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Snow, Snow —More Snow? Happy day* ar* hoi* a«joio—chil-dren Irudqt chocrtully through mow on MJUUU, at Socond A»« and Fop the Si. Coa*b„*hock*a. Sunday • Blorm has a btighloi ilda lot lovora oi Iho i)r*a\ outdoor*. Hun-drodi flock nightly lo Iho noop Incline a: Spring Mill whet* Wlnahick^n Sk) Club oilers finest tacilltkM. a «ki way bt.lUanily illuminated at night. And. spooking ot Iho Wtooohlckoo. what a wlsior woadsflandt Tho Rocordor pholographer captured Iho bojuiy ot Iho crook and bridal pain MOT loll* Mill fid Doiwoon Roxbor ouqh and Chestnut Hill On* la vtew looking toward alone bridge: other n picnic pa-i1 ion drapod In ma olio oi while. Can aro piohlbiied an tho bridal •alh Vmion mar breath tho beauty 4nd Iroshneaa oi aroa In comparative •aloty. I'atrmounl Park. Ihrouab which Iho crook Hows, oiiond* lo Militia Hill hi Whltomarah T»p. Tho forecast to n i* IMW. W-fklr Renew photo fty Do«o UcCutn ®he fUarcfcr Y CwMatH. Ttinradsy, Ira. 14. ISM HOME NEWSPAPER KOR 1*4 YEAR! Jaycees Pay Tribute to Press, Radio Rrrordrr Slaff Mriiiber Houorril Al Dinner Conshohocken Junior Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night psld tri-b'Ue to newspaper sod rsdio repte-aenutives for their sld sod co! operation In sponsoring community; projects, st s dinner st Bautu Oarden's. Ridge Pike. The eyeut wss held In conjunction with a national program marking Jtycee Week opening today. Miss Marie Zinnl. ■ member of The Recorder staff, war s guttt and paper Appreciation awards like-wlae were presented to John Fant-km and James Neltanv. Henry Oamza. public relation! chairman of the two-year old unit, made the presentations at the din-ner wr.Mim and Introduced tht speakct, Edmund K WUUauia, Bur- |m of Conshohocken Outlining the Industrial growth of ( r.nahaborktw. Ur Iturjcs.* presented an Inform*- llve i.tlk listing aonte of theearly Industry here which begsn with a grisl salll, followed later by aurglrsl. glass, iron, ailk sad other manufacturers. Dwelling on development since the bor-ough was Incorporated In lASt, he later told of hk i lions during the paal 50 years Iti tn-du- lr> here. At Uie session. Burgess William* Issued a formal proclamation, authorizing the Jnycee Week pro-gram, to Raymond Matricardi. club president Henry flamr* In a brief address. told of the numerous programs presented by the Jayrees and an-nounred a membership drive will got underway shortly. Photos of leading Jayee* events of 19&3 are now on display In an exhibition which opened today at the Connhohocken office of the Philadelphia National Hank, Kay-ttte 8l at Hector Assisting Oamsa with the Javcee exhibit are Jamas UcFadden. Arthur LefUoe. Anthony Baranowski and Anthony Mashln-tonio Vaiiom event* sponsored last year by the oominunlty*s youa* civic croup. Included the gigantic tContimtud nn Page idem PtilieeFuntl Is Passed Over Vetti 10-4 Vote Quashes Action by Williams At Heated Session Conshohocken Town Council, in anjrrv defiance of Bur- «7es.« hdmuntl K. Williams' velo of the new I'olice IViwrm Ordinance, ovrr-rotie the chief eMrutive and passed tht ordinance by a 10-4 vote last ni^ht, a* tempers flared and j remarks by member*, of the police department brought sharp ! rebuke from several members of the (roverninjr body. The ■ oil-call vote to override' K. Elden Leach, left, chairman IM the executive com-mittee of Conshohocken Community chest, pte^.nts check in the amount of $3,000 to Arthur Lefkoe. attor-ney, head of the USO in Conshohocken, and he in turn passes it on to Fred Garrity, Philadelphia, region*] rep-resentative of the Petinaylvania Liiitetl Fluid, at liiiieiii-nn yesterday at the Conshohocken Association. ISO is ob-servinir its 13th anniversary. Story and another picture in The Recorder Monday. - The Reorder photo $20,000 in Taxes Overdue, (.ounvil Going After It Yes Harold It. Best. Prank !>»»- anakl. Samuel Oabln. Phillip Ora vine**. Harrison Hear. Elmer Munro. Edward O'Brien Walter Ratlaaaewafcl. Harry Rowland and j President Hay Plero. I No — James Deeimone. Charles Miller Louts Noblett. and Walter Consliohorken Town Council we*! auMrT Absent Charles OmhosU. told 1»>' night that the borough ha* sM ihouaaitdH of dol.ar* in uncollected amw-emen: taxes since passage of an ordlnan.r six years ago to collect 10 percent of revenue Burress Williams, sluing placidly through the session, apparently unable to hear the battle that en-sued on the floor of the meeting, said In his written veto be wsi No. 2 Firemen ■SJ5 Ready 2-fay Radio System Steel Worker Former Resident Is Is Killed Near Death After Fall JOM>|)II rri'ilerirk Accident \ irlini ' death cams to Joseph I k, 46. of 4? Harry 8; about B.3u la-t night in an accidriu at the Swedeland plan: of Aliui Wood Steel Co. According to a plant official. Uie OCbiBg aixidentaily ca ight ■ .. oi motion in the blast department. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. W. Stuart Watson. Nun.-town physician. I w ;11 be held Mnudav frjm the William A. M era) Home, 708 Fayeiie St.. with solann requiem Miw st 10 In St. Maithia'n Church. Third Ave and Fayette St. lnterm"nt will bo at St Mat.hew's Cemetery, Fay- ."■itc St and North Lane. V.evMiig V:ll be held Sunday night. Bin 11 in Coi^hohockun, the son of the late Dominic and Rose Fern Frederick, the accident victim wnrked for m:iny years a* sn auto mobile mechanic prior to Joining Alan Wood la years ago. Mr a 113 a member oi S; Mat-thews Church and of the Wash-ington Fire Co Surviving in addi-tion to his wile, are .seven children, ranging In age [rota .'>:* montiu to II years, Louli*\ Ji>-cph. 8u»an. K sjsjarw, Theodore. Alaysius and Wayne, five brothers and one sis-ter. Theodore. Michael and John of Conshohocken; Victor of PotLs-town. AueiiM or Rosei>i->r* and Mary, wife of Frank Cspaldl, form-er prrMden*. ol ConKhohf\-ken Town rjouncil. Savin;: Itr|iorie<l Rv ( ..Miitv hi-jcit Inn nt ' RIchsrd S. Lowe. Specisl Deputy Attaj sjgg (ienera) in the De;)a-t-ment of Public Assutam-e. Norrli-towu. revealed a total amount of *" 481 saved b\ the emmty for a ' our month, in a report .Ian. 1. The MVtran in the department roctltosa ■ Icta] aj «IM reaped aid i in ii'itlnn to t2.374 and a total of elimlna- |RM"jBBf drclarrd Ineligible assistance. Lowe. * Con- •■ -, ntiomev. residm *t B371 * ' A furtner Conshohocken woman hovers between life and desth al Fitxgeraid-Mercy Hospital, Darby. as the result of a fall do*n the ■tails between the first and second loors of her home, early Satur-iay morning Mrs. Stephen Skulrak. 40. of 7014 Arlingtiai Rd.. Highland Park, mother of six children, still remains uin.itiiM.iuus. a victim of a double fracture of Uie skull. Her entire left side is paralyzed. The fag-iner E.m a Murphy *hr Is a daughter of Mrs. Catherine MurpNy. 1770 Butler Pike, and the late John Murphv H>r Igather, confined to her home alth a serlou.s heart malady for many monthx. ma not been told of the accident The woman's plight was dl*- covered hi hrr husband, awak-ed by the sound of her fall, lie fonnd her unconscious against a sewing machine, rinse lo the noltnm or the stairwell. %ppar-rnili ahe alruik the marhlnr In the plunge. According to her husband. Mrs Hkulrak is believed to have gotten Finhnr !*ir»'ctin^ Itiu.pi. . I*: m- A rnanthly meeting of Spring ' Co was held 1 uesday night at the fire hall with Reuben 8. Kilpatnck, president, In charge Plaiui were completed for the 30th annual banquet Jan. 38 John A. Fischer of Mlquon Ls serving as d.airnun ol uie commuter ::: charge of arrangement* Two mem-u. j t.: .;.. .i.M.iu.i'.i< — .. directed the banqu?t for years are not la health. William BoiauX who was to have been chairman Tor the 1954 eve*", and Chsrto« H Johnston Jr., .secretary Principal speaker will be Judge Leonard Michael Propper of the Municipal Oaort of Philadelphia. TlckeLr may be procured through: Paul A. Smith. 923 E. Hector St.. Conshohocken. CO 6-4137: Frank Krlebel. 831 Spring Mill leg. Con-shohocken. CO 6-3328: John A. Fischer. Miquon. CO 6-3531 Dead-line fur the purchase of ticket* Is next Monday. up to minister to the youngest child. Gene, two years old. and was enroute downstairs to procure .something needed Most of the children had been ed to cost 84000 and will cover a stricken aith virus in the last few five-county ares, including Mont-weeks, and were Just recovering gomerv. Bucks, Chester. Delaware The other children are Stephen IIltl Philadelphia counUe*. Two-way radio service three piece* of apparatus Is expect-ed to be In operation soon by Con- ■liohocken No. 2 Fire Co., Ninth Ave and Harry SL. At the January meeting of the fire unit. Monday night at the fire station, plans were launched lo In-stall the new comrrur.lcatisr.i .-.*..-- vice, srheduled to be one of the moM powerful to be set up by ro- Irjirtgwf fire companies of the East With the tenative wattage deter-mined a* 350. the system is estlmst- Rotary Hears Appeal to Aid Slater Fund An appeal to Conshohocken Ho-t* i} t.,uu imutuei* yu g.ic »uui«- hearted support to the Edward Sla-ter fund campaign, was sounded b;. Ray L. nero. president of Con shohocken Town Council, and a director of the campaign, at the nib's meeting Monday night at B-nim Oardeni. Flero explained In datalt plsns decided upon at the general tr.eet \\.% Sunday afternoon at The Wtl ■ . in Upper Roxboraur.i, tM uued Itotarians to aid in ivjiung the campaign In the Conshohocken area "over the top". F.ero as* Introducad by William T. Ardeli. club president. Joseph Ingram. Jr. who U pro-gram chairman, gave a rlavlflca-iinn talk on scrap Iron. Ingram dewrlbed many InteresUng factors of the scrap iron business, through hi* association wi.n the Pennsyl-vania Steel Scrap Co. of which he ls an official. Two viwtora. Al Vleks. of Bala- Cynwyd-Narberth Club, and Lynn Bruck of Philadelphia, were intro-duced. $18,000 Debt Starts Borough Council Year ■ » » I r in .iii.ti in r■ .i en.e. stt** i i ■ •■I To Elmer Munro; sT.OtMl Last*. (ermite«l ykelded by etent* held in the bor- turning down the new ordmsnre oujl, . bwnuv it failed to Include the fact Counei; ,tam.ed,u,tet,y »u.t.,horl,g«S,'that Uie filth member of the com- would ^ ^ ^m I steps to begin legal action to rr- m nf rr^ubl(, pll1„ns lubmlttM, cover what may amount from •»■- u, „„„,! by lhe police department. 8*» to 120.000 lo unpaid mm* cotinelloian Harry Bo-land. The IsMie was brought to light aefPlldinr srlion of rranelt when souncfi began measure* to re-. new the reaolmion. now required', aunualh by state law. to continue : coUectlo:) in 1944 Attorney Leonard: A. Talone. borough solicitor. In drafting the new measure, said It was estimated the borough should, receive about 813.000 from this ] source In 1998 the borough recelv- | went la the minutes of In* September saeetlng lo lell mrm ■era of the police department, who were present at lhe meet-ing, thai II had been offirlalW agreed al that lime lhe selec-tion of a fifth member would be as police repreoentallvea or Jr., 14: Susan. 11: Sandra. Hubert, six and Michael, five. The father, a tonne* Bridgeport resi-dent, is employed at the Llanerch Grill. Llanerch. The family lived In Norrisinun prior to removal to Highland Park seven years ago Mrs Skulrak attended St Mat-thew's HlRfc Hchscl and Korristown Business College A sister Mrs Robert ChcMl. jf ■ ..- d bv ,he estims^ 840fm ., Cleveland. O. came here Monday. M C(Mt Work u MDected to begin when notified f her staler* critical „, ln*;allation of the dual radio condition She la stnylng at thr MlPm pr0vtdlnr bolh »broadcasS hotne or her mother Anothet «is- ,;>(t and receiving act, within 30 ter is Mrs. Joseph E Sclufer. 19 davs Merlon Ave West Conshohocken Ao'pik,:lon ^ ^^ mna, ., onre an officer of the Montgomery-Bucks , |h p^,^, Com)i ?5ftJ!?*S •* ■■»*■ txsftori Commi„ion, waghlngu, pproval. The anu*aal capacltv of th. systrm will provide service not only In time of serious fire but far anj major dKuiler* thai align! occur in the five-county sector. The proposed new system also vili provide walkle-la.kie coinmu- ■farrhal for key men" of he fire Unil This equipnien: |a ■ ■ mtntnti *»» * H ■ Chestnut Kill Plrmomb Uoet l*n*»b*lrriaii (Jiurrh To Elti-t W tiln«-.il;i\ Flders and Uustees will be' elect-rd at the arr.ual congregation and ■ i mreiinay. of the Con-ahnhretrn riibilaiip.il Church, to bf btU ■.' . ■, u. tea Auxiliaries and former president of the American Legion Auxiliary. John F. Delia veil Post 39. $567 W indfall Revolved by iellotvship House A -aindrall" of 85<7 ha* come the Way of the Fellowship HoiL'e Of Consiiohorkcn. f.fli Ave and H.ir:y Si. m.ilnly to equip a.io luimsn the arts and room of the houne annex The con:rlh0ijnn rgpfajatjlg a baUnce remaining In lhe trea-sury of ilie now ex:ncl Con-shohocken Recreational Coun-cil, replaced sonse years ago by UU) LoTunonocken itfcrtauanaj Commi'Lee. Tlie commi:tee took over operation of ihe bor-ough's pubic playground*, oper-ra: ed by the council during Its existence ■ Inludedln the former Coun-cil group are Rev. Dr. Stanlcv R West, rector of Calvary Episcopal Church. Mrs A.-Con-rad June*. Mrs Henry E. Rol-lins. ST.. treasurer, and MUK Agnej M. Olfeill. secretary. A portion of the money Is al-located for a p aque In memory of the late Mrs Ralph Raynor. the former Maiy Klrkpatrick of Ootkvhohocken. who. according n of "ne gronp. raLed . ,h Coo-sbahockm Day* he^l a: BaajfwJ amusetuent park', a .ien ahe waa supervisor of borough p.ay- The company will be tht first in the borough and one ot Uie few la ■tie area to be equipped with Iwo-wav air communication service Two and a half years ago. Har-inuii'. lile Fire Co. installed a two-let a: a coat of 12300 Of 60-wattage power, the system oper-ate* on all three pieces of appara-tus. HarmonVila's Federal license number u KGB 857. Fire Rad o Station George Clar of \\. (onahn-lioeken and L ii. of f edar Heights are * hooked op for double radio service. Iota H»r- Brothern Honored By Fire (iompany Two brother* have been n*m* as the moat active members Ol Conshohocken No 3 Fire Compsin during 1953, announcemeat Is msdt today. Robert and Clarence Slater at-tended more fires during the year Just ended than any other com-pany members. Robert, in charge of the Community AthleiK Field. 11th Ave. and Harry St.. was In ac-tion at 39 of the 33 fire* to which I he company reap inded In '53 Clarence aided in fighting 23 flic The btuiher* will be | attendance medal* at the annual company banquet. Mar 20 Rober' Uve* In the field house at the *th- !?*.!•• firld. Clarenre makes his home at 333 E. Ninth Ave. ■Robert S ater has just been named Conshohocken crulrm.ifi of the fund being raised to aid hi* cousin. Edward Abater. 19-year-old Roxbornugh resident, who lost both lags when struck by an automobile. Christmas Eve. Altaoueh committee appoint-ment* tttitatlvely were made by Ray L. Fiero. president. Just prior to the data of Uie Conahotiocken I Council meeting, change* art ex- - t»e made a tli* n*"' few da** In several committee as-slgnmttiLs, according to Flero, thu morning. The important post of chairman •f the finance commit lac. which will meet early neat weak to estab-lish a budget aad stt the new tax rati for 1954 went to Elmer Munro, officer manager of ('obn Wood Co, who was elected from Uie Fourth Ward in November. Munro, aad mrmbera of Ihe commit W. are faced with * deficit of Mbre than 118.990 at the start of the year, neresalst-ed by the need to borrow fund* In the last few months ta meet .urresi apcr*>!!•-•* aanaaxstgg. In the January finance rrport, a balance of 81037 43 on Bgaa close oi' December, was far from sufficient to meet the bills present-ed t.itailing 89512 61. which left • deficit of 86875 19. Tod*' * il borrowed 87000 mure to briiii! he total to 318.000 Walter Slllrler. chairman of the elre ( ummission, reported that Hugh R. Stewart. Jr.. and omrlal ol the ('. and H Bat-teries Im . attrndrd a meeting nn Tuesday night lt> explain Ihe plan* of the companv for the fullest measure of safety against fire* waea tbe new plant Is bulll. The commission also named Jer-ry Tancinl to replace John Hylinski as Wsshtngton Fire Co. representa-tive, and Harvey Shaw, replacing Charles Pettlne .a* the Consho-hocken No 3 representative Conn- j <il unanimously confirmed the ap- IHilntments SUteler told the Council I hat complaint* agnuiM th- Conshohock-en Fire Depuriaient for slowness in responding to the fire at C and iCownniit-d on Pope .S'ereni Harry M. RawUtsd. clllag n ggtea foi I9S3, revealed that tbe Riant Theatre had been Ihe aawv *muscment alaee ragalarly paying tbe tax. He said he frit aaany others were deliberately B«4 pai ing mif the bariHSgh kmd m»de no eflort la properly soforee Ihe rrgaUtlon*. Only tSaermlts were taaaed through- '"*' f' \- bur<M>8D ''" mac In lie *.V**«sr** Hawland added, al- Ufoagti Uwre probably arr hun-dred* *f varietai lypes of ma-chine* In operation. Councilman Best quickly demand-d the subject be turned over to Uie .nance commute, and on a second Deslmone, the council approved ilnillhimnlf having ggtlon taken iCoafinaed on Page Sneni Service Honors Borough Hero Sgt. Donovan hit «| i- |'i i-i.Mi r Commemorating the mem^wv of ■gatgf Sgt, Geoige Donovan, who jve hi* life for hi* country a* ■ ■riconer of the Korean Reds, a v.lrmn requiem Mass waa offered at 10 A. M . Saturday In St. Mat-thew* Church. Third Ave and Fajetta St. The 38-year-old soldier, one of nine sons and daughters of Mrs Emms Donovan, a widow, of 133 W First Ave.. he was officially de-clared dead by the Delerwe De-partment l*«t OBfajBRJl He wss missing In action since December, 1950. but the Army sergeant'* mother clung to a for-tora hope that her son might still be alive. A fellow -prisoner of Ihe south trna returned to Philadelphia Ust September, infurmed Don-ovan's mother that death had occurred three weeks after he was taken ■ priaoner by tbe Bask, .(•iinfmued on Page Fouri iville and Biv lir- ■ radio alatHHt*. A number of oinrr fire anils In the r-ountr either operate I heir awn at a-nonv ar have naak-tn* aim ethers. Cost of the new ivstem. accord-ing to a No. 3 F.ie Company offi-cial, will be raited en irely b> :.;' , members through ac . - , ready, a substantial mm 1* In the fund None of the borough appro-priation «111 be used for the pur-pose, he said. C.leiiranee Sales lLVvin Today J January clearance sales begtn today at many store* in His area, [offering shoppers thr greatest re-i in vesr-s i Merchant.- are conducting store-wide clearance* «n ck>tm-.» furni-ture Jewelr'- and nnmc-ciiia o*he- Itemi The thriftiett buyt are list-ed in tnrtsv'a *rtver*1»l>s» column* signed bv nine members of the po- ) lire de|i*rtmenl, the council BNH I told Uie policemen would refuse j to sign Insurance papers If thr I ordinance wa not amended or if j council passed it over th* Burget* jvtto. i During the h.-ur-long battle of words, Police Officer WlILatn D i van told members of council thnt Solicitor Talone had made clia.-g'* in the pre-rm i aaoe. ant* had not Included the ;s*arge.sted paragraph that bro-hl :8ne veto from the Burses Offi-er Matthew Dougherty, al*u present at the session, wa* unaware that i-ouncll had written It* method of selection Into the minute*. Talone, who told council In December he would not take any I raaponxlblllt y for Uie measure at - now adopted, quickly cal'ed to the attention of the rotmcll that tht part of the hill giving the police j equal rtpre^entatlon on the com- | mlttee. was written and presented j to Harold K Best, chairman of tht ■ Ordinance committee, by Walter ; police department. Ko» land aiouily defended Tal- I one. saying that apparently tht member* of Uie police department iConrinuerf on Paat TWO' Brotherhood Elects Officers Howard Fddleman St. Mark's PreMriVnt Howard A Eddleman. 133 W. loth Avr, wa* inatalled prrslde.it of the Brotherhood of St. Mark* lAitheran Church, Fifth Ave *nd Harry St. st Uie 23d annual father i and ton dinner, at « 30 P M. Bat- I irrdav. In the social room* of the ; church He succeeds John F Fer- II ler. who automatically retired from office after a year's service One hundred fa*hen and ton* at-tended. HHney Hammonds was Inducted as vice president and FTcd Knpen-haver. secretary-.treasurer Oarrett Cochran was installed devotional leader, with John Boaman. assist-ant Glenn Davl< dueled in Helm. • as again In- ( harlea Me-rhorisler: Ilr. Fngene sell C Henry Gamza. public relations chairman of Lb< Commercp. preterit* appreciation award to Mift.Marie Zinnf, of The- gtacordi at dinner ttioarlav nitrnt at rtanm GftttPril s .IM-... *;.!!. . lift .,!.!' rig-ht, alan rcceiveii twardl fur co-o«>eration with Jayctc eveotf ihruughou' Frb. *sslsl.inl teacher Protes-tant elergimni) of Ihe borough. guests at thr event, rslended greetings. Rev DT O F McCtmej of the church, officiated at Litton Dr Drbu* served as toas'.- Dr. Stanley Wrlssmvn i rlst. entertained with : niigl. A quiiUi fiusu ii e i\Lin Wood attel Co sang a group of and C Waller Mruinger waa heard In vocul ■ ' areormi-anled bv Vrnnk ttttSuw, church and organltt. John F D89d Ho-ward Eddu-man wiUi a brotherhood pin Tlie turkey dinner was served •rr women al (tie rhurrh, Ferrler wa* chairman r-f tit event. Next tneetlna will be FI-N. 9. Nlli-r* to y\ve\ Men.b« i ■ of the Montgomery Count v NUIMt' Aasotitntion will I P. 1st, Jan 33. In the iBUle Health I>-|). itn.ent Clinic. i ■ -i« Nf.-ri«''iTn : hocken VPl.Uig Nurse, tai OBtaaty art I invited to attend.
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Title | The Conshohocken Recorder, January 14, 1954 |
Masthead | The Recorder |
Date | 1954-01-14 |
Year | 1954 |
Month | 1 |
Day | 14 |
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Snow, Snow
—More Snow?
Happy day* ar* hoi* a«joio—chil-dren
Irudqt chocrtully through mow
on MJUUU, at Socond A»« and Fop
the Si. Coa*b„*hock*a.
Sunday • Blorm has a btighloi ilda
lot lovora oi Iho i)r*a\ outdoor*. Hun-drodi
flock nightly lo Iho noop Incline
a: Spring Mill whet* Wlnahick^n Sk)
Club oilers finest tacilltkM. a «ki way
bt.lUanily illuminated at night.
And. spooking ot Iho Wtooohlckoo.
what a wlsior woadsflandt Tho
Rocordor pholographer captured Iho
bojuiy ot Iho crook and bridal pain
MOT loll* Mill fid Doiwoon Roxbor
ouqh and Chestnut Hill On* la vtew
looking toward alone bridge: other n
picnic pa-i1 ion drapod In ma olio oi
while.
Can aro piohlbiied an tho bridal
•alh Vmion mar breath tho beauty
4nd Iroshneaa oi aroa In comparative
•aloty. I'atrmounl Park. Ihrouab which
Iho crook Hows, oiiond* lo Militia Hill
hi Whltomarah T»p.
Tho forecast to n i* IMW.
W-fklr Renew photo fty Do«o UcCutn
®he fUarcfcr Y CwMatH. Ttinradsy, Ira. 14. ISM
HOME NEWSPAPER KOR 1*4 YEAR!
Jaycees Pay
Tribute to
Press, Radio
Rrrordrr Slaff
Mriiiber Houorril
Al Dinner
Conshohocken Junior Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday night psld tri-b'Ue
to newspaper sod rsdio repte-aenutives
for their sld sod co!
operation In sponsoring community;
projects, st s dinner st Bautu
Oarden's. Ridge Pike. The eyeut
wss held In conjunction with a
national program marking Jtycee
Week opening today.
Miss Marie Zinnl. ■ member of
The Recorder staff, war s guttt and
paper Appreciation awards like-wlae
were presented to John Fant-km
and James Neltanv.
Henry Oamza. public relation!
chairman of the two-year old unit,
made the presentations at the din-ner
wr.Mim and Introduced tht
speakct, Edmund K WUUauia, Bur-
|m of Conshohocken
Outlining the Industrial
growth of ( r.nahaborktw. Ur
Iturjcs.* presented an Inform*-
llve i.tlk listing aonte of theearly
Industry here which begsn with
a grisl salll, followed later by
aurglrsl. glass, iron, ailk sad
other manufacturers. Dwelling
on development since the bor-ough
was Incorporated In lASt,
he later told of hk i lions
during the paal 50 years Iti tn-du-
lr> here.
At Uie session. Burgess William*
Issued a formal proclamation,
authorizing the Jnycee Week pro-gram,
to Raymond Matricardi. club
president
Henry flamr* In a brief address.
told of the numerous programs
presented by the Jayrees and an-nounred
a membership drive will
got underway shortly.
Photos of leading Jayee* events
of 19&3 are now on display In an
exhibition which opened today at
the Connhohocken office of the
Philadelphia National Hank, Kay-ttte
8l at Hector Assisting Oamsa
with the Javcee exhibit are Jamas
UcFadden. Arthur LefUoe. Anthony
Baranowski and Anthony Mashln-tonio
Vaiiom event* sponsored last
year by the oominunlty*s youa*
civic croup. Included the gigantic
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PtilieeFuntl
Is Passed
Over Vetti
10-4 Vote Quashes
Action by Williams
At Heated Session
Conshohocken Town Council, in anjrrv defiance of Bur-
«7es.« hdmuntl K. Williams' velo of the new I'olice IViwrm
Ordinance, ovrr-rotie the chief eMrutive and passed tht
ordinance by a 10-4 vote last ni^ht, a* tempers flared and
j remarks by member*, of the police department brought sharp
! rebuke from several members of the (roverninjr body.
The ■ oil-call vote to override'
K. Elden Leach, left, chairman IM the executive com-mittee
of Conshohocken Community chest, pte^.nts
check in the amount of $3,000 to Arthur Lefkoe. attor-ney,
head of the USO in Conshohocken, and he in turn
passes it on to Fred Garrity, Philadelphia, region*] rep-resentative
of the Petinaylvania Liiitetl Fluid, at liiiieiii-nn
yesterday at the Conshohocken Association. ISO is ob-servinir
its 13th anniversary. Story and another picture
in The Recorder Monday. - The Reorder photo
$20,000 in Taxes
Overdue, (.ounvil
Going After It
Yes Harold It. Best. Prank !>»»-
anakl. Samuel Oabln. Phillip
Ora vine**. Harrison Hear. Elmer
Munro. Edward O'Brien Walter
Ratlaaaewafcl. Harry Rowland and
j President Hay Plero.
I No — James Deeimone. Charles
Miller Louts Noblett. and Walter
Consliohorken Town Council we*! auMrT Absent Charles OmhosU.
told 1»>' night that the borough
ha* sM ihouaaitdH of dol.ar* in
uncollected amw-emen: taxes since
passage of an ordlnan.r six years
ago to collect 10 percent of revenue
Burress Williams, sluing placidly
through the session, apparently
unable to hear the battle that en-sued
on the floor of the meeting,
said In his written veto be wsi
No. 2 Firemen
■SJ5 Ready 2-fay
Radio System
Steel Worker Former Resident Is
Is Killed Near Death After Fall
JOM>|)II rri'ilerirk
Accident \ irlini
' death cams to Joseph
I k, 46. of 4? Harry 8; about
B.3u la-t night in an accidriu at
the Swedeland plan: of Aliui Wood
Steel Co.
According to a plant official. Uie
OCbiBg aixidentaily ca ight
■ .. oi
motion in the blast department.
He was pronounced dead at the
scene by Dr. W. Stuart Watson.
Nun.-town physician.
I w ;11 be held Mnudav
frjm the William A. M
era) Home, 708 Fayeiie St.. with
solann requiem Miw st 10 In St.
Maithia'n Church. Third Ave
and Fayette St. lnterm"nt will bo
at St Mat.hew's Cemetery, Fay-
."■itc St and North Lane. V.evMiig
V:ll be held Sunday night.
Bin 11 in Coi^hohockun, the son
of the late Dominic and Rose Fern
Frederick, the accident victim
wnrked for m:iny years a* sn auto
mobile mechanic prior to Joining
Alan Wood la years ago.
Mr a 113 a member oi S; Mat-thews
Church and of the Wash-ington
Fire Co Surviving in addi-tion
to his wile, are .seven children,
ranging In age [rota .'>:* montiu to
II years, Louli*\ Ji>-cph. 8u»an.
K sjsjarw, Theodore. Alaysius and
Wayne, five brothers and one sis-ter.
Theodore. Michael and John
of Conshohocken; Victor of PotLs-town.
AueiiM or Rosei>i->r* and
Mary, wife of Frank Cspaldl, form-er
prrMden*. ol ConKhohf\-ken Town
rjouncil.
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