The Conshohocken Recorder, May 14, 1943

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Established 1869. No. 7273 CONSHOHOCKEN. PA.. FRIDAY. MAY 14, 1943
MAO
EVERT
PAY DAY
BOND DAY
PRICE: THREE CENTS*
Boro Creates
Fire Dep't.
Commission
Kn;tr| urdiniitire pvjng pow-er-
Id elitnillHle fir** h;i/;inl-
V'W riillllrillililll 1-t'iileti
If I -i I.AM) FOB DUMP
Chairman
To »-k I u\- fur building **'w-cr
lini' hi genre W. 6lh
;i\« line properties
A fire commission comprised of
nine members was created by en-actment
of an ordinance by town
council at the regular meeting)
Wednesday evening. The ordinance!
provides for the appointment of aj
fire chief by town council and each[
fire company to name two deputy [
chiefs, to be confirmed by council .1
The commission to be comprised of
nine members, three members of
each of the two Are companies, one
MESher recommended by both
companies and the president of
town council.
The Commission would have au-thority
to make Inspections to dis-cover
and eliminate fire hazards
and wide powers over the fire de-[
partment for better fire protection.!
The ordinance was sponsored by
the Are defense board and offered 1
by the ordinance committee It wasi
adopted after three readings by .1
unanimous vote
New Councilman
Prank Capaldl, of the Second
ward, elected at the April m^otlni*
for the unexpired term of the late
John Mansfield, was seated as a
member of council He was intro-duced
by President Smith.
To Buy Ij»nd
Upon recommendation of the fi-nance
committee, council will pur-chase
the old quarry situated be-tween
Sixth and Seventh avenue.s
and Wood and Preedley streets. The
land was owned by the Alex. Mar-!
tin estate and was sold to Mont-'
gomery county for delinquent taxes. 1
The borough purchased it from,
the county for the amount of taxes
due and will ask the school board
to forgive their portion of the taxes.
Upon acquisition of th- land, it
is proposed to use It for a public
dump. An Incinerator will be built
to dispose of alt paper, boxes and
litre refuse and it b rlanrted to have
the dump supervised so then will
be no objections by owners of ad-
|aoent property.
To Build Sewer Line
" The Sanitary Water Board has
granted a permit for the building
nf a sewer line in the alley between
Fifth and Sixth avenues and Wood
ami Preedley streets, to serve the
properties In Sixth avenue which
cannot be served by the Sixth ave-nue
line. Council authorized pay-ment
of the WO permit fee and in-
'•nu-teil the secretary to advertise
for hlds for building the sewer line.
Other Business
A request from the John H.
Stemple estate for release from
■ .. n of a lot of ground In
West Fourth avenue, which Is about
to be sold. The estate desires to
pay the sewer charges on the one
lot. which is part of a tract of land
which has been liened for sewer
charges. Council rejected the re-quest
and demands payment of the
full assessment.
Instructions were giv?n to the
ordinance committee to have an or-prepared
establishing a
grade in West Sixth avenue, Freed-
:<v street to Colwell's lane. Upon
enactment of the ordinance grade
* Ban will be giveti property own-ers
to set curb and build sidewalks
Solicitor Forrest notified Council
the case of Henry M. Tracy, Esq..
against the borough for damages
for change of grade of East Sev-enth
avenue will come up for trial
on June 2. Council authorized the
Solicitor and the Engineer to pre-case
for the borough.
A: the suggestion of Mr. Blalr.
the borough will ask the Bell Tele-phone
Company to keep a record of
' Ail fire alarm calls through the
■:. 1 \rliange. This action was
t.iken to discover the sendee of
1 Continued on Pace Pour*
To Show Home Soldier Granted
: Leave to (.rraaddiui;ate
War Bond Rallies
I At Wood Steel Co.
Front Backs
Itattle Front
Pvt. Anthony Wagner, n mem- A series of war bond rallies open-ber
of this years graduation I ed Wednesday and will
iti-Hilnit. of both boroughs!
will join in obeervfag "I
Btn an \m«-rtr;ui !)»>'
PATRIOTIC PBOCBAlf |
sftuic, brief addreaaaa, mov-ing
picture* will exempli- j
f\ eoinniiuiitv'- luyulty
A brilliant observance of "I Am|
An American Day."' being marked'
of West Conshohocken high
school, will be granted a leave
to be present at the commence-ment
exercises in the hlfch
school auditorium on Thursday
night of next week. Whether
he will arrive in time to attend
the Baccalaureate service la
Balligomingo Baptist Church
Sunday evening Is not known.
Pvt. Wagner was Inducted into
the Army in March and was as-signed
to the U S. Army School
Of Finance at Fort Benjumln
Harrison, Ind.. where he Is still
located.
Supervising Principal A. S.
Richards of the West Side
schools wrote the commanding
through Tuesday in the various de-partments
of the Alan Wood Steel
j Company. Jointly sponsored by the
1 U S. Treasury Department and the
United Steelworkers of America.
'C I O.
J The rallies will be held a: 7.25
ja. m.. 3.25 p. m. and 1125 p. m.,
■Monday and TQf
. heroes as speakers. Rallies were
j held at the same hours on Wednes-
I day in the Rainey Wood Coke Com-i
pany. Swedeland. and yesterday ft!
th" blast furnaces. Cpi. Charles B
: Grit-ski. Philadelphia, wounded vet- man itflVed
>'. the African campaign, ad-
; dressed the Rainey Wood workers
i at the first three sessloas and also
I spoke at th" morning and afternoon
sessions at the blast furnaces.
Sailor Given
Probation, \ r.
To Pay Cos!
Husband Finds Wife 7(H) Selionl
Dead on Moor
A Cynwyd woman was found 1.1"| j |(|]*(*It IN
■rdny afternoon bv her1
husband, a cnal dealer, in the kit-chen
ol their home at 6 W. New-
Lower Merlon township
Joseph J Bfcelton told Lower
j Merlon township police, he re-tearded
member of Merchant ntunrdneddisc:"o"ve"red,npbinsfflwci''re,BtB3usmpbeMth-,
B7, lying Of] -lie kitchen floor P'J-
■1 ■
were turned on.
Coroner W J. Rushong has
marked the death a suicide.
Skellon told the coroner he had I \
againHi former nolire. lh" l,,"iv removed to Bryn Maw. Pupils rontriiiute ami i>l
. ' I' pit*] bu» I! is ln-heved she had 111 C I I
- he I- to enter been dead for about two hours be- «■
\nn\ P;i\ bad check* !"!'" ,|P discovered her.
* . He said she had been melanchoh
Robert D. Williams. Rutledge, a
member of the U S. Merchant Mn
Marine pleads gtriltj to
drunken driving charge
DRIU'.K ilMl) SHHI
Case
May Festival
,r;oh- |)ii|iil- crown M;i>
Queen Music, Haj pole
dance* Mini pantomine
CROWN MARBLE CHAMP
$10,610 in bonds, stamps
FIND «H VKAIt-OI.I1
throughout the nation, will be held, officer In charge of the school, j Philip Laub, Philadelphia, another fine, wearing a full beard Which BUSSING WOMAN
hh.e-.r-en SC!ui?nndi aIy- iI aa sKkleiinngo iIff IiIt uw*un<.ss ponoss.sstihbhl<e ffuurr PPvvtt - African eamnaton HUP A ran cnnlin nt _.,.._ _ - . .
ROBERT ('. I.ANIIIS
Show Defense
Aides in Action
Riitarv ami LtOflg Clobs with
S|»rJ 11 •; Mill Fire Co. vsill
presenl hVll Tel. Co't. de-monstration
<>f wfaal hap-pens
in air raid i'-i-
Wayner to be allowed to par-ticipate
in the mwlMi, 1ST,
Richards received a letter this
morning from the soldier-grad-uate
advising that he has been
granted a furlough and will be
home to receive his diploma
with the other members of the
class.
[prams
•terifloe In Bttun, a voluntary or-ganizer
for the U. S. Treasury De-partment,
arranged the
stimulate the .s.ile of second issue
war bonds, to aid America'
fort.
Judge William F. Dannehower of|
Montgomery County Court, will be:
the principal speaker at a spirited
program to be presented in the)
auditorium of Conshohocken High
school. Sunday afternoon at 2.30. |
Four naturalized citizens of dif-i
ferent national origin, will hold j
places of honor on the auditorium
stage at the event, representative
of the hundreds of local natural
Ized citizens who are making a fln<
I contribution to the life of America
and this community. 11» wrifinril >-,
Robert C Landis, superintendent I (» I* \\ I ,11^1 JjKS 111 I •lll*ll
of local public schools wUl act as,1"1 " VjIIOljIrt^n ||| ^(|||(||
chairman of,the program, following)
rtntam .H• Baee«lanrrUle-ervire in Bap. -
ureh Dr. \\. 11. '
African campaign veteran, spoke at wm remain for the duration of th-
'he night rally, a; the latter place
William Kesri
whose only son made the
Phiisi ia WBr aP':earetl Mo"- Judge Harold
™llt,!?™ O. Kniuht il.:> moroln ■ on 1 charge
Vivid with the rainbow hues of
the raiment of attendants of th?
May Queen court and gay with lilt-ing
accordion tunes, the annual
May Day exercises of tfe
grade schools, post poned from
An 88 year-old Cedar Height;,
woman walked from her h
■: yesterday afternoon.
.. operating an automobile while Slie Wfts Mrs Eleanor Jaggers
under the influence of intoxicating who wns I('i)01"t,'fI niissing from hn Wednesday due to rain, were pre
liquor. ll()1Tlf' «°ou[ *»"» o'clock inlsented vesterday afternoon on th
After entering n pie* of guilty J 'he «'"'r'luon- She
H
w,u
ll
,^;teJ1 ,by! grade- school cnm:nL:
Williams was given a suspended Norrlstowll police three hours later '
sentence and placed on probation il1"' ,ake" u> at» hii]\ w!"
was turned over to n .
i ChurchService Child Drowns
Presbyterians to
Install Elders
The ordination and installation
of two new elders will mark thf
10 30 service, Sunday morning, a t
the Presbyterian Church. They are
Robert McFarland. 417 West Tenth
avenue and Vernon D. Ootwals. 129
West Tenth avenue.
Addition of the new elders will
bring the number to six instead of
four, as previously The four al-ready
installed are Thomas Raser.
Si.. William B. Diinlap. Sr„ Arthur
Ellam and C Rush Barr. The new-elders
were elected at the congre-gational
meeting in April.
A graphic demonstration of what
happens before, during and after
an air raid, including the new
"blue" signals, will be shown befor.-
local civilian defer:* workers and
the public as a part of the program
of the Joint meeting of the Rotary
and Lions Clubs of Conshohocken
with the cooperation of the Spring
Mill Fire Company to be held at
the auditorium of the Spring Mill
Fire Company. Hector and North
lane, next Monday evening at 8
o'clock.
The demonstration was developed
and will be presented by the Bell
Telephone Company to show how
the activities of the varlou
defense groups are coordinated with
military,defense plans In the event
of an ah" raid
Mashing light, accomplished by
sound effects on a 10 x 18 foot
panel, show the work of civilian
defense workers from the time the
first spotter henrs the sound of ap-proaching
enemy planes until the
last bit of damage has been taken
care of by emergency squads.
The demonstration starts with
the Mrs: sound of approaching
planes, showing how the spotter
gives the "Army Flash" telephone
call to the nearest filter board,
where the information is plotted
and passed on to the information
cenler.
As the details are gathered, warn-ing
signals are sent out and the
telephone wires arc bu-> u k"v
. ■ : mat leaden u
■broaching danger so they
may be ready to swing into action
without delay OtOH spotters see
and hear the planes and send in
further information, which is
charted on the filter board, and at
the Information center so that the
line of flight of the planes can be
verified.
As it appears that the planes are
approaching Conshohocken. the
public warning goes out. This sig-nal
gives wardens and emergency
groups such as civilian police, fire-
.( <uitii.ii.ii mi Page Four)
Heavy Rains Damage
Victory Gardens
The torrential rains in this com-mtmitv
nn Wednesday resulted in
considerable damage
Victory Gardens in Sutcllffe
Park, the Glasslne Paper Company
tract in West Conshohocken and 'n
other sections were badly damaged
Alleys were so badly washed that
In some instances they were nude
practically impassable Tor travel
Cutters overflowed and many cel-lars
in homes in Hector ami Elm
streets were flooded
Many of the streets were l.ttrred
with dirt nnd debris which was re-moved
yesterday by borough work-men.
The storm was a good test of the
tit'liliu-ss of the sewer system :.-
«ry little water got into the s\s-trm
and there was no damage :it
thu disposal plant.
Longacre. former burgess, and tem-porary
chairman at the event.
The high school orchestra and)
glee club, directed by C. Lester I
Shade, supervisor of music at Con-,
■hOhMkaD High school, will play '
Mr. Shade will sing a baritone soto.j
"I Am An American".
Color guards from both the John]
list
Wrighton to preach—Claaa
Day ami Consmeneetnenl
mi Tlmr-ilav evening,
for one year. He also was given
1 pay the costs.
Williams has been n member of
me Merchant Marine for some
time and has made a number of
trips across the seas, on one occas-ion
having been on a ship thai
WU torpedoed.
He* was arrested Mav 9 by Ser-grant
Patrick O'Hara after Norrl.%-'
.... .„ »■ , tr'Wn police received S complaint w.,.,1
attempting to wullami' automobile had been In-ks.
a! Bridgeport, volved i" an accident on Fast Mfcta
street. Norrtstown. Two cars were
"Ho. dQmnged in the crash.
re- Pleaded (iuilty
Elmer Erown, 36. of Corson street.
Norrtetown. entered a plea of guil
Close to seven hundred boys and
girls participated In the spirited
Firsl Baptist
Eleel Officers
\iai-ol<| I
croes I
loaej balance, f;ill-eanaj
Comnanionj
pdlted accident
Commencement week of the West*
I pageant, as hundreds of parents
and friends lent keen attention.
j The colorful program opened with
.1 prnrinaitnn of the May court and
: crowning of the May Queen, fol-
; lowed by Maypole dances at three
May poles simultaneously.
Abird pantoni.ne. in which SHI
sixth grade dramatic club
lated various birds, was an effective
nbar. Other numbers included
Slinda) ScnOOl OSIGeri ill QM Victory Drill, ihe carrousel
ronareaalioual meeting whirl. » n»t drill, a rythm
folk dances, competitive games, a
victoiv i-'arrien presentation, two
'accordion solos, "Quick Silver* an.'.
("America" by Gabriel Le Duca.
loan Forrest, daughter of Attor-
■■ ~nd Mrs. E. A. Forrest clad In
deacons, 1 Ihurch,
Report* show good finan-cial
condition.
T«in h\ ~ITI ,.„ ■'■ r.-fore Judge Knight to a charge! p.mi ill ■ . ■ ■
voior guaras irom 00m ine juun, | "wmg nu tffiiance while at- of drunken driving May 4 and was| " ';ne*andS
F. OeHaven Post. 129 and the Con-1 Conshohocken High school, which( tempting to cross the Schuylkill- sentenced to pnv a fine of S100 and i &?ilver «« reelected to the Board „ flowll^ p,
shohocken Post. 1074. Veterans of j has been advanced a month, will, Canal at the lower locks. Bridge- j the casts. | of Deacons, for thiee year terms. !a wreath of May lowers crowning
port, early last evening John Gam-! SUy Pnli.Tman\ Case rt ,;ir ftnnuai congregational meet- her long, dark hair. «u the Mr.
bone, 7, son of afc-. and Mrs, Sal-; Scheduled to infllll In Cour: , . «..„... u ^ , Oueen
TL'«5?*S»L» Bu« «. S" "orate, i„ «»«■ to , FH-lSLl.'^. EK .fX"h-CrT i SWhf «W1. .r.0, 8,r.s. garbed In
-tinted gowns and
carrying bouqueu of variegated
month
Foreign Wars, will present the na-j open with the Baccalaureate service
eilr^eVis*e.s1.."iT?h"e e"nIt.ir^eAas1s!e!m^b!l!a1g"e w"»illlS,-und»y evening in Balligomingo
I loin their voices in patriotic an-' B«£,st Ch,,rch' bft
K'"nin'1i
at 8- „
I ih-m. I The sermon will be delivered bv
TSrtw 01 the program .111 be Pr ""I1""1 "»*" w"^ton. Pro-
■ mo::on picture ol civilian defense.! ^Tl°L"?™il<'^,„°!,.dlh.'!.T_fh„>:
secured through th? courtesy of
Vernon Wynne .commander of the
American Legion here.
High school girls will serve as
ushers at the Americanism pro-gram.
Doors will open at 2, nnd
the public is urged to arrive early,
in order to secure a s^at. The AM-at
the Eastern Baptist Theological
Seminary. Dr. Wrighton received
his early education In England
studied in Acadla and Mi-Master
universities. Canada and also holds
degrees from the University of
Georgia and Central University.
Professor of Philosophy for a num-ber
_ ing of the First
Bridgeport, fell into tuTieel ■;',,,- tipn why*'he%houJd'noV'be"ci'jVd'for Wednesday night 1
nd drowned contempt of court for failure to pay Other church of
Coroner W. as follows ■
contemn! of court for failure lu pay
Rushong has ls-i counsel fees and expenses for dl-; «-<«..«—..
sued a certificate of accidental vorce croc.. -urer Ethel Balmer; clerk.| "««*• sf£l« »' ■£ ^ * ">
drowning. Walter E. Crawford, a former Nor- EUMO***> Moore: financial serre Wl
According to the parents, the rtstOWb pellcenian. failed to put ,n t»0'. Mrs. John Armstrong; trus
child, In company with Ronald and: an appearance. tees for three years. Herman
Daniel Dunsmore. children of nel-! There is an excellent reason why Ambler and Beth K. Mitchell
ghbors, were walking on the top of Ihe was air ■ford want Sunday School ofli ■
the locks when John slipped. [to Allentown today for possible in- Superintendent. Preston Quaker;
Queen. They were Batty Anna
Coulston. Irene Alleva. Doris Web-ster.
Rosella Gravtne.se, Shirlev
Mellor. Betty Gnlie. Barbara Rlseli.
Peggy Wlnterboitom
Four nrst grade girls, gowned 1
The dead boy was a second grade! duction into the U. S armed forces assistant superintendent
student at the Bridgeport public When the case was called before McMahon. treasurer. George
schools, and after his regular ses- Judge Dannehower this morning.! Webber, Sr.; financial
mg frocks of apple green and yel-low,
acted as train-bearers The]
,,,„,,,„ ...,, K,, J-*.'^' in nalri ber of years, he was for eleven
bis morning.: Webber. secretarvv ", *J"",UI "Ulil -
o'°-^.e f,r tt^wenf ^^I years head of the Department of J**™ yeelenmejt he WSQ scheduled • Attorney Qelota explained that, Paul I-achmsn; r.-rordlne sccwtary.i Ha n^^n"- J»(1Un
■TM «1 -i J t J, * „, ,„.I Philosophy of the University ot u' "ttend n class in uperini nwru,- Crawford left tor Allentown thisrPaul Lachman assistant secretary. "nd ""rtred Ann
nrnir-m ^M ..<™ „*™ „1 !,< Georgia The subject of the Bac- rin» 'morning. Caiola added that craw - J George H. Webber. Jr : .secretary oflJos*Ph Q****& flrs
pprrooggrraamm wwnini tg*a»et ei\v.e.ryy mmaann ana „„,„.,__„,„ ._„„_.. _..., ,__ .,__.. .. Mnuvi'ir ihr> lari umi in tim vi. t.--rt ima «BJ .n^ n,... «,.r „t ihot'nm — -„J -n...i ... . i... .served o.s crown-bear
woman of this community an op'
portunity to show publicly his pa-triotism
and his appreciation of the
things for which America sands". ■
member of the committee said to-day.
"It behooves every one of us
to lend hfe and her presence and
spirit to this significant occasion.
It is an indirect tribute to our boys
In service. aLso. for by participating
we will show them that we are fully
in accord with the principles for
which they ore fighting. It Is a
public expression of our interest In
our nation and our ngthing men".
Assisting Mr. LandLs on the com-mittee
are William H. Longacre. j Anthem
Chairman of program. Vernon
I Wynne. Alfred Volpe. Burgess
David Jones. Burgess Harry Mos-man
of West Conshohocken, Dr
Leon Weissman and Irving Hey-wood.
Program
Invocation.
Rev Abner James DafHM
National Anthem—High School Or-chestra.
High School Glee Club
and entire assemblage
Introduction of Burgess David
Jones, Burgess Harry Mosman of
West Conshohocken.
William H Longacre.
temporary chairman
". . ■.'■■ i.j nf Co' >r--
Color Guards, American Legw,
and Veterans of Foreign Wars
fntroductton of Robert C LsndJj
chairman .. William H. Longacre
Short Address and Introduction
of Naturalized Citizens.
Robert C. Landis
Vocal Solo. I Am An American."
C. Lester Shade
Address,
Judge William F D.mnehowei
Benediction
"God Bless America.'—High School
Orchestra. High School Olee Club
and entire assemblage.
Motion Picture—civilian Defense
Subject.
Business houses, organizations
and residents of the borough are
asked to display the national colors
throughout the day, Sunday.
bject
calaureate sermon will be "The Mi
ijesty of Christ and His Word."
Organ Prelude. 'Romtince"
Svendsen
Processional Hymn.
"How Firm a Foundation"
Invocation,
Scripture Readlnp
Choral Response
Anthem by choir.
"Now Let Every Tongue"
Announcements
Presentation of Class Flower
Congregational Hymn
"Stand Up for JesuB"
Offertory. 'Adagio from Sonata
n C Minor" Gutlmont
..•'Beautiful Saviour"
Sermon Dr. W. W. Wrighton
Prayer
Hymn
organ meditation
When I Survey the
Wondrous Cross"
Benediction
I Silent Pray
j Organ Postlurie.
"Posllude" Scarmolin
I The Class Day program will be
held In conjunction with the com-mencement
exercises in the high
school auditorium on Thursday eve-ning.
The graduation class comprises
eight young women and seven
young men. the smallest class to
graduate in the past sever.il yean
The commencement address will
be delivered by Dr Arthur James.
widely known traveler and ItctUMl
and pastor pf the Memorial Metho-dist
Church. Drexel Hill.
The presentation of diplomas will
be made by Harry B. Ballade]
president of the board of directors,
and Supervising Principal A. S
Richards will present the
CHAIRMAN OF PRICE PANE!,
HOARDS TO MEET
A jneeting of chairman of Local
W:iiPrice and Ration Boards and
\p. inkers of Price Panels of
'County Boards has been called for
ivext Tuesday night In Court Room
D at the Court House by County
Coordinator Raymond B. Rlppman
Charles Mlel of the Phil
office of the OPA will be the speak-er.
The price fixing program will
be discussed.
Burgess iTrg-es
Show of Patriotism
Sunday has been set aside as
"I Am An American Day" BJ I
proclamation Issued by Frank-lin
D. Roosevelt. President of
the United States, to be observ-ed
through the Nation
In compliance with the Presi-dential
Proclamation. Burgess
Jones urges that the United
Slates Flag be displayed at all
homes in the borough and that
our residents attend the special
exercises to be held Sunday af-ternoon
In the high school au-ditorium,
marking the observ-ance
here, to show our patriot-ism
and to assure those in mili-tary
service, they are fully sup-ported
at home
MISSION FOR WOMEN
A week's mission for women of
h will open-Sunday m S;
Matthew's R. c church, under the
direction of Rev. Michael OTJon-nell.
C. M, of Oermantown. A
week's mission for men of the par-ish
will open May 23 and continue
through May 30. Amission for the
congregation of St. Philip's Mission.
Barren Hill and for children of St.
Mathew's parish Is being held this
week.
NEW FIRE HOSE ARRIVES
Five hundred feet of new fire
hose was received this week by
Washington Fire Company No. 1
The order was placed several
months ago. The new hose
To Confer on
Union Contract
Local 2964. United Steelworkers
of America. CIO. comprising em-ployees
of John Wood Manufactur-ing
Company will begin negotia-tions
for a contract with officials
of the company on Tottd
The meetings will be ttel
company's general offices. 1010 Wal-nut
street. Philadelphia The con-tract
will cover the following:
Recognition: grievance procedure;
senioniy; safety; arbitration: hours
and conditions of work; wages:
union maintenance and vacation.
The Company will be represented
by M. N. Macllwain. R. G. David-son,
representative of the United
Steelworkers. will represent the in-ternational
office and the local
union will be repneented by Mich-ael
Krotchkr. Alden Atkins. Francis
Leridy. John Custer and Ronald
Moore
Hi.vv.v-- the lad went to the rf- ford had $64 nnd fiiat out of that j Officers and Teachers Association.
Chatty of Ihe canal instead, and ItI bad paid Mrs. Crawford Slid which Ethel Leehman, pianists, Calvin
;.ii!il the Dunsmori' chil-: he agreed last week tope; | Mrs. George Web-dten.
In company with their moth- mpporl of a child 5^.]- orchestra leader. George H
er. came to ihe Oambone home: Caiola said he made no effort to Webber Sr ■ superintendent Junior
about 5.30 p. m that the Gambones ; have Crawford pay anything 0 •]* Mrs Ad 1 Brett ■ super
learned of the tragedy. the remaining money M he might „uendent beginners and primary
They Immediately summoned be m need ol I U inducted ,,,!U LaUf.tta H Hol£nf(
Bridgeport pohec who went to Ihe. The proceedings were stayed,
scene with grappling hooks ami n viu-t P») Itid Cheeks
meved the body. The boy had Pleading guilty to forgery and
been In the water about a hail hout posting worthless chacks before
before the body was brought to the Judge Corson (his morning. Walke:
surface by Officers Paul Smith and .Johnson. 38. colored, of Philodel
Thomas Dewan. 1, was given .1 suspended sent-
They placed the limp ftgun In ■ E and on probation for
police car and took him to Mont-.one year
gemery Hospital, Norristown where t\ provision of the probation Is
the toy was placed In 11 respirator j ihat he make restitution In the
without results He was dead upon! amount of 125 for two worthless
admittance, according to Dr. Blair I checks he passed m Lower Merlon
Ronan Interne Township in 1040.
The dead child was one of seven j According to Lower Mierion police
children Besides hLs iwrents he Is I Johnson has been arrested in sev-survived
by five sisters and onejgraj states for passing bad checks.
brother
Twenty Year Club
Banquet Tomorrow
and has served prison terms in
Philadelphia and Delaware Coun-ty.
He was recently released from
custody at the latter place
Polish to Observe
"American Day" The Twenty Year Club of John
Wood Manufacturing Company will
hold a banquet and victory frolic,
tomorrow night at the Elk's Club| The Polish National Committee
Auditorium. Main and Bawl sve- «nj hold a patriotic program. Sun-rtstown,
I day afternoon at 2.30 at the T, K
Catered dinner will be served at: Hall. 425 E.. ■ 11 ■ t. jointly
6 30. with covers laid for one nun- marking C : Daj May 3
dred and ninety club members., and "I Am < UnerJ > n.*y". fall
their wives and other invited guests ing Sunday.
Patrick Riley of Norrlstown will be1 Rev Sebastian J Jerzak. rector of
master of ceremonies.* St. Mary's R. C. Chun h will male
Following dinner, a professional) the principal address and a BpedeJ
floor show and games will enter-, musical program his been ar-tatn
the group and a seven-piece: ranged,
orchestra will play for dancing. j The program:
A. T. Snow Is general chairman of' 1. Opening of the grocram by Adam
the event, assisted by Frank M.j Hylinski. president of the Polish
Sutcliffe. Arthur Marland. Fredj National Committee, and tailing
Hipp:-' Thomas Howarth. John upon Rev Joseph Tyl to BCl M
Holt. Harry Specht. Joseph Gianni chaiiman of the event.
John Reese. John Davenporj end '- Invocation by Rev. Jerome Ma-
Ray Alvarez. j reekt
Officers of the Twenty Year Club 3. Singing of the American and
are Horace Hamlll of Norristown. PDlisn Nrional Anthems, by St
chairman; Michael Carolin. honor-j Mary's Choir under th" direction
ary president; John Holt, vieej 01 Miss M Mikol.ijczyk
chairman; Frank Opelskl. secre-j4. An address by Burgc
tary; Joseph Web-r. treasurer The| Jones
club, organized moiT than a IrsutjB. An add;
dozen years ago. has more than 130 rector of St Mary's R. C. Church
members, all of whom have been 6 A song by St Mary's Choir,
employed at the John Wood Com- " An address by S Gutowski. Gen-pany
twenty years or more. er.il Secretary of Puhufcl Pbun-
1 datlon of Newark. N. J.
FATALLY STRH'KFN AT WOKK K Address by F J.iblot^kl. PWel-atrieaan
wttb ■ haai attack al (!,!l' ,lf T K fcasoeUUlo
B is Wednesday afternoon si ihe 9 A closing address by A A
plant of the Rumanenll TbblO ' -idem of Polish N
Coinp.inv. Bridgeport, where he was Committee
employed at a draw bench opera-,
tor. Raymond Snyder. 47, 12051
Swede street. Norristown. was pro-j
nounced dead at 5.30 p m Wednee*
day.
10. Bo-/e Cos Polske" -Ol
STEAL TOnis
Thicies forced an entrance Into
the plant of the Bethayres Con-
"~— crete niock Oonanany during V7ed-
FALSC ALARM OF FIRE r,,-sd..-, Qlgfal ant) stole two drffla
Conshohocken File Company WOS valued at SIM) according to a report
Marion Neville., summoned by telephone Tuesday received by Chief of Count!
Eleventh avenue and tires Kave Mnnshower An Imei -
Ml BICAL AT
CALVARY Clll'R4'II
A musical will be held at Calvary
will! Episcopal Church at the evening
more than replace the amount of service May 23. M
worn out hose and will give the, organtat and chorister, announced
company sufficient amount to keepj The muslcale. originally planned; Wells street but upon their arrival tigation is being made bv County
Paul Lachman. Thelit; 1
and Huth Righter were tppolnted
an auditing committ,ee for the new
year.
The treasurers of the . ,
fiiiated organizations
their annual report! which showed
the church in a healthy financial
condition.
Howard M. Roberts, president ol
•lie Board of Trustees, reported
that exteei ms sod tan
provements had been made in the
parsonage, including both inside
tde jiamting.
r was innottnoed that the cen>
tr.ii Onion Association of Baptist
Churches would meet with
Phoenixville church on June « an.!
9. end the pastor was authorised 1
appoint delegates to that body, with
the deacons preparing the annual
report.
The church approved of coopers
tion with the other churches in the
Vacation Church School for Qua
year, and aLso the plans for Union
11 ,iiii-. and
August,
The church also approved tlv
plan to have Dr. Edgar Snutii set
retary of the (Bducettonal end
Voting Peoples Department of the
ik 011 Sunday, June I'd.
M: Maud Bogvbeer and Mrs
John Armstrong sjioke el
of the Baptise Orphanage, and Mis-
Elizabeth Moore spoke olso for it
and for tlw plans of the Church
Mission Circle.
The pastor. Rev Abner J Davles,
church Clerk.
The Firs; Baptist Church will
quietly mark on Sunday the 72nd
:v of its founding It was
organized on May 14th. 1871. by ■
group of Baptists who came from
the U.ilhgomtngo church of West
Conshohocken, from Brldseport
Chestnut Hill and Manayunk. Pas-win
preach the Anniver-
I
be tiiankful for the Chun
Church's Annual
Street Procession
innual May procession of
Ss. Cosmos and Damian R c
A:11 be held at 2.30 Sun-
& n ;ii ■ irnoon, eemnrising ctergy
>:ianizatlons. and school
children.
Tlie proeesslon will move from
th? church. Fifth avenue and Ma-ple
street, to Sixth avenue and Ma-
■ end return. Miss Pauline
Bantoni. Weal Third avenue, will
crown the statue of the Blessed
Virgin. Benediction in tfe
will conclude the exercises.
First Holy Communion will be
all machines filled to capacity at sll for Palm Stindav was deferred ow-jat the reported place learned II was, Detective Harrv Rankln and Chief held in the church at fi 30 in -he
tbnae, | ing to the illness of Miss Neville |a false alarm * !' ■ v\< 1 -■ morning
Judith Ruth Jamison. Joyce
Ann Tenaro
Earl, wasrau
t grade pup:I
d as cr^wn-bearer.
MUM Elizabeth Moore, a former
member of the grade school faculty,
and Paul Righter, former building
custodian, were special guests 0f the
school and were given floral gifts
by the May Queen. Both guests
spoke to the pupils.
Contrlbutioas from the pupils of
all grades from 1-fl ma.:
a gift of seven ptwea ol shrubbery
bOOl James McCarier. a
members of 1 lath grade
i" a personal donation of
a piece of shrubbery to be added to
the shrubbery plot in front of the
reel building The plant-ing
mi dons bj James McCarter
and Joseph Gambone.
Ellsworth Fault, vice-president of
the sixth grade, presented the pu-pil's
gift to the school. Robert C
! in -.'.iperintendent of schools,
accepted the shrubbery and spoke
to the pupils.
The winner of the HofTecker
School Annual Marble Tournament
received his championship crown
during th■■ U L. Da] program.
Thomas McCreary. grade i won
the title in a tournament in whirh
sixty boys of the HofTecker school
A handsoiiv M ubtl
'Champ'' crown was placed bv the
May Queen on the winner's head.
Awards were presented to tag
homerooms whose puroha
bonds and war stamps have been
outstanding in the school tl
plaques ware
■us fourth grade home-room
and to Miss Baum's fifth
grade homeroom. Banner swards
were nuMse to ICrs. Palm
grade homeroom sad Mr Adam's
fifth grade homeroom.
Honorable mention was made of
Tither*!
first grade homeroom and Mr
Jackson's sixth grade homeroom.
prds of tin-groups
mentioned above
lows:
Mrs Tyson's homeroom
Miss Baum's bntneroeco
Mrs. Palmer's homeroom
Mr, Adairu>' homeroom . ,
bar's homeroom .
Mr. Jackson's bom
Richard V.
tative of Uncle Sam. and assisted by
oQchae] Oravineee, thanaed the
pupils, I -ichers and parents for
making possible the school's sales
record of J10.610 for the school
term to date j
1 I merit given by
1ST) De-atid
a -Jeep" a
awarded for Ihe purchase of a
"Jeep" during the recent
w?re presented to the school and
accepted by Joan Pom I
An exhibit of classwurle was held
:n the .space between the two
school buildings. After the pro-gram,
many of the pare:-
lassrooms.
homeroom
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AIIMITTKD TO HOSPITAL
Jane Rodeback, 39. of 144 East
10th avenue, has been admitted as
medical patient to MnntEomeiv
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