The Conshohocken Recorder, January 2, 1964

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Fraf Helps Needy Families
With 9 Busfie/s Of Food
with parties and gifts during
Christmas and decided to help
needy families who have been hard-hit
by the economic situation in
this area.
"We had been thinking about the
project for quite some time. We
were greatly encouraged by an
article that appeared In The Re-corder
about the problems faced
by many strikers at the Lee Tire
Co.
"We brought bushels of food to
the families of the men in the
article. The rest of the list came
from people we knew or that friends
knew."
Ryan said that the reaction of
the stricken families was one of
surprise more than anything else.
The co-chairmen of the com-
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Members of the Lambda Kappa
Delta Fraternity of Villanova Uni-versity
played Santa Claus on
Christmas eve by distributing nine
bushel baskets of food to needy
families in Conshohocken, White-marsh
and Plymouth.
William Ryan, of 3014 Joshua
Rd., Lafayette Hill, secretary of
the fraternity, said that each bas-ket
was crammed full of canned
goods, fruit, hams and boxes of
cookies.
"We collected the food several
days before Christmas from fami-lies
in the area," Ryan said. "We
used fraternity funds to buy some
of the canned goods, such as ham.
"This was the first time that
we've done this. In previous years
we did work for orphans. But we
learned that orphans are flooded
Walker Bros.
Drops 80 More
Walker Brothers of Con-shohocken
dropped 80 employees
this week, the result of closing
down two more divisions of the
firm.
A company spokesman said that
50 employees of the automotive
division were laid off because the
division was recently sold to a
Phi'adelphia auto parts firm. An-other
30 employees lost their jobs
because the electrical conduit divi-sion
was closed down.
Walker Brothers also announced
the sale of their underfloor product
line to Textron, Inc., of Rhode
Island.- Manufacturing operations
for underfloor products will be
moved to a plant in Parkersburg,
West Virginia.
Walker Brothers was sold in
October to the International
Fastener Corp.
Plymouth Grandfather, Son-
In-Law Die In Collision
A 61-year old Plymouth Town-ship
grandfather of 10, and his
39-year-old son-in-law were killed
Sunday afternoon In a head-on col-lision
on Sklppack Pike, near
Schwenksvllle.
Walter J. Czarneckl, of 115
Karrs Lane, Harmonvllle, the
grandfather, was reported as the
driver of the death car.
His son-in-law, Harry Holden,
39, of Sklppack Pike, Sklppack, was
being driven to work by Czar-neckl,
when the accident occurred.
Holden was employed as a bar-tender
at the Lower Frederick
Fire Co.
The other driver, Robert Dolan,
20, of Orwlgsburg, Is In serious
condition in Montgomery Hospital
with a possible concussion, and
leg injuries.
Trooper Robert Bugjo, of the
Norrlstown barracks, state police,
said that Czarneckl was traveling
west on Route 73, east of Schwenks-vllle
In Sklppack Twp., and Dolan
east when the vehicles collided
head-on.
"The cars crashed at the crest
of a hill," Bugjo said. "The speed
limit was 50 m.p.h. and neither
car had visibility for about 500
feet coming up the hill. There
were no skid marks, and It appears
that neither had time to hit his
brakes.
"Czarnekl's car was In the op-posite
lane. We don't know whether
he was trying to pass another car
or not. We have no eye witnesses.''
Bugjo said that Czarneckl was
pinned behind the wheel and Holden-was
found lying face down on the
highway.
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Conshohocken — West Conshohocken — Plymouth, Whitemarsh & Springfield Townships —Chestnut Hill
Vol 9328 THURSDAY, JA1NUARY 2, 1964 It A COPY
No Principal
For Conshy
Elementary
The Conshohocken Elementary
School will have no principal for
the next eleven days. There is
a chance that it will not have a
principal for the next two months.
On January 13, the Conshohocken
School Board will meet to select
a new principal from seven appli-cants.
A number of these people
are- obligated to give 60 days
notice to the school districts where
tMey now work.
Edward W. Oermann, super-intendent
of schools, will run the
school until the vacant office is
filled.
The resignation of Joseph W.
Hollls, the former principal, went
Into effect on December 24. He
is now the elementary supervisor
of the Daniel Boone School in
Berks County.
"My new job is really a pro-motion,*'
Hollis said. "I will be
principal In a much larger school
system and will have many more
responsibilities.
"My stay at Conshohocken
Elementary School has given me
excellent training for the new
position."
Hollis entered his resignation
on December 10.
Hollis has been principal of the
elementary school since Septem-ber,
1960.
Plymouth Twp. Hopes To
Establish New Fire Company
Plymouth Township will defin-itely
have a new fire company
within the coming year, Bernard
J. Hoffman, chairman of the Board
of Commissioners, disclosed today
in a Recorder Interview.
"The Board of Commissioners
has authorized and instructed
Donald Tarbutton, Plymouth Town-ship
fire marshal, to draw up a
program for training the men and
operating equipment," Hoffman
said.
"The program will be instituted
within the month and the Board
of Commissioners will implement
It after Chief Tarbutton draws it
up. We will not Implement it with-out
Tarbutton's consent."
Hoffman said that Chief Tar-button
has been told to look for
a fire engine.
"We hope to have either a new
fire company or a Harmonvllle
Fire Company No. 2 by the end
of the year," Hoffman said. "We
haven't even thought of a name
for it yet.
"The new fire company will
be located in the Plymouth Valley
area.
"When Plymouth Valley was
first developed there were about
600 homes and little traffic. But
now the area has become very
densely populated and fire engines
have to fight traffic.
"With the coming of the Blue
Route we expect traffic to be
disrupted and it will be much
harder to reach fires."
When asked where the building
will be located, Hoffman said:
"Last September the township
bought recreation grounds in the
Plymouth Valley area. Included
vere a home and a large barn
partially built of stone. It will
be up to Chief Tarbutton to de-cide
whether It Is sufficient.
"About 40 to 50 men will
belong to the new company. They
should be trained by the end of
the year.
"The idea of a new fire com-pany
has been In the planning stage
for quite a while. But now it
merits immediate action."
Four Brothers
Lose Tonsils
Together
Four brothers in the Marsteller
family entered Rlverview Osteo-pathlc
Hospital, Norrlstown, Dec.
19 to undergo tonsil operations.
The children, sons of Mr. and
Mrs. William Marsteller, 2122
Sierra Rd., Plymouth Meeting, had
begun the winter season with a
series of sore throats, a repeat
of last winter, according to their
mother.
Upon the advice of the family
physician the foursome was ad-mitted
to the hospital and oper-ated
on as follows: Gary, 12, a
seventh grade student at Plymouth-
Whltemarsh Junior High, Michael,
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Mrs. Dill Appointed
To Cancer Drive Post
Mrs. Robert Dill, 5136 Butler
Pike, Plymouth Meeting, will serve
as district co-chairman of the
American Cancer Society's April
Tell-Your Neighbor fund-raising
campaign in Whltemarshtownship.
Mrs. Dill has served as area
co-chairman and is a recipient of
an American Cancer Society cer-tificate
of appreciation. She be-lieves,
"If we cannot give a great
deal of money, we can at least
contribute a little of our time to
worthy causes."
Naming Of Zadroga Expected
For Consho. Council Presidency
The Recorder has learned that
Frank Zadroga will be named the
new president of the Conshohocken
Borough Council when it convenes
on Monday.
The four Republican councllmen
have had several caucuses over
the past few weeks.
Dominic Ruggiero is a strong
Marine Selvoski
Ends Field Wiring
Marine Private Michael J. Sel-voski,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Selvoski of 203 Summit Ave., Con-shohocken,
has completed the Field
Wire Course at Fleet Marine Force
Atlantic Communication School,
Camp Lejeune, N. C.
The five-week course covered
switchboard operation, wire lay-ing,
pole-cllmblng, wire-splicing,
and operation and maintenance of
field telephone equipment.
contender for the vice presidency
of the board, according to a re-liable
source.
Joseph Burns, the present head
of the Borough Council, Is now
confined at home after suffering
a heart attack. It is reported that
he plans to attend the re-organizational
meeting.
The shift in the presidency of the
board is expected because of the
new Republican majority resulting
from the November elections. The
Democrats formerly had a five to
four majority. But this year the
Republicans have a four to three
edge.
The reduction of the board from
nine members to seven is the result
of a court decision two years ago
when residents petitioned that the
body be cut from 15 members.
The new make-up of the Borough
Council allows one councilman
from each of the seven wards.
Training Ends
Marine Private George D. Voltz,
son of Mrs. Helen M. Volz of 227
East Hector St., Conshohocken,
has completed four weeks of com-bat
training at the Infantry Train-ing
Regiment, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The training, the last phase of
basic Marine training, teaches
small unit tactics and live firing
of weapons under simulated combat
conditions.
GSB Promotes
Edward J. Thomas, President
of Germantown Savings Bank, has
announced the following promo-tions:
Joseph Vance Rowe, Jr.,
to Assistant Vice President and
Anthony Nell Durso to Assistant
Treasurer. John Bachman Harting,
Jr., manager of the Wynnewood
office, was promoted to Assistant
Treasurer.
New Supervisors Take Office
In Whitemarsh On Monday
Residents of Whitemarsh Town-ship
will have more equal repre-sentation
in government this Mon-day
when two new seats are added
to the Board of Supervisors, Rich-ard
Lownes, a township supervisor
said today.
The new Supervisors are Jack
Kendall, Robert Smith and Jesse
Beeghley. They join William Mc-
Laughlin and Lownes. Former
Supervisor Sanuel Glass did not
run for election.
"This will be the first time
since Whitemarsh was redistricted
into five parts that each district
will be represented by a super-visor,"
Lownes said.
"Administrative duties will be
placed in the hands of more men,
and five heads are certainly better
than three."
Lownes cited the Whitemarsh
"population explosion" as the rea-son
for enlarging the Board.
"There are about 900 people per
square mile in Whitemarsh Town-ship,"
he said, "and our popula-tion
is rapidly increasing. We
could have had five supervisors
long ago when the population was
about 300 per square mile.
"Within the next two years we
expect a population increase of
more than 2,500.
"The new apartments at Butler
Pike and Cedar Grove Rd., should
add about 360. The apartments at
Ridge Pike and Spring Mill Road
will add about 800. And about 1,000
more people may move here If the
land behind Whitemarsh Estates
is developed."
Lownes said that the supervisors
of Whitemarsh Township have tak-en
no special measures to deal
with the population explosion.
"We feel that we can absorb
the Increased population just as
we are," Lownes said.
"Of courst we must be pre-,
pared to take in more limited in-dustry
in order to achieve a better
tax balance and structure.
"Limited Industry in certain
areas will be taken into consider-ation
when we draw up our compre-hensive
plan."
Seal Campaign
20% From Goal
The Montgomery County Tuber-culosis
and Health Association has
mailed reminders to supporters of
the Christmas Seal Campaign, who
have not yet answered their Christ-mas
Seal letters.
The Campaign, which began on
November 15, suffered due to the
understandable bewilderment and
grief following President Kenne-dy's
assassination.
Almost 3,400 fewer persons
answered this year than last.
Contributions support programs
for the eradication of TB and con-trol
of other respiratory diseases
and alcoholism, said Campaign
chairman, A. Russell Parkhouse,
who added that the Campaign had
reached a total of $108,297.95 or
Just over 80 per cent of the goal
before the reminders were mailed.