The Conshohocken Recorder, April 8, 1954

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Wt-i i Mwhohocktn, l-afajeile Hill
i.ulph Mill-. Miquon, Spring Mill
Barren Hill. Plymouth Meeting
IN > mouth \ alley. Harmon* ille
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SCHOOL TAX JUMPS 20 PER CENT
A Widow, !A11-Time High of 42 Mills
Moiher of 6 Enacted in Whitemarsh Twp.
Keeps Vigil ' $504,000 Yearly Budget
New Elementary School
And Kindergarten OK'd
Edgar B. Mitchell, chief at |>olice of Whitemarsh Twp., pushes button that
turn.* on traffic light at Germantown Pike and Joshua Rd., Lafayette Hill, at 2
P, M. yesterday. In le<» than three minutes first violator ihelowi is caught.
From ieft are Stephen Laulicrt, veteran public official; Vernon E. Wynne, traf-fic
engineer of Montgomery County and Chief Mitchell; second row, Michael J.
I.aputka, secretary-treasurer and Morton H. Ketterolf, Jr., president of the board
of supervisors of Whitemarsh Twp.
Whitemarsh Sewer
System Estimate
Set at $1,000,000
Expert'* Figures Cover Middle
Ami Weal Dfatrietq Delay ■flaasri
Fur Booating <lo*l in Sprinjilit-M
men » Week, couUl not .ompared to 1417,0001 for the.present tern, I , a ,em.li(m „f , „ dlspoul plan! serving th, rniddk and
resist the tempting miter «es»ed valuation is about »10 noo.ooo. ■wast diatrieti of Vhii, inursh Twp. mil coal 1700 property
-i i .-J Th,> directors approved plans for erection.of «" elemeMowlwr, . mi,lioB ,,„,„ , \, (;u., .,,, ,„• ,;„„.,. ,nd ,;,„,,,
on a 14-acre tract located on Joshua Rd., west L
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Janit'H Stilton Dies
In Upper Meriou :
As Pals Look On
IIt. t.„ea..s. .a. hi.o„t. iJt«a™y. fso—r..: __ .,The sc,ho„ol lax bill wil,l .be .20,.rper..,c,ent,.Jhi*g.h.,er in
. i Whitemarsh Twp. starting July 1. It will be 42 mills, an
spring. \ jncreaw 0f ppven mills churged in the last year.
Storm clouds were Except for clever financial manipulation, the rate
gathering, but James mi^ht have been 45 mills. It is reasonably safe to assume
Sutton. 10. on vacation another increase will be unlikely a year hence, accord-from
the I inter Merion 'ntf t0 Edward W. Humphrey, president of the board of j
IT mil school, due ^cation The board met last night at Spring Mill Con-I
—belated bchool.
Education in 1954-S5 will COHI an all-time h.,
{f West Side
Clergymen Hit
1 Bingo Approval
of a quarry located near iary school
Valley borne Garden of Flourtown Rd.
cemetery on
erv ftrf., I pper Merion mmith-vVhitemarap School District
nr- j The school will consist of 13
■ M P* i classrooms, two kindergartens, an
He« p,,llu,,„n.g.*e,d! tanss anMnJd' aU-purpose room and health and RdnSM mi^ „ wlU hrj„
Marble Hall, at an estimated coat of
i $750,000. Ground probably will 1* broken In June, accord-ing
to Cardin D. Brown, WU,K-I \ Ifing principal of the Ply-connulting
engineers, Harriiburg, declared in an MMNM
Monday night.
Before officials left scene, (top picture) a Packard
driven by teen-ager whizzed through red light, on a lefl
turn, tires screeching. Chiei Mitchell blew down the
driver and Officer Kenneth Biewitt wrote the ticket.
Traffic signal is eighth in operation throughout township.
Th* Urcordrr pho'aa by Uave McCuati
Calvary Church Given
$10,000 in Highley Will
Noiriatown — Several charitable
and religious bequests are contained
in the will of Mrs. Mary W. Hlgh-ley,
89. of 312-314 Fayette St.. Con-shohocken.
who died April 1
||H Highley, widow of Dr.
George N. Highley. left an estate
estimated In value for probate pur-poses
at 1315.000 and upwards.
She willed that 110,000 is to be
placed In trust with the tncoms
being turned over to Crnshohock-en
authorities for the maintenance,
cure and beauUflcatlon of the Mary
11 Wood Memorial Park
Bequests of $10,000 each are made
to Calvary P. E. Church of Con-ahohocken.
and M"nl«onirry Hos-pital,
of Norrlstown. Another be-gin
it uf (5,01)0 Is to go to the Con-sh'ihockrn
Prec Llbrar>'
IVraonal properly. Inrluditif Jew-elrv,
h'liisrliuld iimda and ulhrr
itf ii\ are bequeathed '" * ■""■
( harln t lll(hlr», or (Hen Rldsr.
v I
A grandson. Charles C. Highley,
Jr., la willed property at Spring
Lake. N. J. and $35,000 A bequest
of $25,000 Is made to another grand-son.
Richard Beard Highley.
Other Individual awards lncludr
$20,000 to be shared by the children
of the late Hettle Y. Hallo* fi.
$2,000 each to Ruth P. Nixon. Ray-mond
R. Rodenbaugh. Charles W
Lawrence. Man' D. West and Annie
M. Dunlap: $10,000 to Arthur F
Bpellissy. and $500 to Anim M
Oauglns.
A sister-In-law. Nancy P. Hlghlev.
of Norrlstown. u left $10,000. The
residue Is to go to Charles C. High-ley,
trustee under a deed of tru»i
Trustee* tn Meet
Conshohocken — The April meet-ing
of the trustees of the First Bap-tist
Churrh will be held Monday
iiiKht nt 8 nt the church, Pouril:
Avc. and Harry fit
Hiir»«>-4 Moetiuaii
AUo \--ti!-
Cuuiii'il At'tiou .
Want Conabthocken —
Strongly objecting to council'.*
unanimoMs vote last month
favoring legalization of bingo.
clergymen appealed at a coun-cil
seiMion last night to re-scind
the vote in an effort to
"uphold the moral and spir-itual
values of the commun-ity."
Ministers representing the West
Bide Gospel Fellowship termed the
acUon of council "a step forward to
the vice of gambling."
Burgess Harry F. Moaman. in re-ply
to the ministers, said, "I am
100 per cent against it myself." "In
expressing favorable action to such
a fund-raising method for non-profit
organisations ,1s merely in-viting
something which Is entirely
wrong for state legislation."
Rev. William A. MiK.ee. pastor
of the Congregational Churrh of
Oulph Mills, and president of the
Oospel Fellowship; Rev. Merle F.
Wilson, pastor. Primitive Methodist
Cliimli. Rev, Harold Hess, pastor.
Holiness Christian Church, and
Rev, Fred Lawrence, pastor, Ball]-
gomingo Baptist Chur. , made ap-peals.
Rev. Lawrence told council that
"Bingo in any form should not be
encouraged as a method to raise
money for non-profit organisations.
We have never presented It to the
congregation, but I don't feel that
your decision was a unamlous vote
of the community."
Second Ward Councilman Henry
McCormlck in reply to Rev. Lawr-ences
statement, ssld "we tried to
govern our decision by what we
thought was the will of the major-ity
of people."
Mosnian sgain expressed strong
opposition slating that obtaining
revenue in this meUiod was "Illegal
money."
Joseph W. Pollsck. oounct) presi-dent,
said the method was merely
n "mild thine" Replying. Mosmsn
said "mild things lead to big things
and only encourage delinquency."
"I siiy no, 100 per cent no!"
administrative suites.
disappeared beneath the characteristics identical to the piy
2 , , ' mouth - Whitemarsh Junior -armor
Mlirfave Of the water, I High school, opened last September
TL* .#A»« ...,»»uJ .*» plftns tor tnP "'ructure were turned I he storm moved in. 0Ter to thB a,.^, AuthorUy which
thunder clapped and rain «m™ned & another room at the
^ , Spring Mill School last night.
mixed Wdh fleet fell lh awarding to m ann.«aorns»t by
-rrentM. Retcue effort*> ^^7%. t \^
IC.re liamiiered h\ |/lp fVadergarten to t* eatabluhed next
| . ,_ , , Seplembee in the towasAlp will gel
• hutdburst. and It UHU under way on Taeaday, and will be
12:30 before the rescue cmUow* l
boat could be lowered •**0*M
The principal emphasised
info ffte* facilities at the Spring
Barren Hill Consolidated Schools.
where the registration is to take
I place, wl<l not accommodate more
than 120. He said parents should
bring with them proof of s child's
age. vaccination certificates and
records of Immunisation treatment.
in order *o facilitate registration
Non-resident pupils will not be
admitted, the board stressed.
Coat of opening and maintaining
kindergarten Is Included In the ten-tative
badgeL C Bush Ban, Jr.
treasurer, ssld. Also Included are
torreaaes of $200 and up for trarh-
SC-a, administrative personnel and
tha
was principal speaker
a ■eiiu-iii<-'m).tt dinner Urlii
Whitemarsh Lions Club at Micki-y
Mouse Pi«-M-iii weir int-mU'
Use board of supervisors of Uie
township. Morton H. FettfioH, Jl .
prwodant. inomas J vvhita, tn
and R. Lincoln Haiti, for whom the
Ranisburg firm is completing a
survrv on the se«rr qurstinti
The rnglnerr aald the aurtr>
aVflnltrtv Indicates a nerd fur the
•rapiwd syslrm, mtlmatrd lu rtH>t
Board Votes
$300 Increase
For Teachers
M s ft. It f'M <l(lll
renUl of S4 and probably $3.15 tn
Iff :- funt line aharge betwrrn Die
ksr I • *SL Tllon and the main pint
I iiJ uBkn/fstg sewage. II waa estim-ated
roughly that an owner of a
' property having a frontage of M
fret waold he required W pay from
$5M ta <tinn
>l«'iuhri- \|i|im\t
Uais, for Ml
Sl'IllMll KMI|»IOM*I-EDWAHD
SLATEH
Eddie to Take
Witness Stand
At Trial Today
Willis Smolinski, 47. of »131 Rldgr
Ave. Roxborough. is scheduled to lation of lines al this MM
Conalioli-txt'ii 1 ^i'' BobooJ Ui»-
Lrlct hoc Increased the salar} ol IU
56 teachers and aiimlni traiui- by
Should the supervisors sel up IUI $300 per Mtr and the wanes of
Authority and award the oenintcu. other employns by $300 put fwtf,
construction of the system and s^mfvUnj '" [!l1' 1B54-W budget,
plant could be completed In 15 to highest in history, tentatively
16 months. Glace said idrtpttll Of Monday
There Is presently 00 plan for mKjit
insullation of facilities In the east Amount ul Uie proposas] budaet
district of the township, Recording ,.. i3gf..i4:< bsaed DO the IMM tax
to the engineer. In event tlir facil- I;iIl. ^^ .. ,o,,, H ]e,-y 0f je
lUea would be deemed practn.il lllllul «, UJI propertv ggsssaaBtssl
and feasible In the future, a tic-lrj Hnd ,i0 p, r captU, the latin |ia>-
migltt be oonsldered with the city llbl(1 bv (,V)1].. b^roua*] resWi
of Philadelphia In some section* nr nver
and the main line serving thr mid-dle
snd watt district in other neigh-borhoods
it »«* indicated Thr cn»t
would be pro-rated.
Rock excavation and removal of
trees and shrubbery can Increase
the cost, the engineer advised.
ild the high cost of Insul-in
addition to Uie revenue antlc-taenrna^
oT sttOOo" ifkneeled go'on 'trial "before Judge William Springfield Twp. "Is because p. opi. "'^Vd 'and
income 01 uu,uw is rxpecieo «_._,„.1 <-.„„„ „f «nrii.»fi»iH ta.ii^i ton lon»" r v.
Boys—and Girls, Too—Can Earn
Free Bus Trip to New York City
Boys and girls living In the com-munities
served by The Recorded
are presented an opportunity today
■ N-w York
dtp by bus. all expense-, paid by
sbH iiL-wspaper.
Newsjwperboys ser ng establish-ed
routes ctiaNfy for the trip, snd
pg on edge. In
beciiuse of their training
I aptilciuf in solii-iting sub*
Dg ,ind cleliv.ring papers to
ttsl home. But The Becorder terrl-tnry
is large, and many new routes
ta be formed. Opportunity
laVPSuastati
l.tve-ulrr neuspaprrboy* — and
c '», loo — .ilvii may rarn adrtltlno-
.t' ssauau] with which to punhaar
1 snujWssui during the da*-long out-ing,
for mother and dad. afaters
and brother*, or friends tn school.
They will be transported In s new.
modern bus to and fan rj
exotic New York Clip* Thr mi?
seating 40. Is to be chartered
1 through Auch Inter-Boro Transit
Co. 1516 Fayette St., Conahoh.wk-en.
Jerry Nugent, transportation
manager, Is personally arranging
. Hie tour.
Frank X. O'Connor, circulation
manager, said the outing will be a
gals occasion.
A group of r.ewspaperboys who
serve The Herald In Chestnut Hill
and neighboring communities wiii
go on thr same trip. Thev wUJ
visit the Statue of Llbertv. Radio
City Music Hall. NBC television
and radio studios. Manhattan and
msny other places of Interest They,
will dine at the Psiamount res-taurant
ns guests of Wn kly Reyssaj
newspapers And they will see
, ..ire. H.oari*uy and the
Bowery
Virtually every boy snd girl
ajusllfying for a route wfll be able
tu win thia all-npeose lour plua, a
alirable MINI of eitra ■auaW. loll
data may be obtained through
frank O'l onnor. circulation mana-ger,
1011 W. Hector St lanahoho-cken.
No appointment is necessary to'
see him.
Routes are open in Conshohocken.
West Conshohocken snd White-tnarsh.
Plymouth snd Upper Dub-lin
Townships according to the
circulation manager.
(Continued on Pag* Sit) %
1AME8 SUTTOrl
According to Hugh Bid-dy,
15, a pupil of the r*th
grade at the Upper Merion
school, he and Jimmy Sut-ton
went to the quarry
about 10 this morning.
Sutton asked Biddy to
swim with him, but Biddy
sassBssstsju the water was too,
cold.
Sutton, who was not conaid-;
ered a good swimmer, wtnl j
into the water anyway,!
clothed. In a few minutes he
yelled for help. Biddy said he;
held on to a cable along the
quarry and tried to hand tbf
Snttun hoy a branch to pull
him up, but he was unable to
get it to him.
•He probably got a cramp be-cause
the water was so cold and
he went down so quickly," Biddy
said.
Biddy immediately went to the
Peterson home, on Church Rd.,
near the quarry, to call tor heip.
Also with the boys was Michsel,
seven-year-old brother of the
drowned boy.
Nine years ago, Gerald Blddr,
five-year-old brother of Hugh, was
waa drowned In ihr aame quarry
when he slipped while walking
along the wall and fell 12$ feet. The
Imidrnt orrurred around Ka«ter
lime stto.
The victim was in the fourth
grsdr at school.
tirsppllng hooks were procured'
thruush the aid of the Montcom
.<- County Police Radio, f'olhe
Chief John Beyle and Joseph K.
Khortnskrr. presldrnt of thr < pi-"
Merlon Twp. commissioners, ramr
to Conahohorkrn and brought hack
the rescue boat of the Conaho-horkrn
Jaycees, smaied antil to-day.
The boy tn additioa to his mother. >
Uie former Pearl Roebuca. is sur-vived
by three brothers, and two
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through Imposition of the real e*.
(Continued on Pane Seven)
Story of Hale
Fire Pump Co,
Begins Today
The story of the growth of
the Hale Fire Pump Co »lmii
will celebrate its 40lh anniver-sary
this year, begins todsy In
The Baesedrr in the first of a
series of articles, "Firemen's
Osnnehower In Criminal Court of Springfield watted too long
i at I today on charges of drunken Kipping up macadam highways.
j driving, aggravated assault -M ernorlng Ire*, or working around
battery by automobile and asssult thrm are costly items, snording to bud , %h.,,, mm ,„ (1|M.n (or pub.
and battery. ihr rnglnrer. snd Whllemarah Isx- J loBpotUoii Hi the high school
Although salary In reuses pro*
the new budget ■nusuutt
to 111.000. UH bsuanoad tsrtsTss
actually slum- only an increase of
$4361 over the rurrent budget
This I- espljHieri t>t Ihe fart that
doe tu IOM rt eiin.nni.-nl In Ihr
grade school" t*o learhrta alio
resi-iir I
■ I I..111 limr-inalruetor*
t«li" re-ir,nrd Ual -ear
were rrplaird si lowei aalailra.
Major expeiifli:ure> on ihr new
lll^l>el .
ifftce until May S. Include $235,325
for lnetru. I 'Hi 100 for
auxiliary sgencies and coordinate
acUvltle*. t31 U0 for operation of
thr school plant; $-4,100 for msin-
"n ""y"""- *t .„., tenance; $19,410 for gcmial con-
.-ol and $1B00 lor debt srrvlcr.
The $30(1 |M'i .iiinmii m< rease for
Hale Fire Pump Co. although
young In years. Is one of the
leaders tn its field today, and
proudly boasts an outstanding
record In both World Wars.
Not only In war. but tn peacr
as well, has this Conshohockrn
Industry achieved fame for Its
fire pumps. The pump was so
highly regarded that It was cop-ied
exactly by a Jspanese man-ufacturer
in 1925.
This Incident snd msny
others told by officials and em-ployees
of Uie Hale firm, will
be told today and in succeeding
articles in The
Edw.nl SUUr. n--.r-old 11* ff" '-->* P™'» U "''' d'1""
«tud.nl ol Bonborou,!. Hl.h 8ch,x,l '"« ""T " «*" ,,,"r "" """''
on ChrUUnu E»« wh« h. .. ()[ ^ ,„, ^..
rruArd by .n .ubmobU. drlrai P.maylv.111. "
by Smotinskl u.but . suited M-d.
n on Ridge Pike, nemr M.nor
Hd. Springfield Twp.. I.-, eipecled
lo lalLf the witne*. Iluid _ " ... , leich.™ snd other profeulonal
Dr John C Mapwd. ol Mont- I ''•>.> I UX llfUlllilH' ■l|llll|lll Indium « 1200 m.luU-
«..men lonnty. eumlned the joulb _. . _■ . t. . I lory Incremenl ordered by Ibe
>l the Hl.leel.nti In .ppee K.t SUl f»r W f»l .Slllf | SI.l. lot .11 leiichel. receiving kw
bor..gh on Tue«l.y afternoon an. Welt Conihohoeken n "l ■ pre«ribed wnount
eon.li.dedlh.lhe.ulng.od pb.t- ,„,„„rrow (or poymeiil of .11 1953 According lo Ihe ne. budg.1.
leal eondlllnn "He -ill he »ble I. „„, ,„ the borough, according la salaJT of tl^pcrlntoridni W ln-teallfy.-
Or. M.r-. «ld anliouncemenl by Mr. A.m. C ereujed to IMOO per .nnurn JaUry
of the trra-tuier remains at $1000.
Rev. Donald W. Scott, pastor of Hied, tax collector
RosboniuKh Preabylei ian Cl, .
and a reprrsrntatlvr of this news-paper
were present when the gs>
, amlnation took place.
: Eddie, for whom Weekly Revir*
newspapers launched a drive fur
! $35,000 late in January. Is gaining
' weight snd has the color of health
Hi Sim «Vc par cap,, U« «■•« of U, -ohcltor 1. increased
must be paid. Mrs Rled said, or "' •300 . »-»„ie-j M
- will be filed agginat pwpart" Th« tmttmMm "f Wlnfrrd H
ai the Court House, and per cap-ita
accounts will be turned over (0
a delinquent collector snd mirs
added.
Mrs Rled will alt at Borough Hall
in his cheeks. The grin that from 3 until 6 P M. snd 1 until
UN hrartx of the community s» P M tomorrow to receive p«y-iConfmued
on Page Sereai menu
"The Young Giant," fir*t pump designed and built
by Hale Fin* I'ump Co. on a Simplex chas-i-. in t.«faid
after being turned over to George Clay Fire Co., Went
Conshohocken, in 1915. Left to right. Dick Adam*, chief
of the company: an unid.-titifu-'l [iMmW. Walter Adam.«.
company president and Charles II. Young, Jr., of llal<.
The rraiinslion
Itran. phvsl>al rduratlon inslructnr
and an suJsletk ■■■lus. rfir, the al
Ihe end of Hi*1 rurrrnt term. wa«.
art-rpted with rrgrrl
Report of thr .lus.gu.gl. Harry
Ellam. sisirwed receipts for the
(CoBfinurii on Page Seven*
Mo<»re Chevrolet
Showe (Corvette
Hluslralrd on Page 13
Coii-hohocken — The CrOrVuuiu,
Bloat widely duwti-'Jed auioiiiobllr
on the sunertcan highway today,
makes Us local apiiearnnce today
at K. F. Moon- Clirviolrt Agrncy.
12th Ave and Fan
A psonei ■ - i '" ,hP
sports car field. tl»- Corn
i, « rrolet. w the l"1 phanif
bodied Mil iMtst by
volume produruon meihods.
Edward F Moore. Jr. general
manager, analytei the Corvrtte by
saying Hi ■" *■ l,,'t *
. ad .Hense
that a European car is a race car.
-Rather, wr have a sports car
in the American tradition." Moore
said. Thr Moore agency Is open
■ ■:
rTTltA B BUMS ' "••VMricr: r
Hosir I a -la used rnovStSS-rmU
auratotl AVS A- Mllltla Wit'
Rd I'hiinut Hll! Prrmo'ith sfuri-
Wg 1-UTi