The Conshohocken Recorder, April 13, 1961

              SPRINCPORT. MICHIGAN
COMPLIMENTARY
Published EVERY Thursday
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TA 8-4600 Vol. 9148 Thursday. April 13, 1961—10c BR 9-0950
School Tax
46 Mills in
Plymouth
Animal Rental
Fees $269,000
For Buildings
The luxury of country liv-ing
will be more of a luxury
when homeowners in
Sewer Connection
Urged for Homes
In Plymouth Hill
Approval of Installation of a i complaint over to the safety com-tr*
ftlc signal at Germautown Pike mission to study,
and Chemical Rd.. 13000 for a j •'• *"*»"»n m rai.nl by rommls-study
for alleviation of air poUu- I l*ey■»wh«icSh«*wi•ll"«b"e',"f«ollo«w»rd >tIn.
tion and plans to enable residents (charfini the $IM hook-up fee In
of Plymouth Hlls to connect to the inch place* an shopping renter*,
apartments and nunllar groups of
bulldinEH owned by one or more
persons whlrh have a single trunk
line ronnertlnn to the municipal
kewerage sy»trm.
A. Benjamin Scirlca. .solicitor for
new sanitary sewer system pending
outcome of a case In court marked
the monthly meeting of the board
of commissioners of Plymouth
ply. ! towmhlp. Monday night
*i~;~' T*16 commissioners authorized a
mouth township receive their Ux amlclpat,.on ,0,„ 0, M0.ooo.
tax bins in the near future. | Action waa taken to Install the
The school tax will be 46 mills, traffic signal at a total cost of J2.-
an increase of enht mills over 1980. duo. half to be by the state and 20 j unit would be liable for the $100
For the additional money 1 he, percent by the county. I hook-up fee. the same as an Indl-tnwnshlp
will have a handsome A motion was passed to file a v.duai resident. Commissioner Ko-elemer.
tnry school near Harmon-; complaint with the P.U.C. with a pach used as an example, the
vine, costing a million dollars and request to hold a hearing to allevl- Plymouth Valley Shopping Center,
the townshhp and the authority.
which is building the sewer line,
said Uiat each store or dwelling
the school district will have a Junior. »te a hazardous traffic condition
high school in Plymouth Meeting',t tne Oravers Rd. Railroad cross-costing
s.2.375.000. more or less, J Ulgi Kene 0, man, Dad accidents
The eight mill Increase was In-; An ordinance was approved Umlt-cluded
In a tentative bud«et adept- „.„ tne apwd on Plymouth Rd. to
ed by the board of education of 4U mUes an hour
Plymouth township.
The proposed budget provides for
total estimated expenditures of $1 -
260.149.
These four expenditures are an-ticipated.
1, Construction of the $2,375.-
000 Junior high addition lo plyin-oulh-
Whltemarah High school. Pro-posed
construction of the $1 mil-lion
Elementary school, and costs of
i,n addition to the Highficld Ele-mentary
school.
2. Costs the board will pay for the
Installation Of a sewer system in
Plymouth Twp.
The Plymouth School board corn-where
it was reported by the au-thority
that a common alteral serv-ing
a group of stores would require
only a single connection going into
the municipal trunk-line.
"In this case." Scirlca said, "the
owner of each separate store would
plained to the commissioners about > be required to pay the hook-up fee.
the vehicles on Jolly Rd. at High-. The commissioners passed a mo-t.
eld School. The board turned the I • ctmrlnasd on Poo* rirssi
SPEECHLESS — That's what Judge Alfred E. Taxis Jr., of Orphan's Court,
Montgomery County, said last night when he was surprised to receive an honoary life
membership in Montbomery County Lodge 14, Fraternal Order of Police. His wife
admires gold card along with District Attorney Harold E. Spencer.
Additional photos on page S. n Roviow photos by HarolJ
<)l Years Of Know How
SO GOOD
S5 YEARLY BY MAIL
Insurance Wrangle
Stirred by Romano
Falls on Deaf Ears
School Board President Cianei
Tells GOP 'Champion' He Does
Not Cue Enough Time to Office
(S tit nil MAoifl4M-ff£ T'tntruJi's" on pOgt t.)
Francis J. Bobenrleth, justice-of-the-peace and Iflsutv
nmv agent, "may be a perfectly Una gentleman, hut he is
the least equipped" to handle Insurance coverage for. the
Conshohocken School District, according to Nicholas1 Ro-mano,
former president of the board of school directors and
hi ad i>f the Conshohocken Chamber of Commerce.
Romano opposed having Boben-t
rieth write Insurance coverage al ,i ■-» . \[m 11
monthly meeting of the School t-£,\ |k|« V 1 pi TIC
Board Monday night in the Consho- IIDCI J. 1C1UO
hocken High school.
He made known his objection T% £ tf
after William .1. Mahcr, chairman K(1(|V ft! l\ (H'f'jlll
or the finance committee, submit- I*UUJ U1 ,,U1 VMM
ted a report tentatively approved •* *%-■
by a majority of directors at a com1- 1T/C_»lt„l„d„l,l■»a O< JI-
400 at Fraternal Order of Police
Banquet Honor Judge Alfred E. Taxis
Many surprises featured the 18th
annual banquet of Montgomery
3." Opening'of additional classes County Lodge 14. Fraternal Order
In eslattof school buildings. I of Police, attended by 400 last nOt
4, Increase In teachers* salaries as at T-K Hall, Conshohocken.
tnonttnurd on "age Threel | President Judge Alfred E Taxis
Jr., of Montgomery County Or-phans
Court, was presented a life
membership by Francis Wack,
president of the organization. Ac-cept.
ng the honor, the Jurist said
he was humbly and sincerely grate-ful
as well as being speechless.
Mrs. Elsie Drager, of Upper Dub-lin
township, was awarded a Hie
membership In the Ladies' Auxil-iary
by Mrs. Mary Benson, presi-dent.
Mrs. Drager. a charter mem-ber
of the women's unit, served as
f.rst chaplain of the organization,
held the offices of both vlce-pres.-
dent and later secretary tor tw.i
years each, and also served as a
trustee.
Two special honorary member-ships
were given by Mrs. Benson lo
Frances, wife of Thermae Britt and
Marlon, wife of Joseph Relley.
wives of the solicitors of ihe
Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 14.
Mrs. Kay Mclntyre, president of
the women's state organization,
(Continue* on Page Five)
THEY'RE ON HIS TEAM — S#t. Jesse Zadroga, of 124 W. Fourth Ave., shares
happiness on his promotion in the Conshohocken Police Department with his two
B us. David, 14 and Paul, 11 and one of their friends, Louis Nardi, 12, of Fourth Ave.
and Fayette St. Police officer fought all the way from invasion of Normandy until
World War 2 wan over, participating in five campaigns. An athlete, he played semi-professional
football with Conshohocken Pros and LAM in Norristown after leaving
Conshohocken High school. He succeeds Sgt. Francis J. Blake, retired on April 3.
li Named
To Planning
Commission
Air Pollution Unit Meets
Wednesday in Plymouth |i
Ci.iltl Saved
By Oxygen
Washington Rescue
Squad Given Credit
A 21-month-old tot who swal-lowed
an undertermlned object on
Friday, has returned home com-pletely
cured Tuesday, according to
his mother. Mrs. Robert Davis, of
918 Hector St., Spring Mill.
The child, Peter Davis, was put
to bed for a nap at 11:30 and
seemed to sleep peacefully until 1
P M„ when his mother saw a
slight change In his color. When
she found she could not make him
sit up and that his face was turn-ing
blue, she became panic stricken.
"I ran to the 'phone and called
my husband at Walker Bros," said
Mrs. Davis, "and he came running
home. We were at our wit's end,
what with not having a car and
not being able to reach anyone.
Finally, my husband called the
Washington Fire Co. No. Rescue
Squad, of Conshohocken. They gave
Peter oxygen
The plan called for placing insur-ance
policies on a 40-30-30 basis
with Bobenrleth. who would get
the larger share; James J. I
4 E. First Ave., and Samuel M. De-
Medio. Fayette St. and Sixth Ave.
George Snear. of Fayi ito Bt and
Third Ave., declared that Lynch is
not o resident of Conshohocken. He
SSH ««n" attempted to ^huylkm rchluvnsh^ Uw lxKiy of
,ho George Bcrnstiel. of 3*H Jefferson
Long \ ijril Kmls
On Schuvlkill
Saturday Afternoon
Afier 14 I011& days and niah'.s.
Si., swedesburg, on Saturday after-
CONGRATULATIONS — First to extend well
wishes to her husband on his promotion to sergeant last
night was his wife, Helen. Sgt. Jesse Zadroga, a mem-ber
of Conshohocken Police department 10 years on
April 16, the day he officially assumes new role, and
Mrs. Zadroga are shown at banquet last night at T-K hall.
THE
LINE
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IT HAS BEEN OVER 25 years
the way to the since anyone came out in the open
Citizens of Plymouth Mooting meeting on April 19 with the board j hospital. We thanked God when he and charged a Montgomery County
Park, a development directly oppo-1 of commissioners to discuss the was taken on* the critical list on \ judKe wn_h playing politics but the
site the Phillip Carey firm, have' problem. At a recent township meet- j Saturday." . . . . "' ..
Emil J. Clavarelll, a mortician;! been working more than a j-ear in|ln8. Commissioner Kopach made aj Mrs. Davis thinks the baby!era ended last weck wncn rres,dent
Thomas McCarter. an engineer and an effort towards eliminating the j "^i™ i!S!:
1,S«0<ll,I?«bUd8eled '"i™110*^.?0,"-^-8^-0!.?!.11 w^ichlf>?>. WU'Um ._F* .._D*nneh0W_"
William Collins, a newsman, were nuisance created by dirt and smoke
e'.ectcd by Borough Council to fill In the air.
vacancies on the Conshohocken
an air pollution study. j WOs absored by his body, since I leveled an accusing finger at two
A special citizens committee. ■ there was no trace of poisoning 0f h^ colleagues on the bench,
j headed by Robert Johnson, of Ply-|when his stomach was pumped. | Tne PnsUmt Judge.s blast ffas
The Industrial Development Com- 1 mouth Meeting. Is working on the Peter Is the youngest of nine
name none.
Romano inquired whether
board had approached Robert C.
Desimonc. used cor denier, who »W11-
maintains an insurance and real Apparently residents on both aides
estate agency nt Fayette St. and of the river had been keeping quiet
11th Ave. Maher said the commit- Wgii. watching for the body of the
. ..med Inquiries but had had 31-year-old veteran of the Korean
no communication from , Deslmone war to surface,
for eight months or more. As the waters, which had nearly
Desimone. Republican candidate reached flood stage, .subsided, the
for a seat in Borough Council, is a victim's body apparently came to
nephew of Councilman James the surface &ome\ here near the
Desimone. Romano, elected several Conshohocken bridge and began
years ago on U.e Democratic ticket floating downstream,
to the School Board, strives eagerly' About 2:30 P. M. Saturday an
to give the Impression ho Is a object was spotted in the water by
cliampion ol the Republican party.1 Mrs. Ella Davis. 206 River Rd., Glad-
He accused four directors of play- wyne. on the I-owcr Merlon towu-ing
politics and holding a Demo- ship side of the Schuvlklll.
cratlc caucus at committee sessions, she notified Lower Meiion town-lnstead
of considering school board'ship police department. Patrolman
business. He has boy rotted the1 Louis V. Mellorl responded and
"comnutiee o! the whole" meetings.: with the help of Gem
Kornaoo *a.d, and lv< wm^Miunue rttvtrisd.. und hia oioili. .,
to stay away until the other direc- Price, 194 River Rd., brought the
tors "stop having Democratic cau-jbody to shore,
cuses." j The body was floating about mid-
Francis X. Cianei. an attorney,'river when It was discovered,
denied the accusation. He said thel Ixwer Merlon police called Officer
Republican members of the board,'Albert L. Slater, of West Consho-
Dr. Russell Erb, Romano and Snear' hocken police, who had been keep-have
failed repeatedly to attend lm: vigil day and night by the
committee meetings, although each river in an effort to locate the body.
director has been notified well In Removed to a funcrnl humc in
/Continued on Page Four) < Ardmore. the body was Identified
by William Bernsllel, his tsjtt.er,
and Edward Bernsllel. a brother.
After an autopsy conducted *>f
(Continued 0* Page Thrmi
Planning Commission, last night, imlttee made a request for a Joint 1 air pollution probl
Clavarelll received 12 votes, Sam-j
Ufl W. DeMedlo, a realtor, and Col-lins.
11 on the first ballot.
The tie was broken in the sec-ond
balloting whlcti gave Collins
13 votes, McCarter 9 and DeMedlo 8.
Action was tabled again on des-
I 01 W. Tenth and W. Elcv-t.
1 \\e. M one-way thorough-
1 An automobile club had
1 . led to make a survey.
. « residents who circulated pe-
L-.uns opposed lo the plan nearly
(. DM t-> Uowa with Councilman Pe-unl
at the conclusion of the
»: eilnp. Bmnl Is all for the one-
Wi y ordinance.
I children.
Kuggiero I loads
Po3l-Prom Tariy
B : liero, chairman of
I :id girls committee In Ki-v
.. Club of Conshohocken. has
•nnouaeod bJi committees for an-
1 il al sT-prom activities for the
:ig class of Conshohocken
I 1 frhool.
0:1 the d xoratlons committee
J.vseph Pursell. P. Romano
I iwerd Cardamone; beverages
- A .; I'.ennanl Jr. and Al Marl-
;:id entertainment —
•vMiy. alero and Charles Bu-tera;
food—W. Schank and R. Mo:i-ap.
llj; publicity — Charles F.
Warga.
The prom takes place May 28.
After-prom activities begin about
II P. M. at Conshohocken VFW
hall. Hector and Harry. All mem-bera
of the Klwanls Club are asked
to take part In this worthwhile
..-.....,, U« cbalr.uan announces.
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n^bssrf '—■ -^B _1 l\ "«3» faSJ u -*
jw^e -
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aimed at Associate Judges Groshens
and Uoneyman. who wrote letters
on official stationary to State Sen-ator
Henry J. Propert pleading
with him to work against the ap-polntmcut
by Governor Lawrence
01 two new Judges for Montgomery _
It can be added that the letters JVlaCllIIllSt.
were written, and copies sent to
the newspapers, while Judge Dan-nehower
was out of town.
This merely delayed the explo-sion.
When Judge Dannehower
came back and read in public prin
what Oroshens and Honcyman
had done, he lost no time In com
posing a letter of his own to Sen-ator
Propert, stating among other
HAND-IN-HAND — Mr. and Mr*. Edward Cooper,
10 Cedar Ave., West Conshohocken, who marked their
54th wedding anniversary on Monday, are still holding
hands. They have eight sons and daughters, 20 grand-children
and throe great-grandchildren.
'Weekly Roviow photo by Harold C. McCuen)
Father of 9,
I Dies Today
Stanley SumiUkl. 719 E. Elm St
'Man of the Year'
Dale Is April 27
Presentation of a surprise annual
Conshohocken Man of the Year
award will take place April 27
Plymouth township, with only a se
lect committee representing Con-sjohocken
Klwanls Club and the |
1
Woman Dies
On Sidewalk
falls in Ruin on
\\ u\ From ( lm nli
A Conshohocken woman died sud-denly
u( i besul attack in front of
I her home at 7:30 A. M. today.
The woman, lira, Phllomena Ma-shett.
71. Of 155 W. Seventh Ave.,
was returning from SS. Cosmaa
and Dainian Church when she waa
stricken. Telephones of Washington
Fire Co. No. 1 and the Conshohock-en
Police Department were out of
order at the time probably due to a
foully terminal box. Help was sum-jmoned
by radio.
Oxygen failed to revive Mrs. Ma-
, shell and Dr. Paul R. Mlroglla. of
• Sixth Ave, and Fnyette St., pro-nounced
her deHd at 7:45.
I Mrs. Mashetl. the former Fllo-jmena
Rlnaldl. was born Jan. 21,
11890 in the province of ChieU. Italy.
I She was an active member of the
SS Cosmas and Damlan Church
and the St. RiU Sodality of the
pffiith,
Surviving, besides her husband,
iConfinued on Page Three)
Nine Receive
»| First Degree
The following received the first
u'&(^U^ITS **■ Mi»- a- •« *«y Sir"5 awarc ot thc ^:K.,s!»«iffij associates "show that they arc not: Hospital early this morning after in jgeo. Joseph J. Qulnn, veteran ,"'*!"', _ _ n. M n «
keeping out of politics." a brief Illness. He was 51. ! secretary ot the Borough of Con-' _.m™f,r\«hii'7iiv2i., K'SZ
Judge Dannehower has beenj Born In Swedesourg, ne lived in shohocken, n recipient of the Jt^SL^LL ^ve' £ta£
campaigning two years or more lhls area „„ h„ „feUnle. award. *;™™.^ J™ZL , "rjl.'l.
for additional Judges to help clean, He was „ member of St Mary'si I" 1959, Edward W. Oermana
up the backlog of cases In Court.. church, the T-K Assn. and the! educator In the Conshohocken
The letter written by Judge polish Eagles. School District for threr decades
Honeyman Is particularly vulner- He was cmpi0yed by James Lees was the winner.
able to attack with respect to Its • and Sons Co> Bridgeport, tor about! :
political tone. The Judge begania, vears M a m. „_nlsl FuI. tlle ,. . . ... ., . , .
one paragraph by pointing out that p^ tw0 veara ne wag empl0yPd by """oc * '" V"" R,.,
his life on the bench Is rather Mercer Yarn Co, Manayunk.
^Continued on Page Severn | surviving are his widow, Mrs.
PENNSYLVANIA ON THE MARCH — Fifty representatives of business, in-dustry,
civic organizations and local government attended showing of "Pennsylvania,
the Keystone State" at 4 P. M. April 7 at headquarters of Freedoms Foundation at
Valley Forge. In this group, I. to r„ are Ralph Rhodes, general manager of E. J.
I-avino Co., Plymouth Meeting; State Representative Walter C. Frey, of Norristown;
Raymond J. Caton, manager of the Norristown office of Bell Telephone Co., producer
of the film and host; Richard H. Foltz, president of the board of education of Up-per
Merion township; Dr. Kenneth D. Wells, president of Freedoms Foundation and
Walter A. Knerr, executive secretary of the Montgomery County Manufacturers'
Masons to Hold
Party Night
Association. (W««kly Rtvww phoio by Hai<wi C MCOMO) [Bosch, of Barren Hill
A "Party NlRht" will be held at
the Masonic Temple. Eighth Ave.
and Fayette St., at 7:30 P. M. Sat-urday,
the gala will include bowling,
dancing, games and refreshments.
Co-chalrmrn are Qeorge Snrar.
300 Fayette St., and William shohocken, and a lister, Jem
Mary Zupkowskl Sugalskl; seven
sons. John of 228 W Sp.
Norristown; Stanley of Arch and
Airy Sts,. Norristown; Paul of 3008
Rebel Rd.. Barren Hill: Walter.
Thomas. Joseph and Francis, all at
home; two daughters, Mary Ann.
wife of Watson Zadroga, 22 Stan-bridge
St.. Norristown; Jane, at
home; eight grandchildren; a broth-er
Edward, of 145 E Elm St.. Con-t
(Continued on Page Three)
Extinguished
A fire, which could have l>een
dangerous, began at 1:35 Sunday
afternoon and was put out In 30
minutes by Conshohocken Fire Co.
No, 2 and the Washington Fire Co.
No. 1.
The wooden Forrest St. bridge at
Elm and Fnrrest Sts. property of
the Pennsylvana Railroad, caught
fire as a result of a trash conflag-ration
under Die briclur-. The fire
■
ter J. Evan, Eraanuel J. Gallagher
3d. Eugene C. Collins, and James J.
Fritz.
The oegree was confered at
Bishop Corrlgan Council, Devon.
Conshohocken Council wilt exem-plify
the Second Degree of the Or-der
at 8 P. M. May U, at the coun-cil
home, Ninth and Spring Mill
Aves.
There will be a social ot the coun-cil
home on April 29. Tickets are
now available from Edward Swlti
council activity chairman. He urges
members to obtain their tickets
early as he has obtained the serv-ices
of a celebrity for the event.
The next business meeting will be
held at 8:16 P. M May 7 at the
council home. A general meeting of
Un Hi me AMoelailon u'.ll toilnw the
d the biidue until fire- council meeting, with J. T. Ryan,
men controlled the blaze. I Knight, presiding.