The Conshohocken Recorder, August 17, 1961

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Vol. 9213 Thursday. Aug. 17. 1961—10c BR 9 0950 ii
Miraglia
Bridgeport
Principal
Former CHS
Teacher Atvay
On Vacation
Vincent F. Miraglia will sit
at a desk now. instead of
knocking himself out in the
classroom, in the acting-prin-cipal's
seat and on the coach-ing
field for three major
sports.
Called to a meeting of the
Bridgeport School District Monday
night, he was elected principal of
Bridgeport High school.
MlragUa previously held all the
other positions at Conshohocken
High school — instructor of biology;
acting principal; coach of football,
basketball and baseball.
Miraglia and hla wife, Mrs. Rose-mary
I iMKi) Miraglia, formerly of
Copley. Pa., and their children,
John .(.. eight, who enters third
grade at CeeiUan Academy; and
Joanne, six, starting Arm grade at
St, Matthew's Grade school, live at
331 I Ninth Ave., f'omhiihocken.
He will begin duty Monday In the
Borough of Bridgeport, preparing
for the opening of school.
His educational background In-cludes:
Southeast Catholic High
school; bachelor of science degree
from La Salle College; master's de-gree
from Vlllanova University; and
he has been matriculating at Rut-gers
University, working on his doc-torate
program.
A likeable chap, Miraglia, who is
35, has a healthy attitude toward
education and "definitely will be an
asset to our school," a Bridgeport
school board spokesman said.
The family left yesterday for a
brief sojourn in Stone Harbor.
Miraglia succeeds James a.
Mitchell who accepted a position in
New Jersey. Mitchell had been at
Bridgeport two years, succeeding
Miss C. Prances Malone, retired.
'Continued on Page Seven/
Tom' Carty
Postmaster at
Lafayette Hill
War Veteran Named
To Post August 5;
Active Civic Worker
(Photo on page 4)
Aaron Thomas Carty, 35, of 4020
Centre Ave., Marble Hall, a Navy;
veteran of World War 2. became:
acting postmaster at Lafayette Hill
on Aug. 6.
A career carrier, he succeeded i
Mrs. Rosalind Ambler, of 2315 N.
ailinger Rd.( Lafayette Hills, who I
was appointed acting postmaster ini
October 1969 after the resignation
of Mrs. Helen Mack.
Permanent appointment requires;
the endorsement of Sen. Joseph S.i
Clark, of Chestnut Hill, approval!
of President John F. Kennedy and|
confirmation by the United States i
Senate.
The former Navy man, who served,
three years in the Mediterranean!
and the Pacific theatres, Joined the1
staff at Lafayette Hill in Septem-i
ber, 1050. He is assistant manager,
of the Phils in the Whitemarsh Lit-1
He League and a counsellor for the
Youth League of Messiah Methodist i
Church, Barren Hill.
Mrs. Carty Is the former Mlss!
Edith Pleener and they have a
daughter, Carol, 12 and two sons,;
Thomas. 10 and William, seven
While the acting postmaster Is a i
registered Democrat he has not been
active in politics. Mrs. Ambler was.
a Republican committeewoman.
The Post Office department on I
Oct. 13 announced acquisition of a
site for a new post office near the
Lafayette Hill Shopping Center,1
Germantown Pike and Joshua Rd.!
The price was said to have been
133,000 for less than three-fourths!
of an acre. The site was acquired;
from Gulf Oil Corp.. which has a
service station adjoining the new!
post office, which Is nearlng com-pletion.
Infant Carried
Frown Flaming
3d Ftoor Hoonu
2 Families
Forced Out
By Damage
Army-Navy
Store at New
Address Soon
Floeco'.s Army-Navy store will be
opened formally early next week
at 118 Payette St., opposite Its
present location.
Fred Flocco said today the target
date is Monday. William Davis,
president of the Conshohocken
Chamber of Commerce, is planning
a ribbon cutting ceremony.
Flocco's Shoes will continue to
dc business at 119-121 Payette St.
Vincent and his brother, Brimi and
Mrs. Vincent Flocco are the pro-prietors.
i The new store formerly was
occupied by Wilder'* Shoes. It was
damaged badly by fire April 13.
Restoration has been accomplished
under the able direction of Samuel
W. DeMedlo. real estate and In-surance,
Sixth Ave. and Payette
St.
VINCENT F MIRAGLIA
. . . new principal.
World Gift Shop
Offers New Features
The World Home and Gift Shop
has recently opened an outlet in the
j. topping center. Germantown Pike
and Crescent Ave.. Barren Hill.
The parent company. Homcmas-ter
Sales Inc., conducts home party
demonstrations for linens, house-
;lver. etc. For additional in-formation,
contact Miss Hoch at the
store. TA 8-8580.
The shop carries an extensive gift
line at moderate prices, beginning
a; $1. Stainless steel mcl houseware
..re among those featured.
Kiwanis Back
Next Barn Show
Community project at present for
Kiwanis Club of Conshohocken Is
support of Jeffersonvllie Barn Play-house
Each member of Kiwanis Is;
scheduled to attend the next per-formance.
"Gigi," on Aug. 24, din-ing
with Kiwanians first at their
regular session.
All members are reminded to-night
is "get acquainted" night
when they are required to bring
one or more guests to share a night
of fellowship and possibly an ex-change
of ideas.
A special board meeting takes
plure tonight after the regular ses-lloo,
with each officer and member
reminded to attend.
At the session tonight, Ralph Fal-coniero.
of Upper Merlon township.
will lie feted on the occasion of
his birthday anniversary on Aug. 20.
This year he Is vocational guidance
chairman, a member of the board
of directors, and also a former
president of the organization.
HE DESERVES TO WIN — William McCloskey III,
of Spring MID, is in Derby Downs, 0., putting finishing
touches on the racer he will drive Sunday, and the whole
town's rooting for him. Billie admirably filled role of
good neighbor Monday when he showed great courage in
fighting a fire that threatened the home of a former
champ, Jimmy Burnett. In this photo he is shown
helping clean up debris.
(Photo by Anthony)
Derby Champ Battles
Flames That Hit '54
Title Holder's Home
Debbie Burnett, one month
old, was sleeping at noon
Monday in her crib in a third
floor bedroom in Spring Mill.
The infant's mother, the
former Miss Barbara Landy,
of Conshohocken. was busy in
the kitchen. On a hunch, she
decided to go and see how the
baby was resting.
Because Mrs. Burnett acted
on her hunch, the child prob-ably
is alive today.
When the young mother reached
the bedroom she was startled to
see the room filling with smoke
and flames leaping from a closet.
She quickly snatched her sleeping
daughter from her crib and hast-ened
to safety downstairs, shouting
"Fire." Her father-in-law, James W.
Burnett, summoned Spring Mill Fire
Co. Neighbors Immediately offered
assistance In combatting the blaze.
Patrick DUoseph and James Da-vis,
who were eating lunch at
Spring Mill fire house at 12:20 when
the call was received, drove an ap-paratus
to the scene. They saw the
fire was consuming the roof of the
dwelling and summoned Lincoln
and Barren Hill Volunteer fire com-panies.
First in action was William Mc-
Closkey XII, Conshohocken's Soap
Box Derby champion who flew on a
luxury liner today to Akron, O.,
for his part In the big annual rac-ing*
event Sunday at Derby Downs.
Billy's father was carrying a tad-
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GUARDIAN ANGEL — Mrs. Barbara Burnett, who.se husband, Jimmy, was 1954
Derby champ in Conshohocken, snuggles month-old daughter, Debbie, in her arms,
after infant's narrow escape from burning to death on Monday. Busy washing down-stairs,
young mother had hunch she should go see "if Debbie's all right." Debbie
was sleeping soundly and flames were leaping from closet toward tiny crib.. .. Addi-tional
related photos by Anthony on pages 4, 7 and 8.
Of all the countries in which a
Soap Box Derby is conducted, prob-ably
there is only one community
in which three local champions live
side by side.
That community is Spring Mill,
Whitemarsh township. T':e champs
are William McCloskey III, who
files to Akron, O. today to prepare
for entering the world's greatest
amateur racing event on Sunday;
James Burnett and John Lebold.
Burnett was champ In 19M and
Lebold in 1958. The latter's parents
are Mr. and Mrs. John W. Lebold.
His father is sergeant of the White-marsh
township police force.
Flames threatened the Donald
Burnett residence at 188 Barren Hill
Rd., on Monday afternoon. First on
the scene was a neighbor, the 1961
>c ".tinned on Page Seven/
3-Day Fair
Starts Tonight
Washington Fire Co.
Sponsors Event
Washington Fire Co. will open a
three-day fair tonight In front of
headquarters at Hector and For-rest
Sts.
Proceeds will be utilized for con-struction
of an engine room.
There will be games, refreshments,
pony and swing rides, and other
events. Activities will be in full
swing from 7 until 11 nightly.
John O'Connor and Louis Hale
are co-chairmen for the semi-annual
event.
According to present plans, the
addition will have 16-foot doors,
larger than the present house. It
is scheduled to b completed In
November, /'so, as part of the
project, a communications center
will be housed in f older building.
Refreshments will be prepared by
• he I idi-s AMX.lury
P-W Board
Meets Tonight
A vacancy created by the resigna-tion
of Rodger T. Dombrow aa prin-cipal
of the Plymouth-Whltemarsh
High school wiU be Illled tonight by
the *Kxud of education of the joint
district at a meeting at 8 In the
library of the school.
Mrs. Edna B. Smith will preside.
Dr. Dombrow accepted a position
as director of education at Beaver
College.
The Halos Featured
At Hi-Hop Tomorrow
A weekly St. Matthew's Hl-Rop,
under direction of Disc Jockey Gene
Kay, will feature the popular HA-LOS.
well known for their currently
popular "The Nag," tomorrow
night.
Music and dancing begin at 8:30,
continuing until 11:30.
AU-StaV
Game Aug. 29
An All Star team will play
The King and His Court at 8
P.M. Tuesday. Aug. 29, at A. A.
Garthwalte Field, Conshohoc-ken.
Tickets are available at
Conshohocken Fellowship House.
The All Stars: John Hanelll.
Bob Hennlngs, Louis Pasquale,
Mac McFadden. Slip Mahoney.
Tom Dunlap, Fred LeRoy, John
Killer. Jerry Kobrynskl, Mike
Burr)*, Joe Sutchon and Vino*
Morris.
Managers wiU be Dick Wclcer
and John Sugalskl.
Stars on the Stairway
90 Tomorrow, Active
Mrs. Kirkpatrick Will
Celebrate in Hospital
Mrs. Emma Kiikpatrick is a spry,
little woiiKin
fcprj, that It, tan ;"> W yr-old
who is going to be 90 tomorrow.
She Kins to f;ct about to do tilings,
ami bata sit ing around.
In f < ■ \i Kirkpatrick. who;
. .1. r daughter, Mrs. Emrua
| | nth Ave.. often
act.' U
i only last year, on this?
: ( Mrs Kirkpatrick
camr bat k from Montgomery Hos-tel!
on a (Unlit of
stah Only t;\o months )•
secoi:J daughter's home. Mrs. Mar-garc
Kirkpatrick, 123 E. Seventh'
Ave. she sus Hired a nose injury.
which required five stitches.
And ;i wnl «'iii\ teVtri 1 days ago
that Mrs Margaret Kirkpatrick'
was idling her sister. Mrs Hl'tner.'
how lucky they were trial Uieir
mother had been getting along so
well - - -
But the elder Mrs. Kirkpatrick
did it ofcuin, yesterday.
And as usual, a stairway was the
culprit.
Mrs. Kirkpatrick fell at home
iborttj after noon, yesterday.
ling to officials at Mont-!
omen Hospital, Mrs. Kirkpatrick
suffered skull and right shoulder in-juries,
and multiple abrasions about
the legs and left arm.
At the inisiiit.il today, Mrs. Kirk
lull-irk was on her way to recovery.
she sat up to eat breakfast, and In
the words of a spokesman, she "was
doing very well."
As for her remarkably quick re-
Mrs. Kirkpatrick. a daugh-ter,
could only say, "she must have
bones made of rubber and darn
good blood." i
Gravers Road
Closing Would
Hurt Industry
Harrington Company
I'reMiileiit Foresees
Severe Decline
Industrial development of cen-tral
Plymouth township may be
hurt severely if the dangerous Grav-ers
Lane roil crossing is closed.
Commissioner Lee M. Whetstone
warned the board of commissioners
Monday night.
The action, a proposal of the
Public Utility Commission. Harris-burg,
last week, drew vigorous ob-jections
from several other com-missioners.
A second "site conference" at the
location, about midway between
Germantown and Ridge Pikes, on
Monday morning, proved unevent-ful.
Whetstone's concern over the ex-pansion
of the area Mi **■
after a survey of Industrial firms
situated nearby Indicated only one,
Harrington Co.. manufacturers of
hoists and cranes, were "definitely
(Continued on Page Two)
THE
Paiigli—Zonr Chair man
Albert Paugh. former president i
of Whitemarsh Lions Club, has
been appointed to District 14-A
cabinet by District Gov. Tilghman
Hauscmnn. As Zone Chairman, he1
will coordinate Lions Club activi-ties
In this general area and act
as liaison between the district!
governor's office and local clubs
FIRING
LINE
A HUGE DEFICIT is piling up
In the police pension fund. Next
to go into retirement Is OtDrar Pat
Donovan. The date is August 1962,
but the money has to be In the
fund ahead of time. Officer Dono-van
wiU Join former Chief Walt
Phipps and former Sgt. Bunny
Blake, Originally, tlie men were to
be retired at 65, but the Democratic
block In Borough Council advanced
the age to 61. At present, Indica-tion
is the deficit could reach SKil,-
000 next year and that an Increase
In the tax rate will be required in
order to provide the money. Joseph
Costello, chairman ol the Police
Pension Fund Committee, who vot-ed
for revising the age limit im-mediately
upon being seated in
council, is considering various
sources for revenue other than im-posing
another mill or two next
year. • • •
THAT OPEN OARBAGE truck
about which many residents of Con-shohocken
have complained hag
gone the way of the vanishing In-dian.
Starting today, trash and gar-bage
will be collected at one time
in a new sanitary covered vehicle.
Objections to the old type truck
were made known in an editorial
last week in The Conshohocken Re-corder,
which had quietly sought
doing away with the odorous truck
for some time.• • •
JUSTICE-OF-THE-PEACE Fran-cis
J. Ruggicro is regarding the»
boycott of his office for hearings
{Continued on Page Five/
FooilKill Practice
Begins Tomorrow
Football practice in preparation
for the 1961 season will begin to-morrow
at the school field accord-ing
to coach Ray J. Norton, of St.
U tttWWS High school.
End to Engineering
Blunders Called for
In Plymouth Township
FOUR BIG NAMES IN THE NEWS — Important
things were happening this week in Conshohocken.
Donald P. Horsey, second from left, who was retired
July 31 as vice president of the Conshohocken Office of
Philadelphia National Bank, assumed a new role Mon-day
morning—he became vice president of finance at
Walker Bros., reporting to Newton Walker, president .of
the long established Arm; Miflfl Claudia M. Ranuv. Mr.
Horsey"s assistant many years at the bank, received ap-pointment
as assistant vice president of Philadelphia Na-tional,
the first woman so honored; Alfred M. LaVigne,
left, delivered an address on, "Money and Its Relation
to Gold," at a dinner held Monday night by Consho-hocken
Rotary Club and W. Elbridge Brown Jr.. began
his .second week u Mr. Honey's] successor here, Mr.
Honey joined the First National Bank of Conshohock-en
Aug. 10, 1931.
(Weekly Re-iww pnolo by Haiold C. McCuwu
More than 100 residents of Ply-mouth
township vigorously pushed
foi realization of various objectives
for a better community at a month-ly
meeting Monday night of the
board of commissioners at head-quarters,
601 W. Germantown Pike.
It was reported the traffic sig-nals
at Walton Rd. and Township
Line Rd. that were struck by light-ning
on June 8 will not be leaving
the factory In Molinc, III., where
they were sent for repairs, until
after Aug. 21.
Commissioner Lee M. Whetstone
i nod the action of tfal
ship safety department in buying
traffic signals that could not be
services locally "It is hoped that
the signals wUl be in working order
before school starts." he said.
The highway department and
township engineer were questioned
on the drainage problems on Karr's
Lane and White's Rd. Assurances
were given that corrections would
be made
Donald Schurr. engineer. w,i> in-structed
by the board to
la inspections of the sidew.ilk-curbs,
drainage aysteins and high-ways
of sub-developments still
under maintenance bonds by the
binders. The Inspection also was
to include the township highways
that were disturbed during the
sanitary sewer installation that
hi vc had the permanent paving
completed. The report was to be
completed and presented by Mr
Schrrr at the next regular com-missioners'
meeting Sept. 11 so
that corrections could be made be-fore
freezing weather arrives
The engineer was requested by
Commissioner Whetstone to supply '
the township with an Index I r
the comprehcr v
h irr agreed to
comply anft explained he had for-jrot'ii'B
ape
Frank 8. Chaplin, of Johnson Rd.,
cansulftaf engineer, ■tarted a heat-ed
discussion over hiring .i lull
lime engineer, ll w;is Mr. t'huplln's
contention that the money, was In
the budget and that he had pa!4
for a service that the commissioner*
l.illrrl to pro\ide Mr demanded fa
know what pi i a lh hoard h.id to
11* It ill their oblie.dion to the people.
(Continued on Page Four)