The Conshohocken Recorder, April 19, 1962

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92 Year* ol Continuous Publication Conshohocken. Pa.. April 19. 1962 7c A COPT BH 90950
Solemnity of Easter Observed by Churches
SOLEMN RITES—Priests at main altar in St. Mat-thew's
Roman Catholic Church. Conshohocken. conduct
offertory of mass during: Palm Sunday services. Statu-ary
is covered in traditional Lenten season rites.
(onsholiockin Paces the Fill lire: Part I
Planning Commission
Viewed as One Tool
In Helping Borough
(The Conshohocken Recorder today presents the first
uf a series of 12 exclusive articles dealing with the bor-ough's
forthcoming Comprehensive Plan. The articles will
detail the scope of the Plan -and its importance to the citi-zens.
The writer is Howard J. Grossman, Planning Section,
.Montgomery County Planning Commission.)
B> Hsward J. Grossman
The development of a Compre-hensive
Planning Program for
UicrnaktH.Mreoal'
tier vfay gtneo May. 1950.
Conshohocken Borough Council ap-pointed
a Borough Planning Com-mission
under enabling legislation
luund In the Borough Code.
3 Are Fined
Total of $450
For Escapade
Trio Pleaded Guilt?.
In Court lo Renting
Whitemursh Hotelman
Pines totaling $450 were Imposed
OH three Ambler men lor what the
Court termed "a very foolish es-rnpade.'
In entering the Fort Wash-ington
Hotel, last Dec. 27. and as-nulttng
the owner.
Michael Monaco. 00. of Butler
Pk . Ambler, who pleaded guilty to
ns'-r.tilt and battery on Martin
Spec*. 66. the hotel owner, was
fined $200 by Judge Robert W
Honeyman.
Hrrry Rooney. 4ft. also ad Butler
Pk. wan fined $150 for a firearms
violation, and Kenneth Bacote, al-so
Butler Pic., $1U for unlawful
entry.
Despite the penalty Imposed, the
story had a happ; ending. Atty.
Anthony J. •.Hngiullo told the
Court.
H explained Monaco's wife left
him a short time befor the Inci-dent
and Monaco hid reason to be-lieve
Spc a oou'- provide informa-tion
concerning her whereabouts.
Since the incident. Oianglullo osid,
the Monacos have settle; their dif-ferences
and again are living to-gether.
Whitemarsh Twp. Chief Edgar E
Mitchell tol'i Judge Honeyman
tl.at Rooney. although holding a
BUD, did not participate In the as-sault,
nor did Bacote. who had
"Just gone along" with the others.
■ The three admitted they walked
Int. the Fort Washington Hotel
after it was closed, but denied
breaking In. They also said Speca's
room door was not locked, and It
was Just pushed open to gain en-trance.
Chief Mitchell told Judge Hon-eyman
he noticed even when the
men were arrested the next mor-ning
that they had been drinking
Jewish Community
Observing Passover
The Jewish Community began the
"'iservance of the Festival of Pass-over
with tHe traditional Seder at
s'tiidown yesterday.
The Seder Is a religion, feast and
oiemony in individual homes
which marks the beginning of the
"Fht-day holiday period.
The Passover is the oldest Jewish
holiday, having beei conducted for
3500 years. It commemorates the
Exodus of the Jews from Egypt
By trrdltlon, Passover * both a
me for sharing one's blessings with
family and friends, and with hos-pitality
and good eating of familiar
foods during the holiday period.
Proclamation Issued
For Good Friday
"WHEREAS, the suffering
and death of Our Lord on the
Cross is observed throughout
the world, and His compassion
for the sins of mankind is
universal;
I. therefore, do hereby pro-claim
Good Friday a day of
religious meditation, and here-by
request the residents of
Conshohocken to devote the
hours between 12 and 3 to
prayer for peace and prosperity
in the world."
(s) James J. Mellor, Mayor.
One of the very first things that
the Borough Planning Commission
*M4o mv-ti—^H>yl—>gWy| •"-
of preparing u comprehensive plan
of development lor Conshohocken
Borough in light of the many prob-lems
which the Borough is facing
and will face in the future. These
problems range from the rehabili-tation
of the commercial area in
Conshohocken. the provision of
many municipal services to meet
the demands of the public for fa-cilities
such as recreation areas,
police protection, fire protection.
municipal administrative facilities,
etc. to the improvement of traffic
and parking conditions In the
downtown and other areas In the
Borough at the present time.
These facilities were planned and
constructed In the days In which
the automobile WHS not a potent
factor in forming the population
3 Local Boys
Tq Compete in
Miami Tourney
St. Matthew'* Pupils
Won Forensic Honors
In Catholic League
Three St. Matthew's High School
students will compete in the Na-tional
Catholic Forensic League
tournament in Miami Bench. Fla..
on May 29, 30 and 31. They are:
Bernard Moore, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alan W. Moore, of 217 Spring
Mill Ave.. who won first prize in
"extemporaneous speaking" in the
Catholic Forensic League of Great-nucleus.
This article is the first of;er Philadelphia tournament at
a series of articles concerning the.cardinal Doughertv High School,
planning activities presently under: Philadelphia, on Saturday,
way and proposed for the Borough j Hl< father is head of the mlcro-of
Conshohocken. nun reCord department at Mont-
The Planning Commission ofigomerv County Court House, Nor-
Conshohocken Is but one tool for ristown.
the maintenance and stimulation of; Anthonv DeFusco. son of Mr.
Ideas which will Improve the eco- | and Mrs. Dominick DeFusco, of 117
nomlc conditions in Conshohocken
and help solve some of the pres-sing
problems facing the Borough.
Building Code Cited
Tools which have been used to
provide a nucleus for the Improve-ment
of public facilities within the
Borough include the establishment
of public sewers which were first
constructed in 1937. a Building Code
adopted in 1949, the Borough of
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Plymouth Park
Board Asks $7,100
The Park and Recreation
Commission of Plymouth Twp.
has received $7,100 from the
tnnnhl:* board of commission-
Mrs as provided in thr 1962
budget recent.'y adopted.
This was revealed at a meet-ing
of the Plymouth School
Board Tuesday night when
Roy Landes, director of the
park board, requested the school
board to appropriate a like
amount for the recreation
program.
Marble St.. who won second prize
In "original oratory" in the Phila-delphia
tournament.
Anthony, a native of Italy, came
to the United States about in Feb-ruary.
1956. and spoke only broken
"OI English," learned from the
soldiers who Invaded hla country.
Yet. after a couple years as a shoe
shine boy In Conshohocken, he
mastered English and became a top
debater.
His father la a shoemaker at 30
Payette St.
John Meyers, son of Mr. and Mrs.
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Solemn Rites
Easter Day in
Area Churches
Processions, Sunrise
Services to Highlight
End of Lenten Season
Hoiy Week will be celebrated tn
Catholic and Protestant churches
in the area with traditional pro-cessions,
cantatas, masses, special
hymns and decoration of. altars
and sanctuaries.
The suffering and death on The
Cross win be commemorated In the
reading of gospels and In sermons.
Cafholle churches will have chil-dren's
processions today and to-morrow.
Good Friday. Adoration of
the Cross and Stations of the Cross
In the evening and distribution of
Holy Water on Saturday.
Protestant churches will present
sacred cantatas and will conduct
community Easter sunrise services
on Sunday.
St. Matthew's Church. Third Ave.
and Fayette St., Conshohocken.
will have a solemn liturgical serv-ice
at 3 P. M. tomorrow. Holy
Communion will be distributed at
tne service. Stations of the Cross
will be at 8 :». M. Veneration of
the Cross will be held after the
liturgical service In the afternoon
■ri after the Stations In the eve-ning.
There will be no devotions ...
Matthew's Saturdav morning. Sol-emn
Easter Vigil will be held after
Solemn Mass at II P. M. Rt. Rev
Msgr. George L. Murphy, rector,
said parishoners who attend this
Moss will fulfill their obligation
of hearing lass on Easter Sunday.
Easter Masses will be at 6. 7, 8.
9 <chlldren's>. 10:15 and 11:15 (low
Mass).
Rev. Daniel Bartkow. of the Gos-pel
Furtherance Society, Faith Bap-tist
Church. Chester, will be guest
sneaker at Easter Sunrise Services
at 6 A. M. Sunday at the Superior
Tube Grounds, CollegevlUe.
Mr Bartkow also will speak Good
Friday through Eastc- Sunday at
7:30 P. M. at the Abrams Coramun-
U; Chapel, 740 N. Henderson Rd..
King of Prussia.
The sacred cantata. "Peter and
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Boros and County May Face
'Frankenstein Monster9 in
Asking Bridge Lights Aid
It Could Cost
Big Money if
PUCSo Rules
BY JOHN I KM 1 ON
Tlit borougbo of Conshohocken
aad West Conshohocken and Mont-gomery
County may And themselves
Alth a "Frankenstein monster" on
ftelr hands when and If the Public
Btllltlee Onmmlarton hears their
Joint petition to have the state take
over (he lighting system on the
Matsonlord Bridge.
The two boroughs and the Coun-ty
have entered an agreement to
petition the PUC to have a 1936
directive of the latter agency re-viewed
with the hope the burden
of paying the lighting, and Instal-lation
of a more modem lighting
system, will be taken over by the
state highway department.
It is possible the PUC could order
the boroughs and County to Install
more modem Illumination on a 40-
40-20 basis before the bridge
••light bill" Is turned over to the
state.
This was revealed Monday night
when Curtis O. Campman. director
of roads and bridges for the Mont-gomery
County Commissioners, met
in Conshohocken Borough Hall with
oouncllmen from Conshohocken and
West Conshohocken. the Consho-hocken
Chamber of Commerce and
other borough officials.
William Devla. president of the
Chamber of Commerce, served as
moderator. He said the dimly-lighted
bridge and its outmoded
system are hazards to pedestrians,
|i«ai»Uf out the lack of adequate
public transportation forces many
Individuals, especially women, to
walk across the bridge late at
night.
Te boroughs and County have
MaWpayrng the lighting bill on the
46-40-10 basis, the County being
the "20 percenter." However, the
County has been paying the full bill
of $866.29 a year and has not been
billing the boroughs their 40 per
cent, or $346 each.
Campman said It is possible the
PUC would direct the boroughs and
County to Install a "proper lighting
system" and direct these agencies
to pay for the cost. He estimated
such an installation would cost $20,-
000.
The state, he said, could possibly
demand the boroughs and County
put the bridge "In shape" before
t'»ey would take over.
Samuel W. DeMedlo, well-known
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Sunrise Service
Easter Sunday
An Easter Sunrise service lor
Conshohocken Churches will bt
held at 7 A. M. Sunday In .he
SteeJe Chapel of Consholnic<e i
Methodist Church. Sixth Ave. and
Pavette St.
Rev. DanlH Rlnaldl. pastor ol
Conshohocken United Presovtevlar
Church, will be speaker.
An Baster egg hunt for Methodist
Church children will be held 1 to
3 Saturday at the home of Mrs
Wllmer Bath. 1301 FayeUe S- Nur-sery,
beginner and primary classes
will participate.
Rev. Paul E. Chrelman. minister
will speak on "The Broken Chain"
at 10:45 worship service Easter
Sunday. Special music will be pro-vided
by the church choirs.
HOPING FOR BEST—Officials of Conshohocken and West Conshohocken Bor-ough
Councils and Conshohocken Chamber of Commerce conferred with Curtis O.
Campman, director of roads and bridges for Montgomery County, at special meet-ing
Monday night in Conshohocken Borough Hall. Group outlined plans for future
hearing before PUC at which time they will ask the stale highway department take
over maintenance of lighting on the Matsonford Bridge. (L. to r.), James Burns,
president of Conshohocken Borough Council; William Davis, president of Chamber of
Commerce, who moderated the meeting; Campman, who outlined County stand
and history of bridge, and Charles Asko. president of West Conshohocken Bor-ough
Council. (Photo by Anlhcoy)
Bus Service Request
Met by Tax Hike Hint
A 'onuderabie increase in taxes
was "hinted" by the Plymouth
Twp. School Board at a lengthy
and heated meeting when residents
of Farmview Village presented a
petition requesting children from
their area be provided bus trans-portation
to the new Ridge Park
Elementary School now under con-struction.
John Davidson, president of the
Farmview Civic Association, pre-sented
the petition Tuesday night
He said children from the village
will be required to walk on Colwell
rid., claiming it is too narrow for
vehicular traffic, and has no side-walks.
He further said the children
would have to cross Ridge Pk. at
i five-point intersection, which is
even hazardous for drivers, let
alone children."
Mrs. Janet Hnrni.i\. s resident
of th<; villrge. said Colwell Rd. Is
heavily traveled and "if we Instal-led
sidewalks, it would make the
road narrower and even more haz-ardous."
Thoma.s Kopach. commissioner of
the Fourth District, which em-br
"ps Farmvirw Village, said no
money was appropriated In the
township budget for sidewalks. He
said this should have been con-sidered
befre the budget was made
up
"The township would have to
condemn land an-' buy it to install
sidewalks." Kopach said.
Ho further pointed out It would
be unfair to compel the residents
lo Install sidewalks, since the peo-ple
recently underwen. heavy ex-pense
for installation of sewer lines.
Dr Daniel AT. Klrkpatrtck. board
president, said the board received
complaints from other sections of
the township similar to the Farm-view
group's, but the board voted
to stand firm on the mile and a
half limit for bus transportation
He referred to a state law that
prohibits aid for 'ransportlng pu-pils
If they live within a mile and
a hai: of the school.
'•The cost of transporting all
children would be prohibitive,** Dr.
Klrkpatrtck Raid, "unless an addl
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Kiwanis dub
Meet* Tonight
Conshohocken Kiwanis Club will,
hold a special Easter observance at
6:30 tonight at Chick's Baum Gar-dens.
Ridge Pike, Plymouth Twp.
The club will sponsor a spaghetti
dinner 5 to 9 P. M., April 28 at
Pete's Venetian Room. 800 E Hec-i
tor St., for the underprivileged f
children's fund. Francis J. Ruggiero
la chairman.
34,047 Are Eligible
To Vote in District
A ' >tal of 34,047 persons Is
eligible to vote In the Second Leg-islative
District In the May IS pri-mary
election.
Both the Republican and Demo-cratic
parties have contests for the
noDtnaUon foi Aswathlyman HI the
i -ts of Consho-hocken.
Plyinoi t»i. Norristown and
Od West Norrlton
The Republican* maintain the
teed with 23.904 reautnuiti The
Democrats have 9576 and non-par-tisans
number 5."
In the Third Legislative District,
which includes Whitemarsh, a to-tal
of 183.69'' is registered
The Republicans have 131.821
the Democrats. 47,245. and non-pAitliaiu
4613. Miscellaneous par-ties
total 14.
In the County, the OOP holds a
Uad which was cut by more than
iOO during the past registration pe-riod.
Kenneth Hallman. Chief Clerk
of the Election Bureau, reports.
The total county registration Is
2M.B12. a Jrup of 233 over i.i-t
November Republicans have 186.-
063. the Democrat-. 62,748. nun-pnrtlsaus,
;>HBJ>. and miscellaneous
IS
The Republican. Democrats arid
non-pa rt Isu u ra|^s4raOonj tor
'MI ■ <'uiuiminities are:
en 2630. I96\ and 60.
Plymouth. ?846, 1635 and 131, and
Whitemarsh. 4991, 958 and 147.
In the County the Republican
total dropped 356. Iron 186.419 last
Full. » Me the Democratic total
represent! *.n inoramee of 265 from
tie Fall total of 62.483
Women continue to lead the men
in total registrations, 129,338 to
125,474. I
JOINED TOC.KTHER—But not for 1 ,np; as four rival candidates for second
legislative district assembly post on Republican tickets meet at Norristown GOP
headquarters when Young Republican (Sub of Norristown brought them together.
L. to r.. Dr. Henry Olszta. Conahohockan h 'alth officer; Horace A Davenport. Norria-tnwn
attorney; .lark A. Ronnick. president of sponsoring Young Republicans; Marvin
G. Sueath. West Nnrriton insurance broker, and Robert .I. Rutera. West Norriton at-torney.
The four candidates "were asked to present their views on the "open" primary
May 15. (photo by Anthon/,
Construction
Starts, Pond
Drained Dry
164 Homes Planned
For Runnemede Farm
On Germantown Pike
There'll be no youngsters fishing
in the pond on Runnemede Farm
in Plymouth Twp. this summer.
The pond's been drained and the
bulldozers are at work preparing
for construction of a $3 1-3 million
housing development.
The sale of the farm on Oer
mantown Pike near Plymouth Val-ley
has been completed with Plym-outhtowne
Inc., Philadelphia, buy-ing
the 60-acre property.
The seller waa Wlnneld C. Cook,
a businessman, who raised Aber-deen
Angus cattle on the farm, The
purchase price was announced ss
$364,000 by Bernard J. Druedlng
Jr., president, and Thomas H.
Kelley, treasurer, Plymouthtowne
Inc.
Druedlng said construction has
started on homes that will range
in price from about S18.5O0 to $22.-
000. He said there'll be about 164
homes In the development.
The houses will be of two-story
colonial design and will contain
three, four and five bedrooms.
Druedlng said samples should be
read> In early June with first oc-cupancy
scheduled around July l
"I guess, the kids will be disap-pointed
about the pond," Druedlng
said, "but there waa nothing
could do but drain It.
' 'When we were draining the
pond and the water level began to
get low, the fish swam right into
Saw Mill Run." he said.
Druedlng said that Cook will be
living In the main house un'il
October.
In addition to his business ac-tivities,
Cook was active in the past
presidential election. He was Mont-
(Onujfl County chairman of the
Nixon-for-Presldent Club
The Cook farm is a familiar land-mirk
along Oermantown Pike
YoriiHstera used the one-and-a-half
acre pond for Ice skating when
It froze over.
Plymouth Twp.
Is Honor Town
For Ceremonies
Naturalization Rites
Are Scheduled for
Sixty-two New Citizens
Plymouth Twp. will be the honor
community Thursday. May 3. at
Naturalization Court exercises at
tie Court House, Norristown.
total of b' persons from 18
countries Is scheduled to be ad-mitted
tr citizenship at the exer-d
ea.
Judge David E. Oroshens will
deliver the principal address of
welcome. President Judge E- Arnold
Forrest will preside.
• Attorney Robert Trucksess, chair-man
of the Montgomery Bar Asso-ciation's
citizenship committee, said
the honor township will be repre-sented
by civic, church, business
nd local govemmen leaders.
County Prothonotary. Robert
Rtctl.miller will administer the oath
t, allegiance to the new dtlsens.
Brief remarks will be made by
Attorney Roland Fleer, president of
the Bar Association; County Com-missioner
Elklns Wetherlll. Attor-ney
Raymond Pltcalrn, Congress-man
Richard ti. Schwetker. Mary
Milllnghau.vn. representing; the
American Legion Auxiliary, and At-torney
Rebecca Roberta Shelly, of
the D. A. R.
Honored guests from Plymouth
Twp. will Include: retired Judge,
Oeorge C. Corson; Attorney A Ben-jamin
Sclrlca. towmhlp solicitor:
u J. Sheppard, secretary,
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NOW'S
THE TIME!
It's warmer weather, tne
trees are read: to bud auri LtM
flowers will soon be com mi; up
So now'* the time to adver-u.
e.
Anythin,; you wlah to sell,
-nrnetllng you may u.uit to
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every week In the tlve Inter- J
County newspapers that r. i I
a total audience of ifto.ooo
And the cost Is nc
twelve wor^-s for only 82. So (
now's the time to telephone 1
tnd place yo'ir aa.
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WE ALSO PRINT
Banquet Program.
School Paper.
Church Bulletin.
Wedding Invitation.
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