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♦ SO GOOD!
+ 90 Years of Know How
So yearly by mail
For Fayette Street and the Bridge: $250,000
$30,000,000 FOR EXPANSION — James H. Douglas, right, deputy secretary of
the Department of Defense, conducting press conference Thursday at Advanced Com-mand
Post, Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico, said department is "very definitely"
interested in t lie modernization of Military Air Transport Service (MATS) aircraft.
Hi' pointed out the Air Force has $50,000,000 in its budget for the modernization of
MATS aircraft. Secretary Douglas headed a party of high military officials on In-spection
trip of Exercise Br« SLAM/PUERTO PINE. Included were Lt. Gen. Wil-liam
H. Tunner, left, commander of the Military Air Transport Service; Dudley Sharp,
center, secretary of the Air Force and, in separate two-column photo, Lt. Gen. Robert
F. Sink, who also took part in press conference. Aircraft landings at Ramey or Roose-velt
Roads averaged one every seven and one-half minutes during daylight hours for
five days. (On-the-scene phatos by Harold C. McCuen. Other pictures on page 7.)
Rockelt 's
Unit Meets
On Friday
Oimmittce lo Gel
Full Report on
lli.«:li\*;i\ IVojeel
Ed* in H. Rockett. president of
Conshohocken Federal Savings and
Loan Association, and chairman of
11 if parking committee of Consho-hocken
Chamber of Commerce, will
preside at a meeting of the com-mittee
at 3 P. M. tomorrow In his
office at Fayette St. and Second
Ave.
Before the committee will come
complete details on the Improve-ment
of Fayette St. and the bridge
over the Schuylklll. which Is to be
undertaken next month by the state
highway department at cost of
$250,000.
The Chamber has been one of the
group* dedicated to obtaining state
aid for alleviating congestion and
hazardous conditions. Rockett, who
has assumed personal leadership in
the campaign, said yesterday he was
delighted plans have been forniu-
! lated by the slate to the point where
bids are being asked. The commit-tee,
he said, is striving now to see
that maximum advantages are real-lied
through Improvement of the
town's main throughfare In the
heart of the retail district.
Installation of traffic lights in
West Conshohocken and additional
facilities to the Schuylklll Express-way,
permitting an acclerated flow
of traffic, are sought by the com-mittee.
Rockett said it is entirely likely
that re-enactment of an ordinance
prohibiting parking on the west
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State to ]
Open Bids
April 22
Long-overdue repairs td
Fayette .St. and the Matson-ford
Bridge will become a real-jity
sometime late in April of
early May, according to a re-port
from the state highway
department yesterday.
Burgess James J. (Pat) Mellon,
Joseph Burns, president of Borough
Council; Edwin H. Rockett. presi-dent
of Conshohocken Federal Sav-ings
& Loan Association and The
Recorder Jointly announced they
wero "overjoyed" by the highway
department's decision. This news-paper
has been waging an editorial-pictorial
campaign to have the
bridge and the borough's main thor-oughfare
re-surfaced for several
years.
Bids on the project, expected tm
exceed 1250.000. will be opened Ap-
I rll 23 by the highway department
. In Harrlsburg. The project will take
{five weeks to complete, if weather
j conditions permit full-time operm-
| tions. The highway department told
Burgess M.'llon yesterday lt would
use a "double shift" of worker* to
complete the project In record time.
"It's a long, long overdue pro-ject."
Burgess Mellon said. "It will
correct one of the most depk>rabh>
traffic conditions In the state.
Since the Expressway opened sev-eral
years ago, this street has posed
A nightmare for the borough."
Burns said he was "tickled" to
hear the project finally received
consideration. "Just to have the
crossing plates removed from the
Intersections will be a grea* im-provement."
he added.
Thomas R. W. Jones, of \nrrl%-
(Continued on Page Fivei
Borough Council 'As Is' Till 1962
Rep. Kathryn Granahan
To Speak April 4 at
St. Matthew's Event
WIRE MAN — Stringing communications Friday
afternoon on the "last outpost," a mountainside in Sa-linus,
Puerto Rico, is Pfc. Kenneth J. Pachella, of 111
\V. Eighth Ave., Conshohocken, who is attached to Bat-ti'iy
A. :id Howitzer Battalion, 15th Artillery, Norris-town.
At home, artilleryman is employed by Lowe
Bros., of HarleysWlle, a dry wall contractor. His wife,
employed In bookkeeping department at Quaker Chem-ii-
al Products Co., is the former Miss Diana Pagnacle,
daughter of Mr. and -Mrs. John Pagnacle, 806 Forrest
St., Conshohocken. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Fred
lachella. of 101 Valley Rd., Plymouth Valley. Train-ing
was hampered previous day when there were 18
showers. March is booked as the month when there's
not much rainfall on the island. Press crew of five
ran into torrents of rain Friday on their 180-mile
round trip by automobile from Hotel Montemar in
AguadiUa to Salinus.
Women who claim It's a man's
world are promised enough good
talking points to make any man
run for cover when Congresswoman
(Mrs.) Kathryn E. Oranahan calls
on the distaff side to earn the role
lt clamors for as guest speaker at
St. Matthew's High school's second
annual mother - daughter night
April 4.
Known for strong stands
major Issues, the PhUadelphla con-gresswoman
has won an enthus-iastic
bl-partlsan following of
women rallying to cheer her many
headline-making sallies Into the
august realm of male supremacy.
For her St. Matthew's audience
she has announced the intention to
couple with her Inspiring reports as
charaplon of the woman's role a
new and stiff challenge that
women accept their full respon-sibilities
In a cause she has sup-ported
vigorously in and out of
congress, the nationwide campaign
to curb display, availability and
sale of obscene and overly sug-gestive
literature, photographs and
motlo pictures.
Congresswoman Qranahan's of-fice
announced she will use the oc-casion
of her talks to begin em-phasizing
that In this area lies an
Important duty that goes along
with the right to equality for wheh
so many women like to speak.
The congresswomen's position Is
Suspect Held
In L958 Theft
Conshohocken police arrested
Icon Gajewskl, 28. of River Rd.,
WWt Conshohocken. in the alleged
theft of SI.700 from the car of
taunantMl Bruni, local contractor,
on Dec. 21. 1958.
Sgt. Raymond Alexander said Oa-
J:Wfkl Is accused of breaking Into
: i . . ■ when it was
parked Bl Third Ave. and Mnplei
; i. He took the money contained,
; i n bag from the glove compart-;
:■! of the vehicle.
Investigation by Set. Francis
ptaka, assisted by Officers Peter
vennera. and Arm and Boccella. led
'■• Oajewrkl's arrest. He was held
M i boll ici eourl by Magis-
J RugKiero yesterday.
Thieves Ransack
Priest's Office
Thieves broke Into the office of
the Rev. Walter Laut, principal of
St. Matthew's High school, some-time
Friday night or early Satur-day
morning, breaking open a safe
and ransacking the business office.
The break-In was the third In
less than a year at the parochial
school.
Plymouth townsnlp police said
the thieves probably worked all
night. The office was ransacked,
doors to classrooms were Jimmied,
desks were ritled and the heavy
cute battered and ripped open.
Morals Charge
Robert V. Aiiselm. 27. of Swede-land.
Is being held for questioning
on the charge by police he molested
-everal young boys from West Con-bhohocken.
Spring's Here
— It's Time To
Advertise
With the arrival of Spring
comes the robins and the squir-rels
— and houscclcunlng time.
too.
So Instead of throwing out
the things you wish to discard
to make room for Pop's woolles
Just clean out the closet and
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that women must overcome their
natural inclinations to be passive
In such matters and realise the
grave danger to children and fam-ily
resulting from widespread traf-fic
In obscenity measured commer-cially
big business proportions.
Because she has the required
emotional instincts and the time,
the congresswoman contends, It u
the mother's job to know her chil-dren
are not exposed to smut and
filth In any form and to alert her
unsuspecting daughters continually
(Continued on Page Five)
Red Cross
Nears Goal
Conshohocken
Volunteers BIIHV
Next week's accomplishments will
decide the success or failure of the
Red Cross March fund campaign In
Co~«hohocken.
A force 01 volunteers, under the
direction of fund chairman Emll J.
ClavarelU, have been busy since the
first of the month ringing doorbells
and contacting business and pro-fessional
men In the area.
ClavarelU and his committee are
covering every potential source of
funds but have been hampered by
the several snowstorms this month.
George E. Gunning Jr., of the
Conshohocken Pederal Savings and
Loan Association, is serving as fund
treasurer in the "Good Things Hap-pen
When You Give" campaign.
The advance gifts campaign,
headed by Samuel W. DeMedlo, got
the drive off to a substantial start
toward Its $8,000 goal.
Under the direction of Mrs. Julia
Sanfellce, residential group chair-man.
Boy Scout* and Cub Scouts
arc aiding in the drive by distribut-ing
special flyers to all homes In
the area. The flyers outline Red
Cross activities in Conshohocken
during the past year.
Robert M. Krauss, manager of
employment personnel at Alan
Wood Steel Co., Is chairman of the
drive In the Industries In the area.
Attorney Walter Phlpps, Jr., 312
Fayette St.. is chairman of the pro-fessional
groups.
Commercial group chairman is
Ralph J. Carrington, accounting
manager for the Bell Telephone Co.
George W. Snear Is chairman of
special groups.
Girls from Conshohocken and St.
Matthew's High schools conducted
a house-to-house drive yesterday
and collected more than $600. Clav-arelU
said contributions still com-ing
in from professional, advanced
gifts and special divisions are ex-pected
to have the local drive ex-ceed
the quota.
Merger Seen
For West Side,
UM Schools?
Jointure Asked
By W. Conshohocken
Delayed hy Township
A request for a Jointure between
the school districts of West Con-shohocken
and Upper Merlon town-ship
Is apparently being "filed for
future refrence" after Upper Mer-lon
officials rejected a proposal for
a meeting In the Issue.
Richard H. Foltz, president of the
Upper Merlon school board and
vice-president of Freedoms Foun-dation
at Valley Forge, wrote Mrs.
Aubrey Holland, secretary of the
West Conshohocken board, that a
meeting at this time was out of the
question.
Foils answered a letter from the
West Conshohocken board request-ing
a meeting of the two boards to
discuss possible Jointure on a sug-gestion
by Dr. Gernld Hottensteln.
county superintendent of schools.
FoltV letter stnted, In part: "Be-cause
of the action of West Con-shohocken
(Borough Council) In
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Court Rules
iOn How to Cut
From 15 to 7
Judge David E. Groshens yes-terday
handed down a decree es-tablishing
the method of electing
members of Borough Council In
Conshohockn.
The action Is the aftermath of a
successful campaign by a small
group to have the number of coun-cil'
cut from 1» to seven
through establishment of seven
wards. The campaign resulted In
th"* splitting of the Fourth and
Fifth Wards into two addlt.onal
wards.
Judge GrosheiaS also appointed,
elected officials In four wards.
The court ordered that borough
voters In 1061 will be required tm
elect a councllmen from the sixth
and seventh wards. Each would
serve two-year terms.
In 1903, electors will name coun-cllmen
in all seven wards. How-ever,
councUmen elected from the
odd-numbered wards will serve
four years and those from even-numbered
wards will serve twt>
years.
Thereafter, councUmen will be
elected for four-year terms as the
various terms expire In the several
wards.
(Coflfmued on Page Three)
HAVE WIVES, 1)11) TRAVEL — Seventeen hun-dred
miles from home, SP4 Walter J. Campbell Jr., right,
of Westaway Apts., Barren Hill, co-owner of the Oasis,
Germantown Pike and Plymouth Rd., and SP4 Nicholas
H. Arena, of 2039 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, sit
on stools in noon-day sun outside barracks Friday at
Salinus Training Ground, contemplating weekend leave
starting early Saturday, and reunion with their wives
at plush El Ponce Intercontinental hotel, opened Feb.
8 on mountain top 20 miles away. Reservist Campbell's
wife is the former Miss Barbara Phipps, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phipps, 1812 Butler Pike, Har-monville.
Mrs. Arena is the former Miss Jeanne Shar-shon
of Phoenixville. Husband is advertising designer
with Daily Art Studio, formerly lived in Norristown.
(On Sceno Photo by Harold C. MCCUM)
Kiwanis dub To Give Trophy
Conshohocken Kiwanis Club wiU
award a trophy to Conshohocken
Church Basketball League at their
banquet AprU 2. John Caslnelli will
represent Conshohocken Kiwanis
and award the trophy.
Mrs. Marie Wade, of Bala-Cyn-wyd.
director of community rela-tions
for the Southeastern Mont-gomery
County chapter, American
Red Crass, will speak at the club's
dinner meeting at 6.30 tonight.
James Jordan, president of Jef-fersonvUle-
Audubon Kiwanis Club,
and 16 members of that unit, were
welcomed last week by Consho-hocken
Kiwanis at their St. Pa-trick's
Feast Day session by Emll
J. CiavareUi, president.
ClavarelU has named a new
fund-raising committee, headed by
Charles F. Warga, and Including
Charles Butera, John Caslnelli, An-thony
Civello, Carmen Danella,
Anthony DeMedlo. Ralph Falcon -
iero and Joseph PurceU.
Lafore on 'Give Awayi
Coming Soon: Half
The People at Work Will
Support the Idle Half
Congressman John A. Lafore Jr,
o' Vjn^gomery County, left no
dr -bt Tuesday night where he
stands on major 'ssues throughout
the nation.
Sp*aking before members of the
Wlssahlckon Young Republican
Club at the home of V'llliam Boul-ton
Dlxon Post 10. American Leg-
Ion, Fort Washington. Congress-man
Lafore gave assurance he Is
lined up with President Elsenhow-er
against government "give away"
program and that he favors certain
social legislation and labor reforms.
Th* Congressman, a member of
the important House Ways and
Means Committee, generally votes
with the Administration In favor
of labor reforms and against mea-sures
that would tend to cause In-flation
7'e revealed that one of the big-gest
battles shaping up in Wash-ington
will deal with Federal aid,
to education. The Senate has at-\
ready passed a bill calling for
grants of one billion 800 million
dollars over a three-year period,
while there is a plan tn the House
to allocate t325 million a year tor
three years
President Elsenhower, hi
opposed to both measures. The
chief executive wants to set aside
80 mUllon for .;eedy districts. This
fund would be used to finance bond
issues.
"There is a considerable differ-ence
between 80 million and what
the Senate has passed, and this will
no doubt be a real fight." declared
Lafore.
He said many people are opposed
1 grants to schools, fearing
t Continued on Page Ftvtl
Lafore, Rival
Speak Tuesday
Montgomery County Congress-man
John A. Lafore Jr. and his
rival for the Republican nomina-tion.
Richard Schwctker, of Lans-dale.
will meet for the first time,
00 the speaker's platform at 8 30'
P. . Tuesday.
The occasion will be a meeting of
the Lower Merlon-Narberth Young
Republican Club at the Commun-ity
Building, Windsor Ave., Nar-berth.
The candidates at Uie p
on April 26 are expected to, sp~»k
on national Issues.