The Conshohocken Recorder, April 18, 1950

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ESTABUSHED 1S69. NO. 7M7. CONSHOHOCXEN. PA.. TUESDAY. APRIL II. IJ50. nVE CENTS
West Boro Residents Protest Expressway Ramps
Playgrounds
To Schedule
Longer Season
Seven Play Area!*
To Open June 26
With New Feature*
The community'-. *<
grounds will conduct their
longest season for the past ten
years during the coming Sum-mer
months. The play areas
will open on June 26 and re-main
open daily except Satur-days
and July 4 until August
I.oral Man Files
Suit For8.%00<)
James MuUffls, Conshohocken
names Albert E Roecker. College-vtlle
R. D. 1. and the Reading
Company defendants in a suit for
t&O.OOO 'or Injuries he received on
Saturday, Octoter 39. 1MB
Mutaffkt contends he was cross-ing
Main Street, at Markley in
Norrlstown while the croaslng gates
were down at the time and that the
croaslng watchman raised the gate*
before he had gone across and that
Roecker. who was driving West.
struck the plaintiff with his car
Five O'CIock Shadows Are In Styl*
Under this plan, the local play
ground will cover almost the entire
vacation period by opening a week
after the end of the school year and
carrying on Its activii lew tint il a
•Jew days before the re-openlng of
school In September
It has long been the basic plan of
the Conshohoclten playgrounds to
conduct a Bummer educational pro-gram
as well as to provide a safe
place to play All the successful
features of past seasons will be In-cluded
in the IBM plan of action
and plans are being made for DM
sources of fun and Summer edu-cational
training
LIST BASIC EVENTS
The bask program will Include
active and quiet games, table game*,
quoits, volley ball, basketball, soft-ball,
field dav competitions, special
events dramatic, story-telling per-iods,
one-day vacation trips, art and
handicraft
A summer league for softball and
basketball will again be planned for
the benefit of the older boys and
girls. Playground parties will range
from watermelon to birthday par-ties
for the fun of the boys and
girls of all ages.
Parents are assured thai a well-planned
program of Summer activi-ties
la being formulated for the
youth of Conshohockeu. a program
that will open this Summer only a
lew days after the beginning of the
vacation oerlod
Yn; Man Will Vinil
Ilal\ For Third Time
Guido J. Salvntl. 30. fireman.
TJSNV son of Mr. and Mrs. Olldo
Salvall, of First Avenue and Wood
Street, is scheduled to arrive In
Athena, v^.eece. April 36. aboard
the destroyer USS O. K. Mackrn-glt,
for a four-dav visit to the
capital of the Hellene* The local
Navy man Is a graduate of Consho-hocken
High School, class of 1M7.
where he was a prominent athlete
He spent Easter In Italy and en-joyed
a five-day leave with brothers
and sisters of both his father and
mother. It was the third tune he
visited relatives In Italy, since join-ing
the Navy. He enlisted in 1847
for a three-year term which will
expire in September this year.
Philatelic Exhibit
All arrangements have >
pleted for the twelfth philatelic
exhibition of.the Potutown Stamp
C'luo :o be held on April 31. 33 and
S3, in the Odd Fellow, Building,
King Street. Pottstown. The Potta-town
Stamp Club will be host to
•he British North American Phll-
'itellc Society. A special section of
50 frames has been reserved for
this group of collectors and a major
trophy as well as the usual sectional
awards and ribbons will be sepa-rately
awarded in this section.
Hack From Mi--i—-i|»|"
Arthur J Burke, 117 West Tenth
Avenue, former town councilman,
returned Friday after a seven-weeks
stay in Jackson and Meridian, Miss-issippi.
In connection with his du-ties
as an accountant with the U. 8.
Securities * Exchange Commission.
He is leaving today for a stay in
Washington.
Car Crashes
Are Reported
Police Kcconl Several1
Weekend Accidents
Two cars were badlv damaged
in an accident at Ninth Avenue and
pavctte street shortly after 5 Fri-day
afternoon John D. Woodward,
of 304 East Tenth Avenue, driving
an automobile belonging to Ruth
L Woodwat.t. gj Uic kMM address.
reported to the local pollre that
while driving north on Fayette
Street he ran into the automobile
of samuel R Rumford. or 31g Bar-ren
Hill Road. Whltemarsh Town-ship,
ulileh was stopped lor a
traffic light
The estimated damage to the
Rumford car was set at MOO to
$500 Both headlight*, front fend-ers,
bumper and grill of the Wood-ward
car were damaged, the loss
set at MOO to 1700
Neither driver was injured
Nugent J. Calcogri. of 14 Maple
'street, reported to the local police
that while his car was parked In
West Elm Street near Colwell Lane
between 6 30 p m and midnight
on Saturday. It was struck and the
left rear fender damaged.
Joseph D Hoffman of Downing -
lown R. D 3 reported lo local
police vesterdav morning that his
car was stolen from In front of
918 Harrv street Seraeant snear
sent out a teletype message of the
theft and later in the morning
was notined by the county radio
room the car iiad been located In
NOrrlstewn where it had been
abandoned following an accident
Mrs. Helen C Davis escaped In-
Jurv when the sedan she was ope-rating
South on Stenton Avenue
Whltemarsh Township, overturned
about 3:45 Saturday morning after
rounding a sharp curve. The ve-hicle
is owned bv her husband.
Edgar S. Davis. Valley oreen Road.
in Whltemarsh Township
Mrs Davis, told Sgt. John W
Lebold and Officer William flpe-r.'.
Whltemarsh police, who Investi-gated,
she was on her way home
from Wings Field Police said dam-age
to the left side of the car was
about 1100
Two automobiles were badly dam-aged
In a collision at Ridge Pi.tr
and Chestnut Street. Barren Hill
yesterday afternoon at 1 30 The
occupants were reported uninjured
Owner and operator of the ggaTI
were Joseph T. Poster. Norrlstown
and Morris Steinberg. Philadelphia
Damage to each car was estimated
at »350 Officer William Speers as-sisted
Chlrf Edgar E. Mitchell in
the investigation
A ear driven bv Mrs. Anna De-
Cerio, Uermantown Pike. Plymouth
Meeting, and another driven by
Ben T, Bell, of Black Horse and
Williamson Road. Oladwyne. col-lided
on Friday at Butler Pike and
North Lane, causing damage to
both cars. Occupants escaped Jn-
.rdtng to Officers Earl
Rineer and Kenneth Swanson. of
Whltemarsh Township police. Mrs
DeCerlo was driving west on But-ler
pike and was about to make a
left turn into North Lane, when
the cars collided
just as Mr. <.ildfi-li-ew -..lid to Mr. Throckmorton. "This is. guing to he
a Centennial what is a Centennial, ole' hoy." The two be-whiskered entrants in the Con-shohoeken
Centennial "Brothers of (he Hrush" contest met by a happy coincidence in
front of a poster advertising "Echoes »f Conshohocken." the hig Centennial spectacle.
I'nder those whiskers on Ihe left is Kdriir I'hipps. of First Avenue and Forrest Street.
Hiding behind the "brush" on the right is Charles Moore, of 113 West Third Avenue.
So far. they seem to be in the lead in this mirth-provoking; local race, the first of its
kind here. * —Laodis Plwtn Service of Conshohocken,
"Whisker Club" Members §PCA Denied
Start Appearing On Streets ]^ew Lotion
Resident III
Mary Ann Pishock. 106 West Elm
Street, has been confined to her
home for three weeks with pneu-monia.
A brother. James, is suf-fering
with grippe.
That "five o'clock shadow" against which thos* shaving
cream ads have been warning men for some time will be
worth money when Conshohocken's big Centennial Week
rolls around—less than four weeks from now.
The larger the shadow ea:
the faces of Conshohocken men by
those special Centennial whiskers
new beginning to bloom—the more
fun, and the more pi
The "Brothers of t
test, one of the I
mg into full stride r
passing on the stree
who looked as though thev mislaid
their razors tnevre Just someof the
riotens now enrolled in this unique
•inte.t harking back to the days of
i hundred years ago
There will be six big prises in the
Brothers of the Brush" contest. -»>~»\{££\2i: 't'KJrss Corropole.se of Norristdwn. who as-33. reddest beard; 4. beat grey beard,
sumed charge yesterday. The sale' 5. most typical period costume with
Includes the one-story brick and | whUkers to ma
plastered building, fixtures, stock
Camardo Sells
Lota I Bakery
Norrislown Man
Purchases Business
Edward Camardo. of West Sixth
v.enue who has conducted the
oakery at 6-'4 Maple Street,
and goodwill. The sale was consu-mated
through the office of Sam-uel
DeMedio. realtor.
The business was started In 1935
by Dominic Camardo who remained
in charge until his death fourteen
months ago. Since then hu son.
Edward, who was associated with [a "Kangaroo Kourt
his father for several years, was In!Centennial Week
who tried hardest to raise
whiskers and falltd.
With this array of prizes offered
tor those who participate tn the
toft'n-wide whiskers competition, the
..ommittee at the same time points
out that this is a contest which will
cost you money if you do not enter
are now under way to hold
■~ Just prior to
which time
ahohocken and West Conshohock-1 beard, will be "arrested" and
en. In addition to a thriving store [ fined "
buswegg. ! There is one way out. however
Mr. Corropolese has conducted a; I.' for some reason, a man finds it
chain of bakeries in Norrlstown for (absolutely impossible to get on the
the past 35 years and the Consho- I Centennial Tffl ifcai * llinn" he
hocken stor" Is another one in the /Continued on Page Three>
chain. He plans to maintain the
high standards set by his predeces-sors.
Mr Carmardo has nothing plan-ned
for the immediate future ex-cept
a trip of two or three months
to Florida with his wife
l*l\ mouth Zoning
Hides Against Site
The request of the Montgomery
County Society for prevention of was;
Cruelty to Animals to remove its
present Harmonvtlle headquarters
at Ridge and Butler Pikes to a
•walling and kennels en Hickory-town
Road, north, of Qermsntnwn
Pike, has been refused by the Plv-j and adopted by
Couneil Acts
To Override
Burgess' Veto
2 Adjourned Sewtion*
llrld Saturday Mulii.
Fix Tax Al 18 Mill.
It took the unusual proced-ure
of holding two adjourned
gMrttoskal in one night, and
those on Saturday, fur Town
Council t" override Burgess
Kdmund K. Williams' veto of
the 1950 tax ordinance. The
action occurred BAtunlas*
night, on a technicality, when
the question was re-opened
after council failed to muster
a sufficient numlier of ffjftH
to override the veto at the
regular monthly meeting Wed-nesday.
The meeting Saturday night, the
third of the week, was called for
! the third and final reading of an
! ordinance authorising Count ti to
ask the voters to approve a loan of
gjoa.Dno at the May Primary Elec-tion,
by having an amendment
printed on the ballot
Mr. Rowland read the ordinance
for the third time and the ordin-ance
committee recommended Its
adoption Mr O'Connor seconded
the recommendation on vote the
recommendation passed unan-imously.
Charles Moore, fifth ward repre-sentative,
because he was absent
from the meeting which was held
on April 12. made a motion to re-consider
the vote taken on the tax
ordinance on April 11. Mr. O'Con-nor
seconded the motion which was
carried bv an unanimous vote.
It FAYOK TAX ORDINANCE
Mr. Rowland read the ordinance
fixing the tax rate for the year
IBM at fifteen milts for general
borough purposes and three mills
tor debt service, the same as that
vetoed by Burgees Williams. Mr
Rowland said the ordinance com-mittee
recommended Its passage
over the veto of the burgees. Mr.
Adams seconded the recommenda-tion
of the ordinance committee
on roll call the result of the vote
was: Aye-Messrs Adams. Brunl.
Krb. Oabln. Gravhicse Head Moore.
O'Connor. Qravineae and President
Capaldl—10. There were no dta-xnling
votes
The ordinance iu given both se-cond
and third and final reading
Moorhead Avenue Group
Files Objections Today
Residents and property owners on Moorhead Avenue,
West Conshohocken, are up in arms over the IViii^yKunia
State Highway Department's proposed plan to construct
ramps acroas their street and to use it as a direct connecting
road to the Valley Forge Expi >
Telegri
mouth Township Zoning Board of
Adjustment
The Zoning Board, which held
a public hearing on the petition
Mirch IS. was asked by the
B. P. C A. to allow the establish-ment
of their new headquarters
In an "A" residential district, with
a non-conforming uses of premisea
Approximately » property own-ers
in the Hickorytown Road area
were present to protest the 8. P. C
As location there.
Members of the Plymouth Zon-ing
Board of Adjustment are L
Prank Market. Wlnfleld H Culp.
and Mary A Hammond. Isaac '
Sheppard Is secretary
/Continued i
Chimney Cuuseft Fire
Both fire companies were
rnoned to the home of
Smith. 245 West pifth Avenue
shortlv after 10 Sunday morning
when fire was discovered in a cell-ing
near a rhimney flue Each
companv used a booster stream to
extinguish the blare It was neces-sary
to tear off plaster In order
to reach the .seat of the fire The
damage was held to a minimum
Many Wooden Nickels Will
■
Circulate For Centennial
VFW Auxiliary Will Fete
National President Tonight
The national hcnil of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the
.... Veteran, of'Korean Wan. of the Inited Statea will come
■sored by the Retail Division of ihe to CoiishohocKi'n tonight, where she wi.l lie fetea at a l»an-fcoekm
Chamber of Com-i,IU(,^ a( 7 jn tne VFW Hall one of fix testimonial events
JST Ztv V'V'xhu'rSXvV arranged to honor her in the State
beginning at 13 30 Primary pur-; Mrs Evelyn Monaco, of Santa Pe.
Pose of Vmeeting u to consider! New Mexico, now or11 nat|onBi tour
Retailrrs' Luncheon
A luncheon meeting of the retail
merrhants of Con-.!iohocxen. soon'
3?
That old adage. "Doirt take any wooden nickels!" vwll
n be changed here to "Take all the wooden nickels you can
The "wooden nickels" will be one of the amusing side-lights
of Conshohocken's Centennial, May 14 to 20.
. Ten thousand "wooden nickels"
I are now being made specially for .
the Cen'ennlal. They will be clrcu- |
lated by merchants and other busi-ness
houses In the form of change, I
HELD IN ESCKOW
Every "wodden nickel" circulated.'
will be backed bv five
ggtjsj in rbm placed In a special j
Centennial fund in The First Na-
Uonal Bank. The "nickels" are ex-pected
to be accepted anywhere in '
Conshohocken as cash during Cen-tennial
Week and for a specified ■
time in advance.
Holders of "wooden nickels" can
exchange them for cash it any
time at the bank, prior to 6 p m ,
Friday. May 19. but. many persons
customarily retain them as souven-irs,
or purchase Ihem to send to
friends or relatives in other places
The Umber •■nickels" often u--
DOUM MOT* valuable with the years.
Harry Dorrlngton. representative of
the John B Ho art Producing Com-pany,
aiding with the Centennial,
points out.
(Ol.lMTORS ITEM
There are many collectors
thruoghout the nation who collect-ed
these 'wooden nickels' as s
hobby, snd when thev find that a
-; Issuing th-m.
the Centennial | of auxiliaries, arrived from Harris.
Celebration next month Harry burg this tftgffWa at the Valley
Oorrlngton. John B. Rogers Com
pany director assisting in celebra
tion plans, will speak at the meet-
Fractures (-ollarbone
Horsev Is Choice
For PBA Head
u. aid P Horsey, president o
the FirM National Bank of Con
shohrnken. was nominated foi
UfSalOsint n( the Pei.'
Bankers' A'soclatton Saturday at
the* spring meeting of the P B A
CaMinci! of Administration, Harris-burs
Election w'll take place at the
annual convention at Atlantic City
on Mav 17-19.
Mr Horsev will succeed Norman
B Haves, vice-president of the
Philadelphia National Bank.
Robert C Downle. president.
Peoples National Bank and Trust
Co ptUsburfc-h. was nominated for
kdent to succeed Mr
Cheryl Bower* two-vear-old
daughter of Mr and Mrs Mahlon
Sowers. Jr, of Ridge and Butler ,"»" ■"**
Pikes, is recovering from a frac-lur
1 collar bone sustained in a fall
from her crib ten days ago. An X-raf
was made last Thursday at
Montgomery Hospital.
r'MMI lt:n I \;llli*
.f>n c.i William
ol 121 Fayette Street, has
received word that he successfully
passed Stal? bar examinations which
he took in January He Is assocla-
T-d WUfl Donald ,I MKinntgal. Ksq
1 :)i Srhoil
gradua'ed f
Schools To Oose
The public schools Of Consho-hocken
and West Conshohocken
»-■ well «-. those of Upper Mcnon
Whltemarsh snd Plymouth Town-ships
will be closed on Thursdav
and Frldav of this week in order been staged,
that the teachers mav attend tlu-, Pennsylvania. April 12
session, of schoolmen's week
Parking Meter Broken
Forge Hotel, Norrtsiow;
Mr* Daniel Cannon. Sr, of We i
Conshohocken. district president
the VPW auxiliaries, a former state
officer and general chairman of to-night's
ev»n<. will officially greet
Mrs. Monaco and escort her to Con
shuhocken later in the afternoon
Three hundred ana iwemy-fivi
women, including many-national
and stale dignitaries of
the VFW and Us auxiliary, erecu.
Uves of all government hospitals In
this area and many other
linetn-hed persons are expected to
pay tribute to tin nationally-known
woman, renowned for her Amer
icamzaMnn work in the National
VFW Auxiliary.
Conshohocken Is the only small
community in Ihe entire state cho-sen
to betaor the national president
Other testimonial banquets have
since her arrival in
PlT'.--
burgh. Harnsburg. WlUes Barre
and State College The sixth and
final one will be held at Chester
The lm.il auxiliary »J
tot Hie honor alter an inspection
r...o«n, nlnnKI 10 the poto .„.. •'■■«< ,•»"' "» ."■" ' „\'"
M U.M . parking ,»Vfr „.„. I l.e«*|uartm wu clio«-n tor It. atte
Hector Street and
fr^mi
tween
Avenue last Friday afternoon
CE Societies
Will Convene
s- Will Be llcM
Friday And Saturday
Membem of Christian Endeavor
Societies throughout Montgomery
t:.niTiiv will hold their annual con-vention
Friday and Saturday, at
the Palm Schwenkfelder Church.
, Palm, Pa.
sum-' The convention will open Friday
Harrv'at I p m. with devotions led by
Rev Harold Faust, of Havertown
On Saturday at 10 a m the Junior
Convention will take place, with
chorus singing, games, and handi-craft
sessions Mrs Sidney Row-land,
of laston Baptist Seminary,
Philadelphu, will deliver the meas-g#
t.
At 4 p m . the Christian Endea-vor
Workshop will be held, followed
by a fellowship banque: at 8 p. m.
Installation of count v Christian
Endeavor officers at 7 45 will close
the convention. Res Cheater T.
Winters, pastor of the First Bap-tist
Church, will lead the installa-tion
service.
Buses for the Junior Convention
will leave Norrlstown Saturday at
t:30 a. m. Further information may-be
obtained from Miss Jean Jones.
€31 Stanbrldge Street. Norrlstown
Transportation for the aftarnoon
session will leave from Weat Con-shohocken
Details are available
from Miss Jane Reid. 400 ford
Street. West Conshohocken.
Utute, Philadelphia, and, freopenNv come from many stats*,
torn ^ ^tuon Law School In 194!. j fCoadaued on Pop* Fosry
Camera Club
The semi-monthly meeting of th»
Conshohocken Camera Club will be
held tonight at d at the Par* Hmi-e
Members are asked to bring cam-era*
and film.
mid appeurjiice
DIM of the handsomest in the State
nIliciuLs suite ■Hiimiiiiiiiii am wn
Three past national presidents J
the VFW auxiliary will attend In-cluded
are Mrs Helen Murphy. Im-mediate
|»st head, Mrs Florence! Repre-enting the hosur
Stark and Mrs Helen Caasldy. All j Major Cnalaaa M Aria:
are New Jeisey residents (Forge General; Capt Love
NRS. EVELYN MONACO
Florence Anderson of Hsrrisburg
stale seexwUlT'srwai urer. Mrs.
Agnes Hoi/ Philadelphia, guard in
Ihe national <vgunlxatioti: Mn
Emily M..iklr of Sliamokin senior
atate viie-prr-sidrnt and general
chairman of nil stute events for the
national praaUani A number of
past suir irraM <if-flcers
and distrtol win- f-r^ will at-tend,
together with representatives
of virtually every unit In the area
Included In the past state heads
will oe Mrs Adele Frltsch
lYotlionotary
Appointment
To Be Delayed
Appointment of a successor to
Prothonotary Warren M Cornell.
Sr. who died yesterday. Is expected
to be delayed until after the May
Primary Elections, according to In-formed
source* at the Court House.
In the meantime the work of the
office will be supervised by First
Deputy Abram D. Hallman who
will assume the role of Acting
Prothonotary until Oovernor
James Duff designates a new head
for the office
The appointment by the governor
will be until the next municipal
elections—in 1951-and not for the
balance of the four-year term Cor-nell
assumed the office last January
after being elected last Fall He
succeeded Earl B Bechtet. Potu-town.
Rotary Hears
Talk On India
Hiil.'- 25th Birthduy
To Be Marked June 15
Raj Tripathi. Esq. of New Delhi.
India, told of conditions In his na-tive
land, at a meeting of the Con-shohocken
Rotary Club last night al
RIdgeway Gardens The program
was in charge of the International
Committee, with John 8. Blackburn
chairman.
Mr Tripathi a graduate of law
In India, holds a master's degree
from the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania and
at present working on his doctor's
degree at the University, He Is a
resident of International House,
Spruce et.eet. Philadelphia, while
studying here.
The challenge of the Norrlstown
Rotary Club to a golf match at
Plymouth Country Club
tepted by the Club. The match will
lake place May II.
Announcement was made that the
.'5th anniversary of the founding of
the Rotary club here will be mark-ed
on Thursday, June 1ft. Details
of the event will be announced later
M-cordlng to President Edwin S
Rockett.
Visiting Rotanans last night were
Earl Weber, of the Phoenixvtlie
club; Robert Thompson, of the
Wayne club, Dr Carl E. Loreng, of
the Ambler club; Arnold Look, of
the Media club and John MelhuUli
of the West Chester Pike club
James Krtebel was a guest of his
lather. Weber Kriebel
Hospital Notes
__ protesting the use of
Moorhead Avenue as a ramp for an
approach to the Expressway were
sent to Oovernor James H Duff,
Senator Uoyd H. Wood and Repre-sentative
Lambert cadwalndrr bv
ninety-five par cent of the residents
of the avenue this morning
AHK FOB MEETING
A letter requesting a meeting
with a committee representing the
Moorhead Avenue property owners
together with a resolution vox nig
their opposition to the proposed
plans and requesting a meeting
with appropriate officials of the
Highway Department U> further
discuss the matter were sent today
to D C Stackpole and to Oovernor
Duff.
Unofficial plans of the route of
the Expressway through the lower
section of Weat conshohocken were
shown last Tuesday night tn the
Borough Hall when a combined
committee of citlsens of the first
ward snd Town Council met with
E J Klnney. assistant to Mr.
Stackpole district engineer in
charge of the Ardmore office of
ihe State Highway Dana
and John winrheoil. Jr . ol
Baker. Jr. u c . consultant engineer.
When the testills of the inawtlDfl
were printed In The c©»»lnitnn i m
Recorder Friday afternoon ttagj
residriits of Moorhead Avenue im-mediately
started a movement tn
arrange for a meeting
their disapproval or the proposed
ramp.
RKABONS EXPRESSED
The meeting was held Saturdav
night In the Borough Hall snd was
attended by representsthe of
every family residing on the asr-nue
The entire situation was given
serious consideration, in which was
pointed out the area of the b
the population, the manner tn
which the borough will be cut up
bv the ramps the flnanm
the borough through decreased irul
estate valuation and the danjtei to
children playing on the
The group decided then-need
to destroy Moorhead Avenue
as a fine residents I street s> In
their opinion, there sjrjj
means or possible routes
Joseph pollack, prank
Jchn Sowers and Joaert] i
were appointed a ■
•AM ■sropertsr owners of
Moorhead I
that would help to ea
existing conditions
The following is the ■■ i
sent to Mr. Stackpole and O
Duff:
THE Br sm.l linv
"We. the residents and
owners on Moorhead Avenue,
borough of West Conshohocken,
County of Montgomery, Common,
wealth of Pennsylvan >•
adopted the following Resolution:
WHERF.AS. the Comt"
of Pennsylvania has authorised the
Pennsylvania Turnpike OM
!o construct, operate, and mn m-
Uln a turnpike, at such location as
shall he approved bv the Oovernor
and the Department of Highway*,
from a point at or near Middlesex
in rumberlanet County to a point
at the CHv of Philadelphia, to-nether
with connecting roads, tun-nels,
and bridges: snd
t Spring Mill lI1"*HER^8' *t ^rT^."^
Avenue, medical: Emms Bolce. "^"Th" *£5j£2r! £iTt2
Conshohocken R D 2. medir.l. Jo- ™* ^fttA,?^?™^ °t
seph Dob, 224 Blw. Street, West *»W. lgg|*L* tn* B'
Conshohocken. _.' —"'*-— f A --—.^ AwfanHlna fUrwwt It I^TTUl Armstead. 1M West Fl'rat Avenue > °[ ■ ™n>P "tending rtlre
Margaret Brett. Joahua M»*«|S *«•"»: *"a
tlv I
Arthur Taylor
Burial Tomorrow
In 111 health for the past sev
eral years. Arthur Taylor. 49. hus.
band of Evelvn Law Taylor, of 302
West Eleventh Avenue, died Satur
A resident of Conshohocken for
a number of years, Mr Taylor was
employed by the Pennsylvania Rail-road
Company in the Relief Depart-ment
During World War II he was
active in Civilian Defense in Con-thohoeken
He was a member of the
Conshohocken Presbyterian Church
and was active in Boy Scouting In
the community
Surviving are his wife, three sons.
Alan. Lawrence end Roger, all at
home ■■>'- gtgtgfi, Mrs. Russell O
Law, Conshohocken, and Mrs
Oeorge Jones, of Souderton. and a
brother. Charles Taylor, who resides
In Boxborough.
The funeral will be beld tomor-row
afternoon from the Artie 11 Fun-eral
Home. 300 Fayette Street, with
services at 2. In charge of Rev. Wil-liam
H. Mooney. pastor of the Con-jJuihiH-
ken Presbyterian Church In-terment
will be In Valley Purge
TTanlfff*
\nti Ki-My
Ann Kelly, daughter of Emman-uel
and Helen Elifl Kelly, of 113
Weat Third Avenue, died in Mont-gomery
Hospital. Norrlstown. one
hour after birth The funeral was
held vesterdav from the William A
Valley'Moore Funrral 3ogflC, 7ti>-
execu- Street. Interment waa in St. Mat-
(iriniiual (lourl
Jltrori An- Drawn
^Ltl£?C?<J£trJ£m I '■ WHEREAS; the Department «
Fullon Street, surglcsl were sdmlt- Highways has tentatively P»»nn«J
tad to Sacred Heart Hospital i »"d propo** a «,'»«^=ro«;
rtaiiald Hawkins 210 Br>n MawrlMd'nR d'recUy from Moorhead
Avenue, West Conshohocken. sur- A"™-i.-,he I! p *r. i „ ,
gical: Morru Chasman, 108 Fayette "WHEREAS the coiistmn<m of
Street, medical, were admitted to »« «mp and connecting road ea
Montgomery Hospital ' (Continued on Page Fouri
Club Federation Donates
$800 To Centennial Fund
The larjreat donation yet announcrr! for the Ctrnfittfiw
hocken Centennial Fund i* revealed today.
The sum of $800 is beinp; donated to this community-wide
fund to celebrate Connhohocken's hundredth birthday.
May 14 to 20, by the Conshohocken Federation of Clubs.
1 Included In the federation are
the Polish Eagle Club. 8s. Costna*
and Dsmlan Fraternal Society. Ply-mouth
Bocclr Club. Tadeun Koa-ctuxko
(TKt Club and Conslw-hia-
ken Bocc* Club.
In addition to the large '
the federation has also allotted
the sum of 9200 to provide a float
for 'he Queen of the Century, now
retog select*' by popular
ihe community The Federation will
sponsor and prepare this h i
float
Previous largest contribution to
the Centennial Fund »«i 1M0 This
amount was contributed by the
Chamber of Commerce and ata
made individually by two large in-dustries.
The contribution will bi
over to the Centennial Executive
Committee prior to its weekly meet-ing
tonight at the Pari House
John J. Ostapowicx, prgaifli
the Federation, stated that all clubs
the group are actively support ing
jll c. iiipimial events, Including the
^llrrll •••litrSt and Illrtli -
Murku.K on ini.111 i :
■ >( the
Lornetta. treaj-;,
Ralph V. Fmlcotiiero. secretary.
Frank Oamxa and Jerry Taiimu
lorm the committee to arrange &v
the Centennial Queen; float T***
Kevstone Decorating Comjiain of-
1 decorators for the Centennial,
A panel of 145 men and
has been chosen for Jury service in
Crimlnsl Court during the week of
June 5, it was announced by Mlsa
Marian W Burman. clerk to the
Board of Jury Commissioner- Thev
include Esther Dewees. 231 Weet
llth Avenue. Clara Dunnlga" "2
Spring Mill Avenue John Pogsrtv.
119 West Third Avenue. Helen
Hicxerv. 101 Williams fltreet, West
Conshohocken: Ethel Moore, Con-shohucken.
R D I; Helen Rissel).
50ft Ford Street. West Conshohock-en
Ella Smith. 32ft West 10th Ave-nue,
Eleanor Sowers 133 Moorhead
Avenue West Conshohocken: Otto
Steinhoff. Plymouth Meeting: Le-ona
Stemple 101 Front nXreet, West
Conshohocken.
Other dignitaries will include Mrs.> rCoattaaed oa Pops Fovry I thews ceenetery.
Paw* i r\ Vent*
Leonard Jsssaa^ggO, JTi Fayette
.Street, has received pollination
hum the Stale that he has sucoeas-fuly
passed an examination as cer-tified
public accountant, which he
took last November. A graduate of
Conshohocken High School and of
the Wharton School of the Univer-of
Pennsylvania's1 Evening
School. Mr. JacooMJii is associated!
mil a certified public accounting! will be given the contract to prepare
firm in Philadelphia, iuba float.