The Conshohocken Recorder, September 13, 1956

              Forrest Street Vacating Action Delayed
Roxy Theatre Sponsors Beauty Queen Balloting
Celebration in October
Will Be Largest Ever
Staged in This Section
fct Assessor
irst, Brown
Tells Parents
i'\\ inuulh Hoard
Hark- \ilini«in:i
Plan for School*
Mure than 2500 men. women antf*children already have
dkatod fchaj *ill ptuavdsj -i 8 p. M. Oet 11 ;„ Koa
observance of Fire Prevention Week.
Overwhelming response for par-
UllpHllUll 111 MM UlMUllttlllll IHUglMlll
ha* been received from organisa-tions,
business, industry and schools
according to icpor's submitted
Monday night al a meeting at The
Willows. SIOI Ridge Ave. Roxbor-ough.
with Harold C McCuen. ed-itor
ol thla newspaper, presiding
The eelebratlen Is the Urgeat ever
undertaken in ihe Slat Ward, the
area rmbru mg Northwest Phila
delphla which Is served by IS mm
panic* rnntprtning the Ninth Bat-talion
of Ihe Philadelphia tire l>e-partmrnt.
In addition. Ihe lecnl
i ommltlee included mlu nicer
Plymouth Meeting — The school companies In the townships
«rd of Plymouth lowtiahip gave Springfield. vYhilcmarsh. Plymo
netkm Tuesday night to a plan Lower Merlon and I pper Merlon
vised by Cardln D. Brown, super- aatd the boroughs or t onshohocsrn
sing punctual, for dealing sun **»• Weal t unshohot ken.
live just outside the Catnwi III * •' —tnut Hill.
wnanip boundaries and want to Roxborough. Wissahickon Mans-nd
their children to this arhool yunk. Bluebell Hill. Andorra and
East Fulls are all served by thr
Brow ti revealed his formula In Ninth Battalion More than 40.000
ihe request at several spectators will view the parade snd
rsldenta at a trailer camp at 1030 attend eirrtisea at Westerman field
Main St who live on the Nor- Featured will be a beauty page-itnwn
side of the line ant. (or which nomination* are in
He has told them If (her live In be made starting today to the local
he township to go to the assessor, office of Weekly Review newspaper*:
erlsre themselves and have their an art contest and an •assy een
Mttf assessed here. The people, »**< lor boys and girls enrolled In
aatd, have decided to remove grades up to sis In public and psr
irir trailers to the Plymouth town- echlal schools and a spectacular
bin side He suggested that proper thrill show at Westerman Field,
edification be received from the Bos borough
iwnship as*e*sor In oarh «t,rR |„ Thf j,...
'"'"■ (sored by the Roxy theatre. Ridge and
The bottrd continued to push for Levcnt^on Aves. naxborough.
quisition of sites for new elemen- (Continued on Page Six)
schools after hearing a report
Ernest Heln. solicitor, on two rri I -O 11 • I
ble tracts One. in the Hiu- I I'lirk^l .OMulf"
onvtlle neighborhood off Ridge * * U* ^B%JUUm^B%
ike. has more than 100 owners and
'in said it will requm abnu* one i) \f >.t» I I . . »l
fir to complete that negotiation *■ .TlCIl IlUFl
survey was authorised of ■ ■""her
e on the west tide of Colwell Lafayette Hill - Two b
llf lidrd .it Ridge Pike snd Josliua Rd.
An Increase In the per diem pay n; n [6 Urn morning. Bi>
r suostiinle teachers was apprwv- rere t.eated for injury it: lie orhc
it--from SIS t« sit. 'of or Richard P Ingagllo and then
Altar >lila. the board named Mrs were removed lo Montgomery Hos-
:mm- Bean of Plymouth Meeting pit* I
'lllatc. who hes been doing sub-1 One huge truck from Coraon'a
titutr work In the district tot some. lime company, Plymouth Meein.*
wirs. to take over the sixth grade narrowly averted turning over by
Plvrtmuth Consolidated for the lumping the curb, plowing up Dt
rat semester until a replacement Intaglios lawn and careenly clow
B be found for Albert Erb, grant- to. but missing the physician's
ince tor dwelling, set back from the road-nice
In the armed forces. Hei way.
was fixed si 12 000 j The other truck, loaded with
D W Klrkpatrlck subsequent- scrap, r.uight fire and Barren Hill
if.verf IK«I iKn besrd satofd g Votuttteci Pin
wltcy of hiring teachers for one Traffic was directed by Whitemnrsh
tmester without reference to the
mnimuin pay for substitutes be-ause
of the additional duties in-olved
(Continued on Poae Fteel
Police until debris could
moved
Corsnn's duck damage was slight:
•crap truck damsge heavy, police
say
Flower Decked Washies
Lead Parade Saturday
n Quest of 3d Crown
(<»ii»h(ihocken — Washington Fire Co. No. 1 also will he
i. 1 in the big line-up of fire companies from six stati - S;tt-day
in Atlantic City,
rhe &2-year-old volunteer fire- I
igiuu-.it unit, winner of top awards I
n the huge fire-men's Jamboree for I
he last two years, officially has |
wen accorded the lead spot In the
gag, uniformed line, company I EfV
were inlormed earlier Urn
Ihe "vVsshlea aJ«o have been giv-uermlsaion
ta march over Ihe
K*tx famed wide boardwslk from
train terminal, upon arrival
ut II A. M. ta their headquar-i
for the day. the Greater Plti*-
urth Hotel. Tennessee Ave., a block
mm the ocean.
•pre-view" of the tlne-up, re-eased
today by Washington Co or-als
is as follows- Two drum mn-
■Itss of Temple Umveisify, Phil-ad>:
phla. carrying alofi the "Wash-ies
gold banner.
Nrxt Councilman Joseph Burns,
smpanv president: 10 members of
the champion rcilnr fiiard of Cath-lic
War Veterans, Norrlstown;
■How convertible carrying William
fConftaiiett on Pag* Ftps)
She tltc0rtrer Vol No. 861« t'onshohocken, P», Thurwit}, September IS, 1956 TA S-4600 — BR 90950 10«
The iiomr NC«>.|).I|KT
for
80 Years
Thanksgiving Game Fades Away
IIO\IMII'IHI^II Imli.ill-ll
«.|i< In! Bri(i«cport
Will Accept Oiallen«e
The annual Thanksjrivinjt
Day Hiffh School football
classic, played for more than
a quarter of a crniui>, b a
thing «i( the pant.
The teams uf Roxlioroujrh
lliuh School and St. John the
ssssptiil Hivrh Schixil will no
longer battlt* for the c»mnuin-ity
championship on that
irlnrioutt fall holiday at Wes-terman
VivUi.
The closing In June of St John
the Baptist Boys' High School, Se-nd
Pectnn Sis . terminates the
of the two schools a huh
lasted 37 years and was enjoyed by
hundreds of thousands of specta-tors
Frederick Q. Hsuser. football
gMb g| n»tlH.i.>U(li High Krhonl.
ta now scoullng for ■ team to sr-ccpt
the Indians' challenge on that
There are only two poaalbll-
Ihls year, he said! Maatbaum
llonal School ml Philadelphia.
and Bridgeport High Arhool
Plymuuth-W hiltmitili High
-Iiool. Plymouth Meeting, is a pos-sibility
for 1967. according to Coach
Hsuser They cannot play this
November became they have i.lii*
games scheduled, the last on Nov.
17.
The schools in thr suburban areas
*a writ rrs those in the Philadelphia
School District are not allowed to
play more than nine games Haua-
Decisions of toe other
schools will be made soon, he add-ed
James T Graham.
(Continued on Page Six)
es dl
EUAH NAf ASSTO
Trade Board
i\am<\s Aides
Ijifayette Hill - Committee as-signments
for the new year in the
Whitemarah Township Chamber of
Commerce were announced by Carl-ton
Moyer. president, at the Sep-tembei
meeting Monday night
It was decided that the classified
directory published last spring list-ing
members by businesses would
become a yearly project starting in
September. 1967.
Revision of the by-laws was stud-ied
to bring them In line with thr
shift from a calendar year c*. tp.
erations to a July to June fiscal
yoar btuur The next eeaaiou will be
Oct 8.
The following committee chair-men
and members were named by
Moyer
Membership — Sylvester Szmigiel
chalrmiui. Anthony Lardien and
Raymond Barcklnw. publicity—Paul
Kalbach. chairman. Bid Gotkln and
Bdward Chasaey. legislative—Hugh
McCartnev. chairman. Jesse W
Becghlev Jr . and Stanley Leighton
by-laws — Jesse Beegdley, chair-man.
Arthur Lefkoe and Mrs Helen
Mack snd Mrs Margaret Apple-
Kurt ; business promotion Syd
Uoikin. chairman. Hat rv Seltrer,
Mrs Virginia Ankele Christmas
Ughttng and decorations — Bin
Ankele chairman. Harry 3eltrer.
Jules Darhino and Prank Mack:
school and education Edward
Chassey. chairman. Polls Borawski
national counselor — Jess* Beegh-ley.
(jilinril I'l.-i.l.nt
S|ifiik- Tonight
Conshohocken Kai ry Rowland
president of Borough Council, will
talk on. "Good Government Starts
at Home at a dinner to be held
at * 30 tonight by the Oonshohock
en Kiwanis Club at Mickey Mouse
Inn Lafaye •- gTJll
Three More Day* In Remitter
P»c On Inside Nov. 7, Fctterolf lirgcs
Warning nit/.em of Montgomery Coun'v 'list if
you voted for President Eisenhower in 1962 and have
no: voted in an election since ttuit lime you must
IHIUlalll U> toW this full M..U..I, It rJellrr.>lt Ji
i;. iiiitiii. ..ii uiHiKhir mt Liir gaasls nsasssj 84 aststs
Ills 'i..it. ttsi li.uJ PtatMcl .nirJ ■ Dood K.-
reglauaUosal in Use "i
air) ii.nisr in NIIIIIJII.IKII
■VH Uitrv mure d»v* In sbisfi lo legnlly
prep-.ie to vote for Elsenhower in the Noveinbei
the former chairman of the boaid of
■up* .-ion ... W ■-;..,. i}« '.'•■ &
Any resident of Montgomerv County may regis-
I Court Hoiue nti Fridav. Sept 14. from
tin A M togp M. Saiurdav 11* registration
onVe cloaca at noon, snd on the final day, Monday,
Sepl 17. the office will be open from IMAM, until
9PM
'.: ftn pass up reregistering or registering after
nest Monday vuu Hill be uu the uulside looking in
BU ■aSCikjl) Dgi) M<^ 1 KrUnoll pununl OUt
friiiiMlviutj gnaj well be HIT Kruluur >Ulr
lit HU> CBnal Ui II r lu rrrtri I gsM wf Ids null gyil
ggm ui BUM gaaawl KMIIM HWHII.»M Ian >oe«t
■ggfagl in ll.li -uutil) gflt IIK lined lu hahg Hie alll
in.tr ili4i "ttasBsfgaawW) »ill ■•> heavtlv Rgasa^tsnaM
jnyway MI why sbnuld »r vule.' 'Ve should >ll v<iie
in urder lo roll up aagfj j (real nuiotiti In the rounlv
lhat we more lhan compensate foe Ihe weak areas
■ uhin the I nmmonwealth, he roneluded.
Prtteroir i eslgned his Whitemarsh post last
month in order to devote full time to the reelection
of President Eisenhower and to work for his own
election to the State House.
$90,250 GoalFixed
In Chest Campaign
Conshohocken — A goal of |90 -
350 lu. ItM 1956 unr-iimr BBSS.
palgn — lit pel cent muie man
last year — was set by trustees of
the Commiinliy Cheat at a meet-ing
Tuesday night when plans lor
the drive from Oct. 14, until Not 3
weie formulated
B Herbert Lee. chairman of the
executive committee, acclaimed the
budget, prepared under the chair-manship
c* Charles D : k
as a "realistlt" appraisal o( the Job
that has to be done
He noted that needs and operat-ing
costs of the 19 member agencies
have risen appreciably over 1955
necessitating an increase
-The good work of these local
organisations depends nn our at-taining
and. if possible, aurpasslng
Ihe goal we have set.' lee declar-lected
are kept in the area ee used
by agenclca outside for siding local
Participating agencies and then
share allocated in the budget are
Fellowship House of Consholus ken
*35.000. Conshohocken Vlalttng
Nurse Assotistlon, 110600. Consho-iOttg
OgeaVsf, iif
•0,000. Conshohocken Free Library
•4.300 Conshohocken Recreational
Committee. 93.100. West Consho-hocken
Recreational Council. 1900
Spring Mill PTA Association. 9360.
Cedar Heights Playground Associ-ation
9360. Salvation Army. 15.000
Boy Scouts. 93.007 Girl Scouts. %7 -
•RB; MntitKomerv Hospital. 15.000.
iConfinued on Pag* Fiv*i
Miss C.onthohocken
To Re Crowned
By Junior Ja\cee§
Conshohocken Seven come
lv voung Shis will vie for the
title of "Mias Conahohoakan
under sponsorship of the Jun-ior
Chamber of Commerce Sat-urday
night at Fellowship
Hall, r.t.h Are and Hsrrv HI
Contestants are Misaes "Btl-lle"
Atkinson 19. of KM Fav
etie Hi ; Cftroivn Coacla, 19 of
319 W lnth Ave : Ruth Kne-bel.
IS. of 1ZS Moorhead Ave.
Wear Conshohocken. Janet Poa-tine
433 W 10th Ave Doro-thy
Oramackl. of 119 Favetle
St. Connie Vuimia. sviat Ma
lsn Drive. Harmonvilla and
Betty Joy Leonid, of 719 Hsl-luwell
St , each 11 years old
Beauty, poise snd personalitv
will be the sole factors consid-ered
by the judges. Nicholas
Romsno. Kiwants Club. Mrs
wilmer Bath Ji . Junior Wom-an
a Club, R Lincoln Main,
<Continued on Pmgt Fnafl
Wall Street Journal
Salutes Our Town
Conjihohucken "When thsj gr«it KIWH whittles go
otf. (it-nrpr RsilTwrfy, of Rafferty's DTup; Stdrp. hjrhls mil
for the firt'hutisf. . . . And if James Meaney. the postmaster,
in throutrh handiniK the day's mail, he's likely to j,u alony
too. ..." |
Glass As former county i
Glass resonant voice boomed
the above paragraph from the fiont
page of Monday's famed Wall Street
Journal of New York f'ltv at the
Lions Club 16th anniversary din-ner
Tuesday night, a broad gun
lighted George s face and a look
of complete surprise spread ovei
Most •■' ihe 51 I urn- and their
ladies preaent in the ballroom of
Plymouth I ountrv ( |ub shared
roalmaaler Meaney s surprise In the
full rolumn-plus. headed "The
Hmoke t.eaters. ' accorded M i-li
iCoaftniied on Page fire
We're (>ot Sews
For the Journal...
Member* ol Borough Council
respond to /tre alarms, too. area
when a regular meeting u
fating place
The strew Weir at 9 45 lai.
mght atop the Waintni/ton Fne
Companv buiUtrng. uhuh ad-joint
the Borough Hall, and the
majority of the li counalmen
promptly left their placet on
second floor.
Harry Rowland president rt-gueited
at lean trul a quorum
remain sealed at the council
fable Ue'te got a lot ol im-portant
hsaayaM to transact,''
he commented
Soon one of the mluntem >e-furti'd
nnn(iii>i(»-ip the lire uoi
not JCHOUJ and that eno-gh
firemen u ere tin ha-id to mpe
II tfft the blow All the men uho
had departed resumed delibera-tion
gaMPg if hod been tater-rupied
tvddeniy
5am
Named Area
GOP Head
Nornstown — Organisation of the
eight areas into which Montgomery
County has been divided by the
GOP for the fall campaign was
completed last night with the selec-tion
of Samuel M. Glass, of White-
•sh township, former county
sheriff, and Mm Mabel Ditler.
Ambler attorney, as advisory com-mittee
members from area S.
Congressman Samuel K Mr-
Council chairman of the Republican
county committee, called a meeting
for 10 A M tomorrow at head -
quarters here to plot strategy lot
the November election-
Glass and Miss Dltter were rhoa
en unanimously at s meeting of
committee members from sies 3 gt
the American legion hall in Foil
Washington.
Thr area is composed of White-marsh.
Springfield. .Whitpsin, Lov-er
Owynedd and Upper Dublin
townships and the borough of Am-bler.
In addition to the repreaentatives
chosen for the eight areas, serving
on the advisory commltiee will I
gf the county committr
the county's ft,ve state asaemb.1
men and one state aenator and tl
two Republican county commtssioi
J Plymouth
Sewer Plan
Hits Impasse
I Plymouth Canter — A vh*-1
t ual impaaae hag been reach-ed
in providing a sewasj* dia-poaal
system for Plymouth
tswnahip. T. Allen Glenn Jr..
preaidant of the township au-thority,
told t he hoard of rom-miisajonera
Monday nip;M
| He reported that the suggested
nnat of tylruj la with She Hometown
l treatment plant or building a plant
for the township indicated an ab-
Innrmallv high assessment for prop-arty
owners Investment counsel for
the authority has advised this will
i create trouble In setting the bonds
to flnaneo the protect
"It's net eaonomicaUr leaatbie
(He.m said flatly
l'sd»r eJUser Slapaaal ptan. the
east per house a year weeM ran In
the asagheeebeed ef gta. he raaeri
ed. »nS evaa If the eeeperSy esrnera
wwee willioi he pay skmi, saeae Ihe
heads weald he ■aeaaoraala The
avweage aeseaosaeeil ter theae pee-
! Joels has Wee Ssw sr a see) el 9S9
Nori latown would have to expand
« liieiil HI ■•»■ iuf mi in ii*
mouth township waste. (Henri eon
een-ag. ghl ^'ito^^^**'*™^
all required treatment at Mont-| -F*T
KngaStJ HospitsI after the ear to'
which they were riding was struck
In the rear bv another car. driven
by a man who admittedly "dossd!^
nlf at 10 30 PM Sundav .< Hendv ^°i"S*Z ^SJ
Hi:: snd Plymouth roods. Plymouth
Twp
Driver of
John Santino.
Ave He has a back Injury
Five Injured
In Car Crash
Conshohm ken Two ioral vmulu
and one fsom Wast Conshohocken I
and soother from Norrlstown and!
The beard took ne action on a
resolution forwarded from Norm
town authorlUas railing on the dia-i
trlct attorney's office to stop thr
baking
I the position a similar step hare is
| not nseesaary at this lime
! A special meeting of the board
struck wss! WBB scheduled for 7 90 Sept 34 In
219 W. Fourth the township building to consider
■ In detail with residents of Farm
The dosing driver wss James lie-!View Village, new development off
Namee, 36 of StewardsvUle. N- J Colwell Lane, complaints of drain-
He wag also treated at the same age difficulties there
hnamiai Tor s possible fractured | Aheat 99 heane owners appeared
right arm { Menda* night declarlag that ehU-Others
injured are Jack Pleree. ■*•■■»? drwwa la the peek* ef rale
IS of 147 K Seventh Ave . who had •*>»«* "hkh aerhmalale tn the yards
his back hurt. Jo-ikph Levtnskl. 17
of 142 Josephine Ave West Con-shohocken.
and Miss Paula Man
gtne. IS of 194: Butler Pike. Har-monviUe
both with neck injuries
and Richard Coined. 14 of 919
Green St. Norrlstown. hesd Injury
X-rays were made of his skull snd
he must report back for fun her
examination
Patrolmen Joseph KoseniewK
and Salvatoie Carho. Plymouth
Twp police investigated
A Benjamin Hcirtca. aolicltor. ad-vised
the group that the rommis-
(rowftaaad on Pepe Siei
Council
To Meet
Sept. 19
Mo\? to Gain \M
Alleys in Borough
Sets off Firrworks
Conahohocken — Recom-mendation
of the tinanfw
committee to Boroikgal (<nin-cil
that Harry R«iv* Ian
dent, call a mrrtinjr
cil next Wednesday nitilil a«
a "committee nf the iri>oli '<
considers Partition asset] by the
Bell Telephone Co. far vacat-ing
Forre.tt St. receix oil unHtti-moua
approval a! a monthly
meet inn last night
Rowland aald council I
at that time with <>:rn * of tie
company sou r-iiusur.|iii ,i ft mt]
Bank as to tin titan ol *l "i-tages
the borough m*)
granting the A\>\>\
The commiin.. I
Aug K asked that gcaun
the unopened slretcli ••: I
between Fourth and PU b A tn
order to permit s
modern office build'iu SI
more than 91000.000 M a dU at
Fourth Ave ""^ Fn i P t-
Jscent to the hendnuinr n *
dedicated on May 39 IOCS al Fay
ette St. and Fifth Ave.
Council es> adrl ad * sgfj
ployment wou'd be provided tm 380
mart and WOtnen in lbs ■
nual earnings would to'.al |l 000 000
Kotc'.snd satd a dsclslon uou'd
nol b- t emitted at MS specnif
meeting Th it mdicares that n»
action wilt be tolen unfit Or' 9.
tronitnaed en Page Sm
I tn tiit 11r i Store
0|M*IIH loslay
A new furnltui atore GAB
Furniture and Appliances, opena
today at 4406 Main St. Manavunk
"Doc'* Oslenti, proprietor of the
new business, has been associated
with furniture selling and the en-tire
furniture business for five years
A resident of Apple St. Msnsvunk
Mr Galentl is a name of Consho-ht>
ken
A full page advertisement appears
in Una newspsper today The grand
opening will be continued through
the weekend st the Mstn St ad-dress
just three doors above Leve*-
Strangen, Beware!
Area Police Launch
New Safety Campaign
To Protect Children
In an effort to safeguard school children of the are*,
local police authorities renew the age old warning tn pa-rent*
of area about "strangers who attempt in devious ways
to ingratiate themselves with children."
r.adeeelag this vital i
sage are Chief Walter Phlpps. Ber-ewgh
mt (enehohorkrn Pelire Da>
pertmeBt; < hlef tile Faere, Ply-mouth
Township Police IVpart-menl
sad (hlef Edgar I Mitrhelt,
Whitemarsh Township Felice De-partment.
An important Item for parents
to stress «ith their children
"(let :he Venae number of Ihe
mr the stranger is driving '
Directly to school pupils and st
dents, police urge
"Your parents, your teschen and
vour police department wish U
keep vou safe and happy
'AUIVI remember that your po
lice officer IS vour friend
"Always report or aak eumeoue to
■ eport to police on the following
"I Any stringer who tnet to
join in your play
1 Any strsnget who aaks you
to go with him
3 Any stranger "tin tries to
have conversation with you In the
movies
"4 Any stranger wno tries to
touch yon in the movies
"9 Any stranger who tries to hs'e
vou disotie* any of tue rules set ny
your psr*nt* '
Tlie childten are further admon-ished:
g Always mark down Hie li ■
cense number of the strangei ■ ear
"7 Always trv to remember ahs'
the stranger looked like and how-be
was dressad
Fairtits fuithermoie aie asked
to remind their (hildien t
of the dangers thai can esiit about
them
■ Remember." they are
"voin care mav save me life of a
little boy or gut
Haalag the aaggesUens vert »ee
rifle, police chief* w*rn Veier
laae ' "*s frwm eersnns «horn >nu
IContwued on Page girl
HOSPITAL Alii - hamilllBl ehseks from Philaiklphin National Hank to two
Niiiii^lown hospiuls Tuesday are. from left. William R. Byrti Jr.. asuiitatit ' ■
dent ami manager •>(' Montgomery office, who <;a«e leUMM to l^eonaril 'I. Kd
treaxurer and hoard mem her of ivtcied Heart Hospital, tthile -John H- Hoffman, chair-man
of Montgomery HospiiMl huilding fund camiutign. accept5 $5.0(10 cherk from lion
aid t. Horsey, vice president of Conehonockcr office; of bank. lassoTser psovsi
Beauty Queen Ballot
For the title nf the most tteautifol girl in our
home town and the opportunity for her to reign durinjr
FIRE PREVENTION program Oct. II in Roxoomufrh.
I wish to place in nomination:
Name A«e
Mieel sililtc"
Poet Ofllte faeM
mm*
Plesse clip and mail ovr bring' this ballot todav in noiv
Thes're Pidge and Letenngtnn A\es Phila 39 Pa or ihts
nesapapers office «t inn W Hect««t St r«nsnonorKeti