The Palisades are the Balcony of the World”
William A. Mackay, Coytaavllla
PALI SAD IAN
"Find* tongues in treesv books in running brooksf
Sermons in stones, end good in everything/*
—As You Like It.
VOL. XX. No. 26
FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1927—TWELVE PAGES
PRICE FOUR CENTS
PLANS FOR JULY 4TH IN CLIFFSIDE
PARK CHANGED AND CELEBRATION
WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY NEXT
Exchange Club Offers To Run Affair With Co-operation
Of Officials And Mayor’s Committee—Full Day’s
Program Planned—A Treat For The Local Children.
As a result of an offer from the
Cliffside Park Exchange club to co
operate with the borough officials in
staging a July 4th celebration this'
year, Mayor Marini with the advice
and consent of the council board ac
cepted their offer. On the motion of
Councilman John McDonald the board
at their meeting Monday evening vot
ed $500, the amount appropriated in
the 1927 budget, for the occasion ami
Mayor Marini appointed a commit
tee to act in conjunction with a com
mittee from the Exchange club to ar
range all details.
In connection with this a letter was
received from Thomas McClean, pres
ident of the local Democratic club ask
ing that his organization be permitted
to use the West Grantwood' play
grounds on July 4, for an outing and
patriotic exercises. The clerk was in
structed to reply stating that because
of the decision to hold a community
celebration at the playgrounds on that
date it would be impossible to give
the grounds over to the Democratic
club but that the officials would be de
lighted to have the club join in with
the general celebration together with
the rest of the citizens.
Commenting on the Exchange club’s
offer after the meeting, Mayor Marini
said:
“The offer of the Exchange club to
co-operate with the officials and a
committee in staging a July 4th cele
bration in Cliffside Park this year was
perfectly agreeable to me despite my
previous decision to forgo the event
this year on account of the forthcom
ing patriotic demonstration in connec
tion with the dedication of Memorial
park and the absence of certain citi
zen's connected with the July 4th af
fairs in years past.
“I trust the committee will receive
the very hearty support of all citizens
aAd that the event will be as enthus
iastic as those of other years.”
Mayor Marini has appointed the fol
lowing 4th of July committee for this
year’s event:
Chairman, Erwin Goemann, Paul
B. Stetka, Seymour N. Sears, Miss
Janet Cohn, Henry Kissel, Mrs. Adiel
Vendewcghe, James Mahoney, Joseph
War, John Yaworski, Lar Mar Vieau,
Mrs. J. Finucane, Chris. Horandt,
Mrs. Warren, Mrs. William Nye, Mrs.
Hawkins, 13. Duncan McClave, Mrs.
L. Fazer, Mrs. W. Whitlock, Mrs. W.
Lauer, Mrs. Horandt, Mrs. H. L.
Post, Mrs. Glessncr, Fred Dyer, Mrs.
W. J. McDonald, Mrs. John Diehl,
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Freeholders To Take
Over Palisade Ave.
Welcome News For Cliff side
Park Taxpayers—Yearly Re
pairs Cost Thousands
The Cliffsidc Park Mayor and Coun
cil at their meeting Monday evening
received a notice from the Bergen
County Board of Frceholders that they
had taken the first steps toward tak
ing over and maintaining Palisade
avenue in the borouglt as a County
road by the passage of a resolution
providing for this action.
Mayor Marini spoke of their letter
as a piece of very welcome news as
the officials for some time have desired
this action on the part of the Free
holders. He said that one obstacle
was the narrow outlet of Palisade ave
nue on the south where it enters the
Hudson county park and that the
Freeholders were anxious to have the
Hudson county officials widen this
piece of the highway before they took
it over. The Mayor said he presumed
that they had agreed to do this.
Mayor Marini said too, that this ac
tion would result in a great saving to
the Borough of Cliffside Park because
it will be relieved of the large main
tainance cost. The repair of Palisade
avenue has always been a major ex
pense that took a large portion of the
$20,000 alloted in the budget to the
road department. Some years the cost
of repairs to this much traveled high
way bus been over $10,000. v
Kenney Total Was Only
529 Not 659 As Reported
The adding machine being out
of commission and the election
reporter being poor in arithme
tic resulted in Mr. Kenney being
credited with more votes than he
received, in last week’s issue.
He polled 321 Democratic
votes and 208 Republican votes
which according to experts, only
totals 529—not 659 as reported.
One hundred and thirty nine
votes can make a lot of differ
ence.
Gebhardt Opposed
To Paying $927.85
Claims Bill Is An “Extra” Not
Authorized By Board—Gives
Stand On The $65,000
School Boavd Trustee Henry L.
Gebhardt, of Cliffside Park, having
been criticized recently for his concur
rence in the decision of the Board to
request $155,000 additional for the
equipment of the high school, yet op
posing the smaller item of $027.85
which is in the nature of an “extra”
bill on the Hudson Heights school has
issued the following statement:
“When the question of asking for
more money for the high school equip
ment came up, I suggested that first
we get figures on the exact cost of the
furniture and equipment and ask for
just that much and no more because
I felt it would not run into $65,000
as the rough estimate showed. I was
told there wasn’t time to do this so
agreed to ask for the $65,000 and take
a chance on the people approving it.
“I believe the added equipment to
be necessary and desirable but it is
in no way an ‘extra’ on the high
school addition in the sense the $927.
85 was on School No. 5. We will really
get something for the money but in
the other case we got nothing.
“I am absolutely opposed to the
payment of the ‘extra’ bill because
it is illegal. Of course, if the people,
knowing the circumstances, want to be
‘good fellows’ and pay it that is agree
able to me, but as their representative
I would not sanction its payment with
out some direct instructions from
them.
. “The facts in the case are quite
simple. To begin with the sewer was
not laid as first planned. This
made necessary the raising of the
building about a foot to care for
drainage. This work was not auth
orized by the Building and Grounds
committee or the Board as a. whole.
The borough has received no benefit
at all from the change, in fact it is
a disadvantage because the sump pit
is not where it should be and there is1
water under the boilers and in the ash
pits as a result. The Board will even
havo to go to the extra expense of
putting a lift in the sump pit which
should not have been necessary if the
original plans had been followed ac
cording to the engineer’s own state!
ment.
“Some favoring the payment of this
illegal bill contend that to have con
sturcted the sewer at the original lev
el would have cost more than the
$927.85. I do not believe this to be
true for but four additional feet
would have been qecessary, that’s all.
“Our own attorney has declared the
Board not liable for the bill and so has
the legal department of the State
Board. They advised us to let the
matter drop and wait for the contrac
tor to sue. In putting this thing on
the ballot and asking the people to
approve it is contrary to the best ad
vice we have received.
"My only desire is to have things
done right and I am making my stand
on both propositions public at this
time so there will be no misunder
standing about my attitude.”
The faculty of the schools of Cliff
side Park held a picnic and outing on
Thursday, June 2'i on the banks'of the
Hudson river, above Dyckman street.
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“Do Nots” Of Flag Etiquette
Do not permit disrespect to be
shown to the Flag of the United
States of America.
Do not dip the Flag of the Unit
ed States of America to any person
or any thing.
Do not display the Flag with the
union down, except as a signal of
distress.
Do not place any other flag or
pennant above or, if on the same
level, to the right of the Flag of
the United States of America.
Do not let the Flag touch the
ground or the floor, or trail in the
water.
Do not place any object or em
blem of any kind on or above the
Flag of the United States of Am
erica.
Do not use the Flag as drapery
in any form whatsoever. Use
bunting of blue, red or white.
Do not fasten the Flag in such
manner as will permit it to be eas
ily torn.
Do not drape the Flag over the
hood, top, sides or back of a vehi
cle, or railroad train or boat. When
the Fag is dispalyed on a motor
car, the staff should be affixed firm
ly to the chassis, or clamped to the
radiator cap.
Do not display the Flag on a
float in a parade except from a
Staff.
Do not use the Flag as a cover
ing for a ceiling.
Do not carry the Flag flat or
horizontally, but always aloft and
free.
Do not use the Flag as a portion
of a costume or of an athletic uni
form. Do not embroider it upon
cushions or handkerchiefs nor
print it on paper napkins or boxes.
Do not put lettering of any kind
upon the Flag.
Do not use the Flag in any form
of advertising nor fasten an adver
tising sign to a pole from which the
Flag is flown.
Do not display, use or store the
Flag is such a manner as will per
mit it to be easily soiled or damag
ed.
H. F. Goemann To
Vote “No” On Both
School Questions
Believes $65,000 Too Large A
Sum—Economy Program Is
Urged—Cut Out Non-Essen
tials—Against The Board’s
Paying “Extra” Bill.
H. F. Goemann, former School
Board president, has declared his op
position to the proposition of $65,000
for high school equipment submitted
by the Board of Education to be voted
on at a special election on Wednesday
next.
Mr. Goemann says:
“I know additional money is neces
sary but I am quite sure $65,000 is
more than is actually needed. Why
didn’t the Board find out first exactly
what the new furniture and equip
ment would cost, then ask for that
amount?
“Board members have told me if
$65,000 is too much it all need not be
spent but in cases of this kind approp
riations are generally all used after
obtained.
“Soon the Board will be asking the
people to approve something like $80,
000 for improvement of the grounds
and an athletic field. All this runs
into a lot of money and must be ser
iously considered.
"I believe an economy program
should be put into effect—for a time
anyway. There are many non-essen
tials in connection with the equipment
while nice to have, are very expensive
and not altogether necessary.
“There arc some who value my op
inion and for this reason I am mak
ing it public. My personal vote on
Wednesday next will be ‘NO’ on both
propositions.”
Mother Of Mrs. Schwarz,
Mrs. H. Johnson, Died
Suddenly This Morning
Mrs. Hannah Johnson, 64 years old,
died suddenly from an attack of acute
indigestion at the home of*1ier daught
er, Mrs. Louis Schwarz, Highland ave
nue, Cliffside Park, early this (Fri
day) morning.
Mrs. Johnson’s death was very sud
den indeed, as she had been in the best
of health. She had resided in Cliff
side Park with her daughter and son
in-law for more than twelve years and
had a wide circle of friends here. She
is survived by her daughter, Mrs. L.
Schwarz.
Funeral services in charge of Rev
erend Frank Schwarz, pastor of the
Grantwood Trinity Lutheran church,
will be held at her late home on Sun
day afternoon and interment will be
in Fairview cemetery.
Senley N. Monroe, of 360 Green
mount avenue, Grantwood, is in charge
of the funeral arrangements.
Gets Suspended Sentence
Walter Seyfarth, 17, of New York,
who was arrested in Cliffside Park
last week,'on the charge of disorderly
conduct made by Nils Paulson, of
Anderson avenue, Grantwood, was giv
en a suspended sentence when he ap
peared before Recorder Schweitzer the
early part of the week.
One Hundred Twelve
Graduate From The
Fort Lee Schools
Operetta, “Youth At The Court
Of Minerva,” Presented By
Pupils^All Are Urged To
Take Part In July 4 Program.
One hundred and twelve boys and
girls were graduated from the eighth
grades of the Fort Lee schools at very
appropriate exercises held in the
Grant-Lee theatre at Palisade, on Fri
day afternpon •/ last weclfc- , .
During the exercises, Charles T.
Logan, general chairman of the May
or’s committee for the celebration of
the Fourth of July, made an address
relative to the forthcoming July 4th
celebration and urged all the children
to take part.
An operetta entitled “Youth at the
Court of Minerva,” was excellently
presented by the following cast; E.
Svanberg, Eleanor Ochsner, Gordon
Kaelin, Slinor Corker, Alferd Hewitt,
Henry Keller, Muriel Priestly, Edna
Hayes, Marjorie Ortlip and Frederick
Oman.
The music was ui^der the direction
of Miss Kathryn E. Allison, Mrs. Em
ma Oettel directed the dancing. The
Misses Louise Schwab and Isabel
Katz were the accompanists.
The class roll is as follows:
School No. 1—William Baumann,
Ethel Irene Beyer, Evelyn S. Binder,
Lawrence J. Bruni, William Cooke,
Eleanor E. Corker, Lucille B. DiPace,
Mario A. Castellini, Judith Cunardi,
Evelyn S. Binder, Theresa Dowdell,
Elizabeth Ehnert, Martha I. Giagiari,
May Judith Gunderson, Edna Hayes,
George Alexander Indahl, Caroline
Kirschbaum, Raymond S. Price, Jr.,
Gertrude M. Lorenz, Marie Antoinette
Morasso, Marjorie E. Ortlip, Alexand
er Pinto, Ernestine W. Reimers, James
E. Rowe, Edith R. Svanberg.
School No. 2—Helen Collis, Edna
Eisenrieth, Catherine V. Ebner, Dor
othy Juleus, Richard Klopefer, Jr., Al
bert Logemann, Dorothy Mae Much
more, Fred A. Olm, Morris Olsen,
Hamilton Putnam, Ernestine Emiline
Continued on Page 2
“Extra” Bill For
Hudson Hts. School
Will Be Voted On
Voter* Must Decide On Pay
ment Of $927.85 To Contrac
tor—Additional $65,000 For
H. S. Addition Equipment Is
Also Asked For.
Wednesday next, July (>, at 8 p. in.,
(Daylight Saving Time), a special
meeting of the Cliffside Park voters
has been called by the local school
board for the purpose of voting on two
appropriations.
The first is for $(>5,000 which the
board considers necessary for equipp
ing and furnishing the new High
school addition. This amount is in ad
dition to the sum already appropriat
ed for this purpose.
The decision of the school heads to
get up to date furniture for the com
plete school building and certain add
itional equipment, not included in the
first estimate, is responsible /or the
additional cost, investigation has dis
closed. It is not thought that the
entire $f>5,000 will be spent but the
Hoard is asking the voters to approve
this amount to be on the safe side.
Contrary to the belief of a few
people, the additional ' money is not
needed because the building costs this
much more than was estimated. Arch
iect Sibley gave the estimate on which
the first money was asked fully a year
and a half before construction work
was started and it was on this figure
that the Board went before the people
for money to erect the high school ad
dition. The architects original esti
mate on the building was $286,000.
Since the estimate was made, there
has been a slight rise in building costs
and several additional classrooms were
built and the gymnasium made larger
than originally planned. The total
cost of the building despite these ad
ditions is to be but $202,000 or $0,000
more than the first estimate which was
based on the preliminary sketch.
An unexepected expense which took
$4,300 of the $40,000 appropriated for
the architect’s fee and equipment was
the wages of the union men who last
winter took care of the new boilers
that heated the entire building. The
new heating plant is located in the
addition and had to be used last win
ter. The unions would not permit the
janitor to do the work and the Board
was forced to employ union men at
union wages to take care of the heat
ing apparatus.„to prevent a strike of
the union construction workers.
The $6,000 additional on the build
ing plus this $4,000 contingent expense
accounts for $10,000 or more of the
original appropriation. In the opin
ion of the Board and the school heads
new equipment not only in the newly
completed section blit in the other part
of the building is absolutely essential
and hence the additional appropriation
of $65,000 which the voters can either
approve or disapprove on Wednesday
next.
The second is for $927.85 to pay an
“extra” hill in connection with the
Hudson Heights school.
The architects found it necessary to
have the contractor raise the building
about a foot because the sewer was not
laid at the proper depth. An order
was issued by the architects, Mayer
and Manahan, stating said work had
been approved by the Building anil
[Grounds committee.
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BUILDING OWNED BY POLICE CHIEF
BORRELL IN GRANTWOOD RECENTLY
RAIDED BY THE PROHIBITION AGENTS
Was Rented To Color Company, Manufacturers Of Paint
Remover—Letter From Local Person Cause Of Raid
—No Liquor Made There Chief Insists—Says Place
Was Always Open.
Cliffside Park was treated to a mild
sensation this past week when Federal
prohibition enforcement agents con
ducted a raid in a building on Ander
son avenue in Grantwood, owned by
Police Chief Frank N. Borrelli, whose
home is right next door.
The establishment raided is known
as the Industrial Color Works com
pany. The building, located at 643
Anderson avenue, corner of Nelson
avenue, was originally built by Chief
Borrell and other local men for an
auto laundry and was operated as
such for over a year. Not long ago
this business was discontinued and
Chief Borrell rented the place to the
above mentioned company whose busi
ness is the manufacture of paint re
mover. They sell their product in
wholesale quantities to paint concerns,
it is said.
Someone in Grantwood, whose nume
the Prohibition Administrator in New
ark has not disclosed, wrote a letter
' Continued on P«go 3
COLORFUL CELEBRATION PLANNED
FOR FORT LEE THE FOURTH OF JULY
BIG FIREWORKS DISPLAY AT NIGHT
Congressman Randolph Perkins Will Speak At Morning
Exercises Following Spectacular Parade—Athletic
Contests And Baseball Game In The Afternoon.
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Gasoline Tax Law .
In Effect Today
Commissioner of Motor Vehi
cles William L. I'ill has issued
orders to his inspection force
and requested members of the
State police and local police de
partments throughout the State
to co-operate with the depart
ment in the enforcement of the
gasoline tax and excise tax laws,
effective today.
The laws were enacted by the
1 «*27 Legislature. The two-cents
a gallon gasoline tax will be
Used for road building and the
excise tax is an imposition of a
tax of a cent and a half per mile
of road traversed by Interstate
bus and truck owners carrying
passengers or goods for hire.
A. W. Tams Dies
In His 78th Year
Pioneer Resident Of Palisade
Passes Away After Lingering
Illness—Interesting Career
Arthur W. Tams, of 1029 Abbott
boulevard, Palisade, passed away in
his 78th year on Saturday last, after
a lingering illness. Funeral services
were held on Monday evening from
his late home and interment was in
Philadelphia on Tuesday.
Mr. Tams was one of the pioneer
residents of Palisade having moved to
the village soon after it was founded
in 1905. He early interested
himself in civic affairs and was some
what active politically for many
years. He was one of the founders of
the Taxpayers’ Association and at the
time of his death was berving as an
officer in the Palisade Improvement
Association. He was active in his sup
port of village enterprises that ap
pealed to him and on many occasions
has supplied costumes for local theat
rical undertakings. ,
Mr. Tams was a very important
figure in the theatrical circles of the
country as the founder of the Tams
Music Library and head of the Tams’
Costuming company, considered one of
the largest and best in the world.
He had a very interesting career
having made his debut into the theat
rical world in the opera “Faust” in
Philadelphia about 6.” years ago. Lat
er he appeared in the Carncross and
Dixon minstrels and played in the
orchestra with Mrs. John Drew’s com
pany in the early seventies. At one
time he was chorus master for the
Kellogg English Grand Opera com
pany. Later he was stage manager
for the Emma Abbott company when
she was in the height of her fame and
in 1887 became the comedian and stage
manager at the Casino theatre in New
York city.
It was while at the Casino that
Mr. Tams started to publish operettic
scores anil founded his famous music
library. There was a bitter rivalry
between the Tams’ concern nnd the
Witmarks, music publishers, which
only ceased two years ago when the
two companies combined.
His costuming company was located
in beautiful headquarters on 4f>th
street near 8th avenue and many of
the finest New York productions were
outfitted there.
He was reputed to be very wealthy
having amassed a great fortune
through his own business skill.
He is survived by his'wife, Cather
ine N. Tams.
Baby Station Now At No.
5 School, Hudson Heights
The Baby Station, formerly located
at School No. 3, Lawton avenue,
Grantwood, has been transferred to
School No. 5, Day avenue, Hudson
Heights.
During the months of July and
August, the clinic will be held from
9 a. m. until 12 noon on Tuesdays. In
September the u-u.il time tchedule will
be resumed.
A July 4th program which promises
to be one of the finest and most elab
orate in northern New Jersey has been
arranged by the Mayor’s committee,
for the celebration of the Fourth of
July in historic Fort Lee, on Monday
next. A monster morning parade fol
lowed by patriotic exercises at which
Congressman R. Perkins will appear
as orator of the day, athletic contests
for the children in the afternoon and
an especially large and beautiful dis
play of fireworks in the evening, are
all a part of the day’s events.
Activities will begin at 8:45 a. m.,
when all the entrants in the parade
will assemble at the Whiteman street
school on Whiteman street in Fort Lee
and be formed into a procession by
Captain Harry Elkan, Grand Mar
shall. The parade will start prompt
ly at a. m., and follow the route
outlined in the detailed program print
pa elsewhere in this issue.
Prizes will be warded as follows:
For best appearing fire company,
silver cup; Scout Troop with most in
line in ratio to their total enrollment,
silver cup; organization with most in
line in ratio to their total enrollment;
organization making the best appear
. will be awarded a beautiful silver cup,
ance, silver cup; most attractive boy’s
costume, $2.50 in gold; most attractive
girl’s costume, $2.50 in gold; best de
corated bicycle, $2.50 in gold; best de
corated auto, $5 in gold; best decorat
ed business establishment, $10 in gold.
The parade will terminate where it
started, at the Whiteman street school
grounds and there patriotic exerciser
will be held. The exercises will not
be tiresomely long and will be as fol
lows;
Patriotic Airs by the Band; Invo
cation; Opening Address by the Gen
eral chairman, Charles Thomas Lo
gan; Patriotic address by Mayor Ed
ward A. White; Community singing
led by John J. Vogel; Patriotic oration
by Congressman R. Perkins; An
nouncement of parade awards by the
Chairman of the Judges; Benediction;
Patriotic Airs by the Band.
The committee feels particularly
proud of their successful effort to se
cure Congressman Randolph Perkins
as the speaker of the day. Mr. Per
kins is not only an important person
age but a very busy man, especially
on the Fourth of July. He is a jint
dandy talker and is sure to deliver an
oration full of feeling and patriotic
spirit. - The people of Fort Lee have
a real treat in store for them in Con
gressman Perkins.
Continued on Page 2
Englewood’s Mayor
New County Chairman
Mrs. Shelton, Of Leonia, Re
elected Vice-chairman, Re
publican County Comm.
Members of the Chandless faction of
the Republican party in Bergen coun
ty, elected their slate without opposi
tion at the re-organization meeting of
the County committee held at the
Court House in Hackensack on Mon
day night. Mayor Bougias Thomson,
of Knglewood, was elected chairman,
Mrs. Mary B. Shelton, of Leonia, vic^
chairman, William S. Moore was re
elected Secretary and Remington C.
Rose was elected treasurer because of
the resignation of Horace Hanta. Mrs.
Theodore Van Stone was selected as
an assistant chairman.
As was expected the committee pass
ed a resolution favoring the direct
primaries. Several of the party lead
ers spoke including Ralph VV. Chand
Jless, retiring chairman Joseph Kinz
iey, Mayor Thomson, and Mrs. Fran
cisco. All of the speakers declared
their willingness to support the entire
Republican ticket in the coming gen
eral election . regardless of whether
they are Mackay-Rerkins or Chundles?
candidates.
No mention was made of John Borg,
Hackensack publisher, at whom the
opposition to the Mackay- Peikiru,
slate was directed.
Mrs. Richard Ford, of Walnut
street, is visiting friends in Ireland.