The Conshohocken Recorder, October 17, 1947

              ®l)c Ccmsljoljoclven Recorder Pennsylvania3 fENNSYlVANIA WEEK • OCT..O.I9
ESTABLISHED 1869. NO. 7736. CONSHOHOCKEN. PA.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 17. 1947. TWELVE PAGES
Fred C. Peters lnJ«*j B> Fa" Fire Damages
From Moving Car ' D
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^Carrying Mail
Descendants (H The Horatio Haley*
Plan First Annual Memorial Service
Next Governor
RejHjhlirun Merlin^
Bean Louis V. Dorp
I :tll(l i .Mlllls Officiul
Fretl c. Peters, of Ardmore, a can-didate
for his fourth term as a com-missioner
of Montgomery county,
was mentioned a* an outstanding
candidate possibility for Governor
of Pennsylvania Wednesday night
at a meeting of the Republican
party at the Woman'* club of Ard-more.
Over 160 attended the affair.
whuh was one of the most enthusl-utir
Ht-publlcan gatherings in years,
to hear talks by township and coun-ty
candidates for election in Nov-ember.
The "Peters for Oovernor" sug-gestion
came from Louis V. Dorp.
incumbent and candidate for county
Clerk of Courts. Dorp said that
In attending meetings of the Penn-sylvania
Association of Clerks ol
Courts in the western section of thej
State he had heard a great deal
of praise for the Job Peters ha*
been doing in Montgomery county
as an administrator and had heard !
the suggestion from a number of
association members that he would
mak*1 an outstanding candidate Tor
Governor In 1949.
Lloyd Wood. State Senator, also,
lauded the fine work peters has) 2<hll \lllli\ tl-;ir\
been doing as n Montgomery county
leader.
Fulling from the rmr seat of ar
automoWla when the door accident-1
ally sprang open while car wus|
In motion Wednesday, Mrs. William
A. Cooper. 318 Fuvetie stieet,
paUent In Montgomery hospital,
suffering from shock and I
skull fracture. Other than the pos-1
slble fracture, no bone* are broken |
und >ht is reported as resting com-.
furtably today.
The accident occurred at 1 p. m ,!
On the grounds of the Mitiunn'
school, as her daughter-in-law. Mrs j
Stanley B. Cooper, driver of the I
cur. was turning the vehicle on a|ton Fire company shortly before 6
driveway to leave the school' Wednesday evening probably pre*
grounds. In an effort to steady! vented destruction by fire of sev-hcrself
in the rear seat, the elder jeral sacks of mail when the dellv-
Mrs. Cooper apparently caught and ery truck of James McAvoy, mail
turned the handle of the door, messenger, caught fire The mess-opening
It. Ann Cooper, .i pupil l OFOUtt to the Reading
I. riding in the front tent I station to place mail on ,L south
With her mother, saw h*r grttni.- bound tram, and was ne&rliift the
mother fall and shouted to her'lamp on the deck of the Malson
Vail Sadu Undamagad
As 'WaaUas1 Raapand
To Alarm By Police
Quick response by the Washing-1
If all the dtseetid.iiiLs of (he late
Horatio Haley and Martha Baking-*
Haley, lifelong plymoutti Meeting
residents, attend 'hi' first Haley
family memorial service, Sunday at
3. at Plymouth Ewuigelical Congre-gational
church. Germantown pike
ust of Butler pike. Plymouth Meet'
organ at the memorial service. An-other
granddaughter. Mrs. Rav Don-kndf
Hill road, near Nor-riatown,
und Mrs. Rodebnugh. are
also members
The inenmiial program is urning-ed
so that Haley descendants will
be the sole participants, with the
in*, they will fill to overflowing' egoaptsOn o( Rev George Raker.)
the quaint. 71-year-old edifice. 1 pastor of the chinch, who will de-
Seating capacity ol the church Is liver the memorial service message,
approximately 250. There are 385 The order of the service is as fol-1
mother to stop the car
Dr. Sherod Cooper, local phys.-
i lan. placed nix sutures in an ill-usion
in the beck ot the victim's
head and she was removed to the
hospital In 'he MOOS* community
ambulance. Mrs. Cooper la the
mother of Stanley B Cooper, Esq.
Red Cross chairman here.
Cold Point Club
Holds Banquet
4del.nit inn Marks
ford bridge when he detected the
fire. A passing motorist notified Of-ficer
William Donovan, directing
traffic at Hector and Payette streets.
The officer went to the Washing-ton
Fire company station and turn-ed
the alarm When the firemen ar-rived
the driver had removed sev-eral
sacks of mail and placed them
on the sidewalk The firemen ex-tinguished
the blaie within a few
minutes
Crossed wires were believed to have
caused the fire The battery of the
car was ruined A new battery a*al
placed In the truck and the mall
reached the station in time for the
usual train.
Woodshed Burns
Fire of undetermined origin en-veloped
a woodshed In the rear of
a property owned and occupied by
Mrs. Alice Oardocki. at 339 East
llvng descendants of the originators
of the family.
Parents of nine daughters and two
sons, only one of the children of
Horatio and Martha Haley survives.
She is Mi>. Amanda Haley Fisher,
of Colllngdale. formerly of Plymouth
Meeting. She Is the widow of Sam-uel
Fisher, whom she married after
the death of her first husband.
George Deeds, Both Mr. Deeds and
Mr Fisher were natives of Plymouth
Meeting.
Although this sole im mber of
the original family sroup still lives,
there are 4fi grandchildren. 106
great-grandchildren. 134 great-great-
grandchildren and four great-great-
great grandchildren, scattered
throughout Pennsylvania. New Jer-sey.
New York. Florida, Kansas and
California.
Despite their wide distribution.
lows: Organ recital. Mrs Martha |
Smith, hymn and solo, scripture les-son,
prayer, organ selection, memor-ial
dedication, solo, hymn, memorial
message, solo, benediction, with par-tu
be announced before
the opgntu of the service.
The service Is the first of its kind
ever to be held In the old church,
and is believed to be unique in family
groups anywhere
"We talked of it for some time
at our annual 'Ummer reunions".
Mrs Rodebaugh ' old a Recorder
reporter today "Each year, we had
lost some more of the descendants
of our grandparents, and we de-cided
to hold It this year before
any more passed on."
Eccleston. of I* nsdowne
MacFarland
Sentence Is
2 to 5 Years
Kr-iiiuiM.n Qrdanad
K) .1 ttd^i Dunm-howcr
Ai Tan Of Sentence
Oliver C. MacFarland. 63. of Mi-quon,
former sei-reiaiv-treasurer of
Whtteinarsh tow:.
plea of nu defense baton JQdjg
Dannehowei in court this morning
and was vritci.i ■ i
two to five years in the county fall,
and directed to pay the 11
fine of t-10 and a restore propart)
taken If he had n<>: gin
to. MacFarland was sentenced on
two charges, forgery and embezzle-ment,
and was sentenced Irom two
to five years on each count the ten-
I in concuimit;,
MacFarland appeared before the
court on Friday. September 13. and
ch.m"oT7r1" ! 8Mt .utrhatA-UmCrom*p»a*ny °1'J*a- Jr
The twentieth anniversary ban-; Elm street Tuesday about 3:55 ,.
Peters has been concerned witli qlu.t o! the Church and Communltv, m. leaving the shed a charred shell
civic affairs on a State, county and 1 club of Cold Point Baptist churili; and resulting in serious damage to
township basis for more than thirty was held Tuesday evening at Old! the contents of the small building,
years. He was a member of the | Mill Manor, Ambler The program a power saw. some toys, and stack-
State Legislature for a number of .opened with Invocation by Mm. Joel ad liicwood. Firemen and two ap-terins
before being elected a Mont-1 Wolf, president, and was followed i paratus of Washington Fire com
gomery county commissioner.
Care Is Urged
In Grass Fires
ibv one" MM of 'Bless be the Tle|pany. arriving to find the shack
i tha' Binds". • eblaae. employed 250 feet of iivd-
| A turkey menu was served Mrs ,i '?nt *"» lo redu«' th* danger ol
William Potts. Jr. led in the group' g* *>«""• M-rcadUig u. the row
Mrs. John Killmer, chairman of
... „; their vehlclei-
<the club's first president, serving- „, ..
'for fifteen years, extended greetings, 1
Workl,»? w,Ul rakes- ""men dls-w.
rningto homeowners to use ȣ ^oe^and^^
caution in the burning of leaves and; farmer members and two visitors, n ^ „UnguUh nimes«|n lnc
grlus at this tune of the year was Two past (Tesulcius who were j wood pile
isaued WedneKtay nl«ht ' by the; present, Mrs. J. F. Hall and Mrs. m „._,_.. ~,id,„„ ,. .i_
members of the Fourth District i Theodore Nltterauer. were called ,„J7u Iml ur, S.,™,
Firemen s aawclaUon at their Oc-iupon and resiraided with words of I Sf."Jle<1„b> ,™ tl^'f"^"KS
Cber mee.Ui, held In the head- greellm, and appreciation of the c<i-! ^'""; M"-'n-l»w ""l daughtar
quarters of Ihe Cedar Heights firt' operation extended them by »H«!°'
Naval Citation
For Burgess
Award A Fraturt-
Of Armislice I'urailr
CiUpr.mnj;i rM'iiiiru infill uy i
I members , during their terms
office.
from Rev. S 8. Cuth-ead
by Mrs. Cuthbert as
inta on Una. your DMogUetti
company.
Fire Chief Charles H
Flourtown, requested all .
dtatrict to back a di
> large n
field and grusj fires .lunn„ ..
season. He told of the menace to ■ni-Jversanr As the pr.
traffic caused by smoke from bon- of th* Co,(I Poll,t B*v
fires or leaves, despite the fact thai'1 believe I speak advrwri
such fires are a fall Mason sign of|°r **>*• P*«ors and r
the coming w,nter [P**1 y*"" *3 W*U M U,T
r» _o. ■■■■!■«-■ m #i> . ,'Uie present members In what I ami _ ... "
It was explained tlial manv of atwiJ7 , MV Y huv d . , Punera services will be h<
the townships and boroughs In the !« dolne^ sul7ndW lob Kren " "
area have ordinances for bidding £ «g3 \0T1S Ihe .SSltaS
church needs faithful workers as
never before in Its history. Our
1 church In particular and all CttUroh-
"I es in general, face * trementtou
! aroused found the building a mass
of flames He stilted he used the saw
to cut firewood.
Firemen were summoned by an
H. A. Batchelder
Dfee Suddenly
the kindling of such bonfires of
leaves or grass in streets and roads.
also that such fires shall be In a
screened/>r rovt.ed non-ccmbusti-
>ld to-morrow
at a Nonistown funeral
home for Horace A. Baichelder. hus-band
of Carrie Ouster BalrheUlet of
1507 Juniper street. Norristown. who
died sitddetih Wedi,<-Mhiv afternoon
™.>.-.u^i ,UIti™ ™u.Wn™u- ., ln Renf.rai imcr g tremendous1*1 Miwoonntiggoommeerryy hnoossppiitmali,, sshnoorrtulyy
ble receptacle on private property ™ |j K1 As you etnlr th ,' ""«' b(1I'R Emitted He was the
It is unlawful to conduct such burn- neTyeai^^ "' Mrs Harvey S. Qulgg.
lnt aft^r sundown and without ^! .ni, d t .. ^ «rr telnln* uu «• West Tenth avenue
tTnEe1" *m°n '" C"n"Um ""&™^Aw'£w5& Z\ Stncken suddenlv ,11 while in the
^—"V" gospel message of hope and life to'Pennsylvania Railroad freight
President Fjias H, Slavtn, ofia broken and desperate world. Maylvard* at Norristown. death was st-
Harmonville, appointed Edward H the Lord rlchlv bless you as you tributeri to hean
Chew. Jr. of Flourtown. as chair-, (Continued on Page Eleven,
man of a committee to plan for a[
card party, sponsored by the district. ■ t >* ■ it d •
for the benefit of tin Lincoln Flre'*»Vir rroUM'tlVt' <>roil|>
company of Cedar Heights. Chew] „,.,, -- 0 ,
WiU name his committee ul a iairr W ill .>ll'«*t SUIIIIHV
date
ar»v,f.f t«v,„ t«.v, ... ... , . . ( The Conshohocken Civic Protec- ristown. Julv thi
™™,: i ,"*""• °f. Hie Lincoln ,tive as.yoclation will hold its second late Charles and Sallle iMoyer
•SP^1^- 'n'ormed the members: public meeting, open to all taxpiv- Batchelder
present thai Hncv the lust meeting t.rs of the borough, Sunday after-the
necessary repairs to the organi-zation's
fire truck have been made
and the company is now back on
full-time lire service.
Ex-Chief L Davis, of Fort Wash-ington
Pixe company, explained t<
BerviOJi will be conducted at All
Batata Episcopal church at 3. with
Rev George W Wtckersham ofll-ciating.
Interment will be at Jef-
[ersonville Presbyterian i
Mr Batchelder was born in Nor-ristown.
July 4. 1885. a son of the
Sem?!.!?'" " " """" "' ""IMair * Comptuiy. Philadelphia
Horallo Halev was a Unte-burnerl^"1"^, Pub
tt^ *c™TtT JT"'
many of the descendsnts-at least] at the old Graver stone quarries ta i^d "'*l " .^iiW-f ., f. " ,,,
all those In the eastern seaboard the Plymouth Meeting area After l^'«° '^^ M "i^^
area-have indicated their intention I his marriage to Martha Bicklngs.. °r,V^J .T !LV^ -"f^. ™d
to be present. i they estallLmed residence in I home, t ^ *a?J^Iplo
11?d
l ^ ,h.e ,°*,11"
The'majority of descendants re-1 since rased, on Lavino road neai | A
h.ip ' .T .'^1""Wt '
siding m immediate or nearby areas. Butler pike, where they lived "„/,"," "£M*' .»V^™ nTtS™>
are members of Plymouth Meeting, throughout their lives Their family nIlon lo a B,,ortB*p ot *7500
church, of which Martha Bicklngs comprised Barbara. Marv. Eunice Benjamin 3ctrlc*, assistant dls-
Halcy was a charter member, a Rebecca. Carrie. Anna. Bertha, j lrlct attorney, asked MacFarland
Sunday School teacher and a mem-; Amanda and Martha, and two sons,|" '* k"»"*' n»* had signed a paper
ber ol the steward board , Evan and Walter -Jiuwlng the amount to be $23,100 L«
Mrs Leslie Rodebaugh. of 189 ■ Marth.. Halev died September 11.! MacFarland replied 1 don"t deny
WeM hioge pike, is the only one of' 1896. and Horutio Haley died March, '"■' "
the 40 grandchildren of the family,22. 1903 Physician Te*Ufte«.
founders now residing in Plymouth i In Pennsylvania, members of the > &' Stephen Stanford, of Norrih-
Meeting. Another granddaughter, fainilv are located in Montgomery, I tow'>- testified that he has treuted
Mrs. Martlia Smith, of Falrvlew, a'Delaware. Chester, Bucks and Phil- j MacFarland since April 1»4«. and
member of the church, will play the1 iContinued on Page Three) I l1"' *"• is suffering from high blood
pressure and a heart condition und
i that a prison term would have a bad
' effect on his health
1 Character witnesses heard were
Leonard A Taktne, Esq. Harry
1 Creatn.au, J. Holland Davis. F. O.
Fentou, Alan Wood Steel company
executive, and MacFarland s Imme-diate
superior
His Attorney, Donald McOonigal.
pointed out that MucFarland was
for many years In public life and
enjoyed a high reputation until
now: he has no misunderstanding
and Is willing to accept the sentence
in all fairness of the court Assist-ant
District Attorney Scirlca point-ed
out that MacFarland cooperated
in every way and saved the State the
rxpeuse of a long and tedious trial
Elmer Mtnges, Ssq . township so-licitor,
stated that no restitution
has been made by MurKarluud
Judge Dannehower, belore pro-nouncing
sentence, said "l have
gtMn ihi*. rase a great deal of con-sideration
because I have known
you for a long tune. I have balanced
the testimony of the Common-
■ wealth a-ltli »hut you luvr said liere
i today before deciding what sen-tence
to impose. I feel a cirtaln
amount of criticism should be dl-
I reeled to the other supervisors who
served with vou in slgnhiK warrants
| in the blnnk which were more or
I leas of a temptation to you Because
Of mar plea and your splendid repu-tation
and because you are a first
offender and in poor health. I mn
i ac.ua to be as lenient as possible"
He then pronounced sen-
Former HwreUiry-tieaiiurer of the
board of sunervlsors of Whltemarsh
township MacFarland was a mem-ber
of the board for fourteen years
He resigned first as secretary-treasurer
alter occidental discov-ery
of alleged irregularities in town-
1 snip accounts while he was lios-
I pliallzed last spring
,n>..tu.«*ti on Page t-iehn
Marine Corps I nil
Elect! IVOrnzio
kmedio D'Orazlo. of 938 Maple
HlWI Ml attSBfd ":i;nuindant of
the Conshohocken l><
Marine OOTDl League, at its Octob-er
meeting last night in the purk
Frank McF-.niileii
first person to hold the IKJM
Jack Williams. 333 V. ■
! avenue, was chosen ngsh
<(ji.UTUU.de] , I-Yuiik VilOttO. 317
Maple street. junior un -.■oin-mander.
Edward WiMiiev.'-ki 415.
< Spring Mill H nine nidge advo-,
;cate; Peter Hroni. SU WO* Pourthj
! Ferrler, 531 Spring Mill avenue.
chaplain; Miss Mary D'Orazlo. "210 (
Maple, treet. odJauM and pay-master
The new commandant
an of the Marine An Dona, ba-»ed
•(.r .i tune in North Of
now member. Kdwanl
.idmitted
The local uel.ti nmeui n.-
to march In the AnnlttUoa na\
parade here. November 8, in -vliii ii
,hev will tte joined by n •
town Manne iletuiiiment An Imi-tation
is also belnu extern
Whltemarsh detachment t" m.tnli
m the parade.
New offllt-ers will be sworn in at
the next meeting. November 6.
He served as a freight conductor
noon at 2 In the council chambers ion the Pennsylvania Railroad for
on the second flow of the borough 38 years
hall. Hector and Forrest streets Mr. Batcheler was a member of
Highlight of the meeting, will beiCharily Lodge No 790. F. and A,
a report on town council's answer M, and the Brotherhood of Railroad
at Its last regular meeting, October Trainmen
the association a recent essay coti-ifl. to a delegation's query as to why| In addition to his wil«- and Mrs
test in the Upper Dublin township'cornel! summarily removed George Qutge he Is survived bv another
schools, in connection with Fire Pre-'Smlth from the council presidency daughter. June V Batchelder tl
vent ion Week ] citizens are Invited to discuss any. home; two granddsuahlers. .ludlth
Bernard Weber, president of the civic problems or mutter- at the, and Betsv Quigg: and these brothers
Presentation of a Naval citation
to Burgess Ellas L. S Blalr will be
a highlight of the Armistice Day
parade to be held here November
S under the auspices of the Cham-ber
of Commerce, in which pub-lic-
spirited organisations and In-dividuals
arc participating.
The cilctlon. bearing the signa-ture
of Secretary of the Navy For-rest
nl. is being given to Burtess
Blab" for work in connection with
Naval Reserve Week ths vear
Lt Commander George S Bath-er
of Norristown. commandant's
representative* in the Fourth Naval
District, will make the presentation
nt the American Legion monument.
Second avenue and Payertc street,
at the conclusion of the parade
Lt Commander Barker, head of a
Norristown industry, will be one of
five parade Judges who will select
winners In the various divisions
Other judges announced for the
first lime today, are Col J nimble
Brown. 0 I Armv Ground In-snector,
nitn Infantry, Philadel-phia,
an Important figure in the
Second Army and commander of
the National Ouard unit. Norris-town;
and Sal. William O'Brien, of
the Niktht Detective division. City
Hall. Philadelphia, fcrmer Army
captain All will judge military, or-ganization
and float entries Wll-
; vc-.ident of the
Montgomery County Firemen's as»
soclatlon. will Judge the fire com-panies
and Charles Miller. 1425 Pay-ette
street, will Judge musical ent-ries
LeRoy Wallace, treasurer of the
Chamber of Commerce and general
chairman of the parade, said today
thai nearly 30 units, both local
and out-of-town, i vn already
signed to march. P ■** IC and par-orhml
MIV>O! pupil* of the com-munity
will be In line.
Methodist Unit
Has Convention
, Srliuylkill I»i-li i. i
Mt-4-iinM On Tiit>*<lav
| More than 100 delegates repre-
. tenting thirteen churches were
present Tuesday at the semi-an-nual
convention of the s<i.uvlkill
District of the Primitive Methodist
church, Tin* all-da, event was held
in the West Conshohocken Prim-itive
Methodist church o| which
Rev John M Taylor is pastor
The days proceedings opened
with a rtevotldnal service at 10 a
m m clmrge of George Ovrrliinder.
ct Philadelphia The visitors were
welcomed to the West Side church
by Mrs. Walter Wood, general
chairman of the event
Mrs Thomis Davis. Tamaqua,
gave a response lo the welcome
in which she .said the conven-tion
was very glad to accept the
Invitation, this being the first time
Primitive Methodist had been the
■
Reports of Sunday Schools, read-ing
or minutes and routine business
occupied the period between 10 W
and 11 o'clock Musical selections
by a Shenaiidoah resident Doris
Li'itsel iollcwed linmediatelv She
sany. It Via For Me."
Dhruaaion rfl -How Cm the
Sunday 1 School Keep Its Young
Adults?" began at 11 15 with form-al
rapers presented and read by
delegates from Philadelphia and
Mahanoy Cltv The idea of retain-ing
membership by starting stu-dent?
st un early age so they will
grow up In the school was advo-cated
Parental example also was cited
us a means of retaining members;
recognition of abilities and giving
il imiinued un rage Three!
BM 'tlnu
preside
William H Longaci will
HoMpital Mmiuioiii
Lincoln Fire company, welcomed
the group. Following ihe business
session motion pictures were shown
and a cold ham supper was served
by the Ladies' Auxiliary of the host
company Admitted U> Sacred Heart hov
The next meeting of the associa- pital as a surgical patient was Mi
tlon will be held in WednesdeylMene Ooel«ki 114 Payette street
evening. November IE, st the Flour-! Vincent Roding 14. of 205 Weal
town fire hall, as guests of thol Seventh avenue was admitted
Flourtown Fire company
We«l Side Fellowship
To Hear I % imp, li-i
Rev Percy Crawford, a
evaiiKChM, widely known for his
work among young people, will be
guest sneaker at a regular meeting
st the West Side Oosoel Fellowship'
scheduled for next Thursday even-ing
in the primitive Methodist
church, of which Rev John M Tay-lor
is pastor Mrs Crawford will
preside at the piano for special
music to be tuns bv the Young
People's Church of the Air Vocal]
Quartet The cooperating churrhes
are Ballutominao Baptist Primitive
Methodist. Holiness Christian and
Oulph Christian
nd sisters: Harold W. Batchelder
ol "Three Gables". Upper Merlon;
Mrs Evelyn Allen, Bridgeport; Mrs
Laura Bradley, this borough; Mrs
:ks. Philadelphia. Mrs
Anna Huthlev Trooper, and Mrs
Hazel Kriebel. this borough
GeOTfl Kritz I II.IN.II. r
George Frits Chandler, a re-
Montnomery hospital last night for r^red broker of Phllodelphla and
treatment of a deep laceration ot N-W York, died Tuesday at New-his
right hand which was rut on port, R I after an illness of
a broken milk bottle I several months He was 59 A nat-
Admitted to Monteomerv hospital - ivc of Bethlehem Mr Chandler
yesterday as a surgical patient was, lived in Philadelphia for 25 years
noted Msrlene Christman 29 Payette ' before m"'.inR to New York 10 years
Elected Director
William Ardell. 300 Payette street,
local funeral director, was elected]
a member of the board of dirctors!
of the Funeral Directors of Mont- j
gomery •Bucks counties, at a recent)
election in Norristown The next'
meeting will be held December 18 In
Norristown.
Ijcense Revoked
Speriat to Canskokoehen KeeorJer
bv Ptrnis New« Service
The State Bureau of Highway
as announced the revoca-tion
of the motor vehicle operating
PEivtlege*. of Barnard V Curran. Jr.,
of 2tyJ West Fourth s\enue. -Mr,
borough, on clurfes if intoirtcatlon
treet
Ad OtM It* -ult-
"I've found the earring —
thanks to The Recorder".
This was the haipv.voiced
message we received Wednes-day
morninv revealing; a quick
resoon«e to a Recorder classi-fied
ad
Last Sunday morning, an
East Seventh avenue young
woman, attending St. Mat-thew's
Alumni communion
breakfast at Nellanv's, discov-ered
upon her return home
that she had lost one or a pair
Of favorite marcasite ear-rings
the gift of her father
She telephoned an advertise-ment
to The Recorder early
Monday morning
A short time after Tuesdays
edition reached the street, a
West Eighth avenue resident
teleohoned. "I think I've got
your earring I found one Sun-day
morntne; on Favette street
near A K Tavlor's news
arencv". he snld
The earring was the miasint{
That was auick work" the
idvertlser sajd Only for the
.d T'd never have had that
earrlnt back "
aito. He was a son of Mr and Mrs
Oeorge A Chandler and a neohew
of John Frits, a founder of the
Bethlehem Steel Co.. who was for-merly
assocloted with Conshohocken
steel interests
Salarir* Ruined
Presbyterian Men
Fleet Officers
Fred Leopold, 3d, of HarmonvtUe.
was elected president of the Men's
Bible class of the Presbyterian
church st the annual business
meeting Wednesday night in the
social cabin at the church He suc-ceeds
Wilbur Graham, who pre-sided
at the session
James Dlxon was named first
vice-president; Vernon Scott, sec-ond
vice-president; Edward Mey-ers,
third vice-president; Vernon
Ootwals. Sr was re-elected secre-tary,
and William B Dunlap. Sr..
re-named treasurer John P. Rahm.
Jr. will continue as teacher
Two films, "The Development of
Aluminum" mid "Trip to the Sa-hara",
secured by Mr Graham
were shown during a social pro-gram
which followed
Vt «'*! Knd \orristoHii
Mrnlmnl- Plan KvenU
I New fall merchandise, unusual
I values, and beautiful new displays
I will feature the "Fall Festival of
Values" sponsored by the West End
I Merchandise association, of Norris-
(ILWII Tlie ivtnl will extend from
October 17 to 25. inclusive. Several
novel ideas have been developed by
the merchants to make their stores
.•■tractive and interesting during
the pro-n"ess of the festival Next
Wednesday will be known as "Wed-nesday
Wonder Day" when at-tempts
will or made to arouse the
curiosity of the customers in oon-uectlun
with '*." event Thursday,
October 30 Is designed as "Mischief
Night" and ihe entertainment com-mittee
has planned a street dance
and other divertissements under the
direction of Arthur MacDona Id,
vvtll-ktioWn local master of cere-iHtdM
Members of the M
association are lending even effort
to make this an outsUndlng sales
event of the fall season. They an-ticipate
a popular demand for other
features along <■* •
Raises approximating ten ]ier-cent.
ret roamve to September 1.
have been approved by Oovernor
DiiT for Hii'ii..vi'. of the State in-
Iheritance tax office In the Mont-
I gomery County Court House, it was
i learned yesterday
The new salaries are James D.
Hvnes chief appraiser M17S; Hsr-kem
and William M.
! Kirkpatrick. annrsisers $3,875
1 each; Attorney Harry F Hauser,
•152n. and >.f< nftaj ics Anns L
Kearney, «2.«0 Edith Bevan. 12 140
and Margaret A McOovern. $2,140
To Mark Annmr-upy R,.„lrlli11({ Kroni IIMIV
r^tnvoralion
1 The fsll mee*ini? of tlM
tlOD of Norristown will be held In
St Peter's chinch Phocnixville, next
Thursday The busies* seswinna
! will begii, er will be
served at 6 T,d the ever.int session
will be I '
<.hureh will Ue represented by Rev.
stanl-y R. we»v D D.. rector, jntf
both men anri women delefgtes.
Harmonville Fire company will
mark its 23d anniversarv with a
banquet und floor show, next Wed-nesday
nluht at 8 30 at Plymouth
Country cluh James M. Baird, Jr..
president of Plymouth Township
Firemen's Union chief of township
■ and vice-president ol ihe
company, will be the toastmaster
Donald Tarbutton Is chairm.ni of
the event T Allen Olenn. Norm-town
will be the guest speaker
Service* End
Mr and Mrs Gildo Salvatl of
First avenue and Wood street will
g^; to New York City Monday to
meet Mrs. Salvsu's parents. Mr. and
Mrs Pablo Napo due to arrive on
the "Vulcania" from Italy They
plan to make their home with the
Balvatfj Emigrating from Italy
msnv years ago- Mr and Mrs NJ|X>
lived here for some'line but re-tUTMd
to Italv In 1919 due to Mr
' Napo's health They have resided
1 in Italv
IWketbook Taken
On Heetor Street
The first instance of purse!
snatching in a long time In this'
borough was reported shortly be-!
fore 8 Wednesday evening to Ser-!
geant of Police Harrv Bn*
C o r m I c k M.-Call of 31 East i
Hector street.
Accordlns to Sergeant Snear.:
Mrs MrCall accompanied by Mrs ;
Stella Corrado, of Third avenue
and Maple street, was walking west
on East Hector street As they i
reached Sansom street, within twoi
squares of the police tfeal
men walked up tiehhid them grab-b
«d Mn McCall'i pod
from under her arm and rtin down
Sansom street toward Elm street ,
Sansom street is unlighted and so*
dark that the women had DO oppor-tunity
to get a description of the
men.
The women h Tried to the police
station and reported the incident
Sergeant snear and Patrolmen
Donovan and Charles Marwood be-ean
an investigation They scoured
the neighborhood for several
squares but failed to find
the culpriU- Thev contacted a man
who was walking In Sansom street,
in -he direction of Hector street at;
the time the purse was snatched
Be told the officers the men were
running and n wat too dark to get |
a description of them.
Mrs MrCall said the pocketixtok
roniaiived a little lew than i:> En
caih.
Residents of the east side of Pay-ette
ttreei between Hector and Bhn
streets most of whom are engaged
in business, whose properties extend
to Sanaom street netltinned town
> oimcll at the October meeting last
week to have u«hl installed in the
alley" because of us beuuc dark and
hazardous for travel The matter
was placed In the bonds ol ihe pub-lic
safety committee win.
George (Jay Co.
To Buy Pumper
Will Repfaacc PHNM
2.~>-.rar-<l!(l I nil
The George Clav Fire OOtnpany ol
West Consholux-keii will
a new 7f»n-trillion triple ttOtUbUiaUon
ptimper to replace the present 2S-year-
old 800-gallou Hale apparatus.
It Is effected the contract will be
awarded at the next regular meet-ing
of ihe company on No..-n.6er 4
The committee ..pix mted to make
the purchase met [osf I -
the hose house to discuss specifica-tions
and some bids already re-lieved
Bids are being asked from
five companies und all an- etpacttd
to be In the hands or the com-muter
in time to limit'- :i rcoiii-mendullon
at the company mcetine.
Asked to bid on the new ap-1
paratus are the LeFrance company.
Elmlra, N Y.: Seagraves. Col-
BufTalo. BtiHalo. N Y . Ud the
Autocar company. Ardmore
The slieciflcations cull Eog the in-stallation
ot a Hale pump I go
tires. Carhle At Doughty battery;
and any other equipment manufac-tured
iii this borough
The West Side linuiK'n have sev-eral
offers for fi.e purchase of the
Hale pump winch i> being re-placed
No offer will be i
until u!-er the order Is placed for
rew apparatus
The flrenun do nof contemplate
making a house-to-house canvass
Lbtiotu to pay lor '!»■ DM
apparatus which is expected to coal
in the neinlilxrliood of $15.000 00]
Bubao. unions will, howc-.ci
IK lie,] in the out J
from mainline! in ■
Terrance Csm:>i>ell chief enatn-eer.
is chairman of the OOBmdttoi
men
John w smith. Tnonuu Bmlth.
OtVDtUtll Flanagan. QOWM Mi -
Laughlln. Joseph Powers. Fraiictn
Wmteis OHB Davis. Edward
Campbell. William Murph, mid
Joseph Ferner
Two Horded Cdf
»[)ITIIII •" ron-hnt.omfii Hn i.idf r
bv PIMM,* t*-w* 8»ni.f
Tne curious from fsr and near
lire vislllliu a I.IOTI Ml the on!-
Eastern Pa. after the
word got around that a M
calf had been born Thr aninial
!!«•- two pairs of eyes, two nose*
and two mouths
lmpri-onr,l
A Philadelphia band took part
in the elaborate services marking
the rlose of Forty Hours, annual
religious devotion Tuesday night 'n
St Marv's Catholic church The
services opened KM Sunday mom-
■
■ closing exercises
He.. Sebastian jenak, rector, offl-etatert.
assisted bv a numher of
visiting priests
GM Sroult. To Drill
All senior and intermediate Olrl
Scouts of this borauch and Cedar
Helnhts are requested to roporl lr
ui.'form at the M
ii 10 Lo drill in
m^nttimtJnn for the Armistice Dav
, paraoe here November |. Miss Mary
stwrer. leader of Troop si. »•*
Fircmcii To Mici
A reeular meeimt oi the active
association of the Washington Fire
company will be held at the lire
-■indav mornlnK at in 31
To Mct4 Sn?l(l;ry
The Pol sh Culiursl Porum re-centlj'
orBanured here will meei
Btindsy sfternoon at 2 in the T K
■ - itTfel
Joseoh J Bon^kl. ol Merlon avr-nue.
West Conshuho. ken was com-
>II for 10
davs on a disorderly conduct
charve when irraJqned tefore Mag-istrate
Ralph McLaunhim todkj
Handcraft Exhibit
Being SH pgrufifd
liy Mrs. Keywrnr
Mrs C Nuaman K>
-Br'Kkcfoft . Plymouth M-suoervisinu
Hie exhibit of handcraft
heinu ben thta w-eek at Wana-
■ )■■ i!i.dcli>hi,i. by the
Phlladelohin branch Of I
svlvania (iuild of Craftsmen as a
feature o| P> nn-.v]vntns Week
A variety of craft is OB dK-plnv
with dwwiiielialluin peosented
at inttrvaji tlinitwhout the week
proiiram
will be hmhlii-htcfi bv ■ d<
Mot, »f R<*adinr.
A'hirh he
in Pennsylvania wotxi
■ ■
: i om 3 30
to 4 and another h*otn 4 :tu t,, r.
■
v*;li be heard the
eluding an alto violin obsolete In-
*tto ,i tabbf
descrll>ed as close to the human
voice In sound
Another "f mow I i
will i>e a demonstration of wod-can-
int! hv Fred Herrlrht. of Bov-
■ ■
■
ttg outstandlntr wond-ii"-
sianers He will Of)
onstratlon from 10 30 to 1! H
Also outstanding is tin
ated manuscript
Mensch of Barto near Readme
who la now encii *
JW-ijaue history of the fVhwenk-
■
T>,e lKr»>k
■
library. lamed as having the fiiier.t
ccHecinn of Pennstylvanla Oerman
manuscripts extant
PRICE: THREE CENTS
Traffic* Lissht c1
On Elm Street
Is Protested
Council iathorifjsM
Sale Of I'nlirr Truck
Viitl PttrdiaM Of (!ar
M. mil.-y or town council meet-ing
Wednesday evening decided
to reverse the decision relative to
traffic regulations a' Klin Mid Map-le
streets, previously BMMttOMd at
the October meeting a week ago.
when the public
was Instructed to contact the St:tie
an effort
■
i r e committee was
given power to act and
have a traffic sign installed The
action «;■.•. taken on <ompli
the First ward councilinen.
Michael Fabiani. proprietor of a
taproom at Elm and Payette street,
appeared at the meeting Wednes-day
nlghl and was introduced by
Councilman KUHMTIO < Mven per-mission
of the floor. Mr. Fabiani
voiced vigorous ob)actfon to the -no
parkliu" -inn Installed on bia prop-ers
H\ wii\ of argument he said
■ prohibit ■ parkli
In twenty reel < l the - oi ner and
thai hi drivewaj betini .it this
point. AH it is also unlawful
in front of a drill
unnecestury The mattel
In the hands of the public --atrty
witn poorer m t,i MI
I ■
of Un- Bridge (ii'ill iU the entrance
to nu- Itelaouford brldce would
Ukt to nave tirivnoui perinni priv-ileges
in front of his DHEM of
business :iincc no parkuiK' restric-tions
on Hie bridge, being enforced
by the Btate. have caused him to lose
about one-half of his business.
Council assumed the attitude they
bad it" tunsdii tlon in the matter.
Police Trues s»ld
Tlie police mirk whuh has been
the subject of much comment was
sold al the meeting to Joseph
Mtiibiiia contractor, for
»1«00. when it was decided, with-out
a dissenting rate, lo purchase
:> new two-dcor sedan |>ollce car.
, ■qolpawnl on UM pottoe
truck will be transferred to the
new car, Mr 8iiow agreed to nay
<]IKI dovn Ding and
the balance at the tfmi DM truck
i% turned over to htm Tlie pur-chase
price of the truck was
11733 16 With allowances for a
number of credits and U
' MI, old t ,n tlie actual
cash ouiiti truck ma
ilSOHl It «nu delheud mid placed
on JO]y '*« Btdg will be
new police car
and will be oponed ai Uia regular
> mljer 13.
Father In the rnctmc the pur-chase
of II ; ■ sale of
I poUeg truck was placed
in Ihe IHI lids of Ihe pro|>ertv And
« nh ixiw-rT
|.i act Tlie tvne of ixilr, |
rieclded uoon niter taree ml
,: .■ HatTi sneiir was nskerl for his
oolnlon, favored n two-door sedan.
Tlie former motion was
and the later motion poosfd when
■ inures of
Mul'lii'W I'leselncl
oieciflealiot'-. ;, t Uir lelxiildlng of
Tenth :«' ■ Hallowell
and WelLs streets al an I
■• *O0 The street b fnrtv
and WO fee' long There
:,, h base of three-
■ with » two-inch black-raring
Mr Rutgarlo moved thai bids be
'lions as
niesenlVd by M' Muldrew Mr
Orsvtnese seconded th<" motion
which carried
ddi moved that oroper-tv
owners in* made nav for the
Of the
proportlH nt the same
coal oharfod th* borautt Mr
Omvtnese laoondof! 'I'*
which oal ■
On motion of Mr CM
hids will he onened ;*t 'he ne-^t
monthly meeting of council on No-
A r'omuinnirHtion w:is read from
I canard A Talone. F„sa attorney
for F«h!o of the
it 447-4<*l W
wants to
■ In fronl of the
i No 447 but claims
the>-e Is no s^w*r In front of 449
■ borough limits,
ti i was before
several months H«O and nt that
time It was left In the bunds of
mutineer Muldrew to ascertain if
the property II wulini the bornugh
limits At that Urns the engineer
rave n rulinn hut later discovered
he had ruled Ogt the wrong prop-
.■ ,i
r'de oi the rleht location no later
"' of Mr.
I
ed to ;iriv|se Mr Talonr that he
will l>e notified of the eiivineer's
ndint-
BobOri Blair and Harvey I
Rhaw, no» mom
third olid filth wards, re-lad
their urn
The Messrs.
Uoore UeCari t *md \vn:iama
Kooil Neelifag McM
At a m<' '." ul the
borough Biirgess . .'
.1 plan of
the con-nded
that
mu being mani-
■■t func-
Dhilwigml From \:iw
a •>• Mr.
■
" .-■ f stter
two years' !>crvice. and has
to hi* horn* from New london.
Conn , ins recent base