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viimiiiiniiiiiiiiiiuiiimilimiimimiilliniliiMiiMS i-C; I v ), i " : . ' - . * } ‘ \ . : S • „ < .1 - ‘ § a a § a£L'"^ ^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiniiimiiitiiniiiiiiititniiimniiis lhe JralisadesAre the Balcony of the World i William A. Mackay, Coytcavlllc , PALI B AD IAN “Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks. Sermons in stones, and good in everything.” —As You Like It. VOL. XIX. NO. 25 FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1926 PRICE FOUR CENTS PROFESSOR BRAY DECLINES HONOR w OF HAVING SCHOOL NAMED AFTER I HIM, CORNER STONE LAYED MAY 29 Impressive Ceremony Marks Event Of Interest— Parade Of School Children From School No. 4 To Hudson ^ Heights— May Have To Defeide On New Name. In a letter addressed to the Cliffside Park School Board Washington Irving Bray, former local school head, declined the honor of having the new school in Hudson Heights named after /, him. It is understood Mr. Bray will be asked to reconsider his ' action. If he insists on declining another name will have to be decided upon. Vi | V/14 UUbUiUUJ cornerstone laying exercises were con ducted as planned. promptly at 2 o’clock, headed by a squad of Cliffside’s policemen, led by Chief Borrell, a parade left the No. 4 School on Lawton avenue for the site of the new school. Following came Mayor Marini, accompanied by Her man F. Goemann, president of the Board of Education; board members troops qf Boy Scouts, and pupils from No. 4 School. Miss Jane Collins, prin cipal of the school, and teachers Mrs. A. Robins, Mrs. C. McLaughlin and Mist C. Dederick led the children. ' Turning down Palisade avenue, the marchers were augmented by pupils front the Cliffside Park High School. In charge of this new delegation Were; Robert Burns, principal, and teachers, ,William Sperling, J. Sher lock, Hazel Poole, Emily Kruck, M. Murtagh, Rose O’Brien, Esther John ston, M. Gardner, E. VanWagner, M. Johnson and Fred Burns. , Mrs. Jane Coulter, principal, led the pupils from School No. 3, who were next picked up. The teachers from the school were: Mrs. Fowler, and the Misses Schellinger, Shortel, Winston, Madden, Benjamin, French Krout, Warren and Copenhaver. The program at the school site was opened with the invocation by Frank Acfiwara/ The' 'salute to the flag teas then given by the Boy Scouts, iames W. Mahoney, chairman of the building and grounds committee, made a short opening address. Mayor Marini spoke of the great service Mr. Bray had given the com munity during his twenty years’ residence in Cliffside borough and ex - pressed the hope that he might be prevailed upon to change his mind about the matter. “Certainly the name Washington Irving Bray was hot an inappropriate one for the new school/1 said Mr. Marini. *No man has given the community any greater. Service over an extended period of time, he said. The last minute refusal v. of Mr, Bray to be honored by the Community might be laid to his great \ modesty.” The need for the new school in the , ■ southern end of the borough, was mentioned by George B. Wheeler, i principal-elect, in his address. Not | only arc the other schools crowded 1 . > and on part time, but children from the Hudson Heights section are forced to walk for some distance to | attend the other schools which are situated in the northern part of .the borough. He.concluded with an ap ' i peal for greater co-operattion be tween parents and teachers.” The singing of “America,” under the leadership of Mrs. Jennie Mac •. Culloch, was next and this was fol lowed with a selection by Carughi’s Band. George F. Hall, the present super vising principal of schools, traced the history of the different educa tional improvements from the time * when Mr. Bray first took charge of old School No. 1, now abandoned, up to the present. Much of the progress made, said Mr. Hall, was due to the work of the foriper supervising prin f clpal. i After a short address, Herman F. Goemann, president of the Board of * Education, undertook the laying of i , the cornerstone. Mr. Bray, who was ',y to have assisted, was unable to at s tend because'of illness.- In the cor . nerstone box were: Envelopes .con taining responses from parents re garding attendance at the ceremony, a list of employes of the Board of Education, various school publications , and other literature, a copy of The Hudson Dispatch, a program of events, a list of members from Boy Scout Troop, 1, a first-class scout pin, » .ballot of a recent board meeting and a letter from Mr. Bray. ' After the singing of a hymn, Rev. ‘ Schwarz closed the ceremony with a short benediction.' ,.,TV >.•: ; • i .»V . ■ . - ) „ i *- v . . i Bergen Assn. Fund Is Still Growing J. W. Binder Issues State* ment— List of Inquirers ' To Be Given Donars Executive Secretary J. W. Binder, of the Bergen County Association who have just put across a campaign for raising $150,000, has issued a state ment in which he Says that money for the advertising of Bergen County still is coming in and that the associa tion was successful in raising more than the amount asked for. Mr. Binder’s statement in part: “Since the close of the campaign nearly $1,000 in pledges has come in from persons who had not been ap proached during the campaign and who wish to support it. Assuming that these subscriptions are the re sult of the work done during the campaign up to the close of May, these will be credited to the zones from which they come. They may have .a bearing upon the award of the prizes inasmuch as these have not yet been awarded. Until the subscriptions—more than 500 in number—have been tabulated and analysed as t<? districts and towns it will not be possible to announce the prize winners. WTa r»n f tVin n ffoivo n-f fhn ocen. ciation on a sound and efficient busi ness basis, Carl W. Wright, a certi fied public accountant of wide exper ience, has been retained to set up a simple, Jret complete business system for the conduct of the association’s affairs. Mr. Wright is a member of the Board of Freeholders and has practically contributed his services. “Notices calling for the payment of the first installment of each an nual subscription—due June 1—'will go out at once. Much bookeeping may be avoided if subscribers will antici pate half a year’s payments in one remittance. “About June 4, the first bulletin containing the names and addresess of those who have sent in inquiries in res{ionse to the first advertising, will be sent out. This bulletin is a confidential list and is , sent to each bona-fide real estate broker or salesman who hos contributed , to the campaign fund. These lists are compiled by the zone chairmen and are filed in my office with their at testations. The lists will be sent only to these, brokers and to no others. > “Since the successful termination of the campaign, some criticism has been made in certain quarters, al leging that , some real estate men were not asked to take part in the campaign. The answer to this is that, from the beginning, the whole movement was oh a volunteer basis. Those who were alert came in: those who wanted to see “how the cat would jump,” did not. To them I would say,, and I know I voice the sentiments of the officers and mem-, bers of the association, come in; the door is wide open and the entrance fee is not excessive.”, “Chairman Tetor of the executive committee will call a meeting of that body just as soon, this week,, as the accountants and. auditing committee are ready to make their reports. “The offiice pf the association has been tempprarily opened in,that of the Interstate Hudson River Bridge Association at 238 Main street, Hackensack.” -r- h ;■ , 4 Plead. Guilty The three youths from Jersey City who Were arrested two weeks ago when they attempted to . rob an A. & P. store on .Palisade avenue, Grant wood, pleaded guilty to indictpiejnts charging them with attempted bur glary when arraigned in the Quarter Sessions Court at Hackensack. Birthday Party For Mr. Goodman Palisade Friends Surprise Pioneer— Much Humor In Impromtu Program When a man has a birthday he calls in his friends and takes a day off, but when a woman has a birth day, she takes a year off. That old story of the difference between a mar and a woman on their birthdays was exemplified in Palisade last week. vv. a. uwummi Whose friends gave him a birthdaj surprise praty recently W. R. Goodman, one of the earlj pioneers of Palisade, a 1905’er, had a birthday, and some of his friends, in stigated by Mrs. Sibley, the birthdaj hunter of Palisade, assisted by Mrs Sharp and Mrs. Rdehmann, got to gether and gave him a surprise party and such a surprise! He never hac a hint of it. There he was, all “come home,” tired out as usual, sitting cozi ly in the librarjr with Mrs. Goodmai and a visiting guest, when the bel rang and in walked a full half hun dred of his Palisade friends, lader down with birthday gifts and gooc wishes. • •• The throng had gathered at the Sib ley home across thP street, behind darkened windows, where they stayec in the hidden spot until 9 p. m. whet they stealthily marched over the waj and rang the Goodman door bell. Mr. Sharp pushed the button, nc one else visible. * “Why, come right in,” said the host, but before he could close the door, the phalanx moved against him and such an astdnished man, he didn’i know what to do. He began to smile to laugh, to exclaim! “What does all this mean,” he broke out finally, then laughed anc laughed until the rafters almost shoo! for the large crowd was now joining in. And Mr. Goodman kept laughinj and exclaiming while the folk kepi marching in until the • whole down stairs was filled. . When the guests were seated, Mrs Sharp brought forward a large ham per basket filled with gifts— anc such gifts— gifts to make one laugh gifts to provoke smiles, gifts to fete! up tender memories, gifts to incite i (Continued bn Page Two) Show Your Interest The law committee of the Pali* iade- Improvement Association says: “Now is the time for the home owners to show their approv al and appreciation of what is being done to keep Palisade for the residents, and not, to surren der the valuable restrictions to speculators. Suits are now being actively pushed against apartment buildings and gas stations within the re stricted area. If you believe in this work send in your membership fee of $6.00 and give the association funds with which to carry on. Were it not for the activity of your citizen committee you would have the state road traffic right through Bluff road, splitting the village in two parts. Remember, past would-be violat ors have been stopped and it is for you to act against new dispoilers. KEEP PALISADE CLEAN FOR ITS HOME OWNERS 1 Holy Name Hospital June Fair, On June 10, 11 ,12, Will Be Big Event Of Season The June Fair of the Holy Name Hospital at Teaneck will take place on the hospital lawn next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The hospital is located on Teaneck road and Cedar lane. The fair will be open from 2 p. m. to 11 p. m. each day. Twenty-eight communities will part icipate including Grantwood . whose auxiliary has charge of the refresh ment booth. Any contributions should be sent to Mrs. G. Siegrist, 90 Crescent lane, Grantwood, phone Clilfside 4?4. Other members of the local committee are: Mrs. Margaret Ahearn, Mrs. Anna Glynn, Mrs. Gertrude Fultley, Mrs. Paul Brady, Mrs. Geo. Brown, Mrs. J. Schickling, Mrs. Katherine Fox, and Mrs. and Miss Brandis. This will be an entirely worthy affair and merits the fullest support of everyone.' 'The Holy Name Hospi tal is non-sectarian. ’ ' Gas Statitm Here Operating ' Regardless Of- injunction ■ - - -«• Proceedings Against It The" objectionable gas station on Route No. 10 .. at its junction with Palisade avenue, on which an injunc tion was applied for recently by Judge Seufert, gave not the slightest atten tion to his notification to the owner, and has now been open for business for over a week. There has been much surprise over the fact that the ; injunction order was disregarded. Asked about the matter, J. Otto Huni cke, president of the Palisade Inv : provement Association, said this week, “I cannot tell you a thing about why the owners of this objectionable ’ gas station failed to observe the in : struction issued by Judge Seufert. All of us are surprised, in fact. But the injunction stands just the same re-, gardless of the fact that the owners are taking a big risk. It cannot be tried in Bergen county, however. We hope, of course, that the injunction will be upheld.” There’s nothing like a coal strike for producing a cold winter. Colored Woman Killed In 1 Fall From “Skyrocket” Not Known Whether Or Not Victim Stood Up And Was Thrown From Car Or Jumped, From Fright— First Accident Of Season— Happened Sunday Afternoon The first fatality of the season secured in Palisades Amusement Park late last. Sunday afternoon, when Pauline Wright, 27 married and colored, of 300 2nd St* Hackensack, fell out of a car on the. hew Skyrocket coaster and was instantly killed. 1 The accident occurred near the end of the ride, after the car had passed the two highest levels and hras about to start on the last lap of'the trip. The young colored wottlan fell back ward from the car, her head striking the track. Her skijll was fractured and'the body fell to the ground. The ride was closed' immediately and several men ran over to the prostrate form. It was quickly ascer tained that life was extinct and offi cials covered the body with a cloth. In a few moments a piece of canvas was stretched across in front of the spot where the body lay. Dr. E. 0. Hellstern, of Cliffside Park whs called and. declared that the woman had been dead for some time before his arrival. The body late Sunday night was taken to the undertaking establish ment of James 'Hunt in Fort Lee, where yesterady morning it was ex amined by County Physician Ogden, who issued & permit for its removal. Whether Mrs. Wright jumped or fell from the car is not known. Her husband, who was sitting with her, yf&s able to say only that he "couldn’t hold her in” and did not know whet her or not she rose from her seat out of fright. Only the customary investigation will be made into the accident by the Prosecutor. The Prosecutor said that the circumstances surrounding her death did not warrant going deep into the matter. . Cop Not Drunk On ' Duty Council Finds Any Officers Affected By Gen eral Charge Exonerated— Fletcher Ave. Improvement ' The Police Committee reported that there was no foundation for the charges made by Cyrus Prosch of Coytesville that a ’ traffic officer on Sunday, May 23, was “foolishly intox icated” at his post of duty. A petition signed by 30 residents of Coytesville who had observed the traffic officers at wor}c in that vicinity the date and time, mentioned testified that there was nothing about their conduct to in dicate that they were under the influ ence of liquor. The report of the committee and the petition were re ceived and all officers that the general charge might have had reference to were exonerated. a comparatively large numDer oi residents from Fletcher avenue were present for the hearing on the im provement ordinances providing for sidewalks, curbs and gutters and a permanent road improvement from Main street north to Lee street. A petition was read protesting against the improvement at this time. This petition was signed by a majority of residents along Fletcher avenue from Lewis i street to Lee street. After a lengthy discussion pro and con it was found that the road improvement was the one most seriously objected to while there seemed to be no particu lar objection to the sidewalk improve ment. It was decided to get figures to be presented at the next meeting giving the approximate cost of the sidewalk improvement only. All per sons interested should attend the next meeting of the Council on June 16. * There were no objectors to the Anderson avenue improvement ordi nance and the same was passed. Bids will be received at the next meeting Payment of a bill for advertising the Palisade avenue extention ordi nance was refused by Councilmar Cook, Hoebel and Wood who at the time of the reading of the resolution were in the majority as Councilmar Schall and Mayor White left the meeting before the close. Cook and Wood gave as their reason that they were on the Printing Committee and had not been consulted about the plac ing of this, advertisement. Councilman Kerwein commended the Fire Companies of the Borough upon their splendid work In handling the two serious fires of recent date and suggested that a fire hydrant or two be placed in the vicinity of the cliff-front along Hudson terrace as the firemen at the last fire were required to use 4,000 feet of hose. The matter Will be'taken up at once by the Fire and Water Committee. Several applications for permits to install gasoline pumps were referred to the Building Inspector for a re port. The salary of the Official Tax Searcher, John McGloin, was in creased from $50 per month to $100. It was explained that Mr. McGloin is giving all of his time to the job and doing splendid work. The Council approved an agreement whereby the Borough will have the use of the present dumping grounds on Anderson avenue for a period of at least one year longer. A petition asking for the improve ment of Crescent way in the Palisade section was referred to the Engineer to check up. A request to erect an electric sign on the side of the Grant-Lee theatre at Palisade Junction was granted. A resolution was passed apprbpria $1,000 for the July 4th celebration. A full report of this incident appears elsewhere in this issue. Serious Fire Last Saturday Night At The Kuntz Home At about seven o’clock last Satur day evening, the Fort Lee Firemen were called to extinguish a fire on the Kuntz property, on the Cliffs. Comp anies 1, 2, and 3 responded. The fire had'been discovered by David Harri gan, of Fort Lee, a passerby, who had seen flames shooting out of the win dows of the house. It had gained considerable headway and although the house of Mrs. Kuntz could not be saved, it was possible tc extinguish the fire that started on the home of Mrs. G. Moody, nearby, One report puts the loss to Mrs. Knut2 at $7,000. ‘ Crowds of spectators anc lines of automobiles filled Hudson Ter Plans For July 4th Celebration Under Way In Fort Lee Borough To Be Really Worth While Event Meeting Held Last. Tuesday Evening— Agree To Sub* stantial Conformance To Chairman’s Program— Another Committee Meeting Next Tuesday Eve’g. Fox Talks Before Exchange Club Sayl That All Street Improve ments Should Be Of Permanent Nature The need for constructing per manent roadways throughout Cliff side Park in preference to semi permanent roads, was stressed by R. Fox, Jr., in his talk before the Cliff side Park Exchange Club at its regu lar luncheon meeting in the Park Inn, Woodcliff, on Tuesday. As the borough is continually faced with the necessity of laying new streets or the problem of repairing streets that have already been im proved, it was shown by Mr. Fox that the only satisfactory way to cope with the situation is to construct permanent roads. A saving of money will .result in the end if this is done for the borough will be relieved of paying constantly for road repairs. Any of several different varieties of permanent construction could be adopted by the borough, he said. Ac cording to the speaker the average life of one of these roads would be from twenty to, twenty-five years. It was pointed out that up to the present it has seemed to be the prac tice where a new street is needed, to install what is known as a semiper manent job which carries with it the need of expending money not only for repair work but upkeep as well. Many of these streets have proved unsatisfactory. Although perhaps the original cost of a street of this kind might be slightly less than one of so-called permanent construction, in the long run it will be found that no saving has been effected. The permanent .construction of roads would make comparatively easy the problem of repair work. Mr. Fox also brought to the atten tion of the club the fact that many boroughs the same size as Cliffside Park have given up the iderf of lay ing semi-permanent streets and have adopted the permanent street con struction. Among the boroughs thus listed were: Bergenfield, Dumont, Tea neck, Oradell, Ridgefield Park, Bogota and others. He said, that if the permanent me thod of street construction were adopted in Cliffside borough, there might be some objection on the ground of the assessment alotted to the resi dents in financing this work. Under the present system of fixing streets by putting in the smi-permanent work which amounts often to little more than repair work, the matter is taken care of by general taxation. With the growth of the borough, however, and the ever increasing need for paving new streets and fixing old ones, a point would eventually be reached where the funds used in repair work would reach a limit. To Pave River Road The Board of Freeholders have asked for bids for paving River road with concrete from the ferry, south to the Hudson County line. New granite curbs are to be installed in place of the present blue stone curbs and Mayor Wissel is endeavoring to get the Board of Freeholders to widen the street just opposite Burns Bros., so as to eliminate to some extent the very sharp curve at that point. Still On The March • Among the veterans who marched in the Memorial Day parade in New York, was Samuel Hodkinson, of Grantwood, a veteran of the Civil War. Mr. Hodkinson had the honor of leading the Grand Army Division under the standard of the Horace B. Clafin Post, of which he is past com mander. He was the only member of his post to mairch. Mr. Hodkinson is 82 years old, and marched as erect as the veterans of the later wars. * Fort Lee’s celebration of the sequi centenial of the sigining of the Dec laration of Independence to be held on Monday, July 5, will be among the best in Northern New Jersey. This great event which is of special inter est to the residents of historic Fort Lee will be celebrated in a most fitting way by the borough at large. Since the founding of the Palisade section over twenty years ago Pali sade has observed Independence Day with a children’s parade, exercises and fireworks under the direction of Chas. T. Logan. Mr. Logan’s tireless work in connection with the event in the past and the many successful cele brations that have been staged by him led Mayor Edward White to name him as the General Chairman for the Borough^ demonstration this year. Mr. Logan prepared a tenetive program which was presented to an informal meeting of representatives from organizations and interested citi zens on last Tuesday evening. The program was adopted as a basis for operation and will be substaneially conformed with. It provides for morning, afternoon and evening events, details of which will be an nounced later. Members of the Arrangements Committee include the following: Charles T. Logan, General Chairman; the Mayor and Council; Presidents of all Borough's Organisa tions; James D. Moore, Francis E. i yf Troy, James G. - Boss, Gas Meyn, . ; Charles W. B, Lane, William. Corker, Martin J. Cummings, Miss Mary E. Shannon, Lewis Sceva, Mrs, P. Grieb, Mrs. Ernest Sibley, Mrs. F. Wilson, Captain John J. Aikins, Thomas J. Collum, Joseph Setzer and Samuel J. Corker. Just how to finance the affair which is estimated will cost from $1,000. to $1,500 has been the subject of much discussion. It was the opinion of the general chairman that the fund should be raised by popular subscription but some other members of the committee felt that the money should come from the Borough. Charles Lane at Wednesday night’s council meeting, upon the request of the Mayor, reported what took place at an informal meeting of citizens on Tuesday evening and said that' it was the concensus of opinion at the gathering that the major portion of the fund necessary should be approp riated by the Council but that the General Chairman, Charles T. Logan of Palisade favored, the raising of funds by popular subscription. Wm. Corker supplemented Mr. Lane’s re marks by explaining just why the meeting had favored the appropria tion saying it would be a comparative ly hard matter to raise the necessary cash in the upper part of the Boro. Mayor White said he felt the fund should come from individual'subscrip tions and thought it possible to secure the money desired in this way if sufficient effort was made. The members of the Council believed the appropriation the best plan and it was voted to appropriate $1,000. It is understood that if the cost of the celebration exceeds this amount the balance will be raised by the commit tee. , .... Another meeting of the arrange ments committee will be held in the Borough Hall on next Tuesday even ing at 8 o’clock. . - ' n..L j * D_ Kills Little Fairview Girl A little Fairview girl, Margaret Sarcini, was killed by a Public Service bus on Anderson avenue in Fairview on Tuesday afternoon. The little girl was playing near her home at 200 Anderson avenue and darted across the street to see some other children. She did not see the bus in time to avoid the fatality. She was killed instantly when two wheels passed over her body. An ex amination was made at the North Hudson Hospital and later the body was taken to James Hunts’ Morgue in Fort Lee.