The Conshohocken Recorder, July 24, 1952

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You Think It's Hot? Conshohocken Old-Timers Admit It!
By ELIZABETH <i. 101.1.INS
So you think it's hot?
The weather so far this month has proved to be above
normal and Mrs. William D. Ristine, of 207 E. Ninth Ave.,
said she has "never experienced such a heat spelt in ALL
her life."
Eighty-two years old on June 5, she has resided in
Conshohocken for 67 years, and in Hamburg, near Reading,
for 15 years prior to that. •
She battled the "tidal" wave of temperature with *
combination of fans, electric and hand-operated, windows
shuttered against the blazing sun, plenty of ice cold lemon-ade
and a bit of psychology.
The latter wan expressed in her attitude toward
the thermometer. "I just never look at the ther-mometer
when it's THIS hot." Mrs. Kistlne said.
"I don't bother with it. Maybe I'll hear from
someone else that the temperature's climbing in the
90*s, but otherwise I just pretend it's in the seven-ties
and I feel a lot cooler.."
The sprightly mother of Irvin H. Ristine, treasurer of
the Conshohocken School District, had to do a lot of pre-tending
about the temperature when she got out her iron-ing
equipment to tackle a big wash she had dore Monday
morning.
"Yf», 1 wa.shed regardless of the heat, and I expect to
get them all, ironed this afternoon," she said. "I forget the
heat if I keep busy."
"Not only did I never experience such a long hot wave
as this, but I never fett heat as HOT as this is before,"
Mrs. Ristine says. Her husband, 84 on July 1. says the
same thing.
"Worst I ever felt. I can't even think of a Sum-mer
that waa anywhere like it," he said.
The Ristinea live alone, with Mrs. Ristine doing all her
own household chores.
Charles Herron. of 1516 Butler Pike, a long-time mem-ber
of the staff of Montgomery County Court House, termed
the current heat spell "the longest and hottest in his life-time."
He will be 87 years old next Oct. 17.
"I was born down on Poplar Street right near the
Pennsy freight shed, and I've lived in Conshohocken ever
since, but I never remember anything like this before," Her-ron,
a one-time rolling-mill worker, recalls. "We'd have hot
days—maybe aa hot at they are now—but not so many at a
time. We'd have a few cool ones in between."
Herron's prescription for hot weather It "tn
keep working and not to drink too many cold drinks."
He believes, too, that Summer styles for men
should he more sensible—and of lighter weight. "We
have tropical weather and we don't dress for it." he
said.
Herron, after working in the SchuyJkil! Iron Works of.
IAlan Wood Steel Co., later worked at Lee Rubber and Tire
Corp. Joining the Court House family 14 years ago, he
worked first as substitute elevator imsmator, then for two
years as tipstaff for Judge Qaggfi OofMB. For nine year;*
he has been in the Register of Will- office. He is a former
Whitemarsh Twp. road supervisor and a judge of elections in
the township.
Burgess Edmund K. Williams can remember pretty well
back into his 75 years.
"I remember heat waves when we had to close down
at the rolling mills—when I was in the office there—because
it was too hot for men to work. But I never remember
that kept up like this," he said.
"There was a bad one in the early IflftO'w.
which stands out in my memor>. but it wasn't aa In-tense
and continuous aa this," the borough's chief
executive says. He waa born and reared here.
His advice for hot weather is a time-honored one. "Take
things easy."
Former Town Councilman Thomas (Chick) McCarter,
who observed his 83rd birthday on June 30 at the home
of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. David Coboum,
of 245 E. Sixth Ave., said Tuesday when he made his daily
trip to the Borough Hall and the Washington Fire Company,
of which he is the oldest living meml>er: "This is certainly
the hottest spell I have experienced in many years, but it is
not the hottest spell that I have ever experienced.
"1 remember when 1 was a poddk-r in the Schuyl-kill
Iron Works shortly after the turn of the cen<
tun we had a hot spell that Listed for at least two
weeks and the temperature at that lime hit the
century mark on three or four days and did not go
below 4(1 degrees at any thaw."
Rev. Ella J. Nace. who lives at the extreme summit of
Church. West Conshohocken, one of the coolest spots hi
this area, said Tuesday, " This is the hottest spell that I caa
remember."
Now past four score years, the venerable jtastor saidl
"I am ironing and sweating. I have never felt anything like
it in my life before."
Rev. Mrs. Nace has just returned from the Wiley Mis*
slon in Haddonfleld. N. J., where she assisted in a week of
special services.
If you think the climate's peculiar, and maybe the)
aftermath of atomic explosions, here's a bit of history re-corded
by Peter Legaux June 30, 1816:
"Extraordinary cold for this season of the year, ott
the 9th. 10th and 11th (of the month) it frosted those days,
and the ground was covered with snow, 1 ft. and 1 ft. 7*i
■ deep, and the ground froze as if in December.—I believe that
'extraordinary cold may be attributed to the influence of the
spots on the sun. Time will say."
(The excerpt from the diary of Peter I^egaux is from a
history of Montgomery County published in 1900.)
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»r---m mco »-^ oo*«,t CONSHOHOCKEN, PA_ THURSDAY. JULY 24. 1952.
Town
Fine Arts Of Gunnery
i ..£ In swift, sudden, dread:til.
When It strikes nothing will
help but action . . . prompt ac-tion
well directed.
If you ever had to summon vol-unteer
firemen, you Kru.w whs' it
I* waiting for their arrival from
the time you hear the siren
blowing It Is not easy to remem-ber
that when you first hear the
sum, the firemen themselves are
widely scattered, must drop what-ever
they are doing and hasten to
the fire house, start the appara-tus,
pull onto the highway and
proceed with caution so thst the
.hea of others art not endanger-
Vsaal-af.
The flames don't watt.
IT they burn furiously,
r.ipidly, second by second,
minute is like s day. You wonder
what you can save, or If there
IMI'I something you can do before
firemen can arrive.
Perhaps nebody thinks, be-fore,
during, or after a blase,
ho* much planning and work
was accomplished by volun-teers
In order that the fire
rompeny was there when It
was needed, and that ade-quate
equipment was avail-able.
Our homes and our lives are
safer because trained firemen are
ready and willing to respond
when they are needed. They
charge nothing for fire-fighting.
They receive no compensation for
the time they devote to learning
the best methods of fire preven-tion
and fire fighting. Usually
they pay their own expense* In
acquiring knowledge.
In addition to donating their
services at the scene of a blase;
In addition to donating their tune
for self-improvement and edu-aatltm.
their own expenses, the;- actually
work hard In order to obtain the
funds that are necessary to build
and maintain headquarters, to
buy apparatus and equipment and
to keep everything In good work-ing
order. Then, in past years,
they have given 10 nights In
succession to the community In
conducting annual fairs which
yield the substantial portion of
the yearly budget
How many men In a com-miinltv
have spent IS nlirht"
on the fair grounds? How
many have worked In advance
planning the event . . . have
rleaned up the grounds next
day after the folding of 'Teat
City-?
■*rhe men never have complain-ed.
They have welcomed the op-portunity
to work for the better-ment
of the community, to pro-vide
means by which savings may
be effected tn the issuance of fire
Vi-uisnce policies . . . savings thst
go Into the pocketbook of tenant
aid property owners alike.
In recognition of their long
years of loyal service, the grim
danger of 1c. . of life or serious
Injury, the damage to their
clothes and equipment, what It
their reward? The threat of im-prisonment?
Discontinuance of
fire protection on a voluntary
basis?
We don't know—do you?
Ywar letters are Invited.
Noe* will be published witb-iut
the writer's expressed con
sent. Perhaps yoa have a ee-
El MER BAOtTB and his wife.
Ronnie, of Plymouth Meeting be-lieve
they saw the car from which
the body of John Qulgg. 18, of
Baring Mill, was dumped along
Oermantown Pike, near the
• Continued on Page Nine\
Permit Issued
For2-Township
High School
Building To Cost
$888,000; Other
Permits Granted
Issuance of a building per-mit
for the new joint White-marsh-
Plymouth junior and
senior high school, to be con-structed
on Germantown Pit.,
north of Joshua Rd., White-marsh
Twj., was the largest
item in a monthly report sub-mitted
to the Board of Super-visors
in Whitemarsh Monday
night.
The permit, designated briefly as
•*new high school," Is tn the amount
Turnpike Office
Staff Seeking
Rooms In Area
Do you have an extra room
«n extra apartment or an
extra HOUSI-tucked sway
away somewhere'
Arriving any day m Conaho-hocfcsn,
and desperately In need
of acoonunodatloru, wll be 40
or snore employes of the Penn-sylvania
Turnpike Commission
Suspc
Undergoing amphibious warfare training at the TJ. B. Naval Am-phibious
Base, Little Creek.Va., are. left. Joseph U flyer, son of
Mr. and sirs. J. P. Hyer, 431 K. Tenth Ave. Conshohocken. and
Joseph F. Montgomery of Upper Darby. The Naval Reserve Officers
Training Corps has 800 midshipmen recruited from Junior classes of 2ft
colleges and universities. They are learning the complex tech-niques
of an amphibious assault with the use of artillery.
Lee Employee ITennis Courts
And Wife Hurt
Admitted To Hospital1
After Auto i iollision
Mr. ajwl Mrs. Richard Hoffman.
of Bryn Mawr, former local resi-dents,
were lnjurled critlcaly in an
automobile accident at Elmer, N. J.,
early last night.
Mr. and Mrs Hoffman, accompan-ied
by Mr. and Mrs. John Arm-strong,
were returning from Stone
Harbor when the automobile
which they were riding and another
car ml'idert at an Intersection.
All four occupants were removed
to the Elmer Hospital. They live at
110 Mondella Ave , Bryn Mawr.
Word of the accident was received
early this morning by Mrs. Harry
Wacker. 116 Barren Hill Rd., Spring
Mill. Mrs Wacker is Hoffman's
slater. Members of the family are In
Elmer today at the bedside of the
victims.
Hoffman, born and reared In this
borough. Is employed by the Lee
Rubber Ac Tire Corporation.
Are Busy
Barren Hill < liurrh
To Hold Fin* Servirr
The first service at the new Bar-ren
Hill Methodist Church, located
on Ridge between Chestnut snd
Crescent, will be held Aug. t, at
7 P. M.
Community Outer
Financed Sites
The three tennis courts, opened
to the public this Summer by the
Community Center. Inc., are at-tracting
many players dairy.
Loesrnd on an "elbow" of the
former Conshohocken High School
Athletic Field—known as the "B
Field'' at llth. Ave. and Hauoweli
St.. Conshohocken, the two doubles
and s singles court were built at
' a cost of $8300.
They were financed entirely
by the Community Center for
the free aac of the community.
Oresrad on wblch thev ware
belli was given by the (enabo-heefcan
school District. The
pwblic courts are the flrsl oper-ating
here In many years.
During the current hot spell, the
courts are busiest In early evening
liouia. Prior to thai, U*j were in
use from early morning to late ev-ening.
Robert Slater, custodian of
the Community Center Athletic
Field, snd supervisor of tht courts
which efjoin the "A" Held. 12th
Ave and Harry at, states
Twenty Hve trees have been
removed from the HalloweM
aeetlea of the "B" field, and the
tatter has been rleared of high
gram and weeds.
Improving the srea.
S.0O0.
Pupils of the seventh and eight!
grades of Barren Hill and Sprli*
Mill Consolidated Schools la Whiu
marsh and Black Horse and Pi
mouth Consolidated Schools ir,
Plymouth win attend the school
as well aa high school students ir
the upper grades.
Heretofore, youngsters la PI)
mouth and Whitemarsh Twps. h».
attended the four schools up to sac
including the eighth grsde. For
higher education they have had to
go outside their raapaetlvs town-ships
In order to complete one yesr
of Junior high snd three years in
aenioi high.
Other
The turnpike personnel will
matin the Turnpike offices In
the former "m"? Olaas plan:.
Tenth and Haltowell. Oonaho-
: iocken The PennsyWarn*
lurnpike Commission has taken
a two-year lease on the second
floor of the Uf eooeret* Mock
iwlldlng. in connection with the
eeasstruesioa of the Klng-ol-
Pruseta to Bristol highway to
connect with Hit Mew Jersey
Turnpike
The) Samuel M. Olaas Agency
JO« FwyeUe St., Is representing
th> sawmill)'Xi. Any one having
aooonunodationj for the Turn-pike
personnel may contact the
Glaea agency.
iect Held
| In Lottery At
j Plant Here
1 Man Is In Prison
, When He (an't
Produre Bail
that an Increase sufficient to start
Arrested as a numbers the service would be approved tag
[writer at the Ivy Rock plant *■* yf^, f^P fljfi,,
jut* the Alan Wood StesI Co., •■ •« u^^o 'i**> » s><ut«i,
{Monday afternoon. David Gib-'
bons, 41. of 1144 B. Syden-jham
St., Fhila., was commit-i
led to the County Prison in!
default of **><H> bail for court '
Supervisors to Seize
Marble Hall Property
(loriier Tract Considered Adnplublt)
For Erection Of Township Building
Indication was strong Monday night at a meeting of
the board of supervisors of Whitemarsh Twp. that collection
of trash will be established next January.
(iti/ins are demanding official collection due to a ban
on dumping within the township. Provision obviously will
be contained in the 1953 budget, according to Thomas J.
Whiu*. St., l-afayt'tte Hills, president of the board.
The supervisors discussed at —• . - m
Lions Applaud
Humorous Talk
Dr. Brandt Select*
Career Hitch light*
the matter of financing thai
project. Trucks alone will cost 110,-;
"SJ, according to sn early estimate, j
Elmer Mengea. solicitor, advised
that the board may not be able to
obtain enough revenue to provide
trash collection. He said an increase
of at least two mills would be nee-,
aasary and that the beard Is re-i
are seen as I
rlM J. Gorman, ttorn+,_*_*_J;^SfJSH^TLS^i lmK^Lloc"1",u'
Ford Motor Co.
. Freas Customer
Arthur L. Freas
Rotary Speaker
The Freas Glass Works, Consho-hocken,
during World War I waa
Permits totauinf "ses.M7 for other the larteat manufacturer of auto-conatructlon
tn the township in- mo"ve *"** hydrometers tn the
chuiee a (13.000 residence, to be «■«<»>■ Arthur L. Frees, manager,
erected by Leon Bwettoweky, 13th *u ""JConshohocken "*are Ctab,
Av... Conshohocken. ^^ |ta ■ **£•* * V£if ?_?tL2Z!r
tConmuetf on Pace lionn ft Monday night at Baumgart s
iRiiigeway Gardens. Black Horse.
The firm was founded In 1905 at
Carbondale by his father, Francis
L. FTass, who retired In 1M3 In
1907. the elder Freas moved the
industry to Conshohocken. The
Contest Entry
I iv e ma Industry Con In Detroit Meet %t£*rj:
saw of a first
They decline to enact an ordin
nee which would In effect retain
federal rent control, which Is U be
by Justice of the Peace abolished Sept. 1. Some munkapal
Charles J. Gorman,
town.
setting? up a lottery. I levrnwi J. LapuiJu. buiidute tn
He was taken into custody so a.ipseanr. was instructed lo eiifon
wsatnwnrn at the plant by Special In ordinance regulating sari'' ■
OfftBer Paul L. Moore, who slalm- tCoahtaued on Poor Fear)
ed that the prisoner was taking: —.
nun)' lavs from other arnplov- , MM a o
Alt- appreoandltig Oibbons, < WOl K IjiaFlS
Moon k him before Chief Fran-cis
M lfeMon. of the company
police force, where a search ef his
clothing yielded two books filled
with numbers plays. A paper bag
found in Oibbons locker, was stuff-ed,
with additional used books.
Reston called County Detective
James V. Oloason Into the case to
take a Statement from the de-fendant
before he was arraigned
before Gorman Information against
the prisoner was signed by Heston
Because his books Indicated he
was carrying on a flourishing trade,
police were aniaaed when they fail-ed
to turn up any cash from the
defendant's pockets.
He explained his lack of funds
to their satisfaction when he as-serted
that he operated on a "no
money down" plan with his cus-tomers
making settlement each
Highlights and Incidents la big
long and busy career in baseball
were related by Dr. WilHarr. B.
(BUD Brandt at a semi-monthly
meeting of the Conahohoeken Lions
Club, Tuesday night, at Spring
Mill Ore bouee.
The former Director of Pueue
Bsaatiofii of the National Base-ball
Leasue kept the Lions in a
happy frame of mind narrating
, H .-
Two Auto Dealers
To Send Youth
top producers of
thermometers and hydrometers
Mr. Frees showed motion pictures
of the manufacture of glass snd
distributed various types of glass
products for inspection
™_„ fjL.Ljiu.iLJu.hm ..iiMMin', Ford Motor Co Is one of its chief
>i«hohc*gam automobile aunomftm baying quantities of,
armored ease thermometers.
Birthday greeting were extended
Samuel W. DeMedlo and Paul Du-,
gan. Next Monday's speaker will be*
Arthur Parsons, past president of j
the Delaware r*-nun»y P»«t e>t*t*'
Board. Harry W Gehmsn presided '
John Wood PienieLer*
Meet Bus** At 8.30
conveying picnickers
aide ex-flalda
Sa act*
ing president of the Philadelphia
College of Osteopathy, president-elect
of the American Associatloa
of Osteopatruc Colleges, sports
writer, broadcaster. National Base-ball
League executive and football
Always maintaining Ids interas*
in Conahohorken. he-has been presi-dent
of the Church Basketball
league for several years
Dr. Brandt accepted a duplicate
of the resolution adopted by the
Lions Club pledging the first 11000
toward the erection of the "Fel-lowship
House of Conshohocken'*
u president of the Church League.
Otto Bntenman reported that
plans have been completed for the
second annual monkey baseball
this week by borough workmen. It , game to be staged at the Center
was originally Intended thst the B^d[,im__** *A
building would be en by 00 feet and
fcg) block construction. It U now |
On Grading
Site To Be U>ed
For New Garage
Grading of the ground on E Elm.
between and Apple, for the erection
borough garage was begun
Talent Show First Project
As Kiwanis Starts 2d Year
High praise for accomplishments
of the first year was accorded Con-shohocken
Kiwanis club by a
Kiwanis district official, st the
celebration of the first birthday an-niversary,
last night at Peacock
Gardens, King of Prusais.
The speakei was Clieatei Flaatei
of Olenatde, lieutenant governor of
a\ ««» Beta ■
members, wives snd guests were
present.
Rev. John P. Klniry, assistant
rector of St. Matthew's Catholic
Church, said the Invocation. Quests
Introduced Included Ralph Freed.
immediste past president of Glen*
side Kiwanis Club and Harold Pa-vie,
of Norristown Kiwanis
Oae-year perfect attends nee
puna were awarded by Ralph
Freed to Hugo ttrntrUI. Ralph V.
Falrnnlero, Nlrholas Romano.
Stanley WeUsman, F.mll J.
< lararrlll. Anthony Travaghne.
iassss Neve, John StartL Ar-thur
Leftee, Charle* Raters
4...!,«.,, i,r...,„... ......»,,. . ■-
veflo, Richard Manopetlo. Louis
Ftantsne and Charle*. Warvga.
Others attending were Mr. and
Mrs Henry Benedict. Mr and Mrs.
D. A Rugglero. Mr and Mrs. C. A.
Danella, Mr and Mrs. A. J. Mar-
Inari. Mrs John Storti. Mr. snd
'Cqmttnued or Pope Sighti
dealers will again »pcastor an em
rant In the Sixth International Mo
del Plane Contest at Detroit. Mkh
Aug. 16, It waa annonced today
Representing fee the second
saceesnlve year the renahoher-
■ ■ u -N'wrraMewn r lying vluigt
Clab, a mode) airplane enlt,
will be Harry LespaM, 1«. ef
Ridge Pk.. LlsnseUh.
Flying the Conshohockeu-Norr*
town banner, Harry recently w i
third place In the free flight gu
propelled class of the model plan
meet at Willow Orove Naval A:
Base, and captured first place ■'-
the same division at a stmtlsr son
test In Wilmington earlier thi
year.
Detroit meet will be Edward
Fleming, proprietor of Fleensng
Motors, Inc., Dodge Sealers In
retuhohorken, and Wehrie
Jenee of Jones Motor Co., West
(anahehocben De Sete-Fly-
MSBjSj agents.
Leopold won tenth place In the
national meet, st Detroit last year
Five hundred snd thirty youth,
from all over the nation and num
erous foreign countries partlcipaiec.
A Junior a* Pottstown aTstb
School, Leopold, quiet and unassum-ing,
has made model planes since
he was ebjht. He has woo 19 prizes
Police Oiiefa To Attend
Annual Convention
Chief of Police Harry Sneer. Ply-1
mouth Township: Chief Frank Al-topledl,
of West Conshohocken, and
Chief John Boyle, of Upper Merlon
Township, will travel Sunday morn- j
ing by automobile tO Pittsburgh i
where they will a'tend an annual
convention of the Chiefs of Police
Association of Pennsylvania next
week They will return Thursday
Assistant Police Officer Albert
Slater will be on duty in West
Conshohocken during the absence
of Chief Altopiedl
st 66 cents for adults,
38 cents for children. Proceeds ge
toward community welfsre work.
bsUeved that a smaller building! Btrthda greetings were eatend-wlll
answer the purpose i ed Cardln Brown. Walter OlsstS
A meeting of the property and! w"1 Holland Davla. Jerry Carda-public
safety oommit'eea of Town j i""1*- H*"» I Atkinson and Rob-
Council will be held m the Council I "* Hague were In charge of the
<—...„. kttUfL IS flSTBB ^-'program
re-arranging of the plans and re- : '
ductlon of the else of the building (]oiUUhle Sworn
to ao by 60 feet. ■ g^^ B g^p^,, 0l EaMt VtJ.
The building will be used to U, 0r<€TI Rd WM §Wflrn m y^ter-
... house two trucks, mslntalner, tar- ldtiy M B an>uly c^u^ ln wh,,,.
annual outing of John Woridlf0*. »heelbarro»j, and smslier!nw>n ^^ ^ nll brolher-ln-lsw
Co. Saturday, at Dorney Park. Al-j^h*ueh ** «*"■■ •hovf1' *nd MagUtrate Lout* W Hofman Step,
lentown. will take on passengers crowD»" hens was recently appointed lo the
at Third and Fayette. Conshohock- ! Thp erection of a garage in which p^t by oonsUble Leo Speskerman.
en. st S.M. snd at the same tune; to store the borough equipment,
from Main and Swede, Norristown. t has been s subject for discussion;
Returning, the first bus wiU leave | & Town Council for many year..
Uu S «i 8 the dims laaitas nin3 V erderei *»*« =P * ... .„ ,, ■ ■■ off .Tniier ln.umb!r_-0L^r'_„bul-*1l'. 5JSf —'* « All Hasrhall
More than 1.000 men. women and
children, representing employees
and fvnluca. will attend the event,
I ir< nil-i. (.« 1 Hot
first time that any definite action
has been token to provide the1
building.
Roy Sperry. Norristown, Is gets- "^
eral chairman of the event, spon- _ _,
sored by Local 3964. United E>el- (in VaratlOIl
workers of America, CIO. with the Police Officer Raymond Alexan-cooperation
of the Wood manage- j der la having a two-weeks' vaca-'
merit 'tton from his duties
Conshohocken Real Estate
Assessment lip $147,920
G*t» Under Way
Work of resurfacing the alley
between Tenth and Eleventh from
Wood to Freed lev. wgs begun yes-terday
morning by borough work-men.
n Navy radio technician. Is a pri-vately
licensed pilot. Harry plans
i lit piupeii) Mime11 tn (#*jiiia
for the blackstop and the borough
is providing the workmen and
to lesm u. fly-but "not until I m ^^Sment Chairman of the street
si , ne saaa. committee of Town Council, Philip
CLASS a. BUTUtl cx>KVALgacKFfT Oravlneae said yesterdsy there are
ROMS tor InvaUds. s«ed eontsle*. ;two other ,jievi frn wm be re-sto.
Cneatotit R1U PlvmouUi M«t. soTraeed the »"» w»v » "OO as
log j-am. the money has been collected
Real estate In Conshohocken in-creased
6147030 In value during the
past yeer, It was disclosed today In
an unofficial completion of assess-ment
returns at the office of the
County Board for Assessment and
Revision of Taxes In the Court
House.
At the same time it was shown
thai )II<>|«IIJ in Reel Uimebwbock.-
en had a $4,615 increase tn value
over the 1091 total.
Keal estate In the borough is as-sessed
at 64.061.165 as against
$4003.365 to 1S61 accordlnc to re-turns
received from assessors by the
In West Conshohocken the 1B52
total is ll.2O7.015 II was $1,202,400
last year.
Values of properly assessment* in
adjacent communities are:
Plymouth Twp.. $7,282,336. Upper:
Merlon Twp. $6,206,645; White-1
marsh Twp. fS.463.100 Ambler, $4 •
640.036
The assessed valuation of all real
estate in atunigoiui-iy CtSJtllj 1* i*t-ured
at $410.934 945 for 1062 tax
purposes This U an increase In
valuation of $23,000,630 over 1091
which was set at 626S.244.12S
Lower Merlon continued In top
spot with an asaeesment of $112,-
063.210. Norristown topped the bor-oughs
with $24600.475.
The married and single men.
of the Oeorge Clay Fire Com-pany
eneaged In a game of base-ball
Sunday afternoon on the
diamond of the Glasslne Paper
Company athletic field in Bel-ugomlngo
Despite the torrid heat the
players battled for nine innings,
with the single men victors by
a score of 13 to 6. "Pick" Camp-bell
was on the mound tor the
married men with Cornelius
Flanagan on the recelvuif end.
Francis Oetafread hurled for
the single men with Archie
Tarr behind the bat
Both pltc.iers were given
ragged support afield and the
runs scored by both teams were
due to errors rather than eottd
hitting
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