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The Palisades Are the Balcony of the World’
William A. Mackay, Coyteavilla
PALI -S ADIAN
"Find* tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons In stones, and good in everything.”
—As You Like It.
VOL. XX. No. 23
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1927—TWELVE PAGES
PRICE FOUR CENTS
SUNDAY FARE OF 5c ON HILLSIDE BUS
LINE ANNOUNCED BY PUBLIC SERVICE
IN LETTER TO MAYOR JOSEPH MARINI
A Victory For Local Mayor, Councilman John McDonald,
And Other Officials Who Have Fought Charge That
Worked Hardship On Local Public Riding Only A
Few Blocks To Church Or Park On Sundays.
Mayor Joseph W. Marini and the
Cliffside Park Board of Council have
in connection with Fairvicw, West
New York and other Hilltop towns
been successful in their efforts to se
cure a flve-cent fare on Sundays on
the Hillside Bus Line operating on
Anderson avenue in the Borough.
For several years under the opera
tion of both the Independent Bus Own
ers and the Public Service Transporta
tion Company the Hillside busses have
charged a double rate on Sundays, due
to the reduction of traffic on that day.
This was particularly a hardship on
the citizens of Cliffside Park because
many use the busses on Sunday to at
tend church services in the lower part
of the Borough and were forced to pay
ten cents for .a ride of only a few
blocks. The same is true of residents
of the lower part of the Borough who
used the busses to travel the compara
tively short distance to Palisades
Amusement Park in the afternoon and
evening.
Councilman John McDonald has
been for some time the chief contender
among the council men for the lower
Sunday fare as well as better service.
Mayor Marini entered whole-heartedly
into the fight and lent his own efforts
to those of Mr. McDonald and other
interested councilmen with the result
that the reduced fare and decided im
provement in the service have been ob
tained.
The following letter was received
by Mayor Marini recently and is
splendid evidence of tlie influence
Cliffside Park officials have with the
transportation executives:
Newark, N. J.
May 2Gth, 1927.
Honorable Joseph W. Marini, Mayor
Borough of Cliffside Park,
Cliffside, N. J.
My dear Mayor:
In order to meet your wishes and
those of your constituents, Public Ser
vice Transportation Company has de
cided to abolish the schedule of Sun
day fares now in effect on its Hillside
line busses, so that beginning Sunday,
May 29th, the present week day rates
will be in effect at all times.
You will, of course, realize that this
decision means a sacrifice of consider
able ' revenue by the Company. Less
traffic and consequent higher per cap
ita cost of operation on Sundays,
would, we believe, justify a continu
ance of the present schedule, if the
matter came to a legal determination.
In spite of this condition, we are
putting the uniform rates in effect as
a further intention of our intention to
give the best possible service at the
lowest possible fare.
Very truly yours,
M. R. BOYLAN,
Vice-president in charge
* of operation.
J. D. Coysh Injured
By Trolley In Canada
Was Running To Catch Boat—
Suffers Fractured Skull—
Family At Bedside
John D. Coysh, of Oakdene avenue,
Grantwood, is in a serious condition
in a hospital at Saint Stlanbrique,
Canada, as the result of an unfortu
nate accident on Sunday last. Mr.
Coysh was running for a boat and
ran directly into the path of a street
car. He suffered a fractured skull
which caused concussion of the brain
and his condition is imported as very
serious.
His wife and daughter left for Can
ada almost immediately upon receiving
word of the sad accident.
Mr. Coysh is very well known in
Cliffside Park. He was at one time
connected with the Columbia Real Es
tate company and also with the real
estate office of Carmine Richard. He
is over fifty years of age.
Bitten By Dog
Allan Lucht, of 242 Fulton terrace,
Cliffside, was bitten last Saturday aft
ernoon by a dog owned by I). Watson,
of 418 Anderson avenue. Treatment
was given by Doctor Walter Schmidt.
Mackciy Mass Meeting In
Fort Lee, June 16
A mays meeting, under the
auspices of the Mackay Repub
lican organization, will be held
in the • Fort Lee theatre, Main
street and Center avenue, on
Thursday evening, June 16, at
8:30 p. m.
The Senator himself will be
the main speaker of the evening
and his candidates in the present
Primary fight will also address
the audience on the issues of the
campaign,
All arc invited to be present.
Poison Pen Letter
Received By L. Prina
Written By Demented Man Of
Palisades Park—Text Of Let
ter— Disclosed—Is Watched
A poison pen note was received last
week by Louis Prina, of Lawton court,
Grantwood, a member of the Cliffside
Park Board of Education. The letter
was in the nature of a warning for
Mr. Prina to discontinue his atten
tions to a Mrs. Greenleaf who the
writer confided to him was a married
woman. The note was signed W. H.
B. but it was later discovered that the
writer was Mrs. Greenleaf’a, husband,
who is demented. -
Mr. Prina never heard of any of the
parties concerned and has accepted the
situation very good naturedly. He has
permitted the Palisadian to publish
the letter which follows:
New York City
May 26, 1927
Mr. Louis E. Prina,
Dear Sir:
I am writing this letter of warning
to you as a friend, take my advice and
keep away from that mamma that
goes to Mr. Joseph Carr’s house, to
see the woman that keeps house for
him. Now I don’t know if she told
you that she was a married woman
or she gave you her right name or
not, if she didn’t, her name is Mrs.
William Greenleaf and she lives in
Palisades Park. Her husband has got
a private detective watching you and
Mrs. Greenleaf. I am giving you a
straight tip. She has got two sons,
21 and 23 years old, and a daughter
around 27 years old and married with
4 children, so take my advice, and lay
off before it’s too late or you will re
gret the day you made her acquaint
ance.
Yours very truly,
W. H. B.
of N. Y. C.
P. S. If I get a chance I will be over
to see you on the 30th of this month
around 3 p. m., if possible.
. W. 11. B.
When the note was first received
Mr. Prina got in touch with Captain
John McAvoy, of the Cliffside Park
police. Together they went to Pali
sades Park'and found the whereabouts
of the Grecnleaf family. One of Mr.
Qieenleaf’s sons said that his father
had a habit of getting names out of
the telephone directory and writing
letters. He said he had seen his
father looking over the phone book
just a few evenings before.
“Why he should pick out my name,
from all the rest, I don’t know,” Mr. j
Prina said, “Unless it is because it is
the only name of its kind in the book.”
The writer of the letter is being
h“ld for observation.
Daylight Fireworks In
Honor Of Chas. Lindbergh
Daylight fireworks from Schenek
Brothers Palisades Ausemnt Park
will greet “Lindy” as ke sails majes
tically in his plane up the Hudson this
Monday noon. Huge aerial bombs will,
be shot high in the heavens releasing
American flags. On Tuesday night,
June 14 there will be a special fire
works spectacle presented free at the
park.
The Mayor and Council of Cliffside
Park meet on next Monday night.
Ft. Lee School Board
To Co-Operate July 4
And Safety Week
Mrs. Mattice Urges Appoint
ment Of Clerk Abbott As
School Secretary For Full
Time Duty At Salary Of Not
Less Than $250 Per Month.
The Fort Lee school board at their
regular meeting on Monday evening
voted to co-operate with the July 4th
celebration committee in connection
with the observance of the birthday of
American Independence and also with
the Fort Lee Rotary club in its Safety
Week campaign, the third week in
June.
Both matters were brought to the
board’s attention by William S. Cork
er, local newspaperman, Borough
Clerk and a member of both commit
tees. He asked that the school auth
orities co-operate in the July 4th cel
ebration by having as many of the
children and school teachers as pos
sible participate in the parade and
enjoy the rest of the exercises that
would be planned for the day. In
connection with Safety Week he ob
tained permission to have safety pam
phlets distributed to the pupils and to
have able speakers address them on
the subject in assembly.
A resolution passed by the Heal Es
tate Board of the Palisades was read
urging the board to acquire sites for
future schools while it is possible to
do so and while the prices arc at the
present level. Charles W. B. Lane,
executive secretary of the Real Es
tate board, spoke in connection with
the resolution and stated that the
board was anxious that some action
be taken. He stated that the Fort Lee
board was particularly fortunate in
having a comprehensive survey as a
guide. ..
President Whitaker stated that the
board is at present looking out for fu
ture school needs and is attemtping to
obtain additional land adjacent to pre
sent school sites. He mentioned Pali
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Grantwood Woman
Injured By Auto
Mrs. Mary Powell Struck By
Woman Driver While Cross
ing Anderson Avenue
On last Sunday evening Mrs. Mary
Powell, of 383 Aurora avenue, Grant
wood, was painfully and seriously in
jured when struck by a car driven by
Miss May T. Rose, of Carlstadt. The
accident happened at the intersection
of Anderson avenue and Edgewood
lane.
Mrs. Powell was en route to her
home and while crossing Anderson
avenue was struck by the passing car.
She suffered various lacerations and
bruises and the full extent of her in
juries arc. not yet determined.
The victim was hurried to the Cliff
side Park police station by a passing
autoist and Captain John McEvoy
took her to the North Hudson hospital
for treatment. She is now at home
but confined to her bed.
Miss Rose, driver of the car, cannot
account for the accident. She says
she saw the woman standing on the
curb and the next thing she knew the
car struck her or she walked into the
side of the car. Miss Rose’s father
was with her. They tried to follow
the machine that took Mrs. Powell to
the police station but lost their way.
They first reported the accideht in
Fairview but later were directed to
the Cliffside police.
A charge of assault and battery by
auto has been made. i
Anton Bohm Able To Be
Out Little While Recently
Anton Rohm, Realtor and prom
inent Cliffside Park resident who has
been suffering several months from
sleeping sickness, was able to be out
a little .while on Friday of last week.
Mr. Hohm’s friends are delighted
to know that he is showing marked
improvement and they are anticipat
ing with pleasure the time \yhen he
will again be able to attend to his
business and enter into the various
civic affairs in which he was always
so active.
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Limenfeld
have returned from a motor trip to
[ Maryland.
“Too Young”
Says Patrick of “Lindy”
Captain Lindbergh shares
with William Pitt, Prime Minis
ter of England at twenty-four,
“the atrocious crime of being a
young man.”
General Patrick, head of the
Army Aviation Corps, says
“Lindy” is too young to be a
colonel. Alexander was one at
twenty; George Washington, at
twenty-two, Napoleon, when he
conquered Italy, was only a year
older than our conqueror of the
world.
It isn’t age which counts—but
quality.—New York American.
Cliffside Attorney,
Berg, Arrested On
Sat. For Forgery
Represented Himself As Henry
Prieser And Cashed A Check
For $3,500—Held For Hud
son Grand Jury—Lives On
Palisade Avenue.
Attorney Herman A. Berg, 47, of
103 Palisade avenue, Cliffside, was
arrested by the Hoboken police last
Saturday evening and charged with
forging a check of $3,500. Complaints
in the case were made by Henry Pries
er and the Jefferson Trust company,
of Hoboken.
The bank claimed that Berg cashed
a check for $3,500 of the American
Mutual Liability Insurance company,
dated March 18, 1927, made payable
to the order of Henry Prieser. Berg
it is alleged represented himself as
Prieser and cashed the check, signing
Prieser’s name on the back of it.
i Berg represented Prieser in an ac
|cident suit some tfhie ago and claims
I that as Prieser’s representative he
was authorized to sign his client’s
name on the check.
The defendant is being held without
bail for the Grand Jury on the charge
of forgery.
Six Cliffside Park
Firemen Injured
_____
J. McGrath And J. Casper
Required Hospital Treatment
After Explosion
Six Cliffside firemen were injured,
two seriously, at a fire in the Cliffside
section last Monday evening about
6:30 o’clock when a shanty containing
waste celluloid exploded after it
caught fire from a bonfire which had
gotten out of the control of several
youngsters.
The injured firemen were:
James McGrath, burns on the
face and eyes, taken to Englewood
hospital.
John Casper, burps on the face,
cut on the head, taken to North
Hudson hospital.
Peter Petersen, minor injuries,
treated by Dr. E. C. Hellstern.
William Naedler, minor injur
ies, treated by Dr. E. C. Hell
stern.
William Curtiss, minor injuries,
treated by Dr. E. C. Hellstern.
W. Neuman, minor injuries,
treated by Dr. E. C. Hellstern.
The shanty was owned by the Ad
vertising Record Corporation, a local
concern. It was used to store waste
celluloid and a sufficient distance from
other buildings to prevent it from be
ing a fire hazard. ,
Joseph DeLuca, 11, of Kamena
street, Fairview; Tony Duccillio, 13,
of Murray street, Fairview, and
Frank Allocca, 15, of Shaler avenue,
Fairview, according to the story,
started a bonfire which began to
spread and over which the boys lost
all control. As the flames approached
the shanty an alarm was turned in
and the Cliffside company responded
promptly and found the building in
flames. While the firemen were at
tempting to control the blaze an ex
plosion occurred causing the injuries
to the firemen.
Ft. Lee Stores To Close At
1 P. M.Wed. In Summer
Stores in Fort Lee affiliated with
the Board of Trade and will close on
Wednesday afternoons at 1 p. m., dur
ing the months of June, July and
August.
Motion Picture Of
Local Folks To Be
Shown Next Week
Every Class In Cliffside Park
Schools, Fire Department,
Mayor And Council, Etc., In
Film—Prizes For Sellers Of
Largest Number Of Tickets.
On June 13, 14 and 15 in the Cliff
side Park high school and on June
16 and 17 in the Hudson Heights
school number 5, an historical picture
of Cliffside Park will be exhibited by
the Parish Film Chronicles Company.
Matinee performances will start at 4
p. m., and the evening performances
at 8:15 p. m.
This is a picture which has been in
the process of taking for the past sev
eral weeks and includes “shots" of ^11
the classes of the Cliffside Park
schools, the Board of Education, the
teachers and various school activities.
Other scenes of local interest are in
eluded such as the fire departments in
action, the police, the Palisadian being
printed, the Mayor and Council, etc.
In connection with the picture a five
reel feature picture as well as a two
reel comedy will also be exhibited and
the subjects will be changed each
evening so those wishing to see the
local picture more than once can do
so without having to view the feature
picture and the comedy a second time.
A novel feature of the ticket selling
campaign is the offer of a motion pic
ture projection machine and film, val
ued, at $100, to the boy or girl who
sells the most tickets. The boy or
girl selling the second largest number
of'tickets will receive $25 worth of
fireworks or a $25 wrist watch. The
tickets are 25 cents for children and
50 cents for adults.
TT1*0SC who appear in the film or
who’ ~har»j>-ehtWThcn-''a:ppearin^' -'aT'e
awaiting expectantly for this unusual
show.
The film will ultimately be present
ed to the local school board for pre
servation and will be their property.
Small Claims Court
Procedure Explained
Judgments On Claims Up To
$50 Easy To Obtain At Small
Cost—No Lawyer Necessary
For the benefit of the local mer
chants and others who may have oc
casion to make use of the small claims
court in Hackensack, the following
method of procedure is reprinted from
the Bergen Evening Record of that
city:
In Bergen County the Small Claims
Courts are operated in conjunction
with the Hackensack, Ridgewood, and
East Rutherford District Courts.
One seeking action, simply appears
before the clerk of the court, makes
his state of demand (telling what he
claims is due him and how it was in
curred) and pays $1.60 and mileage,
which is four cents a mile, for the
service of subpoena on the other per
son concerned in the case.
The Small Claims Court can only be
used where sums due, do not exceed
fifty dollars.
t Counsel is not needed in such pro
cedure, for the clerk of the court does
all the legal work involved and the
Judge examines the witness, himself.
The court is well adapted to the
cause of the mercant who seeks a
judgment on unpaid bills, for in the
past he was obliged to incur the ex
pense of engaging a lawyer, and many
times he found it advisable to forfeit
the claim in preference to. going to
such expense.
Freeholder Walter A. Kipp, the only
lawyer member of the Board of Free
holders, urged the creation of these
courts in Bergen County, convincing
his fellow members of the benefit to be
derived by the many merchants of the
county, while the courts will pay for
their own maintenance.
Annual Recital
The annual musical recital given by
the pupils of Prof. A. W. Knowles, of
Coytesville, will be held in the audi
torium of the Englewood Cliffs school
house, on Friday evening, June 17 at
8 o’clock sharp. These recitals are a
great treat in a musical way and show
their talent,- and work of their teacher,
Professor Knowles. Cards of admis
sion may be procured, upon request.
HUDSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL DEDICATED T
WITH FITTING CEREMONIES ON JUNE
THIRD—BIBLE AND FLAG PRESENTED
Elaborate Program Enjoyed By Over 500 And Was
Followed By Inspection Of The New Building—Elo
quent Addresses By H. F. Goemann, Mayor Joseph
W. Marini, A. Nagel, W. H. Weir, And Others.
Impromptu Betsy Ross
Leaves Out Some Stars
There was much ado in Cott
bus, Germany, on Tuesday, when
the city fathers decided that the
proper thing for the Chamberlin
,Levine reception' at the City
Hall was an American flag drap
ed over the balcony. Not a single
American flag was to be found
in Cottbus, but Cottbus is a
town of resourcefulness. A
seamstress was commissioned to
emulate Betsy Ross, and to make
it quickly. The seamstress did
her best but the; time allotted
her was not sufficient and the
Ameiican flag th’at draped the
balcony of the City Hall was shy
just thirty stars.
Trolley Severs Foot
Of Grantwood Child
Infant Son Of Mr. And Mrs. C.
Stritch Victim Of Accident
—Happened Friday Last
Little Clifford Strich, 4, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Strich, of 262 Knox
avenue, Grantwood, was hit by a trol
ley car at, Knox avenue and the car
line about 6:45 o’clock last Friday
eveuiDg iiod * part of fcia,right,..foot
was severed.
The tot was playing on the grounds
around the Masonic temple on Knox
avenue and started home to supper.
Witnesses say that the trolley was
coming at a rapid rate of speed and
hit the child before he was aware of
any danger.
When the car came to a stop the
lad’s body was underneath it and in
some way his right foot had gone un
der one of the front wheels and was
severed. He was rushed to the North
Hudson hospital where another part
of the foot was amputated and other
injuries, including scalp lacerations,
were treated.
The operator of the trolley was J.
J. Graeger, of 308 Madison street,
[Hoboken. He was released under
$1,000 bail and paroled in the custody
of John A. Murray, of the Public Ser
vice Corporation claim department.
Witnesses to the accident are: M.
Cohn, 1269 Morris avenue, Bronx:
Nelson J. Rich, 262 Knox avenue;
Mrs. R. L. Miller, Knox avenue; Mrs.
Lillian Koch, 254 Konx avenue; G. W.
Doremus and wife, 262 Knox avenue,
all of Grantwood.
President Collidge Will
Consider Invitation For
Bridge Ground Breaking
On Thursday of last week, Jacob W.
Binder, executive secretary of the In
terstate Hudson River Bridge associa
tion of New Jersey, and William
Leary, treasurer of the Port of New
York Authority, personally extended
an invitation to President Calvin Cool
idge to attend the ground breaking ex
ercises of the Hudson river bridge
which are to be held in September in
-tead of on June 15 as originally plan
ned.
The chief executive did not commit
himself but promised to consider the
invitation at a later date while he was
vacationing at the summer White
House.
Dead Brook Assessment
Referred Back To The 3
Commissioners At Meeting
The Fort Lee Mayor and Council
held an adjourned meeting on Wednes
day night to consider carefully the
complaints resulting form the Dead
Brook sewer assessment and decided
to refer the entire assessment back to
the assessment commissioners.
The council chamber was jammed
to the door with indignant taxpayers
who claimed the assessment was gross
ly unfair and pointed out numerous
errors that had been made. The dis
cussion took the entire evening.
Dedication ceremonies were held at
the Hudson Heights school No. 5 on
Friday evening last before an audience
of approximately five hundred people
including many prominent in local af
fairs.
An elaborate program included mus
ical numbers, addresses and the pre
.entalion of a Bible by the Junior Ord
er of American Mechanics, and also a
flag by Benedict Council XV, Knights
of Columbus.
The teachers of school number
three presented two pictures to the
new school and the Parent-Teacher as
sociation presented one.
Following is the program:
Mr. James A. Kenny, presiding;
"Stars and Stripes Forever”, orches
tra; Invocation, Rev. John Banks, as
sistant pastor, Epiphany church; song,
“Star Spangled Banner,” directed by
Mrs. Jennie M.. MacCulloch, super
visor of music; Address of Welcome,
Mr. Herman F. Goemann, president,
Board of Education 1921-23, 1925-26,
and 1926-27; Address, Hon. Joseph W.!
Marini, Mayor, Borough of Cliffside
Park; Soprano solo, Blanche Arral
Wheeler, accompanied at the piano by
Bessie Morgan Simpson; Presentation
of Flag, Mr. James F. Burke, For
Benedict XV, Council 2355, Knights
of Columbus; Acceptance of Flag, Mr.
George B. Wheeler, principal, school
number five; Address, “What Is An
Adequate School Program?” by Mr.
Roscqe L. West, assistant, commission
if b^dueatt«7n;’JPresefitafidTiofiBi6le,i
Edgewater Council No. 102, Junior
Order of United American Mechanics;
Acceptance of Bible, Mr. George Hall,
Supervising principal of schools; Bar
itone Solo, Mr. August Werner, at the
piano, Mrs. August Werner; Presenta
tion of Keys, Mr. Edwin F. Manahan,
For Mayer and Manahan, Associate
architects; Acceptance of Keys, Mr.
Ahrend H. Nagel, president. Board of
Education 1927-28; Song—"America,”
directed by Mrs. Jennie M. MacCul
loch, supervisor of music; Benediction,
Rev. Silas Rees, D. D., Pastor, Grant
wood Congregational church.
At the close of the program, the
building was thrown open for inspec
tion and hundreds availed themselves v
of the opportunity to see the various
classrooms, shops and laboratories.
Refreshments were served by the Cliff
side Park Parent-Teacher association
under the direction of Mrs. Manahan,
Grantwood, and Mrs. Finucane.
Dancing was later enjoyed to the be
witching strains of the Rhythm Kings’
dance orchestra.
Continued on Page 2
Palisade Gardens, Inc.
Gives Land For Road
Will Make Possible Extension
Of Center Ave.—Auction Sale
Tomorrow, June 11
Mrs. Agnes K. Murphy Mulligan,
secretary and manager of Palisade.
Gardens, Inc., owner of Palisade Gar
dens, at Palisade avenue and the
State Highway, known as Route Ten,
Falisade, announces the dedication to
the Board of Council, Borough of Fort
Lee, of a strip of land 1,200 feet long
and 60 feet wide, for hte route of the
and 60 feet wide, for the route of the
Center avenue).
This drive, when completed, will run
diagonally through the northwesterly
section of Palisade Gardens, and will
he the principal gateway from Ander
son avenue to the Bridge Plaza.
By the dedication of this land, Mrs.
Mulligan has made available for other i
put-poses an appropriation of $80,000
that the Board of Freeholders had set
aside for the purchase of the land
required for the creation of the Mac
kay drive gateway to the Bridge plaza.
Palisade Gardens will be the scene
on Saturday, June 11, at 2:30 p. m.,
of an important auction sale of 477
Palisade Gardens business, apartment,
and residential lots on Palisade ave
nue, Anderson avenue, Abbott boule
vard, Forest road, an adjacent streets,
to be held by Joseph P. Day, of New
York, auctioneer.