in Obituaries Curtis L. Ruffin Joseph P. Zardus MIDDLESEX Curtis L. Ruffin, 50, died Monday (Dec. 22, 1986) at He Memorial General Hospital in Union.
was born in Georgia and lived in Middlesex for the past 23 years. Mr. Ruffin operated L.C. Maintenance Service in Middlesex. Surviving are his wife, Lauradell Ruffin; two daughters, Sandra and Kim, both of Middlesex; two sons, Jeffrey of Somerville and John of Middlesex; and two brothers, James of Cleveland, Ohio, and Henry Green of Newark.
Arrangements are by Judkins' Colonial Home in Plainfield. Theresa L. McNally, 101 SOMERVILLE Theresa L. McNally, 101, died yesterday (Dec. 23, 1986) at Foothill Acres Nursing Home in Hillsborough.
Mrs. McNally was born in Austria and lived in Somerville for more than 50 years. Her husband, Samuel McNally, died in 1937. There are no immediate survivors. Arrangements are by Speer-Van Arsdale Funeral Home in Somerville.
Walter Urusky HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. Walter Urusky, 69, died Monday (Dec. 22, 1986) at the Veterans Administration Medical Center Perry Point, Md. He was born in New York City and lived in Searing Town, N.Y., before moving to Maryland 15 years ago. He was a physician and operated an office in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
was a World War II veteran. Surviving are his wife, Mary Gic Urusky; three sons, Thomas W. of Bath, N.Y., William W. of South Easton, and Walter M. of Oxford, two sisters, Mildred Lacosta of Glenwood and Stella of Manville; and three grandchildren.
Arrangements are by Fucillo and Warren Funeral Home in Manville. FUNERAL NOTICES KULIKOWSKI Stephen entered into rest on December 23, 1986 at the Princeton Medical Center. Husband Margaret Sayko Kulikowski of Lawrence Twp, N.J. in the 71st year of his age. Son of the late Francis and Irene Kapecka Kulikowski, Surviving also 2 brothers Victor Fedechena and John Fedechena.
Also surviving 2 sisters Mary Gabinelli and Olga Trimmer and nieces and nephews. The Funeral will be conducted Saturday morning at 9. A.M. from THE ROGERS FUNERAL HOME, 929 South Clinton Trenton with a requium divine liturgy to be celebrated at 10 A.M. at St.
Nicholas Hungarian Greek Catholic Church. Burial will take place at the Veteran's section of The Princeton Memorial Park, Robbinsville. Friends may call Friday at the Funeral Home from 6-9 P.M. with Parastas Services to be conducted at 7:30 P.M. Memorial donations may be made to St.
Nicholas Church, St. Nicholas Rectory, 968 South Broad St, Trenton, NJ 08611. 24 MCARTHUR Elfriede R. of Basking Ridge, on December 23, 1986, beloved wife of the late Fulton and mother of Gail Mrs. Barbara Donelik, memorial service, December 26, 2p.m., at the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church, in lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent in name, to the Elfriede R.
McArthur scholarship fund; Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton University or the Memorial Fund of the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church. 24 RUFFIN Curtis of Middlesex, N.J., on December 22, 1986, husband of Mrs. Lauradell Ruffin, father of Sandra, Kim, Jeffrey and John Ruffin, brother of Henry Green and James Ruffin. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, 10:00 a.m. at JUDKINS COLONIAL HOME.
Friends may call Friday 7-9 p.m. 26 IN MEMORIAM IN LOVING MEMORY WILLIAM E. JACOT PASSED AWAY DEC. 24, 1981 Silent thoughts bring many tear, for one we miss and love so dear. SADLY MISSED WIFE CHILDREN In Loving Memory Of Angelo A.
Soriano December 23, 1981 Gone but no forgotten Thinking of you always Wife Sophie Children Eileen, Debbi Tracey IN LOVING MEMORY OF CYNTHIA NADINE STRYSEN DAVIS As this seventh Christmas nears without you we pause to celebrate you all the loving ries you left for us to keep, not just at Christmas but always. Loving missing you, Nan Campbell, Evie, Rudi, Fenny Erir 24 MONUMENTS L. L. MANNING SON DISPLAY YARD 405 W. Front Plainfield 756-0706 HILLSBOROUGH Joseph P.
Zardus, 59, died yesterday (Dec. 23, 1986) at Mountainside Hospital in Montclair. He was born in New York City and lived in the Finderne section of Bridgewater and in Bound Brook before moving to Belle Mead 16 years ago. Mr. Zardus was a carpentry teacher at Essex County Vocational and Technical School in West Caldwell for two years.
Prior to that, he owned Joseph P. Zardus Builders of Somerville for 25 years. He was a member of the Somerville Carpenters Union and was former president of the Raritan Bow and Gun Club in Raritan Borough. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Surviving are his wife, Josephine Konopka Zardus; a daughter, Debbie of Plainsboro; and a sister, Marilyn Hoomans of Delaware.
Arrangements are by Hillsborough Funeral Home. Elfriede R. McArthur BERNARDS Elfriede R. McArthur, of the Basking Ridge section, died yesterday (Dec. 23, 1986) at Morristown Memorial Hospital.
She was born in Harding Township and lived in Basking Ridge most of her life. Mrs. McArthur retired in October after working 34 years as secretary to the pastor at the Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge. She was a the church and served there. She membeacon also was a 25-year member of the Somerset County Board of Social Services.
Her husband, Fulton McArthur, died in 1962. Surviving are two daughters, Gail McArthur of Rochester, N.Y., and Barbara Donelik of Middletown, and two sisters, Alice DeBillo of Whippany and Martha Schultz of New Vernon. Arrangements are by Gallaway and Crane Funeral Home in. Basking Ridge. Stephen Kulikowski LAWRENCE Stephen Kulikowski, 71, died yesterday (Dec.
23, 1986) at the Medical Center at Princeton. He was born in Newark and lived in the Trenton area for more than 25 years. He was a retired employee of Flagtown Foundry and more recently, he retired from Racine Landscape Co. in Cranbury. He was a Navy veteran who served aboard the USS Pocomoke during World War II and aboard the USS Orion during the Korean War.
He was a member of American Legion Post No. 414, Lawrence Township Senior Citizens Club No. 1 and the St. Nicholas Church Hungarian Club. Surviving are his wife, Margaret tor Fedechena of Somerville and Sayko to Kulikowski; two brothers, VicJohn Fedechena of Bridgewater; and two sisters, Mary Gabinelli of Dunellen and Olga Trimmer of Flemington.
Arrangements are by Rogers Funeral Home in Trenton. Jeri Mazor Bennett EVANS, Ga. Jeri Mazor Bennett, 65, died Monday (Dec. 22, 1986) at Humana Hospital in Augusta, Ga. She was born in Chicago, and lived in Central Jersey before moving to Augusta, years ago.
She was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband, Howard C. Bennett; a son, Howard L. of Lancaster, Ohio; a daughter, Jenifer B. Wall of Martinez, and four grandchildren.
Arrangements are by Elliott Funeral Home in Augusta, Ga. Lillian Patterson Goldberg RALEIGH, N.C. Lillian Patterson Goldberg, 87, died here yesterday (Dec. 23, 1986). Mrs.
Goldberg was a longtime resident of Dunellen before moving to North Carolina. Surviving are a son, Richard "Dick" Goldberg of Raleigh, N.C., and two grandchildren. Arrangements are by BrownWinne Funeral Home in Raleigh, N.C. Merry Christmas! FTD BOUND BROOK SOMERVILLE JUST DIAL FLO-WERS It is Easier for Your Family if you select a family plot before it is needed All Lots Sold in Fully Developed Areas 2 Grave Plots including Perpetual Care Call or Write for Descriptive Booklet HILLSIDE CEMETERY Woodland Avenue, Scotch Plains Tel. PL6-1729 Mailing address, P.O.
Box 747, Plainfield, N.J. 07061 THE Wednesday, December 24, 1986 C-3 New Brunswick stumped by 'caveman' NEW BRUNSWICK (AP) City officials are stumped. They do not know what to do about a middle-aged hermit who has lived at least four years in a cardboard and tin shack abutting a busy interchange. The man appears to live without money, by trapping rats and opossums in nearby woods and rummaging through trash. He keeps to himself, bothers no one and flees when strangers intrude.
No one knows where he came from. And he never has been heard to speak. The wizened man's only possessions until a newspaper story last week brought charity offer- ings were several old blankets, plastic bags and spoons and knives he sticks into the ground, handles down. "He's a caveman, that's what he is," said Kevin Flannery, who works nearby and has had what could be called a relationship with the squatter since 1984. A friend of Flannery happened on the man two years earlier, he said.
But no one who knew of the man's existence sought to aid him until Flannery called a newspaper reporter two weeks ago. The hermit shaves with a penknife, cooks on a rusty grill and brews coffee in a hubcap-covered can. His malodorous but tidy home is on state land, nestled in a hollow a large pine tree shelters from busy Routes 1 and 18. Flannery says the man is avid walker. He often is spotted 10 miles away, striding along a major highway in a blue windbreaker, dark olive workpants.ar and who boots.
have seen the hermit and his abode agree is competent, even self-sufficient. Some think should be helped. he After The Home News of New Brunswick carried a front-page story about the man last week, Flannery took City Welfare Director Maureen Maloney and others to meet him. Seeing the small entourage, the man bolted onto a nearby bridge. The officials gave chase in a van and Maloney jumped out and offered him $25.
"I held up the money in front of him," she said yesterday. "He put up his hand, shook his head in a negative manner and made a detour around me like I wasn't there." Maloney left several cooked chickens, a fruitcake she baked, coffee, fruit and donuts at the shack. No one can force the man to seek assistance, she said. "The problem is, the gentleman won't talk to anybody or stand around long enough for anyone to talk to," Maloney said. "It's rather heartbreaking." City Business Administrator Stanley Marcinezyk said he is trying to figure out what to do about the man, if anything.
"I don't know what the answer is," he said. Police Capt. James Marko said the man cannot be forced out of the woods unless the state files a trespassing complaint, which he doesn't think will. happen. Marko has sent patrol cars to the site, but only to "check the guy out." By law, the captain said, the man has no obligation to identify himself and police have no reason to suspect he is a wanted criminal.
There is concern, however, about how all the publicity will affect the antisocial squatter. Peter Genovese, the Home News reporter who wrote last week's story, visited the man's home Tuesday with some canned goods and a quilt a reader had delivered to the newspaper, addressed to "the caveman." The man was not at his shelter, and Genovese left the offerings for him. Genovese said his publisher and editors have received several calls asking what they can do to Flannery thinks the hermit won't be able to live through another winter. Genovese is not sure what should be done and suspects the man soon will move. "I want to help him, but a large part of me says just leave him alone," he said.
"He's not bothering anyone." Plainfield man sought in shooting in Franklin By TOM KEHOE Courier-News Staff Writer SOMERVILLE Police issued a warrant yesterday for the arrest of a Plainfield man on three charges of first-degree armed robbery after an incident Monday in a Franklin bar in which the man allegedly demanded a patron's coat and shot the patron in the head with a pellet gun when he refused. Somerset County Prosecutor Nicholas L. Bissell Jr. said yesterday that a warrant had been issued for the arrest of Brian McCloud of Plainfield. McCloud allegedly fired the pellet that struck Sean Smith of Rahway in the forehead.
Already in custody and charged with three counts of armed robbery is 19-year-old Richard L. Moore of 913 Jackson Linden. Moore is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail, set by state Superior Court Judge Leonard N. Arnold. If convicted of the charges, Moore could face up to 20 years imprisonment on each count.
Police believe a third, unidentified man also was involved in the incident. Bissell said the incident occurred Monday night at the Sportsman Inn in Franklin. Smith and two friends, Wendell Wilson and Rodney Perkins, all of Rahway, were at the tavern when they were confronted by three men who demanded Smith's coat, Bissell said. When Smith refused, one of the robbers pulled out a pellet gun and shot Smith in the forehead. "He was just very very lucky," Bissell said.
Smith was treated for the wound at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick and was released later that evening. Franklin Police Chief James Brown said the bar has had a history. of violence. "We've had no difficulty there for some time, but we have had some shootings, stabbings and fights there in the past," Brown said. A township man was stabbed outside the bar in 1984.
In 1980, an offduty police officer was shot while attempting to clear the parking lot of unruly teen-agers. Courier-News photo by Steve Klaver YULETIDE JOY: Plainfield High School students, background, lead residents the Plainfield YMCA through several of their favorite Christmas melodies yesterday after presenting one family with a $400 check for a security rent deposit. The student collection, which began as a project in a math class, included the entire student body. Residents of the YMCA were served Christmas dinner yesterday. New Brunswick allows shelter to remain open; ups capacity By HOLLIS BURKE Courier-News Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK Despite an earlier threat by the city that it would close the homeless men's shelter on Memorial Parkway if it did not have a fire alarm by Dec.
22, the city has relented and has even boosted shelter capacity from 20 to 35. Sister Florence Edwards of the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Metuchen, said a fire alarm costing $1,200 has been obtained and was in the process of being installed Monday. "No one questions the necessity for the alarm," she added. Edwards noted the shelter is now continuously supervised and is linked to other social service agencies that try to provide rehabilitation in the form of substance abuse programs and job counseling. Under an earlier program, only shelter and food were provided.
She said breakfast and dinner are provided by a catering service at the shelter and lunch is available at a nearby church canteen. Meanwhile, homeless advocates Janet Jones and her husband, Robert Nasdor, claim some homeless men still are being turned away from the shelter because of a lack of beds. PLAINFIELD GRANITE WORKS LAMPERTI SONS SINCE 1921 BARRE MARKERS MONUMENTS GUILD MAUSOLEUMS 756-4387 416 RICHMOND PLAINFIELD In Memory of NANCY LEE HELDT Who Passed Away CHRISTMAS DAY 1976 Oh Lord, You gave her to us to be our joy, and you have taken her away from us, We give her back to you without a murmur, But our hearts are wrung with sorrow. St. Iphrem From Her Parents and Family Scotch Plains told that old schools could house seniors Edwards said she knew of no one being turned away although she agreed most beds 'are filled each night.
Jones said she gave out a dozen blankets Sunday night to men sleeping in the railroad station. She said she and her husband have organized the New Brunswick Homeless Advocacy Project to work for needs of the homeless. Jones said the project is reorganizing because needs of the homeless still have not been fully addressed. She claimed city welfare will not provide the homeless with public assistance to which they are entitled unless they produce a rent receipt. Jones said she has re-established a canteen at the fountain in Monument Square at the corner of.
Livingston and George Streets each evening, a practice begun in May when the city closed the shelter, which had operated for three years. "The main aim right now is simply 'to keep people from freezing." She said volunteers may call 745-7592. Lights- Continued from Page C-1 window, a wreath at the door and a tree in the picture window of their bilevel house, Rich said. "It's not a big deal, but it just looks very The winners of the neighborhood and school competitions will have their names engraved on trophies, which will be presented at the Jan. 20 City Council meeting, Gore said.
The trophies will remain on display at City Hall year-round. Mr. and Mrs. Rich' received a certificate for their labors. Meanwhile, the citizens group plans to stay active by organizing a food fair and a July Fourth event before next year's Christmas competition.
"This is something that is here to stay," Gore said. "We got off on the right foot and it's going to get even bigger in future years." Call 722-8800 for convenient home delivery of The Courier-News By HUGH B. MULVANEY JR. Courier- News Writer SCOTCH PLAINS Potential sites for senior citizens housing are slipping out of the township's grasp, a concerned resident told the Township Council last night. Matthew Hercek of Old Raritan Road told the governing body there was a "perception" that the township was allowing the Board of Education to dispose of property without considering its possible use for senior citizens housing.
"The golden carrot slipped through our hands," Hercek said referring to the February sale of Shackamaxon School on Terrill Road to the Jewish Community Center. And five years earlier, School No. 1 was sold to a developer. It later burned down. And he told the council that the Board of Education recently received a letter from Kenneth Kalisky asking whether property behind Howard W.
Brunner Elementary School was for sale. The Summit consulting firm of Planners Diversified delivered to the Township Council "several months ago" a report that identified about 10 possible sites for senior citizens housing, Councilwoman Pamela Boright said last night in a telephone interview. The location of the sites has not been revealed. Boright said she is in favor of identifying the sites publicly, but is the only council member who feels this way. Councilman Gabriel Spera told Hercek that none of the possible sites is owned by the Board of Education.
During an October poll taken by the township, residents overwhelmingly endorsed the construction of senior citizens housing in or near the township. Board of Education member Judith Dillon said last night she did not know the size of the property behind Brunner School. She said in a telephone interview that she thought the Kalisky letter mentioned construction of a one-family home. Firm brings holiday cheer to juveniles For 200 children spending the holidays in five state-run juvenile centers, Christmas will not be lonely, thanks to the efforts of a Union-based cosmetics firm. Emiliani Supply Co.
raised funds to provide toys for the children who will spend Christmas without their families at sites including the Dube Shelter in Berkeley Heights, the Middlesex County Juvenile Shelter in Edison and shelters in Bergen and Ocean counties, company spokesman Joseph Kolnoski said. "We enjoyed a good business year during 1986 and we felt it was only proper to give something back to those less fortunate," Kolnoski said. Emiliani has stores in each of the Holiday- Continued from Page C-1 in New Jersey are permitted to stay open. Banks are open Friday. Schools Most schools have been closed for several days and will remain closed throughout the New Year's holiday.
Government offices Federal offices and courts are closed tomorrow and Friday. Transit NJ Transit commuter rail lines are on a holiday schedule tomorrow and on a regular weekday schedule on Friday. NJ Transit commuters are advised to obtain special schedules. PATH trains serving Manhattan will operate on a Saturday schedule tomorrow on the Journal Square, Jersey City to 33rd Street, Manhattan line via Hoboken, and on a holiday schedule on the Newark to Manhattan World Trade Center line. Regular schedules will be in effect Friday.
Early afternoon service will be added today. closed Christmas Day, although those five counties and each store manager was responsible for contacting local social service agencies to find out which shelters most needed the he said. Each of the selected shelters is sponsored by the state Division of Youth and Family Services. Darrell Hatchett, Union County's director of children's shelters, said Emiliani's efforts are part of donations from other businesses, including Bell Laboratories in Berkeley Heights and Ciba-Geigy in Summit, to the Dube Shelter. The nine children ranging in age from 12 to 17 also will be treated to a meal and a party on Christmas Day, Hatchett said.
The Dube shelter, which sits on the grounds of John E. Runnells Hospital, houses abandoned, neglected and abused children. "Many of them are going to be upset when they get here," he said. "But we have a Christmas tree and the staff works hard to entertain them during the holiday." LibraryContinued from Page C-1 confident that goal can be reached. "I think we are a rich community," he said.
"We can afford it and it will be done." Hunter does not know whether the lack of funds will slow construction, initially planned for next spring. "We're trying to balance how long wait with how much money we can raise," she said. Although she said she was grateful for the resolution, Marion Serna, president of Friends of the Library, asked the council to reconsider its action. "Although we appreciate it, we wonder if you might reassess it," she said. "Please try to think again on this.".
