The Conshohocken Recorder, December 11, 1942

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Established 1869. No. 7229 CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11. 19*42 TWELVE PAGES PRICE: TWO CENTS
Jury Acquits
Policeman in
Man's Death S
IS Yr-Olds Register \^ Fayette St.Local Flier, Home on Leave, Wins JLiiY Sentence for Draft Today
Sustained
"it not niter August 31. 1B24. (ire
today to register for
nil I to ry service AH nersom in this
nip a«e nn-t rsajtatar any day
I Hur!n-> the week ending nest
Tboisday.
R ■ infants In the territory under
"if hJltadtefJOB of I.-ocal Board No
1 must register at the headquarters
n Ambler any day between the
bOUTS of 9 00 a. m. end 8:00 p m.
. I Registrants In the territory under
*''tie lurisdtctton of Local Board No
I oiirl A are required to PO to the head-nrlnil
In l<tu huMttri in Cryn Mawr anv day
__ " ,aw during ihe specified week between
negro Abinaton Ul° hnur* of 9:0° B m nnti 8 °° p
negro. ADinglon ^ ^ convenience of those
Township policeman for 17 years. I nsialng in West Conshohocken,
was acquitted of a charge of vol-, William I,. Schraclc
ie united lirickiorl s<*nj Elates and other male persons who '
ere born on or after July 1, 1924.
Promotion in Canadian Air Force
Athletic Field
rVbiuton police officer, who
fatal.\ ifcot reriating |»ri--
om-r. jrijtiiitfil in court
CLEJaJffiD AT INQUEST
Arlion
[iliiillt-
-a>* e
Henr>p
brought afte
to Dirt. AIM
I*" iiii[x
Jiles.
MiiniifiHtur«T- rf|»ri- nl;ili\i
in report nr*r«-- ImPdinj:
ua-hro-mi- at field
M\.\V WANT BRICK
A Conshohocken flier has Just re-reived
the rank of pilot officer In
the Royal Canadian Air Force, -tie
equivalent of the rank of second
UM in the U. S. Army
Home on furlough since Sunday.
venience must register at headquar-ters.
after the panel had deliberated lessj not taking advantage of this con
than an hour.
Jlles was charged with the shoot-'
ina of William Reynolds. 21, negro.
Willow Orove. on the morning of
SeptemVr 13. when the officer!
sought to arrest Reynolds on a
disorderly conduct charge.
Jlles in his defense said that he
had been pushed into a ditch by I
Reynolds, who attacked him. and
that he fired the shot which struck]
Reynolds In the chest, after some'
minutes battling the vounger man '
Jlle... who is 59 years old. was]
cleared by a coroner's Jury, bull
was later arrested on orders of j
District Attorney Frederick B Bmil-lie.
after the latter had received.
some complaints from a Phlladel-1
phla negro lawyer, representing!
some friends of Reynolds Smillle
conducted an investigation, and the
warrant for the officer was order
Pilot Officer Charles Parkei
vear-old son of Mr and Mrs Ell-wood
J Parker. 333 We'! Uttl I -
nue. has a leave extending ustfl
Christmas Day He came here from
Dunnvilk'. Ontario, but upon hts
return will be stationed a: Prince
Edward Island, where he will be
enrolled in a nine weeks' course In
reconnaissance.
I Leaving here at 2 a. m on thn
Bricks, salvaged from Fayette i morning following the P-nrl Harbor
member «4 street in removing trolley tracks,^'tack last year^the local flier went
and enlisted
Inducted
registrations ,„
regular meeting. Wednesday ro- pilot Officer's uniform is
ning French blue, with striped epauli
Mr. MrCarter. chairman of theof "«hw,r blue- flnd a crtwn
To h .11 ■ pecial meetln
Sixtl ll\<-. -.-w.-r ixteii-:.
Ivnip loyai Is be paid D« 13
unt.ry m.nslaushter bv a Jury of!"1' Drn" Board, will sit at the Im Ihe subject that occupied most !mm'dl'i'i>' "Lc*"*d* '""
ten .otnen and « tnen.«*,«SZV™*^™^ " °» «™ * •—"-■ « °» E Sc^b^tt. "' "
Board 4. Sende
85MentoArmy
three from here in group to
repOti tomorrow to !»•
ducted at V
land. Pa.
For Slayer
(H \\ onian
reeju l»« - determine Sam
ej 111.. k. Negro, ii guilt)
of fir t degree murder
STABBED \\t'\i\\
lefendaul entered
guilt) to bomicide
not give death sentence
plea of
Could
t IIAItl.Es !■ \i: K I i.
maroon velvet and gold on his >■»
street committee, stated many per- SUver wlngs arp pl
K
acK, flbov(1 [np
sons hove asked to buy the bricks,],^ upper pocket of his coat. In
and many have asked thev'be irlveni addition to his rank of pilot officer,
them. He recommended the bor-IPark" alKO received an h0nOr at
ough use the bricks In building a>ltie recent completion of his train-garage
for the trucks and roller ! '"*• ln tne form of a distinguished
Mrs. Henry Rollins asked th«ipas*' ''ntitling him to special prlvi- several days in Cape May, N J.. as
brick be used for building n "crafts" l1^**- ,he BUPSt ot his uncle. Chief Petty
Blot*** ....... fr..m VL',.-l Siilp building at the SutclifTe Park plav-1 Tonight. Pilot Officer Parker will Officer Joseph W Fell, with the
grounds. :** complimented at an informal U S. Navy at the naval base here
Mr. Thomas informed council he|QRrlv 8lwn bv Mlss Zelta Ritten- Elwood Parker, father of the filer,
had been informed that a truck 'n0UM- Norristown. at her home. Is former controller of the Civilian
load of brick had been seen leaving iNfxt week- Mr Parker will spend Defense Center here.
I.manor* the borough limits. He asked what
became of them?
Mr. McCarter replied that
authorization had been given
ed
Judge Dannehower termed the
caae ■» very important one,
commenting on the verdict
told the Jurors that the case had
much to do with the peace and
order, and administration of law
in Montgomery County.
"It concerns not only officer
Jiles. but all peace officers." said
the court. "A coroner's Jury held
an inquest and absolved this de-fendant,
but subsequently numerous
complaints were received by the
District Attorney's office, and the
District Attorney had no other re-course
than to bring the action and
have the case tried before a Jury
of 12 clUiens,"
Two local women were members
of the Jury that acquitted Jtlea
They are: Mrs Irene Relchard. 1301
Butler pike and Mrs, Margaret Irw-in.
140 East Eighth avenue
The Jlte.s ca*c was featured by
the vehement denials of officer
Jiles that he had meant to kill Will-iam
Reynolds, 21, negro, on the
early morning of September 13 In
Willow Orove.
Jlles said that Reynolds had
struck at him with his fiat, and
that he "ducked the first blow"
but when Reynolds followed with
other punches. Jiles said he fell
into a ditch, and Remolds fell on
top of him.
The officer, who has seen 17
years of service on the Abington
Township force, said that he call-ed
for help twice and this was
subsumed by the Commonwealth
witnesses He said that Reynolds
"threatened he was going to kilt
me." and he also said there were
. 50 to 60 peraons at the scene all
calling "Kill the black
Jiles testified Wednesday morn-ing
that he was cruising about his
beat on the morning of the shoot-ing,
when he noticed a large crowd
at the intersection of Hamilton and
Prospert avenues. Willow Orove.
He said he realised that there was
a fight in progress, and went to his
liome. a ahort distance away and
used the telephone to call hLs sta-tion
house and ask that another
police car be sent around.
He said he did this before he
knew the nature of the disturbance
t.......1 on Page Eleven
Sixteen selectees from West Con-shohocken
together with three from
tins borough and one from Norrls-him
for the removal of brick to anj
place other than the borough stor-age
yard and said he would Inves-lrainin
«j ror
Chili ^i\ omen
Snow Storm
Slows Traffit
Samuel Black, negro. 40. of North
Hllh. was sentenced to life impris-tannnl
by the Montgomery County i
court at 1130 a. m. today for the,
murder of Elizabeth Chapman. 26.
ilso colored, of North Hills, last
July IB.
■ I didn't mean to kill her." said
the delendant on hearing the sent-ence.
The case was heard yesterday be-fore
JUdfM Knight. Corson and
Dunue I lower and neld under advise-ment
until this morning. Black
earlier In the week entered a plea
jf gulltv to a general charge ot
homicide
Judge Knight, in imposing sent-ence,
sold the evidence indicated
<t murdE
in the first degree but under
Supreme Court interpretation that
senterce would not be w u
He then sentenced the prisoner to
the Eastern Penitentiary for the
balace of his natural life.
Black was accused of stabbing',
he North Hills woman nine times.1
once through the heart
Court I pholds
Fine Imposed
\\\ Burgess
\«r Ktii<;lii refuse* appeal
f fine tnspoied for black*
mil violation
\Hhl\ MADE CHARGE
u't'-- Mo-niiin lc\ir-fl fine
on evidence ol Weal Side
\ir Raid War.I.MI
I An opinion of Judge Harold O.
'Knight today refused to allow an
j appeal of a fine of S25 and 12.50
[costs imposed by Burgess William
IMosman. West Conshohocken. on
[Louts O. Smith. West Conshohock-
] en auxiliary policeman, for vlola-itlon
of a blackout on October a
The court slates "black-outs are
, something new In American life".
YY i »c| ^H li • I *i«i IIL; ,:ind Y> < SirtHK I laUBL, „,a„d„d„s„t„ha,t in the enforcement arg„v by v„,r
Qrai DM clash of authority is bound
<kllll I OWIV'0 ocour< some "Stakes are inev-itable,
some confusion unavoidable".
i Judge Knight reviews the cose
■am
Ute
town who formerly lived on the tjgate the matter and report to
West Side, are among eighty-five council Some of the members sug-from
Local Board No 4 who will ge»ted that when the bricks
report tomorrow morning at head'
quarters, 9 South Bryn Mawr ave-nue,
Bryn Mawr. to be entrained
Ht 838 for the Induction center at
New Cumberland The men were
■worn Into the United States Army
last Saturday
Local Women*! Club endors-ee
plan to train clufa wom-en
u> ciHiimiinity workers
Course at State Collage—
12 clubs approve.
Women'." Clubs of Conshohocken ,
found, they b? returned to the bor-ough.
Arthur Marland. representing the!
manufacturers who have agreed to
place the athletic field In condition j
and contnbute towards Its mainten-'
ance. reported to town council In,
Also leaving with the contingent (he fonow.ng letters, of the progress
tomorrow morning is John J.Jnck- made towards restoring the field and vlclmI>
Hlnchey of Highland Park. Hiiwh- and su„rats lhal t„7 brick sal'.
ey is a former West Conshohocken „, (mm Fa slrwt ^ UM<, al;ticlpate ln an institute
high school teacher and coach of i [ne ^^ f()r lhe ertction of walls communltv workers which has been
'- basketball team which washroom and comfort su- j P«P«ed by the Pennsylvania State
™ nor, College Extension Services.
The letters- ! Tht ulfln was endorsed by the
1 feel a is'my duty as temporary! Montgomery County Federation of
Chairman of a Conveners Commit- 1 Women's Clubs on Monday through
eaaouV lir-t hear] mow fol
lowed bj dense fog deiayi
traflie l*low> keep
way open Hum i
hill side streets
.... the air raid whistles sounded.
I, garbage In rlim-He got in the car of a Conshohoek-efuae
dumoa Named0 ""^lan. and the pair started
. ' ' } ,a™*" M Coashohocken from Smith's
CUJtoaian of defense equip- home on Ford street. West Consho-tneilt.
ihocken Enroute a Mrs Dann, an
, air raid warden, stopped the car.
N-H Conshohocken town coun- tt"d orde'','d Smith to leave, and
.,..._ , take shelter Smith refused, and
Attorney Frank Renninger whojcU at lts DKMnhn meeting Wed- saW [nat he was an auxuUry pj,.
represented the defendant thanked MSday night took a definite step liceman and had to go on duty at
the court "for the mercy you have j in ridding the borough of a numb- Conshohocken. Mrs Dann took his
mown. . „_.(.«..i,. Humus when nn or-|tlamei antl lat*r brought charges
Black on the witness stand yes-/" unM«llJ <tU'7 ,, LL ° Mo" Bur8^ Mosman
Iiis4i.ilt"erad"ayy nafrtwerrnnoooon», ddeeccllaarreedd tthhaatt hhee""1'"■ll1"' tWWWttW tat the roneetlon: The burge&s imposed the S25 fine
I had stabbed the girl in a fit of and dlsp08ttt0|) of garbage, rubbish and eostt, and Attorney Donald ind
the Vaisit
won the Section Six title two years
ago. He was elected at the begin-ning
of the present term ns a
teacher lintl basketball coach at
Ridley, township high school He
will be in charge of the selectees
during the trip to the induction
jealously, because he had seen her and ashes passed first and second McOonlgle filed the petition asking
and another man leave Black's refldl for the right to appeal mine pro
home earlv on the morning of the 'tune—after the len-al time limit for
slaying *■ Mosman reported that he ' ,"c , „r tlw *111 lIm* "mlt Ior
Dense fog continued to slow down; ^Mpta|Md to tne court (h>t 'had recelved , reqilP,, (rom „ r(,sl. m^t^h JMJ!*
expecte dto be traffic today after enveloping the he had taken the girl and Estelle dent of Uprer Meriun to tme one of .snTiihe on->oseS the neT?!o . and
among the rst In the stale to par- area m lhe wake or the Waviest Vass. his cousin, and Harry Boston the dumps m the borough The re- ^Horni'Hh S^nr «^" A.™
\[!iD snowfall of the season. Wednesday.'10 hl" nome,ln Norln Hllls on the quest was refused President 1 ,. . . , „, , morning ol July 18 Thev had vis- Council John Evan reported thai
Snow that began falling early, Uw1 wvera, wprooms anrl.n: turlng plants tram thi
Wednesday delayed buses and pre- j night, and decided to go to the j borough are using dumps In West j The contentic
vented war workers from reaching B'BCk bungalow. |Conshohocken to dispose of waste.
Black said that shortly after they material It was also reported by
arrived, his cousin asked him to Mr Ryan that a resident of Low-defense
plants on time
' Borough Solicitor Morris Oerber
also Joined in opposing the grant-ing
of tne allowance to have the
i of the prosecutor
i was that there was no reason given
•ners »""»-■*<• v«™ ">> ™«™»J ,in the petition, which would Justify .....U.I».. ,m_inviM. a, ,,.. pp-nl-fnrrt nriu>nnl. ' muom iiMvru mm io mi i*j»n umi rraiuriii oi 1JO»- , fh _ran,i„„ „f ,h. .-»,,-. ,,„w, ,"
what h„ b.,„;. m.«in, of .heexecuuv, board!,, '"J1"? " Zr^lT„*Z7<J. '*kl. »">" h" W? «» a'™»"- « M'»»" '»"".» »»*<"*- '"■ Z,\'T"VLT TJr'\TZ
enti
of selectees who
H New Members
for Medical Corps
Thirteen new members were
sworn into the Volunteer Medical
Service Corps this week
They are Mrs. Josephine Olszta.
Misses Helen Bralski, Mary Czop.
Virginia Mosman. Anna Nanaazko.
Mary D'Angelo. Helen and Laura
Olszewski, Helen and Clora Was-rena,
Mary Jane and Eleanor Dun-levy
and Helen Zadroga.
Election of ofiocers will be*held on
Monday night and on December 20.
a ChrLstmaa program will be area
ented in the Unsdale Theatre
The complete list
will report follows:
Edward Schuttx. Philadelphia,
chemical worker
Joseph P. O'Neill, Philadelphia,
houseman
Nick Schlno. Bryn Mawr. unem-ployed.
Wilbur H Halnes, Jr Merlon,
supervisor of prioriues
Fred J Cook. Jr., Bryn Mawr.
clerk .
John J. Hlnchey. Highland P.uk
teacher
John J. Flaherty. Haverford, con-tractor.
Qeorge Javoronok. Haverford.
clerk.
Harold R Bradley. Baya-Cynwyd.
gas station attendant
William A Francis. Haverford.
special agent.
Walter E. Cermanskl. 220 Bliss
street. West Conshohocken. Jack
winder.
John Wodarskl. Bayonne. N J.
machinist.
Charles Conte. 212 W 5th ave-nue.
Conshohocken. laborer,
Nicholas J. Lyons. .V, Bryn
Mawr. clerk.
John A Oreldus. 445 W. 10th
avenue. Conshohocken unemployed,
Oeorge DeHaven. Philadelphia,
truck driver.
Michael A. Oratzinger. West
Manayunk, cloth carrter.
Anthony DeCaro. West Manay-unk.
mach'"i- ■
Charles P Worrall. Cynwyd.
truck driver,
Charles V Westman. Penn Val-ley.
R R brakeman.
Robert J Blalr. Bryn Mawr. clerk
Joseph Meo. West Manayunk.
road builder
Sidney B. Dunn. Jr., Haverford.
(Continued on i'ege Eleven i
tee to report to you i
done since our last meeting at ti» ■••• Century Guild building
which It was agreed to carry out' Philadelphia. The vote was unani-certain
undertakings. :moua
"A» you will recall, the Manu- '. Local clubs which hai/ until
facturers' Committee agreed to so-!January lfl ,0 select a delegate to
licit enough funds to make Immed-: the Institute are the Junior Wo-late
repairs to the Athletic Field un-f men's Club. Miss Gwendolyn Over-tii
such time a properly organized < dorf. president, the Junior Woman's
and properly representative Recre- Club of Upper Merion. Miss Betty
atlonal Council could be formed. |Van Roden, Gulph Mills, president,
"The old and dilapidated grand-'and "
stand has been removed and a|E. Rollins, president,
concrete wall erected along Eleventh Virtually all presidents of the 42
avenue The brush has been re
moved from the .soil along the side.
walks on Eleventh avenue In prep-1 presidents will present the Idea -
aration for respective tree planting:their clubs, whose members will
in the Spring Electrical service i Be>c[ tnelr own representative
has teen restored to the field and ■ Eight bi-monthly sessions of three
flood-lights have been installed. I nours eacn ^n start peuma^ i
erected on a pole A small conces- ^ructor w», be Miss Rose
slon stand is being temporarily used Coloane soecialist
adult education for the college, who
destination, and that the trip
even more hazardous yesterday
morning
In this borough traffic lights were
operated on the yellow signal only
to ease the flow of vehicular truf-fle
on Fayette street. Many cars
and trucks became snarled on up
shelter and has been fitted
with electrical service
"Sufficient funds have been col-lected
to carrv out the work con-sidered
immediately necessary. All
work that has been performed to
dute has been paid and settled for.
The Interest to the bank and the!
Th--"fmm7™ ^^ -.nied'fo^ lega?fl,m^f S pS?
assad the night at the home ot U* UOOfhSsJ pio^rt; A check ' ;,1' .
a sister in Upper Dublin Black up will be made in an effort to Today the court upholds thLs. and
said he returned to his home and have immediately 15tates lhat the P°lic>' ot lhe Mont-that
he entered his home and saw stopped I ramery Courts has been not to
Boston come down stair-. and Names CiMndiin ■'■■ ■''* M 'i'i'"-'' W« ■ WaBUOMIJ
leave by another door, A short1 Terrenee Campbell, chief air raid conviction, unless it sets forth a
time later, according to Black's warden agreed to become custodian doubtful legal question is Involved
(testimony. Miss Chapman came \°t the equioment to be loaned the|or unless " te alleged that the
•he Woman's Club Mrs Henry *t:i<ies ** tne snow was P1*™*11 lnto down the stairs. 'West Borough through the Civil: ut magistrate acted corruptly, oppres-ollins
president hard sur,ace I This started a heated argument Dp(,:; ' r ' ' furnish the SUP1V w otherwise misconducted
..mul.y ail oresidents of the 42 Tne borou«l1 Put Us snow P'ow according to the murderer and he Government with I bond in the'himself with the facts to support
clubs in the coiurv were represent" lllt0 wrvl(,p earl>' and kePl streets said he took the Ice pick from the' smoiint of 15000 for the return of said allegations.
ed when the vote'' wi* tiken The cleared Cinders were spread on'kitchen. He said he sized, what"1"' equipment ; It is stated in the petition that
■ street and other inclines by later developed to be the murder! T,m; : to iranslei the burneFs "did exercise a gross
iborough workmen weapon, while he was standing near i *lu0 '" ■ si ecu 1 fund to reimburse abuse of his discretion," but the
Fog set in early Wednesday night,' the refrigerator, shortlv after the ! ths Oovemment in tm.il settlement court finds that thLs Is a conelusinn.
linn* nt i"r« adding to the difflcukies experi--argument started. ul ttw equipmeni la not re-1 and is not borne out by SI
"*" enced by motorists and pedestrians ' During the argument. Black said frned Council will also pay the set forth In the petition The court
The slippery surface of highways that he stabbed the girl twice Sin premium on the Irotid ahd indemni- ends the brief opinion with the
both mornings, caused by snow fell to the floor, according to the ■> H* CampbaH I I'cment that "a mistake might
community Wednesday and ice yesterday, was | witness, and later she asked him to equipment j have occurred, but it Is not set
hard on tires already well worn and1 l«ke her to her home, a short dis- 0*sasu»ss I-airt on Table forth sufficiently-"
also caused motorists to use sddl-,ll»n^e away, Black said thev were A" ordinance governing the oner-tlonal
quantities of gasoline
Whilemarsh Township
A crew of township workmen
J_^ aided by two snow plows cleared
snow from all Whitemarsh town-explained
the program to the ex-ecutive
board She was assisted by
H. A. Myers. Penn State Philadel-phia
district representative
Mrs Richard Pollock, nienside,
federation president, was In charge
mortgage has been paid up to the °.f '"'' niw,llnB «* explained that ghJ roa()s , , 30 Wednesday night
end of tli, iclubwomen. by having one member undcr dlr(,r(lon o( StPphpn Laubert
The field is in reasonable shape of ,he'r »""!* especially trained in of Barron Hlll president of the
: the bleacher seats have not mptnods to become acquainted with board of supervisors
tfontlnoed on Page Eljhll a community, could perform a nota- The h(%ad of thP" road ^^ M|d
be public service through solution four flnd 3.4 lnches of finow fpU,
I of current and post-war problems
■ Through the Institute, clubwomen
Aupe«tr Oil West Side wl" ** working In close connection
with the community contest which
. « .■. OH .-.i-jii-sorshiD
of the Federation, A $25
War Bond is being offered to the
club making the most outstanding
contribution to the community.
The Penn State plan offers
walking along the street, when the allo» "' Wnyt3ss m the borough 1 rr,,J„ C.-.lwwJu ll^.l/l
girl fell to the ground He said ("''pared by the co-ordinating r-. "l,lul 01 nuui.> I mm
that he left her there and went 'nittee of the Montgnmerv O ('hrist RlfiJl I'ilHv
back to his house. He said he got Accident Prevention ConfsrsDM and
automobile drove to Philndel-iCantinued
on Page Six,
A. L I*ost Flonors
Draft Board No.
Mr* Hamilton to
■■'■ klarta Oarfe Hamilton, of
Philadelphia, who witnessed the
bombing of Pearl Harbor and who
has appeared in this community ■
number of times to relate her ex-perience,
will make her initial ap-pearance
In West Conshohocken on
Monday evening. December 28. un-der
the auspices of the West Con-to
council was laid on- »«.
the table until nex' month ™ AU'';'-i- '
Appeal Da, | of the public grade
A communication was read from w«>n«day night 11
the Montgomery County Board of <™dit°H.lim J.n ■••*
Assessment for tha Revtslon 01 "^
Taxes advising that Deceinljer I]
had been set aside as appeal day
Conshohocken .ind re-hal
town council have a
H Bith them Al-u
sppolnlod as
Reports
December meeting of the Par
Teacher Association. A large
appreciative audience enjoyed
presentation by the children.
Pupils of each of the six gn
played a separate part in a
and recitations.
George T. Jackson, principal
Federal B. and I,.
Declares Dividend
The Board of Directors of Con-shohocken
Federal Savings and lll«bflnd at the time of the nithlej
lLoan Association at its monthly attack Siw tells in a most intei
which a number "^members"of the!™*<>n« December 8. declared a f*lm8 and dramatic manner of the „,,...„_— 7 _..
local unit will join a TSrunt dividend for the six months period havoc that was wrought in the ^"^t^?™ ~r,'
of Lansdale and surrounding ,resi ending December 31. a! the rite of' treacherous attack by the Japs. the'"*rm.rivllle. exchanged 3750 oen-in
Christmas carols 3V: per annum evacuation of the civilians to the,nto s» Pirst National bank. Con-
Checks will be mailed on Jan- 'mountains and the terror that lurks !»»ohocken. for a *a0 m
uary 1. 1943, to holders of Invest- '" continued blackouts
1 Christmas caroLs
Members of the unit are still ex
tenslvely engaged ln the sale oi
wsr sumps and bonds and also in
doing supplemental hospital work
during the storm which started! The Draft Board of Area 46-5. the
early Wednesday morning. secretary of which is a local resi- ,
The State and county snow plows dent, was feted by the American
were operated on the hiahw.ivs1 Leuion Post or Ambler at a fan
which are part of their systems in! dinner last night at the American r,r
the township. The county crews Legion Home. Ambler
were not as prompt as in past years "°1
n°red «•" Joseph Craft of Burner Mosman reported that a Ith* «rad* school- extended a I
LTZJ", "' ■''"' <*•>** <""•■ -'"""is and!Christmas Prayer.
" , I,nspn' 1 the c(il!rrti<,ri of $43 in fines ]M arade aroun i'l 11111 ■
Whitemarsh township reported '»I „;7'orZlS, o™, .'!!' 15S :r"sur" "Parted ■ balance I Flag Saltlte and ObUOlM .
no serious accidents .ere reported i ™*«' °J M"^J1"5,,0X ^n, ■■'»"» W J «">« 2nd arade group
Wednesday or Thursday. I paying Sh tXte to the tirele«! , °U'"' V" i!ra"1"1 :" *» "•' R~lUUon. 3rd grade pupils
County crews removed snow >''«-!er,„r, and ener«T exinded touS "» """"'"' "' *84S4' pl»> u"c" s>""s Christmas
terday that plows prevloualy h^lm"°„U" ,,f "h™bo"dTm the» voT ,Prrs!'"i'; Rv«" '•'-'">'■" The 4th grade pupils
piled up at driveways and opened, "'"^J He »X "f the ™c : u^'"* "m" » ^' *«v *'»> Coubton
- ">"» ,nd he."'- r^nslhimv U " ' '""""*' '" 3»'"» Cl.u.
entailed j •» ^ Land." 5:h Grade Dramatic Club
A fealure of ilir ennt was til,. .Uore ririTIS Oil Christmas Carol Medley ipl.no'
. presentation of insignia to the chic! f_i r» ■■ Frank T. Kochrr hongmen in I oneertLm, and am^uti ot a* Honor Koll piay The ennstmas spirit-
Ambler air raid signal lower, oper-1 — '''' Dramatic Club
A large number of local residents j ated under the direction of the Tne following Montgomery Coun- (l' M
..hohocken Civilian Defense Coun- "T^l !*£ '"r """T ""1! *"?* Chief of Police David Ennls of ": , A
ell at a public meeting In thV l"" lh"' haV' '° ^'°.rk *'"''' *''"" Wl.ltem.rah townshi,, retried th.,! . Jud8" Harold
.udU.rlun.TL oenrglcay £. *g ^J.&.V£
Mrs, Hamilton witnessed the: UonS*
actual bombing from an automobil<
in which she was riding with Koi'i'ht War Bond
with .J750 I'ennies
..it; Audience Hear
Represent Boros at
Assessment Appeals
ment Share- Certificates. Members
holding Savings Share Accounts
may present their books at the A;
sedations oOlce after January
1H43. for addition of dividend.
bond
Hamilti whose husband is] He and his wife hava ban anini
a <hief petty officer and who la'pronles Tor the la.<t five years Thev »,„,,„.en "feauir'ing two"iocal*
stilt at Pearl Harbor, was evacu-'P"1 tnem *" a cedar chest. Bosch
ated to the United States last resigned his position at the Andorra
February along with her daughter.|Nurs*rles- Inc Chestnut Hill, dur-who
was attending college at the!1"* tix* summer, to accept a Job In
time of the attack. ja defense plain
"Were saving stamps now Instead
, :n[ pennies," he said.
Every resident or the West Bor
ough should make it a point to nt
An eight to 16 years term In the tend the meeting and hear tha
story as told by Mrs Hamilton [yiRS BIIIIHJ-: TO
Moving pictures, showing thej SPEAK FOR CLI'B Bnd also of the Philadelphia Opera'year
with Chopin's Fantasle Impromptu
as an encore Esmond Quinn local
baritone, member of the Songmen,
of the Mary Wood Choral here
Slayer Sentenced Hearings on appeals will be held
by the Montgomery County Board
for Assessment and Revision of Montgomery County Prison was .,..-
£!££ rlilfa0?"™ t *"* COUn P0*" °" D"" Andf,son 38 »««". - 1™ '7","' 71:, ,_ P m' on N"rristown. for the murder of How- bombing of London, will be shown Mrs Henry Biddle. of Wayne, an Company ensemble sang the pro-
SETS 21 for this borough and ard Joseph Locklin. 2««. also Nor- as an added attraction. »«rer of the Navy League, will be logUf from 'Pagliacci." arcompan-west
Conshohocken. Town council, rlstown. by Judge Harold O Knight. I the guest speaker at the annual led by Margaret Collins He en-ot
both boroughs were requested to tbjj morning SPECIAL POLISH-AMERICAN Christmas party of the Whitemarsh cored with • Shortnin' Bread "
A H. P7"ln _lve*„ Anderson was suspected of "run- WEDDING INVITATIONS in Women's Club, at whicr. members Dr Jeno Donath, director of the
Assessment Board Vernon Wynne, nlng around' with laOcklln's wife, beautifullv embossed and decorated of the Women's Activitiei Commit- Sirgmen and of the Mary Wood
and oeorge Smith, president, will saoordSBf to testimony at a trial styles, at LOW COST. Smalt extra j tee of the Whitemarsh Council ol Ch.tial directed the brilliant pro-represent
the local council and I this week, which resulted in And- , charge for printing in Polish Ian-; Defense will be guests, next Thurs- ; gram, one of the finest ever pre-
Rlwads was named tojenwms being found guilty of sec- guage At the RECORDER, Hector dav at Fort Washington Memorial «ented m the conniv A l-.uge audl-atterded
the annual concert nf the'American Legion of Ambler John
fast-growing-famous Valley Forge I Baxter of Willow Orove. ninth dis-trict
commander. A. L, was a guest
ists, last night ln the Elks' Aud-lat the event
Itorium. Norristown Mr Hain has served continuously' American I
M..i'ituiet Collins local pianist, on the draft board since February. Ambler
was the guest artist, playing ajlMl. when he was appointed to :.i Qati tb Sheppard, Horshni
group of three classic numbers. "
ty industries have been added to 1 Carol Singing by Audience
the Honor Roll for employe- buy-local
Men on
pan, a All War Fronts
-acancy caused by the reslgna-! Ellis Concrete Prodtn | t
tlon of Dr, J. L Roth, local phy- Bridgeport
slcian and member of the original bar|stte Worsted Corp Bridge-board
Mr Hatn was named sec- port
retary of the board earlier this James Lees A: Sons Co.
Mr Craft has served since port
Albert
represent the West Side council, lond degree murder. land Forresl. Phones 50 and 501. I headquarters. wns prtssnL
the organization of the board tnl Stroehmann Bros NorrLs-
September. IIHB. and Mr Egolf town
was appointed a month ago to sue-'
easd Dsvid Milne, who resigned to THE BOYS AT CAMP may write
Air Corps He more letters home if thev have sta-tionery.
Inscribed with their name Of
Rei Stanley R. West, rector <>f
Calvary P E church, n p
nan from Ins congregation now in
the nations armed forces and says
that in going over the list, he noted
Bridge-'Rome interesting facts as follows:
; "We have eight from our Parish
in the Pacific area, eight in the At-either
on ships or over
ethan arc scattered in
tterent camps, lields or
stations, over 21 ol our 48 states.
the service for a year
list 1!
is now a captain
Mr Hain, manager ot Old Com- itui camp address. 200 single sheets i or more about three fourth" hava
fort Coal Company, is also sec re -, 100 envelopes, variety of colors I received promotion and of the
turv of the Council of Defense, fully Inscribed, only SI at RKCOR- whole number about one half true
Borough of Consliohoilteii JDER. Phones 50 and 501. ladvaJMSd in rtfta