The Conshohocken Recorder, January 5, 1961

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Police Chief Title lf'
To Be Dropped in
W. Conshohocken
Ordinance Eliminating Office Passes
Second Reading by Borough Council;
Sewage Survey is Stalled Again
An ordinance eliminating the office of chief of police
and creating a department consisting of a sergeant and
two officers passed first and second readings at a monthly
meeting last night of West Conshohocken Borough Council
by a vote of 4 to 3.
The conflict ns to whom ti chief
Fetterolf
)ointment
Irks Co-Worker
Rep. Br€*niiiiij:rr
Boycott* Session
Of Legislature
of police In the borough began last
July when Burgess Harry F Mos-man
disclosed he lu assuming
duty himself as chief. He acted
after Officer Charles Millhouse,'
whose father, Albert F. Millhouse.
• is president of Borough Council and'
A I it \i\\ III MUM 11 H "l|red employe of the Consho-!
rr hocken Post Office, outplayed n
(badge that proclaimed hlrr chief'
The younger Millhouse lives in the
300 block Hnrry St., Conshohocken.
In January. I960, council ap-'
1 pointed Albert L. Slater chief of)
the police deportment. Slater lives
at 807 Ford St.. West Conshohock-en
and Joined the department
more than a decade ago.
While council did not bring the
matter of salary on the floor last
Insisting the appointment given night. It was understood that
Hop. Morton H. Fetterolf Jr.. of'should the ordinance br enacted
Flourtown on Tuesday to the House the salary paid Officer Millhouse
republican Policy Committee right- will be Inrreased to match that of
fully belonged to him under the ei-chlcf Slater. The difference Is
rules of seniority. Rep. Floyd K. said to be about $800 annually.
Brennlnger of Lansdale staged n The third officer Is employed on a
0 i' -man boycott of the Legislature part-time basis.
on Tuesday and declared at noon Burt;ess Mosman announced he
lay lie would not report lor, will continue performing the duty
in c.illed by the Oeneral As- of the chief of police until the or-al
4 P. M. Wednesday. He dlnance goes into effect. But citi-|
kept "his worr\ Further, he said, wus In attendance at the meeting
ht his no Intention of going near >«* "dghf Indicated they are vlg-|
t=e Oeneral Assembly until "this orously opposed to demoting Chief.
ii.r>s Is cleared up." Slater and would circulate a peti-l
roll, a former president of,"00 ""dating that he be restored
91 Years Of know How
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™i CourtAppoints
Ho",Ave- Miss Daly to Driver Sa\s He J
School Board
Romano Fails to Block
Action of Directors in
Filling Lytel Vacancy
ENGINEER AND FAMILY — Bernard L. Pannone. elected director of the in-cinerator,
sewage treatment plant, highway department and sanitation by the board
of supervisors of Whiteniiirsh township at an annual meeling Monday afternoon, at
home, 2 Flourtown Rd., with his wife. Mercedes, and their four children. Stephen,
four: Gregory, three months; David, three years, and Bernard, five. A lieutenant in
the Marine Cor|>s during the Korean conflict. I'annone i- S3, was assistant regional
director of the Williamsport area for the state bureau of highways when he accept-ed
appointment as engineer by the Whitemarsh supervisors, effective Nov. 21. His
wife is the former Miss Mercedes Palacio, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis C. Pa-lacio.
of 205 E. Fifth Ave., Conshohocken. w, iiy R.VI«V photo;
3 Children
: board of supervisors of White-marsh
township, was elected in
1056, after Brennlnger. an automo-;
bile dealer, had served two years In'
tne Legislature. Both represent thei
third district.
James t Staudlnger, of AMnrton,
county controller and OOP chair-man,
said yesterday he should like
., to see Brennlnger go to Harrltbnrg'
" and W .».cn. 'lies a gsod legis-lator,"
Staudlnger said.
The four other members of the
Montgomery county OOP delega-tion
went to Harrisburg and took
their oaths at the opening session
of the 1961 Legislature at noon
Tuesday.
•T don't Intend le take my oath
•r da anything about It." Brcn-ningcr
said, "until thla Is worked
'Continued on Page Fioel
| Our political column
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W. E. McLaughlin
Rescued From /vame</ Supervisor
Quarry Chff Whitemarsh
Didn't know He
Had Hit Anyone
Henry Ave. was coated
Monday night with chunks of
ice. This made the road very
bumpy.
Driving along the roud was Louis
Konowal. of Hart's Lane, Barren
Hill. Police said his car struck and
Injured Thomas Kroehmal. 16. of
7706 Kciffcr St.. Roxborough.
Joseph Trautman. Accident In-vestigation
Division officer, said tin- Miss Margaret F. Daly, a former school teacher who
accident occurred about 7:30 P. If. went into advertising and then into office management,
in a section where there are no side- will be sworn the seventh member of the Conshohocken
walks. He said the Kroehmal boy.School Board at 7:30 P. M. Monday at a monthly meeting
was walking north alone. The car to lie held in Conshohocken High school.
«lso was traveling north, he said. I Miss Daly was to have been seat-1—
nP*o*liic*e. t.o-.oki. vKroe,hmial .to uMemore-, d Dec 5, but Nicholas Romano. elecled M thf ^^ as „ „„„„,„,
lal hospital where he was admitted on a write-in ticket three years ago,
suffering cuts and bruises and • only to revert to type In the Re-1
possible fracture of the pelvic bone.; PubUcon fold, objected. He sold her |"1| . D»_l
' ... : election on Nov 14 by a 3 to a vote t^lpf'TC rt*PflQVt\
He was reported In good condition. was 1|leg„, H„ ,.„-, absf.nti lhat IjltXlO 1 tXIIdl O
Accident Investigation Division' night. i
Patrolman William Beal said a] The case went Into the Mont- P»*«aClflsarif'
witness got the license number of'gomery County Court and a hear-'I I ColllClII
the car. T..e witness told police''"« ^k P'"cf ,"' 10 A„M lMt Prl"'
" •""" day In Norrlstown. Romano was
It continued on at a normal rate of Ulero, advocating the appointment
speed after striking the youth. of Benjamin L. Hannum Jr., a Re-
The license number of Ihe hit-run publican.
car was .raced to Konowal. operator JXJ^i" Sufto''^TiS'
of a beer distributing finn m Wisso- uliexplred term of Dr. Frederick
hlckon. Konowal told jHilice he was .Lytel. a former president of the Alex Pecharo was elected preal-unawore
his car had struck »n>-,^n
rd
No"v
ho
14*u^!lt^t^ta
1,rDemo- dent °r th» w«hlngton «"'» <*•
0M- crat. was'elec'ted to a six-year term ■* an annual election meeting Mon-
Beal said the right front head- ui November. 1958. ;day.
The brief opinion wa» handed BalIota „„ ^ by 140 mrmber,
clown yesterday by Judges William1 _ .. ,. . _,
P. Dannehower. David Oroshensi0' "" '"'"nteer fire company. It
Fire Company
Washiea to Hold
87th Banquet
Next Month
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Heroic Rescuers
Rink Liven to
Save Boy, 2 Girls
I A walk on the Ice nearly ended
I In rrw&od* lor a Plymouth tovnahip
girl and two companions on Friday.
But luck, and spectacular rescue
^en^"n,uXtpyW«hndt.n^1<, : „ William E. McLaughlin, of 6202 Sheaff Lane. Fort
Leanne McMtiiien. H. of 4«3 Pair- Washington, was sworn a member of the board of super-field
Rd.. and Janet Spaid, 13, and visors of Whitemarsh township on Monday, filling a vacancy
her brother. Robert, 6. of low E. created by the resignation of Geoffrey S. Smith Jr., of
ffot SprecST.i.ro'n? ^fhl Pfovidexice, R. I., formerly of the East district of the town-
60 foot cliff of the Evans and Rob- snip.
erts quarry. Conshohocken Rd. near rt" supervlw's wife, the former
Ridge Pike
Thomas J. White Sr. Elected
President; Berni^'d Pannoue
Appointed to $10,000-Year Post
OLD TIMERS AROUND the
Court House, whose ranks are
rapidly thinning, are delighted with
the news that the County Com-mlsaloners
hare done away with
professional Janitors and have re-turned
to Ihe former system of hlr-
• iig their own cleaning help.
i They recall how proud every-one
was in those days to show
visitors through the Court House,
pointing out the clean, shiny
floors, sparkling brass bannisters
and the highly-polished furniture.
The Court House superintendent
during that period was Thomas1
Place, or Cast Norrllon. Ills chief,
assistant was Richard Pearson, of
Conshohoekcn, present building'
auperhitendent.
In order to get the best results
out of their night force. Place and
Pearson resorted to a little "trlck-
(Cvnftowed on Page Six)
DAMP RESCUER - Thomas
Rock.it ol 304 Ford St., Wsst COB-shohocken.
plunqvd through les Into
frigid watt»r In Eyans and Roberts
Quarry os h« tnan#uririd Gsorg*
Clay Firs Co. r*scu* boat towards
marooned, tosnaao girls. Rockcll
rescued the glrU and sh:ugged off
his ley bath. "All In a doy's work."
be grinned.
All were taken to Montgomery
Hospital, Norrlstown, along with
Thomas Rocket, of 204 Ford St..
West Conshohocken. a member of
the Oeorge Clay Pire Co., who had
fallen Into the water In rescuing
the girls. The boy nnd Rocket did
not require treatment. The girls
were treated for exposure and sent
home.
According to Plymouth township
police, the trio started to walk on
to an lec-covered pond In the quar-ry
shortly before noon.
They had safely negotiated some
Couple Flee
Burning Home
Kof C Honors
4 on Sunday
Four members of Conshohocken
Council Knights of Columbus 1603
who received honors of the Second
Degree at the Holy Family Coun-eU
In Bridgeport on Sunday night
were: Thomas V. Oalle. James C.
Lough. James F. ODonnell and
Richard P. Pultorak.
Attending the degree ceremonies
were: Albert Plzzla, Orand Knight,
Plymouth Council: John Kowal,
Orand Knight, Holy Family Coun-cil;
Joseph Ryan. Orand Knight,
Conshohocken Council.
Francis Leddy, field representa-tive
(or Knights: Carmen Bore,
district deputy; Francis Flnneran.
International former district dep-uty:
Edmund J. Champagne, fi-nancial
secretary of Conshohocken
Council.
I Members of Conshohocken Coun-cil
will attend Third Degree cere-monies
Sunday In Olenslde, leav-ing
their headquarters, Ninth and
Spring Kill Area., at 13:30
Their session Is set for 8:15 Sun-day
night at the council borne. \
Miss Elizabeth Hough, of Ambler,
was present when the oath was
administered by Justlce-of-the-
Peace Louis W. Hofmnn of White-marsh.
Mrs. Louise Smith, wife of
the retiring president of the board,
drove Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin! \ faulty heating system
to the township building for theiCauged an estimated ?]0,000
organl»tlon meeting. W-rooTtx house
Head of the McLaughlin Real , .,, . ,, i. 10An». .A
Estate firm In Abln.ton the super- ''"lit "1 the early 1800 S and
visor is a former Army captain who forced a young COUple out ln-was
called back to service during to freezing temperatures
the Korean conflict. He is a for- early Saturday morning.
mrr president of the Wh!tem»r«h Q ?,„„,„. 24, and h|, wife
lounr Republicans and one of the • ... „,„w.
100 yards of the distance and were fonnders of the Montgomery Conn- Eleanor, escaped In their nlght-wlthln
a few feet of the opposite,,, young Republican Club. He and clothes from the flaming home lo-bank
when the Ice broke under'hb wife have three daughters, cated on Plymouth Rd. near Oer-
,h?m- Sandra. IS; Cathy, 12 and Martha, mantown Pike
They leaped to shore and started i. m. ,,r,„i. ... M. and Mr. """""*" . • _,
to clamber^ the cliff. The girls LSWaSSjW SET<£ VTZ"'r^™?
reached a ledge about five feet up br(d|re . Apartments, Alden Park and HarmonvHle Flro Companies
from the base of the cliff and found jfsnor battled the blaze for more than
f*Co;it.nued on Page FourI \ , Continued on Page Two/ ! an hour.
Fire Chief Donald Tarbutton
said the central section of the
house was most severely damaged.
Weakened floor boards also created
i hazard for firemen. Tarbutton
raid. He surmised that the heater
In the basement got too hot and
set fire to wooden panels near heat
pipes throughout the home
The young couple took shelter in
the Old Comfort Co. building on
Butler Pike until police took them
to the township building. Luckily.
Wagner's infant son. Brent, thru-months,
was staying overnight with
Eleanor's mother.
Wagner told pollrr- he and his
wife were asleep In a second floor
bedroom. He awakened to the smell
of smoke and saw flames coming
Ihrougb the floor. Quickly arousing
his wife, he led her to safety out-side
the home, then re-entered to
And warmer clothing for himself
and his wife.
He said they had retired About
1 A. M and that everything seemed
In order.
A driver for Old Comfort Co.
Alex Quzlk notified pollre when he
saw flames and smoke pouring from I
tne house as he was on his way
to work.
Ouzik then drove to the home
to alarm the residents, found them
leaving as he arrived
Cinder crews were called to the
scene to enable the fire equipment
fee leave after running water froze.
Into patches of Ice in the area.
Wagner la working on Installing
a new heating system before his:
family can return to the home.
Kiwanis Dinner
Set for Jan. 14
I.iiilirs Ni«ht Will
Be Featured
Ted Leslnskl was elected a dalev
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First Accident
light ol Konowal's car was dam-aged.
Konowal. charged with hit-run, al)d"Robert Honeyman. who pre-! was one of the largest vote return*
was held In 1300 ball Tuesday for sided at the hearing Friday when) in the hbtory of the companv
a hearing Jan. 30 by Magistrate Mlss Daly'e petition for appoint- pMharo —otaln of the F re-Pn
afattbM Zagorskl. Police said they monl was placed in the hands of i „ " "°[,Cap'*. . '"* .; ,
wanted time for the injured boy to the court along with a petition fa- llce unit. defeated Matthew
recover and be present. The youth voting Hannum. Dougherty Sr. Pecharo has been a
Is expected to be discharged from; At the same time yesterday thei member of the company since 1935. .
ihe hospital on Saturday. .court handed down a one-para.i „, ,. - . ,.,K „ . _,.,.
Konowal testified the road was:graph opinion denying HanAum's ** *» ""Vy** *"»■" Scheldt
bumpy with Ice. Police confirmed! petition for appointment on Brewing Co, Norrlstown.
this. grounds that the appointment was1 He will succeed Clement Mona-aied
by Mia Daly. Joelll. who declined re-nomlr.,- on,
Miss Daly said today she t» ..,._-. _-,,,,
sratefol to the Judges for a,-, DKlrA vlce-pres.de.,1 (,,. „.-
pointing her a school director and olhm term was John Boyle, wno
to the many elMsene of Consho- defeated Ignatius Schults.
hocken for their kind espre»lons| oth„ ottl„n lncluie s.ninel
ami loyal support of ber efforts to' _ ,„ . ,
Jerw ' "^ ;JanuMlU. unopposed for recording
1 also wish to thank The Reeor- ] secretary: Donald Lilies, financial
der for their editorials and fair-' secretary and Theodore Chjlack,
nesa In pointing out the true faela. treasurer
of the ease and wish to assure aD: „ , ' _ ,
my supporter, that I will do every-i BMtd <* <U™°tors: J Warren
-- ■ ., „,,, ^ , thing In my power to Increase the Rlnker, Anthony RauUl, and Wll-
£S^g»S-2 S%2 .ndVo.err£ '•< ■ -■ annual banquet to be he d Jan. Continued on Pagt Six)
14 by Conshohocken Klwanla Club.
Nell C. O'Brien will be Installed
president, succeeding Emll J. Ciav-arelli.
Other officers include Albert
Marlnarl, first vice-president; Wal- --v *» WT *-V
ter Schank, second vice-president; I If- \ nni* I l|l|^
Otto Orlegel, treasurer; Carl San- V/J. X %^tM.L m^l*^
toro, secretAry.
To be Installed on the board of
directors are Charles Butera, Ralph!
Falconlero, Vincent Plocco, Loui!
Monaco. Dominic Rugelcro. Charles An , ,urtace of ^ highway!
JWosenp^hnPpu\r,crcrlSl Mis rclhwai™rm^an fof(thhe.'wj.»„», "„So™™* for "" »»' ««'- U Dividends paid by the Comta- f 1Qfl, ,n wjhit*miirsh town. , . — . . « .
committee arranging the banquet. JS1' "' 1MI '" wnll«n",rsh to*n , hocken Federal Savings and Lou
Russ Cardy band will provide, p^ui^ j. Magulre. 31. of 2643 Association to members for Hie abr
n>"»lc Butler Pike. Plymouth ' Meeting, months ending Dee. 31, totaled $271,-
Flrst meeting of the board of ,Uffered Injury requiring admission 968.78.
directors for 1981 takes place to- to chc5,„ut Hill hospital after the Por th. „.,, „, IMn ,«„„,.
night after a regular dinner ses- coupe hB wa5 drlvlrlg skidded on ^r »e full year of I»»»5M.1».-
slon. This will be the first time oermantown Pike and Fairway Rd.,21 "as paid. Since organlratlon u
Nell O'Brien will preside at a | ;ln(i struck a utility pole at 11 :B5 a federal association In 1941 a total
meeting of the local club. p. M Jan. 2 He had lacerations of 13.159.817.38 has been paid to
Charles F. Warga will receive [of the face and nose and possible savers In this area.
congratulations on his birthday an-1 concussion. Beginning with Jan. 1 the dlrt-r.
lversary. which occurs Jan. ■ Magulre was removed by Walter dend rate has been increased to 4'-
Francls J. Rugglero. Justlcc--the- Wetter, of 411 Brookside Rd.. Am- annually, an added enducement to
Peace, will be fellciated on the oc- i bier to the hospital. Wetter wax <0|d and new customers to save more
caslon of his wedding anniversary, j driving an automobile trailing the, Asseu of the association Increased
Jan. 1. I coupe, 9.18'; to $18,757,970.13: savlngv 7-
77% to $16327.928.14; reserves 1».-
42"7 to $1309596.78.
"1960 therefore was a year of
steady progress, the association serv-ing
more people than In previous
years", aid Edwin S Rockett. presi-dent.
On or about Jsn. 16 the Plym-outh
Meeting Branch will move to
new quarters in Plymouth Square
Shopping Center at Ridge and But-ler
Pikes. HarmonvHle. "Ample free
parking and walkup window will be
provided for our customer's con-venlencc."
Mr. Rockett disclosed.
pn To Icy Roads Ul«' •>
Good Year
For Federal
$514,132 Paid
In Dividends
R.S.McArdleMr.1961;
He's Greeted Today by 3
Sisters and a Brother
WARMING UP FOR HAPPY ENDING — Leanne McMullen. 14, of 463 Fairfield
Drive, Plymouth township, gets a hot bow! of soup spooned by brother Kenneth, 12,
after she and two companions fell through abandoned ice-covered pond in Evans and
Roberts quarry. Rescued by George Clay Fire Co., Leanne was treated for expos-ure
at Montgomery Hospital and sent home to'bed. (W»«kiy rU*™ phctoi)
Whilcmar*h Hoard
SeU Meeting Dates
The board of supervisor* of
Wliltcmarsh township will meet at
8 P. M. the second Thursday of
each month at the township build-ing.
Joshua Rd. and First Ave, the
supervisors agreed on Monday.
The board suspended meetings
held at 4 P. M. the fourth Thurs-day
for the last year or so The
re.ison was that taxpayers found
the afternoon session Inconvenient
preferring to attend night meetings.
First baby born in the Conaho-horken
area In 1961 la Robert
Stewart McArdle son of Mr and
Mrs Raymond McArdle, 130 Front
St. West Conshohocken.
He was born at 7:25 A. M. New
Yfir's Day at Sacred Heart Hos-
General Biddle
Speaks Sunday
At Valley Forge
Major Oeneral Anthony J.
Drexel Blddle Jr. will deliver
the address at 3 Sunday after-noon
at sn annual Pennsylvania,
state service at Washington
Memorial Chapel, Valley Forge.
He will represent Oov. David L.
Lawrence.
Music will be by the Univer-sity
Olee Club o! Philadelphia
under direction of Dr. Clyde H.
Dengler, with John H. Heck-nwnn.
organist. H. D. Diig Is
president of the glee club.
The Rev. John Robbins Hnrt.
PhJJ.. rector of the chapel, will
officiate.
A carillon concert will be of-frred
In the national bell
altar 'i,r ■arrlc bj Prank P.
Law, Valley Forge caiillonneur.
■pital. The infant weighed seven
pounds. 14 ounces.
Baby Robert and his mother ar-j
rived home from the hospital to-
!day to be greeted by three sisters.
Patricia. 18; Shirley. 16. and Au-drey,
four, and a brother. Ray-mond.
10. who attends West Con-
I shohockrn Elementary school
Mother of the infant Is the for-mer
Miss Frances Jacquot. daugh-
' ter of Frank and Rose Jacquot 202
iButtonwood St., Norrlstown. The
j Jacquot family formerly resided In
I Conshohocken.
I Father of the five Is employed
,' by E. J. Lavino Co., Plymouth Meet-ing.
I The baby's sister, Shirley, is em-
! ployed at the Howard Johnson rest-aurant
in Valley Forge, on the
Pennsylvania Turnpike.
The baby and his parents will
receive First Baby contest prizes
from:
rUfferty Fharmacy, 67 Fayette
St.. a baby gift set.
Clairs'-i. 73 F.iyette St. offering
I a $6 gift certificate.
Plymouth fottafe Restaurant.
Rldae Pike. Plymouth township.
dinner for the two proud parents
The Rosy Drag Stores, Joshua
Rd. and Oermantown Pike Barren
HID. deluxe gift box
The Recorder mailed for one
,ycar to extend their subscription.
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