The Conshohocken Recorder, December 22, 1952

              That (lard Is Here Again 83D YEAR
FIVE CENTS
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Plymouth VOII.Y. HarmcnvlIW
Barr.n Hill. Plymouth M..rtng
Guiph Mills. MiquoB. Spring Mill
100 W. HECTOB ST.. CONSHOHC -KEN, PA. £e*ft?r-3Uvtao TUESDAY. DECEMBER 23. 1952
Firm Gives $100,000 Toward Hospital
Alan Wood
Sum First
In Drive
County Chairman
Morris D. Wright
Thanks Officials
roHlmiisler James I*. Meaney of (onshohocken deliver* to ft. Lincoln Haln, 109
E. I 1th Ave., Whitemanth Twp., ancient Victorian-type Christmas card that has won
newspaper recognition in a wide area. Hack in lft.'to, Jame* K. Morriaon, Roxlwrough
druKtfiHt- first mnt the Keau Krummel picture torn from a calendar to Hain. with a
Hcrihhted notation, that, berauae of the depression, it was the beat he could afford.
Its 23d annual trip laat weekend coat an all time pontage high of 17 cent*! Both men
ao treasure card that they nail it inaared.
Our Qiriatma* Editorial
Holy Infanta Tender and Mild,
Holds the Line Today in Korea
God foretold the advent of the Chri-t Child. He
•poke of it many times. Noah, Mo«es. Abraham . . all
the patriarchs and the prophet* knew. They were in-formed
in various way*, and
titt'.v i>.«->t il the Word aloiiif.
f* Mary and Joseph and the
Wine M>n - the aheptWd* wttWh-inK
their flock?, knew wfcrn R/iri
where the infant would be
born. God spoke to each of
them. Perhap* it was the ntitf
amall voice . . a sign in the
heaven* ■ the Star of the East!
The angels singing Glory to
God in the highest ... or Old
Testament prophecy.
Truly the Divine Birth wan
h**raided widely. The Roman
emperors knew and trembled.
But God withheld from the rul-er*
of the people the location of
the stable in Bethlehem and
the route HMT which Mary and
.Jnsepli were to fire in the next
few weeks 50 that the life of the
Infant might he spared.
God speaks to man today
Ho has spoken down thraun
the igM, And He protects His
jieonle today just as He protect-ed
Mary and Joseph and the Infant Jesus.
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The first large contribution
to the new fund-raising cam-paign
of Montgomery Hospi-tal,
Norristown, was disclos-ed
today with acknowledg-ment
of a gift of $100,000 by
the Alan Wood Steal Co. to
the hospital's expansion pro-gram.
Non-1* U Wright. president of
Norristown Penn Trust CO . ti chair -
man of ths campaign committee.
John T. Whiting, president
of the Alan Mood Arm. hi SB-noentsng
the I1W.0M ramr.ba-
U*n said "Every member of
•wr gtnMDT, from the board
•f director, on down, la whwle-hewirai,
supporting the t™-
pHsls fund-raising campaign '
Montgomery Hospital liu done
an outstanding Job in safcgturdlrsg
the health of the cittaene of Nor-ristown.
Conshohocken and the
various other communities it aerraa.
We would be remits If w« did not
ft** our full cooperation to this
worthy appeal. Only by providing
the additional rarmtlee. which the
hospital needs to meet the demands
Coruhohocken Chapter of Oold V Ihl» rnjfiAiy trowing croup of
Star Mothers, as a Christmas cheer (communities can we hope to ma n-tain
the area s present high health
225 Packages
For Veterans
(.old Star Mother*
To Diatribtil** Gift*
project for veteran patients at
nearby Institutions, prepared MS
pat aaa.es Sunday night at the home
of Mr and air* Edward Coetello.
Oulph Rd . Oulph Hills
included In t he lift nabs gas
to ;-r distributed lodWj at i\*e-tk>
lo«n State Mospttal and
Kaglevtlle Sanitarium, are ap-ples,
orangea, candy, eisfcisa,
rhlckiete, nata and playing
cards.
Preparing the packages were
Mn Mary McTaraney Mrs Cath-erine
Caop. Mrs. William Gaul,
Mrs. Anna Swan. Mrs Irm. Deal- V'£T™™1"n
!or,l^Z^ZLl .
mom, Mrs. Mabel Hertsler. Mra.l"** .*** J^ i° ■»■» •ppro*
Edward Coatello. Mrs Helen MeCer-ron.
Miss Jane Gaul. James Mc-
Tamney. Jr. and Mrs Edna Jonea.
In addition to It* SIM.
trnation. Alan W**d sierl Co..
»hu> announced tbe gift *f «.©••
to the b—p»aJ far the purchase;
rhe prompt reepon'e of 'he AJati
Wood firm, to ;he appeal for fund
i first announcement of the dm?
was made several days agoi pred-ates
success of the campaign to ob ~~
tain si .250.000 for construction of
new west wing to Uw hospital,
Wright said.
Montgomery Hospltars expansuv
Snnta Claus ratae* has arm lit iterfriy xreehna; a* he climb*, aerial ladder of the
Washlnjrtnn Kire Co. truck to the Riant roof. Saturday morning, a feature of the an-nual
Christmas party sponsored by the Conshohocken Kfwanis Chin and the theatre.
Happy hoys and girls watch the ascent.
5:30 A.M. Mass
Opens Church
Christmas Davgt
Rev. \ iclor Stramia
>*ill Hr it I. I...mi
In New Kdificr
A Solemn High Mass at
6:30 Christmas morning will
mark the first service in the
new quarter-million dollar
Ss. Coamas and Damian Cath-olic
Church, Fifth Ave. and
Maple St. Bar. Victor A.
Strumia, pastor will '*> cele-brant.
Masses on Christmas morning will
be at « « SO. T. B B. to. 10 30 and
a: n "'clock-
Although the edifice Is not en-tirely
completed, sll sanrtesi will be
held there while de:si! work on
the interior l* underway Comple-tion
is expected MUM Ihg next
two gapntfli
The handsome stpntiirr errcted
over the site of the old i
fashioned of Lombard*.-Roman* ■.-
que type architecture and Is com-plete
with adjoining tower
n enlargement of more than JO
feet in length over the SM
ture, with the elimination or the old
church hall, the spacious Interior
bas three level* with indeed
lighting throughout
The frnnt ilen*. which fare
Fifth Ave.. lead i» the Ihrrr
archway* fashioned with liaiM-nsw
pillars corresponding K III
the architectural design at the
era. Dears at the main .-ntrsmr,
and three other entrance*, are
•f dark **k finished in natural
ton*.
The vestibule In Ute atraetan has
three adjoining door* leading to tit*
church, an exit trading to Hit
choir loft and another to t!i»
war.
Holy water font* In Oat vrstibtii*
are of hand served marble
The main aisle and two side aisles
i Continued on Page ataSSBl
tely 150 beds. The addition would
increase the hospttsl capacltv to
SS7 beds and would permit the in-
_ .sUtution to care for at leaait 5,000
the latter a member of the VFW \mm p^t,^,, »nmiallv ■
Auxiliary. She was In charge of | The new wing also will permit ex-the
cookie-making project of the!P.n5i{>n o( » number of other de-local
auxiliary for veterans at near- ipartments. Among the new facfli-bff
bagptaxUs jues would be a completely new sur-i;
Four Services ' Santa Greets 1000 Youngsters Motorist Dies
At Calvary At Annual Christmas Party At Wheel of Car
Holy Communion
To Br \iliii)ni*li-rt il
Pour services In relebrallon Ol
Christmas will be held in Calvarj
The Mothers group will sponsor Iglcal suite with four major and two EpLcopnl Church, win Rev S'an>
tea for 200 patients at Valley minor operatlne: rooms: a largr ~
iConfintied on Pag* Sere*' , 'Continued on Page 5rreni
KUIIIM-C Worker* |PHV Adjustments
Applv for (ihartt'r Made bv County
Appl;
the non-profit
Rtf und-r | Dlitnbution of 1152.840 In
corporation law* .of-living adjustment payments BdM
Girl, 2, Swallows Nerve Pills,
Life Is Saved at Hospital
Gladness will be in abundance on Christmas at the home
of John F. Pearson, 10.1 Rosemont Ave., Norristown, for-mer
Conshohocken resident.
Tiny blonde Linda Pearson, not
r^s filed toga] With the Commonlbeen completed bv the county to quite two wlU be back with the; ,.w ||; \f„,wl„-.
»lea« court * the Home Associa- '.pproxlmateiy 450 employ , hUlMjunily group tomorrow or early ; I/('iUl I UK' !.OIl<Ul\
tlon of the United Rubber Workers, The total was tne sum put up' b\
at 121 Pa yet ie fit, "onshohoc- the county to carry out lta pro-kr.
n. .gram of giving each lull-time
wnusatlon list* assets ol i»loye with some exceptions-*
Jy.iMio and upward in personal pro- ico.«-of-living adja^tmrti' of %3!<a
\ or the sum. S6.45227 was' de-
Incorpor'asttoarrs* .-re John O Aller- [ ducted for retirement fund
ton. 420 Warren fit . Norrisiown
Ibartea E Stackhouse, 12 Esypt
:d. Jeffersonville. Harry. T. Hoi-den.
429 W 10th. Joseph C Kelly.
«2S w: 10th snd Frederick P. De-f-
v. 113 W iotn all of Consho-ken.
and T Tarbtitlon. 248 Ro-u.
Cedar Heights
menu by the employes snd 130.568
for U S withholding taxes
Each employe received approx-imately
1200 in the distribution
This is the second year
Christmas
Swallowing a large quantity of |
s strong sedative medicine, she has
been In Montgomery hospital five,
days The first two days she lav in '
a deep coma.
Unconscious, she was taken at I ■
P M. Thursday by her frantic moth-er
to the hospital It was s full 48
hours before the child showed the
first sign of consciousness
Still not compie:eiy out of the
fog. it will require another
county has followed the program wmtt phy.-dciena aay. before the
living a year-end ad)ustment
Las! ChrUtmas the >um wu 1250
800 Veterans in Hospital
Happy With Gifts From Pupils
paralvung effect of the nerve med:
cine leaves her No permanent ef
fects are anticipated
The 22-month-old girl found
sedative pills In a bottle, with
firmly-placed cap. at the bottom of
a BUlicMse under s quantity of cloth-ing
The lid of the case was tightly
closed
iCoftfinued on Page Seven,
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Of The Recorder
Due lo New Year's bay. tbe
Recorder will be published Ten-der
ewly next week.
There will be no M«nday edi-tion
and the deadline for news
snd advert I seanenU has been
advanced ta 2 P. M Monda*.
Newa and advertisements ran
be left at The Recorder office.
it:" W. Hector. Of rail 00
•-MM.
We ' 1) D. re ur. in charge
assisted by Rtv. Frederick B. Hsl-sey,
B. D, associate
I Holy communion will be ceiebrat-
,ed and special Chrisms* music *:i;
Jbe sung by both senior and junior
choirs under direction of Miss Mnr-ion
Neville, organist and leader An
appropriate mesaage will be deliver-ed
at each service. The interior of
fH church will be decorated with
plants and evergreens The Chii:
:nas offerings wtll he devoted
work of the parish and the mi'sion
arp work of the church in th?
world.
The first service will be Christ-mas
E>e at 1>. when Holy Com-munion
Is to be administered. There
will be a Christm.i-. mrsAge and
.special music by I he senior choir
flip order of service:
Christmas chlmr
Atop the btg, golden aerial ladder truck of Washington Fire
Co aaompanled by the vibrant sound of the lire truck siren, Santa
rode majestically down Conshohocken'» main street, aaturdsy morn-ing,
on his annual visit to the Riant
Arriving at First and. Fsyette Santa, portrayed by E. W. Kiss-inger,
manager of the theatre, ascended the 25-foot section, placed
by Sam Januxelii. assistant engineer and driver of the truck
Aiding were Jerry Tancini. president of the company; Teddy
Le.sln.ski captain, and a number of members
After reaching the roof, Santa disappeared down a skylight mm
the theatre, where candy was presented 1.000 boys and girls
The party was sponsored by the Fried Theatre management
and Conshohocken Klwatim Club. "SUblemstes," a revival of an
early Jackie Coogan lilin. together with cartoon.', was shown
Louis Monaco. KiwanL youth program chairman, aided In conduct-ing
the program.
rrnnfmurd on Page Set em
Whirlr < ru>lir<*
In Millvillr. V J.
The funeral of Benjamin F. Sling-luff.
a native of Oon
tired special assistant In the voca-tional
arts dlvWon of the public
schools of Philadelphia who died
suddenly Sunday, will be held to-morrow
morning at a funeral hoi e
at 08 E. Baltimore Ave. Lanatiowne,
with interment at AiUnntoi. Ogtae-i
lery. Viewing and Masonic service
will be tonight
Mr Sllngluff spent Sunday at the
home of his son In Cape Ma; N J ,
and was driving home alien he gut-frred
a heart attack at MHMIle a id
Instantly. The machine cav.e
Continued on Paoe .Sri en ■
Sets Donated
"Gloria in Excelj
I Rec Hymn ' I*
iCossta i ad
Old '
Walkie-Talkie ^-^-i i-«, r
On New HI^IIM'UV !
The aasj secldent on the arrond Flnl tJlilil ltil|»li/r<l
section of the Schuylklli Express- Aj ]\«.K (Juirrll Hen*
way extending through We*t Con- ! carol Ann Phillippy. daughter
Announcement was made at a shohocken occurred this morning of Mr and Mrs Daniel Phllltpp*..
meeting of Barren Hill \ ; a stolen car overturned on Norrlstr^.n, has ths distinction of
Fire Co. Friday night of gfia ol ;ne curb between the 'wo-lsnes ball
| > >ntan tw v
rhurrti 5;h and Map!",
Sunday afternoon
Chief of West Conshohocken ' Oodparenis were Ulss FtanirS
police Prank Altopiedi was notified DtDrmalo. 211 9
of the accident from the rounty hot-ken. aunp of the chikl. a::rt
-adio room shortly before 6 When noi.i-ui Mapxln
he arrived at the scene the par was Meptin^. rmisiii ol the infnnt.
'eJu fTr« overturned but the driver had fled Mr Pn;i: former
Later It was learned thp car be- MLss Bei-y DIDonsto, rf^i
|two walkie-talkie sets for
I Organ Prelude "PaaUira] Sym- UM flre-flghter:
'l>hony" from "The Messiah". Han-1
b) adlna to and from the main hiuh
sv. a short distance above Moore
The aeta were donated by Philco head, in West Conshohocken
... Pro Hymn "O Come All Ye Corp. arranged th:»ugh Henry
Faithful", J F Wades; Commun- Kaufman. Quarry Lane White-
:on Service. Merbecke: Hymn "Si- marsh Hill, an engineer at Philco
lent Night" Orueber; Anthem end a member ol the fire com-
Be:hlehem", Dlckln-on; AfBrtor- psny
mm. Anon; Agn-s Dei. Merbecke. : Tlie walkie-talkies
ized In event of forest <
oraMageloadwellmg •«•«*»*|ta^Wwty Whitxm. 3 Vander- Mr snd Mrs. Ai*elo DiDonato. 212
'slice. Phoenirville W Seventh.
the \\onu 'inhering 56 Yean
Ineis. but we were not allowed in
there," John said
The cash collected wn* turned
More than 800 wounded veterans.
>me from Korea, are happy to-dav
that a group of bovs and girls
i Lafayette Hill thought of them
.iniu the Yuletlde
veterana In seven of the
wards at Valley Forge Hoanftal
were visited Saturday and pre-sented
gifts by II boys and
girls The; wan led by John Tl-ta*.
R of 631 Wagner H.I La-rayettt
Park. He rttnrrlvrd the
idea five years ago and has
carried It on vnar after year.
grwdoallv adding help ef
acbootmatew.
Moot of 800 gifts were collected
r the group In the Lafayette Hill. John 6. Blackburn. Wagner Rd
neighborhood. Pupils of Huston both of Lafayette Park, and Mrs
nool, Phlla. also collected a'Robert. Lukens, Ridge above Park
number of packages suitable for the Barren Hill
College Stars Paid High Salaries ££
O C individuals
<Continued Seten< ran fwa dP I 1 "P TooutetocistsTfy~|lo "lay on Lonshohocken I earn
HMill HELP V4ANTIII
over to the commanding Culone) in WAITBKSS tor luneh»onetw. consho- BV I N( LE WALT HANNt M
his office "for use of the vcterana,
John concluded.
The commanding officer said the , QR
staff was too busy during the sea-son
for the youngsters to tour the
hospital
"But write as in the summer
for an appointment and each
of the juungslers mn then
tour the premise*," the Colonel
horken S-92W!
FOR KIM
There are a few members of that
| first basketball team and Its sup-
^y, porters whom I would like to write carrier.
, about before moving on to other
no ob] to ehU-l*™1 >t*" *nd ***"* **"»' r*Brr
men must check fir-t and
t\mn and keep in communication
with a central truck
The walkie-talkies will be used
in conjunction with a two-way ra-soon
to be installed through
generosity of Lafayette Veter-
AasociaUoQ, and rlvic-mlnded
ndlvlduals. Richard Tajlnr Brown
Sr. pregdent of the company, said
today.
Radio equipment will not be
iliced in use until a permit or
license is issued by the Federal
Communications Commlarlon,
Hillside Nativity Creclie
Draws Many to Gulph
The gifts and youngsters were
transported to the hospital by Mrs.
Daniel McOulgan. Kerper Rd . Mrs.
WANTED TO KENT
DNPUgUf APT. Cousho or Tic, 1st I
fl , pit batli, prof, man a Ism '•
conshohocken S-1US or P O. Bos '
ST. Conthohockrti. pa
aented Conshohocken on the court
In the yean to follow.
Another great little athlete
enae he was a veritable steam roll
>r. knocking oft would-be lacklers w« ,\
n p.i nig the way for the bull,
He later gave up the iron' I ' l»ll
null and transferred to the Lee
Rubber and Tire Co where he re
Historic Oulph Rnad will be sto natural light thr Natli
lutplration to thoiL-vands of motor- lion. In convincinc lil>
It su traveling through the commun-t
t t
Dai
retera: DlstnbuMng the gifts »PTP John
"It made u> feel geed just U
see the reivrans' faces Hght up
when they receives the rifts."
Jehn Titus said teskay.
■« mi -'JO to :io wards n
where the veterans have tubercu- Kilpatrlck and Wi
Er AL ESTATE FOR SALE
HOUf K I rms . hath, raws , good -ond.
modn hath with shower, tile kitchen
aul ssa hewt a hot water Lot SO
■ tin Writ* Box 3)1 gUtcoroer, Con-shohocken,
Ps,
CISMtfted Ads -U word* onir 131
Mtsi-h 135 800 rsaders ol Th* Recorder
Titus. John Lukens. William Kull. Th, B-r.ld. The Review and The a«ib-
Oeorge Roberts Elisabeth Boger. urban Prau In aoxborvugM MS t>i-
Patricia Crl^e Susan Brown, Man- P01" Manavvrnx. 43»s Usio 8T .
Cade. Merrlf Blpekburn, Jane- L « ,; ,VM '''
'*'-i'i Hooert Ask for Ad laksi
am Thompson.) iCentinued on Page Tent
Neville, a native of
be played *n the
firsi basketball team, nalrinr
eff with ( harlie Moore at a for-ward
position.
"Sammy" was another product of
the Iron mills He was til for work
looked on the serious aide of even-thing
although he was imbued with
a real sense of humor. He did his
share of scoring and was a great
team-worker
He played end on the football to live here for some years
■p«m nt •'v --- —I ■• VBJ 3?:- rrtntoaSj ,i...„..j u, LW;
dom that a ball carrier got by him Mich
for substantial gams. On the of- iConnnued in our meit Edit-.c
ined until his retirement some
yean age. He Is now a resident of
Ship Bot'om, Loiur Beach Island.
N J a well preserved man past thr
middle TO'S
Howard Cox. one of the or-ganisers
ef Ibe team, was the
pivot man. He was one of tbe
fastest men on the ruurl dur-ing
his time. In fact, there are
few renters today who could
rover aaere ground and handle
thr kail asare cleanly than he
Howard confined his athletic aw*
ltlea ta basketball. He continued
NORTH POLE—Rani
and bis helpers worked fever-ishly
here today romiudlng last
mlnulr preparations for his an-neal
visit lo the rbildrrn uf the
BJBJBJM,
A seemingly endless ahain of
small workers loaded tovs and
uw idles ontii KanU's hugr
slrtrh The laozhtcr of Santa
and Mrs. I'laus added lo the
gay atmosphere
Weather rondilioni were
Meal. It was clear and raid
with wlenii af anew an the
It) reprod'ic-.
• te images,
will remain llahtpd until the fees*,
of the Epiphany. Jan 8 Thr a
ity during the holiday season, as (i. hzUlra rikci> IllHtll tl duia W\\H
one sharp turn along the highway midnight.
will wiak one backward through! stark slmplliitv a marked In
the centuries to a stable the <,ulph .Mills manger. Only
The Christmas Creche, as It is «■* three major figures are
known to the many who travel shown (iarments -■
"real distances to find a replica of
tba RjsJa Family In hle-sise figures
in a stable. U very much like one
under Bethlehem skies more than
II) rrnturlca ago.
The William Elliotts, of Monujom
by Mrs. Hilf.ti of suft but *hab-bv
clalh and are retained each
rear.
Joseph stands with s ab *
crook in hand ImxHBI down upon
Uie Christ Child. Mary kneels
Ave and Arden Rd. Oulph wsm the low manger. Hay and
bai
» » * alii » i
Rd Cheainut Mill Plymouth attet-
MlUs. have their own way of ahar
mg good will by erecting the Hill
i.e alonirside their home.
Placing It each season for the
past 12 years, members of the El-
:.oit family Including thf
■ 4 Katbjr. a-vcur-oid iwm
tUati wu
I am over the
i Dimly lighted, to give s diffused
eoinhusks strew the (round There
are no colored lights, no decora-tion
Mr. and Mr* Elliott, together
with their children. Thomas*
Sally. Hank and the twins b*
can aaaemblvlnr tin w-eat
rin.u-.biui last week It waa
illuminated for the first USBM
Sunday night.