The Conshohocken Recorder, October 26, 1961

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lffcl..C?03T. MICHIG
BOOK BINDERY itecfltia* Our 92d Year
Of Integrity. Dignity
AND Dedication in
Conshohocken and Vicinity
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NEVER HAPPIER — Mrs. Anna If. Hayes, 84,
believed to be oldest Democratic committeewoman in
■MuntKomery county, is center of attraction at dinner
neld Thursday night by Conshohocken Democratic Club.
Active since advent of suffrago in 1920, Mrs. Hayes who
lives at 115 E. Hector St., is greeted by Lt. Gov. John
Morgan Davis, right, speaker at dinner; Mayor James
.1. "Pat" Mellon, left and Joseph Burns, president of
Conshohocken Borough Council. Mrs. Hayes, widow of
Cornelius Hayes, has three sons, Timothy, at home; Jo-seph,
1109 Wells St. and James, 433 E. 12th Ave., two
daughters, Agnes and Kathryn, at home and two grand-children,
Michael and Lisa Ann. She was born in
ConnaUghttoun. (photo by Harold C McCuwi!
GOP WORKERS — Three men who materially aided
the 29th anniversary banquet held last night by White-marsh
Valley Republican Club, "oldest political club in
Montgomery County," gathered with their wives to
heave a sigh of relief that their hard work again gained
successful support. Couples, from left, are Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph L. Darby, Mr. and Mis. Louis W. Hofman and
Mr. and Mrs. Axel H. Swanson Jr. Darby was co-chair-man,
Hofman chairman and Swanson an aide on ad-vertising
Committee. (Weekly Review pholo by Harold C. McCuen)
Sen. Scott
To Speak at
GOP Rally
w iiiiciiKH'-ii Twp.
He publican Qob
List* 2 Gatherings
United Stotes Senator Hugh D.
Scott, al Chestnut Hill, will be the
tiieake* at a rally to be held un-der
auspices of Uie Whltemarsh
Borough Hall Restoration
Practical, Inexpensive,
Architect's Survey Shows
Ruggiero 3 Arson Suspects
Present Site V^ f»r Court by
SENATOR HUGH D. SCOTT
Township Republican Club at 7:30
P M. Monday In the auditorium ot
Pl.vmouth-Whitemarah High school.
The public la Invited to attend
the rally, which also will Include re-mark*
by Morton H. Petteroll Jr.,
of Plourtown, Republican Assem-blyman
In Uie state legislature, and
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HAIL THE CHAMPS — The fans applauded loudly
at seventh annual banquet of the Conshohocken Little
League in the auditorium of Conshohocken Fire Co. No.
2 on Saturday night when the Orioles championship
team was introduced. With managers and sponsor, here
they are: Far left, Mr. Charles Hess, president of Local
227, United Rubber Workers representative, sponsor of
the team; next to Mr. Hess, Angelo D'Amico, manager;
far right, John Gambone, manager. Players are, front
row, I. to r., Paul Zadroga, Tom Kielinski; second row,
1. to r., Brian Connelly, Ken Bate, Ed Burton, Tom Wes-ley
; third row, 1. to r., Larry Quigley, Bill Gordon; back
row, 1. to r., Anthony Baranowski, DaVe Ottey, Mike
Hayes, Bernie Murray, Ray Gravinese, George Falco-niero,
Jay Kunaszuk. <
(pholo by Harold C. McCuen)
Walter B. Kunda,
Knox Rd.. Lafayette
Merlon, and Thomas
Swedesburg. are attending the na-tion
at the Commodore Hotel, New
tlon at the Commordore Hotel. New
York City.
of General iT» ■:•
Park. Upper Keatlllg ■ Kunda oil C?
Case Goes
fcditoJual
Hail and Farewell
Thanks for the memories — a million of them.
Tomorrow, new owners are scheduled to take posses-sion
of The Herald, The Review, The Suburban Press, The
Conshohocken Recorder and The Valley Forge Sentinel.
We may take a vacation, our first in four years.
Soon we intend to get down to serious business writing
an autobiography and re-writing, "I Was A Stable Boy in
Bethlehem."
Today's Weekly Review newspa|>er8 are the last we
put to bed. Tomorrow, a new editor will take over our
desk. We wish him well.
While our hopes were high in 1952 that we would
publish our papers the balance of our natural lives and
perhaps our children would follow in our footsteps, this
dream can not materialize. Perhaps it might be exacted
that wo would leave with sadness at farewell, but. re-membrance
of the grand times we have had and the dear
folk we have known and cherished so overwhelms us there
is scarcely any room for sorrow.
For the various distinguished awards that have been
presented Weekly Review, we are grateful. Particularly
esteemed by the editor is a life membership card per-sonally
handed to him one day by Samuel Januzelli on
behalf of Washington Fire Co. No. 1.
"The fellows thought they would like to do some-thing
to show their appreciation," said the prominent local
fire company engineer, standing beside the editor, who
was at his desk. "They decided to elect you to life mem-bership—
here's your card!"
Presented so simply and sincerely, the award tops all
others, including a number signifying recognition by our
peers on a state and national level.
Ami to our neighbors, the Conshohocken police, go our
heartfelt thanks. They are courteous, pleasant, efficient,
cooiXM'ative and we are jilud we have had the pleasure of
knowing and working with them.
And so, with mixed emotions, we express our thanks
to the many other loyal friends who have stood by our side
since \w Brat ueni into the newspaper publishing busi-ness
for ourselve* in Manayunk in November, 1948.
—Harold and Fran McCuen.
To Jury
A jury in Criminal Court today
Is deliberating a decision in the
irial of two Conshohocken nren men
accused of being implicated in the
severe beating administered to an
Upper Dublin township patrolman
last July ft.
The defendant*, who have been
on trial all week before Judge Da-vid
E. Oroshens, are George Ro-kita,
30, of W Kim St.. Consho-hocken,
and Joseph Galleo. 34. of
Spring Garden St.. Wottt Consho-hocken.
The two men made a complete
denial of the charges against them
even though an alleged acomplice
turned States evidence and told the
Jury they were with him.
The victim, Officer Hairy Urban,
has been a patient at Ablni;ton
Memorial Hospital since the crime
occurred. His condition is still re-corded
ns serious.
William L. Koyce. 28. of Orater-ferd,
admitted beating I'rban with
his fists and pleaded guilty to the
charge. He hafd the attack oc-curred
when the policeman Mir-prised
him, Roklta and Galleo while
they were In the midst of stealing
an electric welding device from a
building operation,
Royce testified that his two com-panions
fled when Urban arrived
on the scene and later threatened
hla family if he didn't keep his
mouth shut.
After Uie fight with Urban, Royce
said, he drove his truck to a re-mot*
section ol Whltemarsh town-ship
and unloaded the welding de-vice
in a field where It was found
by police.
Subsequently. Information sup-plied
by Norristown Dot. 8gt. John
McKcrnan led to Royce's arrest,
and he Involved the others.
Both Roklta and Galleo are
charged with aggravated assault
and battery, conspiracy nnd rob-bery.
Testimony given by a 39-year-old
iConttnucd on Page Four)
Bighorns Welcome
Fifth Child, a Son
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Blgham.
Foils Church, Virginia, are receiv-ing
congratulations on the birth of
a son on Tuesday.
Mrs. Bigham Is the former Miss
Batty Moore, daughter of Mrs. Mi-chael
Moore, 16 H First Ave.. Con-shohocken.
She and her husband
heve four other children; William,
seven; Harry, six; Michael, four
|and Janet, three.
Miss Betty Ryan. 16 E. First Ave..
aunt of Mrs Blgham, returned
home Monday, after a two weeks'
visit.
Combo to Play
At The Willows
A combo, with Len Henry at the
piano, will play eveiy Friday night
at The Willows Supper Club, 9101
Ridge Ave.. Upper Roxborough. ac-cording
to Robert S. MUllgan, host
at the supper club
"Music for your listening pleas-ure"
is the title of the entertain-ment
for Friday nights. Mllligan
said.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J Boyle,
of 236 Kalos St.. will celebrate their
12th wedding anniversary Sunday.
Conshohocken*9 pre sen t
Borough Hall can be restored
economically and attractively,
Francis J. Rupffiero, Republi-can
nominee for Mayor at the
polls on Nov. 7, disclosed to-day.
I "By keeping the Borough Hall
.where it Is we can help the lower
'end of the town and save money
|at the same time," Ruggiero said,
i He announced lie was basing his
conclusions on a survey conducted
by Mariano E. Martinez, of Broom-all,
a registered engineer, of the
existing structure at Hector and
Forrest Sta. He said the survey
was completed at no cost to tax-payers
and that lt was the first
time, "to the best of my knowl-edge,"
a registered architect had
made a survey of this kind.
The survey, he said, included con-sideration
of a site for a new build-ing
and its cost.
The architect's report:
The building proper lacks dignity
and distinction, but its location Is
centralized and the structure is
basically sound and well preserved.
The arrangement of cells Is ade-quately
secure. The entrance to the
second floor meeting room requires
re-arrangement It Is therefore con-cluded
that the borough facilities
are basically adequate and lt Is rec-ommended
that the original site be
maintained and the following al-terations
made to the building:
That the facade of the building
should be altered and the building
to be given a colonial appearance.
That the windows be treated wlUi
shutters. That a new door entrance
and frame be Installed In the main
(Continued on Page Four,
Magistrate Bobenrieth
The owner of a Conshohocken
thoe ttttt and two of his employes
were held without ball by Justlc-of-
the-Pcace France J. Bobenrieth
for action of the grand jury on
charges of Arson, yesterday after-noon.
The accusation culminated a six-months'
investigation of a fire that
wrecked the building and caused
$175,000 damage to adjoining stores
last April 13.
Sgt. Edward W. Mays. State Po-lice
fire marshal, who brought the
charge, Identified the trio as Ed-ward
Bnrrn*. of thr fiOOO block of
N. I'ber St., Philadelphia, the own-er,
and fcrvvin Morris, of the 2000
block of Rutgers Or., Broomall,
and Samuel Mergam-in. of 400 block
AtWQOd Kd., Erdenheim.
Judge E. Arnold Forrest ad-mitted
the trio to bail—$3000 each.
More than 150 volunteer fire-men
representing 12 fire companies
(Continued on Puoe Four)
Commerce
Calvary Marks Secretary
103d Year Quits
On Sunday
Young People
Speak on
Summer Conclave
I'llEED — Pinned for an hour in cab of overturned cement mixer, Rinaldo Di-
Paul, 37, of 330 Ridge Pike, Barren Hill, is released by rescue team at 11 A. M. to-day
at Stenton Ave. and Mill Rd., Whitemarsh township. Victim, who was driving
track fnr (; and \V. II. Corson Inc., said he was forced off road by a woman driver.
A patient at Chestnut IliU hospital, he received last rites administered by the Rev.
Joseph Gibson, of St. Philip's Church, before ho could be extricated.
— W»kly R.vl.w pilule by Anthony
The 103d anniversary of the
founding of Calvary Episcopal
Church. Conshohocken. will be
marked by special events Sunday
morning, according to the Rev. Ed-ward
Price, M. A., rector.
The Women of the Parish will
present an semi-annual Ur'ted
Thank Offering ceremony tf an
services.
After the 9:15 A. M. service of
Morning Prayer, the upper grades
of the Church School will witness a
film, "God of Creation'".
At the 11 A. M. service, seven
young people of the parish will re-late
their experiences at the Dio-cesan
Youth Conferences held dur-ing
the summer at Radnor.
Barry Smith will talk On "What
the Conference did for my loyalty
to Christ, the Episcopal Chinch, and
mv p.uish Church."
Patricia Horn will speak on "Why
I would urge youth to attend a
Church Conference".
David Earl will have as his sub-ject.
"How the conference Mivni:-
thened my convictions on betng
truthful, and on the worth of a
person."
James Squire will speak on "How
the Conference Improved my life In
prayer, in Church attendance, and
in Christian fellowship."
George Dougherty will talk on
(Continued on Page Fouri
l{<|(til»lici!i Kally
At W. Conshy
The Republican party of West
Ct ishohocken AiU hold a rally a;
8 tonight at the M cKenzle Park
Pivllion on Elizabeth St.
Russell Knipe. master of cere-monies,
will Introduce John Acton |
and Robert TruckaeH who will I
speak The rally i< open to every-one.
Refreshments will be served.
Francis Leddy. of 362 N. Hender-son
Rd., Upper Merion township,
has submitted his resignation at
secretary of the Conshohocken
Chamber of Commerce, effective
Nov. 1.
Leddy is employed ai an insur-ance
representative. The firm has
Increased his territory, requiring
additional time, he Informed Wil-liam
Davis Jr.. president of the
Chamber.
Davis said he will Interim ap-plicants
at his office at Front nnd
Ford Sis. West Conshohocken.
I WAS VERY
PLEASED
Mrs. George Foliz. of 5420
BD rml Ten .a Hoxborough, re-cently
wanted to sell an electric
Ironcr, n ni.ihoB.uny table, a
birdcage und set of luncheon
dishes.
So she telephoned the Weekly
Review newspapers nnd placed
a Classified ad for only $2.
"I ?ot numerous calls and I
was very pleased." she reported
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