The Conshohocken Recorder, July 7, 1960

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Valley Forge: July 4, I960
Jail
Freak Mishap
Traitors, lnimts Man
Cutting Lawn Halt Atheism,
Says Dr. Wells
Native Hawaii Eagle Scout
Unfurls 50-Star Flag in
Colorful Hillside Pageant
American citizens who are communists are traitors and
traitors belong in jail.
More than 200 Chinamen are now running Cuba's school
system, teaching children atheism and hatred.
If we lose Cuba to the Russians, history has shown that
we will lose South America and South America will fall as
a Christian area to atheism as China has fallen to the
godless.
These are excerpts from an ad- T /«„« Ifwrlsl+r
dress delivered by Dr. Kenneth A.j M-J§fJtt8 M\.§UUJT
Wells, president ol Freedoms Poun- J
datlon at Valley Forge, at exercises I f^n —— l*1fw I to
marking the raising of a 50-star| \J\M>t IllUlMl MS
flag at Gen. Huntlngton's head-quarters
opposite the Washington
Memorial chapel In Valley Forge
at 2:30 P. M. Independence Day.
The flag was raised by Vernon
Kali*..! Kaahanul, 16. a senior In
high school In Hawaii and an Eagle
••" "in who was flown on Friday from
Honolulu to Philadelphia Inter-national
Airport. The boy wore a
native Hawaiian costume. Here for
two weeks, he Is a guest of Andrlan
Teaf, of Wllllstown, Cheater coun-ty,
chairman of the Valley Forge
t'nuncll, Boy Scouts of America.
Plymouth Meeting
Resident Hurt by
Garden Tractor
Philip Downs. 20, of 220 Flour-1
town Rd., Plymouth Meeting, waa.
Injured In a freak accident last!
night while cutting grass at the
home of his fiancee. Elaine Jobe, of
207 Flourtown Rd.
According to Norman H. Woolloy
of the Whltemarsh Ambulance As-sociation.
Downs hud been cutting
grass with a garden tractor equip-ped
with a sickle bar. Downs stop-ped
the tractor, and walked around
in front of it to remove an ob-struction.
The tractor rolled forward, pin-ning
Downs against a bush. A
blade of the sickle bar punctured
his right leg behind the knee and
severed u large artery.
Whltemarsh Township pollre
were, summoned to the scene. They
spotted Mis Marie Wagner, a
nurse, driving past, and stopped
her. She applied compresses to
N'.IH the heavy bleeding until the
ambuUnce. arrived.
The ambulance volunteers put
splints on Hie leg and continued
applying compresses while they
rushed Downs to Sacred Heart hos-pital.
He was taken immediately
to the operating room and re-ceived
a transfusion while the
wound was being treated. X-rays
were taken to check for further ln-by
Plymouth Township Lions Club. *"">'' Bince Do*™ was in Intense
One Corn Flake Could
Have Cost Champ Title
Soap Box I
Winner Just
Made Weight
July 27-30
Plans were discussed last night
for their Kiddy Carnival which will
take place July 27-39 at Kiddy City.
A family picnic la scheduled July
24 at Hemsley's, Plymouth Rd., John
T. Fessler Is In charge of reserva-tions.
Boat rides tx the youngsters
is to be a feature.
A welcome Is extended to two new
pain.
His condition today was listed as
satisfactory by the hospital.
Dr. Wells, a student of history for ■ Lions. Sol Faber and Edward Dav
40 years and a nationally known
lecturer, said the time has come foi
an enunciation of the Monroe Doc-trine
in dealing with Cuba.
"Communism." he said, "is like
a contagious disease and If we don't
keep it out of this hemisphere It 111
spread quickly, encircling the United
States."
"Americans must decide If carry-ing
a dream all these years is worth
the effort, or are we going to set
District Governor Leonard Cella
visited the club recently at a cook-out,
along with Deputy District Oov-ernor
James J. Bath of Consho-hocken.
Traffic
Piling l'|i
Boy in Hurry Cuts
Left Arm on Glass
Robert Fulmer, 11. son of Mr.
ourJlVesVaaathW^ 1?1°,er' M1 *'
T"hh2essipeaker's remarks were a de-;
Motorists traveling the Schuyl-klll
Expressway have some added
woes In store for them for the next
six weeks a* paving work continues
on the Gulph Mills and West Con-shohocken
viaducts. Work started
yesterday-and so did the trouble.
Traffic East and West Is fun-neled
Into one lane. The construc-tion
work, along with repairs
to the Matsonfori bridge has
~!'ttow*d area trafiio to a snail's
pace at peak hours. Cars were
Eighth Ave.. conshohocken.
qiurud 2% sutures to close a huge
parture from his prepared text. He I «»•»> » "■ «•«• »m Tuesday night belted up tor mUe, at ^ w.enhlg
Indicated that the future — war or;" »«r«i Ht»" Hospital. He ranl,^ hour y0Bterday
peace - will be clear lor the United out the front door In a hurry sndj Highway officials said three shift*
Slates within six months to a year.
Jimmy Dougherty couldn't
eat breakfast on the Fourth]
of July.
Il wasn't that he was tool
excited iM'cau.-e lie was racing |
that morninir lor the third!
time in Conahohocken's ninth I
annual Soap Box Derby, com-I
petiup; with 50 other buys for |
the championship.
Jimmy's problem was that htjl
weighed exactly 120 pounds. Ins |
nine-year car welnhea exactly 130]
pounds and the flgun - added up I
to 250 pounds, which Is the llmltj
for every ccntestnnt and his car.l
Acclaimed .he champ, driven la I
i convertible ..11 around town, thol
ladder truck and emi'mency truck I
and other vehicles following, thetfl
sirens and horns shrieking at ftUM
blast. Jimmy couldn't ei 11
much anyway.
Washington Fir© Co.. as is ltgl
custom, had set up luncheon at thai
fire house for the driver of the carl
the firemen sponsored, and most of!
the men and members of the La«|
die;' Auxiliary ate heartily.
Jimmy had one hot dog and on* I
bottle of pop. He was so excited bar I
'Continued on Page Five/
"We can't hare so many small
boys playing with fire and expect
no fire," he told thousands of men,
women and children sested on the
rolling hill adjacent to Huntlngton's
headquarters.
The talk In part:
The Flag of The United Btates
Is the flag of the greatest nation
hi the world. It has been defiled
, Continual on Pc. ; Eight I
put his arm through one of the | are working 20 hours a day to have
panes in their sluminum storm the Expressway repairs completed
door. He was removed to the hospl-1 by Aug. 37.
tal by Nicholas Mestrocola, a neigh- At * meeting last night, west
bor. Mrs. Mestrocola. a registered Conshohocken Borough Council au-nurse,
placed a tourniquet on the i thorlsed Its two-man police force
arm until Robert could be removed to work 10-hour shifts until the
to the hospital. I traffic emergency Is over.
June Graduate Wins
$2400 Scholarship,
Will Study Nursing
Driver Killed
In Plymouth
< onsliohocken Man
Hurt in 2-Car (.ra-li
One man was killed and another j H">* >« °ne °' 'our winners of" col-
Injured yesterday when their carsi <««•scholarships valued.at $8000
collided at Oermantown Pike andiln D"««« 7 ol tho United Steel-
Plymouth Rd., Plymouth towiaMp. *"*""'£"£'";„ , „
Patrolman John Volpe, discovered , "^,.?™ ', vm i "art„a,cou»e
the accident at «:30 AM. Volpe " £"*?•' J''*"0™ JW*«*»
of 2316 S. Glllnger Rd., Lafayette
sold he found Frederick A. Haws.
60, of 1872 W. Marshall St., Jelfer-sonviUe,
lying on the highway. The
arlver of the other car. Richard
Rnbus. 50, of 404 E. 9th Ave., Con-shohocken,
lay injured in his car.
Both men were taken to Mont-i:".
ii'i' Hospital where Haws was
|. cm.uncfd dead at 7:25 A.M. An
M.t.pulee, he had no left arm or
lef.
Rabut was admitted with various
Injuries. He waa °n his way to work
a' the Lansdale Tube Co.
Plymouth township police said
Haws was going North on Plymouth
Rd. when his car was struck as he
cioesed the intersection.
Miss Carol Anne Clark, daugh-| applicants who took an exnmlna-
17°,'.^ ""n.^J1: ia^&SSSl*" »» Temple University May 14.
They were selcted by a committee
composed of Dr. Benjamin W. Bar-kas.
supervisor with the Philadel-phia
Board of Public Education; Dr.
Maxlne Woolston. lecturer on econ-omics
at Bryn Mawr College; the
Rev. Louis A. Rongione, OS.A,
dean of the Villanova University
Graduate School, and Dr. Harold C.
Reppert. director of Temple Uni-versity's
testing bureau.
Hugh Carcella, director of Dis-trict
7, said the scholarship pro-gram,
now in its third year, was
made possible by contributions from
union locals in the five southeastern
counties of Pennsylvania, South
Jersey and Delaware.
The district now has awarded 11
scholarships to children of steel-workers.
Each scholarship is worth
$2400. The United Steelworkers have
awarded $134,570 In scholarships in
11 union districts.
in September. For the summer she
Is gaining experience as a waitress
in Seaside Heights, N. J. Last year,
she was a sales girl in a boardwalk
establishment featuring post cards
and souvenirs.
The scholarship winner is a grad-uate
of St. Philip's Parochial school,
Lafayette Hill and, on June 6. Cecil-jlan
Academy, Mt. Airy. The family
has lived in Barren Hill since 1941.
Miss Clark has a sister. Illene, who
Is two years younger.
The other winners are Edward J.
Gallagher Jr., of 3222 Cottman St.;
Frederick Brooks Jr.. of 60S W. 6th
St., Chester and Gary Rossell, of
Heddlng Rd., Bordentown, N. J.
The four were selected from 90
frdilohial
€moati Luck Jimmy:
Goad Luck llrushics
Congratulations, neighbors!
The happiness that overflowed on the Fourth of July
at the Washington Fire House and the Matthew Dougher-ty
dwelling at Hector and Oak St. couldn't have come to
nicer people.
We're next door to each; we know them well and we
are mighty fond of the Dougherty family, son, Jimmy.
who is the Derby Champ, and all the volunteer firemen who
have sponsored a car in the Conshohocken Soap Box Derby
year after year.
All who have witnessed the world's greatest amateur
sports competition at Derby Downs in Akron, 0., know
the joy that awaits the Champ and his parents when they
go out there Aug. 10 for the big race on Aug. 14. Maybe
a big delegation of firemen will go to Derby Downs to root
for their boy.
If the spontaneous demonstration that marked Jim-my's
victory on Monday is any indication of what to expect
should Jimmy win in Akron, the city that has witnessed
celebrations for Soap Box Derby world champs in 21
.rears hasn't seen anything yet!
Good luck. Jimmy.
I luck. Washies.
THE CHAMP—James Dougherty. 14, begins vic-tory
ride with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew
Dougherty, of 116 W. Hector St., Conshohocken, after
defeating 50 other boys in Soap Box Derby event, fea-ture
of ninth annual competition on town's main thor-oughfare.
Father a deputy sheriff of Montgomery
county, will accompany the champ on flight to Akron,
O., for All-American competition, uAg. 14.
Fetterolf Scores
Hole-in-One
At Cricket Club
The law of averages—and 40
years of golfing—finally paid
off for Morton B. Fetterolf Jr.,
of Whltemarsh, state repre-sentative
for Sixth District,
when he scored a hole-in-one
at Philadelphia Crlckek Club's
Flourtown course on Sunday.
He drove with an eight Iron
off the in yard par three third
hole, and the ball bounced Into
the cup. In the delighted four-some
were Fetterolf's wife,
Dorothy and Dr. and Mrs. Rich-ard
O. Res. of Chestnut Hill.
Fetterolf, who Is president of
the Oolf Association of Phila-delphia,
has been golfing since
he was eight years old, once
came within a half-Inch of a
hole-ln-one. In his experience
he hss seen five made, but It
was always the other guy, until
Sunday. He has been a member
of the golf association's execu-tive
committee for eight years.
Air Force Discharge
Country Club
Safe Rifled
Thieves Get $6000
At Whitemarsh Valley
Cash and checks totaling about
$6000 were stolen late on July
Fourth from a safe In the main
office of Whltemarsh Valley Coun-try
Club, Thomas Rd., Whitemarsh.
The safe, which weighs nearly
two tons, was found by police out-side
the club, hidden in some
bushes. It had been literally torn
apart by the thieves.
Assistant manager James Mc-
Clea, who discovered the theft on
Tuesday, estimated that about $3000
of the sum was in cash. A 17-inch
portable tv set was also stolen from
the bar, he said.
According to Police Chief Edgar
E Mitchell and fist. John Lebold.
the safecrackers gained entry
through a kitchen window after
prying a screen loose. They then
went to the office and removed a
keeper lock.
The safe was apparently moved
Richard Blasy wn of Mr. and through the dining room and out
Mrs. A. S. Blasy. 400 Center Ave., a gjde entrance to the driveway.
Lafayctt* Hill, has been honorably. Pollce lheorlzc that the safe waa
discharged from service with the
Strategic Air Command, after more
than two years with the group.
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MAY QUEEN REIGNS IN JULY—Patricia Barr, 18,
121 Moorhead St., West Conshohocken, who was May
Queen at St. Gertrude's school, rides with her court '"
Wast side July Fourth parade nn Ford St.
hidden In order to delay Investiga-tion
as long as possible.
Deadline Tomorrow
Roy Weaver, 57. of 355 E. Hector
St., Conshohocken, was given un-til
tomorrow to raise the money to
pay a $100 fine after he pleaded
guilty to a drunken driving charge
before Judge David Groshens.
Weaver was arrested May 27 by
Officer Daniel Russo after an accl-d<
nt at Cedar Grove and Joshua
Rds., Whitemarsh township.
First Pennsylvania
Planning Branch in
Harmon till P
Application has been made to
banking supervisory authorities
by the First Pennsylvania Bank-ing
and Trust Company for per-mission
to establish two new
branch offices. One would be
located nt 203 West Ridge Pike,
Harmonville and the other at
255 East County Line Road,
Warminster township. Bucks
county.
According to William B. Wal-ker.
First Pennsylvania's execu-tive
vice president, both offices,
when approved, will offer com-plete
banking services includ-ing
drive-In banking, ample
parking and safe-deposit vaults.
With these two additions, First
Pennsylvania would have a total
of 41 branch offices serving the
Greater Philadelphia area.
Federal
Savings Rate
Is Increased
Edwin S Rockett, president offl
the Conshohocken Federal Savings!
and Loan Association, announce^!
that tho adx months dividend to b4»
credited to the accounts of 10.4001
savers as of June 30 will amount tal
nearly a quarter million dollars I
Tills figure was based on tliO
current 3'a'i dividend rate, MM
Rockett said, cletirly Illustrating U>*l
^^ liberal safe return savers at Con-1
^ £\f\f\ 4^ I M. shohocken Federal enjoy . . bnng-l
\ t It il i L\ I \{){* I il I i\ #"*<• *<"* their savings goals of security!
C#«) 1/1/1/ iV>/JL#V>"^ •>\Mtw\Jm O advanced education for their chll-|
' m dren or future pleasures closer .ill
baud. H
C^ m £ \ m W 1 h ~W Ever since the founding of thfl
.%.OaO I I ITml m^fl W^ftfm & association, nearly 82 years ago. III
L/Ut^ _£. \r C i € M. \Jwm %A'\M'mZ> has been the constant aim ot tn«|
officers nnd directors to pruvidai
both maximum safety for savings!
-w ~r± I I m I I anU lo p"-v Ulc lll0rt llberal dlvl^
Mil' #J %Jlmmw^il MM I W * "In keeping with this practice"
Rockett said, we are pleased to an-l
' nounce that starting July 1 and!
A crowd of 5.000 lined German-1 tenuto of Plymouth Meeting, who payable Dec. 31 our dividend rats|
town Pike on July 4th to witness presented a new 50 star flag from will be increased to 3 3 4%,
the the 10th annual parade spon-itno CU4D to Whitemarsh township. "ICow lts »l**aya in the past,
sored by Whltemarsh Lions Club.! . . . Barrpn „,,, saver can hr assured of absolutt
Led by Felix Barowakl, Brand mar-i™ nag was ralswt b> Baircn HIU safety of hi it to cons*!
shal. the units marched from thei Bo>* Scout "^P 12- vative and efficient maiiagamenl
Barren Hill Fire Co. grounds, Gcr- Hundreds of free hot doga and ample reserves nnd the Insurano
mantown and Church Road, to Col.! sodas were consumed by an estl- of each persons account up to $10,J
Miles Park at Joshua Rd. and First mated crowd of 3500 at the park.< 000 by nn agency of the Unite*
Ave. CHUtlM and races and a rolling-pin-States gowiuniont."
More than 2500 flags, honoring tossing contest for the women con-the
new state of Hawaii, were dla-; eluded the program,
trlbutod nlong the route. Scout1 Parade winners were:
troops, civic groups, decorated bi- Best decorated bicycle, boys:
cycles nnd tricycles, patriotic cos- Jimmy Loycr. Bruce Taylor. Kenny
tumes, humorous costumes and Leighton, Stephen Darby,
floats paraded past the Judges Bast) decorated bicycle, girls:
stand. .Frances Pearson. Mnry Barnhait,
At the park, to climnx the parade Dale Mattl.es, Patty Bishop, Lynn
a helicopter landed Betsy Rosa, im-, Kemp,
personated by Miss Cecelia Caro-J /Continued on Page Two'
In the last six months, Rockett
ndded, seven hundred and twentyJ
four new accounts were opened aft]
the two ofllcos of the association
bringing tho total number of ssvrJ
ers to 10.400.
"We urge those who do not ha*
A tegular savings plan to take ad
vantage of i his profitable, safe wa*
to gain future financial independ-|
ence," tho executive concluded.
AS IF HE KNOWS—Contestants in Wivcs-Rolling-Pin Throng competition, at
an annual July 4th celebration at Col. Miles Park. Lafayette Hill, receive instruction
from Al Enoch. 4036 Fairway Rd. He's telling Mrs. J. Ellwood Spare, of 410 Second
St., Marble Hall and Mrs. Warren Myers. 4007 School House. Plymouth Meeting.
how to hit target every time! Mrs. Spare is the former Miss Florence Misflimer of RoS-borough.
Winner was Sirs. France* Cxop, of 210 Flourtown Rd.