The Conshohocken Recorder, July 15, 1954

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THK HOMK NKWSI'U'Krt FOR 84 YEARS — 1* CENTS
1*1 I.lTt ... and I.i»»'
I .onimunilv SafcO .
\.\fr*.body's Job
(1. of C Urges
Shrub Remuxal
For Safe Roads
\Uo KlMOIIMIH'tlllh
Law to lit filial*
I'll lure LuuiU. a|»iiifi
Lafayette Hill — Kenhivai
of thrubbtrjr that blocks a
BOtoHtt*! TOW at
tit'n jiiiij eiuu'inieiit of an or-dinance
rejfulatinK future
planting and luidjcapins
\w-jv ivc'iniiiit'iiiU'il Monday
nigrht by the Plymoutb- .
(,'omnierce.
Stanley M Leigh ton flM presi-dent
of V I lOH Club,
was appointed chu.rman of a com-mittee
Hint will look into ihe mat-ter
In both townships and event-mfMy
present a proposal to the
supervisors ot Whltemarsh Twp.
und the commissioner* o' Plymouth
Twp for official action.
Leigh ton aald he would enlist the
aid of the Governor's High way
Safety Council, whirh. It la under-stood,
has been studying the prob-lem
on a State level. A nursery-man.
Leigh ton said a number of
townships adopted regulations sev-eral
year* ago lor the aafety of
the traveling- public and In the in-terest
of roadside beautlflration
Leroy Slbre, of Bethlehem,
Pike, rwt Washington, a printer,
who la president of the chamber,
named Letghton chairman of the
committee. He will be a-aiaied by
Harold McCuen, editor of this
newspaper and a member of the
governor's Highway Safety Coun-cil
The organization agreed to ipon-eor
a forum ID September on the
question of the InaUllalion of a
*rwtri{f system In ih- middle dis-trict
of the township mnd the eon-aliurtion
of a sewage diap aal plant.
(Continued on Paga :txt
%*«*2 Council Schedules
For Racers
III rl.. I mill I K-k-
95tt lu Seii.1 Ml
lto\ Participant-.
Consholiocken — The Ak-ron
trip for all contestant* in
this year's Soap Box Dtfty
still remaitiH uncertain as the
committee reports insufficient
funds to provide for the pro-gram
inaugurated last year.
Fonda collected for thla year's
Independence Day celebration in
Public Hearing on
Curfewfor Teenagers
he community fell short it.
$5 Per Capita Tax
Put Off Until August;
May Remodel Bank
Rob.Tt Slater, manager of Conshohocken athletic field, examines more
I SO IN of imento block wall leveled during liijrli wind in last nijrht'i"
storm. Damaged se'tion raprWOlb about <mt-ihinl of li-foot high wall along
HalknraB St. side nf field, between 11 h and lUlli Aves. Thf R*ror<1,r Plot,
Furious Wind and Electric Storm
Leave Extensive Havoc in Wake
Jaycee Circus
Here Aug. 17
1 iii and Police
Guard AKMu ret.
Conshohocken — A threa-ring
OKpua will be brought here by Con-atiiohockeu
Junior Chamber of Com-merce
Aug. IT at Spring Mil! Fire
Co. grounds.
Permission for the event has been
granted by Conshohocken and
Whltemarsh Twp official*, who
have also assured complete fire and
police protection.
At the North Lane area a huge
tent will be erected to accommo-date
2.700 persona for each of the
two shows The matinee la luted
for 215 and the evening perform-ance
will get underway at 8
Conshohocken Burgeas Edmund
C. Williams and Morton H. Fetter
»lf, chairman of the Whltemarsh
Twp. Board of Supervisors, grant-ed
the unit permission to conduct
the event.
iinin Ciamza. chairman of the
project with John Cm tin and An-thony
Mii.shlnuuilo awlsttng. said
ea-^irr proceeds will be added to
the club* welfare fund for eom-nunlty
projects
The Kelly-Morris Circus repre-sentatives,
who are now promoting
hale of "party tlcketa," are
soliciting merchants In the
i.immtiniK for advance sale They
are making their headquarters at
the Knighl* of tiilumhiis building.
Eighth Ave. and r.oette St.
In iidditlon. civic groups also will
■ i«d for the sale of these
tics-K the committee announces.
The circus features one of the
aorld's largest elephnnts. Big
i who win demonstrate her
against a modem trac-tor
A complete menagerie, with lions.
motitevs and other circus clowns
I , will be on hand for the
MO and a half hour show
Members of the Jaycee. chapter
will handle additional ticket-, and
man the entrance gate. They also
will act RS ushers
'Continued on Page Tice-e>
Like a giant out to smash the
• neat wave which smoth-ered
tins area yesterday and last
night, a furious wind and electric
storm rode In last night with vir-tual!;
H «*.iruing shorilv before
11 wreaking extensive havoc.
In It* wake, numerous big trees
lay prone, hundreds of branches
and wrecked debris littered streets
und 15 crews from the Philadel-phia
Electric Co worked all
through the night to restore dozens
of wire* torn asunder by the force
of Urf elements
Described as "the worst storm in
a year.'' a Philadelphia Electric of-ficial.
Norrlstown. at the same
time termed the storm as In the
"bite is worse than It* bark" cate-gory
"It sounded worse than it
actually was." he said
Street lights In a large part of
UM west area of the borough were
blotted out for hours by the storm,
and domestic electric service was
affec'fd in scattered homes.
Lions List
Committees
One hundred slid fl
phones on the Conshohocken ex-change
were silenced by the s'orm
All but 40 aete again in sen ire at
noon today, according to W. 8.
fashd, dlsirlc manager
■ Conshohocken No 2 Fire Co had
one of Its busiest night* In his-tory
due to e
From (he time the terrific winds
began to trumpet the approach
of the sLorm until 1. when skies
appeared, a, least temporarily un-der
control, the firemen responded
to fj vc n D*. four wi'.hln a few
block* of the fire sta'lnii at Ninth
Ave and Harry St.
Chief Engineer Franklin B.
Thomas gave much credit i<> Ihe
rompanv't rerently-inilalled m»
»i« radio In aiding the fire eom-panv
In meeting the ittirm'\ de-nundt.
"It proved its lurceaa last
night." Thomaa aald
Awalstant Fire ( Uaf Bernard
Slav in and other firemen cruised
about In a ear 'quipped with the
Stores to Feature
Clearance Sales
Conshohocken — "Value Davi
Anniversary Party
N-hrdlilril Sent. 21
tve>-*M) aajt, reporting on haiard-ous
fallen wlrea and treea. and alert-ing
police and Philadelphia t le.
trie to. crewmen of danger aawta
First summons for No 3 firemen
came about 10:50 at Seventh Ave
and Wells St.. where a wire caughi
fire in a tree, endangering numer-ous
homes close by Chief Engin-eer
Thomas summoned Conaho-hocken
police and notified the
8ft, Francis
Blak- and Officer George Bland
guarded the area to prevent In-jun-
to paarlng molorlste or pad«i-trlans,
until the wire was replaced
Five minutes after the first call,
the Two's" were called to the Con-shohooken
Association headquar-ters.
Eighth Ave and Fayette 81.
Here, one of the huge old tree*
lining the curb had toppled before
the fury of the wind. 1 ailing ot)
busy Fayette St , a Mate thorough-fare.
No. 2 lnemcii played a red
light on It to prevent a traffic
ifoiitinti-d on t'age iir>
Firemen to S&
Derby in Akron
Ku«Ioud W ill Root
r'or JiUiM-s Kiinit-tt
CniL^ii.ihocken — A chs t*red
are here again, as many Consho-hocken
stores next weekend will
open their doors wide to counters
full of bargains
One of the biggest bargains In
Conshohocken — Announcement recent years, a number of shops
was made at the semi-monthly are offering merchandise at great busload of No I rur Co members
dinner meeting of the Liens Club, savings Majority of Items are list- will go to the National Soapbox
Tuesday night at a Harmonvllle ed far below wholesale price to Derby at Akron next month to root
restaurant of committees to func- clear summer stock for the dlsplsy( for James Burnett. Spring Mill,
tlon for the current club year. of a new and complete line for i 11 -year-old a Inner of the Consho-j
Highlight* of the new calendar [»u | hocken Derby, the firemen a entry
Include an anniversary party, Sept Opening next Friday morning in the big Fourth of July r •
21 and a Gold Star Mothers party and continuing throughout Batur- Pinna to make the trip, first of
Nov. 9. 'dsv. the sale will go on until all the kind sponsored by the compuny.
Samuel H Diem, acoutmaater of merchandise has been cleared from were made at tne July KMUD|
Troop I. showed pictures of the ■"*«■- "omta>' n*hl V ,Uie "" Uu^
international Scout Jamboree In Clothing for women, men and «• firemen will leave here Aug
California in 1953 Birthday an- children will be offered at remark- » "nd r?turn *?* «■ Th* "atUona
ntversanes of Edward F. Moore, able savings, as well as other items M™1.." ""P0* y _Al*
Jr. O Harrison l-razier, Oeorge to make the remaining summer
Rafferty and Cardln Brown were days ahead more pleasant
marked
iDartson with last year's collec-tions.
Wllllsm A Moore, president
of Conshohocken Chamber of Com-merce
and chairman of the Fourth
of Julv Committee, announced to-day
An additional $500 will be need-ed
to continue with last year's pro-gram
to end each Soap Box Derby
entrant to Akron kg view the spec-tacle
on Aug 16. he said
In addition to the mall rontrl-huium*
reieived b* merchanta, or-ganisations
and individuals. *35t
wan rollected during the roan- .un-ity
race and at the program at
i iimmunllj (enter Field on July 5.
V nrrl.l.r l.i i ,IIIIITIIII» reports.
Ins than $4M «-ai returned as a
result of fii.ti tellers aent to each
householder us an effort to raise
The committee this ye*x does not
Imve any Immediate plan to con-tinue
with an extensive drive for
funds to support the Akron trip.
and remaining portion of the ruut-in
ail probability will be act aside
LO begin outlining a more elaborate
program for next year's celebration
Last year the commltteaj collec-ted
more than 12.000 for ths cel-ebration
end for the Akron Uip as
47 contestants were able to view
ilii' nation-wide event at Akron
a hen The Recorder flew Lowell
Sibole. Its champion to participate
James Harwell, af Spring Mill.
ISM .turn ii likewise will be
flown hi thai newspaper, en-spon-sors
of the Derby with toe K. F.
Moore ChevrntM Agency, te Akron.
Walker of Conshohocken and
(in! dun's Furniture Store, which
sponsored racers again that year.
told the committee tl.a; anH p*
v.rte funds to seno their <.o..aii^.
to Akron
Provisions this year, however
uould only be required for 35 boys
* ho participated In the derby, 12
leas than last year's entry list
Picnic Saturday
ConaJhohocken — Conshohocken
Presbyterian Sunday School will
hold la annual picnic at Upper
Perklomen Valley Park. Qrtgfl
Lane, Saturday Cars will leave
the church. Third Ave. and Fay-
Rtti S; between 10 30 and II
Consholiocken
ell pa.**ed second reading ot the
•ft Per Cupita Tax during an al-most
f.iur-hour session last night
| Members kJ*e approved a plan to
' have an archiieci submit to the
chairman of the Property and Fi-nance
Committee tentative costs for
re:niwle:ing the r ' mJg*J offlce
of the Philadelphia National Bank.
| Third and final reading of the
tax measure was thus postponed
until the Augiii*. session Ii crest-ed
a problem fir Tax Collector
Jamtv A. Darby, who has held up
printing of the bill* so the new
lax could be included, rather than
! unetai a aapaual* bfU.
Ttie >er <nd reading was approved
by Coucilmen Dcaimone. Beat. Zad-roga.
O'Brien, Rowland. Munro
and Grsvliieae. and voted down by
Noblm and Racln
A Irtler from Outlaid P Horsey,
vke-pretldrnl of the Philjdelphla
National Bank. In rharge af the
CaanJMI «en offt-e. mealed that
the bank'i exmuUre roatmittae had
approved the MS.aa* affer of the
Berangh.
Firemen Plan Day
At Atlantic City
Cm.fii^hocken Washington Fire
OB, IS planning a Conshnhorken
Dai ii: Atlantic City on Sept. IS,
alien s mammoth firemen's par-ade
is planned as part of ihe re-nlawnilil
-!■- to maks It like UM
oli Jw'tii Wood Co.'s excuraloi' u
1 a free compel '
ban said todav.
Pl*ns fot [lie trip were outlined
at the Julv meeting of the fire
compaiiv Monday ntght at the fire
station The meeting had been
postponed a week due to Inde-pendence
Day.
A i nmaniiee was named at a
meeting of the Active Committee
of Ihe (iHMoaiiv immediately fol-lowing
the Himinin aeoalon. to nut-line
;tir,ingemrnt« The committee
e\peeta in meet wltb rallrnad ofTi-elala
this week to dlacwaa engaging
a ■.pei-i.-l train for ihe eieoi
1 lit* wan ri-. plied and tiled,
eounrilmen a*ked that an lawaned
late slud> he niiide of Ihe possihW
roats for remodeling, te he e^tab-
Hahed by a aualilied arrhttstt.
Only atlnuteS aTter th* session
opened, with the temperatures In
the 90a n the i-ouncll chamber.
President Fiero and Councilman
Desimone flared at each other, a*
the dlscusst JII of completion of work
on Hignser S-. OaeM out of com-mittee
Deuimune urged approval of the
committee recommendslion for
using an oil covering at the lowest
possible price Many other council-men
suggested a more complete
tlnlah which would pass stale In-gg****
sta) and permit the borough
to rrt'eive State Sid
Dhvcusslnn was bested, and de-bate
continued despite s motion to
return the matter to' committee lor
further study. Desimone when called
upon to vote. < miiuued his vernal
blaau. and regarOieas ot the 'rap-ping;
for order' from Ftero, con-ducted
a ot.e-msn crusade to pre-iCotifluued
ea Page .Vine*-
Man Drowned
In Stream IN ear
Quarry Ravine
Plymouth Tup found lifeless
lu a few- Inches oi water in Piy-nn.
mh c-ak. Connaughttown.
lor'fvdjh} ,r noon Sunday. Jacob
Piilajkowski. 4A. of 531 Old Elm
St. apparently drowned when he
fell into the ahallow waters of the
stream in an Isolated section close
to an abandoned quarry tract.
Dr. John C. Simpson acting
Montgomery County coroner, is-sued
a certificate of accidental
death due to drowning The man's
widowed mother. Emma told police
she had last seen her son, an only
oatenl Hal morning before, at break-
First R cat ling
Of Ordinance
Is Approved
Conshohocken — MemU-rs
of Borough Council. hiUt-rly
1 tli\1ded on the issue of a cur-feu
ordinance for feMtstdjpgflL
Hppruvit the first reading of
the new legislation last nipht,
but li'ft t he final decision wide
pjxm for a public hearing on
the measure at the next ses-sion
on Aug. 18.
Passage of the first reading came
BJ meeting. VtMB
tlon b\ Cojncllman Harry Row-land
to table the ordinance wal
I Of • 8-4 vote Rowland's
next motion to approve the first
reading was adopted by the same
»; against
his own proposal
OoVDOtl President Ray Fiero who
aald he had been plagued with
many 'elephone calls both "pro
and con" on the passage of the or-dinance,
cast the sixth vote In
both cases to keep the Issue afire.
so that it can be publicly debated.
He urxed residents to attend and
express opinions before the second
reading
Rowlsnd. la a prepared state-ment,
Mid "the ordinance invade*
the prtvar> of the home, divipllnea
and restricts children, which Is not
Ihe proper function of council"
The ordinance would restrict ail
children under 16 years of age
from the street* of Conshohocken
after 10 at night and prescribe*
a as fine and Imprisontin-nt for
parents of second offenders
Rowland said that he felt this
provision would limit the alend-ance
of youths at achool athieile
and anclsl functions, and tau Uatl
business by making the children
Ko out of town where they are not
restricted by curfew laws, after
the events are over.
Put thermore, Rowland added he
Is of the opinion 'lie
would brine many children, as well
as their parents, into eontsct with
the law. who would otherwise not
be exposed to It and keen , hil-dren
from surrounding on
tie* from coming to sea)
take place In the community
In the vote un the Iwo i*>,ura.
Ceunrllmen Philip (iravlnese,
Frank Eadrnga and Waller Radaa-arwakl
voted with Rowland, while,
Marehl Best, timer Mono, Louis
N-hlltt Edward OKrlen. James
Deoimonr and Ptealdenl Fiero fa-
Acceptance of an InvlUti-.n was
voted, for Ihe annual Nrrmrn-.
event at Willow Grove Park, at
lilt, .inu KL Thej will take part
In a water barrage and parade
around the park lake, rimer I au>l.
raplain. Is ihalrman of local ar-rangements.
The company also voted to ar-to
take part in
Lad lltree Nights
For Hitman"* Fair
■ring MS Those who have
., bjtn only -hree
nights left tc experience the thrin
1 a lifetime
"Suicide Simon." star attraction
■ the •petaf, Mil! Fair whl-h endi
a 10-nlght run on Saturday, ha*
ore of the frreateat acU n vaude-ville
toda... Simon, a former Holly-wood
stunt man who has perform-ed
on national television show*,
literally "blows himself up" nightly
Simon's act has already amazed
thousands of visitors to the 28rh
annual fair sponsored by the Spring
Mill Fire C. There are scores of
other attractions and delicious re-fres'im-
M., tit the big SI
Tie fi>ir ground-, are located at
B and North Lam-, op-
. !.re Rubber \ Tire Corp.
The firemen have also postponed
their annual picnic, originally
. scheduled for that date, until Aug
Ampl* p.rt.ln» f.clUllem thraujh- ^^ gy- |(| „„,.
luy Fiero. prrawtnt uid J«,nr, out the rti«ipm« vlelmtj. »111 tor- , o, ,ncmb„, to ,.,„ ta „
R*th. Immediate past president, re- ther »dd to making the laflk of poreK1 p,,^ chnlfonte
ported on the International Lions shopping easy.
convention In New York last week. ■
at which Mr and Mrs. Rath aerr i'.. — ......I.... \-t.|ts.|l
hosu in the Pennsylvania Lions ' •«>r|« "" ■ '•»■"«■
The rlubs respirator, it unsl.lilV lire lll'llll
yoti-d. will be kept nt the Wash- -, " sr, »1 T*
liujton lire house W. Hector St Tor rOllrtll I I'l'lll
where It will be convenient to ^ Cl,„hohock„, _ Jaroe, .
p7~„,,„, 'carpenter. 105 Josephine Ave. ni repl sn Invlutl.
s^Ii™„ H.rri«,n Pr.vler elected president ot Oeorge Clay a mammoth Ilremen, parade mark
,/7™.„ ^,u,.m Toor. .nd'n™ Co !«r the fourth successive log th, 100th annlverw of At-t-^
ee Rsftertv ?,.ncJ^ Elm« time »l annual election July IS at l.nll, fit, a. •-. Sept. ». Thre,
S™„ *,' ™„ c Rush evTrr *e fire station Carpenter, .he thou-nd dollar, ta ra.h award.
Munro. cm,irma . C Rush Barr. children. Is a former and iropl.le. will he given ., prl.e.
£r**°'1S5«r- •SS-i SS5 W.rd councilman I^J^toJ-Jj. «. trip «
Moore, chairman. Prosper War J. rph Waller was elected vice- «",n a f «*'•*'*»*£ «
Ralph Woerner. Otto Entenii.an prcdeiii Jc«ph Power, f.luin- h'ld Aug • .nd 7 In '«£">«
and Richard Mercuric. Attendance rial .ecrriarv. "arvey WUtard. Con» oh«k .1 High benooi.
; ■':$*$*Z'ZZL?: ** »rheld
h'vr ^rr
"SrTerSSrmpo^wa. elected Serf mrcc,f Z&IXS
rhlef engineer for his 31st term. *•" ^ continued.
other, re-elect-d are J.ihn W Three new members »ere pn>
S-Mlrrct^isilti Po-I Vernon Hoy-^ vice pp-■
- inXnbeU. dent praiWin the^.bae ire .
assistant Chief, and Joseph Oetz- Daniel J CUrvey. president, whe
tread, assistant chief. » on vsc.Uon.
Robert Bosler and Donald Tarr
Lachman. Francis Carr and Raj
inond Brelsh,
By-I^ws - Francis A Demi'.
iConfmued on Page Tuehe<
Ziulmfta LtftMa.
Part of r inner in
Culvert ivv'ulent
Consriphocken - Police Of
fleer Jesse Zadroi lost a part
of the index finger on his left
hand SJ sn iidlrect result o*
W\r night's flash storm.
Aiding in replacing a large
metal cuivert at Faye-te and
Hector Sts. displaced by the
rain, the heavy plate fell on
his fh-.ger. crushing the uppe'
section
Taken to 7 itgomery Huspi-
. he underw-en'
the etnergeiicy operation, and
re.urned this murnlng for X
ray phot-t. i i,<- auident tv-curred
about 2:30 Ite ud rt-
|: grtga] for (lu:. .if m.dr.lght
PCfg n-.med assistant engineers |{ur"l.irr- Tukr
Th* nT* house is heiig re-de: . w .
orated. Recently a new resuscitator 1 OO.S al 3tUlKIII
|an>j sdded to the company's e\- p;>niuu:h Twp. A tool i
lenalte eiulpmrr.t Thr company and s M'-ieel-ba'-sncer were t
operates the only community em- repol-.ed stolen from the Lin
bulance in 'he area, the vehicle Mercury station. Ridge Pike
on call day or night below N'arns'.own.
1 ' Carmen Picctrilll. Fairfteld
ll'w a Bov ! 'Black Hor-e. dtacovertd the thi
Cn^hohocken - Mr and Mrs
Frank Bittern. 143 K Piftli ATS
are mash itlotia on
the birth of ihHr first child, a boy.
morning at Uohl
liutera Is the formei Ussj » f*»l ^ItJ** \lllo
| > tiregorio of Oil
when he arrived at I this noral
i «pparei,:iy was gain.
«*hlch h.
: !i»*d Sgt. Vito Fn." ■ «i
■
C Armour EUshei ligMi pTsaWrtl chick t-. h
Burnett, 1954 Soap Ben Dtrby Chiini|>ioii, at meetiriK «•!
Conshohucken Rotary Clutm -M"IKI:I\ I-IIKM- At Itrfl Ii
" Frcas, incuming president of totar). ami n-xi to
him, Lowell Sibole, 1953 Derby champion.
Derby Champ Burnett
Honored by Rotarians
Su|M-rsiMit-n !M«t-l
Bffi - The July meetin*;
BUgb Twp Board of 6u-|
It scheduled at S tonight;
' iw nshlp headquarters, j
.'■- Pike and Crescent Ave
CLI \S\ B» H-',-nicr coMvaLKSCEirr'
■- * Mllltta Hti: Re
Caaatnut Ki,u P.xioojta Utr'..og 1
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i anirs On
The *itor> of the 19.'.4 Spring M;ll Fair, first
on* in '1A veari without s lottery. Please turn to
page 7 for pictures and exclusive interviews.
Ill Storm Mi-hup
Norrisiov.il — Clarence It Hot
tenstein. S Wilson SI . West Coti-khohucken.
escaped injury last
night when hu car ran out of con-trol
and struck two parked auto-mobiles
on Msrkley St.. Norristowii
TbS *■ :«T.T happened gaBrtTal taw
height of the lla-htnlng snd wind-storm
which swept this area
1 Police naid Hottfnstetn
i traveling south on tdarkley St.
Conshohocken COB
Rotary Club was host to James
Burnett, son of Mr and Mr? JsUDSS
".V Burnett ISS H.ulrti Hill Hd..
Spring Mill. IBM Soap gaV i»iU'.
champion in Cun.shohocken. at a •: • •
Armour Rishel. of Old
Co.. presented the champion who
raced In the town-wide spectacle
here July 5. with a purse. Lowell
Sibole. last vear's champion, who
represented the communltv :r. the
naUonwlde event at Akron, also
was a guest
Hag at the session was
iiM«ij-ciect>cd prcsiden', Arthur L
Freu*. HenriiiK prenideiil Is Wil
ham I Ardell
ggffM pei-
■i for grunted. W
0 '"'lom'i S.1WVII-, Mai ! | |
Forge, delivered » UioUghl provok-ing
t»Ik on "Wi.m Prtea Freedon
■ i
from its early days
The birthday annl .-ersarles of
Norrls Darts. July 5; Charles
Smith July 6 and John Blackburn.
July I), wire marked at the session.
first arranged under me new re-gime
Leon Rstoskey r.ew vice presi-dent
ajTsaawd the prcgrar-i and
introduced the speaker.
John Bakowakl, M. of 121 VI
I . or Hi Arr., dletiivered the tragedv
as be was walking In* dog In the
aajaBjajj ravine whirh burden Ihe
rturoiigh along IU lower weal aide
The bud), lull* clothed, was barr-ly
covered by neck water, aald te
be only [our lnrhes deep al the
«pot. not lar from the font ol Hesl
hull Ave. One elbow ws* protrud-ing
from the ere**..
Bakowskl notified Conshohocken
police Officer Samuel Cardamone
quickly responding summoned Ply-mouth
Twp. police when he found
the scene of the drowning was in
li.ft township.
Chief of Police Hsrry Bnear,
Plymouth Twp. requesit'i Ilar-monville
Fire Co to bring grap-pling
hooks to remove the body.
It was taken to the Ardell Morgue.
300 Fayette St.
Services were held yesterday
morning from his home, with sol-emn
requiem Mass In St Mary's
Chui.h, Conshohocken. Interment
was In St. Benedict's Cemetery
HU mother 1* hi* only survivor.
Chief of Police Hsrry Snear.
Plymouth Twp., said inquiries dis-closed
the man had been unemploy-ed
for a number of years He a as
known also a* Jack Powell, it is
stated
Or, Station W iijLEon
Collide "ii .'"hi
Piwnouth Twp A car operated
r Brewe. 211 Hsrry St..
-i-sen. stflstl a pmrked *ta-
Llnn wagon owi.ed ir- lli;race
l-"i0C Ridge Pike. N..rrls-town.
at 1230 Moii'laV norrung on
■ t ' '"e. r-*r
Black Horse, damaring both ve-hirle*
Police said Brewer »i.
headed west on Ridge Pike, wuen
bJa rsr went on the left lane and
jsuuck the other vehicle Brewer's
I car as* towed to a Conshohocken
garage Officers Hugh Byrne and
Sal', atorr Carbo Investigated.
Firemen'* Jubilee
W e<liiestlu\ .1 Park
i intg iiori
Hum ho tntvpaialsi will.
pitravd* with their bunds snd IU- j
■ad staflt 3 v.-
■ ;■
iCOTi'rnL'if ( Pnee Sit*
Altopiedi Quits
As Police Chief
Officer nf W ol Si.l,-
To lake Toll I'o.|
West Cnrihlioliorkrn — Chief of
Police Frank Altopiedi. thla bo -
ouj.hs lone rull-tiiiie police .iff;, ,
last nifht submitted his resign. -
tlon at a specisl meeting of Tow a
Council called lo receive it.
Holding the post four vears Al-topiedi.
of 61] pord HI . gave as l.,|
reason for retiring, acceptance of
a post with the Pennsylvania Turn-pike
Commission an a toll rolir .
tor. probably at the east and naag
King of Prussia His resigns.1< it
ukes effect July II
A spokesman for Council said a*
yet no applications have been Data,
but Council invites them at any
time They discussed, but took no
action, on the appointment of two
full-time officers A traffic survey
made recently by a representative
of the State Highway Department,
Indicate* the Dees' of nnotlni full-time
police department employee,
(he spokesman said No ex.iiniti-ations
are necessary for rl i
job. they said It will be filled ac-cording
to best qualifications.
Another gpseja] g
set for July 33 at the borota:
to accept appli'-.i'ion.-, lo
successor to thr chief anrl r>> ^..-t
on the proponed appointment nf
the second officer
Albert L Slater 619 I
West Consliohocken. who has i>. a
filling the post of Mbstituti
officer for some time, said ," r
th* meeting he wss not s <
for the chief's pos', but waj
able to continuing IB his |
berth Slater has a fnll-Mme job in
a Philadelphia Industry
Norrirstouii Siorew
Open Burjiaiii Sale-*
A current attraction at the park
is Pat Anthony and his acrobatic
lions. Booked through Sunday Is
the La Blonde Trio, a unit of cotn-
■ dv h.i?h-rmr perfi
I 'Itun Troupe i»
for July <K> through 26. and the
t,s from July 27
thn.ugh Aug. 1.
Norrlstown - Retail n.- 's
lhrns|ajfari|||
natlne in n BTH \%
which aPSM i «■ when
07 shops will be handing out laokf
Buck* in chanre
Serial DUBtbets on dollar bills
I'orretiponding w :->. tlnave posted,
will be matched bj another bill by
the Norristovn Chamber nf Oora-irerce
in addi'K.n to qraltfylng for
additional gains o!
The ssle which opened thi
ins; will continue all day tomorrow.