The Conshohocken Recorder, April 28, 1916

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SENIOR CLASS DANCE
Heroic Statue of Church's Pa-tron
Saint Will be Placed in
Niche Over Rose Window
SCULPTURED IN ITALY
One of the most imposing feature*
of the beautiful new st. Matthew's
It C. Church, now in course of con
struction at Thjrd avenue am'. Fayette
street, will bo a heroic statue of St.
Matthew, the "hurdle's patron Saint.
The statue will be a beautiful work
of art and is now completed and
awaiting shipments to this country.
The statue of St. Matthew was
made from a design of George T.
Lovatt, the architect of the building
and differs from other Statues of the
Saint in that the architec has liar
monized the Bouplture with the period
of Gothic architecture, of which the
new church will be one of the finest
examples in this State.
Cpon the ompletion of the design,
it was sent to the famous Carara
quarries, in Italy, the greatest sculp
ture district In the world and a clay
model of the statue was made. The
model was photographed and sent
here for approval and when the model
was approved, the actual work on the
statue was begun. The statue was
hewn out of a huge block of marble
in the Quarry, in the rough and then
the artists took it in hand and com
pleted it. Photographs of the statue
show it to be an elegant work of art.
The statue will occupy the niche
In the front ga'ble of the building over
the Hose window, over the main
entrance to the church. It will be of
heroic size being eight feet high.
The statue is expected to arrive here
within the next six week3 but the
time of arrival is in doubt as there
Is no certainty of the movement of
vessels plying between this country
and Italy.
New Factory Ready.
The new factory of the Ruth Glass
Company, at Bun and Lime streets,
has been completed and will be plac-ed
in operation next week. The fac-tory
will nvike glass tubing, the raw
material for use in manufacturing
glassware of many varieties.
The birr furnace has been limited for
the Paal ten days ami the building is
now completed and everything in n !-
Inesa r»r the begnnlng <>f operations.
The factory will employ about 30
skilled glass blowers and a number
of boys. The tubing will be used in
the vial manufacturing plant of the-company
and the surplus will be mar-keted
through the trade.
Entertaned Sunday School Class
Mis. Thompson, wife of Rev, Barry
Thompson, pastor of the Holiness
Christian church. West Conshohocken,
entertained the members of her Sun-day
School class, at tho parsonage
last evening. All of the members ami
several twrtenda were present and a
most enjoyable evening was spent.
Rev. Mr. Thompson made a feu- re-marks
in oonneetlon with a program
of Instrumental ami vocal music,
plans were also dscuaaed for a big-ger
ami better Sunday School. Do-foro
departing for their respective
homes those presnt were In-atcl to ri ■
frcshments.
To Visit in New Jersey.
Mrs. Charles Merkel anil son, l'.in-jamin.
of Merlon avenue, West Con-
■hohOOken, will leave tomorrow morn-ing
for Bllxabeth, N. J., where they
will spend the next week with rela-tives.
First Event .of Its .Kind In .Local
School a Great Success.
The Senior Class Of the local High
School gave their first annual dance
on Monday evening, April MtU in
the school gymnasium. The gym
was beautifully decorated with the
school color;, pennants, flags and
potted plants.
Those present were: Misses M. U
BtriUlnger, Marion Murray, BUsabeth
Crimian, Mary Klein, Ethel Potter,
Ddith Fry, Minnie l'crr, Anna llat-rold.
Helen Bteen, Mary Haverstlck,
oiive Campbell, Elisabeth Forrest,
Blather Gilbert, 1-enna Bell, Margaret
Marks, Rose Rakosky, Margaret Wil-kins.
Messrs. U B. Karhart, IIS
Falkenstein, Horace Woodward, Wil-liam
iCraig, itusseii Hamilton, Philip
Yuckman, Adolph liakosky, I •<><"*
Bressen, Daniel Heaver, James Craw-ford,
Norrls Davis Clyde Moser, l.ee
Wentling, Carl Nagle, Charles Miller,
l.inwood Hossler, Terry Beaver, John
Wood and Carl Rein.
RUBBER COMPANY
IS PROSPEROUS
Lee Rubber and Tire Corp. Declared a
Regular and an Extra Dividend.
At a meeting of the Board of Direc-tors
oB the i.e.. Rubber and Tire Cor-poration
of New York held yesterday,
i„ New York, a quarterly dividend of
50 cents per share was declared and
an extra dividend of 25 cents per
share wns also declared, out of the
earnings for the past quarter.
The Dec ftubber and Tire Corpora-lion
of New York is the holding com-pany
ami owns all the stock of the
Lee Tiro and Rubber Company of this
botough. The Company has been do-ing
a constantly Increasing business.
Work has been started for the erec-tion
of the new mill building to be
used for the manufacture of miscel-laneous
rnbner Koods which business
the company is now carrying on In
the main factory. Th* now building
is to be completed within two months
anil when It is occupied the entire
main buildings will be used for the
manufacture of tires.
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Declares 81st Dividend.
The Hoard of Directors of the First
National Hank, of this borough, has
declared a semi-annual dividend of
four per cent, payable May 2. The
dividend amounts to $11000 and Is pay-able
out of the earnings for the liast
six months. The First National has
a fine record as a dividend payer,
this on" being the 81st and brings the
total amount paid in dividends to
i476,260,
BAND GETS NEW UNIFORMS
Conshohocken Band Will Appear in
Concert in New Uniforms.
Clothier William Kalz. r.3 Kayettc
street, wo received the contract for
furnishing uniforms for the Consho-hocken
Hand has received the uni-forms
which are of black ami of the
regulation of the American Federa-tion
of Musicians. The uniforms' arc
Very neat and natty and the bund will
make its lirst appearance in them at
its concert to be given In Little's Op-era
Mouse Tuesday evening,
Will Withdraw Charges.
Townsmen Visiting.
George W. Wood, of West Twelfth
avenue and Willis Kilpalriek, spent
the Easter holidays visiting friends In
Baltimore.
Arthur Wood, of West Twelfth ave-nue
is Spending several days in 1*1-
Inburg, Vlirginla.
John Golcski, who has boon a prison-er
and confined in Jail since hist Sat-urday
charged by Stephen ,la\alski.
of Bast Kim street, with the larceny
bf $5 will gain his liberty this after-noon
as the complainant lias given
notice that he will withdraw the
bharge analnst Golcski.
Goleskl has the reputation among
fiis neighbors of resorting to sharp
practices and it is claimed by Javal.-ki
[hat Goleskl Staked for a »5 bill to do
r trick and It was not returned to its
owner, Javaiskl.
Radnor Girl Engaged.
The engagement is announced of
Miss r.iuabcth wiimer Carpenter,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John J. Car-penter,
of Kadnor, to L,ieulen,.nt P"ree-man
W. Howley, Ordnance Depart-ment,
United States Army.
DR. A. J. DOUGHERTY,
Dentist.
JACOBSON BUILDING,
t» Fayette Street
Taken to Hospital.
F known manager of Righter's jewelry
Store, on Lower rayette street.
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Detwiler—Mountain.
Hymen Had a Very Busy Week
Making Local Girls
Brides
SCHOOL TEACHER A BRIDE
Uuth Eleanor, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry l-'reas llallman, became
the bride of .Mr. Harold Johnston
lleatoii!, at a pretty wedding solem-nized
at the home of the bride'a par-ents,
on the Conshohocken Pike,
Tuesday evening.
The ceremony was witnessed by
seventy-five relatives and close
friends of the couple and took place
in the parlor of the home which was
beautifully decorated with flowers
and pla-its. The ceremony was per-formed
by Rev. J. Kennedy Moor-house,
rector of Calvary I'. E. church.
The bride was charmingly gowned
in white crepe de chine covered with
imported silk, Oriental lace and wore
a bridal veil of tulle held in place
with a spray of lillies of the valley.
She carried a shower bouquet of lil-lies
of the valley.
The bride was attended by her
sister, t-Miss Anna Margaret Halltnan
who wore a beautiful gown of pink
crepe de chine with gold lace. She
carried a bouquet of pink roses.
The best man was Mr. Warren J.
llcaton, a brother of the groom.
The wedding march was played by
Vi.-s II. May Moyer, of Souderton.
After the ceremony a wedding sup-per
was served in the dining room,
which was prettily decorated with
yellow daffodils. The supper was
served by the members of the bride's
Sunday School class.
After the reception the newly mar-ried
couple left for their honeymoon
and upon their return will reside at
711". Cliesheim Road, Mt. Airy.
The bride, for several years was a
teacher in the local public schools
and is an active members of the Cal-vary
Sunday School.
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O'Hara—O'Donnell.
A pretty church wedding was sol-emnized
at three o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, in St. Matthew's church
when (ll.len E., daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Owen O'Donnell, of West Third
avenue, became the bride of James
D. O'Hara, of Wayne. The ceremony
was witnessed by many relatives and
friends of the young couple and was
performed by Rev. James P. I'arker,
lector of the church.
The bride's gown was a blue broad
cloth traveling suit, trimmed with
white roses, and a hat to match. She
was attended as maid of honor by her
sister, Miss Rose O'Donnell, who
wore a blue hat, trimmed with pink
roses and a white hat.
The btsl man was Harry O'Hara, a
brother of the groom.
, After the ceremony a reception was
held at the home of the bride's par-ents,
after which, the newly married
couple left for Washington, D. C, to
spend their honeymoon. Upon then*
return they will reside at Wayne.
The couple are expected home to-morrow
and their friends have plan-ned
to give them a further reception
tomorrow evening at the home of the
groom'j parents.
The bride is one of the borough's
best known young ladles and before
her marriage was employed at the
Bobrow Brothers cigar factory here
and the girls employed at the plant at-tended
the wedding ceremony.
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Wallace—Grimshaw.
Mabel (!., daughter of Mr. and Mrs
John Mountain, of Plymouth town-ship,
and Mr Charles Detwiler, of
Norristown, were married Wednesday
evening, at the Presbyterian manse,
this borough, by Rev. J. F. Sheppard,
pastor of the Presbyterian church.
The couple were unattended.
The bride Is the daughter of John
.Mountain, superintendent of the Ivy
Rock steel works
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Gray—Rossiter.
A wedding of much Interest was
celebrated in St. Gertrude's church on
Wednesday afternoon, when Miss
Julia Rossiter became the bride of
Philip Gray. The ceremony was per-formed
by the rector, Rev. Father
Quinn in the presence of a large as-semblage
of relatives and friends of
the contracting parties.
The bride was attended by Miss
.Sarah Dugan, of this borough as
bridesmaid.
The groom's attendant was George
MoCabe, of Philadelphia.
Following the ceremony a recep-tion
was held at the bride's home on
upper Ford street. After a short wed
ding trip the couple will reside at
the Mingo Hotel, on upper Ford
street.
The bride is one of the borough's
best known residents.
The groom is also well known here,
being proprietor of the Mingo Hotel
for several years. During, the past
few years he has been a resident of
Philadelphia but returned here on
Monday to manage the hotel which
he formerly owned nnd which was re-cently
purchased by1 his brother,
Patrick Gray from David Farrer.
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Peacocks-Wood.
WEST SI BOARD OF
Prominent Residents Interest
Themselves in Movement for
Town Betterment
OFFICERS ELECTED
This morning, John Nelll, of Tenth
avenue and Forrest street, Assessor
for the Fourth ward, was taken to the
Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia to
have a leg amputated. Mr. Neill Is
suffering with gangrene and after a
consultation by physicians it was
deemed necessary to have the opera-tion
performed.
A very quiet wedding occurred last
evening at the Methodist parsonage
when Rev. Thomas A. Armour, pastor
of the M. E. Church, united in matri-mony
Miss Hazel., daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Wood, of 105 Wast-
,Seventh avenue arfd Mr. Nathaniel
Peacock, of Spring Mill. The couple
were unattended. After a short
honeymoon they will reside in their
newly furnished home on West
Eighth avenue.
The couple are among the bor-ough's
best known young people the
groom being employed at the works
of the Dee Tire and Rubber Company.
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TaYlor—Ferrill.
The wedding of Miss Viola Ferrill,
daughter of John Ferrill, of Prospect
avenue and Main street, .lefferson-ville
and Harry Taylor, of Schuylkili
avenue that village, occurred in the
Jeffersonville Preabyterlan church
yesterday in the presence of a church
full of relatives and friends.
The nuptial knot was tied, with
single ring ceremony, by the church
pastor, Dev. J. T. Scott.
The bride was attended by Miss
I-ouise Ashenfelter, while the groom's
best man was llarryi Richards, of
Bridgeport.
As a prelude the church organist.
Miss Jean G. Walton, played Beet-hoven's
Minuet in G and the wedding
March from Dohenerln as a proces-sional.
The bride wore a travelling suit
of blue gabardine and a picture hat
of light pink, iller maid of honor
wore pearl gray taffeta, and the bou-quets
of both were snap dragons and
roses.
Upon return from their wedding
trip, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor will go to
housekeeping in their newly furnish-ed
home, No. 240 East Jacoby street,
Norristown.
About twenty-five of the most in-fluential
residents of West Consho-hocken
assembled at the office of
Magistrate Benjamin K. Tomlinson,
on Ford street, on Tuesday evening,
upon the invitation of those who
have been promoting the idea cf form-ing
a board of trade in the West Bor-ough.
The meeting was a most spirited
one and all present voiced their senti-ments
as favorable to the organiza-tion
believing it to be one of the
most beneficial movements ever at-tempted
in tho borough. The dis-cussion
was general on borough af-fairs
as well as upon the idea of se-curing
manufacturing concerns to lo-cate
in the borough.
Civic righteousness featured the
discussion all through and the argu-ment
for a clean and sanitary town
was very strong and as a result all
present signified their willingness to
assist in cleaning up the borough and
giving it an inviting appearance as
a place of abode.
When the movement was first
thought of it was for the purpose of
locating manufacturing sites and se-curing
manufacturing establishments
to accept them, thereby* increasing
the industrial standing of the town,
but the scope was widehed at the
meeting and the Clean-up spirit w-as
so strong that it was decided to
name the new organization the
"West Conshohocken Civic Associa-tion
and Board of Trade."
The officers elected include men of
practically every business in the bor-ough
and men who have been most
successful in their chosen lines.
The officers are president, four
vice presidents, secretary, treasurer
and board of directors of ten mem-bers,
they are as follows: president,
John Fearnside, (President of the
School Board); vice presidents, Harry
Umbrellas repaired aud covered at
KJCHOJCS.—Adv.
The wedding of Miss Emma, daugh-ter
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Grimshaw
of Forrest street, above Eighth ave-nue
and William Wallace was solem-nized
yesterday. The ceremony was
performed at the parsonage of the
Methodist church at I! o'clock by
Rev. T. A. Armour.
The couple were unattended.
Following the ceremony the couple
left on a short wedding tour and on
their return will reside at the corner
of Ford street and Cedar avenue,
West Conshohocken.
The bride is a well known member
of the younger social set of this bor-ough.
The groom Is. the popular and well
Miss Mabel Ooslett Dead.
Miss Mabel Coslett died yesterday
morning at 7.30 o'clock at the resi-dence
of her aunt, Mrs. Howard Rigg,
Bast Ninth avenue, after a lingering
Illness. She was a resident of North
East, Maryland and was a frequent
visitor here, where she hud many
friends. She has resided here for the
past year.
She is survived by! her father and
several brothers, all residents of
Maryland.
The remains were shipped to-day to
North East, Maryland, where the fun-eral
services will be held from her
father's residence on Sunday after-noon.
awake citizen-a nnd it is up to them
to get the borough out of the rut and
place It In the same ranks with other
places. The president expressed his
belief that there are a number o*
sites in the town suitable for a manu
l'acturing establishment, but certai.i
concessions might have to be made,
in order to get hold of them.
Councilman Abram DeHaven, said
that council was not in a position
to aid the movement financially but
believed he expressed the sentiment
of the other councilmen in saying
that he believed the body would be
willing to make concessions in re-gards
to the taxes. -He also said
that he believed that only manu-facturing
concerns which did not
care to be close to railroads could be
interested as it would be next to
impossible to get railroad sidings up
through the hollow, lie further
said that the Morehead Estate con-trols
the greater part of the avail-able
land and that they too will have
to make concessions.
Constable llcnjamin Hedington ami
agent for the Morehead estate said
that he was not in a position to offer
anything for his employers but felt
sure that he could arrange for a con-ference
between a committee from
the association and Mr. COoke, who is
the head of the Morehead holdings
here, and that he would assure the
men of a cordial reception.
A committee of three members of
the Board of directors will be appoint-ed
and a conference will be arranged
with Mr. Cooke.
In discussing the idea of cleaning up
the borough the question of a public
dumping ground was brought up. It
was brought out that the burgess Is
vested with the authority, to stop
the residents from using the streets
and alleys for a dumping ground pro-vided
there was a public place on
which to dump the refuse matter. At
the last meeting of Council the matter
of a public dumping ground was dis-cussed
and it Is probable that a ground
will be secured in the near future.
The secretary was instructed to
write to Town Council and express to
the body that the sentiment of the as-sociation
is that an ordinance should
be passed compelling the taking out
of a hawkers licence. For years these
Vendors have ben permitted to come
through the borough and make a house
to house canvass in disposing of their
wares without any coming into the
borough treasury. An attempt to have
an ordinance of this kind passed by
Council has failed several times, hut
the Councilmen present at the meet-ing
Oj-i Tuesday evening said that
they would place the matter before
Council at their next meeting.
Rev. H. D. S Coates was appointed
to draft a circular letter to be sent
to the residents asking their co-op-eration
in cleaning up the borough.
It was decided to hold a meeting
once a month and the time set was
the fourth Tuesday. This date was
selected so that in case any business
should be brought before the associa-tion
that needs to be brought to the
attention of Town Council, only a
few days will be consumed in wait
ing for the council meeting.
The association is without a regular
meeting place and the secretary was
instructed to write to the trustees of
the George Clay Fire Company and
ask permission to use the hose house
as a meeting place.
BENJAMIN K. TOMLINSON
Elsenberg, (newsdealer), John Smith,
(Democratic leader of the Third
ward), Joseph McElhattan, (Council-man),
Edward Cassey, (President of
Town it'euncil), secretary, Benjamin
K. Tomlinson, (Magistrate); Treas-urer,
William Moulds, (butcher); ex-ecutive
board, Edward Bernardo, Alva
S. Mackenzie, John Stewart, Rev. Ed-win
U Hyde, John Fearnside, S. Gor-don
Smyth, Reese P. Davis, J. Rufus
Barr, Rev. H. D S. Coates and Ben-jamin
K. Tomlinton.
In assuming his office Mr. Fearn-side
said that the town was at a
standstill and if something could be
done to restore the life of the bor-ough
a great good will have been ac;
compli3hed.' He said that while the
town is dead there are many wide
St John's Church.
4TH OF JULY PLANS
10 BE MADE SUNDAY
Meeting of General Committee
Will be Held in the Borough
Hall—Citizens Invited
MAY DECIDE ON PARADE
Chairman John Pugh, of the Fourth
of July celebration Committee lias
called a public meeting for the pur-pose
of planning the celebration, for
Sunday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock in
the Council chamber of the borougk
hall.
Every organization of the borough
is invited to send representatives
to the meeting and all citizens inter-ested
In the movement are urgently
requested to be present in order that
the borough may have the be3t
JOHN PUGH
Fourth of July, celebration in its his-tory.
It is the desire of those advancing
the movement that the chairman
will be empowered to appoint tho
various committees that all plans
may be completed in ample time.
At the first meeting a desire was
expressed by a number of representa-tives
from various organizations for
a short street parade to he held in
the morning. The delegates were
asked to get the opinion of the mem-bers
of the organizations as to the
advisability of having a parade and
how many of each organization would
turn out. These representatives are
to report at the Sunday meeting.
The expense of the celebration is
for fireworks and this year more
money will be needed or that display
will have to be greatly curtailed as
the price for fireworks has been
greatly advanced.
With the announcement of the com-mittees
active work will be started
immediately and a program for a
great day will be outlined.
AUTO RUNS AWAY
Left Standing With Engine Running
Car Makes an Exciting Runaway.
To the Recorder:
R. Murray, pastor of St. John's A.
M E. church, Eighth avenue wishes
to notify the public that there will
be preaching in said church every
Sunday evening from now until the
first Sunday In June. The congrega-tion
is small and the generous public
is asked to be present and help us In
meeting all the demands.
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The pastor of St. John's A. M. E.
church, Rev. R. Murray wishes to
notify the public that no person or
persons have been authorized to sol-icit
money for said church aside from
the pastor. The pastor and church
will be glad to secure the names of
anyone soliciting under name of St.
John's A. M. E. church.
R. MURRAY, Pasor.
Chicken Salad made to order at
KIMMEN'S DELICATESSEN SHOP,
14 East Hector street—4 doors be-low
Tradesmen's National Bank. Adv.
• Have your Teeth examined free •
• of charge—DR. MEYERS, Den- •
• that, 75 Fayette Street. *
All careful drivers of horses secure-ly
tie them when going to leave them
alone because every horseman knows
most runaways are caused by horses
being left unguarded and without re-straint
on the highways. Automo-biles
have proved to be just as
"touchy"' as horses and If not proper-ly
protected when left alone on the
streets, they are apt to become skit-tish
and cut pranks just as did the
Ford runabout of I. J. Moyer's did
yesterday morning in East Hector
street.
The car was driven by Isaiah Moy-er
grandson of the owner. He stop-ped
a few minutes at the home of De-puty
Recorder of Deeds Joseph Moore
and intending to only stay a minute
left the engine of the car running.
The strong vibration loosened the
brakes and the street having a slight
down grade, the car started. It
gradually gained speed and at Poplar
street ran onto the pavement knock-ing
In all directions the nice display
of provisions and vegetables which
grocer Thomas Shaw was exhibiting
in front of his store. The car ran
into the wall of the store building and
was stopped. Slight damage was suf-fered
by the car and little other dam-age
was done.