The Conshohocken Recorder, December 8, 1960

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School Director Seen Winner by Default
Open House in 'New Borough Hall
No Minority
the GOP,
sWetherill
Party
Say:
Commissioner
Is Muhlenbcrg
College Speaker
West Side
To Welcome
Visitors
(Photos on page 5)
West Conshohocken has
handsome "new" boroufrh hall
of which Burgess Harry F.
Mosnian and members of bor-ough
council are right proud.
They have every right to be hnppy
with headquarters In the 50-year old
former bank building acquired In
1033 when the depression was at
Its peak and they unanimously
agreed at a monthly meeting last
night the public should have an
opportunity to Inspect the premises.
Albert F. Mlllhouse. president of
council. Issued an invitation to at-tend
open house from 4 until 7
P. M. Dec. IT and 18.
Remodeling af Ike building hat
been eompleted «n4er aaperviilon
of John S. Trinaev -Ir.. bead «f
Rebel Mill Park in. at a coat af •
WeLherlll. OOP state director of I (2850 lo the borough and an ad-
Pieclnct Organization, said the'dltlonal S3DM he ronlrlbuted us an
Democrats "favorite pitch la to j expression of appreciation for the
groups such as labor and the ml-1 town's interest ID endeavoring to.
norltles. annex 1*7 acres from I'pper Merlon
"I believe that most people re-i lawmhip se that the corporation:
rent being labeled and dumped Into : can erect three hlgb rise apart-
' categories to promote the vote-get- ' menu,
ttm propaganda of the Democratic; The Rebel Hill project will cost!
psty. I an estimated $35,000,000. Trlnsey re-1
•The Republican party stands for minded the councllmen last night.
Elkins Wetherlll. of Plymouth
Meeting, president of the Mont-gomery
County Commissioners, de-clared
Dec. 5 In Ailentown that
"the Republican party must ap-peal
at the grass-roots to all Amer-icans
as Individuals to win their
support."
8peaklng to Young Republican
groups at Muhlenberg College.
Wetherlll cited "the appeal to the
individual" as "the great advantage
the Republican party has and must
employ over our opposition.'
Elementary School
At Harmonville to
Cost Million Dollars
Plymouth Township School Hoard
Will Build 22 Classrooms;
Dr. Kirkftatrick Elected Again
Estimated cost of construction of an elementary iichool
on a site near Ridge and Butler Pikes. Harmonville, has
leaped from $580,000 to $1,000,000 in four years, it was
disclosed Monday night at a reorganization meeting of the
board of education of Plymouth township.
The primary reason Is that ad-
Chrislmas Ads
Accepted Now
For Next Week
the rights and welfare of the In-dividual.
II always has I hope It
always will. For what the Repub-lican
party advocates does work for
'Continued OR Pag* Four)
He promised the "sewage flowing
outside this borough hall right now"
will be eliminated "one year from
tonight" with the installation of a
(Continual on Past «t*>
"GENERAL, THE COMMAND IS FORMED AND
READY FOR INSPECTION—" — These words are
spoken by Lt. Col. Harry E. Fox Jr., left, command of
troops, as Brig. Gen. Frederick E. Leek, commander.
Marine Air Reserve Training, proceeds with annual
military inspection of eight Marine Air Reserve Squad- •
rons at Naval Air Station, Willow Grove, on Saturday.
Col. Fox is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Fox, of 534
Righter St., Wissahickon. He is commanding officer of
Marine Air Reserve Group 25 and athletic director of
Upper Merion Township High school. Captain Francis X.
Cianci, newly elected president of the Conshohocken
School board, is adjutant of Marine Air Reserve Fight-er
Squadron 441 at Willow Grove and participated in
inspection. He served with First Marine Division in
Korea for two years. 'nhoio bfr Hot M C. McCuan)
Approval of Minutes Clears
Miss Dalyfor School Board?
Community pastors who HIT
holding special Christmas serv-ices
on Dec. 18 should have their
advertising ropy In the offire
of The Conshohocken Recorder
and The Valley Forge Sentinel
lot W. Hector St, Conshohock-en,
by noon Monday, Dec. 12.
The Issue of Dec. 22 also will
contain Christmas church ads
for services before and on
Christmas Day. Special Christ-mas
greeting ads also will he
printed In this edlton. All
ehurch news In that Issue will
be In advertising form.
HOWARD W. READ
Conshohocken Exceeds Quota
(Weakly Review photo by George Lakor.de)
Chest $3500 Over the Top
«94,000 Received
In Conshohocken
The 1861 Conshohocken Com-munity
Chest campaign came to a
successful conclusion this week
'when H. W. Read, chairman of the
drive, announced that pledges and
cash contributions totaled W4.000,,
which Is J350O over the goal. Edwin 8. Rockett. president of
Read said In a letter to the trus-, Conshohocken Federal Savings and
tees of the cheat. "Another sue- Loan Association announced that
eZ'tUy^d,setrr^c"res?on: «"«£ >™» 1 a* payable
slbUlty of so many of Consho- June '"■ lttl- ">• dividend rate on
hockens good citizens and local In- savings would be 4 percent per
dustrtes. It should be great satis- annum.
faction to know that the services I
No Motion
v- ■ .
On Record
Otherwise
The board of education of the
Conshohocken Public School district
unanimously approved the minutes
of the previous meeting Monday
night at Conshohocken High school.
The minutes show that Miss Mar-garet
P. Dnly was elected a director
on Nov. 14 at a regularly staled
meeting.
The directors on Monday nluhf
voluntarily delayed swearing in Miss
Daly. No motion was Introduced
halting the seating of the new di-rector.
There was only conversa-tion,
primarily originating with
Nicholas Romano, to the effect he
disliked Uie method by whir), she
was chosen a director on Nov. 14.
He gave assurance he personally
has no objection to Miss Daly's serv-ing
as a director.
Romano, contending the method
("Nov. 14) was "illegal." read from
a thick book with a red cover con-taining
the School Code. The ex-cerpt
he read said when there is n
vacancy the vacancy Is to be filled
by the remaining members of the
The success of thla drive is an board or by a petition filed In court,
be accomp- Romano, an Army reservist. was
nbsent Nov. 14. and therefore, he
hud no part in selecting a successor
to Dr. Frederick Lytel. who submit-ted
his resignation at that time.
The board is faced with two ques-tions:
1. Can an absentee director block
appointment when a vacancy exists?
2. Inasmuch as the minutes of
the five directors who attended the
meeting on Nov. 14 have been ap-proved
unanimously, and the min-utes
reflect the action of the board
in selecting Miss Daly, has not
Romano officially added his ap-proval
by accepting the minutes as
they appear in the record.
Now as always In the past savers | With legal technacalitles besetting
can
dltional classrooms—18 Instead of
14— are required to meet a zoom-ing
increase in population. Dr. Dan-iel
W. Kirkpatrick, president of tha
board, explained. The proposed
building will Include two rooms for
special education and two for kin*
dergarten. a total of 23.
While the directors were plan-ning
the bulK'Ing they realized Mon-day
night at the Highfleld Elemen-tary
school It may be inadequate
before its completion in 1963. News
was received concerning two new
developments of homes, one of 75
on Jolly Rd.. near the Highfleld
school and one nn Plymouth R4.
and Johnfton Highway. The young-sters
requiring facilities In the two
areas are noi Included In the pro-jection
of the needs of the new
Ridge Park school.
The board authorized Ernest
Hcim. solicitor, to obtain two ap-praisals
of more than 100 lots which
are to be acquired by condemna-tion.
Mrs. Edna M. Smith, secretary of
the board, said in most Instances
owners of the lots can not be lo-cated.
A survey Is now underway.
Designing of the new building
will be by Dunlap and Relnzl.
The board elected Adolph Fusee
rice president for another term. An
annual assessor's report, first of lt<
kind, was submitted by Joseph Al-dinger.
(The Conshohocken Re-corder,
Dec. li The report was re-ceived
and filed.
John Hasslnger was appointed a
each ";"nl>,'r oI "lp School District Au-thority
for o term of five years.
His term expired this month.
Carl H. Bloss. n teacher in the
Plymouth Consolidated school,
will be married on Dec. 17. The
board approved n week oft lor hit
honeymoon, Dec. 19 to 23.
Children Meet
Santa Tonight
Will Be <;in si-
OT Riwauit* Club
The Klwanls Club of Consho-hocken
will hold a Christmas
party at 6:30 tonight for children
of members at St. Cosmos Hall.!
Santa Claus will talk with
youngster after dinner.
President-elect Nell C. O'Brien
has selected these committee
chairmen for 1061:
Edward Cardamone and J. Neve. |
house; Emil Ciavarelll. support of]
churches: C. Butera, reception;1
Carmen Danella. agriculture; Ralph'
Fnlconiero, vocational guidance; '
Anthony Oreco. New and Keyj
Clubs; Vincent Flocco, attendance [
and membership; Louis Monaco.
finance; Anthony Marinnri, and ! A Certificate of Merit was award-
Walter Schank, achievement re- ed to James H. Craven by the Con-ports,
-hohocken Council. Knights of
Cosmo Narciso, ,lnter-club; Alex Columbus, at a monthly meeting
Piermanl. laws and regulations; Dec. 4 at Ninth and Spring
Joseph Purcell, program; Jules' Mill Ave. Grand Knight Joseph
Rosenberg, education and fellow-: Ryan presided. Craven, who had
ship: Dominic Rugglero. public and • been treasurer of the Home A»-
! K of C Honors
James Craven
business; Charles Warga, public
relatlons-Kiwanicle; Francis Rug-
| g.ero and R. Monapello, boys and
girls; P. Romano, club welfare; J
example of what can
llshed by a community effort and
is most deserving of thanks for
Job well done by all," he said.
Federal Increases
Dividend Rate
rendered by the agencies which
benefit from our Chest can bel0™ ** aMUred of absolute safety | the six directors, they aretechnic-contlnued
for another year due to
Conshohockens full support."
He also was especially apprecia-tive
of the fine support given the
drive by the local newspapers.
of their investment due to con-and
efficient manage-iContinuett
on Page Four)
servative
ment. ample reserves and Federal DcCailip Eleelcd
insurance of each account. Rockett
added
£dUoAiaJ
Do Your Shopping
At Hotiu-ll\ Easy
Thare's hustle and bustle everywhere this time of
year. Gifts to be bought and gifts to be wrapped.
tcan be a real chore,
ut there is an easy way to get your Christmas shop-fliitf
done.
Do it now and do it at home,
chopping at home can be easy and can be fun.
Local merchants have well-stocked shelves, a good as-sortment
of many hard-to-get items and time to take care
•of your requests.
And when you shop at home you avoid the trouble
and inconvenience of shopping crowds.
So do your shopping now — and do it here at horn*.
President Again
Verl A. DeCamp was retained
president, and C. Rush Barr Jr.
vice president, by the board of edu-cation
of Whltemarsh township at
a reorganization meeting Monday
night.
The board also retained Gilbert
P. High of Norrlstown as solicitor
fo: the ensuing year.
Mrs. Phyllis C. Doherty and
Mrs. Patricia Baker, teachers at
Lafayette Consolidated school, sub-mitted
their resignations, effective
with the start of the Christmas
holidays. Both teachers said they
are Infantletpating.
HARMONY — Francis X. Cianci, left, an attorney, is president of the Consho-hocken
School Board for ensuing year. He succeeds William J. Manor, right, both
Democrats and will serve with George W. Snear, Republican, vice-president.
^___ (Weekly Review photo by Horold C McCuon)
sociation lor 6 years, received the
award for faithful and exceptional
services to the Council.
At the meeting. Honorary De-
Purccll and R. Monapello. sheriff, j grees were conferred upon James
The Conshohocken club will be i Gordon, Raymond Maser and Wil-among
those in division 10 to honor I ham Casey.
Joseph O. Talley Jr., Internatlon- Grand Knight Ryan amid a
al Klwanls president during his Christmas party for members chtl-vislt
Dec. IB at Pottstown. \ dren will be held at 1 Sunday at
Among those attending a spag-, St Cosmos and Darnlan Hall. 3d
hetti dinner last week at Big John Ave and Maple St. Francis Shaw
Caslnelll's Cafe were two guests! is general chairman of the event,
fiom Jeffersonvllle-Audubon Club. Ryan also requested members to
Norman Young and Nick DeSantis.
Community Carol Banquet Dec 15 ToUef's ProteQe FOX
Sing on Sunday At Tracy Hall Conshohocken Mlnlsterlum will
sponsor a Community Christmas
Carol sing at 7:30 Sunday night at
Spring Mill Baptist Church, Cedar
drove Rd.. Whltemarsh township.
John Blackburn will lead the
singing. He Is on the Vestry of Cal-vary
Episcopal Church of Consho-hocken
nnd a noted vocalist. I /-* v/
Congregations of all area church-11 jOaClI I\<'I1I
es are cordially Invited to Join In
the sing.
An annual banquet honoring The
Saints and their coaches will be
held by St. Matthew's High School
at 8:30 Thursday nlRht nest week
la Tracy Hall, the Rev. Walter
Laut, principal, announced.
His Rival Friday Night
At Upper Merion Opener
attend mass at 8 on Sunday at Sts.
Cosmos and Damlan Church. A
breakfnst will follow in the Coun-cil
home. Ryan and Joseph Walsh
are in charge of tickets.
First Degree ceremonies will be
held Dec. 18 at the Bridgeport
Council.
Parents Night will be observed Jaworowski, of Barren Hill, form-tomorrow
night In Upper Merion | «ly of Manayunk, a prominent
Township High school, near Ku,B , N.^ona.^tb^n ; leagu^ official^
"'J/"" ' , ... .. ... school schedule. Senior High Boys'
lerald the Varsliy and J. V. Basketball:-
•Roxborough. Home. Dec. 0.
High school. Norrlstown. will be the "'<• 'e«"™» contest* at 6:4.'. be- .Rlldnor. Hnme, Dec. ,3.
tween the Junior varsity trams ot •jenkintown. Away, Dec. 16
Roxborough High School and Up-per
Merlon and the senior high
Speaks Tonight
Roy Kent, coach at Elsenhower !Pn5!^L*,^S!L,?f5.5bf*-
Christmas Eve Service* ,.
A service at 7 Chrlstmaa Eve is 1 speaker at'an annual'banquet to £™™ lnV"!°f ™"l,y, ic"S"„0'
scheduled at St. Peter's Lutheran be held tonight at Plymouth-
Church. Barren Hill, for family 1 Whltemarsh High school for mem- .
worship. A candleUght service will bers of the football squad and their "I™ of lh'.„lw0 *ch0?1»-
be at 11 Christmas Kve. • guest*.
/Continued 011 Page Threei
Santa Arrives Dec. 14
In Conshohocken
The competition Is of particular
Interest in view of the fact lt will
be pushed by Harry E. Pox for
the home team and Joseph Toner.
RHS. athletic director. Fox. a for-
Post master Announce*.
Holiday Mail Schedule
Additional hours for mailing dur-ing
the Christmas Holiday season
'Car Ri^
Up 'Noth>
Santa will be welcomed in an
exciting parade next Wednesday
night, Francis Leddy, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, an-nounced
today.
The line of march will form at
11th Ave. and Harry St. at 7 P. M.
Plymouth-Whltemarsh. St. Mat-thews
and Conshohocken High
Calvin Rlgg. formerly a resident school bands will play.
of Conshohocken, Is renewing ac- Washington Fire Co. No. 1 and
qiiiintances here and throughout i Conshohocken Fire Co. No. 2 are
the county for a week. He's a' among the units that will be In the I committee in
property owner in Florida now. | parade. ; the parade.
On Dec. 16. 17, 19. 20
Jolly Old St. Nick will be walking
up and down Fayelte St. every
evening. For three days
mcr resident of Wissahickon, made | ,mv, ,,«„ Br,noum-ed by James P. s^jasa. «vsjsM-rta»r **con- iunSh„Ii».r;r-JTZSZ ib_.-.~seubailtl ^wuhi.le .he was a student Sa.tA,' r,rSomm8 A. MK. toH7 P. M-. roniDiecr. 1e2, 3 u ,6 ,„ , M 2, „„„ ^
and 21 Moxborough High. 0u Salurd.lv U^. 17. lhe hours
The Upper Melon athletic of-!wl„ te „ A M ,„ < p M
flclal was In command ot Marine. Qn Sun(1 Ul.c ,„ „uu„ w„, ^
before j Air Reserve troops at an annual I N , 4 j, M
Cnrlstmas he will be greeting chil- ' military Inspection by Brig. Gen.
dren day and night In Our Town,' Frederick E. Leek, commander
giving away candy canes and In-! Marine Air Reserve Training, at
vlting the youngsters to tell him'the Willow Qrove Naval Air Sta-i
what they want in their stockings' tlon Saturday. Two days earlier, he I v , .- —
on Christmas morning. 'accepted the Silver Whistle Award) IuMitlP i.antuta
J. A. Warrell, Ray LaPenta and a' an annual dinner of Norrlstown j A Christmas cantata will be offer-
William A Moore Sr. comprise the Chapter PIAA Football Officials at.ed at 7:45 P. M Dec 18 by the
charge of arranging Valley Forge Country ",\\ib. Audu-jchoir al Plymouth Meeting Evan-
' bon. Principal speaker was Stan'gellcal Congregational Church.
Meany advised mailing holiday
letters and packages as early as
possible to Insure prompt delivery.
DON'T CALL
HIM
CALL US
Santa can get results, we
admit, but . . .
It's Classified Ads that really
get results.
So If you have anything to
sell use the Classified Ada In
this newspaper. The coat is
reasonable. You get 12 words
for $2 and your ad appears in
five Weekly Review newspapers,
which arc read by 150.000 per*
sons every week. Even Santa
em't get around that much!
Just telephone
So call now.
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