The Conshohocken Recorder, February 11, 1960

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SPRI.-.CPORT. MICHIGAN
COMPLIMENTARY
90th ANNIVERSARY
Edition
Thurs., Feb. 25, 1960
The New Conshohocken
Council Cut to 7,
2 Wards Added
In Court Ruling
Establishment of two new wards in Conshohocken was
upheld and a reduction in the number of Borough Council-men
from 15 to seven — one for each of the wards — was
ordered by the Montgomery County Court today.
The decision came after argu-l
menls were heard by the (our Judges]
last Friday and again on Monday.
Three of four exceptions filed on
behalf of the Borough by Solicitor
Francis T. Dennb were dlnmli*rd
by the Court but a fourth was sus-tained
on ground* a recommenda-tion
to change boundaries In two
other wards was not done properly.
The two new wards were cre-ated
from a division of the Fourth
and Fifth wards of Conshohocken, j
In accordance with recommends-1
tlon of a commission appointed!
Sept. 23. 1959.
The commuttilon also had recom-'
mended a change in the dividing
line between the First and Second
wards, but the Court sustained an
exception to this because no notifi-cation
had been given and no op-portunity
given resident* of those
wards to attend a public hearing
on that specified question.
At a bearing Friday, no objec-tions
were heard concerning the re-duction
In number of Councilmen.
Under the five-ward government,
there have been three councilmen i
from each ward.
Only witness to testify on Fri-;
day, Alexander P. Volpe, a borough
auditor and president of the Jun-ior
Chamber of Commerce, said he "Wk ■•__ sfil.iT« «. ~—
believed a more efficient operation fOllPP I ITTlP.Pr
of borough business would be possi- * V11VV V111VV1
ble with a smaller group.
Volpe said boundaries established
for the two new wards would give
the areas representation under the
present Council until the number
could be reduced, through explra-!
H. (TANE LANGLEY
. . . Lotto Cop
Tank' Langley
Athlete Is Elected
By Borough Council
Harrison M. (Tank) Langley. for-
Uon of terms at the end of next | mer conshohocken High school ath-
J'<"f- lele and clemaon University player,
Police Salaries
Increased in
Conshohocken
Street Workmen
Also Paid More;
Holidays Scheduled
A tentative budget of $335,375.10,
based on the same 34-mlll tax rate
of last year, which Includes sal-ary
increases for police and borough,
workmen and purchase of new
equipment, was approved unani-mously
by Conshohocken Borough
I Council last night.
Added expense of $20375 includes!
j grants for several departments in.
the budget, which could be altered
after the usual 30-day waiting!
period required for public Inspec-tion.
The breakdown on added
grants:
Board of health. $375: free li-brary,
$300; highway department,
$1,800; police car, $1,600: police in-crease.
$2,800; heavy duty truck.
$6,000; leaf removal unit. $5,000;
planning commission. $3,000.
Police and highway workers sal-ary
Increases:
Chief of Police Charles Marwood
will receive $788 more than last
year to bring his annual pay to
$6,000. Sgts. Raymond Alexander
and Francis Blake will receive $5,000
*\ aliant Fireman'
Read al Meeting
Of Town Council
Edward (Ted) O'Brien, fire
ompany official and former
merrber of Conshohocken Bor-ough
Council, appeal^g last
night for the council to In-crease
the appropriation for
th borough fire de: ...iraent by
$0,000. read Into the record an
Inspiring and moving "Letter
to the Editor" published In The
Recorder last Thursday.
The letter, from a person who
-■located here about two
months ago. related how the
writer came from an area
where the "Volunteer Flrem.m"
Is unknown.
In the letter, the wrl-,~r said
when he first saw the volun-teers
In action with a quarter-million
dollars in equipment
doing a }ob they paid the priv-ilege
to perform he thought
they -should have a mental ex-amination.
The former "Big City" resi-dent
concluded his entire fam-ily
would offer their prayers
every Sunday morning In
church for "the safety and
protection of our valiant fire
fighters."
O'Brien, vice-president of the
Conshohocken Fire Co. No. 2
and vice-chairman of the Con-shohocken
Fire Commission,
added the fire company is
helping to fight juvenile de-linquency
in the borough by
conducting teenagers' dances
every Friday in the company
auditorium. Ninth Ave. and
Harry St. which "does not fig-ure
in the outlay the com-pany
must make to meet ex-penses"
(The request for the increase
In appropriation which would
mean $3,000 each for the two
borough fire companies, Is not
Included In the budget tenta-tively
adopted last night).
Strikes Averted
At Two Plants
The Brat eiceptlnn diimlned nu WH, named u> the police depart- [ will receive 14.700.
one In which the borough objected ment Dv Conshohocken Borough John Andrey, street lupcrvlsor.
to costs of the commission, totaling council last night. [ will receive $5,160 compared to his
A threatened strike of some 3.000
production and maintenance work
era of the Alan Wood Steel Co.,
iinnuaUy compared to the $4,794 In Ivy Rock, was averted Sunday night
1959. Patrolmen, last year at $4,475. i minutes after the strike deadline
set for midnight.
An agreement was reached be-
(Coniinufd on Pate Floe)
School Needs
Hit $50,000
State Inspection
Reveals Hazards
Renovat' ns that could cost the
Conshohocken school district up to
$50,000 after a state inspection of
buildings of the high school and
other units of schc*' buildings werei
discussed at a meeting of the Con-1
shohocken School Board Monday I
night.
Dr. Frederick Lytel, school board |
president, asked for permission to
write the state department of pub-j
lie instruction asking for more time.j
It Is understood the state requires
action in the matter be taken in
30 days.
Olst of the argument that the
slate demands too liasty action is;
whether other area school districts
nave been ordered to do the same
extensive renovations under the
same requirements.
The state Inspector Indicated ex-t
tc.islve repairs were In order in|
the high school gymnasium, a|
"band box" type court that at-1
fords Inadequate escape routes ml
case of a fire or an emergency.
Several rooms leading into cor-ridors
and near stairways also are
on the "blacklist."
The vote was fl-6. I $5,031 last year. Street workmen will
Langley, former mill room em-'receive $1.70 an hour, totalling $34,-
ployes at Lee Rubber and 'Jn; 763 -for seven mtn. while, two driv-
Corp.. is a 350-pounder who studied ers will receive $1,975 an hour, to-and
played football at Clemson. 8., tailing $8,316.
C. and served in the Army for a The street crew will also re-slx-
month hitch. ceive holiday pay for New Year's,
The new six-foot patrolman will ■ Memorial Day. Independence Day,
Continued on Page Flvei ' (Continued on Page Five)
tween the company and Local 1393,
United Steclworkers, under which
most of the differences In the dls
pyte jrere Vftolvrd. and usdotlauon*
resumed Monday morning.
Members of Local 3216. Steelwork
ers. at E. J. Lavlno Co., Plymouth
Meeting, also agreed to a "tenta-tive"
settlement of their long-nego-tiated
contract differences.
Rebel Hill Annexation
Passed by West Side. 7-0
Ordinance Before
Burgess Mosman
For Signature
Vlaryann Fund The Recorder J , Of 1869-94
Ends Feb. 29
The Maryann Mitchell Memorial
Fund will come to a close on Feb.
29, the scout committee in charge
of the compalg announced Mon-day
Persons who wish to donate to
the fund can do so at the First!
Pennsylvania Co. for Banking and'
Trusts, Ridge Ave. and areen Lone.
The committee announced that
a total of $73'' "7 has been donated
so '~T for a living memorial to
Maryann to be placed at Camp
Lan-hlng Waters, the Girl "--lit
camp near Fredericks, Pa.
Delations last week came from
the Joel Cook Home and School
Association. $10. and the office em-ployes
of Mrs. Paul's Kitchen, $10.-
Needed Now
Copies of The Consh>hock-cn
Recorder published between
1867 and 1894 are being sought
by Weekly Review Publishing
Co. Inc. in connection with a
special supplement scheduled
lor Thursday, February 35, in
connection with The Recorder's
90th anniversary and American
History Month.
For years the newspaper was
known as The Weekly Recor-
'cr.
Old photographs and historic
data concerning the area con-sidered
America's Historic Reg-ion
No. 1 also are desired.
Please call IV S-7300, CH 7-
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Churchgoers' Cars
Tagged; Merchants
Hog 1-Hour Meters
West Conshohocken, tiny borough of less than 2.500
population, will become part of the "hub and turnstile"
of the eastern United States in partnership with Upper
Merion township when plans finalized last night gain
approval in court.
The plan is that West Conshohocken annex a 107-
acre tract in the historic Rebel Hill section of Upper
Merion township to permit construction of "skyscrap-ers'
on some 45 acres by Rebel Hill Park Inc., which
will entail a total outlay of more than $35,000,000.
Groundbreaking is anticipated within four months.
John S. Trinsey Jr., president of Reliel Hill Park Inc.,
in partnership with Albert M. Greenfield Jr. and John B.
Kelly Jr., succeeded in having the borough of West Con-shohocken
approve the third and final reading of an ordin-ance
to begin annexation proceedings of the tract and en-hance
the future growth of the borough and particularly
increase the small town's tax intake.
The vole on the measure. 7-0. was
Band to Mark
10th Anniversary
Indicative of what the borough
councilmen have In mind to bring
their heretofore obscure commun-
... iity into probable national promln-
The parking situation reared its ugly head again last! TUBand "'Conshohocken «"!,„„ rbt „„„„„ w„ torn 08im.
night when Conshohocken Borough Council.debated whether! at spec,a] concertS| parades[der to make way for the SchuylklU
to restrict parking in front of churches, instruct police to and Iocai celebrations. | Expressway as were portions of Up-
"turn their heads" at violators attending services or "wait Joseph Pagllaro, bandmaster, «.,,„ Merton township, particularly
and see" if a solution emerges after a meeting of the public
safety committee and a unit from the Conshohocken Cham-ber
of Commerce in the near future.
Councilman Frank Zadroga op-e
ed the debate with a plea for
relief for parishioners of St. Mary's
Church. Elm and Maple Sts., who
are being tagged for Ulegal park-ing
during masses on Sundays. He
said traffic was light and there
*r"V~'*_*£° °* no apparent danger
In permitting cars to be parked In
restricted zones, especially In the
buffer sone of 25 feet from the
Intersection as required by state
motor vehicle code provisions.
He was Joined by Councilman
Anthony Baranowskl. who suggest-ed
two-hour parking signs be in-stalled
In front of churches, which
should be obeyed at aU times! ex-cept
during church services.
Chief of Police Charles Marwood j bring
argued It would take extra poMcei great
member of the Pennsylvania Band-1 Kbm „ ^^ „„, p,rk tract
masters As.-oclatlon, extended! _,. ...„.._
thanks to residents of the bor-|'« I"""". *•«* •»'" communities
ough for their support of the | are "ingress and egress" pointe for
Boosters Club of the band and said | superhighways,
without their help the band could! The annexation bill will go »
not provide its services. ! Burgess Harry F. Mosman. of We.t
"It Is our purpose," Pagllaro said. I Conshohocken. who 1. expected h.
"to keep music alive In our town! »PP">™ " "l'h'n *".,,'ou" ., ,
and we believe . borough that has; then be certified with the tluarter
' ma'clT'and^mPoS:Wfinni-ng«r•in•in*.iK5-.i£Mi'i,.'?IT"M'I"lIbne. ccoomm"-
to patrol the many chureh areas with new sound, and conceptions.- -~» _±U a- .J^BSB
and wouldI require constant check- Nicholas Sperlunto Is manager •**»«£■ J-JWgg £2C
tag on the two-hour restrlcUon. and 'jithony Pagllaro, president o! . . _i,hin 60 „.,,
The debate led Into a suggestion the band, member of the American;0" V" V. ,h Droj4c, would
(Continued on Page Fivel ' Federation of Musicians.
Noted Historian Will Write for Feb. 25 Special Edition
David Taylor, famed author.
Is writing "Avenue of Truth,"
especially for The Consho-hocken
Recorder, The Valley
Forge 8entln-l and The Her-ald
in connection with a sou-venir
supplement to be publish-ed
on Thursday, February 25.
Taylor's newest book, "Storm
the Last Rampart." Is Just off
the press. He Is known nation-ally
for "Farewell to Valley
Forge." which was purchased
by Walt Disney for a movie;
"Lights Across the Delaware"
and "Sycamore Men". His
home is in Elklns Park. He Is
an authority on ueorge Wash-ington
and a prominent lectur-er.
Taylor will be the principal
speaker at 2 P. M. Saturday,
Feb. 20, when officers and trust-ees
are to be elected at an an-ual
meeting of the Historical
Society i-t Montgomery County
at a meeting to be held at 1664
DeKnlb. Norristow
The supplement will mark
fhe Recorder's Mlh anniver-sary
and the first American
History Month. Included will
be a Business Review and
Forecast, with articles by lead-ing
public officials, bankers,
manufacturers and business-men.
The date was selected so that
coverage could be Included of
three programs of nation-wide
Interest on Washington's birth-day—
Feb. 22. The three events
are:
1. The annual $100,000 awards
presentation to be held by
Freedoms Foundation at Valley
Forge at the Valley Forge Mili-tary
Academy.
2. Special services at Wash-ington
Memorial Chapel.
3. A review of cadets by Army
'hlef of Staff, Lyman L.
Lemnltzer and military parade
at Valley Forge MUltary Acad-emy.
"Storm the Last Rampart" DAVID TAVtOR
Is a thrilling novel of espion-age
and romance In the last
crucial months of the War of
Independence. The year Is
1780.
The book Is dedicated to
Col. Benjamin Franklin's As-sociated
Regiment of loot
formed In 1747—The First of
Foot—and to the 111th Infan-try
Regiment "whoes officers
and men cherish and uphold
the glorious traditions of their
Ancestor Regiment."
A Mount Airy attorney. Col.
Thomas R. White Jr., Is com-manding
off r of the 111th.
Serving with him Is Lt. Col.
Olenn C. Doman, executive di-rector'
of the Rehabilitation
Center at Philadelphia, 8801
Stenton Ave., Chestnut Hill.
8prlngfleld township.
"Storm the Last Rampart-
Is published by J. P. Llppln-cott
Co.. Philadelphia and New
York. It Is $4 05.
"Sycamore Men" Is the story
of Oen. Francis Marlon, the
colorful "Swamp Tox" of the
Revolution in the South, and
his guerrilla fighters "spun out
against a background of batUe,
Intrigue and partisan raids, of
King's Mountain, Camden and
Cowpens. "Mr. Taylor has a
skilled pen at recreating the
history of .his nation's birth,
and uses It effectively," says
the Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Farewell to Valley Forge,"
according to the New York
Times Book Review, Is "solid
historical fiction — the kind
that tells a good story and
manages to Illuminate the past
as well."
"A Sound and vigorous
novel," says the Chicago Sun-day
Tribune of "Lights Across
the Delaware."
bring $165,000 annually In taxes to
the West Side borough. Its present
budget for the year being s:;::.nuo,
this means "manna from the sky."
Asked by this newspaper how he
felt about the action. Trinsey was
elated: "I feel wonderful; our
dreams have come true. I consider
we've had enormous success with
HIP project here. The councilmen
of West Conshohocken are very co-
(Continued on Page Flvei
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The weather Is turning colder
day by day but the hot bargains
in the Classified Pages are still
here.
There's all sorts of things
available Including rooms to
rent, apartment space, things
for sale, household articles, ga-ram,
cars, bicycles, etc.
But the hottest bargain of
all 'if you have something to
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Placard Letterheads, ete.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko
Birthday Tomorrow
by Ed Dyblcs
Tomorrow, America pays homage
. to two of its favorite Sons of Free-dom
on their birthdays, Abraham
Lincoln and Thaddeus Kosciuszko.
Both have. In their own way. giv-en
their life for the fight for Lib-erty.
Kosciuszko was bom on Feb.
12. 1746.
There is no place In America
where the past, present a- ' future
of this Nation may better be geen
In perspective than at West Point,
site of Uie United States Military
Academy It is here the name of
Kosclusiko lives on.
During the War for Independence.
George Washington called this rocky
1 crag JutUng into the Hudson River
-IY- most Important p. t In Amer-ica.'
Early In the hard cruel winter at
Valley Forge, Washington sent a
force of Continentals to occupy
West Point. Under direction of Gen.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko. - Polish
engineer, a fort along the plain
erected by 1779.
Fort Clinton was one of "le key
<C. nflnued on Pa; • Three)
Washies Dinner
Deadline Nears
"Borough Government' will be
outlined by Joseph Burns, presi-dent
of Conshohocken Borough
Council, at the Mth annual ban-quet
of Washington Pire Co. at 6.30]
Feb. 20 in the new auditorium or;
the fire company. Hector and Fay-ette
Sts
More than 200 members and
guests are expected to attend, ac-cording
lo John O'Connor and
Samuel Januzelll. co-chairmen
Deadline for reservations Is 9
p NT. next Wednesday through the
ctuinMO or members
Awards for best attendance at
fires during 1959 will be presented
by Clement MonacelU, president
.Jerry Tancinl. past president, will
rommandhg the valley below was; be toastmastcr.
Police Cited
For Efficiency
Conshohocken police department
received commendations from two
sources last night at a meeting of
Borough Council — one from the
council itself and another from a
grateful resident.
Sgt. Raymond Alexander was
cited by council for his attendance
at a school on morals case inves-tigation,
although he reported for
duty on regular shift after all-day
classes for four days.
Chief of Police Charles Marwood.
Sgt. Alexander and Officers Peter
Vennera and Armard Boccella were
commended In a letter from Mrs.
Veronica Fenelon, of 47 Payette
St., for their courtesy and effi-ciency
In the apprehension of a
man subsequently convicted of
burglarizing her apartment and for
recovery of the articles trken,
Supervisors Meet
At Barren Hill
The board of supervisors of
Whltemarsh township will convene
at 8 tonight in the township build
lng on Joshua Rd. at First Ave..
Barren Hill. A presentation will
be made to the police department.
Owners Forsake
28 Dogs; Only
3 Are Claimed
Oratory Tournament
At St. Matthew's High
Saturday for 60 Schools
Kl ihan Forensic Society of St.
Matthew's High *■-* «*ol again will be
host to 60 high schools In an oratory
tournament at 1 Saturday In Tracy
Hall, St. Matthew's High auditor-ium.
The public Is Invited.
The schools, members of the
Catholic Forensic League of Great-er
Philadelphia, will be competing
to qualify for the general oratory
tournament of the Philadelphia so-
. ciety in March.
Thirty-one dogs were rounded up Finalists In the March tourna-over
a two-week period by borough inent will vie for national honors at
workmen directed by Burgess
James J. <Pat> Mellon In a cam-paign
to rid the borough of stray
dogs and to keep owners of canines
alert to careful attention of their
pets.
The burgess revealed at last
night's meeting of Borough Coun-cil
that only three owners claimed
their pets at the S. P. C. A. head-quarters
in Harmonvillc. The own-ers
or would-be owners were asked
to claim their dog within 10 days
or it would be destroyed; If they
claimed, they would receive a fine
of $1 for the first offense and *2
for the second, plus being assessed
for the "board" of the dog during
"imprisonment."
When asked how many of the
31 pooches were claimed. Burgess
Mellon said:
the Oratorical "and Tournament
in New York In May.
St. Matthew's High Is host for
the first of three competitions this
year. High scores of Its students
enabled St. Matthew's to place
among the top three Philadelphia
schools last year and in previous
years.
Joseph Blelecki, John Hanady
and David Gallle, seniors at St. Mat-thew's,
are co-chairman for Sat-urday's
tournament. Representing
St. Matthew's In the competition
will be Gallle and Robert Goldberg,
also a senior; Anthony DePusco,
sophomore, and JoEllen Obrecht.
Junior.
Each student will give three sep-arate
deliveries before three dif-ferent
sets of judges on an original
speech of five to eight mtanta
Judges will be the speech mttta-ators
of the 60 participating schools.
Sister Miriam deSales and Sister
Aloysius Gonzaga, of St. Matthew's
High, are among them.
The public is Invited.
Rev. Nielsen
Resigns Here
Takes Pont in
Native Denmark
The Rev. K. Erllng Nielsen, pas-tor
of the First Baptist Church of
Conshohocken, Fourth Ave, and
Harry St.. resigned at worship Sun-day
to take up duties as general
secretary and director of youth work
with the Danish Baptist Convention
in Copenhagen. Denmark.
The Rev. Mr. Nielsen, a native
of Denmark, will remain In the
Conshohocken pulpit until June 5.
He and his wife, Lillian, and two
$My Favorite Prayer
submitted to
THE LAVMEN'S NATIONAL COMMITTEE
»y
DR. ROBERT t. (iOHEEN
President, Princeton University, Princeton, N. J.
Give me an open mind. O God. a mind ready to receive
_ and to welcome such new light of knowledge as it is. Thy
"•Three "were claimed I will to reveal to me. Let not the past ever be so dear to
and one was back a second time." I me as to set a limit to the future. Give me courage to
Note to pooches and pooch lov-h mind when tha( is needed. Let me be
SA .SrX."!"."""^! tolerant to the thoughts of others and hospitable to such
streets." lliRht as may come lo me through them\
THE REV. X. EPLING NEILSON
children. Peter, five, and Eusanne.
tnree, will leave June 8 from New
York for Denmark aboard the Nor-wegian
liner "Bcrgensfjord."
Mr. Nielsen came to this coun-try
in 1953 as an exchange Fulbrlgiit
(Continued on Page fftJsL •
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