The Conshohocken Recorder, October 12, 1909

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-I. HAGEY YOCUM
• DEAD
THE PROMINENT LOWER MER-ION
FARMER DIED ON SUNDAY
NIGHT—DEATH DUE TO AD-VANCED
AGE—WAS A PROMI-NENT
FIGURE HERE AND WELL
LIKED FOR HIS JOVIAL DISPO-SITION.
.1. Hag; yocum, one ol the best
known men In ibis county, died at
ins home in Lower Merlon, late Son-day
night, Mr. Yocuin was seventy
flve years ot age and his death was
loe l" his advanced I
Beveral ra Mr. Yocum sold
his famous dairy farm "Norwood," and
ball) a handsome house, nearby, on
(than avenui. and lived there with
hi., daughter and son-in-law, Air. and
Mrs. William Brownback. When Mr.
•el in the
dalrj : was a familiar hn-ure
on the •'
■ man "i
ial disposition, an.
when In .."in- to town il was his hab-it
In spi tWO 10 the
\.,rii)iis blislni H in disc:
-witli lus • • I
.1. Hagy focum was tic owner <>f
'Norwood," near Bryn Mawr, and the
proprietor <>i • ni of the largest dairies
in the Boutheastern part <>i the State.
11, is ua a soi, ol B njamln B. ami
Haniel 11 lag] I foenm, and was horn
on the old Yocum homestead In Lower
Merlon township, Montgomery county,
January 8, 1881. H< was rear
He farm, received hie educatl
the coinn\on Bch iola of his township
and then was engaged In fa
with his father until 18B4, In whlcb
he bought and occupied property
11 Conshnhotk< n. In ls:''' h" i"'!'( ha8-
ed 'ii" "Norwood" country aeal In
FREE E1RRARY
MUCH INTEREST IS 3EING TAKEN
IN THE NEW BUILDING—CIRCU-LATION
OF BOOKS HAS IN-CREASED—
MANY NEW BOOKS
ADDED.
The now building at Third avenue
and Fayette street, which the library
hus been occupying since October 1st,
has proved to be not only very satis-factory,
inn very pleasant indeed. By
cutting »id 'chwaya between the
different rooms the building lias b ten
made adaptable for library purposes,
AI ithe rooms are bright, cheerful and
well ventilated. The large room to
the left is the main library, it is an
attractive room, supplied with read-ing
table a upon which can be found
d supply of curi i nl periodicals.
To the right arc two verj atl
rooms whli b arc to be devoted i
be ohlldi •
Ini a, and pictun a will
be found t!
There arc siill a meal many people
of Conshohocl i have no) seen
the bulldli Is urgi ni lj
ed that every one make I a point to
come ami sec it. in the ven near fu-ture.
This library and this beauti-ful
building belong to your. People of
Conshohocken, and ii Is desired that
j on in a an I enjoy it
Since tin opening Of the building on
October let, considerably over 1200
books have gone out, almost twice
the number usually circulating in the
same length of time. Can there be
any more ,|. Unite proof that the li-brary
in its new quarters will prove
a greater pleasure and a greater bene
lit to the town than ever before?
The Story Hour which was conduct-lilii
ATHLETIC AUTO KILLS < IIILi>
Y. M. A. A. MEET TO BE HELD ON
THURSDAY NIGHT AT NORRIS-TOWN—
MEET TO BE A GREAT
EVENT.
MEET FIVE-YEAR°LD TOT RUNS IN
FRONT OF LARGE AUTO AND IS
KILLED. ON WEST SIDE—RID-ERS
IN CAR GIVE THEMSELVES
UP TO POLICE.
'I'l.i Indoor athletic meet to be giv-the
V M. A. A. of this borough
The live year old daughter of Calen-
'.'• Jagleskl, polish residents of the
West side, living |D Moyer's row, on
the Spring Mill road at the loot of
•" «" I la. Rollei Bkatina Rink, In Dverhardt'a Hill, was Instantly killed
Norristown. on Thursday evening, on Mroades- mil about 4.46 o'clock
in be the largest an I best
held In thla county,
■ The meet win be conducted under
the r i! s ol the A. A. U.
The club has secured a numb r of
which are promising of a
am ol dean. fast spoil. The
folowlng clubs have ent< red club
. ■ ■. ■ | .... villa
'.
Y. M. A A. I
• runners « i Bryn Maw, to Chesl
on reaching (mules' Hi
' implon runnt r |an, who Was drl
lock
day afternoon by a huge Pack-ard
Limoslne automobile, driven by
Michael Nolan, chauffeur for .Mr.
Qlendenning, a prominent Philadelphia
banker, residing at Chestnut Hill.
Chauffeur Nolan, accompanied by
:' ,; Vl i -■ ■'■ n pn atatlve of the
Packard Automobile Company at Phii-
022 Lach
■' city, were trying oui Mr,
car and were on
ba iffeur
re
Phiiad Iphla; I
»<1 Bhohocken borous-h Hn. ,,
Lower Merlon township, and near.ed so successfully by Miss Bli
Bryn Mawr. on which he resided un-lClark last .Mar was again resumed.
til he built his new hone nearby. The Btories will be told on Tuesday
Soon after removing to "Norwood" he
started i dairy, which Bteadlly la-in
Bise until H became i
of the largest of its kind In soutbf
and Thursday alternoona at 4 o'clock.
Childn n under ten years ol age are
n quested to come on Tuesday after
noon and those over ten OH Thurs-
■ in Pennsylvania. K< Bupplled ,i,,y. By this division it was thought
imtier regularly i ie of the largest possible to better adapt (he story to
aarketa Sf Philadelphia,| the children of drteroirt ages. H Ii
-ami v,,s recognized as one of the hoped the parents will Bend their chil-
, resstve tanners and dairymen of ,ir. n to hear Miss Clark tell the sto-the
county. j riea.
On September 16, 1864, Mr. Yocum A large number of books have been
wedded Hannah Emily Crawford, who a,|,|e,| to the library within the past
was a daughter Of Joseph and Han-nah
Crawford, and died March 1-V,
1889. aged fifty-eight years. To Mr.
and Mrs. Yocum was born one child,
Annie C. Y.. who married William M.
•Brownback. a son of James anil Ellen
(March) Brownback, of Unneld, an.l
a member of the firm of the Mai eh-
Brownback Stove Company, stove
manufacturers of Pottstown.
J. Hagy Yocum was a Republican,
and attended Calvary Episcopal
Church of this borough. He was a di-rector
and the president of the Spring
<Jarden market of Philadelphia, ami
vice-president of the Gladwin Electric
Street Railway Company. Mr. Yo-cum
has been Identified for many
years with every movement for good
roads In his part of the county, and
das been largely instrumental in the
surveying and making of the excellent
public hlghays for which his commun-ity
is so widely known.
Peter Yocum, the original ancestor
of the American branch of the Yocum
family, came from Sweden and helped
to found the Wlaco settlement, near
the site of Philadelphia, several years
toeforo the coming of Penn. He was a
juiyman in the Upland court in 1881,
and with other Swedes settled at
Swedes Ford, this county, the next
year. He was appointed supervisor
of highway.i from Karker's mills to the
Falls of Bchuylkill, and In 169:!, his
family consisted of i.ine persons. He
resided near William Rambo. and
while no record Is In existence of his
sons names, yet there Is no doubt that
one of them was named Peter, and
figures in the assessment list of 1734.
Deceused Is survived by a married
daughter. Annie C. Y.. wife of William
M Brownback. The funeral will be
"held from his late residence tomor-row
afternoon, at 2 o'clock. The In-terment
will be made in Montgom-ery
cemetery. Norristown.
the
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* LAOIE8* AMD OBNTST
• TJULOfUNO
e> I West Erm Street.
» Oonsbohocken. Pa.
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two weeks. The following is only a
partial list, the remainder of which
Will he published later in the Re-corder:
Fiction.
Burnham, C. L.—Leaven of Love.
A New England girl finds use for her
Christian Science principles. A cheer-ful,
optimistic tale, having as a set}
tin ga Southern California winter re-sort.
Cable. G. W.—Dr. Sevier. A south-ern
story.
Castle. A. and E.—Wroth.
Grayson. David—Adventures in
Contentment. A young man. broken
in health, under the strain of business
life In a large city, buys a farm. He
tells of his life in a pleasant, leisurely
style, emphasizing the attractions and
ignoring the disadvantages.
Howard. B. W.—Gwen.
Kelly, Myra—Rosnah.
MacCall, Cldney—Truth Dexter.
Mitchell, J. A—Amos Judd.
Porter, Gene S.—The Girl of
Limberlost.
Webster. Jean—Jerry, Junior.
Non-Fiction.
Melltz, L. I'—Opera Goers Complete
Quid. Gives a brief sketch of
operas, including all late operas.-
Roberts. H. M.—Rules ot Order,
manual of Parliamentary law.
Burns. Robert—Complete Poetl
Works.
Guerber, H. A—Legends of Switz-erland.
Swiss legends are of unusual
Interest.
Adams. J. H.-Harpers Machinery
Book Juvenile. Six books especially
for girls.
Juvenile.
Taggart, M. A.—The Wynd.bam Girls
Jackson, G. E.—Wee Winkles at the
Mountains.
Jackson, G. E.—Another Year with
Densie and Ned Toodles.
DuBois, M. C—Elinor Arden, Royal-ist.
Richards, L. E-—Quicksilver Sue.
Montgomery, L. M.—Anne of Aw-onlea.
A sequal to
Gables."
Among the books for the smallest
Tales
win be abb to return to her bomi
acgi'i geor Fairy
I!. 11 . And'
Marshal from Old I
lea of Robin Hood; It
Of William Tell.
Btedman Nursery Tales.
Storli s oi Qrc e,e and itom Retold
from st. Nicholas.
Storlea Of Chivalry Retold from St.
Nicholas.
i| Royal Children— Retold
from olas.
For older readers:
Kipling, Budyard With the >
Mail. Wi ny ol fat i phra ie ,; a
Adams. .1. II.—Harper's Indoor Book be iced to describe the Circumstances
for Bo«s. which have governed tie
ft will be s.eii that ail the
ra from town are entered and it
the people an SXCI H III
how our lion,
1th tl IUI lers, n ho come
to thfc I - I
Nine ver> in events are on
I'll one will |i. hoi
ly con ants an-very
evenly matched.
■ \ enta and pi Izes
No. i- liver
ami bronze m< da's.
Nil lie run; prizes,
and bronze medals.
Brlt3 ?°*»lt»* ^' ' ; la llgh jump; |
x
'""" ' No. L-One-mlle run;
HON. R03ERT VON MOSCHZISKER
Republii aie tor .hid;;.' oi the Supreme Court
Mrs. Hamilton Improving.
Mrs. Jacob Hamilton, of i'a
siii. who underwent an opera
A STAGE MINISTER
and bronze vo<
• relay race; prize,
sllvei
borough line,
II...
■ ■ The driver b, h : .-,
wi"' ""' habits of small children run-blew
'" "' »»d with his on ,,,„
I and In the erne. • ncy
believed hlmsell
Ch an a.ci.l. :,
'" l"-!- U'1"'" :l>" car ..eared Ihe
children, the two old r girls ran
across the road. The youngesl besl
,:,i' ' an<1 JU8« M th. car ivaa almost
»"'■ -I"' ran In front ol It
The front wheel hit her, knocked her
' over her hod. ,„-
1 k«"ng her. The machine wag
ntly, the rear wheel of
' ' Ung the body
innerved Mr. Nolan but
I Mr. Yerger placed the hi
11 IW m the car, and with Mr
, x"1-'" at the wheel, i , .,„' In Mlt; prizes, silver and , '; '
mn. >|W I mi. ' ■ <•<,,.
Once Was a Theological Student:
Wow He Enacts Clerical Roles.
While, Stewart K —The Wonder
book of Horses.
Matthews, Brainier—Tom Paulding.
A RADICAL SCHOOL PROGRAM
To the Editor of the Recorder:
The school problem would be solv-ed
for twenty years if our School
Boards would act sensibly. Cut out
the idea that a school Is a nursery and
that mothers should try to throw the
responsibility of an entire day's care
on the school teacher; cut out the
Idea of crowding studies on children
who get a smattering of two-thirds of
what they are obliged to study from
books, and cut out the idea that a
school teacher should not work as
long and as faithfully for the good
pay their receive as the general body
of people.
Teachers should work eight hours a
of Frank Qheen, the minister in "Pot!
ly of the Circus."
Gheen was born in West Chesl
medals.
No. mile run; prize, silver
and bronze medals.
No. 8.— Five -mile run! | old,
silver and bronze mi dais.
No. ti- ir for c! aniptoiv-ablp
of Montgomery county; prize
Th ■>■ went to Dr. Beaver's of]
T the child
I to Undertake
" ,'1, latei i . the
•" ' L'ndertata i Ostapowitz.
Nolan and Yeager
silver cup. |,|h l(1.
Arrangements have been made to
' accommodate a large audience, \. ui. h
Pa., and from the time lie was old
enough to read and understand a IUb■'
Heal* chapter it was decided that he
'lice station and
up to Offici r Mason who
is expected to be present, as>great In-to
ii ' centers In the five mile run and
(lie tug-of-war events.
was to adorn the ministry. He was
sent to a theological seminary at Da]
ton. O., and tlrere for two years, uatil I PASSENGERS IN PANIC
he was 20, the youth studied. Then LEAP FROM TROLLEY
he took counsel with himself and de-|
Oided that he would decline to serve'Several Painfully Injured When Ner-in
a profession for which he felt him-self
unfitted. There was one thing
that young Gheen thought he could
do—act. Absenting himself from the
theological seminary he hied him to
New York, and there sought the favor
of numerous theatrical managers. It
was not long until he obtained An
engagement. Within a few weeks his
work attracted the attention of a pro-ducer
who offered him a more Impor-day.
There should be two sespfons tant role in a new play. The role
of school-8.30 to 12.30 and 1.30 toj*as »at of. a minister. And since
6.30.
readers are.
Bannerman, Elsie—Little Black Sam-bo.
Lang. Andrew—Fairy Tales Retold
to Children. Eight copies.
There should be no home work.
Teaching and recitation of what is
studied In the school should be all
that It required of the young minds.
Only two subjects a session for each
pupil. One hour for study; the next
hour examination in each study.
Teachers not to take examination
papers home, but assemble at their re-spective
schools on Saturday to ex-amine
whatever papers are neces-sary.
No pupil should be obliged to study
more than two hours a day. and if
every pupil would do that amount of
study for five days In each week under
the guidance and surveillance of a
proper teacher in a few years the rec-ord
of advanced pupils would be brok-en
and a great object attained.
Even by the aforesaid system prac-tically
the teachers' hours of real
work dally would be but four, as dur-ing
the hours of study for pupils the
teachers would simply watch over
their respective classes. Of course
there are a few teachers who would
feel enough interest in their scholars
to explain some things during study
Annie of Green hours that the young minds could not
grasp.
School Is the place to study and be
taught, but it should not be used for
a nursery or a basis for sinecure po-sitions.
L. A. W.
that time, during a career that has ex-tended
over a decade, he has played
practically nothing but ministers.
Among the ministerial portraits which
Gheen has given the stage there are
those of John Storm In "The Chris-tian,"
the minister in Henry Arthur
Jones "The Hypocrites" and David
Corson.
Struck on Temple by Bali.
Tillie Kitselman, aged 19 years, of
Ardniore, was seriously injured yester-day
by being struck on the temple by
a batter ball as she was watching a
game.
Thief Steals Tools.
A thief who Invaded the upholster-ing
place of Home & Caruso, Lancas-ter
avenue, Bryn Hawr, took wood
carving tools and stock to the extent
of about one hundred dollars. The
police have a clue an.l an arrest Is
expected.
Fractures Skull in Fall.
William Gaily, aged 35 years, sus-tained
a fractured skull when he
stumbled over a bicycle and his head
struck the curbstone on Lancaster
avenue, Ardmore. He was taken to
the Hahnemann Hospital, where he
died.
READ THE RECORDER fl-00 a ya READ THE RECOftDER, $1.00 a yr.
ous Rider Causes Stampede on Nor-ristown
Car.
Thinking that the motorman had
lost control of his car. about thirty
aspsengers leaped Sunday afternoon
from a trolley which was speeding
down Sandy street hill, Norristown.
Many sustained painful Injuries.
The panic was caused by the ner-vouness
of one passenger, who Jump-ed.
The others followed. Miss Mary
Whittle sustained severe lacerations
of the head, while Elmer McCombs,
who had an infant in his arms was
painfully cut and bruised. The child's
head was Injured.
BLOCK—BEERWALD
Shortly after the noon hour was
tolled yesterday David Heerwald. 4047
Spring Garden street, Philadelphia,
a retired clothing manufacturer, gave
away his daughter. Rebecca, In mar-llage
to Jacob E. Block, of Pottstown.
The wedding ceremony was perform-ed
by Rev. Marvin Nathan, of the Ii, th
Israel Synagogue, at the brides resi-dence.
Only the members of the im-mediate
families were present.
Miss I^eah Beerwald. the brides
•istcr. was maid of honor, while Ben
Jamln Block, a brother o fthe bride-groom,
was best man. The bride
wore a white satin gown embroidered
with crystal and Duchess trimming.
A wreath of orange bloxsonis frowned
the hand embroidered veil, and the
bride carried a satin Bible. The maid
Of honor wore a pink crepe de meteor
gown, trimmed with silver embroid-ery,
and carried an arm spray of
ping crysanthemums. After a recep-tlon.
which followed the ceremony,
the happy couple left for the South,
where they will reside in I'ottstown.
tool: them before Coroner Kia:
N'orriBtown, who. after hearing the
•tory of the accident and impressed
ie tin a. lions 01 n.e
men, w_i,o did
ev. rythlng In their power to save the
child. Iho Coroner believed the acci-dent
to have been unavoidable, and
»«M the men In their own recogniz-ance
to appear when wanted, it is
believed the Coroner will not hold an
Inquest but will make a personal in-veatlgatlon
of the case.
The death of the little girl was the
sad termination of a happy afternoon
which she, with two little girl friends,
had spent gathering walnuts which
had fallen from the trees on the
Droades estate. The children wer" on
their way home In a happy mood, but
it seems they could not resist the ex-elteiuent
of trying to pass in front or
a moving auto, a pastime which so
many children indulge In.
The parents of the little dead child
are overcome with grief. _...-,y^»
VALLEY FORGE'S OLD GUNS
Realistic Object Lessons for Museum
Next to Chapei.
An effort Is being made to have a
collection of all tyi.es of firearms in
the Valley Forge Museum of American
History connected with the Washing-ton
Memorial Chipel.
J. O. K. Robarts, of Phoenlxvllle.
has presented a flint-lock musket.
Which was buried on the camyground
by Nathaniel M. Ellis, of I'ottstown.
Six old pistols of different types have
been donated by Frank S. Hiuton.
William Carter and Annie B. Molony,
all of Norristown.
There are also four cannon, Includ-ing
a King George piece, and early
American guns, probably used in the
war of 1811.
WANTED AT THE GEM
There's nothing so good for a sore
throat as Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil.
Cnr»s it In a few hours. Relieves any
pain In any part.
Wednesday and Thursday nights.
Four Hundred People to see the man
who discovered the North Poles, DR.
COOK. The management have se-cured
this picture at a great expense
and have- just made alterations to
make their house Breproof, and will
open on Wednesday night with three
reels of new pictures and a big
high class vaudeville act.
This is the only original picture of
• Dr. Cook. Admission. S cents to all.