The Conshohocken Recorder, May 23, 1957

              ®ljc Consljoljocken ttccortcr
CoriKhohncken Pa, Thursday, May 23, 1957 TA 8-4600 — BR 9-0950
I-ufait'tlo. Wo*re Coming Over)
Tour of Europe Is Great Magnet
For Vacationers in This Area
And away we got
With the announcement last
Thursday of H special 16-day nil ex-pense
tour of Europe in connect ton
r ,th UM bicentenary ol tiie birth
n( the Marquis dr La Fayette. scores
of families arc looking forward to
n vacation specu-cular next Sep-bar
'■■ I
The Recorder. The Sentinel and
lf.iii»i-Rf ka arc irnmlni the
Itfunllr tear In ro-opcrauen with
the \iliiw Travel Bureau and Air
1 ranre both nf Philadelphia, and
(■-neral Billnttee. (nrmfi minii-ler
nf National Defence and president
nf the rvnuhu committee plan-ii!
ill tiir ivietiralhiti in rraiue <it
(•eaeral Lafayette's lt88th anniver-sary
ef his birth.
The group representing America's
lustorlc region No. 1 - your corn-
Kill fly from New York
on Sept. 1. 'Day* in Auvergue.'
w here Lafayette was bom. are
kt hrdiiled for Sept S, 7 and I. Fran
McCuen, travel editor of this news-piper,
announced today.
Weekly Review newspapers are
the only newspapers in the United
Etite* — weekly or daily — spon-roi'lag
a tour of Europe arranged
r.ehsively to tie In with the cele-bration
commemorating Lafayette's
birth. Representatives of local gov-ernment,
historic societies, churches.
On to Paris!
Theme (innvs in
Historic Region
Whltcmaish Lions club met
ai LaiajeiU BO. '•;»»!•) gdsast
program chairman K
Lelghton. Introduced Charles
Held. 4000 S. Wnrner Rd.
Country Acres, who showed a
film on the 1858 Indianapolis
500 mile SU'J race.
A second fi.l.m,;,..on Paris' 'was
Edward W Humphrey and
Thomas J White Sr It was a
preview of their tour to Paris
for ihc Lafayette anniver-sary
celebration Humphrey
promises to produce bis own
film on Paris and allow It to
i mi) members for approval on
his return in July.
riana lui dinner niKtit June
I at Sandy Run Country Club.
Oreland. are complete Installs -
Uon of officers will be featured.
Birthday Bjgswl were present-ed
to Lions Jack Gordon and
Harry Chiisaey.
Second vice-president John J.
Tosta presided.
service clubs, women's clubs, etc.,
will be invited to take part m the
official manifestations, according to
word received here directly from
Prance, as soon as their names can
be forwarded to the committee as
members of the group making the
tour
iHiMiia tviuriuins »!»« Iwui ai«
mentioned ua page II ia tins news-paper
today. Brochure* may be had
bv mailing a roupon to Mr* McCuen
or ilmply ratline Her nn Ihr tr(e>
phune. The number Is TA B-lfite er
BR 8-SfM.
Am»rlcan Week la to be observed
in Paris June 38 through Julv 4.
in arranging the tour. "Daya In
Auvergne" were selected because
•he festivities will be held at ta-fayette'i
birthplace A monument
to his memory stands on Ridge
Pike opposite Cherry Lane. Barren
Hill The Lafayette Hill Post Of-fice
hlsn is memorial to the famed
general who volunteered his serv-ices
to neneml Oeoree Washington
and gained recognition on an in-ternational
basis for his brilliant
military career.
Mrs McCuen Is In communication
several timea weekly with General
Billottee end his committee M
Rene Coty. president of Prance.
is scheduled to speak June a at rom-nt
at Lafayette College
(ONSHOHOt KBVS FINEST — Recngnized a-pplsalsaltPJ
top talt'nt and .spun in a wide field of en-deavor.
12 .students of Cuiislmhocken lli>rh School and
Harry K. Fox Jr.. athletic director, admin- trophiei col-lected
1MSt nijrht at 11th annual awards baUMpiot. They
are. front row, 1 to r: Jame* Smith, Warner Smith.
in raid Pfttinp, John Borusiewicz: Roherta Tritvafrline,
Detnmie Smith, Joseph N'osek. Coach Fox. Vtnetmt
"Buff" Bunknski, BftriaUi AJiintrum and Betty Hitchcock.
Town Joins
In Trilmle
To Athlclrs
(I * Pay Program
Set for May 'II
Amiual Cias.s Dn r\.
I sJfcar High School will take
p.»ce at 1:30 P.M., May 31 in the
high school nudltonum, Seventh
Ave. and Fayette St.
Miss Catherine Hlgglni. langu-age
Instructor and Miss Mary Piom-bino.
home economics teacher, are
in charge.
The Rev. O.K. McCarney DX>
pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran
Church, will deliver the address at
annual baccalaureate services, at
7 30 PM.. June 3. In the auditor-ium
The Rev. Theodore F. Ken-nedy,
pastor of the Presbyterian
Church, will conduct the program
■.Mm"* Group Rehear****
Mens chorus rehearses at 8 to-ri.-
h: st Consholiockrn Presbyier-
1 n Church. Third aiut
■.•an meets at 130 tomorrow
n _h :n SMembly 80 nn
Corson Award
Honors Artist
The annual JCsthertne Langdor
Corson memorial award for ben
work done in the Coruhohocken
Art League sketch class during the
season will be awarded at the an-nual
reception and private view ol
the annual exhibit at 8 P.M tomor-row
In the Park House, Fifth Ave
and Harry St.
Also awarded will be a second
prize from the Corson tamlly. r.
league prise for progress and ■
prise for the raid popular pic'ur:
shown in the exhibit This will be
selected by popular vote.
All entries for the exhibit mils'
be received at the Park House be-tween
7 30 and 3 30 tonight The
>how will be open tn the publfr fo
. nlted time nfter romorrov
night.
Recorder Member Wins
Top Award for Story
Last night belonged to the si
dents of Coushabocken High School
In recognition of athletic prowess.
The occasion waa the 11th annual
awards banquet under auspices of
the Athletic Association
liiere to honor recipients of 11
award* were Harry Ellam, chair-man
of the athletic committee, Dr
Russell Eib president of the
School Board: Dr William E
Brandt, prominent educator, auinnj
and a member of the School Board;
Edward W. Oermann, superintend-ent
of schools. William Leedale
director of Fellowship House Frn-est
O Punchard, principal of the
high school: Herbert Krlebel and
James Graham, of the West (Jon-shohocken
School Board, Walt
Hannum, retired dean of sports
arltera of Montgomery county;
Mrs Margaret Bate, secretary of
the School Board. Harold Mccuen.
editor ol tins newspaper, and many
others.
Byrnn 1 am and (ierald Pettinr
accepted the trnphy presented b»
fiearge J. Rafferty. former presi-dent
i>f l onannhorken Lions ( lub.
(tn the M IHMII for having gained
Bea-xewi'in of the IJnns football in.
ph« for t he seeond half of the
(Continued on Page Wine)
Hains to OlWr\c
Instil AnniverHiirv
The 45th weddine anniversary of
Mr and Mrs R Lincoln Haln
108 E. Hth Ave. will be observed
Bjaswssf Saturday.
Mr Haln, a member of the
Whltemarsh Township Board of
Supervisors, is also executive sec-retary
of the Coruhohocken Cham-ber
of commerce,
Mrs Haln is the former Miss
Maude Simpson of Roxborough
Dan 'late tOOk ptJM in the
old Mt. lion Methodist Church.
Manavuuk. later the First Church
if R.iKooroLigh
nfesM and Ads
Must lie Ready
10 A. M. Monday
Dur £ V,T.-.t-iMu pays faianaj
taus rstsr on Thursday, The
Recorder's publication day. the
coming week's Issue will be out
two days earlier than utuaL
News and advertising copy,
therefore, must be in the Re-eorOjgf
oflice, 100 W Hector St.,
by 10 AM. Monday.
Williams, Mellon Win;
Groshens BealsWaters;
Rowland Loses in Upse
Council Head
To 'Write-in'
Lows Place
Edmund K. Williann*. 76-
year-old hurirWH, Wg.i HaaasaV
B am by n»
puhlicans at Tin -day"* l'n
mary BLtction. William* will
in' oppoMd nt the Nnvmilier
election by Jamen "Pat" M.l-lon.
willUrra detested William H Ir-ffin,
773 to 338 on the Republican
ballot. Anthntiv DlCmrclo filed for
the Drmocrsllc nnminatlnn but an-nounced
he would not campaign for
the offaM, The announcement came
too late for his name to be removed
from the bsllot He got 130 votes
Mellon polled 400
Vote bv wards Williams. 130 87.
88. 340, 328 Irwm 48 40. 97 88 and
H; Mellon, 87. 87. 84. 33. 180, Dl-
Clurcio, 31 13. 13. 4? and 37
The major upset In Tuesday's
elerllnn in C tmshohorben was the
detral of Harry Rowland, council
president, who Miu(ht the liemo-eralle
nomtnaUon In the Seeend
Ward
Rowland lost to James V Deal-mone.
Republican councilman from
the ward who was nominated by
ins own party, and also defeated
Rowland for the Democratic place
on the ballot in a "write-In" cam-paign.
Desimone polled 88 Demo
<>tes Rowland got 11.
The othei second ward Republi-can
candidate nominated is Charles
Orohoakl Sr, a former council
membei
Named nn the aernnd ward Item*
rr.tlir tlrket »lth lieMmnne i* lion
aid f Moore, funeral dlrntur i
newrnmer t» pollllci. hi* «r«na
father, the late Mlrnael Moore waa
a borough rounrll president for a
number of /ear*. The first ward
rate:
Rowlar-d. 11 and Moore 70 on
the Democratic ticket: Desimone.
130 and Orohoakl, 104 on the Re-publican
ballot, with 89 for Desi-mone
on the Democratic ticket
"iria'inaal aiau pouea ll U*annr.r*li<
"wrf(e-tn" votes
Other nominees for Council are
Republican. Frank Dolanskl. In-curr.
bent. 178 anst KmUlo Osrda-mone,
158. first ward: Henry Fire
stone. Incumbent. 133 and Joseph
Snow. 118. third ward Elmer Mun
ro. incumbent am fosseah ssaed
Edward O'Brien 381. fifth
mmrmuerf on Pope flet'sn)
Rev. V. A. Strumia Flies
To Italy to Celebrate
Jubilee Mass in Turin
A Conshohorkcn priest flew yes-tarda)
lo Raj] to ■• lebrate a ju-bilee
mnaa in the Turin church in
which he was ordained M years ago
The Rev Vktor A strumia. I» D .
J III, LL.il., rector for 38 years of
HH. t oaanaa and Manilas I hurrh.
Hflb Ave and Maple St.. Is one
..( ..■.; i.i ir.lvini mrmbrrr nf
The i>(her eight clergymen, all
baaed In Italv. are exported to at-tend
the ssartsM 4nd reunion.
"■Father Victor" -as his big con-gregatlon
lagan him will remain
in his native land only two weeks.
A parish-wide celebration of his
golden Jubilee In the priesthood is
Kht-Uuled heie JttM 30.
The* local clergyman, member of
a distinguished lullan family, will
join a brother. Dr Max Strumia.
co-diacoverer of blood plasms and
Bryn Mawr Hospital pathologist In
their home town of Turin The
■nd his -an. L*r Pau
weeks
Only cloud on Father Victor's Ju
bilee hsppiness is the fact mat Ins
mother. Mrs Theresa Htrumis. died
last January in Turin at the age
of 88 He had hoped that she would
live for his golden Jubilee
President Talks
Hour at Capital
With Dr. Wells
Dr Kenneth D Wells presi-dent
of Freedoms Foundation
at Valley Forge, was a visitor
at the White House in Wash-ington,
D < M s*J
spent an b*ui In
Another mayor newspaper a'«ard
s been won by a Recorder staff
member
-r. G CoUlns. society ed-hor.
gained second top award Sst-neday
in the general MVft (Ulstlni
'!> the annual newswntmg context
".Mnr-'lvtn'a Women's Press
a\awaet8tioll More than 3M entries
from daily and weekly newspapers
were submitted
The award was made at a 30th
anniversary luncheon of the wom-ii's
press unit, tenlure of the an-nial
weekend press conference at
uu Ouiiai noa on d Mntlj L>
IM> penti f
■ Petit)
I rdveraliy and to.
fosasstVa oi:.jiilzatiuii Two basjdrad
gfl mni uunien iiirfn the lour
iiroups attended.
This ui the seventh mejor Jotirns-
- I
Of liciwahle n
ri'irled the oral newspaperwoman
i siate contests, |
In l»5. slag was tiie reripuiv M
the first prtta in the PWPA asfl-n*.
wrttine ronteat. rommunuv wrr»
ri'volno. (or lour nrllr.len gaj <)<■
>-i'i« I hr;,r\ loval'v f^th eon-trnversv
Rnhert 8t Job"
rerland. the lodge, termed H i
"perfect example of objective Jnor
nallam."
Tula year's sward waa for The
Recorder's account of a triple auto-mobile
fatality Last October in Ply-mouth
township
Mis* Collins, a past president of
111- |m-SB *UHH-|IR Krullp VMtK
hatnimii alUi UI | fsasbta vm (J
. Le UlCfc H
fc*j>rees. ol tt>e annlversmr) lui
tllsJ (,1.111.-. Uulot-n I nlllor
<il tin- IlilrrilHlUillitl NIWB .Seivne.
k City, wua gurat si»enker
Maryaret Collins. Conshohocken pi-anlft
played at the e--en(
Mrs Julia Paik 8Ad Mrs Ubby
aecOall of Oft m :' e*f th
H^ralrt. Mouii- Air\-Chrvnui Hill
sreri, st.ended Uw conference
Hi*. »AUL CJiL-IlAl*
Tba Rev Pert E Chreimsn for-luia
been
turned pastor ol the Coushoho ken
fAsfaigS in
ihe pa>turate in right years.
He will succeed the Rev. John H
.Bra-her. who will become pa-tor of
'the Beirv Iini Mcihod..,i Chnrrh
M'h and Kprangfleirl A" Wl I
Philadelphia
/tofh vui o'«ume in—- Ran ggu.
tnratn on Sunday. The /lev. Jfr.
Hrother end hit family uili re.
more lo the jtartanaqr ol the Berry
Lnng Church on Wednesday The
new paitor uili remote here soon
a tier
Married to the former Muu Helen
. ■•■*\, Use new clerity-llu
Ol. I.
I . ftta stJ -i«J Haul Ji (*u
on M M and Mrs L a
. :.i. UuAJ]
U..:JI in rMLibiugh. lie Is a 1843
graduate of Nurri.-t.jan H;gh
Bchool, where he was on the photo-graphic
department of "Ths Spice"
school puo.ication
Kavj ah.'.e stuj
v. beol he htul v-ia iraining s'
{Continued On rope Jwtht)
Deadline .Near to Pax Dues
For Ainlmlanee Services
With May 30 deadline only i week
auay. nearly all Wllll88ll8l3ll town-ship
residents will be Ineligible for
Wl'.ltrmarali Ambul.uwe Assorts-
T run sej\i-r . . .
Unless n( OOsni thgfl rnsil ilieiy
rlier|[S tyl'i'e '>ev; ri"irBdai. Sr.
eord'hg "> Norman H WoetsOt,
■gjaJB elerted president at an an-nul!
meeting las; night at Whue-marsh
township building, Lafay-ette
Hill
A report showed only ..vi of more
han 3.000 enrolled the first year
have renewed tl.eir membership fut
18f>7-f>8 in the ambulance associa-tion
MN*ass*j i-.it.t«i ssst iu i»
tan ilullai* -ii adult, all rrMdniU
an riiiiki. i..< N sasH volo by
U,f 4ii>l'uluu.r «bd a toluitleri
iuru> ul if aitied BjHsssaaBll I ■*« l»
hlld under IS in the famili pru-teeled
b> membership hi entitled to
rvlee freet"
Hits It:, rill* answered -tibia
th» lir»| "-ir tl--re dr'inilelt i« i
need lot I hi* lervire." he ernpla
sited
Cm order. La expend needed
(•onipmcnt tne » ran stretcher and
A nr'i-d i haiT, lor
use in ssunrying dUflcul rB«fs down
I fliulf of gUIn "' hi k"i't in stsB
-inhulsoer nr at] Mnej
Cither n'firP-t nJUM '''ll* *
I efito. vlfe pre Idenl, Mri> Mar\
Scott. secrrtitr\ and rhalnnan of
pttavnautf Edwin Anderson treas-urer
and financial secreury
tier led to the board of directors
e Edwin Anderson. William An-deis.
ii.. Hniold D Clips R.ih-nl
Cross, Dr. Waller Darby. Rev H»r-
Jd F. iJwblt-i A U
i...i,. | ."n.k sou i I-tObcll
II M
Rutstl VOW "■ ' ■ ti i- Rughai
l .1*1,1.i \v I. ..
b) ■MDBBBWW r* Its] ->. B0 l>>naKl
it KiMJiiu. ssskhool J Upuika, A
Lelko, Dr. Lawrence Limber; Wsi-m
Matlan, David C. HcCafffw)
Chailes H Loyei HaroM
! dear F
'Mitchell J«nies H MftcheU. John
Inchon, flsymond L Reeves Jr.
Stars Pi/esent
Sliow Tonight
TopfliRh* h and rad.o acts w
spark s btiliiant outdoor show at
8, tonight at thr COIL- hohoc ken
Community A" Field, llth A-and
Harry St
Plymouth Tuaiuhlp Kiwanli Club
UM annual event
■ ■ .
Theodore J ilannan club d.tevt-or
and general i ha "nan 8898081
belueen 6509 and 1000 persons he
Miid today.
Charlie Oratey, tv and radio
singer best Inoan for his hlt-re-cording
of "Buiterlly" and "Fsbu-
| I« nf HJBJ Sid Cseaar
ly>' tadlfajn iind ihe
'■ ■■-■ a; 'i ftjtntet fV\ M and
ihc Bafnta, a fut-rex^srdsi •
'"•nb". Frank *»slr>r sll-ar*>
und vmrii sntartasnsBT; Mav-nard
Ferguson. \tsr trumpeter snd
Jodie Sends pretty recorder of
many hit tunes are listed on the
progrsm
"The Cousins'*, a local group,
comprising four Plymouth township
cousins, will plsy and sing They
are Donald snd Ftaui M
IssflOf IJIUU BJHI Jo, ri8flls8lll
A l0-(,.. I WWIMill8111 t*ai.J
Drj AfrUsoni La*/sn
plk> Mt'tslwuIiU UIUSJL ttutlJ>
■8118 8Jl8s*assMtr, win be
"eincee".
A stage has been placed on the
playing field Manner! today ex-o
Cemtnonocaen
(W cooprrsi.on -
■ >i mster.a. Rain
date u tomorrow.
Voters Reject Hemsley
Nominate Whetstone;
Mary Wood Wins Easily
Henry Hemsley, a memlwr of the Plymouth I
Board of Commissioner*, wan rejected by the Rsypublfenn
voters At Tuesday's I'rimary Election, when he «;i- >■
frated by Lee M. Wlhtstone in the Third Distrii t 1
vntf ffsj ^lit to 11:1. A third candidate, Francis J. pVrui'.<
«nt :(7 votes.
Mary M Wood Incumbent town
■ssaMti won itte O. O. F
nouunaiion for another term lead'
ing the OrgamaaUoo alate with 434
totes. Her opponents. Pauline
Jordan and Charles D. Hamilton
trailed with 50 and 38 votes respec-tively.
Mrs Wood's return la office ti
assured sine- there were no Dean
ocratlc aspire nta.
The vote by districts.: 1st. Wood.
434: Jordan, 50: Hamilton, 38. 3d.
Wood, 3M J...-■.-.. --. rJ
■a 3d. Wood. 311. Jordan. 48. Ham-ilton.
18 4th. Wood. 380; Jordan
31, Hamilton, 7
Bernard J. Hoffman Won for
commissioner-st-targe with a total
vote of 818. John S. Thomas Jr.
incumbent, polled MB and Prank
Pnrenic Di., 4!T.
Carmen LenEi. Incumbent defeat-ed
John Marberger 344 to 156 for
the nomination for commissioner
In the First District and Lewis B
Hheppard. Inrubent. captured the
nomlnatloo 318 to 85 over John V.
Armstrong In the fourth district
Or Daniel W. Klikpati.ck and
Merrlt A Peters were nominated
for school director with 141 snd 838
votes respectively. Russell N Adalr
received 554 votes, Anna DcFran-co.
534 and Carl R. McLean, 333
Kirpatrlck and Adalr are incum-bents
RepeMlrans In the township gave
Dsvtd E Grnahen* the nnminsllon
for Judge of Mnnlfomerv I nunly
(Ctitfmued on Pope sTJermi
Waters Wins
Whitemarsh
Judge Contest
Thomaui E. Water-.
ton attorney, famed on ti i
the Republican an! R
cratic tickets fn |n
MontKotnery Ootliltj t
Pleas Court In tbi
tlcititin Timnlnj In \ . .
tssaWfUi township,
Republlrsns gate Wslers a
sfrwajsoi mjirilj ..i 141
vid E. Oreahrn*. aloo ol \hli.rtnn.
who carried the SSUlli H:-1'.-
llemorratir vntei. tr...idrd M lor
nun and 14 lor (iroshenv
In the rswpublk ,
nard A. Woarrsfa
ney received 78, Robert Ituckseas,
47: Thermnn P BriU. 31. and 0.
Howard Harry Jr. 8.
The rJasBMotats gave ism
to Truckseas lour to DUoseph nui
to Harry and Mil t
Whitrmotsli townj
lly for Wnt. ia (QB*.
■ '
he township, as v.
Jncki Maglll. a count\ rose office
Pr«C«
CAKKIKI) AWAV! — Thomtw J. White Bi pri -
tlent of the Ixtard o| sujaTvisors of WhitemHiHh town-
>tiii>, psVya "i? Btectton ut yost.'nlav ;tft»*r!ii»in. Mount-ed
"|'ie'K> bsack" 18 ' itul l'n-> S Smith Jr., who c:ui u ,1
t-a-t rjutrict vit township ten TSVXRDSU I W i
jtssasft Whiu- woaU tran port Smith fi
narah Uiwrohip btdUing ba tin L^s\jr«ttc Mill Shop-pilisr
('filter "pijiify baik." if Smiih d.liv.t.il tl
for Wsttstn N"' ll oiK-'i"!' il anvtHKlv'. bl ' ^ '
White and Smith, ojown-tho-Hne Ri
November; Waters cm thai IXnonioti' l.i
■ •• . Republican?