The Conshohocken Recorder, December 18, 1923

              Slje Cottsljotjockai ftttotfcr.
Established 1869, No. 5698. PUBLISHED EVERT
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
CONSHOHOCKEN. PA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1923. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
$1.50 A YEAR
PRICE TWO CENTS
Mrs. Catherine McMenamin,
of West Side, Learns That
Her Son Thomas* Believed
Dead, is Alive and Well
LIVING IN LOS ANGELES
Christmas cheer for • > ~• ■«1 Mrs,
Catherine McMenamin, >>f upper
i.•,,, ,i it. Wi si ' :onshoho< ken,
hni bei n bi Ighti nod beyond descrip-tion
through it message she received
last Thursday notifying her thai her
son Tl ins, from who she bad no
Udlnga tor ten years, IS alive and
well. meeting with much success if>
ilio business world of Los An
California.
Wniii was communicated to the
ed woman by another son Valen-tine
who Is In business in
i.us Angel. -■ and who at the present
time has his brother Thomas with
him.
When Interviewed by n RECOR
DER representative, tears welled
the eyes of the aged lady as she sal
:i ii,i poured forth the sad story of
how she mourned the death of her
Mm for years. For ti n years she
had mil heard a word from him. His
letters i" her enclosing money which
were received *t weekly periods >H<I
mil become Irregular, as would '"■
supposed, bul stopped altogether.
u'• i ka turned mto months, and
months Into yens and not a word
<iid she receive from him. The oth-er
sen Valentine, also a resident of
California, was Jusl as much for-saken
and could give his mother no
word of comfort concerning Thomas.
Mis whereabout were a mystery.
With no apparent cause for iiis ac-tion
iiis brother was of the opinion
thai he got among strangers and
had died. With n feeling or pride In
her boy she said "Tom was always
n good boy to me. Never did he
come home to see me when he lived
In Philadelphia (and that was once
a week i that he did not give me ■
ten dollar gold piece. He was al-ways
particular about his dress and
some people thought hlni proud, bul
he was not He simply neglected to
write until the time had gone so
long he was ashamed of himself
Certainly I forgive him and have
so written him."
The history of Thomas McMenam-in
Is an Interesting narrative. Born
in Wast Conshohocken In txsi, he
lived there until he grew to man-hood.
He attended the public
sohools In the West Borough until
old enough t" learn a trade, when he
entered the .1. is. Stetson hat manu?
facturlng concern in Philadelphia
where he became an expert hatter.
iiis brother Valentine also learned
the same trade.
Believing there was more for a
young man In the West than in the
East, in May. 1906, Valentine left to
seek a future along the Pacific
Coast. He worked his way to Cali-fornia,
meeting with wonderful ex-periences
hut determined to make
his mark. He finally reached Ta-coma,
Washington, and embarked In
the hat manufacturing business for
himself He wrote back of his sue-i'
R and the next year Thomas Mc-
Menamin left to Join his brother.
For simie years the two prospered
and about 1912 Thomas came East
on a visit. He rental i for a tew
months and then returned to Ta-llinn,
lie remained with his broth?
er Valentine only a short time after
his return and decided to go to Loi
Angeles and engage In other pur-suits.
The two separated in 1913
and thai was the last Thomas was
seen or heard from until a few days
ago,
lie was given UP as dead and
mourned by the members of his
family.
in the early part of December, a
woman by the name of Mrs. Dick
Cuter, who met the brothers sever-al
limes and sprung up an nc-qualntance
before they separated,
was seated at a table In o restaurant
in i,os Angeles, she too. had not
seen the missing man since he was
sep iro ted from his brother. She
notice.I a man at the next table Who
reminded her "f T McMenamin.
She was not sure it was he, BO in
a load tone sin- remarked to her livo-year
old son. (simply as a ruse) Do
you remember Val. McMenamin. in
an instant the man was on his feet
Extending his hand he asked her if
she was not Mrs. Carter, calling her
by her maiden name as she was un-married
when last they met. He
Immediately asked for his brother
Val. Fortunately Val. had just re-moved
from Tac i to ftos south
Cran avenue Los Angeles, anir ttio
woman accompanied Tom to Tils
brother's stm-c and there followed a
wonderful re-union.
Sorry for the way he acted, Tom.
asked forgiveness from his brother,
which was freely given) The two
brothers remained with each other
and Tom. then unfolded his life,
telling of his prosperity and g 1
health. He weighs ISS pounds,
many pounds heavier than when he
hit here, and asked his brother to
' write home and ask his mother and
sisters to forgive him.-
The aged mother received the let-ter
last Thursday and In it Val. re-luted
that his brother had been all
of the last ten years In Fresno and
I.os Angeles. Part of the time he
was engaged as an automobile sales-man,
part of the time as a salesman
disposing of oil land and with his
(Continued on Page Five)
Unsigned Notices of
Persons In Need Unheeded
Anonymous Communications Receiv-ed
By Mrs. Wilson Cannot Be
Acted Upon
A large number of unsigned let-tera
stating thai certain families' are
in nee.I of assistance has been V*
ceived by Mrs. Wilson, in charge of
local welfare work. These com-munications
arc very annoying and
as the sender falls to sign his or her
name, no action can be taken as the
welfare organisation cannot enter
homes unless it is assured their
services are needed,
Unsigned letters telling of famil-ies
in need may work a great Injury
to the needy by withholding assist-ance
until authentic information is
received by Mrs Wilson.
Assistance will lie glVM every
needy family in town if information
Iven td Mrs. Wilson, at her of-fice.
In the Park House.
Board Demands Many Re-placements
Before Build-ing
Will Be Accepted.—Too
Much Equipment Was Or-dered.
Mau\- replcements «iil have to be
made iii the const tint ion woi k of
the new high school building before
the building will be accepted by the
school board. This was decided by
the buildings and grounds commit-tee
who made an Inspection of the
building on Sunday with the archi-tect
and the general contractors.
All the members of the committee:
Messrs. I'nas, I'iersnn and YOIIIIL;
vv it',i president of the hoard Logan,
made an Inspection of the building
as to Its construction in accordance
with the specifications and gavethe
architect instuctlons to have a num-ber
of replacements made.
The committee objected to tho
heating arrangements tor a largo
class loom With a .northern ApoS-ure.
This room has less radiation
in it than much smaller rooms with
less exposure.
The floor in the boys' lavatory was
found to be too low for propet
draiiuiue and the aichiteoi was in-structed
to have it rep laced. The
windows and heat cabinets, through-out
the building are not tight ami
the flooring In the (lass rooms an'
not properly nailed. The committee
decided the flooring must he renail-ed
and all windows and cabinets
made tight
Much of the cement work is rough
and this is to he smoothed and
cracks filled and finished.
< ili.ject ions were found to the
doors as many would not work
properly and could not be locked.
These are to he repaired, and the
coping on the building, which ts
cracked and rough is to be replaced.
The architect will report to the
Committee when this work is done
and the committee will make anoth-er
inspection before recommending
acceptance of the building to the
hoard.
The committee als ade iiniuiry
as to what hail been done I'm equip-ping
the class rooms with desks and
found that the preceding hoard bad
entered into contracts with N.
Snellenberg A Co., Philadelphia, for
disks and seals ill the amount of
$580».88, the equipment to go into
Hie new high school and in the
Harry street building, A large part
of the equlpmet is being held in
Storage by the company which is
anxious to make deliveries. $32011
of tin- amount of the contract is for
the new high school equipment The
committee finds that too much
equipment has been purchased as it
is intended not to furnish two rooms
in the high school and also tWO
i,mills in the Harry street building.
as when the new buildings ate com-plete.
I and accepted, there will be
ample room for all the students and
tin- tour looms will in- for future ex
I ion and will he furnished when
pill in use. Ill desks ordered will
not p.- required ami the committee
will seek to cancel this part of the
order as there ate no funds available
to pay I'm the equipment for the
Hairy street building,
It is hoped to have the high
school building completed and
read)' for use when schools convene
aftel the Christmas holidays. The
tiist floor class rooms and possibly
sonic on the second floor Of the
Harry street building will soon be
completed at that time.
JOHN McCARTER'S CONDITION
The condition Of John Mcl'aitci,
of Blast Kim street, who is a patient
in Montgomery hospital, N'orristown
was reported at one o'clock this af-ternoon
as being favorable.
McCarter was removed to the In-stitution
lust Thursday after being
kicked in the abdomen by a horse.
Yesterday he underwent an oper-ation
and it was disclosed that the
man's liver hail been punctilio.!.
Hairing unforseen developments
ho is expected to fully recover.
SHOT STRAY DOG
A stray dog that had been acting
In a strange manner for several
hours on West Fourth avenue yes-terday,
was shot shortly after two
o'clock by Officer Harrington.
KILLED BY Tlil
Fatal Accident To Charles
Maticola, In New Jersey-
Early Yesterday Morning •
Laurence Ramey Died
THREE OTHER DEATHS
Charles Maticola, aged IS years, a
hauling contractor residing at Sev-enth
avenue and Maple street this
borough, was Instantly killed at 11
o'clock yesterday morning by being
struck with a Philadelphia .*. Read
ing Railway train at Hell's ltoad
crossing, Mt, Bphram, about six
miles belOW f.imden, N. J.
Maticola was engaged In hauling
sand lor a cement contractor by the
name of Kelly at Mt. F.phrnm. was
crossing the tracks when an east-bound
passenger train struck the
machine,
The machine was thrown to the
sine of tin road and Mnticora pm-ned
beneath the wreckage. His
skull was crushed, both legs broken
and his body crushed. He was dead
when rescued and the ho.ly was re-moved
to the morgue at Canulon.
The body was brought to this bor-ough
las evening for hurlal but the
funeral arrangements have not as
yet been completed.
Resides bis wife In- is survived by
a number of grown-UP children.
Laurence Ramey
Laurence Itamey died at the hnni ■
of his BOn-ln-laW Walt.;- W. Kisen-berg,
144 Baal sixth avenue, at an
early hour yesterday mottling from
a complication of ailments.
Deceased was uno of the best
kltown and highly respected ' resi-dents
of this vicinity, lie was the
son of the late Benjamin and lCliza
Ramey and was horn at Mechanics-viiie.
Upper Merlon township, sixty-six
years ago ami has resided in
this Immediate vicinity his entire
life-lime. For many years be was
a prominent resident Of West Con-shohocken.
where he took an OCtlVi
interest in the affairs of the bor-ough,
lie served as a Republican school
director for several years.
For many years he was employed
as a grocery salesman. Ten years
ago he removed ftoni West Consho-hocken
to this borough with his
son-in-law and daughter, taking xi|>
his residence at the Sixth avenue
address..
Deceased has hcen In ill health
for several months. lie has lived
retired since last May. Beveral
weeks ugo his condition became
such that hi' was compelled to take
to his bed for several days but he
rallied and was able to be about
again. On Saturday December 8th,
lie was again compelled to take to
his bed and since then he has grown
rapidly weaker until death yester-day
morning.
Deceased was a member of Wash-ington
Camp No. 18, I'. «>• S. of A.,
of West Conshohocken. and of lion
Castle, No. 62, Knights of Golden
Eagle, of this borough,
He Is survived by two sons. Clif-ford
and I.eroy Itamey. both of this
borough, and one daughter. Blsle,
wife of Walter W. F.isonberg. with
Whom he resided, tine sister, Annie.
wit.- of Councilman Joseph Stephens
of this borough, ami one brother,
Benjamin Ramey, of Weal consho-hocken.
also survive.
The funeral will be held from the
residence of his son-in-law. Walter
W. Eisenberg. 144 Bast Sixth ave
nue. on Thursday afternoon. Ser-vices
will be conducted at the house
at 2 o'clock and will be in charge of
ReV. Thomas A. Armour, pastor of
the Methodist (lunch. Interment
will be made in Guiph cemetery.
Daniel Freas
The body dragged from the Schuyl-kill
river at Mont Olure last week,
was Identified on Friday morning
by Clarence Freas. of X.u ristown,
as that of his father Daniel Freas.
for many years a well known resi-dent
of this vicinity.
freas left his boarding house in
Whitemnrsh township several days
ago intending to visit relatives and
friends in Phoenixville and his chil-dren
wen- not aware of his wheic-ahouts.
Heading a description of the man
found floating in the river, Clarence
FreaS, realizing that it tallied with
that of bis father, went to the mor-uiie
and Identified the body, which
In- had removed to his home, 21 ">
West Airy street, Norrlstown,
Deooased is survived by one
daughter. Nellie, wife id' Francis L.
Freas, of this borough, ami three
sons.
Minerva Cobourn
Minerva, tin eight-year-old daugh-ter
or Jeremiah and Matilda Co-bourn,
died at the home of her par-ents,
"Camp Discharge," Lower
Merlon township, where her father
is employed as head farmer for Miss
Marion Middle Wood, tit an early
hour this morning, following an ill-ness
of u short duration. The fun-eral
will take place on Thursday
afternoon at 1.30 o'clock. Interment
will be made in Mount Moritih ceme-tery.
Philadelphia.
Mary J. DeHaven
Mary J., widow of Renamln De-
Haven, a former well-known resi-dent
of this vicinity, died at the
home of her son George W. De-
Haven, 5206 Sheldon street, German-town,
with whom she ' resided, on
I Sunday. Death was due to general
I debilities superinduced by her ad-
1 (Continued on Page Six)
St. Matthew's Student
Given Merit Award
Grace Dowdle Received Honorable
Mention in I. F. C. A.'Essay
Mention
An important meeting of the Ex-ecutive
Hoard, Chairmen,Presidents,
Federation Sisters, Secretaries and
members of Committees of the Penn-sylvania
Chapter I. F, c. A. was
held in the auditorium of the Con-vent
of Mercy School. Rroail street
and Columbia avenue, Philadelphia,
Sunday afternoon. This was tho
first regular meeting since the sum-mer,
and there was a large number
Of representative alumna In attend-ance.
Miss F. Florence Close, of the
Convent of Mercy Alumnae. and
Governor of tiie Pennsylvania chap-ter,
presided. Miss Close set forth
a comprehensive program of ar-rangements
for the sixth biennial
convention of the I. F. C. A. organ-ization
to he held In Philadelphia,
"the ideal convention city." Octo-ber
17-24, 1924, and outlined a sched-ule
of activities for the various
arch-diocesan ahimnae to he in con-nection
with the convention plans,
from the present time until Hie end
of June next year, when the man-agement
hopes all plans and sub-scriptions
will He completed.
A feature of interest at the Pun-day
meeting was the nwarding of
prizes to the winners in the recently
closed essay contest of the I. F. C.
TIE
CULLED TO T
Will Appear After Closing of
Today's Session, Attorney
For Board Objects.— Big
Throng At Court
T. J. STELTZ ON STAND
A., for the 1 ■>24 graduating classes 'servations.
West Conshohocken citizens are
in possession of the county court
house at N'orristown, today, as WhV
Jnesses and interested spectators in
the hearing being held before Judtfe
Williams upon the petition or citi-zens
to oust part of or all or ,Mr
Wist Conshohocken school boars),
Mr. Larselere, attorney for super-vising
principal T. J. Steltz and the
petitioners set forth the allegations
as outlined in the petition for ouster,
and Mr. K'nipe. attorney for the
school board, set forth the allega,-
tions made in the answer of the
board to the petition. Both the pe-tition
and answers were printed in
full in this newspaper when they
were tiled With the court,
Mr. Knipe asked that the petition
for ouster be planed in eidence. Mr.
'l.arzelere objected and after argu-
.ment. Judge Williams allowed the
admission of the petition, with re-of
Catholic Academies and High
Schools in the Arch-diocese of Phil-adelphia.
The subject was "Good
mid Had Form in Modern Dress"
and hundreds Of essays were sub-mitted.
Miss Grace Dowdle, of St.
Matthew's school received honorable
mention and was awarded an at-tractive
bock.
St Matthews 1924 graduating
class received invitations to attend
the meeting and the following mem-bers
were present: Madeline Staley.
sa.iie Rickey, Viola Wacker, Cath-erine
Hayes Catherine Tliwaite and
Grace Dowdle. The local memhers
of alumni who attended included:
.Miss Elisabeth Kelly. president:
Mrs. F i:. Collins Mrs. Thos. F. Mc-
Coy. Miss Isabel McCoy. Mrs. M. A.
McGovem and Miss Alice Gorman.
Addresses Artists On
Chemistry of Paints
J. W. Weber, of Academy of Fine
Arts, Lectured to Local
League
The Conshohocken Art League held
its regular semi-monthly meeting in
the Park House, last evening, with
ti number of representative artists
in attendance. J. w. Weber, of
Philadelphia addressed the meeting.
Mr. Weber is technical director of
the J. Weber Company, prominent
dealers In artists materials, Phil-adelphia:
lecturer on "The chemis-try
of artists paints" at -the Penn-sylvania
Academy of Fine Arts.
Philadelphia, and at the Art Stud-ents
League In New York City, and
Conshohocken was especially privi-leged
in having him address their
meet Ing.
Mr. Weber addressed the meeting
on tho subject which he so efficient-ly
teaches. "The chemistry of art-ists
paints." The lecture was In-tensely
interesting nnd comprehen-sive
in its valunble aid to the artist
and especially to the beginner.
The prominent speaker was se-
Supervising principal T. J. Steltz
was the • tlrst witness called. He
testified that he has hcen supervis-ing
principal of the West finish.i-hocken
public schools for 18 years,
He also testified that on July 1C.
this year, he handed a list of text
hooks and supplies needed for the
coming school term to William J.
Pennlngton, secretary of the school
hoard. He said the list had been
compiled from lists submitted by
Bach teacher and that he summar-ized
the lists, as shown on the min-utes
of tin- hoard meeting of July
23. He said that he never received
iny answer from the Board until
ifter the schools had been in ses-sion
for two weeks. September 21,
he mad. requisition, himself, for the
ho.ks and supplies, and with the
tpproval of the school board.
Judge Williams asked the witness
if'he had at any time taken up tho
matter of the condition of the
schools with the president of the
board, Mr. Steltz answered: "Yes"
and the president said a very bad
condition existed and should be
looked into. Mr. Steltz also testl-lie.
l that there were not sufficient
leathers at the opening of the
schools and because of that, the
pupils of the tlrst. second and third
grades were grouped and the rooms
so crowded that the teachers COUld
not do their work properly.
The witness testified that Mr.
Smith, a member of the school
board, did considerable work in per-son
for the board and en one oecos-ion
rendered a gill for $20.80. speci-fying
time at 6 1-2 hours at Si per
hour tind H 1-1' hours at lit) cents per
hour.
Judge Williams asked the witness
if he did not tell Mr. Smith it was
bad policy for a school director to
do this work?
The witness replied: "I did," nnd
also told him he should keep out or
the school hoard. The witness stat-ed
that he was seldom advised of
what was being done and had to find
out for himself.
On cross examination by Mr.
LODGE TO HOLD
CLASS INITIATION
P. O. of A. to Initiate Class of
Forty-Eight This Evening LEGISLATOR'S TAGS Tonight will he a gala occasion in
the history of Camp No. 27J. Patri-otic
Order ol America, this bor-ough,
When a class initiation will
be held in I'. (). S. of A. ball. Forty-eight
persons will he given tin- de-gree
and the initiatory work will be
performed by the degree team from
Camp No. 815, of Norrlstown.
Prior to tin- initiation there wi
he an election of officers to seive
for the ensuing six months. As
there are no contests lor the various
offices tin election will consume but
a short time. The candidates an .is
follows: President, Qllan Cummins;
vice president, Rebecca Carter;
guard, Anna Blalr; sentinel, BSmma
Woodward; trustee, Mrs. Fannie
Campbell.
Following the business session a
which time a luncheon will be
social period will he held during
served,
Philadelphia Motorist Held
For Reckless Driving and
Operating Car Without
Owner's License
ill SUMMONS FOR FOUR
FOR LATE RECTOR
Parishoners of Calvary P. E.
Church Honor Memory of
Rev. J. Kennedy Moor-house
On Sunday.—A Fine
Tribute.
cured through the efforts of s. cor-don
Smyth. Ju.; Illustrator and luem- j Knipe. the witness was asked if the
her of the League, and greatly In-terested
in its promotion. A num-ber
of other prominent artists are
scheduled to speak at the League
meetings during the winter.
The meetings are open to mem-hers.
their friends ami all Ponsho-
Calvary I'. IB. church was filled to
Its capacity on Sunday afternoon
When a service, commemorating the
memory of the late rector Itev. J.
Kennedy Moorhouse, was held, com-menclng
at 3.30 o'clock.
The s<mmnn was preached by the
Rev. Joseph I'. Morris, rector of the
Print f l'.aee Chapel. Philadel-phia,
and a staunch friend of the
late rector. Mr. Morris took as his
text the tlrst and second verses of
the twelfth chapter of Hebrews. He
spoke of the Christian life lived by
.\li Moorhouse. referring to u num-bet
of the characteristics which
stood out most prominently In his
life and1 which were responsible in a
long measure In endeavoring him to
till with whom he came In contact.
The goodness of his life wns ex-pressed
in his notions during his
college days the same as they wor.»
during ins ministry, according I"
the speaker who was a junior at
college when Mr. Moorhouse was a
senior. In looking over the church
register the speaker took not.- of the
following statistics which showed
part of the duties performed during
his thirteen years as rector of Cal-vniy:
Baptised 449 persons, con-firmed
252. married 1 HI. burled 2(13.
Mr. Morris spoke of the manner In
which he ministered to the sick of
the parish, the help he rendered to
those outside his parish and the
[treat respect held for him wherever
he was known, expressing his belief
that he followed the life as laid by
the Lord as near as it Is possible for
a human life to follow^.
Special music was rendered by a
full vested choir, Mr. Horse, of
Wayne, sang a beautiful solo entitled
"One Sweetly Solemn Thought." EL
Qrey Bteele, organist, played a ipeo-al
selection, while the anthem rend-ered
by the choir was rendered in an
effective manner, the soloists doing
exceptionally well.
James .1. Gallagher, 2ft20 North
Twentieth street. Philadelphia, was
given a hearing before Magistrate
Light, last evening, charged with
state highway patrolman w. G.
Bhope with reckless driving and op-erating
a motor car without an own-ers
license.
The patrolman, who was on duty
nt North Lane and the Hidge pike,
stopped Gallagher, who was accom-panied
by H. \V. F.dsom. 537 Bar-badoea
street, Norrlstown* for driv-ing
his car recklessly and upon In-vestigation,
found that Gallagher
did not have an owner's card but
had a driver's card. The machine
was a Ford coupe and bore the
license tags No. '."ia-lSO. Pa, Gal-lagher
stated at the hearing that he
purchased the car from .lames Crav-en,
who has a I'm.I agency tit 32ii'.l
Kensington avenue, Philadelphia* on
December IS, Gallagher showed a
lease contract of the purchase.
which was regular, and stated that
he was told the license tags went
with the car.
Magistrate Light got Into com-munication
with the State license
I bureau and was informed that tho
license found on the car was Issued
October 8, to Hon. George M. Pratt.
N'orristown. for a Ford touring car.
Mr. Pratt is assemblyman from this
district.
Mr. I'ratt was called on the tele-pone
at 11.SO o'clock last night and
, asked If the flcense tags were his.
He said the tags bad been issued to
him and that he hud sold his car. a
Void touting, last Octoner to Wnl-
I ter Price, Twenty-ninth and York
streets, Philadelphia, through a Mr.
Simper salcsmanagei'i Mr. Pratt
slated that the tags were IO be re-.
turned to him but that the pur-chasers
had failed to do so and he
had forgotten about the matter, not
Intending to purchase a car this
yean,
Gallagher was held under $300
hail and his car was sent to Moore's
garage and locked. for a further
bearing next Friday evening, when
he is to explain how he secured the
license tins under which he was op-erating
lus car. Summons were also
issued for Price. Simper .and Craven,
to appear at the hearing.
Patrolman Bhope also lodged in-formation
against four motorists
who will he summoned to appear De-fine
Magistrate Light, Friday even-ing,
for a hearing. Those against
whom charge? have been preferred
arc: John Randolph Wood, Thir-teenth
avenue and Fayette street,
lor operating a car without proper
owner's card; Merritt P. Stickler,
Jr., 688 West Johnson street, Ger-uiantown:
Kvcretl lv frame. 478
Martin street, Roxborough, and
Richard M. Cavlesel, -II Kdgmont
a veini... Ar.lmore. the latter three
being charged With reckless driving.
All the violations were reported
as having occurred at North Lam-am!
Ridge pike.
principal did not loan typewriters
without the consent or the board? i
Mr. Steltz replied that he had
loaned one typewriter but with the
consent of the board.
The witness was asked If he had
not written to members of the school
PICKELL—ORLER
hocken people Interested in the i board to get a position of a eom-splendld
work of establishing an art ' mercial teacher in the schools for his
the town. I daughter? He replied, "yes,"
Membership in the Conshohocken Shortly before noon. Mr. T«nrae-
Art League is open to all our towns-people
who are interested, and wish
to become either active or associate
members.
$6782.65 DISTRIBUTED IN
ESTATE OF ROSE KEYS
lere asked permission of the court
to have all the teachers in the West
Conshohocken schools brought to
court this afternoon. Mr. Knipe ob-jected,
saying it Is not proper to
close the schools. Mr. Larzelere
stated that the teachers would not
.,,.,. , ... 'be needed until after the close of
Adjudications were handed down j (he m.|u)oI Re88i((n nn(, Ju^ wj,.
today by Judge Solly, of the Or- | |hlmB pny.e „„, p„.,njsHion
phans Court in the following es-tates:
Hose Keys, late of Conshohocken. I
'Balance IS782.6S which is awarded.
In varying shares to Mary Pulmer. I
Win, A. Keys. Marion Keys Dellav-gn,
Itose Keys DeHaven and children
'of Ann Rodenbaugh, deceased,
Jesse Johnson, a sumposed de-
. indent. Palanoe $310.87 which is
[-awarded to I.atira A. Johnson.
Robert C, Fraser. late of Lower ,
Merlon. Balance 6161,768.71 which
is awarded to the widow of decend-ellt.
I
William P.. Kent, late of Chelten-ham.
Halance $23"i.l71.L"2 which Is
awarded to the widow of decedent. i
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY
On a warrant sworn out before
Magistrate Ught, Ira Duncan, of
West First avenue. was arrested
last evening and held for a bearing.
the permission asked.
The teachers were summoned to tip-pear
at court after the close of the
Sdhool session.
Mr. Knipe stated that all this
trouble is clue to Mr. Steltz and for
two reasons: first—that he was
elected as supervinlng principal for
only one year, and second—because
the board refused to elect his daugh-ter
to a position ns teacher In the
schools.
There are a large number of wit-nesses
to be heard and the hearing
will take all of today and may pos-sibly
not he concluded until tomor-row,
and there are a large number
of West Conshohocken citizens, of
both sexes. In attendance at the
bearing.
The marriage of Miss Josephine
Orler, daughter of Mrs. Jennie Orler
of est Hector street and HI wood
Picket!, of Bridgeport, was solemn-ized
at the rectory of St. Matthew's
Church yesterday afternoon. The
Ceremony was performed at 4.30 o'-
clock with Rev. Father Hrogan of-ficiating.
The bride woe a beautiful dress
of taupe Canton crepe trimmed with
bead! and wore a large picture hat
to match. Her shower bouquet vv.s
of bridal roses.
Mrs. Harry BchankJ sister of the
bride, acted ;is mat roll of honor and
wore a dress of bladk lace with
silver trimmings.
Harry Cchank acted as best man.
Following a wedding, trip the
COUple will reside on West Hector
Stieet.
CANDY MAKER STRUCK AND
INJURED BY AUTOMOBILE
IS YOUR MONEY
making you a living, or are you Just
living to make money. Make youi
money earn for you. by luking out
share's In the SERVICE Savings A
Loan Assn. 11.06 per month will start
VOU. Francis W. McDcrniotl. Secy.
Ill Favette Stllet
U'-is-2t Advertisemenl
Charles Chester, of Philadelphia,
and emplyed as manager and candy
maker at Candy Land, 511 Fayette
stieet. was knocked down and pain-fully
injured in front of the store
shortly alter four o'clock Sunday
afternoon by an automobile owned
and driven by Horace I'. Krleboli
22:' Bprlng Mill aenue. Chester had
been standing on the opposite side
of Fayette street from the store
talking to a party of friends in an
automobile. The automobile had
started down the street and Chester
started to cross the street to go In-f
In the store, lie evidently did not
notice the Krlehil car coming down
the hill and before the driver could
bring his car to a stop it Struck the
mail, knocked hint down and diag-ge.
i htm a short distance over the
bald surface Of the street.
When picked up Chester was
found to he suffering from a pain-fully
Injured left leg and his clothes
were badly torn,
Chester is stiii confined to his
home in Philadelphia as the result
of his iiijui ies,
CHRISTMAS BARREL
BAD DEBTS
are met with mental dissatisfaction.
Hut shares in the BESRVICE Sav-ings
and Loan Association is a
monthly obligation you will meet
with Joy. Join now. Francis W.
McDedmott, Secy., 114 Fayette St.
12-18-2t Advertisement
Puy your Mechanical arid Elec"- c
Trains at KF.HOK'S. 217 Hcc:,;r
Street. Advertisement
Last night was a most interesting
and enjoyable time for the small
members of the Home Guard when
they packed the annual barrel of
Christmas "things" for the Deacon-mss
Home in Philadelphia, .
F.ach year the children of the
Home Guard, ages from eight to
ten years, bring toys, clothing and
novelties for the burrel for Phila-delphia
children .and they are al-ways
enthusiastic In the work of
this excellent charity. The Home
Guard is under the efflclen. direc-tion
of M|ss Helen Koch.
'
ORDER YOUR CHRISTMAS PIES
early. No order taken after Mon-day
noon. December 24th. Store
will lie closed all day on Christinas.
QUALITY BAKERY, Fifth avenue
and Wells street.
Advertisement.
We carry a 0Complete line of
Coaches, Wagons and Sleds at KE-II'
>E*S, 217 Hector Street.
12-7tfn Advertisement
FRIED OYSTERS
Owing to pressure or liusiness at
our bakery, we will have Pried Oys-ters
on sale only on Saturday even-ings
until further notice. Qt'ALITY
BAKERY, Fifth avenue nnd Wells
street. Advertisement
SHOPPING DAW
TILL J\
ISTMAS