The Conshohocken Recorder, November 6, 1952

              83D YEAR
iJljc Consljoljochcn Uccortct
100 W. HECTOR ST.
$61,657 'Town Council Names Slater
Donated ^es' ^e ^*ree* Supervisor
To Chest
£*ao*r-Review TWCTSDAY-"ov- '•"» FIVE CENTS
f KUMHI Mor?
Will Put Drive
Over the Top
CuntrlkNilions totalling $81 .«5T
hive been received b>- th* Conaho.
ypar.. slater applied for the post
xfter being assured he could con*
hocken Community CbeM. Hervey S. unue In polke work
Walker, eiialrman of the executive B, , .... -
Slater was selected over two other
candidate*—Willard McDowell and
(ieorfie Clay Firemen Seek Increase
In Appropriation to Overcome
$3773 Deficit; Will Open DelIaven
Albert Slater, substitute police officer, was named street
nparvian Cor Y\>si Conshohocken at a meeting of Town
Council laut nijrht.
He will succeed Jolm Farrel] who [
resigned Oct. 27 alter serving
County Citizens
Eisenhower-Nixon
committee. disclosed this morning
The campaign b to be ron-il'ilrrl
tomorrow, and (here b
every Indication the |MI of
1101.eM will be rejirhed, the
f ha frown said.
Ot the total, » minimum of $50,<
000 U to be earmarked lor the con-struction
of PrlJowahlp Muiue.
The report In rull:
' Contribution* recorded to this
point make up 80% of
in the opinion of the committee are
quite encouraging.
-i eiitrlbuUons fro*
Including these frees I ahar.
Special Gift and the fliwrch
and School blvblons are very
rnruuraglni and we hen* are
Indirat vr of aecnrlng ear goal.
"A reference la made to thb ques-tion
-if reaching our goal on page 8
of The Recorder which suggewU
tthere la auil tune to give and thui
achieve our goal.
"It la exceedingly gratifying
to note the way In which the
prumlnni: families In our are*
are very generously supportlng
our movement,
"It alao U of special interest the
iCoMliatted on P_ r Tan)
Charles Edwardo, Uie latter iuiinj
■arrell-, post at present.
An Increase In the annual ap-propriation
for the George ( U*
r'trc <o. is beinf aoughl. George
Mi I JIUMIII secretary; Tervence
Campbell, rhief engineer, and
John siniih fire chief, told
council the present S2008 ap-propriation,
is In ■uncles* sad
and pointed oat that the eean-pany
must make up a 0771.73
deficit this year. The reqaest
will be considered when the
borough badret b made ap for
1893.
Will Davis
At 92 Oldest
Voter in Area
Bam Waiting 20
Years for Yi<ior\
Wan W orlliM In!.
Flower Bulb
Sales Probed
I " uii.ii POMS Deny
Promotion < oinu* I
An intensive house-to-nous* ;
•Uwrknob" campaign to ac.l flower
bulb, la not benefit ttng either the
Juhn F DeHaven Put, 120 or •
Joseph Wagner Post, 771. .-pokes- ]
tM two posts aakt today.
During the ih. I w*ek, wrapped
bulb* luive benn h PJL -m llw Moor-knouh
uf many hormja in JJA urn-
Bogh, A tubber batid Is u.*il to at- i
L.H.I MM bulbs *n crude manner. ,
It la stated I.
The printer wrapper says that a i
veteran, connected with the Amen- I
can Legion, giving a post number un- !
known here. Is selling the bulbs and '
will return In a day or so. If the
bulbs are removed from the door-knob,
he will collect fifty cents. If
they are still there, he will pick
them up and ask nothing, the j
wrapper states.
Offlcals of the Legion Post point
out that they charge farthing: Illegal
In the method of sales, but want to j
emphasise that the project is in I
no way sponsored by them, or
bringing any money Into their ]
treasuries
The mater was brought up at a !
meting of the Wagner post Tuea- ;
day night. Many members said they '
h.id found bulbs on their door- !
knobs. A number of persona kept j
theni nnd paid the required money, j
It has been learned. The bulbs are
guaranteed to grow by immersion ;
Votinjr Tuesday for the 72d
year, Will J. Davis. .531 Fay-ette,
who marked his 92d
birthday in May. is especially
jubilant that General Dwight
D. Eiaenhower has been elec-ted
President of the United!
A request to remove Prospect St. «*,.„„
from the borough plan was made iot*ie''*
by Leonard A. Talotie. borough A mired printer and a former!
solicitor. shop foreman In The Recorder
TaJone said the street probably plant, the nonagenarian cast hU.
never would be taken over by jh*|blllot ^ ^^y at_ florlnf,
plan, the ground could be soU to*ma A"**0"** *« West district'
building site. polling
Prospect St. U a continuation of Re
Josephine St. from Ford St. across tng in the greater Oonshohocaen
a deep ravine now occupied by »4ac- area.
atenxie Park, CouncU agreed to in- Although his eyeesght and hear
ve,t'**tr (tag have become sotnewhat Impair-
ConUnuatlon of DeHaven Are to j ed In the last few years, the W-year-
old resident Is keenly intereat-
Prrsldenl-elect Dwight Ktaenhe«er and members of hb family board a plane at New York's La
Guardta field for Augusta, Ga., where he will rest after one of the moat rigorous campaigns la I S.
pehtlral hbtory. The photo-show* the general holding granddaaghtcr Barbara Ann. 1; Mra Masai*
daugbler-ln-Uw Barbara tlaenhower, with baby bnsan, and Uwtght David. Jr.
ilutamaUonab
1 nrehouse the West district w aw •
Ing place In Whitemarsh Tap I •aU.* fla KPI^PIVP
b believed the oldest voter Uv-"1" lU "CCCIVC
Maxwell Award
i Elsenhower, Susan, Uwight To The Winner Beloii«> The Sin
Will Attend
Inauguration
2 Boroughs Give Plurality
To Stevenson; Whitemarsh
And Plymouth Republican
1) Rae Royd. Nurrtstown, chairman of the (HIMIWS
Comntittee for Eisenhower and Nixun in Montgomery Comi-ty,
disclosed today that the committee Is arranging to go by
special train to Washington, D. C, for the Inauguration next
Jan. 20.
Reservations are being accepted immediately, he said.
The heaviest voting in the history of Cotuh
gave Adlai E. Stevenson a plurality of 877 in hi* lominf fight
against General Dwight I). KUeiihower Tuesday.
In the borough, 427.H votes were cast as the Dei
spearheaded by labor, probably succeeded in defeat inj.' Thoni-aa
H. W. Jones, incumbent Republican State legislat >r.
John S. Quarry, Sr., Xorristown. defeated by Jonej two
years ago, gained 1024 votes on the latter in the horouidi.
As a result. Quarry may go to the General Assembly. Kb
has an unofficial margin of six in the Second District, v
can 1* altered in the tabulation of mtlitarv ballots >n
Nov. 14.
AH five wards in Conshohocken went Democratic, i 4
only in the Presidential race but in State, Senatorial un I
Congressional fights.
and hb
DeHaven St. la about completed and
will be open to traffic next weak
Work on the 150-foot atrip ut a
width of 40 feet b being done by
Obba Bros,
rxmgregatioii Appeal*
For Return of Sijzii
Plymouth Center Unwu
Church b without Us .denud-ing
sign fur the first time in
many years.
Prankster- vandal* .animatf
the heavy sign, bearing the
name of church, minuter jj>
estv.ee, uu,iii|t JiunSr
e'en. Church ofnclab are hope-ful
that the sign will fee re-turned
ed In world events.
"I have been walling 88 years
fee the Republicans to win. I
wouldn't have miaaad this for
anything," he smilingly <um
•sod ap the Republican preol-denUal
vbwary yesterday.
A former treasurer of the board
of education in Whitemarsh town
Grid t lull honor*
Bear First Tima
Doug Law, IT, oo-captatn and
backfleld ace of the football squad
of Cons&obocken High School, will
be awarded the Maawell trphy at
a weekly hincheon Monday at She
Happy Again
tConffnued on Page Sm
Plymouth Meeting
Hintorieal Soeiety j
To Meet Tomorrow
Plymouth Meeting and Its place J
In the American historical scene
will be discussed tomorrow night
at 8 at Plymouth Friends Meeting !
House. Oermantown and Butler
Pikes, Plymouth Meeting
Donald A. Gallagher of Rydal.
president of Montgomery County
Historical Society, will speak.
Tire iiui.ulii.ai amid;, spuim^'l' J
by the Community Association of
Plymouth Meeting, ha had plans
awiderway for final organisation
for several weeks. Membership In
the new group b open to all area
residents.
MnWi' n
1 ... M
r
^^Bf Will J. Davis, 92, believed the oldest voter In the greater Coniho-hocken
area, reads The Recorder at home In Whitemarsh Twp. an
election eve. He was confident of a Republican landslide, comment-ed
yesterday that he was glad Elsenhower won. Bussa St utto Paota
Pieking A Winner
Too Late to Classify
LOST AND FOITVD
LOST STgTSON HAT. with Initials
W 8 P. lost Nov. 1. In Baptist
Church social rooms finder plasse
FI.MAI.K HELP WANTED
TRAINEE LaboraioiT Aastsunl, roc.
high school arad., xom* nunlni or
lab exp. pr«f , to learn aiaUt in
tnsdlcal chemical Ub. Write Boa I3>.
The aaconbT, ConahohockeD. Pa
'11-101
MALf HELP WANTED
DRIVKBfl Apply Town Cab, la E.
tnersl helper* Apply
■mptlni Rubber Co.,
Oermantown fk. a Trenton Cut-off,
PlymouUi agaotlng. Ill-lOl
FOR van
PCRN rm , 3d fl . seml-pM Oath, gen-tier'an
pref. Apply 312 W. Bih A*e
Conshohocken. ill 10
1 RUS. pn bath on Ut .1 . on fay-ette
Si. sea. see J A Lynch. Real-tor,
* I 1st Are . Conshohocten CO
TTflf
LKnntL raaioHT TRAIN srr.
(dr'm r a 7*. m
a-iosa.
KEAL F.RTATF FOR 44I.F
CONSHOHOCKKN 110 W 3th.
rinele. id fund. price red.
Realty Co. conshohocken fl
plst-shlp,
Mr. Darb has cast ballou In Warwick In Philadelphia
the West district for the last 40 The award b made to the
years. He removed from the fourth „„,.,.™iin. e--iK.ii ni>» **
ward in CoaMtohotimi to hb pre- «"»i*»°'»« *«*ball player -
sent home in joi2 He has never I °* * group of sports ■illau. Jx-r
mbaed voting at the polls since he ' eluded b a eertifkata of merit. Th
leghrtfcred when he berntne 21. jjigaenUUon wlQ be by Bert Bell '
Jaaeph L. Darby, of 1317 Welbi president of aba chlR aaal CXm-
St.. and Charba F Miller, li3S, _,ri„M- „, (>1. -...^j - -
Butler Pike, uansportw Mr Davis! B"*ton*r ^ *« Katloaaal 8«<was-
. atonal Pbotball League.
It b the first time thai a Con-lahohocken
High School athlete wii:
; be recipient of the honor, Thb t
: the third season that Law has been
a member of the Varsity .earn of
the Golden Bears, Hb work has
i been ouutandlng from hb first
appearance on the gridiron
Five feet, eleven, weighing
US pounds, he b one eg the ■
hardest schoolboy playera to
slop and a record of yards gain-ed
during the aewaon weald be
amasing.
Last year he played at quarter-back
and directed the team. As a
result he could not carry the
ball as often. However, be was
among the leaders In points scored
Thb year be has scored 87 points
to pace all high school players in
the county. He b only seven points
behind the record of 104 points tal-lied
in 1981 by Armond Smith, who
holds the C. H.S. high scoring
honors.
"Driving Doug" still has two more
games in which to Improve h« re-cord,
and barring unforseen inci-dents,
he should have no trouble In
establishing an all time record
Law's selection for the coveted
Maxwell award was made certain
after hb remarkable allowing in;
competition against PhnenlxviDe
here last week. He scored three1
touchdowns, passed for another ai.rl j
added three points after toaeJ
downs.
Hb ability to atop and
step wnUe going at fan speed,
then break away te a fresh
atari, makes him a moat el nan r
pbyer. Hb swivel hip
has enabled hhn h
an entire
ith eotnswraiire ease
Senator Richard M. Mson, Vice President-elect of
Slate*, flaahea a wide victory grin at a press eonfi
Angeles after the Republican sweep
Soundphotor
erenee m Lea
I International
Increased Costs Will Face
Borough School Directors
Fire Protection
Rating Is High
In Twp. Schools 1 vent ion of school director* In Har-jrbburg.
attended by Donald Mr-
The fire protection system of "P01"*1- *>*"» lnemb«- "d **»-
Whitemarsh Twp.'s two public *eu-schoob
received high rating fmir w*
Spring Mill Fire Co. officials whi
Inspected It during Fire Preven
TvPanty MTOB million boys und girls will be enrolled in
the schools of America the next term. Robert C. Landtn. sup-erintendent
of Conshohocken public schools, told the school
board at its Nov. meeting Monday night at 8 in the h\yh
.school offices.
By 1880, the figure will have I ~~
jumped to 34 million. ' or tn* «W-sl school tax dupli-Dr
»r,. Lt-a«nrdflb aa.lud t.*h.a.t, a.,t a «-,m„- cat* of 8180,418. a total of 8180.- :iQixa hM „,„, co^^ Jftme# A.
Stevenson Vice Presi-dential
running-mate. John J
sparkman. polled fSTfi against the
1588 cast for Eisenhower and Sen-ator
Richard M Nlion. Incumben1
Judge Ouy K. Bard. 3067 to 1883
and CongTeasman Samuel R. hfr
Connell Jr. was defeated by Prank
A. Keegmn. 3688 to 1818.
In other rights. Harry M Mont-gomery.
Democratic candidate for,
Judge of the Supreme Court, de-feated
John c Arnold. 3843 to 181S;
Oeorga M. Leader, Democrat, re-ceived
3*8S to 1818 for Wedon B.
Heyburn. Republican for State
Treasurer; Qenevieve Beat: Dem-ocratic
candidate for Auditor (Gen-eral,
carried the rjorough with
ra83 usaatiiml with 1«17 far Charles I
R, Barber
The weather wan Mewl and
the easing n—ssiamd aa soon
as the poib were epessed at 1
A. M There was a hill tn the
(Cowthiaed en Pape Six*
Plymouth East
Is Pivot Point
134 Voters Split
Ticket, Favor Ou.n t v
Tlie west dbtrlrt of Plymouth
Township went surprlaingly into
ths Democratic columns.
Rxpaeted up until the last few
days before election to go Republi-can
like townshlpj east dbtrict, It
gave a 338 majority to the Demo-cratic
nominee, with a total vote
of 838 for Stevenson and 480 for
Bbenhower.
In ihe west dbtrict. TU voted
the straight leemoeratlc Urkel,
488 the straight Republican
ticket and 134 spill their vwtea.
The office of assemblyman appear-ed
almost of equal significance with
that of the president In Plymouth's
west dbtrict. and la reported to
have been the cause of the man}
split ballot*
Actually, Jones ran 88 ahead of
hb Ucket with a total of 878. but
Quarry topped him comfortably
with 736.
The east -liked Ike" almos'.
doubly as much aa Adlal. The vote:
Rbenhower, 1151. Stevenson, 883.
Await Count
Quarry— Is He
In or Out?
Soldier Vote May
Help or Hurt
tlon Week.
A report from the company was
! read at the Nov. meeting of White-marsh
Twp school board last niirht
In Barren Hill School The other
school In the system b at Spnnfi
Mill. A letter of acknowledgmer.t
of the report will be sent the Ore
oo.
A balance of 8161.23482 b report-ed
In the treasury as of Nov 1
Receipts during Oct. were 817-
012.40. disbursemenU
388 £0
from Sept. totalled 8184.50872
one of the major discussions
new source.* of revenue to
meet Increaad costs of educating
larger classes.
Two smggestion* were made at
Ihe 8 un
s'ale Income ii> and Ihe other
a sales las. The ronventlon
look no action on endorsement
of either but agreed thai a
broad-baaed tea would be neces-sary.
Darby tax collector reported
if.in Rbtlne. chairman of the
athletic resnmlltee paid a trib
ate to Harry A. Fwx, director
of school atbtetk* who return-ed
recently from an extensive
tour of only in the Marine
Corps. The Conshohocken am
letir director was director of
the Marine alhletlr program In
the Pacific war theatre.
Rbtlne lauded Pot'a establish-ment
of the 100-pound football
team in Ihe school, through whirh
young athletea learn the funda,neii- '
Church Service
Listed by Legion
: Its a " hold-your-breath" triumuti
for John S Quarry. Sr., of 138 W
I Bm. Nurrbtown. who polled onlv
The annual American Legion !"x mon wi** tntM nU 0PP"B»nt-church
service for Armistice Day Trwsnas H. W. Jones. Ktq. lneum-wlU
be held Sunday night at 8 in bent, for State Assemblyman from
the Conshohocken Mrlhodut ; Montgomery County's second Jegls-
Church, Sixth and Payeite. jUUve district on Tuesday.
Rev. James T. Braaher. pastor I Quarry', recording secretary of
will bad the service. Rev. Chester . Local 1382. United Steelworkera oi
T Winters, pastor of the First Bap-j America. CIO. affiliated with Alan
tin Church of Conshohocken, will j Wood Steel Co. gathered a total of
preach the sermon iCoaftauad on Page Sin
Barren Hill Woman Heads
Wissahickon Red Cross Unit
Mr* Delaphaine M. !>*...#•. tier- rhnirmrn and Mrs George Miller,
tnantown Pike. Barren H.ll. was secretary. Miss Margaret McAdoo,
A test recently run on 'tie elec- tab of football and are conditioned elected chairman of the Wbsahlck- jof Whltemarah, wan named treaa-
:ric system at the public grade for the varsity an Branch of the American Red|Urrr.
vchoob. has revealed aevere over- A rebuilt Stelnway piano, cost- Cross at the reorganisation meeting I Re-elected directort were Mra.
trading at times. John Z. Hover. Inn glBOO, has been delivered to the, Monday at Branch headquarters. r>arothy M Bably. Mrs. W. J Sew
chairman of the bulldng and high school to replace a 25-year- gjog o^naantown Ave.. chestnut ell Borle. Mrs Oeurge R. Cbrk,
ce carried over irounda committee, reports!, and a. old Instrument.
Stephen Laubert, Barren Hill, easts a straight Republlran ticket
for the 186th time In the middle dbtrict of Whltemarah Twp. Al 81,
he b tevrnshlp highway superintendent. H sssj sj , ,. ssjawsj
new service unit will be IUArf.Ied for]
approximately 8250.
HU1
Deer Found Deuil
The report of irvln Rbtlne. treaS'
(Coaiinaed on Page Sir
Sergeant .Snear
Again Qvilian
Woman Voter Aim h 92 And Delwhted !r.*cT"W0S7i8
lr.^0 ^On Hbhwsy
~ from Oermany. where he spent 14 figt. John Lebold, Whltemarah | The Chrlstmaa concert
•aid. fondly. "Who woukln't months with the V. S. Army re- (Twp. police found a deer, appar-,CorWiohocken Choral Socjetv will man of camp and hospital services. 'house
Active for her 82 years, she reived an honorable discharge at
nan Isaf SUifitnrfBV anri j CTll,V
Donald P. Conway, Mrs Stevenson
4 otitriiiinil v Omrrrt
IM i n mi I On. 13
Indlantown Oap last Saturday and ! j killed by a mou.ii.-t. on Beth- be held Dec. 13 at 8 30 In Consho-hocken
High School auditorium.
Mrs Mary Ro&son Knous. 266 &he
arren H1U Rd.. Spring Mill, who be?1
marked her 83d birthday anniver- j performs dally household tasks.
aary Oct. 27. has been voting for| Bom In Virginia, she has re- returned to hb'home at Third snd I I*n«n Pike In front of the WII-
53 >'' "*««.-wiae «ded m .Sptl'ig Aim smtit ner nut- Fayeii*. Couahonocaen. A memun ■"-•'• atoutton nevenui and Pavettc
sri«-« ^-tii"""1 **■ Branted to women in rbie nearly 70 years ago. of the Lutheran team of the Con- can Legion.eTort Washington, whib HM^ f„ the concert an t
rani ; 19-" m _ J 8h« cast her ballot in the West ihohocken Church Basketball Lea-. on patrol Tuesday morning at 6. | „,^,.i _,.„, „, .^ r,
aw. Asked today if she was pleased District of Whitemarsh township gue. he will return to the game af-! The animal was turned over tOilUndln* •""***' e**m * ltXf Ci
) joy the outcome of the election, at the Syrlng Mill fee house. ,t«r bring absent all bat year. (the county game saatavoriuea. Imi-nny, win be announced soon
Mrs McDanle). who has served P. Crothers. Mrs H p Olendln-tlie
Branch since 1842, repbtes nlng. Mrs Henry Kurtz, Mrs. Syd-
Mrs Edward Surr, Jr. of Wynd- ney Lea. and Mba Margaret Mr-m>
or. The new chairman first Adoo.
served as chaidman of production Mrs Shirley r McPall. Mrs.
aervlces. and bter as chairman of John J McNellb, Mrs. Oeorg* W
h'-rne nursing. Miller. Dr B D Parish, Sr. Jo-in
1844, she was named chair- ' seuli Z. Pirrail. Mra. Ruateil Red-id
hoapital services, '. house, Mrs Harry 8 Saurn, Mrs.
now known as entertnlnment, In- 'Sheldon Smith. Mrs Edward Starr,
strucUon, 'nd supplies. Following ! Jr, Mrs. Robert Toland. and Mrs
World Wa. haiiemov. Donald Warner,
took over the Important post of Three new .embers. Mrs. John
Blood Donors Service Sh. alao C Atwood. Chestm t V. '. Mrs W
serve as vie* chal:nu n in 1845. Webster Pedrlrk, Oreland. and Mis*
Mrs Jay dike i>"d Mrs Fr-d- Charlutte Sharpleas. of Chestnu'
enck W. Morrb were elected vice Hill were elected to the Board