Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-01-09
VILLAGE GOSSIP

Hloiiii, vi ClefinOnt avenue, New 0rk.
who have bought home in Lafayette
avenue, near the bluff Mr.. Tunni-
cliff is lawyer in the Mutual Life
Building, Liberty street The family
look forward with much pleasure to
their residence on the Palisades.
-Cliffside Parks Council Boards
next regular meetingg takes place on
Monday night, January 18th, in the
Borough Hall (Cliffside Fire HALL.
Little Claire lie Compile is favor
lite at Grantwood's cosy lunch room.
Kenneth Blue returned Thursday to
his studies at Princeton. He is taking
a general scientific course there.
Notice: There are still few pieces
Of hand rail that have not been Dor
rowed from the two bridges on the
Mountain Walk leading from Edge
water Ferry up to Palisade Amuse-
ment Park. Possibly these have been
overlooked.
1t is complained that the Ciiffside
Park Council meetings are poorly
attended. Possibly it is not enough
that meetings should be free; maybe
they should be made more entertain
ing.
"A heavy armored motor car has
startled the residents of the town by
gathering at great speed down Pail
SADIE avenue through Grantwood Let
US hope this is only for show pur-
poses.
Owing to an enforced change of
plans, the sailing of Mrs. Earle H.
Glidden and Miss Marjorie Sammis
for Jacksonville, Florida, was post
poned from January I'd, the date orig
inally set, to January 5th The trav-
elers will be gone from one to two
months.
If Palisade does not become a sec
ond Spotless Town, it will not be the
fault of the admirable organization of
boys working, partly under the direc-
ton of Mrs. S. E. Darby, of the
Woman's Club, and partly under that
of Charles Logan, jr., for the keeping
of the streets free from rubbish.
They also keep lookout for fires in
the woods.
Postmaster Carney spent part of
Monday and Tuesday at the Hotel
Rudolf, Atlantic City.
There are 5,045 lots or plots in
Cliffside Park; the number of acres
1876.
The assessed valuation of Cliffside
Park, real estate, is $2,169,025; i'm
provements, $947, 400; personal prop
erty, 1921, 290.
The Doctors grim sense of humor
was seen when he was being cross
examined on the witness stand lately
Being pressed to explain the cause of
death from trolley car accident, he
said quizzically that it was because he
was supporting the whole weight of a
car on his chest.
Andrew Spoth cut his lip while
skating on Watkins Pond on New
Years eve night. 1t required three
stitches to sew it up.
oh, those skating parties! Haven't
they been scrumptious, though?
Now throw all your spare change,
Palisadians, to the Union church so
that the building of the main base
ment addition may be started.
sent to Englewood to be treated in a
case of quick consumption.
The many friends of Mr. Philip
Richards, of Hudson Heights, regret
that the condition of his health makes
IL ilSStSodIy W ledVS lloiiic IoI d ClIile
in the hope that a change Of scene will
restore his strength. 1t is understood
that Mr.. and Mrs. Richards will go
for time to New York. Mr.. Richards
is a well-known local stair builder.
He recently completed the contract
for supplying Grace Mission, Grand
View, with an entire set of handsome
pews. His loss will be severely felt,
as will Mrs. Richards, especially in
her capacity as president of the
Woman's Guild.
The total amount of taxes to be
collected on the tax bills recently is
sued is $S5, 1854. The total amount
of assessed wealth of the borough of
Cliffside Park, including personal
property, is $3,377,715.
"A Palisadian met the United States
for the first time the other day. 1t
was room twenty by twenty, with
double row of six chairs at one
side, and at the end simple desk
on a small steep platform. Behind
this desk, in black, judicial robes sat
a strong figure and personality dis
pensing justice. 1t was the United
States in the person of one of its dis
trict judges. The judge was Judge
Haight, of Newark.
The stork visited the Dunbar
Spots home about New Years and
left a pretty baby boy.