The Conshohocken Recorder, June 29, 1950

              ®l)c Consljoljochcn Uccar&cr
ESTABLISHED 1869. NO. I0U. COHSHOHOCCEN. PA.. THURSDAY. JUNE 29. 195a
Vacation Period In Industries President
During July Fourth Holiday |™tX
c. . iQ. , fit A t IMailU^llU.lose Va|lr> KorKe Shrill. Street 'Storage' Of Autos
in West Boro To Be Halted
Burtfesa Hurry F. Mosman will lietfin a cruaade on
Tuesday, July 11, against automobile owners who are UKinir
West Conshohocken streets as a plac - that have
been discarded or are out of running order in defiance of
an ordinance enacted a short time ago.
IBurgesa MuJiniii and Chi.! of
Police Prank Altopiedl made * sur-vey
this week and located a dozen
cars that are attftaV < jrrying 1M3
license platea or have been park-
'ed .n the streets fur an lndenni e
I period. Owner* are being given
Mime to clear the streets of the can
I They will be charged for towing if
the warning is Ignored
Anniversary
Mass In Italy
Father Strumia Marks
13d War AH Prict
Marking the forty-third anniver-nry
uf hts ordination Into the
priesthood. Rev. Victor A. Strumia.
D D, pastor of Sfi. Cosmas and
Damlan catholic Church, cele-i
brstad mass In the Church of Ss
peter and P»ul. Turin, Italy, this
morning, where the clergyman
rr.ebrated his first mass. In 1007.
The feast or Ss. Peter and Paul,
patron saints of the Turin parish.
i* also marked by the Catholic
Church today.
Father Strumia was extended the
Invitation by the pastor of the
church, which his family attends.
Elaborate ceremonies are scheduled
In hli honor In conjunction with
Holy Year. Leaving here by air last
Sunday afternoon, he plans to
bpend two months abroad and At-tend
Holy Year services In Rome
He will make his headquarters with
his 92-year-old mother. Mrs. Teresa
strumia, and a sister, Maria, In
Turin.
He made the trip with his bro-ther,
Dr Max Rtnimla. limed sci-entist
and co-discoverer of blood
plasma, and the latter's son. PauL
I F. Yablonski
Kites Saturday
Joseph F. YablonsW. husband of
Burgess Mosman Is also giving
consideration to the greatly in-creased
traffic on Ford Street,
which may be accounted for by the
many detours in effect on nearby
thoroughfares while the building of
the expressway in this area Is un-der
construction.
Large >tgns warning that the
thoroughfare is closed by order of
the Btati Highway Department sre
posted but no barriers have been
For AFull^eek;
Oftices For A Day
The 174th anniversary of
American Independence will
IK* observed in Conshohockm
U in other communities next
'i'lH'sday with a general gat*.
jM-nsioii uf hWaJimi A number
uf the- manufacturing indus-tries
will take advantage of
■he holiday by closing their
pal lit g all week, thus giving
employes a full week's vaca-tion.
With only a few excep-
BMI will be closed only
tat one day
W ill Have Population
Of More Than 17.000
V;ill«-y Forge Park, the
Shrine of American Inde-pi'ruirni-
e, uraaUy revered for
its historical setting in the
nation's darkest days, practi-cally
.Inserted save for tin- w-itors
who come and fp daily
from all states and all coun-tries
and WOQdv at its nat-ural
beauty and the manner in
which it is maintained, has
within less than a week bMB
transformed into a virtual city
with a population of approxi
The John wood Company wlu "lately 40,000 persons, chiefly
close Its plant from tomorrow un- Hoy Scouts, and more fooya
tu juiv io. The ofiice win be closed J muring in, two trainloads an ssffSttSywSSja,""-' £»• This »i".™"reuntn
The plant of the Lee Rubber A! tomorrow evening when an es-
Ttre Corporation will be closed next limated crowd of 47,000 will
week giving employes one week* :„. gncamped on the ground
vacation The office w 11 be closed. , , e- ■
oniv on Tuesday !"»*de sacred by General
The Philadelphia Unliorm Com- [Ccorgi* Washington anil his
erected. The warning sign at Ford pany will close its plant tomorrow Continental Troops,
and Church Streets blocks the vie* afternoon until July 17. giving Vallev Forge Park Is now a tented
of nwurtsts turning Into Ford the employes a two-weeks' vacation i city tor the Bov Scouta of the en-
Street from Church streets, crest- only s skeleton crew will remainj Mre' world Even-one of Uie 48
ing a dangerous condition. i:i lne office -he first week with the states and 17 foreign nations are
Many motorists traveling in both exception "I Tuesday when the! represented in the mammoth gath-dimtions
on Ford Street u.<e plant will be closed down entirely I crlng for the second and largest
Church Street as a turning poiir The office wUi be closed during the! Jamboree of Ms kind In world
The street will be barricaded ex- second week of the vacaUon period i hlstorv.
cept for local traffic when work Fourth of July will be Just an-1 The opening of the National Boy
H.C Jones Co. Concert, Fireworks
Will Dissolve J¥uliy l1t.1h fi?eat.ures Business Here
Stoi-kholilerh Ajcree
To I M|ui'l;iif Firm
fafcMfaM In 1880
Heads < Jioral
Outing At S*?a*horc
The Junior Ushers Association of
St John's A. M. E Church enjoy-ed
an outing on Saturday at At-lantic
City. Thirty-seven members
made the trip In a chartered bus.
Count v Firemen To Meet
The July meeting of the Montgo-
Scout Jamboree will be marked to-morrow
with a Flag ceremony at F
10. From then until the closing of
the big outdoor event on July c
which will be highlighted at 10 43.
p. m., with the singing of "AuLI
Lang Syne,' there will not be a dull
Lad Undergoes
Eye Operation
6-Yeur-OM HUN Third
Operation In 6 Months
Undergoing his third operation
for eye cataracts within a little
more than a half-year, a six-year-old
Conshohocken bov is reported
today as progressing favorably.
Francis Wesley, Jr. of 113 West
Sixth Avenue, returned home last
Saturday from Bryn Mawr Hos-pital,
wliere he underwent eye sur-gery
for the third Urns in his brief
span of years. The cataracts, now
believed to have existed at time
of birth, oocur only once among
two thousand children, physicians
StfttSk
t First evidsnoe of the unusual eye
Olasalne' Paper Company in Westj One of the largest property lists in several years went ■ inaHng "the trip each da v. There malady was noticed when the boy
Conshohocken and in "cent y*ars umier tne hammer of Sheriflf Samuel M. Glass yesterday at I »*» be pageant* and camp fires and was two years old. He peered close.
served ss a watchman. He had Cnnrt Hmw,- regular ectivitiea each day with. jT st objects, and apparently coult
started on the erection of the. other day as far as the Valley
bridge that will carry the Valley Forge Cement Company's plant is
Forge Expressway across the high-, concerned There will be no sus-pension
of business The office will
be dosed on Tuesday In observance
of the day.
The Glavlne Paper Company of
West Conshohocken will lake ad-vantage
of next week In giving a
vacation to the employes. The
plant will remain inoperative all
week. The office will remain open
with the exception of Tuesday.
The Quaker Chemical Products
Corporation will continue produc-tion
at full capacity with the ex-ception
of Monday and Tuesday.
mery Countv Firemen's Association »°* om" and plant will be closed
-,ii\- H.i* -,.„■„.. ~.« .♦ rho»« '*? &** but. will resume
At a llWillnjj of the .-link-attVswaWI
of the H. C. Jones
Company ln-ld vvsierday
morning, it mi decided to vol-untarily
dissolve the company
at once, by liquidation of the
and the sale of as-
The firm, established In 1MO by
the late Horace C. Jones, was m-corporsted
In 1899
Spencer L. Jones, president of the
company, and son of the founder
released the result of the meeting
of the stockholders yesterday in
the following statement:
PltfcSIDENT'S STATEMENT
"At s meeting of the stockholders
of the H. C. Jones Company held
on June 28, 1960, It was unani-mously
resolved that the company
be voluntarily dissolved immed-iately
and that the officers be auth-orised
and directed to preceed with
the necessary steps for the legal
dissolution and orderly liquidation
of the company and its business.' T» T i a I" i* "
the payment of all bills and obliga- |\ sals: I It ■ ■/•g*t*C.
nous and the sale of assets, i 1 \ » w I I H I I >
"This action was taken by the
stockholders due to unprofitable
operations trf the company lor the
past several years and due to un-favorable
prospect* for the future
Production has ceased snd the ss-!
sets of the company will be dls- Mrs. Walter P Heck. 1860 Butler
posed of as soon »M possible. Haw, v as unanimously elected
•Fmplovea of the company have ' presdtawjt of thr Constutoonkga
..■„. . .L Choral Society, at annual election
Mr*. Walter lit ek
I- Named President
id have either received or will
■cwive severance pay based on
ngth of service "
the late Rose Yablonskl. died >'«<-1 , ,„,.,.,.* *itv, (K- ri«»i^ B« tndav morning at Uie home of hi* Lun*rlck wlLh the Umerlck Fire
Company as host.
;rdsv morning
^on, Stephen Ysblonski. with whom
he had resided at M3 East Hector
Btrest. His death occurred 18 days
inllowlng that of his wife. He had
been in falling health for the past,
Paw fgSjff and seriously ill slncei
ata] March.
Mr. Yablonskl was born In Po-.
land 10 years ago. He had been a
resident
.ears,
ber
PRESIDENT TO SPEAK
President Harry S. Truman, hon-orary
president of Uie Boy Scouts
of America, will give hU personal
endorsement to the movement by
■.citing aside the National pn>birnv>
:i:itt worries long enough to visit
the camp tomorrow night and de-liver
an address thai will be broad-
.Jt throughout the world The
Chief Executive will come to Val-
, lev Forge by way of the main line
INDl'KTRY AND 4TH OF JULY I of the Reading System, passing
Delegate* from; -r^ Merlon worsted Mill of West mrough West Conshohicken about
the Are companies in tnis vicinity Conahnlmcken will close tomorrow C 46 pjn. tomorrow night.
will attend the meeting. /Continued oit PtHie Sight/ tisENHOWKR A Gl'EST
General Eisenhower will be the
principal speaker on July 4th. There
will be many lesser lights than the
President and General who will ad-ress
the Scouts There will not be
mil to t..ld a.mrd.y *m>to, >t| SfwSkto? oSSui.
Dr. VMI Vt ill S,,. ;.k
Al Outdoor Servicr
BoroughAcquiresProperties
r»%JZS2gzK£.\'Or UeJaulteU, bewer Liens \^&jx$z>sxt.£2t
of years aa s fireman at the ■ !rito philadesphts with 9,000 Srouts
The Community i
to the Mary H. Wood Park at 7:30
Sunday night will be sponsored by
Calvary Episcopal Church with all
Protestant churchee cooperaUng
Rev. Stanle* R West » D, rer.
tor, will preach the sermon. Miss
Marlon Neville, organist and cholr-ster,
wUl be in charge of the music
and serve as leader. In case of rain
the service will be held In St
Mark's Lutheran Church
ill succeed Mr.'. Vrrnon Van
Turned the new treasurer
ot the group.
Walter Freeland. Harmonvilfe,
was the choice for vice-president
Mrs Frances Giambrone, Norrls-town,
was named recording secre-kfttr,
and Mrs. Elinibeth Herbert.
>1 iriR secretary Mrs. Mar-garrt
Bate will continue as 11-
lll.Ul.lll
Mrs William Bond Read, Mrs
George T. Lukens and Arthur Fol-som
Paul were re-named to the
honorary board of directors.
The '"Choral" will present a con-cert
In the Woodland Cathedral, at
Valley Forpe. one of a series of
Summer ooncerta bv outstanding
i Continued on Poor Eight i
lived retired for the past two
»ears He was one of the early
members of St. Marys polish
Catholic Church and was active In
its affairs ""d »n early member of
the Tsdeusz Kosciuszko Associa-tion.
He Is survived by three sons snd
the Court Hous
School Itiiuul Meeting
Postponed To July 10
The Julv meeting of the Consho-hocken
School Board has been post-two'dsughtersntoy'
sna'peli". bothlponed from Its scheduled date ne»t
of west conshohocken. and Steph-1 Monday, to July 10. due to it* prox-en
with whom he lived; Mrs. Anna imlty to the July Fourth holiday.
Zelenki. of West Conshohocken. and \
Un Anastasia winners, of Butler Inventories Filed
Pise Twenty grandchildren and six ■UYriiiurim rum
i;reat-grandchildren also survive Inventories filed Include: Frsnk
The funeral will be held from his B. Lewis. Plymouth Meeting. $3,-
home on Saturday mornlnK with! 2O0.tf2: James __Kane Plymouth
-olemn requiem mass in 8t. Mary's'*""
Polish CsthoUc Church st 9. Inter-ment
will be in St. Benedict's
pemetery.
Mr*. Leo T. Miillin
Following a brief illness, Mrs.
gamna l.avertv Mullin. wife of Leo
T. Mulltoi. 758 George Street, Nor-
ConfiRued on Page Four)
Conshohocken Chemist
Gets National Fellowship
A young Conshohocken chemist has been awarded one
of st-\tnteen chemistry fellowships granted in the entire na-tion
liy the National Research Council, it has just been
learned.
T.K. Club Outing
At Forrest Park
Out of II properties listed, 15
were knocked down to purchssers,
three of the salsa having been stay-ed.
However, Leonard M. MarkeJ,Esq.,
solicitor for the sheriff's office, re-marked
that most of the sslea were
to the Borough of Conshohocken.
the owners defaulting on recent
sewer Hem. Besides the Consho-hocken
reel estate only four other
properties were sold which Is aver-age
for a sheriff's sale, afarkel i
pointed out.
Those sold to Robert T. Price,
Esij.. Uie borough solicitor's high
bid, were seised in execution and
taken ss the property of. Anna
Jones, $36935 debt; A. Oranor and
Henry D. Cranor. 1447 M debt; two
belonging to Joseph Bello for an
unspecified debt; Velia Fesngold and
("■ >nimasa0tiers o f Montgomery
County. ggU<M2Q debt: H. K Mur-ray
ana William C Cressmsn, f763 -
49 debt: Henry Wojton snd Mary
Wojton, 135971; and Anns Tslone.
14.431 S3 debt.
Three of ih, Co. shohocken pro-perties
111 addition to the sewer
lien* were also subject to lax liens
and went to the county for the
amount of bsck taxes They were
seized In execution and taken ss the
property of: Thomas O'Neill and
Sarah O'Neill, 1130 35 debt; Stewart
McQulrns, Florence M MiQulms
and the Montgomery County Com-missioners.
1153 17 debt and Cecil
V. Smith, Howard C. Roberts and
the Montgomery County Commls-skoners.
1391.91 debt.
The four other properties on the
" o the high bids of
r earlier received s -__-„„„_ ._,, ,_,,
Holiday At Library
The Free Library will be closed
from noon Saturday. July I, until
Wednesday. July 5 at 3 p m. due
to the holiday and the new Sum-mer
schedule.
I Only 27. the recipient, H Albert
DeWalt, Is schedulea to receive his
doctor's degree in chemistry this
All roads leading to the fc
nark have been filled with auto-mobiles
this week with a dally in-crease
that to expected to make
every avenue a bottleneck. State
Police wUl aid the park guards snd
other sddkionsl traffic officers in
(Conduced rn Pag* Four)
(»real-<.rand unit In r.
<>raiidmother Same Day
The birth of a daughter. Karen
Marie, to Mr. and Mrs. John Hlc-key.
Of 725 Chain street. Norris-town.
former local residents, made
s Norristown womsn both a grand-mother
and s grcst-grsndmother
on the same day The Norristown
grandmother - great-grandmother
Is Mrs. Oeorge Munro. 1723 Locust
street Al the time thst Mrs. Hic-key.
her granddaughter, gave birth
to her infant daughter. Mrs Mun-ro's
daughter. Alice. Mrs- Stanley
K Anders, of Norristown. gave
birth to a son. Stanley. Jr. Mrs
Hlckev is the former Elslne Munro.
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Elmer
Munro. 418 West Tenth Avenue.
Mr. Munro Is office manager of
John Wood company. Mr. HIckey.
father of the newborn girl, is the
son of Mr. and Mrs John F. Hic-key.
305 East 11th Avenue.
County Unit Prepared
For Any Polio Emergency
Loral HamKmi'ii
At Weed Park
Tiioidav Eveniu
lml.'l»■mlrtuv Day will \>e
ogkaarvgjd in Conshohocken mid
vicinity next Tui -!.iy with »-
oration lias r» .-i arranged
for the day. althmijrh a num-bsV
Bf Bftvftt* pfenica ar«
schedult'd.
Many residents wlio are employed
will take advantage of a weeks va-cation
form their duties to rtttt
some mountsm or seashore resort
or spend the time on an au
trip enjoying the beauty along somw
previous! y-pls n IK.!
The playground 1
this week will obvrve i
snd remain closed for
resuming the regular schedule on
Wedneedsv
RAM) OOM EH
For tin gg World
War n fears \> Q bg .i iiUnned ev-
| s band
' -K! Park,
Iif-h Avenue and Barry street, ana
i fireworks display at the Roast
I Memorial Field, Third Avenue and
| Wood Street.
I The band concert, sponsored be
rum,l. will be presented
bv the Band of Con.sholio- k
the leadership of Joseph Pagluro.
The following program will be
U
J P Sou**: M i
Overture. A M Lauren*: Qu.irtet
from Rlgolet t <\ O Verdi; Out en
Patrol. H Rsstnrff; Yank
Medley Overture. H. C Miller;
I»wn South. Descriptive,
ton; intermission.
IsaKfatM Turque, Patrol, B F:len-berg;
Jollv Robb-r.' Ovt) f V.
Suppe; Indian War Dan
stedt, Jr ; Blue Skie1* Syn *,
R Orianda; Home Sotn
O Schumann: Star Span
ner. Marches will be phi
cores
Seats will be [»
who attend the concert.
The fireworks tH ,.
by the Conhhohixken ft
There will be gsj t
ground piece* in charge of iis
who are experts in srt of hai '..ng
the explosives. The (Usp
FAsrted as soon ss it la dark and will
continue for more than two hOOfC,
Arrangements sre being made to ac»
i .rniiHxlaie a large crowd of spscta*
discern little from a distance. His
parents consulted medical author-ities,
who sdvised Ui.it it was prob-ably
a habit, which the child might
outgrow.
The child still continued his close
scrutiny at object*, put did not
complsln of other difficulty with
vision. When he entsswd school last lf>clUpd „, ^ cotIrUr
September, teechers. however, were'ta m readiness to meet any emer-quk-
k to notice that In Uie un- genctee- that might arise.
fsmlUsr surroundings of the school rjr. Burton Chance. Jr. orthope-room,
he had gr-at dlfDculty finding dlc consultant for the local chapter,
his way about. A specialist was con- ,ald tnat almOK, *, percent of the
suited and heavy cataracts found, fimd)( miloCated the Montgomery
on both eyes. The smsll boy under- County chapter Is being spent on
went his first operation for the re- the ho*piui tresHment of new cases
moval of the obstruction over Uie •.Th± leave* about 20 per cent of
right eye lastNovember. The opera- lh(f funda ,or ^ .fUff-care of
tion U believed to be entirely sue- pj-tfenu for which this organlsa-ceasful.
Lsst January he under- Uoo »„ ortglnsUy founded," he
went a second operation, this Um*|^ -Something hss got fo be
for removal of the cstaract on the donP ,„ the lmmediate future by
left eye. A sectmd operation on this, lhe hospitals or the country to
eye was necessary and the opUc| tUe/VBlw thU condition, or Uie funds
is still under heavy bandages. The;w)1j ^ drtln<d eice-.
boy will return tomorrow to the
hospital for a check-up. It cannot
be determined unL.l lau-i
his vision will be restored to normal
Former Council
Member in Crush
The car of Thomas H. William*.
.ill West Tenth Avenue, former
fourth ward councilman, ured
in a collision late last nigh;, at
Ridge and Butler PHu-s Harmon-vtlle.
No one was injured.
operating the other car was
Rudolph K Polsk. Fatrfleld Manor,
Devon. According to Sergeant John
and "bold, whitemarsh Town-htp
Plans to properly care for any cases of polio that may
appear in MontK<im»ry County this Summer are bt'ina: formed
by the patient-care committee of the Montgomery County
Chapter, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
At a meeting of the organisation | ■
held at Its headquarters an rforrla- _-•> ■ * w-^ .
town, Jarnns Kind, of S' Isavid*. iMlHai'tl l)a\IS
: "prfwtit ative of the Emerson
Kotiipment Company, which spe-: 'l^.nriiify Knt*sirss»
clallxea in manufacturing the tech- * sJUrill*; IJUIOJH.
nicai equipment used In Uie treat- _. , - .
mrnt nf fhi. rtw.p«u> >»M that h* EdW*rd Davis. SOn C. _
haTVhWked\££^tJ^£t*n- William Davis, |]U Fayette lice. Williams, coming toward Con-
{^i^n^^o^^i^ViJl?^ Street, a student at Pennsylvania ^hohocken. was waHmg .
BUte Colege, la on a two-months'i Pike for a traffic light to
tour of Europe, accompanied by a when the polak car hit the rear of
frsternity brother. Otto arupp oi hs car The polak car. damaaed to
Erdelihelm. "nated extent of 1300. had
Railing on June ]*, (he students to be lowed from the scene The
were scheduled to arrive st Edin- WHUsms car. dsmaged to an estl-burgh.
Scotland, last weekend mated $100. proceeded on :U own
Arranging their own itinentn'. power.
thev plan to visit Belgium. Hoi- Riding with Williams, was Frank
land. Oermsny. Swltserlsnd. Italv o Wslson. his next-do.
France and the British Inlet. They and agent for the Pennsylvania
will make the return trip by air. | Railroad here With Polak were
The local resident has just com-! his wire. Jane and daughter. Josn.
pleted his sophomore vesr at the j nine vearf old Officer C Llojd
college His companion will enter Frankenffeld assisted with the
the senior class there in the Fall i investigation
by the surgery The child's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Wesley, and
a sister, Bernice. 10, snd other mem-bers
of his psrents' families are not
known to have had Impairment of
vision.
Barren Hill Fair Continues
■ Sunday, July 16, is set for the an-l
i.ual picnic sponsored by the T
where
| master's degree.
He will enter the University of
Club for members and their Wisconsin, at Madison. Wisconsin,
families. Forrest park. Chalfont.: in September, on the national fel-ha*
again been selected u the site lowshlp. taking post-doctorate work
of the outing and arrangements j in chemistry.
will be made for the use of the var- The youthful scientist has pre-to-.
u amusements for the Consho- viouslv been awarded academic fel-hocken
group. loWahips by the du Pont Company
A ipgfsaN train will run direct and by the Lilly Pharmaceutical
from conshohocken to Uie park, as I Company, and has done extensive
has been the custom since the out- work for both these nationslly-tntr
w*s originated Train accom-| known Anns, in conjunction with
niodstlons will be made for at least < his university work.
2.000 persons and hundreds will ^ ^ r^idcm is the son -,
nrivste automobiles In Mr ,,n(] Mts Hsrry A De Wslt Tn ***P»tg »'ith the Boy Scout
' rain, the outing will beiI3-j EiJl Eighth Avenue His wife Jamboree events at Valley Forge
postponed until July 23. jof t ™r *he formOT Miss Louise!'^ ^"^ Night" wlU be observed
T M. Woscsyna U chairman, as- Woltemste". of Wvndmoor. u an In '""
KWad by a large committee « ttrltttor in dissxtkrtry at the Unt-aw
mb< n
execution snd taken as the pro-perty
of: Robert Campbell and Mol-ly
Campbell, Abtngton Twp. gS41 -
OS debt; Preston H Stuckey and
Louis C Blenas. Hatfield Twp, «3.-
78457 debt: TheophUua H. Kircher
snd Shirley Kircher. HaUwro, |g.-
039SO debt, and Francis J. Under-koffler,
Horshsm Township, t822.ll
debt.
Aiinoiiiic-e Kotary
Programs For July
llonu-tir Pil-riiiiiinr
■Dts Year Pll
..: be held Sunday by Uie
[flirggg ouild of Our Lady
of the VUitation. Philadelphia.
asga ti all catholic nurseg and
' Bttr friends. Leaving St. John's
lltti Street near Chestnut.
I tw bus at l:30pm, the group will
Philadelphia churches.
i'iv Vesr prayers will be
The churches sre Cathed-prter
and Paul. Assump-ion
of the plesser] Virgin. St. Pit-by
the Conshohocken Rotary Club
at lu weekly meeting at Rldgeway
erslty of Illinois' She rece*ivedTer °"arn^_ "^ "orsf,> « Monday
masters degree iron the Univer- ?-**-. Pgrld W. Anidt. new presi-slty
of Pittsburgh last year.
Receiving his earll-r education st
. - gen Hi^h School Mr. De-
Walt showed his ability in chem-istry
in .lit work there, receiving s
prise In chemistry st grsduatlon.
He was graduated cum Uude st
Temple.
Serving three years In Uie Ar.'.v
dent of the club, will preside. John
Blackburn, first vice-president of
the club Is program chairman.
On July 10. Vexu Welsgerber, sec-retary
of Uie American Flag House
snd the Betsy Ross Memorial, will
be the guest speaker at the Rotary
meeting. His subject will be "Betsy
Roe* and the First American Flag
or the United States "
The Rotarlans will attend Uie
Athletics-Detroit baseball game
Dr. Chance also described the
new respiratory clinic In Harrls-biirg.
where patients may be ad-mitted
at a much lower f«*e after
the critical period Is passed In the
local hospitals. This clinic Is oper-sted
for the sole purpose of at-tempting
to cure patients so that
they may eventually discard Uie res-pirator.
It was revealed at Uie meeting
that there are at present 34 polio
case* in Pennsylvania as compared
to 31 cases a*, the same tlnu las*.
year. Nationally, Uie overall aver-
Confmuetf on Page Four) Until Late Saturday Night ^ "
I aproom OHIKT
Attendance at the Barren Hill Flrtnwn - r«"' xincc the '
opening niifht last Wednesday hit I id- breaking Ii«'l<! for l.Ollrt
pniportinnn each night. Last Saturday, n cords of all pre-vious
fairs were broken, and the erowdf each night this week
have baa better than tat-of-tha-week nighti of former
years, according to George Fink, sanefsl chairman of the
1950 Fair. , _,
w.'h the westher-m«n looking
Stores,Apartment.Dwellings
Among 23 Building Permits
Permits for a twin-storf buiMinj.', two dweUingg and a
(ton and ajMirtment. at HII otimaliii i<>-' ■■■' ?-11.tmfi. WITC
the four larKeat in a Kroup of twenty-Urn-.- permita entsJUni
an estimated expenditure uf $4H.(i4ii Isaaed durblfj t >i«- nmnth
of June by Borouirh Secretary JoaWpfa J. Quinn.
The oth-r ~
Ctvil (lourt
Juroih Drawn
Jurors drawn for service during
the week of Civil Court gfgtleta win
open September 25 were listed today
by Uie County BoajSJ of Jury Com
nilssloners. Those scheduled in-clude:
William Davis. 1213 Fayette
Street: Esther Hatium, 106 Front
Street. W-st Conshuhocsen: Edith
0 Hsvener. 9 Cedar Avenue. West
■ Hen; Margaret Heller.
Barnes Hill Road. Margaret Irwln.
140 t..i ■ F.itihth Avenue: Edna Kel-ly.
120 West Hector Street; Ai.tnony
Ruuth. Conshohocken: Alma J. Sta-le).
300 West Uth Avenue. Jennie
Wood, 128 West 11th Avenue.
during World War II. he was .shibe Park on July 17, preceded by
I Uie usaal weekly dinner at 8 p.m.
tached to the Signal Corps, seeing, Rlchaid H. Folts, assistant to the
extensive service in the China-Bur- executive vice-preasdent of Free-at-
atre. He sttslned thejdom FoundsUons, Valley Forge, will
tgrnea rating of master sergeant. He has be the spenkei on Julv 34 on Uie
nnev. OTstUUofl Guild. lent work theme "America's Cross Roads'1
east, Philadelphia, is in .. the field of, The annual riam bake of the
ie of reservaUons for the pil- poi tang, and is a photp- ] Rotary Club will be held on July
Igrspher of ability. 131, the place to be announced later.
Hospital News
Marie Kobus. 073 Fulton Stieei
Edward Zaleskl. 120 West Elm
Street, both surgical patients, were
admitted to Montgomery Hospital.
Mrs Lilian Eckan. 3000 BuUer
Pike. Rev William C/DonneU
medical, were admitted to Sacred -'d by mcn.be:
medlra were admitted to Sacred | Township poll
Heart Hospital.
Pike
final three nights
of the fair, official' anticipate
•■■■•■'
t
■■■■ matinee on Saturday
the pound
and Chunh Road
The fact that more numerous
special feature- take place on the
: : is addi-
: .1 new riH'urd ul
:-■' ■ :rom Station KYW have
and have
aided in '.In' entertainment tea-
I
The Siiurday afternoon program
will be particularly Inter*
children The -pecial al
It "j<-p" and 8n
scouts will present two in
■ l Riding Hood"
and 'Cit.'.
Parkn.i : tilable on
the Barren Hill Fire Company's
grounds for l.tXXi cars. Traffic Is
kept orderly and the safety of
pedcMrisn* rrnaMiic both Churrn
Road and Germantown Pike to en-ti
r -he Fan Oroundl Is maintaln-
.'. ti itemsrsh
under tin dnec-luon
uf Chief Edgar Mitchell.
A West Conshohocken member
of the Bell iri>i>i.
sUff st Norristown is serving as
night chief operator at the tempor-ary
exchange Installed at the Val-ley
Forge Boy Scout Jamboree, op-ening
tomorrow.
Mrs. Anna M Connelly
Street, directs the work of five op-erators
from 10 p m. in 1
merry evening chief operator at the
Charged with rubbery an
gravated assault and battery. Frank
1 30. proprietor of a tap-room
at 43 Fayette Street, was held
without bail for court at a hearing
Tuesday before Magistrate Charles
J. Gorman, of Norristown The
charge was preferred by William
Cooper. 30 of West Conshohi^ken,
:Med thst he went U
Ferst's taproom last Friday after-th
a ' noon and engaged in a shuffleboard
• ndant.
11 the first three
games at IIS each, but that
■ uittli game Tor M0. Then
lad, he and Fer-t tlire'
dice and that he won (28 from
I ■
Ai ihi point, Cooper said. Ferst
a>ked him lor the loan of SOO which
he mid he wanted to put back In
Ear so that his wife
would not know that he was short
C fled that he
lbs request, and that Ferst
k him Into a back room
where he was "beal^n up." suffer-blaek
eyes and two frac-
'■ ;idd'<d 1178 was
taken from his pocket bv Ferst.
Couj»er said he requina treatment
Mawr Hospital for his in-juries.
At the hearing. Ferst denied rob-bing
Cooper, but admitted beating
him. and said he did this baeaQM fkvft by Reuber Stem pit-
Cooper wa« using obscene lanji- ahorsoefcan who died aton
uuge snd was drunk
Robert Potts, Esq., represented his will
[I,-. .1. i Bi ■' * ti UofTl Own
Weil Side Woman
S<*rven J;milim t 1
As Phone Chief
local exchange, she ha-, been a long
distance operator at Norristown ior;AvW)lM, sidewalk! M0; John Sobat
parmlti were for mis-cellaneous
Jobs. Including two gsr-ages
a It era Hans, addlUons, pave-menla
and steps
Reci|i)ctits of the permits and sd-dress*
s follow:
George McMonlgsl, 323 West Ten-th
Avenue, steps. $60: Jamea Gor-don.
518 Spring Mill Avenue, steps,
•65: Matthew Ssntang-lo, 437 West
lewalk, $00; Har-ry
Press. 430 Weal Tenth Avenue,
pavement. |80.
Mrs Louise Jacobs, 407 West Ten-th
Avenue, repairs to roof. $150;
'omcxak, 46 Maple Street,
block garage, $500: John Coons,
435 East Tenth Avenue, concretO
Mdewalk. M0: Mrs Helen Robinson,
rental Avenue. 1100: Mrs.
H^ien Wanslk. 55 Harry Street,
rjfamb, 115
Frsnk Opelskl. 427 East Tenth
the past eight years,
Her duties at the Jamboree
gan last Sunday, and she will be
User* for an over-all period of three
iive work oi I
the park to normal, following th?
mli M-uuire the special
service for someUme
event
Calls are handled to and from
its in the nation, and
Alaska. Foreign calls handled have
■Tl0g.ll included the Netherlands
: and England. The Jam-boree
exchange number Is—appro-priately—
Jamboree 1050.
352 West Fifth Avenue, block
garage. $250: John Birch, West Sec-
■ brick dwelling, $11,000;
Dominick Gennano, 1 Col well Lane
kitchen $500; Palsy Manette, III
West Third Avenue, porch, $100;
Maria Jospwig, 223 East Sixth Ave-nue
addition and sidewalk. $300
William L. Dueber. 210 East Hec-repalrs,
$350, William
Wallace, ft- *»ud Avenue snd Fay-ette
street, two stone snd block
stores, $30,000; Richard A. Malison,
avenue and Jones Stree',
addition. $300: William Bryant, US
East Tenth Avenue, plastering,
$350; Frsnk Gravlnese, Fourth Ave-nue
and Msple Street, store and
$10,000; Frank DrAa-
Btrs*rl addition
$500; Joseph DU
■
Stemple. according lo bl'ick dwell!
bated in the Court; Via*. 307 W«t Sixlii Avon
erstioiis. $900.
Stempk Will Kile.l
A personal estate of $6,041 34 w