The Conshohocken Recorder, February 10, 1920

              Number 5298 PU»i.'-'!' <i INVERT
TUEGDAST Ai.'D FRIDAY THE CONSHOHOCKEN RECORDER TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1920. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
S1.&0 A YEAR
r^t*
PRICE TWO CENT?
I
BARBERS RAISE PRICES
E
The Work the Visiting
Nurse Society
Has Done
THE SOCIETY A FIXTURE
The Fourth annual report ol the
visiting Nurse Society, JUBI Issued,
gi\»s .i Blight Idea ol the splendid,
work this society la dolns In this
> Iclnlty.
The following la an extract from
the report:
During the year the visiting nurse
i :id 312 patients and mads 31*0 visits
There were 5 meetings ol the
Mule Mother'* i • e and ■'• Mother's
Meetings at the home of Mrs. Camp-bell.
April first, Miss Lena Ste&y rc-
Bigned i" be married. Miss Theresa
.Sands was chosen to carry on the
work.
The contributors have continued
generously to support the project
and the [visiting nurse is almost as
much a fixture as the Library.
The Visiting Nurse Association,
supervising financing, and co-operat-ing
with the naise consists oft
Mr. Howard Wood. Jr., l'resiiicm.
Mr. Spencer L. Jones, Treasurer.
Mrs. J. Q. Thomas. Secretary.
Mr. Horace .loin B.
Chairman of Finance Committee.
Mis. Charles Heber Clark, is chair-man
oi the Management Committee,
assisted bj Mrs. S. Q. Thomas, Mrs,
A. Conrad Jones, Mrs. George
i.nk. as, Mrs. Henrj D. Cranor, Mrs.
.1. A. Anderson, Mr. Louis Jacquette
Palmer and Mrs. James Holland.
The nurs., Miss Sands. 19 a gradu-ate
nurse.
The visiting hours are From 0 A M
to 5 P. M.
Except in eases of emergency, tne
nurse is not expected tO dO '''«•"
work, and only aCUte cases are Msit-ed
on Sunday.
The nurse remains sufficient time
Wlth each patient io carry out the
doctors- orders and to make the pat-
„,,, as comfortable as possible.
The nurse visits those un.ible to
I a) for her services free of charge.
but wii'n possible, patients are ex-pected
to pay according to their
means from 10 to 50 cents a visit.
Mi cases—free or paid—are given the
Bame careful attention. The nurse
always works under the direction ot
a physician.
The district of the nurse in Con-
BhobockeO, Weil Conshohocken and
null Mills.
Miss Sands can be secured at Mrs.
Edward Wentling's 13th avenue and
Fayette street, or by telephone Bell
;;::s Conshohocken.
REPORT OF VISITING NURflB
Number of Nursing Visits — JOIT
" Prenatal visits 68
•• Social Service visits *atJ
" " Iiusiness \ isiis 5'J
■• instructive visits — 891
"No sir. there is no mistake in your
change. One hair cut, one shave.
Von gave me a SI bill and you have 10
a ins change. There la no mistake
sir." "But" Interrupted the surprised
customer In .. local barber shop yes-terday,
"1 paid 16 cents for n Bhave
on Saturda) and today you are charg-
Ini more." "Oh, yes" replied the bar-ber,
"today the new price schedule
Into effect : shave. 20 ccnls; hair
cut, 40 cents; bobbing children's hair,
SO cents; Saturday hair cut, ">o cents.
You Bee, we barbers have to pay Just
as much for fair food, Clothing and
other living necessity as do the men
who are making the big money and
we and oar families must live, so all
STRICKEN ON SiRSE
Mrs. Joseph Riker Expired at
Daughter's Home Yesterday.
—Walter Rowland Dies.
FUMERAL OF CHAS R0DGERS
Elisabeth Qllmore, wiiv of Joseph
ftlker, of -'17 K.ist Eighth uvenuo,
a as Buddi nly si rlcken with an ut tai i<
of acute Indigestion while ivulklng
the local shops have placed th< new'along Fayette street above Tenth
price schedules in effect." avenue, shortly after 2 o'clock yes-
In speaking of the advance a local j terdny afternoon and expired shortly
irs'ded during ''is lwentv years resi-dence
hen-. The body was removed
to the morgue 01 the Miller Estate
'and hist evening many friends veiwed
t ihe pr!iate chain i. The
sen) to Oirardvllle toaay
ices will be hold tomorrow
at the home iii his brother, John Rod-ami
the Interment will be In the
family plot In Ashland ceineten.
Mr., Rodgers WOS unmannd and
.am this borough 20 years ago.
ior a number ol years, be was em-ployed
in the local iron workers and
in later years had hern in the employ
Of the Lee Tire A Rubber Company.
Hi was oi a ii'ii-i and retiring dis-position
and he is mourned by a hosl
ol 1rh nils.
ADMIT CRIME TO
Liquor at Plymouth Meeting.
—Tried for Stealing Cloth
lann of assault and battery upon Wal-
1 i Meyers, In Springfield township,
on ihe grounds of the Bunnybrook
Golf Club, last September. Meyers
, was convicted ol assault and battery
and was sentenced i>. four months
Imprisonment.
\v. c. Williamson, foreman of the
i i grand lury, was not present at the
., n u j i S1..H [opening of court this morning owing to
Negroes Convicted or Stealingjinness, and ,i,.i.n Stephens was »iect-
I ed president protem. This is the first
lime in the I'lemory-of old attache! Ol
ihe cOUli -that such an action has been
neci Bsary.
H. FRYE FOUND GUILTY
In two succeeding cases In com
room No. i. before President Judge A. I
I S. Swan/, in criminal court, one of
Mr. Rodgera |s survived bj a Bister, Uwo defendants sought to shoulder the
Snow Blocks Streets Making
It Dangerous for Traffic
Grippe Ravages Among Teach-ers
and Students Causes Pub-lic
Schools to Close Today
ATTENDANCE 50 PER CENT.
barbel said there has been some
kicking aboii! the advance but when
the matter is explained to the cus-tomers,
he realises that we must get
more money for our work as Our COStS
for labor and materials and rein have
afterward al the home of hci daugh-ter,
Mis. Willi.im Ra) or, 131 Baal
Eighth avenue, where she had been
hurriedly taken. She WHS rlxty-flvc
\ < a ,s of age.
Mrs. [tlker was enjoying her usual
lood health yesterdaj morning .and
made big Increases and even al these visi,,.,i ,,„. home „,■ h,.,. daughtor, Mrs
prices our charges per hour are much Raysor, u few doors distant from her
less than 18 paid tor labor alone in own home, where she partook of the
many trades noon-day meal. She did no! compluln
of feeling unwell and returned again
i her own homo, She bad made or.
• mi ais OP attend the funeral of
hi r friend, Miss Mat-y R. llnnseii
v. inch took place from the residence
of Mis. Barn Jones, tits Payette
atreel. Shi had reached Fayette
street and passed Tenth avenue when
Bhe was lakon ill, Two women on the
opposite sdi of Payette street notic-ed
that sh was 111 and CHUM:'-, over
io uhere she ».is iiid ri ognl ■' her,
Mrs. Riker told them thai -in
.-en. ring from u severe pain In the
hud
nil
PLYMOUTH MEETING
Florence, ihe little daughter Ol Mr.
and Mrs. Augustus cook", is slowly
,, covering from her operation tor
appendicitis performed al the Mom
gomery hospital, Norrlstown, several
days ago. There Is now prospects of
her full recovery.
Mrs. warren Blsenberg **■ *•*
moved from the Norrlsown hospital cheat and they secured an automo-on
Saturday to her home In the La-vino
row. Though recovering from
me effects of a broken ankle Bustmn-
, ,i by falling on a Norrlstown pave
„„.„, ..,,H iS yet unable 10 bear any
weight on llie injured nieniDV.
The Wife ol John Nicolas died on
Thursday morning alter a few days
1Hn( 1B. The disease was pronounced
pneumonia
Miss Helen Killmer was one of the
graduates of the Norrlstown nigh
,-, hool last Thursday. Mi.-s Killmer
took a teacher training course con-sisting
of Kngiish and Drawing, and
passed with commendable marks.
Mr and Mrs. Leonard Beck, and
iheii little one, are all suffering with
malady al present afflicting many
sidems in the community.
-Mrs. .lames W<»<H]. ol Kasi Fifth av-enue,
this borough ami a brother,
Joi n Rodgers, pf Glrardvllle.
Mr. Rodgers was a member of Uon-
ShohOCkeit Lodge i. o. <>. F.
To Have Free Ha by Clinic
blame tor crime thai Ins a!|.'g"il asso-cate
might escape. The oases were
those ol .lames I'.rookc .and .John Kpps.
charged with stealing gallons of liuuor
With "» pir cent, of Ihe school
children at home .suffering With the
j grippe, a number of teachers absent
from Ihe horn, of Bamuel Flnkelstein, impossible to secure men to open the
ol Plymouth Meeting, on the night of |toe. since the Btorm began the com-
January B; and James Smith and John
Brad) accused of taking a boll of blue
The effects of Ihe great snow and
sleet storm ol last Wednesday are |„ ini. same muse ami the nubstltute
Btlll causing much inconvenience to j leuchcr* ill and many of the teachers
traffic Ol all kinds. Hector street re- ' mi duly SUIT, ring with illness and un-mained
WithOUl trolley service until ' •!l'1, •" cimllniie their work and in; nv
loday as Ihe transit company found ii
At I'ai'k House serge from the store of Martin Larson
I i A Sou, tailors, Of Main street. Norris-
At the meeting of the Park Com-mission
lasi evening al the Park
llousi. Mr. Howard Wood saui mai
the Visiting Nurse Society was
anxious to establish here a free baby!
clinic. This would be on one day a
week, when all the mothers in town
may come to the clinic and receive
advice about their babies.
On iiis motion the Commission of-town.
The negroes, Brooke and Kpps, told
dlferenl stories In court from what they
dio in ihe office of Magistrate Clark.
Before the squire both admitted that
I they had left Norrlstown with the
idea of stealing liquor. in court
| Brooke claimed that Kpps did not
i know he Was going Io steal it and
Bpps Bald thai he was entirely Inno-ci
m oi the fact thai II K ■«*■. one day a week for the
Clinic. The
use of ||
was stolen
l
oilice
the
of the r
Total number of visits ol"*11
Metropolitan visits included ... 1184
Termination of Cases Visited
Cured 1::°,
Pied •■
To Hospital *J
TO Home fare
17
18
To permanent nurse
Still under care
Total number or cases 812
The report ol Spencer U Jones
treasurer, shows receipts of 12242.12
and i pundlturcs of 11981.05, with a
bulacw. In bank of 1261.16.
bile from the funeral house and
hi : ri moved to th< Raysor homi
E : Eighth avenue.
When Ihe Btricken woman arrived
i • th home of her daughter she ask-ed
to be allowed to lie down. This
v ii the last she spoke, lapsing Irito
unennssciousness and dying within a
few minutes A pit) BII la n wua hurr-
Bummoned but by the time he
arrived the unfortunate woman was
bi j ond medieol uid.
i ii (•■ aaed was "in- of Ihe '•■• -
known and most highly respi
woman of this vicinity. Bhe was the
daughter of Bamuel i.nd Mary Gil-and
was born on the German,
town plki In Whltcmarsh township
ii.", years ago. sin- resided al the
of hor parents until her marr-iage
to Joseph Riker on June 18th,
is7i After h.-r marriage she contin-ued
her residence in Vv*hltemarah un-
, i scared ai ihe magistrate's
visiting nurse Miss ihe constables told
Sands and l r Peftlna will be in at- ; MaR18trate CIark wouW ~kn,
tendance and will give the mothers '" : , '., ... ,,„
advice regarding the sick chlMren i nta ,ll'"'k ""
Mrs Mai tin Berkhimer is looking at- ; til about thirty-five years agn »hw
6" at the p.r.e..s.e.,n..t, a.,nn,di pcivviinngg t( he Riker famil^y r( emoved go th^is
I,,,,, all the attention she possibly
i an.
Edwin Kirk is a very sick OM at
Ihe present time. Buffering wtth, a
.disease that has alllic.ed n.osily
in ad. rendering hi»> delcrious. A
>ugi
qously since thai time.
Possessed "i p kind and
disposition Mis Riker was i woman
Who was esteemed and respected by
all whnse privilege II was lo knew
her: g loving w lfa and kind mothoi i'
trained nurse was s.e,.c,.u,,.r-e..da jvi~>R«ierdgay • Wls ivr extreme pleasure to <p nd I:1I1S1 „f hl,. tlme ln „,.,. hom,. ,_
to minister unto him, anu '■nj)ir^ ,,,.rinK (o h(>1. f.irni]y although she
forts .to secure web person ■ wM ;| flevout men,b8r ,,r the Baptist
Legion Favors a Memorial
(.'jmnuinity Building
Hi solutions were adopted at
the meeting u( John DeHaven Post, IL':I
A. I... in in I', i i. :-. of A. hall last
, i-enlna UMVIM utlng a community
housi a- II n lal lo thi soldier
dead. The resolutions were adopted
after careful consideration by a earn.
miner named sometime ago to ascer-tain
the views of the returned sold-iers
as to a memorial. The Legion
feels there ii ii great need here for s
community building and expresses the
hope that the committee named some-time
ago by the towns people foi se-curing
funds for a memorial will be-come
active and start e campaign to
realise a memorial fund.
SHERIFF IS ILL
Sheriff Jacob, Hamilton is confin id
to ui' i... I ut his home BIS Fayette
street Buffering with a severe attack
of grippe.
Kerry Logon, recently appointed a
transcriber In the office "t the record-er
of deeds, is confined to ins bi d at
bis inane. Rust Eighth avenue suffer-ing
with grippe,
town and Philadelphia.
Mrs. Harry Maxwell of llarmonvilh-ia
recovering from her recen! attack
of the grjnpe.
On ITiduv evening Of this week the
Sabbath School Board, and the Men's
Bible Class of the United Evangelical
church will hold a joint meeting in
the church basement for business and
., mnentl social time, owing to the
Btormy weather, the nibie Class tei-lows
were obliged to postpone Well
monthly meeting for a period of _ one-
Messrs Carson and Swing spent Ihe
week end in Philadelphia on accoun,
of the snow Btorm making it Imp *
Bible tor Mr- HiwtoB '" *el ,0 an
from his work in .he city. Th^"*
rived home late Saturday evening
and were transported from Norrls-
,own to their cottage by Mr. Clarence
Weeks who met them with his sleigh.
Mrs Theodore Weideman. ol firoao
Axe road, is on the sick list though
noi in a serious condition.
The "Kekened" cottage has been Im-proved
bv hflvjhc one room nicely
decorated with white enamel finish-in,.
•■ nd the floor oiled. The work
was done by Mr. Hood of Ml. Airy,
and M-. K. Kwing. a cottage resident.
A sard has been received from Mr.
Oeorge Corbett announcing his safe
arrival al a point about twelve miles
(ron Los Angeles. California.
ami also regarding ihe prupei ».are
and attention to be given to the well
A communication from Mrs. i.
Harold Shoemaker, asking permissionI
lo use one room of Ihe Park liou.-e1
tor a .-mail children's dancing class.!
Was laid on tb.« table. The Commis-sion
wam.-d in consider the subject.'
Objection wan made to the charging!
of admission, and also to the laci luat
individuals, rather Hum an organlza-
'' would control the dancing , ,,.>.-..
Robert Nell wanted to tear down
the fences around !h, ,,r.ir,. :l given
the material In th- fences. The com-mission
is not yet ready to consider
the removal of the fences, ami con-didn't
"come
across" with the information. ••So.''
said Brooke, "1 didn't wain io gel
hur', and I never have been armsiou
before, so I told any old thing, but It
la the truth thai Bpps dldn'l know
that I had stolen the booze."
The m,n left Xoirisiown. rode to
Harmonvills on the trolley, exchanged
and went to Plymouth Meeting, when
Brooke, who formerly worked
Plnkelstein entered the house
Btolc several gallons of whlski v
wine which the owner valued at
Eppd claimed that he sta.w d al
trolley terminus and waited
Brooke, who had told him he had the
Ii,,.,,,,. in his own home. But
Bteln tostlfled thai there were foot-ome
and
"'^nroo^red'iivoou,.
also postponed.
Through Mr. Cooper. James W.
Wood .nleied to ihe Park ihe bell
thai was hung al the Water Mill jn
1882 bj James SVooa. TUIS BSUI was
used to call the men to w,,rk and to
tell them the time to stop.' it was
rungfluring the Civil War whin good
a. us was received from Ihe front.
When discarded al the mill, and re-placed
With a Whislle, it was placed
In the belfry of Oalvery. church. To
be replaced there by ihe present bell
when the new church was built.
The Commission accepted Ihe bell,
and will have It placed in a suitable
place in Hie I'ark.
nol
church and active In Its affairs espec-ially
the women's organisation.
Besides her husband she Is survived
by one daughter, Margaret, wife of
William Raysor, of this borough, and
iliie.' suns. .inc.ih Riker, of this bor-ough;
Norman Riker, of West Con-
' Mhnhockcn: and .lames, who rcMd.'s at
home, she is ais,, survived by o leg-
I ion of Women friends Who Will learn
with profound regret of her sudden
demise.
The funeral will take place from
her late residence 217 Blast Eighth
avenue on Saturday afternoon. Ser-vices
"ih be held al the bouse al :'
o'clock. The Interment will be made
In Riverside cemetery, Norrlstown.
• • •
Walter Rowland
Waller, son nf Mr. and Mrs. George
Rowland, died yesterday morning at
his parents' residence, ll'.O West Tenth
avenue, after a long illness. While
his death had been expected for the
past few days, the news of his death
came as a severe shock to his many
: i lends.
Mr. Rowland was taken ill last
November and partially recovered
win n in December he suffered a par-alytic
stroke affecting his right side.
He partially recovered from ima n»u
was regaining tbe use of his limbs.
Tor a lime hopes were held out for
his recovery. A tew days ago, his
WHEAT GUARANTEE
REPEAL ATTACKED
Julius ii. Barnes United states
wheat director, made public a letter
to Senator Qronna, in which he
terms ihe kilter's bill for Ihe .re-peal
of the wiuai guarantee aol and
the abolishment or the Grain Cor-poral
ion as a direct repudiation ol
the pledge made |,v Congress to the
wheat producer for the crop oi i:i i <».
Mr. Barnes says that, al a time
when no one can predict the trend
of prices, Senator (ironna apparently
feels such confidence In ins own
judgment thai the farmer will bene-fit
by the Withdrawal Of government
stabilisation, that lie would Immedi-ately
lake from the wheat producer
the protection of the billion-dollar
guarantee, which Congress lias
pledged itself to give until June 1.
The wheat director gives warning
that by abolishing government sup-port
Congress may precipitate a still
further decline in the price Of wheat
even below thai of the guarantee
price.
The Federal guaranteed price 'on
the shoe
U,e iracks. The shoe ol l-.pps was
tried imo the«other tracks.
The men brought the UqUOl tO Nor-ri.
mwn and mosl of it was taken to
Eppfl rooms on Main Street, near
v, , leer's hows bdsanr. Brooke win
,1: re ted in Philadelphia and tipps In
Noi ristown.
Brooke pleaded guilts in court yea-ionlay
and Kpps went to trial but the
jury convicted hhn.
BrOOk was sentenced lo 1 year niul
:: months in Jail and Kpps was sen-tenced
to serve 1 year and 6 months.
in i he Bmilh-Bracy case, . nrauy
pleaded guilty and Smith, not guilty.
According to Brady, he and Johnny
Malloy came to Xorrislown on Decem-ber
I in search for work. Tiny weni
lo Swedeland and as they could noi
connect with a job right off they re-turned
to NorrlStdWn. They went to
the West Knd hotel and secured a
room. They each had a grip. They
were empty. They went out on t.'.e
street, and noticing the Larson Tailor
shop they entered as Brady wanted a
billion sewed on his coat, lie weni
lo the rear of the store, where the
button was sewed on by Mr. Larson.
Malloy slaved ill the front of tne
-tore. As they were leaving, accord-ing
to Brady, they nol iced a bolt of
blue serge in the entry. He suggested
to Malloy that the) take it and il they
sold it the money would siar mini
over until they got work. They weni
around the corner ..nil finding a news-paper
wrapped Ihe clolh 111 It. Brady
look il tO his room in the hotel. UV
lei Malloy came to tno room. They
weni out on the street. Malloy left
lo get some cough medicine While
Brady was awaiting his return •
young man asked him how lo get to
Conshohocken, saying that lie na«l
been on a railroad I rain, had fallen
asleep and passed Conshohocken.
Thej walk-d from Main and Markley
streets to Cherry street, where they
were taken into custody by Detective
pany has had larg.- crews wording
With snow plows lo open up Ihe Chest-nut
Hill and country lines. Sunday
a hug" force was seni out to open IUU
Chestnut Hill line. The men en-countered
big ditches ot n....- snow
which could noi be shoveled. The
pig rotary electric plow was badly bat-n
red and damaged while at work and
was unable lo remove the frn/.en
snow.
In town the streets in the business
section are in the worse condition.
The sidewalks have been pariially
be-j cleaned and big banks of snow line
Hthe sidewalks ai the curbs and iii the
street. Traffic is using the trolley
nail;.- and vehicles experience the
greatest difficulty In moving outside
that space as deep ruts are worn in
the snow.
Tin- collapse of the factory building
ut the Conshohocken Burial Casket
Company. Elm near Papist si reef,
last Wi dne.-day night, causeti ine
blocking ol Dim street. The Btreel Is
being cleared today. The company
bat men al work clearing away the
wreckage from the building and pro-tecting
Ihe valuable machinery from
it,i v,i ather.
Nearly every gutter and culver) In
the borough la dosed with trosen
mow and should a sudden thaw come
there will be experienced the WOTSl
conditions in years. Properly owners
are requested to open their gutters as
Ihe borough finds il impossible lo se-cure
sufficient help to do the wora and
(■lien the culverts.
Tim loss Bustalnep bj the Cousno-hocken
Burial Caskjsj 0 pany by the
collapse of their factory building is
not a serious one in. the company.
Their Ions, an official Btated this,
morning, will be less than $11 Irnj
serious loss being suffered by the
owner ol ihe building, John Mawer, of
Ardniore.
l-o'cal Contractors have been asked
0 estimate on repairing the building.
for
and
and
•76.
the
for
liihlr. n in the schools sul'feriim With
colds, Ihe superintendent, who is n.lSQ
confined lo bis home with grippe, and
the si I I authorities decided this
morning to close the Reboots for the
balance of Ihe week in order to give
Ihe teachers an.I children a chance td
recuperate and to have the schools
fumigated in order lo allay the rav-agea
..f the grippe.
This morning six teachers were ab"
sent In the grades, five oilers are ill
but reported for duly and there are
no substitute teachers available, Haiti
of the children did not report for ihe
session. Things wen no better in
the ludi school. Principal HottenstelU
and several teachers have been ill
with severe colds for several days
but eo nil 1 ai their work. Many
of ihe students are laklnu fresh colds'
and It was deemed necessary to dose
ih. x liuuls in an effort to prevent the
further spread of sickness,
The heating systems ill boih the
i Third avion.- and Harry sine, school!
are iml In Ihe tiest of condition anil
this morning there were cold class
looms in both building* and this fact
contributed to the necessity, of elos.
ing of schools.
Iinin.ili.it ly after ihe dismissal of
tin- schools, shortly after 1(1 o'clock!,
arrangements ware made for the.
fumigation of each room in all the
boil.lings. A thorough fumigation
will be made and all Ihe rooms and
boildii i ii in the most sanitary
condition.
Ii is believed the lew days resr
v. ill reoupi rate the I" achers and chili
• Iron and the schools Will i>0 ublu to
resume next Monday inorniiu with*
. oil furl her Inl en npt ion.
K of C. Suspends Meeting*
Cnnsholiocken Council Knights of
Columbus have decided to cancel all
Ihelr meetings s heduled for ihis
month including the big class initi-ation
and conferring of degrees s, 'od-uh'd
for Sunday, h'cbiuary 22, owing
I., Ihe great amount of sickness In
town.
wheat will he removed on June T.
Considerable speculation is in evidV| carrigananu John Holland, bar clerk
dice is to the probable course of. O|' I(ll7 West Kml hold. The stranger
wheat prices alter that date. The'vlM Smith, whom Brady claimed _ he
be ih" case
This morning the noted "Dinkey" condition took a change for tbe worse
trolley car still stood midway between , and his illness progressed with great
Plymouth and Harmonville at the J rapidity.
point where it was deserted in Wed- M,. j{ow[an(i was horn in this bor-nesday
last, snow bound, and many a ongh L>|. yean ag0 I](, n.,.,,ivt,(| nis
wistful look was cast at it by those tim ,„ „„, ,,„,.,, bM(. ,.cnools
^enrttffrom iTSSm^ -* TT TJ" " ' £2
Sff i^onshohookc, as they passed , Until%^l%™;^
' The Chestnut Hill trolley line 'corn and he was held in high esteem
through Plymouth was opened yester- . by his employers and fellow employes.
day as far as llarreii Hill, and il is I He was active in the social lif<*,
expected thai bv today the line will of ,|„, borough and was an active second higher from present bMieai-
! . , pened to City Line.
entence
Howard rTv.., ol Nm rislown.
VOLPE TEAM WINS TOURNAMENT
member of the Methodisl church. He] ions, according
v. a.- a member ol Washita Trine ot agency.
K, d Men and a past president
(amn 121, P, ' I. S. Of A.
after that date will be dependent on f(nmd ol aduitry. His own'sister-three
main factors. ID developinnls jn ^ garah ,,, siia in boildii. of Wft»l
in the foreign trade situation, (-) 1°* conshohocken, was his accuser. She
winter Wheat crop, and (3) conditions ,, ^, *!,.■-! thai she weni to live with
in the home market. The Brsl and nef sister and Prye on Btanbriage
third favor lower prices and H»e" sin-e-t. Not i istown. The Pryes had
two rooms, a living room and a bed
mom. There was bui one oeo ana
!!„■ three slept In It. Robert T. Potts,
to statistleal
of
BABY COACHES RETIRED al KB-HolCS.
217 Hector street.—Adv.
DR, L «. WEISSMAN
EYtT.SIGHT SPECIALIST
1» r>.Y|fIXE STttiiKT.
The Volpe pool team won the loooi
point tournament ov*r the Carnd
t.am by Hie score of 98S1 to SC2. The
tournament was closely played through
. nl both teams having won Ihe lead.
The final KSme was played Kri.lav
evening when Keys met Blake and
n is estimated thai the
income of tlw farm familie
lle'is'sui'viveil by his parents and a' rnicd States to 1019 was -d'"" This £Uong
,,,,.,• Bssle, wife of Marvin Hoag- compares with an estimate ol
proxlmately *i">oo for all tamlllea
...race attorney foi Pryo, called no witnesses
' , ',1,., for defense depending upon actruittal
' OTJr on the technicality ol statute of linn
FUNERALS
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HANSBLL
Funeral services for Miss Mary
Hansel! were held yesterday afternoon
al the home of her sister, Mrs. Sarah
limes. 1118 I'ayeite street, and were
attended by many relatives and
friends. The interment was at Ivy
Hill oomeii ry.
OCHNICH
The funeral of the hue John
OChnlCh, aged 22 years. who died
Minn pneumonia on Friday morning
it Iiis Bister's residence. Mrs. .losepli
Weriz. ss Poplar street, was held this
morning, il was largely attended by
relatives and friends, High Requiem
Mass was celebrated at ».80 A. M, at
gt, Matthew's church. The interment
was iii St. Matthews cemetery, Tl"'
pallbearers wen : Harry Weil/.,
.lames Wen/.. Thomas Gallagher, Johl
Qallagher, Francis Davis and John
llarreii. Mr. Oclmich WOS well
known here, and had many friends.
BKBDN
The funeral of Mrs
widow of Frank Skt n,
borOUSh, Who died at her home mar
PhoenHviila, was held oh Sundaj at-leinooa
Services "ere held at Ihe
,,,,„, oi undertaker Moore and were
conducted by Rev. J. I\ shc-pard.
paBtor 0f the Presbyterian church.
The services wee attended bj many
rolatlves and friends, especially mem-bers
ol the Presbyterian congregation
l„ whicji she w.,s a very active
ber dur|M her resldenct awrr.
Interment was at Montgomery
otery.
Ida Bkeen,
hue of this
LEGION KECclVED GIFT
A Check for fifty dollars was re-ceived
as a donation from Saint Mar-tha's
Guild, together with a very nice
letter of appreciation of all the bnyn,
Work in the world war. The gift was
entirely unsolicited and highly apprft-clati
.1.
It was decided to bold the flrstl
nual hall In the City Hall, Xorris'l
on Monday evening, April lfll
Tickets have been printed and s.d
at wire distribute,] at the mecli
This inoiniscs to h, one of the 1
sons la rgesl soi In I evi nis. ami
i n eg.minis haw I..en made to handle
an overflow crowd on that evenings
I loth city hall looms have been se-cured
and two orchestras will dispense,
jazz from 8 until IL* o'clock.
The first moiling toward form I «'
ladles auxiliary to the local Post,
will lie hi Id next Monday i veiling
Several wives, ninth, rs and sisters of."
Ihe mi others have already cxpri ■ d
a very great willingness of loining tho^
aiixilinry. which is limited o ihe ,no-!
I her. wife sister of memtiers, or the
widow of a deceased s"i'Vieo i.ian. A
large gathering is expected to he |-ro_.
sen I at the first misting n-xl Mondajl
night.
Several nev. applications were re-eon
. d for nn inbei ship aid iftor the.
meeting adioiii in d a .lance was odd
In Ihe second floor of the huildimj
Dancing ciintinueiUniT.il II.SO and
Rood crowd enjoyed the evening.
SPRING MILL
lliem
Ihe
celll-
PERSONAL
Mi.. . Sana iiinl
spent the week-end
Del., as i'i" gin st
He contended thai lllP,Miss Victorino Unity.
Mind HarroM.
In Wilmington,
,,f their cousin,
land, of this borough.
. . .
Charles Rcogers.
Charles Rodgers, aged 53 years,
died Saturday morning at
dimmed the victory for Volpe Keys (loum'. pneumonia after an illness
winning by the score of too to 8-1. Th. J "i/^ ^ homo of Airs, mien'
game »as well played and was wit.!*-' " woswi «*<• '•* " Zi'
uwii by * l»rn orow4 of pool tons. I Hoy, 'J2S Daat Bin street, whe.o h6j
OUR GAS & ELECTRIC-ITY
BILLS ARE DUEJ .t
HAVE 10UPA1D? SAVE |
THE DISCOUNT. I
rhaige was not laid against Krye
last November, while the offense is,
allngi d in have occurred In October,
1917. The Sharabougb girl lives with
her child, ot which she claims Frye is
the lather, in West Poiishohocken.
Her slgter. Mrs. I'rye. had a naby at
the Hoi© the otfeuse was committed.
A Juiy in court room No. 2, before
Judge Miller, acquitted Michael Ser-untll!__:.
Hats & Caps For
Men
MaK. it your buslnea*
lo see what we have In
store for you.
FREY & FORKER
142 W. Main St.,
Norrittowo
The Literary Society ol the Spring \
Mill school held its regular monthly
|ing. l'riday afternoon, me tol-
Inwing program was icndeied by |
(he -.I'.onl:
Singim Soi
Heciiai ion Thomas l!a i
IteiAling Mai io I
Ueferi id ipinslions Mary FreaS !
Recital ion ICdlla Kriehel
\'i' Irola Sell
Recital ion l/iuls s . en
lOssay Ksiher ('ressiiian
liiti i i nl oi" si ions . . Robert I I
Reading William Nefl
Victrola Selected |
Singing 601
Kdio Kli/.abelli Rase?
Kecilaiinn I'lorenca Ciawford
Vocal Solo Ksih-r Kif
Singing ■ • Soe.letfJ
Mr. .lonaihan Rodgers is contined
lo his home on Kast Hector street,
illness.
Mrs. Daniel l.eni/., of Ihe "Wlllld
Pi in hold. Is 111 at her home.
Miss Margaret Keenan is on
sick Hat.
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BICYCLE REPAIRING and .SUN.,
DRIfcS nt Ki:il<n:s. -17 HcctOt'
Street.—Adv. J