The Conshohocken Recorder, February 1, 1962

              €l)c Ccmsljoljockctt ttccorocc Serving All
Conshohocken.
V\. Conshohocken.
Plymouth & Whitemarsh
TA 8-4600 Vol. 9238 92 YKDI of Continuous Publication Conshohocken. Pa.. Thursday. Fob. 1. 1952 BR 9-0950
Davenport Will Mothers Get
Make Bid For W,000 For
Legislature Dimes' Drive
Norristowu Lawyer
To Be Candidate
In 2nd District
Attorney Horace A. Davenport, a
NorrlBtown School Director since
1956 and an assistant County so-licitor,
today announced he will be
a candidate for the Republican
nomination as representative from
the Second Legislative District to
the Bute Assembly.
Davenport, who lives at 45 Jncoby
Bt.. Norrlstown, disclosed his Inten-tions,
he said, to Republican Coun-ty
Chairman James E. Staudlngcr.
County Commissioner Elklng
Wetherlll, of Plymouth Township
(part of the Second District) and
Area Two leader. A. Benjamin
Bclrlca.
"The Republican Party can win
in November," Davenport said,
"and It Is my Intention to do my
part in making this possible by
waging an aggressive campaign and
to make as many door-to-door colls
as I am physically able."
A veteran of World War II, in
which he rose from the rank of
private to 1st Lieutenant with the
Corps on Engineers In the Pacific
Theatre, he has been active In com- j
munlty affairs even before begin-ning
the practice of law 11 years
ago
Through his service on the School
Board and also as assistant so-licitor
to the County Board of Elec-tions
and Tax Claim Bureau,
Davenport pointed out, he Is aware
of the many problems facing mem-bers
of the legislature and is con-vinced
he could serve properly the
voters of the Second District.
The area comprises Norrlstown,
Consliohocken, Plymouth. East
Norriton and West Norriton.
Davenport, who is 43, has lived
In Norrlstown since 1923. He was
graduated from Norrlstown High
School, received his bachelor's de-gree
from Howard University, a
masters degree from University of
Pennsylvania and his law degree
from the law school there.
Throughout his college career, he
tuirked so that he might continue
study for his career. Various Jobs
included working at Alan Wood
Steel Co., on construction work —
during which time he was a mem-ber
of the Laborers Union, No. 135
—und while completing his law
school study, he was employed at'
Norrlstown Post Office.
His war service covered a period
.1 • half years and while
in the Pacific he earned two battle
sure as well as the promotion to an
officer.
The attorney und his wife. Alice
L„ are parents of four children:
Alice, student at Norrlstown High;
Beverly Ann. 11, and Horace, Jr.,
seven, students at Plymouth Meet-ing
Friends School, and Nina E
three, who attends St. John's Nur-sery
School.
Montgomery County people do-nated
more than $47,000 Tuesday
night as the "Mothers March" for
the new 1963 March of Dimes be-came
an outstanding success, Mrs.
Lewis C. Baoharach, of Wyndmoor,
the county chairman for the
"Mothers' March", announced.
Mrs. Edward A. Loreiu, of 301 E.
9th Ave., who led the "Mothers'
March" In Conahohocken urc.i. re-ported
$1,821.71 for the Consho-hocken
and West Coushohocken
collections. Mrs. Vcrnon Vercoc. Dr.
Ruth Brandt. Mrs. Emll Clavarelll
and Mm. Francis Horn were Cou-shohocken
captains. Miss Ida Mae
Cooper was the West Conshohock-cn
captain.
Bridgeport leader Mrs. William
Ruttninn reported $590.22. For
Whitemarsh. Mrs. Walter Maykut
reported $903.47.
Mrs. James Keck, who was the
leader ol the "Mothers' March ' in
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Conshohocken Art League Students Capture Outdoor Scene Indoors I la nil nil l I c;i< U |.,.,.,.,. 11 ,, ,•
Registration jTwo Local Men
Drive in Boro por Services
W-P Jaycees
ToTakePart in
[State Confab
The Whitemarsh - Plymouth Junior
Chamber of Commerce officers and
representatives will attend the
8tatc Board meeting this week-end
at Ephrata, It is announced by
Emll R, San Soucle. of Joshua Hd.,
Lafayette Hill, president of the
Jaycees Chapter.
8an Soucle said that one of the
main topics to be discussed wUl be
the program ol action sponsored
by the club to make the general
public aware of the need to reform
and revise the Pennsylvania state
constitution.
Attending the meeting with San-
Soucle will be William Gosewisch,
external vice president, and Eu-gene
White, Internal vice president,
both of Lafayette Bill; Ouido Fes-ti.
secretary; Charles Hauer, treas-
I urer; and Henry Chadwlck. repre-
' tentative of the local chapter, all
of Plymouth Township.
'Phones Here
Total 8,566,
Bell Reports
Conshohocken Tops
Entire Laon Nation
In Telephone List
Conshohocken has more tele-phones
than the entire country of
Loos.
The Bell Telephone Company ol
Pennsylvania has more telephones
than all or Russia.
TAylor has 8566 telephones; Laos
has 736. Bell of Pennsylvania has
4.428.000 telephones; Russia has
4^76.000.
These Interesting telephone tid-bit*-
were relaysd by local Bell Com-pany
manager Prank WekUnan,
when he presented this newspaper
with a copy of "The World's Tele-phones—
1061," a magazine com-piled
by the A. T. & T.
The United States has more tele-phones
(74.34LV ">oi than any other
country, and the most per capita.
with 40.79 per 100 persons. But
America was out-talked by the Ca-nadians.
The Canadians with 4-
728,167 averaged 538 conversations
par person United States nirerimed
520 Next was Sweden with 348 and
Bermuda with 320.
Monaco has 8.580 telephones,
Turkey has 304.500, Yugoslavia.
239,560. and the Kingdom of Nepal
between India and Tibet doesn's
have a telephone.
Benjamin L. Hunnuiu. well-known
Conshohocken athlete and
active Republican worker, will head
the special Re 'Ubllean registration
committee for the borough, an-nouncement
lfc madr today.
The appointment Ml made by
attorney Robert J. Buteraa. who
was designated general chairman
for the Second Legislative District
registration drive by Republican
Area Leader A. Benjamin Sclrlca.
Hannum, who live- at 131 W. lu.h
Avenue. Conshohocken, Is 29, and Is
general manager of the Wynnewood
office of Insurance Company ol
North America, said Is committee
will conduct a neighborhood-type
drive, as suggested by Butera.
Husband of the former Phyllis
Clesielskl. he is the father of two
daughters. Leigh Ann. five and
Nancy, one.
A graduate of Conshohocken
High School and Temple Univer-sity.
Hannum gained prominence
for his athletic achievement*. He
ls a member of the Masonic Lodge.
PRACTICE FOR LEAGUE-SPONSORED CON-TEST)
Mrs. William Davis, Sr. (1.) and Mrs. Thomas
Christian, students in the Conshohocken Art League
Saturday morning class, show how they captured on.
canvas their individual impressions of one of the Bor-ough's
oM homesteads from a window of the Mary H.
Wood Park House. The home is that of Dr. Sherod M.
Cooper, longtime Conshohocken resident and physician,
115 E. Fifth Ave. Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Christian and other
students in Art League classes conducted by Walter
Condit and Edward Lia, who offer beginners help with
construction, perspective, composition and technigue with
medium of choice, are preparing for the League-sponsored
contest, a special feature of the 1962 program,
officially entitled "Scene In Conshohocken" in which
scenes in the Borough or painted in view from the
Borough will 1« entered. Complete information will be
available on the contest by next week, a League spokes-man
BtateS. (Photo by A:
Sneath Makes \Art League Will Greet Mrs. Scharff
Announcement New Members on Feb. 21 Added to Staff
Free Library
Elects Officers.
Board Members
Tht annual meeting of the Board
ot Trustees of the Consliohocken
Free Library was held In the Lib-rary
on Thursday evening Jan. 18,
with the following officers and
board members being elected for
the eivuitnR year
President-Emeritus. Dr. Oeorge T.
LUkens: President. Vcrnon E. Wy-nne:
Vice President. Thomas Wil-liams;
Secretary, Dr. Russell O.
B>b: Solicitor. Stanley B. Cooper.
The following members were re-itooM:
James Desimone, Oeorge Snear,
John DIRusso. Howard Read, A.
LaVigne.
The Borough Council appointed
the rollowlng members to represent
itn Council: Anthony Baranoskl,
Dominic Ruggerlo,
The Board of Education appoin-ted
Robert Vandesrlft to represent
he School District.
2 New Teachers
Join P-W Faculty
Two new teachers have been add-ed
to the faculty of the Plymouth-
Whltemarsh Joint High School.
Mrs. Charlotte Hoppc. of Lafa-yette
Hill, has been employed to
All the vucancy In the English De-partment
caused by the resignation
of Thomas Narus. Mrs. Hoppe, a
traduce of Syraucuse University,
also has a Master's Degree from
Indiana University.
Richard Savage, of East Strouds-burg,
and a graduate of Bast
Stroudsburg 8tate College, ls on
duty as a mathematics teacher.
Gibbons lo Speak
At Meeting of
Whitemarsh GOP
Whitemarsh Valley Republican
Club will hold its meeting Tuesday
evening, at 8:30 p. . , at tlie Wil-lie,
m Bolton Dlxon American Leg-ion
Past, Port Washington, Pa.
The Speaker will be Thomas J.
Gibbons, who Joined the public re-lations
staff of the Curtis Publish-ing
Company in October. 1960, Pre-viously
he had served as Police
Commissioner o" Philadelphia.
Gibbons ls a member of the exe-cutive
board if the Philadelphia
Council Boy Scouts of America, and
vice chairman of the Magazine &
PetUahm Dlvl.-lon of the Philadel-phia
Pellowshlp Commission. He is
also a member of the board of the
Crime Prevention Association of
Philadelphia .and the local public
relations committee of the United
Pund.
Of Candidacy
Mervin G. Sneath. an Insurance
broker who lives in West Norriton
Township, this week announced his
candidacy for the Sta'.c Legislature.
Sneath. well-known in Republi-can
areas will be seeking the
nomination from the Second Legis-lative
District which includes Con-shohocken
Plymouth. Norrlstown,
East Norriton and West Norriton.
He was campaign manager for the
successful bid of Supreme Court
Justice Henry X. O'Brien and has
been active in Republican politics
for many years although he has
never held elective office.
Holder of a distinguished military
record. Sneath rose from a private
In 1041 to a Lt. Colonel five years
later. He served in Italy. North
Africa, Ireland, England, and Scot-land.
Besides havintr four decora-tions;
the Silver Star for gallantry
in action. Brnoze Star (twice) and
Purple Heart, Sneath also received
twe battlefield promotions.
He promised an "Intensive and
determined campaign" and said his
candidacy was motivated by his
"deep concern for my Country for
Pennsylvania and for our great
Montgomery county."
Sneath Is married, the father of
Wo children, and resides at 421
Rlttenhouse Blvd., in West Norriton
Township.
At Informal Evening Of the UCPA
Consliohocken Art League special
event for Wednesday evening at 8
P. M. Feb. 31. will be an -in-formal
evening at the Mary H. W __
Park House, 5th Ave., for members
to welcome new members Into the
association. Edward Lis, noted
artist and teacher, will give a dem-onstration
of the very specialized
art of portraiture. Subject for his
talk is 'The portrait and the sit-ter.'*
Original work of the artist
and portraits by other painters will
be analyzed. Refreshment* wIU be
served by members of Lls* Saturday
morning class for student artists,
under Leacue sponsorship.
Membership Invited
Membership In Conshohocken Art
League Is offered to men. women
and area high school students.
Members of local clubs and groups
CD Mrriin-r Feb. 11
For (loiiHhohocken
Ward captains, wardens, assist-ant
wardens and Interested citizens
of Consliohocken are requested to
attend the Civil Defense meeting
Sunday. Peb. 11, at 7:30 P. M. in
the oudtlorium of the Washington
Fire Co. No. I, Hector and Payette
Sis.
Civil Defense nims will be shown
and a round tuble discussion on the
films will follow. Refreshments will
be served.
arc particularly invited. In order
that n bond of commuicatlon be
establish eel.
Annual jnambershtp dues are one
dollar ana are used to contribute
to the support of the annual ex-hibition
and of the monthly pro-gram.
All members are entitled to
active participation In the League
program and may volunteer for
Committee membership.
Many Activities
Notices of League activities, In-cluding
classes, educational pro-gram,
field trips, are sent to mem-bers
and also invitations to pre-views
of exhibitions and to all as-sociation
social and cultural events.
Members are entitled to submit
work for the annual exhibition.
They may enroll in either the Mon-day
evening class for student art-ists
or the Saturday morning clasa.
(Tuition fee is charged).
New Gift Shop
Jane's Gift Shop, 817 Payette St.,
will open tomorrow with a com-plete
line of beautiful gifts for
every occasion. The shop, formerly
located at 19 W. Elm St.. will also
feature an extensive variety of
greeting cards appropriate for every
conceivable event.
The shop is owned and operated
by Mrs. Jane Lewandowski, a local
resident.
UCPA of Philadelphia and vicini-ty
has added Mrs. Louise Scharff
to the staff, to do home visiting to
the families of the cerebral palsied
in Burks, Chester and Montgomery
Counties.
Mrs. Scharff lives In Conaho-hocken.
She was a nurse, is now a
home-maker, ind the mother of
two sons.
She ls available two days a week,
tj give help and advice In the phy-sical
care of the handicapped indi-vidual,
and also to discuss various
resources and opportunities avail-able.
Many patients have requested help
in methods of bathinj an-l feeding,
others have asked for information
about special chains, clothing, nnd
training devices, still otiiers need
Information about schools, long-
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5 Flee Store,
Area Police
Aid Capture
Roadblock I In • I JHU
dune of Two Can
From Pliornixvillr
Cite Tammany
District Gain in
Police In Conshohocken. West
Conshohocken and Plymouth Twp.,
alerted by the Montgomery County
police radio network, played a
prominent part In the capture early
Tuesday morning of five Phlladel-phiiins
who allegedly had attempted
to burglarize a Phoenlxvillc furni-ture
store. Use of a roadblock on W.
Elm between Porrest and Fayette
Sts., Conshohocken, halted the five
suspects who were traveling in two
cars,
Sgt. Raymond Alexander and Of-ficer
Harrison Langley. of the Con-shohocken
police, und Chief Albert
Slater, of Wut Conshohockcu po-the
effective roadblock.
Sgt. Will:am Jordan and Officer
Constaniine Grabowskl, of Plym-outh
Twp. police, had chased the
two cars south on Ridge Pike,
radioing their progress-toward Con-shohocken.
Chase Begins
It all began, police said, shortly
after 1 A. M. Tuesday in Phoenix-vllle.
where a police prowl car of-ficer
checked the rear door of the
Levitt Furniture store, 325 Bridge
St., after noticing two cars, both
occupied, speed from the parking
area on his arrival there Finding
that an entry attempt had been
made at the store. Phoenixvllle po-lice
radioed descriptions of the
fleeing cars and the message was
relayed via Montgomery County
'Continued on Page Twoj
DiRuMo, Lofkoc
(ni Awards For
OuI*I.m<lin<5. Work
The Conshohocken Junior Chani-
; bor of Commerce Ian Saturday
i night presented awards to two
members for their outstanding
services over the past 10 yeara.
The presentations were the high
■not of the 10th Annual Charter 1 Night Banquet of th-- J
| was held at B.uiiii Ol
Honored by their fellow memoes
[ were John DIRusso. chosen as the
liing Jaycee of the past dec-ade
and Arthur Lefkoe was cited
for his outstanding contribution to
the Jaycees most important project
In that same period.
DIRusso, a past president of the
organization, lias always been ex-tremely
active in all of the organi-zation's
activities such as Jaycee
auctions, programs for holiday ob-servances,
Improvement of library
facilities in Conshohocken. »ha
campaign to "put Christ back in
Christmas" and the drive for tha
reorganization of the Borough
Council.
Lefkoe. who is the legal advisor
of the group, was cited for his lead-ing
role In "Project 7". the program
for tho reorganization of Conaho-hocken
Borough Council.
Principal speaker was a past na-tional
vice-president of the Jay-cees,
Orover C. Oouker, who stressed
that one of man's finest qualities
can be his desire to help those lest
fortunate than l.lmself.
Guests of honor Included Arthur
Blanche, national director of Jay-cees;
CD director Kenneth Cha-baud;
William Davis, Jr., president
of the local Chamber of Commerce
and former Jaycee president: Miss
Conshohocken of 1961, Joanne Tor-netta
and a number of past presi-i
dents of the local Jaycee chapter.
Membershi
Sets Precedent at St. Peter's Lutheran Church
ps
-/Votr in The Kvvnrttvr
Editorials—Timely comment on local and national
affairs. Page 4
Strictly Politics—The staff wriica about things political
locally and county-wide. Page 4
Hometown Profile—An article and picture each week
about a local personality I'age 4
Features for Women—Famous names in the fashion
field such as Sue Barden and Tracy
Adrian. Dress Patterns by Mary Martin
Home hints by Joan O'Sullivan and others
appear regularly.
Tammany District Scouters.
achieved first place in Valley Forge
Council for highest increase in
scouting membership during the
year 1961, It was announced by
Scout executive Norman Vogt at the
January meeting.
Tammany District membership
increased from 1.129 members on
Dec. 31. 1960. to 1.256 members on
Dec. 31, 1961. Tammany District
tied for second place in new units
during 1961. Included in the new
units were Cub Packs 3074. 3281 and
3089; Troop 74 and Explorer Post
25.
John Story Smith, district chair-man,
presided at the meeting. Wil-liam
Beaumont, activities chairman,
announced the annual window dis-play
competition during "Boy Scout
Week". Peb. 7 to 13. The troop, cub
pack, and explorer post with the
'Continued on Page Twoi
Chamber of Commerce
Warns Residents to
Beware of 'Pitchmen*
The Conshohocken Chamber
of Commerce states that It has
received numerous complaints
from residents i.i reference to
being "token In" by fly-by-night,
fast talking, high pres-sure
salesmen from out of the
area.
At the time the complaint Is
mode It Ls too late for the
Chamber to be of much help as
already some kind of a contract
has been signed.
The Chamber of Commerce
would like to stress the point
that the time to get in touch
with it. la before you sl-in any
papers. Then, the Chamber can
contact the Better Business
Bureau and get a report as to
whether or not they are a re-liable
firm
The Chamber of Commerce
said that lt wants the people
of Conshohocken and vicinity
to feel free to call on the
Chamber for any help lt may
be able to give them.
Won't Answer
Petition Filed
On "High Rise'
Attorney Alfonso Santangclo told
tho Recorder today that lie "v III
lwt I3e HI. ncswur" utnut/o* infill-ing,
the "return dale"' set by Judge
Robert W. Honeyman, of Mont-gomery
County Court, to a petition
filed with Judge Hones-man by
Attorney Cassln W. Craig, who rep-resents
Joseph DiSanto. bulkier of
the proposed "high rise" apart-ments
in Plymouth Twp
The petition is for DlSan:o. R
[Democrat and new member of the
'Plymouth Twp. Board of Commls-j
sloners, to Intervene In behalf of
the Commissioners.
Santangclo, whose home is aa-
|jacent to the 14-acre tract site lor
[ the proposed "high rise" apart-ments,
represents himself und .1
group of some 25 neighbors in op-
I posing the apartments.
He said that ho agrees that the
. opposition has the right to petition,
' as they have done, since the Plym-outh
Twp. Board of Commissioners
voted (Monday night, Nov. 131 to
amend the township zoning ordin-ance,
thus permitting construction
of apartment buildings 170 feet
high. After creating the new zoning
classification the Commissioners up-held
the application of DiSanto lo
build a "high rise" apartment in
accordance with the newly-estab-lished
zoning amendment.
Santangelo said that they wIU
have to file an answer to his appeal
and then a hearing date will ba
set later.
Court Reduces Claim
Of Sewer Authority
Programs oil
I .ill in America
The Christian Mission in Latin
American will be the theme for a
four-session series of family night
programs to be conducted by the
Conshohocken United Presbyterian
Church.
The scries will begin on Sunday,
it bat been announced Jointlv by
Mrs. Billy C. Daniels, 608 Wi
Rd., and Mrs. Leonard A. Blbley,
3007 Spring Mill Rd., both of Plym-outh
MeeUng,
Each session—scheduled for con-secutive
Sundays in February—will
open at 5:30 P. M. with ■ covered
dish supper. The Latin American
program will be held between 7 and
8 P. M.
SMASHES 210-YEAR RECORD: Mrs. Edwin L. Anderson, of 4120 Devonshire
Bd., Plymouth Meeting, is the first woman on the Church Council in 210 years at
historic Si Peter's Lutheran Church, 3025 Church Rd., Lafayette Hill. Shown
(above) consultinK on the church register with the Rev. Harold P. Doebler, pastor,
sho was elected to the Church Council, Jan. 18. at the yearly congregational dinner
meeting in the Fellowship Hall. Previously, only men served but the "community-spirited"
church welcomes Mrs, Anderson, elected secretary, to its Council. Other
member* are: Albert Potteiwr, president; Richard Rente, vice-president; Edwin An-derson,
treasurer; Horace Gasaner and Oeorge King. ' tPhoto by A
Judge Daniel L. Quinlan in a de-cision
today, ordered the White-marsh
Township Sewer Authority
to reduce the amount of its muni-cipal
claim against the owners of a
property on Twynnwood Road, con-tending
they had been assessed too
much.
In directing an exemption of 100
feet for Harold L. and Sarah L.
pour num. the Court also decreed
that "all Interest or penalties
which have been added to the as-sessment
shall be reduced by that
amount."
Judge Quinlan noted that the
Poorman property eompletey fronts
on Twynnwood RMd where the
M degree angle
so that lt fronts on both sides of
i res.
The Township authority, tor sew-erage
Installation l>
pn pi if In iic amount of
I1J38.91 el the rate ol 15.11 K
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the fact that the property Is on a
corner.
The Poormans contended that a
property on such an arcing corner
ls entitled to a special assessment.
In this case they claimed 100 feet
should not have been Included In
computing the assessment.
In his discussion. Judge Quinlan
pointed out that the Second Class
Ti-wn-shlp Code, which governs
Whitemarsh, permits assessments
an the basis of the front foot rule.
He noted also that the Authoriy
Iself enacted a resolution which
provided for the owners of corner
properties,
"We ore of the oplnln-i
Judge Quinlnn. "that the Author-i;
v anoold have assessed the Poor-iiMin
property lu the manner pro-vided
In the resolution
"Counsel for 'he Authority ron-tends
tha: since the property bor-ders
only on one ibreel nnd one
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fCOSffNSSH ON Pug* TilAij
Installation
For Kiwanis
In Plymouth
The Kiwanis Club ol Plymouth
Township will hold its annual In-stallation
and Ladies' Night ban-qect
on Saturday a* Mickey Mouse
Restaurant Oermantown Pike and
Joshua Road. The cocktail hour
In at 6:30 P. M. with dinner
'served at 7:30 P. M.
Officers to b. Installed by Dr.
James A. Hallman lieutenant Gov-ernor
for Division 19. are President,
0 <i enwrlgbt; Vic
dent, Paul Kuppersteln; Secretar .
.:e.. H. Luther Hockcr: Tret
ffllnam De angeUs. Pas) P
\nthony Piorello will be Master of . .,
will be ehi.lim.tn foi the HlT.ii:
Mi; i ■ and dJiicing by the "Ki -
i by a bunV
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