The Conshohocken Recorder, September 8, 1952

              83DYEAR
SIjc Cotisfyoljockcii Uccortcr
PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY i!Cllft?r'~3rteViciD CONSHOHOCTEN PA.. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER I. 1952. FIVE CENTS
New Dredging 'Valley' GOP
On Schuylkill Will Celebrate
River Begun Hh Year
Coat of 91,301,850
Is Second PhaM*
Of Cleanup
Friends to Hear Visiting Nurse Head Jury Approval 5^f^i3^|Ra*iatf8W«ll
Tha S1.S01.850 dredfrinj; op-tration
in the Schuylkill Uw
Rachel CNasonj , . .
U.N. Worker Is Greeted BT Board
The Whitemarsh Valley Republi-can
Club will mark -la twentieth
smniversary at' an annual dinner
Thursdsy, October 9. at Whitemarsh
Valley Country Club. Thomas Road
and Oermantown Pike.
Oua Speug.er. Flourtown Ave..
Wyndmoor. is chairman of the
committee in charge of the ban-
I>r. Shoemukrr
\lso to Speak in
Plymouth Meeting
MIM Mariana H Ward, the new!
executive director of the Spring-field-
Whitemarsh VislUnt Nurse
RtportinR for the nominating
Mrs. E Pierce Myers
presented the name of Mrs. Frank
,A. Savage. Jr., of Oi eland, for
Association, a Red Feather agency. I portion of mrfUr,. ».„,„. thf
wan Introduced to membem o. the j uneapired term of Mrs Charles O.
board of directors by Mrs Frederic Douglas, Jr. Mrs. Ssvige as* elect-
Two full dav* of activity L■ Ballard. Jr..president, at a meet- ed
will mark the 280th Miniver- "* ^PL * *l ** Cmnon v»u*>'i *»• *""« c Dick, chairman of
For Plymouth
Bridge Work
t nlnt'll I HIM >|l;i(l
KrliuiM n:: ( u-l
fM at MI .lino
below Norri.town got under-; J,"^"'c^°^ •££* •>» of^ the'foundirur'of'piy.;*^' S5"E«. „„ „.„•
I A convalescent unit for the rsrr
,0* polio patient* afrrr the ;<ola'ion
period It passed ha* been established
I by the Patient Carr committee of
the Montgomery county Chapter of
the National foundation for Infan-tile
Paralysis at Sacred Heart Hos-pltal.
Norristown
Volunteer represents lives will
I '.end assistance to the staff at the
hospital, to conserve Unit for phy-■
steal therapist.*
The committee will interview fsm-
Appeal n.n,,,*,^,,!,^
Decision on
Dump Openin
White. Fetterulf
Will ( oiiirt Alllillt
W liilt-m;ir-li Site
, Samuel K McConnell. Jr. Con- urday **■ Sunday.
of^hTS^L M'WSSIS g?*'? «" «* «■**■ *"« <* Plymouth PTlra* Meeting had
by the Army. Corps of Engineers In ' P™p« •****?, , , "* Inception in 1703. In the begin- ,
•fthTriveT"™1 ^ ^ C^UP!or«rild Juif^Tthe^^m **? "*/?"* * £" "— 3
■nS flm ptw. began m June Whitemarsh Twp.. is chairman of "*»• T"* ■Wtmenr met for
1950 with construction of dlapoaal *■ nuollell>* committee, which also j worship m the homei of members.
area* at Swsjdeiand. tower Har- hM charge of publishing tha an-j Record of a marriage Apul 4. 170*
monville and Upper Spring Mill.!""*' Program book
That part of the program was
completed in April. 1851
The contract awarded
0*h*«<Mi flra covers reran
i -in "
ani from the Flat Rack PHI and
395.991 vards from Flvmouth
Pool. Appro* tmaielv 5 618.999
cable yards af culm and silt will
be dredged from Falrmouni Pool.
Restoration of the river to Its
orlBlnal condition first wai recom-mended
by the Corps of Engineer.*
In 1045 after an extensive survey by
the Philadelphia District.
indicated that erosion of culm
s* Laubert Given
Soldier Honor
i retired on July l
Miss Ward gave a rasapre-hrnmr
report of her awn ef-forts
at oriental Inn with the
•mrm af the isuHiiiiion and thr
needs nf and opportunities in
tha two townships. IWery ef-fort
will be made la public,*?
the services offered bv the »»-
«" islian Ihreugh personal ran-lacta
with baslnru and induslry
snd other sorts! and bualneaa
arganisattans In the area, the
Oppiwition to Die opening
Use numnB committee recommend- ll>* MoattTOITiery ( mility ill ap- tkttttr the family can assume tor Srpt. 16 of the Walter K. May-that
Mrs Catherine Crcs-man proximately $fi.0f>() toward the medical care Individual cost or RUt dump on Klniittown Rd.
by the association to contn of rebuildinK a bridge on 'r"'m
(
f
1
m t|L^"m*u;d !""" •" ,0 again was expressed hv « num.
;ncy creaudl by the Cohrtll Une 0W IMym.mth.y.^Srsi^ * """^.btT of citiZen, living" in Plv-oSJT
Mi DSracomoseDslaUoii (Yeek '" °/mouth TwP' »" HlMer Wlldreda. director of (he mouth Meeting Village at it
waa approv-d and Mrs fliaii given by the September Crand howpiul. announcrri the haapital public hearing Thursday night
will sun working with the assocla- -Jury Thursday a* il completed *''" v*ttotm all aeru.e» needed in before the b-iard nf lupen la-
,t- week",, wnrk. IZtX?"* *',th *" Carf °"""I 0» rf WhrUm*T«htW
mi
Mrs. Dl.'k also presented a lug
gestlon tli.it the lime for meeting:
be changrr^fi'om 2 30 to 3 4a p,
B j refers to the meeting house, and It
It, sssumeo by the members today. ''
i that the house of worship was built
sometime between 1702 and the re-
| corded marriage in 1709.
meeting house was bu.i*lt.«firs.t,w«l;,h m»■an ^gP,*1I ^ ^O *. ■\Ta7/ ¥1 I • U1{ y^# Kobinson
The
asked I
Township Commissioner*; HeprgatnUtlvw of ihu area as-
Hpnng lor the appoint- slsling are Mr. and Mrs. A. Clyde
Flour town, urs t A Ryan.
lattrsi
k-hock
the rebuUding of the bridge at
He and Brotlirr in
Germany I'ruiinttrd
Two brothers recently were pro-mcted
to the rank of corporal ar.d
„. .one was selected as -Soldier of the
■*">» P^. •SSSi'LSfJ »J!^ [Month." while serving, overseas
Raymond I*uo*n. was selected ^_P*?*0™J,D*
as the outstanding soldier at his *■*
base last month in Oermanv sjnj
was promoted to the rank of cor-pora).
In the Army sine* March,
1991. he has been serving overseas
■luce last October. He was grad-uated
from Norrtstown High School
In 1946. ■
sewage and Industrial wastes into
the river had caused a serious pol-lution
problem
B. V. McCarthy
Is Dead at 85
to become a school house
Homecoming Day far the
school will take place -atur
day. Rachel Conrad Naeon,
known through her work in the
I 111 led Nation*, will deliver an
address of welcome st 1'. Lun-cheon
bv raaervstlon will be
served at 12:39.
bchoul history will be presented
by the students st
r'.£iiltf Arrnaation
Of kidnapper
male members of the board to fcx
present ai all meetings. This Bug- total 0f tlOOOU The townships
>WM0B *" unanimously npproved. i,,^,^ m.muurwd tfl„ W9rr m.
able to meet uie total cost through
the township budget.
The Inry af View found Ihst
a bridge waa a nereaalty at
that piniii and rernmmrndrd
Uial the present 25-year-old
structure be rebuilt It further
reruaimrndrd that the < oanty
bear H percent af the raats snd
the tawnshlp. 49 percent.
The Urand Jury endorsed the
Jury of View report and approved
the proponed allotment of expendi-tures.
For $25,000 Dies in Hospital
Seerice i'ndav for
World War 2 Veteran
Haines. Plymonih Meeting
Schooi Board
Meets Tonight
Two Fire ('.oinpaiiirw
\Un Will Ininrrir
West Consbohocken man serviceK
.gainst whom s Federal Orand Robinson to
"These Changing Times" will be Jury in Phllsdelphla Ignored kid- Itof Work! v.
subject of an address by Dr. Fran-.napping charges last December has the asJwVi
da Shoemaker, a native of Con- i filed suit In the Montgomery Couo- I Home, an:
■hohocken Ha u professor of edu- ty Court for 135.000 In damages noon Mil Rev Chester ..
cation at the University of Wu-: against bis accuser. tan, pastor ot the First Baptist [ voted 140 as true bills and four
cousin and in the 1963-63 school! Frank Moeer, of 904 Ford it. IChurch, offlr-mnng Interment was were found to be not true bills,
term will be visiting professor ofjwest Conshohockon brought the In St. peter i Cemetery. Barren I Ralph Mclaughlin was foreman
in wtllism Warren
<>f 33 E 9th. a veteran
w J. were held from
B Russell Ftineral
: Fourth, tr's after-
The September meeting of the
ronahohocken school board will be
held tonight The meeting was
postponed last Monday nlfht be-cause
of Labor Day.
A monthly meeting of Coniiho-
The jurors ronaidered 150 bills of hockon Fire Co No. 3 will be held
Win- Indictment and this
Ing with the u s As- Force
, 'England, slao received a promotion
\\ ar* rather Of the l-ate >' cornaiwl, accoming tc a letter
rrrrtvaij by bis par*ntAi Mr and
Mrs Raymond Laubert. 734 E Hec-tor
«.. Conshohocken He was
graduated from Rarriwown High
S .'i 'o| and has been semntf in
EiiK'and since hut August
Dr. V. X. iMcCarthy
Obsequies for Bgnjanun V. Mc-
Carthy. 95. father of %h<- late Dr.
T. X. McCsrih;.. for many years
a pronUnmt Coi>shohockrti physi-cian,
were held Utfs morning at; Lau'is^'siBmen RU
home 70 E. Prai> St.. OcnnMtowrv | ^^ ta ^o^^r county
"rt ■* * ™ 'more than a half century.
A brother, Clavton Uubert. sen-' cducntlon at Columbia University, action afalnat Albert E. Wilkinson HM.
Audubon. ihrough Aturrney Cas-) The veteran died In Montgomery
sin Craig of the firm of Wlater. Hospital. Norrtstown, where he was
PesrUtloa. Talone and Qerber. jedmltted 11 days before.
with solemn
fit. Vincent de Pauls R. C. Church.
Interment waa In Calvary Ceme-t<*
»'.
New York City,
Meeting history will be pre-sented
by Elisabeth M. Caeper
at 19:1S Sundav Worship will
be at 11. Dinner by reservation
wilt be served at 1.
"Friends Then and Now" will be
the afternoon topic by Clarence
Plckett. honorary secretary of tha
rhay_9M grandsons ot Stephen American Friends Service Commit-pnblic
of- tee since April 1. I960 He waa
executive secretary of the group 30
years.
Howard Wilkinson, son of Mra. The William Jeanei Memorial
Comrnhoeken Rue'ma Wilkir
arthy. s half-brother of ,,,,,
rjaseball manager, Joelano> ■..
Ifiatt—bp -rva ptlatsd the »*e» A g,,'^ 0|-
York Y*nkee* to eight Americnn fi^hoQ] ^ wml
League p-nnaant* and to sei-en, kPr Br(ls ,wrT
world championships In addition Wj ____
managing the Chicago Cubs and: . .
Boston Red Sox. died last Jtltl^e Approver
Thursday a; home after an illness -, ,, . ■ ,
Of five weeks. ! New < uii-l;it.|.
Fnr more than a half century Appointment of Police Officer
► was in the theatrical transfer: Waller V. Freaa. of Chinch Rd
business and numbered among his I upper MeWort, as constable [n the
personal friends such stage person- township was approved by Judge
aliUes as Fred Waring. Ethel Dannehower yeaWrday. '
1 *°Kr*\ Recommendauon that Prea. be <>>rn Roast Tonight
named to the p.»t was contained In i The Christian Endeavor Society
a petition .submitted by township I of the Plymouth E. C Church will
voters The ottke had be-n vacant .hold a corn roast tonight at the
since the recent dealh of tleleon \ church All Sunday School mrm-
Campbell 'bers sre invited.
Library on the Friends property.
Army Air Pore; I OennanUiwn and Butler Pks, Ply-
PSKUMOB >j Y m",,th Meeting, as well as the Ply-nmotmeken'Hiah
mtJllUl ***tum Friends School, u
■nptoyed by Wal- °P*n to »n
The Annie H Wilson room, added
to the meeting house a few years
ago. Is a community meeting room.
Plymouth Meeting Friends,
though a religious group, have a
tremendous community influence
and do much for the community
through their Meeting. School and
Library.
and O. L Sayre. aecretary.
ReceipU of Show
Aid Buildino; Fund Moeer peeks the monetary ds-j Conahohorken Church Basketball
mages on his contention that by|Letgl,r hein>d bv or willlam E-the
accuaauon of the "supposedI of- Brandt president and Harrv Ellem .
sense of kidnapping" he "has been -nd Harrv I Atkinson leasue o*fi Andrew lannutu P^t Auxiliary
snd is greatlv injured in his ere- SH jolenh WsaneTposT No m on 8*,urd^ nlfht presented a "va-dlt
anl^reputation. has been!tZr^HX^Z^t, ^ffiL^^^\J^«
brough: into disgrace among his „ , iSSkw. a » emoloyeea"Si^tefe^rnl SvaTto"'^
Cosmss and
Damlan Catholic Church
tonight In the fire house. Ninth and
Harry. Daniel Oarvev, president.
will preside
A monthly marling of Washing-ton
Fire Co. postponed last Mon-day
night because of the holiday
will be held at 7 SO tonight In the
hose house, 15 W Hector. Jerry
Tancini is president
The finance committee of Oon-ahohocken
Town Council will meet
tonlpht In the Council Chamber to j the money may come from at this
bills and salaries to be, Ume. since taxation at present
Indication was strong that the
dump nererth-Iess win be opened
as an accommodations lor cttieens
* township Thorns- J White,
Lafayette Hills president of
the board, said a decision would be
witlvelci pending s .-Dtiterenc- with
Motion H rwusroii, Jr . ■uparvieoT
in use east district, who waa ab-sent
White explained thai Springfield
and Cheltenham Townshipe both
are maintaining dump- :n
marah Twp, under permits coating
1300 each year, but are adamant
In denying access to private trash
collectors operating In Whltemarsh
Twp
Market, White continued,
will allow laeal trash collectors
nan ef ins dump while apeiiing
ti l« the City af Philadelphia
an a rental basis. Mavkut ha*
agiwed is fa ant of his way,
provided he la sMc in conform
with the township ordinanr*.
In ardar ta provide tervlee far
rltlsens af the tawnshlp. sr-ee-
Ulasra were L.l.l
White acknowledged a trend to-ward
establishing collecion of rub-bish
and ashes with township
trucks in the near future.
The cost will be 930.000 the first
year and 113000 annually there-stier.
White sakd He added that
the kuperrlsors are uncertain Where
presented at the September meet-ing
of Town Council, Wednesday
Evans, commander, and employees night.
nefcrhL.,rs and others^ has been rtpreseimr.B the John Wood Menu- lhll,
suspected of kidnapptof. has auf- f^un0| Co visited the funeral S*"J,,n» *"?*,?'
fared great enaiety of mind and home irVpoupa Damlan Catholic
pain of body, has been deprived of -.in—™« ■ -■ -i„„ iw.i- ' Entertalnars, whose services were
hk ubarty for the «>ace o M days. J^l™ ^e-b torLiisSui l»mta- ww ■U-BU 0l "" unU *l ■
ha. been obliged to l.y out larfe Jj"*1' ^ >"<'.^^acMahon al ,cat*rK' 'uPP*r *1 the P0"1 h"d*,
sums of maie*. amounUluj m the JJJ * •"« J*"^"'^™;h "'quarters. 905 Maple St. berfore ihe Four peraona required
whole to raore U.an «1.99». m and meml^o^ Firat BapUat Church. L,^,,,,,^, ,„ ^ ,ttdlWrlum of ,t Montinmcry- Hospiul M
about presHWng his distflarfe from Mr fcaanaoti. unof Sara (Dan- Cors^hafc-ck** High Penaol A «a- aVr e*r minor mjury s* a •weastt f.
his said imrn-lsoorrtent and defend-1 Ws. and tha late William Robinson, p«city rrowd was In attendance [a haad-on coIlUhm that occurred at
Four Injured
In < iilli^ion
Ing himself of the foregoing falsw was born In Ootithohocken and
charges, has been greatly hindered ■ lived here all his life He was a
by reason of the charges Improper- jfradusre of Conshohocken Hiith
ly brought by the defendant of School He was employed as an as-transacting
his lawful business as! scrub:vmaii for the John Wood Co
an electrician and by means of the
said charges the plaintiff has been
and ta otherwise greatly injured in
bis credit and circumstances."
and th* late George M Cohan. His
father. Benjamin V. McCarthy, waa
pioneer contractor in German-wan
and built many of that see-
's streets more-than three score
years ago. He was associated with
his father until the letter's death
when he engaged In the general
tiaultng business, speclallalng In
the transfer of theatrical scenery
and property to and from
Iota leitlt.mate theaters and
vlUe houses In Phlladelphli
with horse drawn teams, and'for the
pas; several year.* with motor
tracts. Mr. McCarthy took an ac-tive
interest In the business until
four years ago when he entered re-tirement.
He was a prominent member of
t. Vincent's church, and last Oc-taber.
during the observance of its
centennaryMr and Mrs. McCarthy
enjoyed the distinction of being
the oldest living couple married in
ghj church.
Besides hU half-brother who
;e- 1:1 Buffalo. N Y. Mr Mc-
Csrthy 1* .'.u.-vived by his wife. Ag-n/
s Doyle McCarthy; the follow-sons
and daughters, Esther M .
Edith ft, and Jane V.. at home;
Benjamin V. Jr. Santa Monies.
Csllf, Agnes, wife of Joseph Mc-
APPJI Jui'dao, N, Y.. (UiSabclli,
wife of John Shannon, Delmsr.
Del.. Ursula, wife of Dr. William
McElroy Curwenaville. Pa., and
David J., East Falls
Three sisters. Mrs Catherine
Bums and Mrs. Hannah Bowes,
both of Oermantown. and Mrs.
Herbert Rush, Moiristown. N. J..
also survive.
. McCarthy who practiced to
Conshohocken and vicinity for
many years and later removed to
Chestnut Hill, died an May. 1991.
REM£MBf]RING
Mower claim* he Is a "fwod.
true, honest Jwst and faithfal
ciiiirn" and has always con-ducted
himself as each and has
never been fallly sf the crime
with which be had been chart-ed.
Despite this, he adds In his state-
Harlan, Bogdan, and the latter'
parents. John and Florence Bog'
were treated for minor abra
„lhIi: Trolley Cars Were Crowded a,,at first j J
— Especially in Brooklyn
iic amuow 1931. with the exrrptlon _.
oi ta. ver, h. .... In *f.n» ol ""*", ""t "»«"« f"""*"
hla country during World War II ' B1I1T Worrell of tpifvuuon turn*.
Be mt»red the mlUUry M^lcr April I *" m"it" <* fr»moiili» Mfmbfr.
19. 1MJ. «nd wu imldud to Co.:o« the r»n Included Albfrt olivkrt.
A. 3M Biglne.1. ComMt BUUtlon.! X"- ■""' Otrtwrlllw. Jo»r„h Al-
Hf «'nrd nln, moMa utmi m :""«■■ K««n ■»•» B1IW Olllmil.
Uw Bimpsan Th».ti». part oi; OMUT M«r»olto. Ann Merlin, Julfi
.. UM wu .pent In Oermenv ruher, Ele.nor oreco Ulrkv. Hen-
S^lTaS h°™""' ^^"^olnermTAt^r., S~, c^i— ^doum^.'t.u^un^i.
... ...... hore. FUEJV Fusco McHenrs- Slaters.
i k*&J^J!^J».™\<mwma mamm Elaine wosi.. Atteml tainvention
lent of claim. Wilkinson by -con-!" m""^ "J.J^J"?1" ^^l,^ Ardte DiCoscls and Marge Lee'wi „ "__."*
irlving and maliciously intending ia *• Consnoho^en Oomniunlty II! I , |[,T ( .inn i-to
injure the plamtltT in h* good Clrt. Uaguf snd the First Baptlsti™*"""
name, fame and credit, and to I"» 0» Conshohocken Church Bas-i
bring him Into public scandaL to- keibull League He was also a mem- IvIarfCaret r»errviliail
famy and disgrace and to cause the ber of the pitching staff or the East war i f*-Jjf, ( I. L-jjrax
"ivill* team in the Perklomen ~ eflH ttUOlo trptl.iior
within one mill of the legal limit
set by the Commonwealth. There
la a possibility, he ssld. that In-come
which the real estate transfer
tax ia providing may be earmarked
for trash disposal
The mperviawra srdered the
Mm hut dump closed July ft an
r«rng4etnte filed bv riilieri* ar-ise*
a she that spread ud«r«
."T e s^tf be 1* It favor ■
Ing down the other two g
Whitesnarsh csn not have one 'our
own people can use '
The dump maintained by Chel-tenham
Twp. Is owned by the Dl»»
aton family and the one maintain-ed
by Springfield Twp. ta owned by
the township. White ssld. Both ar9
required to comply with a town-ship
ordinance. They are located
driving West on Oermantown Pk.|w1thin a few hundred feet of one
Harlsn was driving Esal on the pike another
Mrs. Marv Manoppello was chair- Oermsntown wike and Hilltop fad.,
nan for the successful event. M- Plymouth Valley.
slated bv Sue Oambone, Mary Oam-' Plymouth Township police, who
bone. Sallv Marino. Antoinette Investigated the accident. aaM the
Mashett. Bettv Pettlne. Bettv Tarn- driver of one of the ears, Frederick
Irwln. of Quakertown, apparently
fell asleep at the wheel of his car
which collided with John T. Bogdan.
~ of 739 N. Third St, who was
Mr and Mrs William 8 Irwtn
Jr. top K Fourth, hare returned
after a weeks trip to New York
and Ocean city.
Mr. Irwtn. oldest letter carrier at
White ordered iMchael J Laput-
Ka. btilldmg inspector, to Immedi-ately
inspect the Cheltenham Twp,
dump
The president «f the board
ale* knatrwetad the balldlng in-
"■ a rriinn Halt
! plamufT to be imprisoned „
Itanf space of time, and thereby tolLeafi"e for aeveral seasons | Joaeph Berryinan. nnxbornugh. thf. conshohocken post office „
ImproveTlsh oppress, and wholly' He was a member of the First yesterday announced the maniafeipoint of service represented D«s-jU.
S. Conunlasloner Csrr in Phili-leapt;■•( Church of Conshohocken ■ of his sister. Mtas Msrvaret Berry-.mrt No ,,M M th# N,t10ntl AwJ.
impoverish, opprees. and whoUy,«nd Joiwph ^Tagner Post No 773. man. 117 W Third Ave nonsho-:cl|1,lon of Ulln Carr„r. c„nven.
ruin him," on Oct 10. 1991 went American Legion horken. and William Murphy. I3l;ttan ,n Np york Dtrt of ^^ WMk g> --,
survived by hU mothar.,1, »«h"k™.|gl^^ Wape KlSO
jthey went to Ocean City, wharg ] A wt&t sgreetnent was
Ordinances were adopted dedi-cating
First Ave, In Marble Hall
and Jonas At. near the Coneho*
hot ken borough line, as
tliorough fares.
Kuhlier Workorw
his mother,
mom he lived, and three sla- in Bt Matthews Church, on Auf j
Mr Murphy L* a member of thei.
, t U.I. i I Jell, UH \e^l iv. 19-t I Kr-JJL
before UB. CornmiasloneT Carr In
i Philadelphia and lodged the eccusa-jllon
that Moaer had kidnapped him ban M»rian. wife of Alfred RiaeU,
fed in prison In Toledo, O and 307 V Eleventh
later In Philadelphia, for 34 davn'old Ford. Whilesville Del and Police Radio
from Oct. 19 to Nov. fl when he S«rn wife of Erie Henrlquea, Up-
(obtained ball pft Merlon Twp. 'Coiinrilllian Bnilli
On Dec ii. lW1. u»e Federal .. T ■ t I t
Orand Jury Ignored the accusation Ft. Washington to Host lo I mlerf[ii >Iirgerv ! flclsl'
.against Moser and by its "aciion ., . .„ D •, i Pater Brunl. 339 W. Fourth, mem-1 baseball
determined that the said plaintiff'I Jill III > rire-1 Olice 'ber of Conshohocken Town Council
was not guilty of the supposed of- Fort wsshtngton Fire CO will iron, thP First ward, was admitted *,.-.„.,•,. I*,....tints
|fense of kldnapptng or any other be host on Saturday night to the u> the Philadelphia Naval Hospital. '"•H"" ■ "",,,""
j Montgomery County Volunteer, this morning for surgical treatment ^| KYW Station
Fire Police Association at a month- j Councilman Brunl enlisted In thei j Bruce Williams n[ 713 Rene!
!lv meeting. United State. V.r-ne* during ^ v;„nuuUl Valley, has resigned resumed negotletions on B contract
| E r Zimmermen of Jeffersonrtlle. , World Wsr II and aerved four yeari i „ Bn _,,,,(, ot Monnomery which expires Oct. 19
| president of the group, will preside tin the South Pacific -*hestrev jcounly Police Radio Station KOA Serving on the negotiating com
Red Oons Oversea*
Topic of Speaker
Benjamin Rush Jr. member of
the national board of governors and
chairman of the Southeastern
Penrurylvsnla Chapter of the Amer-ican
Red Cross, will be the speaker
at the annual meeting of the Cen-tral
Montgomery Countv Branch of
American Red Croat to be held, MSM^TIST
B p. m next Monday at the *> ' M ' * WAI.T HANM M
YWCA auditorium. DeKalb and i There were lots to see and plenty tb*
Chestnut. Norrtstown |to do in the Big Town a: the end
Rush will speak on "The Amer- of the day in the Linotype School ■"
lean Red Cross Overseas1 and over the weekend.* Coney Is-
Every person living within thei land wss the main attraction with
territory of the Central Montgom-j Manhattan Beach and other places
County Branch who has paid of intrre-t In New York City beck
t m Ii- Walt Hannum recalls the glorim,* days of
the pant as he sit* at his detik in 'Ihe Recorder office.
Hi* weekly column is published Mondays in thi- news-paper
where he has heen an employe for 53 year*.
The eqalty proceeding la the
aftermath of an Incident that
acrwrrea lass, 0et, g. VYIIkinaan
was employed at the Ivy Reek
pl-.ni of the Alan Weed steel
< <> aa an eleetrirlsn,
and Jehn Fagefy
pert, frequently
him as he!pen,
fin were engaged In the ggga-
Irtr wiring ksastnaes and after
they hag ceanpteted a Jab and
before the anawsrwrllen' usapec-limi.
Wllklnaan inspeeted II
and alee helped in arranging
n- staff of the Montgomery County,"_?» M^If.*?1JfL^twIS'!fMd*y 551-!^.- Bubb*T •na "*
Police Radio 1 ^T .1* ? ^L. * f? \zl i CorP ■ Conshohocken plant, for The friendship between Mr Irwin'^oca; tn URCUPWA <CIO»
and Mr Miller la one of long Iprgridliig an Increase of 10 cwnta
standing, having started back many Ln ^^ tol]ov\nt negotlsUona on
year* ago when both were active of- Auf „ .pproved bv union members
'- basketball, football andjef7Allf » at , u^lnl inf9iin€ m
VFW Hall. Heotor and Harry
! The hourly pay rise is subject
| to approval by the Wage Stahscsaa-i
tlon Board and retroactive to Aug.
II. 1952
i The company and union have
•g^E Drifting Car Hits Brick Steps,1:
ed eter- !
the Court House, effective mlttee were John Allerton, chair-
Sept 30 He haa accepted a poat-|man: Francis Bolger, Francis Lo-tion
aa engineer al the KVW trans- fan. Tmi Uelaney Harry Rakow-mltter
In Whlternarah Twp. i Snd Hsrold Kalb
oning strangers continuously
Coney Island, at that time ws> lished a story of a brutal murder.
the Red Cross membership dues of
U or more within the year or who
a life or patron member of the
branch la urged to attend the an-
Wjual meeting and vote ior the elec-tion
of officers and members of the
Soard of riirenor* .trolley for Coney Island at Myrtle ,nothing of It. Later that night we
and DeKalb Ave* to Brooklyn The passed by the sp->t but there was
cars were usually nlicd with Ne« no evidence that anything unusual
| Yorkers by the tim? they started had occurred
All three worked unul 3 30 to the „„
afternoon on the day of the lncl- H~"'r .^J?"!!1 , ,un"w) ■
dent. Moser and Fagiey are alleged £" a.J*Ls^r^^e ^fiS"
to have asked Wilkinson to meet x^1"*"' «*»««« Thursday aftar-them
at the west entrance to the DaPn„, .w.. „. ,._, .,
Matsonford bndge Wilkinson, ac- t,S"'n'*?' ~ *" ££*? "!
cording to hla story, believed he ^1°!^^ Jjj J££" ^
was to have Inspected a job He d""r »nd r,™d .*, l0*1
also claimed the truck used to ball *" tU ™chtn* *? d,rtft " ^
the men and supplies, and auto- d
I
,at*tT *°™ an Incline on Oak
mobiles belonging to Moser and "p "■',c,*1tro of the ear BCd
■ Fugi-j iiad ueen soM to used car(?*""■. " "", •""*' '" ''""*""
here was alwav. plentv to see at Idlers and when the men arrived ■ ^"!n«,"*Jf ^1 1 T
'they told him they were going to mouii-rt the curb and rammed to-
I the West Coast and "you are com- to tn* *ld* o( • •rt at brick lten*-
ling with us" Wilkinson claim, he 1"<1,"» to «** hom* of J"ne>
| was kidnapped and taken to his SrtubinaU.
iown csr as fsr as Ohio, where he' Salinsky waa crushed
'escaped and relumed home **» ooor ind tn* '"'
| Lat-r the other two men were u- BesMeaU wb. allocked the
ken Into custody, and returned tc
Phsla where they were aoaultied
(\ J 11/ J • f\ IBOV'H Wrist Broken ICUU Snffenny Potto Uwner is Wedged in uoorway \. M, Topples off W:.II u....n.-«i... \\<>»v\u,\
** * Lawrence McQuirn*. six. of «| Thomas Monarelli. three, son of
iFaTttte. fell from ihe wall of thei Mr and Mrs. Thomas Monacelll.
Salinsky of Bsls-Cynwyd. escaped injury' Friday morninf HltT^ s. frr>nt Qf the Veterans of ait* Maple. Conshohocken. who was
of the textile plant at when he waa struck y an auto- worelgn Wars property, Hector and stricken Aug 19. by polio, was ad-
Morn
prop:
One Kalurdav
ber of «• spent I
one af the butt
nathing
snsrglng crowd* .
along in bath dlrectMrcv
The papers neat morning pub-nlgbi
censers daing
atcblng the
mobile driven by Pe* Boyles.
340 E Seventh. Lanadale
The accident occurred an
< rawfoed Ave near "Death
Carve Bevies waa an his way
ta hla plare of emplntmrnt St
99th SI. The buy was rrueaing
Crawford Ave. te ralrh Ihe bus
to take him to West Contba-harken
Elementarv Srhsol for
M.r llral laawj He feraf laarn to
Ihe office of Iir John Hruoo.
\V Mm gaggSJg a rtamlnatluli
disclosed he Buffered onh
Ham .hnrtly after 7PM Satur- ; mitted to Sacred Heart Hospital,
day and broke his wrist He was Nomatown. today to undergo spec-tmken
to the office of Dr Lawrence lal treatment to restore the use of
Limber-, who reduced the fracture the affected muscles
Rahsll
.West fgRTtton Twp.
ommltted at the: *-> rm^i
Am-n-s the same as Atlantic City ■reaort the night before We stood : tnjjineer 1 nomis
Is advertised today Always travel- within a square of the murder «; | • o *. i
Ing in a group, we would catch a [the time it happened but we knew ■* ■■« Hospital
Franklin Thaaaas. Jr. ehier
eniineer af Cenahehoesen Fire
Ca. far s quarter renlarv was
was arfmiiterl ta Meniremerv
■ I»|)NJI "*i"u«i naarmng far
saeaieal irratsneat. He was
• trirkrn 111 late lasl week. He
■as a heavv < old and what la
believed a virus inleeUen.
mifhsp rushed to SsUnsfci'
siaunee, washed the heavy
machine back and reieaaed him
He was unahlc ta aland and
campiained sf his back hurting
I'ivorre Suit Filed
Pfareg has Sled at
House by Edna J. Rahail. of would have to sail for probably Corny duraig my stay in Brooklyn
Conr'iohocken. agalnat Farrts I !a doz-u cars before we could catch Known as the larges: borough in
of Alientown, formerly of, jnc thai would a^ommadate all of the United Steles. Brcakiy rf s i that
ius. It waa a del^ghtlul ride iConfmued oa Page .
A near-accident occurred at the
between same spot on Crawford Ave about
s 30 Thursday afternoon when a
youth about 10 years old. attempt-ing
to get out of the way of a ma-chine
going In the direction of
Lower Merlon, narrowly escaped
being hit by a car moving in the
opposite direction. The driver of
Oeorge Clay Plrr ambulance the machine traveling in the di-
Iwas summoned and the injured rectlon of Conshohocken stopped
; man aas taken to Montgomery hla car to investigate The boy ran
Hospital. Iserristown. away before he could be identified
I An examination revealed no The speed with which machines j
'bone* were broken He e-aj given are driven at this
(treatment and released withstanding car; are usually park- j
Officers Dougherty. Donovan and ed to the street has been a sub- I
Bland investigated lect for discussion at the last two
| Msivm Graham, six. 339 Bliss '<•{, West Conshohocken
'St, West Ccsisbohawsv-i, nairowlj,Town Ooun
KIWANIS CLUB OF CONSHOHOCKEN
APPLICATION TO PARTICIPATE IN
KIWANIS YOUTH TALENT SHOW
October 7 and 8. 1952
At T l-Ot PEaMlBM
Hiss meetings »L \
wl>, Town Couny.
rill uut snd null te Pwatnffke Bos 1:7. I .m-h.ih... km