The Conshohocken Recorder, September 21, 1961

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Our 92d Year
Of Integrity. Dignity
AND Dedication in
Conshohocken and Vicinity
100-Acre Downzoning OKd; Fought in Barren Hill
Engineering
Specialist
Killed in Crash
Daughter In Pupil
In Sixth Grade at
Spring Mill School
Edgar N. MUllken. 33, of 3039
Spring Mill Rd., Andorra Acres,
Whltemarsh township, was killed at
11:43 P. M. Wednesday when the
sport* car he was driving skidded
on the wet paving, crashed against
a dirt bank and overturned on the
Pennsylvania Turnpike in West
Plkelond township, two miles east
of Downing town.
The rictim, thrown from the ve-hicle,
was pronounced dead on ar-rival
at Cheater County Hospital,
West Chester.
State Policemen Adolph Blugis
and Robert A. Lodetkl. of the Ply-mouth
Meeting Barracks, investi-gated.
They said the Milllken car
was enstbound at the time.
Mr. M"H<"" was a native of Lew-istown.
He was an engineering group
specialist In the Phllco Corpora-tion's
Computer Division plant at
Willow Grove. He Joined the firm
In 1953.
A graduate of Lewistown High
school, he received a degree as
an electrical engineer from Lehlgh
University.
He Is survived by his wife, Dor-othy
M. and a daughter, Susan, 11,
a pupil in sixth grade at Spring
Mill Consolidated School; his moth-er,
Mrs. Grace Milllken, Lewistown
and two sisters, Mrs. Mnrg.net
Hnrpster, Lewistown, and Mrs.
Mary Blatt, Harrlsburg.
He was born May 15, 1928, in
Lewistown.
Services will be held in Lewis-town.
The car waa demolished.
Apartments,
200 Homes
Are Opposed
Ralph W. Woerner, of
North Lane near Righter St.,
a member of the School Auth-ority
of Whitemarah town-ship,
expressed a wish orally
a number of months ago that
the board of supervisors
downzone his land from a res-idential
classification to Ad-ministrative-
Research which
permits industrial use.
The board granted his wish last
Thursday night.
Woerner la an executive ol the
Montco food firm, King of Prussia.
In addition, the supervisors
changed zoning on a 22-acre tract
requested by Lee Tire and Rubber
Corp. at n public hearing and about
30 acres owned by 8prlng Mill Fire
Co. About 100 acres are In the new
classification, which could lead to
real estate prlcee soaring from 13000
an acre up to $20,000 overnight.
On the other hand, the super-visors
were overwhelmed by oppo-sition
citizens presented to down-zoning
requested by Harriet Krav-I
it/. In order to permit construction,
of multl-mlUlon dollar apartment!
units and several hundred homes In I
the vicinity of Ridge Pike and
Joshua Rd. (Harmonvllle to Bar-
(Conltnueu on Page Five)
Ambulance Fund
Drive Extended
By George Clay
The George Clay Plre Co. on
Tuesday extended Its ambulance
fund drive to Sept. 30.
After Oct. 1 the present »2 reg-istration
fee will become S5 an-nually.
For those who. to date, have
not renewed their privileges. It Is
imperative, ambulance association
officials said, that action be taken
a l once.
Renewal fees should be sent to
the fire headquarters. Ford St.,
West Conshohocken. in the envel-opes
left at homes In the borough
by solicitors.
The ambulance has answered 256
calls, traveling a total of 3,180 miles
in 1841.
Operated 24 hours a day by a
trained crew of 60 men. It serves
neighboring communities and the
Seliuylklll Expressway.
The emergency and rescue ve-hicle
Is ultra-modern and equip-ped
with latest first aid equip-ment
and medical supplies.
Rotary Learns
OfNORAD
SPEAKER Lt. Gov. John Morgan
Davis, of 441 W. AUn's Las*. Ml.
Airy, will b« principal ipeakvr
Saturday at a banquet to b«
h*ld by ConshoaockM Council
Kriqhti oi Columbui. on S*pt. 23
at the VFW Hall. H.ctor and Harry
Sli.. In commsraoratlon of th* coun-cil'*
50ih anniversary. Lt. Gov.
Davis, Is president at the Slat* Son-et*.
H* will b* Introduced by
Frandi A. Cair, toastmasler at the
banquet Tomorrow night. op*n
home will b* featured at th* X. ol
C. Horn*.
16 Receive
K. of C. Degree
Banquet Winds Up
Jubilee Celebration
A special Fourth Degree was
exemplified for 18 members of
three local Knights of Columbus
Council last night at impressive
ceremonies In the Conshohocken
Knights of Columbus Home. E.
Ninth and Spring Mill Aves.
Tile program was a highlight of
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GOOD GOVERNMENT — Elkins Wetherill, seated,
second from left, president of the board of county com-missioners
and leading contender for Republican nom-ination
for governor, is surrounded by members of Con-shohocken
Kiwanis Club at dinner Thursday night at
Baum Gardens in Plymouth township, before delivering
address on "Your County Government." Speaker was
introduced by Dominic Ruggiero, left, member of Con-shohocken
Borough Council. At table also are Neil ('.
O'Brien, president of club and the Rev. James M. Lux,
of St. Philip's Church, Lafayette Hill; standing, 1. to
r., Walter Schank, vice president of club; William Gar-vey,
of Conshohocken, a guest of Francis J. Ruggiero,
nominee on Republican ticket for Mayor of Conshohock-en
at the election Nov. 7. Wetherill heartily endorsed
Ruggiero for mayor, spoke later that night at SS. Cos-mas
Club, Third Ave. and Maple St.
Judge Dannehower
Leaves Bench Nov. 7;
Fashion Models
Gather for Show
Local members of the Young
Adults group from Gulph Congre-gational
Christian Church, Gulph
Mills, will model In a fashion show
at 8 Tuesday night sponsored by
the group at Roberts Elementary
school. Croton Rd, Wayne Woods.
Models WH the!!' i nja-mln
Gould. Mrs. Walter Kook, Mlssinehowcr will be retired from the
Cor. Williams. Mra Person Nippes. ^"ZJi** '2 ZZOFJZ.
Gov. Lawrence
Will Dedicate
Blooming Mill
Served Courts 28 Years
Ptlsidcr^ Sudge Wllrmm P. Dan- rest, Davit! E
GroSheris -and Rcoert larvest citpHaJ expenditure ever
Alan Wood Steel Co. an-nounced
yesterday it officially
will dedicate its new 40-inch
Blooming Mill and 110-Inch
Rolling Mill, built at a cost in
Mrs. Eugene McHale, Mrs. Samuel
Park. Mrs. Joseph Tlllman. Mrs.
Douglas Batdorf, Miss Mnrjone Bu-ler,
Miss Constance Coltart and
Mrs. Richard Nippes. Commentator
will be Mrs. James Suhr.
Mrs. Daniel Welch will enter-tain
with musical selections. Mrs.
McHale will be at the piano.
Chairman of the show is Mrs.
Russell Malloy, aided by Mrs. Rob-ert
C. Smith and Mrs. Dawson
Hoffman, program; Mrs. Richard
Pegely and Mrs. Malloy, tickets;
Mrs. Fegely, awards; Mrs. Daniel
Morris, specialties; Mrs. Hoffman,
Mrs. Fred LeRoy, Mrs. Nathan
Ramsey and Mrs. John Robinson,
refreshments; Miss Nancy McHale,
music; Dale Stehman, decor; Mrs.
McHale and Stehman, publicity.
The event Is open to the public.
fore completion of 26 years' serv-ice
in Montgomery County's Com-mon
Pleas Court.
First to learn of his decision were
three fellow Judges, E. Arnold For-
Editor Johnson
Undergoes Surgery
Charles 8. Johnson, of 524 Foun-tain
St., Wissahickon Hills, man-aging
editor of The Review and The
Suburban Press, underwent an em-ergency
operation for removal of
the appendix Tuesday night at
Memorial hospital.
The editor was at his desk as
usual on Monday and became ill
early the next day.
Visiting Rotaiians at Consho-hocken
Rotary Club Monday night,
introduced by Cyril Weston. were:
Walter Knerr. of Nonistown; Wil-liam
i.i.eb. of Paoli-Malvern-Ber- _
vvn Club; Howard Bertram, ol A
Jenkintown; .». Bedford Wooley. I \
Bali-Cynwyd-Narberth Club; andljij
charter member, J. A Warrell, now J
an honorary member. .
Joseph Barns conducted group1'}
singing. :♦:
Thomas Carson, program chair-. >J
nun. introduced William Paige ;♦;
g.est speaker, who presented a £ upon _
special film, 'Seconds for Survival". ;♦; hearted support to Bicycle Safety Day which will take J,
SASaStff£Sft£S| Il«* at 9:80 A. M. Sept. 23 at A. A Garthwaite Com- g
controlled amplification. 9 munity field under direction of the Conshohocken Po- '-'
••Seconds for Survival- tells the ;J lice Department in cooperation with the Beaver Tribe
story of our country's plans to heip!:« 62, Improved Order of Red Men of Conshohocken, the 1
us stay alive when danger ;.; Automobile Club of Philadelphia-AAA and the Keystone W
*ITt p2or.trays our na«tion■s Hdefren™se 8ft Automobile Club.
with hie Distant Early Warning J _ . , . „, ... .. ,
and the Mld-Canadlan Systems, to- 6 The purpose is to acquaint children with the haz-gethe
with the protection afforded * ards of bicycle riding and to train boys and girls in
{ riding skills and in the observance of safety and traf-
5 fie rules.
JUDGE WM. F. DANNEHOWEH
Plymouth Lions
Set Charter Night
Plymouth Township Lions Club
plan an annual Charter Night Oct.
,.....,♦:.;:.:«:.:.:» .:•:>, 4 at Chicks, Ridge Pike, Plymouth
ft J, I township
Scheduled as speaker Is former l Bicycle Safety Day |
Proclamation
As -Mayor of the Borough of Conshohocken, I call ;!;
i all citizens of this community to give their whole- >}
DavfB W, Honeyman, when they were
summoned to Judge Dannehower's
chambers for a conference this
morning.
The decision of Judge Danne-hower
to retire did not come with-out
warning.
Since early this year, he bas been
seeking more Judicial help for the
County's legal administration,
pointing to the heaviest volume of
all types of Court work in history.
Although he said previously ne
would retire before start of the
Pall court season unless more help
were provided. It Is believed the
recent illness of Judge Forrest was
responsible tor his resuming regular
duties this month.
Judge Forrest, who Is bl line to
assume responsibilities of President
Judge after Nov. 1. returned Aug. 1
and although not engaging in trial
work at present, he Is handling
miscellaneous duties.
The highly-respected President
Judge was elected to the bench In
a bitter campaign In 1933, In which
he gained the Democratic nomina-tion
and defeated the late Judge
J. Ambler Williams.
Quickly gaining the confidence of
the public and attorneys alike, he
was unopposed for re-election in
1943 and 1953.
He became President Judge In
1958, his 25th anniversary on the
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SS. Cosmas, Damian
Feast to Attract
20,000 on Sunday
Annual Procession Starts
On Maple St., Lunch to
Be Served in School Hall
Observance of the feast of SS. Cosmas and Damian,
patrons of SS. Cosmas and Damian Church. \V. Fifth Ave.
and Maple St., Conshohocken, will be conducted by the Rev.
Victor A. Strumia. D. D., rector, during the weekend.
The twin brothers were renowned j '
! as doctors and today thoy ore rec- , -» f» m» n
ognlzed as patrons of all physicians. | \_£J i)3CK
Father Strumia plans lo hold a
trldlum — thre« days of special |
prayers and devotions — today, to-morrow
and Saturday. The service,
also Including a sermon and bene-
! diction, will begin each evening at
7:30.
On Sunday. Masses will be at 6, 7.
8. ». 10 and 11 A. M. and 12:13
P. M. At 2:30, a solemn procession,
depicting the lives of the saints
and their miracles, moves over Ma-ple
St.
A sermon by the Rev. Joseph
DeFazio, a member of the Redemp-torist
Order, and solemn benedic-tion
will conclude Uie rites.
On Sept. 27, the actual feast day
of SS. Cosmas and Damian, Masses
will be celebrated at 8, 0 and 11
A M.
Pilgrim*, who each autumn jour-ney
to Conshohocken from every
state on the Atlantic seaboard, the
mld-weil and south, will total 15.000
to 20.000. For their convenience.
Father Strumia will provide a hot
lunch In the SK. Cosmas and Dam-ian
School Hall, W. Fifth Ave.
"Tills year," Father Strumia said,
"we have a tremendous big sur-
•kdy tor those who visit us. taled tills first listing of lnO:'.id-f
»b in-.is-. i na>t wic uaia.
Wetherill for
GOP Governor
Organize lo Push
Candidacy in Slate;
Birthday Oct. .'*
The first listing of 135 members
of the Wetherill-for-Governor Com-mittee
of Montgomery County waa
announced yesterday.
Trie committee is supporting El-kins
Wetherill, of Plymouth Meet-ing,
president of the Montgomery
County Commissioners, for the Re-publican
nomination as Governor
In 1962.
Alan L. Enilen, Blue Bell, chair-man
of the committee, suld "the
limitations of time and the desire
of members to start working die-undertaken
by the company, on
Nov. 1.
When completed, the new fa-cilities
will be among the moat
modern in the world and will
represent an Important forward
step In the nation's steel-rolling
capacity.
Keynote speaker will be Gov.
David L. Lawrence. In addition,
key political. Industrial, mili-tary,
civic and other leaders
will participate.
After the) ceremonies, guests
will be invited to tour the new
mills and luncheon will be
served.
What's Ahead
For Borough?
Public Meeting
Set for Oct. 18
Individuals Interested In the fu-ture
of Conshohocken will have an
opportunity to be heard at a meet-ing
to be held at 3 P. M.. Oct. 18
at Mary J. Wood Park House under
auspices of the Conshohocken
'Confirmed on Page Seven)
see with your own eyes."
The special intentions and needs
of members of ihe host parish and
pilgrims alike will be venerated in
front of statues of the Saints dur-ing
the tridium this week. They
should, however, be filed with the
Rector at once.
All petitions must be addressed to
the Rev. Victor A. Strumia, D. D.,
rector, at 209 W. Fifth Ave., Con-shohocken.
Petitions can also be brought to
the observance by the supplicants
but their names and addresses
should be clearly marked on the
envelopes.
Laverne Hallman
Promoted by Steel Firm
Alan Wood Steel Co. has an-nounced
the appointment of Laverne
Hallman as assistant controller,
budgets. Previously, he held the posi-tion
of supervisor of budgets.
Hallman has been with Alan
Wood Co. since 1937. During that
time he has served In various ca-pacities
in the accounting and bud-gets
departments. He is a member
of the Philadelphia-Delaware Valley
Chapter ol National Society for
Business Budgeting,
Hallman resides at 1664 DeKalb
Pike, Norrtetown, with his wife,
Mabel. The couple has a son. Robert,
and a daughter. Beverly Ann.
fCoi tinued on Page Seven/
Pvt. Sleplien A. Lovai
Ends School, Fort Lee
Arn> Pft, Stephen A. Lovas, son
uf M i JuHs LOTS*, 568 A
Swed< id, and 'lie late Mr
comp ' t*l the general supply
course at The Quartermaster
School Port Lee, V.., Sept. I.
Low-.5 snU trained to perform
Btntni « pprj duties, lo serve
i Increasing congestion on our streets and highways J
!♦ daily increases the hazardg for the careless or unskilled. *
Hundreds of deaths and thousands of non-fatal Injuries I
J district governor and now Interns
tlonal counsellor Richard Daddona.
Among invited guests are District
Governor and Mrs. Tllghman K.
;•; Hausmann: Deputy District Gov-ernor
and Mrs. Robert J. Thomas;
Zone Chairman and Mrs. Albert W.
PauRh, latter of Barren Hill.
Lion Sol Farber heads the enter-tainment
committee for Charter
Night.
Wives and/or sweethearts of
members wlU be guests of honor on
this occasion, also.
At a board meeting last night,
following the regular session, Lion
John T. Fessler was feted on the
occasion of his birthday anniver-sary
Sept. 27. He Is secretary-treas-urer
of the organization.
Marking his natal day on Charter
Night will be Henry Hemslcy, bul-letin
editor for the club.
Hemslcy received a warm wel-cosne
trom the Main Line Lions
Club when he presented the Dep-uty
District Crivernor's banner re-cently
to Ivan Weaver, president,
and Robert Thomas, deputy.
"We expect the committee to be
more than doubled by the first of
October. Already we havo received
considerable sentiment for Wether-ill
from those whose names do not
appear in this first list," he de-clared.
i.inlrn said that all who have fa-vored
Wetherlll's candidacy have
rited "the fact that Wetherill rep-resents
to them the Image and type
of candidate who can lead the Re-publican
Party to victory in the
gubernatorial campaign."
Wetherill. who will be 42 on Oct.
3. Is backed by Montgomery County
Republican Chairman James E.
Staudlnger for the Governor's bid.
"Whilo there has been some com-ment
that it la too early to urge a
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.. 6t.|C: each year, due to collision between bicycles and motor
**vf> 8 vehicles, aalone, warn of the need of such a day.
In particular, I call for the support of parents and
their children who ride bicycles. I urjre that all pa-rentfl
encourage their children to participate in the I
unl i :u assist in g Bicycle Safety Day for their own safety and the safety
lUpply and iop.kilc operations. |g Q* 0tners
He entered the Army last A;> ■
and completed basic training *
Port Jackson, S. c £
The 18-yeui-old soldier attewMljK
Upper Mc-ion High school. King of i*
kiwaiiiuus Celebrate
Two members of Conshohocken
Kiwanis Club are receiving congrat-ulations
today on the occasion of
their birthday anniversaries. They
are:
Emil J. Ciavarelli, former presi-dent
of the Kiwanis: Otto Greigel.
who Is a member of each commit-tee
within the local Kiwanis club.
Legion Women
Plan Installation
The American Legion Auxiliary
129. John F. DeHaven Post, will
Install new officers Oct. 23. ac-cording
to plans formulated Mon-day
night at the post home. Sec-ond
and Forrest, Conshohocken.
Mrs. Elmer Betz. Pottstown, East-ern
Director, will be installing
officer.
Attending the installation lunch-eon
today of Montgomery-Bucks
Bi-County Council were Mrs. Paul
Sheppard, Mrs. Joseph Beaver, Mrs.
Helen Clark. Mrs. Russell Ziegler
and Mrs. Daniel Hiltncr. The event
took place In Pcrklomenvllle.
A sperlal gueM was Mrs. Anth-ony
Cardamone. of New Mexico, a
former C'onshohiK'krn resident, who
Is a former president of the coun-cil
and a member of unit 129.
Mrs. Sheppard presided at the
locnl session.
JAMES J. MELLON.
Mayor
Prussia.
Barbecue on Monday
.Methodist Men or Messiah Meth
odist Church. Barren Hill, will take
part in a barbecue supper at 6:45
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ON PILGRIMAGE — Miss Penelope Page, Plymouth Township schools, Norns-town
and Dr. Kenneth D. Wells, president of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge
and Miss Margaretta Vanaman, of Plymouth Township schools, pose during the Free-doms
Foundation Valley Forge Pilgrimage. Their school was among the group se-lected
to receive top honors by the Foundation for their outstanding work in bring-ing
about a better understanding of the American Way of Life. The Pilgrimage in
eludes visits to the historic sites in our Capitol. Baltimore. Philadelphia n\u\ \ al-ley
Forge.
Lots of People
Are Doing It—
Doing nhatv
Why using the Classified Ads.
o! course
Nearly lO.uoo ads a year ap-pear
in the five Weekly Review
publications.
ir only $2 you get 12 words
and your ad appears In The Sub-urban
Press, The Manayunk
Review, The Herald (Chestnut
Hill and Flourtown). The Con-shohocken
Recorder and the
Valley Forge Sentinel
And that means more than
150.000 readers w'" see your
neegese.
So call now—dont delay.
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