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CARTERET, N. J., FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1947

* Race\y FarissjVkron.O..;,! Kiiiry in NationalI,,,,,, Box Finals Is

by Inches ETGREGORY

i.i;ilV DOWNS, AKRON, O., iii same, young Ronny, ,,,iii(| do, Carteret musti .mother day and another,, ihr national Soap Box

, , iiiiinpionshlp.'.., Sunday, 15-year-old Ronny,,i,.,i with the fastest cars In,,,,1,1117 and, although he,,( his trim little racer to the

I|M! drove a flawless race,,. ioo.noo who packed Derby, m Akron, O., he lost hisin mches to Lyle Crouse of

M, nits. Iowa, with Llewsllyn,,i nniiton Harbor, Mich,,

,, in ;i poor third. Carteret's., JII i his classic eventJustlfl-

Miiiti the greatest amateur, ihr world -kept his car in, i hue. and had he had the - ihr slightest Uil Windin hi have fared differently,. iniy or the 1947 nationalii;.\ Derby might have beeni, iiifrrreutly. too.

i.iiv Piiriss. however, had no,i,itn and no alibi, The wln-,: (in local raws held In Car-

iiitlir I he sponsorship ofI'uiieri'i Press and thein, (i:iniKc Company, with

Mi i ill aid from the Lions Club,,i: rfi- headed by the tireless ivrkin.s, simply said after

. til over that, he tried hisin his four-day stay in

,ii Uniiny was a credit to Car-n i he sponsors, and to his

i-,. Mi. and Mrs. I. RobertMi Fariss accompanied

>II in Akron, arriving there.lay niiiht.

lav in Akron was packedi in ills He met ahd shook

with General James Doo-uhn personally led the first

11 States Army Air Forceii Tokyo, and Jimmy Stew-imvie star, was a constantiiiuoii of the boys who camenil over the United States

Canada to participate in thiswent. Prior to the starvfrace, all the boys138 ofparaded before the packed

k nurying a huge flag bear-natiie of the paper whichi! them.

In SVcond Heatwas in the second heat,

i.ni tliougti he lost it, wast'

1 i I.ISMC was Kenneth Helm-i-i-yenr-old champion of

'' Km. West Virginia, who re-iMtto handsome trophies andmi vear scholarship worth'i Wrist watches an'd otlier'> mementos of the day

pi'sented to Farias, along1 Nie other contestants.

lll|i' K. Gregory and Law-fl campion of The Carteret'inI Mr. Perkins of the

1 'i'ii> attended the Sundayi( uniinued on Paqi 2)

Nominatedegion

PRICE THREE CENTS

Ronny Fariss Meets Gen. Doolittle, Jimmy Stewart Youngsters'Fete HereTomorrow

Ccrtmt Patrolmen Eligibleftr P.B.A. Gold Medal Awards

It Un't every boy who can have a chance toshake hand* With General Jimmy Doolittle,United States Air Force ace, and Jimmy Stewart,movie starboth in the same day. But RonnyPariss of Carteret, shown in top photo (left Iawaits'his turn to have this thrilling experience.

Oeheml Doolittle is shown right, while JimmyStewart is behind the microphone.In the photo below, Fariss who competed with

13S boys from all over the nation for the nationalSoap Box title, is shown at Akron in his trimlittle racer, "The Carteret Press."

Ito Be Held

HT 2 ; WadiakCommander

"' IHKT-Carteret Post, 326,"'" lii-Kion has set Tuesday,1111111 'i as the date for the"" "i new officers.

l l ' i i i officers wei'e noniinated'*"'k 's meeting and a num-"U'ers are to be nominated'"'I at the September meet-

"''h-'d were: Commander,w Wadiak; .settlor Vlce-

Mclvin B. CohenNow a CounselorFormer Arirty Major

Affiliated WithNewark Law FinnCARTERET--Melvln B. Cohen,

son of Mrs. Rose B. Cohen, 104Washington Avenue and the lateMax Cohen, has passed the ex-amination fur counselor at law.

A member of the law firm olJoseph E. Cohn in Newark, theCurtcret man has received his lawtraining In that oflicc.

(Continued on Paqe 2)

Says Mushrooms FoundIn Lots May Be Poison

CARTERET- "Don't go mush-room hunting, in the fields."

This Is the advice of HealthInspector Michael Yarchesky. Hesaid possible mushroom poison-ing may be suffered by childrenwho may pick and eat them.

Few mushrooms grow in theCarteret area, but It is possiblethat some may appear during thewarm summer weather in vacantlots and nearby fields, Yarchebkysaid.

MBS. LLOYD AWAYCARTERETMrs. Joseph Lloyd,

Pershim! Avenue, is spending afew days at Bellrose, L. I.

;"" i't-arma, Charlw Brody.!"" u mi the recent State con-

"" '' given by wad.lak,""" ii"d Thomas Jakeway.'' ''foil's activities Of the

""lude a series of dances,*''"' AI sakson. said today.

Ka$ha; Pvt Albert D., ;':l,"lf Mr. und Mr*. Daniel

M'J itoosevelt Avenue' en-

CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTSNote- Contributions to this column must be in this office

no later than Tuesday of each week. They must be made in

W l U n g ' AUGUST23-Carterct youngsters' Day sponsored by Civic League, of

Carteret at Carteret Park. ^Wedding of Barbara Spoganetz and Andrew Hcdlsh at St.

H--A.S tpicnicCtoU l ,ehheld by Holy Family Church at PolishFalcon frounds, Pulaski Street,

25-Meeting-of Sacred Heart Post, Catholic War Veterans, 7P M., at Sacred Heurt Church.

28-Meetlng, Carteret Civic League, 8 P. M., fioro Hftll.29--Dance sponsored by Ramblers Association, St. Jft Hall.

Music by Eddie Resseter. and his orchestra.

SEPTEMBER / "5-Dance sponsored by American Legion at St. Jam**1 Hal).

Barron Bobick's orchestra.6 Wedding of Elizabeth Szabo and Walter W Turyn, .7 - I S of Anne Halasnik and John Katchur, Jr., 4 P. M.,

at 8t Eliua Cheek Catholic Church. . ', ' ,

12 -FaU Dance sponsored by Wings Athletic Club tt'tt'JuQM'

13_W?ddiugaof Edna Suer and Steven Meslcs, 3:30 F\ . , at

U rStSS'ZS'by St. Elisabeth PXA it*r*a by St. Mary's Sodality, 8k.

W e d d f t Eleanor Hasktewlea and StanleyHoly Family Church.

so~Barn dance sponsored by St. Junes Post, ftO, CllVeterans at St. James' Hall.

OCTOBER

School BuildingsArc Put In ShapeJanitors Busy Fixing,

Painting, RepairingSchool Plants

War

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CARTERI3TThe clang of ham-mers, swish of paint brushes andsound of other tools echoes throughthe empty corridors of the bor-ough's public schools this summerii.s the vvurk of maintaining andrepairing the physical plant of theCavtcret school system proceedsunder the direction of School Com-missioncr Andrew Baumgartner,chairman of repairs find supplies.

The, installation of a new fur-nace ut the Cleveland School wasperhaps the outstanding projectthis summer.

But most of Die work is beingdune by the respective janitors.'Students' desks are being restalnedand reflnished. All thjj floors arebeinK painted or varnished andthe auditoriums cleaned and paint-ed. Sidewalks are being repaired.Shrubbery and lawns in front ofthe schools are being put in order.

Bids have been asked for thepainting of the Columbus School.

A ureat deal of work has beendone In the schools By the Janitorsduring the summer months, Com-missioner Baumgai'tn^r said. Stu-dents will find all the school build-inns and the Interiors in spic andspan order.

"Summer was no vacation timefor school Janitors," Baumgartneradded.

Game 6:15 P. M. TodayFor Holy Family A . C.

CABTBEfSTThe Holy FamilyA. C. wity J)lay the strong Perth

b K f d b k t 0:16 PM

Ovir League PartyAt Cartfrot ParkStarts at 10 A. M.CARTERETAll roads will lead

tomorrow morning to the Carte etPark, where the Carteret CivicLeague will stage Its first Young-sters' Day,

All boys and girls art being in-vited to attend and those wnect-inic to participate in the variouscontests, races, games and otherevents have been requested to lieon hand by 10 A. M.

Children will receive refresh-ments free. There will be hot dogs.soda and lw cream. A large collec-tion of prizes are to be awarded Intho contests.

Every youngster coming to theaffair will receiveji ticket and willhe eligible to wln'a grand prize.

Members of the committee ex-pressed hope for good weather. "Ifour lnlttal youngsters' programproves the success we expect Itto be, naturally we will try to holdIt annually," a committee membersaid.

The affair has been receivingmuch support. Merchants donatedcash prizes and others have don-ated their services.

Those in charge of arrangementswill melt at Sitar's Service Stationat 9 A) M. Adults desiring withthe Youngsters' Day have been re-quested to meet, at the same timewhen assignments will be given.

The league decided to sponsorIhr children's fete1 after the young-sters siiRRestrd that such an eventshould be of great interest to allCarteret youiiRSters,

Similar events are being stagedby many nearby municipalities, it,was (Minted out.

Among those who have offeredtheir services are members of theWings Athletic Club. They willaward gifts to the winners in thebicycle races,

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Picnic on SundayForHoWFmirik

CARTERET Final arrange-ments have been completed by St,Elizabeth's Church for its annualfamily picnic to be held on thechurch grounds Sunday, begin-ginning at 1 P. M. John Bodakand Charles Varga are co-chair-men.

The committees in charge are asfollows: Kitchen, Mrs. JosephTeleposky, Mrs. Michael Uhouse,Mrs. Stephen Stefan, Mrs. GeorgeUhouse, Mrs. Emily Tutukszar,Mrs. Alex Lovas, Mrs. John Chiz-mar, Mrs. John Eremias, Mrs. BelaFodor, Mrs. John Bodak, Mrs. Al-bert Tomory, Mrs. Stephen Breaa,Mrs. Qeorg Solmko and Mrs,John Polenchak.

Refreshments: Jolm Fodor, Jo-

Virtually all mem-br Its own mo-tion reopened proceedings In thematter relating to the eliminationof the Woodbridge-Carteret Roadgrade crossing for the purpose ofreconsidering the plan attached tothe order previously made t oeliminate this crossing. After anumbt.T of public hearings o n ,modificatio