THE SOUTH AMBOY SAYREVILLE

Date: May 24, 2003 PRICELESS Vol. 12 Issue 8

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The South Amboy Police Department is pictured on the steps in front of City Hall for a beautifulphoto with the new “Officer Mourning,” an 11-foot statue of a policeman. The shot was takenat the 8th Annual Policeman’s Memorial Service. (Photo By Brian Stratton).

After countless hours of hard work, theSouth Amboy Police Monument is fin-ished, and was unveiled before a crowd ofabout 500 at a huge ceremony on May 12 infront of City Hall. The introduction of thebeautiful, 11-feet tall Officer Mourning tolocal residents was the highlight of the 8th

Annual Policeman’s Memorial Service. Ptl.George Kern and Sgt. Jamie Norek haveorganized the event each year since it’sinception. Kern praised the entire force andeveryone who donated their time and ef-forts to make the monument a reality. “Itwas a real team effort, and took sevenmonths of hard work to complete,” he said.

South Amboy Policeman’s Benevo-lent Association (PBA) Local 63 commis-sioned the statue, which wears badge #63,a number that has been retired, and willnever be worn by any South Amboy police-men. The statue was designed by StephenVarneke.

Police Monument UnveiledBy Tom Burkard

The program got underway with Bag-pipe music, and some highlights of the bigday included the Invocation and Benedic-tion by Fr. Maurice Carlton, Parade theColors with the Sayreville Police HonorGuard, Police Chief Gerard Pizzillo’s poi-gnant speech, the raising of the flag by Sgt.David Kales and Ptl. Thomas Szatkowski,the Memorial Role Call by Ptl. RichardWojaczyk, Rifle Salute by the Marine CorpsDetachment-The John Basilone Detach-ment, and Sounding of Taps by Ptl. Kern.Rose Cieslarczyk and her son Ed placed thememorial wreath, and PBA #63 PresidentMark Lewis dedicated the statue. Speakersincluded Mayor John T. O’Leary, Assem-blyman John S. Wisniewski, Assembly-woman Arline Friscia, and MiddlesexCounty Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan. Foodand refreshments were served followingthe outstanding event.

Pollando, GordonHometown Heroes

Sayreville Council President, ThomasPollando and Maryann Gordon of Sayrevillewere recently recognized as HometownHeroes at an award reception for the UnitedWay of Central Jersey Community Volun-teers.

“Both of these outstanding individualshave devoted countless hours to service inour community. They have touched thelives of everyone who has had the opportu-nity to meet them. They have led by ex-ample with passion and strength. I thankTom Pollando and Maryann Gordon fortheir friendship, their commitment, and theirservice to the community of Sayreville,”said Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski (D-19). Congratulations on your fine efforts!

Friscia ReceivesAward

Assemblywoman Arline Friscia (D-19) was honored by the Middlesex CountyAFL-CIO Labor Council. She was awardedthe prestigious Hubert H. Humphrey Award.Assemblywoman Friscia has demonstratedthrough her position as Chair of the LaborCommittee and her past work as a teacherand in the NJEA, that she has an unwaver-ing support for the Labor movement in herdistrict and the State of New Jersey.

John Bicsko, Jr., President, MiddlesexCounty AFL-CIO, said, “We are pleased tosalute Assemblywoman Friscia. Her con-cerns for all working people are exempli-fied by her strong support of labor in herdistrict and her advocacy in the Assembly.”The Hubert H. Humphrey Award is pre-sented annually to a friend of labor whomirrors the activities of the late Vice-Presi-dent and Senator.

Friscia, a candidate for an Assemblyseat in the June 3rd primary election, said, “Iwas thrilled to be chosen as the recipient ofthe Hubert Humphrey Award from theMiddlesex County Central Labor Council.Their unconditional support of my candi-dacy is especially gratifying since it recog-nizes my labor record on behalf of theworking men and women in this state.”

Bus Trip-July 19Mechanicsville Hose Company is spon-

soring a Bus Trip on July 19 to the TrentonThunder vs. Harrisburg Expos game at Tren-ton. Fireworks will be held after the game.The bus leaves at 4 p.m. from CardinalMcCarrick HS parking lot. Cost is $30 perperson and includes refreshments. For in-formation call Mike at 732-525-0265.

Wisniewski SupportsSenior Programs

Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski (D-19) announced a commitment to supportfull funding for PAAD & Senior Gold bysigning AARP’s Prescription Drug Pro-gram Protection Pledge. The pledge, dis-tributed to state legislators by AARP vol-unteers, asks legislators to protect low-income seniors and the disabled from re-duced benefits or increased costs in obtain-ing necessary prescription drugs throughthese programs.

Marilyn Askin, AARP New JerseyState President said, “We want to thankthese legislators who have committed toprotecting these vital programs, and theseniors who depend upon them. They aretelling New Jersey that there are betterways to deal with a difficult budget than bycutting vital services leaving the most vul-nerable elderly and disabled with dimin-ished health coverage in our state.”

Assemblyman Wisniewski, a candi-date to retain his Assembly seat in the June3rd election, has pledged to vote against anyNew Jersey FY 2003-04 State Budget thatwould reduce PAAD and Senior Gold eligi-bility, cut benefits, or increase participants’expenses.

Samsel To ReopenBy Steve Schmid

Construction is underway for theSamsel School expansion which bringsfourth and fifth grade students to new class-rooms. The Ernston Road facility was closedby the Sayreville school district in 1981 andleased to the Middlesex County Educa-tional Services Commission as an autisticchildren’s school until 2001. Sayrevillevoters in December 2001 approved a $28.8million plan to convert the building into aschool for the district’s fourth and fifthgrade students. Seven million dollars ofstate aid is paying part of the cost. Sayrevilleofficials say the school will accommodate1,300 students, almost a thousand morethan original capacity. The gymnasium hasbeen redesigned to allow after-school pro-grams. Concrete was laid down during thewinter but frequent snowfall made the workvery difficult. Work is scheduled to beginsoon on the steel work with stonework tofollow. Gymnasium plumbing has alreadybeen installed. A central amphitheater andcourtyard is planned. Fourth graders fromthe district’s four elementary schools andfifth graders from the Sayreville MiddleSchool are going to Samsel School to re-lieve overcrowded conditions which causedthe installation of trailer classrooms at themiddle school.

Special Battle AtThe Bay BenefitBasketball Game

A Special Battle At The Bay BasketballGame will be held on Friday, June 6 at 7:30p.m. at Cardinal McCarrick High SchoolGym, Second St. & Stevens Ave., SouthAmboy. The game will feature coaches ofCardinal McCarrick High School challeng-ing St. Mary Elementary School coaches toa game of basketball to benefit Mrs. FayStraniero, who is battling leukemia. Mrs.Straniero has selflessly dedicated 25 years toteaching members of the St. Mary commu-nity. Please show your gratitude by support-ing this worthwhile event. There will beraffles, food, special guests, and lots of fun!Tickets are $5 each, and are available atCardinal McCarrick H.S. and St. Mary El-ementary School. For more information andtickets call Bea Harvey at Cardinal McCarrickHS 732-721-0748 x5 or St. Mary Elemen-tary School 732-721-1514.

Area skateboarders will have a newlocation to try the tricks of their favoriteactivity.

By the end of June, skateboarders willbe able to ride a metal rail and skate downa quarter-pipe at Kennedy Park Sayreville.California Skate parks of Upland Califor-nia and Star of the Sea Concrete of OldBridge are building a 10,000 square foot

Sayreville Welcomes SkateboardersBy Steve Schmid

Zammit ChosenPresident

Cindy Zammit was elected Presidentby The South Amboy Board of Education.This will be her fourth straight 1-year termin the top slot. Congratulations!

South Amboy native, Jack McKeon,signed to manage the Florida Marlins Ma-jor League Baseball Club, after being awayfrom the game for 2 years.

McKeon last managed the CincinnatiReds to a respectable 85-77 record in 2000.The Marlins are the fifth big league teamthat Jack has skippered. He was also the topgun at Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego,and has a career won-lost record of 770-733, .512, and ranks #64 on the All-Timelist in wins, and #54 in winning percentage.

The 72-year old McKeon is the oldestmanager in baseball, and third oldest ever,behind Hall of Famers Connie Mack andCasey Stengel. No one has taken amanager’s job at such an advanced age.Those facts don’t phase Jack at all. He saidthat being around the younger players makeshim feel like he was 45 years old. “You’reonly as old as you feel. Age is just anumber,” he stated.

McKeon was a standout all-around ath-lete on St. Mary’s legendary 1948 baseballand basketball teams, and was inductedinto St. Mary’s Athletic Hall of Fame at theInaugural banquet in 2000.

Jack was the National League “Man-ager of The Year”, and also the Associated

park to be located at the site of a formertoddler’s lot. Sayreville officials want skate-boarders to learn at a real facility rather thanparking lots which are more dangerous.Skate parks are becoming more popular asSouth River opened its Vargar Park facilityin April. Old Bridge, Carteret, Jamesburgalso have built skate parks. East Brunswickand Edison are also planning to build newskate parks.

McKeon Signs With MarlinsPress’ “Manager of The Year” in 1999,when he guided the Reds to 96 victories.The Marlins had been struggling this yearunder ex-manager, Jeff Torborg, who isalso a New Jersey native. McKeon will

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Jack McKeon(Photo By Tom Burkard)

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The St. Vincent De Paul Society of St. Mary’s had its 4th Annual Easter Breakfast at McCarthyTowers on April 12. 40 seniors were served eggs, ham, bacon, hard rolls, coffee, tea, applejuice, orange juice, and peach slices.Kitchen workers are (l-r) Stan D’Mello, Lynn Liberty, Andrea Zdanowicz, Nancy D’Mello, SueKusic, Marie Kusic.

Talk of The TownsBy Tom Burkard

Henry Gets Hole-In-OneSouth Amboy City Council President,

Fred Henry recently realized every golfer’sdream-a hole-in-one! On April 22, he wasplaying at Raritan Landing Golf Course inPiscataway, and on the 8th hole, he achievedthe most rare accomplishment in golf bynailing a hole-in-one. Councilman Henryused a 6-iron on the 148-yard hole. Theevent was witnessed by his wife, LindaHenry, who recorded a hole-in-one at Bel-Aire Golf Course on Aug. 16, 1997 on the9th hole. She used a 5-wood on the 138-yardhole. Not too many couples can say thatthey recorded this great feat. Congratula-tions!Gloss Ordination-May 24

Former St. Mary High School Princi-pal, John Gloss will be ordained into thepriesthood on Saturday, May 24 at 10 a.m.at the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi inMetuchen. Congratulations, and God Bless!Bea Gets A+ For Dedication

Congratulations to Bea Harvey on theoutstanding job she did in organizing the2003 St. Mary’s High School Athletic Hallof Fame Induction/Banquet. Bea, CardinalMcCarrick’s Associate Alumni Director,put in an incredible amount of hard work,effort, time and dedication in all phases ofthe event, making it a true success. Greatjob, Bea!Peterson New LegionCommander

Ed Peterson is the new Commander ofthe Luke A. Lovely American Legion Post#62, South Amboy. Ed succeeds CindyHarrigfeld, the Legion’s first female Com-mander. Congratulations Cindy on a ter-rific job, and best wishes for success, Ed!Two More From ‘58

Two wonderful ladies that were inad-vertently overlooked in last month’s Year-book column were Nancy Holton and EileenHogan. They certainly were major con-tributors to the success of St. Mary’s Classof 1958!Fischer, Pincheon Left TheirMarks

Fred Fischer, 75, of Parlin died on

Pleasant LittleTrivia

By Tom Burkard1.In 1941, what production did St.

Mary’s A.A. present? a.Moonlight In Mos-cow b.Showboat c.Grease

2.What year did Elks Lodge #2555move to South Amboy? a.1962 b.1976c.1987

3. He was plant doctor at Hercules in1980? a.Dr. Jonap b.Dr. Hoffman c.Dr.Griffith

4. Founded the oldSouth Amboy Citizen newspaper in

1882? A.Joseph R. Wojciechowski b.M.C.Bloodgood c.Melford N. Roll

5. Elected president of the SouthAmboy Senior Citizens Club for 1976?a.Henry Kurtz b.John Chlebicki c.MildredLake

6. President of South Amboy Trust Co.from 1919-1950? a.Lois Morriss b.DonaldReed Sr. c.Abraham Schwarz

7.St. Mary’s Grammar School Princi-pal in 1991? a.Claire Armstrong b.AnnSnee c.Sister M. Beata

8.This restaurant was located on Rt.35, Morgan in ’48? a.Emile’s b.Blodgett’sc.Seashore

9.Italian hot dogs were sold at this Rt.35, Morgan business in 1975? a.Suzy Q’sb.Dogs & More c.Grandma’s

10. In ’87 this bar was located on JohnSt., South Amboy? a.Gaslight Lounge b.TheHidout c.The Spot

11.The Monaghan House was oncenamed? a.Hilltop Tavern b.Pine Barc.Fritz’s Bay View Inn.

12. Sayreville’s Mayor in ’81?a.Anthony Popowski b.John Czernikowskic.James Zagata.

Answers1b 2c 3b 4c 5b 6b 7b 8b 9c 10a 11c 12b.

April 15. A well-respected Architect, hewas also a PFN of John F. Brady 4th DegreeAssembly, South Amboy. Barbara Switzer-Pincheon, 54, of Parlin died on May 12.She was the owner of Aladdin Graphicstypesetting business and South Amboy.Barbara was liked by all, and will be sadlymissed.

Wisniewski WinsNJEA Support

The New Jersey Education Association(NJEA) announced that they have endorsedAssemblyman John S. Wisniewski’s candi-dacy in the 2003 Democratic Primary elec-tion.

“The NJEA’s work is important to ourchildren, our teachers, and our community. Iam so pleased that they chose to endorse mein this year’s Primary Election. I look forwardto support pro-education legislation in Tren-ton, and I thank the NJEA for their support,”said Wisniewski (D-19). AssemblymanWisniewski was first elected to the GeneralAssembly in 1995, and has been overwhelm-ingly re-elected 3 times, each of those timescarrying the NJEA endorsement.

Flea Market &Auction June 14

South Amboy Neighborhood Devel-opment Association, (S.A.N.D.) will beholding its 2nd Annual Flea Market & Auc-tion on June 14 at the Senior Center onStevens Ave., South Amboy.

A PRAYER FOR HEALINGLord, you invited all who are burdened to come

to You. Allow your healing hand to heal me. Touch mysoul with Your compassion for others. Touch my heartwith Your courage and infinite love for all. Touch mymind with Your wisdom, that my mouth may alwaysproclaim Your praise. Teach me to reach out to Youin my need. Help me to lead others to You by myexample. Most loving Heart of Jesus, bring me healthin body and spirit so that I may serve You with all mystrength. Touch gently this life which you have cre-ated. Amen T.B.

PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN(Never known to fail) Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt.Carmel, Fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven, blessedMother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assistme in my necessity. Oh Star of the Sea, help me andshow me, herein you are my mother. Oh, Holy Mary,Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth! I humblybeseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor mein this necessity. There are none that can withstandyour power. Oh, show me herein you are my mother.Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who haverecourse to thee (3 times). Holy Mary, I place thiscause in your hands (3 times). Say this prayer for 3consecutive days. You must publish it and it will begranted to you. Thank you. -B.T.S.

Monmouth Park TripSouth Amboy Knights of Columbus

#426, South Amboy Catholic DaughtersCourt Sancta Maria #382 and CardinalMcCarrick High School are running a traintrip to Monmouth Park Sunday July 20 at 12noon. Cost of $30 includes round trip railtransportation, program, pen, food, and bev-erages. For information call 732-721-7314or 732-721-2025.

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The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Chapter 67 of South Amboy was visited by the DAVMobile Services Office recently. The office assisted veterans and their family members inobtaining benefits entitled to them, and other important paperwork including home loans andto replace discharge papers, etc. Pictured top row (l-r) DAV Service Officer, DAV ServiceOfficer, James Campbell, Bill Welsh, Senator Joseph Vitale, Councilman Russ Stillwagon,Perth Amboy Mayor Joseph Vas, Commander Bob Macdonald; bottom row (l-r) TonyNicorvo, Paul Cobb, Tony Gonsalves.

Rose Cieslarczyk (r) and her son EdCieslarczyk (l) placed the Police Memorialwreath in front of “Officer Mourning” inmemory of the deceased members of theSouth Amboy Police Dept. Rose is the wifeof the late, well-respected Captain EdCieslarczyk. (Photo By Tom Burkard)


ST. JUDEMay the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, lovedand preserved throughout the world now and forever.Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on us. St. Jude, workerof miracles, pray for us. St. Jude, helper of the hopeless,pray for us. Say this prayer nine times a day for nine days.It has never been known to fail. Publication must bepromised. Thank you St. Jude. -E.L.O.

This month we are featuring a localbusiness that is causing quite a stir acrossthe entire nation as well as Canada, Eu-rope and Mexico. With over 5,000 loca-tions, Curves is the first fitness and weightloss facility dedicated to providing afford-able, one-stop exercise and nutritionalguidance to women. In seven short yearsCurves has become the largest fitness fa-cility in the world and has over 2 millionmembers. Women around the world arediscovering that Curves program givesthem all the support they need to achievetheir goals.

Curves allows you to get a completeaerobic and strength training workout injust 30 minutes. Their system is builtaround easy to learn hydraulic resistancemachines with no cumbersome weights todeal with.

Curves also makes it fun. Upbeatworkout music keeps a steady beat and thestaff will join in with you to be sure you areutilizing the equipment to its fullest toensure you are getting the best possible

Pictured is the friendly, helpful and motivating staff at Curves, South Amboy. Seated(L-R) Linda Sieczkowski - Manger, Karen Holoquist. Standing (L-R) Carol Richiusa,Olivia Jastremski (Owner), and Denise Morgan.

workout. Laughter and conversation makethe 30 minutes at curves the fastest 30minutes of the week.

Curves of South Amboy is conve-niently located at 540 Bordentown Ave,in the South Amboy Medical Center.Owner Olivia Jastremski is dedicated toproviding a safe and fun atmosphere forall her members. Games, contests andevents are carefully planned and executedeach month to make the Curves experi-ence a positive one.

Curves is also dedicated to our com-munity, their most recent project was Foodfor Friends. Over 2000 pounds of foodwas donated by existing and new mem-bers. The food was distributed locally tothose in need.

Summer is around the corner andCurves is definitely the right place to be ifyou want to get those Dangerous Curves!

Olivia and her staff would be happyto setup a free tour and figure analysis, call732-525-8887 to make an appointment.


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“La Bamba” by Los Lobos ruled thenation’s pop charts, when the H.G. HoffmanHigh School Class of ’88 returned for itsfinal year in September 1987. . .TheHoffman High 1988 yearbook was titled“Talk of The Town,” and it was in tribute toReggie Carney. . Bill Beattie was principal,and some of his fine teaching staff includedDavid Inman, John Bernosky, Roberta Rim,John Green, Tony Gonsalves, Rich Klein,and Sharon Silesky. . .

Anne Marie Krygier was Student Coun-cil President. . .Amy Toscano was HonorSociety President. . .

Some members of the Class of ’88selected randomly included KarenApplegate, Karen Baetz, Douglass Bow-ers, Frederic Brown, Rene Chartier, WalterCollins (great guy), Kim Kurrie, DeniseFalk, Judith Ferraro, Sherri Gagliano, SheriHackett, Patricia Hermes, Orville HerrodJr., Morzena Kobrzynski, AllisonMcCarthy, William McDonnell, Clint Ma-son, Lisa Melhorn, Dawn Milochick, LynellMurphy, Erik Misler, Elizabeth Pawelczyk,Jennifer Pluskota (nice lady), Helene Ramer,Melissa Rufus, Gregory Saggau Jr., RobertSantucci, Catherine Shea, Lisa Stegway,Jennifer Tague, Joni Waresk, Victor Weeks,Margaret Witham, Carrie Woznica, JackZito, Lauryn Hess, Melissa Vartholom,Donna Beckman. . .

On the worldwide scene in 1988: Olym-pia Dukakis won an Oscar, and her cousinMichael lost in his bid for president of theUnited States; George Bush was easily re-elected president; Canadian sprinter, BenJohnson lost his gold medal in a scandalover steroids; TV evangelist, JimmySwaggert lost his pulpit after a scandal;Over 24,000 were killed, and half a millionleft homeless in a Soviet Union earthquake.. .

Some interesting nicknames worn bymembers of the Class of ’88 were Applejacs,Beaner, Slip & Trip, Carsker, Surf, Neecer,Weesee, Sheese, Bittster, Weaser, Boa,

Duchess, Ingis, The Artist. . .The Governors had plenty of top-notch

senior athletes in ’88, including StephenChrzaszcz, Francis Garguilo Jr., Brian Gay,John Heflin, Michelle Herrick, RobertLimardo III, Dawn Mocarski, WilliamMoskal, Paul Noble (Law Enforcement),Brian Regan, Lisa Smith, Mary AnnStephanick, Amy Toscano, Susan VanReed,Kimberly Wallace, Theresa Zulin, ScottWatschinger. . .

1988 was the year that the fabulousLady Governors girls basketball team cap-tured its fourth consecutive Group I StateChampionship, under Coach ReggieCarney. . .At graduation time, GeorgeMichael’s “One More Try” was the top-rated song in the U.S.

Hoffman’s Class of ’88 was prettygreat. . .

Yearbook-Hoffman 1988By Tom Burkard

The Plumb ofLife

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ward bombAnd to be obliged to life’s tooth-

less combWith moral liability to under-

stand the plumb.

Hoffman Hi-LitesBy Lenn Ambroziak

The plans are set for the 5th AnnualHG/HHS All Class Reunion at the SouthAmboy Boat Club.The date will be Sat.Aug 16th 2003†at 2pm - 7pm. The treasurerduties have been passed on to Ms.SusanMattsson, with Christine Jankowski assist-ing her. The $30 pp price†and menuwill†remain the same for our barbeque in2003. Please†send your payment toMs.Susan ASAP,†@ 241 Cindy St., OldBridge, NJ. 08857. Or deliver the checksto†Ed Shots @ 727-2310. †If you wouldlike a t-shirt, please enclose $10.00 for eachand state the size desired. And for more infoyou can contact Dawn Falk at

[email protected]†. If there anygroups out there who will be celebratinganniversaries this year and want to join us,please contact†any party committee mem-ber to reserve some table space.

In addition to our†normal activitieshow about a day or week after sunset cruiseaboard a local charter boat ? †if interestedyou contact Lenny at 732-613-2201 [email protected]

Summer Arts &Crafts Sign Ups

The South Amboy Recreation Dept.will start registering for the Summer Arts &Crafts program on June 2nd through June23rd. Registration is open to residents ofSouth Amboy, ages 4 Ω through 12 years ofage. Anyone wishing to register can do soat the Recreation Office at the Dr. CharlesW. Hoffman Senior Resource Center, 108So. Stevens Ave., between the hours of8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. For additionalinformation please call 732-727-7677.

PRAYER TO THE BLESSED MOTHER(Never known to fail) Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt.Carmel, Fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven, blessedMother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assistme in my necessity. Oh Star of the Sea, help me andshow me, herein you are my mother. Oh, Holy Mary,Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth! I humblybeseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor mein this necessity. There are none that can withstandyour power. Oh, show me herein you are my mother.Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who haverecourse to thee (3 times). Holy Mary, I place thiscause in your hands (3 times). Say this prayer for 3consecutive days. You must publish it and it will begranted to you. Thank you. -E.L.O.


PRAYER TO ST. JUDE(To be said when problems arise or when one seems tobe deprived of all visible help, on far cases almostdespaired of). Most holy Apostle St. Jude, faithful servantand friend of Jesus, the church honors and invokes youuniversally as the patron of hopeless cases, of thingsalmost despaired of, pray for me, I am so helpless andalone. Make use I implore you of that particular privilegegiven to you, to bring visible and speedy help where helpis almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in thisgreat need that I may receive the consolation and help ofheaven in all my necessities, tribulations, and sufferings.,and that I may praise God with you and all the electforever. I promise O Blessed St. Jude, to be ever mindfulof this great favor, to always honor you as my special andpowerful patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion toyou. Amen. Thank You St. Jude. B.T.S.

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Salt WaterLocal beach fishing for striped bass

has really become good fishing with mostnights seeing a good number of keeper basscaught. I saw a 20 lb. Bass at CliffwoodBeach. Flounder fishing, which was slowhas picked up so well that many party boatsare still fishing for them. There are manylarge ones with more than a few over 3pounds. Mackeral are here now in goodnumbers, so if you want them, go now.Some bluefish have already been caughtand so has some large weakfish in the Bay.A 27-inch Black Drum was caught offKeansburg Pier and 2 others were caught inthe Bay. Fluke season opened May 3. Itwas good with many keeper fluke taken allover the state. My wife and I fished on theCapt. John Boats out of Plymouth, Mass.Easter Weekend. In 2 days of fishingStillwagen Banks in rough sea, we hadabout 10 keeper cod. She got a haddockabout 7 lbs., and I got a cusk. I threw backat least 10 shorts that were close to the newstrict 23-inch size limit. At times, thefishing was hot and I saw 3 cod over 30 lbs.Fresh Water

Opening Day found me and the wife atthe North Branch at Far Hills. We didn’tlimit out, but I had 5 and she had 4 nicetrout. Largest was hers at 13 Ω inches. Afriend fished next to me and got a 20-inchbrown. The next day we fished the Pequest,catching 3 trout with me getting 2 and her1 to 12 Ω inches in very cold water. Wereturned to the Pequest again the first week-end in May, catching 4, this time 3 for meand 1 for her. We then tried the Delawarefor shad at the King Cole area. We didn’tcatch any, but she had the odd catch with a15-inch tiger trout hitting a shad dart. Sofar the shad run is on and off this year.

ObituariesBissett, Marion K. Poulson, 81, of

South Amboy died on May 13.Cavagnaro, James E., 80, of Parlin

died on May 12.Chambers, Arthur J., 82, of Sayreville

died on May 8.Danielski, Mary Kwitkowski, 83, of

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thony,” 50, of Morgan died on May 7.Drozd, Josephine, 88, of Sayreville

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died on April 15.Fudge, Margaret “Peggy,” 73, of

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died on May 10.Godlesky, Stanley, 68, of Sayreville

died on May 13.Kern, Gertrude Woeckener, 78, of

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May 7.Henke, Lawrence Sr., 69, of Sayreville

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South Amboy died on May 6.

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ST. JUDEMay the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, lovedand preserved throughout the world now and forever.Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on us. St. Jude, workerof miracles, pray for us. St. Jude, helper of the hopeless,pray for us. Say this prayer nine times a day for nine days.It has never been known to fail. Publication must bepromised. Thank you St. Jude. -M.M.

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Former New York Yankee star, Allie Clark of South Amboy was recently honored at theCosta Verde Restaurant by friends who bought him a new World Series ring. (Photo By TomBurkard).

South Amboy’s baseball legend, AllieClark, who starred for the 1947 WorldChampion New York Yankees, recentlyreceived a beautiful gift from 18 very goodfriends. South Amboy Police Chief, JimWallis said that Clark was in City Halltalking to him and Captain Darren LaVigne,and proudly showed them his preciousWorld Series ring, but told them “it wasworn out, and there was nothing left of it.”The inscription on the ring was completelyworn off, so after realizing how important itwas to Clark, LaVigne later said to Wallis,“We can get him a new ring.” They thencalled the Yogi Berra Museum at MontclairState College, and asked what companymanufactured Yogi’s rings. They werereferred to a company in Austin, Texas, andthe next step was for Wallis to raise themoney for the new ring. “We called a lot ofAllie’s friends, fans, merchants, and privatecontributors, and in 15 minutes, we raisedit.”

After receiving the ring, Clark wasecstatic. He said, “It’s wonderful! Myfriends donated the money and got the ring

Clark Gets New World Series RingBy Tom Burkard

from the same place where they make theWorld Series rings. The BaseballCommissioner’s office bought my originalone in ’47.”

Clark’s generous friends who pitchedin to get him a new ring were; Mayor JohnT. O’Leary, Councilman Russ Stillwagon,Police Chief Jim Wallis, Captain DarrenLaVigne, Brian Kelly, Jay Ziznewski, DeanAnglin, Ed Gorczynski, Steve & Ziggy(from the Bagel Shop), Bill Cheeseman,Mike “Woody” McCarthy, Emil Wade, EdO’Connor, Bob Heiser, Joe Wallis, PeteKenny, Bob Senape.

Chief Wallis summed up the good deedby saying, “A guy from South Amboyneeded something, and guys from SouthAmboy took care of it.”

The ring presentation to Allie was abeautiful gesture, and could have been takenas an early birthday present, for SouthAmboy’s “Magnificent Yankee,” who cel-ebrates his 80th Birthday on June 16. HappyBirthday to a wonderful guy! You are a realcredit to your community! God Bless, you,Allie!


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Pictured above are participants from South Amboy’s schools at the recent St. Judes Dance-a-Thon hosted at South Amboy’s Middle/High School. At total of $8,967 was raised at the12 hour long event. Great job!!!! (Photo by Brian Stratton)

South Amboy Elementary SchoolHonor Roll

Jeffrey Jackson, Catherine McLean, TahiraNaqvi, Matthew Reagan, Patricia Taylor,Christopher Tereman, Danielle Tucka. 5-2Rebecca Bartlinski, Timothy Brinkerhoff,Joseph Charmello, Stephanie Escareno,Alexander Fedorka, Karamijit Kaur,Domenick LaMagna, Ashley Noble, Chris-tina Sirna, Thomas Terbecki. 5-3 MeganBarchowski, Colin DeLucca, Colin Jannuzzi,Shayla Norton, Michelle Richardson, Kim-berly Richmond, Brittany Scalera, CarolynWells. 5-4 Kierra Banks, John Gromadzki,Piotr Kruszewski, Daniel O’Connor, EricStahl, Craig Warzecha. 4-1 ChristopherBrown, Colleen Brown, Carissa Buckalew,Brandon Corujo, Diane Dzioba, JosephFusco, Jr., Radka Nemcikova,. 4-2 StephanieBryant, Christopher McMillan, Holly Wood.4-3 Kyle Hillebrandt, Joseph Keegan, Mel-issa Kelleman, Petra Nemcikova, RoseRager, Ariana Soto. 4-4 Thomas Eib, VictoriaLaVigne. 4-5 Rickey Muldoon, Randy Pas-tor, Morgan Silva, Ryan Spencer.

How can you observe Memorial Day?• By visiting cemeteries and placing flags or flowers on the graves of our fallen heroes.

• By visiting Memorials - You can join the Legion during their grave and memorial visitations startingat 9:00AM at the Gazebo on Bordentown Ave. on Sunday, May 25, 2003. We will be making 9stops followed by a ceremony at City Hall which starts at Noon and the annual Memorial DayParade at 2:00PM starting at the Monaghan House on S. Pine Ave.

• By flying the US Flag at half-mast until noon.

• By flying the POW/MIA Flag as well.

• By participating in the “National Moment of Remembrance” at 3:00PM to pause and think upon thetrue meaning of the day.

• By renewing a pledge to aid the widows, widowers, and orphans of our fallen dead, and to aiddisabled veterans.

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I hate to sound like a broken record, butthere are people out there not getting themessage or simply ignoring it. PLEASE,spay or neuter your animal.

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Flea Market-June 7The Presbyterian Women of The First

Presbyterian Church, 172 Main St.,Sayreville are sponsoring their annual FleaMarket on June 7, in their parking lot from9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Rain date June 14).Spaces are available at $12 each, and 2 for$20. Vendors are welcome. For reserva-tions and info call Annette at 732-721-5716.

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Assemblywoman Arline Friscia (D-19)recently launched the “Keep IndependentSeniors Safe” (K.I.S.S.) program in an effortto place used cell phones within reach ofseniors during emergencies. “A cell phonecan be a senior’s helping hand when theyneed urgent assistance either medical or fromthe police or fire department. This programwill provide seniors with a helpful instru-ment that can assist and avoid potentiallydangerous situations,” said Friscia.

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A History Of Local Racing LegendsBy Clem Skarzynski

Well, sorry about the month’s absence,but had a few loose lug nuts and had to re-pitfor a lap. . .Anyway, this month we’re goingto take a few laps with a long time friend,classmate, and Sayreville businessman, Mr.John Krist, owner of the A-1 Auto CenterInc. at 236 Main St. in Sayreville.

John and myself go way back to gram-mar school days when we were both intobuilding model car kits especially trans-forming the old A.M.T. ’40 Ford Coupe andsedan kits into stock cars. I’ve got to sayJohn had me beat in that department. He dida great job on the 1/24th scale stuff and itshowed later on in life when he began build-ing the real things.

As with a lot of us locals, Bill Chevalierhad a positive effect on John also. Johnwould go over to Bill’s garage and just sit inthe white #55P sedan that Bill raced in theearly to mid 60’s at the Old Bridge Speed-way. At age 13, John knew that one day hewould race his own hot rod, so he beganbuilding cars at his dad’s shop, the A-1 AutoBody. John bought his first racecar in 1969from Old Bridge racer Roger Ott. The grayprimered and white #54 sedan made itsdebut as a Wall Stadium and East Windsormodified. He then sold that car to previouslymentioned legend, Ralph Dandino and tooka season off only to return in 1973 with VernChevalier’s old #51 coupe, now rebuilt withthe #54 on its doors. John ran the EastWindsor dirt in the limited sportsman classfor a year. The ’74 thru ’77 season Johnbought Mike McNamara’s gold and whiteGremlin bodied dirt bus and ran that versionof the #54 until 1977. John then decided totry the asphalt circuit again and bought GilHearns’ old red #12 Pinto, new gold paintand the new #54 ran the ’78 thru ’80 seasonat Wall Stadium in the modified division.(And just between you and me, I think thatwas John’s favorite hot rod and still is).After another hiatus, he decided to get backinto the fun, so he bought the Ed Giebel builtmodified Cavalier and put some white andcopper paint on it, and local legend, DonnieErickson piloted the new #54 to the ’87

Turkey Derby at Wall Stadium. After that,John toyed around in ’89, when he boughtand raced a Troyer build modified that’sbeen piloted by Sayreville’s own BernieBailey and supershoe Anthony Sesley, Jr.When I saw this hot rod sitting there, I felt theadrenaline starting to flow again. Even Johnadmits the cost factors are prohibitive to theweekend warrior, and you’ve got to haveendless deep pockets to compete with thesehot rods. After talking with John, and remi-niscing about the old days, there’s no doubtin this writer’s mind that there will always bea #54 sitting in one of the A-1 bays. Keep itbetween the boards John, and thanks for thenostalgic trip.

Next lap. . .talks with some local ownersand the checkered flag lap with the icon, thelate Bill “The Flying Frenchman” Cheva-lier. Till then. . .fuel up and be well. . .

Joseph Ziemba (3rd from left), Supervisor of the County of Middlesex Dept. of VeteransInterment distributes American flags to South Amboy and Sayreville organizations. The flagswill be placed on local graves for Memorial Day to honor deceased service men and women.Pictured (1-r) Archie Prusakowski, Commander of Catholic War Veterans of Sacred HeartChurch; Ed Peterson, Commander of Luke A. Lovely American Legion Post #62 of SouthAmboy; Ziemba, Past Commander of Sayreville VFW #4699, and Past Commandant of JohnBasilone Marine Corps League; Al Gawron, Commander of Sayreville American Legion Post#211; Robert Macdonald, Commander of DAV Chapter 67 of South Amboy; Don Patterson,Commander of Sayreville VFW #4699. (Photo By Tom Burkard).

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The talented group, Sunset Boulevard features Top row (l-r) Joe Lotraio, Joe Cleveland, SkipHeniz; Bottom row (l-r) Ray Ruiz, Eileen Dillion, Phil Musso.

Well, it took a few years, lots of per-sonnel changes and rehearsals but longtime Sayreville-ite and one of the originallocal rockers, Mr. Phil Musso of the Cas-cades fame has found the groove again.Back on Sept. 13, 1998 the Cascades wererockin’ at the reunion and Phil along withSkip Heinz, the original sax man of thegroup, got bit like the rest of us. So withinthe past year “Sunset Boulevard” hasemerged as Central Jersey’s newest andtalented dance band. With a repertoirecovering music from the 40’s, soft ballads,motown, 50’s thru current rock and more.

I said talented didn’t I? This crew is alist of who’s who in the local rock lore.There’s Ray Ruiz on keyboards, formerlyof Kindred. Joe Cleveland on guitar andJoe Lotrario on drums both former mem-bers of the Fabulous Rouges, and bassmanPhil Musso and sax man Skip Heinz found-ing members of Sayreville’s Cascades. Theydidn’t stop there. The icing on the cake wasthe addition of Lawrenceville’s own EileenDillon to kick out

the outstanding and versatile lead vo-cals, and added percussion. Singing sincethe age of 15 with her Mom and sister laterwith Savoy, a six piece band, and numerousother bands. All of the members share leadand backup vocal chores to complete theirsignature sound. And with the talentsthey’ve got, you’ll notice it. Not too fardown the road they’ll be introducing hornsto the mix.

The band has been appearing regularlyat Mulligan’s in Plainsboro, NJ but on May24, 2003 be at Connie’s House of

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By Clem SkarzynskiRock’n’Roll on Route 35 in Morgan, NJcause Nick DiBiase has got this group pen-ciled in to rock the regulars and newcom-ers, so don’t miss them. This will be ahomecoming of sorts for Phil and Skip to beworking in their former hometown and theRoute 35 strip. For more information callPhil Musso at 732-929-8196, Skip Heinz at732-521-2701 or Ray Ruiz at 732-251-3741.

The Rockdaddy’s are rockin’ on May23, 2003 and June 13, 2003 back at Connie’s,June 21, 2003 the Daddy’s are doing adouble, 1:00 pm at Burke’s Park for E.I.DuPont’s picnic and then at 8:00 p.m. at theSayreville Knights of Columbus Hall onWashington Road for a “Beach PartyBarbeque”. Word has it “Frankie andAnnette” might be there too. Tickets areavailable for both events. Call Fran at 732-553-9492 for the E.I. DuPont picnic andcall Clem for tix for the K of C BBQ at 732-721-6935 or call the K of C Hall for moreinformation. Go to the “Rockdaddys”website www.Rockdaddys.com for com-plete information. See youÖ.till thenÖ..bewellÖ.

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1993-That’s The Way Love Goes-JanetJackson; 1981-Bette Davis Eyes-KimCarnes; 1972-The First Time Ever I SawYour Face-Roberta Flack; 1963-If YouWanna Be Happy-Jimmy Soul; 1951-Mockin’bird Hill; 1943-As Time Goes By;1937-Carelessly.

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One of the area’s greatest Doo Wopperformers, Sal Anthony, 50, died on May7. Born Salvatore DeRogatis Jr., Sal head-lined with his band, Sal Anthony & TheDoo Wop Shop for many years in surround-ing clubs, and along the Rt. #35 strip. Healso Dee Jayed his own Oldies radio showsfor many years. He was a fine performer. ..Former South Amboy resident, Joe Bellia,played drums at the Bobby Bandiera Ben-efit at Count Basie Theatre recently. Joe, atremendously talented drummer spend sev-eral years growing up in Mechanicsville,two doors away from me, and while wewere playing whiffle ball and steammin’ in,he always carried his drumsticks and prac-tice pad in his back pocket. Who would’veguessed back then that he’d be drummingfor Bon Jovi, Springsteen, Southside JohnnyLyon, and Gary (U.S.) Bonds. Way to go,Joe! . .

#1 Country HitsOn May 24

1990-Walkin’ Away-Clint Black;1982-Just To Satisfy You-Waylon & Willie;1971-I Won’t Mention It Again-Ray Pric;1966-Distant Drums-Jim Reeves; 1953-Mexican Joe-Jim Reeves; 1946-New Span-ish Two Step-Bob Wills.

One Hit Wonders1978-Short People-Randy Newman;

Because The Night-Patti Smith Group; KingTut-Steve Martin; Love Is In The Air-JohnPaul Young; Hot Child In The City-NickGilder; Fool (If You Think It’s Over)-ChrisRea; I Love The Nightlife (Disco ‘Round)-Alicia Bridges; Emotion-Samantha Sang;Falling-LeBlanc & Carr; My Angel Baby-Toby Beau; Magnet and Steel-Walter Egan.

Did You Know?In 1887, Senator Daniel Chase of South

Amboy introduced a bill creating the Bor-ough of South Amboy. Chase also servedas Mayor of South Amboy, and MiddlesexCounty Freeholder. . .

Brian WilsonIn Concert

Music legend, and former leader ofThe Beach Boys, Brian Wilson will beperforming at the Beacon Theatre on June16 at 8 p.m., and at New Jersey PerformingArts Center on June 17 at 8 p.m. Tickets forboth shows are available at Ticketmasterlocations, and NJPAC charge-by-phone at1-888-GO-NJPAC (1-888-466-5722).

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NOVENA TO ST. ANTHONYOh Holy St. Anthony, gentlest of Saints, your love forGod and charity for his creatures made you worthywhen on earth to possess miraculous powers. Miracleswaited on your word, which you were ready to speakfor those in trouble or anxiety. (Make request). Theanswer to my prayer may require a miracle. O gentleand loving St. Anthony whose heart was ever full ofhuman sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears ofthe sweet infant Jesus who loved to be folded in yourarms and the gratitude of my heart will be yours. Thisnovena has never been known to fail. Say Our Father,Hail Mary and Glory Be. B.T.S.

ST. JUDEMay the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, lovedand preserved throughout the world now and forever.Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on us. St. Jude, workerof miracles, pray for us. St. Jude, helper of the hopeless,pray for us. Say this prayer nine times a day for nine days.It has never been known to fail. Publication must bepromised. Thank you St. Jude. -E.P.

NOVENA TO ST. ANTHONYOh Holy St. Anthony, gentlest of Saints, your love forGod and charity for his creatures made you worthywhen on earth to possess miraculous powers. Miracleswaited on your word, which you were ready to speakfor those in trouble or anxiety. (Make request). Theanswer to my prayer may require a miracle. O gentleand loving St. Anthony whose heart was ever full ofhuman sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears ofthe sweet infant Jesus who loved to be folded in yourarms and the gratitude of my heart will be yours. Thisnovena has never been known to fail. Say Our Father,Hail Mary and Glory Be. M.M.


High School SportsBy Tom Burkard

(As of May 15)Baseball

Sayreville (11-6) The Bombers are hav-ing a great year. Top Hitters-Rob Galante.458, Jeff Toth .423 with 3 home runs, and 12RBI, Keith Simpkins .333. Top Pitcher-Mark Poore 5-1.

South Amboy (7-6) The Governors lookgood this season, and with freshman pitcher,Joe Bartlinski throwing smoke, should be infine shape for years to come. Heavy hitters-Andrew Lieberman, Rob Seikendick, MattPaullus, Bill Seres, Michael McCabe. Toppitchers-Bartlinski, Seres

Cardinal McCarrick (6-8) Ed Fulhamhas won 5 of the Eagles’ six games, and hasemerged as the ace of the pitching staff. TopHitters-Mark Morris .500, 18 RBI, PatHackett .475, Andrew Rios .470, 14 RBI.Top Pitcher-Fulham 5-0, 1.09 ERA (7th incounty).Softball

South Amboy (16-3) Coach RichKlein’s club is (10-0) in Gold Division play,and has a lock on yet another title. Tophitters-Kiersten McCarthy, KerynRosenberger .540 (4th in county), 29 RBI(tied for #1 in county, Shauna Zdanewicz.486, Jen Riehl .469, Kelly Jarosz .444. Toppitcher-Rosenberger 16 wins (#1 in county),121 strikeouts (#1 in county), 0.62 ERA (#3in county).

Cardinal McCarrick (9-5) Rookie CoachEvan Abramson’s club is doing well thus far.Top hitters-Jessica Wojcik .609 (#1 incounty), 29 RBI (tied for #1 in county), KateKurzawa .550 (#3 in county), Lindsay Tone.514 (#6 in county), 19 RBI, 2 home runs.Top pitcher is Mallory Kirchner

Sayreville (6-9) The Bombers have hada tough season so far. Top hitters-LynnOlender .425, Danielle Martin .333, fresh-man Jessica Nicola .318, 4 home runs (#2 incounty).Golf

Cardinal McCarrick (7-7) Top golfers-Chris Owsik, Bryan Hoffman.

Sayreville (4-11) Top Golfers-BrianMcDonald, Ed Mount, Kevin Nunes.Boys Tennis

Sayreville (3-7) Top players-MikeRatajczak, George Lee, Neil Hrankowski,Shyam Dharia, Kevin Rapach, Brian Li-bretti.

South Amboy (1-6) It’s been a rebuild-ing year for Guvs’ Coach Tony Gonsalves.Recent winners: Chris DeLucca, JonBouchard, Kyle Dabkowski, Neil & DaveAbadie.Girls Track & Field

Sayreville (2-4) Recent Winners-NicoleKnight, Tracey Clark, Jessica Tirpak, Nicole

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place with a 45, while three teammates, EdOwsik, Ed Cicchi, and Paul Poltrictzky alltied for third with 46’s. . .Sayreville fin-ished with a 188 behind Piscataway 167,and ahead of Edison 204. Brian McDonaldtook 2nd place with a 42. .

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Sayreville (4-3) Recent Winners-TriniFlavaney, Tyreek Robinson, Matt Pagoda,Matt Bodak, Steve Aich, Jose Aponte, GregKuczynski, Steve Logan.

Cardinal McCarrick (0-3) No recentwinners.

Champions-Coach Rich Klein (top row third from left) and his South Amboy Lady GovernorsGold Division Softball Championship team. Congratulations! (Photo By Brian Stratton)

Langan SignsLetter Of Intent

Meghan Langan, Cardinal McCarrick’stalented 6-4 center recently signed a letter ofintent to attend Mount St. Mary’s College inMaryland, a Division I-AA school.

Langan received help from GlobalSports Recruiting Agency in Perth Amboy.

South Amboy’s Ace pitcher, Keryn Rosenberger shows the fine form which has given her 16victories, the most in Middlesex County. (Photo by Brian Stratton)


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continued from page 1have his work cut out for him, as he tries tohelp Florida turn its season around. Hestressed the fact that he’s not a “miracleworker,” and had a lot of work to do to getthe club to “another level.” If you considerhis outstanding record and unsurpassedknowledge of the game, don’t be surprisedto see the Marlins fortunes on the rise in thenear future. Jack McKeon is a masterfulevaluator of talent, and really knows how tohandle the players. It’s great to see our localhero, back at the helm, where he belongs ona major league team.

He certainly has done some fine chari-table works to help South Amboy organiza-tions over the past few years, and I’m sureall of South Amboy and Sayreville will berooting for his continued success. Goodluck, Jack!

Those Youth League Days . . .

1970-The Gomolka’s Auto Body Cubs was one of the top teams in the Morgan AA MidgetLeague. Owner, Al Gomolka Sr. donated schedules to the entire league. Pictured Front-Batboy Kevin Hourahan; Bottom row (l-r) Edward Gorczynski, Dave Gomolka, Jeff Kabat,Jim Phillips, Dan Michoch, John DeFillips, ?; Second row (l-r) George Nycz, Fred Singer, ?,Mark Toglia, Neil Hourahan, Lee Wilson, Richie Peters; Top Row (l-r) Asst. Manager-RichGray, Manager-Al Gomolka Jr.

Spring Is In The Air: So Put FatYour Fat On The Run

After a winter of sloth and over-eating,you may be facing a tough road to get intoshape. And now with spring coming onfast, summer and swimsuit season, youmight be feeling a sense of panic as youstand before the mirror. But before youdrop that remote and spring into exerciseoverdrive, a word of advice: EASE INTOIT.

If stemming that southward migrationof flab is your top priority, Nick DiNubil,M.D. warns against crash dieting. Definedas any weight loss program in which youlose more than about a pound a week.Chances are if you’re losing more than that,a lot of it is water, which will come back,and muscle which you don’t want to lose atall because muscles help you burn calories.

If you’ve been relatively sedentarythis winter, it means you’re now out ofshape, which means weaker muscles andtendons that are far more vulnerable tosprains and strains than when you were intop shape last fall. Avoid over traininginjuries by working into fitness.

If you would like to start a walking orrunning program, for example, start off bywalking 1-mile at an easy pace before in-creasing the speed. As a rule of thumb,never increase the amount of exercise youdo by more than 10% a week. This ruleapplies equally to the number of repetitionsor amount of weight you lift.

As you rehabilitate your out-door ac-tivity program, don’t forget about yourskin. Dig out that bottle of sunscreen anddust off that hat before heading back outinto the sun. Also remember to increaseyour fluid intake in the warmer weather.

You should not exercise if you’re sickor injured, but keep to a regular schedule ofphysical activity. 30 minutes of exercise 3times a week is a good goal. If you miss asession, don’t try to make it up with an extrahard workout. Just pick up where you leftoff.

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By Tom Burkard

T.H.E.Game

By Tom Burkard

Charlie Kolakowski, one of the greatestpitchers and all around athletes in SayrevilleHigh School history is pictured at theCleveland Indians Spring Training camp in1959. He starred in the minor leagues, andwas invited to train with Cleveland’s bigleague club. Kolakowski had a chance tocompete with some of the greatest Indianplayers in history, including Rocky Colavito,Jim “Mudcat” Grant, Gary Bell, and WoodyHeld. Charlie said “I remember going outwith Billy Martin and Woody Held for acouple of beers. Martin was a regular guy.”

1939-The Eagles nipped St.Peter’s, 7-6 in diamond play.Jack McNamara ripped a 2-runtriple and single, Johnny Zebro

and Bill “Smokey” Ryanstroked 2 hits apiece for theSaints. Joe Conroy struck out

10 to notch the win. . .1947-St. Mary’sripped St. Peter’s, 13-6 in baseball play.Ray Stockton relieved Jim Farley in thesecond inning, and gave up only 3 hitswhile striking out 6. Jerry Kelly led the waywith 4 hits in 5 at bats, while Johnny O’Brienand Bob “Ace” Hennessey drilled two hitsapiece. . .1956-Bobby Witkowski fired a 1-hitter and whiffed 17 batters to leadSayreville to a 5-0 triumph over Jamesburg.Ron Ciszewski lined two RBI singles, andRon Michalski added an RBI base hit forthe Bombers. . .1963-Hoffman hammeredJamesburg in basketball, 92-56. Six Guvscracked double figures including Jerry Drill23 points, Dennis Wood 15, Ted Reick 13,Mike “Woody” McCarthy 13, Jim Odom12, Rich Gunther 10. . .1970-St. Mary’sscored 6 runs in the 6th inning to comebackand win an Opening Day thriller, 10-9 overCBA. Tom Boychuk singled in the tyingand winning runs. Joe Wallis walloped a 2-run double, and Bernie Mackiel laced twosingles. John Kibbler was the winningpitcher. . 1975-Joe “Moose” McCarthyblasted two home runs and drove in 4 runsto lead Hoffman to a 9-0 trouncing overJamesburg. Winning pitcher, GeorgeBongiorno fired a beautiful 3-hit shutoutwhile fanning 10, and also drilled two singlesand a double. . .1987-In the opening roundof the GMCT, the Sayreville girls basket-ball team shocked Cedar Ridge, 46-44.Mary K. Nordling had a huge game, regis-tering 13 points, 15 rebounds, and 8 blockedshots for the Bombers. . .

Sport-BaseballYear-1961Teams-St. Mary’s (12-4) vs. Sayreville

(11-5)Recap-The Bombers lefty ace, Lenny

Popowski fired a 3-hitter, and struck out 12to lead his club to a 3-0 win over St. Mary’s.Popowski registered his fourth shutout ofthe season, and raised his record to (8-2).

Jerry blasted a home run in the secondinning to put the Blue & Gray on top, 1-0.Bob Carew’s infield single knocked in TerryPopowski (Lenny’s cousin) in the 5th in-ning. Jim Thalman scored the Bombers’final run in the 6th inning.

MVP-Lenny Popowski, Sayreville.

Diamond DustBy Tom Burkard

1964-South Amboy Little FellasLeague-Daylight Bakery 5 First Aid 3. CarlKuczynski was the winning pitcher. SouthAmboy Softball League-K of C 3 Indepen-dence 2. Ace pitcher, Russ Stillwagonracked up the victory over Ed Wozniak.Sayreville Little League-Zagata’s 8 VFW0. Winning pitcher, Joe Gabel fired a 1-hitter, struck out 15, and also hammered 3hits including a 3-run homer. 1973-Sayreville Babe Ruth League-Peter Pank 7Italian American Club 6. Winning pitcher,Mark Conroy struck out 14, and also drilled3 hits. Laurel Park Girls Softball League-Sparrows 13 Doves 1. Jean Guerrerismashed a double and had 3 RBI. MorganMidget League-Matty’s Auto Parts 4 Mor-gan Lions 3. John DeLucia notched 2 RBI.Morgan Babe Ruth League-Chevron 13Sunoco 1. Gary Shereyka fired a beautiful1-hitter for the victory. Sayreville LittleLeague-Olympic Exterminators 5 VFW 4.Fred Schmitt orbited a 2-run homer. 1975-SA Little Fellas-Progressive 11 Protection4. Tom and John Mulligan ripped 3 hitsapiece for Protection. South Amboy GirlsSoftball League-Jets 3 A’s 1. Jackie Franzunloaded a home run for the winners.

Ryan Starred In ‘41By Tom Burkard

There aren’t too many people aroundwho remember one of the earliest and great-est female basketball players at St. Mary’shigh school, Jean Ryan. She starred for theBlue & Gold in 1941, back in the days whensix players were on the court at one time foreach team.

On February 6, 1941, in a (would youbelieve ?) basketball doubleheader, Ryanled St. Mary’s to a two-game sweep over St.Mary’s of Elizabeth, by scores of 32-18 inthe first contest, and 29-22 in the second.Ryan scored an unbelievable (at the time) 25points in game 1, and 20 in game 2, (appar-ently a little tired after playing an outstand-ing first game).

Ryan’s talented teammates includedMary McCoy, Virginia Zuspan, SelmaMcDonnell, and Mary Harvey.

Neumann No-Hitter Won Title

By Tom BurkardMay 25, 1945-Hoffman High’s ace

pitcher, Rudy Neumann fired a brilliantno-hitter to lead the Governors to a 7-0victory and the Shore Conference Cham-pionship over Rumson.

The Cheerleaders1958-The Hoffman High School var-

sity cheerleaders consisted of; CaptainKathy Kurtz, Eileen Madeline, DoloresFormoso, Nancy Ann Surowka, JoanAngelitus, Joan Jaskowiak, Lois Whitworth,Mary Ann Donahue. Dora Vogel was theAdvisor.

Rogers FeaturedIn Baseball Book

The late Walt Rogers, South Amboy’sgreatest switch-hitter, is featured in a rela-tively new baseball book, “Dem Little Bums:The Nashua Dodgers” by Steve Daly. Thebook mentions Rogers, who starred withNashua in 1948, and shows him in the ’48team picture.

Walt was an outstanding infielder, andexcelled at all levels of minor league play,just falling short of making the majors withthe legendary Brooklyn Dodgers.

Eagles Top GuvsCardinal McCarrick (7-8) ace pitcher,

Ed Fulham fired a masterful 3-hit, shutout,as the Eagles easily breezed by SouthAmboy (7-7), 9-0. Fulham (6-0) struck out8. Pat Hackett stroked a double and knockedin two. Andrew Rios laced a single and had2 RBI. Frosh, Joe Bartlinski absorbed thesetback.

Kirchner 0-HitterTops South Amboy

Mallory Kirchner fired a 5-inning no-hitter, to lead Cardinal McCarrick (10-6) to11-0 romp over cross town rivals SouthAmboy (16-1). Kirchner fanned 5, andallowed only one base runner on ateammate’s error. Jessica Wojcik blasted a2-run homer and RBI single, while LindseyTone and Jess Fiore each ripped 2-rundoubles. Keryn Rosenberger took the loss.

Bodak, AichAll Area Picks

Sayreville’s Matt Bodak and SteveAich were chosen to the

Home News Tribune’s 2nd Annual AllArea Relay Team in the Javelin category.The pair went undefeated, winning the GMCCoaches Invitational, Matawan Relays,Holmdel Relays, and GMC Relays. Theyhave been consistently over 160 all year.Congratulations!


1963-St. Mary’s Parochial B Baseball state champions are pictured Bottom row (l-r) BobWindrem, scorekeeper, Joe Pohl, John Norek, Tom Trenta, Joe Martin, Pete Check, Dave“Dee” Kelly, Jerry Freeman, Rich “Ish” Ambroziak; Middle row (l-r) Jim Carney, John “Jay”Derent, John Dennen, Pat Casey, Mgr., Jack Kreiger, George Stramback, Vince Wisniewski,Jim Brady, Art O’Donnell Jr.; Top row (l-r) Ray Selover, Asst. Coach Art O’Donnell Sr., CoachBill “Smokey” Ryan, Rev. Father George Brembos, Mayor Joseph Charmello. Missing fromphoto: Tom Vona, Larry Gleason.

Thousands of local high school athleteshave come and gone, but one of the mosttalented and unforgettable teams in SouthAmboy history was the 1963 St. Mary’svarsity baseball club.

Coach Bill “Smokey” Ryan’s team hadbeen on the verge of greatness in 1961 and’62, but fell short both years, losing to Tren-ton Catholic in the Parochial A finals. Areanewspapers affectionately called St. Mary’s“The Ryan Nine,” and the ’63 Eagles wouldnot be denied in their bid for glory.

The Saints were reassigned by theN.J.S.I.A.A. to the smaller Parochial B group,and quickly proved that once again, theywere bona fide contenders for the title. Intheir first state tourney test, they upset de-fending champion, Holy Spirit of AtlanticCity, 6-4, behind the strong pitching of JoePohl and Jim Carney, and the fine hitting ofPohl and George Stramback. Pohl drilled asingle and double, while Stramback orbiteda three-run homer. Carney hurled two per-fect innings in relief to preserve Pohl’s sixthvictory of the season, and send the Eagles tothe Parochial B final.

The big date was May 30, 1963, aslocals prepared for the traditional MemorialDay Weekend, with the annual parade, andfamily picnics and parties taking placethroughout “The Pleasant Little City.” Thechampionship showdown took place at thePeddie School Field in Hightstown. St.Mary’s carried an impressive (13-5) record,while Gloucester Catholic sported an evenbetter (13-2) mark.

The Eagles starting lineup was: RaySelover 2b Tom Vona 3b Art O’Donnell cJoe Pohl p George Stramback cf Jack Kreiger1b Jay Derent lf Vince Wisniewski ss JerryFreeman rf. Reserves were: John Dennen,Jim Brady, Jim Carney, John Norek, TomTrenta, Joe Martin, Pete Check, Dave “Dee”Kelly, Rich “Ish” Ambroziak, and LawrenceGleason. Art O’Donnell, Sr., was Ryan’sace Assistant Coach, Pat Casey, manager,and Bob Windrem, scorekeeper.

The title game was one of the mostexciting in Parocial School history, as theEagles scored first in the opening inningwhen Vona unleashed a triple to right field,and scored on a single to left by O’Donnellto make it 1-0. Stramback blasted a line-drive double to left center, scoring O’Donnelland giving the Saints a 2-0 spread. Strambackhammered another double, stole third, andscored on a wild pitch to up St. Mary’s leadto 3-0 after 4 innings. Gloucester Catholicbattled back, and tied the contest at 3-3 in thebottom of the 7th inning, to force extra in-nings.

After a scoreless 8th inning, Derent ledoff the 9th with a single, and advanced tosecond on a wild pitch. Wisniewski singled,moving Derent to third base. Freeman thencame up to bat, and drilled the biggest hit ofhis career, driving in Derent, and giving theEagles a 4-3 lead. Selover drove inWisniewski with a sacrifice fly to right, withFreeman moving to second. Freeman thenstole third, and scored on a wild pitch for thefinal run, as St. Mary’s nailed its elusiveParochial B Baseball State Championship,6-3.

Pohl, St. Mary’s ace of the staff was thewinning pitcher, yielding only 5 hits, whilestriking out 11 and walking 8. Offensivestandouts were Stramback with two two-baggers, Vona, a single and triple, and Free-man, two singles including the game-win-ning RBI.

Catcher, Art O’Donnell Jr. topped theclub with a scorching .423 batting average. .. Joe Pohl, the talented right-handed flame-thrower finished with an outstanding (7-1)record, and closed out his high school careerwith an (18-8) mark, second most wins in theschool’s history. He also threw two no-hitters in his career. In addition, his battingexploits were amazing! He was theMiddlesex County batting champion in ’62with an unbelievable .469 avg., and com-piled a four year mark of .388. The giftedsuperstar received several tryouts and offers

from major league clubs. . .Clutch-hittingcenter fielder, George Stramback batted animpressive .412 in ’63. . .Superb firstbaseman, Jack Kreiger hit a fine .345, whilecommitting only three errors in 20 games. ..Tom Vona, the talented third baseman for 3years, batted .310. As a soph he hit .315, and.327 as a junior. . .Left fielder, Jay Derentbatted .292, and started the championshiprally with a single. . .Ray Selover, the secondbaseman and leadoff hitter, ignited the Eaglesoffense, and hit .270 on the year. . Smooth-fielding shortstop, Vince Wisniewski hadmany key hits, while batting .250. Thefollowing year in ’64, he went on to win theMiddlesex County Batting title. . .Jerry Free-man, the flawless fielding right fielder bat-ted .267, and singled in perhaps the biggestrun in St. Mary’s history to win the ParochialB state title. .

The South Jersey Parochial B champi-ons were honored with a victory paradethrough the City of South Amboy, banquetsfrom the Rotary Club, Lions Club, and Ath-letic Association. Players and coaches re-ceived jackets, transistor radios, watches, tieclasps, cuff links, and luggage in apprecia-tion for bringing St. Mary’s its first title inmany years.

A few members of the legendary ’63Eagles championship team commented ontheir big day in St. Mary’s sports history.

In a 1983 interview with this writer, thelate Coach Bill “Smokey” Ryan stated, “Theyall hustled and gave everything they had. Iwas very proud of them. They had a bigparade and road on the fire truck. I alwaysfelt Joe Pohl would go far. He was a greatballplayer. The 1963 team was one of thebest ever at St. Mary’s.”

Vince Wisniewski, star shortstop re-membered when, “I came up in the ninthinning with Jay Derent on second base andthe score tied. I was given the bunt sign bycoach, and I remember laying down a decentsacrifice bunt, but I must have had an angelat my back, because I beat it out, to put a manon first and third. The next batter, JerryFreeman knocked in Jay for what proved tobe the winning run. We scored 2 more thatinning for the victory 6-3. It was a once in a

St. Mary’s players and coaches were driven around in style, as they celebrated their ’63 statechampionship in brand new 1963 Chevrolet Convertibles on loan from Briggs Chevrolet cardealership. The Eagles are pictured ironically in front of Hoffman High School, who had achampionship parade of their own two months earlier, after winning the Group I StateBasketball crown.

1963: ST MARY’S WINS BASEBALL TITLE

40 Years Ago. . .St. Mary’s WonParochial B Baseball Title

By Tom Burkard

lifetime feeling for a high school kid.South Amboy and St. Mary’s really

treated us to a good celebration. I rememberhow excited everyone was about our win. Iguess we really did represent our “PleasantLittle City.” South Amboy has always beena baseball town, and I am glad that I and myteammates were a small part of that tradi-tion.”

Joe Martin has many wonderful memo-ries. He vividly recalled Father Bremboshanding each team member two silver dol-lars. “Mine are from 1880, and I still havethem. Most of my teammates ran over toPrasnal’s and blew them on confections andthe pinball machine. He also felt that eventhough he wasn’t a starter, he was “Honoredto be associated with such great high schoolplayers like Joe Pohl, Artie O’Donnell,George Stramback and others.”

Martin recalled posing for photos in“shiny 1963 automobiles right in front ofHoffman High. (See photo) Did this makeany sense? We were the ’63 Parochial Bstate champs, and we were having our pic-tures taken directly in front of the public highschool.” Ironically, Hoffman had just cap-tured the Group I state championship twomonths earlier.

Joe also recalled the semifinal contestwas played a week earlier at Johnson’s Park,New Brunswick. “We won the game, and onthe way home, Mrs. Derent had the busdriver stop at McDonald’s on Rt. 18. Shetreated the whole team to whatever we wantedto eat. What a generous thing for her to do.It certainly didn’t cost her very much money,but it is a memory which I will alwaystreasure.”Where Are They Now?

Several members of this legendary teamare deceased. Let’s have a moment of si-lence for Coach “Smokey” Ryan, Jim Carney,and Pat Casey. . .Joe Pohl, recently inductedinto the prestigious St. Mary’s Athletic Hallof Fame is a Nutritional Consultant, andresiding in Parlin. . .Art O’Donnell Jr. was ahigh school principal in Florida. . .Jay Derentis a successful businessman in Sayreville. . .Joe Martin is a retired school teacher andlives in Florida. . .

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The Pre-K classes at OLV School really know how to rock ‘n’ roll! Here they are gatheredduring Music/Movement time.

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Sedlak Honored ByUmpires

Sayreville’s Superintendent of Recre-ation, Mickey Sedlak was recently honoredwith an unveiling and donation of his por-trait to the Mickey Sedlak Recreation Cen-ter by the New Jersey State Federation ofBaseball Umpires for his 57 years of serviceand dedication to (NJSFBU).

Through the efforts of Sedlak and Gil-bert Augustine, the NJSFBU was foundedin 1946 under the GI Bill of Rights. The firstumpire class had 56 cadets, and today theFederation has over 350 members.

Mickey, a Woodbridge native alwaysloved baseball, and is a diehard Dodgersfan. He has been involved with youth sportssince moving to Sayreville in 1948, afterserving in the Army during World War II,where he was awarded two Purple Heartsand two Bronze Stars.

He started the Sayreville Little Leaguein President’s Park, and fostered more play-ing fields for softball, baseball, soccer, bocce,and horseshoe leagues, as well as a paddleballclub. Sedlak recently organized a cricketclub, as well as a popular wrestling league,co-sponsored by the Recreation Dept.

When he’s not scheduling games, hehelps raise money for the Sayreville Asso-ciation for Brain Injured Children (SABIC)charity and other causes, and collects sup-plies for the needy. In 1988, he was namedthe state’s “Most Outstanding Citizen.” He’srun out of wall space for all the plaques andcitations that he has received, and storesthem in boxes instead.

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The SA Times StaffSouth Amboy Students win awards at the Annual High School Writing Contest andConference. Fred Henry III (L) won 2nd place in Drama, Tracie Szatkowski (R) won 3rd placein the research paper competition. Charlotte Kierst, South Amboy High School Teacherproudly stands between Fred and Tracie. (Photo by Brian Stratton)

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LETTERS

Long, Long Ago. . .

1960’s-The Sacred Heart Catholic War Veterans #578, and Sacred Heart War VeteransAuxiliary #578 paid their respects annually to the deceased war veterans on Memorial Day.Pictured for a memorial service at the Sacred Heart Cemetery in the 60’s were (l-r) ?, RichardSchultz, Ralph Szeszko, Chet Jankowski, ?, Al Witkowski, Amelia Alex, Betty Marczak, AnneGomolka, Kate Marczak, Marion Kolodziejski, Josephine Kabara, Theresa Burlew, ?, LouiseSchultz, Alice Cross, Theresa Ifka, Steve Skarzynski, Adam Rzepka.

A Letter FromA Marine MomAs a mom of Marine LC Ryan

Masterson presently serving somewhere inIraq, I want to offer my thanks for thecommunity support for our troops. In par-ticular, I would like to thank the studentsand teachers of South Amboy School in-volved in “Operation Shoebox,” Cub ScoutPack 391, Troop 91, and St. Mary’s El-ementary School for their involvement inwriting letters and sending care packages.A special thank you to Sayreville VFW formaking my son a member of the legionwhile serving his country, and the VFWWomen’s Auxiliary for sending him carepackages.

The community has shown great pridein our troops, and my family has appreci-ated all the thoughtfulness from our friendsand the community. A special thank you toEd Paczkowski from Foodtown for settingaside a wall of recognition for our militaryprotecting our country. The greatest way toshow your support for our troops would beto display yellow ribbons outside your home.Let’s keep them in our thoughts and prayerseveryday.

Sincerely,Gloria Masterson(A proud Marine Mom)

Dear Editor,With the end of April came the close of

a unique month-long program in SouthAmboy. In recognition of National LibraryWeek, April 6-12, the South Amboy Busi-ness Association (SABA) offered discountson purchases to customers who presented aspecial bookmark that was distributed onlyin the public library. In order to takeadvantage of the program, an individualneeded to visit both the library and the

commercial establishment.The SABA rewarded the individual

library user for simply coming into thelibrary. The idea was that offering incen-tives would generate additional use of thelibrary and the local businesses. Atten-dance at the library increased 3% this Aprilwhen compared to last year, despite someunseasonable weather. 3% may not seemlike a lot, but when it’s projected over anentire year, it is equivalent to an increaseequal to 17% of South Amboy’s popula-tion. The SABA recognized that the bestway to help the library is to have people useit.

The Library Board and I would like tothank and commend Vthe South AmboyBusiness Association for their support ofthe library. The residents of South Amboyshould take a great deal of pride in the civicspirit in their local business demonstratedby sponsoring this program and through it,their support of literacy in the community.

Sincerely,Philip Israel, DirectorDowdell Library of South Amboy

Dear Editor,From the looks of the label on the

envelope containing the last issue I re-ceived, it looks like you’ve gone very elec-tronic. And that can also mean that thereare more people like myself who want toknow what’s going on in the “PleasantLittle City.”

In fact, judging by the “Letters To TheEditor” I would venture a guess that yourpublication is now going to quite a fewformer South Amboyans.

During our annual Christmas visit, mywife and I detoured to look at the Water-front. I was amazed at the wonderful trans-formation that has taken place, along withthe revitalization of Broadway.

The City is getting better, and yourpublication continues to excel.

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The Sayreville AA League 5th & 6th grade championship team is pictured after finishing aperfect 14-0, and capturing the league and playoff titles. Bottom row( l-r) Bansair Trivedi,Jasmine Carey, Cheyenne Grant; Middle (l-r) Sherrelle Shipp, Kelsye Downs, JennaMcCarthy, Forum Patel; Top (l-r) Asst. Coach Charlie Grant, Coach Kymm Cary. (Absentfrom photo is Nicole Bright).

Pictured is the St. Mary’s 5th & 6th grade team that won the St. Mary’s 5th & 6th Tournamentchampionship over the Sayreville AA team. Bottom row (l-r) Kim Richmond, MargaretSantapaga, Shala Norton, Jennifer Stolte; Top (l-r) Coach Jerry Ust, Krystle Castrow,Courtney Hulsart, Chrissy Keir, Vicky Puccio, Becky Edelman, Kristin Wagner, KelsyeDowns, Asst. Coach Ray Downs.

Standings(As of April 24)

P.J.’s Bar 140-84; Costa Verde 135-89; Mac’s Ladies 127-97; Ram’s HeadTavern 126-98; Lagoda’s Saloon 121-103;K. and L. Partners 119-105; Morgan Print-ing 105-119; Band’s Dental 93-131; Chud’sSubs 88-136; Gundrum Service 66-158.

April 3Joyce Tomaszewski 212-606; Fayth

Kaminsky 238-574; Karen Brown 216-210-565; Michele Logan 213-556; AnneKukulski 213-202-546; Dolores Lawnick530; Chris Wenzel 529; Barbara Boylan520; Teresita Lazaro 519; Ann Quinn 508;Raeanne Hermes 507; Bernie Kapica 504;June O’Leary 503.

April 10Diane Toye 212-539; Judy Smith 214-

538; Kaminsky 536; Anne Grispino 216-521; Jesse Lopez 520; Donna Andrejewski576; Logan 212-507; Marianne Seyfried210-507; Kukulski 507; Hermes 201-504;Joanne Cassidy 500; Joyce Cancilla 200.

April 17Tomaszewski 222-583; Logan 229-

South Amboy Women’s Bowling League575; Jdy Smith 222-549; Kaminsky 203-540ye 511; O’Leary 510; Cheryl Kuhlthau503.

April 24Janethris Shereyka 527; Cassidy 523;

Karen Rufus 523; Wenzel 514; Boylan 511.

CPR/First AidClasses

The American Red Cross CPR/FirstAid classes are being formed for June at theSouth Amboy First Aid Squad. Call toregister 732-727-8525. Leave name andphone number.

Atlantic City BusTrip

The Polish Cadets Lodge 1728 ofSayreville will be holding a bus trip TrumpMarina in Atlantic City on Sunday, May 25.Tickets are $17 p/p, and $15 in return.Refreshments will be served on the bus.Departure will be from Sayreville BoroHall parking lot at 10 a.m. For reservations,call Eddie Jurkiewicz at 732-254-7991.

Local GasStations 50 YearsAgo

By Jim Phillips50 years ago, the local gas station

was not only a place for a quick gasolinestop, but also where you could get allyour car needs; repairs, oil change, newtires, flats fixed, your car washed andpolished. The gas station was a local“hangout” for the young and not so youngguys. You talked about the new carmodels and also picked up the town’snews and gossip.

Jackin & Cross was a favorite placeto by bicycle parts such as tires, tubes,lights, reflectors, and above all, foxtailsfor your handle bars and rear fender.

The local gas stations closed earlyat night, but you could always get gasnext door in Sayreville. Abe Korb’sjunkyard, corner of lower Main St. &Scott Ave. had 2 Esso pumps. Jensen’sEsso Station, Rt. 9 & Hwy. 35 Northwere open 24 hours a day. Jensen’s wasacross the highway from the present dayCosta Verde Restaurant. Also, Jensen’sStation received many awards from Stan-dard Oil for cleanliness. Many gas sta-tions changed ownership and owners.Here is the list of gas stations I rememberfrom 50 years ago. . .

Richmond’s Sunoco Station-cornerof Broadway & John St.; Thomas’ ShellStation-corner of Broadway &Bordentown Ave.; Briggs’ Texaco Sta-tion-corner of Broadway & Main St.The pumps were right on the curb line.Briggs Chevrolet dealership across thestreet; Eddie’s Friendly Mobil Station-Bordentown Ave. across from the RaritanDiner, (present day Henry’s BarberShop); McKeon’s Amoco Station-cor-ner of S. Pine Ave. & Louis St. McKeon’salso had a towing service and taxi ser-vice; Render’s Calso Station-corner ofS. Pine Ave. & Portia St. across from theold Bayview Inn (presently MonaghanHouse). Note: Calso new name is Chev-ron; Lagoda’s Shell Station-on N.Stevens Ave. between Fourth & FifthStreets. Present station is on the cornerof Fifth St.; Massing’s Esso Station-Main St. & Thompson St. Esso newname is Exxon; Munn’s Mobil Station-triangle of Main St. & Washington Rd.,later Murphy’s Cities Service, new nameis Citgo; Bulman’s Esso Station-cornerof Main St. & Stevens Ave.; Jackin &Cross Tydol Station-upper Main St.(present location is antique auto garage).Tydol new name is Getty; Jet 99 Dis-count Station-corner of Main St. &Stevens Ave.

Publisher’s Note: Thank you, Jim,for sharing your great memories with

SA Times readers!



NOVENA TO ST. ANTHONYOh Holy St. Anthony, gentlest of Saints, your love forGod and charity for his creatures made you worthywhen on earth to possess miraculous powers. Miracleswaited on your word, which you were ready to speakfor those in trouble or anxiety. (Make request). Theanswer to my prayer may require a miracle. O gentleand loving St. Anthony whose heart was ever full ofhuman sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears ofthe sweet infant Jesus who loved to be folded in yourarms and the gratitude of my heart will be yours. Thisnovena has never been known to fail. Say Our Father,Hail Mary and Glory Be. E.L.O.

Cardinal McCarrickH.S. Community News

St. Peter’s College will have an off-sitecampus at Cardinal McCarrick High Schoolbeginning this fall. The information nightsare June 24th, July 15th, and August 14th.Please come to the school library from 6-8p.m. for registration and information.


Sayreville ResidentWrites New Book

Sayreville’s Lea Bayers Rapp newbook, Mazel Tov! The Complete Book ofJewish Weddings, has been published byCitadel Press/Kensington Publishing Corp.,($19.95) and is now in bookstores every-where.

Bus Trip To SheaStadium

Now is the time for baseball fans tosign up for the Mets-Cardinals baseballgame to be played on Sun., Aug. 3, spon-sored by South Amboy Knights of Colum-bus. In the 2 games we saw the Mets play,they won both times, so they need us! Costis $35 for adults, $30 for kids 10 years andyounger. This includes: game ticket, busfare, coffee, juice, and doughnuts at coun-cil, soda on the bus, and pizza on return.Telephone the council 732-721-2025, RickO’Connor 732-525-8548, or Jim Carney732-721-6863. And on top of that, it’s HotWheels Day! Play ball!

St. Mary’s Elementary School’s 8th grade girls basketball team recently won first place at St.Stan’s Tournament, and second place at OLV and also St. Mary’s Tourneys. Team membersinclude: Kristen Babulak, Brittany Biesiada, Allison Mazur, Hannah Dembowski, KelseySmith, Cassie McCarter, Lauren Puk, Valerie Wagner, Amy Pacansky, Melissa McGee,Concetta Armato-Barone. Coaches are Greg Babulak and Jeff Pacansky.

The book is the upbeat lowdown oneverything you need to know to plan yourwedding and honeymoon. It is a combina-tion of secular wedding planner and Jewishwedding book all in one. Whether it’s find-ing one’s roots, marrying in kind, under-standing the marriage customs of “the otherhalf” of an interfaith union, or learning tounderstand the customs of a wedding atwhich you are an invited guest, the booksuch as Mazel Tov! Can be an indispensableguide to life in the real world today. Thebook also includes Jewish customs today’scouple can choose to infuse into their cer-emony: breaking glass, marrying under achuppah, and dancing the Hora are pre-sented and explained.

Rapp is an award-winning journalist,author and lecturer.

This issue is dedicated in memory of

Al“Kirby”Kondas

(1923-2003),He was a great neighbor,

A wonderful friend,A fine human being.And an avid readerOf The SA Times.

Keep up the great work!Ron KukulskiFlorida(Formerly of South Amboy)*Note: Ron is the former Sports Editor

forThe News Tribune, and is currently the

Publisher of Florida New Homes Guide, aSun Sentinel publication. The Sun Sentinelis one of Florida’s largest daily newspa-pers.

Dear Editor,I am writing this letter with the greatest

of appreciation for our men in blue. OnFriday, April 11, our daughter was involvedin a minor traffic accident in Old Bridge.Being her first and hopefully last incident,it was a very traumatic experience for herand her mom and dad. If it were not for Ptl.Richard Mustacchio and his outstandingprofessionalism, understanding and com-passion, the event would have been a lotmore traumatic.

As an Assistant road Supervisor for theMiddlesex County Road Dept., I am indaily contact with numerous police depart-ments and their officers, and have learned agreat deal from them. It is not until youcome in contact on a “personal” basis thatyou really see and appreciate what the phase“To Protect and Serve” means. So to Ptl.Richard Mustacchio, our sincerest thanksfor a job well done.

Sincerely,Clem Skarzynski,Parlin

Vacation BibleSchool

The Community Vacation Bible Schoolwill be held at the Trinity United MethodistChurch, 815 Bordentown Ave., SouthAmboy, August 18-22, from 8:45 a.m. to12:30 p.m. Registration deadline is June15.

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