The Conshohocken Recorder, April 24, 1950

              ®lje Consljaljachcn Uccortcr
ESTABLISHED 1869. NO. 7999. timPftV AND rilDII CunbtiunuCitN. PA.. TUESDAY, AMft U. 1MB. FIVE CENTS
Vacate Homes
At Rebel Hill
For Highway
Kc.tr Esfwwvn Link
Will <li.il MrnilH'i»lii|i
Al Mi-tori. I lnmli
Forced to vacate their
hrnnes in order to make room
for tin* Valley Fotfa Bxpfwa
way utendinc from Kinir of
to I'hihu.rlphia as a
(.nnnectinjr link with the Penn-sylvania
Turnpike, a number
of Rebel Hill property own-
'er« have already made settle-ment
with the State and are
preparing to move away from.
Uppar Kalian Township.
Osceols cook. Gcorgr Dilka. Br.,1
George DiUs. Jr., and Stanley
Bocknlewlcr. have awarded con- j
tracts (or the erection of home* |
on North Lane Terrace, located be-]
Ween Colmcll Lane and Ridge Pike!
Plymouth Township. Some of!
\'ie home* are nearlng completion
•nd will be ready for occupancy ■
all bin a few week* Othcra have
just been started and will be com-'
pleled within aevtral weeks. The
owners of these homes tear they!
mav have to obtain other living'
quarters before being aole to oc-cup
their new homes
TO MOVE BlILIMM.
The Joseph Dimmirk family.
Those home la in the path of the
road as H crosses Ford Street from
Upper Merlon to Lower Merlon
Into the former Mineral Valley
Farm, now owned by the Catholic
Church, instead of permitting the
home to be torn down and leave
the community, will have Hie build-moved
to an adjoining lot of
•A tiinr properly. The new
cellar ha* been dug and the task
t>( removing the dwelling from 1U
present foundation to the new lo-cation
is expected to get under way
In the near future. The building
erected la.st year and waa oc-rii
led for the first time the latter
pan of last June. The Dimmick
amity will continue to reside In
the noire while It Is being moved.
The new highway will have a
(tttemat effect on the CHilph Chris,
*?»-"/&"S ut:a£rxrz .SVSE-S Who atatrd thl. mornln, mal 111. fh,„ *|i"' Trri <rf clMjieT
8'indav School mcmr*r»hl|j wll be, lnt, p"°'_• ,n\,' c"™-
.;l about oiw-hall tli. pr»wnt I Slalv-lW, public arlKioln «nd 10
ijjniara. "Thare te no wav of tell- i parochial echoota arr Iwprwn'.rt "" ho."°m:,"v cuS, 5 gj ^" •ssrjsrjEr: • -inbei", will lie liwi Wrfliisc no °* ,n* eotinty till* WIH receive a
lb, school are1!"'* ">' to Wellington, p. C
loiln, too l.r Irom the community ; ;"*„*£" ^ ,h r^ff™? s,^
, c,|,i,i,„e thai, .Itcnd.nce." Rev »"> ™<?'l" &JK,"0^',SE"; -
I: McKte aaU Ho Mr M, Kee J"«,,"Tt 'n„!IalS;""""' °" ™" ■ Mm B Roftrs Producm* Oom-aaM
Die lie. hiahwar may ueco-' m'~''"*w "*' J*L r„„„,„ ™, P»nv- FOJtorU. Ohio. >■ the Inlll.l
. the dlKoi.tlnu.uce Ol U»< ™' „"i0"'"°™">. 'SZ!? J°£L uralnln,-,rouli<l lor lour ot II*
coruhohocben Dall, V.c.tlon,^k>" **;,k
0l».°H
w.ffi^ V..2Z P'°n"«>* luture director.r.pman-llow
West Boro Expressway Interchange WiM I»ok.
An artists cunt-epl ion of the plan of the Pennsylvania Hik-huav Department lor Ifct Went t'tmshnhorUn inler-rhanxe
of thr Valley Farire Kxpreasway shows it overpassing; Moorheatl Avenue, where residents affected oppose the
project. The interchange will link IheEvpressway with lord Stricl and afford arrew to and from the new highway
for hoth Conshnhocken and West Conshohocken and this section of Lower Merron Township.
—Photo Oewr»MT mti.dWpbf Tnqulew
Spellers Seek
County Title
SCI-OIKI Annual "Bee"
To Be Held Kriilav
fleventy-flve school champions.
Including the 194H Montgomery
County title-holder and eight oth"t
school winners who took part in ,jw centennial, made especially for
I Gel ^our
<i nit iiin.11 Hat
ai Centennial headquarters Park
House, Fifth Avenue and Harry
Street.
at Jack's Luncheonette. Second
AVwBtM and Palette Street.
at UJ* Terminal Luncheonette.
First Avenue and Fayett« street
Street
The saucv Robin Hood felt hats
in many shades, topped with
bright feathers and the Irwignla of
last year's competition, will com-pete
in the second annual county-wide
spelling bee, it was revealed
today by Richard J. Welsh, spell-ing
bee director.
Trie contest to decide the county
i bamptot) will be held Fri-he
event, sell at the low price of
thirty-live cents.
Wear the hat at all Urns* now
and UirouKi, feu aonlaj 'Aeek.
Four Trainees
Located Here
Kofferri 1'roiiut'iujy, Co«
Men Aid Speela«le
Conshohocken wu chosen by the
Local WomanNamedOfficer
Of County Women's Clubs
Kn.aUwhD 1008 Mapta Street, WM eivcted
tgomary County Fed«ratioa oa*
Wt.iiM ii'x Ciuo« at it« a^prnui mwwliiiir Uaaa Fndar. HI Ard-t
of taw Woan-
MoriUoea' lara
am
or KM loaaJ
club aiMnded ttw all-day avant
Quest speaJurs wan Robert a By-field.
lecturer and erononwat, whose
taMt was entitied "Doea the End
Justify the UetfUif", aitd Ed*a.rd L.
Bible School this year.
^ onili. Sporti Day
N t For May l*>
Centennial Youth and Sports Day
will be held Friday. May IS. at 3
.. during Centennial Week, it
announced today by Harry E
Tax. Jr., Conshohocken High School
p hletlc director and Charles D
Ji . St Matthew * High
a• hletic director, co-chairmen of
, Cemrl!l:.«i (M.IUM-.
15- number program compris-ing
a wide variety of athletic events,
' now In the planning Prise med-
, will be awarded to boy and girl
«inner* In all classes.
*,*N JIT"1"1 *E?,ei,h!h 8l;adr-v of plibtlc. parochial and private tatlves. H baa just been revealed, A quat.t(>t 0f trainee, from four
f schools and those compel ins from UMJ Ls in co^hohor-urn I10*. ob-
,he followmg:^Iservlrut the wide preparations for
Mfu'ieliVsw.. Hn
"The Marshal
Lunrheon waa served by the
Wucnans Club of Ardmore. hoataea
unK Mrs Ttoomas L. Christian, 3B1
Baat Fifth Aventw, concluded a
thiee-vear term as recording secre-tary
of the county fed)
'Sell Safety'
Traffir Head
Urges In Talk
Philadelphia Traffic
Police Siipcrintemlent
la Rotary 8|»eaker
Deecribinfr the education of
motorists and pedestrians to
i \<i> mea.Hure of aaf-ety
in the complex traffic pat-tern
of today as "a long
drawn-out. hard, thankless
flgStV* Herbert J. Kitchen
man, superintendent of the
traffic division of the Phila-delphia
Bureau of Police,
spoke to the members of the
Conshohocken Rotary Club
last ni(fht on the subject "\<
Can Live."
The police official, who has won
consistent promotions from the
ranks in a twenty-seven year per-iod,
stated that the pattern and
accident rate is the same in every
community and swle*» precaution.*
continue to be "a hard bill of goods
to sell"
st. i l> MAXIMS
: Pastor Resigns
In West Boro
Itri. Dnnaltl Sloul
To I i IM On .I inn 1
Anniversary
Banquet Held
By Local 227
Kuhher Worker* Hear
Mlirri \. (..irllt^iiilr.
l^*e Tire Pri^iilent
Stiitinjr that Lac
Rublier Covporattoti fa
cord with any axsflawVVOf l»
make th« home comm
happit'r place to live
Garthwaite, Lee coninany
president, delivered an ■
that won \ Iforous appl
the first annual banquet of the
rubber workers union, com-prising;
Lee employee, Satur-day
niirht at ti:".n in the V. F.
W. Hall, Hector and Harry
SlivH-.
Three hundred and sevenly-flve
men and women, members and
guest* of Local 227. United Rubber
Worker* or America OIO. lent
further applause as Mr Oarthralta
told that the firm waa "on* hun-dred
par cant a believer in col-lective
bargaining*' and roundly
praised the "fine .spirit of ooopera-uon
which ha* prevailed with tha
Union."
"In old days." Mr. Oaithwait*
said, "when bualnea* comprised a
boas and t*n or twelve workers, it
waa vary easy to deal a* indivi-duals,
when problemi arose. Now-at
the meeting were Law
OetwOer. Walter Knefr. N W
Towwaand, Willlaan c Bown, Ralph
Maney, Daniel Skellv and Lee
m MRS 1 n« IN o. MON raoKg
orate. Ha reoatved hia bachelor of
divmetg degrn at the eonunen
meat aattcsiea of the getniivary
May as. 1940. H* was ordained in
Bansr>nsento Baptist Church on
May 14. site. He 1* mamrd and
has one amid.
During Has tour year* he spent
In Weat OanaweOhooken. Rev. Mr.
Stout mad* many frit-ink. He ha*
not osuy endeared httnseU to the
roember* of his own cimgragwUon,
but ha* gained aba admiration and
raaoaat of the community fcn gen-
_ rial. He tvutratUted hiraaeH in the
Club member* attending were H«ef. of MM Norrlatown club; nrtrU ^ ^ ymam p^pi, ^
Mrs Warren J. Plahei. Mrs Thogo- Robert_7*2«**?" •*" c, 'c ■J""- roinraunlty ahrough the aenrlraj he
as Wlllauivi. Mrs Oearge T. fohve. •«♦■ o' th,'J
w*!'"p ig A -*• arranged for their benefit The
Mr* B- D- Montroaa. Mrs William Moyitthan. of tha Ptdl*d*taMa D^uioertriip of hfcr church and
Di.vle. Mrs Vernon Ootwote Mr*.\"iub: W. W. OatnpoeS, Jr.. of tn* aund«y Bchool ha* been
E Papernick. Mrs. William I*of*ytli. Locaport. M. T. Hub; and William f rr(.BfcM] fh,, interior of the ohnrch
Mr*. Thomaa L Chrtatian Mrs iSrhrBch "nd Wltmer Bam, guest* WM completely renoyaied about
Waltar James. Mrs William R IotJ"""***:* - . _ _. , two yeara ago. A new floor will be
Moore. Mrs LM* Lvstnger. Mr* T"* birthdsy* of A K. J*J**' placed on the social room a* soon
"- WUilaen _. m-t-ryj u .vailable The cl
ni't do that Therefore thla op-nasean
was submitted four years to! rix".r"'u"n*t"v *1* *re*a*l"ly* Ppr"icceele»sss «to> ams*e*a*t
S?o\y^u4rrSiTiar^touTtaS <-- •• £? **£9* who "■*•
turned hi. preaent paatorate «* ,h» "• •«»"l'
[ Rav. Donaid D. Shout, pastor of i
Hi* talk was interspersed with BM BalUgomlngo BaptUt Churoh.
numerous safety maxims which he west Cooahohockan, piasoiilsd
orlguiatad ** he developed Lhs 1KtoP „, pMj-njtion at tha morn-prwaching
of ■the religion of safe- |P'1
ty." and Included- u
"If in a hum to get 10111* place.' effective Sunday, June i He hss
leave a little earlier " ■ accepted a call to the Fir** Weash
l#B7tJ.-.TOUr neck-you mm -,°": Baptist Church st Taylor, a seb-
"Don't tag* *llly foouah •irb °* ■<T*nton- Wlth * population | aday*. the larger corporaUona OSJa-chance*-*
| or taa^rosMnateiy 1,000. The fasts-1 —
"nT roure going to drtoa, Mawe 1
your ear at home "
M* daatrlbad driving a* "» *u*V
tlaa* job.'' rbr every one killed U
a traffic a*rld—l. 40 have beet
injured and property daeaage haj
reaultad in 110 rrftana—. Most in-are
fc» perleaTrtaaa and Bup-ideot
Kltestenmaa ifciiswggg
favorad law* governing p*dea*rlans'
■e of highway* a* wed a* thoae
Uwa which affect the operator* of
rehlelea. "Pedastrtana maet be
m*de more corsactoua of thatr m-
.uonaitnHty." he eoactuded
BOVCATIONA1, PBOOKAM
He outlined She edwesttonat pro-gram
which 1* being taught fcn
philadeiphlr. scf.«nl«. the In-train-ing
program given to traffic pong*
men and she method of selective
enforu—sent to reduce various type*
A naatve of Oasport, N.
~ nt gradusted •
able Institute ka Chicago
after wtuch he malricu-
Allebach. Mrs Howard Bddle-1 OUbert C Wardell and
Ardell were marked
l 1 11 to gtOTAKT ITENTg
AniwuBeament waa made
President Edwin 8 Rockett
Cuts Service
Nation-Wide Kconoinv
Move I- Felt Here
Mrs a. 8- Trego, Mrs. How
ant Vandegrift
Mis* Maud McKenaie. Mrs Hugh
Adams. Mrs William White. Mrs
Rtephen Johnson. Mrs Howard Vice-president David Arodl
Vercoe. Mrs F O Myers. Mrs Ann njtur. evenU. which inolud*
sagaai HBI Otaai ■ Jogs
Mrs Joseph Smith Mrs Kenneth
Ambler. Mrs J, G Wentllng. Mrs
Lester Klrkpatrlrk. Mis* Minnie
Harrison, Mrs. Ira Birkhsrt.
I as material is available church
property l* fca good state of repair
-nd t* witlrely free of debt.
Rev. Mr. Stout ha* been one of
the moving spirit* in the Wast
of Aide Ooapel »llowship, cumprie-
I mg BeJilgoatlrsgo Baptist. Honriaw
ChrlsUan. Primitive Methodist and
(lulph Chrtatian Church**. "
(eYitrnnial
<^ueen Gg*ss*sw*rJ
Today'* Standing:
Midge Cross
i Dstmoro
Clsudctlr Bolduc
Joan Murrsv
Catherine O'Connor
Grate Douglass
Jean Kukul ki
Ann NsnasKo
Annette Aigner
JEFluaao!e£th£*£Sl*at?er. Jr1,.3.H2i2^0 SBTulnlo^cik. ^conshohocken* Centennial Cel- W\ _ sfwff* bn|Uoni May „ to x The Rogers PoWt I IttlPP
Avenue Wat^Coiu^ohocken Mar- ™ ;^^gIIUJ ^ ^.rdght 1 USl \/lIItt
il^H^otiL 1* f !UHIAWOGrade School Janet Poaline. M11. ■C-.e„n„i,a,■^ n isl i!«UcC st the Com- Athiciir Field and aiding
We.t Oon^iohockeii Elemeni.rv The trainee. In .ddlllon to beln,
Vlwolr K.tBryn Per.l. 13. Yellow wMlllooed' lor luture proleu-
How: Lorr.lne Hltner, 307 Ford loMl work with the Roam Com-fltreet
pany. are auo lending volunteer .id
Plymouth Black Hor.se School: ,0 nuraerou. centennial commit-
Mbncy St.valem. II. 34S School tee, and iiamn generally on an
\tnmn^r^Z"'- *"*""*"""' ZZ^.«i,"" ,h. mm ... Nor ' "*" I""'"1"- '""« - mine, announced today that a „ I8Wh^^^P,lkB.rre„ „,u Schoo!:'^"^L'MDS' i"l>2"=".'''" ~"»'-— l.mlU. »pp.y of .nchU -uyenlr ReSlgnS Presidency I w*
Richard Wells. H, HarmonylUe: i who has directed aaml-proIeaMonal Conshohocken na . ut Irom l«»iPlnl rf| « « •» b lla na» „, „ , , , * »""• , "•"" irS'lf'. *S?"if
Www cayanaufh. spring Mill. | ihe.tncal |roups in hi. home city, lo one a dny. beainnlnj jN»l.rdiuj. hiiure. Of BfOl HTIMMMI S^antTZaaSo 5 ',.!«•'.
Er.,lll„inrag«g"g„gra»n TlOo DBaainHnflulfr,I 5expejrienlceMas a bgaritoMne singeBr JaUl8yt eJ^,t 'iinTef^fect^by"theZPed£eral bo-th"„ho*n'°"r'ng^theTIndian a"nce>str£y eit»* ■ St"reet-, pr"esid»entrof„the Cfont-1*t" ■»e<«Sto savMe hit S?
With a reference to Coaihohock-ea'a
approaehtng Centennial May
14 to 3D. Mr Oarthwsite coiwluded
his IruvplraUnnal talk with the
rirrasal** that the Lee Arm ta be-hind
any project that will lend
to make this a 'happier place to
aV
Mr.
OnUMinial PiiiH
(*o On Sale Soon
The Centennial Executive Com-m
in it tea announced todav that
A Jotr*' meeting a* guests of the
Conshohocken Lion* club on Mae
33 at Spring Mill rV* House
TH:,d^ ****?**£""?£ IMy «ch004 cTlleUgloua Training at Philadelphia negt Biinday and ,„ i^khohocken and ha. «rved M
Monday, with .*J*P»n^°V2' *^ an aawlsUnt instructor,
local chib's meeting next week, and; ,,
The annual father-son and! . o •
daughter meeting of the club at (^im.ltlOn ISenoiia
H~!Tl£!E!Z£ M"y * ■ ^* coiidiuon of 10-year-old Speci*i entertainment. ^^ ^^ ^ of Mr ^ Un
IMnlip Bailey, of 118 Front Street.
CoiuuMhocken. a patient (*t fe^'i ' rilum"naUon
Accordion music acrompanled
tha dinner "aing " A four-act pro-fessional
floor show followed Ctiar^
lie Hicks Orchestra
VNtON iilTll 1AI SPaiARB
Joseph Child, special represen-tative
of the United Rubber Work-ers
of America, speaking in oUre
of Fred Howwrd. InternaFlonsl ren-reeentatlve
scheduled to attend,
atreaaed the fine spirit nl i
(ion existing between man
and worker*.
"It t* vitally aeceuarv
tha highest degree of >■*
underslanding and eonalderatioji of
each others problems.' thr Dnn'ii
offk-.lai declared.
**Th* fact that MM h;>
•uch progress, indicates yi
dime a good job for all concerned."
he said
Also mtroduced in addition to
the two speaker* and Mi I
wire Robert Brasnrmlr vire-pre-i-fsgffll
in charge of production- John
Allan, employment m a n a <■ r r;
James MrTammany. flr^t |
of the Local; Harry Rowland.
and president of Local
United Steelwork er\ CIO;
Michael Krotchko. president of Lo-
-«». United f*t*wrsrorta
Michael sabol president of
I/H-SU 381. United Rubber Workers.
CIO. and Mr* Marion Riddle, for-mer
Las employe
Francis J. Bolger. president of
the I/ral acted a* toastmaater.
Rev. John p. Kintrv. asslsunt rec-tor
of at Matthew's Catholic
Church gave the Invocation
A catered roast turkey menu waa
served. Pink and white camattnns
adorned the speakers' table with
tall palms lending * background.
Emerald and cahary-hued BVfcfaw-wl
Ml 250
m tn
237.000
nil MO
m ii2o
67.145
41,270
Harriet Styer. instructor of John Fuhrman. who hall- from po*t Off'ce Department through'
soriiil atudlai «t Rittenhoii.se Jun- ClncinnaU. Ohio, is a graduate of out the naUon. will also reduce the
|or HiRh School. Norrtstown. will a Western OBiftSSity and has had extra work given four substitute
spe»k on ind.s, at the annual din- ■xpenenre on the New York legl- nn-mbers of the local postal staff
ner of the Conshohocken Branch, timate stage. nbers of the sUfr will be
Pennsylvania Kute p;ducation As- Arden Peling. whose home is In dropped. Postmaster James P
Mjclation. Thursday night at 6:30 Huntingdon. Indium., directed the Mr8ney Matec.
st the Conshohocken Association children** theatre, a dramatic pro-, AH employes must also work sn
headquarters. Eighth Avenue and Ject of Michigan SUte College, -ight-hour day on Saturday, In-
Favette street George T. Jackson, where he was educated. -%d of four hours, as ha* been
public fcrsde school principal, will Don Pern, a native of Janenvtlle.
of Conshohocken
Chief's head, done
white, and the traditional Indian
Teepee In blue and white Both
varieties are un usually attractive.
Indian shohocken Church rtasketbell Lea-red
and ■"'*• realgned hi* ofBce a* rtce-
1 president of St. Mark's Lutheran
, Brotherhood at the Sunday morn-
' Ing session.
The action w** prompted due to
32.640 | preside iHy members and guesU Wisconsin, directed a Little Theatre. -j^,. ,lfW wt.uPi wr,lch reaulled
21.525 'will attend. group in Janesville, and appeared, f
Members Being Enrolled
decorative ' Pi'esaure of business as assistant to
highly colorful and "•*- Lawrence Lepon. preeinent of
Both »U1 be imprinted •"Conaho-hocken
Centennial 1SM-19S0"
These pins may be acquired st
the Centennial Headquarters. Mary
Wood Park House, for the price of
twentv-ftv* cants each.
During the Centennial and thsi
weeks prior to It. everyone will I*arf]3L*05 £
want to have and wear these pins **
showing support in this vast oivic
undertaking
Muhlenberg College. ** head of the
deriarUneajt of
Head "Army" Drive
For -\cH Homes
on R.
irrsg I'hc glance*, of course.
concentrated on the chin- now
White, buildin* con- beginning to sprout like the rest
fill the vacancy
iiiniendaiioiLs of the Sen
on tlie profession:!] stage with Ihc gtt AppnijiriBtlinis Committee lo
road- company of "Finian's Rain- SHVC government money, will elim-
I bow" In Chicago, later touring with mate three delivery route*, throw-
: them ing these onto routes already car-
The four young* men are slaying ried. This will mean later delivery
f y» g • f aa a e m a#*~T» g at Conshohocken homes during i m:my Instances, hi aiUiitinii to
/// \ A*HIVt\t\lt11 H /l/S'/i'r'*/* f /#//* 'hflt local training-period After i],r ellminalion of the one delivery.
.srs '" "" """" gr IflOni # \JIUU ,1)PV complete their training here. The deliverv , :.c b
they will be assigned to varlou* on 1 im Third
A "hak.-rs fanm" Q| lucal nun BJfj gJready enrolled in "thcr «"nrnutmie; dm^na the Avenue to ihc
Vho fnn.linhra.lrnn ronta-.nn.nl'., «,,.! .„ ,1, -..i-v.'vu Summer, where the company Is lo receive the same two deliveiies
:mh-K-kcn ( t-ntinnials ni'' t mirth-provoking CUR- aiding with events. Th-v are under per dav , C. William Blasellc. 1306 Butler
t Itrotners «f the Brush.' More are being enrolled the supervision of Ham- Dorrlng- The new schedule of operation! Pike, is chairman for Conshohock-ton.
official represent*Uvr of the will also cut in half the dilution, en in the annual Salvation Army
— I Th. thirty, conte,U.IIW an pro- !"«"!, Company In IM local Co-, rCoalraacdloaPa^Foar/ drlvt. whirh oflfclaUr oprnrt lart
*• a alhnhiv r,n.m. inm „!..„.. ~nP. tennial. -■- —- — - night 111 Norrlatown. Mrs. Frank I*.
Contract Aware ei1 •r^1>ffi",?h^„r,,iK* .«£ „ —— R,>r.meli»-Mming ]?<"'■ '".Rf~i "T" .^,,,~,,u,
lhan Uiiv have m ihnir entlr- Hnsti.t-tl Mnlai ■*«■ stiip-ii?' ■«iui- I Valley, Is chairman for that coin-i—.
* ■-*■» ^^ "^l"1"1 n,n,e* me April meeting of the Mont- \ mumty Mi- D*n.h KafMc, IHT tm *wre taken Into custody Frl
Joseph P. Thoma.'. 124 East gomery County Borough*' Assocl*- Plymouth Boulevard. Plymouth'day night by Sergeant Blake ar,
lighth Avenue, chief nf ihe Coi^ho- iion »ui be held Thursday night ITownship, wife of the general
of 159 Josephine Avenue.'of Nature in Spring '"^at? .F?IT=-D^-'?"T-€."!* «"_*-,' imt the b0™11*" building in Tel- rhairmsn. is chairman^ for_ Ply.
Conshohocken has been The Centennial Brother* of the
Brut l
ten of wood were removed from
his skull. David, while playing with
* number of companions ten days
ago. was struck on the side of the
head with a piece
as the boys were taking sides
a "pitched battle" The child was
removed to the hospital last Tues-day
public relation*,
full time position.
The reatgnatlon was accepted at
a special election in connection
with the session Sunday morning
and Cacar C. Press, Jr. of West, «■ /n-r, g~^ •_ * ■* ""**'*"* *»oS\rlays loCa/mcilyAudience
vacancy. Aa
plsyed
dancing which followed
Harry Oswald served ss general
banquet chairman. Assisting were
Francis Bolger. Francis logan. Jos-eph
Welsh Vincent Volpe. Oscar
Lobb. William Wasczyna. Edward
Hlmcewskl. William Ronan. Charles
Slackhoiise. Harry Holden, Jernjn*
Nugent. Jame* Ronnan. Frank
flable and Miss Msry Capone
St. Matthew'*Drama Group
* token of appreciation. Dr. Brandt
w*t presented with * brief case and
file folder. The presentation was
made by Dr. Eugene Debus, teacher
of the else*. In the absence "
George Ramsey, president.
Charges Drop[Mfl
Jerry nils. 20, 106 Maple Street. I - m*
Comvhohocken; John Gary. 23. BOO AMlOltT .Tl.lll
Violet Street, and Charles Ethrldge. I
22. 630 Arch Street, both ol Norris- | | |jt-| ||] |»r*|Vt
V.cit conshohocken h« Brother, JSSSJS. ^f.,!?. "',\\.J^T\nr
,ord
■arded thr contract for the erec- Brush - contest offers swards for NmIJf,^mn' 8und*> snernoon for
block houses to be the most luxuriant full-face beard; 0\II,,..",,,. ««„,„„,„„ «* r...
IB seventh Avenue near the blackest beard the reddest -im fit™. .>,r««i *i^wnTr?f,
and James beard b~t grey beard; most tvpi- ^s^ng MuT^ A.enir mrt.ca
. brothers, at s contract cal old-:tme costume with mstch-, ™' ?!"*£,[ -„S^/H«r.M-«
tR.imoco. eath mg beard: icomic. man who triad ^adm'"te<1 W Sacred Heart Hos-
T?3^ u2L*Jl!? ESSittST* l° T*Ut whWWr" and ''Thomas Donovn. in ! .ii. vlth H In inn room, dining, tailed. \venue sursrtcwl Richard Onv-room
and kitchen first floor and AH man entering the contest w*!? IM^^B.JII wii rS
jrte bed rooms and bath on the I must first enroll at Centennial ^h-Sic*™ Tr.wr im« pio.
'^ond floor. Work of construction I headquarter, in the Park House. ,M WeV, Fourth Avenue^rSceT
i hi, week Mr WhltePlfth Avenue and Harry Street i^S^i.,2. *$"%£?$&
.irded a "»"« M Hn.ther^ « ths Brush badges MtliUe medical, were admitted to
ir garage st Ml Wast .may be fnnh—6 at a small Mum|0„it.rv H(,JUl
: nue for Al.m Rubin- charge i ^ ' '
for those not
mouth. Area quota la tltf 600
'!iiil»nrM*tneiit<-
Oensral vVfMnii B Hev-j
has announced approval uf
totalHng I»«330t3 t.i 47
)3al dtstrlcU In Oreen and Mout-ngry
Counties for the school
ear whim ended July 1949 Psy-ithoriswsl
by the sp-
'iittoii r"imbur.*e-
:.de West
■
Cinshohocken I2.293S2; andjiam G. Wsters, and George
Whitemarsh Township. S4.3a.ri. iRosat.
also. ThU will *-ts*np4 ihr shaver* Both Upper Merion Township
from MtJOg, of the ■Kani<aroo VohmtSwl Fir- Companies, Swede-
Kuw\ land and Swedesburg, bars aoospt-
Enrolled as 'Brothers of the ed invitations to participate In Ihe
Brush" are: Conshohocekn Centennial Fct-
Edw»rd P Phipps. Chsrles W : men's Parade on Mav 20 Swede-
Moore. Patrick S ■ Bello. Joseph land Fire Company, with * march-
Bate Kenne'h Chabaud. Oeorge mg unit and one piece of equlp-
Snear. LeRoy A Sher.'den Eugene ment will be accompanied by the
t, Sheridan Mike Marine. Harry Upper Merlon High School Band
LSnfa*. William A. Pierson. Wil- Se-edesburg Fire Companv will
lo G« On Sswstc SSasaVl
ONE iVOOPEN raiCKgnZ
CONSrlOHOCCEN
CENTEWriAL
Moy U — 20, 19S0
lli-liir.rml <tpeeiacp*
"ECHOES OF
CONSHOHOCKEN"
May IS — 20
A1MLS I I Mt I tl
wooofa B8B[
"Hooden nlrkeb" by the th
read* fur circulation t» puMlrirr
I elehralHin MerrhanU and ollie
i the form of change
usands are ouw being n
the I'on.hohuckrn ( enten
business h(iu-,f- will soon
instead of fulhro mc Ihr .1.1
T have one piece of apparatus IB the,
iMns of inarch. I
sdage "Don't lake ant wooden nickel-' >ou'!l be wl«r In "grab
onto all >ou ran gel soul hand* on T<iu ran "*prritl Ihrm ju-l
*■ rash, reu ran give ihrn as "change" but you'll also want to
Officers Haushalter and Donovan
charged «itri disorderly conduct
The men were engaged in a fight
on the Fayette Street bridge span-ning
the Pennsylvania Railroad
tracks. Ellis was committed to the
Montgomery County Jail at Norn*.
iown. *nd Gary and Ethrldge post,
ed bond for a hearing Saturday ev-ening
An Investigation disclosed
that Oarv and Ethndge were not at
fault and they were discharged
Later the charge was withdrawn
against Ellis
Two ArreMletl
Two arrest* for disorderly con-duit
occurred during the weekend
In Plymouth Township
tew Is Hughes, 20. of Trooper. Ap-prehended
Saturday morning it 3
iljles Mason Osborne and
Hugh Byrne, was made to pay s
fine and coats and given a warning
when arraigned before Magistrate
Charles J Gorman. Nonistown
Robert E. Lee, 34. of Crawford
Avenue, Black Horse, picked up
Sunday morning at 3 45 by Con-stables
Osborne and Sullivan Menii.
aa assessed costs and pe
A capacity audience attendt'd tht> first niylif-i perform-ance
of ii three-nijrht niu^ii'al cmnecfy, QeasTgl M. Cohan's
"Finty Five Minutes froftl BM*VvWUr, |iie«u'hted last iiij^lit
in the"auditorium <>f St. Matthew's Crade School, hy St. Mat-thew's
Dramatic Society. The show will also be prcscnt'ft
toiiiirht and tomorrow nitfht.
From the operdng line* of the
mirthful drama to the closing cur-tain,
the cast of eleven men and
women, and the 15-gtrl chorus of
St Matthew* High School pupil)
won extensive applause Between-thc-
act* numbers, whir1
scored hit*. Included songs by Den-tal
McTamney and dances by Wal-ter
and France* Lei
Juvenile brother -*nd-smer loc tl
dance team.
St Matthew a All-Girl Orchest.J
also came in for It* share of ap-plause
with a X-minu' ■
which it will present each night
before ciK-taln-ralstng
Headed by C*r< !
the leading ferns'- role of Ma v
Jane Jenkins, and Stcpliei. I
Jr.. as Tom Bennett ^nd Alrc
Volpe as Kid Burns, stellar mal?
rote*, the cast of characters al-o
Include*
Flora Dura Dean tsar*
Ouigan; Mrs. David Dean, Mar-garet
C. Thomas; Mr.
OaUusrlns Daly; Jasnai Blake i- t\
M<F*dden: |>:itilel Kioliri.
as*, f
Btnvtaorj Ikavtar, Jsm<
Cnasldy: Police Sergrsn', Willi.i;u
..s, Jr.
Chorus Patricia Jaoquot. Dolores
DHVldsxm, Msry Ann DtPrsnctsco.
A warrant ha* been sworn out be-fore
Magistrate William C. Tracy
for th* arrest of Collie Gory, of
West Norrtton. on a charge of as-sault
and battery' «nd disorderly
conduct, preferred by Lawrence
Lewi*, of 27S Maple Sireef. Ambler
The arrest Is the aftermath of
an attack in a Up room at Fayette
and Marble 8trret*. here early last
Saturday morning. Montgomery
HoHittal auttiontic* at Norrlatown
notified Conshohocken Police short-ly
after 3 Saturday morning thai
Lewis, suffering a head injury, had
charged that Gory struck him with
a stool. Three Hitches were requir-ed
to eJess the UirlMon.
Officer* Marwood and Haushalter
Investigated and learned that A*h-toii
Nelson. Herman Tucker and
John Crawford were witnesses to
lenl end took Lewis to the
bosgatal The officers interviewed
tn*wai ai the hospital.
(MT Stolen Margie Kelly, Janet Racicol. Ann
Mr* Henr Sstterthwalte, of 33S Laeenartt Jo-n Leonard. RIU Ho-
K ithlaen Welsh. J,
police that her auto <
go with a warning, at a'hearing be-i been stolen from m from ol he^w.iune*. Elisabeth Brady, Ar.n
IA#* *Sa* dm> nialJrala ''htwoavtrnmeai BFlr-lfiidafaeAg. aeavaaeananiing. .Ero.