The Conshohocken Recorder, May 12, 1960

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Stale Recreation
Unit Elects Don
Koontz President
Official Is Pioneer in Field;
s.-)ll.(KK) Budget Highest in State
For Township of Second Class
by David H. McCuen
Donald R. Koontz, recreation director in Whitemarsh
township for 10 years, was elected president of Pennsylva-nia
Recreation Society May 3, at State College. He is one
of the first graduates of the Recreation School at Penn
State.
School Board
In 'Worst'
Dual Hassle
Elect Treasurer
And Dillv-Dally
On Bonding Agent
Mr. Koontz also has been named
to the chairmanship of the Na-tional
Recreation Association Dis-trict
Advisory Commute- He Is a
number of the 42nd National Rec-reation
Congress Program Plan-ning
committee.
The posts are a tribute to the
success Mr. Koontz has achiev-ed
in developing, from scratch, the
first full-time township recreation
program In the state.
The director came lo White-marsh,
fresh out of Penn State
with a BS In recreation when the
township was without a recreation
program.
Conshohocken School Board ' KuiUng up his sleeves, he went
111 One Of its most liveliest I •• ■•«■ organising a nidimenUry
meettap in ye.» elected . *^££%*£,«£%•
new treasurer in a puzzling ja|l tht ToluntMr, he „„„,,, mmitr.
voting procedure and conduct- si,o»ini * decided knack for iet-ed
what amounted to "over-! tint alon* with people, the ranks
IMIICS" of political football on ircw steadily, and now number in
deciding whether a bonding "" >■*■* D™ *J ,n
1
l"»,«,
, a. ., , . • „ new activities organized toluntcer ■gent should be named in a „llD,„lM,rii ,„,„ «w „ adlUB>r
motion to coyer the taxpayer „ ,he program foi movim.
1960-61 duplicate. Among the Invaluable volunteer
This happened at Monday's "res-' organizations are the Little League,
ulur" meeting o. the board: Jo- Babe Ruth League, Biddy basket-si
ph Dcsklewlc* was elected treas-| (Continued on Page Three)
urer In a 4-2 vote and the bonding
agent motion held In abeyance un-ti
lust night when a special meet-liu.
was to decide the Issue.
DeskiewlCT. was nominated by
William Maher and It was second-
■ hy Nicholas J. Romano. When
Roman) made a motion the nom-inations
be closed, the room was
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90 Years ol Know How
S5 yearly by mail
Crews to Rip Up
Fayette St., Work
On It for Months
Upper Merion
Business Event
On Wednesday
FOR REDEDICATION — Three Lutheran pastors officiated Sunday morning at
rededication service of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Conshohocken.
From left are the Rev. Ray H. Hartman, pastor; the Rev. Dr. Charles M. Cooper,
president, Ministerium of Pennsylvania and adjacent states; the Rev. Dr. Guy E.
McCarney, pastor emeritus. _____^_
Nation's Foremost
Hi-Rise Builder
Joins Jack Trinsey
More Pay OK'd
For Employees
In Plymouth
Police (Met, Others
Get 8500 Each;
Beckley I .rail- All
Increases ranging from sev-en
percent of last year's sal-ary
to a high of $700 were
approved last night for em-ployees
of Plymouth town-ship
at an adjourned meeting
of the board of commission-ers.
The increases are retroactive to
Jan. 1.
Left out was Mrs. Mary Wood.'
treasurer, whose $4500 Income in'
1959 was unekanged. Each of thei
five commissioners themselves also
will continue to receive the same
remuneration, $600 annually. This
sum is stipulated by the Common-wealth.
Robert L. Townsend, secretary of
the township, is to receive $7800,
an Increase of $500; Vito Fusco is
being paid $7000. an Increase of
$500, as chief of police; Park A.
Beckley. building Inspector, who hit
the Jackpot, la listed for an in-crease
of $500, plus additional ex-penses
of $300 as building inspec-tor
and $200 in his capacity as
rrontlniied or. Page Four;
Utilities Move In First,
Then Slate Takes Over;
Will Not Widen Street
Representatives of area industri-al
organizations in Upper Merlon
township will be s.pcakers at the
third annual banquet of the Upper
Merlon Chamber of Commerce at
7 Wednesday at George Washing-1
ion Motor Lodge. King of Prussia.
John Franklin, news commentat-oi.
will Introduce the speakers.
They Include James A. MacQueen.
director of orgaiazatlon planning
for Alan Wood Stc 1 Co.; Thomas
Islington, superintendent of Beth-lehem
Limestone Co.; William E
Bradfleld. manager of the Phila-delphia
distributing center of
Western Flectric Co.; Dr. W. Al-fi
cd Li lande Jr.. vice-president,
and technical director of Pennsalt
Chemicals Corp.; Dr. Erwln H.
Tuller. general M' ary of Amerl- i
can Baptist Coi itlon; Anthony.
J Volpl. King . Prussia builder; I
Dolph Zlnk, Valley Forge Center'= J-- —c~i
Inc.; Dr. Floyd O. Flora, communl- < KfiristrUrS 3el
ty relation representative for o
deneral Electric Co. missile and ^||llllll*;*!* SltCS
■nsM vehicle department.
John R. Orlefon. vice-president, Travelln reglstras have con-of
industrial development for Ca-IP'e««l their »umm* schedule
bol. Cabot and Forbes Inc.. and through Kenneth H Hallman chef
w;illa:n F. Ross, member of the clerk, Montgomery County Regis-board
o. s pervlsors of Upper Mer- tratlon Commission. Norrlstown.
hm township, will be principal Area schedule Includes:
speakers. , *& »■
Tickets are available from Ed-ward
T. Peterson, executive secre-tary
of the chamber, at BR 2-4301.
or by mall at Box 326, King of
Prussia.
At a special meeting last night
of the Borough Council of West
Conshohocken, John S. Trinsey Jr.,
president of Rebel Hill Park Inc.,
announced he and Frank J. Pagll-aro.
president of Knickerbocker
ConstrucUon Co.. New York City,
have entered Into a partnership to
develop the multl-mllllon dollar
Rebel Hill Park apartment-office
and hotel project.
Pagllaro has been president of
one of the nation's foremost con-crete
construction companies for 20
years. Park Towne Place and Staf-1
ford House are two of his firm's
recent Jobs in the Philadelphia area.
Both Pagllaro and Trinsey said
they Intend to start building the
Rebel Hill Park project Immediate-ly
upon approval of West Consho-1
hocken's proposed annexation of a
107acre tract In the Rebel Hill sec-ttou
of Upper Merlon township.
Historic Rebel Hill, located on the!
Srhuylklll Expressway at Gulph
Mills, Is a heavily wooded moun-tain
plateau with a panoramic view
overlooking Valley Forge. In De-cember,
1776, Washington and the
Continental Army encamped on
Rebel Hill after the Battle of Gulph
K iwunie lnttr-l Uii)
Session Tonight
John Cislnelll. chairman, will
lead r. group of members of Con-shohocken
Klwanls Club to an In-1
ter-club session at 7 tonight at i
Valley Forge Country Club, Egypt1
Rd., with JeffersonvlUe-Audubon
Club.
A round-table conference win be
featured cfter the session. Carl;
Mills. Rebel Hill received Its name! Santoro will be feted on the oc-ii.
nn the British. ™*°n °f hl» birthday, which oc-
John B. Kelly Jr. is associated
with the project. Albert M. drecn-fleld
Jr., completed his contract by
obtaining a tentative commitment
with Bankers Bond and Mortgage
Co. of America.
curs today.
The club heard Jack Margolls on
industrial views at the session last
Thursday. Quests were Lt. Gov.
Norman Beebe, Dlv. 19. and Ervin
Hutner. Glenside Club.
DONALD R. KOONTZ
from scratch to $50,000 program.
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and more than 100 ad-vertisers
every week can prove
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So if you 'lave something to
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your pet try the Classified Ads.
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Oaks fire house.
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Legion Unit
Names Delegates
Delegates to the Department of
Pennsylvania. American Legion
Auxiliary, were elected Monday
night by the John F. DeHaven Unit
129 for the state convention to be
held In July at the Benjamin Franic-
Bn
both In
Candle-
July 8,
July 1., Barren Hill fire house. Iln hotel. Philadelphia.
July 18. East Norrtti
house.
July 19. Upper Merion,
Belmont school and In
brook school.
July 27, Plymouth township
bulldlne.
Aug. 16. Upper Merlon, both in j £,„."£ Bl-Countv Council
Belmont school and Robert* school. Thursday at Langhorne.
Hours for registration business In ■, Memorial Day services will be held
the Oourt House are: 8:30-4 Monday May 29 at 88. Cosmos ond Damlan
through Friday: 8:30-noon Satur- | church, Fifth Ave. and Maple St.
days; these night*: Aug. 3 and 22;
LaSalle High
Scholarship for
William Cattie
In the recent scholarship com-petition
held at LaSalle College
High school five young men were
awarded full tuition grants, 'mong
the winners was William Cattle, of
St. Philip's school, Lafayette Hill.
The winners were in competition
with 1400 eighth grade students
from the parochial schools and
academies of Philadelphia and
vicinity.
Can Build Borough Hall
At Mary H. Wood Park,
SolicitorAdvises Council
Attorney cis T. Oennls. bor-ough
solicitor for Conshohocken,
told Borough Council last night the
way was almost surely paved to
have a new borough hall erected
on a plot 11 Mary H. Wood Park,
Plfth Ave. and Harry St.
Dennis said a codicil to the ori-ginal
will was the document that
bequca:hed the borough the grounds
to provide a park, recreational fa-cilities
and to be used for other pur-poses
for the borough.
The attorney added he previously
had misgivings about the provisions
of the codicil (addition to a will),
but felt the borough had a good
chance the provisions would per-mit
construction of the borough hall
on the plot.
Permission was granted for John
Coyne, borough engineer, to draw
up a plot-plan to present to court
If and when the petition Is present-ed.
However, even though the co-dicil
permits the use of the plot for
a borou-'i hall, the clectrorate will
be asked in a referendum in Novem-ber
to approve a bond issue or in-debtedness
to finance such a pro-ject.
NEW COUNCILMAN — Humbert
DeStephano. ol 134 E. Seventh
AT*., was elected lail night to
Coashohockea Borough Cou .ell to
fill vacancy created by reslgna-lion
ol lamet McCann. A construc-tion
superintendent, ho attended
Plymouth Consolidated school. Nor-rlitowa
High-' school and UnWer-sltr
ol Pennsylvania, siudrinq
architecture and engineering I loi-ter
institution. Ha is married to
lormer Mary McDade. ol Consho-hocken;
thor have two daughter;.,
Mrs. Mayarie DeHaven, of East
Norrlton, and Mrs. Rita Zatiartano,
of Qnckfiown. and a -on David,
ol CaglevOt.
DeStephano
Council Seat
Is Questioned
The t'.'.st hassle among Consho-hocken
councilmen since the bor-ough's
five wards were divided into
■even i* -ped last night when a
member of the current 15-mnn group
resigned ind someone had to be
named to fill his vacant; .
Councilmnn James McCann, who
will soon remove from the borough,
resigned his Fifth War'' seat. His
term would exprie Dec. 31, 1061,
under the new ward set- .: of seven,
which calls for one councilman to
each ward. Humbert DeStephano,
a construct''-' superintendent, who
lives at 134 T.. Seventh Ave., was
elected to fill the vacancy by a
vote of 11 to 3.
Edward O'Brien, of 438 E. Ninth
Ave., former councilman, was sup-ported
by Domini- Rug-lero, An-thony
Baranowskl and James Desi-mone.
A question arose as to whether
Conshohocken will become
"construction town" on or about
June 1, with noise and aciivitiy
Qlghl and (lav.
The stale highway dcp.mm.Tii
will begin -vork on Matsonford
bridge and utility eompuim nil)
begin najor work on F.iyette St.
in the next couple weeks. It was
disclosed last night by Consho-hocken
Borough Council.
Joseph Burns, president of coun-
I cil, reported the state would begin
I re-surfacing the bridge roadway un
June 1. Excavating and "Jackhanv-mer
work" -vould be done during
daylight, but, when thLs was com-pleted
concrete wi uld be poured
in the eveninu. Burns said at a
monthly meeting In the Borougji
Hall.
"The lower end of town will be
in quite a mess," Burns graphical-ly
stated, "but w • will have U> tnke
temporary steps to cope with the
problem."
He said the utility companies,
Philadelphia Electric, Philadelphia
(Continued on Page Four)
School Board
Holds Tax Line
At 38 Mills
Plymouth Director*
Co Easy on Taxpo) era:
Mrs. Wood Praised
The board of education of Ply-mouth
township Joined Lite trend of
enacting higher taxes at a monthly
j meeting last Thursday night at ;ne
Hlghfleld Elementary school, i.;t
managed to keep the proposed in-crease
at two mills, which Is hulf
the rate proposed by 'He school
board in Whitemarsh township and
neighboring Springfield tOWl
last week.
Taxpayers In Plymouth already
had been saddled by a one-null in-crease
enacted by the board of
mlssloners last month. Now they
face an additional two r.iUlt when
the loV'Ocl budget comes up for
adoption on June 9.
The new rate will be 38 mills.
Anticipated enrollment !.-« the
rwrrm more money win be i i
to operate the system, according to
Mrs. Edna M. Smith, secretary of
the board.
The joint board's tentative budget
calls f.- i.:minted expenditures set
nt $355,000. This Is an Increas- of
about $33,000 over expenditures of
S321.065.18 111 1959-60
The board Itemized safety repairs
to Black '. IT"3 and Plymouth Con-solidated
r.hools as another reason
O'Brien was still a member of the [for Hi" tm
Fifth Ward, which he representedi After (he state required ellrr.ln-in
his previous term in office, or.atlon of fire hazards at the 9
if DeStephano was to be named schools, the board budgeted for all
aa the representative of the Sev- estimated construction -ort. Mrs.
enth Ward.
The vote:: :DeS'.ephnno—Burton.
Costcllo, Dlgideo. DUiosla. Fire-stone,
Kelly, Munro, Roop, Snow,
Zadroga, President Burns. 0'P-'»n
—Baranowski, Dcsimonc, RuRglcro.
Sm'th said the estimated cost was
lower than the actual cost, i " ie-lUlted
in the board's Including the
balance In this year's budget.
ftfn Smith said the board will
(Confirmed on Page Four,
Judge Lauds Mrs. Daniel Hlltner. president,
and Mrs, William Miller were*
named delegates. Alternates are
Mrs. George Clark and Mrs. Herbert
Mrs. Vernon Wynne will attend -t HXaTHPlS **l
meeting of Uie Montgomery-next
T.K. Program
spt 13 an-'. 15. until 9 P.M.
Judge E. Arnold Forrest lauded
Hostesses were Mrs. DavTd Allan ^the exploits of Polish patriots In
and Mrs. Russell Zlealer.
Stone Death' Witness
Tells Victim's Reactions
"We all had the feeling — 'itling for t seat by the window," 'Irs.
could so easily have been me'—"
Mrs. Irving I. Oslick. 4041 S. War-ner
Kd., Lafayette Hill, an eye-witness
to the May 4 stone-death
of a fellow commuter train pas-senger,
told a Herald reporter
after the accident.
Mrs. Oslick was seated t>"-ee rows
ahead and across the aisle from the
victim. Mrs. Bridget Lydon. who
bled to death 10 minutes after fly-ing
glass from a train window,
presumedly smashed by a hurled
Atone, opened a quarter-Inch wide
wound in her neck, piercing an
artery.
The Lafayette Hill woman hod
Oslick said, "but finally settled for
one on the aisle."
"As we were nearlng the Wash-ir
i Lane station I heard "le
tinkle of broken glass. At first I
thought someone had dropped ""ne-ttling,
but then I saw the broken
window a^rjss the aisle.
"Then some of us began looking
for an object — whatever it was! Kolanklewlcz,
t the American Revolution and Po-lish-
American organizations work-ing
to further American Ideals at
a formal dedication of the Tadeusa
Kosciuszko Association's new build-ing
at Hector and Walnut Sis. on
Sunday.
Judge Forrest particularly paid
tribute to the great Polish patriot
for whom the club was named and
related how he came to America
to aid the Colonial cause for *-ee-doni.
The U. S. Military Academy at
West Point, N. Y., was designed by
General Kosciuszko on appointment
by George Washington.
A dedication banquet will be held
Saturday in the spacious building.
Richard S. Schweiker, Republican
nominee for Congress, and Leon
councllman-at-large
that had pierced the window —
but we couldn't find anything. It
was weird.
"I recall looking at the woman
sitting -"xt to t. c wine' w and
thinking how fortunate she was not
to be u"*-t. She was sitting perfect-ooarded
the Ill-fated-Chestnut Hilljly still, seemingly unruffle-- by the
local with Mrs. Lydon at 3:42 P. M incident.
at Reading Terminal. "Then there was a commotion as
"I walked through the train look- (Continued on Pagn Four)
of Philadelphia, will be speakers.
Guests will Include Burgess
James J. Mellon, Postmaster James
P. Meaney. and L. B. Oberhohzer,
of Lansdale, president of Mont-gomery
County Federation of Clubs,
Stanley J. Bonkoskl will be toast-master.
A ribbon cutting ceremony and
flag-raising featured last 3unday's
(Continued on Page Four)
GREAT MOMENT — Officials and jruests of Tad-eusz
Kosciuszko Association, Hector and Walnut Sts.,
at ribbon cutting during formal dedication of club's new
building Sunday. L. to r., Frank Wlosczyna. president;
Judge E. Arnold Forrest, guest speaker; Stanley Bon-koski,
program chairman; the Rev. Francis Luszczak,
assistant pastor of St. Mary's Church; Frank Jablon-ski,
treasurer and oldest charter member, given honor
of cutting ribbon, and Bernard Plaklo. building chairman.