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m m ,**P^ PUBLISHED KVKRY Tl ESDAI AND I'illUAY CONSHOHOC KEN, PA., k the (iak- J (IP-I pi lid |MlO I 192; lon-j'Ol-lim. le'.l hod IId; Tily rti- Bat or-koh I to WITH THE FIREMEN \:i order has been placed l>y Con-ahohocken Ptre Company tor 500 i, 11 or Goodrich White King \i, order ba i i been ] laced for three Underwriters tips ami an ! Eastman outfit. 100 additional ■ lot three-quarter Inch hemp rop be used by the lire police will , |>e added to the equipment. The regular meeting ol Consho ! hocken Fire Contpanj No. 2 will be held in the hose house next Monday . vi nlng. u la hoped thai a full at-tendance oi the members will be present as plane for 1923 will L-e Fussed. The board 'oi englnei •■ will be held on Sunday afternoon i I ■ o'clock. i The regular meeting of the Gre-raen'a Relief Association will *" held at the hose house of Consho-hocken Plre Company No. 2 next Sunday morning at lu o'clock. | Merchant William Katz will en-j i.•uain the members of Washingti n Plre Companj at « clam bake In the hose house nexl Sunday evening. The Washington Fire Company are making arrangementa for n guinea supper and minstrel show to be followed by a (lance In the hoao house on Saturday evening, Jan I'Oth. Y. M. A. A. hi Honor I-oci Hall Team .lohn Jones, Employed at Schuvlkill Iron Works, Ar-estedin Ansel Alley; Sus-pected oi' Robbing Houses.— UUl New President Offers Sugges-tions for Betterment of Association.—A Drive For New -Members FAVOR HOME AHTLETES The regular meeting of the Con* shohocken Athletic Association was hold in the Park House on Tuesday evening, with president Robert f. Crawfard presiding. Officers for the, ensuing year were elected and were seated ai the meeting. There were no contests except for members of the Hoard ol Governors. Thero were a numbei ol nominees out only lour to he elected, ihroe to BI rve until 1*25 and one to aerve until 1924. The three receiving the highest, number of votes are to s. rve for the longer term and the uurth highest to serve the shorter term. Horace ('. Jones and George 8, Ugh) received the highest her oi voles and Thomas r. oy and Robert •!. Crawford wore tor third place. Mr. Crawford wa ed to withdraw but the mem-bers prevailed ui»on him to Btand whereupon he accepted the Bhortei term and gave way to Mr. McCoy who was elected to serve With Messrs. Jones and Light until l92o. The result of the election follows. President John Kearns; vice prosi-dent, William s. Campbell; treas-urer. David M. Hayes; recording secretary, Reynold Thwaites; flnan- Cial secretary. Carroll Meyers: pub-licity manager, Arthur Marland; of Elaborate arrangements ha\ ■ been made to : ted tool - i all earn ' v M .\. A. Thi affali Is to l>e hi Id on lary 8th at 9 . o'clock in ::.■ I root Blm and Fay ]'Uncta! Was Held This After- ' >«■ "» l'"1'"1 sl'*"- • • ■ a the form of n0(in and Was I.arjrerv At- ■»*"r,n" *,th , .rt" a liinouel ■ . n, . rn 1 Torpey is ill ai las home on :i uU„ „„. m, . tended—Died on luesday nd Ml. u ,,„,,, was After Long Illness j ing wltl cold a) his home on come throu rh with ; Ij Ins i oloia on 1922. i ■ > v. i... v. ishes in the bantiuel can help i i i • i names in IJJ Sal m - • i inR. The committee In charge promises a lively program, Local and pro-i i 'HI and pli in. ooi eats judi i-oin menu which Is as follows: I M. v. \ Punch Fruit <"..i■ 11.■ • 1 The last, rlti B for Emma S. widow of Abraham S. Cavanagh, were hold at her home, 107 West Fourth ave one, this afternoon and was attend-ed by a large number ol relatives and friends. Services were con-ducted ai 2 O'clock and were in charge oi Rev. A. J. navies, pastor oi the First Baptlsl church. The interment was made In Norrls City cemetery. Deceased died at her home shortly a«er 7 o'clock on Tuesday evenln olives! following a long iselalness fIrHoAmM ait o.nwrtniv- Saratoga Chip. | plication of diseases, aged mor. • a seventy years. Deceased was the daughter of tl late Thomas B. and Hannah R. Johnson and was horn in this b I! ough, where she spent, her entire with the exception of a few years In her early life wheu the Uy resided in Swedeland and I lei il"il i 'rains Roast Tui ki y Filling S i M i : Potatoes ed ::'\ eet i 'otatoea Cranbery Sauce French Peaa Rolls Salo i Butter Ice Cream Cake i 'offee Clg The catering will be i arrled out hj & lllackiston, "f Norristown. ai her home on M - : . aue for several days and her condition was such thai Mr. < I tello was unable to lie present al th( meeting. Mr. Kannum failed to put appearance and while Pi dent Lawli us and Messrs, ("a William* and Ryan w. re pies ml, M B nut a quorum and it wan i„ i ided to i I the meeting next Tuesduj evening. ', Among the business tn i"- trans- : i ted v ill ill" eleel Ion of n clerk, treasurer, surveyor ami police officer, The term of BOlicitoi Kenneth Moore dues noi expire. Thomas H. Ferrler, who has served as treasurer for the past five years, has handed In his resignation to town council and will not be a candidnti icceed himself. Norristown. She was TRIPLE ANNIVERSARY The fiftieth wedding anntversarj of Mr. and Mrs Septimus Wood, ol Swedeland, also the twenty-third favored any movement leading anniversarj of the marriage ot thei John Jones, employed al he ,--•- --;;,; .lck UMl. ,)c.a,,, Bel .ylkill hen Works of the Alan « uatee, i. Ed_ « ' '">» & steel Company and J^TTwSlams, Maurice O'Brien living at the commissary at ,n'' "ul „J\, ,',„, , MjeFarland and mill, was arrested by Officer Red- I Iallowol . J< hn • . » > '• ,,„„„ in afcel Alley, between Pop Edward Clark; Oo serve untirmm lar and Cherry at. ts. last night Horace C. Jones, <*°'*° M' „„ about 11.30 o'clock and lodged In Light and T o« I ■ IcC.>. the local police station se.sp, cted of servo until 1HJIL Roht.i J. breaking Into the homes of Walter ford. Wood, a colored preacher, and Mrs i , i elia Pomlatiwcz, a widow, resid-ing respectively at 318 and 320 An-gel Alley. The police alarm rang arjoat 11 o'clock and Officer Redmond ans-wered. He Was summoned to tn'e name of the widow and when be Informed that an at-tempt had been made to enter her hW presidency the members In assuming th Kearns thanke 1 the honor eolfc* ipon MrU made an address' iu which he piessed his opinion along certain lines which he believed would bo. tor the beti«pne»£ ov the organiza-tion He i* »©t on fnvor of htirh- ,,,-iced p:ofessionalism but A"?; „■ anKiteur athJ.'ti, and In. kordinTw» ,u' , stated ',|:' h-e badly ™n room is requir IS |Ton of suptr-lt the teete i id as ad neen niuiie i« cum •■— ia.... «~— . house. A window. Jl»d..be«...f^u ,,,-at local talent K- h -.do and ,-,n,neu-,nan was seen stand- ail branehe, of atnl- - He^favor l»'on the fence fcachln. in throu.b lh , 1-^1 I,■■ uu « .. n\u> window Ue had a rev. coat In an(i ia of the uei.<i uiai u t mnai when the woman was sud. is r,„resented In Wj^^ daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and l . William s. Campbell, of Son-ah ihocken, and the Bevente mtn an- I nlversary ol the marriage of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. lUd Mrs, Harry P. Wood, of H mdr.r&on Mai ion, formed an Interi I I: i event, it has boon the custom to j celebrate these three ami vi ' at tfte same time and the (oli 'tiou 04,'iho liflietii anniversary h?i [been looked faruuird to r.'id.planned ; for a long sime. As Mi.. Septimus i Wood, howover. .has been critically ex- | 111 for some time" and particular!) so on Kow'Teav"'' day, the v-unlon ei all the children and. grandcnii-dren liiis year could not I" C.kll<.-£ a joyous one. Mrs, Woods eouW-tion is not Improvi lated y eaterday. Mr. for and great ex-ponent of Americanism and took 'great pride in the fact that h« an (,-tors wore Americans for several ; generations back Deceased was always Interestel ID the affairs of her borouR'i and to town betterment Since tlw t?m< of its organization she was an e -U\•■■ m< mber of the Alcott Club. Lha ob-of which was for mutual Im-provement and diSCUSSion of im portant questions of the day. This organization was originally known aB the "Active Association" and was started by the la«e Mrs. Mary Patterson Beaver on Nov. 2ft, 1892. The association met al regular In-tervals and some of the subiei Is discussed and which papers were read were "Temperance Progress-ion," Parliamentary Order" and "Suffrage.1 On August 11th, RUTH GLASS CO, 10 ;E IT ■ be ie ren Retarded. room is serious Ipils. as pupils m\ where room cat' |a means some chi , grades other thould be, and aft(' jnditions, the supe Irleii that one third fin the Harry street a IhoolB, with the exc« fgrades, will fall of pr IF..binary. Mr B Llvised the children Oi len.s be given Beparate upon entering school |d of a term in order to , instruction in English [nd thus at them for the IU.I work Many of those , retarded because Ot UlHarlty with the Bnglish donlv awakened. She sounded an alarm and the man beat a hasty re-treat when oilier Redmond ar-rived he was told of the attempted robberv and made an investigation. , but found that nothing was missing. ! while looking around he Baw I af- I wlndo wot the Wood house rai ,|„. coming sea in. the representa- ,w. tetvin Should be Picked from .,„, wams in'ihe Industrial lx;agu? Mr. "KearV asked former prosi-i 'crawtc-il. who also managed i in.'foot ball team, if he favored a tinuance of professional toot ball -Mr. Crawford replied that I and awakened Mrs. Wood, who was f ^ duJ.,nf, ,,„. ]ms, H0.!SOI1 aid not asleep with her -duldren in the so.- ■ ,.i-|fl|B „,„.„ as ,he Vear previous. ona8tory. Her husband was not at ^.^^ „,.„ „„.,„ were some ! players on iho team who wore con- < i rumlly ai"'' ■<" increase M ,ved tbat had Kronch 3ROKE INTO HOUSE FOR RADIO WIRE Anthony Jackowsky, aged sixteen yeai ; ling al 862 East Elm ,:., cellar ot Jaood I.ukens house at Sixth avenue Fayette atre t. shortly before noon yesterday morning by Thomas Pllklngton, of ESast Fourth avenue, . aretaker ot the proix The boy was turned over t" pollce-m m I leorge Ruth and plain) in a cell in the borough hall. His father, Joseph Jackowsky was notified t home at- the time. A hurried te ivestlgation was mane at the Wooa I,,,,,,,, and II was believed nothing r™fth Beer was in the home IVf Mrs. Pon.ia.iwe/- B colored man ,. Jut the alley acting In a BUS-I Sous manner and he was placed arrest. He was taken to the poUce atatlon and I was tound he Ss employed at the Iron mill anj lived in one of the camps. Officer ulncnd and lleald WU to -am he iron mill and Informed the udunan of what had taken place and be-remained v ith the tc m the town would have had the greatest team, not only in the Dsst bin also the West and that ,.,9 Uam »-ould have been able to mahe moiey. He. however, ox ,,.,»gel«hhn-idf as being through the New Machinery Will be In stalled to Supply Increase in Demand and Factory Will \\ ork Double Turn WILL START TUBE MILL Tito Ruth Glass Company, of this borough is making preparations to greatly increase its production in order to supply the demand being made upon them and will install additional machinery In their plant at Tenth avenue and Hallowell street. The basement of the factory Is being arranged to house the now machinery which is specially de-signed for the manufacture of borae-tbe name ot the association was o[)athic viiUg and ig the m08t modorn .hanged to the Alcott Club, i no machino on the market. An order officers chosen were: president, ^ ^^ placed tor a number of i Mrs. Emm. cavanagh; vice i - tlu, machlnt,s and it j8 expected that .l.-ntS-Mrs. James XRWwart:^ bix 01- „,ese will bo delivered and ,„,, M^" S«A Bur£ Se ^ '« I"«"- "■»<» ,0 bl> "Ut 3a 0P- Sure, Mr Conrad _Burke. Tbe ^.^ ^ ^ (wo wocks_ '"■"" ,rU" "' "'" ^ ; to When the new maenmes have Mrs. Cavanagh as « > ' " -• beeh Waced ln 01)eraUl)n the plant serve as its head through all tl. * turn_ M V""S TV\1 ,a?u"'l.;nn. of ,h present ttn.6 tuo company is un-club was held d he ''"' ; al)Il, t0 „iwt the demand ior thi president on Wednesda>. n.omb.r ^^ ^ ^ ^^ .^ ^ [deceased enjoyed excellent, health workingJ+Um ** th. past suffered from an mack 0 DbM ^ naturally increase 'the ,„„„ whi.h she never ro.oveied. cMjJJ^Wjl « J ^ ] ,„„ough able to be about and at- j^dtjMWJJ^J ™* Jiff Mao. December 14th was „,e work of several men SpeUed to take to her Led and The glass-blowing mill Th. •\Vc.inl nnintj ; I (III Thi 11 re er ha the til '•CltuJ •■iink.J able and oral ramp] for al of tlj Im all iniv II .Imii jne^i^ and era. Mil Com on U tn hock] in Pou laini Bt duci I'll si lias the fine mini of anil Clvl Cha i !ou Una II ahoi that fail tog' —ti{r~ tin the \ I \ th Iklng of the propose! Junior liool. the superintendent I ,. had the plan corn-id informed the board that bhool will necessitate more in the grades and that it Ian additional expense. Enpbell stated that the gj fof sud, importance thai he Inouid consider II at a snecta With the hoard as a com (of the whole. It was decided ihis. Continuation School. »te inspector has made an In-lion of the eonttnuatlon Conditions and commends the ■ for maintaining a school the,, the number was loss than requirei but during the [the attendance increased to lhitemarsh district has no latlon school and Iho State htructed the district to es-one immediately. The de-bt suggests that West on- Iken and Wbitemarsb combine lchools With the one In this „ neither of the former llave manual training I" and make one good school, ftricts to pay their propo.tiori |re for operation and th« lays one-hat: the cost. Uhocken has :<* PUPll« '« <"" Lion school and there an, ■shohocken rosiaonts. subject ■child labor laws, employed -n ■Continued on Page BIX) ■ iii..d missed a coat \ M th< am ing of t Th ! appeal mlorii that "' own a The (1 pn a> he ho had ( ind a vo' bit wife. Of cloth in and wife. The man Burgess De' know nothii He said he last Saturday Del., and had was leavl phla u.st even! turned became along the alley directions given in order to Officer Reunion could produce wl aT they saw t in the alloy on th The Burgess turns u, M««iati t. L,uihi held tor a furt „, t.30 o'clock this morning, li ,,„.„• Redmond, a watchman at . [h t-,e "g'd'l diggers" and vnttd that th" ->me be run same * 1* was previous to the time ,f the Association when the player, ,vere wUling to take their propor-onate share of the profits at season. He also OX-thai a purely local not be a paying propoal ose of tl iin'i » •--— . -^ .„ ^ ,„,iice station ,., eased » "urneSXnt ..uantity o,c,o,i,-„,«^mll of tlu. fa,t that the h,C. he had found in the camp ||^ •J^* sl,,„,,(„. „,,„, than PriSO,'n''; the \^ Mr. Wood p-.cal Uleit.could furnish. "10? ,; ' at on house and. Mr. Reams urged -ha. the Asso- ^n "- : -?! -' c.aU« •* H conjunction with th. hearln "" compelled bed ana m VHNTMVWUW -*"Vr- ^Z Light - aftcin Anthony condition grew gradually worse company located at Mm ana sano ,,, her .e-ith 'i"",-',s' Whicl1 haS b0eD ,n°PeraM,C "BLSL beTng connected with the for a number of years following a Moot, luh she was also a member r.rr in which the build.ng was part-of Vida Sdge, Daughters ol Re- ly destroyed, is being put in cond- ; la lj0 tion to resume operations and It tt Seeeased is survived by two „„„„„.,, ,„;■, the plant will ba toSSJ! Florence, M., wife of ready by the latter end of the William Moore, residing at homo, lnonth. •ind Bvaline, wife of Charles Wells, \ At the lower plant only tubing is manufactured and a large per cent-age of the output will be used Miss Man !•■ uahan. for many ! .,„ of this borough, died yesterday at her bo.ua, Tb'i-tree! that e n in i'lio the cellar v. Ith the hope of finding some «Ire with which oi complete i radio ' he is MI al a - 'nine-. The boj waa given n severe repri-mand and allowed to go in the CUH- ■ of his fathc r. TO VISIT HAVANA of cblcopee Palls, Mary Lenahan. oi t.'s Community tenter for M. and Mrs. Francis 1.. Freas and daughter Doris, of Has. Ninth ave-nue, will leave tomorrow afternoon ior a six weeks' trip to Florida and Havana. Their first stop will be at . Jacksonville and from thero they teenth avenue and Fayett i will go'to Mlama and thence to alter a short llines- Kej West and across to Havana. Miss Lenahan was a de out u.eni- The trip has been arranged in hope ber of St. Matthew's parish, thai it would prove beneficial to She is survived by a BlsUi ', KiSI Mr Freas who has been in poor Bridget, with whom she res cert, health of late. A few weeks ago He The funeral will be held from lei bettor suffered a Bevere^ttack of tonailitls |ate residence on Monday morsw^ • .._ _«.!„ »« rent ... o in ,.-,.i„nir Solemn 'lisn Mass ,.' jw to nis w.iv. community. He staled that a drive "n" ''',' '" ,,,e,.d and the wouW be mid- lor now members "": ""rued to loam that aI1(1 fIlit a >Pt< ial effort won,,, be "»"?£ ,, threo coats made to hav.. the delinquents pay »» i;"" , oconging to U1) The borotlh will be districted in.it d evory article ,,„, „ eapUin «•<> lieutenants will thonging to himself ,„. , inted to cover each district. S belonging , " tot QJtk,, trustees being , .,„„,„.„ b ',,':,:„ pay oTlo.ls still ow,m; ,,,.,. and return fully restored to ta ■"''"- , , , , hall and soccer teams health that it was illega and reiused to do soun.il the itstructions were ,.„ a. a ret-ular meeting. This action was taken o«. Tuesday even-ing and the hills wil. ba l>a.d d as soon as he was able to get at 8.80 o'clock. Solemn High Mass ,l,„ut snbniit.ed to an operation for |, .{..quiem will bo col.b.ate.l in m. ,he removal of his lonsiis which juatthew's church at 9.30 oeloci» nnn left him in a weakened condition, the Interment will he ma!3 n -t. The Freases will leave with the Maltl.eWs m-v. cemeterj best wishes of a wide, circle Of the upper factory of the company. However, additional tanks Will be installed with the idea of market-ing the surplus among other glass working concerns. The plant* Is located in easy ac- ' cess to both railroads. All glass companies in the hor- !ough report great increases in their volumes of business and 1923 prom-ises great things In the industry. LEE TIRE AND RUBBER nhout the ,e to the local plant ,rning from Smyrna, »mpanied a Brian* tor ;1s Phlladei- ,and when he re-friends for a successful trip and thai Mr. Freas will he greatly bene- WILL REPAIR BRIDGE Is about Adults ■>»■* ch i „ now forming, Bllsau ; St Che. io-:7 tin. and was waikius m(.diately. The amouit $100. , The Foot. Hall Commtttie reported that the season was finisied with unpaid hills in .he- anount of 8293.75 which are on hano an., a Hotel-ins ,,,w other small bills whlCl have [it previous. not ;is yet been receive*, William S. Campbell, Mturh (I'll Hallowell and lalward (lark wore appointed a committee i audit the accounts of the Foot Ball Committee and also tho boohf of the treasurer and secretary. oiiowing out the i, by a Btrang • his camp. i.,,.,,1 ihat he that would case over kJpni B was Dallas Taylor Davis Dallas Taylor Davis, one ot the oldosl and best known residents of the lower district of Upper Merlon township, died in St. Francis' hos pital, Philadelphia, on Wednesday, B jed about seventy-throe years. The eoupty commissioners mis HIB death was due to a stroke of morning answered the petition of paralysis Which he suffered m District Utorney Rennlngei forjthe Christmas Day. ,,,;,„. repaira to DeKalb streett Deceased removed to Upper Mer-tlssionera told thelion forty-nine years ago and settled that a( a„ tlrfleB they have Bt Mechanlcsvllle, where he lived ,, Brtel lhe ,, ,v ,,( the people continuously until after .the death ct by placing extra watchmen on the his wife, about, twelve years a, . structure to distribute the traffic un- when he broke up housekeeping and ,11 legal sanction might enable .hem since then he has made to build a new bridge. {. class-lUln (sement READ THE RECORDED, $1*0 Y*. OUR Gas and Electric Bills Are Due. Have You faid? Note the Star—Save the Discount among his Children. He was em- ! ployed as a florisl and gardener on various estates along the Main I.me until about three years ago wleu. owing to failing health, he retired. I Deceased is survived D* sons and one daughter aa James Davis, ot West Cons en Owen Davis, of Wayne I (Continued on Pose Among the tire and rubber stooki which todas figured m gains ol nd i. point was Lee Tire ft Rub- ;,, ,. Whlch recentlj reported that It had no bank loans to meet and that „i, ,,, payable*, except current monthly expenses, had been elimi-nated. The latest available earnings rt of the company, as of October ,howed that tor the ten months 11.98 had been earned on the ioo,- 000 shares of commo" stock as Inet the annual dividend reciulre-ment of V a share. The conpanys consolidated balance sheet .showed current assets exceeding liabilities 9 to 1 ,und working capital equivalent to $20.90 on the Stock, which toAay, sold around $-'•>. Net tangible ais. were IBs equivalent of $28.06 a alia Because of the fact that the corrlo |g a dividend payer, it has attr; :, following who regard it aa a onaii'.;. a.nactive investment.nr "^. ition, yielding at $30 IJ ,--nt. with added ty ot an orals community. '.or the Burgeai voted a thorough WWorse-sentimenta which he had I Beting it was voted that nocken Ix-ague should se- .oariy membership ticket forHi.i. iiiiul.-iy Conference" held in l'bllkidclplii.i Uu- the discussion of Leljpsl tters. also voU'i dial tint, table 11 ^^^SBBB" si£\ic voted to give a prl the children of the Oral Parochial schools for tl ay iHI "Citizenship." oiiowing notices were nivi the chair, Mrs. Downs: ionday evening, January lot ai .. o'clock in the P. O. S. of ball mole tlie chanse in meetinjl Ida • i the fl^nshohocken League wilt ho d its next mass meeting, to which all townspeople are lnvlted5*toT|ea Co inty Coirfmlsstonea Mr. Hatneid. Mi Harper and afr. Bre&dy will sp ak and Mr. Gilbert Kox will :,.|-J dr. ss the audience on "The. AlnM an i Objects of the Pennsylvania iior-| on [ha Association." The member*1 l Council will be the nor ai ibis time. ylvanla League of Worn-ill bold an lnter-t.'ounty nd Luncheon at the Hel-iiii Hotel, Philadelphia, 1Mb. (ihocken League will hold cake sale on Saturday ii unuary 20th in the home Of Mn i Wood. Jr., Plfth avenue street The regi ar monthly meeting of th-- Conshohocken League will be heiid on Thursday, February 1st. at 2 {o'clock, The Norristown league will give a Bridge Party to raise funds on Feb-ruary 13th, In the Norristown City Hail. Table reservations may be se-cdred from Miss Bertha Marry, Nor-ri .town. FFERING WITH BLOOD POI80NII proprietor^ 25
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Title | The Conshohocken Recorder, January 5, 1923 |
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Date | 1923-01-05 |
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FullText | m m ,**P^ PUBLISHED KVKRY Tl ESDAI AND I'illUAY CONSHOHOC KEN, PA., k the (iak- J (IP-I pi lid |MlO I 192; lon-j'Ol-lim. le'.l hod IId; Tily rti- Bat or-koh I to WITH THE FIREMEN \:i order has been placed l>y Con-ahohocken Ptre Company tor 500 i, 11 or Goodrich White King \i, order ba i i been ] laced for three Underwriters tips ami an ! Eastman outfit. 100 additional ■ lot three-quarter Inch hemp rop be used by the lire police will , |>e added to the equipment. The regular meeting ol Consho ! hocken Fire Contpanj No. 2 will be held in the hose house next Monday . vi nlng. u la hoped thai a full at-tendance oi the members will be present as plane for 1923 will L-e Fussed. The board 'oi englnei •■ will be held on Sunday afternoon i I ■ o'clock. i The regular meeting of the Gre-raen'a Relief Association will *" held at the hose house of Consho-hocken Plre Company No. 2 next Sunday morning at lu o'clock. | Merchant William Katz will en-j i.•uain the members of Washingti n Plre Companj at « clam bake In the hose house nexl Sunday evening. The Washington Fire Company are making arrangementa for n guinea supper and minstrel show to be followed by a (lance In the hoao house on Saturday evening, Jan I'Oth. Y. M. A. A. hi Honor I-oci Hall Team .lohn Jones, Employed at Schuvlkill Iron Works, Ar-estedin Ansel Alley; Sus-pected oi' Robbing Houses.— UUl New President Offers Sugges-tions for Betterment of Association.—A Drive For New -Members FAVOR HOME AHTLETES The regular meeting of the Con* shohocken Athletic Association was hold in the Park House on Tuesday evening, with president Robert f. Crawfard presiding. Officers for the, ensuing year were elected and were seated ai the meeting. There were no contests except for members of the Hoard ol Governors. Thero were a numbei ol nominees out only lour to he elected, ihroe to BI rve until 1*25 and one to aerve until 1924. The three receiving the highest, number of votes are to s. rve for the longer term and the uurth highest to serve the shorter term. Horace ('. Jones and George 8, Ugh) received the highest her oi voles and Thomas r. oy and Robert •!. Crawford wore tor third place. Mr. Crawford wa ed to withdraw but the mem-bers prevailed ui»on him to Btand whereupon he accepted the Bhortei term and gave way to Mr. McCoy who was elected to serve With Messrs. Jones and Light until l92o. The result of the election follows. President John Kearns; vice prosi-dent, William s. Campbell; treas-urer. David M. Hayes; recording secretary, Reynold Thwaites; flnan- Cial secretary. Carroll Meyers: pub-licity manager, Arthur Marland; of Elaborate arrangements ha\ ■ been made to : ted tool - i all earn ' v M .\. A. Thi affali Is to l>e hi Id on lary 8th at 9 . o'clock in ::.■ I root Blm and Fay ]'Uncta! Was Held This After- ' >«■ "» l'"1'"1 sl'*"- • • ■ a the form of n0(in and Was I.arjrerv At- ■»*"r,n" *,th , .rt" a liinouel ■ . n, . rn 1 Torpey is ill ai las home on :i uU„ „„. m, . tended—Died on luesday nd Ml. u ,,„,,, was After Long Illness j ing wltl cold a) his home on come throu rh with ; Ij Ins i oloia on 1922. i ■ > v. i... v. ishes in the bantiuel can help i i i • i names in IJJ Sal m - • i inR. The committee In charge promises a lively program, Local and pro-i i 'HI and pli in. ooi eats judi i-oin menu which Is as follows: I M. v. \ Punch Fruit <"..i■ 11.■ • 1 The last, rlti B for Emma S. widow of Abraham S. Cavanagh, were hold at her home, 107 West Fourth ave one, this afternoon and was attend-ed by a large number ol relatives and friends. Services were con-ducted ai 2 O'clock and were in charge oi Rev. A. J. navies, pastor oi the First Baptlsl church. The interment was made In Norrls City cemetery. Deceased died at her home shortly a«er 7 o'clock on Tuesday evenln olives! following a long iselalness fIrHoAmM ait o.nwrtniv- Saratoga Chip. | plication of diseases, aged mor. • a seventy years. Deceased was the daughter of tl late Thomas B. and Hannah R. Johnson and was horn in this b I! ough, where she spent, her entire with the exception of a few years In her early life wheu the Uy resided in Swedeland and I lei il"il i 'rains Roast Tui ki y Filling S i M i : Potatoes ed ::'\ eet i 'otatoea Cranbery Sauce French Peaa Rolls Salo i Butter Ice Cream Cake i 'offee Clg The catering will be i arrled out hj & lllackiston, "f Norristown. ai her home on M - : . aue for several days and her condition was such thai Mr. < I tello was unable to lie present al th( meeting. Mr. Kannum failed to put appearance and while Pi dent Lawli us and Messrs, ("a William* and Ryan w. re pies ml, M B nut a quorum and it wan i„ i ided to i I the meeting next Tuesduj evening. ', Among the business tn i"- trans- : i ted v ill ill" eleel Ion of n clerk, treasurer, surveyor ami police officer, The term of BOlicitoi Kenneth Moore dues noi expire. Thomas H. Ferrler, who has served as treasurer for the past five years, has handed In his resignation to town council and will not be a candidnti icceed himself. Norristown. She was TRIPLE ANNIVERSARY The fiftieth wedding anntversarj of Mr. and Mrs Septimus Wood, ol Swedeland, also the twenty-third favored any movement leading anniversarj of the marriage ot thei John Jones, employed al he ,--•- --;;,; .lck UMl. ,)c.a,,, Bel .ylkill hen Works of the Alan « uatee, i. Ed_ « ' '">» & steel Company and J^TTwSlams, Maurice O'Brien living at the commissary at ,n'' "ul „J\, ,',„, , MjeFarland and mill, was arrested by Officer Red- I Iallowol . J< hn • . » > '• ,,„„„ in afcel Alley, between Pop Edward Clark; Oo serve untirmm lar and Cherry at. ts. last night Horace C. Jones, <*°'*° M' „„ about 11.30 o'clock and lodged In Light and T o« I ■ IcC.>. the local police station se.sp, cted of servo until 1HJIL Roht.i J. breaking Into the homes of Walter ford. Wood, a colored preacher, and Mrs i , i elia Pomlatiwcz, a widow, resid-ing respectively at 318 and 320 An-gel Alley. The police alarm rang arjoat 11 o'clock and Officer Redmond ans-wered. He Was summoned to tn'e name of the widow and when be Informed that an at-tempt had been made to enter her hW presidency the members In assuming th Kearns thanke 1 the honor eolfc* ipon MrU made an address' iu which he piessed his opinion along certain lines which he believed would bo. tor the beti«pne»£ ov the organiza-tion He i* »©t on fnvor of htirh- ,,,-iced p:ofessionalism but A"?; „■ anKiteur athJ.'ti, and In. kordinTw» ,u' , stated ',|:' h-e badly ™n room is requir IS |Ton of suptr-lt the teete i id as ad neen niuiie i« cum •■— ia.... «~— . house. A window. Jl»d..be«...f^u ,,,-at local talent K- h -.do and ,-,n,neu-,nan was seen stand- ail branehe, of atnl- - He^favor l»'on the fence fcachln. in throu.b lh , 1-^1 I,■■ uu « .. n\u> window Ue had a rev. coat In an(i ia of the uei. "Ut 3a 0P- Sure, Mr Conrad _Burke. Tbe ^.^ ^ ^ (wo wocks_ '"■"" ,rU" "' "'" ^ ; to When the new maenmes have Mrs. Cavanagh as « > ' " -• beeh Waced ln 01)eraUl)n the plant serve as its head through all tl. * turn_ M V""S TV\1 ,a?u"'l.;nn. of ,h present ttn.6 tuo company is un-club was held d he ''"' ; al)Il, t0 „iwt the demand ior thi president on Wednesda>. n.omb.r ^^ ^ ^ ^^ .^ ^ [deceased enjoyed excellent, health workingJ+Um ** th. past suffered from an mack 0 DbM ^ naturally increase 'the ,„„„ whi.h she never ro.oveied. cMjJJ^Wjl « J ^ ] ,„„ough able to be about and at- j^dtjMWJJ^J ™* Jiff Mao. December 14th was „,e work of several men SpeUed to take to her Led and The glass-blowing mill Th. •\Vc.inl nnintj ; I (III Thi 11 re er ha the til '•CltuJ •■iink.J able and oral ramp] for al of tlj Im all iniv II .Imii jne^i^ and era. Mil Com on U tn hock] in Pou laini Bt duci I'll si lias the fine mini of anil Clvl Cha i !ou Una II ahoi that fail tog' —ti{r~ tin the \ I \ th Iklng of the propose! Junior liool. the superintendent I ,. had the plan corn-id informed the board that bhool will necessitate more in the grades and that it Ian additional expense. Enpbell stated that the gj fof sud, importance thai he Inouid consider II at a snecta With the hoard as a com (of the whole. It was decided ihis. Continuation School. »te inspector has made an In-lion of the eonttnuatlon Conditions and commends the ■ for maintaining a school the,, the number was loss than requirei but during the [the attendance increased to lhitemarsh district has no latlon school and Iho State htructed the district to es-one immediately. The de-bt suggests that West on- Iken and Wbitemarsb combine lchools With the one In this „ neither of the former llave manual training I" and make one good school, ftricts to pay their propo.tiori |re for operation and th« lays one-hat: the cost. Uhocken has :<* PUPll« '« <"" Lion school and there an, ■shohocken rosiaonts. subject ■child labor laws, employed -n ■Continued on Page BIX) ■ iii..d missed a coat \ M th< am ing of t Th ! appeal mlorii that "' own a The (1 pn a> he ho had ( ind a vo' bit wife. Of cloth in and wife. The man Burgess De' know nothii He said he last Saturday Del., and had was leavl phla u.st even! turned became along the alley directions given in order to Officer Reunion could produce wl aT they saw t in the alloy on th The Burgess turns u, M««iati t. L,uihi held tor a furt „, t.30 o'clock this morning, li ,,„.„• Redmond, a watchman at . [h t-,e "g'd'l diggers" and vnttd that th" ->me be run same * 1* was previous to the time ,f the Association when the player, ,vere wUling to take their propor-onate share of the profits at season. He also OX-thai a purely local not be a paying propoal ose of tl iin'i » •--— . -^ .„ ^ ,„,iice station ,., eased » "urneSXnt ..uantity o,c,o,i,-„,«^mll of tlu. fa,t that the h,C. he had found in the camp ||^ •J^* sl,,„,,(„. „,,„, than PriSO,'n''; the \^ Mr. Wood p-.cal Uleit.could furnish. "10? ,; ' at on house and. Mr. Reams urged -ha. the Asso- ^n "- : -?! -' c.aU« •* H conjunction with th. hearln "" compelled bed ana m VHNTMVWUW -*"Vr- ^Z Light - aftcin Anthony condition grew gradually worse company located at Mm ana sano ,,, her .e-ith 'i"",-',s' Whicl1 haS b0eD ,n°PeraM,C "BLSL beTng connected with the for a number of years following a Moot, luh she was also a member r.rr in which the build.ng was part-of Vida Sdge, Daughters ol Re- ly destroyed, is being put in cond- ; la lj0 tion to resume operations and It tt Seeeased is survived by two „„„„„.,, ,„;■, the plant will ba toSSJ! Florence, M., wife of ready by the latter end of the William Moore, residing at homo, lnonth. •ind Bvaline, wife of Charles Wells, \ At the lower plant only tubing is manufactured and a large per cent-age of the output will be used Miss Man !•■ uahan. for many ! .,„ of this borough, died yesterday at her bo.ua, Tb'i-tree! that e n in i'lio the cellar v. Ith the hope of finding some «Ire with which oi complete i radio ' he is MI al a - 'nine-. The boj waa given n severe repri-mand and allowed to go in the CUH- ■ of his fathc r. TO VISIT HAVANA of cblcopee Palls, Mary Lenahan. oi t.'s Community tenter for M. and Mrs. Francis 1.. Freas and daughter Doris, of Has. Ninth ave-nue, will leave tomorrow afternoon ior a six weeks' trip to Florida and Havana. Their first stop will be at . Jacksonville and from thero they teenth avenue and Fayett i will go'to Mlama and thence to alter a short llines- Kej West and across to Havana. Miss Lenahan was a de out u.eni- The trip has been arranged in hope ber of St. Matthew's parish, thai it would prove beneficial to She is survived by a BlsUi ', KiSI Mr Freas who has been in poor Bridget, with whom she res cert, health of late. A few weeks ago He The funeral will be held from lei bettor suffered a Bevere^ttack of tonailitls |ate residence on Monday morsw^ • .._ _«.!„ »« rent ... o in ,.-,.i„nir Solemn 'lisn Mass ,.' jw to nis w.iv. community. He staled that a drive "n" ''',' '" ,,,e,.d and the wouW be mid- lor now members "": ""rued to loam that aI1(1 fIlit a >Pt< ial effort won,,, be "»"?£ ,, threo coats made to hav.. the delinquents pay »» i;"" , oconging to U1) The borotlh will be districted in.it d evory article ,,„, „ eapUin «•<> lieutenants will thonging to himself ,„. , inted to cover each district. S belonging , " tot QJtk,, trustees being , .,„„,„.„ b ',,':,:„ pay oTlo.ls still ow,m; ,,,.,. and return fully restored to ta ■"''"- , , , , hall and soccer teams health that it was illega and reiused to do soun.il the itstructions were ,.„ a. a ret-ular meeting. This action was taken o«. Tuesday even-ing and the hills wil. ba l>a.d d as soon as he was able to get at 8.80 o'clock. Solemn High Mass ,l,„ut snbniit.ed to an operation for |, .{..quiem will bo col.b.ate.l in m. ,he removal of his lonsiis which juatthew's church at 9.30 oeloci» nnn left him in a weakened condition, the Interment will he ma!3 n -t. The Freases will leave with the Maltl.eWs m-v. cemeterj best wishes of a wide, circle Of the upper factory of the company. However, additional tanks Will be installed with the idea of market-ing the surplus among other glass working concerns. The plant* Is located in easy ac- ' cess to both railroads. All glass companies in the hor- !ough report great increases in their volumes of business and 1923 prom-ises great things In the industry. LEE TIRE AND RUBBER nhout the ,e to the local plant ,rning from Smyrna, »mpanied a Brian* tor ;1s Phlladei- ,and when he re-friends for a successful trip and thai Mr. Freas will he greatly bene- WILL REPAIR BRIDGE Is about Adults ■>»■* ch i „ now forming, Bllsau ; St Che. io-:7 tin. and was waikius m(.diately. The amouit $100. , The Foot. Hall Commtttie reported that the season was finisied with unpaid hills in .he- anount of 8293.75 which are on hano an., a Hotel-ins ,,,w other small bills whlCl have [it previous. not ;is yet been receive*, William S. Campbell, Mturh (I'll Hallowell and lalward (lark wore appointed a committee i audit the accounts of the Foot Ball Committee and also tho boohf of the treasurer and secretary. oiiowing out the i, by a Btrang • his camp. i.,,.,,1 ihat he that would case over kJpni B was Dallas Taylor Davis Dallas Taylor Davis, one ot the oldosl and best known residents of the lower district of Upper Merlon township, died in St. Francis' hos pital, Philadelphia, on Wednesday, B jed about seventy-throe years. The eoupty commissioners mis HIB death was due to a stroke of morning answered the petition of paralysis Which he suffered m District Utorney Rennlngei forjthe Christmas Day. ,,,;,„. repaira to DeKalb streett Deceased removed to Upper Mer-tlssionera told thelion forty-nine years ago and settled that a( a„ tlrfleB they have Bt Mechanlcsvllle, where he lived ,, Brtel lhe ,, ,v ,,( the people continuously until after .the death ct by placing extra watchmen on the his wife, about, twelve years a, . structure to distribute the traffic un- when he broke up housekeeping and ,11 legal sanction might enable .hem since then he has made to build a new bridge. {. class-lUln (sement READ THE RECORDED, $1*0 Y*. OUR Gas and Electric Bills Are Due. Have You faid? Note the Star—Save the Discount among his Children. He was em- ! ployed as a florisl and gardener on various estates along the Main I.me until about three years ago wleu. owing to failing health, he retired. I Deceased is survived D* sons and one daughter aa James Davis, ot West Cons en Owen Davis, of Wayne I (Continued on Pose Among the tire and rubber stooki which todas figured m gains ol nd i. point was Lee Tire ft Rub- ;,, ,. Whlch recentlj reported that It had no bank loans to meet and that „i, ,,, payable*, except current monthly expenses, had been elimi-nated. The latest available earnings rt of the company, as of October ,howed that tor the ten months 11.98 had been earned on the ioo,- 000 shares of commo" stock as Inet the annual dividend reciulre-ment of V a share. The conpanys consolidated balance sheet .showed current assets exceeding liabilities 9 to 1 ,und working capital equivalent to $20.90 on the Stock, which toAay, sold around $-'•>. Net tangible ais. were IBs equivalent of $28.06 a alia Because of the fact that the corrlo |g a dividend payer, it has attr; :, following who regard it aa a onaii'.;. a.nactive investment.nr "^. ition, yielding at $30 IJ ,--nt. with added ty ot an orals community. '.or the Burgeai voted a thorough WWorse-sentimenta which he had I Beting it was voted that nocken Ix-ague should se- .oariy membership ticket forHi.i. iiiiul.-iy Conference" held in l'bllkidclplii.i Uu- the discussion of Leljpsl tters. also voU'i dial tint, table 11 ^^^SBBB" si£\ic voted to give a prl the children of the Oral Parochial schools for tl ay iHI "Citizenship." oiiowing notices were nivi the chair, Mrs. Downs: ionday evening, January lot ai .. o'clock in the P. O. S. of ball mole tlie chanse in meetinjl Ida • i the fl^nshohocken League wilt ho d its next mass meeting, to which all townspeople are lnvlted5*toT|ea Co inty Coirfmlsstonea Mr. Hatneid. Mi Harper and afr. Bre&dy will sp ak and Mr. Gilbert Kox will :,.|-J dr. ss the audience on "The. AlnM an i Objects of the Pennsylvania iior-| on [ha Association." The member*1 l Council will be the nor ai ibis time. ylvanla League of Worn-ill bold an lnter-t.'ounty nd Luncheon at the Hel-iiii Hotel, Philadelphia, 1Mb. (ihocken League will hold cake sale on Saturday ii unuary 20th in the home Of Mn i Wood. Jr., Plfth avenue street The regi ar monthly meeting of th-- Conshohocken League will be heiid on Thursday, February 1st. at 2 {o'clock, The Norristown league will give a Bridge Party to raise funds on Feb-ruary 13th, In the Norristown City Hail. Table reservations may be se-cdred from Miss Bertha Marry, Nor-ri .town. FFERING WITH BLOOD POI80NII proprietor^ 25 |
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