No Violations Of Blue Laws At MH Square

NEW PROVIDENCE Officials of Murray Hill Square have announced that, some of their stores will continue to remain open on Sundays after the holiday season is over. In making the announcement, the merchants noted that only merchandise allowed to be sold under the New Jersey Blue Laws can be purchased.

Although Square's 22 shops have been open every Sunday since Nov. 28, they have strictly adhered to the provisions of the State Statute. "We could have increased our sales appreciably," said Nat Conti, developer of the Square, "but we felt it would be in the best interest of our shopkeepers and our own image as a family shopping community not to sell any of the prohibited merchandise. We also did not wish to place any of our patrons and customers in an embarrassing situation."

According to Conti, all of the Square's newspaper advertising over the past few weeks stated that the shops would be open but stressed the fact that sales were limited to those items allowed to be purchased on Sundays.

In concluding, Conti said, "While we definitely lost sales during a very busy season, we feel that we made many friends and in the process remained consistent to the principles of marketing integrity which formed the basis of the Square."