The Conshohocken Recorder, June 20, 1947

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ESTABLISHED 1869, NO. 7702. TIKS1IAV ANI> HtllUT CONSHOHOCKEN. PA.. FRIDAY, JUNE 20. 1947. TEN PAG7S PRICE; THREE CENTS
Christ Church ^VvD'~™< Co™"1 Directs
Compromise Of
Taxi Dispute
At Swedesburg
To Celebrate
Special Service
On Suniluy For
USTili Annivrrsary
Christ 'Old Swedes' church. River
road. Swedesburg. in Upper Merion
township, one of Montgomery coun-ty's
oldest churches, will observe
its 187th anniversary with special
services Sunday morning at 10:45.
Rev "'ii.iam J. Dietrich. Jr.. rector
zi Calvary church, Oermantown.
will be guest speaker.
In connection with the anniver-sary
service a stained glass window
In the choir room will be dedicated.
Friends ul the parish have been
extended an Invitation to attend
the special services
The Upper Merlon church, which
is 16 years older than the Consti-tution
of the United States was
dedicated on June 24th. 1760. by
Rev. Charles Mangus Wrangle, who
preached the first sermon.
About 1715. a group of Swedes led
Firemen Group
Holds Meeting
ROBERT Ci. TMTCEMU
Robert Q Trucksess, Esq.. a mem-ber
of the Montgomery Bar asso-ciation
for nearly 23 years, has an-nounced
his candidacy lor the Re-publican
nomination for district
attorney at thp primary clertlon.
bv MUDS Rambo. who was born near September 9
the Schuylklll in 1693, settled In In September. 1924. he was ad-the
area which now comprises the muted to the Montgomery County
community of Swedesburg. in Upper Bar and has been engaged In the
Merlon township. Rambo often re-{general practice of law since
lated the great kindness of thei Mr Trutksess married Georglne
Indians and his associations with S. Kobler. of Brooklyn, in 1934.1 hey
the Welsh who ..receded htm in! have a son. David Robert Trucasess.
exploring this region. In 1730. the, 12 The family lues at 307 Haws
Swedes of Swedesburg were visited avenue. Nornstown
by the Rev. Samuel Resseluls. pastor
of Morlaiton mow Douglasvillei
who upon his return from Wlcaco
• Philadelphia) held religious serv-ices
at the home of Ounnar Rambo.
In 1735. a school house was erected
on the ground donated by Rambo.
Through the efforts of the Swed-ish
families of Rambo. Holsteln.
Yocum. Roberts. Polls. Supplies and rs«
Matron, and edifice called 'Christ IMKCIIH* < ,olll|lcllHUtlOn
Church" was dedicated on June 34, t
1760 Records show that the Swedes Ann AmiCills Mir Alii
planned the building of the church I ' '
for some time as a cemetery a-as, A at,rmpt l0 „nd anNWcrs tfl
designed to encircle the cruciform
structure. The earliest grave is re- many questions on workmans corn-corded
as thai of Elisabeth Supplee! pensation which trouble the fire
in 1748. companies representing the Fourth
Owing to a petition on Septem- n(,._,-, ptr(im-,,\ association »i
ber 25. 1765. members of Christ I DUtrltl *™nwn s association oi
Church. Philadelphia. St James Montgomery county will be made
Kingsessing. and Christ Church. ■ by a committee appointed for that
Upper Merion. were unitelv Incor- purpose at the monthly district
porated by Clov John Penn as, _ „,„, ,, .. „,„Ul „,
■«wUlih Lutheran Ch-jrches- Huw-; m'rtln« m Wpd»*^«>' nl«ht "l
ever, in 1787 a provision was made I Center Squmr
that the selection of ministers [ The committee named by Ellas
should be either Lutheran or Epls-1 giavin. proaldeni or the district as-copal.
In 1843 the incorporation was . .. Lu_nrliyi. A r R.^ „.
dissolved The form of worship nfl ■00tt°on' """Pri""" * c. Koee, or
Christ church. Swedesburg. is Epls-1 Barren Hill, chairman: Lewis-Shep-copal.
vet the church is not attached I mrd, of Harmonvllle: Charles H
to the diocese, this right having ■ House, of Ftoiirtown: and Carlton
been reserved by its members Thir! Woodward, of Fort Washington
Is the only church In Pennsylvania | The committee will solicit questions
to retain that privilege of all the 1 on the Compensation Insurance
Swedish Lutheran churches. . from the fire companies and pre-
From 1760 to 1831 the Upper' sent them at a later date to a
Merlon church was served by thei referee of the Workman's Compen-ministers
sent over by the Govern-! sation Board for a ruling
mem of Sweden They were thei Sixty-five men were present. rep-
Rev Charles Mangus Wrangle. Rev resenting the following companies:
Dr. Nicholas Ooeranson. Rev Mat- Harmonwile Wyndinoor. Port
thias Huetgren and the Rev Dr Washington. Center Square. Flour-
Nicholas Collins When Dr Collins town. Oreland. Barren Hill and
died In 1831, the mission of the j Lincoln.
Swedish government ceased and his r'nllowmu a long discussion the
successor, the Rev. Jehu Clay, con- group was at s loss to find a way
ducted the services of the Episcopal [ to stop unauthorized persons from
rite. ; calling fire companies to s fire scene
The Old Swedes church was hon-1 unnecessarily It was pointed out
ored with such famous men whoi that only the fire chief or his as-worshipped
there as George Wash-] slstants should coll outside help
lug ton. Benjamin Franklin. General The discussion was centered about
Mad Anthony Wavne and the sec-ia recent fire at All Saints' hospital
ond son of the King of Sweat;., m Wyndinoor. where it was
Sorted, the Are marshal or police
ad called outside companies
A complete report
at Marble Hall *hcre
hocken man was killed.
the fire
Consho-pre-
Prlnce Oscar, who visited in 1876
A baptismal font still remains in
the church which the Prince pre-sented
as a token of his visit.
The early Swedish settlers and
vestrymen of Christ church were j sented by Chief John Foster
instrumental in developing the com- the Harmonvllle Fire company,
munity of Swedesburg On Julv 13. The planned annual picnic was
1833 the community honored a cancelled due to the lack of co-
Swedish settler and one of the operation between the companies
founders of Christ church by The meeting, held at Center
launching a 100-ton boat, the -Oun-I Square Fire ITfW. was the last
nar Rambo" Robert Potts. Swedes-j until the fall
burg's distinguished leader, wasi A baked ham supper, prepared
principal speaker land served by the member
The Old Swedes church is beautl-i Ladies Auxiliary of the Center
fully situated on an elevated bank Square Fire company, followed the!
of the Schuylklll. surrounded bvj business session,
■n old grave vard with an enclosed Ellas Slavin, of Himoal 111
stone wall and trees of manle cedar I ident of the district organization,
and poplar John T Farris. in hi- presided.
"History of Old Churches'", men-tloned
that the Oothlc cruciform1.. ,. .. . ».
church at Swedesburg is a replica JletlMMiINt I M'llir
of Stratford-on-A von in England j^ annuai p,cn|C (,f the Consho-
One of the outstanding clergymen hocltPri Methodist church an i
in the history of the Old Swedes. cnurch whoo! will be held tomor-church
Is the present ret tor Rev m „, Monu,)mprv county park.
James Hart Lamb. Jr. of Curren,0rcen lMM^ where grove No 2 has
Terrace, who has served at the Up- b^j engaged for the event
per Merlon congregation for twentv- r^y L. Flero. superintendent of
one years. During this time, the ,ll(, 8unday school is general chair-
Old Swedes church has experienced milll -r^p Mflls Bm)(, claM vii]
Its greatest era of improvements. mHkP cofIw, over nrps bullt bv BOV
and at one time was called the a^,,, lroop j and members of the
church of dedications when new Murray Gleaners Bible class will
stained gins- windows, historical „„.,, uoX mmrl wlU ^ cmrried.
tableu honoring Its rounders, min- Ml und Mrs Howard D Vande-isters
and outstanding visitors, were; „ut and Mr and Mrs John w
dedicated : ftlggs will direct the recreational
'"' program Mr and Mrs John Cus
\ otei To 4ceepl Bid
On New Police CeW
For S0-D«5 l)i'li\ri|>
Town Council, at a special meet-in:
i.MI night, failed in uphold thei
appeal ol Reuben Stemple. pro-
■ 'he Stemple Taxicab. to
restrain the Com h
[ from uMng WhaMngtoa
ii e whik
rtJ ol the Reading
taa. Mr.
■ the June
meeting last week.
Mi QfivlQM, spokesman, re-pottad
thiil Messrs. Thornav, Clark
and Tadeo. members of a committee
appointed to make an investigation,
met .in the scene and after discuss-ing
the tin.i:.: 1i ■ iir.mended to
council that Mr Stemple be given
permission to use the east end en-train"
to the station and the Con-shohocken
Veterans Taxicab Ser-vice
te permitted to use the west
end The> recommended that the
public safety committee of town
council make a traffic survey to de-iiniiiiir
inhi>;iini.t> ol establishing
mi. -w.i\ truflic on the thorough-fare.
Mr. Gravinese moved the report
of the committee be accepted and
the recommendations rained out
Mr Dolanski seconded the motion
which carried.
New Polk*- Car
The finance und property commit-tees
held a meeting to CHIISKII-I tht
bid for a new police car submitted
by the Fayette Motor company
They recommended the purchase of
the car with the following stipula-tions.
1047. eight cylinder Ford
with nine-loot panel body, color
black, with lettering "Cotultohockta
Police Department" on both doors,
extra passenger seat, heavy duty
rear assembly, heavy duty truck
clutch, heavy duty four speed trans-mission,
back door to open from
outside only. 75-mlle per now ■min-imum
' Ipagd, boal % wire screen
eut. The
following allowances to be made:
13668 foi heater in old car. $126 48
for tires, $2S for taitaJtettotl of the
radio and 8726.08 credit for the old
car. making a total allow..me ol
IV11M Tills iinioum oVtnicfd
into $17_'J1«. the price of the new
car. leaves a balani i- ol 1808 92
Mr Gravine-ie moved that the re-port
of the rnmmitlce !«■ reiciveri
Hint the radio in the present car be
transferred ba Mi OuUkM Of the
county rudlo room, and the new-car
be accepted if recer,.
Mi W.ili.ims secunded
i arrled
8 J Vagnonl. who wi
inquired Whether any word had been
received from the Sanitary Water
Board relative to the installation
of a sewer extension in Tenth m*
i.ue at Wood street and also to as-certain
If his agreement with the
borough had been prepared. He
wna advised that no word of the
action of the Water Board or the
preparation of the agreement had
been received.
The absentees were Messrs Fer-rler
Flero. Oambone, McCarter.
Moore, RadasM-wski .ml Borzelleca.
Prgtdda&i Smith presided
Interpreters'
Use Terminated
(ioiirt Kml* Syttem
HOf liritiSsKin
hi M vtUUtiti Pttrty
■! ihe family ol
■
Uunurrow oitar-i
|| Spilni Mill Bapti. i
•. I'ouh
:iv will be
idi on, daugh-ter
Ol A\"i H
■ h lane ntid UH
and Clifford Oodsnall.
rford Ood-shall.
Telt
pastor. .
. .-.■■ '
il be n.i-
' h loor foi her ,
will be Junior bridesmaid
Nurock. College* ...
Corv and \l. Man ;- Kmiv. i-t
Spring Mill roau
I ■
Emily Krl
be. will be flower girls.
Robert 8WMWOI1, brother of the
bride-to-t;e, R4D l> Lx■■ t nun ""riti
Nurock. Collegevllle Alan Swart/
and Edward Mnycr ol Worth ffah
and Clarence Heckler Telford. will
be ushers.
Leo Swanson. 150 North lane, her
brother, will ix- racahsi during the
(ereiiioiiy
Atnoiiipaiiylng him at the oigun
will be Mrs Hurvey Swanson. sis-ter-
in-law ol the bride-to-be.
Manv Attend
OES Sessions
I.oral Mi-itiltri- Kill
lni|»orlaiil l»nl<-
A number of members of Banner
Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star.
au n iittendance at the 53d an-nual
state convention of the or-whicli
Opened Monday
night and closes todt) in PhUadel-
With the largest at tendance of
egrj stiit» convention in it-. Iii'-tory,
.it the Bellevue-
I Mel « nil teesioru at the
Broitilu. Ml Hotel, Bread nnd Wood
■Vbeth Gillnger. 143 East
Fifth a\eiui<. worth', iiuitnui of
Bit.in i CtuptCT, took ii fotlDjal pint
in the open I nday She
red throughout the week
Mrs Alvti Wynne M2 Wt^st Tenth
avenue, junior past matron of the
local chapte wtu smoui the loo
irom PhUadelphlt end.
<. iiftlnatlnn at the bun-aun
h'-ln I ol at Con-vcmioi.
Hull, ettended in sm\ delt-eil-
ni.>i inoi
Of I ni|ilnynieiil
i Editor ■ Notr Thr furettoinii hlstorl
ea) account of Chrtet. Old 8wed»* -
chnrcb h»» imn nrepsred by Edwsrd t« are chairmen ol the commute.
J Dvblcr for The R«or*fi i on arrangements
A chartered bus It scheduled to
< leave the church. Sixth avenue and
Fayette street, at noon. Reserva-
; tluns for this transportation are
necessary
Attend Jcfferwon Day
Banquet at Harrislmrp
Several local residents attended
the Jefferson Day banquet soon- ■»;„ 'rjrL-.| I ■•-■■i:iiif|
sored bv the Democratic Bute D"> I M Kl I IM III.IIIU
CommitteeTuesdav niirht at Zembo ' |r„P Surinir t niirt>ri
Mosque Harrisb-tru Included wer- ror .^|inn([ Uimm
Posimasfer Jame* P Meaney Ijeon- Tickets are selling extensive)!
ard A Talone Eso . Michael Nar- ■ for the annual spring concert of the
dulli. former councilman and Char- ! Conshohocken 'Mary H Wood'
les Moriarltv. a member of the' Choral Society next Wednesday
registration office staff. Montgom-ery
county court house.
Will Plan Outing
A meeting of the Volunteer Medi-cal
Service Corps. Co D. will be held
Monday evening in T K club head-quarters.
425 East Hector street
Plans for the outing to be held at director. Or Jeno Donath. College-
Mermaid Lake an July 6 will SejvtUe. Burner will be served out-
: irthe,-ed at the meeting. i doors
g 30 p. m . In the auditorium of
Conshohocken High school A bril-liant
program will Include two out-standing
guest artists. Elaine Key-ser
contralto and William Knobler
tenor
Final rehearsal for the concer
will be held tomorrow at the choral'.'
annual outing at the home of thr
The "melting pot" era in Mont-gomery
county was brought to a
close without any fanfare )-ster-day.
President Judge Harold J Knight
and Judge George C On
directly ended a colorful phase of
American history Insofar as it af-,
fetted this county by placing their;
signatures to a routine court order.
This order formally discontinued
the services of F Julia Pulknwsky.
Norrlstown. as Interpreter to the
courts In the Polish lug
this act the Jurists brought to an
end a practice that had existed for
at least a half centun that of hav-iinc
loreign language interpreters
for court purposes
It was recalled thnt on occasions
the use of Pennsylvania Dutch in-terpreters
became neeexaai
was always done on a vol-unteer
basis by those who spoke
the language
The courts feel that this volun-m
can be u*-ed if any need
for any Polish or Italian interpre-ters
occurs * inniitH-r ol
novae employee underei u
Italian or Polish and will assist the
courts if i.- ire needed..
Thus far this vear there has been ■
only one i-ccasion -vhen a Polish
language interpreter was needed
That was dunnir a trtal m whfh
a woman from the Pottstown area
' was prim ; met a de-fendant
m
money from her home John Kuro*-
cko of the district attorney's office
staff, and the erauanl son vniun-teered
to translate the questions and'
\1or. Than 2">(M> V<J«M
Ke^iHtered in County
i i December
voters have been registered in Mont-!
gomery eounty, the Ooonty Regis-tration
Commission announced to-day
Of 'his total the traveling
registrars listed 1.990 and the court
house office. 535
Total Republicans added are 2,206
of which 1.712 m
field registrars end 486 in the offle
Democrats listed by the traveling
aides traaKber 241 and In the office
16 Non-partisan figures are 2"
Mis AIIIIH K Oralf, ol I'ltcairn.
Pa., was the stwtei tot worthy ma-tron
et elections held Wednesday.
Qgaj K Hiuolil em ttaaeed worthy-grand
patnm. Mrs Beulah J Al-bright,
of Philadelphia, associated
worthy grand matron nnd Llewel-lyn
Thomas associate worthy grand
patron
Mrs Margaret B Alexander, of
Philadelphia, was elected grand
secretary, Mr- Jeeatl K Berlin of
grand treasurer. Mr*
Teah grand conductress and Mrs
Nellie Monie. associate grand con-duct]
ess Instn II;ition of the new
gtd at an
ritual.
Mi- U u H Taylor, of 50 Fay-pn
Ident of the board
of directors ol the OES Home, Oer-mantown.
and Mrs Miriam Eberle,'
grand representative to the District
of Columbia, state appointees, are
is regis-tered
throughout the week at the
Bellcvut'-Stratford
Others in attendance at sessions
LUcluded Mrs Ann.. Kennin«cr Mrs
Frances limn1-. Miss Mary Ham-mond.
hOsj |*hfnot Righter, Mrs
Martha Wunmer, all past matrons.
■ Vahdegnft. pn
rttvj matron, Mrs. Ethel
Wbmiter, Mrs
Ann Martin M Ptangnee Reding-ton
Announcement was made at the ■
sessions that 94.000 women, al all-time
high, are now enrolled in the
Eastern Star in Pennsylvania
. Sunday night at the
Arch Street Methodist church.1
Philadelphia, was a preliminary to
the opening or the business sessions
M;in\ Attrmlinj! Fair
Although ram marred the opening
of a 10-day fair sponsored by Bar-ren
Hill Volunteer fire company on
Wednesday night, many fl
midway and participated in various
■snaeenenl 'Hie fair win be con-tinued
tonight and tomorrow and
each Bight next week with William
Edwin Llithtkep. of Ridge pike, di-rectina
KCtlvlUt Ra b chairman
of the ncnerul comnilttee
Coroner Calls
Intersection
*0nc Of Worst'
Sdtrack'i Cornw
Srrnr Of Xcrident
Causing Dealli In Ma\
Tiie Intersection "' Schrack's
i termed one ol I
In Montgomery OOUntj B) Ooronei
w .i Ru rtoni eg :.
Tiie count v official made the dec-ll
the conclusion of an in-ii
tuo-car accidiiii at
D SumliC. <'\ennm
Mnv 18. in which William John1
Drow. 23. of Swedeland ...
fatally und six others were hurt
The coroner's Jury directed thai
Thomas N Porter. 22. of the Phila-delphia
Naval Base, and g TJ
of Pennsylvania student, should be
held for action ol the Muutgome-y
county grand Jury as a result uf
Draw's death. Drow died in Mont-gOBIgf]
hospital 14'J hours after
the accident Irom internal injuries
"This is a bad case.'' commented
Coroner Rushong "This. I
I intereM Uona In the Dotvt* '> "
He was upheld in his rontenllon
by Ralph K Harner. West Norris-guil
in charge, and Rob-ert
Haguer. Norrlstown R D 1. both
of whom declared during their testi-mony
that the crossing Ml \>-i>
dangerous"
Porter did not testily although
he was present He was represented
by Edward M Huwes. E*q
Three witnesses were called by
Coroner Rushong. Sgt Harner. Hag-ner.
who was an eye-witness to the
collision, and John Tarhoiicky It,
of Swedeland. one of the six routhl
in the Drow automobile
Injured in the collision were Por-ter
and his companion. Dolores
Kerlsen. 18. of Ovid, N Y.. a
Drexel Institute student: und John
O'Doiinell. 22. of Briditepoi i. who
i* still hospitnlired. Walter Hertzog.
21, of Swedeland; Andrew Hildas,
in. of Swedeland. and Tarhovicky
Halter tiie only d; .
eyewitness, said he was driving to-ward
Auduboti on Egvpt road when
he saw the automobile operated by
Drow auproachlng him on Egypt
road but west of the
i Valiev Forge rond or Trooper roadi
roadway. He said Drow was coming
at a moderate rate ol speed as he
neared the crossing
At the same lime. Hu«net lesti-iw
the Porter mitotiii'lnlc
approoctiiiig the intersect ion mi
toward Valley Forge.
The car was coming at a fast rate
of speed." said Hagner He testified
thnt he stopped at the intersection,
although Egypt road is the through
highway and there are stop signs
on route 383. 'when I saw the I'm
ter car was not going to stop"
Hagner added the Porter car was
go'ng "at a fast rate of speed" He
testified it struck the left side of
Uie Drow automobile and threw it
across the roadway and against a
wall Hagner s wife and mother
were passengers In his car
Sgt Harner testified I
investigation and various measure-h
iiograpli* and diagrams
made at the accident scene
"From my imesiRation I have
determined the Porter car (ailed
ii sign on Trooper
road.' he said He said that a sign
warning of the stop sign Is located
about -*g2 feel from the stop sign
and that the word "Slop' is painted
on the highway 45 feet
stop sign is passed, going toward
the Inters*. Uon
He declared he had learned that
Porter had been on a picnic at Val-ley
Forge park and that he and
his companion had none to uuv
cigarettes and were on their way
back to the picnic group at the
time of the accident
Tarhovicky said he was knocked
out by the crash He testified he
was seated on the front seat of the
car being driven hy Dtroi H. aM
he did not see the Porter ear until
the impact which rendered him
I ! 1US.
The Swedeland youth said that
he and his i DmpanJoni had been
golfing and afterward had gone for
a short ride toward I'hoenlxvllle
1 and were returning home by way
ol Kkvpt road
LOSES LIFE
MIKKMAN HKIDMK
l\Jl KKI> IN HKK
KKANK AKIITON
CDA Offieers
Inducted Here
Mrs. Juliii V. I'..IL.
Vgain Crawl Iti-jirm
Local Man Dies Fighting Fire
As Barren Hill House is Gutted
\{v\. Ilarolil PfJcbtW Sherman \\ ••i<liicr
Mokes appeal Few \i<l ll> Heart iHmtk
To HomeleM lamiU \N hilt- llt'lpin^ Firemen
, Led bv a Lutheran minister, ■ : A 48-year-oid Ceaatwhocfceu man
i. :-, lost bU iitc wiuic Doiuntecrtni aid
' Hiii h turnltti e in Qfhtlng names thai virtually de-gnd
hjndJ to ltd .i famllj of I ■■ ■ I BalTtn Bttl dwelling early
I made homeless by a fire Tuesday Tuesday night
I night thai cc* tin llfi ol ■ Con- BeUered '■' b*w
Ihonoefcea man. Shermin, ■ .i bear) a'tatk .is ihe result
its. of 332 Weei Tenth avenue, end of excitement and over-exertion, the
■ |ur) ol tVOYOlU ■! mull II Slicrtnaii \V. ; ■
men Wt I Tenth avenue, en
Re?i]ii-■ i iiiunitsT by Roy BasaSa, phitlib-ture
will be Mrs ».' nd IH»hl| Dfsatnetn
her two children; Joseph Walton, Injured at the same fire was a
a on-in-law and his son. Joseph. 121-yeor-old member of the Harmon-
A Negro family. Ihe son-in-law and'vllle Fire compand and Navy
his wife, Mrs McBlrels' foster' veteran, who suffered a severe sprain
daughter, are estranged. Since the lot the right leg and a shoulder m-blaie
the homeless family has been jury as he foughi the stubborn
sleeping al the Kalvation Army blaze He is Frank Ashton. of 1990
Social service center In Norrlstown! Butler pike. Harmonvllle graduated
and (loitering about the wreckage eailv thai mouth from Upper Mer-of
their home during the dav "W" ■ohool Taken to
H.i H ■i,;'',, ",■ ■" h"hloVrr-
81 ^?'*ntlhT\rU"uh 1Ul" DmthCmumChmm* ren Hill, delivered :i kerow I - ■*
to the t'imi'l\ this morning He /,t (| fihliitft I'urtX
smd one nniiii of Ihe IKM
very llllle and UH
people are orrupying this room dur-ing
the day. They will cook on the
kerosene stove, he said.
Although origin o( the blare is
i undetermined, it is believed a faulty
Hue TIIU\ have sel ihe dwelling on
lite
Barren Hill Harmom U ■
Mill and Lincoln of Cedar llemhi-pejuee
responded to the
alarm Hatmomille hi emeu MWI
just roturrung froai Bprlnj Mill
where [In I i>nll team
flayed the polisti \. i
hocken and mc-i vottu ■
were weiring beeebeil uniforms
when they went Into n'llon
gjudden death In the
of one of the quartet of bridal
attendants neceaattated n last-minute
change in the bridal
party for the DeVrles-Sands
wedding for tomorrow Mi Bee
Weldner. 332 West Tenth ave-nue,
was in readiness M
U | Inidi-smsid at Ihe BupUall
of Miss Margaret Sands. 338
\\ I Ufa avenue, and Bernard
F DeVrlea soartn. WH
■ i n death oi hat tatber,
Wei ii ner I
nil'lit, canceled tin- ).!.>,
Jo ■!! Amohnr, 3M Bael inh ave-nue
will serve instead of Miss
Wetdnar
Mrs John V Botio. of Ml Fay-cite
street, was imam inducted
grand regent oi si Matthew*! to th> pareonage
t~n m I rgihnlli rgnghiia it rmiei eppoette HI Pete
lea. at the oswhuj meeting o< thi
nlcht for x-rav nhotOl I Iptl nnl
I The catti ii tht Bai ,.„,., ,,,.., ,,;„..,.,, A.,lir..:. ,. piuiw
ien Hill fire hall when an unuMially al](i n,M baaeman with U
large number of members happened ,mmvi,ic nre Oompan) baseball
' to be there, completing nrrang<
'ments for a 10-dav fin*. A:,„tner married and thi t.ihei
schcuuled to be opened the next n, |hri.,, (laualiiet
1 ill game
Firemen were severely handles
lack of watei and were ,,,„„ ,,„. dweUung, located a
forced to uee boottei tanlu in M- „ tnUnm Dike between Marble Hall
lluguishing the names It is doubt ,nd ,„.,„., , „.„ the
ml n tiie dwelling can be restored. fire broke not One of Ihe first to
Ret Mr Doeblei has asked thai tt,a,.h ,,,r ,,.,.,,, ,„ rranilcally an-
Uvaae
t Church road lh#tr uossessloiiN. acordlng to n.
i. Cloth.m ,_.lmn rMl(in,,
needed for the My victims i(1|) ;,, M„nIi((liriprv hosnllal, where
The property I owned b] m ],,. „■'„,, pronounced dead up
parn- angle puhlleattoni inc., which m
Q»i"'i Obsequies will take place at 1:30
in the purchase of n 215-acre tract ,„,„,,rrnw „f,ernoon al Aidell fun-on
which WFIL. an all h,1|1)r ioo Favette street with
erecting transmntin-: towers
DI Bdgaj E Mitchell of Hl M(trk-. Lutheran church, of-
Whltemarsh township Mire, dl- Elating Interment is to be at
ree Washington Memorial park,
assisted by Jsmes Balrd. Jr. ctilrf n^.nr snihl«>r
Hiiruvni' ure his wtdOW, Mrs Eva
Irene iStrv>kei) Weirin-tiao-
hters. FA'o. Doris and Brenda
't home- two son*. Sherman, of
Vn . and Robert, at
home hi" mother. Mrs Marv Weld-ner.
Ambler, and ' '■
F-ina R-irer and Mrs Wmren Ely.
bolh of Ambler Rnlx-rt has made a
rd in Junior vnrsitv ath-t
| ! |
He was a metn'wr of Boehm's
.inrl Reformed chun h.
Tine Bell
■me vears
Ambler and i
lies
Inslall Offifc
season Wednesday nigh
aUdltOrtUOl of St Matthew
chlal grade school
Mis Ann MrPhilllps 'h-iini lep
Uty. officiated at the impressive in
laihitioo oereasosstee
Klecied at ihe May meeting, tiles'
officers were also Installed Mis
Walter J Daly. Sr. vice-grand re.
Maria Towers, historian.
Miss Mary Fltspntrlck. treasurer: of Plymouth Township Are M'ce
Mrs Alice Powers. :i'iancial secre- -
U.i...;- Y»'lrVWv»' 4>a«.||i-| ■IIIMII.I
IIK i Mi Helen Pblppe, pro
-ss. Mrs. John Burl, seniiuel
Un Oeorge Edwards, organist
Final plan were made ten ■ ' •'" ":' »"■'!" '' ti"* i*d'«- Attf-rourt's
trip ... Herahe) Pi oi
lej Approsimatelj ilxty-flve n
been made for mem- «««lled In posts oi the Mui
The two chartered ery-Bucici O i : vi-w
buses will leave Fifth avenue and auxiliaries, at annua
.;-, held for the first time hat Wi
[ot :,■ the com- o« day raahl al the \ I »
niunity Club Returning, the KTOUP i'"11"' He< tor and Hal
will leave llershi v early II
nuia Miss Mane Povren I trip »pl '
Wai inducted al patriot i.
The date of the second annual and Mia Florence oriflin. of Had
day of recollection at the Domlli' noi conductress of tth
" House. "Our Ladv ol Iharj w.t installed as a coin
ProuiUe Flkins Pork, was set ;1
the iTsVetiiiK, as October 13. The Mrs Rose Lack, of Olenalde, i^
event is open to | I the DOW tjw<> mt\ oOtttM I] praal QUirf hosnltalisat
The court will launch Twenty-two tu
to aid foreign mad ii the meeling
work of the churoh In the full, Higiniiliimelji four hundred men
to make eitTfflcal band- and srotOJ I social which .,
ages and do ho.'iiui srwlng Ml The June
Marie Powers is chairman
lira Botto presided
Mr.. MMn UIU 106 Jo.- ™ , |, „, .,^).1"^
,
...l>0... nw.».,.. W_, C-.ul,„l„„ b.. , IM,U »>*0 111 l.)IIIMlMIt
\i... Hart
lohn Foster fire rhlef of Harmon-ille
fire companv, also suffered a
Eight luiiiry at the fire, in lured as
H when lie fell thrtmall
from which the etetsl
He did not re-
Impfovtag
Mrs Clair I Peifer, 143 East
14th avenue, who underwent an
operation Mot.o. ■
Medical College hoapttal Hem |
avenue and AWJOtUford road, near
Germant'.*n I teadU Improvlni
She will be a patienl al the hos-pital
throughout next week Mrs
Peifer is u incinbei of Ihe public
relations and advertising depart-ment
staff at Lee Rubber A- Tire
cornoration
The exs't circumstances of Sher-mari
Wetdneta fatal attack are not
nih. tiiw repoi
'he roor
t./t a one-itol eotlon of the
-■'• brick dwelling to Dated the flames.
. council of VFW jxisis was anrt Hiuili,rr, that he was carrying
dot) which was followed bv a soc ■, held on the Brat floor Of tin poet furniture fi"tn 'he hl.i/inv dwelling
ial No further meetings will tx'hel.1 home, while the auxiliaries' Instal- vhen the stiack occurred
until September ilaUon was stagwl it. the ■econd-floor
auditorium
Sunper w
Tlte estate nf BJate M Buckle. Florence oriffin ,.;. i I MtllU rJfM'llOIIS
this borough, has an uppralsed The mnti mentlng of (lie t«o-value
of tft.11004 according lo an county council of auxiliaries will be Mrs Vernon Wynne Ml Weal
tiled in the register of held Juij 9 al PVirresf Lodge, Perk- Tenth ave
Eatatt \|i|irai-« <l Lt'ilioii \u\iliari«'s
luxJltarj wKh Mn __ , . , ,
wilh gQM asle
Italian <>irl*s Arrival Here Culminateii
liilfi'iialional i fnirNhip Bv Mail
FLIES ACROSS SEA TO WKI) \ I IKK AN
Lt'CIA Deft RT!* FI-TUt CMNTI
vice-president of the Moi
Hmk, Oountv Council ol Anieflcan
Leaion Auxlllartei In ;i lhi*e-noo>
i annual election
at the June meeting yesterday at
Trlnltv Re Norris-
Thf \"i:i tnwn mill was the
group Luru
Bee 'oil-blown, out of "Herw'i i picture ■fnteh we |utl *■ ineetine Mrs. Frank Cassldy
the BUwdi oeei La Ouardia Ail m mv granddaughter, of Langhome was elected p
Field. New York flu
"f 228 East Fifth ave-l] Poet ■
nue. w<<n tin photograph reproduced here tended the session fnclu ■
Ottdtni pieaifuiy to earth a petei took one look Then an- M''* Wynne Mn I
gleaming trans-Atlantic airliner .thei It was love at first sight", "resident. Mis A P Cai
. the local Fit i dmltted later
brat glimpse d his [.iett\ 17-year- II like to »Tite to vour grand- W Wood Mr* Ru
old bride-to-be Lucia DeCurtls oi '
Well, gu ahead", she laughn '
. Ug their first letter a assented Peters letter soon Nomination and
year ago. the couple became ea-
I mad a month ,, monthly meetln
will wed at 8s Cosmas and Damlan The letters between the two be-'daj
C.itholu chttfgtl in August
You're beautiful" were Peter Twice a week It was son
nrvt words to his daintv brunette month after Peter wrote the first |{..,.ii-l| l_ |'ri><s«*titi-il
wife-to-h- as she alighted lniiii 'h« one that he had ■ ■ " ,,u '
plane That's ace m- the lovelv Roman teen-a?er whom II. |»: II... ,;i
led the he had never seen, to be his bride "* ' ,"",, » "|»ie«*
select to meet his prom- First, it was Peter's Idea to go to The second annual recital of Ihe
As for peter, he was Italy -his own homeland, to oils of Margaret Ootttna,
so excited nt the lime he cant re- wed But later, they decided to t> I night at
member what he said have the oaran her local studio. Second avenue and
gsgaea reads like a story- Lucas, besides her grandpan mitv. Mi-book
tale has Other Main Line and I
A little more than a year ag" tiv and Marm DtPi niong the
Peti i Ph.ladeiphla Uniform com- live a-nanv
employe, was visiting at the aunts. Mrs J J Paaliaro and
home uf Mr and Mrs Uominie Di- Ad»m Thcmas Pagliaro reside «t T* ila Cynwed
Paolo 123 Wevi BJhn street friends 121 West Set ond avenui Her r. Phils
of his parent" and grandparen'
before they all migrated to America World War II prosnmatelT one hundred Baaaawsl
from the same town in Italv ( .tnimurH «n Psee "is '-cna!