The Conshohocken Recorder, October 3, 1947

              ®l)c Consl)ol)ochen Uccortcr
ESTABLISHED 1869. NO. 7732.
West Borough
Orders Curbs
And Gutters
(loum-il Take* Vclioii
I -> Have W ml l)>.ii<
B\ School District
threatened litigation against ihe
b. jugh. to prevent further dam-age
from surface water overflow-ing
to properties in the vicinity of
Bullock and Molr avenues resulted
tn West Conshohocken iown :oun-cll
at the October meeting Wednes-day
evening serving lotlce JII Jie
West Side ncnool district to con-struct
curbing and gutters in front
of the school property extending
on both sides of Bullock avenue
from Church street to Molr avenue.
The action was taken after Miss
Sylvia Boyle, Mrs. Helen Jank-owitz
and Harvey McCurdy. own-ers
of properties on Molr tvenue,
west of Bullock, appeared before
council and complained ibout .he
surface water running oil the ..chool
property onto iheir properties ind
damaging yards. Miss Bo.We report-ed
to members o! council that naV
father had constructed curbs and
gutters in front of their property.
at Bullock and Molr avenues, at .1
grade given oy the borough -iigin-eer,
when their home was erected
many years ago. Since then she .*aid
the rebuilding of Bullock avenue
has prevented the water from fol-lowing
the gutter along that avenue
and throws it back on ihelr oroper-ty
Mrs. Junkowttz and Mr. Mr-
Curdy complained that water In-
.:. ...1 ol > turning aown Bullock ave-nue,
flows along Molr avenue and
runs over their properties ind lays
In pools In front or their homes.
Miss Boyle called attention to the
fact that previous complaints re-sulted
in no effort being made to
remedy the conditions and If cor-rective
measures are not taken
within a reasonable tune council
will DJMl themselves In a litigation
proceeding.
The residents also complained
about n fence erected by John Ad-ams,
in Molr avenue near what i.-
known a.s "Bells Wood", and de-manded
that it be removed. Mr.
Rhoads moved that Mr Adams be
notified to have the fence removed.
Mr Pollack moved that the street
committee attend the October meet-ing
of the school board and explain
to that group, the complaint made
by the Molr avenue property own-ers
and request the school district
to erect curbs and gutters in front
Of tne property
RECTOR DIES Requiem Mass
Here Tuesday
For Ex-Rector
CONSHOHOCKEN. PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3. 1947.
Parptee of Newspaper Weds
TWFI.VE PAGES
FIRE AT MII-MII VI. I'KOIK CIS IMA1NT
B> mil.ui. v Bar*b
Manager. Pmnsv hania
Newspaper Publishers' Association
W< k tot niiren wgn havi
that the public Is mere interested.
In 'in dramatic story of newspaper]
production and service than in the
report ol .some other
Itltuti .1 Ihe glamour tljfit -air-
Rev, l>r. GesUa^Mr
\\ M Local Pastor
From 1921 To L936
<■Al.L4t.IIMt
County Exhibit
Meetings Here
Imliistry on 1'annl*-
Committees Rcpm-i
Montgomery
It il altogether fitting that sev-eral
thousand communities across,;
the country should get aside ■ little roundl Uu DXWspapi t bit mess
time from Octobtr 1-B to appraise muKM tt easv [o it,
ami pay tribute to the Iocs) news- visitors to newspaper plants during
PUPW- the last war marvelled al the bat-:
Editors and publishers want the Uetront coverage and the st cries of!
public to realize what the locul home-front activities They oou-newspaper
means to a community, t.nuc to marvel at the way M*m>
not only from the '-conomic stand- tajjers keep them Informed about
|)^int in the matter ol payrolls ami whal is going OR all over 'he world.(
A M,I™-I rent.iem m»« win i>eI Cevel°P™«» of business, but as g with particular emphasis on the,
nff«J£ /H r^H.v r,!^,,.* It Tn «<"viw unit excelled. It Is pos- home community
2^j2t2irt^to^ohtnThV*" <or *•» » ;'" I!ltir f"*" Nul <""> >»" ™«P*P« «•*»!
or Verv Rev Philm J GuuaXer so,mlhln* ubo" *«*»***«■ '■ mwipaper M
Mount St Marv's Seminary. Em- Some people might think that "****• &"' <hpv haie
milsburK. Md and former rwtOI at BewonptM don't need a public re- »«Tved "> enlighten publish'
the local church whose death or- lations program in the light or the > « »"< difficult to sell the largest.i
curred Wedjiasday morning at : In tasi that 51.000,0(10 pjraoni In liK ' ■• and most loyal
Jenkins Memorial hospital, Baltl-i country buy a newspapr .verv du>. audience on the ncbh■ tn
nan, afuV aJaare he had been ■land 18000.000 bui ana atop week. lh? press, riils has L«n done in;
patient for six monuis suffering! One trouble is that loo many of muny ways town im-iinns. talks!
lroru complication. He was '.5 Ithtse readers do not stop to think "lore civir groups, plant visitations
Appointed pastor of St Matthew', **0Ul **»* Is »*™k of the newspaper ""« *f telling the fascinating 1us-paXmrni^^""!'!!!.-
they read. National Newspaper ""> «< newspaper makhig tn adver-was
appointed to the important pott Week fci the time when editors and i!*m» «nd Irature s'»ricv
of rectoT of 0)1 Maryland Eadto- publishers can help to clear up this Newspapers h.ve an iinpoaliig Itot
lion in 1K0 He continued in shat ■xaguwitw. ^ accomplishments to present this
position until impairment of nealth K.WMB.r sl0r^ Puhi|P ' *"--•«ompllshmenij that should
me ver.rs k^n cm uule.1 his actlvl- Ne,l*l,»Prr stor> '"teresli Public Vtli ,„ shame some of their .lilies,
Kindle was made «^S.: ^The editors and publishers or the. It to altogether proper thai thayj
thousands ol newspapers that have shuuld remind tiielr rendei- u tlie-t
been observing National Newspaper accomplishments
Puther plans lor
coimii s imhisir\ an
hlblt at Norrlstown
Born in Coaldale. he was educated
In schools there and at St Vlnceni's
school Hi Lai robe, prior 10 intartm
St. Charles Borromeo Semi nary
Ovcrbrook, Vfaan he was irdained
June iny;
Among his early appoiniment
Parade ex-' were assistant rectorship:
itiy hall. Patrick's Catholic churcli. Norris-
Fire Companies Local Teacher
Will Parade
No\ ember 12 to 16, will 1M- made . liryii Mawr Kvenl
Next Saturday
Fire companies from 11 wide area
Ratings High
College CeHlflt'otefl
11. hi i?x 61 PenTin
town, and the Church of .he Visi-tation.
Philadelphia. Prior to being
■ meeting of the entertainment mftd> rector here, he aarved roi •
In < tin nuiKH-gen to- time U prolessoi of philosophy at
night, Chairman tteorge H. Dmk M°,mt Si Mary-a Sonunarj An
able student of Oreek. he taught
announced today. „]e ianKUtiKt. l0 a number or pupils!
Last night, divisi," chairmen fot,of S' Matthew's High school. In1 will converge in Bryn Mawr on Consholiockei, borough ■enooti ..
the exposition. Jointly sponsored by which he took a deep interest dur-' Saturday, October 11 when the Bryn, or 83.8 percent hold college certl-the
Foremen's clubs of PotUlown Ing his service here. , Mawr Fire company will house three1 ncates In the school year 1946-47
and Norrlstown and the Montsom- Rev. Dr. Oallagher Is given much Pieces nl fire-lighting equipment.'reflect ing the satlstactory picture,
jery County Manufacturen.' aaaoci- 0f the credit for the development representing an Investment of MO.- of the improved teaching service In
atlim. met In Conshohockgi to re-1 tn ]dU.r Vear.' o[ edmaiional fnclll- (,00 A parade at 2 in the afternoon public school of the Common-port
on pniM. 1 date tn-s in the local parish and for w>" include in its line or rormatton w«alth
George A Ebclhare. chairman of ■ achieving the handsome Qothlt tlie Washington company of this According to a census taken bv
- Mtrald Photo i
Plreiiiatl Jonn Armstrong, of the HarinonvtlU- Fire -
mans a line of hose on the fire-ravaged Interior of the Tri-Melal
Products plant at Seven Stan Thuradt] morning
the 58 teachers employed {n |lriVf Til Kllll
inhrwkei. hnrnuuli srh,«.U rt7 "■•,' ■ " >>»"»
Of .
Ask, !
Carl Zad
Build
f 1 proper-the
buoth committee, estimated parochial irade school, adjacent to borough. Oeorge Clay Company o( ,
that all snace toi the induetrial the church on Fayette street above West Conshonocken. and Spring I^K„ L I 1 ' ,,,,
show would be rese, ved within the Second avenue Records show that Mill firemen Each of these corn-next
week Thirty-sevan of the 61 he let the -outran loi .he le* panics will be acx-ompanled by 1
available spaces ai*> taken at pres- school, the cost then estimated at band and a piece of apparatus
ent $164,000. In July or 19W. Just a Tag Brvn Mawr company's new
Fred J. Redmond, chairman o( short time before he terminated his equipment Includes 11 65-Ioot aerial
the hall details committee, re- rectorship here. Prior to that, he ladder truck; a 1.000-gallon Ahren's
ported ti,;u Contractor Raymond was responsible tor numerous m- Fox pumper and a 750-gallon Sea-
Hoiighton would have tha pre- provements in school :acilnies and grave pumper
fabricated booths ready by No»e-.n- curricula A program at the fire house will ;."""1 'mnloved eicherT 'inlc
ber 1. The expoattlonfa ofnc* and, He is survived by two nephews, rnark the housing of the apparatus „r ,lm,etie" 1" hidd ?TH
press room will be looatad l« the Rev Joseph ODonneU. a mernlxr Invocation will be given by R.-v ^ ''" I" \ ' ; ' ; ^
balcony. 'ol the faculty of Mount St. Juseph'sl Francis X N McOuire. president, ^SU ami iv.■!< fuU-t i
Duck chairman of Uu U|efjUn- Seminary and Rev Oeorge Boylejof Villanova college Joseph B.| "J"^"* " IT '*V IUU """ "",I
inent cgjiuiuttee, leportecl Ah a rector of si. Joseph's Catholic Allen. Jr. president or the Bryn
church, Prackville. Two nieces also Mafr Fire company will deliv
cert Hit airs in this th'rd
school district; nine hold standard
certificates (anything less than
cottage), and two hold full-time
emergency r-eniftcntes.
Figures issued Tor nearbv nim-munities
include rtwilafeaam, ■
I
Cedar avenue, appeared before
council and asked permissfnn to use
part of unopened Cedar avenue on
which to erect a garage to be used
for painting automobile* He was
advised to make application for a
building permit and the buildlnc
committee would act on the appli-cation
after making an investiga-tion.
A communication was read from
the school board requesting the
erection or school zone signs on the
principal thoroughrares where
school children cross going to and
from school.
A communication was read fn.m
the West Conshohockeii Recrea-tional
Council requesting ihat per-mission
be given the Keystone Au-tomobile
club to erect waruine
signs on Moorhcad avenue and Eliz-abeth
streets near Mackenzie park.
The (i.mmunication stated the Au-tomobile
club Is willing to erect the
signs but must first have permissmn
from council to do so. Both re-quests
were granted »> 1
Mr Fish, seconded by Mr. Soowers
Tax collector Aubrey Holland re-ported
the collection or $9433.00
during the first month arter re-ceiving
the duplicate, which amounts
to less than (15.000
Orders were granted Tor bills
the amount or $353088
Authorization was given to pay
15000 or the 96000 borrowed from
the Ftrsi National Bank to meet
operating expenses until .he .ax
collector was In position to receive
the 1947 duplicate.
Mr Ingram was the only absen-activin
the lex
I address or welcome The principal
addfaat will be given by Harold 0.
;. 1 . prestrfent fudge •*
■il.in Pleas Court or Mont
I ternary county Prominent
Upper Merlon's third class
school district 30 ot the 41 vriiplnycu
asmrun hold c >u>*e cegtincatca
•cepti<
■atOnad the plans his the properti
made to receive the|
■ afontsn -
md U
rouith and third class districts 1111-
uiinty superintendents hold
certificates. IBO norin.il
Called As Jurors
""" l«h .venue .„d PayeUe street. «'»■? *^' f °" " JJ ^ThelJ^e, *'"°°l cerunc»le,: 108 M.nd.rt c
I plan to attend the service,! The £„t_ ,",,i.., Jh.Lh . UHi lies and 61 lull-tlme emeriienrv
Nu8™t lamlly ni notified of Rev. M»"™ S,p'S', 2i" £ „,v^d to .11 '«nfle.te..
Dr O.lUuiher'. de.th by R»v.; ?,'tMl;"rl,t? *'L* !2I5L ,S' For the Stme as . whole, there
Father Boyle, his nephew, by tele-' '""^„'?*. ' bi^.SST,*, "he •" more collcne pad,,,,,, employed
phone, a few hours after death there will be piimic aancini ai vne ttrAM l„ I9M-47
"tcurred. c™>»»"V '.al1 «.d '" N° » Merlon
' The nar.deTwS the loVal ""' '"' »»l 2815 MM*" '">" -
RnGMBBMn ll.-ll.l ! Bremen will partinpate ..11 have •««> rernl.eates we« Issued duruiu
!?..lnS n':rengln1erefoah ■UUP Iire_ inning loan„"eeoo' bDyfTh,m" ^^„.B"chVelsMri„|,*ilH,.d an uraduute. o,awars «SJfJSBi\t.v5siSsu&' little Oreman will total 9200.
A number td Ooaaaannotinig. area
residints are among 270 persons
■ baan luninaaMd for turv
duty during the November and De-c'.
mber terms of criminal court
Called for service durine the week
bai 3 are: Cecilia Cooi»er. monville fire company
I'alks In School*!
1 IIIK M the buicaliiiireale degree
li«*«*l>
Nen Knryclo|M>4liii
Tlie 1947 edition of '
.pedi« Briti ,,;..,.,;
i week 00 ■' on lhaai ■
.vears. "■•" ■"""' ■* ",, U,V """,
„lnJnu»l business meeting oi OOtiahO- hus amvumced B-iuntl in mai
l£2£ mh[VilS hocken Chapter, Needlework Oltltd buckram and lettered In gold, the
duem nri Vr .November 12 «t 9am in the Mary 2* volumes eont.in a total of more
aue to nre mi WlHMi ,,ark »,ol.se AI this meet- th«n halt a million references and
'"•"■ton- Of the ontamaatlon -1« ^^ *^ 1?,.^,."7. B-V,,^*!^^ include complete information on
975.000. And in the final raofcon- grg* gfy,°LK?*SS. *SS World War II and a complete World
-nUS .?«"«««""*' m°Um " "d' entSummenM,rrS^
RALLY 3PEAKEB
Will Probated
Mrs Alice F Pennock. of 135
Lansdowue Court. L'uisdowne.
widow or Samuel S Pennock. Sr
founder of the Philadelphia whole-sale
florist firm, bequeathed most
of her estate, estimated tn excess of
9100.000 to her tour children. Mm
Pennock. who dl-d September 16 at
her summer home at Weekapoug
K I divided 340 shares of S. S
Pennock company, and $17,000 be-tween
her two daughters. Miss Allc-
C. Pennock. ol New York, and Mrs
H. Oordon Straub. of Larayette
Hills Alter small legacies i., lout
aaWHOyaa, Mrs. Pennock lert tht
balance fir her estate to her daugh-ters
and two sons. Charles F.. ol
Bryn Mawr. and Samuel 8. Jr. of
Baltimore The -.ill was probated
at Media
Waal Oonihohoofcan: »-tiv Dough* skeptical todav whether he should
arty. U East Kim straai; Tillle Hart speak again on the subject ol flre.%T .. ■ gt •■ a
179 West Fiehth tvenue; Emma prevention. N ( t 11 I« \\ t > l k 4 . III It 1
Hlltner. 127 West 11th avenue; Ruth; Hp slrcMed th, vt4lU(> nf nrf pro_ ,
£J5uVi woama a SMTni twtlon Mn" ,,1U' "r"'nr* "r^To Fleet Olfl
atratl Waft ManaWlooWn; BMTy|2S Wana^rbaftn? S^intfOl Election ol officers, held once"] 'he Consholimkcn Free Ll
[Noblett, nn Pord atrtat, West Oon- Black Horse^school 8luariH» V every two vears will mark the an- "•*> J»"« H R Foley. librarian
shchocken: Lurv FVfirson. 108 Wc ;
Plxth avenue: Clifford Sige. USa . That niKht and Uie next morning l
Butler nlke; Dorothy Sheets, Ml- ,he Harmon*Hie com.
■ eiion; Florence Webster. 4IS West "P th? 9"ffltest loss due
Elm sirec. Aha Wnne M2 We-d ^.^'^."[^ or"ni,ltatl
j10*h avenue
Week of December 1 Debra. "f •" ■■-* -» entertainment prwram will be pre-
[Amdt 338 West llth nvn.ie Bea- a",onBI 910.000 w-med Ingathering or garments ueogrnchlcaI maps or countn-s The
•rice Bbkeslov. ISO West nth ave- Totf-l loss bv fire throughout the j nnd Rrl|cles or househcld linen col- new edition replaces one which has
inue: Mary B Clark 1407 Favetie township from 0M rant to another | lecteti m tUe anntial drive owning s)een In use manv years
street: Anna Dellateraa. 204 West has been placed at anproximatelv to,,nv wul also be made
ntxth sveime; Anna Dirnsetta. 140 *W000 for several yearF. Fessler ^^^ nomination committee an-
West Tlurrt avenue: Rose Kelly, 79? said imuncad fKluv InrlttOsa Mrs Wil-
Crawlord Bvenue. West Consho- He rereat-d his talk veMerday at, Ham RennlnRer Mrs Siwncer L.
! hocken; Mirgaret J Stackhous(- the Plvnu.Mh township school, nrr- Jones and Mrs Dessa Wentling.
^37 West llth avenue; Marv Wt+b inK i!:at every mccautinn be taken The committees serving In con-
119 Forrest street; Winilrert Wik> to prevent the figure's rising In the nacUort with the current drive, are
Larayette Hill township beTore the end or 1947. las
I Private case committee: Mrs
Frank B Wilson, chaliman, Mrs
Ebner Dearth, first assistant chair-man:
Mrs Howard Koch, second
assistant chairman Miss Marlon
Wood. Mrs Joseph Botto Mrs
Few have ever disputed the truth not their task but the borough's i"*™1"1' 1^™«D£!!E£ ^1"
or Joyce Kilmer's noetic claim thr.i Contacting borough hndquanan.' "V, uVnMinT^ui»ysi™«
■onlv Ood can make a tree' Postmaster Meaner was inlormed !*"* ^eI,,lln» *»* Marfarat
The local post ofrice officials are by Joseoh Quinn, secretary, that the' J.IA,
almost ready to add a phrase to the borough was not responsible lor
widely-quoted line The phrase Is correction of anv trees In disrepair
"or remove tine" situated on the sidewalks The prop-
Eight ancient irees, standing ertv owner, alone, .s, he said
along the curb immediate^ in front The Federal decision was unusual'Mt" Louel'a Holland. Mrs Monroe
and on the east side of Uie hand- in view of the fact that .he Federal; """'ers
some Col.iniil-type oost itrtce on Government provided ind laid the Hospitality committee: Mrs Alan
Favette street at Firth avenue, are, cement sidewalk in the (rout .ind:Jc,les M,J- Soencer Jones Mrs
according to Postmaster James P. on the east side or the post ofrice "Unley R West Mrs
Government And Borough 'DUoten*
Decayed Trees In Front Oi Post Office
Checking committee: Mr* John
R Wood, chairman; Mrs Charles
Herron. Mrs Alan Jones Mrs H T
AHebarh Miss Elisabeth Moore.
NATIONAL
NEWSPAPER WEEK
October I to 8
Meaney. u. -uch a deteriorated -on- and also provided and laid the sodlHelst. Mrs Watson Koldvs
dlttOO tntl they are a menace to between the rement sidewalk and ""
motorist and pedestrian alike the curb The disputed trees are P#i|Jwl, (Ir-onii* I'lill
Tm afraid anv time one of the located in the sodded area. ' r°l,h" "rouos. ■ I.MI
big limbs will be tossed ttt oy ihe The 'unclaimed' trees include |^i |»,,l,1%iLj II...
wind or i slorm. and 'eally .njure three unusually large specimens or *»^"»'«i ■ ananaau ■»«»
someone". Postmaster Meaney told maple on Fifth avenue: two horsei Former Councilman John J. Osta-i
Rerorder -eparter today. chestnut, two ash snd one maple on powlca. ol East Hector street is i
But—no one will take respon&lbtl-' Fayette street Two young maples j member it the committee irrang-uy
for the rast-decaying hortlcul-. on Fifth ivenue and one young I mg for the observance or Oeneral
iural landmarks i maple and two sycamores on Fay- j Caslmir Pulaski Day in Philadel-
The Federal Oovemment sav* ette *treet. the latter pair about ohia on Pundav when Polish omn>
they belong to the borouaih. The rirteen years old are not nvolved tsatlons from ill sections of <5as-borough
says they belong .o ,he in the Washirurton-Conshohocken hem Pennsylvania will oav hnm-
G"v^rnmeni controversy because their good con-lasre to the famous Polish ofricer
The startling renunciation or re- dition demand- neithei repair nor'who gave his bfe for the American ...
cDonsibilltv on the part or both au- removal I cause during the Revolutionary'MlM Barbara Riles rill be at tni
thonties was made a Tew days ago. Located within the grounds %re War The observance will be n he ',ino ,nd Calvin Bourg-ault at the
when a contractor awaited only two other trees reported w badlvj nature or a narade or twelve -livl-i or**t1
rtnal official irders to cut down the deteriorated, which do not figure in'sions on the Parkwav. beginnina »t "•* Whiting, born in England, be-
! big old trees the strange dispute either ai thev iTwentv-fir" street it I n m Units i «»n preaching as a Methodist la
In a letter thi< week rrom the are located on "territorial ground"(from this borough and Pw«de«biire n"«n ■' 'he ••"
Postmaster Oeneral 'n Washington and responsibility for their "nndl
Postmaster Meaney was inarmed tinn Is assumed bv the Federal Cm
that the Government »s icrt liable ernment
ror any condition existing; on "ex- These include a tall maple exeeo-tra-
territorial ground ir ^he area iionally beautiful In apoearancr sit-beyond
the proper*v line ind ;here- uated close to the west wall ir the
rore the removal or repair or sny post orftee and another tnsple
trees standing alnng the curb was Csntaawid sa Faff* %\%\
DR ARTHI H B. WIIIT1M.
I)i Arthur B Wlnting. dean ol
the Birle Institute of Pennsylvania,
at Philadelphia and wldelv known
Methodist clergyman, will be tht
guest speaker at a Youth i
.. arrow night at 7.46 in the
Ballignmingo Baptisi thtiruh West
Conahohocken The Interdenomi-national
meeting h
people or churches in the
Ing area
Special mimic will be provided by
Mrs Ann Mlrhner. of the M
Baptist church and Miss Ada Han-cock,
of Bet ham Evangeliral
church. Norrist >wn. Richard Mer-cer
of Eastern Baptist Seminarv
Philadelphia will be the song leader
1 have been issien-d to the 'ifth rti
1 vision compnstng »rouns 'rom
Renrtine Chester silent own. Cllf-i
Height' snd Tl-t!-.'''riem ,Tnrt»e
Vi«eent A Carroll of Philndelphia
•anas rrwrshsl Assistant
.ft ot 16 Coming to
the United States in 1927. he was
Brsdtisted with honor' from Pitts-burgh
Theolowtrai Semitmrv in 19T0.
gaining a year's scholar-hi- st the
■ Tlieolngv st Fdlnhtirph
University Scotland He hui h^ici
The annual drive for funds for
the operation of the Moo
mtitilty ambulance, held during the
past two *fekft. Will be brought ,n
a close within the next few days..
Mrs Reuben P. DeHaven. J:i9 (Cast
Ninth avenue, general chairman.!
announced today. Persons not at
home uhrn a SOIKHOI called, or
others who have not yet made their
contribution, may send it to Mrs
DeHaveii. i r she will call for it if ]
notified One-year family member-shia
IK alloted all persons subscrib-ing
two dollar: or inore Cotitribu-.
turns of anv amour' ire icceptable
Mrs Rooeri Burns. 119 West Tenth
avenue is assistant nairman
Two Injured
On Motorcycle
Struck Ky \ul<i
VI Kinhlli \ve.
A voiing man and woman were
seriously Injured Tuesday evening ai
8 30 when the moiorcyi le an whicn
l hey were riding figured In a col-lision
with an automobile at 1
avenue and Fayeu-
Injured are Oeorge Oeiger. 20,
1104 Map1< street, operator of the
Il anil Joan Burnett. 18
ol Fort Washington rtdlm on the
tandem seat Oeiger -
i)n ken lee. and bralaea
ITII sufTeied a ixissible I
weie taken to Mont^omer
Driver or 'he eutomobUe w:i
1045 Ford
street Brit'.^eport He a
panlad b) hn arhti i
and Mrs Carmella I.ogun All as-caped
Injury.
Santlll > Was A.
Fajrath nreei and era ■ maUni a lefl
turn int" West aawlith at i
the aci'ldeni occurred i .
drndni sfiuth <-n Favette street The
automobile *.*■ badt] '.imaged Tlie
Officer Wlltis'iF D
uated ihe uc.ident which was re-;
norted bv William perwo. of 832,
■
raiHuecl l>efoie atagistrate Francis
■
bull tn await tne otiteomt
Juries to MISS BUT!
Methodiil Church
Vt ill Promote 15
Oomnw
junini denartmani ol thi
schmil will be heki Sunday evening
■
-hr.hiK ken Meiliodi^t Imr. h. 9Uth
■ rl begin-runs
..• 7 w undei the dl
■
Rodenbaugh Mis* Ullie '
he chauel la named
inliliif
■
pirteen boys and girls who have
comiiletcn lUKdor d<
sill ix- procnotad t<i ,hr
ite 'lejiartnient They ire
LManne Douglas.
taajar Jan-k
■ kfi QuUn Kw RtUU
Ph pp i | ■ ton Robert
Hiltner Bruce Kellev Bernard
Hweenev James Snyder Ralnh Suh-
Potsty and Bernard
Weber
inwing program will be
presented
Song: Pastoral prayer Motto
"Be ye doers or the Word" Bible
*:'liite: Ten rnmm«'idm-: '
rhe Sower. The
the I-ost Sh'.
Chorus: Sketch Onward I
Soldiers Choir selection The Bon
or Ood Ooes Forth To War R'uri'T
•«ll np'mmer bo'-'s call
hsree to Courage. Obedi-ence
Faith Prayer Patience: Choir
Tnterpretntinns I/wal mes«act"
Color bearers' charge t<
Helf-Deii'sl Ixive' Flae sonu. Trib-
Utaj tn the American fsag -»nd 'he
rhris'ian Flac Presentation of nm-mfittoo
a - iiffhi.nt
ceremonv Rons bv rraduate* l& d
Boaak To |Ca Tl-.at I Mav Speak,
Prayer by graduate' n fc \u-
Lord. Use Even Me Choir telertlon:
Benedict mn
Driver Courses
Reins; Adopted
\l:tli\ COatawt) si inMil
ln-l;illiti^ Program
A complete program ol driver
education lor high school students
has alreadv been started or is about
to be in;.lulled in at least twelve
boroughs and townships throughout
iir Beat rail
nresldeiit ol ihe atontfOBM
ty Bafr'.y Council reported at the
regular m.nihlv meeting or the
eonncU TTeflnaarfay uitemoon.
Tlie school (tisiiicts in which
i h<- n ' n g r a m is being ron-
■. o luda Oonsnonoaken,
f-I'lli gt-ville. Jenbmi'iwti Abmhtou.
PRICE: THREE CENTS
Fires Destroy
Patco Building,
Tri-Metal Shop
LOM lii TW o ltla/4^.
W i'iliuxhi\ \i«|it
M.n Rea< h 175,000
Origin or two fires which occurred
late Wednesday night and early
i rnornlna less than a mile
apart In Plvmomh township, caus-
.llh n totii! rs'unated liainuge or
*75.0O0. ramalned undetermined to-il.
The admiiii .t. atioti null
flight ofll'v was rased
in a spec'uculur blare at II p. m.
.mil it portion ot the
rl -Metal Products
plan* Ridge pike and Chemical
road* ■ i iiilted by fire and water
at fl n m
Benjamin BmoUnskl, immager of
■ Id, Mid he beiu-ved ins
loss would reach llS.onfl Walter
Wlnterbo;tom. 443 West Tenth ave-l
i.esldent
and general manager of T-i-Metal
Products corporation and the ad-kilnlng
Plymouth Weidnii company.
estunatad Ihe firm's loss al S.M.000
!.■ HOMO
Tlie fire started in the store room
directly under a section ol roof
installed the previous day. Winter-bottom
said ,t was IlkeU
Trom a welding torch used in the
innslrUctiuii ot ihe mflal roof may
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room, smoiildeiing during the night
without bemp detected by Alex
Bargo. a night atnploye a' the
ptanl
Vsloalile la t tern* I «si
raoan con-sisted
largely or valuable patterns
consigned by iron and steel com-panies
within a radius "f 17 miles
of Conshohocken Loss in that de-rail
incut name was estimated at
•JI0 0O0
RarmOUVlUe and nan en Hill Vol-i.
niec! lire companies fouslit both
No 2 Fire
ompanj ol rAMMtsohooken al the
second blase
A rtydrant located at Ridge pike
opposite Chemical mad supplied
water lor both alarm* t'e firemen
relaying water all the wav to the
airfield, encountering dlfOculiy caus-ed
bv owners or automobiles and
truck rapaatadly drlvlm ova* UM
iinsi' line which fntitrtfl numavouo
nd a serious lark ot wnler.
Ai the plant, Barren Hill lire com-panv
pumin-d watt
located onl\ U (eel from the Ply-mouth
WeldiiiR company shop,
while Harmonulle and Hi
it ,i
ul. Hn. to tlie
ru re recentrj beid
In NorriMown -,) traded 42 teachers
rron u nttaa, including 12 rmm
■100! districts or Mont-
■ gomery county Dr Allen C Har-man,
a OH
111 rapre—ntina the aedt
Ommti flupai infesiiaaiil of Schools'
OCBoa li".;: an acme »art in the
eonducf oi the driver training school
■
it was renortad timt ab
cd ill the;
Highway Safety Slogan Contest
which dosed on September 26 and
I that a large number of pi
bran received rrom organisations In
1 v as well 1
■ ■ purcbaae
1 rs In the slogan
the next few weeks
tad by dangerous
county '"id the steps taken to reduce
hazards al thos*-
|)jM'ii**ioii Program
\l I,nfii>r1t*' Hill-tha
th ' (>ur Chil-dren
In the Community", will be
the tnpir of discussion at
of the mothers oi
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Il U The
. fres. ■>! the child-
.- ■ 1 will be
led bv Mi- DonaJd c r 1 ■ ■
both 0:
■ Perk
enco library
It! till Dl
For the ua
pupils Will be made at tla
the modern books kept at
hour with iifinaiiinoiiii
will folios ■ ■ 1
ire invited
T
I. Brai dl
<,#•!> New P.i-1
rll|
imed to an
1 ■ ■ post will ■ ■ H'Hiihle Of
comnanv ai Hou 1
with his wife 11 ■
■
Mi Rlpole ret .■■■.-.■() ins naa
are* fron ol Taaav
m Juno In I94« he was i I
.1. nirt present-ed
with n memorial trooh) offafed
to the student gamma th
lion at that tinn,
son ol Mr snd Mrs Frrtleric L ■ Ambsei »ii" n
a graduate ol
N ken High school
ed with the Armv etiyn .
nif World War II
Fata To I '.il
■ ,t Pitts
burgh Hew here Tuesday, ifter re-ceiving
word or the death -ariier
that day ot her graudmoiher Mrs
Catharine C Darby 111 We."
Fourth avenue She attended he
funeral ggfVtoaa todav Mrs KlM
tiuk the former Miss H'lene Darby
is staving with her nsrent
Mr- Joseph I Darby 1301 Fayette
street
hvdrant Wooden briiiges'' were
used at the scene of the second
blste In order to ( 1
ment of buses and othm rahleiat,
detoured
to Oermantown pike by way of
Onenucal road Constable T Mason
Dl Phmoinh Meeilng dl-tlie
ai Ridge pike and
Chemical road on each occasion.
State Police of Belmont avenue
berraefcJ Philadelphia sent traffic
inovinw southward OB Ridae pike
-■vet- Steel Plant road
Other officers Inun Hi | same
barracks a 11 a BH P I ■ d t.i keep
hack hUl iiors at-
I 11.lilies
(Continued on Pane >i\)
Mrs. Cranor
Is Dead At 89
Former IbMc JOH«*H
LOaag Proinim-iit llrr*'
\If .Mihic c .Tones Cranor. 89.
widow ,.t ij. 11 mber of
one ol the earliest and most promi-v<
tit ramilles or this community.
arday artemoon nt An:le-
' 'not Hill.
had been a palient for
five year-, having been idmittad
alter she sustained n liiicinie of
the hip
* daughter of the Int.
and Rachel Roberts Conrad Jones.
Cranor was born on June 16.
ii her maternal
side from
ho eealcrated from that
countrj with Pastor.u- In 1W3 Rhe
; bt.iiuli of the
illl of two sisters .md three
brothers, the latter Including the
lute Horace Com ad Junes and A.
Conrad Jones, both
lied with the b<
>' !ti the Woman's rlub
many yuan, sin
eoond iiicideir and i •■
ward, was chosen as its head She
served Hist from 1899 to 1903: wa<t
I oiithiurd on Pagr six,
2'*0 M;iiri;iL'i UcCOvisI
U-1H(I I .;t-1 >|iilltli
"id couples oh..
■
cense bureau n 'he cotui house
niirllip Sentenil-i to bfln
Ing to a con How -
vear H Mill lag-ging
behind that of 1946. '
vear. For 11
1944 there were ?707 permll
or which 334 were in Brptembei
For the entire year 3.S00 ennples ob-
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\iiio Collioion
Two sutomomles were lamsged
near Fayette north* ifter 1 Wed-nesday
aflem'Min The sccujent oc-curred
U Michael Barbaretts. of
anuo, Bndgepor*.
'•prator of one of ihe oars, was
toe curb snd
■ banrio r»l i*s u ■
street, operator or the second oar.
wis proceeding ilong Elm ..treet
Both drivers esesped injury Otri-cer
Louis Haushalter investigated