The Conshohocken Recorder, June 29, 1943

              Sljc C0ttsl)0l)0chett Heirotier.
* Established 1869. No. 7286
Sports, Music
Dancin^tor tlh
Celebration
A. L. provides an all-day
program
Races, contests
CHORAL TO SING
Concerts in Mary H.
Wood Park Danc-ing
in street
Plan." toi a Fourth of July cele-bration
in this borough were com-pleted
last night at a meeting held
in the American Legion Home
Second avenue and Forrest street.
The plans call for an all-day ob-gj
servant* on Monday, July 5. al-
^ though the usual display of fire-works
will be dispensed with.
The morning and afternoon pro-gram
will be held at the Communi-ty
Center athletic field. Eleventh
avenue and Harry street. The eve-ning
program will be held at the
Mary H. Wood Park and in Second
L avenue between Fayette and Harry
F .•.'!■.-■,
The morning program will begin
at 10 and will be presented bv the
Boy Scouts with all troops of U\*
community taking part. Contests
will be waged by the various troops
and individual scouts. The pro-gram
will be in charge of John
Fetter, an executive of the Valley
Forge Council.
The afternoon program at 2.30
will consist of athletic events for
both bovs and girls from six to 16
years of age. There will be various;
races and contests and pn
be awarded in each event There
will also be a peanut scramble. Re-freshments
will be served those par-ticipating.
There will be a Patriotic meeting
at which Michael J Kehoe will
make a patriotic address, band con-cert
and a program by the Marv II
Wood Choral Society a: the Marv
H Wood Park. The program wiii
be opened at 9 p. m.. with a con-cert
by the Conshohocken Band.
The Choral Singers will be directed
by Dr. Jeno Donath
Second avenue between F.iyette
and Harry streets, will be roped off
and music for dancing will be pro-vided
from recordings through am-1
pliflers. This part of the program
has been arranged to begin at 9
p. m.
-Due to the war It was necessary j
!ft dispense with the fireworks dis-^
CONSHOHOCKEN. PA., TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1943
Steelworkers' Union
Reeled Officers Town Doubles
i
Donations to
SalvationArmy
ends campaign
The Conshohocken district will
• than double its collections in
| John Or
d m\ Of I 01 I 1392, U:il!ed Steel
n ken at Ai lea 0IO al th
June meeting Sunday nigh* a* Red
Mart Hall.
Earl Jacobs. J\wi lgatti __^_
vie* president; 1 •• »» n i\ II .. ordinv Btn si Mw. K. I*. DeHaven,
financial recretary Clement Hone- rniirm<m u*ivu in. ■clli. treasurer; B«mund Wlmew- «■ nairmdn, sa> B tO-uci.
guide; Chtrtel H*UT0O and R.r - \>t\\ W'jH be $3000
rnonti Beiver, lUtdt U)d ou:std?j
nurds: John Oifca lame* Bmw:1 lr« * \m i ii^v* /<i AOPC! ind w ui \ A.Mr.MiiiN LLAJofiO
H ..,„, Btos *nd EarWacob Ji . A rp-wnnf rihn#i»« <21 -
»th of Norristown. were named fl|«rea luiunuuuh $£>\ ,-
bo .-■' up s donation -1()1 PFOflTftHI
KMnmtttee in the plan: lor (no wel-1
tare of all employes of the plant,
now in service. The local also made
i donation of SAO to the fund. Sta-tionery
and a news bulletin will *w\n- Z£&mr'^kf"n"-•■»»'■*-- «> ««
voluntary monthly donation, bp M teln8 concluded. Mrs Reuben
the committee. . t F D**Haven. 239 East Ninth ave-
New white-trimmed crimson nitts'nue chairman nf the drive stated
have tx,:i provided for the Softball
team of the Local, it was a:; ,„,„„*„ ,_
Dounead by William Bto< managei n (U~' hr um of *2683-59 haM
itkm of officers took place at ,""1 ooUtcted anil with ■ number
the meeting. The next meetiiw of the Industrial yd to be heard
will be held July 25 at R-d Men, ,,,„„ npoetationi are that the tn-
HaJl. John Pray presided, , ,, ^ ^ (0 |3000
The sum of S21.461.13 has been
eoUMtad to date in the Norristown
aroa, it was revealed at a program
hich marked HM' etostng. of the
.'■mpnlgn last night at Citv Hall,
Norr'stown The ouota for the
km was Sl2.50fl. Several hundred
persons attended, amnnii theni n
number of the seventy local aides
Dr. Robert Johnson, president of
TVrrple University, Enatgn Gordon
D Gustaf.snn. u S. Navy. Charles
H Westrich. manager of the Sears
Roebuck Store. Norristown. togeth-er
with an official of the Salvation
Eighteen service men In various: Armv addressed the assemblage
branches of the armed forces, were Mi Maybelle Kirkbride was gen-entertained
in Whitemarsh Town- eral chairman of the drive in the
ship homos Ml the weekend, under Norristown area,
the auspices of the Whitemarsh Following the program tradl-
Branch of the Convalescent Service Uooal Salvation Army refreshments,
of the Navy League, and the White- coffee and doughnuts were s
marsh Women's Club.
The men came from a no
Fort Dlx, N J. the Philadelphia
Naval Hospital and an Army Air
Choral Members To Sell Chattels for
Enter Armed Forces Delinquent Tax
Public sales for delinquent per
capita school tax for the year 1941
Esmond Quinn. son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Quinn. East Tenth ave-nue,
extensively known In musical
circles, left yesterday lor service »"" scheduled to be held here Fri-witli
the Navy Seebees. 'day beginning at 8 30 a. m.. aecord-
A baritone soloist of the Mary H. ing to an advertisement over the
Wood iC. h_ora,l ,Society, he was also „ - -, . .,..„,„ „, M t_* ii ircmrer of tuh„e en■ semUb1le _o,f ,t.he name of F. J Mull n of Norristown.
Philadelphia Opera Company, mok-' delinquent tax collertor. in today's
ing nation-wide tours with them.'RECORDER
of the Valley Forge Songmen of Eighteen names are included on
Norristown and was a soloist in St. ., ,, . , . „
Matthews R C Church Choir. °» lwt of «>lin(iuent taxables.
He was employed at Lee Rubber wh«re sales are scheduled In order
and Tire Company t0 r.,Lsc sufflri^nt money to satisfy
Mr. Quinn was entertained at a
number of farewell events, one of
them held Thursday night at the l*1" ^ap"0
Lafavetle Hotel. Barren Hill, and fines and costs of collection, the
another on Sunday nlfiht, when total runs more than S7 each
&J^£?£J±E "' ™- ■«- «- *- * —•
few close friends, jointly honorlntf yenr.s. that public sales of house-liim
and Brooke Adams: 712 Fay- hold furniture for this purpose has
em street The latter;also aimem- ^ scheduled. Several hundred
ber of the Mary H. Wood Choral
Society
Church School Prlert Celebrates
His First Mass
Opms W ilh
113 Enrolled
Five memben oi the family of
\Ux and Mrs. Joseph H Qlbboni Ol
338 Brinmoir avenue. West Con-
, hohoeken and an uncle of Mr
{Gibbons par! • I ttu Impres-jsive
service mirkin* the First Sol-smn
sft R* mt<
h!,'n.»r.-o, lIlIm... e,.»nwt (i<g■ g~tr.nena4tne>r. '.■■"" J- Gibbons. S. J.. Smulii- l!iriu»... nl n ltl Bi o«nrude-i R
C Church, West Conahobocken,
R.'V. William C HOOtOr, C. M
nele ol the newly-ordjalned pries)
BACK UP
YOUR BOY
Intrean year
aeyre/f iov/nf i
fa your family limit
PRICE: THREE CENTS
Boro Receives
'2 Pumpers tor
Home Defense
than last
year
USE 2 CHURCHES
Original amount of the'
-iv ii ii an hprteat ai the maas
lera, John, n brother In th<
Jendt Order now stathwed it S1
Joaenh'fl High School, Philadelphia
Amur tervlee, Friday
ed I BI olj '*■■ i UH ■■
irealdtd ■<' the organ and
1 Bnother v. ti A M
in the choir. Parent* ol
HK - < lebranl and .i third slater
Mha Helen Qttibona, together with
both his maternal and paternal
onened a three-weeks' session yea-1ertjKunothen were among tii"
terday morning with an enrollnvn' worshippers.
four departments
Teachers
Thp Dailv Vacation Blblf School i
Government sends
SOO-gal. pumper to
each (ire CO.
CARRY HOSE
Firemen assemhle,
test machines
Two unmounted
lls:«d for '41. It Is stated.
Freak Chicken State Pays for
Has 1 Legs Park Land
'excess of last vear. and will eon- preaehtd the sertnon; Rev Vincent
'.nue dailv. wit:i the excepUofi -if J Doyle, ■ Blatant rector or the
Monday, jniv g, until .miy ie. choroh wai naater of ceremonies.
The enrollment in the vaiteUI Ih*' **" °* Uw Ant"'Is v
lepartmenis BI follows: Beginner-
Families Host
To Service Menl»
18 convalescent men
entertained over
week-end
others in brood
A fine pardon
condemned for Val-ley
Forge Park
3H: Primary. 35: Junior, 30. and in- » ™""i bntkfl
urmedlate. 20. clergy fcnd menMri >>',
The Be2lnnrrs ar? housed in thp rtmuitl l.imily. after mass. In the
v.: t r.ajitlst Church and the Pri- rectory B I villains is
n.nv .tumor ind rjiteVnudlata oe- n»Wni hi. headqiwrtei
■ s'oe _* uLu, f„„M !>.... £1U| 7£.i f..^ 1„«J iiarlments ore housed In the parish 'he preset.- Different color from I'ay !MN4,7o> tor land.i101K, „r Caiv;,rv Episropni cmireh
Mrs Olive Adair is dean of th"
school and Is assisted bv the fol-lowing
staff of teachers Miss Lou-ella
Holland and Mrs Howard
Here U one Tor Mr. Ripley. A| Checks from the Commonwealth .^y^ ^
freak of nature, a four-legged of Pennsylvania totaling $184,762 Mlss Virginia Parker In the Pri-chlcken
|ar* now in tne hands of Deputy At- mary department; Miss Vivui'i
The fowl three weeks old and lorney General Paul P. Wlsler. Nor- Hlliner and Miss Miriam MrC-.r-iiic
iu.i. i Intermediate department. Mrs
well reathered. Ls owned by Mrs. ristown. ready for mailing to owners p^rellce Blork an\ Mlss Al(„
Uo Lawler. of 517 Apple street, i of many properties condemned by Grain.
West Conshohocken The chicken, the Valley Forge Park Commission. The daily sessions open nt 9 a m
is perteetiy formed and la one of a.May 26. .937. for ex.en.lon of ^"^f^i? „, ,„e ,.,„,„„
brood of fifteen hatched at the "ley Forge Park. | churches are assisting With '*
Lawler coop and ISJLS lively as the i Mont-: sl((lls
rest of the brood
The amounts were fixed by Mont-gomery
County juries of view after1
IMea
na nt- Beutwn
BirnwB wen
D.Havf.
play.
The American Legion, sponsors of
the celebration, request the clubs to
hold open house and as many fam-ilies
as possible to hold gatherings
In order to keep the residents at
home.
George Clark Is general chairman!
with Lhe following as committee-members:
Dr Leon S. Weissman..
John Fetter. John Allan. Oftlvin
Rlgg. Llewellyn Jones. Mrs. Henry
Rollins and Vernon E. Wynne
Auxiliary police will be on duty
at all of the events
Killed by Freight
Train in New York
Win SmtiU-i Mr. Oeo. Wlmmer.
Corps base! and represented eleven «;J- , :"k.,!,S,^ "%&
different states. Two of them were m,,„ Mm KOM klacFarland, MI MI.
sailors recovering from wounds re-'Bum;, Mi*- Dorothy Hum,, MI-* Vi»-
eelved in combat in the Pacific area S£rKn*mj(*t .,;';" fcSSSe! lul aft
and wore awards which included HUVt Wfaley. Ufca I'ct DeHavan, Mi»
the Purple Heart, the Defense Bar. Phyin- Jonw, Miv. Qmm HugfWt. Mrv
ttih.*e AAmmoerriifcUan'i TthrieMattrr*e oofi Wwaurrl**1"' Umbcrt. Mrs. Gei> HU*nd U"> L ,wwlivu J<amt y„ Httw-id Boob.
Medal, ft lie Asiatic. South Pacific ut* i Mn-oy
and Nor;h Africa campaign medal! M. Win Hoofiej Ur> Frjnk
andri tthnr?i \, eran M i msxgn ,wvan BtebardMn, MI-> M VutaeorUt, Mi«t Mi.. 0imbwlll M„H L,ng N Robin-medal,
awarded for six months' U-Uen. Mn John R Buy^or Mr> atmutid
live combat service/ lood-.*. -ii Mr. Fr...ih SuteJlBTe. Mr»
Mrr a(.nnrdl MUir.n-. nLe>fetorrogce un Wwmirieemnerr, D*u» Boakett. Mi-.* Itlti Brutil Mr* M Cl.n, ... ounnuo. Ml»
entertained ei^ht of the group at Dorotbi Sbaw, MU-. Juuriuii Santonl.
the house on their estu:e. recently MBM Anna w.brr KDM BUwbeth
renovatad for th. ! SS'JSS^^^mm
other ten »*ere quartered In the <■... - Amu TumWd.
homes of Mr. and Mrs C Sewall kfba
Hf-i I ..n.ln.li.H km
M i reJrn Nixon. Ml*. Dorothy
Lawler Un Wm Knwller. m* Mil-dred
Ltewtako, MI-* xitiry csop. ""
Two of the legs
ue' normal. The other two haveipetition of the land owners. Many Q • t pjvpw tlAA
grown from the body a short dls- of the awards have been decided BOCieiJ lilVeS >1UV
tanre behind the others and ex- upon for many months and a recent T.j Church Fund
tended upwards over the back. | release of funds at Harristourg in.idv
iTnhe«>-. itonon, anrr*e. lii»e«r'f<e"c^tl'v) 1fUorm» ed jp*a'yment on their »p™ossible at tin- Announcem"iit was made today of allowance
in addHlor, <o bems a freak, the I possible, the Common«ealth Mil J" ^SrcotoSl. K Anthon '»'
chfcto « the o,<y one of the en-1 save a lar«e aum In In.erea. pay-1 ^, c
0
h» ,'. ,
tire flock that Ls not red. It Ls ailments, it was pointed out. , ™ ^
A. L to Colled
Old Records
New phonograph rec-ord
for old one for
Armed forces
John F. DeHaven Past No 12f
American Legion, is making pre-paration
for another collect ion of
broken and dLscarded phonograph
records, to be turned into the
manufacturers who will make an
account of new
black. Largest of the checks Is for $110 I in addition to this
inul.tr collection w.i- made
tribu'ion ' laS[ Jear wlt ,nP num°er of new
,r.s. L».ler fa proud of .he chtck, M0_w„,ch ^pjy.0^ to ^.he „,.«, ^
the society also defrayed
penses of the i
and has shown it to many people of D. Anthony's celebration conducted by
who have vLslted her home. l the Washington Inn. Valley Forge.,
The Mth. anniTersary of the or-
Clark. Mr and af». Charles Fred-erick.
Mr. and Mrs John Frencv.
George W. JftfidbB, Mr and
and Mrs. A. B McCarty. Mr. and
Mrs. George Miller. Mr. and M
John Murphy
M:> C B Burke, bead of the two
St'Tiiporo*-
MUri Jt-uii
Neve. Miss Heli-u /.udri.na. Mlv Lunra
. i.t- Kwuownkl. Mi«
P. Liwltiko Mr* J L»vin. Mr- Pntnk
Mttrv Ryan. Mix* HMIIU-ii
John Peneloa, uui
■ervloe men in the com. Mi. in- ciri.iiiim, Jiw
'SyUlu Pollok. Miss Aline EHpOslCO.
bbn Ainu- MrOi.'UKlr. Mlu StelU
BwetkOWlki. MUB Dellu Cutter. Ml*w
.'-■. tkowskl
charge of arrangement
Candidate
Mes Lawler. At the present tlmei»23AOO which is to be paid the Rec
she has 300 chickens and BO chicks, tor. Wardens and Vestrymen of
as well as a flock of young turkeys.) Washington Memorial Chapel. Vnl-
Thls is her first experience in rals-iley Forge.
Ing turkeys but her flock Is a: Others for whom Deputy Attor-healthy
looking group and from ney Generol WLsler has checks are:
present Indications will make grace- (Cljra Buzzard. $2250; Charles W.
ful appearances on tables when «»" Anna Schriuk. |SS7S; Mont-next
Christmas dinners are served.iBomery Building Aaaoelatloo. $1800;
Tlie coops are kept Immaculately' Charles F Binder. $1500: Grace
clean and at the present time Mrs.1 Jenkins. $2250: Robert and Alberta
Lawler Ls not alarmed about how Andrews, $1250: Mary E. WolfT.
high the celling price goes on eggs.1 *M0: ^Tena K. Lynn. $750: John E.
She is getting enough for her own Arleth. $2850: Marguerite Smith,
family with several dozen each Hi00: George M Andrews. $2500:
week to sell to her neighbors. ; Philadelphia Protecton* for Boys.
In addition to her poultry. Mrs. *»125: (Catherine Templin. $9500.
Lawler has one of the nicest Victorv-.Edward Bracken and Charles '
records allowed failed to meet the
demand of the service men.
The collection will be made about
the middle of July and the Logiou-ti,
■ 11..;
Scouts, under the direction of John
Petter. an executive of the valley
Forge Council rtoHce »:11 be given
a week in advance of the collection
The tentative dale i July H for
th? collection.
Persons having discarded or bro-ken
records are requested to place
them in a container and set it in a
convenient place for the collectors
The value of the old records to
the manufacturer It In the amount
oi ahellac claimed which is used in
the manufacture of the new rec-
■ i
new records
l.i' ■.i■.(:■ the amount of records
A boy who placed a pile of straw collet:ed throughout the State to.
dlnation to the Catholic priesthood
of Rev. Victor Strumia. rector of
Ss. Cosmos and D;>riuan R C
Church, was marked this morning
with a mass at 8. offered for the
puilsioners and its members now in
the armed forces Rev 1 .f hn
Strumia who is a member of a dis-tinguished
Italian family, celebra-ted
the mass.
Boy*s Prank Causes
$9(100 Fire Loss
Gardens In this section. All kind!
of vegetables are included hi her':
Word was received by Norristown
police last night of tlie death Mon-day
afternoon at Oneida, N. V.. of
Frank Maile. 53. formerly or Nor-ristown
and Bridgejwrt. who was
killed instantly when struck by n
t freight train.
^ Tlie man's body was taken to
Vernon. N Y . and will be brought
to NorrLitown today, according to
his slater, Mrs Rose Clccarone. 708
Swede street. Norristown. who was
notified.
.Maile resided at 300 Depot street
Bridgeport, until about a month ago
when he went to Oneida to take a
position in the commissary of a
railroad company construction
gang.
He formerly operated a tap room
0\ 221 Ford street. NorrLstown. and
\ - in the same business here about
five years ago
Fifth Son Enters
Army Service
Tlie fifth son of Mr. and Mrs. El-mer
Horn of Poplar street will leave
on Friday to enter the United
States Army
He Ls Elmer Horn. Jr. who will
leave for New Cumberland Induc-tion
Center
The four sons already in the Ar-my
are Pfc. Joseph Horn. Cpl
Oeorge Horn. T-Cpl. Francis Horn
mid Pvt. Samuel Horn.
The parents are natives of this
borough and are members of fami-lies
prominent In this borough for
lenarattOtM Mrs Horn, prior to
her marriage, was M: rffflht
Cross
BOY CYCLIST HIT BV CAR
Harry Ferrier. 733 Fast BMtOT
street, reported to local police thai
hr struck Eugene Poliheski. 8. 80*
East Elm street, Saturday after
n at Elm and Apple streets Tlie
i driver took the boy to Montgomery
* Hospital wh'-re u examination
disposed the extent of the injuries
were no more serious than bruises.
He brought the youth to his home.
The boy was riding a bicycle at the
time of the accident
Herbert H. Me«. Lansdale civil
engineer, announces his condidacy j
for re-election on the Republican
ticket to the position ol County
Surveyor
A civil engineer for the past 31'
years. Mctz was appointed by the!
court to the post of County Survey- j
or in 1921. He was twice returned;
to office by the voters, serving until
1932 H- was again elected to thLsl
position in 1938
A graduate of Lansdale High'
school In 1903. MHz studied engin-;
ertng at Pennsylvania State Col-!
lege. During the first World War.
he was a First Lieutenant in the
U. S. Engineers He was p.trked
and ready to board ship for France:
when the Armistice was signed.
Hi mi connected with the Mont-1
Homery County Highway Depart-ment
as a district construction ru-l
perintendent for two years and at'
other times was employed as an en-'
alneer in charge of construction for:
William Steele At Sons. John O.
Brown and Worthlngton Pump and
Machinery Corps He his served u
engineer for a, number of boroughs .
The office of County Surveyor
pays no salary or fees.
Coroner Probes
W Sudden Deaths
Stricken wi'h n heart attack, Ed.
■\.<: lir.-bner. 43. of 48 West Wash
tngtnn strict. Norristown. died ir
the Montgomery County prison yes-',
terday morning.
He had been committed to jail)
last Friday afternoon on charges of i
a sault and battery and, disorderly |
conduct for a further hearing
His wife and two daughters sur-
-..■..■
Mary Lukens. 43. a domestic in
the home of Mrs Harold Goodman.
Cheltenham was found dead in bed
by her employer Sunday morning.
Death was due to suffocation ac-cording
to Coroner Rushong after
tlie woman burled her head In a
pillow following an epileptic con-vulsion
Mrs Rebecca Hobbs. 79. of North
Hills, died in Abtngton Hospital
Sundav from a heart attack. She
!i.nt at the hospital since
Mav 24 when she fractured her left
leg in a fall nt home.
Smedley. $600: Edna H Thomas.; against a frame building and then tailed about 400.000 pound- The
$2550: Reading Company. $5,832 :j ignited it. Ls believed responsible number of records collected in the
she has never at-|East*rn **al Estate Company, $8,- f°r a $9000 bla7.' which destroyed two boroughs an
tempted to raise "before, and all look, ™ four *>ulldlng> at the COal and lum- 7800 The Legionnaires, do not e*"-
extremely hardy She told a RE-' There are approximately eight! »r J'ard of J. H Anders, of Rahns.. pec this years collection to reach
(•ORDER reported yesterday "Pec-'otner properties condemned as of yesterday afternoon. that high but are certain the local
pie who do not raise their own Ma>' 2ti- 1M7 not included. On one
Two 500-gallon auxiliary pump-ers,
additional emergency equip-that
previously received
here from the Federal Government,
arrived In this borough over the
Pennsylvania railroad on Saturday
afternoon.
Tlie pumpers arrived unassembled
UK) members of the Washington
and Conshohocken No 2 companies
assembled the machines on Sunday.
One Waa removed to the hose house
of the Washington Company and
th? other was placed in the hose
house of Conshohocken No 2 Com-panj
The machines are equipped with
Hale pumps, manufactured by the
Ohrytku Company ind were ship-ped
here from Illinois Each ma-
■qulpped with 400 feet oi
21 -inch hose. 300 feet of I1 .--inch
hose, 200 of I's-inch hose and :w<>
section of suction hose each 10 feet
in length.
The Washington Fire Company
tested their pumper las', nifbl m
front of (he hose house, ft will be
taken later to the canal bank for
a more thorough test.
Two skid pumps similar to those
received over tone «eek*end were
received over 'he week-end were
but ; heae are not mounted on
wbeela
One of the mounted pumpei? was
received by the George Clay Com-pany
of West Conshohocken a few
veaka ago.
The auxiliary mounted pumpert
are not self propelled.
The unmounted pumpers are to
be mourned on trucks to be con-varted
tote n mobile unit.
Sector 2, Air Raid
Wardens Give Party
one hundred and rdnet? penonfl
attended a party held by the air
raid wardens of Sector 2. Saturday
night a; Polish Eagles Hall, open
to the public
Mlaa Dorothy Sparrow entertain-ed
with toe dance numbers and a
professional floor show was followed
by dancing to Pagan's Orchestra.
Refreshments were served The
parry is the MOOnd of its kind ar-ranged
by the Sector 2 wardens.
UTk Boenrei was genera!
11 i ted bj M' and Mrs.
Lould Noblet. Tliomas Watson and
Ted Leczinski. president of the Pol-
■ Club
Firemen from Limerick College-: public will cooperate to th.
ville and Trappe fought :he fire j in providing entertainment for the
The main building, a structure 80! men of the ■ IH forces
by 40 fee:, mu mtlraly demolished ■ [.verywhere,
tances petitions have no: yet been! t0B*tn'"r *'ith 'ts contents which
filed asking appointment of juries tacludod lnmlvr millwork ami tor- T«-/» DAM r,,.,|.|„ i,.
'rugated metal roofing. Building ' w " 1»0\ S I 11.1 lilt* IO
material
building!
3i The checks now In the hands orj Anders, who livs in Lansdale. .. ,
truck thu vear will go mighty short of these a jury of view hearing was ,
on it next winter. I had some ex-(
n*'ld '«*t week and there has been
cellent peas but they are about nodecLSlono,llt fs >"«- In two in-done.
I canned the last six jar
SaHler(ibean.s are coming in strong.10/ v*w. Severafothers" are 'beVngl ™MU»d metal roofing. Building
and there will be a lot of them to h('ld up because of various legal j mnf^als wp,(' "^^ in '"* 0'!l" ■ SWlltl, Drown
put awav for the winter. Barring technicalities.
and potatoes. well
vege- owners as a result of tlie condem- il<is>i woul(l ^ JW)0"
nation ofnation as of 1937.
Survey Stores for
Bonds, Stamps Sales
Seven Conshohocken residents
will tomorrow begin a survey of
Payette street retail stores, to ob-tain
the status of war bonds and
stamps sales The women will make
the survey under the auspices of
the U. S Treasury Department
Mrs. Leon Weissman Ls chairman
o' the survey, assisted by Mrs Eltos
Biai.. Mrs Charles Nugent. Mrs.
Leonard Sier. Mrs Winfred Bean.
Mrs Joseph Ingram and MLss Marie
Thomas.
Purpose of the survey Ls to ascer-tain
which business houses are sell-ing
bonds and stamps and the
amount already sold, and how many
employees of retail business houses
are subscribing ten percent of their
earnings to the purchase of war
bonds and stamps. In an effort to
further stimulate sales so necessary
for the war effort.
Reports of the survey will be for-warded
immediately to the U. S
Treasury Department.
Named on Autocar
cauliflower and many other
tables.
With two of her sons in the ser
vice, one of whom has been ir
India for more than a year, and . ., v
her husband working in a local Iron] EiXet'UtlVe Malt
mill. Mrs. Lawler has done prac-j
tically all the work In the garden.) Albert A. Reiter. of Brookline.
She is extremely proud of her sue- < was appointed assistant secretary
cess in gardening and well she) and assistant treasurer of the Auto-lt,i i; r
might be. A trip through her yard,car Company at the June meeting'omv
which extends from Apple street to of the board of directors Mr. Reiter
Wilsontown creek a distance or homed the accounting department
some 250 feet and about 40 feet'of the Autocar factory organization
wide, will show expert cultivation'on April 13. 1911 For the past sev-wlih
scarcely a weed to be seen. |«n) years he has been office man-and.
as such, has been in im-mediate
charge of the large ex-pansion
of the Autocar office per-sonnel
in order to meet the require-ments
of their war production.
Mr Reiter Ls vice president and
ntents made to needy residents of |Cnalrman ot [ne nna, „ commitlee
Montgomery County during the1 -
week ended June 25, show a de-crease
of $1290 under those of lhe
previous week
Payments for the week totalled
I
and were drowned
LouLs Papageorgeon,
life about 4 30 in the indoor swim-ming
pool at the NorrLstown YM
< A : , ;,,
will operate on Summer schedule. I0"**1"1, cta" whlrh he *omea th"
beginning Thursdav. July first. , da,X befor*' *ftS I0 begin
Tlie following schedule anU be In H'' **! '^ I?0"?*** *°n of Cp"
effect- Monrl.vv TueaBay TbtirXLiy LVn,s \nd Ellme'» PlBOgllOPiaotV IB
A - _ « _ J * K.1-.T \T.i r^llnll ^!i..a' V.*.- .»
8VMMCB s( RED] U
FOR FREE I.IBRARV
The Conshohocken Free Libra;
Wednesday. Frida:
m : Saturday. !l to 19 noon
Relief F*ayments
State Treasurer G. Harold Wag-ner
reported that direct relief pay-
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of the Haverford township board of
commissioners. He Ls also execu-tive
coordinator of the Haverford
township council or civilian defense
$76,90 which wa $160,0 £•»!toStt?un^ST^ .SS
hose of the comparable week of | »in™ the civilian defense emergency
last year Payments by the Bureau began He is also a member or the
of Assistance Disbursements in the veg[ry and ^^^ of St p.,,.,^
State Treasury Departmeiu follow:, Protestant Episcopal church and
Current we^-k $78190 157 checks I dlr,c[or of g H"verford wwiiahta
Previous week ..»794 70 161 checks ^^ clab Mr ^ „„ R
n^P
live at 145 Cathmere road Brook-line
His son, P Kenn ,h Reiter. is
a resident or Brookline. and hLs
daughter. Mrs Ruth Reiter Bettv.
lives in Norristown.
(1IARGFI) WITH II I 1 t \1
LlQt'OR SALES
Howard Schulze, a bartender at
the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post.
Willow Grove, has been held under
$500 bail for court by Magistrate
Isaac Kehoe. Norristown on a
charge of selling Intoxicating liq-uor
to non -members of the Post
He was arrested Saturday by Llq
Miss Julia H R Fbley is the Li-brarlan
rOIHEMAV HEAT VICTIM
Sergeant fii.nl.- Hitman. Nor-
East Marshall street. Norristown
Although there were about 50
youngsters around the poo] there
were no actual aye
drowning, according to Walter
Thomas, VMCA phjnrioU director.
Jiinnv, Wilson, one of the coung-sters.
spied the body lying on the
rL'town police fell victim to the bottom of the pool in eight feet of
heat while on duty at 4 a m Sun- *•<'?■ Be called to Thomas who
da) noramg, He was token to Immediately pulled the bo,!
Montgomery Hospital where his surface and aoplied artificial res-condition
is not regarded as serious plratlon. but-the boy was already
,—— dead
PRICE PANEL CLERKS Dayton L Undil 13, of Lederach
TO MEET road .near Harleysville. m drown-
A meeting of Price Panel Clerks ed in Upper Branch Creek •
tiom ail County rationing boards home about 9 Fridav evening
will be held In room 402 at the Lanrits was one of three youths
Court House Friday arternoon at 3. who were tttatupttng to Ixiard a
Raymond B Rippnuui County C5o- t»f| , the time of the tragedy He
ordinator announced today aiul Merrill Groff. 8 Telford R. D.
and Clyde Landis 12 of near Bar.
beautifully embossed and deccrated
styles, at LOW COST Small extra
charge for printing In Polish lan-guage.
At the RECORDER. Hector
and Forrest. Phones 50 and 501.
WOMAN CANDIDATE
Mrs. Victor J Roberts. Pottatown.
wife of a prominent Norristown at-
^ tomey. today announcer her can-uor
Control Agents and Chlefof | d'dBCV Ior l**e Democratic nomlna- ■
Police Lawrence Shores who made l'°n for Register of Wills in the)
a purchase at the place i September Primary election, |
Any Excuse You
Can Find For Not
Upping Your
Bond Buying Wit)
Please Hitler
OrofT mill dam. about 3 IT...
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attempted to crawl on ir
'oppjpd over. Groff told
state police
Groff was the only member of the
trio who knew how to Rrfi
grabbed Clyde LandLs and pulled
him to shore He said he did not
see Dayton after he disappeared
under the surface of the water
The body was recovered about an
hour later by Henry Shiner and
Donald Bucher. Harleysville fire-men
'{ .More Escape
From Protectory
Three more vouths escaped from
the Philadelphia Protectory for
U Port Kennedy late yes-terday
afternoon .bringing to 16 the
number who have disappeared dur-re*
dtd Four have
been returned to the Institution.
Tlins*- who escaped ye.^erdav
were Raymond Bogan. 17. Emanuel
Lommana, 16, ind Mkhael Gal-lagher.
16. all or Philadelphia
According to State poln-swam
across the Schuylkill River to
Betzwood where they di-■
Two were armed with kt,
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Service FlaR to Honor
Men From County
A Montgomery Countv Service
Flag will be placed over
entrance to the Court Boose wttMn
everal weeks.
: 'ii of the
Oount; Commissioners, the flag.
With r.s red border, white center
field and large blue star with the
blot numeral! ls.ass will be a tri-bute
to that number of men from
Montgomery County now in the
nation's armed :a
A plaque of blue and gi
itytfaM Montgomery
County.. Serving Their Country-will
be placed immediately above
the large flag
Arrangements are b?ing made for
.i rimpk dedicator)' ram ■
to Independeti
Acting Kurjfess
Fines Man and Wife
with disorderly conduci
Henry Ethridge and hLs wife. Man-were
assesaed *7.50 each at a hear-iav
before President of
Council Oeorge Smith, acting in
place nf Burgess David Jones Tlie
couple engaged in a fight and the
wife struck her spouse over the
head with a bottle, opening a gash
thai required medical attention
They were arrested Friday night by
Cnief of Police Phipps and Patrol-man
Kirkpatrtck.