Yesterday was a day of
unusual significance in the history
of South Plainfield. At 3:52 p.m.
exact time, Governor A. Harry
Moore appended his signature to
Senate Bill No. 216 that
established the Borough of South
Plainfield.
Local residents who were
present on the momentous occasion
were: Tax Collector William
Hamilton, John B. Geary, Sr.,
Chief of Police C.J. McCarthy and
William J. Lee, the men who
sponsored the borough movement
and who devoted much of their
time and efforts to effecting the
desired consummation. Also
present were: Assemblyman
Thomas Muir, of Plainfield;
Norman Woolston, of North
Plainfield, who accompanied
Assemblyman Muir to Trenton,
and Fred Bloodgood, Governor
Moore�s social secretary.br>
In signing the bill the
Governor demonstrated that he is
an accomplished diplomat. Two of
the local men who were present
were vying with each other to be
accorded the honor of possessing
the pen with which Governor
Moore would sign the bill. The
rivalry was keen, and it was even
said that a sumptuous repast would
have to be paid for by the loser.
The keen insight of the governor
evidently sensed the situation, and
all those who were to be �in� on
the feed are wondering when they
eat as the Governor used the pen of
Chief McCarthy for a portion of
the necessary signature and the
Waterman of Collector William
Hamilton to complete it.
Incidentally, Governor
Moore took occasion to remind the
South Plainfield men that he was
the owner of a number of lots in
the newly created borough.