The Conshohocken Recorder, June 10, 1924

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CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1921. SUBSCRIPTION I'RICH
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ELECTS OFFICERS
Permanent Organization Ef-fected
at Harmonville.—
Prominent Speakers
Addressed Meeting
COMMITTEES NAMED
Local Boy, As Caddy,
Struck By Automobile
John Rezcski, East Hector Street, In
Bryn Mawr Hospital Seriously
Injured
The BUCCeBa of Hi-' Harmonville
Fire Company In Plymouth township
is now assured. A permanent or-ganisation
was effected al ■ largely
attended and enthusiastic meeting
held in the Plymouth consolidated
school building Friday evening.
William Little, who was elected
temporary president at the May
meeting, was elected permanent
president <>f the organisation on
Friday evening. The following offi-cers
were also elected: vice presl-j
dent. George Mosely; secretary,
Ralph Hallman; treasurer, Eilias
Slavln; trustees, Walter Cummtnga,
Joseph Markle, Isaac Bheppard; di-rectors,
John Cloud, Robert Jones,
William Wilson. Louis Shoemaker,
Harry Markle, William Arnold, Is-aac
Bheppard.
President Little appointed com-mittees
on by-laws, Charter and
Finance, the following persons being
named:
By-laws—Isaac Bheppard, chair-man;
Ralph Hallman, Ludwig Little.
Charter Isaac Bheppard, chair-man;
Ludwig Little, Kiias Slavln.
Finance- - Ludwig Little, chairman.
George Mosely. Chiiilos Markle,
LoulS Shoemaker, Klias Slavin.
Harry Minkle. Joseph Markle. LOO
Dempsey, Robert Jones. Walter
Cummlnga, Jesse Shore, H. Bewell.
AH of the committees will begin
to function immediately. The char-ter
committee will start Immediately
on the work of having an application
presented to the Court to have the
new organisation Incorporated as
soon as possible.
The finance committee will lunch
a campaign for new members ns
well as solicit subscriptions to pro-euro
a suitable' house anil equip-ment.
Men i nineiit in firemen's Circle
In this nnil adjoining counties were
presenl and encouraged the members
of the new organization with stii-rlng
speeches, all of whloh were In-teresting
and instructive. Among
those who addressed themeeting were
William Muldrew, president of the
tfontgomer] County Firemen's As-sociation;
A. c. Llvergood, Norria-town,
secretary of the Montgomery
County Firemen's Association; ex-
Chlef Balay, of the Coatesvllle Fire
Department; Captain Median, of the
Philadelphia Fire School, and Frank
McDonald, secretary of the Chester
County Firemen's Association.
The next meeting of the new tiro
company will ho held In the Ply-mouth
Consolidated school on Fri-day
evening, June 80th, at which
time reprots will be submitted by
the various committees appointed
last Friday evening.
Miss Ella Long Bride
of Norristown Man
Wedding In Calvary P. E. Church.—
Reception at Bride's Home
A pretty wedding look place In
Calvary P. i'.. church .Saturday af-ternoon
at lour o'clock, when Miss
Bills May Long, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John L. Long, US West Elev-enth
avenue, became the bride of
Hussell Smith, son of Mr. ami Mrs,
John Smith, of West Lafayette
street. Norristown.
Rev. Stanley West, pastor of Cul-vaiy
P. 10. church, performed the
marriage ceremony, which was pre-ceded
by a musical program by Or-ganist
Shaw.
Miss Long was attended by Miss
Mary A. Hammond, of ir>i West
Eleventh avenue. Mr. Smith's at-tendant
being Ills brother, Joseph
Smith, of Norristown.
The bride's gown was white can-ton
crepe. In draped effect, beauti-fully
trimmed In Duchess lace, the
left side being held In place with
white rose htiils, while the right Bide
was caught with seed pearls. lace
falling In panels from either side.
Bhe wore a matching picture li.it.
trimmed effectively with white sweel
peas anil carried a shower boui|Uet
of bridal loses and sweet peas from
which hung narrow white satin rlb-mons.
'White satin slippers and
while silk stockings completed the
charming bridal costume.
The bridesmaid wore a .gown of
honeydew Canton crepe, effectively
draped, and a matching picture hat
of honey dew Crepe, trimmed With
lace and black velvet streamers.
Black satin slipper and black silk
stockings completed ber lovely cos-tume.
Bhe carried a bouquet Of
Ophelia roses.
The briile's mother was attired In
natural color pongee trimmed in
silk* lace. A black silk hat, black
■Uppers ami stockings were an ef-fective
contrasting note.
On her wedding trip the brlile
wore a travelling suit of Unlit gray,
a small black hat and black slippers
und stockings.
Following the ceremony, an In-formal
reception was held at the
home of the bride's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith left on an ex-tended
automobile trip through Can-ada.
Upon their return they will
reside at IK" West Klcvonth avenue.
Mrs. Smith Is popularly known in
Conshohocken and Is active In Cal-vary
church and ('.iris' Friendly So-ciety.
Mr. Smith is connected with
the Alan Wood Iron & Steel Com-pany.
John ReseakI, aged fifteen years,
residing with his parents on ! lector
streel below Cherry, is a patient In
Bryn Mawr hospital With his right
leg so badly crushed that amputa-tion
is likely and internally injured
with his body ami i.iee badly bruised
as the result nl" being struck by .in
automobile on Montgomery avenue
ne.n- the Gulph Mills Coif course
While acting as a caddy on Saturday
a fternoon.
Reseskl was crossing the avenue
in search of a member of the golf
club who had engaged him as a
caddy when lie was struck by a
limousine In which wen- a group of
Boy Scouts on their way to a camp
at Jeffersonvllle,
Hr. Arthur Hillings, head surgeon
at Bryn Mawr hospital, who was
playing on the course at the time
was called from the game to give
the suffering hoy flrsl aid, The sur-geon,
using a putter which he car-ried
as he ran from the links and
the sleeve of a sport shirt, formed a
tourniquet which he applied to the
leu' that slouched the How of blood
and probably prevented the hoy from
blooding to death. Dr. Hillings Im-mediately
placed the injured lad in
his automobile and drove to P.ryn
Mawi hospital, while his condition
is still locardod as serious.
F
TO
James McCabe, One of Bor-ough's
Most Prominent
Residents, Died Sudden-ly
Sunday Night
IN ILL HEALTH 2 YEARS
Boys of Yesteryear to Show
Skill With Aggies as Cur-tain
Raisers For Big Event
on Thursday.—Final De-tails
For Fair and Circus.
Final details for the big fair and
ClrcUS to he Staged on the athletic
field the last three days of this
week in aid of the Conshohocken
Community Center wore completed
at a meeting of the general commit-tee
held in the Park House last ev-ening
and everybody interested is
waiting for the opening whistle.
Some new features have been add-ed
to the program of entertainment
and ehief among these is the big
marble contest between the boys of
yesteryear which will be staged as
the curtain raiser for Thursday af-ternoon.
Included in the array of
aggie shooters who made history
years ago will be a number men
prominent In the business life of the
borough, who while they have grown
old and stiff and have not I n on
their knees for years except to of*
fer Supplications, However, if any
are t lecreplt to kneel nt the
ling, they will be permitted to play
in a "plump."
The old young fellows who have
been signed up to enter the contest
include Francis Collins, Samuel
Meredith, Israel Hart, John Kearns.
.lames ii. Ray, Frank Tracy. Ed-mund
.1. ItalTcrty and David M.
Hayes.
The contest will be started at four
o'clock and is simply to demonstrate
which of the old hoys retains his
cunning to the greatest decree and
there Is no likelihood of nny being
entered for National Jonors. The
contest is attracting much interest
and will bo witnessed by a large
crowd.
All of the various committees re-ported
at last night's general meet-
Ing and they are ready for the open-ing
gun. The Grounds Committee
will have all the booths und stands
ready for the decorations to tomor-low
provided the weather remains
favorable. The section underneath
the grandstand will he cleaned up
and put in spick and span condition
ready for the exhibits ami the grand
opening will take place as scheduled
on Thursday afternoon. The big
circus tent is expected at nnv time
and will be erected immediately
upon its arrival and the first show
will he held at :! o'clock. Thei o will
be three shows on Thursday and
Friday and on Saturday there will
be four performances.
The committee in Charge of the
exhibits announce that all fancy
work must be entered at the Park
House Wednesday evening fiom
seven to ten o'clock or on Thursday
afternoon from two to five o'clock.
All baking exhibits must be at the
grounds b.v twelve o'clock noon on
Saturday as the Judging will take
place promptly at one o'clock.
The Music Committee announced
that the State Hospital Hand of
eighteen pieces would be present at
the fair and circus on Saturday af-ternoon
and early evening.
The Cafeteria Committee repotted
that the cafeteria would be operated
by the proprietor of the Lee Cafe;
terlo and that the profits would bo
divided seventy-live and tWenty-tlvo
per cent, frith the committee receiv-ing
the larger share.
The Committee In charge of the
jinnies reported that a truck load of
the little animals would be on hand
as an attraction for the children
during the afternoons and evenings.
Nine big acts of the circus, giving
some of the greatest thrills of n
life-time. promise a variety of
amusement calculated to please the
most exacting persons.
Everything is ready for the open-ing;
every one is hustling for the
Cause and every effort will be made
to make the three days' fair suc-cessful
in every particular. If you
cannot be present yourself .send a
substitute to swell the crowd.
James, husband Of Catherine Me
Cabe, died suddenly at his home,
188 West Third avenue, shortly be-fore
midnight Sunday, following
a complication oi ailments.
Deceased was the son of the late
Terrance and Julia McCabe and was
horn in this borough forty-eight
years ago. He spent his entire life
here.
When but fifteen years of age he
entered the employ of the Philadel-phia
A Reading Railway company.
and has been in the service of the
company ever since. For many years
he was engaged as an engineer.
Deceased was one of the best
known residents of this borough. Of
a pleasing and genial personality he
made many friends and knew how to
retain them. He was a devout mem-ber
of St. Matthew's church and ac-tive
ill all its affairs. He was a
member of the Holy Name and St.
Vincent Do Paul societies. and of
Conshohocken Lodge, Knights of
Columbua He was also a director
of the Conshohocken Realty Corpor-ation
and of the Matsonford Build-ing
.\- Loan Association.
Deceased enjoyed excellent health
until about two years ago when he
suffered from an attack of heart
trouble. Complications developed
and he was unable to follow his vo-cation
for several months. About
six months later he resumed his
duties but was unable to Continue,
although not Confined to his home.
Mis condition improved and lie again
resumed his duties about two weeks
ago and after several days was again
compelled to lay off the early part of
last week. On Sunday morning he
attended St.Matthew's church and af
tor returning to his home suffered a
severe attack. However, his condi-tion
was nut considered precarious,
About 11 o'clock Sunday evening
his wife gave him a dose of medicine
hut shortly afterward she was
awakened by her husband's moaning.
She spoke to him but received no re-ply,
A physician was Immediately
summoned but before he arrived
Mr. McCabe had expired.
Besides his wife deceased Is sur-vived
by the following brothers and
sisters: Thomas, of Norristown;
John, Mrs. Michael lltishen and
Mrs. Jennie Campbell, all of West
Conshohocken.
The funeral will take place from
his late home on Thursday morning
at nine o'clock. Solemn High Mass
of Requiem will be celebrated in st.
Matthew's church nt 10.00 o'clock.
Interment will he made in St. Mat-thew's
cemetery.
FUNERALS
The funeral of Henry Lelghtham
was held yesterday morning with
services in St. Matthew's church at
0.30 o'clock. High Mass of Requiem
was celebrated by Rev. James shea.
who also gave the absolution of the
body anil preached the sermon. Mrs.
Margaret Ksmond Quinn sang a sa-cred
solo at the conclusion of the ser-vices.
Interment was made In St.
Matthew's cemetery.
CHURCHES CELEBRATE
PENTECOST SUNDAY
Special Music In Churches For
Pentecost
I'ontecost or Whitsunday was
celebrated in the various churches
on Sunday with elaborate ceremon-ies.
Solemn High Mass was sung at
the 10.311 Mass in St. Matthew's
church by Rev. Father Grubh, of
the church of the visitation, Phila-delphia!
a newly ordained priest.
Father Orabb was assisted by Rev.
.lames Shea as deacon and Rev.
Janus Brogan as sub-dacon. The
special music sung by the choir was
under the direction of the organist,
Miss Rose Hoey. solos being sum.
by Mrs. John Quinn, Miss Alice
MoConiglc and Miss Kvelv n Mallen.
The sermon was delivered by Itev.
Dr. Philip Gallagher D.D., 1.1..D. w*o
spoke on the visit oi the Holy Qhost
to the Apostles and concluded his
sermon b.v congratulating Itev. Fath-er
Orulib on his recent ordination.
Beautiful cut Dowers decorated the
altars.
Holy Communion Service was
held in Calvary Dplscopal church on
Sunday morning with special music
for Pentecost Sunday. .Miss' EHfxa
Hall was soloist In the morning nnd
evening.
Special ceremonies were hold in
St. Marys Polish church In obSI r-vance
of Whitsunday, also the ad-ministration
of First Holy Commun-ion,
at which seventy-one boys nnd
girls wore the recipients of the Holy
Sacrament. The ceremonies were
marked with a procession of sixteen
small girls, representing angels, at-tired
In baby blue and carrying bas-kets
Of white roses and carnallons.
Key. Father Ozlminskl administered
tin Sacrament.
Services appropriate to Pentecost
Sunday were also held in SS. Cosmos
and Damlan Italian church, includ-ing
a special musical program and
sermon.
Baby Coaches and Co-Carts re-tired
at KEHOE'S, 217 Hector St.
Advertisement
Boys Arrested For
Breaking Switch Lamps
Sergeant O'Donnell Caught Five Five
Boys Destroying Railroad
Property
Five boys, residents of ConnaOght-town.
and each about 14 years of
were arrested yesterday by Ser-geant
O'Donnell hf the Reading
Railway police chanted with break-ing
switch lamps ifn the liymotith
branch. The boys are: Joseph and
Edward McKarskiJ Thomas Bon-shevlc,
Edward i.iflin and Joseph
iiaines. They werJ given a hearing
before Magistrate Light last even-ing
and charged with malic ions mis-chief,
Bach was Jequlred to pay
the cost for the reoair of the broken
lamps and the costs of prosecution.
The Railway has Issued orders to
the police to arrest all trespassers
on railroad properly. This Is done
as a protection to the travelling
public.
Many From Here Complete
Their Course in Higher In-stitutions.—
Exercises Be-ing
Held This Week-
Bright Futures For All.
Conshohocken is well represented
this year in the graduating classes
of the various colleges throughout
the Bast. No less than nine ,,[ the
favorite sons and daughters of the
borough are among those to receive
college diplomas and all rank high in
standing of their respective classes.
A number have already secured ex-cellent
positions nnd will assume
their duties In the world Immediate-ly
following then graduation.
Among the first to complete their
college course was Meredith Shu-pert,
of Plymouth township, He
martriculatod at Dickinson College
and received his A. R. degree at the
commencement exercises which were
held last Tuesday. \\f Is a gradu-ate
of the Conshohocken high school.
Misses Kathryn Roberta of West
Fourth avenue, nnd Lenore shoe-maker,
Crawford avenue. West Con-shohocken,
completed their four-year
term at Wilson College, Cham-bersburg.
I'a., with the commence-ment
exercises which are being held
today. Both young .Indies completed
the general teachers' course and
both have been elected to teach ill
the local junior high school next
term. Both were members of the
lUL'li graduating class of the Con-shohocken
high school. The famil-ies
nf both of these graduates are
attending the commencement exer-cises.
Miss Miriam Dellaven, daughter
of Burgess DeHaven, is among the
graduates who arc today receiving
their diplomas at Hood College,
Frederick, Mel. She has successfully
completed a four-year general
teachers' course and also a course In
languages. Iturgess Dellaven and
daughter Miss Rose left on Sunday
to attend the ceremonies loading up
to the commencement which will be
hold tomorrow. Miss Dellaven was
also a member of the 1020 gradu-ating
class of the local high school.
William C. I'ierson. of East Ninth
avenue, and William Shore, of
Spring Mill avenue, are numbered
among the graduates of I'onn State
College, Class of 11(24. Mr. I'ierson
has completed the course of Indus-trial
Chemistry and Mr. Shore com-pletes
the course of industrial En-gineer.
The commencement Is be-ing
held today. Mrs. William S.
I'ierson and Miss Kuth I'ierson are
attending the exorcises. Mr. Plorson
has accepted a position • with the
Philadelphia Suburban and Electric
Company plant at Jenkintown, and
win assume his duties Immediately
Mr. Shore will associate himself
with the Western Electric Company
and will leave Immediately for the
company's plant nt Chicago.
Carl Koch, of Blast Seventh ave-nue,
a member of the 1920 graduating
Class of the local high school, will
graduate next week from the Uni-versity
of Pennsylvania, completing
the chemical engineering course.
Harry Merkle, of Eleventh avenue
and Harry street, another member
Of the 1920 class of the local high
school. Is B member of, the gradua-ting
class of iiohart College, Geneva,
x. v.. the commencement exercises
of which will be hold next week.
Andrew O'Neill, of the Consho-hocken
Pike, has completed the
general preparatory course at La-
Salle College, Philadelphia, and re-ceived
his diploma at the com-mencement
exercises held on Bun-day
evening.
Miss KUa Fairlle, East Third ave-nue,
II member of the 1922 gradu-ating
class of the local high school,
has completed the two-year course
In physical education at Temple
University, Philadelphia, and will
receive her diploma at the com-mencement
exercises this week.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE
MEETING TONIGHT
A mooting of the Officials and rep-resentatives
of the Sunday School
League will be held this evening in
the Park House at 7.45 o'clock, when
final plans will be made for the
Opening Of the league and all regu-lations
adopted.
It Is Is hoped to have all player
lists in this evening and President
McKlhatton will make an effort to
open tno league the middle of next
week. ,
NEW PRINCIPAL FOR
IT IE SCHOOL
8 Weeks Old Baby
Ftund on Church Steps
Infant Wrapped in Blankets Aban-doned
in Norristown
William H. Brown, of Spring
City, Elected at Salary of
$2000 Per Year—In
Charge Next Term
MR. M0SER TO GO WEST
William ii. Hrow ni of Spring City,
has been elected ■ a per vis:ng prin-cipal
of the West Conshohocken
public school and will assume his
llevv duties at the oponin.; of tic
now term in (September. The prin-cipal-
elect will receive $2000 for the
term of ten months.
Mr. I bow n is a graduate of 1'r-sinus
College, Class of 1918. and is nt
present lime principal of the school
at Tullv tow n. Bucks county.
Clyde Moser. of this borough, who
has been supervising principal of
the West Conshohookon school since
early in April, was not an applicant
for the position for next term, lie
firmly entrenched himself In the
i; I grao I of both faculty and
pupils during his brief stay and the
fact that he made no application for
re-election was a matter of deep
regret by the Board of Directors.
This, however, was Impossible be-cause
he had already piade .an en-gagement
for next term previous to
his election on the West Side.
Mr. Moser was elected several
weeks ago as a teacher ill English
in the Hoys' Preparatory school,
Indianapolis, Intl. lie will also as-sist
with the athletics of the school,
which pron.ses to be one of the
pleasing features of his new posi-tion.
Mr. Moser has been Identified
with athletics all his life, being one
of the best turned out of I'rsinus
College and since his college days
has been a member of Conshohocken
teams, both In foot ball and base
ball. His tactics have always been
clean and gentlemanly and he has
been a credit to the town.
\ blue-eyed, eight-weeks obi boy
is found on the Steps hading to
.he choir ion of the Bethany Evan
gellcal church. Marshall and Sw< le
streets Norristown, at midnight,
Sunday.
The i,aby is now in Montgomery
Hospital while police are trying to
locale its parents. It was found on
the steps by Dr. Calvin Eroh, of C06
Swede Street, and was wrapped in
blankets and an abundance of cloth-ing.
<m one article of the clothing
was the initial M, apparently sewed
on tin- garment by an ameteur dress
maker.
Dr. Eroh was awakened Bundaj
night by a noise in his side alley hut
thinking it was some one at the par-sonage
next door, In- did not pay any
particular attention to the noise. A
few minutes later he was startled
by the breaking of milk bottles, Then
be heard the cries of an Infant.
Thinking that the cries wore coming
from Swede and Marshall Streets,
I>r. Broil did not Investigate
When the cries continued Dr. Kroh
went Into the side alley which ad-joins
his property and saw the bun-dle
on the steps. Upon ascertaining
that the bundle ntalned a live baby
Dr. Eroh called to Key. p. I, Rom
burger, pastor of tthe church and
notified city Hall. Officer Mulhol-land
answered the call and took the
child to Montgomery Hospital.
The child has a palid complexion
and is undernourished.
Alliance Closes Season
And Elects Officers
Organization Had a Notable Year's
Activities
A representative number of mein-b.'
is were in attendance at the reg-ular
monthly business meeting of St,
Matthews Womens Alliance in the
Parish ball last evening, and which
was also the final meeting of the
sesSOn for St. Matthew's organiza-tion.
Several Important questions were
dlSCUSBed relative to the charities of
the society ami Other matters. The
annual reports were read by the dif-ferent
chairman of the various com-mittees,
all of them excellent re-ports
and marking trio progress of
the activities throughout the year,
which terminated with splendid suc-cess.
In the absence of Miss AgnCS
O'Neill the recording secretary, Mrs.
Charles Jones recorded the minutes
of tin- meeting. Miss Bella McCoy
read her reports on Civics, followed
by two timely selections from Cur-rent
Opinion on the prospective
presidential nominees, Miss Mae
Mallen gaVd I detailed report of the
year's BOClal service activities which
was a splendid record. Mrs. John
Quinn's work as chairman of enter-tainment
of tin- local Alliance was
highly commended, as was also tno
report of the membership commit-tee
by Mrs. George Shaw. Miss Ma-rio
Tracy read a report of the annua1
meeting of the Allinni f the Arch-
DlOCese, hold In Philadelphia. May
29th. in which she said St. Matthews
Alliance bad received marked not-ice
for their progressive activities.
Five lessons in Civic Catechism wry,-
given out by Mrs, John Dorr, the
members thoroughly enjoying the
class work of question and answer.
Then followed election of officers,
Which featured the meeting. Mrs.
Charles Jonen chairman of the nom-inating
committee, presented the
ticket with the names of the pre-siding
ofioers of the present year,
which was Immediately accepted and
the Mowing officers were re-elected
unanimously. President, Mrs. F. 10.
Collins; vice presidents 1, 2, 3, Mrs.
II. I0. Mnlloy Mr.''. John Tolo and
Miss Alary Kogarty; Recording sec-retary.
Miss Agnes O'Neill; cones
ponding secretary, Mrs. Thus. K.
McCoy; treasurer, Miss Elizabeth
Kelly.
After a reading of | ins by -Mrs
M. A. Mcdovein. the Summer Sew-
Ing for st. Mary's Orphanage was
given out and the meeting adjourned
for the season. There will be a
closing social meeting of the Society.
Monday evening June 23, for which
a program already has been planned.
F,
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Officers Elected at Annual
Meeting.—Association Gives
$186.40 to District For
Gymnasium Equipment —
150 Members.
The June meeting, known offici-ally
as the annual meeting of tho
Conshohocken Home and School as-sociatlon
was held last evening1 In
the high school auditorium,
No definite speaker was encaged
as this annual meeting; is set aside
for election of officers and to hear
the reports of the various commit-tees
as provided for in the consti-tution.
The nominating committee
reported the following nominees:
President, rayon Hunsbcrgei", first
vice-president. Oscar I'reas: second
vice-president, Mrs. Samuel McCord:
secretary. Miss .Maude Bagel I and
Mrs, Robert Kley; treasurer, Mrs.
Benjamin D. Koch. Miss Sagebcoi
withdrew her name in favor of Mrs
ffilzey and a motion was mad.- that
the secretary cast the ballot.
The election of officers over! Hie
lower grade children entertained the
audience, A musical playlet entitled.
"Milk for the Whole World.'' was
given by the pupils of Miss Schwartz's
room. Two musical and dance quar-tettes
followed. olive l.ee of the 7th
grade acted "Seeing Things nt
Nii;bt." phasing the audience pres-ent
by her clever manner of c locu-tion.
Phyllis Light recited James
Whltcomb Rlley's "Dittie orphan
Annie" in such a natural effective
manner that brought forth much
applause.
The remainder of the evening's
program was given over to the
reading of tthe various reports of
committtoes and to a general re-view
of the past and a preview of
the future'.
Miss i.iilio stoole the regular sec-retary
was unable lo make a report
sine., she has been hanicapped dur-ing
the' past few months with illness.
Mrs. Benjamin D Koch gave the
treasurer's report as follows:
(ic i. x L92S. Balance em
hand. 110.28
Received in delinquent dues (13.76
Received In duos to date 119.76
Received from Mrs. ESlsey for
loan to rummage Bale $15.00
Proceeds foi Rummage Sale $166.40
VOCAL PUPILS TO
GIVE RECITAL
The vocal pupils of Miss Madeline
It. Daly will give their annual re-cital
In the K. of C. ha". Tuesday
evening, June 17. An excellent pro-gram
of solos, duetts and choruses
will be presented by the pupils, as-sisted
by Miss Kloanor Quinn, piano
and Miss I'lorence Ilaenlo. violin.
Miss Quinn and Miss llaenle nro
members of the Matinee Musical
Club of Philadelphia,, and both have'
been heard here before with great
appreciation, and tin' program prom-ises
to be a splendid musical presen-tation.
Umbrellas repaired and covered at
KEHOE'S. 217 Hector St.
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READ THE RECORDER, S1.50 YR.
Total Receipts (116.16
Paid to janitors $1700
Paid to Mrs. Williams for re-lic
■shments . $2!>.31
Paid for 109 glasses * 6.00
Paid for mimeograph paper $ 6.27
paid to it rder-printlng $ 4.76
Paid to Miss Anderson for play
material * 3 24
Paid to Mrs. Klzey to finance
rummage sale $15.00
Total Expenses $75.57
Balance on ha ml $230.50
Amount to bo paid to school
board $1XG.40
Cash balance in Treasury $11.10
Mr. Bryon K. Hunsberger, presi-dent
for the past two years and again
honored with the presidency for his
third year made a re -port from his
standpoint, He stated how he had
repeatedly Indicated his reluctance
to accept the nomination. He further
pointed out that since his nomination
was unanimous he felt that ho couhl
not shirk "the call to duty."
President Hunsberger showed that
the greatest problem tor the future
homo and school organisations was
the getting of citizens to become
members, citizens, teachers;.school
directors should all belong to nnd at-tend
the Association, which Is an
"open forum" In school questions.
He said that for this season it would
he much better and far more effec-tive
if no subordinate employee of
the public schools be the president.
Not only parents but all citizens are
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Exhibit of Pre-War "Stuff'
In Trial of Glenside Rob-bery.
— Confession of
Theft—Other Cases
SIX MONTHS FOR ATTACK
Warm words between the oppos-ing
counsel, the exhibit of 13 hot -
ties e,f "pre-war" stuff and the
choice between $11,000 of liquor and
(6000 worth of high grade see urlties
by the alleged hand of burglars
featured 11 • < - trial yesterday after-noon
before .India- Miller of Austin
Qreeit, Jr. of Philadelphia, on the-charge
of burglary and larceny and
receiving. Qreer, ii la alleged planned
the robbery of the house of e'rowes-dale
Knot! at Olenslde In the hopes
of securing Knott's assortment of
liquor.
The robbery was carried out and
the burglars after securing the liq-uor
and the bonds discarded the lat-ter
throwing them Into the yard of
the home where they were found
the following day. The robber] oc-curred
on the evening of December
82nd I92S.
s iveral times during the trial little
episodes arose which were
"quelled" from the bench, both Me
Avoy, appearing for Oreer and i\
Lane Bean, special prosecuting at-torney
taking exception to some' re-marks
which were made.
The first witness called by the
commonwealth was Mr, Knott, Ha
testified as to having the store of
liipior In his home and bow Ibe de-li
indant on several occasions had vis-ited
his home. He enlarged his
testimony by saying that on tho
return of Mrs. Knott on the night
of the alleged robbery she had found
the rear door broken and an attempt
made1 at "Jimmying" it. <>n exmina-tiou
of the property on his return.
he having been summoned home by
his yife, he' found the liquor niine1 anil
the bonds missing.
His further testimony was to the
effect that he secured Information
which led to believe that Oreer was
Implicated In the robbery and that
ho had gone to his office in llolnn's-burg
and confronted him. Later
Qrcei is illeged to have confessed
ills Complicity in the Crime and im-plicated
si\ other men who were all
arrested but one.
After several visils lo Oreer Knott
says that 13 bottles of the stuff were'
returned and on that occasion Crier
Was arrested *
The second witness was -Mrs.
Knott who testified substantially
along the same lines as did Miss
Anna Knott, a daughter. After tno
conclusion of the hitter's testimony
Officer Patrick ftfcKee, of the Ablng-tc.
n Police Department was called
anil told of his being called In
Knott home, his investigation and
the subsequent arrest of Qreer. He
told of the hearing before Magis-trate
Williams of Abington and the
statement made by Qreer In which
ho admitted his part.
Gordon D. Noble, the next door
neighbor of the Knotts told of seeing
a truck in the yard on the evening
of the robbery and later being called
to the Knott home by Mrs. Knott.
At 'his point Officer McKee brought
the 13 bottles Into court and Ihey
well' placed on the witness stand
and identified.
A. Roland Qarber who took the
siat.in,ni of Oreer at the police
station told of the confession ns
made by Qreer and the transcrip-tion
of it. He Identified the slute-im
nl and the signature's of the nuik-er
and witnesses. Magistrate Wil-liams
was on the' stand when court
adjourned for the clay.
Pleas of Guilty
John McCormlok, pleading guilty
before Judge Solly of Operating a
motor vehicle, while under the Influ-ence
of liquor, was ordered to ap-pear
Saturday morning when dispo-sition
will he made of the case
Raymond Beasley
Raymond Beasley, alias Qeorgii
\v. Poster, pleaded guilty to attempt-ed
statutory rape before Judge Bolly
the girl in question being a seve n
year old resident of hioiirtovvn. Hen-rietta
iiinkey. Beasley stopped the
child and made an assault, but did
not complete his designs with the
result that the sentence ill tin' char;"
of rape was suspended and In' WHS
sentenced on the charge' of Indecent
assault. lie was sentenced to pay H
fine of $50 the costs and to serve
six months In Jail.
Ellge Pippens
Klico Pippens a young negro of
Bryn Mawr, transported a gallon at
"white mule" from Philadelphia and
when within a few feet of his home
was stopped by Officer Miller of the
Lower Merlon Police. Pippi'lis whi'll
questioned attempted to make a gel-away
and was shot twice by Miller.
Hi' was in the Bryn Mawr hospital
for a period of five we, l<s and ap-peared
III court with his left arm in
splints and a decided limp in the
left lag. He pleaded guilty before
judge Soiiy ami was sentenced to a
fine of si" the coats and 80 days in
Jail, dating from May 19th.
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FINAL MEETING OF THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The final meeting of the Consho-hocken
chamber of Commerce will
be held in the Park House on Thurs-day
evening.
Bicycle repnhing nnd bicycle sun-dries
at KEHOE'S 217 Hector St.
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