The Conshohocken Recorder, July 20, 1937

              ®ljc Consl)0l)0chctt fiecoruxr*
I -laUUIii-,1 IHI.«>. No. 6671 CONSHOHOCKKN, PA. 11 I SI)AY JULY 2(1. IW7 PRICK: TWO CLNTS
First Hathing|,oeal^^*»
BeautyPageanl imp
at Play Field
\li- Harmoo Field
I llii-«ll ;i! IM.I) jirMUInl-
I'riiliiv Afternoon
CROWNED in NEPTUNE
Doll Son* II..nor- CM to 83
Vear-OU IMI. Doll From
lloll.iful i riven 2nd Prnu
Thr following eighteen boyK from
Montgomery' HO
tai (bfl OOO Camp at Ridgway, Vlr-glnia.
No *.vu, Cotnpi>t.y:
i Mward Brthrj. Narberth: Furey
I Cagliola. Raymond PtOtencorao.
Cnartea. P Otenaaan, James J Hill
lo lit* j ull uf NorriMown; Joseph I'l.nbos,
'stanlev F Doinural .!■ !
JOMpIl Levinaky, Stepii-n G Mi/uk.
John J Y.icovelle, i.ll o. Bridge-port
;George Einenck, PottsUiwn;
Edward P Plynii. 10 in FOCI
hohocken, Joseph Reiser.
I-ollslown; Prank J Nad.iii- Reel
H- | - nirdn J Robldeau, Luns-date;
Eln-i-r Toltin 119 West lath,
trad Hid John J Dwulit 8*1
spting MUI av-mue, tola borough
They have enrolled lor a six
mot.Ilia' period
Another group of boys will w> h-i,.\
t mdU Applications art- still'
being received at 'he Emergency
Relief Board office > i
t-vtet, Norriaiown
SM«jlit Rise in
Relief Cases
Juvenile bathing beauties will
compete Tor honors here on Friday
At the first Balhmg Beauty Pag-eant
ever staged at Harmon Field
Playground In the Mary Jane But-rllffe
Park. Mum Harmon Field will
IM' clowned al the event Activities
will begin at 2.
oipetitive pageant Is open
m affnTj girl o( the Harmon Field
Playground, from one year old up
to the maximum of 16. All will Bwaf
bathing attire. Close to seventy live
are expected to enter
Judges will viev the youthful
hnhing girls as they parade over
an Impromptu run-way Sixteen
Mill be made according to
Ofg After UM winners have been
^elected in each yearly division, a
renew will be held, and the queen
■tested from this group nils
i li.iic. will be niude regardless of
the agp of the entrant
After selection by the judges, the
qtMCD will tM crowned Miss Hitrinon
I'u Id by King Neptune, who
"rise out of the sea
medium
which courses through the west comprising 922 persons, earned on
rertkin of the field King NeptuneI the rolls as compared with
will be selected from among the {cases, of 808 persons, carried at the
boys of tlie lull! jend of the previous week The
it- ii show u ii>n. - resented a net weekly increase of
She was eighty three years old. 110 cases, or M persons
and she HH the MB8 dress thatl Twenty cases were opened during
she had worn every day for Iiliy'the week and 10 closed
pane, but nevertheless she won aj Ten boroughs and fourteen town
Candidates
Mark Time in
Announcing
Two nf I i-lil Itrtiriiit: * "ini
cilimn \m in i- < ;incli-ilacir-
f«»r Rt'-flrctiuii
\l\i OPPOSE HI RGI 3S
Heads) Last Da) t»» File Pe>
ritiom. BaglaiialiiiB Dayi
ToBwBIIOn. Tliur«l,iv
HVlirf CUM f»r Week End-ing
Jul\ I". Bnm tnereate
of 10 Over Prerknu Weak.
IS Caam in Thai ltonHigJi.
.i in «V»i <'onahahori'cn
During the week ending July 10.
there was practically no change in
he total number of cases carried
in the direct relief rolls in Mont-
»- through thelgomery County. At the end of toej™"*' \"mvTnn?, """ .?"?!
babbling brook week there was . total o( 193 cases. Kearney. Democr.tic members of
With the inn.- In BltaHJ petitions
than a week dLstnnt the po-litical
apnthv th:it Im.s maiked the
both parties up to the
pnaau MM is gradually changing
to activity and before live end of
the week tliere will be complete
ticket.-, In nil five wards
With the two July registration
OrTOW and Thursday there
will be more qualified voters which
should tesiilt In a rash to obtain
signatures to petitions
Burgess Hampton. Republican
candidate to succeed himself, is the
only person thus far to i ireul.tt.'
a petit li>n lor the office The name
of Reuben Stemple is being fre-quently
heard as a Republican can-didate
for the office of burgess
Neither one of the two retiring
school directors. John R. Wood and
Seth K Mitchell, have anmmneed
tlitir candidacy for re-election and
the same is true for the office of
auditor
Philip Oravenese and William
(M prin
She was the doll of Mary lrwin.
:ind claimed the highest honors in
i i doll class at the annual
Doll Show of the Harmon Field
Playground in the Mary Jane Bul-
(ilffe Park. Friday afternoon at the
field The 1864 doll is of china,
quaintly garbed m mid-Victorian
fashion
Joyce Smith displaying a suinl
ing bisque plaything. Just an even
half iriilury old, claimed second
honors in this division and third
place was accorded Rita ' Hilbert.
whose pretty doll admitted to
thirty five summers
From tulip-scented Holland came
the doll which won honors for
coming from the greatest distance
The entry, owned by Jean Reding-il
ontinued On Page Twu|
Settle Strike at
Alan Wood Planl
The strike which caused st.a-iv
n inn of operations of me pli.te
mill at the Ivy Rock pant of tie
Alan Wood lust Wednesday after-noon,
throwing approximately 310
employee- out of work, was sclllea
Saturday afternoon and
turned to their work yesterday
morning
Differences between the em-ployes
and the firm were settled
Saturday al a conference between
the employes committee and J.
D Darby, general superintendent
of the Steel Foundry Division of
tlie Alan Wood firm
At the conference, according to
B D Amis, of Philadelphia, or-ganizer
for the Steel Workers-Or-ganizing
Committee. the firm
agreed to permit the men tc return
to work without signing a Hat as
earlier requested
The question of payment lor
waiting to begin work and clarifi-cation
of tlie bonus system now in
operation at the Wood plant will
be taken up later by the grievance
committee representing the plate
mill and the plant management
The strike was caused accord-ing
to employes, becau-.- the Alan
Wood Company r-'-aed to pay
them for "wa**'".g" at the mill
Wednesri»:' morning to begin work
T.., claim they were called at 10
and hem use of the changing
ships have no cases on the relief
rolls. This borough has 15 cases
and West Conshohocken 3 Ply
mouth and Whltemarsh each have
1 case and Upper Marlon 3.
WPA aeewrd
In view of the contempated
changes in the employment pro-gram
of the WPA throughout the
State, and with the possibility ol
sharp curt illment in the WPA rolls.
>t may be interesting to review the
effect of assignments to Works Pro-jects
thus Tar this year During the
first six months a total of 352 re-lief
workers had been removed
from the direct rolls in Montgomery
County and transferred to empl«y
ment on W^rk Projects At tin
same time with normal completioi
of project, and return of workers
to direct i.-lief. a total of 178 WPA
ployees were absorbed on the di-rect
relief rolls over tills same per-
Consequently, the employment
at relief workers on the program
had he net effect of reducing the
by 174 cases In this connec-tion
It may be observed that this
lion effected by tlie WPA was
ajor lrr-jortance in making the
sea >ona) d«vline this year connider-jr.
y POM marked and prolonged
11 iu was true in previous years.
$12,700 Estate
for Daagnter
Nnrri-iiiH n ft --in.in LaraI
Batata in Tni-t. Bantiti
lii-iiiiliitn-. Filial gWnene*
lariat * Mlirr Will- l'n>
hatad.
town council, wil, complete their
four-year-lerm at the end of the
present year. Neither as yet has
announced his candidacy although
It Is believed they will be candi-dates
to succeed themselves
James Campbell. Republican, and
James McSvoy. Democrat members
of town council from ihe Second
ward, will both seek nomination It
is also said that George Kilpuliick
will be an aspirant Tor the Repub-lican
nomination Two are to be
nominated
George Smith. Republican from
the Third ward, will seek renomin-atlon
and friends of Dr Sherod
M. cooper are urging him to be-come
a candidate on Uw- Republi
cun ticket Llewellyn Jones, the
other retiring Republican council-man
trom the ward, has pasaed
through a long siege of illnaaa and
It la not known as yet whetlwr or
not he will run again Friends of
George Huaaard are backing him
(or the Democratic nomination lor
one of the two seats.
Arthur Burke. Republican rear-ing
member from the Fourth ward,
who has made a study of council
being urged by his friends to
run again but up to the preaent
time he has not made known h--}
■
Edward Williams
Dies on Sunday
After LMbI Illness!
Following a protnirieri
from complu ii:iun- Ml Mary Keys
Fulmer. wife of Irun Potent >
life-lung resident ol the borough.
day morntiiK at her home
: I'venth avenue.
Mr.s Fiilmi r was bOCT in this bor-ough,
the daughter of tlie late John
and Rose Keys Wl.en but a child
.in . oroUad to th. Mathoitt) t Hun
day school, later became a member
i| tin oliurch and during her
tin hie BJSJ g devout worker
the cause of Christianity She was
iltlli.iiid with a number of the
church organisations and at one
. d ,L ,i nMnbtr of the
official Inmrd Fur years slie wan
,i>niK'c[<d with QM Sunday School
as a teacher in the Primary De-
I Of a quiet and una- -
MimitiK duspusliion .slie gajDyOd ■
aida gin |g of trtgodg
She attended the lora, schools
and was a member of tlie gradu-ating
class of HUM
Besides her husband she Is sur-vived
by one brother. William A
A K- ni Ol this borough
Ha funeral will be held at 7
Thursday afternoon Iron her home
Rev. Carson, pastor of the Metho-dist
church, officiating, assisted by
Kev Hiiiianl 11 Wells pastor Of
the Wayiie Methodist chinch mri
former pgahM OJ tin Mail cliiiich
Interment will be made al River-side
oaantari Munmoga Friends
may call after 7 W*i <esday even-ing.
Two Sumlay
Schools .Picnic
Veeident Victim
lias l.;uut- Funeral
Three autcii,ubil«s (UM with
(total tributes and 90 automobiles
CODftjUlf. moiiriiers followed the
while hearse yesterday morr.in^ us
it bore the remains of George
Bruno of 103a East Hector street
■bO dt*d Tliursday night at the
Abington Hospital, as a result ut
Injuries sustained while riding on
Ihe Thunderbolt, ut Willow Grove
Park, June ft. to St Augustine
Cemetery, Upper Merlon
Six cousins of the young man
who 'uccumoed to a streptococci
infection in his right leg alter a
long and valiant light, acted as
pullbeui<-rs from his home to
Cosmos and Danuan Church
Six friends served as pallbearers
mn tag church to the gggflttarj
Solemn nquirm mass was cele-i
brated at 10 at SB Cosmos and portati
1\. n>. i «l.,.i-nIY hu Udii ValKan ! - *
Uistrii't to
Pr6videMore
School Muses
I I»|UT Mi 11.MI Cotkoideri
I'l.ui i.. Better Tranaaorta-lion
I j. ihii. - for Studenti
Former Well Known (;„|p|, Church
Re: dent Dies, ■
S I K \ 1 < E KOR
Centraetnr W --nl.l l'n»\itl<
Knur Baaai f..r t^liH) a
Year.—Cent 1W $«."»(Mi
the trans
1 human Church by Rev Fathers
Muttio and Toll. O S 8 T
Germantown. and Rev Muriaiu
KciuulU. acting NAttf
riuh Honors
J. A. Ilarrold
Knlury Has 87 Yrar-Ol.t Re*
iilt-ni as 11 r Gnaat -
Benjaaain II- l.iullow in
\ililn--- *>.t\- Nil I ion Due*
Nut Nt-eil Rrhnililinp.
The Conshohocken Rotary Club
honored John A Harrold. one
the borough's oldest resdenls
the occasion of his 87th birthday
and enjoyed an
forceful address by Benjamin
Ludlow, former Representative
drastic cluing-gogaai
M'-i inn Township School Dtstn,
was drafted at a sprcini i ''"J, Mr*"
of the board, last night at the
Dppg Meiion Township High
School
I.loyd A Moll, superintendent of
■nook hi the township, iefr tins
morning for Harrtsburg bfl ananU
the plan to the State Board of
Kduc.ition fur their approval No
.iction mil be taken on tlie change
until tMg Is accorded
Ri'iet'ifiin*, the school district
has operated three buses to convey
the one thousand JKIUIIS of the
township to Its three schools loca-ted
at Oulph Mills, Swedeland and
Port Kennedy
The proposed new plan will take
the transportation probl*m out o(
the direct h*r Is of the district,
and place It with a bus contractor.
()I] | who will transport the pupils for u
stated yearly sum
Although tlie school Man
John 11 Ilcinltick HO former
well known ir.Mdt-nt of Uus bor
oiigh died Un.s inoriinig M ttM
home of ! U I. W.il
kUM H..'' UW Noitli hlllli-tllth
.-tn« i l'mhiiie;]il,i.i lOUOwini an
■
'It,! 11. tulrieks i.uiiily moved to
Hu, bflnrMgjti in itii'i and roaldod
heir antlJ inn; win ii they n IIMIIIHI
l'i I'll l.idelj,n..i Dunn.
deuce bat* Mr lpiiiliii k.-. gflU gfl]
IIMHI - h. Log aurgteal Wotta
lie gsj a pi'Miiiiii'in incmoer nl
■erian cliurcti aj
toi a number of years go MUMIII
landetjl oi no- siiiui.iv aeaeol and
*.i i iiienilH-r o| ihe abOll
Daoaaasd ta wnrtvod i»v tout
Mrs L Wall i
Chll.i.t.'plu .. Mi 0 WU
WPP" |bUI Hite. "t OOOBIl Ciiv. N .1
James Wter,
i igaai pig
gggon ("r the funeml
Han DM i*'''ii Mada
r ir-t BastM SCnOOll llnitl the Stale Legislature from the
Oiilini! at "Si \lin»:k." Flr8t Montgomery County District.
., , ,.' • at the weekly meeting of the Ro-
I rostrum (tt HUIVI. aml|Cary Club last evening at Andorra
%'atrr Sports.- -ri'i*sl Side
SehenJ at Zanar*i PariL
Inn
t Mr Ludlow in beginning his ad-dress
told the Rourtans that when
|he was asked to come here he was
Member* of two Sunday Schools t g^ign^d thr subject of ' Rebuild-lield
tlielr annual celebrations onjing America". "That is a big task."
SaEurdttv Ideal weather prevailed he said. '1 do not believe the na-
.,,„ ,he Plc,„cke« ,„»,* U»,r,«™ ^J-Xr^VS I
individual programs with no i»-.,omill prrmlt imiannsMon
toward incidenu to mar the pleas- U,,, o( me problems that are ggr-uie
of the da). louilv conherning men everywhere"
The First Baptist Sunday School I ne onunued -The nation needs no
held its outing at Suiuiybrook, rrtjunjtn,, bul what hm» baan done
near Pottswwn and the Hollnea»|u ma Mt&mpt w pi(t ,»„„ „„ ^
Chrktian Sunday SrJwolJourneyed bui^m, Ulltt ^ ijger than the
\o Zeber's Oroee. Wast Point 'building itself." Mr (Ludlow said
One bundred and fifty p-rsonsj H(l lhtn ^^ ^ ^„ conaUimin
accompanied the^ First Baptist out-,an(, of n,?^,^ John Umi*hml\.
Ing. the trip being made in buses, Benjamin Franklin. Alexander Uon
and private automobiles, leaving the HamlUoil Ooorfr Wash.ngtton and;ix»n
church about 10 in the morning Ptiuj j^y^ M patriots, craftsmen
Irvln Ristine w^.B^^.^^^jand the ablest lawyers ol all times,
and cited some of their accomplish-ments
He explained that his ad'
* 'I? I that no formal complaints relative
to the transportation method in
vogue al present, hav been filed
With the board. It Is learned that
residents of the district have ex-pressed
objection, stating that in
many instances pupils must stand
because of lack of room in the bus-es,
and some of the pupils were
considerably later reaching home
in the afternoon than If more bus-
■en .itillable.
Under the current system, three
bust's must convey the close to
1000 pupils dally to and from
school At the Upper Merlon High
School, virtually every pupil must
be conveyed, it is slated This
tieant that each bus made an av
erage of seven trips daily, the ear
He*i picking up pupils at 7 16 a m
The new system would provide
one additional bits, with a capac
1U yof U passengers, thereby re
lievlng to some extent the conges
Joseph Bearofl. of Bridge
heads the proposed bus eer
K<l\\ar<l\ oruni
Is Missing
lo Mark lOltii
\niii\ ersary
Ipecial Servleei Will Be HaU
Suadaj. \ urainia ( lergj^
tuati. Gnari nnnnVrt-
S T \ R T I' I) % IIII U
Kir-t Sarvieeg in S.I I
Rouae, t rFsginal ' Inin'li
Ituililinp Still in I M
Organized In 1832. the Oulph
ctiii.sti.in ringsh AIII iignnnte iw
ItHth unnlverMiry next Sunday with
KB injwonrtete program at nan
morning and evening services. Rev.
M W Butler, pastor, will be In
charge with Rev N O Newman,
l> D i<! Holland Vu . guest speak-te|
music will be sung by
tag cinni
The (inlph CgUteUU church lo-cated
at Miitsoiihud and inilph
raada, Uaa at the gateway to Valley
1 Forge the .hiine of American In-dependence,
and in a section made
1 .i-i Si\ih tvenur Reaulenl "tetortc duiinc the dark daja of the
I u t < .... ... u-tn \ ■ ...r •(,u'll""»"»^ W« Oanaral Waslt-i.
a-i seen w ■.« n -u r- inKton and his ConNnental vildlers
il.iv Morning. Uwit V\ iih wejehed over the land and nm-c
pi ill. ll r,irPO n°l|r from the old grist mill
now.—1 m lanna lO »'d,i,„i stood within a stone's throw
Search. °' t*1* famous hanging rock, en-route
to tl—lr camp at Valley Purge.
Edward Vocum. 85. of 234 Ea.-t Ftfty-twO vears aftei that mem-
Hlxth avenue aeaed a neighbor j f«>*> w"lh'* "'Hsmpment of 1TT7-
'78. a group of rhristlnn citizens of
■bei Mine it was at aM v tOrdaj the ooaMOunitj banded together and
morning, as he stood in the rear j with Rev Frederick Ptugeanf as
yard o' his aaajg | their leader began holding M-ivlces
From that time until the pros- *» *"• «•■ Oulph aohool. wtdefa,»!■
♦•nt. he ha.s not be .ixl I >nter remodeled and filially closed
from Al ten last night, alarmed
by his strange absence his son,
Thomas, reported his disappear
ance to police At noon today, he
was still unheard from
The man is described as five feet
ten inches In height, and grey-haired
His principal distinguish
ing physical characteristic, fa u
double thumb on his right band
The Moui lived alone with
doors as an educational Institu-tion
several yearn ago Evangelistic
services were held periodically by
Rev MI piuinmi i and n. i i> r:
Mlllard In the *nn< at school house.
At the end of a threw-- ■
UNI, lllllleni lesldenU o| UM i-('lll-munitv
recciv< d bapU .'i
church was orgaalaed Thlrteaa
did not prove an unlui ky number
in ibla Lnatancc lor tlie church has
whose term as a Fttth ward rep-resentative
expires, has been in
ill health and at preaent Is in the
upper end of the county recuper-ating
The name;. Of Walter Welch
and Harry Reah have been ad-vanced
as good councllmanic tim-ber
Friends of both are -urging
them to place their petitions in
circulation and become candidates
The July Permanent Registra-tion
days have been set for tomor-row
and Thursday when the regls
of the event with Albert Risley
chairman of the program on sports
assisted by Perry F Beaver and
Fred Gloeckner Seth K. Mitchell
is superintendent of the group.
Lunch and supper was eaten In the
park pavilion
i Ihe afternoon was spent In water
Republican., gpoft, wltn a program of races be-trars
will sit at the various polling stone
Ing run following supper
The various events and the win-ners
are:
100-yard dash for small girls, won
by Janice Mills
100-yard dash for larger girls,
won by Sarah Showaller.
Potato race for girls, won by JOan
Beaver
Clothespin hanging contest won
by Jean Beaver and Ella McCurdy
' Clothespin hanging contest fo
young ladies won by Aleta Johns-
Mrs Amelia Levering. Norrlstown,
who died July 1, left the principal
portion of a $12,700 estate in trust
(or a daughter. Mrs. Jennie Curll.
her will rrvealeu when probated to-day.
The daughter was given use of
the Levering home at 1334 Pine
street, Norrlstown, for life, free
from taxes and maintenance, and
shares equally with her husband.
William J Curll, the income from
of the balance uf the estate
the rolls, could not begin work un-1 Mrs Levering* holdings were
til II They wanted to be paid for valued at 83.000 in personal prop-erty
and tt.700 in real estate, which
The crew, according to J T. included her home and properties
Whiting, vice president of the Alan j at 917 Washington street. Norrls-
Wood Company, were asked to | town, and Sllverwood street and
wait only 32 minutes Payment fororeen Lane. Manayunk
waiting such a length of time
begin work is not custemary
Whiting said, throughout the en-tire
steel Industry
"Ihe mill was shut down Wed-nesday
evening when the 4 o'c.jck
shift failed to report for work. Ac-cording
to Mr Whiting, the shut-down
was indefinite, -until the
men want to come back to work "
Approximately SMI men were af-lected
by the shutdown
places from 10 »
from 7 p m to 10 p m Daylight
Saving Time
All persons who failed to reglt-
„r at 'ne first two days last month
are urged to enroll early and avoid
a last minute rush
The regimalio nL. proving to be
somewhat uf a bother to potential
candidates whose aspirations musi
be preceded by a petition of quali-fied
voters Thus far not one pe-tition
has been flh-d in the ofnre
of the Montgomery County Cum-gnanoBen
While il is a habit of offlce
seekers to wait until the last day
to file their petitions, they usually
have them signed well in advance
This year the signers have not
been so plentful borauar of the
failure of so many persons to reg-ister
and unless registered, no one
fc permitted to sign a petition.
The Registration Commission ha*
set August 11 and 12 as the two
final days for enrollment Any one
failing to be registered by that
time will not be allowed to vote
either at 'he primaries or the gen-eral
election
Montgomery Count tans are rath-er
well satisfied with the condi-
Wh-Hbarrow race won by Evelyn
Douglass and Doris Auch.
100-yard dash for boys vnder 10
years won by Albert Risley, Jr.
100-yard dash for boys under 13
years won by Clark Lebold
100-yard dash for boys under IS
years won by Elwood Rutter
Potato race for boys won by Lo-gan
Rlstine
Putting clothespin In bottle con-test
won by William Bytheway.
Wheelbarrow race won by Edward
Rutter and Clark Lebold
There was also a peanut scramble
and watermelon contest both of
which evoked much merriment.
dies* was not a political issue and
said he could sit on the opposite
side of a table from Hon. Carter
Olass and be on the same lighting
line
He likened the Constltulon as a
building and said that after its
adoption and further consideration
it was found lacking In certain re-spects
to the protection of the var-ious
states The first ten amend-ments
were then adopted and these
he termed the annex to the build-ing,
or the Bill of Rights that pro-tected
the states.
He spoke of the three branches
of government with their separate
functions and the harmful eftect of
combining them into one branch *>
as to place all of the power In the
hands or one head Hr
both the Republican and Democra-tic
parties for their lack of cour-age
in thinking things through
Crash Victim
Fatally Hurl
He abhorred the actions of the
Mayor of Philadelphia, the Gover- i Uon. from the list of makes as sub-
.ior of the State and the President mltted in writing by Bearoff Bear-
Ice, which would contract to haul
all the pupils for a yearly figure
of 8830 Heretofore, tlie appropri-ation
for transportation has been
HSO0 per year
The three preaent bases, accord-ing
ie the new plan, would be sold
to BearofT for •1000 apiece, paya-ble
In ten month 1; installments.
which would be deducted Boar tin
cost of transportation
Tlie motion lot changing the sys-tem
was presented by Thomas Mr-
Hair, and was unanimously car-ried.
It is as follows
Baa Contract
Be ll moved that transportation
be award*'4 to Joe Bearoff at hrs
price per bus of 82300 per year for
four buses of which four buses.
three will be present buses owned jnred In a Huge tei motor era li
by the school district, to be told toi at Ridge pike and Spring Mill road
Bearofl at 81.000 per bus. payable ,„»,- Harmanville, Friday nioming
In ten monthly Installments, to be. died Saturday morning at Mont
deuueteu irom the cost nt transpor-tation
of school ckUldren, the fc-urth
bus to be a 55 pasaenger bus to be
approved by the transportation
committee of the board of eduea-son.
unmarried Of sober nature | tmued for mar. than a eentary nnd tntl>v tthll(. , t.(,/
quiet and uidu-tr.ous. he ape g „., „.^
most of hu time at home, and 1 J L, thr romrmil111v
unexplained absence overnight is \Tht , churcll
unprecedented He has been «-[,„ „
tired tor seven years For a n ■ i, ■
ber of years he was employed as L^,^, lt ,„, \Mltton «
night foreman of the cutUng de- ** ,h« ^
of exception!..
Intact
original building kj MS
MM date of Ihe
Sunday school w.i. not UiXL June.
|84J, ten years after the ll
■ i ih.* ''hurch
■liuierv was later acquired
v pionnnent i
■
bav« found .i ptaeifcll resting place
in it All of th-al
: ujviii: ground wen I
, . i , ■ ti ■ ■ w ■ I years ago and an nildiiion.il tract
Infured a i ra»n UHII Iru.k
in bdnt Pike, Diet in chaatd and
■ I ■ | . .. 'many years u^o and at the pr-sem
llo-jut.ti i HU uriv.i .._.(| W(th d^dfttones and
II. I.I in It.nl f.,r keuen b)
i loroner,
William Duckery. 21. colored, of
312 East Alr\ iUw*4 Norrlstown. ln-and
hb cabinet in regarding the
sit-down strikes He said It makes
him laugh to Uiink of the Mayor
uniting the President to come to
Philadelphia to observe the 150th
anniversary of the adoption of Uie
Constitution
The Oulph M lion I. which went
out of exLsteiiic Upon UM cnnple-ti"
n of the prcevnt Uppei UerV n
high school, was p
< hurch and i..c
building, which at |We>ent is a two-
H ture has been . - I
i i'Hi ion »:
urch has an endowment
la. aornt nrianetel
IB ■■(...' ■
"Ittea i etau
"'hell, allhi
goaan | rffffirltel
The dead man was one of three
Norrlstown men. all colored. aa>,
verely injured in the collision Hie t"'|i> ■»■■'>"■•«!■
others are hut brother Robert. 23, ki™i to make the edifice I
of 701 Arch street, and a step-bro-jP01"'^* Many of the wealthy reat-tner.
Edward Hughes. 28.
Oreen street Both are al
gomery Hospital, expected to re-cover
The injured were passengers In a
off lo furnish neceaaary trarapor' Mont-taUon
during the school day in ac-cordance
with the schedule furnish-ed
by the superintendent and Bear-off
submit a supplement bid In' car driven by Edward Butler, also
wriUng for the furnishing of add!'-j colored of 219 Basin street. Norri;
tlonal bus transportation for even- j town Butler escaped unhurt
He dwelt briefly on some of the ing and Saturday school activities; The car in which they were riding *'<>"> '
New Deal legislation and said it) within or without the district based- was proceeding north on Ridge hocken
dents of to* MirlnOi have I
Interested In the famous old
(hurch and have contributed regu-
■ irdt it.s upkeep
Fiom the humble beginning the
church has had a gradual gTOwtB
until now tlie membership numbers
close to WO. including feaoUMB
borough. West Consho-
Outeta Mil, Bakei .un.
_ declared unconstitutional not'upon his oral estlmale of 18c a, pike, when a truck owned and op- King Manor and adjacent pot.,Is.
7E h„^K?en uYe nJrt homewardiby * mere majority of the Supreme mile and 81 50 per teBBT for lay over ' erated by Jeff KashinlU. 38, of 5008 Among the pastors who have
hound aiTtt Court but by an unanimous vote ' Provided that Bearoff shall ftr«t H street. Philadelphia eraahed goto aarvad la the Oulph ChriaUan
Fiftv members of the HoMneu In reference to the changes wanted: furnish performance bond, the coat its right side j it turned south on church are Rev Frederick lluni-rhririan
Simdav School of West'by the President, he said the coun- of which shall be borne by the the Ridge and Spring Mill road ;mer. Rev D F Fleming, Rev o f
ranahar^ken^ and W«herV tour-Va "»» »ad no chance to vote for school district ThU contract lt u. ■ .King Hawk. Rev Jacob Rodenbaugh.
SSJta%Vhers Orove where a'u ■"<) "pressed the thought that be subject to the approval of the up the Ridge pike, and collided with1 Rev William Bradley, Rev J 0).
mr*vi* nrn«r>m MS marked bv sotr !we at least be allowed lo golsollcitor for the school district and another truck, owned by Charles H .Noble Rev jgfan Conrad. Rev.
SdoonuTaU The program was* through the motion He spoke ol I of the Stale Superintendent of Pub- Fox and son. Reading and driven John B Clarke. Rev J.B Fenwirk.
PBIF.ST TRANSFERRED
Her will, which was written Feb-ruary
2, 1937. stipulated, however,
that after the deaths of Mr and
Mrs Curll and their son, Edwin, theft ions exlsung in the Up rooms; DeHaven and Miss Bertha Keown
trust is to be dissolved and fund and public place* if an Indication, Knot untying contest won by
divided equally between the Baptist may be seen in the fact that nolP1(ir,nCp Buler
Orphanage at %Bth and Thomas I petition for local option voting! potato race won by Florence
Philadelphia, and the Bap-1 was made before the closing date Bu>r
arranged by Mrs Mary Buler. Mrs the political propaganda that
Edna Mclntyre and Irwln K Nace j being used by both parties as noth-
The three legged race was won1 "ig short of aatroclous and urged
bv Ronald Keown and Charles Jet- that the Issues be put up to the vo-frirs
fan in a clean sensible manner
Balloon breaking contest won by Frankness he said, is the rem-
Honald Keown !*dy Both parties should come out
Wheelbarrow race won by Edward frankly in the regulaUon between
Gordon, Hugh DeHaven. Mrs Hugh capital and labor He favored a
truce period in every strike so that
lie Instruction "
Democrats Meet to
Make Borough Slate
by William I Knabb, 36. of 9210 Rev 8 L Baiutlwr Bei
I Washington street naadfOj
drivers of tlie truck were unhurt
Better and KashinlU were re-leased
yesterday under (2500 ball
by Magistrate William Speers.
the preaent pastor. Re; M W.
■
Rev Mr Butler, the present pas-tor,
enjoys Uie distiiii ur.n ol being
tlst Old Folks Home on Roosevelt
Boulevard, also Philadelphia
The daughter and the Montgom-ery
Trust Company were named ex-ecutors
of the estate
Rev John A McShane. formerly
of West Conshohocken, who has
been stationed at Beaumont. Texas.
has been transferred to St Nicholas
church Houston. Teaas
FiaiMIS MEET
Jiuv meeting of Uie Spring
Willie
Lower I
an esu
Henr
82.ft** ■
accord'u
ior
UtUeion, Cynwyd
■■'. d July 11 leaving
' at t;^s.ooo
.. ilomstown left
Tripler.
July 14 There is an indication of
letdown in the acUvittes of Une
Antusiloon League and other dry
organizations
FOia CLERKS NOW AT
STATE I.ICIl'OB wTOaE
Whistling contest won by Virginia
Peanut race won by Walter Mc-lntyre
Peanut scramble won by Ronald
Keown
Match box race won by Florence
Buler and Minnie Keown
Members of the school left Uie
urch at 9 30 and were conveyed to
Sixteen Democrats of the borough
will have a round-Uble discussion
of a prospective borough slate of
candidates tonight at 7. at the
both sides could get together and p-nn Club
preaent their Issues and expressed | Attorney t*onJd A Talone. ^V «re /o^utted £M™Mf°™-|he was n
the belief there should be a waiting ^.y ,U(, .tlornry ^i Bnd ^Courvly Jail . ntii ba 1 was tur- ^.pted th,
period before any strike is called | «booj director will be host "* -
Wlntema'.h Township, to await, (hP mlv pBltor IO have „,., ,
IPBTJ twice AfU?r giving g mim-ing
immediately after the death ot ter of JWS of hte Umt. miniaturing
lhe " egation he resigned and
morning before Magistrate Bpeers.(w4|l % far ^V(.,
retu
nl shed The chargi
The nation does not need rebuild- j islaughter iaT^Y dinner HU guests will in
ing It needs only repairing." he I duAf mll rfalt* DemocraUc offlce- -,
said in aaaataBMrj Inglliil in the borough Tnere wi!l COUtllV IH*ITIOlTatS
Mi HarTOld was Uitroduced to; ^ flw committee men five commit- |\»r„. tM„*„ »*..!,:«„
the asaemblage by Attorney Robert t«e women, and five members of IWier Male .liahinjVT
T Potts, who paid him a high tn- town council Mr Talonr repre-;
bute as one of the oldest and best, mu the Democratic party In the
.voluntary j^ „
The staff of the Stale
.... Store has bean Incnaaed to
.1 filed today She The newest appointee Is William-the grove bv bus The trip nomejyeara as Uie town's first police ol-citisens
of toe borough Mr Harrold
replied with a few amusing stones
that occurred during hu early
was named r**cutrix and Uie InLei
ment was dated June 2 1931
Clara H Voar-1. daughter
\ Olass. of West Conshohocken. who: was started at 7JO
I has served with both the Ardmore j
stores. He has been] What's the difference between
Charles M HedrTck. Lansdale. was I working at the local store for the I learning to play golf and learning
Mill Fire Company will be held to- named beneficiary in a will filed1 last two weeks, during the vacation.to drive a car?
night at 8 at the fire house Alan j here yesterday for probate Mr if an • xi vacation j In learning how to play golf you
w. Frankenfleld will preside. | Hedrlck died June 21 and his willI himself, this and next week. Jdont hit anything;.
gaan gaaal
PRESBYTEailN I T'#
past ten years Possessed of a real
Christian characur. a tireless work-
■ Rev gteta' :n addition to
guiding " his own
i .
.ii He
sub-committee of the gfaH I Big oam
' County DemocraUc Execu-1 congregation and the respect of
met this morning at Itbt community at large
-n« i\l V I H MEITTNG
Norristown for the purpose of
HOLD ANN! AL OUTING dtecaating a slate of candii
——— lanaa was de-l
The Presbyterian Church School terrad, nowraf until another: A special meeting of Conaho-will
picnic at Fischer's Poo! near j meeting which will "take place hocken Conned 1073. Veterans of
Ithln two days", a member of the. Foreign Wars, will be held Umlght
immittee stated The entire coun- at 8. at Uie Park House to dlacuaa
date will be announced then, it plans for a home William !
Rev Nathaniel B Oroton. recior
of St Thomas Episcopal Church.
Whltemarsh a member ot tnej Lansdale next Saturday Tranrpor-
Ambler Club was a visitor tatlon will be bv private cars leav-
Fred W Fairlie. Jr. was a W«-|lng Third avemte and Fayette street 1 ty
at 130 p. m. I ney, commander, will preaidt,