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Derby Winner to Get Flight to Akron, Motorcycle Police Escort and Day at Camp ( oiij/ioltoi licit, I <*■• Wosl Conshohocken. Latavetle Hill Plymouth Valloy. HarmonviU. Barren HUL Plymouth Mooting Gulph Mills. Mlquon. Spring Mill H\)t fiecor&ir Classinsd Ads In this I are road by 135.000 IS words only $1.19 )4th Year SKMI-WKEKI.Y TliriiSDAY. JINE 18. 1953 III l, thllll FIT* Cant* Carpenters Return To Work on Project Army Moves Balleries Civic f * 11 i 111 i 11 ^. Plyrionth Srfwinl Jobs KoMlllH'tl Worh on const ruction on najor mjicti in thi c<'in-piiniit> ■, iiHpMtW <'in-lv in la; vb*nth*arpatfmwen1 A n—Iniiiimtiw -li Ike, thai b*tH iv-iniU'l with her wounded ,.iii.-„„-.,i "i thi <"■»"»»* From C.&D. Hero Son Tells Mother saitm.».»/<•/, i»» r\ • f i l i r\l As Truck C.rt'tr I m Doing tine ,/n Phone Conversation from Tokyo^JJ Takes Equipment hv Army mmed into thi iki'-hmiiiil plant erf C* and D. spoke|been in battle only 30 days, when Batteries, Inc., vcsUTilaV t.mlly rtrtnrd ,. tok(M „„,.,.„„,,„ „,„, tlMlk out 26 last Sunday morning. I'm doing fine. Mom: are taking good rare of me." were Ifae Joyful word* that came to the ear* of Mr*.. Anlhunr <•ambale, of 137 W. Kerr-r.d Ave.. as she heard her wn. IM Ralph <>ambale. 21. wounded OD the Korean Ironl Hay U. speak from Japan Sundat mnrnini at t:l5—1okvo line. 9:15 P. M Mrs Gambale placed the call rjirly smurdry evening ami ■M0M SOU. I i Tokyo hospital, from the Defense Department furmlnf them their son had been larj."' unf niMit'd hittltiu's. the* wounded 6Hamia$ bpote, Carprmcr- relumed to work yes-i. l. \ on the cnnsiruct.011 ol the gewagg irealnieut plant i tm s.». l . i>.. .. .'.. ■ ■ ill] sclicd- -ri :i> Un\e brcil completed IMaT1 . iRo but due to labor oubir H tl DO. expected to be nished until fall. Last year work aa su.ppnd-d tor six months be- ^^ fl( the Jtmily aU comersed athlete entered the service li.st No. of a strikr and the recent wl>h Ralph, who has been in the vember Prior to entering, he waa Observing as the small detail of The soldier suffered injury of the ^M^ IM^H the batteries on a " ■ f*6"11' tractor-trailer were representatives of Local 110. United Electrical Workers i Independent <, and plant officials Arrangements far the of shrapnel His Arm now In a cast, he told In- parent* he had been evacuated to the Japan hos-pital by plane the d*> after he, was wounded. A tetter wtftten the day he entered the hospital was ret ritrd by hit parents June 1. Tlie former Cormtiohot ken High ouile he:d up the construction; hospital since May 39 al of the batteries were made by the Army, who invited the union to send observers to the loading operations. The 26 batteries of the type used for field telephone service, were supplied by the U. 8. Signal ..! weeks' Tin .MUk Is being nc by the Construction Corpora n ol Penii.* The carpenters returned Tuesday, after sis-weeks' *lrike layoff, to work again on thr new Plymouth-Vthitemarsh. Junior- ■wmaml High Srhool. (ierman- With nn Infantry unit, he had Co.. W Conshohocken employed at Valley Pone Cement Corps in semi-finished condition.; Jimmy Burnett, sponsored by the Con-iioliocken No. 8 IUwue*\, rotl*.* in style to the S'tap Box IVrby trials Tuesday cvcniti)i. Stand.tip ml the real of thi apparatu> are. left to rijrht. Bernard Slavin. Edward K. Moore, of ft P. Moore Chevrolet, and Wil-liam A. Moore. Chamber of Commerce president, who heads the drive for fund* for the community Fourth of July atfebrotton. SUUHMLoan Follow* Boot! lawn Ik between Jwhua ltd and flutter PU. .ard W. Humphrey, president f tlie Wliucinarsh Board of Ed- JII and also president of the tor] new School, i KI.IV wink ..»■- ch:dulc r Hliend : ■■ Owtl '.' ■ iiiiini- -rinuilil plrted in l.m for pupils of both Piy mouth and Whltemarsb Srhonls to onupy Kepi. 11. date Ihe opening of the UmVH school term. Humphrey said, • mawoal »HI iiouse grades s in the Junior and senior high For the Drat tune in tlie his tory of the township, super-visors have not had to borrow money to meet current ol dons," M. H. Fctierolf. chairman of the board of super-visor- declared at a monthly meeting May 25 in Barren Hill. Tlie boast was short lived. He w*u: out the Omat week ,0000 from B, NifTst-note pay-rom- ' -olr M receipts in taxes on the 1BU duplicate become avail-able." ^icurncv of th* historic re-ference wits questioned in some I- was understood trial records of transactions in years gone by are incomplete. The note Is owing. Citizens Ask 4th Precinct In Whitemarsh i They will be finished and packed ■ for rnito by Army pertwnn.l. J||or,-a/I, Joo High? Alexander Houseal. Wnrriatnwn, ""** Z! | president of the local, said thai _-,_. m _ _ Ai —^ - , m _ - i^ri^^^KSSSBpilder ^ay* lew (hildreii I the V 8 Signal Corps reported the batteries were needed over-; ■ should be --wn-> He Nil oat tlie j town, on a demand CIMIMMIIII Merlin': \ awton l-rjj*- < sMII I To Divnlf l>i>ii it Cftipcnters will return to work to. orrow morning on the Con.->ho- ■ken Fellowship Hoase being ctcd in the Mary H Wood Park. and Harry St. According John 8, McQuade, Jr. who ha-s l contract, work is benyt delayed tore by the striking steel workers. d setters. Meamfttter* arid plumb- - It was expected the building ould be ready lor occupancy this •11 but under present conditions . be no leLUtut when the iract will be completed, nil-s'- alt the labor disputes are set*, ad || trill be necessary to suspend No. 772. American Legion, at the rations again within a short annual election of officers held in There is still conalderable conjunction with the reauuu semi- Irwin Elected Head of Post W.a0NaT VfjmaVmaM Select Officers William Irwin. til. was chosen commander of Joaeph Wagi.er Post IHou-eal said he conferred with maiiacement at Uie plant, and with ! Signal Corpa officials at the inter- I national offlcei of the Union. Phil-adelphia The strUe began June z A meeting between rnanagrmt-iti and union is scheduled lor to- I morrow al the Federal Media--''' Iron and Conciliation Srr.i.e •fllce in the Widenrr Bldg.. The addition of a fourth voting Philadelphia. precmct In Whttetnarali Twp, toto Major lasue of the strike is a naked today in a petition filed with j union shop Another demand Is the County Board of Elections The I privilege of union shop steward* district would come from a division i n*igh.Jt ^TThe ^1S00PstSrikJerSs,'SinScltu.am-g of the middle district !approximately 10 women, ire also A petition signed by U regta- j asking a more liberal vacation tered votera In the Plymouth Meet-1 system and 36-cents an hour wage Ing area contends that the district, increase The company has offered has outgrown the single polling ' B g-cent per hour increaae. place and the election board is over- , Union pickets have been at the worked because of the great in- puun dally. A M-day strike oe-crease In population curred at the plant late in iSal The petitioners point out that I and early in 1952. !the voter registration has gone up l considerably from the 2.077 on the books last Sept. 15. ! Many voters must travel more j than two miles to the Barren Hill 1 Fire House to cast a ballot, they claim. Will Come from His Homes ural ironwork to be done I the building monthly meeting Tuesday night at' This "excessive travelling" Is considered a burden on Ihem. particularly those with young children "and effectively ham-pers their exercise of their franchise privileges". The large number of registrants Cherry Picker Fractures Leg Boy 9. Injured In Fall from Tree •-year-addition to the Upper erion High school, opposite the 10. Evans, hletic field on Crooked Ls.. may Other officers elected: Ocorge rung in tne rail term. .ciark. senior vice commander Id the aontracl lor the plumbing i the site, had not reported for srk thut monring. An amendment to the son Ing or-dinance of Whitemarsh Twp. per-mitting development of homes of type with "fewer children"' *aa proposed Monday night before the b.«rd of suparvlaora. .ttts suiantlori was offered in ab-' vinus sincerity as a way to cope' jwtth the "acute situation" In the I public school system In the town-ship, M. H. Felteroir. Jr., chairman of the board, acclaimed the proposal as a "wonderful Idea." but rimer Mengwa. aollrior. In-sisted that an admendment of that kind would be Impracti-cal. School In the township are overcrowded due to the Influx of families into Whitemarsh Hill. I.afarette Hills. Country Acres. Lafayette Park. Plymouth Meeting Village and elsewhere throughout the township. A Junior high school Is under construction and erection of an elementary school within a year Is planned by the board of education Robert Bast, who Is planning a dev-lopment of 23 homes on Morris Hd. near Sheaff Lane, persisted In his demand for release from the sub-division ordinance so that ftll the homes he builds could be se-nsible by a private driveway. The ordinance requires ft 50-foot right of w»y with a 24-foot c«rl-way. Bast suggested that the town-that rural atomnsherc of homes with a private driveway and ft dead HIE niip- nuiii"" "■ ,».-H*on»D<.Lt. ...>ld Philade^lVp_hia ' WOT, nasn snsuuil ni MHO*, *O« m*mm.„m.!. an.Hd hhe«art.inng0 mworak iI„n"]»^L^*glon Hon,«' 8*cond Ave "nd »!» "hss resulted and will continue *[°*e his left ami in two places; ' d admendment S( „e succwU ^j,^ ; ,n ^.^^ conriMlon, „. .between the wrUt and e«.^w. Mon- ^ro „,^t ■» , n ceasive delay and a generally tin- d»-v ,*"*" "»*■ w 1 h"e u.BlcluI'f desirable loosening of the provts- .^rrles in a Cedar Heights yard Ions of -he Election Code by the '"'^i1,"'1''"11- •°" '°' "^ »™ jd., election board as s direct result .Mrs. WiliUm Wltcraft. 21S7 N. 10th raprejantmttn of the Mont- bert Herron. junior vice comniftna | . ... (St.. had begun his summer vaca- UOll Co. Cllft«n,"■J1lrn^^nnl^/11,'1Mr.l'^CCr•i ,7?.' K..^ - mto ., Uon frwn St. Edwards parochiai Id mm emplove. who;RchHld B* <■ ad f utant^C 1 1*ren" ", *, """fiJ"^!!* .£?mS' l^ho01- Bl»hUl * York 8«- Phlla- i Slater, service officer; Welter C curmtely complied with the Elec- dpl , ,_ , „,.. d before whss tojtelar, aergeant-at-arma; William ' Uon Code provisions there, this , JgjP^S ocrurred or, Se" I}.: Miller, chaplain; Edward Evans would result in the disenfranchise- ,„Vn(Tr miZ, substantial portion of en iren and this will be one sn •wee te the arnle sehool prod km. I should think this type ef would be an overall to Whliswsarata Twp.," P>at. a *o»ng man with a Har wnsg miMt, deelared. "t think oar Idea Is wonder-ful," ooonmentrd Felterotf. fn the ..-ears ahe.td, though, Fet-terolf went on. problems may arise with the transfer of deeds and the influx of other fsmille- He told Bast, apparently with reluctance. »nd on the firm advise of the town-ship solicitor that any change in the ordinance would be unwise, that the township would have to turn down the application Menges said the ordinance had been prepared by experts Bast is planning a development on the 3ear estate, which Is In the triple A zoning claaslfaction John Stodd art filed an applica-tion for a sub-division on 11 acres along Church Hd and Barren Hill Rd, indicating that IS homes are to be erected. The matter we> tabled Ted Hetsnetag. realtor, ef 1504 linm.inii.mi Ave. < hestnut Hill, was granted an application fee a public hearing to be held Jely 2. He Is seeking dowmon- Ing In the Barren Hill area, 50 to Rate July 4 on Fayettc Si. Si><-4>ti<l Trial Run To He Held Here At tM Tuesday B* ART l>O..K<tVYShl leer In New H ( hief The M inner of the Snap B'»x Derdy in (AmelKihocki'ii <>n July I irffl !»• flown to Akron for [stirticipation in the Na-tional Sojqi Box Derhy on Au-gust 9. He HUI or accompanied by a group of me lepiesenilng The Re-corder and the E, F. Moore Otsffto let Agent j. co-sponsors of the hometown darby. A speclsl car will convey the champ to the International Air-port In Philadelphia where he will go aboard a four-engine super utistellation Mhen the lusury liner ar- I rives In Akron Ihe rhamp "HI | be greeted formallv by derby I offiHaa* and ofirlals of the rlty .-( Akron. He will be aeftted In the hark of a brand-new con-vertible and will be given a po-lice mwtareyrle escort through the heart of Akrtm. 1 After an official tour of the city, he vQl be driven to Derbytown. U. SA. which is a Y.M.C.A. camp ouialde Akron. Professions! coun-cilors will look after him snd his slightest whim v,*ill be a command, There is still time to enter the 'big race and entry blanks mi; be 'obtained at tiie E. P. Moore agency, lath Ave. and Feyette St, Mean-while the July 4 celebrstlnn com-mittee is pushing a drive with con-certed rffort for the purpose of obtaining a minimum of $2600. Of this amount, llhM Is to be earmarked for transporta-tion of U local derbi content ants on the Baltimore A Ohio to Akron, so that the* »ui be spectators at the big event. (Conrinued on Page ftghti FF.TTEROLF "It might be desirable for drvrlopmrnt of t|il* iidn tu ennae Into Ihe lownabips. Homes tia. ;:.. - -.:: :.... ..-.i eiui- Veteran Fireman Felled At Blaze Qnnnai "* '"» '•—-■■■ ,.nd Thomas S Dennis, delegates ment of a subsuntlal *"'■7CL:'„ ' *-"" t An open-shop organization, the to 8talp Encampment: atanlev C. the registered voters due to Inade- [Tg'ufcS^ %?££ Commun rpenters. electricians and paint- Tn(mil(!, Bnd President-elect Irwin, quata time and facilities, it is W™. £, .^™!L».^ K-on the construction are non- Thomas and Irwin. | quate wu laciuucs, is »j - Tne ^ a alternate delegates ' charged, jbrother. John. 11. and his father Tlie State meeting will be held The large number of registered i„,tn htl unrlf tnd lljnt Mr §rifl A„. „* Psvefe St In,tallation of the heating sys- m Pittsburg from July 28 u, Aug. Loten also results in an excessive M„. Jorm Breidenback. 3«5 Ro &** in ft deep fryer on tiie mnge I m is holding up work on the in- !l Reservations have been made at ■ ,nd unfair amount of work being i &„(., Ave _ „rf> vUltlng at the Oar-i , - rtl n.m-. to the' Ward b**Jl 17-year-old A fireman was overcome Tuesday' afternoon when Wftshington and C«nshohocken No 2 companies were summoned to Carl's Diner. Ftourth at 3:16 when Boy Hit by Ball £"*■■■'S ,",r,s J ¥¥ . i •,|^l!i, Hip*' I oiimlo Leaves Hospital T.H.McCarter Services Held Former < .nun. ilm.tn Id. il On l'iic-»ilii\ Funeral services for Thomss H (Chici McCatter. a*, former Con-shohocken Borough Councilinan, who died early Tuesday morning in Sacred Heart Hospital. Norrlstown. ahere he had been a patient since Fetterolf proposed that the , last Friday, will be held from tne niiinttiiv meeting of the sup-r-. ;*©r.- Moore Funeral Home. 16 E First be heicj on the same date Thomas'Ave. tomorrow afternoon at 2. mT and H Lincoln Hnin. Re\ William H Moonev. pastor of ihe other two members of the board the conshohocken Presbyterian .agreeo. .Church, will officiate Internunt will in Ocorge Washington Memorial Pi Ward Sv.an Struck In t..itm on June '» other contractors on the the William Penn Hotel for the placed on the local election board man h(,mr "•jpjmj Timothy Oarma ) as well, a spokesman slated. It I local delegates. ! Because of this situation, it is 10 „,„ of Rpv llld Mri o,.,,.,! not likely Hit building will be! The newly-elected officers will claimed, "the election board is un- he' nad rimitaed a small cherrv tree tnpleted at the beginning of the not take office until after the Na- able to properly verify and witness to ({atrier rnil, II term although employes arejtional convention scheduled to be the signatures of the electors as i^e oj,.. jelj \ distance estimat-iieduled to return to the Job to-jheld In St. Louis, the latter part of required by law; must permit oth- [^ tt gprW0Xima.tely five feet to August. | era than the Judge of Elections , %tnnr drlVf,wllv Hlt fmlh(,r hnd ., ",W.ri,tJhrl«Tllmnnrt"liitf tnhoprGmaarl"iIcau-g■-ht—O-r■e, sending* flsmea to the celling and filling the room with Mnoke. The orrow morning. MissJayceeto be Chosen fy Conshohocken Group or the Acting Judge in his absence (Conffnurd on Page Seven* firemen using foamtie. fought the blaze for almost an hour before bringing it under control. | Mr «nd Mrs H J Swan. 4010 Cen-ter Ave.. lAfayette Hill, returned 'Monday from Chestnut Hill Hos-pital. Tlie community's f:r*t reported ripe tomato arrived yesterday I more than weeks ahead of normal | ripening date—and in an unusual I place. Two incites In dtumeter - the ; tomato was raised by Nicholas Fer-ralola in ■ small garde.i plot V. .i-liiiiiMoii Fire i <» To Oiiuliict School 51. Mark'h Opetll acation [Seliool Mark's Lutheran Church. Ifth Aie. and Harry St., will con-ct a Dally Vacation Bible School r two weeks, opening June 22 and ostng July 3 The sessions will be Fire ,'choo: at the Wsshington Fire Company will be conducted Conshohocken Chapter. Junior [Sunday morning at 10:30 st the Chamber of Commerce will sponsor I nirThneoUsfclh*-oo!lVwWill, b"ewi;tnorch.fa1r"ge onff a "Miss Conshohocken JC" contest' Theodore Pop?., assistant chief. for girls 17 to 21 year- of age from Jesse Stcmnle. Jr. chief enameer the Greater Conshohocken area. ,and Tedtlv Lesinskl. captain John Cahin. Jr.. general chair-1 The first drill for the Fourth of man for the contest. Instructed con- ii"y l l^rp^ " "' testanta to send their Ph«ofprsplw.jB(£nth Av.' 'reatment Classified tOST AND FOTND LCAWTTLadlM wriat watch: Wittna■',< yrV.ow gold Toes eve around | 4.-17) Are. A am * Well* gum CO MAIT HFI.P WANTED L_ _. . _ the ftthletlc field ! ALgaiT rotiNO MAN, Jl or ovor. with '"'mi Ml *"hlrr " l"* »'hietic neia. an,.*,, Uc. w«wk«bda co s-3so« aft _-, . ■ c._ _ snd Harry St The a P.at Yor JOHCph Sllll|lM>ll l.l Monday through Friday from!w "Junior Chamber of Commerce.'second drill be June SO at 7 In front Xt7M»T7w»»~ito In Impaired health for several • ears. Mr, M. t arter »pent part of almost every afternoon at the Washington Fire to., ef which he Ml Ihe oldest living member The police ofllcera transported him to and from his home. In recognition of the services he gave the aee-awfCsX He was the son of the late John id Ma:y Doinrias McCarter. He as bom in Conshnhocken and his service station. Old Elm and lived his enure life here He a- Cotwn St. tended the Conshohocken schools Three more tomatoes should be and later entered tlie Ma*w ripe by Sunday. Ferraloli said, from the Alan Wood Steel Co as a pud-the 24 plants Perraloli aet out in dler at tlie Bchuylklll Ir.m Wurlu. May tConlinard on Page Foar» Plymouth Board to Vote . On Full Time Assessor I An overheated coll caused by the raqueated by hosplul authorities ^,,"-*™i, ! failure of a thermostft', to shut off'to remain at his bedside dtirln current Is believed to have caused the first 24 hour- arter the ace live blase dent. Due to Wai Commissioners j to one assessment district end the exiusin. Edward Breidenback of the PapT on the ceiling and wails was Roberts Ave. address drove the in- scorched. hired boy to Whitemarsh Twp. po- A gas used to combat the Ore In lice station Officer William Swan ;he closed room affected a number „, took him to Chestnut HIU Hospital 0f [he firemen. Thomas Johnson. 11^.,,, ptkt, mnn Joshua Rd. Ufay-where he waa discharged after forme;- president of the Washing-1 ette Hill where he was on the critics: veral dsys. is recovering at home after suffering a head Injury June t when be was struck with « pitched base-ball at Col Miles Park. Qerman-1 . ion Company, was ov ags| the hospital hi* Injury was concussion M be determined by the board of com-' fthipajea! esUie be msde by ou.- bedslde during mifihiQt.^ at m MVKlul meeting .t' side ^xperU II 7 30 June 26 laentatlvea stft'ed Uiat ihe;. acili'td Wsrd's condition he ^ u , ,hr ^^ „,{, merfing o( & ,wo dU.rlru ln- "** not x-rayed until the 24-hour:. it ion and ■ to 11 30 A. M I.E. McCarney Is dean of srhool. The grades and tnstruc- S-: follOWS. Beginners Mrs. Oscar Press. Jr., Kopenhaver and Mra. oward Bailey. Primary—Mrs Charles R. Emery, Naomi Norton and Miss Joan over Juniors—Mrs William Iss Jane Allan Music- Mrs Box 241. Conshohocken** Seven girl* win be chosen as fl- |Of the fire house. 13 W Hector St iiftllsts by a panel of judges from Methodist* to Mark the Jayceea and will compete for n- , a Miss Conshohocken JC" title W ettlev Aniiivrnssirv at » social and dance on Wednes-day July 1, at the Club 17. Girls who live In Constiohocken or wlihin a two-mile radius of the dUt I>noi«inatlon. will be held S.Ik and borough are eligible to enter. Pre- iSundav, June 2g All rhurches In Uminary Judging will be conducted j this are* will have guest preachers McCarney.only from photographs submitted 'and a mass meeting will be held si WorH-wide 250th anniversary of the birth John Wesley, founder of the Metho- ~ kttottt Joseph W Simpson, son of Mr Cojd *>\M teams ■gvd mm cunaiderMl Applv lletn-1 rf „ Michael Blmnaon of Hie-I T*18 '"Jured lad Was graduated *OTT arnong I«l graduating Doctors of Medicine granted degreea Monda> period was past. j oon7e"rr"ed' mi" the'mauer^ Tuesday jftppolntment of a Joint as e.vor He was injured during a practice l^rnoon In the oflVe of the Mont- would be more equitable, as bom game between the Barren Hill and,oni.n. county Board of Assess-1 townships must support the new t mllllon-doUar Plymouth - Whke- | marsh high school now nesriug conipl-tlon on <rcrinsnto«n Pk, , | iliifirr Pk Pljuiouih Meet- ' ing. \ii\ili.n \ to Attend Maa« at St. Matthew'-* The annual Maas for all deceased ■ ment it the Court House They dtaestased the advUaM-I'lT of saalgnlng a full time in-apertor to both Ph mouth and M liiiemar>h township- To be derided Is the location of head-uuajterw and now ll will be malnUined. Cost of the new high school la scheduled to be resdjusted annually on tlw baaU of the assessments in Asmsunta—Miss Lenore Retgner.Selection from the seven finalists:4 PM at Franklin Field, phlis-id Miss Nancy Freak. ■Hi be made by the audience. idelphia at the 120th commencement of Jef 2 MOO hot water radiators 12" high I ferson Medic*. College, Pnllade! ~~ long IV a-gOM. pm4 SS^l»!^>mm Dr Simpson did his pre-medlcaJ The annual Mass for .11 deceased'^ the m«*«ng in 'h* Cour' work at Urslnus CoUege He is . memb,„ „r the Ladies' Auxiliary, «"%■ l**™ ' 'OB RENT member of the Hare Medical So- Conshohocken Post. 1074. Veterans *<* «» merging of the t«o sstoo. W"011'" - RMS. pvt bato. fum ^un^.l^y Oro« Ounnca. Society, and 0f Foreign Wars will be offered »o-, JJ***** lB«» «" Ma«M««« di- » ^ ^^^^*\™ln™. hut * water inel Quiet neighbor- lhf. gtudent A M A He has been morrow at ft in St Matthews trie. ttS4m^XJrm "*rf'rrt * DeHa.en sopolntw mMrrn lt |iontgomer> chur-h Third Ave and Fayette' They rei (Confrwwsd pn «»•« Si»t t • [gmfctia ftie asked to atten e'- er cided the Court of lie twn ■chool I- Pie* e*T»*«.»
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Title | The Conshohocken Recorder, June 18, 1953 |
Masthead | The Recorder |
Date | 1953-06-18 |
Year | 1953 |
Month | 6 |
Day | 18 |
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Description | Conshohocken Recorder Newspaper |
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Derby Winner to Get Flight to Akron,
Motorcycle Police Escort and Day at Camp
( oiij/ioltoi licit, I <*■•
Wosl Conshohocken. Latavetle Hill
Plymouth Valloy. HarmonviU.
Barren HUL Plymouth Mooting
Gulph Mills. Mlquon. Spring Mill H\)t fiecor&ir Classinsd Ads
In this I
are road by
135.000
IS words only $1.19
)4th Year SKMI-WKEKI.Y TliriiSDAY. JINE 18. 1953 III l, thllll FIT* Cant*
Carpenters Return
To Work on Project
Army Moves
Balleries
Civic f * 11 i 111 i 11 ^.
Plyrionth Srfwinl
Jobs KoMlllH'tl
Worh on const ruction on
najor mjicti in thi c<'in-piiniit>
■, iiHpMtW <'in-lv in
la; vb*nth*arpatfmwen1 A n—Iniiiimtiw
-li Ike, thai b*tH iv-iniU'l with her wounded
,.iii.-„„-.,i "i thi <"■»"»»*
From C.&D.
Hero Son Tells Mother saitm.».»/<•/,
i»» r\ • f i l i r\l As Truck C.rt'tr I m Doing tine ,/n Phone
Conversation from Tokyo^JJ
Takes Equipment
hv Army mmed into thi
iki'-hmiiiil plant erf C* and D.
spoke|been in battle only 30 days, when Batteries, Inc., vcsUTilaV
t.mlly rtrtnrd ,. tok(M „„,.,.„„,,„ „,„, tlMlk out 26
last Sunday morning.
I'm doing fine. Mom:
are taking good rare of me."
were Ifae Joyful word* that
came to the ear* of Mr*..
Anlhunr <•ambale, of 137 W.
Kerr-r.d Ave.. as she heard her
wn. IM Ralph <>ambale. 21.
wounded OD the Korean Ironl
Hay U. speak from Japan
Sundat mnrnini at t:l5—1okvo
line. 9:15 P. M
Mrs Gambale placed the call
rjirly smurdry evening ami
■M0M
SOU. I i
Tokyo hospital, from the Defense Department
furmlnf them their son had been larj."' unf niMit'd hittltiu's.
the* wounded
6Hamia$
bpote,
Carprmcr- relumed to work yes-i.
l. \ on the cnnsiruct.011 ol the
gewagg irealnieut plant
i tm s.».
l . i>.. .. .'.. ■ ■ ill] sclicd-
-ri :i> Un\e brcil completed IMaT1
. iRo but due to labor
oubir H tl DO. expected to be
nished until fall. Last year work
aa su.ppnd-d tor six months be- ^^ fl( the Jtmily aU comersed athlete entered the service li.st No.
of a strikr and the recent wl>h Ralph, who has been in the vember Prior to entering, he waa
Observing as the small detail of
The soldier suffered injury of the ^M^ IM^H the batteries on a
" ■ f*6"11' tractor-trailer were representatives
of Local 110. United Electrical
Workers i Independent <, and plant
officials
Arrangements far the
of shrapnel
His Arm now In a cast, he
told In- parent* he had been
evacuated to the Japan hos-pital
by plane the d*> after he,
was wounded. A tetter wtftten
the day he entered the hospital
was ret ritrd by hit parents
June 1.
Tlie former Cormtiohot ken High
ouile he:d up the construction; hospital since May 39
al of the batteries were made
by the Army, who invited the
union to send observers to the
loading operations.
The 26 batteries of the type
used for field telephone service,
were supplied by the U. 8. Signal
..! weeks' Tin .MUk Is being
nc by the Construction Corpora
n ol Penii.*
The carpenters returned
Tuesday, after sis-weeks' *lrike
layoff, to work again on thr new
Plymouth-Vthitemarsh. Junior-
■wmaml High Srhool. (ierman-
With nn Infantry unit, he had Co.. W Conshohocken
employed at Valley Pone Cement Corps in semi-finished condition.;
Jimmy Burnett, sponsored by the Con-iioliocken No. 8 IUwue*\, rotl*.* in style to
the S'tap Box IVrby trials Tuesday cvcniti)i. Stand.tip ml the real of thi apparatu>
are. left to rijrht. Bernard Slavin. Edward K. Moore, of ft P. Moore Chevrolet, and Wil-liam
A. Moore. Chamber of Commerce president, who heads the drive for fund* for the
community Fourth of July atfebrotton.
SUUHMLoan
Follow* Boot!
lawn Ik between Jwhua ltd
and flutter PU.
.ard W. Humphrey, president
f tlie Wliucinarsh Board of Ed-
JII and also president of the
tor] new School,
i KI.IV wink ..»■-
ch:dulc
r Hliend
: ■■ Owtl
'.' ■ iiiiini- -rinuilil
plrted in l.m for pupils of both
Piy mouth and Whltemarsb
Srhonls to onupy Kepi. 11. date
Ihe opening of the UmVH
school term. Humphrey said,
• mawoal »HI iiouse grades s
in the Junior and senior high
For the Drat tune in tlie his
tory of the township, super-visors
have not had to borrow
money to meet current ol
dons," M. H. Fctierolf.
chairman of the board of super-visor-
declared at a monthly
meeting May 25 in Barren Hill.
Tlie boast was short lived.
He w*u: out the Omat week
,0000 from
B, NifTst-note
pay-rom-
' -olr M receipts in taxes on the
1BU duplicate become avail-able."
^icurncv of th* historic re-ference
wits questioned in some
I- was understood
trial records of transactions in
years gone by are incomplete.
The note Is owing.
Citizens Ask
4th Precinct
In Whitemarsh
i They will be finished and packed ■
for rnito by Army pertwnn.l. J||or,-a/I, Joo High?
Alexander Houseal. Wnrriatnwn, ""** Z!
| president of the local, said thai _-,_. m _ _ Ai —^ - , m _ - i^ri^^^KSSSBpilder ^ay* lew (hildreii
I the V 8 Signal Corps reported
the batteries were needed over-; ■
should be --wn-> He Nil oat tlie
j town, on a demand
CIMIMMIIII Merlin':
\ awton l-rjj*- < sMII I
To Divnlf l>i>ii it
Cftipcnters will return to work to.
orrow morning on the Con.->ho-
■ken Fellowship Hoase being
ctcd in the Mary H Wood Park.
and Harry St. According
John 8, McQuade, Jr. who ha-s
l contract, work is benyt delayed
tore by the striking steel workers.
d setters. Meamfttter* arid plumb-
- It was expected the building
ould be ready lor occupancy this
•11 but under present conditions
. be no leLUtut when the
iract will be completed, nil-s'-
alt the labor disputes are set*,
ad || trill be necessary to suspend No. 772. American Legion, at the
rations again within a short annual election of officers held in
There is still conalderable conjunction with the reauuu semi-
Irwin Elected
Head of Post
W.a0NaT VfjmaVmaM
Select Officers
William Irwin. til. was chosen
commander of Joaeph Wagi.er Post
IHou-eal said he conferred with
maiiacement at Uie plant, and with
! Signal Corpa officials at the inter-
I national offlcei of the Union. Phil-adelphia
The strUe began June z A
meeting between rnanagrmt-iti
and union is scheduled lor to-
I morrow al the Federal Media--'''
Iron and Conciliation Srr.i.e
•fllce in the Widenrr Bldg..
The addition of a fourth voting Philadelphia.
precmct In Whttetnarali Twp, toto Major lasue of the strike is a
naked today in a petition filed with j union shop Another demand Is
the County Board of Elections The I privilege of union shop steward*
district would come from a division i n*igh.Jt ^TThe ^1S00PstSrikJerSs,'SinScltu.am-g
of the middle district !approximately 10 women, ire also
A petition signed by U regta- j asking a more liberal vacation
tered votera In the Plymouth Meet-1 system and 36-cents an hour wage
Ing area contends that the district, increase The company has offered
has outgrown the single polling ' B g-cent per hour increaae.
place and the election board is over- , Union pickets have been at the
worked because of the great in- puun dally. A M-day strike oe-crease
In population curred at the plant late in iSal
The petitioners point out that I and early in 1952.
!the voter registration has gone up l
considerably from the 2.077 on the
books last Sept. 15.
! Many voters must travel more
j than two miles to the Barren Hill
1 Fire House to cast a ballot, they
claim.
Will Come from His Homes
ural ironwork to be done
I the building
monthly meeting Tuesday night at'
This "excessive travelling" Is
considered a burden on Ihem.
particularly those with young
children "and effectively ham-pers
their exercise of their
franchise privileges".
The large number of registrants
Cherry Picker
Fractures Leg
Boy 9. Injured
In Fall from Tree
•-year-addition
to the Upper
erion High school, opposite the 10. Evans,
hletic field on Crooked Ls.. may Other officers elected: Ocorge
rung in tne rail term. .ciark. senior vice commander
Id the aontracl lor the plumbing
i the site, had not reported for
srk thut monring.
An amendment to the son Ing or-dinance
of Whitemarsh Twp. per-mitting
development of homes of
type with "fewer children"' *aa
proposed Monday night before the
b.«rd of suparvlaora.
.ttts suiantlori was offered in ab-'
vinus sincerity as a way to cope'
jwtth the "acute situation" In the
I public school system In the town-ship,
M. H. Felteroir. Jr., chairman
of the board, acclaimed the
proposal as a "wonderful Idea."
but rimer Mengwa. aollrior. In-sisted
that an admendment of
that kind would be Impracti-cal.
School In the township are
overcrowded due to the Influx of
families into Whitemarsh Hill.
I.afarette Hills. Country Acres.
Lafayette Park. Plymouth Meeting
Village and elsewhere throughout
the township. A Junior high school
Is under construction and erection
of an elementary school within a
year Is planned by the board of
education
Robert Bast, who Is planning a
dev-lopment of 23 homes on Morris
Hd. near Sheaff Lane, persisted
In his demand for release from the
sub-division ordinance so that ftll
the homes he builds could be se-nsible
by a private driveway.
The ordinance requires ft 50-foot
right of w»y with a 24-foot c«rl-way.
Bast suggested that the town-that
rural atomnsherc of homes
with a private driveway and ft dead
HIE niip- nuiii"" "■ ,».-H*on»D<.Lt. ...>ld Philade^lVp_hia ' WOT, nasn snsuuil ni MHO*, *O«
m*mm.„m.!. an.Hd hhe«art.inng0 mworak iI„n"]»^L^*glon Hon,«' 8*cond Ave "nd »!» "hss resulted and will continue *[°*e his left ami in two places; ' d admendment S( „e succwU ^j,^ ; ,n ^.^^ conriMlon, „. .between the wrUt and e«.^w. Mon- ^ro „,^t ■» , n
ceasive delay and a generally tin- d»-v ,*"*" "»*■ w
1
h"e
u.BlcluI'f
desirable loosening of the provts- .^rrles in a Cedar Heights yard
Ions of -he Election Code by the '"'^i1,"'1''"11- •°" '°' "^ »™
jd., election board as s direct result .Mrs. WiliUm Wltcraft. 21S7 N. 10th
raprejantmttn of the Mont- bert Herron. junior vice comniftna | . ... (St.. had begun his summer vaca-
UOll Co. Cllft«n,"■J1lrn^^nnl^/11,'1Mr.l'^CCr•i ,7?.' K..^ - mto ., Uon frwn St. Edwards parochiai
Id mm emplove. who;RchHld B* <■ ad
f
utant^C
1
1*ren" ", *, """fiJ"^!!* .£?mS' l^ho01- Bl»hUl * York 8«- Phlla- i Slater, service officer; Welter C curmtely complied with the Elec- dpl , ,_ , „,.. d before whss
tojtelar, aergeant-at-arma; William ' Uon Code provisions there, this , JgjP^S ocrurred or, Se" I}.:
Miller, chaplain; Edward Evans would result in the disenfranchise- ,„Vn(Tr miZ,
substantial portion of en
iren and this will be one sn
•wee te the arnle sehool prod
km. I should think this type ef
would be an overall
to Whliswsarata Twp.,"
P>at. a *o»ng man with a Har
wnsg miMt, deelared.
"t think oar Idea Is wonder-ful,"
ooonmentrd Felterotf.
fn the ..-ears ahe.td, though, Fet-terolf
went on. problems may arise
with the transfer of deeds and the
influx of other fsmille- He told
Bast, apparently with reluctance.
»nd on the firm advise of the town-ship
solicitor that any change in
the ordinance would be unwise, that
the township would have to turn
down the application
Menges said the ordinance had
been prepared by experts
Bast is planning a development
on the 3ear estate, which Is In the
triple A zoning claaslfaction
John Stodd art filed an applica-tion
for a sub-division on 11 acres
along Church Hd and Barren Hill
Rd, indicating that IS homes are
to be erected. The matter we>
tabled
Ted Hetsnetag. realtor, ef 1504
linm.inii.mi Ave. < hestnut
Hill, was granted an application
fee a public hearing to be held
Jely 2. He Is seeking dowmon-
Ing In the Barren Hill area,
50 to Rate
July 4 on
Fayettc Si.
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