The Conshohocken Recorder, May 10, 1962

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GOP Assembly Fight
Tops Primary Tilts
Voters Total
254,812 for
Election Day
A lackluster primary campaign
will end next Tuesday when Re-publican*
and Democrats go to the
pi III to select candidates (or this
year's gubernatorial election.
The only couest that hat evoked
flerce competition has been the>
battle for the OOP nomination aa
Snd District State Representative
from the Communities of Consho-hocken.
Norrisiown, Plymouth, and
East and West Norriton.
A field of four Republicans is
*.\ing for the nomination
In the populous 3rd District, the
OOP Is faced with contest* for four
nominations. With four candidates
enrying official party endorsement,
only one un;ndorsed Republican Is
(riven a chance of sneaking through
in the district which Includes
Whltemarsh Tup.
The rest of the election campaign
Involves little or no trouble for
both Republicans and Democrats.
Eligible to vo.e In the county arei
2M.812 persons, 186,063 Republi-cans
and 62.748 Democrats. The
other voters are non-partisan or[
miscellaneous. The County has 284'
voting districts.
Cong-real Post I p
In addition to governor, electors
will ballot for party choices for
U.S. Senator. Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary of Internal Affairs. U.S.
Crugress. State Senator. State Com-mittee
and County Committee, be-sides
the State Assembly contests.
On the State level. William W.
Bcranton. OOP gubernatorial Re-publican,
and Richardson Dllworth
the organization-endorsed candi-dates
for Governor, have taken op-!
position. Party leaders expect them'
to receive nomination with no
trouble.
In the 2nd District, Robert J.
Butera and Mervln O. Sneath are
the front-runners in the four-can-didate
field. Both are West Norrl-
I, i, residents who have been wag-ing
a terrific fight for nomination.
Butera Is an attorney, while
Snei th Ls an insurance broker. Pol-itical
observers rate the contest a
to.-.S-lip.
The other OOP candidates are
Dr. Henry J. Olszta. Conshohocken
health officer, and Horace A. Dav-enport.
Norristown attorney.
Walter C. Fry. Norristown, Is the
Democrat incumbent to succeed
himself for another two-year term
He faces opposition from Louis Dl-
Giovanni. Norristown lawyer, who
ls given little chance to upset Fry.
Four Are Endorsed
In the 3rd District, three GOP
Incumbents an-J ■ newcomer carry
partv endorsement out of the seven
candidates. Four will be nominated
The incumbents are: Herman B.
Wlllaredt. Mont Clare; Morton H.
Fetterolf, Whltemarsh. and Edwin
O Holl. Lansdale. Wllmot E. Flem-ing
Ablngton. is the newcomer.
John B. HartensUne Jr., Potts-town
mayor, Is regarded by observ-ers
as the only threat. His chances
Here's Facts and Figures
On Montco Voting Tuesday
Information pertinent to the Primary Election next Tuesday
la listed below-;
HOIR8 OK VOTING
Polls In each of Montgomery County's 264 voting districts will
be open from 8 A. M. to 9 P.M.. Daylight Saving Time.
CANDIDATE*
Republican
U. 8. Senator -James E. VanZandt.
Oovernor (vote for onei—William W. Srranton, J. Collins
McSparran.
Lieutenant Governor—Raymond P. Shafer.
Secretary of Internal Affairs—Audrey B. Kelly.
Congress—Richard 8. 8chwelker.
State Senator—Henry J. Propert.
State Committee ivote for twoi—Warren M. Cornell, Jr. Alex-andra
B. Tolnnd.
State Representative. Second District "vote for onei — Horace
A. Davenport. Mervln G. sneath, Henry J. Oiazta, Robert J. Butem
8tate Representative. Third District 'vole for foun —Herman
B. Wlllaredt. Domtnick DeFranco. Wllmot E. FlemUig. John J. Lawn.
John B. Hertenstine, Jr. Edwin O. Holl. Morton H. Fetterolf. Jr.
Democrat
U. 8. Senator—Joseph 8. Clark.
Oovernor ivote for onei—Richardson Dllworth, Charles J.
Schmltt. Harvey F. Johnston.
Lieutenant Governor — Stephen McCann.
Secretary of Internal Affairs—Genevleve Blatt.
Congress—Lee F. Drlscoll.
State 8enator—F. Donald Zucker.
State Committee ivote for twoi—David V. Shapiro, Alice H.
Kurtz.
Slate Representative. Second District (vote for one)—Louis
DIGIovannl. Walter C. Fry.
Stale Representative, Third District (vote for four*—Donald C.
Starner, Marshall J. Seldman. Louis sager, William B. Eagan.
COUNTY COMMITTEES
Each party (Republican and Democrat! will elect one comrait-teeman
and one commltteewoman in every voting district.
ELIGIBLE TO VOTE
County—186.063 Republicans. 62.748 Democrats.
Conshohocken—2.630 Republicans. 1.967 Democrats.
Plymouth Twp.—3.846 Republicans. 1.635 Democrats.
Springfield Twp.—8.579 Republicans. 2.390 Democrats.
Upper Merlon Twp.—5.631 Republicans. 1.877 Democrats.
West Conshohocken—423 Republicans, 534 Democrats.
Whltemarsh—4j»l Republican. 858 Democrats.
Conshohocken Faces ihe Future: Part 4
^HjBorough Officials Urge
Curfew for Teen-Agers
Traffic and traasportfltlon ls per-haps
the most Important element
with regard to the stimulation and
of%uccess depend, they declare onlreviUllaatlon of the commercial
whether or not he can make a dent core and Industrial areas of the
Traffic Is Considered
Vital Element in Aid
To Planning of Borough & & Ulnk with the Schuylklll Express-
(The Conshohocken Recorder today presents the fourth "***• ^„,'^ur*lL.,n
L°> -*. •«<» % ■ ,• . a ~*T' •»,_ n_ i_ i • i Plannmc Comnuvion director, t!e?s-- of a series of 12 exclusive articles dealing with the borough s !tlfled m ,avor of ^ chan|(e at „
forthcoming Comprehensive Plan. Today's article discusses public hearing on Dec. 8, uwi.
traffic and transportation, and its overall effect on borough "Ours is not an objection to
development. The writer is chief of Montgomery County
Planning Commission's Planning Section.
by Howard J. Grossman
Martin
By Wetherill
On Blue Route
Expressway Crossing
Poorly-Planned, Says
Conntv Gnnmiissioner
Montgomery County Lsn't happy
with the State Highway Depart-ment's
"mcltl-mUllou dollar ahroMli
of secrecy" about the Mldcounty
Expressway or Secretary Park H.
Martins refusal to acknowledge
County proposals for a route
change.
Elkin.s Wetherill. president of the
County Commissioners, yesterday
rapped Martin over these issues
after the announcement that the
controversial Blue Route will be
recommended to the U.S. Bureau ol
Public Roads.
The Expressway is planned from
Ridley Township. Delaware County.'
to Plymouth Twp., Montgomery
County.
In a prer-s .<;atement. Wetherill
said Park H. Martin had failed to
^knowledge suggestions of the
County government and its Plan-ning
Commission which "would
slgnflcantly contribute to a better
highway system, and provide for
more practical and logical future
roadway connections."
Wetherill said the County is con-vinced
that the Expressway should
cross the Schuylklll River east of
Conshohocken. at Spring Mill, and
eonnect with the dead-end of the
Northeast Extension of the Penn-sylvania
Turnpike.
Dead-End Wo*i\ Remain
The present Blue Route to be
recommended to the Bureau of
Public Roads, calh for a crossing
west of Conshohocken with a con-nection
to the Turnpike in Ply-mouth
Meeting; which will leave
the dead-en'* of the Northeast Ex-tension
remaining.
"Montgomery County has no al-ternative
but to send a registered
letter to the Bureau of Public Roads
containing a copy of our Jan. 18
resolution recommending the
change In the proposed Blue Route"
he said.
Wetherill explained that the
County was not objecting to con-struction
of a needed highway, but'
wag sincere in its contention thai
Itbfl PT|flpt[ JWte m MontgoiuetVw
County would be '*a tragic mistake "
"At this time." he said, "we have
no way of knowing whether our
suggestions have even been con-sidered.
The same air of mystery
that has marked the Expressway
Issue continues to pervade the air
without a logical or reasonable ex-planation
as to why."
Advacated Jinre 1964
Wetherill noted that since 19541
the County Planning Commission I
has advocated a connection from'
I the dead-end of the Northeast Ex-tension,
across the Schuylklll to]
At the Height of Excitement
"LADDER OF DISTRESS"—Samuel Januzelli, assistant chief engineer of Wash-ington
Fire Co., manipulates controls of 75-foot aerial ladder truck aa Watsy Dawid-ziuk,
127 E. Elm St., volunteer fireman prepares to fight fire on roof of Fine Grinding
Co., 241 E. Elm St., Conshohocken, Monday night. Conshohocken No. 2 and Wash-ington
companies fought Naze for two hours; eight firemen were overcome by smoke.
. (Plwo by Anthony)
Into the York Road vote
The other OOP candidates are
(Continued on Page Nine)
Bell Ringers
To Campaign
Here Tuesday
Eleven local women will serve as
captains for the Mental Health
Bell Ringer campaign to be con-ducted
in Conshohocken from 7 to
o p M next Tuesday under the
ausplcet, „f the Mental Health As-sociation
of Southeastern Pennsyl-vania.
. .
The announcement has Been
mode by Mrs. John P. Rahm. city
chairman. 438 W. 10th Avc. Con-shohocken.
The local captains will be Mrs
George Barr. 438 E. 10th Ave, Mrs.
Alberta Glass, I486 Butler Pike.,
Mrs. Wlnfleld Crawford, 807 Spring
Mill Ave, Mrs. William Scalfam.
1009 Fayette St.. Mrs. Joseph Szy-mnnskl,
438 W. 10th Ave Mrs.
Thomas Christian. 236 E. 6th Ave
Mrs. Charles Zlnger. Ill* "»h
Aie. Urn, Mary Dewcy. 1361 Hiii-irct
Rd.; Mrs. John Bowman, 11,
Hartranft Ave.. Miss Lola °rah.am'l
101 E. North La., and Mrs. George
Weber, 714 Hallowell St.
They will coordmate activities o!
• lou Bell Ringer volunteers who are
scheduled to conduct a door-to-ooor
fund-raising drive here lor
the Mental Health Association.
Proceeds of the campaign will ne
used by the Association to con-tinue
IU work b behalf of mentally
III person* In this area and to pro-
..nut in nlal health
Similar campaigns' Mill be 0OB-dinted
simultaneously In 0°**"
VTlle, Umnuigtown. Phoei ixvlllc.
nun Weal Chester.
Tile Bell Hill'CM V. ill culm HI' «W
Menial Health Month, headed In
Chester, Delaware. Montgomery and
Philadelphia Counties by Walter
M. Roehrs. Jr.. of Olcnmoore. gen-eral
chairman. County co-chairmen
Jrc Mrs. James A Conoirr. ol
heitnut Hill, and Mrs Laureston
C. Oobbrow. of Plymouth Meeting.
borough. A corollary to this ls the
element of parking for those per-sons
desiring lo use the commercial
facilities in Conshohocken, and this
will be discussed In a future article.
During the course of the two-year
planning study for the bor-ough
a significant amount of In-formation
will be gathered concern-progress,
but an objection to an
Ill-considered and poorly-planned
(Coatntied on P—s Six)
Ing the characteristics of the traffic . 1-vi„._ «-•__•.,
pattern In and about Conshohock- UlSZta 1.1 > III 111 ill IT
en Borough. It will be Important to Tn II,,,,,,,. Vail /null
relate and to delineate the traffic * "°", , "" '",nm
which occurs between Conshohock- * *■"»? iL».U:h.,pon??rcl.bv '
en and surrounding communities. 2^'*,f"8?"; ^^L^T"'"
and that traffic which 1. Internal ^"i" be,.h5" '" JT5.2,, ST
to Conshohocken alone. SSESf 2SSJL f~ ,£?T, «f
Traffic data wfll be assembled ^.^no^Hcr*?LV
from many sources. Among theae pClSn'caUfda"^ S£1eco£
sources will be the State Highway di.-,,. ,,—U. WW
Department, the County Highway ^„Mlt ,,„ be held noon to 2
Department, and the Police De-|p M. m ^ TK Ha)1 Hrctcr and
(Continued on Pane tight) lAip'e Sis, Conshohocken.
Archbishop Honors Father Victor
8 Firemen Overcome
At Firms 3rd Big Blaze
Eight firemen were overcome by ite, Joseph P. Thomas, Conahohoc-dense
.smoke, several suffered minor
injuries and scores had clothing
ruined by smoke and grease when
fire of undetermined origin swept
the production department of the
Pine Orinding Co., 241 E. Elm St.,
Corushohoc ken.
Volunteers from Washington and
No. 2 companies. Conshohocken. and
Art Contest
Work Shown
Pliila. National Bank
Is Scene of Exhibits
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IMS KX( KI.I.KNC v Host ROT. untor. aichliisliop of Philadel-phia,
chats with Rev. Victor A. Strumia. rector of SS. Cosmai and Damian Chureh.
fifth Ave. and -Maple St.. and Dr. Edgardo Del Vallino. consul general of Italy, at
50th anrlivt'isary hanouet Sunday. Event marked 55th anniversary of Father \ iclor'.-
ordination. golden jubilee of the founding of the church and dedication of newly-constructed
rector}'- IPaolo by Anlhony)
Archbishop
Presides at
Church Rites
SS. Cosmag-Damian
Parish Celebrateg
Its 50th Anniversary
Most Rev. John J. Krol. arch-blsliop
of Philadelphia, was cele- Oeorge Clay company, West Con-brant
of a pontifical mass Sunday shohocken. fought the blase,
it SS. Cosmas and Damian Church.1 Th» Arm's operations Include
Pilui Ave. an-1 Maple St.. Consho- grinding of various ores and graph-liocken.
when the parish celebrated
Its &0U1 anniversary and dedicated
a new rectory.
The event also marked the 55th
anniversary of the ordination of
, Us pastor of the last 35 years, Rev.
Victor A. Strumia. A plaque bles-
|sed by Pope John XXIII was pre-sented
Father Victor by Rev. Louis
DeSlmone. assistant pastor of the
church. •
Fourth degree members of thep
Father Tomko Oeneral Assembly.!
Knights of Columbus ""ed,^ in Conshohocken" art contest spon-
12-R.n ^ """l sored by the Conshohocken Art
pr. cession. J! League are on display at the Con-
More than 400 persons attended .hohoclten omce o( u,,. Phiiadel-la
dinner In the church hall after; hls Nal|onal Ban., jyu, Ave, and
I the mass. Archbishop Krol received, p^y^H^ gj They are ■
inarlshoners and guesls In the new] wn„am T Arae„; t^,, mem.
I rectory after the mass. ber of Art League, who Is exhibit-
Father Victor, well-known In the | mg an oil painting.
I community as hunter and fisher-1 pele Boyle, former resident and
! man with friends of all faiths, was well-known television personality,
presented a 1963 automobile and a, "Disappointed Mummers'"
check for $1350 by parlshoners and Lawrence Butler, of 224 E. Ninth
friends of the Italian-American i Ave„ conshohocken. night class
church. : member of Art League, who Is ex-
Dr. Edgardo Del Vallino, consul hlbltlng a nater color sketch,
general of Italy, was a special guest. "View from the Park House" ls I
Dr Max Strumia, associated with the pointing exhibited by Mrs.1
,Bryn Mawr Hospital and brother Thomas L. Christian, of 225 E
of Father Victor, also was In at- Fifth Ave.. Conshohocken.
tendance. Dr. Strumia Is known as "Maimyuiik" by Waller D. Con-ine
discoverer of blood plasma dlt. teacher of the Monday night,
Bamuat W DeMedlo. leading class of the Art League. Classes are
c:\ii iiMui.il. was banqiiet chair-, held 7:30 lo 9:30.
in.,i, Kmll J Clavarclll was chair-, Imogene Fortes, lllh grade stu-man
ui the program d.nt al conshohocken High School,
Commtttta mamtlll Dr Willlamiwho Is exhibiting a portrait
Scallanl. Dr Paul R. MlragUa. Gary Meldl. 10th grade student
Anna Delia Ier/a. Frances D'Ales- at Conshohocken High School, who
idro. Mary D'Amlco, Catherine! Is exhibiting a atUl-Ufe.
Costa, Jean Barnocchl, Albert Di- Tlie two high school students are
Cn.rrlo, Yonle Martlnelll. Arnold pupils of Miss Bthylene Erb. teach-
Ill. Eleanor Cardamone. er al the high school,
biduli DIProspero. Molly Coccla, The contest Is open to all artists,
. Elida Greco. Lucy Giradi. Dr. Pat- amateur or professional, who need
rick V Castellano. Julia Sanfellce, not be residents, but m is: paint a
I fConimued on Po#« Nltu) Scene m Conshohocken." |
ken fire chief, said.
Firemen said this was the third
general alarm at the plant in IS
months, with extensive damage re-sulting
on all three occasions.
The firemen also reported appa-ratus
covered with a greasy film
that was difficult to remove. The
trucks had to be polished.
Residents In the area and the
Conshohocken Fire CommLsalon are
expected to petition Borough Coun-cil
about fire regulaUona In Indus-trial
plants.
The residents of the 200 bloc*
of E. Elm St. were alarmed aiter
the third fire In 18 months raged
for several hours at the plant
Monday night.
The fire, of undetermined origin,
i .imaged the production depart-
The first exhibitors In the "Scene merit of the plant. Washington and
No. 2 fire companies of Conshohoc-ken.
and Oeorge Oley Fire Co., West
Cor^hohocken, fought the blaze.
Dense clouds or smoke blanketed
the neighborhood and hampered
firemen In getting at the blaze.
The plant was the scene of an ex-plosion
two months ago when a 30-
foot section of the wall '.n the
production department was blown
out. Two men In Ihe buUdlng at the
time, escaped Injury.
Marwood Says
Crimes Rise
For Juveniles
Solicitor to Study
Measure, Present
Bill to Council
BY JOHN FENELON
Conshohocken officials, alarmed-over
the recent Increase of Juve-'
nlle crime, last night urged Borough
Council to pass a curfew law to.
take teenagers off the streets after
10:30 P. M.
Chief of Police Charles Marwood
told Council of the unusual increase
In Juvenile crime since the first of
1 the year. He said the police have
I made an average of 11 arrests every
month since Jan. 1. He said he
, was not counting cases where the
Juvenile was merely reprimanded,
but only those In which the teen-ager
was finrl.
Borough Council unanimously
voted to refer the matter to the
solicitor, Atty. Francis Dennis, and
the ordinance committee and
agreed the ordinance should be.
. passed at one reading In order to
be In effect after schools close next
month.
Mrs. Alice Sirchle, supervisor of
the Conshohocken Visiting Nurse
Association, and Alfred Donofrlo,
recreation director at Conshohock-en
Fellowship House, also urged
passage of the curfew law.
Aid Families
Mrs. Sirchie rclaicd how she and
others In the VNA are close to the
problem and not only render medi-cal
care, but assist In social work
by referring families with a teen-ager
problem to churches and so-,
clal workers.
"However, there Is only a small
perceniage of parents who need
.i Una .help," Mrs. aircnle said. -Most
of the teenagers are home at a de-cent
hour."
Chief Marwood told of attending
i a seminar with Montgomery Coun-ty
Juvenile authorities and police
officials when It was pointed out
the curfew helped to curb delin-quency
In other communities that
have one. He said the problem Is
a need for a uniform curfew law
in all of the communities In this
area.
He told how Conshohocken police
were alerted when it was found
Norristown youths, obeying the
curfew there, would leave that bor-ough
at 10:20 and would be In Con-shohocken
at 10:30. The Norris-town
curfew requires all youths U
and under to be off the streets at
10:30 P. M
Parenta are warned on the first
two violations. Marwood said, and
are fined on the third offense.
"We feel that parenta Interested
In their children will have them
go home at a decent hour," Mar-wood
said. "Most of the children
are law-abiding and go home
early, but there ls a small minority
that gives us constant trouble."
Only Minority
Donofrlo also pointed out the
Juvenile delinquent element Is only
a minority, but urged the curfew,
stating, "The curfew will not be the
complete answer to the Juvenile
problem, but It will help and I
hope you will pass such a law."
He explained the Fellowship
House was closed through the sum-mer
months, not because a recrea-tion
program waa not available, but
It waa Mad three years ago and
was a failure. The youth hall is not
alr-condltloned and the heat waa
unbearable, he aald.
He added that major repairs con-
IContinued on Page Nina)
Democrats Dine
Tonight at Lyceum
.Assistant U. S. Postmaster
Oeneral Sidney Bishop, of Cal-ifornia,
will be the principal
speaker t!Ua evening at a S2S-a-plate
Democratic fund raising
dinner in the David J. McDon-ald
Labor Lyceum. Ridge Pike,
Plymouth Twp.
Attorney Edward J. Osorow-skl.
of Upper Merlon Twp. the
chairman, expects upwards of
JOU persons to attend the annual
nffalr. which ls sponsored by
: lie County Democratic Primary
Campaign Committees
Toastmaster will be Slate Au-ditor
Oeneral Thomas Z Mine-hart,
of Port Washington.
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