelve boys w'hose ages range from eight to twenty have
been arrested by the Cliffside Park police for participation in
recent robberies in this section.
VOTE FOR THREE
Next Tuesday night you are ask
ed to be a Rood citizen and show
your interest in school affairs of
the borough. Three candidates for
the Hoard of Education are offered
for your approval, Prof. Walter
(tautenstraueh of Palisade, Jos.
Cook and Walter Oetel of Ft. Lee.
There are no opposing candidates
to any of these and it is hoped that
Palisade will give them all its
hearty support as Messrs. Cook and
Oetel have long served the best
school interests of the borough, and
have the respect and confidence of
all, and Prof. Rautenstrauch will,
we believe, give the school system
the same loyal service.
PASS FT. LEE BUDGET,
NO OBJECTIONS MADE
Jacob Bach of West Fort Lee
Makes Some Suggestions;
Eldridge Puzzled Over _
Appointment.
Very few people attended the public
hearing on the lt)2G Fort Lee budget
In the Council Chambers on Wednes
day evening, and the same was passed
without any objections.
Councilman Cook asked if it was
necessary to provide such a large in
crease for the police department. May
U>r White said yes and explained the
heavy cost of this branch due chiefly
to the large amount of traffic. He
explained that only that portion of
the appropriation (about $3!*,000) that
was needed would be spent and the
balance could be transferred to an
other account.
Councilman Cook also advised that
the Englewood Hospital appropriation
of $2,500 be explained to the people,
as this was only a part of the loss
sustained by the hospital on Fort Lee
patients during 1925.
Jacob Ilach of West Fort Lee was
present, claiming to represent a num
ber of citizens from his section. He
raised no objection to the budget, but
made a number of suggestions for mu
nicipal advancement, including more
permanent road improvements and
better road repairs with the aid of a
steam roller; less delay in making as
sessments on improvements; the pro
tection of the borough against dam
age done by contractors working on
improvements; a police head and a
roundsman to check up on the patrol
men; consideration of the appointment
of one man for full time health officer
duty; the stopping of financing im
provements that are to benefit a few
individuals in particular; the filling in
of street openings by the borough,
charging the cost to the property own
er, and the connection of drain pipes
with the storm water -ewers.
Mayor White said there were a
number of very fine suggestions In
the list and asked Mr. Bach to put
them in writing, which he agreed to
do.
join mimer roan residents peti
tioned for sidewalks, curbs and gut
ters on both sides of that thorough
fare. Because parts of this road will
be used by the county in the project
to eliminate heavy traffic in the cen
tral part of Fort Lee, this matter will
be laid over until the county Improve
ment is completed.
The Fort Lee Transportation Com
pany asked the council for permits to
operate four buses from Coytesville to
Edge water Ferry for 5 cents one way.
The route to be taken will be along
River road, the company providing
fifteen minutes' service.
The Board of Trade in a letter In
quired why two unsightly billboards
had been erected on Main street and
with whose consent. The matter was
referred to the building inspector.
A. O. Eldridge of Edgewood lane,
Palisade, In a letter stated ho had
been appointed as a police pension
fund commissioner by Mayor Hill to
serve four years (until 1917), and that
some one had been appointed this year
in his place. He wanted to know
why. At the mayor's request the
clerk was instructed to write and ask
Mr. Eldridge for a copy of the letter he
had addressed to the mayor.
A petition from the business people
at Palisade Junction asking for bet
ter illumination of that section was
referred to the light committee.
The debt statement read showed the
borough has borrowed 6.35 per cent of
its assessed valuation. It is only per
mitted to borrow 7 per cent, so Is
within .65 per cent of the debt limit.
'' * * « > iuni. *» m mac
tain Borrell and Patrolman McEvoy
apprehended six boys who had stolen
a large amount of moving picture para
phanalia from the Steiner studio on
Gorge road. On Monday last six more
boys were arrested. The boys arrest
ed Monday tie re:
Charles Ostrowski, 16, of 31 Gorge
road, Edgewater; Alexander Pacz
kowski, IS, of 456 Jersey avenue, Fair
view; James Paczkowski, 20, of 456
Jersey avenue, Fail-view; William Ve
necia, 17. of 256 Kamina street, Fair
view; Patsy I-upino, 14, of 263 John
street, Fairview, and Michael Woji
cilti, 16. of 284 Nagle street, Fairview.
Monday's arrests clearel up the rob
bery of a considerable amount of
housefurnishings taken from the va
cant house owned by Fred Knipping,
of Union City, located on Cecelia ave
nue, Edgewater Heights, and also tho
burglary of the .lessen home on the
crest of the Palisades in Edgewater
Heights.
Clever ueiecuve wont on tne pari
of Captain Borrell and Patrolman Me
Evoy led to the arrest of Ostrowskl
and the two Paczkowski brothers for
the robbery at the Knipplng house.
The policemen went to the home of
Ostrowski and when they confronted
him with the charge of breaking into
the Knipplng house he confessed and i
named the other two arrested as his
accomplices. Although all of the loot
taken by the trio was not recovered.
Captain Borrell discovered enough to
verify his accusations.
The Jessen robbery was committed
at 10 o’clock Monday morning, and
upon receipt of the telephone call
from Mrs. Jessen, Policeman Patrick*
Kelly arrested Venecia before he had
time to leave the premises. His three *.
partners in crime escaped at that time,
but Venecia informed the police of
their whereabouts, and Monday night
two of the three escaped thieves had
been apprehended. The other mem
bers, the captain said, would be ar
rested soon.
"We are only starting,” Captain Sor
rell'said in a statement to the press
on Monday, "and before long we will
have every crook mixed up in the re
cent robberies in the borough under
lock and key. 1 have given orders to
| my men to pick up all suspicious per
; sous found on the streets late at night
and bring them into headquarters for
an explanation why they were found
out ut late hours.
Several of the boys have been held
for the grand jury under $500 bail, fur
nished in most cases by their parents.
FRED DYER CONTINUES
AS HEALTH OFFICER
Edward Farrar Re-elected Presi
dent of Cliffside Park
Health Board.
At the meeting of the ClifTslde Park
Hoard of Health on Wednesday night
President Edward Farrar was re-elect
led to office for the ensuing year. Dr.
i W. W. Schmidt was re-elected vice
president; O. It. McElwain. secretary,
with an increase of $200 in his salary,
and Mrs. Wilson was reappointed
nurse of the department, with an In
crease of $100 in salary.
Councilman Herbert E. Elsen, as
chairman of the health committee of
council, appeared before the board
and submitted the name of William
Iloth for health inspector. After the
name was submitted the Hoard of
Health said tiiat it felt that it must
reject the applicant on account of his
failure to pass the health inspector’s
I examination, and further, the present
j inspector, Fred Dyer, had complied
! with every requirement of the depart
ment during his term of office and
| that he being employed for more than
I live years under the tenure term of
j office his removal could only be re
j moved upon proven charges.
Dr. Schmidt notified the board that
SI storekeepers and food handlers had
taken advantage of the free examina
tion by the health department.
Dr. Kessler was praised by the
board for his work in the baby clinic
the past year. This he does gratis, in
conjunction with the health nurse,
Mrs. Wilson, who also was commend
ed for her work.
President Farrar submitted a plan
for a more thorough check-up of the
borough to see that there are no
health violations by residents. His
plan in to divide the borough into
three district* and place a member of
the health board in charge of this dis
trict. At the end of each month the
district superintendent Is to tile a
written report on the condition of the
health and the obeyance of the bealtti
laws In thut district.