The Conshohocken Recorder, May 31, 1956

              r # Bank Moves Uptown, Fayette Street Quiet
SUCCESS Hunald P.
HM|-,>. IHf JiM-lcU'Ilt Osf
('onshohocker of1 ur of
I'hilaiti-lphiH N :i l t u n ;i l
Kunk. .
H..i rj HOH land. pn-uUr.t
<>i t !oBshohoekM l'"
taottng on Hit1
I | . a*-
-:-!;uit tO !.'!',<• kihk -
ej ami Dr. Ruhrrt
C. l.andi*.
Till' MAP of Conshohocken van altered attain laat weekend
with the moving - ' the former First National Bank from Fayette
and Hector Sta * Fayette at Fifth Ate. The etent changed,
the complexion cl >ie entire town
At I A. If Monday. Donald P Horaev rsM president of
Philadelphia National Bank, who had been president of Firm
National before iu meigei. SepI 2fl 1933. called on Dr •
McCarney. pastor of St Marks Lutheran Church, to anv the
invocation In the pretence of a large group atandmg on the
aidewulk in front of the new building
A MOMENT later. Burgeaa Edmund K Willtama officiated
at the flag raialng ceremony Assisting WON William M..:r*v
a barber in the borough more than a half centuiv. H. Lincoln
RKMoVAI. NOTICE and
a ilt'.-i i "Bank
1* l.K■-'■
anil Fifth A\r ."' DOtk I
taekod nil door ath is**
Quootion: How lottg will
Iniilriinj: be empty, itrod
deserted as in this gOvM at
IO:M A. M. TIIMIIBJ Town
ion mil recently ipumcid
iilan to UM boildins M bor-
Otlfffl hall. objecting tu sale
in ire of $55,000.
"Bob' Main, executive secretary of iiie Conshohocken Cham-ber
of Commerce and Dr Robert C I-nndu, auperintendent of
Conahohocken Public School* Dr l.midn held hta hat over
iua heart as the stars and Stripes were unfurled
The ceremony concluded Mr Horarv introduced Harleaicn
Wood, president of Alan Wood Steel Co as representative of
tne oldest industry in the borough 'Mi Wood will rui the
nbbon officially opening the new building the executive aald
Stores of men and women acre in line The doors were
open and the people moved Inside First to line was the
tented barber, and his deposit ass the first official transaction
in the new bank buildine
WIMI MA-s IIArrtMNG downtown in the heart of the
•hopping center?
is the bank, the last major place ol b
trading throngs of people Into that part of town whJ
been the centei of retail sriivnv fir morr than a BOB)
Gone also were hundreda of automobile*
The Recorder photographer went to Hector ami K>\r;>
n fl\e minutes of II and got a picture showing ••«) nieicred
parking space on Hector St and on Fayette St m ih< i
of the bank unorrupied At thai hour on moat am dav ol the
week motorists normally were riding around Hie block looking for
a place to park They considered themselves forumatr
found a apace within a block in either direction And BO*
there s space at every meter. ;he parking piobb-m la a thing of
the paat.
iCoBfimtest ow F«ve Anas',
• OPEN FOR BUSINESS — HarNt-m Wood cutting
ribbon before olticinl opening of modern lutttk bniMinjr,
here .Monday morning.
Steam Roller Seizure
Discloses Sad State
Of Home-Site Finances
Midoira Arrrs Fm the fust limi
history. Whltemnrsh Township
police on Thursday imi»undcd a
strum roller abandoned by its own-
Russell Fox. of Betmont Hills
nn a thoroughfare in Andorra Acres
nine months ago.
Th; five-ton roller, said to be
worth *&50. was driven by Henry
Gaily of (he sanitation depiirtment
to the Walter E Gilinger garage
nrren Hill, where it la being held
r payment of t47 to cover the cost
of moving It from a public highway
fcdgat E. MitclM-U, chief of police.
Impounded the roller under the ve-hicle
code The Incident was accept-ed
with a degree of humor as Gaily
and the police chief Installed iff.
"-" sparkplug and pul »?.:■
olme In the tank in order to start
the m> oi. but Its seizure disclosed
,d state of financial affairs ex-ist.
n« since 11*54 In the development
ol new '-omea nt Ridge Pike and
Bprln-t Mill Rd.
Pox. It was leu rued through his
attorney, Arthur Lefkoe. refused to
c the roller because a bill foe
gsuOO (or construction of the road*
and driveways under contract with
Andorra Acres Inc. is unpaid Mean-while,
several families who paid de-posits
on properties are said to have
loct their money and a number of
other homes are to be sold al
sheriffs sale, one todav (Thursday •
Lefkoe is representing a number
of purchasers caught in Hie finan-cial
pltKhl of the builder* He said
the heavy loss suffered bf Fox was
the reason the roller had not been
moved.
When the owner left it on Corson
(Confuted on Pope fiant)
Mrs. McCauley
Viewing at 7
Tax CnHsMllor Nirtim
Of Hearl Attack
(iareer in Business
Favored bv President
William G. Jackson
William G Jackson, president
or !he clsss of 18M of Conaho-hocken
High School, will be s
business man
At IB. the graduate is setting
his Sights on Drexel Institute
Phils. with business adminis-tration
his major st.itii
Night time-keeper at the big
Wslk-r 3ros. plant. Spring Mill.
he works from 11 until 7. He s
had the Job three weeks
A saxophonist in the high
school band, he was selected for
the Valley Forge Ares Band.
comprising hand-picked musi-cians
from school bands of
Montgomerv County. They give
one concert s yesr
He plans to continue music si
a side-line". II mav help me
alien I go to college ' he said
He is co-editor of The Echo".
1P&6 yearbook, and president of
the Hi-y Club
Commencement highlights art
presented today In a full psge
In this newspaper. Pleas* turn
io page 12,
The ran n'. Mr and Mis. Wal-ler
M Jackson. 430 W * 10th
Ave, Conshohorksn he Is one
of nine children—five boys and
four girls. The family removed
from Ridge Pike. Harmonville.
eight years ago His father Is a
foreman employed by the Phil-adelphia
Electric Co
Bill also was president of his
class in his Junior vsar
< snahohm I en lolslllng $".:%.
s UN srholanhip irvphtt snd
keversl medal* will be presented
at the s.".lh annual rnmmrn<r-ment
al *:I5 netl Wedneitda.*
In the auditorium nf the Mih
M-IIOAI. Neventh Ave. and raretle
St.
A class nf ".:. boy* and ::•> girls
will have completed studies.
The Rev Jnhn Robblns Ilari. I'h
U. rertur of Washlngtoa Mem-orial
Chapel. Valley Forge, will
be the orator.
Slic Haorkr 8GTH YKAR (i>ii»licjh.i(l„.|i. Pa. Thursday, May SI. 1956 TA 8-4«(K> — BR 9-0950
Tk« ONE NEWSPAPER
Most Interested
In Con»hohock«n
Whit*morsfa Town.hlp
Plymouth Townihlp
WMI CouhohockM
'Fastest Action
I've Heard of...'
The p.iTMi bov Ii idn I yet
•'.:• |.[n J oil The Recorder, before
Mrs. Fred Knoelltr. of 2S& E
■ tn h Ave . Coiisholiorken, got
her first csll about the classified
bawl plar *d to sell s kll-ggM
i. sink
"Tfcttt was the fastest action
I sftMsr heard of on a classified
ad. she said.
Th» '"Uphcne csll came f:oui
a reader of The M.itiayunk
Otal uf the five papers.
in Uldllll III*' R'x.itdrt pi.b-lis'ii-.
l bv Weaatbj PUrtsW Pub-lishing
Co. Inc.
To make classified the best
all-time vslue of then kind in
■ in ;!ruspapcr in Montgomery
omiuv, ads placed in Ms] Qsa
nf n<r five papers BJOaag
■gajBsW in Al.I. papers, mullt-thuiR
iiie potential field of re-sponse
FIVE TIMES
Tlie Ma'iaviuik reaiirt Ii.llowed
In ,,.|.-.' Ill 111!
FrUU) ajMsi nlni
Bsl "VUffH ine SHJL MA i M
niri R.,I saw prkM ietf.ni. DM
natiitiK raWSCI typtunt de-
'.l^htrri ai'h his but an In
Conshohockrn - Solemn req..iem
mass will be celebrated at 10 to-morrow
In St Matthews Church
for Mrs Loretta O'Donnell Mc-
I Caulcy. 57. borough tax collector
| and wife of Joseph A McCauley. of
327 W 10th Ave
Stricken by a heart attack at 1 30
Tuesday morning while in bed at
home, s physician was summoned.
He ordered her removal to the
Montgomery Hospital. Norrtstown.
Not considered critical at admit-tance,
her condition rapidly became
worse. Shortly after SAM. she
was pronounced deid by her son-in-
law. Or. Elwln fl Cnrlin, an in-j
terne on duty at the time
A native of Munayunk. Mrs Mc-
Cauley was a daughter of the late
John and Margaret McGrlllls
O'Donnell. She spent most of her
earl., life in B.iuVvQ'''- living here
I since her marriage.
She was a graduate of St Patrick ■
High School. NoiTistown snd s
member of St Matthew's parish
Assistant throughout ins tenure
of office to the late James A. Darby,
collector of borough and school
taxes for 12 years until his death tn
December. 19M. Mrs. McCauley was
named collector of borough taxe*
only, the following January, snd
has held the post since She was
(he first woman In Hie boroughs
106-hisloiy to Min the appointment
Surviving in addition to her hus-band
are one son. Joseph, st home;
two daughters. ElUen, wife of Dr.
Carltn. and Maureen, aife of An-thony
Novitski. of Norrlstoan t»o
brothers, Hugh of Nmristown and
William O'Connor, "•riila and a
ora i irki ii Id
Friends may call tonight st home
Interment will be at ?'.. Matthew *
OsaaSBtgg*| Air..ii,ptiieimi were nude
i*> UM iK.ii.ikl If Muuir PUtaVtSM
iiuii.c it, i Fii A Ate
fiimliii i>i* •SMtOt iiiM* rua-tln.
t aS si "..• •
w
R"." FwtajahiBs r". !»""■. las W.
Hwt.ni 3t . t'nuati(4w» am
8150 in Cash
And Tools
Are Stolen
Barren Hill - About 175 .n
<p*>h and small tools, includm ■
wrenches and testing cquipmetr
valued al 173 were stolen sometlmt
between 121A A M *tv\ 7 A M
today st a service station conduct-ed
by Robert Earnhart. German-town
Pike and Churcn Rds
Ed«ar E Mitchell, chief of police
of Whltemarah Twp. suid (he in-truder
apparently gained entrance
by smashing a glass tn a rear win-dow
and crawling through
The cash was stolen from s lock-er,
the lock pried open Earnhart
Is a resident of Mahern Sgt John
W Lebold and Officer Kenneth
Blewitt aided In the Investigation
School'* Nearly Out
—Or JuM It*'^innmL' '
Conshohork-n Final reinstration
oi sinoergar-en pupils for tne 1966-
&7 teim will take place June 11 in
Uie office of Dr Robert C. Land is,
sui intendent nf schools, at the
public high school. Seventh Ave
and Fayette St
Registration of first grade pupils
is set for June 12 Registration for
o. ter grades should be made as soon
ss possible, also In the superin-tendents
office
SALUTE TO DKAP Firing wqpmA of Crng^vohoekeii poita ol
Americ;in Legloil ;in<l VeUnni (rf Ftireii/ti \V;TS .salute those
who paid ■upMHM Hferifloi for |K'ace al Memorial Day n-tvinonv
Memorial lht\ icritlenl in I hitemarth TmntnUip
yesterday at old St. Matthew "s Cnnetery. To-t 1071 VIW; Jo3 Q
V. DeHaven Post 12!t and Joseph Warner I'ost 7TJ, A n.-.>n
Lefrion participate. iff ms sncsii $*** •<» u stevensoni
Ambulance Put in Service at Midnight Is Called Within 2'/> Hours
Fire Interrupts
2(111 at Dinner
Flwi.. .t. TWfi AjBg r 50 mem
bers of Plymouth Counrty Club and
then guests, leisuniv (-noting din-ner,
were forced lo flee the premise*
at 1 45 Saturday DafJM when fire
broke out in s loft near the roof ol
the one-story ballroom on Sandy
H>U Rd
11 ;r!,'!,\.lle and Plymouth fire
comiM.ui s reniKinded Damage was
. s.rss of ISO00
Kii'lll oil EX|U«BSBWSS1
Kuril- DlsTsOg llolida>
West Conshol.i>rk> i O
' Fire Co. foQfhl
| along the ne« Hchuylkill tspress-way
yesterday
Summoned b) BtsUl polkM of the
Belmor.' bat racks. the> quelled
atthm 30 -niinitrs a Iirld lire near
.Woodlanr uoideiing the high-speed
'road, teaming srtt)
I'tii.ti. on page II
H.ll—The long-felt need
fo a community ambulance In
Whin-iiiiitsli Twp speedily proved
I Iv yeslerday
(initially placed in ggffl i I
DsfM Tuesday by Norman H WesaV
l kfttnt of the Wlatemarsh
ToMiislup Ambulencr Association.
Wool]*? *'■" "ummoned back to
Whi-emnrsh Township headquarters
less than 2'.< hours late: |g| 'n<
nie's first run
Initial BHSsaaaaW f"r Hie Iir-i ■rftt
btg itf ll» kind In ihr IsOaaaMgTs 1M-
(Cuttfinued on rage saaaMsil
l^iwn Vvlv Saturihi\
\l St. I'i..l.|.~
1 s«Hg Hill-Plans for a ham
supper at St Philips School Hall
between 4 and 8PM
I wore completed at a meeting Tues-gss]
night. Mrs. Eieaii'ii ssfflamfWl,
chairman, heard commiltee reports
An annual laan fete atll take
IgjBBsM on the school grounds from
1 until B Pony rides, train rides and
j refreshment booths will tn ..i^...
I tlons
Dranken Driving
Cowrt* Him 9150
|1M w.is
meted out to Jods. B
Manor Ayr Ball ■ II": < P
Twp. by JudKc '
pleaded guilty to a
en driving
He Ka. gm 'i d *.
ristown PulKcnirn Paul
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Into s barricade on BsUKs]
Graduates lo Visit Childhood Scenes in Plymouth Twp.
Plymouth Meeting—It* 40 years
or more sine* ihnr Alma Mate:
passed out of existence hut the
lift 'ha' bind the gradus"-
mouth To»n»>hip*s early one-mmo
high school grow stronger with ihe
rears
On Saturday. 50 or more men snd
■fSSSBfl mid ;l,eii ^urst/ - U Iki
lanehod mat ptuatUf lo roooJvi gtb-bon
tad ■WTftWi dlnkm i
Iggl Bfeoj . - bnol
back in the WTrtttTI alad r.rij iBstl
Call .; v »:,, BSg ■
loi s hrijipy reunion. j
Formed in 1MM. the Plymouth
Alumni aWflaT hu met every year
i D "ur country was
al war
This reunion at Hlghtield Ele-mrntary
S< hool. Joily Rd and Oer-mau'owu
Pike-the township's new-,
med grade school—will
ban g i» W ti stun
At i I- ■ I -J pMStl
snali gaUstas "'. "<•■ itfs "/ ("'■ <"''
a.T.orlM Stmi StssuoJ nom Pfgn*uasffl
ang) Wa'lnn Rd
Heir. sloTS] UM buy plkl *... tx
dedicated a «.'one marking 'he
H , hi lowii'hip's first:
:g*n
George K Brochl liotrlitown
linncipal of Ply-|
mouth Tap Huh School *ill de-|
liver the address at the dedication
of the granite marker Usd
. «,. aeeks ago
wniiirui It Hartaetj N
.rl.ird r:. - !'■" "<■'
..I [Ml f.
rwp Bsfli
; PtynsWUl Cfntei Union
\tthool h Alumni prrtidenf M>*
PraaJ *uing 43» W. atrmantoun
Pikr ii i II r ftsslstsslf. iWus f.vdm
nui Ihll 'e< maty and Sfi.'i Besue
... . Branch 39 Slocitn St, Sfouiil Ai'y
I 41 Mold IW IIIIIOII I'ramrer
Plymouth T*p Hi#h School came
. D| in 1890. when one room
*j adswd i" N g
bOOf - tiall Ii-.t (lUH I niiir.l
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Minimi League
Formed in 1T>V 1
um *..:
1/ fhr i
■ ; umtiuatcd jrv»i tin sjgj combUMal i •
mcuth OoosoUdaWd B l
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men' gsj
■ m.ilgama .on. the W I
classes ot 'he mgh school sere pr--
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