Yesteryear 100 years ago Vice Chairman Bergen on Monday made an order, on petition of Richard Stockton, of Trenton, receiver of the Freehold Electric Light, Heat and Power Company, allowing the receiver to sell at public reading all the property of the company. Receiver Stockton states in his petition that he was appointed receiver for the company May 24, 1904 and in pursuance to an order of the court, issued a receiver’s certificate for $350, sold it and used the money in the business of the concern operating the plant until July 9, 1904 when he closed the works because he was unable to obtain sufficient funds to continue business. It is set forth in the petition the defendant company was operating by virtue of an ordinance passed by the Board of Commissioners of Freehold, Nov. 5, 1900, in which it was provided that if the company should discontinue the use of all its poles, wires and fixtures for more than six consecutive months the right was reserved to repeal the ordinance upon 10 days notice to the company. The Colts Neck Creamery Company, which operates the creamery at Colts Neck, has put down an artesian well in order to get an absolutely pure supply of water for the washing of their cases and for the other purposes connected with the creamery. The well was put down close to the creamery building. It has a three-inch wall and went down 165 feet. The well supplies about 100 gallons per minute, which is far more than is required by the creamery company. It is a flowing well and the water rises to the second story of the creamery building. The creamery company was organized about two years ago and is composed of three Asbury Park people who were familiar with the creamery business. One of the men took a special course in creamery study and work at the Pennsylvania College of Agriculture. The creamery has been fairly successful, though the supply of milk obtained from the farmers to that locality has not at any time equaled the capacity of the creamery. The concern makes butter and potcheese principally. 75 years ago The following notice was posted on the bulletin boards of the rug mill in Freehold on Friday: “We regret to state that due to unsatisfactory business conditions, it will be necessary to curtail our production greatly. The foreman of each department will notify his employees the hours they are to work. We sincerely hope the business conditions improve speedily so that this plant will again be put on a full-time schedule.” This curtailment went into effect Monday, the curtailment amounting to about 25 percent. One of the immediate effects of the curtailment was the elimination of practically all overtime, as for the past year and three quarters, a great many of the employees had been working overtime continually. It was not possible at this time, say the operators of the rug mill, to reduce the working hours to a four-day or a four-and-a-half-day basis, affecting all employees alike, as has been the policy in the past, due to existing conditions, and more than half of the wide looms are still running 24 hours a day. The Freehold Board of Education at a meeting held in the auditorium of the high school on Monday afternoon for the purpose of considering matters per- taining to the cafeteria and the gymnasium, laid the cafeteria question on the table until such time as the dissatisfied pupils choose to address the board on the subject at a regular meeting. The board also voted to expend $943 for the installation of three tiers of seats on each side of the gymnasium. Six members of the board were present and were seated on the platform. About 65 pupils of the high school were present, occupying seats in the auditorium. The Principal, Miss Lauter, and Miss Podlow, manager of the cafeteria, were also present. There were also one or two parents in the audience. Mr. Holmes, President of the school board, asked if anyone present wished to make any remarks or ask any questions concerning the cafeteria. Willard P. Throckmorton, a member of the board, moved at once that all matters pertaining to the cafeteria be laid on the table until such time as dissatisfied pupils addressed the school board in the proper way at the proper time. 50 years ago It is “the people’s right to know” with which we are concerned. On Friday afternoon Freehold Borough’s Planning Board met in a regular session. The regularly scheduled meeting was highly irregular in that newspaper reporters were ejected from the session. The board considered the rezoning of the controversial Clark property on West Main Street from residential to business. At the close of the session it was announced that the matter had been approved 6-0. What took place behind the closed doors? Was it necessary to bar reporters? What could a public body be doing that the public should not know about? And was the board qualified to decide that point? 25 years ago Officials of the Lone Pine Corp., owners of the Lone Pine Landfill on Burke Road in Freehold Township, say they are continuing efforts to eliminate pollution at the dumping site in an attempt to eventually have the dump reopened. “We’re going to continue to put down some cover and put down more soil and try to get the dump reopened,” John O’Mara, an attorney for the Lone Pine Corp., said. The landfill was closed yesterday at 3:30 p.m. due to recurring pollution and contamination problems in the area. R. Chadwick Taylor, the local health officer, said the owners of the site, which he termed a “very poorly run landfill,” had been warned repeatedly and fined on other occasions to clean up the pollution. Lately, however, the problems had increased to such dimensions that the Solid Waste Management Division of the Department of Environmental Pro-tection was ordering the landfill closed, Taylor said. Taylor Thursday afternoon said he was unsure as to whether the order to close the dump had actually be made, but O’Mara said that the dump had been officially ordered closed as of 3:30 p.m. Friday. — Compiled by Dick Metzgar